JPH01103794A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To return paper moneys in a short time and to make the processing unit small by providing a pool device containing paper moneys discriminated to be proper by a discrimination section in a return enable way and using the same carrying device to conduct paper money reception carrying and paper money return carrying. CONSTITUTION: Paper moneys inserted to an insert side 10 are carried as reception carrying by belts 3, 4, and its proper state and denomination are discriminated by a detection head 5 on the way. When the paper money is discriminated to be a low amount denomination paper money, the low amount denomination paper money is carried to a pool device 6, in which the paper money is contained in a return enable way. On the other hand, a high amount denomination paper money discriminated to be a prescribed high amount denomination paper money by the detection head 5 is stopped and held on the belts 3, 4 and contained in a paper money container box 7 through a hole by a push member 9 based on an article sales operation. When a return command is received while the high amount denomination paper money is stopped and held on the belts 3, 4, the paper money is carried for return toward the insert side 10 by the belts 3, 4. Furthermore, the low amount denomination paper money contained in the device 6 is extracted and carried on the belts 3, 4 for return carrying.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a banknote handling device used in automatic vending machines and the like.

(B) Conventional technology Generally, a banknote processing device that can be used in a vending machine, etc. has an identification section that identifies the appropriateness and type of the inserted banknote, and a holding device that stores banknotes that are identified as appropriate by the identification section so that they can be returned. For example, it is shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-55196.

The prior art disclosed in this publication includes a bill stacking device that aligns and stacks the banknotes placed in the receiver, and a receiver that stores the banknotes that are placed in the bank so that they can be taken out one by one to be used as change. The banknote storage device includes a banknote storage device and a banknote distribution device that distributes banknotes that have not been stacked by the banknote stacking device to a banknote receiving slot or to be stored in a safe. The stored banknotes are sent to a bill stacking device, where they are aligned and stacked, and the device sends the banknotes to the bill receiving slot.When sending out as change, the banknotes in the bill stacking device are stacked. The device sends the banknotes to the safe side, takes out the banknotes in the banknote storage device, sends them to the banknote stacking device, aligns them, overlaps the banknotes, and sends the banknotes to the banknote receiving slot by the device.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In this prior art, some of the received high-value banknotes are held in a stacked state by a banknote stacking device, and the banknotes distributed are held in a stacked state on the device, and are separated from the conveyance device that receives the banknotes. The conveyor device transports the banknotes to a banknote receiving slot separate from the banknote receiving slot or a banknote safe, and when the banknotes are returned, the banknotes held in the banknote storage device are stacked by a banknote stacking device and the banknotes are sorted out. Since the banknotes are transferred to the device and then returned to the bill receiving slot by a transport device exclusively for returns, the device becomes complicated and large, which is inconvenient when used in vending machines, etc. there were. In addition, since the returned banknotes and the banknotes stored in the safe are stacked each time by a stacking device and transported by another conveyance device, it takes a long time to operate the banknotes. There was an issue that made me feel.

Based on the above, the present invention provides a method for accepting and returning banknotes.

The present invention provides a banknote handling device in which the banknote handling device can perform the banknote processing using the same transport device, and can simplify the transport device from the identification section to the front side of the holding device.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a banknote that includes an identification unit that identifies the appropriateness and type of the inserted banknote, and a banknote holding device that stores banknotes that have been identified as appropriate by the identification unit in a returnable manner. In the processing device, the identification section is disposed on the banknote insertion side, and the inserted banknote is conveyed, and a predetermined high-value banknote that is identified as appropriate by the recognition section is stopped and held. a conveyance device capable of being returned and conveyed; and a conveyance device disposed at an end of the conveyance device on the opposite side to the insertion side and capable of storing up to a predetermined number of predetermined low denomination bills among the bills identified as appropriate by the identification section so as to be returnable. a holding device; a banknote storage box extending between the holding device and the identification unit and disposed facing the conveying device and provided with a hole on an opposing surface; A predetermined high-denomination bill that has been inserted is inserted based on a product sales operation or when the holding device has stored up to a predetermined number of bills, and a predetermined low-denomination bill that has been identified as appropriate by the identification section is passed through the hole. a pushing member that is pushed into the storage box body, and when returning a predetermined high-value banknote inserted, returns the high-value banknote held in the transport device, and when returning a predetermined low-value banknote, the holding member The low denomination banknotes stored in the device are returned to the insertion side by the conveyance device, and the conveyance device is constituted by a belt that integrally drives from the identification section to the front side of the holding device.

