JP6051060B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Recently, banknote handling apparatuses equipped with a large number of large-capacity banknote storage boxes have been proposed as cash denominations and capacity increases handled by automatic teller machines such as ATM (Automated Teller Machine). For example, in Patent Document 1, a plurality of banknote storages are arranged in the lower part of a banknote handling apparatus in the front-rear direction of the apparatus, and other mechanisms (a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, a banknote discriminating unit, a temporary storage) are arranged at the upper part of the apparatus. A bill handling device arranged in an integrated manner is disclosed.

JP 2011-81484 A

  As described in Patent Document 1, when there is one reject bank for storing reject banknotes, the reject banknote and the forgotten collection banknote must be stored in the same reject bank. In order to distinguish reject banknotes from forgotten collection banknotes, it is necessary to operate at least one of the banknote storages as a reject bank. In this case, reject banknotes and forgotten collection banknotes cannot be stored separately. There is a problem that the amount of money handled in the recycle box is reduced.

  An object of this invention is to provide the banknote handling apparatus provided with at least two rejection store | warehouse | chambers, without reducing the handling money type of banknote storage.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a banknote deposit / withdrawal port in which deposited banknotes are inserted and a banknote depositing / withdrawing bank, a banknote discriminating unit for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of banknotes, and deposited banknotes An upper unit including a temporary storage for temporarily storing the upper unit and a banknote storage for the upper unit, a lower unit including a plurality of banknote storages for storing banknotes, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port, and the banknote determination unit. A bill handling apparatus comprising: a two-way transport path that is connected to the temporary storage and the bill storage and transports bills in both directions, wherein the two-way transport path is an annular first both And a second bidirectional transport path connected to the first bidirectional transport path, wherein the banknote storage is a first banknote storage connected to the first bidirectional transport path. Provided in the upper part of the storage and the first banknote storage, the second bidirectional transport Characterized in that it comprises a connected second bill housing to.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to divide the banknote storage into an upper stage and a lower stage and to make different banknote accumulation spaces. Thereby, an apparatus handling apparatus can be made compact and it can be set as the structure provided with at least two rejection store | warehouse | chambers, without reducing the handling money type of banknote storage.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of an automatic teller machine. It is a functional block diagram of an automatic teller machine. It is the external appearance perspective view seen from the back side of the automatic teller machine. It is the external appearance perspective view seen from the back side of the automatic teller machine. It is a side view which shows the structure of a banknote handling apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of a bill handling device. It is explanatory drawing of the deposit transaction processing operation | movement in a banknote handling apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of the money_receiving | payment accommodation processing operation in a banknote handling apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of the payment processing operation | movement in a banknote handling apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of rejection warehouse attachment or detachment in a banknote handling apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of a structure of an upper banknote storage and a lower banknote storage. It is explanatory drawing of the connection part of an upper banknote storage and a lower banknote storage. It is a side view which shows the structure of a lower banknote storage. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a lower banknote storage. It is a side view which shows the structure of an upper banknote storage. It is explanatory drawing of the banknote penetration | invasion prevention mechanism of an upper banknote storage. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of an upper banknote storage. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a banknote storage. It is the external appearance perspective view seen from the back side of the automatic teller machine.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition to the above-described problems, the present invention solves the following problems in the prior art and has the following effects.
(1) As a configuration different from the banknote storage, a reject storage for storing banknotes not suitable for withdrawal is provided in the upper part of the apparatus. The rejection store has a configuration in which no push plate is provided therein, and stores the bills by throwing them into the interior. Therefore, the banknotes inside the reject box are stacked in a bulky state without being aligned, and the number of banknotes that can be stored is reduced. Moreover, when using the banknote storage of patent document 1 as a rejection store | warehouse | chamber, if it is going to ensure the number of banknote storage by aligning and accumulating a banknote, a mechanism will become complicated. On the other hand, according to the present invention, rejected stacked banknotes receive force from the vertical direction of the apparatus and are stacked in the banknote storage unit in an aligned state. Therefore, it is possible to make maximum use of the bill storage space in the reject box.
(2) Moreover, when taking out a banknote from a banknote storage or replenishing a banknote storage with a banknote, it is necessary to pull out a tray from a cash automatic transaction apparatus, and to take out a banknote storage from a tray, cash automatic transaction The problem arises that the end user transaction with the device must be stopped once. On the other hand, according to the present invention, it is possible to pull out only the minimum necessary unit to be operated from the housing in accordance with the user's purpose, without stopping the end user's transaction by the automatic teller machine. , Bill replenishment and collection can be performed.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an automatic teller machine 100 equipped with a bill handling apparatus. This automatic cash transaction apparatus 100 is an apparatus that is managed by a financial institution such as a bank and performs various transactions according to the operation of a user (customer). The automatic teller machine 100 includes a bill handling device 101, a coin handling device 102, a passbook handling device 103, a card statement handling device 104, and a customer operation unit 105. Although not shown, the automatic teller machine 100 includes a power supply unit and a main body control unit for controlling the entire automatic teller machine 100.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the automatic teller machine 100. The automatic teller machine 100 includes a banknote handling device 101, a coin handling device 102, a bankbook handling device 103, a card statement handling device 104, a customer operation unit 105, a power supply unit 106, a host computer, and the like. A communication unit 107 with a host device is connected to the main body control unit 108.

  The banknote handling apparatus 101 is an apparatus that executes a deposit process for a banknote inserted by a user, a withdrawal process for discharging the banknote to the user, and the like. The banknote handling apparatus 101 will be described in detail later. The coin handling device 102 performs a deposit process for coins input by a user, a withdrawal process for releasing coins to the user, and the like. The bankbook handling device 103 handles the bankbook and performs reading of marks and the like printed on the bankbook and printing processing according to transactions. The card statement handling apparatus 104 reads information recorded on a magnetic stripe card (so-called cash card), or issues a transaction statement slip in which the contents are recorded according to the transaction. The customer operation unit 105 is an interface with a user for displaying information for deposit / withdrawal transactions and inputting operations for deposit / withdrawal transactions.

