JPH04111197A - Paper money transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change a housing capacity by denomination according to the housing state of the paper money and to unnecessitate the extension of the number of cassettes by changing the housing dimension of the paper money housing part of the cassette according to the amount of paper money. CONSTITUTION:A cassette 2 is constructed to change the capacity of paper money housing parts 18 and 19 in the cassette 2 by moving up and down press boards 14 and 15, and a one-thousand yen ticket 3 and a ten-thousand yen ticket 4 is respectively housed in the paper money housing parts 18 and 19. At the time of payment, one part of the one thousand yen ticket 3 is taken out by a robot hand 1 to be set in a lower hopper 5, and one part of the ten- thousand yen ticket 4 is set to an upper hopper 6. By the normal/reverse rotation of a roller 20, the corresponding amount of paper money indicated to the customer is housed in a stacker 9 through a carrier path 7. The abnormal paper money is housed in the stacker 8 without disposed of the outside. Thus, the paper money housed in the stacker 9 is paid to the customer by the robot hand 1.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a banknote handling device equipped with a banknote storage cassette, and particularly relates to a banknote handling device that uses one cassette to recycle multiple types of banknotes. .

[Conventional Technique'#11 A bill handling device that has a cassette for loading bills, combines the bills from a deposit/withdrawal port, and returns the separated and verified bills is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-291370. As described above, one cassette is used to recycle deposited and withdrawn banknotes, but the recycle of multiple denominations of banknotes is not considered.

Problems to be Solved by Invention C] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, multiple cassettes are required in order to circulate banknotes of multiple denominations, and the operability as a banknote handling device is low and there are problems in making it compact. Ta. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a high-performance, highly operable and compact banknote handling device that is capable of handling multiple denominations of banknotes in one cassette.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to provide a cassette for loading banknotes, a deposit/withdrawal port for banknotes, a means for separating and validating banknotes, and a stacker for temporarily storing banknotes separated and recognized by the means. A banknote handling device that processes banknotes as deposits, includes a plurality of variable-capacity banknote storage units provided in the cassette, and separates and takes out banknotes from the banknote storage unit while leaving the banknotes stacked. This is achieved by a banknote handling device characterized by comprising a means for holding, transporting and storing banknotes, and a control section for instructing movement control of banknotes in each section, and for circulating banknotes of a plurality of denominations.

[Function] With the above configuration, the storage dimensions of the banknote storage section of the cassette can be changed according to the amount of banknotes, so the block separation mechanism that takes out the stacked banknotes in blocks and the robot hand are used to extract multiple denominations from multiple banknote storage sections. Banknotes can be put in and taken out and recycled by denomination.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention in which a robot hand is equipped with a block separation mechanism and handles two denominations, 10,000 yen notes and 1,000 yen notes, will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing one embodiment of a banknote handling device according to the present invention. The cassette 2 is configured so that the capacity of the banknote storage sections 18 and 9 within the cassette 2 can be changed by moving the push plates 14 and 15 up and down. It stores 4 million yen notes. The removal and storage procedure by the robot hand 1 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

At the time of withdrawal, a part of the 1,000 yen note 3 is taken out by the robot hand l and set in the lower hopper 5, and a part of the 10,000 yen note 4 is similarly set in the upper hopper 6. By rotating the rollers 20 in the normal or reverse direction, the amount of banknotes specified by the customer is passed through the conveyance path 7 and stored in the stacker 9. At this time, the banknotes are checked by the discrimination section 21, and abnormal banknotes are stored in the stacker 8 so as not to be discharged to the outside, and are collected at the collection side 12 using the robot hand l. The banknotes stored in the stacker 9 are transported by the robot hand 1 to the deposit/withdrawal port 11 and dispensed to the customer.

When a customer forgets to take a banknote from the deposit/withdrawal port 11, the banknote is collected by the collection side 13 after a predetermined period of time to prevent trouble.

When depositing money, bills are inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 11.

If there are banknotes in the lower hopper 5, they are returned to the banknote storage section 18 in advance, and the deposited banknotes are stored in the lower hopper 5.
The denomination is checked in the discrimination section 21, and ten thousand yen notes are stored in the stacker 9, and thousand yen notes are stored in the stacker 10. The robot hand 1 carries the 1,000 yen note 3 into the banknote storage section 18 and the 10,000 yen note 4 into the banknote storage section 19, and the deposit operation is completed.

