JPH05162866A - Bill treating device with collectively moving function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the jamming of paper sheets and enhance the availability factor by dividedly making up the storing parts separated for each kind of bills inside a bill treating device of fixed storing parts and movable storing parts capable of being drawn to the outside of the device. CONSTITUTION:A bill treating device is provided with an incoming/outgoing bill transporting/treating group 13 for transporting and treating bills 12 in the upper part of the device body 11, and a cartridge group 14 for allowing the storing and delivering of bills 12 in the lower part thereof respectively, and the bills thrown into an input port 16 are received in the carrige group 14, and the bills delivered from the cartrige group 14 are delivered to an output port 17. In this case, the cartridge group 14 is made up of an incoming bill bill storing parts (fixed storing parts) S1 to S3 separated for each kind of bills, and first to third cartridges (movable storing parts) C1 to C3. And the bills are compiledly moved between the upper storing parts S1 to S3 and the lower cartridges C1 to C3 by a collecively mechanism 28.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus in which a bank clerk deposits and withdraws banknotes at a bank teller, and more specifically, collectively processes a large number of banknotes of different denominations. The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus with a batch transfer function, which is capable of improving banknote processing capability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a banknote handling apparatus of this type is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, at the time of deposit processing, banknotes deposited in the deposit / withdrawal port 111 are subjected to discrimination processing by the discrimination section 112, and the discriminated banknotes are guided to the temporary holding section 113 and then stored in the deposit cartridge 114. There is. Also, during withdrawal processing,
After the bills delivered from the predetermined dispensing cartridge 115 for each denomination are discriminated by the discriminating unit 112, the bills are dispensed to the deposit / withdrawal port 111. Further, the deposit canceled banknotes and the defective banknotes with bad discrimination are temporarily pooled in the deposit return pool section 116, and then returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 111, and when it is determined that the banknotes have been withdrawn and dispensed, the reject cartridge 11 is rejected.
Recovered to 7. In addition, the tray 11 that is allowed to be pulled out
The depositing cartridge 114 and the reject cartridge 117 are pulled out to the outside through 8 and handled.

The deposit cartridge 114 is also used as an operational cartridge to supplement and collect bills to adjust the capacity. For example, when distributing bills by denomination, the bills are paid out from the deposit cartridge 114 and distributed to the respective dispensing cartridges 115 ... And when collected, the dispensed bills are collected in the deposit cartridge 114. ing.

However, in such a distribution / collection structure,
It takes a long time to distribute and collect the bills one by one between the deposit and withdrawal cartridges, and there is a fear that paper jam may occur during the conveying process.

As shown in FIG. 12, the deposit / withdrawal port 12
1, a discrimination unit 122, a temporary holding unit 123, and a deposit / return pool unit 124 are connected in a loop, and a transport processing group 125 is disposed in the upper part, and a denomination-type cartridge 126 ..., and a cartridge group 128 of the reject cartridge 127 are disposed in the lower part. When installing and collecting and collecting banknotes, cartridge group 1
Each of the cartridges 126, ... 127 is directly taken out through a tray 129 which allows 28 to be put in and taken out of the apparatus main body for handling.

However, in this case, while the clerk pulls out and handles the cartridge, he / she cannot make a deposit / withdrawal transaction, and there is a problem that the operation rate is lowered due to interruption of various processes and transactions.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, according to the present invention, a batch transfer function capable of collectively distributing / collecting banknotes inside the apparatus and performing deposit / withdrawal processing even during the distribution / collection processing. An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus with a bill.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a banknote processing device for storing and processing banknotes inside a device at the time of depositing banknotes, and paying out and discharging the banknotes from a banknote type storing portion at the time of banknote withdrawal. The type storage unit is divided into a fixed storage unit that is fixedly installed inside the device to store banknotes, and a movable storage unit that is allowed to be drawn out of the device and stores banknotes, and one of the storage units that is divided and configured. Is a banknote processing apparatus with a batch transfer function, which is provided with a batch transfer means for batch moving banknotes from one storage section to the other storage section and from the other storage section to one storage section.

