JPH0348557B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a circulating banknote processing machine that uses received banknotes for dispensing.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a circulating banknote processing machine that uses deposited banknotes as disbursed banknotes, as shown in FIG. Further, the banknote storage and ejecting unit 3 is provided at the lower part of the processing machine main body 4 so that the banknote storage unit, which is a part thereof, can be taken out without interfering with the banknote transport path when loading banknotes.

Therefore, the deposited banknotes loaded into the deposited banknote storage section 1 from the deposited banknote slot 1a are fed out one by one through the deposited banknote identification passage 5 and the disbursed banknote identification passage 6 to the banknote storage/discharge section at the bottom of the processing machine main body. Sent to 3,
The bills are classified and stored in the denomination-specific storage section therein based on the recognition results in the bill recognition passage 5 having the deposited banknote recognition section.

In addition, the deposited banknotes that are fed out and conveyed are unidentifiable banknotes (herein, unidentifiable banknotes are banknotes of denominations that are not set in the processing machine,
Banknotes from other countries, banknotes that are severely damaged and cannot be identified as banknotes of the specified denomination, counterfeit banknotes, 2
If it is determined that the banknotes are stacked banknotes, banknotes conveyed in a chain, etc.), the banknotes are sent to the front of the processing machine through the conveyance path as much as possible to prevent jams during conveyance. The deposited unrecognizable banknotes that have exited the identification passage 5 are sent to the deposited unrecognizable banknote outlet 1' through a passage directly below the identification path 5, and are taken out from the received unrecognizable banknote outlet 1'a.

On the other hand, when dispensing money, the banknotes are sent out from the banknote storage/dispensing section 3 to the dispensing banknote identification path 6, and based on the recognition result in the recognition path 6, face down banknotes, double banknotes, chained banknotes, skewed banknotes, etc. are collected into the banknote storage and dispensing section 3, and only genuine banknotes that are face up are sent to the dispensing bill receiving section 2 (in addition,
The front banknote here does not refer to a banknote with the front side of the nominal banknote facing, but with the banknote side set by the processing machine for the identification function as the front and the other side as the back. It recognizes banknotes as face-up banknotes).

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) Therefore, in the conventional technology, both the passages 5 and 6
In both cases, it is necessary to adopt an identification passage structure equipped with a discriminator, and the deposited banknote storage section 1 and the banknote receiving section 2, 2'
must be provided in duplicate. Since it is necessary to ensure the accuracy of identification accuracy in the passage where the discriminator etc. are installed, there is a pressure roller that presses the bill against the discriminator in order to accurately position the bill against the discriminator. Although special members etc. are provided to define the passage surface, these various structures also apply to each passage 5, 6.
These must be provided separately for each, which inevitably makes the manufacturing process extremely complicated and expensive.

In order to use the deposited banknote identification path 5 as a withdrawal banknote identification path, a detour path 7 as shown by the dashed line must be provided separately, and the withdrawal banknotes must be sent to the deposited banknote identification path 5 through this detour path 7. Therefore, it is necessary to provide an extra bypass passage 7, and therefore it is necessary to secure a separate space within the processing machine main body 4.
This will complicate the internal structure.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, in the conventional processing machine, a deposited banknote loading port 1a, a deposited banknote unrecognizable banknote exit 1'a, and a discharged banknote withdrawal port 2a are provided separately. Outlet port 1'a,
2a is a shutter 1' for controlling bill ejection;
b, 2b are provided. In the case of machines of this type that are directly operated by the customer,
A shutter 1b is also provided in the deposited banknote loading slot 1a.

The meaning of installing these shutters 1'b and 2b is:
This is to notify which opening is for taking out banknotes and to temporarily hold the banknotes to be withdrawn. In particular, the shutter 1'b is opened during loading of deposited banknotes, and unrecognizable banknotes can be taken out.
Further, the shutter 2b is closed so that the dispensed banknotes cannot be removed by temporarily holding them until the dispensed banknotes are completely discharged. Therefore, the shutters 1'b and 2b perform separate opening and closing operations and are operated by separate drive mechanisms.

