JPH03276387A - Paper money - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simultaneously execute a receiving action and a taking-out action and to shorten processing time by making the flow of paper money taken into a safe a fixed direction, receiving the charged paper money from the one end side of the safe and taking out them as the paper moneys for payment from the other end side. CONSTITUTION:When a counting starting command is issued after received moneys P is set to a supplying part 7, the money P are taken out one by one and are sent into a first auditing part 10 and the proper paper moneys among the counted moneys are accumulated in tentative storage 36. A counting result is displayed on a display part 5 and when it coincides with a slip, the moneys P are housed in a safe part 37 by a housing command from the top. When a clerk in charge inputs an amount to be paid from an operating part 6, the designated amount is taken out from the bottom end of the safe 37 till it passes through a second auditing part 40 and is dis charged to a payment bill accumulating part paper money (payment port) 70. When the necessary moneys P are collected, taking-out is stopped and the moneys P within the storage 36 are housed in the safe 37 again. When moneys are received in succession and one paper money kind within the safe 36 exceeds a fixed number, the taking-out is started automatically and the designated paper money kind is sent to a paper money sealing part 4 and is sealed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) This invention relates to a bill safe used in a bill depositing and dispensing device used in banks, etc. This invention relates to a recycling-type banknote safe that can be taken out as banknotes.

(Prior Art) In recent years, recycling-type bill depositing and dispensing devices that manage deposits and withdrawals of bills (banknotes) within banks have been put into practical use.

Normally, this device has a recycling type safe inside, stores deposited banknotes in the safe, and when withdrawing money, takes out the banknotes from the safe and sends them to a withdrawal port.

Conventionally, the recyclable safes used for this type of device are
The receiving opening for storing deposited banknotes and the exit for taking out banknotes as withdrawn banknotes are located at the same location.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, since the receiving opening for storing deposited banknotes and the exit for taking out banknotes as withdrawn banknotes are in the same place, depositing and withdrawing cannot be done at the same time, which makes it difficult to shorten processing time. It was a hindrance.

In addition, in order to make it possible to withdraw money, it is necessary to release the pressing force on the banknotes pushed into the safe, put the banknotes in a free state, return the banknotes in the opposite direction, and bring them into contact with the ejecting means. There have been problems in that the condition of the banknotes may be damaged or the edges of banknotes that tend to bend may be bent, making it difficult to take them out reliably.

This invention was made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to simultaneously take in deposited banknotes and take out paid banknotes, shorten processing time, and improve the posture of banknotes stored in a safe. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a recycling-type banknote safe that prevents banknotes from being damaged and enables stable takeout operations.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention accumulates and stores continuously conveyed banknotes, and stores one banknote stored outside the safe according to instructions. This is a recycling-type banknote safe that takes out and releases banknotes one by one, and has a temporary storage section that accumulates the transferred banknotes, and a movable storage section that allows the stacking depth of this temporary storage section to be variable. A sorting support means that can be removed from the stacking section to send the banknotes to the safe, and a sorting support means (accumulation separator) that transfers the transferred banknotes to a takeout port provided on the opposite side of the safe from the stacking section, and transfers the bills delivered at the lower end of the safe. A supporting means that avoids the banknotes from outside the safe and goes around above the banknotes to serve as a pressing member for the banknotes, a pressing means for sending the banknotes from the temporary storage section into the safe, and a banknote that is pushed by the pusher into the safe. It is configured to include a return prevention means for preventing the inserted banknotes from returning.

(Function) According to the above means, deposited banknotes can be received from one end of the safe and taken out as withdrawal banknotes from the other end, thereby allowing the receiving operation and the taking-out operation to be performed at the same time, reducing processing time. It becomes possible.

Moreover, the direction of the flow of banknotes taken into the safe is constant, and unlike the conventional case, the banknotes do not have to be returned when withdrawn. This prevents disturbances in the posture of banknotes that lead to failures in taking out, such as damage to the stacked state of banknotes in the safe or bending of edges of banknotes that tend to bend, and enables stable takeout operations.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

2 and 3 schematically show the structure of a bill depositing and dispensing device that employs the bill safe of the present invention. Roughly speaking, this bill depositing and dispensing device 1 includes a bill counting section 2 located on the upper side of the figure. It consists of a banknote storing and dispensing part 3 located in the middle, and a banknote sealing part 4 located on the lower side in the figure.

Further, a display section 5 and an operation section 6 are attached to the banknote counting section 2.