[0009]

According to the present invention, when a bill is distributed and processed,
When the collective moving means collectively moves the bills from the movable storing portion to the other divided fixed storing portions corresponding to the denominations, the distribution processing ends, and when the bills are collected, the collective moving means is used. The banknotes are collectively moved from the fixed storage section to the other divided movable storage section corresponding to the denomination, and are withdrawn to the outside of the apparatus, thereby completing the collection process.

[0010]

As described above, since the fixed storage part for dealing and the movable storage part for withdrawal can be separately configured and handled independently, the banknotes that are always deposited and withdrawn in the fixed storage part can be handled. Allows transactions, and always distributes in movable storage
It is possible to handle the collected banknotes while allowing them to be taken in and out. Moreover, since it is possible to collectively move from one of the storage units corresponding to the division to the other, it is possible to perform a distribution / collection process in an extremely short time, and since it is not necessary to convey the sheets one by one, There is no risk of jamming, and while the movable storage unit is being pulled out of the device, the fixed storage unit can take in and pay out banknotes and handle various types of processing, so transactions are not interrupted and the operating rate is reliable. To improve.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a banknote handling apparatus with a batch transfer function, which is used as a teller machine shared by two people, sandwiched from both sides, and the banknote processing apparatus with the batch transfer function is shown in FIG. Banknote 1 on top
A depositing / dispensing transporting processing group 13 for transporting 2 is provided, and a cartridge group 14 for accommodating / delivering the banknotes 12 is provided at a lower portion, so that the upper and lower sides of the apparatus main body 11 are separated into a transport system and a storage system.

The above-described deposit / withdrawal transfer processing group 13 includes a return port 15 and a deposit port 16 on the front upper surface of the apparatus main body 11 from the upper side.
And a withdrawal port 17, the banknotes 12 inserted into the withdrawal port 16 are deposited into the lower cartridge group 14 via the deposit path 18, and the banknotes 12 delivered from the lower cartridge group 14 are Withdrawal processing is performed to the withdrawal outlet 17 via the withdrawal route 19.

A deposit discriminating section 20 and a front / back reversing section 21 are provided inward of the above-mentioned deposit port 16 via a deposit path 18.
And a deposit store unit 23 having a temporary holding unit 22, and the deposit discriminating unit 20 discriminates between authenticity, front and back, and denomination.
At this time, if it is determined that the discrimination is defective, the return processing is performed to the return port 15 through the return route 24, and if it is determined to be proper, it is guided to the temporary holding unit 22 side. After being led to the section 21 and turned upside down, it is led to the temporary holding section 22 and temporarily held.

In this case, the banknotes temporarily held for each deposit transaction and the banknotes temporarily held for each completion of the deposit transaction are placed in the deposit store unit 23.
From this deposit store section 23, the optimal replenishment timing is freely selected, and the replenishment processing is performed on the first to third withdrawal store sections S1 to S3 of the denomination.

The above-described cartridge group 14 includes a deposit store section 23 having the temporary holding section 22 and the first to third sections.
Withdrawal store sections S1 to S3 and first to third cartridges C
1 to C3 and a reject cartridge C4.

Of these, the first to third withdrawal store sections S1 to S1
S3 is fixedly installed inside the apparatus, has a function of collecting and feeding out banknotes, stores three denominations of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen in denominations, and pays out from these withdrawal store sections S1 to S3. The bills thus guided are guided to the withdrawal discriminating section 25 via the withdrawal route 19, where the authenticity and the denomination are discriminated, and thereafter, the coins are ejected to the withdrawal outlet 17, and are also generated during withdrawal transaction and replenishment processing. The discriminated defective banknotes and the forgotten banknotes are collected in the reject cartridge C4 via the collection path 26.

On the other hand, the first to third cartridges C1 to C3
Are installed at the lower positions corresponding to the denominations of the above-described first to third withdrawal store sections S1 to S3, respectively, and the three denominations of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen are classified into denominations. It is stored.

