JPH01182214A - Processing equipment for paper leaf - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid an error in re-count of a present transaction in case the processing of paper leaves extends in several transactions, by arranging a No.1 display device which indicates a quantity of paper leaves accumulated at a temporary accumulation unit, and a No.2 display device which indicates a quantity of the remaining paper leaves to the completion of filing. CONSTITUTION:A No.1 display device 95 for this equipment indicates the total quantity of paper leaves accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit. For a No.2 display device 96, the quantity of paper leaves up to last transaction is indicated by one display method (e.g., going on and off repeatedly) before they have been filed. Therefore, the remaining quantity in the temporary accumulation unit up to last transaction can be known. When the filing of paper leaves up to last transaction has been totally completed, the display device 96 gives the other display method (e.g., lighting on). Therefore, the operator can tell that the filing of the last transaction has been completed. For some trouble, when it is necessary to perform a re-count of paper leaves in the temporary accumulation unit, if the display device 96 gives the first display method, a re-count of present transaction is performed after subtracting the quantity indicated on the display device 96 from the quantity of accumulated paper leaves.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device used, for example, in a banknote processing device.

(Prior Art) A banknote processing device such as a banknote sorting machine feeds banknotes one by one into a temporary stacking section using a conveying means, and when the number of stacked bills reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100 bills), the banknotes are transported to a banding section by a carrier. While being transported, the stacked banknotes are sealed with a binding band.

Therefore, in this type of device, if the deposit processing that involves counting and sealing covers multiple transactions, the previous transaction will
The fractional number of banknotes that did not reach 00 is temporarily left in the stacking section, and when the banknotes for the current transaction are added to the remaining banknotes and the predetermined number of banknotes (100) is reached, this accumulated banknote is is sent to the banding section to complete the sealing.

In the above-mentioned banknote processing equipment, if a problem such as a paper jam occurs in the transport path or temporary stacking section within the equipment,
It is necessary to remove the cause of the trouble and to take out the banknotes from the temporary stacking section and re-count them. However, in this temporary stacking section, in addition to the bills for the current transaction, fractions of the bills from the previous transaction may remain, so if all the bills in the temporary stacking section are re-counted, the bills for the current transaction will be The amount of the previous transaction will be added. For this reason, conventionally, the remaining number of coins can be known by displaying the number of coins remaining in the temporary accumulation section up to the previous transaction on the display section.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional device described above, the fractional number of banknotes remaining in the temporary stacking section up to the previous transaction is displayed, but this number is displayed after the deposit processing for the current transaction is completed. Since the lamp remains lit in the same state until the current transaction is counted, the following problem occurs when the banknotes in the temporary stacking section are re-counted for some reason.

That is, after the sealing of the previous transaction is completed, all the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation section are for the current transaction, so all the banknotes in the temporary accumulation section must be re-counted. On the other hand, when the sealing of banknotes for the previous transaction has not been completed, that is, when the banknotes for the previous transaction that do not reach the specified number remain in the temporary stacking section, the total number of bills in the temporary stacking section is reduced from the previous transaction. The fractional number of transactions must be subtracted and re-counted. However, with the conventional device, when re-counting the banknotes in the temporary stacking section, it is not possible to distinguish whether the sealing for the previous transaction has been completed or not, so the operator confuses the banknotes for the previous transaction and the current transaction. There was a risk of making a mistake in re-counting.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet that does not make a mistake in re-counting the current transaction when re-counting the paper sheets in the temporary stacking section when the paper sheets are processed over several transactions. The objective is to obtain a processing device for this purpose.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the paper sheet processing device of the present invention has the following features:
a temporary stacking section for stacking paper sheets sent by the conveying means; a first display means for displaying the number of paper sheets stacked in the temporary stacking section; A paper sheet processing device is provided with a banding section for sealing the accumulated paper sheets with a binding band in a state in which the paper sheets are in a state in which the paper sheets have been folded, and is characterized in that a second display means is provided in addition to the first display means. do. This second display means displays the number of remaining paper sheets in one display mode (for example, blinking) until the sealing of the paper sheets for the previous transaction remaining in the temporary stacking section is completed, and When the paper sheets for the current transaction are added to the remaining paper sheets in the department and reach a predetermined number, they are sent to the wrapping section and sealed, and then the display mode is switched to the other display mode (for example, lighting), and the sheets for the previous transaction are displayed. This clearly indicates that the sealing has been completed.

