JPH0465433B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention]

[Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a banknote sorting and settlement device that, after processing banknotes, specifically collects a large number of banknotes into desired categories or all at once. [Technical background of the invention and problems with the background art] Conventionally, banknote sorting operations in banks, etc. have involved determining the denomination, front and back sides, fitness, etc. of banknotes, eliminating different denominations, and aligning the front and back directions. , sorting into good and unfit notes, and finally bundling a predetermined number of good notes by denomination, and also bundling unfit notes. In order to automate these tasks, banknote sorting machines have recently appeared on the market, making it easier and faster to sort out bills. However, if we analyze the operation status of banks throughout their business hours, we find that this sorting work is concentrated in the morning and after the bank closes in the afternoon, and is not used during the rest of the day. Furthermore, in banks, etc., there is a business called settlement business in addition to the above-mentioned sorting business. This work involves settling customer deposits, such as sales proceeds, collected from night deposit boxes (night safes), etc., from customers such as retail stores.This work is done during bank business hours, and the more cases are collected, the better. The work was taking a long time, and a machine specifically for payment processing had been installed. However, this payment processing machine was not always in operation. [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a device that can be used commonly for both sorting work and settlement work, thereby improving the operating rate of the device. [Embodiment of the Invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a banknote processing machine according to the present invention. At the upper part of the machine body, that is, the sorting unit 1, there is a hopper 2 into which banknotes to be processed are loaded. A feed roller 3 is provided at the side end of the hopper 2 to feed out the banknotes in the hopper one by one. 4
is a conveyance path for conveying banknotes fed out one by one, and a banknote discriminating device 5 is disposed on the conveyance path. The discriminating device has the function of discriminating the denomination, front and back, fitness, etc. of passing banknotes.
G ₁ , G ₂ , G ₃ , G ₄ , G ₅ are distribution guide plates.
_G1 transfers banknotes conveyed to conveyance path 4 to conveyance path 6.
Alternatively, it is switched to conveyance path 7 and conveyed. 8,9,10,
Reference numerals 11 and 12 each indicate a sorting stacking section, and in this embodiment, these stacking sections are designed to stack banknotes of the types shown in Table 1 in two different modes.

[Table] In Table 1, the first denomination, second denomination, and remaining denominations refer to the predetermined first denomination and second denomination among the denominations to be processed. and denominations other than the first and second denominations. For example, the denomination with the highest circulation amount and the second denomination with the second highest amount of circulation are defined as the first denomination and the second denomination, respectively. Below, the objects to be processed are current banknotes in Japan, the first denomination being 10,000 yen notes, the second denomination being 1,000 yen notes, and the other denominations being 5,000 yen notes and 500 yen notes. Let me explain the case. Furthermore, in Table 1, "reject" means an unidentifiable ticket. The stacking section 12 has a function of sorting and stacking the transported banknotes into a predetermined number of bills and sequentially discharging them to the transport path 13. Reference numeral 13 denotes a stacked banknote discharge conveyance path for conveying banknotes sorted and stacked in the stacking section 12 to a subsequent banknote binding section 14. 15 is a payment unit that is separate from the sorting unit 1 and can be connected to the sorting unit 1. In the connected state, the conveying path 6' connects the conveying path 6 in the sorting unit 1 and the banknote inlet 18. It is formed so that it can be connected through the terminal to enable the transfer of banknotes. Also,
Along with mechanical connections, electrical connections (power lines, signal lines) are also formed. Reference numeral 16 denotes a bulk stacking section, which has the function of collectively stacking banknotes sent from the conveyance path 6' and returning the banknotes that have been collectively accumulated through the conveyance path 6'. 17 is a removable safe, which has a bulk storage section 16.
