JP5699043B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus that handles banknotes.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a banknote handling apparatus in which a drawer body that is detachably equipped with a banknote cassette that stores banknotes can be pulled out of a main body (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-259084 (FIGS. 10 and 11)

  In the above-described banknote handling apparatus, when the transport unit at the top of the banknote cassette is swung open to perform recovery work, there is a possibility that banknotes remaining in the transport unit may fall out of the apparatus, and such banknotes are drawn out. If it falls to the back of the body, it may get into the main body and make recovery work complicated.

  Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide the banknote processing apparatus which can improve the workability | operativity of recovery work.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 has a main body and a drawer body that can be pulled out from the main body, and the drawer body includes a storage section that stores banknotes and a support shaft that extends along the pull-out direction. A transport unit that is pivotally supported and covers the upper part of the storage part and swings between a transport position for transporting banknotes to the storage part and an open position that opens the upper part of the storage part; A bill processing apparatus comprising: a rear end portion of the drawer body in the pull-out direction; the drawer body is tilted backward when the drawer body is pulled out from the main body so that a receiving surface faces upward; and the drawer body is loaded into the main body A swingable receiving plate is provided, which sometimes comes into contact with the main body and stands up so that the receiving surface faces the rear surface in the pulling-out direction of the drawer.

Moreover , the banknote detection means which detects the presence or absence of the banknote between the said receiving surface and the said rear surface which opposes, and the alerting | reporting means which alert | reports when there exists a banknote by this banknote detection means are provided. And

Further , the bill detecting means constitutes the rear surface of the drawer body and holds a rear surface member swingable in a direction opposite to the receiving plate from a basic state along the vertical direction, and the rear surface member held in the basic state. Urging means, a protruding portion formed on one of the rear surface member and the receiving plate, and an intruded portion formed on the other of the rear surface member and the receiving plate and allowing the protruding portion to enter If, have a position detecting means for the rear surface member for detecting whether the base state, and in that the rear member is not in the base state is the position detecting means detects that said receiving surface and said rear surface It is characterized by detecting the presence of banknotes .

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 1, when a drawer body is pulled out from a main body, the receiving plate provided in the rear-end part of the drawer direction of a drawer body will fall backward, and a receiving surface will face upward. Therefore, when the transport unit covering the storage unit is swung open to perform recovery work, even if the banknote falls from the transport unit to the back of the drawer, the receiving plate can receive it on the receiving surface. It is possible to prevent the situation from entering. Therefore, the workability of the recovery work can be improved. Moreover, since the receiving plate comes into contact with the main body and stands up when the drawer body is loaded into the main body, a space for installing the receiving plate is small, and an increase in the size of the apparatus can be suppressed.

Also , when the drawer body is loaded into the main body, when the receiving plate comes into contact with the main body and stands up so that the receiving surface faces the rear surface of the drawer body, the banknote detection means will detect the presence or absence of banknotes between them, When the banknote detection means detects the banknote, the notification means performs notification. Therefore, even if the operator does not notice that the banknote has dropped on the receiving plate and loads the drawer body into the main body, it is notified that there is a banknote between the receiving surface of the receiving plate and the rear surface of the drawer body. can do.

Further , when the receiving plate comes into contact with the main body when the drawer body is loaded into the main body and stands, if there is no bill between the receiving surface of the opposing receiving plate and the rear surface of the drawer body, either the rear member or the receiving plate The projecting portion formed on the rear surface member and the receiving plate enter the portion to be entered, and the rear surface member is maintained in the basic state by the biasing means. Become. On the other hand, if there is a bill between the receiving surface of the opposite receiving plate and the rear surface of the drawer, the protruding portion comes into contact with this bill and cannot enter the portion to be entered, and the receiving plate that stands up in contact with the main body The rear member is pressed through the banknote and is swung from the basic state against the urging force of the urging means. And a position detection means detects the presence or absence of a banknote by detecting whether a rear surface member exists in a basic state. Therefore, it is possible to detect a bill between the receiving surface of the opposing receiving plate and the rear surface of the drawer with a simple structure. In addition, if there is a bill between the receiving surface of the receiving plate and the rear surface of the drawer, the rear member swings in the opposite direction to the receiving plate with respect to the receiving plate that comes into contact with the main body and is forced to stand. I will run away. Therefore, the damage of the banknote pinched between the receiving surface of the receiving plate and the rear surface of the drawer can be prevented.

It is a perspective view which shows the teller machine containing the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows roughly the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A money_receiving | payment process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A storage process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A return process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A rose payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A bundle payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a self-examination process is shown with a thick line. It is a sectional side view of the banknote processing apparatus, and shows the return route of the self-scrutiny processing by a bold line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The return route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is a perspective view which shows the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: (a) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in a conveyance position, (b) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in an open position. It is a perspective view which shows the drawer body and various cassettes withdraw | derived from the main body of the banknote processing apparatus, (a) is a state in which a conveyance part exists in a conveyance position, (b) is a state in which a conveyance part exists in an open position. It is shown. It is a front view of the state in which the conveyance part which shows the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus exists in an open position. It is a rear perspective view which shows the state at the time of drawer | drawing-out of the drawer of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a rear perspective view which shows the state at the time of loading of the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a rear perspective view which shows the state at the time of drawer | drawing-out of the drawer of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The state which received the banknote is shown. It is a rear perspective view which shows the state at the time of loading of the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The state in which the banknote remained is shown.