(Function) In the device of the present invention having the above configuration, when the paper sheets such as banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking section reach a predetermined number (100 sheets), they are sent to the banding section and sealed with a binding band. When using this device to process multiple transactions, the temporary stacking section will contain fractions of the paper sheets from the previous transaction that did not reach the predetermined number. The number of sheets for the current transaction is added to the remaining paper sheets for the current transaction.

When the predetermined number of sheets is reached, they are sent to the banding section and sealed.

The first display means of the apparatus of the present invention displays the total number of sheets stacked in the temporary stacking section. In the second display means, the number of paper sheets up to the previous transaction is displayed in one display format before they are sealed, so you can know the remaining number of paper sheets up to the previous transaction remaining in the temporary stacking section. be able to. When all the paper sheets up to the previous transaction have been sealed, the second display means switches to the other display mode.
The operator can know that the sealing of the paper sheets for the previous transaction has been completed.

When it becomes necessary to re-count the paper sheets in the temporary stacking section due to some trouble, if the second display means is in one display mode (for example, a blinking state), the paper sheets stacked in the temporary stacking section will be counted again. After subtracting the number of coins displayed on the second display means, that is, the number of coins drawn the previous time, the current transaction is re-counted. At this time, if the second display means has switched to the other display mode (for example, lighting state),
Since all the paper sheets accumulated in the temporary accumulation section are for the current transaction, all the paper sheets in the temporary accumulation section are taken out and re-counted.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The banknote processing device 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is roughly comprised of a banknote sorting section 2 located at the upper side in the figure and a banknote binding device 3 located at the lower side in the figure. A banding section 4, which will be described later, is provided within the banknote banding device 3.

The banknote sorting section 2 has a supply section 5 on its front side that can stack a large number of various banknotes (banknotes) P as paper sheets. The banknotes P stacked in the supply section 5 are sequentially taken out one by one from the lower end side to a conveyance path 7 by conveyance rollers 6 and fed into an inspection section 8. In the inspection section 8, the bank note P is detected optically or magnetically by a sensor, and its denomination, authenticity, shape, etc. are determined.

The bank note P that has passed through the inspection section 8 is passed through a large number of pulleys and a plurality of endless belts 10 wrapped around these pulleys.
It is transported by a transport means 11 equipped with. Then, when the banknotes are sorted in a predetermined direction by the switching operation of the gates 12 and 13 provided at each branch of the transfer route, and the banknotes are sorted and stacked according to the denomination, the banknotes are provided on the upper surface side of the banknote sorting section 2. The coins are accumulated in a plurality of oven pockets 14, 15, and 16 according to the denomination.

Banknotes P of the denomination specified by keys 80 to 83 of the operation/display device 70, which will be described later, are fed into the temporary stacking section 20 of the stacking mechanism 18 via the conveyance path 17 by the function of the gate 12, and are separated from each other. A predetermined number of sheets are stacked in an aligned state.

The accumulation mechanism 18 has a configuration as shown in FIG.

This accumulation mechanism 18 will be explained below. Conveyance path 17
In the middle of the banknote P, there is a sensor 2 for determining the front and back sides of the banknote P.
2 is provided. The bank note P that has passed through the sensor 22 is selectively sent to either the front conveyance path 31 or the back conveyance path 32 by passing through the gate 23 whose direction is controlled according to the signal from the sensor 22. It looks like this. Each outlet 31 of the front conveyance path 31 and the back conveyance path 32
a and 32a face each other with the temporary accumulation section 20 in between.