In this way, the conventional one has bill identification passages 5 and 6.
are provided separately, and therefore, the deposited banknote storage section 1, the deposited banknote unidentifiable banknote receiving section 1', the dispensed banknote receiving section 2, each of the openings 1a, 1'a, 2a, and the shutters 1'b, 2b are also individually provided. It is necessary to provide
Therefore, it is inevitable that the machine itself becomes larger, and the structure becomes more complicated and expensive. Furthermore, even if the shutters 1'b and 2b are used to identify the banknote outlet,
Since there are a total of three bill ejection ports, inexperienced users are likely to misidentify the bill ejection ports, making banknote transactions time-consuming and reducing efficiency in banknote processing. Such misidentification of the banknote ejection port can lead to, for example, users frequently forgetting to take out banknotes that cannot be identified as being deposited, and as a result, the processing machine is unable to quickly move on to the next deposit or withdrawal process, resulting in banknote processing operations being interrupted. It had the disadvantage of making it inefficient.

The present invention has been made to focus on the drawbacks of the above-mentioned prior art and to improve them, and in addition to simplifying the configuration and reducing costs,
To provide a circulating banknote processing machine which prevents a user from misrecognizing a banknote outlet when depositing money and enables efficient circulation of banknotes.

(Means for Solving the Problems) As a means for solving the problems of the prior art described above, the present invention stores the banknotes taken into the machine at the time of deposit into a banknote storage and dispensing section, and stores the banknotes taken into the machine at the time of deposit, and stores the banknotes taken into the machine at the time of deposit, and In a circulating banknote processing machine that ejects banknotes from a banknote storage/discharge section and uses deposited banknotes as disbursed banknotes,
A recessed space with an open upper and front side is formed in the upper front part of the processing machine main body in the center area in the width direction of the main body, and through this recessed space, deposited banknotes are taken into the main body and the deposited banknotes cannot be identified. A banknote transaction port is provided to enable the removal of banknotes and withdrawn banknotes, and a banknote transaction port is provided below the banknote transaction port to allow deposited banknotes to be taken into the main body through the banknote transaction port. a deposited banknote storage unit that stacks and loads the banknotes in the direction; and a loading means that is provided in the deposited banknote storage unit and feeds the banknotes one by one by contacting the lowest banknote of the group of deposited banknotes that are stacked and stored in the vertical direction. and,
A banknote identification device that is arranged from the loading means of the deposited banknote storage section toward the rear side of the processing machine main body to identify the authenticity, denomination, and fitness of the banknotes that are fed and conveyed by the loading means. a banknote discharging and transporting passageway extending upward from the end of the loading banknote transporting path and passing through the upper part of the loading banknote transporting path toward the deposited banknote storage section;
It is provided at the back of the banknote transaction opening at the terminal position of the banknote discharge and transport path, and is capable of storing unidentifiable banknotes and withdrawn banknotes among the deposited banknotes discharged from the banknote discharge and transport path in an aligned and stacked state; a discharge banknote storage section having a take-out opening opening above the transaction opening, through which the unidentifiable banknotes and the payout banknotes are taken out; a gate member provided at the end of the banknote conveyance path for selectively switching the path to guide the conveyed banknotes to the banknote discharging conveyance path or the downward connection path; A storage section for each denomination that stores banknotes that can be used for withdrawal based on the recognition result of the banknote recognition unit, and a banknote that cannot be used for withdrawal based on the recognition result of the banknote identification unit, which is fed from the lower end of the connection passage. A bill storing and dispensing section which has a storage section for storing banknotes and dispensing banknotes from the denomination-specific storage section necessary for dispensing when a dispensing command is issued; a dispensing bill ascending passage provided between the banknote discriminating section of the banknote conveying path and a position upstream of the bill discriminating section and conveying the bill ejected from the bill storage dispensing section toward the discriminating section; and the concave shape of the bill transaction opening. It is provided to be movable up and down in the space, and when moving downward, it changes from an upright position to a laid down position, contacts the highest banknote of a group of banknotes stacked and stored in the deposited banknote storage section, and transfers the banknote to the loading means. a pressing member that holds the banknotes in an aligned state by pressing the banknotes toward the banknotes, and shifts from a collapsed position to a standing position during upward movement to close the ejection opening and disable banknote removal during dispensing; It is equipped with a pressing member actuating mechanism that moves up and down, and displaces it to an upright or laid down position when moving up or down, and the banknote recognition unit identifies both deposited banknotes and disbursed banknotes, so that the banknotes cannot be identified among the banknotes deposited. Both the banknotes and the disbursed banknotes are discharged through the banknote discharging conveyance path to the discharged banknote storage section, and the pressing member is moved to the ejection opening in order to use the discharged banknote storage section as a temporary storage section for the disbursed banknotes at the time of withdrawal. It is characterized in that it is positioned in front of the banknotes to prevent the banknotes from being taken out from the discharged banknote storage unit during withdrawal.

