JP7133874B2 - banknote processor - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to banknote handling machines.

A temporary storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes that are dispensed from the exchange port into the machine and are recognized as normal by the recognition unit in a mixed denomination, separates the temporarily stored banknotes one by one, and stores banknotes by denomination. It also has a denomination-by-denomination recirculation unit that separates and feeds out the stored banknotes one by one. There is known a banknote processing apparatus that feeds out banknotes in a temporary storage unit, distributes them to denomination-specific recycle units, and stores them when an instruction input to confirm payment is made through an operation unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

Japanese Patent No. 5866171

However, in the above apparatus, bills that have been deposited and counted are temporarily stored in a mixed denomination temporary storage unit, and after the operator has entered a deposit confirmation input, storage processing is performed to distribute the banknotes to storage units by denomination. Therefore, if the amount of banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit is large, there is a problem that it takes a long time to distribute the banknotes to the storage units for each denomination. In addition, it is necessary to feed the banknotes from the deposit unit and all the temporarily stored banknotes from the temporary storage unit, which increases the possibility of transport jams.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote handling machine capable of shortening the processing time of storage processing at the time of confirming payment and suppressing the occurrence of jams.

A first aspect of the present invention includes a deposit unit into which loose banknotes are inserted from outside the machine, an identification unit that identifies the loose banknotes fed from the deposit unit , an alignment unit that accumulates a specified number of loose banknotes, A temporary storage unit that temporarily stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out, a bundling unit that creates a small bundle by bundling the specified number of loose banknotes stacked in the aligning unit, an operation unit that is operated by an operator, and a control unit that performs control based on an operation input to the operation unit, and the control unit receives an operation input for local arrangement processing of loose banknotes set in the deposit unit from the operation unit; A direct transport processing mode in which banknotes to be bundled are transported from the deposit unit to the alignment unit without passing through the temporary storage unit and then a banknote bundle is created in the bundling unit; One of two processing modes, ie, a transfer processing mode via a pool in which banknote bundles are created in the bundling unit after the banknotes are conveyed to the alignment unit via the temporary storage unit, is selected. It is characterized in that local arrangement processing is performed by

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a banknote handling machine capable of shortening the processing time of the storage process at the time of confirming payment and suppressing the occurrence of jams.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a side sectional view which shows roughly the banknote processing machine of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for deposit processing is indicated by a thick line; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for a first storage process is indicated by a thick line; 1 is a side sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for a second storage process is indicated by a thick line; FIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for return processing is indicated by a thick line; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for a loose banknote dispensing process is indicated by a thick line. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for a banknote bundle dispensing process is indicated by a thick line; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a first embodiment according to the present invention, showing a banknote transport route for local sorting processing with a thick line; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for recovery processing is indicated by a thick line; FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which an outward route for another depositing process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a return route of another depositing process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a second embodiment according to the present invention, in which a direct route of local sorting processing is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 11 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a second embodiment according to the present invention, in which a forward route of a pool-passing route for local sorting processing is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a second embodiment according to the present invention, in which a return route of a pool-passing route for local sorting processing is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 11 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a third embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote conveying route for a loose banknote dispensing process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 11 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote handling machine of a third embodiment according to the present invention, in which a thick line indicates a loop-shaped banknote transport route for disbursement processing of loose banknotes. FIG. 10 shows a storage route of overflow banknotes of a single denomination in modification 5 of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment of the present invention with a thick line. The forward route of deposit processing of overflow banknotes and rejected banknotes in Modification 6 of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 10 is a thick line showing a storage route of overflow banknotes when the overflow banknotes are of a plurality of denominations in Modification 6 of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a thick line showing a storage route of overflow banknotes when overflow banknotes are of a single denomination in modification 6 of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. The forward route of the storage process of the overflow banknotes when the overflow banknotes are of a plurality of denominations is indicated by a thick line in Modification 6 of the banknote handling machine of the embodiment of the present invention.

<First Embodiment>
A banknote handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11. FIG. The banknote handling machine 11 of the embodiment performs deposit/withdrawal processing and the like for banknotes. In the following description, loose banknotes are simply referred to as banknotes, and banknotes bundled in a predetermined bundling unit number (100 banknotes) are referred to as banknote bundles.

As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling machine 11 of the first embodiment is provided with a deposit section 20, a withdrawal return section 21 (withdrawal section), and a withdrawal reject box 22 on the upper front side of the machine body 10. there is The payment return unit 21 is provided above the payment unit 20, and the payment reject box 22 is provided above the payment return unit 21, respectively.

The deposit unit 20 has a shutter (not shown) that can be opened and closed. The shutter is opened to insert banknotes from outside the machine, and then the shutter is closed to feed the banknotes into the machine. When viewed from the front side of the machine body, banknotes are stacked from the bottom to the top and placed in the depositing unit 20 with the longitudinal direction aligned in the left-right direction. A deposit delivery section 24 is provided for separating the banknotes stacked on the section 20 one by one from the lower end and delivering them into the machine at a predetermined interval. In the banknote handling machine 11, banknotes are basically transported in a posture in which the lateral direction of the banknotes is aligned with the transport direction.

A pay-in delivery unit 24 for delivering bills from the pay-in unit 20 abuts on the middle portion in the width direction of the lowest banknote among the banknotes stacked in the pay-in unit 20 and kicks it out to the inside of the machine. It has a roller 24a, a delivery roller 24b for delivering the bills kicked out by the kick-out roller 24a into the machine, and a separating roller 24c for separating the banknotes delivered into the machine by the delivery roller 24b one by one. Immediately after the pay-in pay-out unit 24, the bills paid out from the pay-in pay-out unit 24 are multi-fed in a state where a plurality of bills are piled up, skewed in a posture oblique to the conveying direction, or have a conveying interval between adjacent bills. An entrance sensor 25 is provided for optically detecting whether or not there is a conveyance abnormality such as a narrow near-feed, and whether or not there is a shape abnormality such as a stub.

The withdrawal/return unit 21 has an openable/closable shutter (not shown). to be taken out. In other words, the withdrawal/return unit 21 enables the banknotes to be taken out of the machine. Banknotes that are rejected during deposit processing or the like are also delivered to the withdrawal/return unit 21 . In the withdrawal/return unit 21, banknotes fed out from inside the machine are accumulated and placed from the bottom to the top with the longitudinal direction aligned in the horizontal direction when viewed from the front side of the machine.

The withdrawal reject box 22 is detachable from the body 10 of the banknote handling machine 11 . In the withdrawal reject box 22, banknotes fed out from inside the machine are accumulated and placed from the bottom to the top in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is aligned in the horizontal direction when viewed from the front side of the machine body. The withdrawal reject box 22 is removed from the body 10 while the banknotes are stored inside.

At the rear of the banknote handling machine 11, an identification unit 31 discriminates the authenticity of the banknotes fed from the depositing unit 20, the denomination of the genuine banknotes, and the presence or absence of conveyance abnormalities such as double feeding, skew feeding, or near-feeding. is provided. The identification unit 31 also identifies front and back, top and bottom (top and bottom), left and right, etc. of the banknote.

Behind the deposit unit 20, the withdrawal return unit 21, and the withdrawal reject box 22, a plurality of, specifically, two aligning units 35 and 36 are provided for aligning banknotes and accumulating them in units of a predetermined number of bundling units. ing. Further, behind the aligning units 35 and 36, an elevating transport unit 37 is provided for transporting upward the number of banknotes stacked in the aligning units 35 and 36 in the bundled unit number. Above the aligning units 35 and 36, there is provided a bundling unit 38 that wraps a bundling tape around the banknotes stacked in the aligning units 35 and 36 and conveyed by the lifting/lowering conveying unit 37 with a binding tape. It is In front of the bundling section 38, a bill bundle dispensing section 39 is provided for feeding out the bundle of banknotes created by the bundling section 38 so as to be able to be taken out of the machine. The bundle dispensing unit 39 also has a shutter (not shown) that can be opened and closed. The shutter is closed to feed out the bundle of bills from inside the machine, and then the bundle of bills is taken out of the machine by opening the shutter. .

In the lower part of the banknote handling machine 11, a plurality of, specifically, four temporary storage storage boxes 41 (storage units) having the same structure are arranged in the front and rear directions in alignment with each other vertically and horizontally. These temporary storage storage boxes 41 are storage cassette units capable of storing banknotes and capable of feeding out the stored banknotes, and are detachable from the machine body 10 .

In the banknote handling machine 11, the temporary storage compartment 41 (A) arranged at the innermost side, the temporary storage compartment 41 (B) arranged second from the back, and the temporary storage compartment arranged at the third from the back. The temporary storage storage 41 (C) and the temporary storage storage 41 (D) located fourth from the back temporarily store banknotes of a predetermined single denomination stacked from the bottom to the top before payment is confirmed. At the same time, it is stored so that it can be drawn out after payment is confirmed.

Temporary storage storage 41 (A) stores a single predetermined banknote of the first denomination (e.g., 10,000 yen note), and temporary storage storage 41 (B) stores a single predetermined banknote of the second denomination. (for example, a 5,000 yen note), the temporary storage box 41 (C) stores a predetermined single third denomination banknote (for example, a 1,000 yen note), and the temporary storage box 41 (D) stores a predetermined A single banknote of the fourth denomination (for example, a 2,000-yen note) is stored so as to be paid out. That is, the banknote handling machine 11 has a plurality of temporary storage boxes 41 for a single denomination, for each denomination. It should be noted that a plurality of temporary storage storage boxes 41 is sufficient, and the storage pattern is not limited to a pattern in which banknotes of a single denomination are stored. For each of the plurality of temporary storage boxes 41, the storage pattern is defined as: a temporary storage box 41 for storing banknotes of a single denomination; It can be appropriately selected and set from the temporary storage storage box 41 that stores banknotes of all denominations in a mixed manner.

In the upper part of each of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), banknotes are taken in and accumulated from the bottom to the top, and the banknotes inside are separated one by one from the top one and stored in a predetermined manner. is provided. Each of the temporary storage cabinets 41 (A) to 41 (D) has a flapper 43 (bottom) that can be lifted and opened and closed that vertically partitions the internal space for storing banknotes, and an elevator 44 that moves up and down in the internal space. is provided.

The taking-in and feeding part 42 abuts on the middle portion in the width direction of the uppermost banknote among the banknotes stacked on the flapper 43 or the elevator 44 and kicks it out of the temporary storage container 41 . A kick-out roller 42a, a delivery roller 42b for delivering the bills kicked out by the kick-out roller 42a to the outside of the temporary storage container 41, and a delivery roller 42b separates the banknotes to be delivered out of the temporary storage container 41 one by one. and a separation roller 42c. The feeding roller 42b rotates in the opposite direction to the time of feeding, so that the paper money is sandwiched between the paper money and the separation roller 42c that rotates together with the paper money, and the paper money is taken into the temporary stock storage box 41.例文帳に追加

The flapper 43 has a pair of vertically arranged lifting shafts 43a and a pair of plate-shaped flapper bodies 43b. One flapper main body 43b is supported by one elevating support shaft 43a and is rotatable around this elevating support shaft 43a. The other flapper main body 43b is supported by the other elevating support shaft 43a and is rotatable about the elevating support shaft 43a. When the flapper 43 is in the closed state, one flapper body 43b extends horizontally from one lifting shaft 43a toward the other lifting shaft 43a, and the other flapper body 43b extends from the other lifting shaft 43a. It extends horizontally toward one of the lifting shafts 43a.

When the flapper 43 is in the open state, one flapper body 43b rotates 90 degrees with respect to the closed state and extends vertically downward from one lifting shaft 43a, and the other flapper body 43b is closed. It rotates 90 degrees with respect to the state and extends vertically downward from the other lifting support shaft 43a. The flapper 43 moves up and down with the pair of lifting support shafts 43a always matching in height, and the pair of flapper bodies 43b synchronously open and close. Each flapper 43 of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) is driven by an individual drive mechanism, and its elevation and opening/closing are controlled independently.

When the flapper 43 is in the closed state, the temporary storage container 41 provided with the flapper 43 is divided into a temporary storage area 47 above the flapper 43 including the flapper 43 and a storage area 48 below the flapper 43. do. In other words, the temporary storage container 41 is vertically divided by the flapper 43 into an upper temporary storage area and a lower storage area. In other words, the temporary storage container 41 is divided by the flapper 43 into a temporary storage area 47 and a storage area 48 directly below.

When the flapper 43 is in the closed state, the flapper 43 constitutes the bottom of the temporary storage area 47, and the banknotes fed out from the take-in and feeder 42 are placed and stacked from bottom to top. At that time, the flapper 43 descends according to the amount of banknotes delivered from the take-in delivery section 42 . In addition, the flapper 43 raises the highest banknote of the placed banknotes and brings it into contact with the kick-out roller 42 a of the take-in and delivery section 42 . In this state, the taking-in and feeding section 42 separates the bills one by one and feeds them from the temporary storage area section 47 . At that time, the flapper 43 rises according to the amount of banknotes delivered from the take-in delivery section 42 .

The flapper 43 moves the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 to the elevator 44 or the storage area 48 provided in the same temporary storage storage 41 as the temporary storage area 47 . The banknotes placed on the elevator 44 are placed thereon. That is, when the flapper 43 of the temporary storage 41(A) is opened, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage region 47 of the temporary storage 41(A) are stored in the temporary storage 41(A). Stored in the area portion 48 . When the flapper 43 of the temporary storage 41(B) is opened, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(B) are transferred to the storage area of the temporary storage 41(B). Store in 48. When the flapper 43 of the temporary storage 41(C) is opened, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(C) are transferred to the storage area of the temporary storage 41(C). Store in 48. When the flapper 43 of the temporary storage 41(D) is opened, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(D) are transferred to the storage area of the temporary storage 41(D). Store in 48.

When the flapper 43 is in the open state, the temporary storage area 47 and the storage area 48 of the temporary storage container 41 provided with the flapper 43 are continuous. In this state, when the elevator 44 of the storage area 48 rises, the elevator 44 causes the highest banknote among the placed banknotes to come into contact with the kick-out roller 42 a of the take-in and delivery section 42 . In this state, the taking-in and feeding section 42 separates the banknotes one by one and feeds them from the storage area section 48 . At that time, the elevator 44 ascends according to the amount of banknotes delivered from the take-in delivery section 42 . Each elevator 44 of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) is driven by an individual drive mechanism, and the elevation and opening/closing are controlled independently.

As described above, the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) have a plurality of temporary storage areas 47 for different denominations. Each of the denomination-specific temporary storage areas 47 temporarily stores banknotes of a single denomination so that they can be taken in and delivered, and the flapper 43 that is the bottom of each banknote can be opened and closed. In addition, the temporary storage cabinets 41 (A) to 41 (D) are provided immediately below the temporary storage area 47 for the same denomination, and the temporary storage area for the same denomination with the flapper 43 in the open state. A plurality of storage areas 48 for receiving banknotes from 47 and storing them so as to be fed out are provided for each denomination.