In the vicinity of the outlet portions 31 a + 32 a, a section provided with separators 33 and 34 is provided, and a tray 37 is provided so as to be movable up and down. A motor 38, which is a backup mechanism for driving the tray 37 up and down, displaces the height of the tray 37 in accordance with the number of banknotes P stacked. One of the vertical guides 39, 39 forming the side wall portion of the accumulation section 20 is provided with an alignment means 40 comprising a cam, a motor, etc. for applying vibration to the guide 39.

The front conveyance path 31 and the back conveyance path 32 are configured symmetrically. The front conveyance path 31 is constituted by mutually opposing portions of belts 42 and 43 stretched around a plurality of rollers 41. The back conveyance path 32 is constituted by mutually opposing portions of belts 45.degree. 46 stretched around a plurality of rollers 44. Each conveyance path 31, 32 is provided with sensors 47, 48 for detecting the leading edge of the bank note P. These sensors 47 and 48 are used as counting means for counting the number of banknotes sent to the temporary stacking section 20.

Conveyance end rollers 41a, 44a located near the outlet portion 31a*32a are rotatably attached to shafts 50, 51 via bearings (not shown). This axis 5
0.51, the separator 3 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3 by a motor as a driving source.
3.34 rotates in the same direction as the conveyance direction of the bank note r.

Below the temporary stacking section 20, there is a carrier 60 capable of receiving a predetermined number of banknotes P stacked on the stand 37.
is provided. This carrier 60 is capable of reciprocating along a guide 61 from the collecting section 20 to the banding section 4 (see FIG. 2) by a driving means (not shown). In this bundling section 4, a predetermined number of banknotes P are bound by a bundling band 65. Below the banding section 4, a conveyor 66 for receiving the bundled banknotes P' and a storage section 67 for accommodating the banknotes P' conveyed by the conveyor 66 are provided.

Next, the operation of the stacking mechanism 18 will be explained.

The bank note P that has passed through the front/back detection sensor 22 passes through a gate 23 whose direction is controlled to change depending on the front/back side, whereby the front side is guided to the attenuating feed path 31.
Those facing down are guided to the front conveyance path 32. This banknote P
When passing through the attenuation feed path 31, the sensor 47 detects its passage, and when it passes through the front conveyance path 32, the sensor 48 detects its passage. In this way, conveyance path 3
The total number of banknotes P that have passed through either one of the banknotes P1.
The receivers are then discharged into the stacking section 20 and stacked one after another on the table 37. The end faces of the stacked banknotes P are aligned by horizontally vibrating the guide 39 by the aligning means 40.

In the initial state, the separators 33, 34 are waiting just below the conveying path 31, 32, as shown in FIG. The tray 37 is gradually lowered by the motor 38 according to the amount of stacked banknotes P, so that it is maintained at a height just right for receiving the banknotes P fed into the stacking section 20. A specified number of banknotes (for example, the 100th) banknote P
100 is conveyed, for example, on the attenuation feed path 31 side, and the sensor 4
7, when the count value (100 pieces) is reached, the designated number of banknotes P is displayed as shown in Fig. 4.
Between 100 and the specified number of banknotes P101,
As the tip of separator 33 enters, separator 33,34 rotates to the position shown in FIG. As a result, the banknotes P101 after the specified number and the banknotes P100 after the specified number are completely separated, and the banknotes P101 after the specified number and the banknotes P after the specified number are placed on the separator 33, 34. are temporarily accumulated.

The 100 banknotes P stacked on the tray 37 are transferred onto the carrier 60 by lowering the tray 37 all at once to the lower limit position. Next, the carrier 60 moves toward the banding section 4 and is tied together with the banding band 65. The bundles of banknotes P' bound by the banding part 4 are dropped onto a conveyor 66, and conveyed to a storage part 67 by the conveyor 66. When the empty tray 37 returns to its initial height, the separators 33°34
By rotating to the initial position shown in Figure 3,
The banknotes P, which had been held on the separators 33 and 34, are transferred onto the tray 37.

An operation/display device 70 is provided at the top of the banknote sorting section 2. This operation/display device 170 will be explained below with reference to FIG.