(Function) When depositing money, the banknotes stacked in the deposited banknote storage section 10 are pressed and held by the pressing member 14 and pressed against the loading means 13, 14, 15, and the operation of the loading means collects the banknotes one by one. The banknotes are fed into the banknote conveyance path 17 and passed through the banknote identification unit 2.
Identified by 0. The unrecognizable banknotes in the deposited banknotes are discharged from the banknote discharge conveyance passages 21 and 24 to the discharge banknote storage section 11, and the unidentifiable banknotes in the deposited banknotes are discharged from the ejection opening 11a through the concave space of the banknote transaction port 58 whenever depositing. Can be taken out. Further, deposited banknotes other than unidentifiable banknotes are sent to the banknote storage/discharge section 3 through the downward connecting passage 22.

When withdrawing money, the pressing member 14 closes the withdrawal opening 11a.
The banknotes ejected from the denomination storage units 27 and 28 necessary for ejecting the banknote storage and ejection unit 3 are transferred from the ejected banknote ascending passage 36 to the banknote conveyance passages 21 and 24. The banknotes that are sent to the banknotes, are identified by the banknote identification unit 20, and cannot be used for withdrawal are sent to the banknote storage and dispensing unit 3 through the downward connection passage 22,
Further, the banknotes used for withdrawal are sequentially sent to the discharge banknote storage section 11 through the banknote discharge conveyance paths 21 and 24, and all the banknotes to be disbursed are sent to the discharge banknote storage section 11 through the banknote discharge conveyance paths 21 and 24.
At the end of discharging the bills, the pressing member 14 is displaced to the laid-down position by the pressing member actuating mechanism, thereby opening the ejecting opening 11a and removing the dispensing banknotes from the ejecting opening 1.
The banknotes are taken out from 1a through the concave space of the banknote transaction port 58.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.
Components common to those in FIG. 1 will be described with the same reference numerals.

FIG. 2 shows the external appearance of an embodiment of the circulating banknote processing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. That is, a banknote transaction opening 58 for depositing and withdrawing money is provided in the upper part of the front surface.

The banknote transaction port 58 is formed as a concave space in the upper part of the processing machine main body 4 in the width direction of the main body 4 in the width direction of the main body 4 in FIG. The front side and the top side of the processing machine main body 4 are opened, and through this space, the incoming banknotes can be taken into the processing machine main body 4, and the unidentifiable banknotes among the deposited banknotes and the withdrawn banknotes can be taken out. I'm starting to do it. In particular, since the deposited banknotes are taken into the processing machine main body 4 through the banknote transaction port 58, in the illustrated embodiment, the lower area of the concave space in the banknote transaction port 58 is used for inserting the banknotes S all at once during depositing. A discharging bill storage section 11 is provided in the processing machine main body 4 on the back side of the bill transaction port 58 as a storage section 10 and located at the end of a bill discharging and conveying passage 24, which will be described later. A take-out opening 11 a of the discharged banknote storage section 11 is opened in the upper region on the back side of the concave space of the opening 58 .

The deposited banknote storage section 10 in the illustrated embodiment
is configured to place deposited banknotes S in a stacked state, and a roller 13 is provided at the bottom of the placing plate 12 to feed out the banknotes S one by one from below, and a take-out opening 11a is provided at the top. A pressing member 14 that also serves as a shutter is provided, and gate rollers 15 and 16 are vertically disposed opposite to each other to allow only one banknote S to pass through its feeding opening and to prevent two banknotes from stacking up and being fed out. These rollers 13, 15, 1
6 constitutes a feeding means.

The loaded banknote conveyance path 17 is provided in a substantially horizontal position from the loading port of the deposited banknote storage section 10 toward the rear surface of the processing machine main body 4, and its entrance portion is connected to the upper and lower belts 18, 19 and the upper and lower belts. It consists of a row of rollers, and along the way, there are
A discriminator 20 is provided to identify the authenticity, denomination, and fitness of the banknotes S to be conveyed.

At the end of the banknote transfer path 17, a short upward connection path 21 and a downward connection path 22 are provided. A first gate member 23 for switching the feed path to the connection passage 21 or the downward connection passage 22 is provided so as to be switchable.

The bill discharging and conveying passage 24 slopes upward from the upper end of the ascending connection passage 21 to the discharging bill storage section 11 provided at the end of the processing machine main body 4 at the upper back position of the deposited bill storage section 10. It is disposed directly above the banknote conveyance path 17 and is composed of upper and lower belts 25 and 26 that extend up to the discharge banknote storage section 11. The ascending connection passage 22 and the bill discharging and conveying passage 24 constitute a bill discharging and conveying passage in the present invention.

