JP6710353B2

JP6710353B2 - Banknote handling device

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Publication number: JP6710353B2
Application number: JP2015106480A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 義隆永井; 宗也古町; 繁諸星
Original assignee: NEC Magnus Communications Ltd
Current assignee: NEC Magnus Communications Ltd
Priority date: 2015-05-26
Filing date: 2015-05-26
Publication date: 2020-06-17
Anticipated expiration: 2035-05-26
Also published as: JP2016218965A

Description

本発明は投入された紙幣を収納したり、収納した紙幣を機外に出金する機能を備えた紙幣取扱装置の改良に関し、特に格別のリジェクト紙幣収納部を設けることなく、出金リジェクト紙幣を装置内で区分することが可能な紙幣取扱装置に関する。 The present invention relates to an improvement of a bill handling apparatus having a function of storing inserted bills and discharging the stored bills to the outside of the machine, and particularly, without providing a special reject bill storage unit, dispenses reject bills The present invention relates to a bill handling device that can be sorted in the device.

投入された紙幣を受け入れる入金機能や、釣り銭や返却金として紙幣を払い出す出金機能を備えた紙幣取扱装置は、各種自動販売機、入出金装置、両替機等に装備されており、この紙幣取扱装置には始業時に準備した紙幣、或いは稼働中に投入された紙幣を金種別に保管するための紙幣収納部が装備されている。
この種の紙幣取扱装置において、千円紙幣の如き低額紙幣を釣銭として払い出すように構成する場合には、投入された千円紙幣を収納するばかりでなく、この千円紙幣を釣銭として払い出すように機能する還流式紙幣収納部を装備するのが一般である。還流式紙幣収納部とは、始業時に予め収納しておいた紙幣のみならず、装置の稼働中に利用者が投入した紙幣を一旦収納する一方で、この紙幣を釣銭や返却金等とするために外部へ繰り出す（排出する）機能を備えたタイプの紙幣収納部を指称する。 A bill handling device equipped with a deposit function for accepting deposited bills and a dispense function for dispensing bills as change or refund is installed in various automatic vending machines, deposit/withdrawal devices, currency exchange machines, etc. The handling device is equipped with a bill storage unit for storing bills prepared at the start of work or bills inserted during operation according to denomination.
In a bill handling device of this type, when a low-value bill such as a 1,000-yen bill is to be paid out as change, not only the thrown-in 1000-yen bill is stored but also this 1000-yen bill is paid out as change. It is common to equip a return type banknote storage unit that functions as described above. The recycle type banknote storage unit stores not only the banknotes stored in advance at the start of the work but also the banknotes inserted by the user during the operation of the device while the banknotes are used as change or refund money. A bill storage unit of the type having a function of feeding (discharging) to the outside.

図５は、従来の還流式紙幣取扱装置の構成を示している。
紙幣取扱装置１０１は、還流式の紙幣処理機構１０２と、この紙幣処理機構を内部に収容する外装体１０３と、から概略構成されている。
紙幣処理機構１０２は、金種の異なる紙幣を一枚ずつ受入れ、且つ排出可能な入出金部１０４と、入出金部１０４から一枚ずつ受け入れた紙幣を装置本体内に搬送する搬送経路１０５と、搬送経路１０５に沿って紙幣を搬送するための駆動力を生成、伝達するローラ、ベルト、分岐ゲート１１１、モータ、ソレノイド等から成る搬送機構１１０と、入出金部１０４の直下流側の搬送経路上に配置されて一枚ずつ給送されてくる紙幣の真贋、金種を判定する識別装置１１５と、搬送経路１０５から搬送されてきた低額紙幣（例えば、千円紙幣）を一枚ずつ単一の入出金口から出入れ自在に収容するスイッチバック還流式紙幣収納部１２０と、還流式紙幣収納部１２０の下流側に配置され且つ搬送経路１０５から搬送されてきた高額紙幣（例えば、一万円紙幣）を還流不能に収納する高額紙幣収納部１３０と、還流式紙幣収納部１２０の上流側に配置され且つ搬送経路から搬送されてきた低額紙幣を一枚ずつ受け入れて堆積すると共に堆積した紙幣束を釣銭等として一括して外部に出金する出金保留部１４０と、還流式紙幣収納部１２０と入出金部１０４との間の搬送経路上に配置された重送検知用のセンサ１５０と、出金保留部１４０よりも上流側に配置されたリジェクト紙幣収納部１６０と、これらを制御する制御手段１７０と、を備えている。 FIG. 5: has shown the structure of the conventional return type banknote handling apparatus.
The banknote handling apparatus 101 is roughly configured by a recycle type banknote processing mechanism 102 and an exterior body 103 that accommodates the banknote processing mechanism therein.
The banknote processing mechanism 102 accepts and ejects banknotes of different denominations one by one, and a deposit/withdrawal section 104, and a transport path 105 for transporting the banknotes received one by one from the deposit/withdrawal section 104 into the apparatus main body. A transport mechanism 110 including rollers, a belt, a branch gate 111, a motor, a solenoid, etc. for generating and transmitting a driving force for transporting a bill along the transport path 105, and a transport path immediately downstream of the deposit/withdrawal section 104. The identification device 115 that determines the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes that are delivered to each other and that are fed one by one, and the low-value banknotes (for example, 1,000-yen banknotes) that have been transported from the transport path 105 one by one. A switchback rebate type banknote storage unit 120 that stores in and out freely from a deposit/withdrawal port, and a high-value banknote (for example, a 10,000-yen banknote) that is arranged on the downstream side of the recycle-type banknote storage unit 120 and has been transferred from a transfer path 105. ) Is stored in a non-returnable manner, and the low-value banknotes, which are arranged on the upstream side of the recycle-type banknote storage section 120 and are conveyed from the conveying path, are received and accumulated one by one, and the accumulated banknote bundle is collected. A withdrawal holding unit 140 that collectively withdraws money as change, and a sensor 150 for detecting double feed, which is arranged on a transport path between the recycle-type banknote storage unit 120 and the deposit/withdrawal unit 104, It includes a reject bill storage unit 160 arranged on the upstream side of the money holding unit 140 and a control unit 170 for controlling these.

以上の構成において、入出金部１０４から例えば一枚の一万円紙幣が投入された場合、制御手段１７０は、この一万円紙幣を還流式紙幣収納部１２０と高額紙幣収納部１３０との間に設けた一時保留経路Ｒ中に保留した状態で利用者による決済完了、或いは後続紙幣の投入を待機する。取引が成立した場合や、同一の利用者から後続紙幣が投入された場合には、一万円紙幣を高額紙幣収納部１３０に移送して格納する。
取引成立によって一万円紙幣を高額紙幣収納部１３０に格納した後で千円紙幣による釣銭の払出しが必要となった場合には、還流式紙幣収納部１２０から必要枚数を出金保留部１４０に一枚ずつ移送し、紙幣束として機外に払出す。 In the above configuration, when, for example, one 10,000-yen bill is inserted from the depositing/dispensing unit 104, the control unit 170 places the 10,000-yen bill between the recycle-type bill storage unit 120 and the high-value bill storage unit 130. It waits for the completion of payment by the user or the insertion of subsequent banknotes in a state of being held in the temporary holding route R provided in the above. When the transaction is successful or when the succeeding banknote is inserted by the same user, the 10,000-yen banknote is transferred to and stored in the high-value banknote storage unit 130.
When it is necessary to pay out the change of 1,000 yen bills after storing 10,000 yen bills in the high-price bill storage part 130 due to the establishment of a transaction, the required number of coins are returned from the recycle type banknote storage part 120 to the withdrawal holding part 140. They are transferred one by one and paid out as a banknote bundle.

ところで、還流式紙幣収納部１２０から千円紙幣を払い出す際に重送が発生した場合には、何枚重送されたか不明であるために返却すべき枚数を正確にカウントし得ない事態が発生する。そのために還流式紙幣収納部１２０よりも上流側位置に配置したセンサ１５０によって重送の有無（紙幣汚れの有無を含む）を検知し、重送であると検知された紙幣については出金保留部１４０へ移送せずにリジェクト紙幣収納部１６０に移送し格納していた。
しかし、紙幣の重送、或いは紙幣汚れによる異常検知は、極めてまれにしか発生しないにも関わらずリジェクト紙幣収納部を常設すると、設置のためのスペース、コスト、リジェクト紙幣収納部へ紙幣を搬送するための機構の増設が必要となり、装置の大型化、複雑化、高コスト化を招く原因となっていた。
そこで、特許文献１には、高額紙幣収納部を、リジェクト紙幣や重送紙幣の収納部として兼用することによって、リジェクト専用の格別の収納部を設けず、構成をシンプル化、小型化した紙幣取扱装置が記載されている。この紙幣取扱装置においてリジェクトが発生した場合、その都度、リジェクト紙幣を高額紙幣収納部に収納するように動作する。 By the way, when a multi-feed occurs when paying out 1,000-yen bills from the return-type banknote storage unit 120, there is a situation in which it is not possible to accurately count the number of sheets to be returned because it is unclear how many multi-feeds were made. appear. Therefore, the presence or absence of double feeding (including the presence or absence of dirt on the bill) is detected by the sensor 150 arranged at a position upstream of the recycle type bill storage unit 120, and the withdrawal holding unit is provided for the bill detected as double feeding. Instead of transferring to 140, it was transferred to and stored in the reject bill storage unit 160.
However, double-feeding of bills or abnormal detection due to stains on bills is extremely rare, but if the reject bill storage unit is permanently installed, the space for installation, cost, and bills are transported to the reject bill storage unit. Therefore, it is necessary to add an additional mechanism, which causes increase in size, complexity, and cost of the device.
Therefore, in Patent Document 1, the high-value banknote storage unit is also used as a storage unit for reject banknotes and double-fed banknotes, so that a special storage unit dedicated to rejecting is not provided and the banknote handling is simplified and downsized. The device is described. When a reject occurs in this banknote handling apparatus, it operates so as to store the reject banknote in the high-value banknote storage section each time.