In the lower part of the banknote handling machine 11, in front of a temporary storage storage 41(D), which is removable from the machine body 10, banknotes drawn out from a storage area 48 classified by denomination during collection processing are taken in and stored. A storage cassette portion 51 is provided as a collective temporary storage portion, in which replenishment banknotes are loaded outside the machine at the time of replenishment processing, and the loaded banknotes are fed out. The storage cassette part 51 can store banknotes and can feed out the stored banknotes. The storage cassette unit 51 is aligned with the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) for each denomination in the vertical and horizontal positions.

The storage cassette unit 51 stores banknotes so that they can be taken in and fed out. A take-in and delivery part 52 is provided for opening and delivering. The storage cassette part 51 is provided with an elevator 53 that ascends and descends in the internal space. Here, the storage cassette unit 51 is not provided with a flapper that vertically partitions the internal space like the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D).

The take-in and delivery part 52 abuts on the middle part in the width direction of the uppermost banknote among the banknotes stacked on the elevator 53 and kicks it out of the storage cassette part 51. , a delivery roller 52b for delivering the bills kicked out by the kick-out roller 52a to the outside of the storage cassette portion 51, and a separation roller 52c for separating the banknotes delivered to the outside of the storage cassette portion 51 by the delivery roller 52b one by one. is doing. The feeding roller 52b rotates in the opposite direction to the time of feeding, so that the banknote is nipped by the separating roller 52c and taken into the storage cassette portion 51.例文帳に追加

When the banknote take-in and delivery unit 52 of the storage cassette unit 51 feeds it out of the storage cassette unit 51, the elevator 53 moves the highest banknote out of the placed banknotes to the kick-out roller 52a of the take-in and delivery unit 52. abut on. In this state, the taking-in and feeding unit 52 separates and feeds the banknotes one by one. At that time, the elevator 53 ascends according to the amount of banknotes delivered from the take-in delivery section 52 . Further, when the bill feeding unit 52 feeds the banknotes into the storage cassette unit 51, the feeding roller 52b rotates in the opposite direction to the above to feed the banknotes onto the elevator 53. As shown in FIG. At that time, the elevator 53 descends according to the amount of banknotes delivered from the take-in delivery portion 52 .

Inside the banknote handling machine 11, a transport unit 61 for transporting banknotes including banknotes delivered from the deposit unit 20 by the deposit delivery unit 24 is provided so as to appropriately connect each unit. The conveying unit 61 basically moves the banknote in a posture in which the short side direction is along the conveying direction.

The transport unit 61 transports the banknotes in the deposit unit 20 provided in the front part of the machine body 10 toward the identification part 31 provided in the rear part of the machine body 10, and furthermore, transports the banknotes in the banknote reception part 20 provided in the front part of the machine body 10. It has a transport path 61A for transporting toward the portion 51 . The transport path 61A extends rearward from the deposit payout part 24 of the deposit part 20 to between a transport path 61J and a transport path 61M which will be described later, then extends downward, and then extends rearward to the identification part 31. , extends forward from the front end of the banknote handling machine 11 and is connected to the take-in and feed-out portion 52 of the storage cassette portion 51 .

In addition, the transport portion 61 branches downward from between the connection position to the storage cassette portion 51 and the identification portion 31 in the transport path 61A and is a transport path that leads to the take-in and delivery portion 42 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A). 61C, a transport path 61D that branches downward from between the connection position to the storage cassette part 51 in the transport path 61A and the branch position of the transport path 61C and leads to the take-in and delivery part 42 of the temporary storage storage 41 (B). and a transport path 61E that branches downward from between the position of connection to the storage cassette portion 51 in the transport path 61A and the branch position of the transport path 61D and is connected to the take-out delivery portion 42 of the temporary storage storage 41 (C). , a transport path 61F that branches downward from between the connection position to the storage cassette part 51 in the transport path 61A and the branch position of the transport path 61E and is connected to the take-out delivery part 42 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D). have.

Further, the conveying portion 61 extends rearward after branching upward from the most storage cassette portion 51 side in the conveying path 61A, and extends downward from the depositing portion 20 of the conveying path 61A toward the identification portion 31. a transport path 61H branched upward from a position between the branch position of the transport path 61F and the branch position of the transport path 61G and connected to a midway position of the transport path 61G; and a transport path 61J that branches upward from a position between the connection position of the transport path 61H and the connection position of the transport path 61A in the is doing.

Further, the transport section 61 branches rearward from between the connection position of the transport path 61G and the connection position of the transport path 61J in the transport path 61A, extends upward, and then extends forward to reach the withdrawal/return section. 21, and a transport path 61L that branches off from a midway position in the upper portion of the transport path 61K and connects to the withdrawal reject box 22.

Further, the transport section 61 branches upward from between the connection position of the transport path 61G in the transport path 61A and the identification part 31, and the branch position of the transport path 61K from the transport path 61A and the branch position of the transport path 61L. It has a transport path 61M connected between them, and a transport path 61N branched from between the branch position of the transport path 61M in the transport path 61A and the identification unit 31 and connected to an intermediate position of the transport path 61M. The transport path 61N is provided with a front/back reversing section 63 for reversing the front/back of the bill.

Further, the transport section 61 includes a transport path 61P that branches rearward from between the branch position of the transport path 61L and the confluence position of the transport path 61M in the transport path 61K and is connected to the alignment part 35, and the transport path 61P in the transport path 61K. and a confluence position of the transport path 61M and a transport path 61Q branched rearward and connected to the aligning section 36. As shown in FIG.

The identifying unit 31 identifies banknotes conveyed by the conveying unit 61, and the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) and the storage cassette unit 51 can feed the bills identified by the identifying unit 31. Store in

The banknote handling machine 11 has an operation display unit 70 for receiving an operation input by an operator and displaying to the operator, and a control unit 71 (control means) for controlling the entire banknote handling machine 11 . there is

Next, each process of the banknote handling machine 11 of the first embodiment will be described.

When in the standby state, all of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) have their temporary storage areas 47 empty, and their storage areas 48 containing appropriate banknotes. In the standby state, the flapper 43 is positioned at the upper predetermined standby position where bills can be accepted in the closed state, and the elevator 44 is positioned at the lowest standby position. Further, in the standby state, the storage cassette section 51 is empty, and the elevator 53 of the storage cassette section 51 is positioned at a predetermined upper standby position capable of accepting banknotes.

[Payment processing]
A thick line in FIG. 2 indicates a banknote transport route for deposit processing in which banknotes inserted into the deposit unit 20 from outside the machine are transported, identified, counted, and temporarily stored. In other words, when a selection operation for deposit processing is performed on the operation display unit 70, the control unit 71 starts the deposit processing to , and the intake and delivery portion 52 of the storage cassette portion 51 are driven. Then, the pay-in delivery unit 24 separates the banknotes put into the pay-in unit 20 one by one from the lowest one by the kick-out roller 24a and the separation roller 24c at a predetermined interval. The banknotes are fed out in an open manner, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport path 61A. Immediately after the banknotes are delivered from the pay-in delivery unit 24, the inlet sensor 25 detects whether there is a transport abnormality and whether there is an abnormality in the shape of the banknote.

For abnormal banknotes detected by the entrance sensor 25 to be abnormally transported or abnormally shaped, the control unit 71 controls the end of the transport path 61A on the deposit unit 20 side, as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. The money is conveyed to the withdrawal/return unit 21 by the unit and the conveying paths 61M and 61K. In other words, an abnormal banknote detected by the entrance sensor 25 as being abnormally conveyed or having an abnormal shape branches off from the conveying path 61A from the depositing unit 20 to the identifying unit 31, and after branching, may intersect with the conveying path 61A. The money is transported to the payment return unit 21 without being transported to the identification unit 31 by the transport paths 61M and 61K that are not provided. On the other hand, banknotes for which neither the transport abnormality nor the shape abnormality are detected by the entrance sensor 25 are transported to the identifying section 31 through the transport path 61A, as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. During this transport, the identification unit 31 identifies and counts the banknotes, and the control unit 71 determines whether the banknotes identified as acceptable by the identification unit 31, that is, genuine banknotes of a denomination that can be handled are normally conveyed. Banknotes are sorted by denomination along the transport paths 61C, 61D, 61E, and 61F, as indicated by thick solid lines in FIG.

As a result, each of the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) stacks banknotes on the flapper 43 at the standby position with the temporary storage area section 47 closed by the take-in and delivery section 42. It will be. That is, the control unit 71 stores banknotes of the first denomination (e.g., 10,000-yen notes) among the banknotes identified as acceptable, in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(A), and stores the banknotes of the second denomination. Banknotes (e.g., 5,000-yen notes) are placed in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage box 41(B), and banknotes of the third denomination (e.g., 1,000-yen notes) are placed in the temporary storage area of the temporary storage box 41(C). The unit 47 temporarily stores banknotes of the fourth denomination (for example, 2,000-yen notes) in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D).

Here, the control unit 71 monitors the amount of banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). It will be lowered by an amount corresponding to the amount. In addition, the control unit 71 monitors whether the flapper 43 has descended to the lowest openable position where the opening operation is possible. It is determined that the banknotes of the denomination to be stored in the temporary storage area section 47 after it is determined to be in a full state, which is a predetermined storage state, are transferred to the storage cassette section 51 along the transport path 61A as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. is temporarily stored on the elevator 53 of . The control unit 71 monitors the amount of banknotes stored in the storage cassette unit 51, and lowers the elevator 53 by an amount corresponding to the amount of banknotes stored. Here, the lowest possible open position of the flapper 43 of each of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) is such that the flapper 43 positions the elevator 44 at the lowest standby position directly below the flapper 43. The banknotes stored in the storage area 48 located below the flapper 43 can be opened without touching the banknotes stored in the storage area 48 . position.

For example, when the control unit 71 determines that the temporary storage area unit 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A) is full, the overflow banknotes that cannot be stored in the temporary storage area unit 47 in the full state. Banknotes of one denomination are temporarily stored in a storage cassette part 51.例文帳に追加In addition, for example, after the temporary storage region 47 of the temporary storage 41(A) becomes full, the control unit 71 causes the temporary storage 41(B) to become full. When it is determined that the banknotes of the second denomination are overflow banknotes that cannot be stored in the full temporary storage area portion 47 , the banknotes of the second denomination are temporarily stored in the storage cassette portion 51 in addition to the banknotes of the first denomination. Further, for example, after the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(A) and the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(B) become full, the control unit 71 41(C) is full, the banknotes of the third denomination, which are overflow banknotes that cannot be stored in the temporary storage region 47 in the full state, are replaced with banknotes of the first denomination and In addition to banknotes of the second denomination, they are temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 .

That is, the control unit 71 detects the banknotes inserted into the deposit unit 20 based on the identification result of the identification unit 31 at the time of deposit processing. 47, and when at least one of the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) becomes full, which is a predetermined storage state, the full state Overflow banknotes that cannot be stored in the temporary storage area part 47 are temporarily stored in the storage cassette part 51.例文帳に追加When there are overflow banknotes of a plurality of denominations, the storage cassette unit 51 temporarily stores these overflow banknotes in mixed denominations. The storage cassette section 51 has a bill storage capacity larger than that of the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). In the embodiment, the predetermined storage state is a full state in which the stored amount of banknotes is a predetermined full amount, and banknotes exceeding the full amount are overflow banknotes, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the predetermined storage state may be a state in which the banknote storage amount reaches a predetermined storage amount, and banknotes exceeding the predetermined storage amount become overflow banknotes. For example, the predetermined storage state may be a near-full state in which the storage amount is less than the full amount by a predetermined amount, and banknotes exceeding the near-full amount may be overflow banknotes.

On the other hand, the control unit 71 selects, among the banknotes delivered from the deposit unit 20 by the deposit delivery unit 24, the banknotes identified as unacceptable by the identification unit 31, that is, the banknotes whose denominations cannot be identified and whose denominations are not properly identified, and the multi-feeding, As indicated by the thick solid line, the thick dashed line, and the thick one-dot chain line in FIG. The money is transported to the payment return unit 21 through the transport path 61M and the transport path 61K.

Note that, at this time, the banknotes exiting the depositing unit 20 and traveling along the transport path 61A toward the recognition unit 31 and the banknotes traveling from the transport paths 61H and 61G to the transport path 61A through the transport path 61A are part of the transport path 61A. There is a possibility of crossing at this part because it will be used in common. Therefore, when the identification unit 31 determines that the banknote cannot be accepted, the control unit 71 waits for the timing of the crossing with this banknote, stops the deposit delivery unit 24, and interrupts the delivery of banknotes from the deposit unit 20. do. That is, at the latest when a rejected banknote determined to be unacceptable by the recognition unit 31 enters the transport path 61A from the transport path 61G, there is no banknote on the deposit unit 20 side of the branch position of the transport path 61M of the transport path 61A. As shown, the deposit dispensing unit 24 is stopped. When the rejected banknote determined to be unacceptable by the identifying section 31 enters the conveying path 61A from the conveying path 61A after that, the control section 71 restarts the driving of the pay-in and pay-out section 24 .

By performing the operation of the depositing process described above, the banknotes in the depositing unit 20 are eliminated, and all the banknotes fed out from the depositing unit 20 are transferred to the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). , the storage cassette unit 51 or the disbursed return unit 21, the control unit 71 opens the shutter of the disbursed return unit 21 so that the banknote can be taken out from the disbursed return unit 21, and the bill is identified. The operation display unit displays the number of banknotes by denomination and the total amount of banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage areas 47 and the storage cassette unit 51 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D), which are determined to be acceptable by the unit 31. 70 to display. Then, the control unit 71 enters a state of waiting for input of a deposit confirmation operation and a deposit cancellation operation to the operation display unit 70, and terminates the deposit process.

[First storage process]
After the payment processing, when the payment confirmation operation is input to the operation display unit 70, the control unit 71 confirms the payment, and the temporary storage containers 41 (A) to 41 (D) are stored in the payment processing. First, a first storage process is performed to store the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). The thick line in FIG. 3 indicates the banknote transport route for this first storage process.

In the first storage process, the control unit 71 sets the flapper 43 of only the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(D) in which banknotes are temporarily stored to the lowest openable position. , the flapper 43 is opened, and the banknotes on the flapper 43 are transferred to the elevator 44 in the storage area 48 or to the banknotes on the elevator 44.例文帳に追加That is, in the first storage process, banknotes are stored from the temporary storage area 47 to the corresponding storage area 48 in the temporary storage storage boxes 41 (A) to 41 (D) without going through the transport unit 61 . In addition to lowering the flapper 43 before opening it to position it at the lowest openable position and then opening it, the flapper 43 is stopped and the elevator 53 is raised to the highest position in the range where the flapper 43 can be opened. After that, the flapper 43 may be opened. Moreover, the flapper 43 may be opened after moving both the flapper 43 and the elevator 53 to the extent that the flapper 43 can be opened.