The procedure for depositing banknotes will be explained with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2(a), a block separation mechanism consisting of an entry claw 16 and a banknote weigher 17 provided at the bottom of the robot hand 1 enters into the banknote storage section 18 together with the robot hand 1, and the block separation mechanism includes a 1,000-yen bill Separate part of it into blocks. Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, the push plate 15 is lowered, and at the same time the robot hand 1 is lowered to clamp the block-shaped banknotes and lower the banknote presser 17 a little in preparation for taking out the banknotes. Space] As shown in (C), move the robot hand 1 backward,
As shown in FIG. 4(d), the operation of taking out the 1,000 yen bill 3 is completed by retracting the bill presser 17. The robot hand 1 is driven by means such as a conveyor (not shown) that moves in the vertical direction and the front-back direction.

The procedure for storing banknotes will be explained with reference to FIG. The banknote presser 17 is advanced into the banknote storage section 18 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3(c), the robot hand 1 holding a banknote enters. As shown in FIG. 4(d), the banknote holding is released, the robot hand 1 and the banknote presser 17 are moved back, and the banknote storage operation is completed.

Although the embodiment of recycling two denominations of banknotes has been described above, it is possible to handle multiple denominations of banknotes by increasing the number of banknote storage sections. As described above, the configuration in which the robot hand is equipped with the block separation mechanism eliminates the need to add a block separation mechanism or to install a moving device for the block separation mechanism, which is effective in converting the banknote handling device into a combination.

In addition, it is also possible to dispose a block separation mechanism separately from the robot hand 1 on the side opposite to the cassette 2 shown in FIG. 1, and to move it up and down to recirculate banknotes of multiple denominations.

Similarly, by providing as many block separation mechanisms as the number of banknote storage units 18 and 19, banknotes of multiple denominations can be recycled.

Furthermore, it is possible to change the storage ratio of 1,000 yen notes 3 and 10,000 yen notes 4 by changing the positions of the collection machine 12 and the forgotten collection machine 13, both of which are integrated with push plates 14 and 15, to meet customer specifications. Alternatively, by changing the storage ratio according to the banknote storage situation, operational efficiency can be further improved.

[Effects of the Invention] By implementing the present invention, it becomes possible to recycle multiple denominations of banknotes in one case, collect abnormal banknotes, and collect forgotten banknotes. It is possible to provide a compact bill handling device that has high operability, such as being able to change the storage capacity of each type, and does not involve increasing the number of cassettes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of a banknote handling device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operational diagram showing an example of a take-out procedure for separating banknotes into blocks, and FIG. 3 is a banknote storage FIG. 2 is an operation diagram showing an example of the procedure. 1... Robot hand 2... Cassette 3...
1,000 yen note 4...10,000 yen note 5...Lower hopper
6... Upper hopper 7... Conveyance path 8
．． 9.10...Stacker 11...Deposit/withdrawal port
12... Collection machine 13... Forgotten collection machine 14.1
5. Pressing plate roller 21--discrimination section 22/control section

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cassette for loading banknotes, a banknote deposit/withdrawal port, a means for separating and validating banknotes, and a stacker for temporarily storing banknotes separated and recognized by said means, and a banknote loading/unloading device for storing banknotes. A banknote handling device for handling money, comprising: a plurality of variable-capacity banknote storage units provided in the cassette; and means for separating and taking out banknotes from the banknote storage unit, holding the banknotes in a stacked state, and transporting and storing the banknotes. A banknote handling device, comprising: a control section that instructs movement control of banknotes in each of the sections, and allows banknotes of a plurality of denominations to be circulated. 2. The cassette includes a collection shelf for collecting abnormal banknotes detected by the separation and discrimination means and a forgotten collection shelf for collecting banknotes forgotten by the customer at the time of withdrawal. banknote handling equipment. 3. The bill handling device according to claim 1, wherein the bill storage section has a capacity that is variably adjusted by a command from the control section. 4. The means for separating and taking out the banknotes, holding and transporting and storing the banknotes while they are stacked, includes: a robot hand; a means for moving the robot hand; and a means for separating the banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage section into blocks. 2. The banknote handling device according to claim 1, further comprising a block separation mechanism for removing the banknotes. 5. The banknote handling device according to claim 4, wherein the block separation mechanism moves between the plurality of banknote storage sections. 6. The bill handling device according to claim 4, wherein the block separation mechanism is fixedly installed in each bill storage section.