特開２００８−１８６４２４公報JP, 2008-186424, A

ここで、紙幣の重送又は紙幣汚れによる異常を検知した場合、制御手段は紙幣の金種や枚数を正確に把握していない状態で高額紙幣収納部にリジェクト紙幣を収納するため、紙幣取扱装置に接続された上位の金銭管理システムで管理・集計している高額紙幣収納部内の金額と実際の高額紙幣収納部内の金額との間に不一致が生ずる。これは、還流式紙幣収納部についても同様である。
仮に、高額紙幣収納部内の紙幣のみを回収し、還流式紙幣収納部内の紙幣を翌日以降の釣り札として回収せずに使用する運用では、金銭管理システムで管理・集計している金額と還流式紙幣収納部内の金額とが一致することを何らかの形で確認する必要がある。特許文献１に記載の紙幣取扱装置においては、高額紙幣収納部内で出金リジェクト紙幣と高額紙幣が混在するため、実際に高額紙幣収納部内に収納されている金額の確認作業をする場合の作業員の負担が多大なものとなる。
本発明は上述の事情に鑑みてなされたものであり、格別のリジェクト紙幣収納部を設けることなく、出金リジェクト紙幣を装置内で区分することが可能な紙幣取扱装置を提供することを目的とする。 Here, when an abnormality due to double feeding of bills or stains on bills is detected, the control unit stores rejected bills in the high-price bill storage unit without accurately understanding the denomination and the number of bills. There is a discrepancy between the amount of money in the high-value banknote storage unit that is managed and aggregated by the upper-level money management system connected to the actual amount of money in the high-value banknote storage unit. The same applies to the return type banknote storage unit.
If only the banknotes in the high-value banknote storage section are collected and the banknotes in the recycle type banknote storage section are used without being collected as fishing tags from the next day onward, the amount managed by the money management system and the recycle type It is necessary to somehow confirm that the amount of money in the bill storage unit matches. In the banknote handling apparatus described in Patent Document 1, since the withdrawal reject banknotes and the high-value banknotes are mixed in the high-value banknote storage unit, the worker when actually confirming the amount of money stored in the high-value banknote storage unit Will be a heavy burden.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling device that can sort dispensed reject banknotes in the device without providing a special reject banknote storage unit. To do.

上記の課題を解決するために、請求項１に記載の発明は、入金された紙幣を装置本体内に取り込んだり、出金されてくる紙幣を前記装置本体外へ出金する入出金部と、該入出金部から取り込まれた紙幣を前記装置本体内に搬送したり、出金紙幣を該入出金部へ搬送する入出金側搬送路と、前記入出金側搬送路から搬送されてきた入金紙幣を識別部へ搬送する双方向搬送が可能な識別搬送路と、該識別搬送路を通過した入金紙幣を更に下流側に搬送する双方向搬送が可能な収納側搬送路と、前記収納側搬送路を搬送される入金紙幣を受け容れたり、収容した紙幣を該収納側搬送路に出金する少なくとも１つの還流式紙幣収納部を含む紙幣収納部と、前記収納側搬送路の最下流部と前記入出金側搬送路とを連通させる連通部と、前記入出金側搬送路に沿って配置されて、前記還流式紙幣収納部から送出されてきたリジェクト紙幣を一時保留するリジェクト紙幣保留部と、装置各部の動作を制御する制御手段と、を備えたことを特徴とする。
請求項２に記載の発明は、前記制御手段は、前記リジェクト紙幣を回収する回収動作の実行時に、全ての前記リジェクト紙幣を前記リジェクト紙幣保留部から前記紙幣収納部に移送するように制御することを特徴とする。 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 takes in a deposited banknote into the main body of the apparatus, and a depositing/dispensing section for dispensing the dispensed banknote to the outside of the main body of the apparatus, A banknote taken in from the deposit/withdrawal section is transferred into the main body of the apparatus, or a deposit/withdrawal side transport path for transporting a dispensed banknote to the deposit/withdrawal section, and a deposit received from the deposit/withdrawal side transport path. An identification conveyance path capable of bidirectional conveyance of bills to the identification section, a storage side conveyance path capable of bidirectional conveyance of the deposited banknotes that have passed through the identification conveyance path, and the storage side conveyance. A banknote storage unit including at least one return-type banknote storage unit that accepts deposited banknotes transported through a path and dispenses the stored banknotes to the storage-side transfer path; and a most downstream part of the storage-side transfer path. A communication section that communicates with the pay-in/pay-out side transport path, and a reject banknote storage section that is disposed along the pay-in/pay-out side transport path and temporarily holds the reject banknotes sent out from the return-type banknote storage section. And a control means for controlling the operation of each part of the apparatus.
In the invention according to claim 2, the control means controls to transfer all the rejected banknotes from the rejected banknote storage section to the banknote storage section during execution of a recovery operation for recovering the rejected banknotes. Is characterized by.

請求項３に記載の発明は、前記入出金部から前記装置内部に投入されたシート状部材がリジェクト回収シートであることを前記識別部が識別した場合に、前記制御手段は、前記リジェクト紙幣を回収する回収動作として、前記リジェクト回収シートを前記リジェクト紙幣保留部に移送すると共に、前記リジェクト回収シートと全ての前記リジェクト紙幣を前記リジェクト紙幣保留部から前記紙幣収納部に移送するように制御することを特徴とする。
請求項４に記載の発明は、前記紙幣収納部は、前記収納側搬送路を搬送される紙幣を受け容れる非還流式紙幣収納部を備え、前記制御手段は、前記リジェクト紙幣を回収する回収動作の実行時に、前記還流式紙幣収納部に収納されている全ての紙幣を前記非還流式紙幣収納部に移送した後に、全ての前記リジェクト紙幣を前記リジェクト紙幣保留部から前記非還流式紙幣収納部に移送するように制御することを特徴とする。 In the invention according to claim 3, when the identifying unit identifies that the sheet-like member inserted into the apparatus from the depositing/dispensing unit is a reject collection sheet, the control unit causes the reject bill to be rejected. As a recovery operation for recovering, the transfer of the reject recovery sheet to the reject banknote storage unit, and the transfer of the reject recovery sheet and all the reject banknotes from the reject banknote storage unit to the banknote storage unit are controlled. It is characterized by
In the invention according to claim 4, the banknote storage unit includes a non-return type banknote storage unit that accepts banknotes transported through the storage-side transport path, and the control unit recovers the rejected banknotes. In the execution of, after transferring all the banknotes stored in the return type banknote storage unit to the non-return type banknote storage unit, all the reject banknotes from the reject banknote storage unit to the nonreturn type banknote storage unit It is characterized in that it is controlled to be transferred to.

本発明によれば、格別のリジェクト紙幣収納部を設けることなく、出金リジェクト紙幣を装置内で区分することが可能となる。 ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to classify|pay-out a withdrawal reject banknote in an apparatus, without providing a special reject banknote storage part.

本発明の一実施形態に係る紙幣取扱装置の内部構成を示す概略縦断面図である。It is an outline longitudinal section showing the internal configuration of the bill handling device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. （ａ）〜（ｄ）は、入金時の基本動作を説明する図である。(A)-(d) is a figure explaining the basic operation|movement at the time of deposit. （ａ）〜（ｃ）は、出金時の基本動作を説明する図である。(A)-(c) is a figure explaining the basic operation at the time of withdrawal. （ａ）〜（ｄ）は、出金リジェクト紙幣の回収動作を説明する図である。(A)-(d) is a figure explaining the collection operation of a withdrawal reject bill. 従来の還流式紙幣取扱装置の構成を示す図である。It is a figure which shows the structure of the conventional return type banknote handling apparatus.