Specifically, when banknotes of the first denomination are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(A), the control unit 71 bills of the same denomination are stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage storage 41(A). When banknotes of the second denomination are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41 (B), the banknotes of the second denomination in the temporary storage area section 47 are used for the same denomination. is stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage 41 (B). In addition, when banknotes of the third denomination are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(C), the banknotes of the third denomination in the temporary storage area 47 are used for the same denomination. is stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage 41(C). Further, when banknotes of the fourth denomination are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41 (D), the banknotes of the fourth denomination in the temporary storage area 47 are used for the same denomination. is stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D).

Also in the first storage process, the lowest openable position of the flapper 43 is set according to the amount of banknotes stored in the storage area 48 below the flapper 43 . When the flapper 43 is opened and the banknotes on the flapper 43 are transferred to the elevator 44 in the storage area 48 or to the banknotes on the elevator 44, the control unit 71 detects the overflow banknotes stored in the storage cassette unit 51 in the deposit process. Determine the presence or absence of When there are no overflow banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51, the control unit 71 returns the flapper 43, which has delivered the banknotes from the temporary storage area unit 47 to the storage area unit 48, to the standby position and closes it, thereby completing the storage process. . That is, when there are no overflow banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 in the deposit process, only the first storage process is performed as the storage process. On the other hand, when there are banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 in the deposit process, the flapper 43 that has delivered the banknotes from the temporary storage area unit 47 to the storage area unit 48 is in an open state and performs a second storage process described later. .

As described above, the control unit 71 opens the flappers 43 of the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage areas 41(A) to 41(D) when payment is confirmed. The banknotes stored in the unit 47 are stored in the storage area units 48 for the same denomination directly below the temporary storage area units 47 for each denomination.

Here, when banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of a plurality of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D), the control unit 71 sets the flapper 43 to the openable lowest position. Although the flappers 43 are opened in order from the one positioned at , these flappers 43 may be opened simultaneously.

Note that in the first storage process, the flapper 43 can be opened to the maximum for all the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) regardless of whether banknotes are temporarily stored or not. The flapper 43 may be moved to the lower position and then opened so that when there are banknotes on the flapper 43, the banknotes are transferred to the elevator 44 in the storage area 48 or to the banknotes on the elevator 44.

[Second storage process]
The thick line in FIG. 4 indicates banknotes in the second storage process in which the overflow banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 are distributed and stored in the storage area units 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). It shows the transportation route. In the second storage process, the control section 71 raises the elevator 53 of the storage cassette section 51 to bring the highest bill on the elevator 53 into contact with the kick-out roller 52 a of the take-in and delivery section 52 . In addition, the control unit 71 determines that the flapper 43, which serves as a storage destination for banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51, among the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) is in an open state, but the storage area is closed. The elevator 44 of the section 48 is raised to a position where the banknotes delivered from the take-in and delivery section 42 can be received according to the amount of banknotes stored in the storage area section 48 . At the same time, the control unit 71 drives the take-in and delivery unit 52, the transport unit 61, and the take-out and delivery units 42 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). Regardless of whether or not overflow banknotes are stored in all of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D), the flapper 43 is opened and the elevator 44 of the storage area 48 is taken in and out. The banknotes drawn out from the portion 42 may be raised to a position where they can be accepted.

Then, the kick-out roller 52a separates the banknotes in the storage cassette part 51 from the uppermost banknote one by one by the kick-out roller 52b and the separation roller 52c, and the banknotes are delivered at predetermined intervals. are conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the conveying paths 61A, 61G, and 61A as indicated by the thick solid lines in FIG. Then, based on the identification result, the control unit 71 moves the normal banknotes identified as normal by the identification unit 31 to the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41( Transport to the counterpart in D). As a result, out of the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51, normal banknotes identified as normal by the identification unit 31 are stored in the corresponding storage area unit 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). The flapper 43 stores via the temporary storage area portion 47 in the open state. That is, in the second storage process, the banknotes in the storage cassette section 51 are stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) via the transport section 61. FIG.

Specifically, when the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette unit 51 are normal banknotes of the first denomination, the control unit 71 causes the banknotes to be stored in the storage area unit 48 of the temporary storage storage 41(A). Thus, when the banknote fed out from the storage cassette portion 51 is a normal banknote of the second denomination, this banknote is stored in the storage area portion 48 of the temporary storage storage box 41(B). Further, when the banknote fed out from the storage cassette unit 51 is a normal banknote of the third denomination, the control unit 71 causes the banknote to be stored in the storage area unit 48 of the temporary storage storage box 41(C). If the banknote fed out from the storage cassette portion 51 is a normal banknote of the fourth denomination, this banknote is stored in the storage area portion 48 of the temporary storage storage 41(D). Also at this time, the control unit 71 causes the elevator 44 to descend according to the amount of banknotes conveyed to the respective storage areas 48 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D).

In this way, all the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette section 51 are transferred to the storage area section 48 of any of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) or the withdrawal reject box as described later. 22, the control unit 71 lowers the elevators 53 of all the storage areas 48 of the temporary storage cabinets 41 (A) to 41 (D) to the lowest standby position, and then the temporary storage cabinets All the flappers 41(A) to 41(D) are returned to the standby position, closed, and the storage process ends. That is, when there are overflow banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 in the deposit process, both the first storage process and the second storage process are performed as the storage process.

Here, during the second storage process, among the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette unit 51, the recognition unit 31 recognizes that the banknotes are transported abnormally, such as double feeding, oblique feeding, or near-feeding. Rejected banknotes identified as defective in kind identification are conveyed to the withdrawal reject box 22 by conveyance paths 61A, 61H, 61G, 61M, 61K, and 61L, as indicated by thick solid lines and thick broken lines in FIG. Store in the warehouse 22 .

At this time, banknotes fed from the storage cassette unit 51 and headed for the identification unit 31 along the transport paths 61A, 61G, 61A and rejected banknotes headed for the withdrawal reject box 22 along the transport paths 61A, 61H, 61G, 61A, 61M. , part of the transport paths 61G and 61A are used in common, and there is a possibility of crossing at this part. Therefore, when the recognition unit 31 detects a rejected banknote, the control unit 71 waits for the timing of crossing with this banknote, stops the taking-in and feeding unit 52 of the storage cassette unit 51, and detects the banknote from the storage cassette unit 51. suspends the delivery of That is, at the latest when the rejected banknotes detected by the identification unit 31 enter the transport path 61G from the transport path 61H, there are no more banknotes on the storage cassette part 51 side than the branch position of the transport path 61M of the transport paths 61A, 61G, and 61A. , the take-in and delivery unit 52 is stopped. Further, when the rejected banknote detected by the identifying section 31 enters the conveying path 61M from the conveying path 61A, the drive of the take-in and feed-out section 52 is restarted.

As described above, when both the first storage process and the second storage process are performed as the storage process at the time of settlement of payment, the control unit 71 allows the temporary The banknotes stored in the storage area part 47 are stored in the storage area part 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41 (A) to 41 (D) by denomination by opening the flapper 43, and the overflow banknotes of the storage cassette part 51 are Sorted based on the identification result of the identification unit 31, and temporarily stored by denomination via the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) by denomination whose flapper 43 is in the open state. They are stored in the storage areas 48 of the warehouses 41(A) to 41(D).

[Return process]
After the payment processing, when the payment cancellation operation is input to the operation display unit 70, the control unit 71 does not confirm the payment, and temporarily stores 41 (A) to 41 (D) in the payment processing. All the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area portion 47 and the storage cassette portion 51 are returned to the withdrawal/return portion 21 . The thick line in FIG. 5 indicates the banknote transport route for this return process.

In the return process, the control unit 71 raises the flapper 43 of the temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(D) that temporarily store banknotes in the temporary storage area unit 47, and raises the flapper 43. The uppermost banknote among the upper banknotes is brought into contact with the kick-out roller 42a of the take-in and delivery section 42.例文帳に追加Further, when there are banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 , the control unit 71 raises the elevator 53 so that the highest banknote on the elevator 53 hits the kick-out roller 52 a of the take-in and delivery unit 52 . contact. At the same time, the control unit 71 drives the transport unit 61, and the temporary storage unit 42 of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) and the temporary storage unit 52 of the storage cassette unit 51 Those with banknotes that are held are driven in an appropriate order.

For example, when there are banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41 (A), the take-in and delivery section 42 of the temporary storage storage box 41 (A) The banknotes are kicked out from the uppermost banknote by the kick-out roller 42a, separated one by one by the delivery roller 42b and the separation roller 42c, and delivered at predetermined intervals. , the money is conveyed to the withdrawal/return unit 21 through the conveyance paths 61C, 61A, and 61K. If there are banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41(B), the banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 are fed out in the same manner, and are delivered through the transport paths 61D, 61A, and 61K. It is transported to the money return section 21 . When there are banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41(C), the banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 are drawn out in the same manner, and are dispensed and returned through the transport paths 61E, 61A, and 61K. Transport to section 21 . When there are banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41(D), the banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 are drawn out in the same manner, and are dispensed and returned through the transport paths 61F, 61A, and 61K. Transport to section 21 .

When there are overflow banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette portion 51, the take-in and delivery portion 52 of the storage cassette portion 51 kicks out the banknotes in the storage cassette portion 51 from the highest position with the kick-out rollers 52a. The banknotes are separated one by one by the delivery roller 52b and the separation roller 52c and delivered at a predetermined interval. That is, the control unit 71 transfers the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage areas 47 and the storage cassettes 51 of the denomination-specific temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) to the payment return unit 21 at the time of payment cancellation. let out. At the end of the return process, the control unit 71 opens the shutter of the payment return unit 21 so that the bill can be taken out from the payment return unit 21 . As a result, all banknotes other than the banknotes delivered to the pay-out return unit 21 in the pay-in process out of the banknotes put into the pay-in unit 20 in the pay-in process are delivered to the pay-out return unit 21 in the return process.

[Bulk banknote withdrawal process]
The thick line in FIG. 6 indicates that bills are dispensed from the designated denominations of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) based on the separate bill dispensing operation input to the operation display unit 70. It shows a banknote transport route for the process of dispensing loose banknotes. In other words, in the bulk withdrawal process, the control unit 71 drives the transport unit 61 and, based on the input number of disbursed coins by denomination, stores them in the storage area unit 48 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A). When the first denomination banknotes are to be paid out, the flapper 43 of the temporary storage 41(A) is opened at the standby position, and then the elevator 44 of the temporary storage 41(A) is raised to raise the elevator. Out of the banknotes placed on the banknote 44, the highest banknote is brought into contact with the kick-out roller 42a of the take-in and feed-out portion 42 of the temporary storage box 41(A). At the same time, the take-in and delivery unit 42 is driven to kick out the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 of the temporary storage box 41(A) from the highest position by the kick-out roller 42a, the delivery roller 42b and the separation roller. At 42c, the banknotes are separated one by one and fed out at predetermined intervals. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 31, normal banknotes that do not need to be reversed are transported to the dispensing/returning unit 21 as they are on the transport paths 61A and 61K. From 61A through the transport path 61N, the sheet is reversed by the reversing unit 63, and then transported to the payment return unit 21 by the transport paths 61M and 61K. As a result, normal banknotes of the first denomination based on the separate banknote dispensing operation are delivered to the dispensing/returning unit 21 while arranging the front and back sides thereof. Rejected banknotes other than normal banknotes, which the identification unit 31 has identified as having an abnormality in conveyance or having an incorrect denomination identification, are indicated by a thick solid line to a thick dashed line in FIG. to the withdrawal reject box 22 and stored in the withdrawal reject box 22.

In addition, in the bulk withdrawal process, when the banknotes of the second denomination stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41 (B) are to be fed out, the control unit 71 similarly controls the temporary storage 41 (B). After the flapper 43 (B) is opened, the elevator 44 of the temporary storage 41 (B) is lifted, and the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 are taken in and delivered to the banknotes in order from the highest banknote. , and conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the conveying paths 61D and 61A.

In addition, in the bulk withdrawal process, when the banknotes of the third denomination stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41(C) are to be fed out, the control unit 71 similarly controls the temporary storage 41(C). After the flapper 43 (C) is opened, the elevator 44 of the temporary storage 41 (C) is raised, and the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 are taken in and delivered to the banknotes in order from the highest banknote. , and conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the conveying paths 61E and 61A.

In addition, in the bulk withdrawal process, when the banknotes of the fourth denomination stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage box 41 (D) are fed out, the control unit 71 similarly causes the temporary storage box 41 After the flapper 43 of (D) is opened, the elevator 44 of the temporary storage box 41 (D) is raised, and the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 are taken in and delivered to the banknotes in order from the highest banknote. , and conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the conveying paths 61F and 61A.

As described above, the input number of bills to be dispensed for each denomination is delivered to the disbursement return unit 21 while arranging the front and back sides of the bills for each denomination. At the end of the separate banknote dispensing process, the control unit 71 opens the shutter of the disbursement return unit 21 to enable the banknotes to be taken out from the disbursement return unit 21 .

[Bundle banknote withdrawal process]
The thick line in FIG. 7 indicates that banknotes of the designated denominations in the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are bundled based on the banknote bundle dispensing operation input to the operation display unit 70. It shows the banknote transport route of the banknote bundle dispensing process to be dispensed.

That is, in the banknote bundle dispensing process, the control unit 71 drives the transport unit 61 and, based on the input number of dispensed banknote bundles by denomination, stores the banknotes in the storage area unit 48 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A). In the case of bundling and dispensing banknotes of the first denomination, after opening the flapper 43 at the standby position of the temporary storage 41(A), the elevator 44 of the temporary storage 41(A) is raised to bring the highest banknote out of the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 into contact with the kick-out roller 42a of the take-in and delivery section 42 of the temporary storage box 41(A). At the same time, the take-in and delivery unit 42 is driven to kick out the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 of the temporary storage box 41(A) from the highest position by the kick-out roller 42a, the delivery roller 42b and the separation roller. At 42c, the sheets are separated one by one and delivered at predetermined intervals.

Then, as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. 7, the fed banknotes are transported to the recognition unit 31 through the transport paths 61C and 61A, and based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 31, normal banknotes that do not require reversing are transported. Normal banknotes that need to be reversed are sent to the aligning unit 35 through the paths 61A, 61K, and 61P. They are each conveyed to the aligning section 35 . As a result, the designated normal banknotes of the single denomination are delivered to the aligning unit 35 by the number of bundling units. Rejected banknotes other than normal banknotes, which are identified by the identification unit 31 as having an abnormality in conveyance such as double feeding, skewed feeding, or near-feeding, or as having a defective denomination identification, are indicated by a thick solid line to a thick broken line in FIG. Then, it is conveyed to the withdrawal reject box 22 by the conveying paths 61A, 61K, and 61L, and stored in the withdrawal reject box 22 . Then, the banknotes of the specified single denomination unit number are transported from the aligning unit 35 by the lifting transport unit 37 , bound by the bundling unit 38 , and delivered to the bundle dispensing unit 39 .

