JPH02295836A - Paper monry handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To have automatic cleaning of various rollers inside of a paper money processing device by paying off cleaning/simulation banknotes, and collecting them in a cleaning/simulation accommodation part. CONSTITUTION:The cleaning process is implemented when neither the money depositing nor dispense process is taking place, when a simulation paper money or paper moneys A is paid off. Each of such simulation paper moneys A is transferred from a transport line (d) to (e) and discharged to a money deposit/ dispense mouth 11 to then be paid off to another transport line (a), when it contacts the peripheral surfaces of a feed roller 20a, pickup roller 21a, and gate roller 22a of the money deposit/dispense mouth mechanism part 34, and the ink attached to these peripheral surfaces is attracted to the cleaning/ simulation banknote A. The paper money A is transported from the transport line (a) to (b) and (h), and various accommodation parts 16 classified by the types of money implement taking-in and re-payoff of the paper money A, that allows it to be in contact with the feed roller 20b, etc., of each accommodation part 16 so as to absorb the ink.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a banknote processing device that handles banknotes, such as an automatic teller machine or an automatic money changer.

(B) Conventional technology The above-mentioned banknote handling device is equipped with a conveyance line for depositing and conveying banknotes between a deposit/withdrawal port and a bill storage section, and a conveyance line in the deposit/withdrawal port and bill storage section. It is equipped with feed rollers, pickup rollers, gate rollers, etc. for feeding and taking in banknotes.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention By the way, since the various rollers such as the feed roller mentioned above slide against the banknotes when feeding and taking in the banknotes, the ink printed on the banknotes adheres to the circumferential surface of the rollers. However, since the amount of adhesion gradually increases, the coefficient of friction decreases as the amount of adhesion increases, making it difficult to feed and take in banknotes.
This will result in an import error.

Therefore, in the past, it was necessary for maintenance personnel to periodically clean the above-mentioned roller group, but the inside of the banknote processing device is arranged so that the above-mentioned conveyance line is inserted therein, and a large number of devices are arranged. Because of the large number of rollers, the cleaning workability is poor, and since there are a large number of roller groups, cleaning takes a long time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing apparatus in which the banknote processing apparatus itself automatically cleans the roller group described above, thereby eliminating the need for manual cleaning work by maintenance personnel or the like.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is a banknote processing apparatus that includes a conveyance line that circulates and conveys banknotes between a deposit/withdrawal port and a banknote storage section,
A banknote comprising a cleaning and dummy storage unit that feeds out and collects the cleaning and dummy banknotes to the conveyance line and also includes a control means that executes the feeding and collection of the dummy banknotes while the deposit/withdrawal mode is canceled. It features a processing device.

(E) Effect According to the present invention, when the banknote processing device is not handling banknotes, that is, when the deposit/withdrawal mode is canceled, the cleaning and imitation banknotes are fed out from the storage section to the conveyance line. This circulates through the conveyance line and comes into contact with various rollers such as the feed roller for feeding and taking in the deposit/withdrawal slot, bill storage section, etc., thereby cleaning the ink adhering to these roller groups and adsorbing it onto the simulated bill. Execute.

Further, the above-mentioned cleaning and imitation banknotes are fed out and collected when checking for residual banknotes after the banknote jam is cleared.

(F) Effects of the Invention Accordingly, as a result of automatically cleaning the various rollers inside the banknote handling device, troublesome manual cleaning work can be eliminated, maintenance costs can be reduced, and the cleaning can be carried out automatically. By applying it on a daily basis, you can always keep the roller group in a suitable surface condition, thereby eliminating feeding mistakes and taking-in mistakes.

Further, since the cleaning/dummy banknote also serves as a paper for checking remaining banknotes, the structure is simplified.

(g) Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a bill processing device having an automatic deposit payment function, and in FIG. , and a position for accepting banknotes from inside.

The above-mentioned deposit/withdrawal port 11 is connected via a conveyance line a to a discrimination section 12 that performs authenticity discrimination, denomination discrimination, etc.
is connected to a temporary holding section 14 for temporarily holding banknotes via transport lines b and c.

The aforementioned conveyance line b is connected to the bulk holding section 15 via the conveyance line d, and this bulk holding section 15 has the function of discharging the held banknotes all at once and the function of passing the conveyed banknotes. It is connected to the deposit/withdrawal port 11 via the conveyance line e.

The above-mentioned transport line e is connected to the above-mentioned transport line a via the transport line f, and is further connected to the above-mentioned temporary holding section 14.
is connected to the transport line d via the transport line g.

The conveyance line b from the above-mentioned discrimination section 12 passes through the deposit conveyance line h to the denomination-specific storage box 1 provided for each denomination.
-6..., and furthermore, these transport lines h are connected to the aforementioned transport line a via the withdrawal transport line l, and these transport lines a, b, h, and i are connected to the loop. I am doing it.