Stores banknotes. This storage is performed by operating the deposit permission key. The safe 17 can be taken out and loaded into the hopper 2, and the feed roller 3
This makes it possible to feed out one sheet at a time. Therefore, for example, after banknotes are stored in the safe in the payment mode, the safe can be taken out and loaded into the hopper 2 to perform processing in the sorting mode. Incidentally, as the bulk stacking section having the storage/return function as described above, for example, those shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 can be used. That is, Fig. 2 shows the longitudinal front view, Fig. 3 shows the longitudinal side view of the part corresponding to the line in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4
As shown in plan view in the figure, the stacking section 16 has partition plates 218, 218 erected at the front and rear sides of the banknotes P in the direction in which the banknotes P enter, with an interval slightly wider than the width of the banknotes P to be stacked. An accumulation space A is defined by side walls 219, 219. As shown in the third figure, a plurality of notches 220, 220... are formed in the partition plates 218, 218 in the vertical direction. The protruding bearing portions 222, 222 are fitted into the partition plate 218,
The bearing portion 222, 2 protrudes from the outer surface of the
Shafts 223, 223 are inserted through 22. The shafts 223, 223 have coil springs 224,
224 is wound, and the first receiving members 221, 221 are kept in a horizontal state by contacting a stopper (not shown) by the springs 224, 224, and can be pivoted downward against the springs 224, 224. There is. Further, the first receiving members 221, 221 are narrow enough to support the lower surfaces of the front and rear ends of the bill P in the direction of entry, and each inner end edge is a slope slightly inclined downward. One end of the shafts 223, 223 is a moving member 225
The other ends of the guide rods 226 are fitted into vertical grooves of the guide rods 226, and are supported so as to be movable up and down. The moving member 225 has rollers 22 attached to guide rods 227, 227 fixedly attached to the outer surface of one of the partition plates 218 by means of fixtures 226, 226.
8, 228, 228 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. This moving member 225 includes a pulley 229 driven by a motor _M1.
and pulleys 230 _, 231 provided above and below the guide rods 227, 227. It is designed to raise and lower. In addition, in Fig. 3, 234, 234, 23
A sensor 4 detects the moving position of the moving member 225, and controls the drive of _M1 based on the signal. A horizontal shaft 235 is installed outside one of the partition plates 218, and this shaft 235 is attached to the notch 2 of the partition plate 218.
A second receiving member 236 made of a plurality of rods that can turn and enter from below into the accumulation space A through 20, 220, etc. is biased counterclockwise in FIG. 2 by a spring (not shown). It is being When the second receiving member 236 turns and enters between the partition plates 218, 218 and assumes a horizontal position as shown in FIG. 2, the first receiving member 221,
The trapezoidal part 23 is bent into a trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side so that the upper surface thereof is flush with the upper surface of the first receiving members 221 and 221.
6a. And each first receiving member 221,
Notches 221a, 221a are formed on the inner edge of the second receiving member 221, into which the respective rods of the second receiving member 236 can fit. Also, when pivoting downward, the partition plate 218
The length is such that it can be moved outward from the inner surface of the tube. A return pushing plate 2 is provided between the partition plates 218 and 218.
37 is provided so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the partition plates 218, 218. This pushing plate 237 is
A guide shaft 23 whose lower base 237a is horizontally installed below and parallel to the partition plate 218
8 via rollers 239, 239, 239, and the base 237a is equipped with a motor.
Wire rope 24 wound around a driving pulley 240 and a driven pulley 241 driven by M ₂
2 are tied together, and the pushing plate 2 is driven by the motor _M2 .
37 is configured to be moved over a range from one end side shown by solid lines in FIG. 3 to a pushing position shown by chain lines in the same figure. A pushing plate 234 is provided above the stacking section 16 so as to be movable up and down. This push plate 24
3 is a stack of banknotes P in the stacking section 214, as is well known.
is pushed into the storage box 201, and is configured to be able to be driven up and down from the raised position shown in FIG. 2 to the position where it enters the opening 201a of the storage box 1. In the figure, reference numerals 244, 244 are micro switches that detect the moving position of the pushing plate 237, and the signals thereof are used to control the drive of the motor _M2 .
Also, 245 is a return port installed in the aircraft body 246,
The end of the pushed banknote P is projected by the pushing movement of the pushing plate 237 to the extent that it can be grabbed, and is normally closed by the shutter plate 247 and kept in a locked state, and is opened by a return signal. It's becoming like that. When starting to accumulate banknotes P, the first receiving member 2
21, 221 and the second receiving member 236 are placed in the raised position shown by the solid line in FIG.