The ejection banknote storage section 11 has a structure in which banknotes are sequentially stacked from above and arranged and stacked, and the details thereof will be described later.

The lower end of the descending connection passage 22 is connected to a banknote storage and dispensing section 3 that stores banknotes that can be used for withdrawal according to denominations based on the identification results in the banknote conveyance path 17 . The banknote storage and dispensing unit 3 includes a storage box 27 for storing banknotes that can be used as dispensing banknotes according to the above-mentioned identification results according to denomination;
28, and a reject storage box 29 for storing banknotes that cannot be used for withdrawal, and the inside of this storage box 29 is divided into a damaged banknote storage section 29a and an unidentifiable banknote storage section 29b. These storage boxes have a frame 4a that can be pulled out all at once from the processing machine main body 4.
When the storage boxes 27 and 28 are loaded into the storage box and locked in the loaded state by a locking mechanism (not shown), the storage boxes 27 and 28 are floated to the position shown by the two-dot chain line, so that the banknotes in the box can be received or ejected. Directly above these storage boxes 27, 28, 29, banknote take-in and ejection mechanisms 30, 31, and 32, which are part of the banknote storage and ejection section 3, are provided, respectively.

The lower end of the descending connection passage 22 is connected to a conveyance path 33 provided across the taking-in and dispensing mechanisms 30, 31, and 38 (38 will be described later) for each denomination storage box 27 and 28 of the bill dispensing and storing section 3. facing the branching part between the transport path 34 leading to the intake mechanism 32 of the reject storage box 29, and a second
Either of the transport paths 33, 3 by the gate member 35
The feed path can be switched to 4. These conveyance paths 33 and 34 also constitute a part of the banknote storage and ejection section 3.

The dispensing bill ascending passage 36 is provided following the end of the conveyance path 33 of the bill dispensing storage section 3, and its upper end is provided following a position upstream from the installation position of the bill identifying section 20 of the loading bill conveyance passage 17. ing.

A deposited banknote temporary storage section 37 is provided at the end of the conveyance path 33, and a take-in and ejection mechanism 38 is provided directly above the deposited banknote temporary storage section 37.

As shown in enlarged cross-sections in FIGS. 4 to 6, the structure of the ejected banknote storage section 11 includes a stopper 40 having elasticity that can be freely deflected outward at the front in the direction in which the banknotes S enter. There is a rear wall 41 parallel to the rear wall 41, so that the leading edge of the banknotes S hits the stopper 40 and is aligned when the banknotes S enter.

A guide plate 42 that guides the banknotes S fed into the ejected banknote storage section 11 is pivotally supported by a shaft 43 to an elevating frame 44 so as to be swingable in the vertical direction.
It is placed in the state shown in the figure.

The receiving plate 45 on which banknotes S are loaded is connected to the guide plate 4.
It is located with a small gap from 2,
This receiving plate 45 has a pin 47 implanted in a fixed piece 46 on the lower surface of the receiving plate 45 on the side (fourth
In the figure, the link 4
It is connected to the tip of 8. and this link 4
8 is interlocked with a pulse motor as a drive motor through a crank mechanism (not shown), and this pulse motor is rotated by a predetermined pulse amount using a signal from the discriminator of the banknote transfer path 17. Gradually lower the link 48 and lower the receiving plate 4.
As shown in the fourth figure, a small gap is maintained between the upper surface of the banknotes S to be stacked on the banknote 5 and the guide plate 42 to facilitate stacking the banknotes.

The end of the banknote ejecting and conveying passage 24 faces the rear wall 41 of the discharged banknote storage section 11, and the pulley 49 at the end of the upper belt 25 is located near the central portion of the discharged banknote storage section 11 in the front-rear direction. The banknotes S, which are sandwiched between the belts 25 and 26 of the banknote discharging and conveying path 24 and sent out, enter diagonally downward.

Belt 2 on the lower side of the banknote discharging and conveying passage 24
An endless belt 52 is held on the shaft 51 of the pulley 50 at the end of the pulley 50. This endless belt 52
is rotated while being held between a roller 53 on the shaft 51 and another roller 54 disposed opposite thereto, and is used to smoothly guide the rear end of the incoming bill. The operation of the endless belt 52 is detailed in the previously published Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-33258, so the explanation thereof will be omitted.

A feed-out roller 55 is provided at the bottom of the ejected banknote storage section 11, and the roller is rotated to move from the lower end of the rear wall 41 to the conveyance path 56 and the gate member 57.
The banknotes can be fed into the banknote conveyance path 17 through the banknotes.