  A banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a teller machine that handles banknotes and coins. This teller machine is installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank and manages the monetary processing of the entire store. For example, the cashier can handle transactions such as deposits and withdrawals by large-scale customers, withdrawal processing of withdrawals to the outside party by the staff, deposit processing of take-out money from outside parties, and after the end of business It will manage the closing of deposits and withdrawals at all financial institution stores.

  The depositing / dispensing machine includes a banknote processing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment that performs a deposit / withdrawal process on banknotes, a new ticket processing apparatus 12 that performs a withdrawal process on banknotes, particularly a new ticket, and a deposit / withdrawal process for coins. The coin processing device 13 that performs the above and the like is arranged in parallel on the left and right, the operation unit 14 that is operated by the operator at the upper part of the coin processing device 13, and the screen display and sound for the operator. A display unit 15 for outputting is provided.

  Next, the whole structure of the banknote processing apparatus 11 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG. In the following description, the front, rear, left, and right refer to the operator side as the front, the side opposite to the operator as the rear, and the left and right as viewed from the operator.

  The banknote handling apparatus 11 is provided with a deposit / withdrawal unit 21 at the upper part on the front side thereof, in which loose banknotes are inserted from the outside of the machine and from which the loose banknotes for withdrawal are paid out. The depositing / dispensing portion 21 is provided so that the placing plate 22 constituting the bottom portion thereof can be raised and lowered with the posture inclined downward and downward, and the support surface 23 on the back side is raised so as to be orthogonal to the placing plate 22. It is provided with an inclination. In the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, banknotes are accumulated on the mounting plate 22 in a posture in which the length direction is aligned in the left-right direction, and the trailing edge of the banknote is supported by the support surface 23 due to the inclination of the mounting plate 22. Abut. On the rear side of the upper part of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, the separated banknotes stacked on the placing plate 22 are separated one by one from the one at the upper end and fed out into the machine at a predetermined interval, and the banknotes from the machine are entered / exited. A feeding portion 21 a that feeds out to the gold portion 21 is provided. In addition, in the banknote processing apparatus 11, a banknote is conveyed with the attitude | position which followed the length direction to the left-right direction.

  Below the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a deposit / reject unit 26 is provided at the front surface position of the bill processing apparatus 11 for depositing rejected banknotes determined to be unacceptable. On the rear side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the deposit / rejection rejection unit 26, a withdrawal / rejection unit 27 for storing withdrawal / rejection banknotes determined to be unacceptable is provided. Is provided with an identification unit 28 for identifying a bill.

  Further, an alignment unit 30 for aligning banknotes and accumulating a predetermined number of bundles is provided at the upper rear part of the withdrawal reject unit 27, and the bundles accumulated by the alignment unit 30 are provided above the alignment unit 30. A bundling section 31 is provided in which a bundling tape is wound around a number of banknotes to form a small bundle of banknotes. On the front side of the binding unit 31 is provided a bundle dispensing unit 32 that feeds out a small bundle of bills created by the binding unit 31 to the outside of the machine.

  In addition, in the lower part of the banknote processing apparatus 11, a denomination cassette (housing unit) 35 for storing a predetermined single denomination rose banknote in a vertically stacked state in order from the back side, A denomination cassette (storage section) 36, a similar denomination cassette (storage section) 37, a mixed cassette (storage section) 38 for storing rose banknotes after deposit confirmation in a vertically stacked state, and a deposited deposit confirmation Pool cassettes (housing units) 39 for temporarily storing the previous rose bills in a vertically stacked state are arranged in a line in the horizontal linear cassette arrangement direction with the vertical and horizontal positions aligned. This cassette arrangement direction is along the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 11.

  The upper part of the denomination cassette 35 is provided with a feeding part 35a that feeds banknotes into the inside and separates the banknotes one by one from the top one, and the upper part of the denomination cassette 36 has the same function. The same feeding section 37a is provided on the upper part of the denomination cassette 37, the same feeding part 38a is provided on the upper part of the mixing cassette 38, and the same feeding part 39a is also provided on the upper part of the pool cassette 39. It has been.

  Inside the banknote handling apparatus 11, a banknote transport path 41 for transporting banknotes is provided so as to connect the respective parts appropriately. The banknote conveyance path 41 extends backward from the feeding portion 21a, then extends downward, further extends vertically downward, and then extends one end to the front side, and then folds back to the rear side. A conveyance path 41A that extends rearward, bends upward in the middle and extends slightly downward through the identification portion 28, and extends forward slightly after continuing to the conveyance path 41A and slightly extending downward. A conveyance path 41B that extends slightly downward from the front end and a conveyance path 41C provided in the pool cassette 39 so as to be continuous with the conveyance path 41B are provided.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41D that branches from the middle of the transport path 41B, a transport path 41E that is provided in the denomination cassette 35 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41D, and a transport path 41D of the transport path 41B. Also, the transfer path 41F branches from the pool cassette 39 side, the transfer path 41G provided in the denomination cassette 36 so as to be continuous with the transfer path 41F, and the transfer path 41F of the transfer path 41B branches from the pool cassette 39 side. A transport path 41H, a transport path 41I provided in the denomination cassette 37 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41H, a transport path 41J branched from the pool cassette 39 side of the transport path 41H of the transport path 41B, and a transport path 41J And the transfer path 41K provided in the mixing cassette 38 so as to be continuous with the transfer cassette 41B and the transfer path 41B of the transfer path 41B branch from the pool cassette 39 side upward A conveying path 41L extending, and a transport path 41M connected between the depositing and dispensing unit 21 and the identification section 28 of the extending therefrom in the transport path 41A rearwardly bent led to the conveyance path 41L.