(*) Operation The banknotes inserted into the insertion side are taken in and conveyed by a conveying device constituted by an integrally driven belt from the recognition section to the front of the holding device, and during the conveyance, the validity and type are identified by the recognition section. When the identification unit identifies the banknote as a predetermined low-denomination banknote, the low-denomination banknote is conveyed to a holding device disposed at the end of the conveyance device and stored so as to be returnable. In addition, when the holding device has already stored a predetermined number of low-denomination bills, the low-denomination bills are pushed into the banknote storage box body provided opposite to the conveying device extending between the identification unit and the holding device by a pushing member. It is stored by being pushed through the section. On the other hand, high-value banknotes that are identified as predetermined high-value banknotes by the identification unit are stopped and held by the conveyance device, and are stored in the banknote storage box through the hole by the pushing member based on the product selling operation. In addition, if high-value banknotes are returned and supported while the conveyance device is unable to stop and hold them,
It is transported back to the insertion side by the transport device. To return low-denomination banknotes, the low-denomination banknotes stored in the holding device are taken out and returned to the insertion side by the conveyance device.

(f) Embodiment FIGS. 1 and 2 are side views of the device according to the present invention and A-
A' cross-sectional view is shown, and a pair of belts (3) (4) are attached to pulleys (IA) (IB) and pulleys (2A) (2B>).
is stretched, and bills inserted from the insertion side (10) are held by belts (3) and (4) and conveyed in the direction of the arrow by the drive of a motor (not shown). And the belt (
3) A guide pulley (2c) facing the pulley (IB) is arranged in the center of the belt (4), which has a longer conveyance distance, and the first conveyance device runs from the insertion side (10) to the guide pulley (2C>). , from guide pulley (2C) to pulley (2B)
up to the second conveyance device. Further, (5) is a detection head that detects the magnetic pattern of the conveyed banknote.

The detection head (5) constitutes an identification section together with a discriminating section (not shown) that determines the suitability and type of banknotes based on the detection force. When the identification unit determines that the banknotes that can be completely conveyed by the first conveyance device are not appropriate, the motor reverses the direction, conveys the banknotes in the opposite direction to arrow direction a, and returns the banknotes from the insertion side (10). It is configured as follows. On the other hand, when the banknote conveyed by the first conveyance device is determined by the identification unit to be a high-value banknote, the tip of the banknote on the arrow direction 3 side is held between the pulley (IB) and the guide pulley (2C). The drive of the motor is stopped and the banknotes are held within the first conveyance device. Therefore, the distance from the detection head (5) to the pulley (IB) is set to be larger than the longitudinal dimension of the banknote. Also, the pulley (
A rubber roller (11) disposed opposite the belt (2B) is urged by a spring (12) and comes into contact with the belt (4), and behind the rubber roller (11) is a low-denomination banknote holding device (
6> is provided. The holding device (6) has a - set of rotating shafts (
6A>(6B), and a common strip (13) is wound around the shafts (6A) and 2 (6B) in opposite directions so that they can be rotated simultaneously in opposite directions by a motor. . The banknote storage box body (7) disposed facing the second conveyance device is equipped with a pair of locking parts (14) at the bottom, and the locking parts (14) are secured by springs (17) and (18). The stored banknotes (16
) is maintained. Further, a pushing member (9) arranged opposite to the banknote storage box body (7) via the belt (4) allows the banknotes to pass through the hole (8) formed between the pair of locking parts (14). It is configured to be able to move in and out of the storage box body (7).

The operation of the above configuration will be explained. When a bill is inserted into the insertion side (10), the pulleys (IA) (IB) and pulleys (2A) (2B) rotate based on the detection signal from the detector (19), and the bill is transferred to the belt (3) ( 4) and transported in the direction of the arrow a. Then, when the bill passes through the detection head (5) and its suitability and type are determined and it is determined that it is a low denomination bill (for example, a 1,000 yen bill), the bill passes through the belt (3) (4).
), and then the belt (4) and the part (7A) of the banknote storage box body (7) facing the banknotes continue to transport the banknotes.The pulley (2B) and the rubber roller ( 11) and is detected by the detector (21), the motor provided in the holding device (6) rotates and the shaft (6A) moves along the strip (13) with the arrow. The banknotes are wound around the shaft (13) and stored.The maximum number of banknotes stored in the storage device (6) is 10, and 10 low denomination banknotes are wound around the shaft (6A). As a result, the strip (13) wound around the shaft (6B) can also be completely wound around the shaft (6A), so the microswitch (22)
) is 0FFt, it can be detected that the holding device (6) has held up to 10 low denomination bills. Then, with the microswitch (22) turned OFF, low-denomination bills are detected by the detector (22).
0), the pulleys (IA) (IB> and pulleys (2A) (2B>) stop rotating, and the pushing member (9) is reciprocated toward the banknote storage box (7). Low denomination banknotes interposed between the belt (4) and the banknote storage box (7) can be stored in the box (7).The holding device (6) rotates in the direction of arrow C of the shaft (6B). The low denomination banknotes held by the rubber roller (11) and pulley (2B)
belts (3) (4) together with the shaft (6B).
) moves in the direction of the arrow a'.
B) and pulleys (2A) (2B>),
It becomes possible to pay out the reserved banknotes from the insertion side (10). Therefore, in this example, since the maximum number of bills held by the holding device is 10, up to 10 low-denomination bills can be inserted in -times of operation, and the inserted amount can be returned to the bill inserter.