  3 (a) and 3 (b) are perspective views of the automatic teller machine as seen from the back side. As shown to Fig.3 (a), the banknote handling apparatus 101 is the tray (1st tray provided in the back side of the banknote handling apparatus 101) 110 which accommodates the banknote storage 70, and an upper banknote storage (1st). 2 banknote storage) 71, a lower banknote storage (first banknote storage) 72, and a tray for storing banknote storages 73 to 75 (provided on the front side of the banknote handling apparatus 101 rather than the first tray 110). 2nd tray) 112. The upper banknote storage 71, the lower banknote storage 72, and the banknote storage 73-75 are stored in the tray 112 and arranged in a line in the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 101. As will be described later, these banknote storage boxes 71 to 75 are a recycling box that stores the recycle (recycled) banknotes using the deposited banknotes as the withdrawal banknotes according to denominations, or the withdrawal banknotes of the deposited banknotes. It is a rejection store | warehouse | withdrawing-out reject banknote which is a banknote unsuitable for a withdrawal banknote among the deposit rejection banknote which is not suitable for payment, and the banknote paid out from the banknote storage 72-75 at the time of withdrawal transaction. The banknote storage 70 is used as a loading / recovery box for storing banknotes to be loaded into the banknote storages 72 to 75 and banknotes collected from the banknote storages 72 to 75.

  The tray 110 and the tray 112 are connected by a first rail 114, and the tray 110 is slidable in the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 101 with respect to the tray 112. The tray 112 and the housing 600 of the banknote handling apparatus 101 are connected by a second rail 116, and the tray 112 is connected to the housing 600 of the banknote handling apparatus 101 before and after the banknote handling apparatus 101. It can slide in the direction. With such a configuration, the tray 110 and the tray 112 are pulled out backward from the back side of the banknote handling apparatus 101, or only the tray 110 is left in the banknote handling apparatus 101 while the tray 112 is left inside the banknote handling apparatus 101. And can be pulled out from. By allowing only the tray 110 to be pulled out from the banknote handling apparatus 101 from the back side of the banknote handling apparatus 101 while leaving the tray 112 inside the banknote handling apparatus 101, transactions of users of the automatic teller machine 100 can be made. Without stopping, it is possible to attach / detach the bill storage 70 and load and collect bills.

  3B, the upper unit banknote storage 60 is detachable from the back side of the banknote handling apparatus 101 without pulling out the banknote handling apparatus 101 from the automatic cash transaction apparatus 100. As will be described later, the upper unit banknote storage 60 is a forgotten collection collection for collecting banknotes forgotten by the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, and a reject storage for receiving deposit reject banknotes and withdrawal reject banknotes. With such a configuration, the collected forgotten banknotes can be returned to the user without causing the user to wait.

  In addition, the 2nd rail 116 which connects the automatic teller machine 100 and the tray 112 is arrange | positioned in the upper part of the tray 112 regarding the height direction, and the 1st rail 114 which has connected the tray 112 and the tray 110 is By disposing the central portion of the tray 112 with respect to the height direction, the height of the rear wall surface of the tray 110 on which the banknote storage 70 is mounted can be lowered, and the banknote storage 70 can be easily attached and detached. It is said.

  As shown in FIG. 4, while the upper unit 101u of the banknote handling apparatus 101 is pulled out from the automatic teller machine 100, the safe unit 101c, which is the lower unit, is locked by an actuator (not shown), and the tray 110 is Control is performed so that the automatic transaction apparatus 100 cannot be pulled out. Moreover, in FIG. 3 (a)-FIG. 4, although demonstrated as a structure which draws out the banknote handling apparatus 101 from the rear surface of the automatic teller machine 100, the structure which pulls out the banknote transaction apparatus 101 from the front surface of the automatic teller machine 100 Alternatively, the tray 110 and the tray 112 may be integrated. Thereby, in the form which withdraws the banknote transaction apparatus 101 from the rear surface of the automatic teller machine 100 and the form from which it pulls out from the front surface, it can aim at common use of the safe part 101c.

  Next, the banknote handling apparatus 101 will be described in detail. The banknote handling apparatus 101 arranges the above-described plurality of banknote storages and banknote transport paths in a limited internal space, and suppresses the decrease in banknote transport efficiency and transport reliability while storing these banknotes. In order to be able to use a part of the warehouse for multiple purposes, the following configuration is provided.

  FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the banknote handling apparatus. The banknote handling apparatus 101 includes an upper unit 101u arranged at the upper part and a safe unit 101c which is a lower unit arranged at the lower part. In the upper unit 101u, mechanisms necessary for exchange of banknotes with a user are integrated, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 30 in which deposited banknotes are stacked and banknotes are stacked, a banknote discriminating unit 40, , Temporary storage 50, upper unit banknote storage 60, and a control unit (not shown). Further, the upper unit 101u has bidirectional transport paths 10a to 10f that can transport bills in both directions (hereinafter, the bidirectional transport paths 10a to 10f are collectively referred to as a first bidirectional transport path 10); 2 bidirectional conveyance paths 20. Each of the first bidirectional conveyance path 10 and the second bidirectional conveyance path 20 has a plurality of conveyance rollers and a motor (not shown) for rotating these conveyance rollers in both directions. .

  The first bidirectional transport path 10 is arranged so that one end of the bidirectional transport path 10a and one end of the bidirectional transport path 10f are adjacent to each other. That is, one end and the other end of the first bidirectional transport path 10 are adjacent to each other to form an annular bidirectional transport path. In addition, the second bidirectional transport path 20 is connected to one of adjacent ends of the bidirectional transport path 10a and the bidirectional transport path 10f. Whether the bidirectional transport path 10a and the second bidirectional transport path 20 are connected or between the bidirectional transport path 10f and the second bidirectional transport path 20 is switched by the gate 25g.

  The inside of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 30 is divided by a partition plate 31 into a banknote feeding part 30i and a banknote stacking part 30o. The bill feeding unit 30i includes a feeding mechanism that feeds a bill inserted by a user to the transport path 30a, and is connected to the first bidirectional transport path 10 via the transport path 30a (unidirectional transport path). . The conveyance path 30a is connected so as to join a connection portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10a and the bidirectional conveyance path 10b. The banknote stacking unit 30o includes a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes transported from the transport path 30b (unidirectional transport path), and is connected to the first bidirectional transport path 10 via the transport path 30b. Has been. The conveyance path 30b is connected so as to branch from a connection portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10d and the bidirectional conveyance path 10e. Note that the banknote stacking unit 30o is provided with a pressing plate 32 for moving the banknotes stacked in the banknote stacking unit 30o to the banknote feeding unit 30i side.