  The banknote transport path 41 branches from a position between the branch position of the transport path 41J of the transport path 41B and the branch position of the transport path 41L, and extends upward, and is connected to the transport path 41N. The conveyance path 41O that extends to the intermediate position of the conveyance path 41M, and the conveyance path that branches from the position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41O and the connection position to the conveyance path 41A in the conveyance path 41M and leads to the deposit reject unit 26 41P, a conveyance path 41Q that branches from a position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41M in the conveyance path 41A and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, extends forward, and is connected to a middle position of the conveyance path 41P, and a conveyance path 41Q in the conveyance path 41P A transfer path 41R that branches upward from a position between the connection position and the deposit reject part 26 and extends upward and is connected to the withdrawal reject part 27.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41S that connects a position between the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the branch position of the transport path 41Q in the transport path 41A, and a position between the connection position of the transport path 41M and the identification unit 28. The transfer path 41 </ b> A includes a transfer path 41 </ b> T that branches backward from the position between the connection position of the transfer path 41 </ b> S and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and connects to the alignment unit 30. The transport path 41 </ b> S is provided with a front / back reversing unit 43 that reverses the front and back of the banknote.

  Here, the above-described transport paths 41A to 41M can transport banknotes in both forward and reverse directions, and the transport paths 41N to 41T can transport banknotes only in one direction.

  The thick line in FIG. 3 shows the deposit processing route for identifying and counting the rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a bill is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and an input operation for performing the deposit process is performed on the operation unit 14, the delivery unit 21 a is placed on the placement plate of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21. The banknotes on 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport path 41A. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes (deposits that can be handled) determined to be acceptable by the identification unit 28 are shown by thick solid lines in FIG. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28 while being transported to the pool cassette 39 by the transport paths 41B and 41C are transferred from the transport path 41B to the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed to the deposit reject unit 26 by 41P. Thereby, the banknote which can be received is temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and the banknote which cannot be received is discharged | emitted to the deposit | rejection rejection part 26. FIG.

  The thick lines in FIG. 4 confirm the banknotes temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process on the condition that the approval operation to the operation unit 14 is input, and denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. The route of the storing process stored in the corresponding item is shown. That is, the banknote 39 of the pool cassette 39 is fed out from the top one, and the fed banknote is identified by the transport paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by the thick solid lines in FIG. 28 to the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 by the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Thereby, banknotes are stored in the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the storage process as being double-fed or the like are transferred to the withdrawal / rejection rejecting unit 27 by the transport paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, and 41R as shown by thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 5 shows the route of the return process for feeding the banknote temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the condition that the cancel operation to the operation unit 14 is input. . That is, the payout part 39a pays out the banknotes of the pool cassette 39 from the upper end, and the payable banknotes are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal part 21 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41A. As a result, the banknote is returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21.

  A thick line in FIG. 6 indicates a rose for withdrawing banknotes from designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the individual withdrawal operation input to the operation unit 14. The route of banknote withdrawal processing is shown. That is, in the bulk withdrawal process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 6, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are handled by the feeding units 35a to 37a from the top. The banknotes that have been fed out are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and the front and back are reversed based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Is required to be turned into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the transport path 41A, and the one that needs to be turned upside down is turned upside down at the front / back turnover unit 43 through the feed path 41S, and then turned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the feed path 41A. Transport. Thereby, the banknotes based on the withdrawal operation are fed out to the depositing / dispensing unit 21. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 in the withdrawal process as double feed, etc., are conveyed to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 7 binds banknotes from the designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the bundling operation input to the operation unit 14. It shows the route of the bundle withdrawal process for withdrawal. That is, in the bundle dispensing process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 7, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are fed from the top end of the feeding units 35 a to 37 a. Corresponding ones are paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, the front and back Those that do not require reversal are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T, and those that require reversal of the front and back are reversed by the front and back reversing unit 43 via the conveyance path 41S, and are then aligned by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T. Respectively. Thereby, the banknote of the designated single denomination is fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the unit number of unity. Then, bundling is performed at the bundling unit 31 and the bundling unit 32 is fed out. Such processing is performed for the designated number of bundles for each designated denomination. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the bundle dispensing process as being double-fed are conveyed to the withdrawal rejecting unit 27 via the conveying paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The money is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 8 indicates the forward route of the self-scrubbing process for self-scrubbing the corresponding banknotes of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 based on the self-scrutiny processing operation input to the operation unit 14. . That is, in the self-examination process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 8, the banknotes stored in one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed from the top one to the feeding sections 35 a to 35 a. The corresponding one of 38a will be paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41K and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and are identified and counted by the identification unit 28. It is conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41M, 41L, 41B, and 41C. And all the banknotes accommodated in the set one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed out. Note that, during this transport, banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 as being double-fed or the like are transported to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The gold is rejected 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 9 indicates the return route of the self-examination process described above. The banknotes once transferred to the pool cassette 39 as described above are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by thick solid lines in FIG. At the same time, the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are stored in the corresponding denominations via the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Note that, during the conveyance, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double fed or the like are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  As described above, the counting result of the identification unit 28 coincides with the number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 subjected to the self-scrutiny processing. Are performed individually for the set ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. If the total number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 is equal to or less than the maximum storage number of the pool cassette 39, it is not necessary to perform the above-described self-scrutiny processing individually. , You can do it all at once.