The banknote counting unit 2 has various banknotes (banknotes) on its front surface.
It has a supply section 7 that supplies P in a stacked state.

The banknotes P supplied to the supply section 7 are sequentially taken out sheet by sheet from the lower end side by the rotation of the take-out roller 8a of the take-out means 8, and then passed through the conveyance path 9 as the conveyance means to the first inspection means. The information is sent to the inspection department 10.

The first inspection unit 10 optically detects the banknote P while the banknote P passes through the first inspection unit 10, and inspects and determines its denomination, authenticity, shape, fitness, etc. There is.

The banknotes P that have passed through the first inspection section 10 are transported by a transport means 22 consisting of an endless belt 21 stretched around a large number of rollers 20 . The banknotes are sorted in a predetermined direction by the operation of a gate 24 serving as a sorting means provided at each branching section, and sent to the banknote storage/dispensing section 3. Here, according to specifications, it is also possible to separate and accumulate bills in the oven pockets 25° 26, 27, which are provided on the top surface of the banknote counting section 2 and serve as open stacking sections, by operating the gates 29... . In addition, banknotes P that are not counted by the first inspection unit 10 due to indiscernibility or the like are accumulated in an oven pocket 28 serving as an open deposit reject accumulation unit.

The counting data of the banknotes P deposited and counted by the banknote counting unit 2 is stored in detail in a storage device 31 in the control unit 30 by denomination, fitness, etc.

Normally, the counted banknotes P are transferred via the conveyance path 32 by the function of the gate 24 to a temporary storage section provided in a recycling-type banknote safe (hereinafter simply referred to as safe) 35 within the banknote storage and withdrawal section 3. It is sent to 36 and accumulated. The banknotes P accumulated in the temporary storage section 36 can be moved to the safe section 37 according to an instruction from the operation section 6 after the counting results are confirmed.

At the lower end of the safe section 37, a safe banknote extracting means 38 similar to the extracting means 8 provided in the single banknote counting section 2 is provided, and the banknotes P in the safe 35 are sequentially taken out one by one from the lower end.
It is possible to send it to a second inspection section 40 as inspection means. The second inspection section 40, like the first inspection section 10, is capable of determining the denomination, fitness, etc. of the banknote P.

The banknotes P that have passed through the second inspection section 40 are passed through a large number of rollers 4.
1... are conveyed to the outside of the machine, that is, to a dispensing accumulating section (dispensing port) 70, by a conveying path 43 as a dispensing means consisting of an endless belt 42, and also to the conveying path 4.
44)
, 45, 46 in a predetermined direction, and the banknotes P that are not separated midway are returned to the temporary storage section 36 of the safe 35.

A withdrawal accumulation section (withdrawal port) 70 is provided beyond the gate 46, and allows the banknotes P in the safe 35 to be discharged to the outside.

Among the banknotes P conveyed by the conveyance path 43, those that are instructed to be sealed are sent to the banknote sealing section 4 by the function of the gate 44, and are sealed every predetermined number of bills.

The banknote sealing unit 4 is selectively distributed to the attenuation feed path 52 or the front feed path 53 by switching a gate 51 based on the detection result of a front/back detection sensor 50 disposed in the middle of the transfer path 43. They are stacked on the pedestal 54 with their front and back sides aligned.

A sensor 55 is provided on the attenuation feed path 52 and a sensor 56 is provided on the front feed path 53 to detect the passed banknote P. Then, the total number of banknotes P that have passed through either the decaying transport path 52 or the front transport path 53 is counted up until it reaches a specified number (for example, 100).

When a specified number of banknotes P are stacked on the pedestal 54, the separators 57, 57 rotate to temporarily support banknotes P after the specified number in a completely separated state. Meanwhile, during this time,
A specified number of banknotes P on the pedestal 54 are transferred onto the carrier 58, and then fed into the banding section 60 via the carrier 58, where they are tied into one character via the banding band 61. The bundle of banknotes P' bound by the banding part 6o is dropped onto a conveyor 62, and conveyed to a storage part 63 by this conveyor 62.

In addition, banknotes P that cannot be determined in the second inspection section 40
are accumulated in the withdrawal reject storeroom 47 by the action of the gate 45.

This withdrawal reject box 47 is in the form of a safe, has a key (not shown), and is configured so that it cannot be taken out from the outside of the machine unless it is unlocked.

The recycling type safe 35 has a configuration as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.