  The banknote discriminating unit 40 is arranged on the bidirectional conveyance path 10c, and for each banknote conveyed from the bidirectional conveyance path 10b to the bidirectional conveyance path 10c or from the bidirectional conveyance path 10d to the bidirectional conveyance path 10c, Whether it is a denomination, true / false, front / back, or reject banknote is identified, and the identification result is output to the control unit. This identification can be performed, for example, using various information such as image data obtained by scanning a banknote, irregularities on the surface of the banknote, magnetic characteristics, and optical characteristics with respect to ultraviolet rays.

  The temporary storage 50 is connected to the first bidirectional conveyance path 10 via a conveyance path 50a (bidirectional conveyance path) or a conveyance path 50b (unidirectional conveyance path). In the present embodiment, the conveyance path 50a is connected to a connecting portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10e and the bidirectional conveyance path 10f, and the conveyance path 50b connects the bidirectional conveyance path 10e and the conveyance path 50c. The temporary storage 50 includes a front / back reversing mechanism and a stacking mechanism, and temporarily stores them in a state where the front and back sides of the bills being conveyed are aligned. A gate 50g is disposed at a connection portion between the first bidirectional conveyance path 10 and the conveyance path 50a. By switching the gate 50g, it is switched whether the banknote is transported from the bidirectional transport path 10e to the transport path 50a or the banknote is transported from the bidirectional transport path 10e to the bidirectional transport path 10f. A gate 51g is disposed at a connection portion between the first bidirectional conveyance path 10 and the conveyance path 50b. By switching the gate 51g, it is switched whether the banknote is transported from the bidirectional transport path 10e to the transport path 50b, or the banknote is transported toward the branch point between the transport path 50a and the bidirectional transport path 10f.

  The upper unit banknote storage 60 is connected to the second bidirectional conveyance path 20 via a conveyance path 60a (unidirectional conveyance path).

  In the safe 101c, a banknote storage 70, an upper banknote storage 71, a lower banknote storage 72, and banknote storages 73 to 75 are arranged and stored in a line in the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 101.

  The banknote storage 70 includes two banknote storage portions 80a and 80b and three transport paths 70a, 70b, and 70d therein. The conveyance path 70d of the banknote storage 70 is connected to the conveyance path 70c (bidirectional conveyance path) of the upper unit 101u, and transfers banknotes.

  The banknote accommodating part 80a is connected to the 2nd bidirectional | two-way conveyance path 20 via the conveyance path 70a and the conveyance paths 70d and 70c. The banknote accommodating part 80b is connected to the 2nd bidirectional | two-way conveyance path 20 via the conveyance path 70b and the conveyance paths 70d and 70c. A distribution mechanism unit is disposed at a connection portion between the conveyance path 70a and the conveyance path 70b and the conveyance path 70d. By switching the distribution mechanism unit, the distribution path is transferred from the second bidirectional conveyance path 20 to the conveyance paths 70c and 70d. The transport destination of the bills that have been transferred is switched. In addition, a gate 70g is arranged at a connection portion between the conveyance path 70c and the second bidirectional conveyance path 20, and by switching the gate 70g, the bidirectional conveyance path 10a or the bidirectional conveyance path 10f is changed to the second one. The conveyance destination of the banknote conveyed to the two bidirectional | two-way conveyance path 20 is switched. The banknote storage 70 has a mechanism for accumulating the banknotes conveyed from the conveyance path 70a in the vertical direction and storing them in the banknote storage part 80a, and a mechanism for feeding the banknotes stored in the banknote storage part 80a to the conveyance path 70a. I have.

  The upper banknote storage 71 is connected to the second bidirectional conveyance path 20 via a conveyance path 71a (bidirectional conveyance path). And the gate 71g is arrange | positioned in the connection part of the 2nd bidirectional | two-way conveyance path 20 and the conveyance path 71a. By switching the gate 71g, the transport destination of the banknotes transported from the bidirectional transport path 10a or the bidirectional transport path 10f to the second bidirectional transport path 20 is switched. The upper banknote storage 71 includes a mechanism for stacking and storing banknotes transported from the transport path 71a in the vertical direction, and a mechanism for feeding the stored banknotes to the transport path 71a.

  The lower banknote storage 72 is connected to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a via a conveyance path 72a (bidirectional conveyance path). A gate 72g is disposed at a connection portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10a and the conveyance path 72a. By switching the gate 72g, the transport destination of the banknotes transported from the bidirectional transport path 10b to the bidirectional transport path 10a is switched. The lower banknote storage 72 includes a mechanism for stacking and storing banknotes transported from the transport path 72a in the vertical direction and a mechanism for feeding the stored banknotes to the transport path 72a.

  The upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72 are structured to be stacked in the height direction, and the other banknote storages 70 and 73 are combined with the upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72. It is a structure which becomes the same external shape as -75. Each structure will be described in detail later.

  The bill storage 73 is connected to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a via a conveyance path 73a (bidirectional conveyance path). And the gate 73g is arrange | positioned in the connection part of the bidirectional | two-way conveyance path 10a and the conveyance path 73a. By switching the gate 73g, the transport destination of the banknote transported from the bidirectional transport path 10b to the bidirectional transport path 10a is switched. The banknote storage 73 includes a mechanism for accumulating and storing banknotes transported from the transport path 73a in the vertical direction, and a mechanism for feeding the stored banknotes to the transport path 73a.

  The bill storage 74 is connected to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a via a conveyance path 74a (bidirectional conveyance path). A gate 74g is disposed at a connection portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10a and the conveyance path 74a. By switching the gate 74g, the transport destination of the banknotes transported from the bidirectional transport path 10b to the bidirectional transport path 10a is switched. The banknote storage 74 includes a mechanism for accumulating and storing banknotes transported from the transport path 74a in the vertical direction, and a mechanism for feeding the stored banknotes to the transport path 74a.

  The bill storage 75 is connected to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a via a conveyance path 75a (bidirectional conveyance path). A gate 75g is disposed at a connection portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10a and the conveyance path 75a. By switching the gate 75g, the transport destination of the bills transported from the bidirectional transport path 10b to the bidirectional transport path 10a is switched. The banknote storage 75 includes a mechanism for accumulating and storing banknotes conveyed from the conveyance path 75a in the vertical direction, and a mechanism for feeding the stored banknotes to the conveyance path 75a.