Here, when the banknotes of the designated single denomination are delivered to the alignment unit 35 by the number of bundling units, if the number of dispensed bundles of this denomination is plural, the bills are continuously stored in the temporary storage storage box 41 (A). Banknotes are delivered from the area section 48. Normal banknotes that do not need to be reversed are sent to the aligning section 36 through the transport paths 61A, 61K, and 61Q, and normal banknotes that need to be reversed are sent from the transport path 61A to the transport path 61N via the transport path 61N. After being turned upside down in the turning portion 63, the sheets are conveyed to the aligning portion 36 through the conveying paths 61M, 61K, and 61Q. As a result, the normal banknotes of the designated single denomination are delivered to the arranging section 36 by the number of bundled units, and the bundled banknotes are bound by the binding section 38 and delivered to the bundle dispensing section 39 in the same manner as described above. As described above, in the banknote bundle dispensing process, when a plurality of bundles of a single denomination are to be dispensed, banknotes are stacked alternately in the aligning units 35 and 36 by the unit number of banknotes.

In the banknote bundle dispensing process, the above processing is performed for the specified number of bundles for each specified denomination. The banknotes are delivered to the bundle dispensing unit 39 . At the end of the banknote bundle dispensing process, the control unit 71 opens the shutter of the banknote bundle dispensing unit 39 so that the banknote bundle can be taken out from the banknote bundle dispensing unit 39 .

[Local cleanup]
The thick line in FIG. 8 indicates a banknote transport route for a local sorting process in which banknotes inserted into the deposit unit 20 from outside the machine are transported, identified, counted, and bundled. That is, when a selection operation of the local arrangement processing is performed on the operation display section 70 , the control section 71 starts the local arrangement processing and drives the deposit dispensing section 24 and the transport section 61 . Then, the pay-in delivery unit 24 separates the banknotes put into the pay-in unit 20 one by one from the lowest one by the kick-out roller 24a and the separation roller 24c at a predetermined interval. The fed banknotes are conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the conveying paths 61A, 61J, 61G, 61H and 61A, and identified by the identifying section 31.例文帳に追加Then, based on the identification result of the identifying unit 31, normal banknotes of the denomination to be bound are sent to the sorting unit 35 through the transport paths 61A, 61K, and 61P for banknotes that do not require reversing, and for those that require reversing. From 61A through the transport path 61N, the sheet is reversed by the reverse side reversing section 63, and then transported to the alignment section 35 by the transport paths 61M, 61K, and 61P. As a result, the designated normal banknotes of the single denomination are delivered to the aligning unit 35 by the number of bundling units. Note that, from the identification results of the identification unit 31, banknotes with abnormal transport and banknotes other than the denominations to be bound including unidentifiable denominations are regarded as rejected banknotes, as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. It is delivered to the payment return section 21 by the transport paths 61A and 61K. Normal banknotes of the specified single denomination unit number are transported from the aligning unit 35 by the up-and-down transporting unit 37 , bound by the bundling unit 38 , and delivered to the bundle dispensing unit 39 . Note that the denomination specified as the target for bundling may be manually input at the time of the selection operation of the local arrangement processing, or may be automatically set to the denomination first identified by the identification unit 31 during the execution of the local arrangement processing. be.

When normal banknotes of a single denomination are delivered to the sorting unit 35 by the number of bundled units, and if the specified number of bundles to be dispensed is plural, banknotes are continuously delivered from the deposit unit 20, and reversal is performed. Unnecessary normal banknotes are transported to the aligning unit 36 through the transport paths 61A, 61K, and 61Q, and normal banknotes that need to be reversed are transported from the transport path 61A through the transport path 61N after being reversed at the front/back reversing unit 63. They are conveyed to the aligning section 36 through paths 61M, 61K, and 61Q. As a result, the normal banknotes of the designated single denomination are delivered to the arranging section 36 by the number of bundled units, and the bundled banknotes are bound by the binding section 38 and delivered to the bundle dispensing section 39 in the same manner as described above. In this way, even in the local sorting process, when a plurality of bundles of a single denomination are to be dispensed, banknotes are alternately stacked in the sorting units 35 and 36 by the unit number of banknotes. At the end of the local sorting process, the control unit 71 opens the shutters of the bundle dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing return unit 21 so that the bundle of bills and bills can be taken out from the bundle dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing return unit 21 .

[Recovery processing]
The thick lines in FIG. 9 indicate banknotes in recovery processing, in which banknotes are recovered from the designated denominations of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) based on the recovery operation input to the operation display unit 70. It shows the transportation route. That is, in the collecting process, the control unit 71 drives the transport unit 61 and collects the banknotes of the first denomination stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A). After opening the flapper 43 at the standby position of the storage 41 (A), the elevator 44 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A) is raised, and among the banknotes placed on the elevator 44, the highest position The banknotes are brought into contact with kick-out rollers 42a of the taking-in and delivery section 42 of the temporary storage box 41(A). At the same time, the take-in and delivery unit 42 is driven to kick out the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 of the temporary storage box 41(A) from the highest position by the kick-out roller 42a, the delivery roller 42b and the separation roller. At 42c, the sheets are separated one by one and fed out at predetermined intervals. As indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. 9, the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification section 31 through the conveyance paths 61C and 61A, and based on the identification result of the identification section 31, the normal bills are stored in the conveyance paths 61A, 61G and 61A. It is conveyed to the cassette section 51 . Rejected banknotes other than normal banknotes, which are identified as being abnormally conveyed or having a defective denomination identification by the identifying unit 31, are conveyed through the conveying paths 61A, 61K, and 61L as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick broken line in FIG. It is transported to the withdrawal reject box 22 and stored in the withdrawal reject box 22. - 特許庁

In addition, in the collection process, when collecting the second denomination banknotes stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41 (B), the control unit 71 similarly controls the temporary storage 41 (B). After the flapper 43 (B) is opened, the elevator 44 of the temporary storage box 41 (B) is raised, and the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 are taken in and delivered by the unit 42 in order from the highest banknote. Normal banknotes among them are transported to the storage cassette portion 51 through the transport paths 61D, 61A, 61G, and 61A.

In addition, in the collection process, when collecting the third denomination banknotes stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41 (C), the control unit 71 similarly controls the temporary storage 41 (C). After the flapper 43 (C) is opened, the elevator 44 of the temporary storage box 41 (C) is raised, and the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 are taken in and delivered by the unit 42 in order from the highest banknote. Normal banknotes among them are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 through the transport paths 61E, 61A, 61G, and 61A.

Also, in the collection process, when collecting the fourth denomination banknotes stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41 (D), the control unit 71 similarly performs the same operation as the temporary storage 41 (D). After the flapper 43 (D) is opened, the elevator 44 of the temporary storage box 41 (D) is lifted, and the banknotes placed on the elevator 44 are taken in and delivered by the unit 42 in order from the highest banknote. Normal banknotes among them are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 through the transport paths 61F, 61A, 61G, and 61A.

In the collecting process, the above process is performed for one or a plurality of designated denominations, and only banknotes that have been identified and counted by the identification unit 31 are stored in the storage cassette unit 51 . A storage cassette part 51 storing banknotes to be collected in a state in which the quantity in stock is grasped is removed from the machine body 10 and transported.

[Replenishment process]
The banknotes in the storage cassette part 51 set in the machine body 10 in a state in which replenishment banknotes are loaded outside the machine are stored in the respective storage area parts 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). In the replenishment process, the control unit 71 stores the corresponding banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 in the storage area unit 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) in the same manner as in the second storage process described above. The flapper 43 stores via the temporary storage area portion 47 in the open state.

According to the first embodiment described above, the control unit 71 stores banknotes inserted into the deposit unit 20 in a plurality of denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41 ( A) to 41(D) are stored in the temporary storage areas 47, and at least one of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) for each denomination has a predetermined When the storage cassette unit 51 is in a full storage state, the storage cassette unit 51 temporarily stores overflow banknotes that cannot be stored in the temporary storage area unit 47 in the full state, which is a predetermined storage state. When the payment is confirmed, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the plurality of denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are opened, and the flapper 43 is opened. A) to 41(D) are stored in the storage areas 48 .

In this way, a plurality of banknotes are sorted by denomination and temporarily stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) before the payment is confirmed, and the flapper of the temporary storage area 47 is used when the payment is confirmed. 43 are collectively stored in the storage areas 48 of the same denomination. processing time can be shortened.

In addition, since the banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 are dropped collectively into the lower storage area 48 by the opening operation of the flapper 43, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of jams compared to conveying and distributing.

In addition, at the time of payment cancellation, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 and the storage cassettes 51 of the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are fed out to the payment return unit 21. The banknote itself inserted into the banknote 20 can be returned to the payout return unit 21.例文帳に追加

Further, if there are overflow banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 when payment is confirmed, the control unit 71 distributes the overflow banknotes based on the identification result of the identification unit 31 to a plurality of banknotes with the flapper 43 in the open state. Via the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) by type, stored in the storage areas 48 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) by denomination overflow banknotes that could not be stored in the temporary storage area 47 during deposit processing are also stored in the storage area 48 of the plurality of denomination-specific temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), It can be effectively used as bills for withdrawal.

That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 during the deposit process are only the overflow amount that could not be temporarily stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). so the amount is usually small. Therefore, it does not take much time to distribute and store the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette section 51 to the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) by denomination. Therefore, following the first storing process of storing the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) in the storage area 48, the storage cassette unit 51 It does not take much time to perform the second storing process of distributing the temporarily stored banknotes to the storage area section 48 and storing them in the storage area section 48 . Therefore, it is possible to shorten the processing time of the storage process at the time of confirmation of payment, compared to the case where all bills temporarily stored in mixed denominations are distributed after confirmation of payment.

In addition, the banknotes in the storage area section 48 of the plurality of denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), which are detachable from the machine body 10, are stored during collection processing, and supplementary banknotes are stored outside the machine. Since the storage cassette portion 51 to be loaded is used as a storage cassette portion for overflow banknotes, there is no need to provide a storage cassette portion dedicated to overflow banknotes, and the size and cost of the banknote handling machine 11 can be reduced. That is, by using the replenishment/recovery storage cassette unit 51 for temporary storage of overflow banknotes for purposes other than replenishment/recovery, it is possible to omit a dedicated storage (overflow storage), thereby saving space.・Low cost. In addition, since the large-capacity storage cassette unit 51 is used for temporarily storing overflow banknotes, a large amount of overflow banknotes can be temporarily stored.

In addition, since each of the denomination-specific temporary storage compartments 41 (A) to 41 (D) is divided into a temporary storage area section 47 and a storage area section 48 by a flapper 43 that can move up and down, the temporary storage area section 47 and The capacity of the storage area part 48 can be made variable. Therefore, by increasing the storage capacity of the temporary storage area 47, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of overflow banknotes. Since the number of overflow banknotes can be reduced in this way, even if the second storage process becomes necessary, the processing time for the second storage process can be shortened.

Also, among the banknotes drawn out from the depositing unit 20 during the depositing process, the entrance sensor 25 closer to the depositing unit 20 than the identification unit 31 for identifying the denomination detects that the banknotes are abnormally transported or have an abnormal shape. The banknotes that have been collected are not transported to the identification unit 31, but are transported to the disbursement return unit 21 by a shortcut and returned. Therefore, jam occurrence can be suppressed. Moreover, the bills can be conveyed to the withdrawal/return section 21 by the conveyance paths 61M and 61K that branch from the conveyance path 61A leading from the deposit section 20 to the identification section 31 and do not intersect with the conveyance path 61A after branching. Banknotes detected as abnormally-conveyed banknotes or banknotes with an abnormal shape can be transported to the dispensing/returning unit 21 without temporarily interrupting the feeding operation from the deposit unit 20 into the machine.

In the above-described first embodiment, banknotes of denominations with a small market circulation (for example, 2,000-yen notes) may be set as non-recycled banknotes that are not recycled. In this case, a plurality of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) can store recycle banknotes of the same denomination (for example, 10,000 yen notes). In the case of this setting, non-returnable banknotes are temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 in the same manner as overflow banknotes in the deposit process. are stored in the storage area section 48 of corresponding denominations of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), while non-recycled banknotes among the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette section 51 are stored in the storage cassette section 51. are stored in the withdrawal reject box 22 in the same manner as the rejected banknotes.

Further, in the first embodiment, the storage cassette part 51 may be configured to have a flapper 43 like the temporary storage storage 41 . With this configuration, when the next deposit transaction is instructed during the second storing process of distributing the overflow banknotes from the storing cassette unit 51 to the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), , the second storage process is interrupted, and the overflow banknotes remaining in the storage cassette portion 51 are temporarily stored below the flapper 43 of the storage cassette portion 51 . As a result, the overflow banknotes of the next deposit transaction can be temporarily stored above the flapper 43 separately from the previous overflow banknotes. Therefore, even the overflow banknotes of the next deposit transaction can be returned to the withdrawal return unit 21 at the time of the return process. Therefore, the next deposit transaction can be performed without waiting for the second collection processing of the previous deposit transaction. In this case, after performing the second storing process of distributing the overflow banknotes of the next deposit transaction to the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), the overflow banknotes once stored below the flapper 43 are interrupted. The previous second storage process that was being performed is resumed.

In this case, the storage cassette part 51 serves as a batch temporary storage area where the flapper 43 which is the bottom can be opened and closed, and the upper side from the flapper 43 temporarily stores banknotes so that the banknotes can be drawn out. The bills are provided on the lower side of the unit, and the flapper 43 serves as a collective storage area that accepts bills from the collective temporary storage area in the open state and stores the bills so that they can be drawn out. When payment is confirmed, the control unit 71 sets the banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(D) for a plurality of denominations by opening the flappers 43 of the banknotes by a plurality of denominations. The banknotes overflowing from the storage cassette unit 51 are sorted based on the identification result of the identification unit 31, and sorted into a plurality of denominations. In the course of a series of operations for storing in the storage area section 48 via the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), when the next deposit transaction is instructed, the series is interrupted, and the overflow banknotes remaining in the batch temporary storage area above the flapper 43 of the storage cassette part 51 are temporarily stored in the batch storage area below the flapper 43 . Therefore, the start of the next deposit transaction can be hastened.

In the first embodiment, each of the denomination-specific temporary storage compartments 41 (A) to 41 (D) is separated from the temporary storage area section 47 and the storage area section 48 by shutters that can be opened and closed but cannot be raised and lowered instead of the flapper 43 . You can divide it into In this case, the storage capacities of the temporary storage area section 47 and the storage area section 48 are fixed. If a shutter that cannot be moved up and down is used, the drive source (for example, motor) for opening and closing can be shared by aligning the height positions of the shutters of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) by denomination. It becomes possible easily and the cost can be reduced.

