JPH05258153A - Paper money charger - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the burden of a staff and to prevent unfairness at the time of charging/recover paper money concerning a paper money charger automatically charging paper money to the cash cassette of a cash processor. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a charging hopper 20 to contain paper money to be charged, a cassette setting part 14 to which a paper money cassette 4 is set, a charging path 32 to feed the paper money of the charging hopper 20 and to send it to a discrimination part 34, and a sending path 36 sending paper money from the discrimination part 34 into the paper money cassette 4. The device is also provided with a taking-in path 33 which charges paper money from the charging hopper 20 to the paper money cassette 4 and sends the paper money of the paper cassette 4 to the discrimination part 34, money kinds stackers 23 to 25 storing paper money from the discrimination part 34 and a recovery path 37 to send paper money from the discrimination part 34 to the stackers 23 to 25 so as to recover it from the paper money cassette 4 to the money kinds stackers 23 to 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

(Table of Contents) Industrial Application Field of the Prior Art Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems (FIG. 1) Action Embodiment (a) Description of the Configuration of the First Embodiment (FIG. 2) To FIG. 7) (b) Description of the operation of the first embodiment (FIGS. 8 to 14) (c) Description of the second embodiment (FIG. 15) (d) Description of the third embodiment (FIG. 16) ) (E) Description of other embodiments Effects of the invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill loading machine for automatically loading bills into a cash cassette of a cash handling apparatus.

[0003] In recent years, automatic cash transaction equipment at financial institutions,
Cash processing devices such as deposit / withdrawal devices are widely used. Such a cash handling device is provided with a removable cash cassette (safe box), and cash is replenished from a set cash cassette to a cash stacker in the device. And withdraw cash.

Therefore, labor saving and safety of bill loading of a cash cassette are required.

[0005]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to set a banknote in a cash cassette of a cash processing apparatus, a voucher is processed, an attendant brings the banknote from the cashier, and manually sets the banknote in the cash cassette. The number of sheets set is keyed in (a cash cassette key or a cash transaction device key).

[0006] Also, when collecting cash, similarly, the banknotes are similarly pulled out of the cash cassette by hand, counted, processed for slips, and returned to the cashier.

[0007]

However, the prior art has the following problems. Since the clerk processes the slip and manually sets the bills, the burden on the clerk is large and an operation error is likely to occur.

Since humans manipulate bills, it is easy to make a fraud, and there is a high possibility that the person does not understand even if a fraud is made. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bill loading machine that can reduce the burden on the staff in loading / collecting bills and prevent fraud.

[0009]

FIG. 1 shows the principle of the present invention. According to claim 1 of the present invention, the loading hopper 20 for storing the banknotes to be loaded, the cassette setting section 14 in which the banknote cassette 4 is set, and the banknotes of the loading hopper 20 are fed and sent to the discrimination section 34. Loading path 32 for
And a delivery path 36 for sending banknotes from the discriminating section 34 to the banknote cassette 4 set in the cassette setting section 14, and loading the banknotes into the banknote cassette 4 from the loading hopper 20 and at the same time. 14 for loading bills of the bill cassette 4 set to 14 to the discriminating unit 34, denomination stackers 23 to 25 for storing the bills from the discriminating unit 34, and the stacker from the discriminating unit 34. 23 to 25 and a collecting path 37 for sending the bills to the bill cassettes 4 to 23.
It is characterized by collecting banknotes in 5.

According to claim 2 of the present invention, in claim 1,
A banknote insertion unit 10 for inserting banknotes to be sorted is provided, and the inserted banknotes of the banknote insertion unit 10 are loaded by the loading path 32.
It is characterized in that it is sent to the discrimination unit 34 and stored in the denomination type stackers 23 to 25 by the collection path 37.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the bills sent from the bill cassette 4 to the discrimination section 34 via the taking-in path 33 are transferred to the sending path 36.
According to the above, the cassette counting operation for returning to the bill cassette 4 is performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect, an ejection stacker 15 for accommodating the banknotes to be ejected is provided, and the banknotes discriminated as defective by the discrimination section 34 are ejected by the ejection stacker. It is characterized in that it is transported to 15.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is based on the fourth aspect.
It is characterized in that a counting operation of counting the inserted bills of the bill insertion unit 10 and discharging the bills to the carry-out stacker 15 is performed. Claim 6 of the present invention is claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4.
Alternatively, in 5, the bills of the loading hopper 20 are sent to the discrimination unit 34 by the loading path 32, and the bill sorting operation of storing the bills in the denomination stackers 23 to 25 is performed by the collection path 37. ..