As described above, this ejected banknote storage section 11 is provided at the end position of the path 24 for discharging and conveying banknotes, and includes unrecognizable banknotes at the time of deposit and normal banknotes at the time of withdrawal. to store. In order for the operator of the machine to take out the stored banknotes, an ejection opening 11a is opened on the left side of the discharge banknote storage section 11 in FIGS. 3 to 5 (FIGS. 4 and 5). (position of stopper 40 in Figure 5). That is, in FIGS. 4 and 5, the take-out opening 11a is located on the left side of the storage section 11 (the fourth The entire area (left side of FIG. 5) is open. The stopper 40 described above is installed upright at several locations in the banknote width direction of the ejection opening 11a (several locations, for example, two locations in the direction from the front side to the back side of the paper in FIGS. 4 and 5). , serves to prevent banknotes from flying out from the ejection opening 11a when the banknotes are stored in the storage section 11. When taking out banknotes from the storage section 11, the opening between the stoppers 40 of the take-out opening 11a in FIG. The machine operator inserts his/her finger into the banknotes (the part that does not exist), grabs a handful of the banknotes, and pulls them out to the left.
Then, since the stopper 40 is made of an elastic material that can bend freely, it bends as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 5, and the bill can be taken out from the take-out opening 11a. This takeout opening 11a is located above the banknote transaction opening 58 as shown in the second diagram.

Next, in the illustrated embodiment, if unrecognizable banknotes are mixed in the banknotes S when depositing the banknotes, the banknotes are immediately rejected into the ejected banknote storage section 11 and the user is in the process of depositing the banknotes. Since it is necessary to take out the banknotes at any time, and for this purpose it is necessary to leave the takeout opening 11a of the storage section 11 open, a banknote transaction opening 58 ( A configuration in which a pressing member 14 for stably holding the group of banknotes placed on the deposited banknote storage unit 10 and ensuring reliable loading serves as a shutter for opening and closing the ejection opening 11a in the second figure). It's summery. In particular, this pressing member 14 is a plate-shaped member that closes the entire area of the taking-out opening 11a in order to perform the shutter function of the taking-out opening 11a, and is directed toward the transaction opening 58 when this pressing member 14 performs the shutter function. The surface (second illustration) has a rectangular flat part 14a and an inclined part 14b.
a It plays an auxiliary role in occluding the entire area. Further, when the pressing member 14 presses and holds the group of banknotes, the above-mentioned flat portion 14a comes into contact with the upper surface of the banknote group and performs a pressing function.

A mechanism for vertically moving the pressing member 14 and changing its posture to an upright position or a collapsed position (the pressing member operating mechanism in the present invention) is a mechanism for moving the pressing member 14 up and down and changing the posture to an upright position or a collapsed position.
(not shown) are distributed at both outer positions. The specific structure is as shown in FIG.
The block 6 is attached to the support 59 which is erected at the outer position of
0 is supported so as to be movable up and down, and one end of a shaft 61 is rotatably supported on this block 60.
The shaft 6 penetrates the side plate 58a and projects into the inside of the banknote transaction port 58.
A pressing member 14 which also serves as the aforementioned shutter is provided at part 1.
The base of is fixed.

A long hole from which a shaft 61 projects is formed in the side plate 58a, allowing the shaft 61 to move up and down when the block 60 goes up and down. Further, an intermediate portion of a lever 62 is fixedly supported at a position outside the side plate 58a and near the block 60 in the shaft portion of the shaft 61, and a roller 63 is attached to one end of the lever 62.
is pivoted and abuts against the guide rail 64 under the bias of a spring 65, and the other end of the lever 62 can freely abut against a stopper 60b of the block 60.

On the other hand, at the tip of the block 60, rollers 70 and 71 at the tips of a block push-down arm 68 and a push-up arm 69, whose bases are supported by shafts 66 and 67 so as to be able to swing in the vertical direction, are mounted. A push-down arm 68 is disposed on the bottom surface so as to be able to come into contact with each other.
The roller 70 is always pressed against the upper surface of the block 60 by being urged in the pushing up direction by a spring 72, and the tip of a crank arm 73 is pivotally attached to the middle part of the pushing up arm 69, and is pushed upward by a spring 74. Forced.

A long hole 75 is provided at the other end of the crank arm 73, and a crank pin 77 of a crank 76 is fitted into this long hole 75, and the push-up arm 69 is moved at the bottom dead center of the crank pin 77 as shown in FIG. It is designed to be placed in the lowest position.