以下、本発明を図に示した実施形態を用いて詳細に説明する。但し、この実施形態に記載される構成要素、種類、組み合わせ、形状、その相対配置などは特定的な記載がない限り、この発明の範囲をそれのみに限定する主旨ではなく単なる説明例に過ぎない。
以下、本発明の実施形態を詳細に説明する。 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the constituent elements, types, combinations, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like described in this embodiment are merely explanatory examples, not the gist of limiting the scope of the present invention thereto, unless specifically stated. ..
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

〔紙幣取扱装置の基本的な構成〕
図１は、本発明の一実施形態に係る紙幣取扱装置の内部構成を示す概略縦断面図である。
紙幣取扱装置１は、例えば電鉄の駅への入場券の自動販売機（券売機）に装備されて紙幣の受入れ処理、及び釣銭等としての紙幣の払出し処理等を行う機能を有する。
紙幣取扱装置１は、筐体１１と、筐体１１の前面側に配置されて利用者が投入した紙幣を受け入れ、又は、釣り銭等を払い出す入出金部１３と、筐体１１内部に配置されて、入出金部１３から入金された紙幣の搬送位置を搬送路の幅方向中央部に矯正するセンタリング部１５と、入出金部１３から入金された紙幣等の金種、真贋を判定する識別部１７と、識別部１７により釣り札として使用する還流紙幣と判定された紙幣を収納し、出金要求に応じて紙幣を一枚ずつ繰り出す第一還流式紙幣収納部２１及び第二還流式紙幣収納部２３と、第二還流式紙幣収納部２３の下方に配置されて、非還流紙幣を収納する非還流式紙幣収納部２５と、入金時には非還流紙幣のエスクロ保留庫として機能し、出金前には出金紙幣を一時保留する出金保留庫として機能する第一紙幣保留ドラム２７と、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１又は第二還流式紙幣収納部２３から繰り出されて、出金時に識別部１７において出金不能と判定された出金リジェクト紙幣を一時保留する第二紙幣保留ドラム２９と、紙幣を搬送する紙幣搬送路（Ｐ１、Ｐ３、Ｐ７、Ｐ９）と、これらを制御する図示しない制御手段と、を概略備えている。 [Basic configuration of bill handling device]
FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional view showing an internal configuration of a bill handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The banknote handling apparatus 1 is equipped in, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine (ticket vending machine) for entrance tickets to electric railway stations, and has a function of accepting banknotes and paying out banknotes such as change.
The banknote handling apparatus 1 is disposed inside the housing 11, and a housing 11, a depositing/dispensing section 13 arranged on the front side of the housing 11 for receiving banknotes inserted by a user, or for dispensing change or the like. A centering unit 15 that corrects the transportation position of the banknotes deposited from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 to the central portion in the width direction of the transport path, and an identification unit that determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes deposited from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13. 17 and a banknote determined by the identifying unit 17 to be a return banknote to be used as a fishing note, and a first return banknote storage unit 21 and a second return banknote storage unit for delivering one banknote in response to a withdrawal request. The unit 23, the non-returning banknote storage unit 25 that is disposed below the second return-type banknote storage unit 23 and stores the non-returning banknotes, and functions as an escrow storage box for the non-returning banknotes at the time of deposit, and before the withdrawal. Is dispensed from the first banknote storage drum 27 that functions as a dispensing bank to temporarily store the dispensed banknotes, and the first recycle-type banknote storage unit 21 or the second recycle-type banknote storage unit 23, and is identified at the time of withdrawal. The second banknote holding drum 29 for temporarily holding the withdrawal reject banknotes determined to be incapable of withdrawing in the section 17, the banknote transport paths (P1, P3, P7, P9) for transporting the banknotes, and controlling these, not shown. And a control means.

紙幣搬送路は、入出金部１３から後方へ延びる入出金側搬送路Ｐ１と、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１の後端部に接続すると共に下方へ延びる識別搬送路Ｐ３と、識別搬送路Ｐ３よりも前部側に配置され、下端部が反転部Ｐ５を介して識別搬送路Ｐ３と接続する収納側搬送路Ｐ７と、収納側搬送路Ｐ７と入出金側搬送路Ｐ１とを連通接続する連通部Ｐ９と、収納側搬送路Ｐ７から分岐して第一還流式紙幣収納部２１、第二還流式紙幣収納部２３、及び非還流式紙幣収納部２５の内部と夫々連通する分岐搬送路Ｐ７１、Ｐ７２、Ｐ７３と、紙幣を搬送するローラ、ベルト類、及びギヤ類と、これらを駆動するモータと、を備えている。なお、図中符号Ｐ１０は、分岐ゲートである。
紙幣を搬送するローラ、ベルト類、及びギヤ類を駆動するモータは、上記制御手段によって制御される。 The banknote transport path is more than the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 extending rearward from the deposit/withdrawal section 13, the identification transport path P3 connected to the rear end of the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 and extending downward, and the identification transport path P3. A storage-side transfer path P7, which is arranged on the front side and has a lower end connected to the identification transfer path P3 via the reversing section P5, and a communication section P9 which connects and connects the storage-side transfer path P7 and the deposit/withdrawal-side transfer path P1. And branch conveyance paths P71, P72 that branch from the storage-side conveyance path P7 and communicate with the insides of the first return-type banknote storage section 21, the second return-type banknote storage section 23, and the non-return-type banknote storage section 25, respectively. P73, a roller for conveying banknotes, belts, and gears, and a motor for driving them. In addition, the code|symbol P10 in a figure is a branch gate.
Motors that drive rollers for conveying bills, belts, and gears are controlled by the control means.

制御手段は、ＣＰＵ（Central Processing Unit）、ＲＯＭ（Read Only Memory）、及びＲＡＭ（Random Access Memory）を備えた汎用のマイクロコンピュータである。ＣＰＵがＲＯＭに記憶されたプログラムを読み出してＲＡＭに展開して実行することにより、制御手段は紙幣取扱装置１の各部の動作を制御する。
本例においてセンタリング部１５は、識別搬送路Ｐ３に配置されている。また、第一紙幣保留ドラム２７と第二紙幣保留ドラム２９は、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に沿って配置されている。 The control means is a general-purpose microcomputer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The control unit controls the operation of each unit of the banknote handling apparatus 1 by the CPU reading the program stored in the ROM, expanding the program in the RAM, and executing the program.
In this example, the centering unit 15 is arranged on the identification conveyance path P3. Moreover, the 1st banknote storage drum 27 and the 2nd banknote storage drum 29 are arrange|positioned along the deposit/withdrawal side conveyance path P1.

＜各部の基本機能＞
入出金側搬送路Ｐ１は、入金時には紙幣を一枚ずつ筐体１１内に搬送し、出金時には紙幣を複数枚重ねて筐体１１外へ向けて搬送する機能を有する。このため、紙幣取扱装置１においては、入金部と出金部とが入出金部１３として共通化されており、不正に強いレイアウトとなっている。
仮に入金部と出金部が別個に設けられた装置構成では、悪意ある第三者が出金口に詰め物等をして閉塞させた場合、紙幣の入金は可能であるが、紙幣の出金時にはエラーが発生する。これを知らずに出金操作をした顧客がエラーの発生を係員に知らせようとして装置から離れた隙に、第三者が詰め物を除去して出金紙幣を抜き取ってしまう事態が起こりうる。本実施形態に係る紙幣取扱装置１においては入金部と出金部が共通化されているため、入出金部１３を閉塞させると入金も出金もできなくなることから、上記のような紙幣の不正抜き取りを効果的に防止できる。 <Basic functions of each part>
The depositing/dispensing side transport path P1 has a function of transporting banknotes one by one into the housing 11 at the time of depositing, and stacking a plurality of banknotes at the time of dispensing to transport the bills toward the outside of the housing 11. Therefore, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, the depositing part and the dispensing part are commonly used as the depositing/dispensing part 13, and the layout is fraudulently strong.
In the device configuration in which the depositing unit and the dispensing unit are provided separately, if a malicious third party closes the dispensing port with a filling or the like to block the bill, it is possible to deposit the bill, but withdrawing the bill. Sometimes an error occurs. When a customer who has performed the withdrawal operation without knowing this tries to inform the attendant that an error has occurred and leaves the device, a third party may remove the padding and withdraw the withdrawn bill. In the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, since the depositing part and the dispensing part are shared, if the depositing/dispensing part 13 is closed, neither depositing nor dispensing can be performed. It can effectively prevent extraction.

センタリング部１５は、サイズの異なる各種紙幣の搬送位置を識別搬送路Ｐ３の幅方向中央部に矯正（センタリング）して、これらの紙幣を確実に搬送し、また後段の識別部１７において確実に識別できるようにする。
識別部１７は、入出金部１３から入金されて搬送される紙幣の識別の他、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１及び第二還流式紙幣収納部２３から繰り出されて搬送される紙幣の識別を行う。前者の場合、識別部１７は識別搬送路Ｐ３を図中上方から下方向に搬送される紙幣を識別し、後者の場合、識別部１７は識別搬送路Ｐ３を図中下方から上方向に搬送される紙幣を識別する。入金時のみならず出金時においても紙幣の識別を行うことにより、信頼性を向上させる。 The centering unit 15 corrects (centers) the transportation positions of various banknotes of different sizes to the center portion in the width direction of the identification transportation path P3 to reliably transport these banknotes, and to reliably identify them in the identification unit 17 in the subsequent stage. It can be so.
The identification unit 17 identifies, in addition to identifying the banknotes deposited and transferred from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13, the banknotes delivered and transported from the first return banknote storage unit 21 and the second return banknote storage unit 23. To do. In the former case, the identification unit 17 identifies the banknotes conveyed in the identification conveyance path P3 from the upper side to the lower side in the drawing, and in the latter case, the identification unit 17 conveys the bills in the identification conveyance path P3 from the lower side to the upper side in the drawing. Identify the banknotes that Reliability is improved by identifying bills not only when depositing but also when dispensing.