[0014]

In the first aspect of the present invention, the cassette setting section 14
And a delivery path 36 are provided to enable automatic loading of banknotes into the banknote cassette 4, and banknote stackers 23 to 25, a collection path 37, and a take-in path 33 are provided.
Since the banknotes can be automatically collected from the banknote, the burden on the banknote loading / collecting staff can be reduced, and fraud during the handling of cash can be prevented.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the bill insertion portion 10 is provided, and the insertion bills of the bill insertion portion 10 are sent to the discrimination portion 34 by the loading path 32 and stored in the denomination stackers 23 to 25 by the collection path 37. Therefore, in addition to loading / recovering the banknote cassette 4, banknotes can be sorted and put in and out, and the banknote cassette 4 can also be used as a normal banknote sorting machine.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the bill sent from the bill cassette 4 to the discriminating section 34 via the taking-in path 33 is
Since the cassette counting operation for returning to the banknote cassette 4 is performed by the sending path 36, in addition to loading / collecting the banknote cassette 4,
Counting is also possible.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the ejection stacker 15 for accommodating the banknotes to be ejected is provided and the banknotes that have been discriminated to be defective by the discrimination section 34 are conveyed to the ejection stacker 15, individual defective banknotes are discriminated. Can be managed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the counting operation of counting the inserted bills of the bill insertion portion 10 and discharging the bills to the carry-out stacker 15, in addition to loading / collecting the bill cassette 4,
It is also possible to count banknotes in cash payment.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the bills in the loading hopper 20 are sent to the discriminating section 34 by the loading path 32, and the collection path 37 stores the bills in the denomination stackers 23 to 25, the bill sorting operation is performed. In addition to loading / collecting the cassette 4, banknotes in the loading hopper 20 can be arranged.

[0020]

【Example】

(a) Description of Configuration of First Embodiment FIG. 2 is a side view of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 10 is a loading unit, which is provided on the upper front of the apparatus as shown in FIG. 3 and is for loading banknotes to be sorted or counted. 11 to 13 are loading units, respectively. Stackers 23-25 and loading hoppers 20-22
It has a lock and is locked by the unit electromagnetic lock portions 26 to 28 and can be pulled out to the front surface (left side in FIG. 2).

Reference numeral 14 denotes a cassette setting section, which is provided at the lower portion of the apparatus as shown in FIG. 3, is pulled out obliquely as shown in FIG. 2, and the bill cassette 4 is set and pushed in, and 15 is a discharge stacker. And, as shown in FIG.
It is provided on the upper part of the device and stores bills to be discharged.

Reference numeral 16 is a display unit, and as shown in FIG.
It is provided on the upper part of the device and displays operation guidance, input display,
A device status display, etc., 17 is a keyboard,
It is composed of 24 keys, has a numeric keypad and 14 function keys, and among the 14 function keys, 6 mode keys for instructing counting, organizing 1, organizing 2, loading, collecting and cassette counting are included. Is.

Reference numeral 18 is a card reader for reading an administrator card and the like, and 19 is a floppy disk unit for recording banknote number information such as the number of loaded sheets and the number of collected sheets, and the operation time and the like on a floppy disk. , To keep it.

In FIG. 2, reference numerals 20 to 22 denote loading hoppers, each of which is capable of holding approximately 3600 banknotes in a vertical orientation and capable of holding approximately 3600 banknotes.
The type of money to be stored can be designated, 23 to 25 are stackers, which stack the banknotes in a horizontal position, and which are provided on the front side of the loading units 11 to 13, 26 to
Reference numeral 28 denotes a unit electromagnetic lock portion, which electromagnetically locks the loading units 11 to 13 during operation of the apparatus to prevent the unit from being pulled out.

Reference numeral 30 is an input path for feeding out and conveying the banknotes in the input section 10. Reference numeral 31 is a counting path for transferring the banknotes in the input path 30 to the discharge stacker 15 for counting. Is a loading path, and a loading path 30
, And pay out the bills of each loading hopper 20 to 22,
It is conveyed to the discrimination section 34.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a take-in path, which is used by the delivery roller 330 to deliver the banknotes in the cassette 4 from the lower part of the set banknote cassette 4 and conveys the banknotes to the discrimination section 34.
Reference numeral 34 is a discriminating unit that discriminates banknotes, and 35 is a front and back turn unit that reverses the bills so that the front and back surfaces of the bills are aligned.

Reference numeral 36 is a sending path, which sends the banknotes from the turn section 35 to the upper part of the banknote cassette 4, and 37 is a collecting path, which conveys the banknotes from the turn section 35 to the discharge stacker 15 and the stackers 23 to 25. Reference numeral 38 denotes a cassette detection unit that detects the type of the banknote cassette 4 set in the cassette setting unit 14.

In this embodiment, the loading units 11-13
However, it can be pulled out to the front side, and the front side operation is possible.
0, the discharge stacker 15, and the loading units 11 to 13 are arranged in the upper part of the apparatus to facilitate the operation of banknotes, and the cassette setting section 14 is arranged in the lower part to facilitate the attachment / detachment of the banknote cassette 4.