On the other hand, an opening/closing member 78 for opening/closing the feeding passage for banknotes S is located immediately before the gate rollers 15 and 16.
is provided, and this opening/closing member 78 is operated via a lever 79 that is moved in contact with the push-up arm 69 when it moves downward.
An opening/closing member 78 closes the passage when 9 is raised, and opens it when it is lowered to its lowest position. In the figure, reference numeral 80 denotes a blocking member that prevents the block 60 from descending, and is capable of engaging with a protrusion 60a at the rear end of the block 60. This blocking member 80 is moved forward and backward by a solenoid 81 to prevent the block 60 from descending when dispensing money and when not in use.

With the above configuration, when the pressing member 14 is inactive, it is placed in an upright position as shown in FIG. 7, and placed in a position to close the ejection opening 11a of the discharged banknote storage section 11, thereby functioning as a shutter. When depositing a deposit, place the deposited banknote S in the deposited banknote storage section 10 and press the deposit button. When a detection means (not shown) detects that the banknote S is placed, and on this condition, the crank 76 moves in the direction of the arrow in FIG. , and pulls the crank arm 73 to lower the push-up arm 69. As a result, the push-down arm 68, which is biased downward by the spring 72, descends and the block 60 is pushed down.
The roller 63 falls onto the stepped part of the guide rail 64,
As a result, the pressing member 14 rotates counterclockwise in the figure and assumes a lying position parallel to the deposited banknote S.
By further descending, it comes into pressure contact with the upper surface of the deposited banknote S. The push-up arm 68 is lowered until it reaches the bottom dead center of the crank arm 73, and the opening/closing member 78 is rotated to be in the state shown in FIG. 8, which is the retracting position. These operations are performed at predetermined timings during deposit and withdrawal operations.

Next, the flow of banknotes during deposit and withdrawal will be explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 and 10.

1) At the time of deposit (Fig. 9) As mentioned above, the deposited banknote S is placed in the deposited banknote storage section 10.
is completed, the feeding roller 13 is activated by the close signal from the deposit button or the pressing member 14, and
Feeding banknotes one by one, gate rollers 15, 16
Due to the gap between the gates, stacking of two banknotes is eliminated, and only one banknote S is fed through the feeding port and enters the banknote transfer path 17.

While the banknotes are being conveyed through the banknote conveyance path 17, the banknotes are checked by a discriminator 20 for their thickness, chaining and skewing, as well as authenticity, denomination, and fitness.
If the banknote is identified as a genuine banknote regardless of whether it is a genuine banknote or an unfit banknote, the first
The gate member 23 switches to the downward connection path 22 side, and if the banknote is a valid banknote, the identification signal causes the second gate member 35 to switch to the conveyance path 33 side, and sends the banknote to the deposited banknote temporary storage section 37. It will be done. On the other hand, in the case of unrecognizable banknotes, the first gate member 23 is switched and the banknotes are sent to the banknote discharging and conveying path 24, and enter the discharge banknote storage section 11 from the end thereof. During the loading of deposited banknotes, the ejection opening 11a of the discharged banknote storage section 11 is always in an open state (the pressing member 14, which functions as a shutter, is in the position of pressing the deposited banknotes), and the machine operator cannot identify this. You can take out banknotes at any time.

The deposited banknotes received in the deposited banknote temporary storage section 37 are continuously fed out one by one from the deposited banknote temporary storage section 37 when the user confirms the confirmation display and presses the confirmation button when there is no discrepancy. te1
As shown by the dotted chain arrow, a dispensing bill ascending passage 36;
Loading bill conveyance path 17, first gate member 23,
Conveyed through the descending connection path 22, the second gate member 35, and the conveyance paths 33, 34, normal banknotes are stored in storage boxes 27, 28, etc. for each denomination, and unfit banknotes are stored in a damaged banknote storage box 29a. be done. Further, when a deposited bill is taken in by the confirmation button, if there is a back bill on the bill fed out from the deposited bill temporary storage section 37, the gate member 23 is switched to release the bill through the bill ejecting and conveying passage 24. Banknote storage section 11
All the banknotes in the deposited banknote temporary storage section 37 are transferred to each storage box 27, 28, . . . of the banknote storage/discharge section 3.
After being sorted and stored, the banknotes are transferred from the banknote storage section 11 to the banknote transport path 17, the first gate member 23, the descending connection path 22, the second gate member 35, and the transport path 3.
3 and 34 to the storage units 27 and 28 for each denomination and the unfit bill storage box 29a. In this manner, by once putting the back banknote into the ejected banknote storage section 11 and taking it out, the front and back sides of the banknote are reversed, and the back banknote is stored as a front banknote. In addition, if reverse banknotes are mixed in the pre-packed storage boxes 27, 28, etc. by denomination, the reverse banknotes will be rejected to the unidentifiable banknote storage section 29b at the time of withdrawal, and the reverse banknotes will be sent to the user at the time of withdrawal. It is never thrown out.