The transport line j that branches off from the transport line i connects to the transport line e, thereby connecting to the deposit/withdrawal port 1, and also connects the collection box 17 via the transport line k that branches off from the transport line h. This collection box 17 collects banknotes that have made an error in dispensing money or that have been left behind.

The above-mentioned conveyance lines a to k are constructed by appropriately combining a conveyance belt, guide rollers, guide plates, distribution plates, and the like.

A replenishment storage box 18 having bill replenishment and collection functions is removably attached to the bottom side of the above-mentioned temporary storage section 14.

That is, the inside of the - hour storage section 14 has a separator 19 for accumulating banknotes. It is driven in the moving direction.

Furthermore, when the banknotes stored in the above-mentioned replenishment storage box 18 are delivered to the banknote processing device 10 side, and when the banknotes of the device 10 are stored in the replenishment storage box 18, the upper temporary storage section 14 is provided. This is done using the loading and unloading mechanism.

At this time, the separator 19 of the upper temporary storage section 14 is pulled out and evacuated.

The above-mentioned conveyance line d is connected to a simulated banknote storage section 13 that feeds the cleaning and simulated banknotes A to this line and collects the discharged cleaning and simulated banknotes A after they are used up.

Furthermore, the deposit/withdrawal port 11 is equipped with a feed roller 20a, a pick-up roller 21a, and a gate roller 22a for feeding out banknotes to the conveyance line a. Similarly, the temporary holding section 14 takes in banknotes from the conveyance line C, and feed rollers 20b for delivering banknotes to the conveyance line g.
1 pick-up roller 21b, 1 gate roller 22b. In addition, each denomination storage box 16 also has a feed roller 2 for receiving and passing banknotes to and from the conveyance line h.
0C1 Pick-up roller 21c1 Gate roller 22c
It is equipped with

FIG. 2 shows a control circuit of the above-mentioned banknote processing device 10, and
The PU 31 drives and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and the RAM 33 stores and reads necessary data.

The deposit/withdrawal port mechanism unit 34 controls the rotation of the deposit/withdrawal port 11 to turn it upside down and stand up, and controls the drive of the deposited banknotes to be taken into the machine.

The transport line driving section 35 drives and switches each transport line a to k.

The discrimination unit 12 determines authenticity, denomination, and damage of banknotes.

The temporary storage unit 14 controls the accumulation of banknotes and the delivery of the accumulated banknotes, and the bulk storage unit 15 performs processing control for sending out the banknotes in bulk or passing through the bulk storage unit 15. do.

The storage boxes 16 by denomination take in deposited banknotes of each denomination and send out paid banknotes, and store them in the collection box 17.
collects banknotes that have a feeding error or are defective as dispensing banknotes.

The replenishment storage box 18 controls the replenishment of banknotes stored therein to the banknote processing device 10 side or the collection of banknotes from the device 10 side, but when driving and controlling the replenishment storage box 18, , the above-mentioned temporary storage section 14 is also driven and controlled at the same time.

Further, the cleaning/dummy banknote feeding/recovery section 36 not only feeds out and checks whether banknotes still remain in the conveyance line when the jam is cleared in the conveyance line, but also When the processing device 10 is not performing deposit/withdrawal processing, control is executed to feed out one cleaning/simulated banknote A from the cleaning/simulation banknote storage section 13 to the conveyance line e and to collect it after the banknote is used.

The banknote processing apparatus 10 configured as described above is a so-called recycling type in which deposited banknotes are stored by denomination in storage boxes 16 according to denomination, and bills are dispensed from these storage boxes 16 according to denomination. Next, the processing operation will be explained.

First, the deposit operation will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

In the deposit processing, when deposited banknotes are input into the deposit/withdrawal port 11 all at once, the deposit/withdrawal port mechanism section 34 folds the deposit/withdrawal 011 inward, takes in the deposited banknotes one by one, and transports them. It is transported to the discrimination section 12 via line a, and the discrimination section 1
2 reads the printing pattern of banknotes to determine authenticity, denomination, etc.

As a result of the identification, if it is determined to be a forgery, transport line b,
The banknotes are collectively accumulated in the storage unit 15 via the line d, and the amount of the banknotes determined to be genuine is counted, and the banknotes are accumulated in the temporary storage unit 14 via the conveyance lines b and c.

The above-described banknote discrimination and accumulation in the temporary storage unit 14 are repeatedly performed until the banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 11 are exhausted. If there is a reserved banknote in the core part, it is returned to the deposit/withdrawal port 11 and the banknote discrimination is performed again.

Next, when all the inserted banknotes are accumulated in the temporary holding section 1-4, it is determined whether the deposit should be canceled or returned, and if the deposit is canceled, one bill at a time from the temporary holding section]4. The banknotes are fed out and transferred to the conveyance line g.

d, e to the deposit/withdrawal port 11,
When all of the banknotes have been returned, the deposit/withdrawal port 11 is turned upside down, and the banknotes can be taken out, and the operation is completed.