That is, the internal casing 73 has an upper end serving as the bill receiving lower 1 and a lower end serving as the bill taking out lower 2, and the bills P sent through the conveyance path 32 are transferred to the taking-in means 74 provided in the bill receiving lower 1 part. Temporary storage 36 held between rollers 75° and 76
Enter. A rattling wheel 77 is disposed on the lower roller 76, so that the stacking in the -time storage 36 can be carried out in a stable state.

An accumulation separator 78 serving as a partitioning support means is attached to the lower surface of the temporary storage 36 to form a floor surface of the temporary storage 36 . This integrated separator 78 is connected to the internal housing 73
A plurality of rod-shaped members 78a protrude from the left and right walls of the...
, 78b... Integrated separator 7
These rod-shaped members 78a..., 78b...
・ is moved up and down as a whole by an integrated separator up/down means (not shown), and is interposed in the internal casing 73 or moved inside the internal casing 7 by an integrated separator rotating means (not shown).
3 It has a structure that can be rotated so that it can be evacuated to the outside.

- The banknotes P conveyed to the time storage 36 are sequentially stacked on the stacking separator 78. At this time, the stacked banknote upper end detection sensor 79 always monitors the upper end of the banknote P so that it does not exceed a certain value. and,
When the banknotes P are stacked and the stacked banknote upper end sensor 79 detects the upper end, the stacking separator up and down means is driven to lower the stacking separator 78 by a predetermined distance.

As a result, the upper end position of the stacked banknotes P on the stacking separator 78 is lowered, making it possible to stack the banknotes P at a stable stacking depth at all times. The banknotes P are accumulated in the temporary storage 36 while repeating the above operations. [Figure 4 (a)
Reference] The banknotes P in the temporary storage 36 in the safe 35 can be taken out from an outlet (not shown) formed in the outer casing of the safe (not shown) in response to an instruction from the operation unit 6. An electromagnetic lock is disposed at this outlet so that it cannot be opened unless instructed to do so by the operating section 6.

When the instruction that it is OK to store is received from the operation unit 6, the accumulation separator 78 is moved to the safe backup 85 as a support means.
The banknote P is lowered to just before the banknote P by rotating left and right.
is transferred to the safe backup 85. [(b in Figure 4)
), (C)] This safe backup 85 includes a plurality of rod-shaped members 85 protruding from the left and right walls of the internal casing 73.
a..., 85b... Rod-shaped members 85a, 85b, and so on that constitute the safe backup 85
- can be raised and lowered by a backup vertical means (not shown), and can be slid left and right by a backup sliding means (not shown), and the inner casing 73
The structure is such that it can be inserted inside or retreated to the outside of the internal casing 73.

When the bill P is moved onto the safe backup 85, a pusher 86 as a suppressing means is lowered by a pusher driving means (not shown) and pushes the bill P together with the safe backup 85 into the safe section 37. [See FIG. 4(d)] A stopper 87, 87 as a rotatable return preventing means is disposed at the entrance of the safe section 37 and is biased by a spring so as to be in a horizontal state. , safe section 37
The banknotes P pushed into the banknotes P are prevented from returning upward. When the pushing is completed, the pusher 86 rises to its original position.

[See (e) in FIG. 4] When the pusher 86 rises, the rod-like members 78a, 78b, etc. that constitute the accumulation separator 78 also rise and rotate, returning to their original positions, allowing the next accumulation. becomes. [Fourth
See (f) in the figure.The banknotes P stored in the safe section 37 are stored in the safe backup 8.
5 and moves further down to the lowest end of the safe section 37. [See (f) in FIG. 4] The rod-shaped member 85a constituting the safe backup 85 that has been moved to the lowest end of the safe section 37
. . , 85b . . . slide left and right at that position to retreat from the safe section 37 and move the banknotes P to the floor surface of the safe section 37.

[See (g) in FIG. 4] After that, the rod-shaped member 85 constituting the safe backup 85
After a...285b... moves above the stopper 87.87 [see (h) in FIG. 4], the rod-shaped member 85
a..., 85b... slide and protrude into the safe, and serve as suppressing members for stabilizing the removal of banknotes from the safe section 37. (See (i) in Figure 4) When pressed by the safe backup 85, withdrawal by the withdrawal/export means 38 provided at the lower end of the safe 35 becomes possible.In this state, when a withdrawal command is received, The safe banknote removal means 38 operates and the banknotes P in the safe 35 are sequentially taken out.