  A plurality of sensors for detecting the passage of banknotes are arranged on each transport path described above, and the control unit 80 monitors the transport status of banknotes on each transport path. The control unit 80 is configured as a microcomputer including a CPU, a memory, and the like inside, and according to a program prepared in advance, based on the identification result by the banknote discriminating unit 40, the banknote transport status on each transport path, and the like. The operation of the handling device 101 is controlled.

  FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the bill handling apparatus 101. The banknote handling apparatus 101 includes a first bidirectional transport path 10, a second bidirectional transport path 20, a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 30, a banknote discrimination unit 40, a temporary storage 50, an upper unit banknote storage 60, and a banknote storage. 70, 73 to 75, the upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72 a are connected to the control unit 80. The control unit 80 is a unit for controlling the entire bill handling apparatus 101, and controls each mechanism based on an instruction from the main body control unit 108.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 7, FIG. 8, the processing operation of the deposit transaction in the banknote handling apparatus 101 is demonstrated. The deposit transaction has undergone a deposit counting process and a deposit counting process for performing authenticity determination, denomination determination, front / back determination, and counting of the banknotes inserted into the banknote feeding part 30i of the banknote depositing / dispensing slot 30. It is divided into a deposit storage process for storing banknotes in a banknote storage.

  First, with reference to FIG. 7, the deposit counting process will be described. The banknotes set in the banknote feeding part 30i of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 30 are separated one by one and fed out to the transport path 30a. The banknotes fed to the transport path 30a pass from the transport path 10b through the transport path 10c in the banknote discriminating unit 40 from the front to the rear of the apparatus. In the banknote discrimination | determination part 40, the image of the banknote to pass is acquired by the sensor mounted in the inside, and the authenticity of the banknote, a money type, front and back, and a damage state are discriminated.

  The bill that has passed through the bill discriminating unit 40 is once transported upward from the rear portion of the bill discriminating unit 40 through the transport path 10d. While being conveyed on the conveyance path 10d, the discrimination by the bill discriminating unit 40 is completed, and the bill sorting gate 10g is switched according to the discrimination result. That is, when the banknote discriminating unit 40 determines that the banknote is acceptable, the banknote sorting gate 10g is switched to be connected to the transport path 10e, and banknotes that do not need to be reversed are out of the banknotes. , 50g are transported to the transport paths 10e, 50a and accumulated in the temporary storage 50, and banknotes that need to be turned upside down are transported to the transport paths 10e, 50b, 50c by the banknote sorting gate 51g to the temporary storage 50. Accumulated. On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 40 determines that the banknote is difficult to accept, the banknote sorting gate 10g is switched to be connected to the transport path 30b, and the banknote is returned to the banknote stacking unit 30o to be collected and used. Returned to the person.

  In the transfer of the deposit counting process, the direction in which bills are transferred in the order of the transfer paths 30a, 10b, 10c, 10d, and 10e is referred to as the first transfer direction, and the reverse transfer is referred to as the second transfer direction. I will decide.

  In this way, all banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 30 are processed, and the deposited amount and the amount counted by the banknote handling apparatus 101 coincide with each other, and the user confirms the deposit transaction from the customer operation unit 105 by the user. When an instruction is input, the bills temporarily stored in the temporary storage 50 are conveyed and stored in the upper bill storage 71, the lower bill storage 72, and the bill storage 73-75.

  In addition, control of operation | movement, such as starting and a stop of conveyance operation | movement of the banknote on a conveyance path, switching of a conveyance direction, switching of a gate, is performed by control of a control part (illustration omitted) (this is the same also in the following description). .

  Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the deposit storage processing operation will be described. First, the banknote sorting gate 10g is switched to connect the temporary storage 50 and the banknote discriminating unit 40, and the banknote sorting gate 11g is switched to connect to the transport path 10b and the transport path 10a.

  The banknotes fed out from the temporary storage 50 one by one are conveyed to the banknote discriminating unit 40 through the conveyance paths 50a, 10e, and 10d. The banknote that has passed through the banknote discriminating unit 40 is transported by the transport path 10b, and is transported to the lower part through the transport path 10a by the banknote sorting gate 11g. Furthermore, a banknote is conveyed by the conveyance paths 10a and 20, and according to the money type discriminate | determined by the banknote discrimination | determination part 40, the banknote distribution gates 72g-75g are switched, and the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage 73-75 are switched. Stored in either.

  When the banknote discriminating unit 40 determines that the banknote cannot be accepted, the banknote sorting gate 71g is switched to connect to the transport path 71a, and the banknote is stored in the upper banknote storage 71. Alternatively, the banknote sorting gates 71g and 70g are switched so as to be connected to the transport path 60a, and the banknotes are stored in the upper unit banknote storage 60.

  As described above, in the deposit storage process, the banknotes are transported in the second transport direction (the direction opposite to the first transport direction) in the transport paths 10e, 10d, 10c, 10b, 10a, and 20.

  Next, the processing operation of the withdrawal transaction will be described with reference to FIG. The banknotes are fed one by one from the upper banknote storage 72 and banknote storages 73 to 75 stored by denomination, and are transported to the banknote discriminating unit 40 through the transport paths 10a, 10b, and 10c. The banknote discriminating unit 40 determines whether or not the banknote can be withdrawn. As a result of the discrimination, if the banknote can be withdrawn, the banknote sorting gate 10g is switched to connect the transport path 10d and the transport path 30b, and the banknotes are stacked on the banknote stacking unit 30o.

  On the other hand, as a result of the discrimination, if the banknote cannot be withdrawn, the banknote sorting gate 10g is switched to connect the transport path 10d and the transport path 10e, and the transport path 20 is transferred by the sort gate 71g through the transport paths 10f and 20. Is connected to the transport path 71 a to transport the banknotes to the upper banknote storage 71. Or the conveyance path 20 is connected with the conveyance path 60a by the distribution gates 71g and 70g, and a banknote is conveyed to the upper unit banknote storage 60. FIG. The banknote sorting gate 10g switching control based on the banknote discrimination and the discrimination result is completed while the banknote is being transported to the transport path 10d.

  When the banknote transport operation is completed, the shutter 30s of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 30 is opened, and the banknotes accumulated in the banknote stacking unit 30o are ready for extraction by the user. When the user pulls out the banknote, a sensor (not shown) incorporated in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 30 detects that fact, closes the shutter 30s, and ends the series of withdrawal transaction processing.