However, when it is confirmed that the deposit processing is to be performed, the banknotes in the -hour storage unit 14 are sorted and stored in the denomination storage box 16, and the operation is ended (steps nl, n2, n3.
n4).

Next, the withdrawal operation will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the withdrawal process, the banknotes stored in the denomination storage box 16 are dispensed according to the withdrawal amount, and each bill is conveyed one by one from the conveyance line i to the discrimination section 12 via the conveyance line a.
2 performs authentication, denomination, etc.

As a result of the identification, if it is determined that the money is unsuitable for withdrawal due to stains, etc., it will be sent to the collection box 1 via transport lines b, h, and k.
7 and stored therein, other genuine banknotes are accumulated in the temporary holding section 14 via conveyance lines b and c, and the amount thereof is counted.

Once the above-mentioned discrimination is performed for each banknote to be withdrawn and all the banknotes of the amount to be withdrawn are accumulated in the temporary storage section 14, it is determined whether the withdrawal is to be canceled and the withdrawal is made. If the banknotes are canceled, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the -hour holding unit 14 onto the conveyance line g, passed through the discrimination unit 12 via the conveyance line d→f→a, and then deposited in the same manner as during the deposit process. Return to type storage box 16.

On the other hand, when it is determined that it is a withdrawal process, the banknotes in the -hour storage section 14 are discharged to the deposit/withdrawal port 11 via the conveyance lines g-1-d and -46, and the customer receives the banknotes. The operation ends by taking it out (step n11, n1
2. n 13. n14).

Furthermore, the cleaning operation will be explained with reference to the operation explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 5 and 6.

The cleaning process is executed when neither the deposit process nor the withdrawal process is being performed, and one cleaning/dummy banknote A is delivered from the simulated banknote storage section 13 to the conveyance line d. This simulated banknote A moves from conveyance line d to e, and as shown by the thick line in FIG. It contacts the peripheral surfaces of the feed roller 20a, pick-up roller 21a, and gate roller 22a of the mechanism section 34, and ink adhering to the peripheral surfaces of these rollers is adsorbed to the cleaning and imitation banknote A.

Next, the cleaning and imitation banknotes A are conveyed to the conveyance line a+b→h, and each denomination storage box 16 takes in and refeeds the cleaning and imitation banknotes A. The cleaning and imitation bill A comes into contact with the feed roller 20b1, pick-up roller 21b1, and gate roller 22b of the storage box 16, and adsorbs ink on the peripheral surfaces of these rollers.

Thereafter, the cleaned and simulated banknotes A that have left the banknote storage box 16 by denomination in the final stage are transferred to the conveyance line i-b a+ as shown in FIG.
l) -4-(, then conveyed to the temporary holding section 14, taken into this, and then fed out again to the conveying line g. As a result, the feed roller 20C1 pick-up roller 21c1 game I roller 22c of the temporary holding section 14 The cleaning and imitation banknotes A are also cleaned by contact when they are taken in and fed out again.Then, the cleaning and imitation banknotes A are transferred from the transport route g to d and collected in the cleaning and imitation banknote storage section 13, and the processing is completed. .

As described above, according to the above embodiment, when neither the deposit processing nor the withdrawal processing is performed, one cleaning/simulation banknote A is fed out from the cleaning/simulation banknote storage section 13 and moves along the conveyance route. At this time, the banknotes are taken into the deposit/withdrawal port 11, the banknote storage box 16 by denomination, and the -hour storage section 14, and then fed out again, so that the feed roller 2 provided therewith is fed out again.
0a to 20C1 pick-up rollers 21a to 21c1 and gate rollers 22a to 22c, respectively, are contacted and adhering ink on the roller side is adsorbed and cleaned.

Therefore, as the roller cleaning is automatically performed in the banknote processing apparatus 10, manual cleaning work becomes unnecessary.

Note that the cleaned and simulated banknotes A collected by the cleaning and simulated banknote collecting section 13 can be used repeatedly.

Alternatively, the cleaning/dummy banknote A may be impregnated with a known cleaning agent.

Further, although the banknote storage unit of the present invention corresponds to the denomination storage box 16 of the above-described embodiment, and the control means corresponds to the CPU 31, the present invention, including other configurations, is limited to the above-described embodiment. It's not something you can do.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a banknote processing device, FIG. 2 is a control circuit block diagram of the banknote processing device, FIG. 3 is an operational flowchart of deposit processing, and FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the withdrawal process, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are operation explanatory diagrams of the cleaning process. 11...Deposit/withdrawal port 13...Cleaning and simulated banknote storage section 16...Storage box by denomination 31...CPU A...Cleaning and simulated banknote a -k...Transport line

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A banknote processing device equipped with a conveyance line that circulates and conveys banknotes between a deposit/withdrawal port and a banknote storage section, and a cleaning and simulated storage section that feeds and collects cleaning and simulated banknotes to and from the conveyance line. A banknote processing apparatus, further comprising: a control means for dispensing and collecting the simulated banknotes while the deposit/withdrawal mode is canceled.