[See (1) in FIG. 4] On the other hand, at this time, the banknotes P in the temporary storage section 36 in the upper part of the safe 35 can be stacked at the same time, and when a storage command for the banknotes P is received, the banknotes are removed by the safe banknote retrieval means 38. Ejection stops,
The safe backup 85 picks up the banknotes P from the temporary storage section 36. [See (j) in FIG. 4] Next, an example of a business using the bill depositing and dispensing device 1 equipped with the safe 35 configured as described above will be shown.

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

When there is a deposit, the bill P to be deposited is set in the supply section 7, and then a counting start command is issued from the operation section 6. As a result, the banknotes P from the supply section 7 are taken out one by one and fed into the first inspection section 10.

Of the counted bills P, genuine bills are transferred to the temporary storage section 36 of the safe 35 via the conveyance path 32 as shown by the solid line arrow.
are accumulated in

This counting result is displayed on the display section 5, and if it matches the bill, a storage command is issued from the operation section 6, and the bill P is stored in the safe section 37, completing the processing.

At this time, the number of banknotes P that has entered the safe 35 is stored by denomination and added to the number of banknotes P that was in the safe 35 before the deposit. In this way, the approximate number of banknotes P in the safe 35 by denomination is constantly monitored. At this time, the first audit department 1
At 0, it is also determined whether the bill is fit or not, and the fit note is transferred to the safe 3 as described above.
5, unfit bills are stored in the oven pockets 25, 26, 27, which are open stacking sections provided on the top surface of the banknote counter 2, according to denomination, as indicated by the broken line arrows, by the operation of the gates 29... Separately accumulated. As a result, only genuine bills are kept in the safe 35, and only genuine bills can be easily taken out at the time of withdrawal, which will be described later.

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

The operator inputs the amount to be withdrawn from the operation unit 6. If the input amount is in the safe 35, the safe 35
Withdrawal from the safe 35 is started and continues until the specified amount passes through the second inspection section 40. Then, the specified amount of banknotes P is discharged to the withdrawal accumulation section (withdrawal port) 70 as shown by the solid line arrow.

At this time, unnecessary banknotes P are stored in the safe 3 as shown by the broken line arrow.
5 is returned to the temporary storage section 36 of No. 5.

When the necessary banknotes P are collected, the extraction stops and the temporary storage section 36
The banknotes P inside are stored again in the safe section 37 of the safe 35, and the transaction is completed.

Furthermore, when deposits continue and the number of bills of one denomination in the safe 35 exceeds a predetermined number, withdrawal is automatically started, and the designated denomination is sent to the banknote sealing section 4 and sealed as shown by the dashed-dotted line arrow. Ru.

At this time, the non-designated denomination is returned to the temporary storage section 36 of the safe 35 in the same manner as when withdrawing money.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, deposited banknotes can be received from one end of the safe and taken out as withdrawal banknotes from the other end. can be performed simultaneously, reducing processing time.

Moreover, the direction of the flow of banknotes taken into the safe is constant, and unlike the conventional case, the banknotes do not have to be returned when withdrawn. This prevents the stacking of banknotes from being damaged in the safe, or the edges of banknotes with a tendency to bend, which could lead to failure to take out the banknotes. This has the effect of providing a safe.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a recycling type safe built into the bill depositing and dispensing device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a side view schematically showing the internal structure, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the safe, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes during deposit, and FIG. It is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes at the time of withdrawal. P... Banknote, 35... Safe, 36-- Temporary storage section, 37... Accumulating section, 38... Safe banknote retrieval means, 7
4... Taking-in means, 78... Division support means (accumulation separator), 85... Support means (safe backup),
86... Pressing means (pusher) 87... Return prevention means (stopper)

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A recycling-type banknote safe that accumulates and stores banknotes that are continuously conveyed, and takes out and releases the stored banknotes one by one outside the safe according to instructions, and is a temporary storage where the banknotes that are conveyed are accumulated. a separating support means that is movable so that the stacking depth of the temporary storage section is variable and that can be removed from the stacking section in order to send banknotes into the safe according to instructions; and this sorting supporting means (accumulating separator). A supporting means that transfers the received banknotes from the safe to a takeout port provided on the opposite side of the stacking part in the safe, avoids them out of the safe at the lower end of the safe, wraps them above the banknotes after the avoidance, and serves as a pressing member for the banknotes. , a banknote comprising: a pushing means for sending the banknote from the temporary storage section into the safe; and a return prevention means for preventing the banknote pushed by the pusher from returning into the safe. safe.