  The thick line in FIG. 10 indicates the forward route of the local organization process for identifying and counting rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a loose banknote is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the input operation for performing the local organization process is performed on the operation unit 14 together with the denomination designation, the dispensing unit 21a becomes the deposit / withdrawal unit. The bills on the loading plate 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed bills are transported 41A as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. It will be transported by. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes determined by the identification unit 28 as the designated denomination are conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41B and 41C, while the identification unit The banknote determined to be other than the designated denomination at 28 is transported from the transport path 41B to the deposit rejection unit 26 through the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, and 41P, as shown by a thick broken line in FIG. Thereby, banknotes of the designated denomination are temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the deposit reject unit 26.

  A thick line in FIG. 11 indicates a return route of the local organization process. As described above, the banknotes once stored in the pool cassette 39 are fed out from the top one by the feeding section 39a, and the fed banknotes are identified by the transport paths 41C, 41B, 41A as shown by the thick lines in FIG. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, those that do not need to be turned upside down are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 on the conveying paths 41A and 41T, and those that need to be turned upside down are turned through the conveying path 41S. After reversing the front and back at 43, the paper is transported to the alignment unit 30 through the transport paths 41A and 41T. In this way, banknotes of a designated single denomination are fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the number of unity bundles. Then, bundling is performed at the bundling unit 31 and the bundling unit 32 is fed out. Such processing is repeated as long as the unit number of binding units is accumulated in the alignment unit 30. In addition, even when fractional banknotes less than the unit number of bundles are accumulated in the alignment unit 30, they are bound and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32 with identification indicating that they are fractional banknotes. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double-feeded in the local organization process are transported to the deposit reject unit 26 by the transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. 11, and the deposit reject unit. To 26.

  The banknote processing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a deposit / rejection unit 26, a withdrawal / rejection unit 27, an identification unit 28, an alignment unit 30, a binding unit 31, a bundled dispensing unit 32, The front / back reversing part 43 and the conveyance paths 41A, 41M, 41O to 41T are arranged in the main body 45, and the conveyance paths 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, and 41N at the lower part are transferred from the main body 45 to the banknotes. It arrange | positions in the drawer 46 which can be pulled out to the front side along the front-back direction of the processing apparatus 11. FIG. Further, the transport path 41E is in the denomination cassette 35 that can be attached to and removed from the drawer 46, the transport path 41G is in the same denomination cassette 36, and the transport path 41I is in the same denomination cassette 37. 41K is arranged in the same mixing cassette 38, and the conveyance path 41C is arranged in the same pool cassette 39, respectively.

  The drawer body 46 is connected to the main body 45 via a slide rail (not shown). As shown in FIG. 12, the drawer portion 47 and a transport portion 48 provided swingably above the loading portion 47. And have. As shown in FIG. 13, the loading unit 47 is loaded with denomination cassettes 35 to 37, a mixing cassette 38, and a pool cassette 39, which are a plurality of storage units for storing banknotes, in a line. The conveyance part 48 above the part 47 covers the upper part of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 and conveys banknotes thereto. The transport section 48 is provided with the above-described transport paths 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, and 41N shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the loading portion 47 includes a front wall portion 51, a base wall portion 52 extending rearward from a substantially full height range on the left end side of the front wall portion 51, and a right end side of the front wall portion 51. A detachable wall 53 extending rearward from the lower part, a rear wall 54 parallel to the front wall 51 and connected to the base wall 52 and the detachable wall 53, the front wall 51, and the base wall 52, a bottom plate portion (not shown) that closes a lower portion of a space surrounded by the detachable wall portion 53 and the rear wall portion 54. Here, the front wall part 51 comprises the front surface of the banknote processing apparatus 11. FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 12B, the transport section 48 is swingably connected to the upper portion of the base wall section 52 via two hinges 57 having support shafts 57a along the front-rear direction. .

  A plurality of partition wall portions 59 for partitioning a plurality of loading spaces 58 shown in FIG. 12 in which the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 shown in FIG. Between the front wall part 51 and the rear wall part 54, it is provided in parallel with these. Here, as shown in FIG. 12B, the height of the detachable wall 53 opposite to the support shaft 57a is higher than the height of the base wall 52 where the support shaft 57a of the hinge 57 is to be provided on the upper side. As described above, the height is lower, so that the plurality of loading spaces 58 are largely open laterally on the upper side of the detachable wall portion 53.

  The partition wall portion 59 has a joint side to the detachable wall portion 53 at the same height as the detachable wall portion 53, and a joint side to the base wall portion 52 is higher than the detachable wall portion 53 and slightly lower than the base wall portion 52. It has become. Thereby, the partition wall part 59 has a shape in which the upper part on the side of the detachable wall part 53 is obliquely cut out so as to connect the upper part of the base wall part 52 and the upper part of the detachable wall part 53. In other words, the upper edge of the partition wall portion 59 is formed in the vicinity of a line connecting the upper end portion of the base wall portion 52 on the side that supports the transport portion 48 and the upper end portion of the removable wall portion 53 that is open on the upper side. Has been. In such a loading portion 47, a caster 60 that rolls on the floor surface when being pulled out from the main body 45 is provided at the lower portion on the front wall portion 51 side.

  The above-described hinges 57 are attached to the top and bottom of the base wall portion 52 that is one edge of the loading portion 47, and the above-described transport portion 48 is attached to these hinges 57. In other words, the conveyance unit 48 is located at one edge of the loading unit 47, and the hinge 57 along the direction in which the plurality of denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 are arranged, that is, the direction in which the drawer 46 is pulled out. It is supported by the support shaft 57 a and can swing with respect to the loading portion 47.