The banknotes P entering the bank are counted by the counting device 217 and then stacked on the trapezoidal portions 236a of the first receiving members 221, 221 and the second receiving member 236. In the above stacking process, when the number of stacked sheets reaches, for example, 70 sheets, the motor _M1 is driven and the first receiving members 221, 221 are lowered via the wire rope 233, the moving member 225, and the shafts 223, 223. When the second sensor 234 detects the position of the moving member 225, it is stopped at that position. At this time, the first receiving member 221 on the left side in FIG.
The receiving member 236 is pushed down and retracted. Further accumulation continues, and the set number of sheets (for example, 200
When the position of the moving member 225 is reached, the motor _M1 is driven again, the first receiving members 221, 221 are further lowered, and when the lowest sensor 234 detects the position of the moving member 225, it is stopped at that position. When the supplied banknotes P run out and the banknotes P no longer enter into the stacking section 216, the first receiving member 22
1,221 waits at the lowest position. In this state, if it is acceptable to take the banknotes into the safe 17, that is, when the storage permission key is operated, the push plate 243 descends and presses the stacked banknotes P. As a result, the left and right first receiving members 221, 221 pivot downward against the springs 224, 224, allowing the bill P to pass through. The banknote P that has passed between the first receiving members 221, 221 is pushed through the opening 17a of the safe 17 as shown in FIG. 2, and is received at a predetermined position within the safe 17. When the pushing is completed, the pushing plate 243 rises and returns to the normal position, and the first receiving members 221, 221 also rise due to the reverse drive of the motor _M1 , rise and return to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, and wait for the next accumulation. Expect. As the first receiving members 221, 221 return to the upward position, the second receiving member 236, which was being held down by the first receiving members 221, 221,
The dyeing time also increases accordingly, returning to the state shown in Figure 2. If the collation results do not match when the stacking is completed, and it is necessary to collect the stacked banknotes P, open the shutter plate 247 of the return slot 245 and drive the motor _M2 to move the pushing plate 237 as shown in FIG. When the stacked banknotes P are moved to the right, the rear end portion of the stacked banknotes P is pushed and slides on the first receiving members 221, 221, and is projected from the return slot 245. The base 237a of the pushing plate 237 is connected to the micro switch 244 on the right side of FIG.
When detected, motor _M2 is stopped at that position. When the banknote P protruding from the return slot 245 is removed, the removal is detected by a detection means (not shown), the shutter plate 247 is closed, and the pushing plate 237 is returned to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3. Although the bulk accumulation unit 16 has been explained in detail above, such an accumulation unit is
It is also disclosed in No. 57-119947. The detector PH ₁₄ installed at the entrance of the accumulation section 16 is
This detects the banknotes that are stacked. FIG. 5 shows details of the operation display section of the banknote handling machine of this embodiment. Reference numerals 21A, 21B, and 22 are mode select keys, in which 21A is used to input the arrangement 1 mode, 21B is the arrangement 2 mode, and 22 is used to input the payment mode. 23, 24,
Reference numerals 25 and 26 are denomination designation keys, which are keys for inputting a corresponding denomination in the arrangement 2 mode.