If you want to cancel at the time of deposit, press the cancel button and the system will move from the deposited banknote temporary hold 37 to the ascending connection path 36, the banknote transfer path 17, and the first banknote transfer path 17.
The bills are returned to the ejected bill storage section 11 via the gate member 23 and the bill discharging and conveying passage 24 . At this time, the pressing part 14 is in the banknote pressing position, that is, in the lying position near the placement plate 12, and the ejection opening 11a remains open from the time of loading the deposited banknotes.
The machine operator can take out all the returned deposited banknotes through this take-out opening 11a.

In addition, if the banknotes are still left in the storage section 11 even after a certain period of time has passed after the return of the deposited banknotes to the discharged banknote storage section 11 is completed, the pressing member 14 will rise and stand up. The opening of the storage section 11 is closed, and the bills are sorted and stored in the bill dispensing storage section 3 again following the route indicated by the two-dot chain arrow.

As described above, when the deposit confirmation button or the deposit cancel button is operated, the pressing member 14 opens the ejection opening 11a through a signal generated when a certain period of time has elapsed after the deposited and returned bills have been returned to the ejected bill storage section 11. Raised to close and held in an erect position. In this state, prepare for the next deposit or withdrawal operation.

2) When dispensing money (FIG. 6) When dispensing money, as described above, the pressing member 14 closes the ejection opening 11a of the ejected banknote storage section 11,
By operating the withdrawal button, the withdrawal amount button, or the start button, bills are taken out from the respective storage boxes 27, 28 of the bill dispensing storage section 3 by the take-out mechanisms 30, 31, etc. according to the withdrawal denomination. , are stacked in the ejected banknote storage section 11 following the route of the solid line arrow.

All of the disbursed banknotes are stored in the discharged banknote storage section 11, and when the user confirms the amount and presses the withdrawal approval button, the pressing member 14 is lowered and tilted forward to take a lying position, and the discharged banknote storage section 11 is taken out. Opening 11a
is opened, and banknotes can be taken out from this take-out opening 11a.

Note that if a certain period of time has passed while the dispensing bill remains in the dispensing bill storage section 11, the pressing member 1
4 rises to a standing position, and the extraction opening 11a
is closed, the feeding roller 55 is operated, and the bill is collected into the unidentifiable bill storage section 29b of the bill dispensing and storage section 3 following the path indicated by the one-point arrow. This is to prevent the banknotes from being used for withdrawal since all the banknotes are turned over when they come out of the discharged banknote storage section 11.
They may be classified and stored in storage boxes 27, 28, . . . for each denomination.