  The transport unit 48 is horizontally disposed at an upper position between the base wall portion 52 and the detachable wall portion 53 and has a posture extending above the base wall portion 52 as shown in FIG. Thus, it can be swung between an open position shown in FIG. When in the transport position, the transport section 48 can cover the top of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 shown in FIG. When in the open position, the upper part of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 is opened as shown in FIG. In addition, the conveyance part 48 has the conveyance position arrange | positioned horizontally as shown to Fig.12 (a) and FIG.13 (a), and the open position shown in FIG.12 (b), FIG.13 (b), FIG.14. The rocking angle between is larger than 90 degrees. The drawer body 46 and the main body 45 can be loaded without colliding with the main body 45 when the transport section 48 is in the transport position. When the transport section 48 is in the open position, the drawer 45 and the main body 45 can be loaded with the main body 45. The conveyance portion 48 has a shape relationship that collides with the main body 45.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the rear wall portion 54 that is the rear end portion of the drawer body 46 in the pull-out direction has a support shaft extending in the left-right direction at the intermediate position in the vertical direction of the side surface portion 65 on both the left and right sides (only one is shown). 55a is provided, and the receiving plate 55 is swingably attached by these support shafts 55a. As shown in FIG. 15, the receiving plate 55 stands up so as to extend from the support shaft 55a so as to incline rearward and to extend vertically upward from the support shaft 55a as shown in FIG. Swings between standing state.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the receiving plate 55 includes a rectangular plate-like main plate portion 70 and a pair of side plates that rise on the same side so as to be perpendicular to the main plate portion 70 from a pair of parallel edge portions of the main plate portion 70. As shown in FIG. 16, it has a receiving plate main body 72 having a contact plate portion 75 that rises substantially vertically from the remaining edge of the main plate portion 70 to the same side as the side plate portion 71. . Extending portions 73 extending from the main plate portion 70 in the direction along the main plate portion 70 are respectively formed at the end portions of the pair of side plate portions 71 on the contact plate portion 75 side. The main plate portion 70 has a plurality of slits 74 (specifically, six locations) at a predetermined interval in the direction connecting the pair of side plate portions 71 on the abutting plate portion 75 side. ) Is formed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, the receiving plate 55 is a rectangular plate-shaped substrate portion 77 and a pair that rises on the same side so as to be perpendicular to the substrate portion 77 from a pair of parallel edge portions of the substrate portion 77. A plurality of separate members 79 (specifically, three members) having the protruding plate portion (projecting portion) 78. These separate members 79 are configured such that projecting plate portions 78 on both sides are fitted into two slits 74 from the side opposite to the side plate portion 71 in the plate thickness direction of the main plate portion 70, and the substrate portion 77 is connected to the main plate portion 70. Are fixed to the receiving plate main body 72 so as to be in surface contact with each other. In this fixed state, the protruding plate portion 78 of each separate member 79 protrudes from the main plate portion 70 of the receiving plate main body 72 toward the side plate portion 71 in the plate thickness direction, as shown in FIG.

  The receiving plate 55 formed by integrating the receiving plate main body 72 and the plurality of separate members 79 as described above has a pair of side plate portions 71 on the front side of the main plate portion 70 on the rear side of the rear wall portion 54, and The pair of extending portions 73 are rotatably connected to the pair of support shafts 55 a of the side surface portion 65 in a posture in which the pair of extending portions 73 extend downward from the side plate portion 71.

  As shown in FIG. 16, in the standing state in which the receiving plate 55 extends vertically upward from the support shaft 55a, the side plate portion 71 overlaps the side surface portion 65 of the rear wall portion 54 and the main plate portion 70 is orthogonal to the front-rear direction. In addition, as shown in FIG. 15, in the tilted state in which the support plate 55a is inclined to extend rearward from the support shaft 55a, the contact plate 75 comes into contact with the rear surface 80 of the rear wall portion 54. The above swinging is regulated. The receiving plate 55 is urged by a swinging spring (not shown) so as to be tilted backward and extended from the support shaft 55a. In addition, you may make it the receiving plate 55 be in a backwards state only with dead weight.

  In the rearward state in which the receiving plate 55 is stopped by bringing the contact plate portion 75 into contact with the rear surface 80 of the rear wall portion 54, the surface on the side plate portion 71 side in the plate thickness direction of the main plate portion 70 is closer to the rear surface 80 side. The surface is inclined upward so as to be positioned on the lower side, and this surface serves as a receiving surface 81 for receiving the banknote falling from the upper side. The protruding plate 78 is convex from the receiving surface 81. In addition, since the drawer body 46 is pulled out to the front side in the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 11, the rear surface 80 is a rear surface in the pull-out direction.

  The receiving plate 55 has an abutting roller 82 attached to the side opposite to the extending portion 73 of the pair of side plate portions 71 along the rotation shaft 82a in the left-right direction. These contact rollers 82 do not contact anything in the state in which the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45 to the front end. Therefore, the abutting roller 82 causes the receiving plate 55 to fall backward by the urging force of a swing spring (not shown), and as a result, is located at the rear end of the receiving plate 55. As shown in FIG. 13, the receiving plate 55 in the rearward state with the drawer body 46 pulled out from the main body 45 is in the front end opening 83 of the main body 45 exposed when the drawer body 46 is pulled out. The rear part enters, and the gap in the plan view generated between the drawer body 46 and the main body 45 is filled.