Reference numerals 41 to 48 are devices for displaying the characters shown within the broken lines, and 41 to 44 are displayed in the arrangement 1 mode, and 45 to 48 are displayed in the arrangement 2 mode. Reference numeral 28 is an unfit note determination level adjustment volume. Criteria for determining the limits of banknote damage are difficult to quantify and therefore vary from user to user and device to device. Therefore, the volume for changing the determination level of unfit notes to adjust this is 28. 31 is a clear key, which is a key for clearing all of the various count storage values. Displays 51 to 54 are displays for displaying each denomination or each monetary value such as positive, loss, tail, different denominations, etc., and display 55 is a display for displaying the total value thereof. Displays 56 to 59 are for displaying the number of sheets for each type, and 60 is for displaying the total number of sheets. 27 is a display switching key, and when sorting 10,000 yen notes, 5,000 yen notes, 1,000 yen notes, and 500 yen notes in order in sorting 2 mode, the display 45 is used when sorting by each denomination. -48 perform a display, and the contents are displayed as the amount and number of bills of the front, unfit, reverse, and different denominations.When the display change key is pressed, the displays 41-44 display the following. , the number of genuine bills of each denomination sorted so far and the denomination amount are displayed. Reference numeral 32 is a start key for starting this device, and each time the key is pressed, the displays 51 to 60 are
is cleared (memory of display contents is not cleared) and the device starts up. 33 is a restart key, and when this key is used to start up the device, the display is not cleared. Therefore key 43
If it is activated by , the display will be added to the display contents at that time. Reference numeral 61 denotes a deposit permission key, which is pressed when the invoice and the displayed amount or number of bills match and match. When this key is pressed, banknotes are stored from the bulk stacking section 16 into the safe 17. Reference numeral 62 denotes a return instruction key, which is pressed when returning banknotes in the bulk stacking section 16. Reference numeral 63 is a customer number key, which is pressed prior to inputting the number of a customer (retail store, etc.) in the payment mode. TK is a numeric keypad consisting of numbers 0 to 9 and is used to input numerical data such as customer numbers. FIG. 6 is a control block diagram of the banknote processing machine of this embodiment. Reference numeral 101 denotes an arithmetic control unit that controls all terminals through the bus line 102 and performs arithmetic operations on data obtained from the terminals. Reference numeral 103 denotes a memory device that stores various calculation control programs executed by the calculation control unit, and also includes a buffer unit that stores the counting data for each denomination and predetermined category for each process, and a total memory for cumulatively storing and other calculations. It includes various registers. Reference numerals 104 and 105 are device controllers that control the drive portion and detector of this apparatus based on instructions from the arithmetic control section. The device controller is connected to a take-in drive section 106, a conveyance drive section 107, a banknote discrimination circuit 108, a sorting drive section 109, a stacked banknote discharge drive section 110, a bundling drive section 111, and the like. The take-in drive section 106 drives the feed roller 3 and the like shown in FIG. The conveyance drive unit 107 is
It drives a mechanism that sequentially transports the banknotes taken in one by one by a transport belt or the like along transport paths 4 and 6 or 7. The banknote discriminating circuit 108 determines the denomination, front and back, and whether the banknote is fit or not and generates a signal indicating whether the banknote is conveyed along the conveyance path 4 or not, and also generates an indistinguishable signal such as when two banknotes are stacked. The banknote discrimination circuit 108 identifies the banknotes being conveyed and provides a discrimination signal to the arithmetic control unit 101. Based on the discrimination signal, the arithmetic control unit 101 determines which category (type, state) the banknote is in, as shown in Table 2.
A coded signal is generated depending on whether the The five bits _B5 to _B1 of the coded signal are as shown at the bottom of Table 2, respectively: distinguishable/impossible, denomination (2 bits indicate 4 types), positive/defective,
This indicates front/back, and the x in the front indicates that there can be either 1 or 0 in each category. Then, the arithmetic control unit 101 sequentially stores the coded signals in a transfer register, which will be described later, in the CPU in the order in which they are generated.
In addition, in this embodiment, the banknote discriminator 5 is installed on the banknote conveyance path.
Due to its structure, the maximum number of banknotes that can accumulate on the downstream side is 4 (2

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Separate and take in mixed denomination banknotes loaded in a banknote hopper one by one, send them to a conveyance path, perform discrimination on the conveyance path, and then classify the banknotes into predetermined categories based on the discrimination results. In a banknote processing machine for accumulating, a mode specifying means for specifying switching between a sorting mode and a settlement mode, a denomination specifying means for specifying a denomination of bills to be discriminated, and a discrimination device for discriminating the denomination, front and back, and fitness of the conveyed banknotes. The device includes a stacking unit that separates and stacks the classified banknotes, a bulk stacking unit that stacks the classified banknotes all at once, and a safe that stores the banknotes in the bulk stacking unit. The banknotes are sorted and accumulated in the above-mentioned stacking section according to whether they are the front side of a normal note of a denomination, the back side of a normal note of a specified denomination, a damaged note of a specified denomination, a different denomination, or an unidentifiable note, and then the payment mode is set. At the time of designation, the banknote sorter is characterized in that the mixed denomination banknotes loaded in the banknote hopper are counted for each denomination, temporarily accumulated at once, and stored all at once in the safe in response to a deposit permission signal given separately. Payment device.