紙幣収納装置である第一還流式紙幣収納部２１、第二還流式紙幣収納部２３、及び、非還流式紙幣収納部２５は、筐体１１の前面に設けた開口から、筐体１１外へ引出したり、筐体１１内に収納自在に構成されている。
図示する紙幣取扱装置１においては、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１としてフィルム式の二金種対応小・中容量還流式紙幣収納装置を配置し、第二還流式紙幣収納部２３としてローラフリクション式の一金種対応大容量還流式紙幣収納装置を配置している。しかし、紙幣取扱装置１に装備する紙幣収納装置は、上記のものに限定されるわけではない。二つの還流式紙幣収納部に夫々装備する紙幣収納装置の組み合わせによって、対応する金種の数、収納可能な紙幣の容量を適宜設定可能である。 The first return type banknote storage unit 21, the second return type banknote storage unit 23, and the non-return type banknote storage unit 25, which are banknote storage devices, are moved from the opening provided on the front surface of the housing 11 to the outside of the housing 11. It is constructed so that it can be pulled out and stored in the housing 11.
In the banknote handling apparatus 1 shown in the figure, a film-type two-denomination denomination small/medium capacity recycle banknote storage apparatus is arranged as the first recycle-type banknote storage section 21, and a roller friction type as the second recycle-type banknote storage section 23. A large-capacity return type banknote storage device for one denomination is installed. However, the bill storage device equipped in the bill handling device 1 is not limited to the above. The number of corresponding denominations and the capacity of the banknotes that can be stored can be appropriately set by combining the banknote storage devices that are respectively installed in the two return-type banknote storage units.

第一及び第二紙幣保留ドラム２７、２９は、ドラム状の回転体の外周面に紙幣を重ねて巻き付けることにより、紙幣を一時保留する。
第一紙幣保留ドラム２７は、入金された非還流紙幣を一時保留（エスクロ）し、保留終了後には紙幣束を一括して非還流式紙幣収納部２５に向けて排出する。また、第一紙幣保留ドラム２７は、出金時には出金紙幣を一時保留し、保留終了後には紙幣束を一括して入出金部１３に向けて排出する。即ち、本実施形態において第一紙幣保留ドラム２７は、入金時はエスクロドラムとして、出金時は出金保留ドラムとして機能する。
第二紙幣保留ドラム２９は、出金リジェクト紙幣を一時保留し、保留終了後には紙幣束を一括して非還流式紙幣収納部２５に向けて排出する。
なお、紙幣を一時保留する一時保留庫はドラム式の保留庫に限定されるわけではない。ドラム式以外の一時保留庫を用いてもよい。 The first and second banknote storage drums 27 and 29 temporarily store the banknotes by stacking and winding the banknotes on the outer peripheral surface of the drum-shaped rotating body.
The first banknote storage drum 27 temporarily holds (escrow) the deposited non-return banknotes and discharges the banknote bundle collectively toward the non-return type banknote storage unit 25 after the storage is completed. Further, the first banknote storage drum 27 temporarily holds the banknotes to be dispensed at the time of withdrawal, and discharges the banknote bundle collectively toward the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 after the completion of the suspension. That is, in the present embodiment, the first bill holding drum 27 functions as an escrow drum at the time of deposit, and as a withdrawal holding drum at the time of withdrawal.
The second banknote holding drum 29 temporarily holds the withdrawal reject banknotes, and after the completion of the holding, discharges the banknote bundle collectively toward the non-reflux type banknote storage unit 25.
Note that the temporary storage for temporarily storing banknotes is not limited to the drum storage. A temporary storage other than the drum type may be used.

ここで、出金リジェクト紙幣とは、真券ではあるが紙幣に染み等の汚れや小さな破れ等の傷みがあり、釣り札として出金するには不適とされる損券、及び、出金時に重送が発生して出金リジェクトとなった紙幣のことである。
ここで、出金リジェクト紙幣を保留する専用の紙幣収納部を設けない紙幣取扱装置では、出金リジェクト紙幣を非還流式の紙幣収納部に搬送して収納するが、出金時に重送が発生して出金リジェクトとなった場合等では、出金リジェクト紙幣の金種及び枚数が不明確となる。このため、非還流式の紙幣収納部内に収納された紙幣の金種及び枚数と、制御手段が管理する非還流式の紙幣収納部内に存在するとされる紙幣の金種及び枚数とが一致しなくなる虞がある。本実施形態に係る紙幣取扱装置では、出金リジェクト紙幣を保留する第二紙幣保留ドラム２９を設けたので、非還流式紙幣収納部２５内に収納されている紙幣の金種及び枚数と、制御手段が管理する紙幣の金種及び枚数との間に不一致が生じることはない。 Here, withdrawal reject banknotes are genuine notes, but there are scratches such as stains and small tears on the banknotes, and unfit banknotes that are unsuitable for withdrawing as fishing tags, and at the time of withdrawal. A banknote that has been rejected due to a double feed.
Here, in the banknote handling device that does not have a dedicated banknote storage unit for holding the withdrawal reject banknotes, the withdrawal reject banknotes are conveyed to and stored in the non-return type banknote storage unit, but a double feed occurs at the time of withdrawal. If the withdrawal is rejected, the denomination and the number of withdrawal reject banknotes are unclear. Therefore, the denomination and the number of bills stored in the non-return type bill storage unit do not match the denomination and the number of bills that are considered to exist in the non-return type bill storage unit managed by the control unit. There is a risk. Since the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment is provided with the second banknote holding drum 29 that holds the withdrawal reject banknotes, the denomination and the number of banknotes stored in the non-refluxing banknote storage unit 25, and control There is no discrepancy between the denomination and the number of bills managed by the means.

〔本発明の特徴的な構成〕
本発明の紙幣取扱装置の特徴的な構成は以下の通りである。
紙幣取扱装置１は、装置本体の前面側に配置されて入金された紙幣を装置本体内に取り込んだり、出金されてくる紙幣を装置本体外へ出金する入出金部１３と、入出金部１３から取り込まれた紙幣を装置本体内に搬送したり、出金紙幣を入出金部１３へ搬送する入出金側搬送路Ｐ１と、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１から搬送されてきた入金紙幣を識別部１７へ搬送する双方向搬送（正逆搬送）が可能な識別搬送路Ｐ３と、識別搬送路Ｐ３を通過した入金紙幣を更に下流側に搬送する双方向搬送（正逆搬送）が可能な収納側搬送路Ｐ７と、収納側搬送路Ｐ７を搬送される入金紙幣を受け容れたり、収容した紙幣を収納側搬送路Ｐ７に出金する少なくとも１つの還流式紙幣収納部を含む紙幣収納部２１、２３、２５と、収納側搬送路Ｐ７の最下流側端部（最下流部）と入出金側搬送路Ｐ１とを連通させる連通部Ｐ９と、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に沿って配置されて、入金時には非還流紙幣のエスクロ保留庫として機能し、出金前には出金紙幣を一時保留する出金保留庫として機能する第一紙幣保留ドラム２７（エスクロ部）、及び出金時に出金不能と判定された出金リジェクト紙幣を一時保留する第二紙幣保留ドラム２９（出金リジェクト紙幣保留部）と、装置各部の動作を制御する制御手段とを備えている。
上記特徴を備えた紙幣取扱装置１における入出金動作について説明する。 [Characteristic Configuration of the Present Invention]
The characteristic configuration of the bill handling apparatus of the present invention is as follows.
The banknote handling apparatus 1 is arranged on the front side of the apparatus main body and takes in the deposited banknotes into the apparatus main body, and withdraws the withdrawn banknotes to the outside of the apparatus main body, and a deposit/withdrawal section. The banknotes fetched from 13 are transferred into the main body of the apparatus, and the pay-in/pay-out side transfer path P1 for transferring the pay-out banknotes to the pay-in/pay-out part 13 and the deposit banknotes transferred from the pay-in/pay-out side transfer path P1 are identified. An identification conveyance path P3 capable of bidirectional conveyance (forward/reverse conveyance) to 17 and a storage side capable of bidirectional conveyance (forward/reverse conveyance) that further conveys a deposited banknote that has passed through the identification conveyance path P3 to the downstream side. The banknote storage units 21 and 23 including the transport path P7 and at least one return-type banknote storage unit that accepts the deposited banknotes transported through the storage-side transport path P7 and withdraws the stored banknotes to the storage-side transport path P7. , 25, a communication portion P9 that connects the most downstream end (the most downstream portion) of the storage-side transfer path P7 and the deposit/withdrawal side transfer path P1, and the deposit/withdrawal side transfer path P1. The first banknote holding drum 27 (escrow section) sometimes functions as an escrow holding box for non-returning banknotes, and functions as a withdrawal holding box for temporarily holding a withdrawn banknote before withdrawal, and withdrawal is impossible at the time of withdrawal. A second banknote storage drum 29 (payout reject banknote storage unit) that temporarily holds the determined dispensed reject banknotes, and a control unit that controls the operation of each unit of the apparatus.
The depositing/dispensing operation in the bill handling apparatus 1 having the above features will be described.

〔入金・出金時の基本動作〕
紙幣の入金時、及び出金時における紙幣取扱装置１の基本的な動作について説明する。
＜入金動作＞
まず、入金時の動作について説明する。図２（ａ）〜（ｄ）は、入金時の基本動作を説明する図である。
図２（ａ）は、入金〜エスクロ待機時の動作を示している。
入出金部１３より入金された紙幣は、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１を経由して識別搬送路Ｐ３を下向きに搬送される。識別搬送路Ｐ３を搬送される過程で紙幣は、センタリング部１５において搬送位置を幅方向中央部に矯正され、識別部１７において真贋及び金種判定される。その後、紙幣は反転部Ｐ５において搬送方向を変更され、収納側搬送路Ｐ７を上向きに搬送される。
識別部１７において還流紙幣（釣り札）と判定された紙幣は、予め設定された金種毎に第一還流式紙幣収納部２１又は第二還流式紙幣収納部２３に分岐搬送路Ｐ７１、Ｐ７２を介して収納される。一方、識別部１７において非還流紙幣と判定された紙幣は、取引が終了するまで第一紙幣保留ドラム２７へ一時保留される。 [Basic operation when depositing/withdrawing]
The basic operation of the banknote handling device 1 at the time of depositing and dispensing banknotes will be described.
<Deposit operation>
First, the operation at the time of deposit will be described. 2A to 2D are diagrams for explaining the basic operation at the time of deposit.
FIG. 2(a) shows an operation during depositing to escrow standby.
The banknotes deposited by the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 are transported downward along the identification transport path P3 via the deposit/withdrawal transport path P1. In the process of being conveyed along the identification conveyance path P3, the bill is corrected in the center position in the width direction at the centering unit 15, and the identification unit 17 determines whether the bill is authentic or denomination. After that, the bills are changed in the conveying direction in the reversing unit P5, and are conveyed upward in the storage side conveying path P7.
The banknotes determined to be return banknotes (fishing notes) by the identifying unit 17 are provided with branch conveyance paths P71 and P72 in the first return banknote storage unit 21 or the second return banknote storage unit 23 for each preset denomination. Is stored through. On the other hand, the banknotes determined by the identifying unit 17 to be non-refundable banknotes are temporarily stored in the first banknote storage drum 27 until the transaction is completed.