  Thus, in the withdrawal transaction processing operation, the banknotes are transported in the first transport direction in the transport paths 10a, 10b, 10d, 30b, 10e, 10f, and 10c, and the banknotes are transported in the second transport direction in the transport path 20. Operates to carry.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 10, attachment / detachment of the upper banknote storage 71 will be described. The upper banknote storage 71 is in a state where the tray 112 of the banknote handling apparatus 101 is pulled out from the automatic teller machine 100 and is independent of the lower banknote storage 72 arranged at the lower part of the upper banknote storage 71. It is possible to take it out from.

  The upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72 can be operated as a recycle store, a reject store, or a forgotten collection store, respectively. That is, the combination of operation of the upper bill storage 71 and the lower bill storage 72 includes a recycling store and a recycling store, a recycling store and a reject store, a recycling store and a forgotten collection store, a reject store and a reject store, and a reject store and a forgotten store. It may take any form of a collection box, a forgotten collection box, or a forgotten collection box.

  Moreover, since the upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72 are independent structures, the operation in a state where the upper banknote storage 71 is not mounted on the banknote handling apparatus 101 is also possible. With such a configuration, it is possible to operate a reject bank that can be separated from the upper and lower parts of a single banknote storage and can be detached independently from the upper part.

Next, the configuration of the upper banknote storage and the lower banknote storage will be described with reference to FIGS.
The upper banknote storage 71 is disposed above the lower banknote storage 72, and the upper banknote storage 71 has an upper banknote storage port 71 i and the lower banknote storage 72 has a lower banknote storage port 72 i. Moreover, the stacking mechanism part 431 of the upper banknote storage part 71i and the upper banknote storage part 71 is provided on the back side of the banknote handling apparatus 101, and the lower banknote storage part 72i and the stacking and feeding mechanism part 432 of the lower banknote storage part 72 are set as banknotes. By providing it on the front side of the handling device 101, the bill accumulation space can be maximized with a space-efficient layout.

  Power supply to the upper banknote storage 71 and transmission / reception of electrical signals to / from the outside are performed via the lower banknote storage 72. A cable connector 71q and a guide hole 71p are present at the bottom of the upper banknote storage 71, and a cable connector 72q, a connector cover 72r, and an upper banknote positioning pin 72p are present at the lower banknote storage 72. That is, the cable connector 71q and the guide hole 71p existing at the bottom of the upper banknote storage 71 are an attaching / detaching mechanism provided on the upper banknote storage 71 side, and the cable connector 72q provided on the lower banknote storage 72 side. The connector cover 72r and the upper banknote storage positioning pin 72p are attachment / detachment mechanisms provided on the lower banknote storage 72 side.

  When the upper banknote storage 71 is set on the upper part of the lower banknote storage 72, the upper banknote storage positioning pin 72p is inserted into the guide hole 71p of the upper banknote storage 71, and the position of the upper banknote storage 71 is determined. Furthermore, by connecting the cable connector 71p of the upper banknote storage 71 and the cable connector 72q of the lower banknote storage 72, it is possible to supply power to the upper banknote storage 71 and transmit / receive electrical signals to / from the outside. To do. Further, when the upper banknote storage 71 is removed, the cable connector 72q is covered by the connector cover 72r so that foreign matters such as dust do not enter. The connector cover 72r is supported by the elastic support member in a state where the upper bill storage 71 is removed, covers the cable connector 72q, and when the upper bill storage 71 is set, the connector cover 72r The connector 71p of the upper banknote storage 71 and the cable connector 72q of the lower banknote storage 72 can be connected by being pushed away by the storage 71, rotating around the rotation fulcrum 72x and retracting from the upper part of the cable connector 72q. .

Next, a schematic configuration of the lower banknote storage will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. FIG. 13 shows a side cross section of the lower banknote storage 72, and FIG. 14 shows a perspective view of the lower banknote storage 72.
The lower banknote storage 72 has a substantially bowl-shaped outer shape, and a lower banknote storage port 72 i is formed on the upper side of the outer surface 412. The lower banknote storage port 72i is an opening for taking in and out banknotes between the inside and the outside of the lower banknote storage 72, and a vertical transport section (internal transport path) at the top of the lower banknote storage 72. A vertical conveyance path 410 inside 433 and a conveyance path 404 outside the lower banknote storage 72 are connected. The banknote that has passed through the vertical transport path 410 from the lower banknote storage port 72i is transported to the transport path 411.

  The vertical transport path 410 can be transported bidirectionally between the lower banknote storage port 72 i and one end of the transport path 411. The vertical conveyance unit 433 includes a plurality of conveyance path driving rollers 413, a conveyance belt 416, and conveyance path rollers 414 and 415, and is disposed on the upper portion of the lower banknote storage 72.

  The conveyance path driving roller 413 rotates around a rotation fulcrum 413x by using a motor (not shown) built in the lower bill storage 72 as power, and rotates the conveyance belt 416 applied to the conveyance driving roller 413 and the conveyance roller 414. At that time, the transport roller 414 rotates around the rotation fulcrum 414x. The conveyance path roller 415 comes into contact with the conveyance belt 416 and rotates around the rotation fulcrum 415x as the conveyance belt 416 rotates.

  The vertical conveyance path 410 has a straight conveyance path in the vertical direction, the conveyance belt 416 is installed only on one side inside the vertical conveyance unit 433, and the other is a rotation fulcrum 415x depending on the rotation of the conveyance belt 416. Since the vertical conveyance unit 433 is compact, a space necessary for disposing the upper banknote storage 71 on the upper part of the lower banknote storage 72 can be secured.

  The conveyance path 411 is disposed at the upper part of the banknote storage unit 403. The banknotes are stacked or fed out by the stacking and feeding mechanism section 432 disposed on the top of the banknote storage section 403.

  The accumulation / feeding mechanism 432 includes a feed roller 406, a pickup roller 405, a gate roller 407, a brush roller 408, a pinch roller 409, and a stack guide 402. The feed roller 406 is centered on the rotation fulcrum 406x, the pickup roller 405 is centered on the rotation fulcrum 405x, and the gate roller 407 is rotated around the rotation fulcrum 407x with a motor (not shown) built in the lower banknote storage 72 as power. To do.