An online/offline selection key 71 is provided at the upper left portion of the operation/display device 70 for selecting online processing or offline processing. A business selection switch 72 is provided below the key 71 and is used to select whether to perform deposit processing or sorting processing.

Deposit processing is a process in which, for example, at a store, the sales of the day, etc. are entered as appropriate, and the data is saved so that it can be totaled later. On the other hand, sorting processing is processing such as counting banknotes by denomination, sorting them by front and back, and sorting them into good notes and unfit notes.

Below the job selection switch 72, there are a group of keys for setting the following processing contents, such as a count key 73, a front/back key 74
．． Good/damage key 75. Good/damage front/back key 76° Designated ticket sealing key 7
7. A genuine note sealing key 78 and the like are provided. key 73
~ Below 78 is a 10,000 yen key 80 for setting the ticket type.
．． Five thousand yen key 81゜Thousand yen key 82. A 500 yen key 83 is provided.

Next, the settings of the processing contents when the various keys 73 to 78 are pressed will be explained.

(1) Counting mode This is a mode in which banknotes that have been inserted are sorted and counted by denomination; -10,000 yen notes, 5,000 yen notes, and 1,000 yen notes are accumulated in the oven pockets 14, 15, and 16, respectively.

(2) This is a mode in which banknotes set with the front and back mode keys 80 to 83 are sorted and counted by front and back.The front banknotes are placed in the oven pocket 14, the genuine banknotes are placed in the oven pocket 15, and the other banknotes are placed in the oven pocket 15. It is accumulated in the pocket 16.

(3) Good/Loss Mode This is a mode in which banknotes specified by the keys 80 to 83 are divided into good notes and unfit notes and counted, and the banknotes are counted as good notes.

14 oven pockets for unfit notes and other notes, respectively.
, 15.16.

(4) Determine whether the bank note specified by the fitness/reverse mode keys 80 to 83 is normal or not, and whether the bank note is obverse or obverse, and place the obverse note for a good note, the reverse note for a good note, and the unfit note for each banknote in the oven pocket 14°. 15. Accumulate on 16.

(5) Use the designated ticket sealing mode keys 80 to 83 to temporarily store banknotes with the designated banknote type in the collection section 2.
0, and the other tickets are accumulated in the oven pocket 16.

(6) Separate and count the banknotes specified by the type of banknotes using the normal note sealing mode keys 80 to 83 into normal and unfit banknotes, and stack the normal banknotes in the temporary stacking section 20. Unfit notes and other notes are stored in oven pocket 1.
6.

The display devices 85, 86, 87, and 88 display the number or amount of banknotes counted based on the inspection results of the inspection section 8. In other words, the display 85 displays the number or amount of genuine notes and the number or amount of 10,000 yen notes.
displays the number or amount of unfit notes and the number or amount of 5,000 yen notes, the display 87 shows the number or amount of front notes and the number or amount of 1,000 yen notes, and the display 88 shows the number or amount of back notes and the amount of 5,000 yen notes. The display 89 displays the number of 100 yen notes or the amount, and the total amount. Note that the displays 85 to 88 are designed to always display the counted value even during the processing of banknotes.

A display 90 is provided on the right side of the display 89 to display the status of the device 1 using a code number, and a display section 91 is provided above the display 90 to display the location of the trouble. It is being On the right side of the operation/display device 70, a display section 92 is provided that displays the status and abnormal condition of the device 1 for each item.

On the left side of the operation/display device 70, a first display means (
A fractional sheet number display) 95 and a second display means 96 (determined sheet number display) are provided. These display means 95.9
6 is a light-emitting display consisting of, for example, 7 segments, similar to the above-mentioned displays 85 to 89, and the first display means 95 displays the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking section 20. do. On the other hand, as will be described later, the second display means 96 blinks and displays the number of banknotes remaining in the temporary accumulation section 20 up to the previous transaction until they are sealed in the banding section 4. After the operation is completed, the light changes from blinking to lighting to clearly indicate that the sealing for the previous transaction has been completed.