図２（ｂ）は、入金リジェクト時の動作を示している。
識別部１７において金種の識別ができず、入金リジェクト紙幣と判定された紙幣は、識別搬送路Ｐ３を下流側に搬送され、反転部Ｐ５を経て収納側搬送路Ｐ７から入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に搬送され、入出金部１３から返却される。
ここで入出金側搬送路Ｐ１部分は、入金時に受け入れた紙幣を識別部１７に向けて搬送し、入金時に識別部１７において金種の識別ができなかった入金リジェクト紙幣を入出金部１３に向けて搬送する搬送路である。
入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に備えられた紙幣搬送用のローラ、ベルト類、及びギヤ類と、これらを駆動するモータは、識別搬送路Ｐ３や収納側搬送路Ｐ７と同期を取りながら動作するが、識別搬送路Ｐ３や収納側搬送路Ｐ７とは独立した搬送系を構成する。つまり、入金リジェクト紙幣が発生した場合、入出金部１３から入金されて識別部１７に向かう他の紙幣が入出金側搬送路Ｐ１を通過した後、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１は入出金部１３に向けて搬送方向を逆転され、収納側搬送路Ｐ７からの入金リジェクト紙幣を受け入れて入出金部１３に向けて搬送する。 FIG. 2B shows the operation at the time of rejecting the deposit.
The banknotes whose denominations cannot be discriminated by the discriminating unit 17 and which are determined to be deposit rejected banknotes are conveyed to the downstream side through the discriminating and conveying path P3, pass through the reversing section P5, and are transferred from the storing-side conveying path P7 to the depositing/withdrawing side conveying path P1. And is returned from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13.
Here, the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 portion transports the banknote received at the time of deposit toward the identification unit 17, and directs the deposit rejected banknote whose denomination cannot be identified at the identification unit 17 at the time of deposit to the deposit/withdrawal unit 13. It is a transport path for transporting the same.
The banknote transport rollers, belts, and gears provided in the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 and the motors that drive these operate in synchronization with the identification transport path P3 and the storage transport path P7. A transport system independent of the identification transport path P3 and the storage-side transport path P7 is configured. In other words, when a deposit/reject banknote occurs, another banknote deposited from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 toward the identification unit 17 passes through the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 and then the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 is transferred to the deposit/withdrawal unit 13. The conveyance direction is reversed toward the receiving side, and the deposit reject banknotes from the storage side transporting path P7 are received and are transported toward the depositing/dispensing section 13.

図２（ｃ）は、エスクロ待機〜収納時の動作を示している。
取引が正常に終了した場合、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１又は第二還流式紙幣収納部２３に搬送された入金紙幣はそのまま金種別に各還流式紙幣収納部内に収納される。一方、第一紙幣保留ドラム２７に一時保留された複数枚の非還流紙幣は、束のまま一括して入出金側搬送路Ｐ１内に排出され、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１から連通部Ｐ９を介して収納側搬送路Ｐ７を下向きに搬送され、分岐搬送路Ｐ７３を介して非還流式紙幣収納部２５内に収納される。 FIG. 2C shows the operation during escrow standby to storage.
When the transaction is normally completed, the deposited banknotes transported to the first return type banknote storage unit 21 or the second return type banknote storage unit 23 are stored in the respective return type banknote storage units by denomination as they are. On the other hand, the plurality of non-returning banknotes temporarily held in the first banknote holding drum 27 are collectively discharged as a bundle into the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 and are transferred from the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 through the communication portion P9. And is conveyed downward in the storage side conveyance path P7 and is stored in the non-reflux type banknote storage section 25 via the branch conveyance path P73.

図２（ｄ）は、エスクロ待機〜エスクロ返却時の動作を示している。
取引中に入金紙幣の返却命令があった場合、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１又は第二還流式紙幣収納部２３に搬送された入金紙幣は、一枚ずつ第一紙幣保留ドラム２７へと搬送されて一時保留される。なお、第一紙幣保留ドラム２７に先行して一時保留されている非還流紙幣がある場合は、搬送された紙幣はこの非還流紙幣に重ねて一時保留される。
第一紙幣保留ドラム２７は全ての返却紙幣を一時保留した後、返却紙幣を第一紙幣保留ドラム２７から入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に排出する。返却紙幣が複数枚ある場合、第一紙幣保留ドラム２７は紙幣束を一括して入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に排出する。入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に排出された返却紙幣は、スイッチバック搬送により入出金部１３へ移送され、返却される。 FIG. 2D shows the operation from the escrow standby to the escrow return.
When there is an instruction to return the deposited banknotes during the transaction, the deposited banknotes conveyed to the first return banknote storage unit 21 or the second return banknote storage unit 23 are transferred to the first banknote holding drum 27 one by one. Will be temporarily suspended. In addition, when there is a non-returning banknote that is temporarily stored prior to the first banknote storage drum 27, the conveyed banknote is temporarily stored while being superposed on this non-returning banknote.
The first banknote holding drum 27 temporarily holds all the returned banknotes, and then discharges the returned banknotes from the first banknote holding drum 27 to the pay-in/pay-out side transport path P1. When there are a plurality of returned banknotes, the first banknote holding drum 27 collectively discharges the banknote bundle to the pay-in/pay-out side transport path P1. The returned banknotes discharged to the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 are transferred to the deposit/withdrawal section 13 by switchback transport and returned.

＜出金動作＞
次に、紙幣の出金動作について説明する。図３（ａ）〜（ｃ）は、出金時の基本動作を説明する図である。
図３（ａ）は、出金保留時の動作を示している。
紙幣の出金要求があった場合、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１又は第二還流式紙幣収納部２３は出金要求に応じて紙幣を一枚ずつ繰り出す。各紙幣収納部から繰り出された紙幣は、収納側搬送路Ｐ７を下向きに搬送され、反転部Ｐ５にて１８０度反転された後、識別搬送路Ｐ３を上向きに搬送される。各紙幣は、識別部１７にて金種判定された後、第一紙幣保留ドラム２７へ順次一時保留される。 <Withdrawal operation>
Next, a bill dispensing operation will be described. 3A to 3C are diagrams for explaining the basic operation at the time of withdrawal of money.
FIG. 3A shows the operation during withdrawal of payment.
When there is a bill withdrawal request, the first return type banknote storage unit 21 or the second return type banknote storage unit 23 delivers the banknotes one by one in response to the withdrawal request. The bills delivered from each bill storage unit are conveyed downward on the storage-side conveyance path P7, inverted by 180 degrees at the reversing unit P5, and then conveyed upward on the identification conveyance path P3. After the bill type is determined by the identifying unit 17, the bills are sequentially temporarily held in the first bill holding drum 27.

図３（ｂ）は、出金リジェクト時の動作を示している。
識別部１７にてリジェクト判定された出金リジェクト紙幣は、第二紙幣保留ドラム２９へ保留される。なお、第二紙幣保留ドラム２９に保留された出金リジェクト紙幣は、出金リジェクト紙幣の回収命令（リジェクト回収命令）があるまで保留される。なお、出金リジェクト紙幣の回収については後述する。 FIG. 3B shows an operation at the time of withdrawal rejection.
The withdrawal reject banknotes that have been rejected by the identification unit 17 are held in the second banknote holding drum 29. The withdrawal reject banknotes stored in the second banknote storage drum 29 are withheld until a withdrawal reject banknote recovery command (reject recovery command) is issued. The recovery of the withdrawal reject banknote will be described later.

図３（ｃ）は、出金保留〜出金時の動作を示している。
第一紙幣保留ドラム２７は全ての出金紙幣を一時保留した後、出金紙幣を第一紙幣保留ドラム２７から入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に排出する。出金紙幣が複数枚ある場合、第一紙幣保留ドラム２７は紙幣束を一括して入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に排出する。入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に排出された返却紙幣は、スイッチバック搬送により入出金部１３へ移送され、出金される。 FIG. 3C shows the operation during withdrawal to withdrawal.
The first bill holding drum 27 temporarily holds all the withdrawn bills, and then discharges the withdrawn bills from the first bill holding drum 27 to the pay-in/pay-out side transport path P1. When there are a plurality of dispensed banknotes, the first banknote holding drum 27 collectively ejects the banknote bundle to the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1. The returned banknotes discharged to the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 are transferred to the deposit/withdrawal section 13 by switchback transport and dispensed.