When the user takes out the banknotes dispensed into the dispensed banknote storage section 11, the pressing member 14 rises from the collapsed position and assumes the upright position upon detection of the absence of banknotes within the storage unit 11. , the extraction opening 11a is closed again.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, since both deposited banknotes and disbursed banknotes are identified by a common banknote identification unit, there is no need to provide multiple identification means, and both banknotes that cannot be identified as deposited and disbursed banknotes are identified. A pressing member that releases the banknotes to the discharge banknote storage section through the banknote discharge conveyance path and presses and holds the group of deposited banknotes in the deposited banknote storage section is placed in an upright position at a position in front of the banknote ejection opening of the discharge banknote storage section at the time of dispensing. Since it is held and used for opening and closing the withdrawal opening, there is no need to provide multiple deposit/withdrawal ports, the structure of the device can be simplified, and deposit/withdrawal operations can be easily performed. There is an effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a conventional circulating banknote processing machine, Fig. 2 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of the circulating banknote processing machine according to the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a side view showing the internal structure thereof. Figures 4 and 4 are side views of the ejected banknote storage section, Figures 5 and 6 are side views showing the state during and after storage of the banknotes, and Figure 7 is the operation of the pressing member provided at the banknote transaction slot. Side view showing an example of the mechanism in a state where it is functioning as a shutter before operation, No. 8
The figure is a side view when the deposited banknote is pressed, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of banknotes at the time of deposit, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of banknotes at the time of withdrawal. 3...Banknote storage and ejection section, 4...processing machine main body, 1
0... Deposit banknote storage section, 11... Discharged banknote storage section, 13... Feeding roller constituting the feeding means, 15, 16... Gate roller forming the feeding means, 14... Pressing member, 17... ... Loading banknote conveyance path, 20 ... Discriminator as a banknote identification section, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Ascending connection passage forming a part of the bill discharging and conveying passage, 22... Descending connecting passage, 23... First gate member as a gate member, 24... Banknote forming a part of the bill discharging and conveying passage Dumping conveyance passage;
36...Dispensing bill ascending passage, 58...Banknote transaction opening.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The banknotes taken into the machine at the time of deposit are stored in the banknote storage/discharge section 3, and the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage/discharge section 3 at the time of withdrawal.
In a circulating banknote processing machine that ejects banknotes and uses deposited banknotes as disbursed banknotes, a concave space with an open upper and front side is provided in the upper front part of the main body 4 in the width direction of the main body. The main body 4 of the deposited banknote is formed through this concave space.
A banknote transaction port 58 that allows for taking in the banknotes and taking out unidentifiable banknotes from deposited banknotes and withdrawal banknotes.
The main body 4 of the banknote deposited through this banknote transaction port 58
This banknote transaction port 58
A deposited banknote storage section 10 is provided in the lower area, and the deposited banknotes are piled up and loaded in the vertical direction; Feeding means 13, 1 for feeding banknotes one by one in contact with each other
5, 16, and the genuine denomination, denomination, and denomination of the banknotes, which are disposed from the loading means of the deposited banknote storage section 10 toward the rear side of the processing machine main body 4, and are fed and conveyed by the loading means. A loaded banknote conveyance path 17 having a banknote identification section 20 for identifying whether the banknote is good or defective; and a banknote storage section 10 that goes upward from the end of the banknote conveyance path 17 and passes through the upper part of the banknote conveyance path 17; Banknote discharging and conveying paths 21 and 24 extending to the side; and an unrecognizable banknote and unrecognizable banknotes in the deposited banknotes discharged from the banknote discharging and conveying path are provided at the back of the banknote transaction opening 58 at the end position of the banknote discharging and conveying path. A take-out opening 1 that can store payout banknotes in an aligned and stacked state and opens above the banknote transaction port 58.
1a, from which the unidentifiable banknotes and the disbursed banknotes are taken out through the opening; and a descending connection path 22 provided downward from the end of the loaded banknote transport path 17. , is provided at the end of the banknote conveyance path 17, and the banknotes to be conveyed are transferred to the banknote discharge conveyance path 2.
1, 24 or the descending connection passage 22, and a gate member 23 that selectively switches the passage to the descending connection passage 22, and uses the banknotes sent from the lower end of the descent connection passage 22 for dispensing based on the identification result in the banknote identification unit 20. It has storage sections 27 and 28 for each denomination for storing banknotes to be obtained, and a storage section 29 for storing banknotes that cannot be used for withdrawal based on the identification result of the identification section 20. a banknote storage/dispensing section 3 that dispenses banknotes from the denomination-specific storage sections 27, 28; and a dispensing bill ascending passage 36 which is provided between the banknote storage and dispensing section 3 and conveys the bills disposed of from the bill storage and dispensing section 3 toward the identification section 20, and a dispensing bill ascending path 36 that is vertically movable within the concave space of the bill transaction opening 58. When moving downward, the banknotes are disposed from an upright position to a laid down position, and contact the uppermost banknote of the group of banknotes stacked and stored in the deposited banknote storage section 10, and press the banknote toward the loading means to collect the banknote group. a pressing member 14 that maintains an aligned state and moves from a collapsed position to an upright position during upward movement to close the extraction opening 11 and disable banknote extraction during withdrawal; a vertical movement of this pressing member 14; and a pressing member actuating mechanism for displacing the banknotes into an upright or falling position during upward or downward movement, the banknote identification unit identifies both deposited banknotes and disbursed banknotes, and identifies unidentifiable banknotes and unidentifiable banknotes among the deposited banknotes. Both of the bills to be paid out are transferred to the bill discharging and conveying passages 21 and 24.
The pressing member 14 is inserted into the ejecting opening 11a in order to release the ejected banknotes into the ejected banknote storage section 11 through the ejection opening 11a, and use the ejected banknote storage section as a temporary storage section for disbursed banknotes at the time of withdrawal.
1. A circulating banknote handling machine characterized by being located in front of the banknotes to prevent the banknotes from being taken out from the discharge banknote storage section 11 during withdrawal.