Next, the operation unit 100 will be explained with reference to FIG. 7. The operation unit 100 is provided with a display 101 and a return key 102 . Inquiry key 103゜Completion key 1
049 Number of sheets key 1051 Yen key 10B, # key 107.
Numeric keypad 1081 Display switching key 1091 Start/stop key 110 for starting and stopping the operation of this device 1. A continuation key 111, a reset key 112, etc. are provided. The inquiry key 103 is a key used when performing various types of aggregation. The number of banknotes key 105 is a key for setting a predetermined number of banknotes when dividing the number of banknotes by temporarily stopping the processing operation every time a predetermined number of banknotes are accumulated in the oven pocket 14, 15, 16. If you press this number key 105 once, it will be 100 sheets, if you press it twice, it will be 200 sheets, and if you press it twice, it will be 200 sheets.
If the number is 0 or less, press the number key 105 after entering the number using the numeric keypad 108, and the number entered using the numeric keypad 10g is set. The display switching key 109 is used to switch between the displays 85 and 85.
This key is used to switch between displaying the number of sheets or the amount at 88. The # key 107 is a key for inputting the staff number, and is pressed before inputting the staff number using the numeric keypad 108.

Next, regarding the usage example and the operation of the display means 95 and 96 when deposit processing is performed using the device 1 of this embodiment, the case where the transaction is repeated twice (transaction 1 is 50 coins, and transaction 2 is 40 coins) will be explained using an example. All numbers are the number of designated tickets.

The business selection switch 72 is set to the deposit mode, and the designated ticket sealing key 77 (or the genuine ticket sealing key 78) is pressed. Further, the denomination is designated using the ticket type designation keys 80 to 83.

After inserting cash for transaction 1, when the start key 11[1 is pressed, the designated denomination of bills is accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 20, and the other bills are accumulated in the oven pockets 14-16. The total number of transaction 1 coins (50 coins) accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 20 is displayed on the first display means 95. At this time, the number display of the second display means 96 remains reset to zero. When the completion key 104 is pressed when the deposit processing for transaction 1 is completed, the second display means 96 flashes the confirmed number of coins (50 coins) in the temporary accumulation section 20.

Subsequently, when you insert cash for transaction 2 and press the start key 110, the number of coins for transaction 1 (5
0 pieces) and the number of pieces in transaction 2 (40 pieces). Therefore, the first display means 95 displays the total number of coins (90 coins) of transaction 1 and transaction 2 accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 20.

At this time, the second display means 96 shows the remaining number of coins in transaction 1 (50
) is blinking. In this way, a total of 90 banknotes are accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 20, but the number of banknotes sealed in red (10
0 sheets) has not been reached, so no sealing is performed. When the completion key 104 is pressed when the counting of transaction 2 is completed, the second display means 96 displays the number of coins so far (50 coins).
The display switches to a new number of sheets (90 sheets), but the sheet remains blinking because no sealing has been performed.

When it becomes necessary to re-count the tickets for transaction 2 due to some trouble, it is possible to know from the blinking of the second display means 96 that the tickets for transaction 1 have not yet been sealed. The number of tickets blinking on the second display means 96 (that is, the number of tickets for the previous transaction) is subtracted from the number of tickets taken out from the temporary stacking section 20, and re-counting is performed. By doing so, transaction 1 can be prevented from being mixed with transaction 2.

The following example is a case where transaction 1 is 50 coins and transaction 2 is 120 coins.

As in the previous example, after inserting the cash for transaction 1, press start key 11.
When 0 is pressed, notes (50 pieces) of the designated denomination are accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 20, and other notes are accumulated in the oven pockets 14-16.

Total number of coins of transaction 1 accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 20 (50 coins)
is displayed on the first display means 95. At this time, the number display of the second display means 96 has been reset to zero.

When the completion key 104 is pressed when the counting of transaction 1 is completed, the second display means 96 displays the confirmed number of coins (50 coins) in the temporary accumulation section 20 in a blinking manner.