〔第一の実施形態〜出金リジェクト紙幣の回収〕
出金リジェクト紙幣の回収について説明する。図４（ａ）〜（ｄ）は、出金リジェクト紙幣の回収動作を説明する図である。
紙幣取扱装置１に対してリジェクト回収命令が入力された場合、紙幣取扱装置１は出金リジェクト紙幣の回収動作を実行する。リジェクト回収命令は、操作者が図示しない操作部から入力してもよいし、以下のように、リジェクト回収命令用のリジェクト回収シートを入出金部１３から挿入することにより入力されるようにしてもよい。
ここでリジェクト回収シート２００は、入出金部１３から挿入可能、且つ、紙幣搬送路内を搬送可能な媒体として、例えばフィルム材や紙葉類等のシート状部材から構成される。リジェクト回収シート２００の少なくとも一方の面には、紙幣取扱装置１に対してリジェクト回収動作を開始させるための識別模様が付される。識別模様は識別部１７が読み取り可能、且つ紙幣とは異なる模様であり、例えばバーコードや特定の数字の羅列といった模様とすることができる。識別模様はセキュリティ性を向上させるべく、個々の紙幣取扱装置１ごとにユニークな模様としてもよい。 [First embodiment-collection of withdrawal reject banknote]
The collection of withdrawal reject banknotes will be described. FIGS. 4A to 4D are views for explaining the operation of collecting the withdrawal reject banknote.
When the reject collection command is input to the banknote handling apparatus 1, the banknote handling apparatus 1 executes a payback reject banknote collecting operation. The reject collection command may be input by the operator from an operation unit (not shown), or may be input by inserting a reject collection sheet for the reject collection command from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 as described below. Good.
Here, the reject collection sheet 200 is a medium that can be inserted from the depositing/dispensing section 13 and can be conveyed in the bill conveying path, and is formed of a sheet-shaped member such as a film material or a paper sheet. At least one surface of the reject collection sheet 200 is provided with an identification pattern for causing the banknote handling apparatus 1 to start the reject collection operation. The identification pattern is a pattern that can be read by the identification unit 17 and is different from a bill, and can be, for example, a barcode or a list of specific numbers. The identification pattern may be a unique pattern for each bill handling apparatus 1 in order to improve security.

リジェクト回収シートによるリジェクト回収動作について説明する。
リジェクト回収は、例えば一日の営業が終了した時点で実施される。まず、紙幣取扱装置１の管理者（或いは作業員）が、リジェクト回収シート２００を入出金部１３から挿入する。リジェクト回収シート２００は、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１から識別搬送路Ｐ３を下向きに搬送され、識別部１７を通過する。リジェクト回収シート２００の識別模様を読み取った識別部１７が、搬送中のシートがリジェクト回収シート２００であることを認識すると、紙幣取扱装置１はリジェクト回収動作を実行する。
リジェクト回収動作では、まず、リジェクト回収シート２００が収納側搬送路Ｐ７を経由して第二紙幣保留ドラム２９へと搬送される。
リジェクト回収シート２００は、第二紙幣保留ドラム２９に既に保留されている出金リジェクト紙幣２０１の外周に巻付けられる。
リジェクト回収シート２００を収納した第二紙幣保留ドラム２９は逆回転し、リジェクト回収シート２００及び出金リジェクト紙幣束２０１ａを一括して排出する。出金リジェクト紙幣束２０１ａはリジェクト回収シート２００が最上位に重ねられた状態にて入出金側搬送路Ｐ１に排出される。出金リジェクト紙幣束２０１ａとリジェクト回収シート２００は、入出金側搬送路Ｐ１、連通部Ｐ９、収納側搬送路Ｐ７及び分岐搬送路Ｐ７３を搬送される過程で１８０度反転され、非還流式紙幣収納部２５においては、非還流紙幣の上にリジェクト回収シート２００が、その上に出金リジェクト紙幣束２０１ａが重ねられた状態にて収納される。 The reject collection operation by the reject collection sheet will be described.
The reject collection is carried out, for example, at the end of the day's business. First, the manager (or the worker) of the banknote handling apparatus 1 inserts the reject collection sheet 200 from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13. The reject collection sheet 200 is conveyed downward from the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 through the identification transport path P3 and passes through the identification section 17. When the identification unit 17 that has read the identification pattern of the reject collection sheet 200 recognizes that the sheet being conveyed is the reject collection sheet 200, the banknote handling apparatus 1 executes the reject collection operation.
In the reject recovery operation, first, the reject recovery sheet 200 is transported to the second banknote storage drum 29 via the storage-side transport path P7.
The reject collection sheet 200 is wound around the outer periphery of the withdrawal reject banknote 201 already held in the second banknote holding drum 29.
The second banknote storage drum 29 accommodating the reject collection sheet 200 rotates in the reverse direction, and the reject collection sheet 200 and the withdrawal reject banknote bundle 201a are collectively discharged. The withdrawal reject banknote bundle 201a is discharged to the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 in a state where the reject collection sheets 200 are stacked on the top. The withdrawal reject banknote bundle 201a and the reject collection sheet 200 are inverted 180 degrees in the process of being transported through the deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1, the communication section P9, the storage side transport path P7, and the branch transport path P73, and the non-return type banknote storage In the section 25, the reject collection sheet 200 is stored on the non-returning banknotes, and the withdrawal reject banknote bundle 201a is stacked thereon.

＜効果＞
以上のように本実施形態においては、入金紙幣だけではなく出金紙幣も識別部を通過するように構成したので、出金紙幣の識別が可能となり、紙幣取扱装置の信頼性が向上する。また、出金紙幣が識別部を通過するので、出金紙幣とするに適さない紙幣を出金リジェクト紙幣としてまとめて保留することができる。
また、出金リジェクト紙幣はリジェクト回収命令があった後、まとめて非還流式紙幣収納部に収納されるため、非還流式紙幣収納部では非還流紙幣束と出金リジェクト紙幣束とが区分されるため、出金リジェクト紙幣の回収が容易となる。また、リジェクト回収シートを用いた場合、出金リジェクト紙幣はリジェクト回収シートを間に挟んで非還流紙幣と明確に区分されるため、非還流式紙幣収納部内の紙幣を回収する際に、操作者の負担を軽減できる。
リジェクト紙幣をその他の紙幣と区分できるので、紙幣回収後に、翌日以降の釣銭準備金で釣り札として避けるべき紙幣の選別にかかる作業を軽減できる。
なお、リジェクト回収命令があった場合、制御手段は、出金リジェクト紙幣を何れかの還流式紙幣収納部に収納するように制御してもよい。 <Effect>
As described above, in the present embodiment, not only the deposited banknotes but also the dispensed banknotes are configured to pass through the identification section, so that the dispensed banknotes can be identified and the reliability of the banknote handling apparatus is improved. Moreover, since the dispensed banknotes pass through the identification unit, banknotes that are not suitable as dispensed banknotes can be collectively held as dispensed reject banknotes.
In addition, since the withdrawal reject banknotes are collectively stored in the non-returning banknote storage unit after the reject collection instruction is issued, the non-returning banknote bundle and the withdrawal reject banknote bundle are separated in the non-returning banknote storage unit. Therefore, it becomes easy to collect the withdrawal reject banknotes. Further, when using the reject collection sheet, the withdrawal reject banknotes are clearly separated from the non-reflux banknotes with the reject collection sheet sandwiched between them, so when collecting the banknotes in the non-return type banknote storage unit, the operator Can reduce the burden of.
Since rejected bills can be distinguished from other bills, it is possible to reduce the work required to sort bills that should be avoided as fishing bills with the change fund after the next day after the bills are collected.
When there is a reject collection command, the control means may control the withdrawal reject banknotes to be stored in any of the return type banknote storage units.

〔第二の実施形態〜紙幣の全回収動作〕
第一の実施形態における出金リジェクト紙幣の回収動作においては、リジェクト回収命令があった場合、出金リジェクト紙幣のみを非還流式紙幣収納部に搬送する動作を実行した。本実施形態においては、リジェクト回収命令があった場合、還流紙幣及び出金リジェクト紙幣を非還流式紙幣収納部に搬送する「紙幣の全回収動作」を実行するようにした点に特徴がある。
以下、図４を参照しながら、リジェクト回収シートを用いた動作例に基づいて説明する。なお、図示しない操作部からリジェクト回収命令が入力された場合の動作も同様である。第一の実施形態の動作と同様の動作については、説明を適宜省略する。 [Second embodiment-total banknote collection operation]
In the operation of collecting the withdrawal reject banknotes in the first embodiment, when there is a reject recovery instruction, the operation of transporting only the withdrawal reject banknotes to the non-return type banknote storage unit is executed. The present embodiment is characterized in that when there is a reject collection instruction, the "total collection operation of banknotes" for carrying the return banknote and the withdrawal reject banknote to the non-return type banknote storage unit is executed.
Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 4, description will be given based on an operation example using the reject collection sheet. The operation is the same when the reject collection command is input from the operation unit (not shown). Descriptions of operations similar to those of the first embodiment will be appropriately omitted.