  The pickup roller 405 sends out the banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage unit 403 one by one from the banknote storage unit 403 in a direction (also referred to as “feeding direction”). The gate roller 407 is disposed so as to be in contact with the feed roller 406 in the vicinity of the connection portion between the conveyance path 411 and the bill storage unit 403, and only in a direction in which bills are stacked in the bill storage unit 403 (also referred to as “stacking direction”). It is configured not to rotate in the feeding direction. The brush roller 408 is arranged with the rotation fulcrum 407x of the gate roller 407 as the central axis, and is configured to knock down the bills accumulated in the bill housing part 403 downward by elastic members arranged radially. The pinch roller 409 is in contact with the feed roller 406 and rotates around the rotation fulcrum 409x as the feed roller 406 rotates.

  The stack guide 402 is a member that comes into contact with the banknotes carried into the banknote storage unit 403 from the transport path 411 and guides the banknotes below the banknote storage unit 403. The stack guide 402 has a substantially plate shape, and is configured to be swingable in the vertical direction around a swing shaft provided coaxially with the rotation shaft of the feed roller 406. The stack guide 402 is retracted upward when extended and protrudes downward when accumulating.

  The banknote accommodating part 403 is a space part for laminating | stacking and accumulating a banknote in the up-down direction, and is equipped with the raising / lowering board 401 as a floor board which supports the deposited banknote inside. The elevating plate 401 has a configuration that can be raised and lowered by an elevating mechanism (not shown) disposed inside the lower banknote storage 72. The side wall inside the banknote accommodating part 403 is equipped with the structure which can be adjusted according to the shape of the banknote to accommodate.

  Power supply to a motor and a sensor (not shown) in the lower bill storage 72 and transmission / reception of an electrical signal to / from the outside are performed via a connector 417 provided at the bottom of the lower bill storage 72. Further, a part of the cable having the connector 417 at one end is a lower part connected to a motor incorporated in the upper banknote storage 71 and a cable connector 71q for supplying power to a sensor (not shown) and transmitting / receiving an electrical signal to / from the outside. It is connected to the cable connector 72q of the bill storage 72.

  Next, a mechanism for taking out banknotes from the lower banknote storage 72 will be described. As shown in FIG. 14, the lower banknote storage 72 includes a door 421 for taking out banknotes in the banknote storage part 403 and a movable part 420 for taking out banknotes remaining in the vertical transport part 433. The door 421 opens and closes by rotating around a rotation fulcrum 423 provided in the lower banknote storage 72. In addition, the movable unit 420 opens and closes by rotating around a rotation fulcrum 422 at the bottom of the vertical conveyance unit 433. In this embodiment, the door 421 is opened to the right. However, the door 421 may be opened left or opened / closed with the upper part of the door as a rotation fulcrum and opened / closed with the lower part of the door as a rotation fulcrum. Furthermore, although the movable part 420 is opened and closed with the lower part of the movable part as a rotation fulcrum, it may be opened right and left, or opened and closed with the upper part of the movable part as a rotation fulcrum. Further, in the present embodiment, the lower banknote storage 72 has no door 421 lock, and the tray 112 is provided with a lock mechanism for the door 421 as described later, but the lower banknote storage 72 has a door 421. The lock may be built in.

  Thus, by providing the door 421 and the movable part 420 of the lower banknote storage 72, it becomes possible to take out the banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage 403 without taking out the lower banknote storage 72 from the tray 112. .

  Next, a schematic configuration of the upper banknote storage 71 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15, 16, and 17. 15 and 16 show side cross sections of the upper banknote storage 71, and FIG. 17 shows a perspective view of the upper banknote storage 71.

  The upper banknote storage 71 has a substantially bowl-shaped outer shape, and an upper banknote storage port 71 i is formed on the upper side of the outer surface 462. The upper banknote storage port 71 i is an opening for inserting banknotes between the inside and the outside of the upper banknote storage 71, and the conveyance path 461 inside the upper banknote storage 71 and the upper banknote storage 71 An external conveyance path 454 is connected.

  The conveyance path 461 can convey banknotes between the upper banknote storage port 71i and the banknote storage unit 453. The conveyance path 461 is configured by one stacking mechanism portion 431 and is disposed on the upper portion of the upper banknote storage 71. The conveyance path 461 is disposed in the upper part of the banknote storage unit 453. The banknotes are stacked by the stacking mechanism unit 431 disposed on the top of the banknote storage unit 453.

  The stacking mechanism portion 431 includes rubber rollers 456 and 459, a sheet roller 457, an elastic brush 458 attached to the sheet roller 457, and a stack guide 452. Both the rubber roller 459 and the sheet roller 457 are rotated about a rotation fulcrum 457x by using a motor (not shown) built in the upper banknote storage 71 as power.

  The rubber roller 459 is disposed so as to be in contact with the rubber roller 456 in the vicinity of the connection portion between the conveyance path 461 and the banknote storage unit 453, and rotates only in a direction in which banknotes are stacked in the banknote storage unit 453 (also referred to as “stacking direction”). It is configured not to rotate in the feeding direction. The sheet roller 457 is arranged coaxially with the rubber roller 459, and is configured to knock down bills accumulated in the bill housing portion 453 downward by elastic brushes 458 arranged radially. The rubber roller 456 is in contact with the rubber roller 459 and rotates around the rotation fulcrum 456x as the rubber roller 459 rotates.

  The stack guide 452 is a member that abuts against the banknotes that are carried into the banknote storage unit 453 from the transport path 461 and guides the banknotes below the banknote storage unit 453. The stack guide 452 has a substantially plate shape and is configured to be swingable in the vertical direction about a swing shaft provided coaxially with the rotation fulcrum 456x of the rubber roller 456. When the banknote accumulation in the upper banknote storage 71 is small, the stack guide 452 is inclined downward about the rotation fulcrum 456x by the elastic member 482 to hold the stacked banknotes from above. When the banknote stacking progresses, the stack guide 452 has a structure in which the stack banknote 452 is retracted upward around the rotation fulcrum 456x while holding the stacked banknotes, and the space of the banknote storage portion 453 is secured to the maximum. Further, when the banknote accumulation is full, the output signal of the fullness detection sensor 483 is switched by the projection 484 attached to the stack guide 452 retracted upward, and the banknote handling apparatus 101 is full of banknotes in the upper banknote storage 71. It has a structure that can be recognized. In this embodiment, a photo interrupter is used for the full detection sensor 483, and the projection 484 blocks the light of the full detection sensor 483, thereby detecting the full state of the bill in the upper bill storage 71. A contact-type sensor may be used for 483, and the protrusion 484 may be brought into contact with the full detection sensor to detect the banknote full state of the upper banknote storage 71.