If you continue to insert the cash for transaction 2 (120 designated tickets) and press the start key 110, the transaction 2 ticket is added to the transaction 1 tickets (50 tickets) that had been accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 20. I'm going to go. When the total number of banknotes in the temporary stacking section 20 reaches 100 with the addition of 50 banknotes from transaction 2, these 100 banknotes are passed from the receiver 37 to the carrier 60 and sent to the banding section 4. 100 pieces will be sealed together.

When all the tickets for transaction 1 and some of the tickets for transaction 2 are sealed in this way, the number of tickets for transaction 1 (50 tickets), which had been blinking on the second display means 96, changes from blinking to lighting up. By switching, it is made clear that the sealing for the previous transaction (transaction 1) has been completed. After sealing, the stacking section 20 becomes temporarily empty, so the display content of the first display means 95 returns to zero, and then the remaining number of sheets for transaction 2 (70 sheets) is displayed.
is sent to the accumulating section 20, and counting starts again, and counting for transaction 2 ends when it reaches 70 pieces. At this time, the first display means 95 is displaying the fractional number of transaction 2 remaining in the accumulation section 20 (70).

When the completion key 104 is pressed when the deposit processing for transaction 2 is completed, the second display means 96 displays the confirmed fractional number of coins (70 coins) in the accumulation section 20 by blinking. In other words, it is clearly shown that the sealing of the fractional 70 pieces of the current transaction (transaction 2) has not been completed.

In this example, when counting transaction 2, if some trouble occurs and it becomes necessary to re-count the tickets for transaction 2, it is necessary to re-count the tickets for the previous transaction (transaction 1). This can be known by the lighting of the display means 96. Therefore, in this case, all the tickets taken out from the temporary stacking section 20 are re-counted. That is, since all the tickets remaining in the temporary accumulation section 20 are for the current transaction (transaction 2), all the tickets taken out from the temporary accumulation section 20 are re-counted. Payment processing for the third and subsequent transactions can be performed in exactly the same manner as described above.

It should be noted that the present invention is similarly applicable to any device other than a banknote processing device, in other words, any device that seals a predetermined number of paper sheets at once. In addition, in the above embodiment, the second display means was switched between blinking and lighting to inform the operator whether it was before sealing or after sealing, but in short, it is sufficient to be able to distinguish between the two states. Therefore, it is also possible to adopt a display mode other than blinking or lighting. For example, a display mode may be adopted in which the product is identified by a difference in display color, or a display lamp with characters or illustrations indicating before and after packaging is lit.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when the paper sheets in the temporary stacking section have to be re-counted when a transaction occurs multiple times, it is possible to check whether or not the paper sheets for the current transaction are bundled. Since they can be easily distinguished, it is possible to prevent the previous transaction and the current transaction from being confused and re-counted. For this reason, it is extremely effective, especially in systems that require strict deposit processing, such as banknote processing devices.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a banknote processing device, FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing the internal structure of the banknote processing device, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a stacking mechanism. , FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are front views showing the movement of separators in the stacking mechanism in the order of operation, FIG. 6 is a front view of the operating/display device, and FIG. 7 is a plan view of the operating section. 1... Banknote processing device, 3... Banknote wrapping device, 4
. . . Banding part, 11 . . . Conveyance means, 18 .
...Guide, 60...Carrier, 70...Operation/display device, 95...First display means, 96...Second display means. Applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] a temporary stacking section for stacking paper sheets sent by the conveying means; a first display means for displaying the number of paper sheets stacked in the temporary stacking section; There is a banding section that seals the accumulated paper sheets with a binding band in the state where the paper sheets have been reached, and the number of remaining paper sheets is kept until the paper sheets from the previous transaction remaining in the temporary accumulation section are sealed at the banding section. When the paper sheets for the current transaction are added to the remaining paper sheets and reach a predetermined number, they are sent to the wrapping section and sealed, and then the remaining paper sheets are displayed in one display mode. A paper sheet processing device comprising: a second display means for clearly indicating that sealing for a transaction has been completed.