  On the other hand, when the drawer body 46 is loaded into the main body 45 from this state, the abutment roller 82 located at the rear end of the receiving plate 55 that has been in the reverse state is shown in FIG. Further, the movement of the front and rear direction is restricted by abutting against a roller stopper (not shown) on the back side of the main body 45, so that when the drawer body 46 is further loaded, the abutting roller 82 is moved to the rear wall portion. 54, the receiving plate 55 is brought close to the rear wall portion 54 against the biasing force of a swing spring (not shown). Finally, when the drawer body 46 is loaded to the main body 45 to a rear end position where it comes into contact with a loading stopper (not shown) and stops, the contact roller 82 raises the receiving plate 55. That is, the receiving plate 55 comes into contact with the main body 45 when the drawer body 46 is loaded into the main body 45 and is in an upright state.

  In addition, when the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45 from this state, the drawer body 46 is initially against the contact roller 82 that is in contact with a roller stopper (not shown) on the back side of the main body 45 and stopped. As a result, the receiving plate 55 is tilted backward by the urging force of a swinging spring (not shown) so that the receiving surface 81 faces upward. When the abutting plate portion 75 abuts on the rear surface 80 and the further swinging is restricted, the receiving plate 55 is pulled out integrally with the drawer body 46 while maintaining the rearward state. It will be. That is, the receiving plate 55 falls backward when the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45, so that the receiving surface 81 faces upward.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the rear wall portion 54 of the drawer body 46 includes a pair of plate-like portions 87 extending in the vertical direction at both left and right ends, and a surface portion 88 substantially orthogonal to the front-rear direction on the front end edge side of these plate-like portions 87. Have. That is, the rear wall portion 54 has a concave portion 90 that is recessed forward. The plate-like portion 87 constitutes the left and right side portions 65 of the rear wall portion 54. The surface portion 88 constitutes a lower portion of the rear surface 80 of the rear wall portion 54, and the contact plate portion 75 contacts the surface portion 88 when the receiving plate 55 is in the rearward state.

  The concave portion 90 is provided with a rear surface member 94 constituting an intermediate rear surface portion 93 above the surface portion 88 of the rear surface 80 of the rear wall portion 54 so as to be swingably supported by a support shaft 55 a that supports the receiving plate 55. It has been. The rear member 94 includes a rectangular plate-shaped main plate portion 95 and a pair of connecting plates that rise on the same side so as to be perpendicular to the main plate portion 95 from one end of each of a pair of parallel edge portions of the main plate portion 95. A detected plate portion 97 that rises perpendicularly to the main plate portion 95 on the same side as the connection plate portion 96 from an edge portion of the main plate portion 95 opposite to the pair of connection plate portions 96. have. In the main plate portion 95, a plurality of slits (entranced portions) 98 that are parallel to the connecting plate portion 96 are formed at a predetermined interval in the direction connecting the pair of connecting plate portions 96 (specifically, six locations). Has been.

  The rear surface member 94 has a posture in which the pair of connecting plate portions 96 are positioned on the front side and the lower side of the main plate portion 95 on the rear side of the rear wall portion 54, and the pair of support shafts of the side surface portion 65 in the pair of connecting plate portions 96. 55a is rotatably connected. The side opposite to the connecting plate portion 96 in the plate thickness direction of the main plate portion 95 is the intermediate rear surface portion 93 described above.

  The concave portion 90 includes a rectangular fixed plate portion 100 that is fixed to the surface portion 88 above the rear surface member 94, an intermediate plate portion 101 that extends rearward from the lower end edge of the fixed plate portion 100, and an intermediate plate portion. An engaging plate 103 having an engaging plate portion 102 extending downward in parallel with the fixed plate portion 100 is provided from an edge of the 101 opposite to the fixed plate portion 100. The locking plate 103 has the locking plate portion 102 positioned on the receiving plate 55 side of the main plate portion 95 of the rear surface member 94, and is in contact with the main plate portion 95 to receive more of the rear surface member 94. The swing toward the plate 55 side is restricted. In a state where the main plate portion 95 is in contact with the locking plate portion 102, the rear surface member 94 makes the intermediate rear surface portion 93 orthogonal to the front-rear direction. The surface on the receiving plate 55 side of the fixed plate portion 100 becomes the upper rear surface portion 104 that constitutes the rear surface 80 of the rear wall portion 54 together with the lower portion of the surface portion 88 and the intermediate rear surface portion 93.

  Although not shown, the rear member 94 is provided with a standing spring (not shown) that urges the rear member 94 toward the receiving plate 55, and the rear member 94 causes the locking plate portion 102 to be moved by the standing spring. The main plate portion 95 is kept in contact with the main plate portion 95 and held in a basic state. When in this basic state, the rear surface member 94 has its intermediate rear surface portion 93 along the vertical direction and perpendicular to the front-rear direction, and the rear surface member 94 swings from the basic state to the side opposite to the receiving plate 55 by a predetermined angle. It is possible to move. On the inner surface of one plate-like portion 87 of the rear wall portion 54, the detected plate portion 97 is not detected when the rear member 94 is in the basic state, and the rear member 94 swings from the basic state to the surface portion 88 side. A position detection sensor (position detection means) 105 for detecting the detected plate portion 97 is provided. That is, the position detection sensor 105 detects whether or not the rear member 94 is in the basic state.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the receiving plate 55 in the standing state has the receiving surface 81 with the intermediate rear surface portion 93 provided on the rear member 94 of the rear surface 80 and the upper rear surface portion 104 provided on the locking plate 103. It will be opposed to. The plurality of slits 98 of the rear member 94 in the basic state described above can smoothly allow the plurality of protruding plate portions 78 of the receiving plate 55 in the standing state to enter one-to-one.