Further, each of the cartridges C1 to C4 is mounted on a tray 27 which is slidably drawn out in the front-rear direction of the apparatus body 11, and is detachably attached to the apparatus body 11.

By the way, the upper store sections S1 to S3 and the lower cartridge C, which are divided into upper and lower parts according to the denomination, are provided.
For 1 to C3, as shown in FIG. 2, a collective movement mechanism 28 for collectively moving the bills 12 ...

The collective moving mechanism 28 includes a separator 29 that supports the entire banknotes in the upper store S1 and a pressing plate 30 that supports the entire banknotes 12 in the lower cartridge C1.
Composed of and.

The above-mentioned separator 29 is arranged as a flat plate-like supporting piece for stacking and supporting banknotes on the upper surface of the separator so that the separator 29 is horizontally opposed to the left and right side surfaces of the box-shaped store section S1. There is. In this case, the pair of left and right separators 29, 29 are the tilt fulcrum pins 32, 3 on the base end side.
In a state in which the separator is allowed to tilt upward from the horizontal state with the fulcrum as a fulcrum, the separator driving device 31 tilts and supports the unit to move up and down, and when the separator is moved upward, the separators 29, 29 are moved as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The banknotes 12 are pushed up and the topmost banknotes are pressed against the feeding mechanism 33 facing the opening on the upper surface to feed the bills one by one.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the separators 29, 29 start to rotate along the belt reversing portion of the driving device 31 during the downward movement, and when they are displaced from the horizontal state to the vertical state. After the support regulation of the banknotes is released, the banknotes accumulated in the upper store section S1 fall downward and are collectively stored in the cartridge C1.

The pressing plate 30 is arranged so that it can be moved up and down from below in the cartridge C1, and is moved up and down by a pressing plate driving device (not shown) so that the pressing plate 30 pushes up the entire bill 12 when moving upward. Then, the banknotes in the cartridge C1 can be collectively moved to the store section S1 above it to load the banknotes, and the pressing plate 30 can be loaded from the lower empty cartridge into the store section S1 having the accumulated banknotes above. To face
The banknotes can be collectively collected by moving the banknotes above the entire banknote downward into the cartridge C1 below.

Further, the comb teeth 29a, 30a are provided with corresponding portions so as not to come into contact with the separators 29, 29 when the pressing plate 30 moves up and down, so that the pressing plate 30 does not interfere with the vertical movement. ing. In the figure, 34 is a cartridge shutter, and 35 is a separator return spring.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the banknote handling machine with the batch transfer function. The CPU 71 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 72, and the control data is stored in the RAM 73 so as to be readable. ..

The store amount detecting sensor 74 is provided in each store section S.
1 to S3 and 23 are installed to detect the storage status of the banknotes, and the cartridge storage amount detection sensor 75 is installed to each of the cartridges C1 to C4 to similarly detect the storage status of the banknotes.

The separator driving motor M1 drives the separator driving device 31 in the forward and reverse directions to drive the pair of left and right separators 2.
9 and 29 are synchronously moved up and down. The pressing plate drive motor M2 drives the pressing plate drive device in the forward and reverse directions to drive the pressing plate 3
0 is moved up and down, and the shutter drive motor M3 drives a shutter drive device (not shown) to drive the cartridge C1.
Open and close the upper opening of the.

The processing operation of the banknote handling apparatus having the batch transfer function configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG. 8 shows a batch loading operation, which is executed, for example, at the start of business, and when the banknotes are loaded, the tray 27 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 11 to load the banknotes into the first to third cartridges C1 to C3, and then the trays are loaded. 27
The device main body 11 via the (see FIG. 2), and then
The cartridge shutter 34 is opened to move the pressing plate 30 upward (steps n1 to n2) (see FIG. 3).