  The banknote accommodating part 453 is a space part for stacking and stacking banknotes in the vertical direction, and includes a push plate 451 as a floor plate that supports the stacked banknotes. The elevating plate 451 is pulled upward by the force of an elastic member 481 such as a spring attached inside the upper banknote storage 71. When the banknotes are stacked in the banknote storage unit 453, a force for moving the lift plate 451 downward is generated by the weight of the stacked banknotes. As a result, the lifting plate 451 that has been pulled upward by the elastic member 481 moves downward. The stacked banknotes are stacked in the banknote storage unit 453 in an arranged state by being sandwiched between stack guides 452 pressed downward by an elevating plate 451 pulled upward by an elastic member 481 and an elastic member 482 such as a spring. The number of banknotes stored in the upper banknote storage 71 can be increased. And since it is the simple structure which controls the raising / lowering of the stack guide 452 with the elastic member 481, and does not use actuators, such as a motor, the space in a banknote accommodating part can be utilized effectively. Moreover, the linear expansion | extension with respect to the force which the elastic member 481 applies WHEREIN: The movement of the press plate 451 according to the banknote collection | stacking number can be performed, and the alignment property of a banknote can be improved.

  In this way, by suppressing the banknotes by the lifting plate 451 and the stack guide 452 of the upper banknote storage 71, the banknotes are aligned and accumulated, and the stack guide 452 is retracted to the upper part of the upper banknote storage 71, thereby By utilizing the space inside the banknote storage 72 to the maximum extent, the upper banknote storage 72 can be operated as a small and large-capacity reject storage. Moreover, by the structure of the above upper bill storage 71 and the lower bill storage 72, one or more rejection stores can be added without reducing the handling denomination.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 16, the banknote penetration | invasion prevention mechanism of the upper banknote storage 71 is demonstrated.

  The rear guide 553 of the upper banknote storage 71 has a movable stopper 551 for preventing the banknotes conveyed to the banknote storage 453 from getting into the gap between the pressing plate 451 and the rear guide 553 of the upper banknote storage 71. It is attached. The movable stopper 551 is supported by an elastic member 552 such as a spring, and protrudes upward with the rotation fulcrum 551x as the central axis when the banknotes are not stacked or when the number of banknotes stacked is small. Then, when the press plate 451 descends together with the banknotes accumulated inside the bill storage unit 453, the press plate 451 rotates downward about the rotation fulcrum 551x and retracts inside the back guide 553. It does not interfere with the downward movement of the stacked banknotes. By providing the banknote intrusion prevention mechanism in this way, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the banknote accumulation state due to banknote intrusion, and by increasing the banknote alignment, it is possible to maximize the banknote capacity of the upper banknote storage 71.

  The back guide 553 is a part of the door 490 of the upper banknote storage 71 shown in FIG. 17, and can take a wider space for the banknote storage part 453 compared to a case where each is a separate part. Also, the handling operation is easy and the structure can be simplified.

  Supply of electric power to a motor and an unillustrated sensor in the upper banknote storage 71 and transmission / reception of an electrical signal to / from the outside are performed via a cable connector 71q provided at the bottom of the upper banknote storage 71.

  Next, a mechanism for taking out banknotes from the upper banknote storage 71 will be described. As shown in FIG. 17, the upper banknote storage 71 is provided with a door 490 for taking out banknotes in the banknote storage 453. The door 490 opens and closes by rotating around a rotation fulcrum 491 provided in the upper banknote storage 71. Opening and closing of the door 490 is restricted by a lock 492. In the present embodiment, the door 490 is opened and closed with the upper part of the door as a rotation fulcrum, but may be opened right and left, or opened and closed with the lower part of the door as a rotation fulcrum. In the present embodiment, the upper banknote storage 71 has a lock 492 that restricts the opening and closing of the door 490, but the upper banknote storage 71 does not have a lock and the tray 112 has the upper banknote storage 71. You may attach the lock which restricts extraction.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 18, FIG. 19, the banknote pick-up of the banknote storage 73-75 is demonstrated. 18 shows a perspective view of the banknote storage 73-75, and FIG. 18 shows an external perspective view of the ATM as seen from the back.

  First, the mechanism for taking out a banknote from the banknote storage 73-75 is demonstrated using FIG. The banknote storages 73 to 75 are provided with doors 501 for taking out banknotes in the banknote storage unit 503. The door 501 opens and closes by rotating around a rotation fulcrum 502 provided in the banknote storage 73-75. In this embodiment, the door 501 is opened to the right. However, the door 501 may be opened to the left, or opened / closed with the upper part of the door as a rotation fulcrum, and opened / closed with the lower part of the door as a rotation fulcrum. Further, in this embodiment, the doors 501 are not locked in the recycle boxes 73 to 75, and the tray 112 is provided with a lock mechanism for the doors 501 as will be described later. A lock 501 may be incorporated.

  Thus, by providing the doors 501 of the banknote storages 73 to 75, it is possible to take out the banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage unit 503 without taking out the banknote storages 73 to 75 from the tray 112.

  Next, taking out of the banknote storage 73-75 in the state mounted in the tray 112 and the inside of the lower banknote storage 72 is demonstrated using FIG. The banknote storage 73-75 and the lower banknote storage 72 are normally fixed in a state of being mounted on the tray 112, and the tray 112 is provided with a fixing mechanism for fixing these banknote storages. Through a hole opened in the side surface of the tray 112, the banknote takeout door 501 of the banknote storage 73 to 75 and the banknote takeout door 421 of the lower banknote storage 72 can be accessed. Opening and closing of the doors 501 and 421 is restricted by a lock 511 built in the tray 112 and a lock mechanism 512 linked to the lock 511. Thereby, it can divide into the person with the authority which takes out a banknote, and the person who is not so. In this embodiment, all the doors 501 and 421 are restricted to be opened and closed by the lock 511 and the lock mechanism 512, but a lock and a lock mechanism may be provided for each door. Moreover, the structure which can be taken out without fixing the banknote storage 73-75 and the lower banknote storage 72 to the tray 112 may be sufficient.

  Furthermore, instead of the upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72, a banknote storage 73 is mounted, or the upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72 are mounted instead of the banknote storage 73-75. Also good. Thereby, it becomes possible to combine a banknote storage according to a user's use, and since the number of banknote storages can be increased / decreased, it can respond also to the increase in a handling denomination.