  That is, when the receiving plate 55 swings from the rearward state to the upright state so that the receiving surface 81 faces the intermediate rear surface portion 93 of the rear member 94 in the basic state, the intermediate rear surface portion 93 and the receiving surface. If there is nothing between 81, the receiving plate 55 is in an upright state by allowing the protruding plate 78 to enter the slit 98 while the rear member 94 is kept in the basic state by the biasing force of an upright spring (not shown). become. On the other hand, if, for example, a bill is present between the intermediate rear surface portion 93 and the receiving surface 81, the receiving plate 55 can cause the protruding plate portion 78 to enter the slit 98 of the rear surface member 94 due to the bill being obstructed. First, the bill and the rear surface member 94 are pressed by the protruding plate portion 78, and the rear surface member 94 is erected while swinging against the urging force of an unillustrated standing spring.

  Then, the position detection sensor 105 does not detect the detected plate portion 97, that is, detects that the rear surface member 94 is in the basic state, so that a banknote is inserted between the receiving surface 81 and the intermediate rear surface portion 93 facing each other. The detection of the detected plate portion 97, that is, by detecting that the rear surface member 94 is not in the basic state, the gap between the opposing receiving surface 81 and the intermediate rear surface portion 93 is detected. It is detected that there is a bill. Therefore, the bills between the receiving surface 81 and the rear surface 80 facing each other are the rear surface member 94, a standing spring (not shown) that urges the rear member 94, the locking plate portion 102, the protruding plate portion 78, the slit 98 and the position detection sensor 105. The banknote detection part (banknote detection means) 107 which detects this is comprised.

  When the detected plate portion 97 is detected by the position detection sensor 105, that is, when the banknote detection unit 107 detects a banknote, the control unit (not shown) causes the display unit (notification unit) 15 shown in FIG. It will be notified by image display and voice output that there is a falling bill at the rear end. Of course, if the detected plate portion 97 is not detected by the position detection sensor 105, it is not notified that there is a falling bill at the rear end portion of the drawer 46.

  That is, when a sensor (not shown) detects that an abnormality such as a jam has occurred in any of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, the pool cassette 39, and the transport unit 48 provided in the drawer 46, the control unit Stops each part and displays an image display on the display unit 15 to draw out the drawer body 46 from the main body 45 and prompt the restoration work. The operator sees this and pulls out the drawer 46 from the main body 45 to the front end position as shown in FIG. As a result, the receiving plate 55 is brought into a reverse state by the urging force of a swing spring (not shown), the rear part enters the front end opening 83 of the main body 45, and a gap in plan view generated between the drawer body 46 and the main body 45 is created. Fill in a downward-facing posture.

  After pulling out the drawer body 46 from the main body 45 to the front end position, the operator opens the transport section 48 with respect to the loading section 47 around the support shaft 57a of the hinge 57 as shown in FIG. Perform the recovery work while swinging to the position. That is, a jam bill or a bill stopped in the middle of conveyance is removed from the conveyance unit 48.

  At that time, if the banknote may fall from the transport section 48 and fall behind the drawer body 46, it may enter the main body 45 from the front end opening 83. Since the receiving plate 55 at the rear end enters the front end opening 83 of the main body 45 in the rearward state, most banknotes S fall on the receiving surface 81 of the receiving plate 55 as shown in FIG. Will stay. At this time, since the receiving surface 81 is inclined forward and downward, the bills that have fallen to the side opposite to the support shaft 55a of the receiving surface 81 are also slid to the support shaft 55a side due to this inclination, and the protruding plate portion 78. Therefore, the banknotes S that have fallen on the receiving surface 81 basically overlap with the protruding plate portion 78 protruding from the receiving surface 81. At this time, the receiving plate 55 has a contact plate portion 75 of the receiving plate main body 72 extending forward from the lower end edge portion of the main plate portion 70 to contact the surface portion 88, and the bill S is further lowered from the receiving plate 55. It is restricted from falling. At this time, since the pair of side plate portions 71 of the receiving plate main body 72 protrudes upward from the left and right edge portions of the main plate portion 70, the bill S may slip off from both the left and right sides. regulate. And an operator should just collect | recover the banknote S from this receiving plate 55, and the operation | work becomes easy.

  When the restoration work is completed, the operator returns the transport unit 48 to the transport position, and loads the drawer body 46 so as to be pushed into the main body 45. Then, by the movement of the drawer 46, the receiving plate 55 that has been in a reverse state comes into contact with a roller stopper (not shown) on the back side of the main body 45 in the contact roller 82, and resists the biasing force of the swing spring (not shown). Then, it swings so as to approach the rear wall portion 54, so that the receiving surface 81 is raised to face the intermediate rear surface portion 93 and the upper rear surface portion 104 of the rear surface 81 of the drawer body 46.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 15, when the drawer body 46 is loaded in the main body 45 without the banknote S on the receiving plate 55, as shown in FIG. The protruding plate portion 78 is advanced into the slit 98 while being in a basic state in which the urging force of a standing spring (not shown) is brought into contact with the locking plate portion 102 to be in an upright state. Then, the position detection sensor 105 of the banknote detection unit 107 does not continuously detect the detected plate part 97, and thus the control unit does not cause an alarm by the display unit 15.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17, when the operator forgets to take the banknote S dropped on the receiving plate 55 and loads the drawer body 46 into the main body 45, the receiving plate 55 is S prevents the protruding plate portion 78 from entering the slit 98 of the rear member 94, presses the bill S with the protruding plate portion 78, presses the rear member 94 via the bill S, and the rear surface. The member 94 is raised while being swung away from the locking plate portion 102 against the biasing force of a standing spring (not shown). Then, the position detection sensor 105 of the banknote detection unit 107 enters a state of detecting the detected plate part 97 that has not been detected until then, and the control unit receives the banknote S at the rear end of the drawer 46. An alarm indicating that there is an alarm is generated on the display unit 15. Then, the operator again pulls out the drawer body 46 from the main body 45, removes the bills S remaining on the receiving plate 55, and then loads the drawer body 46 into the main body 45.