図４（ａ）に示すように、操作者がリジェクト回収シート２００を入出金部１３から挿入し、識別部１７がリジェクト回収シート２００の識別模様を読み取ると、紙幣取扱装置１は、紙幣の全回収動作を実行する。
紙幣の全回収動作においては、図４（ｂ）に示すように、リジェクト回収シート２００が第二紙幣保留ドラム２９へと搬送される。
続いて、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１内の還流紙幣が、非還流式紙幣収納部２５へと搬送される。このとき、第一還流式紙幣収納部２１から分岐搬送路Ｐ７１を介して収納側搬送路Ｐ７へと排出された還流紙幣は、収納側搬送路Ｐ７を下向きに搬送されて、分岐搬送路Ｐ７３を介して非還流式紙幣収納部２５へと収納される。同様に、第二還流式紙幣収納部２３内の還流紙幣も順次非還流式紙幣収納部２５へと搬送され、収納される。
第一還流式紙幣収納部２１、及び第二還流式紙幣収納部２３内の全ての還流紙幣が非還流式紙幣収納部２５内に収納された後、図４（ｃ）、（ｄ）に示すように、第二紙幣保留ドラム２９に保留されているリジェクト回収シート２００及び出金リジェクト紙幣束２０１ａが一括して非還流式紙幣収納部２５へと搬送され、収納される。
非還流式紙幣収納部２５では、非還流紙幣の上に還流紙幣が金種ごとに順次積層される。また、出金リジェクト紙幣２０１はその他の紙幣と区分された状態にて回収される。リジェクト回収シート２００を用いた紙幣の全回収動作では、還流紙幣と出金リジェクト紙幣２０１はリジェクト回収シート２００によって明確に区分される。 As shown in FIG. 4A, when the operator inserts the reject collection sheet 200 from the deposit/withdrawal section 13 and the identification section 17 reads the identification pattern of the reject collection sheet 200, the banknote handling apparatus 1 determines that all of the banknotes have been transferred. Execute the collection operation.
In the entire bill collecting operation, as shown in FIG. 4B, the reject collecting sheet 200 is conveyed to the second bill holding drum 29.
Then, the returned banknotes in the first returnable banknote storage unit 21 are conveyed to the non-returnable banknote storage unit 25. At this time, the return banknotes discharged from the first return-type banknote storage unit 21 to the storage-side transfer path P7 via the branch transfer path P71 are conveyed downward in the storage-side transfer path P7 and then flow through the branch transfer path P73. It is stored in the non-return type banknote storage section 25 via the. Similarly, the return banknotes in the second return-type banknote storage unit 23 are sequentially conveyed to the non-return-type banknote storage unit 25 and stored therein.
4(c) and 4(d) after all the return banknotes in the first return banknote storage unit 21 and the second return banknote storage unit 23 are stored in the non-return banknote storage unit 25. In this way, the reject collection sheet 200 and the withdrawal reject banknote bundle 201a held in the second banknote holding drum 29 are collectively conveyed to the non-return type banknote storage unit 25 and stored therein.
In the non-returning banknote storage unit 25, the recirculating banknotes are sequentially stacked for each denomination on the nonreturning banknotes. In addition, the withdrawal reject banknote 201 is collected in a state of being separated from other banknotes. In the entire banknote collecting operation using the reject collecting sheet 200, the return banknote and the withdrawal reject banknote 201 are clearly separated by the reject collecting sheet 200.

＜効果＞
紙幣取扱装置の通常動作中は、紙幣の入金額及び出金額、さらに金種毎の枚数が紙幣取扱装置の上位に接続された金銭管理システムによって管理されているが、出金時に重送が発生して出金リジェクトとなった場合等においては、金銭管理システムは出金リジェクト紙幣全体の金額（金種及び枚数）を、明確には把握できなくなる。このような場合に非還流紙幣とリジェクト紙幣のみを部分回収し、還流紙幣を回収しないとすれば、金銭管理システムが管理する金額と、還流式紙幣収納部内にある金額とに不一致が生じる虞がある。
本実施形態においては、リジェクト回収命令があった場合に紙幣取扱装置内の全ての紙幣を回収するので、仮に出金リジェクト紙幣全体の金額が不明確であっても、紙幣取扱装置内に当初あった金額と入金金額と出金金額とから、現在紙幣取扱装置内にある金額を計算により求めることができる。その結果、紙幣取扱装置全体としては、金銭管理システムが管理している管理金額と、紙幣取扱装置内にある実際の金額との間に不一致が発生することはない。 <Effect>
During normal operation of the banknote handling device, the deposit and withdrawal amount of banknotes, and the number of denominations are managed by the money management system connected to the upper part of the banknote handling device, but a double feed occurs at the time of withdrawal. In the case where the withdrawal is rejected, the money management system cannot clearly grasp the amount (denomination and number) of the entire withdrawal reject banknote. In such a case, if only the non-returning banknotes and the reject banknotes are partially collected and the recirculating banknotes are not collected, there is a possibility that the amount managed by the money management system and the amount in the recirculating banknote storage unit may not match. is there.
In the present embodiment, since all the banknotes in the banknote handling apparatus are collected when there is a reject collection command, even if the total amount of rejected reject banknotes is unclear, it is initially in the banknote handling apparatus. The amount of money currently stored in the bill handling apparatus can be calculated from the amount of money, the amount of money deposited, and the amount of money dispensed. As a result, in the bill handling apparatus as a whole, there is no discrepancy between the managed amount managed by the money management system and the actual amount in the bill handling apparatus.

〔第三の実施形態〜ジャーナル紙を用いた出金リジェクト紙幣の回収〕
上記リジェクト回収シートは、作業員が常時携行可能なリジェクト回収（又は紙幣の全回収）専用のシート状媒体としてもよいし、金銭処理履歴が印字された金銭処理記録紙（ジャーナル紙）としてもよい。
一般的に、紙幣取扱装置は上位の金銭管理システムと接続されており、一日の売り上げを精算する「締め処理」等においては、金銭処理履歴が印字されたジャーナル紙が発行される。そこで、金銭管理システムは、金銭処理履歴と共に金銭取扱装置に対して出金リジェクト紙幣の回収を含む紙幣の全回収動作を開始させるための識別模様を印字したジャーナル紙を出力してもよい。
この場合、作業員が当該ジャーナル紙を入出金部から挿入することで、全回収動作が実行される。また、金銭処理履歴が印字されたジャーナル紙は、出金リジェクト紙幣とそれ以外の紙幣とを明確に区分するシート部材としても機能する。
ジャーナル紙は、紙幣取扱装置毎に発行されるため、ジャーナル紙と、対応する紙幣取扱装置の非還流式紙幣収納部とを組にして管理する必要がある。本例においてはジャーナル紙が、対応する非還流式紙幣収納部内に収納されるため、ジャーナル紙と非還流式紙幣収納部とを１対１で対応付けることができる。従って、作業員の負担も、バックヤードでの作業量も軽減される。 [Third embodiment-collection of withdrawal reject banknote using journal paper]
The reject collection sheet may be a sheet medium exclusively for reject collection (or full collection of banknotes) that can be carried by workers at all times, or may be a monetary processing recording paper (journal paper) on which a monetary processing history is printed. ..
Generally, the banknote handling apparatus is connected to a higher-level money management system, and a journal paper on which a money processing history is printed is issued in a "closing process" for adjusting the daily sales. Therefore, the money management system may output, together with the money processing history, a journal paper on which an identification pattern for starting all banknote collection operations including collection of dispensed reject banknotes is started for the money handling apparatus.
In this case, a worker inserts the journal sheet from the depositing/dispensing section to execute the entire collecting operation. Further, the journal paper on which the money processing history is printed also functions as a sheet member that clearly distinguishes the withdrawal reject banknote from the other banknotes.
Since the journal paper is issued for each banknote handling apparatus, it is necessary to manage the journal paper and the corresponding non-reflux type banknote storage unit of the banknote handling apparatus as a set. In this example, since the journal paper is stored in the corresponding non-return banknote storage unit, the journal paper and the non-return banknote storage unit can be associated with each other in a one-to-one correspondence. Therefore, the burden on the worker and the amount of work in the backyard are reduced.

〔本発明の実施態様例と作用、効果のまとめ〕
＜第一の実施態様＞
本態様に係る紙幣取扱装置１は、入金された紙幣を装置本体内に取り込んだり、出金されてくる紙幣を装置本体外へ出金する入出金部１３と、入出金部から取り込まれた紙幣を装置本体内に搬送したり、出金紙幣を入出金部へ搬送する入出金側搬送路Ｐ１と、入出金側搬送路から搬送されてきた入金紙幣を識別部１７へ搬送する双方向搬送が可能な識別搬送路Ｐ３と、識別搬送路を通過した入金紙幣を更に下流側に搬送する双方向搬送が可能な収納側搬送路Ｐ７と、収納側搬送路を搬送される入金紙幣を受け容れたり、収容した紙幣を収納側搬送路に出金する少なくとも１つの還流式紙幣収納部２１、２３を含む紙幣収納部２１、２３、２５と、収納側搬送路の最下流部と入出金側搬送路とを連通させる連通部Ｐ９と、入出金側搬送路に沿って配置されて、還流式紙幣収納部から送出されてきたリジェクト紙幣を一時保留するリジェクト紙幣保留部（第二紙幣保留ドラム２９）と、装置各部の動作を制御する制御手段と、を備えたことを特徴とする。
本態様によれば、リジェクト紙幣をリジェクト紙幣保留部に一時保留するので、格別のリジェクト紙幣収納部を設けることなく、出金リジェクト紙幣を装置内で区分することが可能である。 [Summary of Example Embodiments of the Present Invention and Actions and Effects]
<First embodiment>
The banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present aspect takes in deposited banknotes into the apparatus main body and withdraws and deposits banknotes from the apparatus main body, and a banknote taken in from the deposit/withdrawal section. Is provided in the main body of the apparatus, or a deposit/withdrawal side transport path P1 for transporting dispensed banknotes to the deposit/withdrawal section, and a bidirectional transport for transporting deposited banknotes transported from the deposit/withdrawal side transport path to the identification unit 17. A possible identification conveyance path P3, a storage-side conveyance path P7 capable of bidirectional conveyance that further conveys a deposited banknote that has passed through the identification conveyance path, and a receipt bill that is conveyed through the storage-side conveyance path. , Banknote storage units 21, 23, 25 including at least one return-type banknote storage unit 21, 23 for dispensing the stored banknotes to the storage-side transport path, the most downstream part of the storage-side transport path, and the deposit/withdrawal-side transport path And a communication section P9 for communicating with each other, and a reject banknote storage section (second banknote storage drum 29) disposed along the pay-in/pay-out side transport path for temporarily storing the reject banknotes sent from the return-type banknote storage section. And a control means for controlling the operation of each part of the apparatus.
According to this aspect, since rejected banknotes are temporarily held in the rejected banknote storage unit, it is possible to sort the dispensed rejected banknotes in the device without providing a special rejected banknote storage unit.