  And by having the door 490 for accessing the banknote accommodating part 403 of the lower banknote storage 72, and the banknote accommodating part 503 of the banknote storage 73-75, and the door 501, the lower banknote storage 72, banknote storage. Operation in which 73 to 75 are fixed to the tray 112 can be performed. When such operation becomes possible, cash management can be strengthened by counting the number of banknotes by loading and collecting banknotes using only one banknote storage 70. Moreover, a banknote can also be taken out from the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage 73-75, without carrying over and collection of a banknote.

  About the structure of the upper banknote storage 71 and the lower banknote storage 72, although the vertical conveyance part 433 is comprised as a part of the lower banknote storage 72 in a present Example, the structure by which the vertical conveyance part 433 was independent, The vertical conveyance unit 433 may be configured as a part of the upper banknote storage 71. Further, in the present embodiment, the upper banknote storage 71 is configured to be taken out from the tray 112, but a structure in which the upper banknote storage 71 is taken out from the lateral direction may be used.

  With the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 101 as described above, the apparatus handling apparatus 101 is made compact, and at least two reject boxes are provided without reducing the handling denomination while securing the banknote storage capacity. It becomes possible to increase the denomination.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... 1st bidirectional | two-way conveyance path, 20 ... 2nd bidirectional | two-way conveyance path, 30 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing port, 40 ... Banknote discrimination | determination part, 50 ... Temporary storage, 60 ... Upper unit banknote storage, 70 ... Banknote Storage, 71 ... Upper banknote storage, 72 ... Lower banknote storage, 73-75 ... Banknote storage, 401 ... Elevating plate, 402 ... Stack guide, 403 ... Banknote storage, 404 ... Transport path, 405 ... Pickup roller 405x: Rotating fulcrum, 406 ... Feed roller, 406x: Rotating fulcrum, 407 ... Gate roller, 407x ... Rotating fulcrum, 408 ... Brush roller, 409 ... Pinch roller, 409x ... Rotating fulcrum, 410 ... Vertical conveyance path, 411 ... Transport path, 412 ... outer surface, 413 ... transport path drive roller, 413x ... rotation fulcrum, 414, 415 ... transport path roller, 414x, 415x ... rotation fulcrum, 416 ... transport Belt, 417 ... Connector, 420 ... Movable part, 421 ... Door, 422, 423 ... Rotation fulcrum, 431 ... Accumulation mechanism part, 432 ... Accumulation feeding mechanism part, 433 ... Vertical conveyance part, 451 ... Elevating plate, 452 ... Stack Guide, 453 ... bill accommodating part, 454 ... conveyance path, 456 ... rubber roller, 456x ... rotation fulcrum, 457 ... sheet roller, 457x ... rotation fulcrum, 458 ... elastic brush, 458 ... rubber roller, 461 ... conveyance path, 462 ... outer surface , 481, 482 ... elastic member, 483 ... full detection sensor, 484 ... projection, 490 ... door, 491 ... rotation fulcrum, 492 ... lock, 501 ... door, 502 ... rotation fulcrum, 503 ... banknote holder, 511 ... lock, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 512 ... Lock mechanism, 551 ... Movable stopper, 551x ... Rotation fulcrum, 552 ... Elastic member, 553 ... Back guide, 600 ... Housing

Claims (14)

A banknote deposit / withdrawal port in which deposited banknotes are stacked, a banknote discriminating section for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of banknotes, a temporary storage for temporarily storing deposited banknotes, and an upper part An upper unit with a unit bill storage;
A lower unit having a plurality of banknote storages for storing banknotes;
A bill handling apparatus comprising: the bill deposit / withdrawal port, the bill discriminating unit, the temporary storage and the bill storage, and a two-way conveyance path for conveying bills in both directions,
The bidirectional transport path includes an annular first bidirectional transport path and a second bidirectional transport path connected to the first bidirectional transport path,
The banknote storage is provided on a first banknote storage connected to the first bidirectional transport path and an upper part of the first banknote storage, and is connected to the second bidirectional transport path. A second bill storage ,
The banknote handling apparatus, wherein the second banknote storage has an attachment / detachment mechanism that allows the second banknote storage to be attached to and detached from the first banknote storage independently. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The first banknote storage is provided with a banknote storage section that stores banknotes, and an internal transport path that connects the first bidirectional transport path and the banknote storage section. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2 ,
The first banknote storage is provided with a door for loading and unloading banknotes in the banknote storage section on a side surface of the first banknote storage. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The second banknote storage is configured to prevent a banknote from entering between the pressing plate that supports the stacked banknotes, a guide that adjusts the short sides of the stacked banknotes, and the pressing plate and the guide. A bill handling apparatus comprising a movable stopper. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 4 ,
The movable stopper is a container that rotates downward and retracts inside the guide so as not to prevent the push plate and the bill from descending when the push plate is lowered by the gravity of the accumulated bills. A bill handling apparatus characterized by the above. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 4 ,
The banknote handling apparatus, wherein the movable stopper is attached to the guide. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The stacking and feeding mechanism part of the first banknote storage is provided on the front side of the banknote handling apparatus, and the stacking and feeding mechanism part of the second banknote storage is provided on the back side of the banknote handling apparatus. A bill handling device. A bill handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The banknote handling apparatus having the same outer shape as the other banknote storage when the first banknote storage and the second banknote storage are combined. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
A banknote handling apparatus comprising: a tray that stores the banknote storage; and a fixing mechanism that fixes the banknote storage other than the second banknote storage to the tray. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,
A tray for storing the banknote storage;
The tray is provided on the front side of the banknote handling apparatus with respect to the first tray provided on the back side of the banknote handling apparatus, and the first banknote storage and the second tray. A bill handling apparatus comprising a second tray for storing a bill storage. A bill handling apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
A bill handling apparatus comprising: a first rail configured to connect the first tray and the second tray and to move the first tray with respect to the second tray. A bill handling apparatus according to claim 11 ,
A second rail connected to the second tray and configured to be movable is provided, and the second rail is disposed above the first rail. A bill handling apparatus characterized by the above. A bill handling apparatus according to claim 1,
The banknote handling apparatus, wherein the upper unit banknote storage is removable without pulling out the upper unit. Bill handling apparatus having been a bill storage according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

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