In the first embodiment, as described above, in the deposit processing, the banknote transport route for transporting the rejected banknotes identified as unacceptable by the identification unit 31 to the withdrawal/return unit 21 is taken in by the deposit unit 20. Since it partially intersects the route of the banknotes heading for the recognition unit 31 , it is necessary to temporarily suspend the feeding operation from the deposit unit 20 when transporting the rejected banknotes to the withdrawal/return unit 21 . Therefore, as the number of rejected banknotes transported to the payout return unit 21 increases, the feeding operation from the deposit unit 20 is repeatedly suspended. In order to suppress such an intermittent feeding operation of the deposit unit 20, the control may be changed as follows.

In the deposit process, instead of immediately transporting the rejected bills identified as unacceptable by the identification unit 31 to the withdrawal/return unit 21, in a situation where overflow bills do not occur, as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. In the forward route, the banknotes stored in the storage cassette unit 51 on the transport path 61A are temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51, and after all the banknotes set in the deposit unit 20 are taken into the machine, the rejected banknotes stored in the storage cassette unit 51 are stored. The banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal/return section 21 along the return route along the conveying paths 61A, 61G, 61A, 61M, and 61K, as indicated by the thick dashed lines in FIG.

In this case, during the deposit process, when the amount of banknotes stored in any of the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) becomes nearly full, the deposit from the deposit unit 20 is made. The feeding of banknotes by the feeding unit 24 is temporarily stopped, and the banknotes are stored in the storage cassette unit 51 after sorting and transporting the banknotes on the transport path 61</b>A (or after the condition that the transport does not intersect with the deposited and delivered banknotes). The rejected banknotes are conveyed to the disbursement return unit 21 along the conveying paths 61A, 61G, 61A, 61M, and 61K, as indicated by the thick dashed lines in FIG. Then, after that, the overflow banknotes are stored in the storage cassette unit 51, and when a rejected banknote is generated, the deposit delivery unit 24 is stopped. Here, the amount of banknotes stored that is determined to be nearly full refers to the amount of banknotes remaining in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41 that has reached this amount of banknotes, remaining on the transport path 61A at the time it is determined that the banknotes are nearly full. Even if all of the banknotes stored therein are stored, the number of banknotes that overflows will not occur, that is, the number of full banknotes that is determined to be the full state of the temporary storage area 47. It is a value obtained by subtracting the number of remaining banknotes.

In the deposit process, when the temporary storage area 47 of any of the denomination-specific temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(D) is nearly full, the amount of banknotes remaining in the deposit unit 20 is low. Therefore, after the two-step control as described above, that is, the first-step control of storing rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51, the second step of stopping the pay-in and pay-out unit 24 when a rejected banknote occurs. Even if the control is switched to the two-step control, there is little effect on the deposit processing time.

In the deposit process, after the first stage of control for storing rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51, a control pattern for switching to a second stage of control for stopping the deposit dispensing unit 24 when a rejected banknote occurs; Therefore, the control pattern for stopping the pay-in dispensing unit 24 when a rejected banknote occurs may be selected and set by the operator in advance before the start of the pay-in process.

In the first embodiment, for example, two dispensed return units 21 may be provided, and the front/back sorting control performed in the dispensed banknote dispensation process or the like may be performed at the time of return processing and at the time of rejection of banknotes in local sorting processing. good. That is, when banknotes are rejected in return processing and local sorting processing, it is desirable to align the front and back of the banknotes and stack them in the outside dispensing/returning unit 21 . However, in some cases, the front and back sides of the bills are unknown, and in this case, the front and back sides of the bills cannot be aligned and returned. For this reason, two dispensing/returning units 21 are provided, and banknotes whose front and back sides are aligned and banknotes whose front and back sides are not aligned (unknown) are separately stacked. In this case, after transporting the banknotes with uneven front and back sides to one of the withdrawal/return sections 21, guidance such as "The banknotes at the withdrawal/return port are rejected banknotes, so please align the front and back sides after taking them out." may be displayed to guide the operator to align the front and back sides of the banknotes. As a result, even if the front/back information of the banknote is not obtained, the banknotes for which the front/back information is not obtained can be easily separated from the banknotes whose front/back sides are aligned. Therefore, usability is improved and convenience is improved.

In addition, in the second storage process, when banknotes are stored in the storage areas 48 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), the flapper 43 stores the banknotes through the temporary storage areas 47 in the open state. However, the flapper 43 may be temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 with the flapper 43 closed, and then stored in the storage area 48 by opening the flapper 43 . In this case, for example, when distributing banknotes from the storage cassette unit 51 to the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), each time one temporary storage area unit 47 becomes full, the storage cassette unit 51 is stopped, stored from the temporary storage area part 47 to the storage area part 48, and then the distribution from the storage cassette part 51 to the temporary storage storage boxes 41 (A) to 41 (D) is resumed. .

<Second embodiment>
A banknote handling machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with a focus on differences from the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, an optical stacking height detector detects whether or not the stacking height of banknotes stacked vertically in the deposit unit 20 is equal to or less than a predetermined height. A detection sensor 81 is provided. The stacking height detection sensor 81 detects that the stacking height of banknotes in the deposit unit 20 is a predetermined height. It is detected that the accumulated height is less than about the number of sheets +α. The stacking height detection sensor 81 detects that the stacking height exceeds a predetermined height when the light is shielded by bills, and the stacking height is equal to or less than the predetermined height when the light is not shielded by bills. detect that

In the second embodiment, banknotes set in the depositing unit 20 are identified and counted by the identification unit 31, bundled by the aligning units 35 and 36, the lifting/lowering transport unit 37 and the binding unit 38, and bundled by the bundle dispensing unit 39. The same local sorting process as in the first embodiment for discharging to the outside is performed using the detection result of the accumulation level detection sensor 81 .

[Local cleanup]
A plurality of modes can be selected for the local organizing process. These modes include a single denomination manual specification bundling mode in which a single denomination to be bundled is specified by manual input to bind bills, and a single banknote bundling mode in which a single denomination to be bundled is identified by the identification unit 31 . There are a single denomination automatic setting binding mode in which the denomination of the first banknote is automatically set and the banknotes are bound, and a multiple denomination binding mode in which banknotes of a plurality of denominations are bound.

Further, in the single denomination manual specification bundling mode and the single denomination automatic setting bundling mode, respectively, the banknotes set in the deposit unit 20 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). After storing, the banknotes are transported to the aligning units 35 and 36 and bound by the binding unit 38, and the banknotes set in the deposit unit 20 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). A direct route, in which the sheets are conveyed to the aligning sections 35 and 36 and then bound by the binding section 38, can be selected. In the multiple denominations bundling mode, since it is necessary to separate banknotes by denomination, the banknotes set in the deposit unit 20 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), and then 35, 36 and bound by the binding unit 38, which is a pool-passing route.

Mode selection is performed by operating the operation display unit 70, and when the single denomination manual designation binding mode or the single denomination automatic setting binding mode is selected, the operation display unit 70 is further operated. , the route is selected from the route via the pool and the direct route.

{Direct route of single denomination manual specification binding mode}
The thick line in FIG. 12 indicates the direct route in the single denomination manual specification binding mode. When the operation display unit 70 includes the denominations to be bound and the direct route of the single denomination manual specification bundling mode is set, the control unit 71 detects the banknotes by the stacking amount detection sensor 81 and the deposit unit 20 If there are more banknotes than the number of banknotes per bundling unit (100), the banknotes in the deposit unit 20 are moved to the transport path as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. 61A, 61J, 61G, 61H, and 61A transport normal banknotes to the recognition unit 31, and the normal banknotes recognized by the recognition unit 31 as normal denominations to be bundled are transported through the transport paths 61A, 61K, 61P, and 61Q if the front and back sides do not need to be reversed. If the sheet needs to be reversed, it is transported to the aligning sections 35 and 36 via the transport paths 61A, 61N, 61M, 61K, 61P, and 61Q, bound by the lifting transport section 37 and the binding section 38, and delivered to the bundle dispensing section 39. On the other hand, according to the identification result of the identifying unit 31, banknotes with abnormal transport and banknotes other than the denominations to be bound including unidentifiable denominations are regarded as rejected banknotes, as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. It is delivered to the payment return section 21 through the transport paths 61A and 61K. If the accumulated amount detection sensor 81 does not detect any banknotes, the operation display unit 70 notifies that the number of banknotes is small, and only the later-described pool route of the same mode can be selected.

Here, if the accumulated amount detection sensor 81 does not detect any banknotes during the local sorting process in the direct route in the single denomination manual specification bundling mode, the control unit 71 causes one of the sorting units 35 and 36 to When the identification unit 31 identifies the 100th banknote to be conveyed to the stack of banknotes at that time, the conveyance of the banknotes to the aligning units 35 and 36 is stopped, and the banknotes after the 100th banknote are , are all conveyed to the payment return unit 21 regardless of whether they are the denominations to be bound.

Note that the control when the stacking amount detection sensor 81 does not detect bills during the local sorting process need not be limited to the above control. For example, after temporarily stopping the feeding of banknotes from the deposit unit 20, guidance is displayed on the operation display unit 70 to prompt the operator to select whether or not to set additional banknotes. is selected and input, the local sorting process is resumed when the stacking amount detection sensor 81 detects bills. On the other hand, when no additional set of banknotes is selected and input on the operation display unit 70, control may be performed to switch to a later-described pool-passing route of the same mode. Thereby, it is possible not to leave the fractional sheets in the aligning sections 35 and 36. - 特許庁

In this control, if no additional set of banknotes is selected and input, it is not necessary to uniformly switch to the route via the pool. may be input. Control may be such that when fractional termination is possible is selected and input, counting is resumed through the direct route, and when fractional termination is not permitted, counting is resumed by switching to the route via the pool.

Although the stacking height detection sensor 81 has been described as an example of an optical sensor that is shielded by banknotes, it is not limited to this. Height may be detected. In either case, the ratio of banknotes by denomination in the group of banknotes conveyed so far is grasped, the ratio of the remaining banknotes is applied to it, and it is determined whether or not there are multiples of 100, and the number of banknotes that is likely to be 100 is determined. In other cases, it may be conveyed to the disbursement return section 21 or an inquiry may be made as to whether or not there is an additional set. At the end of the direct route processing in the single denomination manual specification bundling mode, the control unit 71 opens the shutters of the bundle dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing returning unit 21 to close the bundle dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing returning unit 21. It is possible to take out the bundle banknotes and banknotes from the banknotes.

{Route via pool in single denomination manual specification binding mode}
The thick line in FIG. 13 indicates the outward route of the pool-passing route in the single denomination manual designation binding mode. When the operation display unit 70 includes the denominations to be bound and the route via the pool in the single denomination manual specification bundling mode is set, the control unit 71, as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. is conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the feeding conveying path 61A. Then, the identification unit 31 identifies and counts banknotes, and normal banknotes identified as normal banknotes to be bundled by the identification unit 31 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(A). Temporary storage area part 47 of storage storage 41 (B), temporary storage area part 47 of temporary storage storage 41 (C), and temporary storage area part 47 of temporary storage storage 41 (D) are filled in order. 2, it is transported through transport paths 61C, 61D, 61E, and 61F. However, the order of banknote storage in the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) is an example, and the order is not limited to this order. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 31, banknotes with abnormal conveyance and banknotes other than the denominations to be bound, including unidentifiable denominations, are regarded as rejected banknotes, as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. At 61A, it is conveyed to the storage cassette section 51. FIG.

For example, when the identification unit 31 identifies the number of normal banknotes of the denomination to be bound that is full (for example, 500) in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(A), the control unit 71 Up to the number of normal banknotes of the bundling target denomination are stored in the temporary storage region 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A), and from the normal banknotes of the bundling target denomination next to the full number, the temporary storage 41 is stored. It is stored in the temporary storage area portion 47 of (B). After that, when the identification unit 31 identifies the number of normal banknotes of the bundling target denomination that is full (for example, 500) in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (B), up to the full number of bundling target bills The normal banknotes of the denomination are stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(B), and the normal banknotes of the next bundling target denomination after the full number are temporarily stored in the temporary storage storage 41(C). It is stored in the storage area section 47 . Similarly, when the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(C) becomes full, normal banknotes of the denomination to be bound are stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(D). In any of the temporary storage areas 47, the flapper 43 is lowered from the standby position to the lowest openable position according to the amount of banknotes to be stored, and the flapper 43 is lowered to the lowest openable position. Then it becomes full.

Here, when there are no banknotes in the deposit unit 20 during the local sorting process on the route via the pool in the single denomination manual specification bundling mode, the control unit 71 stops the deposit dispensing unit 24, and the operation display unit 70 displays After the guidance is displayed to urge the operator to select whether or not to set additional banknotes, if the user selects and inputs the presence of additional banknotes to the operation display unit 70, the operation display unit 70 displays a request to restart processing. When the instruction operation is input, the local arrangement processing is restarted including the driving of the money payout section 24 . As a result, the operator can sequentially insert additional banknotes into the deposit unit 20, and in the case of a large amount of deposit by sequentially additionally inserting, all of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) can be filled. It is possible to deposit the amount of banknotes corresponding to the total value of the storage capacity of the temporary storage area 47 .

The thick line in FIG. 14 indicates the return route of the route via the pool in the single denomination manual specification binding mode. When there are no banknotes in the depositing unit 20 due to transport on the forward route, and no additional banknotes are selected and input on the operation display unit 70, and when there are banknotes in the depositing unit 20 due to transport on the outward route. , when all the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage containers 41(A) to 41(D) are full and the deposit dispensing unit 24 is stopped, the control unit 71 controls the temporary storage container 41(A) 41(D) from the temporary storage area 47, the stored banknotes are let out in order.

Then, as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. 14, the fed banknotes are transported along the transport path 61A and identified by the recognition unit 31. Normal banknotes recognized by the recognition unit 31 are transferred to the transport path 61A, In 61K, 61P, 61Q, if the front and back are required to be reversed, the sheets are alternately transported to the aligning units 35, 36 by the transport paths 61A, 61N, 61M, 61K, 61P, 61Q so that the number of binding units is reached. The bundles are bundled by the up-and-down conveying unit 37 and the binding unit 38 and delivered to the bundle dispensing unit 39 .

For example, when the banknotes are let out from the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(A) and there are no more banknotes in the temporary storage 47(A), the bills are removed from the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(B). and when there are no banknotes in the temporary storage area 47, the banknotes are delivered from the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(C). Banknotes are let out from the temporary storage area 47 of the storage box 41(D). On the other hand, the rejected banknotes identified as being abnormally conveyed or having a denomination identification error are conveyed to the withdrawal/return unit 21 through the conveying paths 61A and 61K, as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick broken line in FIG. In this way, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are sequentially bundled.