On the other hand, if the bill being held and conveyed by the belt <3) (4) is a high-value bill (for example, an egg yen bill or a 10,000 yen bill), when the bill reaches the detector (20), the pulley (IA)
>(IB>) and pulleys (2A) and (2B) are stopped and held. Therefore, pulley (LA>(IB) and pulley ( By rotating 2A) and 2B, high-value banknotes can be returned to the person who inserted the banknote.However, when a predetermined consideration signal, such as a product sales signal, is generated by inserting a banknote while holding a high-value banknote, the pulley ( LA>(IB) and pulleys (2A) and (2B) rotate to transport the banknote in the direction of arrow a again, and when the high-value banknote finishes passing through the detector (20), pulleys (LA) and (IB) and pulleys ( The rotation of 2A) and (2B) is stopped, and the pushing member (9) moves back and forth to store high-value banknotes in the banknote storage box (7).Also, high-value banknotes are inserted and a low value is added to the change after the sale. In a banknote processing device incorporated in a vending machine that dispenses banknotes, the held high-value banknotes are accepted into the banknote storage box (7) in addition to the above-mentioned consideration signal, as well as low-denomination banknotes held in the holding device (6). It is also determined by the number of bills. At this time, the control device (not shown) of the vending machine counts the number of bills on hold each time a low-denomination bill is inserted into the holding device (6), and when the above-mentioned consideration signal occurs, When the remaining amount obtained by subtracting the product amount from the currency amount can be paid out according to the number of pending bills, the operation of accepting the bill into the bill storage box (7) is performed.

(G) Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is configured as described above, the same conveyance device can accept and convey banknotes and return them. Therefore, it is possible to omit a device for distributing banknotes and a conveying device for returning and storing banknotes as in the conventional example, and the size of the device can be reduced. Further, in the present invention, high-value banknotes can be returned to the insertion side directly by the conveyance device after being stopped and held by the conveyance device, and low-denomination banknotes can be directly returned from the holding device to the insertion side by the conveyance device. can be returned in a short time. Furthermore, since the conveying device according to the present invention is configured with a belt that integrally drives the area from the identification section to the front of the holding device, the conveying device can be simplified and the number of banknote detection sensors and the like that drive and control the conveying device can be reduced. It has the effect that it can do.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA' in FIG. (LA) (IB>(2A) (2B)...Pulley,
(3) (4)... Belt, (5)... Detection head, (6)... Holding device, (7)... Banknote storage box, (8)... Hole, ( 9)...Pushing member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a banknote processing device that includes an identification unit that identifies the appropriateness and type of inserted banknotes, and a holding device that stores banknotes identified as appropriate by the identification unit in a returnable manner, the identification unit is provided on the banknote insertion side. A conveying device capable of taking in, conveying and returning a banknote, which conveys the inserted banknote, stops conveyance and holds a predetermined high-value banknote identified as appropriate by the recognition unit, and a conveyor device that is capable of taking in, conveying and returning the banknote, and a conveyance device that is opposite to the insertion side. the holding device disposed at an end of the conveying device on the side and capable of storing up to a predetermined number of banknotes of predetermined low denominations among the banknotes identified as appropriate by the identification unit; and the holding device and the identification unit; A banknote storage box body is disposed facing the conveying device and has a hole on the opposing surface, and a banknote storage box body is provided with a hole on the opposing surface, and a predetermined high-value banknote held in the conveying device is used for product sales operation. a pushing member that pushes and stores a predetermined low-denomination bill that is inserted based on the holding device or when the holding device has stored up to a predetermined number of bills and that is identified as appropriate by the identification unit into the bill storage box body through the hole. , when returning the inserted predetermined high denomination banknote, the high denomination banknote held in the transport device is returned, and when returning a predetermined low denomination banknote, the low denomination banknote stored in the holding device is returned to the transport device 2. A banknote handling device, wherein the banknote handling device is configured to return the banknote to an insertion side by a belt, and the conveyance device is constituted by a belt that integrally drives from the identification section to the front side of the storage device.