As a result, the bills in the cartridges C1 are collectively pushed upward by the pressing plate 30 and collectively moved to the corresponding dispensing store sections S1 (step n3) (FIG. 4). (See), the pressing plate 30 is moved downward, and only the pressing plate 30 is moved downward into the original cartridge. At this time, the bills moved to the upper store S1 are pushed by the pressing plate 3
Although it is going to descend with the downward movement of 0, it is supported by the separators 29, 29 protruding horizontally from both sides. As a result,
The banknotes are collectively transferred to the upper store section S1 ... After that, the cartridge shutter 34 is closed and the loading operation is completed (steps n4 to n5).

FIG. 9 shows the collective collection processing operation, which is executed, for example, at the end of business hours. First, the cartridge shutter 34 is opened to move the pressing plate 30 upward, and the pressing plate 3 is moved.
0 is moved up to a substantially upper limit position of the store S1, and all the banknotes are placed on the pressing plate 30 (steps n11 to n1).
3) (see FIG. 5), the separator driving device 31 is driven, the separators 29, 29 are tilted downward and positioned on both sides so that the separators 29, 29 are not hindered, and thus the pressing plate 30 accumulating the banknotes is allowed to move downward. (Step n14).

When the pressing plate 30 is moved downward in this state, the bills are transferred from the upper store section S1 ... To the lower cartridge C1.
... and move all at once (steps n15 to n1)
6).

After the movement, the cartridge shutter 34 is closed, and then the tray 2 on which the cartridges C1 to C4 are mounted.
7 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 11 and the recovery process ends (step n17) (see FIG. 6).

As described above, the withdrawal store section for dealing with transactions and the withdrawal cartridge for withdrawal can be separated vertically according to the type of money and can be handled independently, so that the withdrawal is always performed. The store section allows transaction of banknotes to be dispensed, and the cartridge always allows transaction of banknotes to be distributed / collected. Moreover, since it is possible to move the banknotes from one side to the other side of the store section and the cartridge which are vertically divided,
Distributing / collecting processes can be performed in an extremely short time, and there is no need to transport individual sheets, so there is no risk of paper jams, and the withdrawal store section handles transactions while the cartridge is being pulled out. Since it can handle various types of processing, transactions will not be interrupted and the operating rate will certainly improve.

In correspondence with the present invention and the configuration of the above-mentioned one embodiment, the fixed accommodating portion of the present invention corresponds to the first to the first embodiments.
Corresponding to the third withdrawal store sections S1 to S3, the movable storing section corresponds to the first to third cartridges C1 to C3, and the collective moving means corresponds to the collective moving mechanism 28.
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

For example, as shown in FIG.
Even when the cartridge group 102 provided at the bottom of 01 is provided with the first to third deposit / withdrawal store sections S11 to S13 of the denominations as the common store section for both deposit and withdrawal, this type of transaction is also used. First to third cartridge C without any problem
11 to C13 can be withdrawn and handled.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote handling apparatus with a batch transfer function according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an essential part showing the collective movement mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view showing a batch loading initial state of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view showing a final state of collective loading according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view showing a batch collection initial state of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view showing the final state of collective collection according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a control circuit block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus with the batch transfer function of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the batch loading processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the collective collection processing operation of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote handling apparatus with a batch transfer function according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional banknote handling apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another embodiment of a conventional banknote handling machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 101 ... Device body 12 ... Paper 27 ... Tray 28 ... Collective movement mechanism S1 to S3, S11 to S13 ... Store section C1 to C4, C11 to C13 ... Cartridge

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Office reference number FI Technical display location G07F 19/00 G07D 9/00 408 Z 8513-3E

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A bill processing apparatus for storing bills inside a device when depositing bills, and for paying out bills from a bill storing unit and discharging when bills are dispensed, wherein the bill storing unit comprises:
The storage unit is fixedly installed inside the device and stores the banknotes, and the movable storage unit that is allowed to be drawn out of the device and stores the banknotes is divided, and the one storage unit is divided into the other storage unit. In addition, a banknote handling apparatus with a batch transfer function that includes batch transfer means for batch moving banknotes from the other storage section to one storage section.