Here, the control unit 71 grasps the total number of banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) from the identification results of the identification unit 31 on the outbound route. From the total number of banknotes, the number of rejected banknotes transported to the disbursement return unit 21 during transport on the return route due to transport abnormality or denomination identification failure is subtracted each time it occurs. Fractional banknotes that are expected to run short are transported to the withdrawal/return unit 21 .

That is, the control unit 71 preliminarily stores the estimated number of rejected banknotes that may occur due to transport abnormality or denomination identification failure that may occur when 100 banknotes are delivered, and stacks them in the sorting unit 35 from an empty state. When the 100th banknote is identified by the recognition unit 31, the estimated number of banknotes is subtracted from the remaining number of banknotes, and if the number is 100 or more, the banknotes are stacked in the alignment unit 36, and stacked in the alignment unit 36 from an empty state. When the 100th banknote to be processed is recognized by the recognition unit 31, the assumed number of banknotes is subtracted from the number of remaining banknotes, and if the number is 100 or more, processing is performed to stack the banknotes in the empty sorting unit 35. sequentially. When the identification unit 31 identifies the 100th banknote stacked in one of the arranging units 35 and 36, the expected number of banknotes is subtracted from the remaining number of banknotes. The banknotes detected by the unit 31 are conveyed to the withdrawal/return unit 21 .

In addition, in the process of the return route when there are no banknotes in the depositing unit 20 and no additional banknotes are selected and input on the operation display unit 70 by the processing of the forward route, finally, the processing of the return route is shown in FIG. , the banknotes in the storage cassette portion 51 are transported to the withdrawal/return portion 21 through the transport paths 61A and 61K, as indicated by the thick solid line and the thick dashed line. On the other hand, when all the temporary storage area units 47 of the temporary storage containers 41(A) to 41(D) are full and the deposit dispensing unit 24 is stopped by processing on the outward route, the return route is performed, and the outward route is performed. The forward route and the return route are alternately repeated until the banknotes in the depositing unit 20 are exhausted by the processing in 1 and no additional banknotes are selected and input to the operation display unit 70 . After that, after the final return route, the banknotes in the storage cassette section 51 are transported to the withdrawal/return section 21 through the transport paths 61A and 61K, as indicated by the thick dashed line, the thick solid line, and the thick dashed line in FIG. Then, at the end of the pool route processing in the single denomination manual specification bundling mode, the control unit 71 opens the shutters of the bundle dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing returning unit 21 to open the bundle dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing unit. A banknote bundle and banknotes can be taken out from a return section 21.例文帳に追加

Here, when transporting the rejected banknotes to the disbursement return unit 21, if they are transported to the disbursement return unit 21 each time they are identified by the identification unit 31, the feeding operation of the deposit unit 20 is not performed because the transport routes intersect. Although this entails a temporary suspension process, as described above, the rejected banknotes are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 on the forward route, and after the banknotes have been delivered from the deposit unit 20, the rejected banknotes are delivered on the return route. By conveying to the money return part 21, processing time can be shortened. In addition, since the rejected banknotes are stored in the storage cassette unit 51 and conveyed to the dispensed money return unit 21, the banknotes can be efficiently returned without the operation of pulling out the unit when taking them out.

A specific example of processing in the route via the pool in the single denomination manual designation binding mode will be described. For example, first, on the outward route, 500 sheets in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A), 500 sheets in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (B), 500 sheets in the temporary storage storage 41 ( It is assumed that 235 banknotes of the specified bundling target denomination are stored in the temporary storage area 47 of C), and a total of 1235 banknotes are stored. Then, on the return route, first, banknotes are fed out from the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage box 41(A), and normal banknotes identified as normal by the identification unit 31 are accumulated in the alignment unit 35, which is 100 banknotes, which is the number of bundling units. Then, the 100 banknotes are conveyed by the up-and-down conveying section 37 , bound by the binding section 38 , and let out to the bundle dispensing section 39 . After stacking 100 banknotes in the sorting section 35 as described above, normal banknotes after that are conveyed to the sorting section 36 . When 100 normal banknotes are stacked in the aligning unit 36, the 100 banknotes in the aligning unit 36 are transported by the up-and-down transport unit 37 on condition that the stacked banknotes from the preceding aligning unit 35 have been bundled. , are bound by the binding section 38 and fed out to the bundle pay-out section 39.例文帳に追加Such an operation is repeated while alternately switching the stacking destinations of normal banknotes between the aligning units 35 and 36 . Banknotes identified as having been abnormally conveyed by the identification unit 31 are conveyed to the withdrawal/return unit 21 .

When the banknotes in the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage box 41(A) run out as described above, the banknotes are fed out from the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage box 41(B), and Subsequently, normal banknotes identified as normal by the identification unit 31 are stacked and bundled. When the bills in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(B) run out, the bills are fed out from the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(C). Normal banknotes identified as normal are stacked and bundled.

Here, as a specific example, when the identification unit 31 confirms that 1100 banknotes that can be bundled into 11 bundles will be conveyed to the aligning units 35 and 36, the identification unit 31 rejects due to a conveyance abnormality or denomination identification failure. If, for example, 5 bills are generated, 1235 - 1100 - 5 = 130 bills. Assuming that the number of rejected bills is set to be 7 against 130, 130 - 7 = 123, and 123 is 100 or more. unity. At that time, when the 100th normal banknote is identified by the identification unit 31 , the subsequent 23 normal banknotes are conveyed to the disbursement return unit 21 . On the other hand, when the recognition unit 31 confirms that 1100 banknotes that can be bundled into 11 bundles will be transported to the alignment units 35 and 36, there are, for example, 35 banknotes that are rejected due to a transport abnormality or denomination identification failure in the recognition unit 31. 1235-1100-35=100. -5 = 95, and since 95 is less than 100, the remaining banknotes are conveyed to the disbursement return unit 21 without bundling the 12th bundle.

If there is a possibility that the 12th bundle of banknotes will be insufficient when the recognition unit 31 detects the 11 bundles of banknotes, the feeding of the banknotes from the temporary storage area 47 is temporarily stopped, and the 12 bundles of banknotes are detected. The operator may be queried via the operation display section 70 as to whether or not the eyes should be tied, and may be selected via the operation display section 70 . Based on this result, when there is an input that the 12th bundle should be bound, the remaining banknotes are transported to the corresponding one of the aligning units 35 and 36, and the banknotes are bound even if the number of banknotes is insufficient. . If the number of banknotes is insufficient, the band for bundling is labeled to indicate the shortage of banknotes. On the other hand, if there is an input indicating that the twelfth bundle is not to be bound, the rest of the banknotes are conveyed to the dispensing/returning unit 21 .

Moreover, it is not necessary to limit to the above control. For example, only 95 banknotes could be stacked by transporting the 12th banknote to the corresponding one of the alignment units 35 and 36, that is, 40 banknotes were sent to the withdrawal/return unit 21 as rejected banknotes. Even if the banknotes are transported, the operator may be instructed to set the banknotes returned to the withdrawal return unit 21 again in the deposit unit 20 by guidance, and the banknotes for the shortfall may be taken in. At this time, 40 banknotes of the denomination to be bound are reinserted into the depositing unit 20, but instead of taking in all of them at once, feeding is temporarily stopped when the shortfall of 5 banknotes is delivered. Surplus banknotes may be prevented by performing control so that additional feeding is performed according to the identification result by the identification unit 31 .

{Direct route of single denomination automatic setting binding mode}
When the direct route of the single denomination automatic setting bundling mode is set on the operation display unit 70, the control unit 71 causes the stacking height detection sensor 81 to detect banknotes and the deposit unit 20 to display the number of bundling units ( 100 banknotes), the banknotes of the banknotes in the deposit unit 20 are transported to the identification unit 31 through the transport paths 61A, 61J, 61G, 61H, 61A in the same manner as the local arrangement processing of the first embodiment. do. Then, the denomination of the banknote first identified by the identification unit 31 is set as the denomination to be bound. After that, the control is the same as the direct route in the single denomination manual designation binding mode. If the accumulated amount detection sensor 81 does not detect any banknotes, the operation display unit 70 notifies that the number of banknotes is small, and only the later-described pool route of the same mode can be selected.

{Route via pool in single denomination automatic setting binding mode}
When the pool route in the single denomination automatic setting bundling mode is set in the operation display unit 70, the control unit 71 feeds the banknotes from the deposit unit 20 to the identification unit 31 along the transport path 61A, as shown in FIG. transport. Then, the denomination of the banknote first identified by the identification unit 31 is set as the denomination to be bound. After that, the control is the same as the route via the pool in the single denomination manual specification bundling mode.

{Multiple denominations binding mode}
The thick line in FIG. 13 also indicates the outward route in the multiple denominations binding mode. The operation display unit 70 displays the first denomination to be bundled (for example, 10,000 yen note), the second denomination to be bundled (for example, 5,000 yen note), the third denomination to be bundled (for example, 1,000 yen note), and the fourth denomination to be bundled. When the multiple denomination bundling mode including multiple denominations (for example, 2,000 yen note) is set, the control unit 71 collects banknotes from the deposit unit 20 as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. It is conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the delivery conveying path 61A.

Then, the identification unit 31 identifies and counts the banknotes, and when the first bundling target denomination is set, the control unit 71 determines that the identification unit 31 has identified the first bundling target denomination as normal. When the second bundling target denomination is set in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41 (A), normal banknotes identified as the normal second bundling target denomination by the identifying unit 31 is set in the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (B), the normal banknotes identified as the normal third bundling target denomination by the identifying section 31 are temporarily When the temporary storage region 47 of the storage box 41 (C) is set with the fourth bundling target denomination, the identification unit 31 temporarily stores the normal banknotes identified as the normal fourth bundling target denomination. It is transported to the temporary storage area 47 of the warehouse 41(D) through the transport paths 61A, 61C, 61D, 61E, and 61F. Here, in any of the temporary storage areas 47, the flapper 43 is lowered within a range from the standby position to the lowest openable position according to the amount of banknotes to be temporarily stored. The identification unit 31 conveys the banknotes with a transport abnormality and the banknotes of a denomination other than the bundling target denomination including unidentifiable denominations to the storage cassette unit 51 on the transport path 61A as rejected banknotes. For example, when the first and second bundling target denominations are selected and set among the first to fourth bundling target denominations, normal banknotes of the first bundling target denomination are stored in the temporary storage box 41 (A). normal banknotes of the second bundling target denomination are transported to the temporary storage area unit 47 of the temporary storage storage box 41 (B), and banknotes of other denominations are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 do.

Here, in any of the temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D), the temporary storage area section 47 has an integer multiple of 100 sheets that is the bundling unit number + the surplus number of sheets in the range less than the full number of sheets. When the maximum number of banknotes is stored, subsequent normal banknotes of the same denomination are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 through the transport path 61A. For example, if the temporary storage area 47 storing the first denominations to be bundled is filled with 520 coins and the spare number is set to 10, then 100×5+10=510 first banknotes to be bundled. When a normal banknote of a denomination is detected by the identification unit 31, the subsequent first bundling target denominations are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 through the transport path 61A.

Here, even during the local arrangement processing in the multiple denominations binding mode, when the banknotes in the deposit unit 20 run out, the control unit 71 stops the deposit dispensing unit 24, causes the operation display unit 70 to display guidance, After prompting the operator to select whether or not to set additional banknotes, if the operator selects and inputs the presence of additional set of banknotes to the operation display unit 70, an instruction operation to restart processing is input to the operation display unit 70. Then, the local adjustment processing is restarted including the driving of the money payout section 24 .

The thick line in FIG. 14 also indicates the return route in the multiple denominations binding mode. When no additional banknotes are selected and input on the operation display unit 70 in a state where there are no banknotes in the deposit unit 20 due to transportation on the outward route, and when the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) When the temporary storage area unit 47 of the denominations selected and set as the bundling object is full and the deposit payout unit 24 is stopped, the control unit 71 controls the temporary storage storage boxes 41 (A) to 41 (D). , the stored banknotes are delivered by the take-in delivery section 42 from the temporary storage area 47 in a predetermined order.

Then, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 14, the banknotes fed out are transported to the identification unit 31 through the corresponding one of the transport paths 61C to 61F and the transport path 61A. The discriminating unit 31 discriminates and counts, and the normal banknotes discriminated as normal by the discriminating unit 31 are transferred to the transport paths 61A, 61K, 61P, and 61Q in the same manner as described above, and to the transport path 61A if the front/back sides need to be reversed. , 61N, 61M, 61K, 61P, and 61Q to the aligning units 35 and 36 , bound by the lifting/lowering conveying unit 37 and the binding unit 38 , and delivered to the bundle dispensing unit 39 . On the other hand, the rejected banknotes due to abnormal transportation or defective denomination identification in the identifying section 31 are conveyed to the withdrawal/returning section 21 through the conveying paths 61A and 61K as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. In this manner, banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are sequentially bundled by denomination.

Here, the control unit 71 determines the number of banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) based on the identification result of the identification unit 31 on the outbound route. The number of rejected banknotes transported to the disbursement return unit 21 during transport on the return route is subtracted from each number of banknotes each time it occurs. is transported to the withdrawal/return unit 21 .

That is, the estimated number of rejected banknotes that can occur when 100 banknotes are delivered is preset and stored in the control unit 71. When the identification unit 31 identifies the 100th banknote of the first bundling target denomination stacked in the empty state in the bank 35, the estimated number of banknotes is subtracted from the remaining number of banknotes of the first bundling target denomination. If it is 100 or more, stacking is performed in the aligning unit 36, and when the 100th banknote of the first bundling target denomination stacked in the aligning unit 36 from an empty state is identified by the identification unit 31, If the estimated number of banknotes is subtracted from the remaining number of banknotes of the first bundling target denomination, and if the number is 100 or more, a judgment process is sequentially performed to stack the banknotes in the empty sorting section 35 . When the identification unit 31 identifies the 100th banknote stacked in one of the arranging units 35 and 36, the expected number of banknotes is subtracted from the remaining number of banknotes. The banknotes detected by the unit 31 are conveyed to the withdrawal/return unit 21 .

The banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage box 41(B) are also bundled in the same manner. The banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage box 41(C) are also bundled in the same manner. The banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage box 41(D) are also bundled in the same manner.