＜第二の実施態様＞
本態様に係る紙幣取扱装置１において、制御手段は、リジェクト紙幣１０１を回収する回収動作の実行時に、全てのリジェクト紙幣をリジェクト紙幣保留部（第二紙幣保留ドラム２９）から紙幣収納部（非還流式紙幣収納部２７）に移送するように制御することを特徴とする。
本態様によれば、リジェクト紙幣の回収時に、一時保留中のリジェクト紙幣をリジェクト紙幣保留部から紙幣収納部に移送するので、格別のリジェクト紙幣収納部を設けることなく、回収時に出金リジェクト紙幣を紙幣収納部内で区分することが可能である。 <Second embodiment>
In the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present aspect, the control unit, when executing the collecting operation for collecting the reject banknotes 101, transfers all reject banknotes from the reject banknote storage unit (second banknote storage drum 29) to the banknote storage unit (non-returning banknote). It is characterized in that it is controlled so as to be transferred to the banknote storage unit 27).
According to this aspect, at the time of collecting rejected banknotes, the temporarily held rejected banknotes are transferred from the rejected banknote storage section to the banknote storage section, so that the rejected banknotes to be withdrawn at the time of collection without providing a special rejected banknote storage section. It is possible to sort in the bill storage unit.

＜第三の実施態様＞
本態様に係る紙幣取扱装置１において、入出金部１３から装置内部に投入されたシート状部材がリジェクト回収シート２００であることを識別部１７が識別した場合に、制御手段は、リジェクト紙幣１０１を回収する回収動作として、リジェクト回収シートをリジェクト紙幣保留部（第二紙幣保留ドラム２９）に移送すると共に、リジェクト回収シートと全てのリジェクト紙幣をリジェクト紙幣保留部から紙幣収納部（非還流式紙幣収納部２７）に移送するように制御することを特徴とする。
本態様によれば、リジェクト回収シートを、リジェクト回収動作を実行させるためのトリガーとして機能させることができる。また、リジェクト回収シートを一旦リジェクト紙幣保留部に移送した後にリジェクト回収シートと全てのリジェクト紙幣を紙幣収納部に移送するので、既に紙幣収納部に収納されている紙幣とリジェクト紙幣とをリジェクト回収シートによって区分できる。 <Third embodiment>
In the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to this aspect, when the identifying unit 17 identifies that the sheet-shaped member inserted into the apparatus from the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 is the reject collection sheet 200, the control unit controls the reject banknote 101. As a collecting operation for collecting, the reject collection sheet is transferred to the reject bill storage unit (second bill storage drum 29), and the reject collection sheet and all reject bills are transferred from the reject bill storage unit to the bill storage unit (non-return type bill storage). It is characterized in that it is controlled to be transferred to the section 27).
According to this aspect, the reject collection sheet can function as a trigger for executing the reject collection operation. Further, since the reject collection sheet is once transferred to the reject bill storage unit and then the reject collection sheet and all reject bills are transferred to the bill storage unit, the bills and reject bills already stored in the bill storage unit are reject collection sheet. Can be classified by.

＜第四の実施態様＞
本態様に係る紙幣取扱装置１において、紙幣収納部は、収納側搬送路Ｐ１を搬送される紙幣を受け容れる非還流式紙幣収納部２５を備え、制御手段は、リジェクト紙幣１０１を回収する回収動作の実行時に、還流式紙幣収納部（第一還流式紙幣収納部２１、第二還流式紙幣収納部２３）に収納されている全ての紙幣を非還流式紙幣収納部に移送した後に、全てのリジェクト紙幣をリジェクト紙幣保留部（第二紙幣保留ドラム２９）から非還流式紙幣収納部に移送するように制御することを特徴とする。
本態様においては、リジェクト紙幣の回収時に、紙幣取扱装置内の全ての紙幣を回収する全回収動作を実行する。全回収動作の実行により、還流紙幣は金種毎に、且つ非還流紙幣とは区分された状態で非還流式紙幣収納部内に回収され、更に、これらの紙幣とリジェクト紙幣とが明確に区分して回収される。 <Fourth embodiment>
In the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to this aspect, the banknote storage unit includes a non-return type banknote storage unit 25 that receives the banknotes transported on the storage-side transport path P1, and the control unit recovers the rejected banknotes 101. When all the banknotes stored in the return type banknote storage unit (the first return type banknote storage unit 21 and the second return type banknote storage unit 23) are transferred to the non-return type banknote storage unit, It is characterized in that the reject banknotes are controlled so as to be transferred from the reject banknote storage unit (second banknote storage drum 29) to the non-return type banknote storage unit.
In this aspect, when collecting rejected banknotes, the entire collecting operation for collecting all the banknotes in the banknote handling apparatus is executed. By executing the all-collection operation, the return banknotes are collected in the non-returning banknote storage unit for each denomination and in a state of being separated from the non-returning banknotes, and further these banknotes and reject banknotes are clearly separated. Be recovered.

１…紙幣取扱装置、１１…筐体、１３…入出金部、１５…センタリング部、１７…識別部、２１…第一還流式紙幣収納部、２３…第二還流式紙幣収納部、２５…非還流式紙幣収納部、２７…第一紙幣保留ドラム、２９…第二紙幣保留ドラム、Ｐ１…入出金側搬送路、Ｐ３…識別搬送路、Ｐ５…反転部、Ｐ７…収納側搬送路、Ｐ７１、Ｐ７２、Ｐ７３…分岐搬送路、Ｐ９…連通部、２００…リジェクト回収シート、２０１…出金リジェクト紙幣、２０１ａ…出金リジェクト紙幣束 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Banknote handling device, 11... Housing|casing, 13... Deposit/withdrawal part, 15... Centering part, 17... Identification part, 21... 1st return type banknote storage part, 23... 2nd return type banknote storage part, 25... Non Return type banknote storage unit, 27... First banknote storage drum, 29... Second banknote storage drum, P1... Deposit/withdrawal side transport path, P3... Identification transport path, P5... Inversion section, P7... Storage side transport path, P71, P72, P73... Branch transport path, P9... Communication section, 200... Reject collection sheet, 201... Withdrawal reject banknote, 201a... Withdrawal reject banknote bundle

Claims

A depositing/dispensing unit in which a depositing unit that takes in deposited bills into the device body and a dispensing unit that dispenses bills that are dispensed out of the device body are common ,
A deposit /withdrawal side transport path in which a transport path for transporting a bill taken in from the deposit/withdrawal unit to the inside of the apparatus main body at the time of deposit and a transport route for transporting a dispensed banknote to the deposit/withdrawal unit at the time of dispensing are common ,
An identification conveyance path capable of bidirectional conveyance that conveys the deposited banknotes conveyed from the deposit/withdrawal side conveyance path to the identification unit,
A storage-side transport path capable of bidirectional transport that transports the deposited banknote that has passed through the identification transport path further downstream.
A banknote storage unit including at least one return-type banknote storage unit that accepts deposited banknotes transported through the storage-side transport path, and dispenses the stored banknotes to the storage-side transport path,
A communication part that connects the most downstream part of the storage-side transfer path and the deposit/withdrawal-side transfer path;
A reject banknote storage unit, which is arranged along the pay-in/pay-out side transport path , temporarily holds the reject banknotes sent from the return-type banknote storage unit in a banknote bundle ,
Control means for controlling the operation of each part of the device,
The control means, when executing a collecting operation for collecting the rejected banknotes, controls to collectively transfer all the rejected banknotes in a banknote bundle state from the rejected banknote storage section to the banknote storage section. Characteristic banknote handling device.

When the identifying unit identifies that the sheet-shaped member inserted into the apparatus from the depositing/dispensing unit is a reject collection sheet, the control unit, as a collecting operation for collecting the reject banknote, the reject Transferring a recovery sheet to the reject banknote storage unit, and controlling the reject recovery sheet and all the reject banknotes to be collectively transferred from the reject banknote storage unit to the banknote storage unit in a banknote bundle state. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

The banknote storage unit includes a non-return type banknote storage unit that accepts banknotes transported on the storage-side transport path.
The control means, at the time of executing the collecting operation for collecting the reject banknotes, after transferring all the banknotes stored in the return-type banknote storage unit to the non-return-type banknote storage unit, all the reject banknotes. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote handling apparatus controls the banknotes to be collectively transferred from the reject banknote storage section to the non-return banknote storage section in a banknote bundle state .