  According to the banknote processing apparatus 11 of the present embodiment described above, when the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45, the receiving plate 55 provided at the rear end portion in the pull-out direction of the drawer body 46 falls back and receives the drawer body 46. The surface 81 is upward. Therefore, even when the banknote S falls from the transport unit 48 to the back of the drawer 46 when the transport unit 48 that covers the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 is swing-released to perform recovery work. The receiving plate 55 can be received by the receiving surface 81, and the situation of entering into the main body 45 can be suppressed. Therefore, the workability of the recovery work can be improved.

  Further, when the drawer body 46 is loaded into the main body 45, the receiving plate 55 comes into contact with the main body 45 and stands up, so that a space for installing the receiving plate 55 is small, and an increase in the size of the bill processing apparatus 11 is suppressed. Can do.

  Further, when the drawer plate 46 is loaded into the main body 45, the receiving plate 55 comes into contact with the main body 45 and stands up so that the receiving surface 81 faces the rear surface 80 of the drawer body 46. If the banknote detection part 107 detects the banknote S, the display part 45 will alert | report. Therefore, even if the operator loads the main body 55 of the drawer body 46 without noticing that the banknote S has fallen on the receiving board 55, the receiving surface 81 of the receiving board 55 and the rear surface 80 of the drawer body 46. It can be notified that there is a bill S between the two.

  Further, when the receiving plate 55 comes into contact with the main body 45 and stands when the drawer body 46 is loaded into the main body 45, there is no bill S between the receiving surface 81 of the opposing receiving plate 55 and the rear surface 80 of the drawer body 46. The protruding plate portion 78 formed on the one receiving plate 55 enters the slit 98 formed on the other rear surface member 94, and the state where the rear surface member 94 is held in the basic state by the standing spring is maintained. It will be. On the other hand, if there is a bill S between the receiving surface 81 of the opposing receiving plate 55 and the rear surface 80 of the drawer 46, the protruding plate portion 78 abuts on the bill S and cannot enter the slit 98, so The receiving plate 55 that comes into contact and rises presses the rear member 94 via the banknote S and swings from the basic state against the urging force of the standing spring. And the position detection sensor 105 will detect the presence or absence of the banknote S by detecting whether the rear surface member 94 exists in a basic state. Therefore, the bill S between the receiving surface 81 of the receiving plate 55 and the rear surface 80 of the drawer 46 can be detected with a simple structure.

  In addition, when there is a bill S between the receiving surface 81 of the receiving plate 55 and the rear surface 80 of the drawer 46, the rear member 94 is a receiving plate for the receiving plate 55 that comes into contact with the main body 46 and is forced to stand. It swings in the opposite direction to 55 and escapes. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent damage to the banknote S sandwiched between the receiving surface 81 of the receiving plate 55 and the rear surface 80 of the drawer 46.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the protruding plate portion 78 is provided in the receiving plate 55 and the slit 98 is provided in the rear surface member 94 has been described as an example. However, the protruding portion is provided on one of the rear surface member 94 and the receiving plate 55. And an entry portion (slit, hole, groove, notch, etc.) that allows the protrusion to enter into the other of the rear member 94 and the receiving plate 55.

11 bill processing device 15 display part (notification means)
35-37 denomination cassette (storage section)
38 Mixing cassette (storage section)
39 Pool cassette (storage section)
45 Main body 46 Drawer 48 Transport part 55 Receiving plate 57a Support shaft 78 Projection plate (projection)
80 Rear surface 81 Receiving surface 94 Rear surface member 98 Slit (accessed portion)
105 Position detection sensor (position detection means)
107 banknote detection part (banknote detection means)
S banknote

Claims (1)

A main body and a drawer that can be pulled out from the main body;
The drawer is
A storage unit for storing banknotes;
It is pivotally supported by a support shaft along the pull-out direction, covers the upper part of the storage part, and can swing between a transport position for transporting banknotes to the storage part and an open position for opening the upper part of the storage part A transport section;
A bill processing apparatus comprising:
At the rear end of the drawer in the pull-out direction, when the drawer is pulled out from the main body, it is tilted rearward so that the receiving surface faces upward. A swingable receiving plate is provided to oppose the receiving surface to the rear surface in the pull-out direction of the drawer ,
Banknote detection means for detecting the presence or absence of banknotes between the opposing receiving surface and the rear surface;
An informing means for informing the presence of a bill by the bill detecting means,
The bill detecting means is
A rear member that constitutes the rear surface of the drawer body and is swingable in a direction opposite to the receiving plate from a basic state along the vertical direction;
Biasing means for holding the rear member in the basic state;
A protrusion formed on one of the rear member and the backing plate;
An ingress portion that is formed on the other of the rear member and the receiving plate and allows the protrusion to enter; and
Position detecting means for detecting whether or not the rear member is in the basic state;
Have
A bill processing apparatus , wherein when the position detecting means detects that the rear surface member is not in the basic state, it detects the presence of a bill between the receiving surface and the rear surface .

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