In addition, in the process of the return route when there are no banknotes in the depositing unit 20 and no additional banknotes are selected and input on the operation display unit 70 by the processing of the forward route, finally, the processing of the return route is shown in FIG. , the banknotes in the storage cassette portion 51 are transported to the withdrawal/return portion 21 through the transport paths 61A and 61K, as indicated by the thick solid line and the thick dashed line. On the other hand, when one of the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(D) is full due to processing on the outbound route and the deposit dispensing unit 24 is stopped, the inbound route is performed and the outbound route is performed. Such an outward route and a return route are alternately repeated until there are no banknotes in the depositing unit 20 and no additional banknotes are selected and input to the operation display unit 70 by processing in the route. After that, after the final return route, the banknotes in the storage cassette section 51 are transported to the withdrawal/return section 21 through the transport paths 61A and 61K, as indicated by the thick dashed line, the thick solid line, and the thick dashed line in FIG. Then, at the end of the process in the multiple denominations bundling mode, the control unit 71 opens the shutters of the bundle dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing returning unit 21 to release the banknote bundle and the bill bundle from the dispensing unit 39 and the dispensing returning unit 21 . Allow bills to be taken out.

Here, as described above, when the temporary storage area 47 storing the first bundling target denominations is filled with 520 sheets and the surplus number of sheets is 10 during the process on the forward route, for example, 100× When 510 normal banknotes (5+10) are detected by the recognition unit 31, banknotes of the first bundling target denomination after that are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 through the transport path 61A. In this case, if two banknotes are rejected from the banknotes delivered from the temporary storage area 47 during processing on the return route, the remaining eight banknotes are conveyed to the storage cassette unit 51 . Therefore, it is possible to suppress the amount of banknotes transported to the storage cassette unit 51 after bundling, and it is possible to suppress a decrease in processing efficiency.

According to the second embodiment, since the accumulation amount detection sensor 81 is provided in the deposit unit 20, when the local sorting process is performed, fractional banknotes that do not form a banknote bundle are generated before the process starts or during the process. can be predicted. Then, based on the detection result of the stacking height detection sensor 81 that monitors the height of the banknotes set in the deposit unit 20, it becomes possible to perform control such as switching the transport destination. It is possible to transport the money to the withdrawal return section 21 from which it is easy to take out without leaving it in the storage. Therefore, it is not necessary to pull out the unit for collecting the fractional banknotes in the arranging units 35 and 36, so that labor can be reduced and work efficiency can be improved.

<Third Embodiment>
A banknote handling machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with a focus on differences from the first embodiment.

In the third embodiment, in order to reduce the number of bills stored in the withdrawal reject box 22, separate bill dispensing processing that is partly different from the first embodiment is performed. That is, in the process of disbursing loose banknotes, as an outward route, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. are fed out and identified by the identification unit 31, and normal banknotes identified as normal by the identification unit 31 are conveyed to the withdrawal/return unit 21 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. On the other hand, among the rejected banknotes other than the normal banknotes, which the recognition unit 31 has identified as having an abnormality in conveyance or having a defective denomination identification, the banknotes that have been identified as undistributable are as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick broken line in FIG. 15 . 15, the rejected banknotes which are transported to the withdrawal reject box 22 by the transport paths 61A, 61K, and 61L, and are identified as being distributable by the identifying unit 31, are shown in the transport path 61A from the thick solid line to the thick one-dot chain line in FIG. , 61G, and 61A are stored in the storage cassette portion 51 . In other words, the rejected banknotes generated in the dispensing operation of the bulk banknote dispensing process are divided into distributable rejected banknotes and non-distributable rejected banknotes according to the rejection factor, and the transport destination on the forward route is changed for each. .

Specifically, banknotes that are transported abnormally, such as double-fed, skewed, or near-fed, may cause a stacking failure when transported to the storage cassette unit 51 and stacked. to the withdrawal reject box 22. Banknotes other than abnormally transported banknotes, that is, banknotes whose denomination cannot be identified, are unlikely to cause stacking failure in the storage cassette unit 51, and are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 as distributable rejected banknotes. It should be noted that there is a possibility that the denomination of the rejected banknote with denomination identification failure will become possible if the identification unit 31 identifies it again.

Then, when the input number of normal banknotes for each denomination to be dispensed is delivered to the dispensed return unit 21, the control unit 71 causes the distributable rejected banknotes stored in the storage cassette unit 51 to be distributed as a return route, as shown in FIG. The banknotes are conveyed to the identifying section 31 through the same route as the banknote conveying route of the second storage process indicated by the thick line in , that is, conveying paths 61A, 61G, and 61A, and the identifying section 31 retry identification. Based on the result of this retry, the normal banknotes whose denominations can be identified are transported to the corresponding temporary storage containers 41(A) to 41(D) by the corresponding transport paths 61A, 61C to 61F. do. At this time, in the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D), the flapper 43 is in the open state, and the conveyed banknotes are stored in the storage area via the temporary storage area section 47 with the flapper 43 in the open state. Store in section 48 .

Here, as in the second storage process, out of the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette unit 51, the rejected banknotes identified by the recognition unit 31 as being abnormal in transportation or having a defective denomination identification in the identification retry are processed by the storage cassette unit. In a state where the feeding of the banknotes from 51 is appropriately stopped, the banknotes are transported to the withdrawal reject box 22 by the transport paths 61A, 61H, 61G, 61M, 61K, and 61L as indicated by the thick solid line and the thick broken line in FIG.

As described above, the amount of banknotes stored in the withdrawal reject box 22 can be reduced. Therefore, as a result of being stored in the withdrawal reject box 22, the number of banknotes that need to be reinserted into the depositing unit 20 to be identified and counted is reduced, thereby shortening the working time.

As a measure to reduce the number of rejected banknotes generated in the dispensing operation from the storage cassette unit 51, the rejected banknotes that are identified as being abnormally conveyed in the identification retry by the identification unit 31 are stored in the withdrawal reject box 22, but the denomination identification failure is prevented. With respect to the banknotes identified as , the feeding of the banknotes from the storage cassette unit 51 is appropriately stopped, and the banknotes are transported to the recognition unit 31 again through the transport paths 61A, 61H, 61G, and 61A, and the retry of recognition is repeated a plurality of times. Also good.

In this case, after being fed out from the storage cassette unit 51 and identified by the identifying unit 31, the following bills are stored in the withdrawal reject box 22 without performing the next identification retry. In this case, the identification unit 31 will retry the next identification, but there is a case where the paper is not immediately conveyed to the identification unit 31, but is once conveyed to the storage cassette unit 51 and then fed out again to be conveyed to the identification unit 31. be. For example, when the banknotes with transport abnormality are two near-fed banknotes, the third and subsequent banknotes are temporarily transported to the storage cassette unit 51, then let out again and transported to the recognition unit 31. . The reason for such control is to prevent cash miscalculation. In other words, denomination information is managed in order during banknote transport. A difference occurs in the order of banknotes, and a possibility of inducing a cash miscalculation arises. Therefore, once the conveying unit 61 is brought into a clear state without bills, the next retry of identification by the identification unit 31 is performed.

As described above, when storing subsequent banknotes (third and subsequent banknotes) in the storage cassette unit 51 in order to once clear the transport unit 61 without any banknotes, they are stored in the storage cassette unit 51 immediately. However, the storage cassette section 51 is in a state in which the elevator 53 is raised and ready to be drawn out, and is not ready to accept banknotes. In order to keep the banknotes on standby until the storage cassette unit 51 becomes ready to accept the banknotes, the banknotes are transported along loop-shaped banknote transport routes of transport paths 61A, 61H, and 61G indicated by thick solid lines in FIG. continue to let Specifically, if the banknotes are transported twice along the loop-shaped banknote transport route of the transport unit 61, it is possible to gain time for the storage cassette unit 51 to prepare for receiving the banknotes. By controlling in this way, it becomes unnecessary to separately prepare a storage box as a place to save bills, and cost reduction and space saving can be achieved. In addition, since there is no need to store the paper in the storage as a place of refuge or take it out from the storage, there is no jam associated with these operations, processing time can be shortened, and work efficiency can be improved.

It should be noted that the control is not limited to the control of waiting bills while conveying them on the looped bill conveying route of the conveying unit 61 as described above. After storing the banknotes in the temporary storage area 47, the loop-shaped banknote transport route of the transport unit 61 may be stopped and waited. When the storage cassette unit 51 is ready for receiving, the loop-shaped banknote transport route of the transport unit 61 is restarted to store the waiting banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 .

Here, in the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) and the storage cassette unit 51, a sensor is provided to detect the conveying state immediately after being fed out. It is also possible to carry out reverse transport, return to the origin of delivery, and carry out a delivery retry operation. This also reduces the amount of banknotes stored in the withdrawal reject box 22 .

It is possible to modify the above-described embodiment as shown in modified examples 1 to 6 below.

[Modification 1]
For the four temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) and the one storage cassette unit 51, in the deposit process, one of the temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) The storage area section 47 is used as a batch temporary storage section for temporarily storing all banknotes of one specific denomination and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations of mixed denominations. For example, the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D) having the storage area 48 for a specific denomination (for example, 2,000-yen notes) with a small market circulation volume can be used as all banknotes of this denomination. It is used for temporary storage of overflow banknotes of all other denominations. Also, the storage cassette unit 51 is used for temporary storage of rejected banknotes.

With this configuration, all of the banknotes of the specific one denomination identified by the identifying unit 31 and the overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations are transferred to the transport path 61A during the depositing process along the route indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. , 61F temporarily store in the temporary storage region 47 of the temporary storage box 41(D), and the rejected banknotes identified by the identification unit 31 are temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 on the transport path 61A. This eliminates the need to transport rejected banknotes to the withdrawal return unit 21 while banknotes are being transported from the deposit unit 20 to the identification unit 31, and collects the rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 at the end of the deposit process. It can be transported to the withdrawal/return unit 21 . Therefore, in order to convey the rejected banknotes identified by the identification unit 31 to the disbursement return unit 21, it is not necessary to interrupt the delivery of the deposit unit 20 in the middle.

That is, a banknote transport route of a transport path 61A taken in from the deposit unit 20 and directed to the recognition unit 31, and a banknote transport route of the transport paths 61A, 61H, 61G, 61A, 61M, and 61K from the recognition unit 31 to the payment return unit 21. Even in the configuration where the route partially intersects, there is no need to perform control to stop taking in banknotes from the receiving unit 20 at the timing each time a rejected banknote is generated. After being conveyed to 51 , it is possible to continuously convey the bills from the storage cassette section 51 to the disbursement return section 21 . As a result, the pay-in pay-out unit 24 does not intermittently operate when taking in the pay-in, so that work efficiency is improved. Moreover, by using the replenishment/recovery storage cassette unit 51 for temporary storage of rejected banknotes for purposes other than replenishment/recovery, it becomes possible to omit a dedicated storage box (temporary storage box for rejected banknotes). , space saving and low cost.

In the modification 1, in the return process at the time of payment cancellation, the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. All banknotes in the storage cassette section 51 are delivered to the payment return section 21 .

In addition, in the first storage process when payment is confirmed, banknotes are stored from the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(C) in the first storage process indicated by the thick line in FIG. By the same route, when storing the banknotes in the storage areas 48 immediately below them, in parallel with this, the banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 of the mixed denomination temporary storage 41 (D) are shown in FIG. It is sent to the storage cassette section 51 through the transport paths 61F, 61A, 61G, and 61A along the same route as the recovery process indicated by the thick line. Then, when the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(D) is emptied, the transport paths 61A, 61G, 61A, 61C, . . . Distribution processing from the storage cassette unit 51 is performed by 61F. As a result, the banknotes of the denomination to be stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage box 41(D) and the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(C) could not be stored. The overflow banknotes can be distributed and stored in the corresponding storage areas 48 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) through the temporary storage areas 47 with the flapper 43 in the open state. In the first modification, any one of the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) can be set as a batch temporary storage for temporarily storing overflow banknotes. .

[Modification 2]
For the four temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) and the one storage cassette unit 51, in the deposit process, one of the temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) The storage area 47 is used for temporary storage of rejected banknotes. For example, only the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D), which has the storage area 48 for a specific denomination (2,000 yen note) with a small market circulation volume, is used for temporary storage dedicated to rejected banknotes. do. Further, regarding the banknotes of one specific denomination stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D), the storage cassette unit 51 as a batch temporary storage unit for storing the overflow banknotes is used in the deposit process. temporarily stored in

With this configuration, all of the banknotes of the specific one denomination identified by the identifying unit 31 and the overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations are transferred to the transport path 61A during the depositing process along the route indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. , and the rejected banknotes identified by the identification unit 31 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage box 41(D) through the transport paths 61A and 61F. This eliminates the need to transport rejected banknotes to the withdrawal return unit 21 while the banknotes are being transported from the deposit unit 20 to the identification unit 31, and is collected at the end of the deposit process and stored in the temporary storage storage 41 (D). The rejected banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 can be conveyed to the disbursement return section 21 through the conveyance paths 61F, 61A, and 61K by the same route as the return processing indicated by the thick line in FIG. Therefore, as in Modification 1, there is no need to interrupt the delivery of the deposit unit 20 in order to transport the rejected banknotes identified by the identification unit 31 to the disbursement return unit 21 .

In the modification 2 as well, in the return process at the time of payment cancellation, the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. All banknotes in the storage cassette section 51 are delivered to the payment return section 21 .

In addition, in the first storage process when payment is confirmed, banknotes are stored from the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(C) in the first storage process indicated by the thick line in FIG. After storing in the storage areas 48 immediately below them by the same route, the storage cassettes 51 are transported through the transport paths 61A, 61G, 61A, 61C to 61F by the same route as the second storage process indicated by the thick line in FIG. Perform distribution processing from As a result, the banknotes of the denomination to be stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage box 41(D) and the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(C) could not be stored. The overflow banknotes can be distributed and stored in the corresponding storage areas 48 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) through the temporary storage areas 47 with the flapper 43 in the open state. In the second modification, any one of the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) can be set as a temporary storage area for temporarily storing rejected banknotes. According to the modification 2, since the storage cassette unit 51 is for temporarily storing overflow banknotes, it is possible to temporarily store a large amount of overflow banknotes during deposit processing.

[Modification 3]
For the four temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) and one storage cassette unit 51, one of the temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) is A collective temporary storage unit for temporarily storing all of the denominations of banknotes and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations, and is further used to store these banknotes. Also, the storage cassette unit 51 is used for temporary storage of rejected banknotes.

With this configuration, all of the banknotes of the specific one denomination identified by the identifying unit 31 and the overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations are transferred to the transport path 61A during the depositing process along the route indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. , 61C to 61F temporarily store the corresponding one of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) in the temporary storage area section 47, and the rejected banknotes identified by the identification section 31 are transferred to the transport path. It is temporarily stored in the storage cassette portion 51 at 61A. This eliminates the need to transport rejected banknotes to the withdrawal return unit 21 while banknotes are being transported from the deposit unit 20 to the identification unit 31, and collects the rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 at the end of the deposit process. It can be transported to the withdrawal/return unit 21 . Therefore, as in Modification 1, there is no need to interrupt the delivery of the deposit unit 20 in order to transport the rejected banknotes identified by the identification unit 31 to the disbursement return unit 21 .

In the modification 3, in the storage process after the deposit process, banknotes are transferred from the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) to the same route as the first storage process indicated by the thick line in FIG. Then, they are stored in the storage areas 48 directly below them. As a result, the storage processing time can be shortened. Any one of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) can be set for temporary storage and storage of all banknotes of one specific denomination and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. .

For example, the temporary storage box 41 (D) is used for temporary storage and storage of all banknotes of the fourth denomination (for example, 2,000-yen notes) with a small market circulation volume and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. That is, the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D) is used as a collective temporary storage area for temporarily storing all the banknotes of the fourth denomination and the overflow banknotes of all the remaining denominations. The storage area 48 shown in (D) is a collective storage area for storing all the banknotes of the fourth denomination and the overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. In addition, the temporary storage container 41 (A) is used for temporary storage and storage of the first denomination (e.g., 10,000 yen note), and the temporary storage container 41 (B) is used for the second denomination (e.g., 5,000 yen note). The temporary storage box 41 (C) is used for temporary storage and storage of the third denomination (for example, 1,000 yen bills), and the storage cassette unit 51 is used for temporary storage of rejected banknotes, Deposit processing is performed along the route indicated by the thick solid line in FIG.

In the modification 3 as well, in the return process at the time of payment cancellation, the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. All banknotes in the storage cassette section 51 are delivered to the payment return section 21 .

In addition, in the storage process when payment is confirmed, banknotes stored in the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are placed in the storage areas 48 immediately below the flapper 43 with the flapper 43 opened. be stored in As a result, all the banknotes of the one specific denomination and the overflow banknotes of all the remaining denominations are stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage storage 41(D). In this way, if there are overflow banknotes in the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(D) at the time of deposit confirmation, the overflow banknotes are removed from the temporary storage area section 47 directly below with the flapper 43 opened. Since the bills are stored in the storage area 48, it is possible to further shorten the processing time of the storage processing when the payment is confirmed.

Alternatively, one of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) may be used for temporary storage and storage of overflow banknotes. Any of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) can be set for temporary storage and storage of overflow banknotes. For example, the temporary storage box 41 (D) is used for temporary storage and storage of overflow banknotes, and the temporary storage box 41 (A) is used for temporary storage and storage of the first denomination (for example, 10,000 yen bills), Temporary storage 41 (B) is used for temporary storage and storage of the third denomination (for example, 1,000 yen notes), and temporary storage 41 (C) is used for the second and fourth denominations (for example, 5,000 yen notes). and 2,000 yen bills) for temporary storage and storage. Also, the storage cassette unit 51 is used for temporary storage of rejected banknotes.

In this case as well, the rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 are collected at the end of the deposit process and transported to the withdrawal return unit 21. At the time of return processing, the same as in the first embodiment, the temporary storage storage box 41 All the banknotes of (A) to 41(D) in the temporary storage area portion 47 and the storage cassette portion 51 are delivered to the withdrawal/return portion 21 . In addition, when payment is confirmed, as a storage process, the flappers 43 of the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are opened, and the banknotes of the temporary storage areas 47 are dispensed. is stored in the storage area portion 48 immediately below.

Alternatively, one of the temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(D) may be used for temporary storage and storage of all banknotes of a plurality of specific denominations and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. Any one of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) can be set for all banknotes of a plurality of specific denominations and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. For example, the temporary storage box 41 (D) is used for temporary storage and storage of all banknotes of the second and fourth denominations (e.g., 5,000 yen notes and 2,000 yen notes) and the remaining overflow banknotes of all denominations. , Temporary storage storage 41 (A) is used for temporary storage and storage of the first denomination (e.g., 10,000 yen note), and temporary storage storage 41 (B) is used for temporary storage and storage of the first denomination (e.g., 10,000 yen note). The temporary storage box 41 (C) is used for temporary storage and storage of the third denomination (for example, 1,000-yen notes). Also, the storage cassette unit 51 is used for temporary storage of rejected banknotes.

In this case as well, the rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 are collected at the end of the deposit process and transported to the withdrawal return unit 21. At the time of return processing, the same as in the first embodiment, the temporary storage storage box 41 All the banknotes of (A) to 41(D) in the temporary storage area portion 47 and the storage cassette portion 51 are delivered to the withdrawal/return portion 21 . In addition, when payment is confirmed, as a storage process, the flappers 43 of the temporary storage areas 47 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are opened, and the banknotes of the temporary storage areas 47 are dispensed. is stored in the storage area portion 48 immediately below.

[Modification 4]
For the four temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) and one storage cassette unit 51, one temporary storage area 47 out of the temporary storage storages 41 (A) to 41 (D) is for temporarily storing rejected banknotes, and a storage area 48 immediately below this temporary storage area 47 is for storing all banknotes of a specific denomination and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. Further, the storage cassette unit 51 is used as a batch temporary storage unit for temporarily storing all of the banknotes of one specific denomination and the overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations.

With this configuration, the rejected banknotes identified by the identifying unit 31 are transported through the transport paths 61A, 61C to 61F during the deposit processing along the route indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. 41(D), temporarily stored in one temporary storage area 47 for rejected banknotes, and all of the banknotes of the specified one denomination identified by the identification unit 31 and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. It is temporarily stored in the storage cassette portion 51 on the transport path 61A. As a result, there is no need to transport rejected banknotes to the withdrawal/return unit 21 while banknotes are being transported from the deposit unit 20 to the identification unit 31, and the return processing indicated by the thick line in FIG. Rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 can be transported to the withdrawal return unit 21 through the same route as . Therefore, in order to convey the rejected banknotes identified by the identification unit 31 to the disbursement return unit 21, it is not necessary to interrupt the delivery of the deposit unit 20 in the middle.

For example, a temporary storage storage 41 (D) having a storage area 48 for storing all banknotes of the fourth denomination (for example, 2,000 yen notes) with a small market circulation volume and overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. The storage area portion 47 is used for temporarily storing rejected banknotes, and the storage cassette portion 51 is for temporarily storing all of the banknotes of the fourth denomination whose market circulation volume is small and the overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations, indicated by a thick solid line in FIG. Deposit processing is performed by the indicated route. Then, at the end of the deposit process, the rejected banknotes in the temporary storage area section 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D) are transported to the withdrawal/return section 21 .

In modification 4, in the return process at the time of payment cancellation, the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. All banknotes in the storage cassette section 51 are delivered to the payment return section 21 .

In addition, in the first storage process after the deposit process, banknotes are transferred from the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(C) directly below the routes indicated by the thick lines in FIG. is stored in the storage area portion 48 of . Then, in parallel with the first storage process, the second storage process is performed, and the banknotes of the specified one denomination in the storage cassette unit 51 are moved along the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. and all remaining denominations are stored in the mixed denomination storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41(D) through the temporary storage area 47 with the flapper 43 in the open state. At this time, since the payment has already been confirmed, even if there are banknotes equivalent to rejection, they may be forcibly stored in the storage area section 48 of the temporary storage storage 41(D). Any one of the temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(D) is used for temporarily storing rejected banknotes and for storing all of the banknotes of the specified one denomination and the overflow banknotes of all remaining denominations. It is also possible to set

[Modification 5]
Each of the branch gates of the transport paths 61C to 61F branched from the transport path 61A is introduced into the corresponding transport paths 61C to 61F on the transport path 61A. In addition to the same sorting as in the embodiment, it is configured with three-way gates capable of allocating bills heading from the storage cassette unit 51 to the identification unit 31 on the transport path 61A to the corresponding ones of the transport paths 61C to 61F. . As a result, as indicated by the thick line in FIG. 17, the banknotes fed out from the storage cassette unit 51 are transported from the transport path 61A to the transport paths 61C to 61F without passing through the identification unit 31, and the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41 ( A) to 41(D) can be sorted and stored.

With this configuration, in addition to the transport route described in the first embodiment, for example, when the overflow banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 are of a single denomination, during the operation of the second storage process, In addition, the bills can be directly transported from the storage cassette unit 51 to the corresponding one of the denomination-specific temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) without being identified by the identification unit 31. FIG. In this case, the condition is that the amount of overflow banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 is less than the remaining storage capacity of the transport destination of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D). .

In addition, in the second storage process when there are multiple denominations of overflow banknotes, it is preferable that the identification unit 31 identifies the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. However, based on the denomination order information stored in the memory by the control unit 71, the temporary storage boxes 41 (A) to 41 ( D) may be distributed and transported to the corresponding ones. In this case also, the amount of each denomination of the overflow banknotes temporarily stored in the storage cassette unit 51 is less than the remaining storage capacity of the transport destination of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D). There is a condition.

According to Modified Example 5, in the operation of the second storage process for the overflow banknotes, the banknotes are transferred from the storage cassette unit 51 to the target one of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) by the shortest route. Since it can be transported, the processing time is shortened. Also, since the conveying distance is short, the occurrence of jams can be suppressed.

[Modification 6]
The branch gates of the conveying paths 61C to 61F branching from the conveying path 61A are composed of three-way gates similar to the fifth modification. In addition, one of the temporary storage containers 41 (A) to 41 (D) provided with a three-way gate, for example, the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage container 41 (D) is used for mixed denominations. do. As a result, the rejected banknotes and overflow banknotes generated in the deposit process can be separated and temporarily stored.

That is, in the deposit process, the banknotes overflowing the temporary storage areas 47 of the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(C) are transported as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. Along with the banknotes of this denomination, it is transported to the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D) of the denomination (2,000-yen note) with a small number of denominations (2,000-yen notes) circulated in the market via the paths 61A and 61F. Rejected banknotes identified as being unacceptable are transported to the storage cassette unit 51 by the transport path 61A as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick dashed line in FIG. After all the banknotes are delivered from the receiving unit 20, the rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 are transferred to the dispensing return unit 21 by the transport paths 61A, 61G, 61A, 61M, and 61K as indicated by the thick broken lines in FIG. and transport. When the rejected banknotes transported to the withdrawal return unit 21 are set in the deposit unit 20 again, deposit processing is performed.

After confirmation of payment, if there are multiple denominations of overflow banknotes and there are no denominations to be stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41(D), the temporary storage 41(D) will be closed as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. 41(D), the banknotes drawn out from the temporary storage area 47 are transported to the identification unit 31 through the transportation paths 61F, 61A, 61H, 61G, and 61A, identified by the identification unit 31, and temporarily stored by denomination. 41(A) to 41(C) are distributed and stored. Also, if the overflow banknotes are of a single denomination other than the denomination stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41 (D), as indicated by the thick line in FIG. D), the banknotes fed out from the temporary storage area 47 are sorted into the denomination-specific temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) through the transport paths 61F, 61A, 61C to 61E without passing through the identification unit 31. It can be stored in a suitable one.

Here, the banknotes of the fourth denomination stored in the storage area 48 of the temporary storage 41(D) and the overflow banknotes of other denominations are stored in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage 41(D). 21, all the banknotes in the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41(D) are stored in the storage cassette unit 51 through the transport paths 61F and 61A as indicated by the thick line in FIG. Distribution processing from the storage cassette unit 51 is performed by the second storage processing along the route indicated by the thick line. Note that any one of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) may be used to store overflowed banknotes and a specific denomination.

Alternatively, overflow banknotes and banknotes of a specific denomination are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area section 47 of the rightmost temporary storage storage box 41 (A), and banknotes of the specific denomination are stored in the storage area section 48 immediately below. , and during the storage process, overflow banknotes and banknotes of the specified one denomination are transferred from the temporary storage area 47 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A) to the transport unit 61 indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. By conveying the loop-shaped banknote transport route counterclockwise, the banknotes of each denomination are stored in the other denomination-based temporary storage storage boxes 41 (B) to 41 (D), and the storage cassette unit 51 stores the banknotes to the temporary storage box 41(A), and then stores the banknotes to the temporary storage box 41(A) in the storage cassette unit 51 in the temporary storage box 41(A). Alternatively, after the overflow banknotes and banknotes of a specific denomination in the temporary storage area 47 of the rightmost temporary storage storage 41 (A) are conveyed to the storage cassette unit 51, the dispensing operation from the storage cassette unit 51 is performed. you can go

According to Modified Example 6, any one of the denomination-specific temporary storage compartments 41 (A) to 41 (D) is used as a temporary storage area 47 for mixed denominations, Rejected banknotes in temporary storage and overflow banknotes in temporary storage can be separated. As a result, it is possible to temporarily store the rejected banknotes in the storage cassette unit 51 and then collectively feed them out to the withdrawal return unit 21, thereby eliminating the intermittent operation in receiving the incoming money, thereby shortening the processing time and causing a jam. can be suppressed.

11 banknote handling machine 20 deposit unit 21 withdrawal return unit (extraction unit)
31 identification part 43 flapper (bottom part)
47 Temporary storage area section 48 Storage area section 51 Storage cassette section 71 Control section (control means)

Claims (5)

a deposit unit into which loose banknotes are inserted from outside the machine;
an identification unit that identifies loose banknotes fed from the deposit unit;
an alignment section for accumulating a specified number of loose banknotes;
a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out;
a bundling unit for bundling a specified number of separate banknotes stacked in the aligning unit to create a small bundle;
an operation unit through which operation input is performed by an operator;
a control unit that performs control based on an operation input to the operation unit;
with
The control unit
When an operation input for local sorting processing of loose banknotes set in the deposit unit is performed on the operation unit,
a direct transport processing mode in which banknotes to be bundled are transported from the deposit unit to the aligning unit without passing through the temporary storage unit, and then a banknote bundle is created in the bundling unit;
a transfer processing mode through a pool, in which banknotes to be bundled are transported from the deposit unit to the alignment unit via the temporary storage unit, and then banknote bundles are created in the bundling unit;
A banknote handling machine characterized by selecting either one of the two processing modes of (1) to perform local sorting processing . Further comprising a small number of banknotes detecting means for detecting that the number of loose banknotes set in the deposit unit is equal to or less than a predetermined number,
The control unit
In selecting the processing mode for local cleanup processing,
Based on the detection result of the small number of sheets detection means,
The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the direct transfer processing mode is switched to the transfer processing mode via the pool . The small number of sheets detection means,
A loose banknote detection sensor composed of an optical sensor,
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein it is detected that the number of loose banknotes set in the deposit unit is equal to or less than a predetermined number based on the stacking height of the loose banknotes set in the deposit unit . banknote processor. The control unit
In the process of withdrawing loose banknotes,
Rejected banknotes generated in the dispensing operation are classified into distributable rejected banknotes and non-distributable rejected banknotes according to the rejection factor, and transport destinations of the respective rejected banknotes are differentiated.
The banknote handling machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The control unit
In the process of withdrawing loose banknotes,
5. The banknote handling machine according to claim 4, wherein the distributable rejected banknotes are identified, and banknotes identified as defective in denomination identification in the identification are identified again.

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