In the loading units 11 to 13, the most frequently accessed banknotes are arranged on the front side, and the least frequently accessed banknotes are arranged on the rear side.
5 is on the front side, and next, in consideration of the ease of removing banknote jams, the transport paths 32, 37 are arranged on the rear side, and the loading hoppers 20 to 22 on which the banknotes are not touched once the banknotes are once set.

Further, since the loading hoppers 20 to 22 store the bills vertically, the hoppers can be formed to be long in the lateral direction, and the loading units 11 to 13 can be pulled out in the lateral direction, and the stackers 23 to 25. Since the bills are stored horizontally, it is easy to store them and it is easy to take bills from the outside.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a loading unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a banknote cassette according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a cassette detection unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a transmission path according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (A) and 4 (B), a door 230 is provided on the front surface of the stackers 23 to 25, and the door 230 is opened without pulling out the loading units 11 to 13, and the inside of the stacker 23 to 25 is opened. You can take out banknotes.

On the other hand, when the door 230 is opened during operation,
Since the bills fed by the feed roller 370 to the stackers 23 to 25 are scattered on the lifter 231, the door electromagnetic lock unit 29 is provided and the lock plate 291 is set to the magnet 2.
The door 230 is locked by being operated at 90 and can be unlocked by reading the administrator card.

Also, as shown in FIG. 4C, the loading units 11 to 13 are provided with the lock rods 110, the lock levers 262 of the unit lock portions 26 to 28 are engaged, and the lock levers 262 are connected via the links 261. Lock magnet 26
Driven by 0, the loading units 11 to 13 are locked during the operation of the device to prevent the drawer from being pulled out, and the lock can be released by reading the administrator card.

Next, the banknote cassette 4 includes a standard cassette 4a as shown in FIG. 5 (A) and an increasing cassette 4b as shown in FIG. 5 (B). The standard cassette 4a is set as a cash cassette of the automatic cash transaction apparatus, and as shown in FIG. 5A, the forgotten banknotes are taken in and stored at the upper part of the banknote loading port 41 of the banknote loading area 40. An intelligent cassette that is provided with a forgotten to take-in area 42 and a reject area 43 that stores rejected banknotes, has a memory and a processor inside, and can manage the number of sheets, and a non-intelligent cassette that does not have this There is.

The increasing cassette 4b is set in the automatic cash transaction machine when the standard cassette 4a is insufficient in the amount of replenishment of bills in the automatic cash transaction machine, as shown in FIG. 5 (B). , Above the banknote loading port 45 of the banknote loading area 44
The reject area 43 is not provided.

Therefore, the standard cassette 4a and the increasing cassette 4b are different in the positions of the bill loading ports 41 and 45, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, and the increasing cassette 4b is located above.

Therefore, it is necessary to detect the type of the set cassette 4, and the cassette detecting section 3 as shown in FIG.
8 are provided. The cassette detector 38 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6B, three switches (microswitches) 38a to 38c are provided near the feeding roller 330 of the take-in path 33 and identify the shape of the side surface of the set cassette 4. ..

Here, standard cassette (non-intelligent)
4a has a flat side surface as shown in FIG.
The switches 38a and 38c are turned off, the switch 38b is turned on, and the standard intelligent cassette 4c has a protrusion 460 on the side surface as shown in FIG.
38b is turned on, the switch 38c is turned off, and the increasing cassette 4b is provided with a recess 46 on its side surface as shown in FIG. 6 (E).
2 and the protrusion 461, the switches 38a and 38b are off, the switch 38c is on, and when the cassette is not set, all the switches 38a to 38c are off.

Therefore, when any of the switches 38a to 38c is turned on, it can be recognized that the bill cassette 4 has been set, and the kind of bill cassette can be identified by the position of the switch that is turned on.

As described with reference to FIG. 5, the standard cassette 4a
Since the positions of the bill loading ports 41 and 45 differ between the increasing cassette 4b and the increasing cassette 4b, it is necessary to move the delivery path 36, and a movable mechanism as shown in FIG. 7 is provided.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the impeller 3 is attached to the tip.
The banknote conveyor belt 360 having 61 is the inner frame 3
It is provided at 62 and is movable in the vertical direction along the bearing 363 with respect to the outer frame 364.

The outer frame 364 has a drive motor 36
5 and a vertical drive belt 366 driven by a drive motor 365. The inner frame support frame 367 of the inner frame 362 is connected to the vertical drive belt 366.

Therefore, by driving the drive motor 365,
The vertical drive belt 366 moves up and down to move the inner frame 36
2 is moved up and down to move the bill transport belt 360 up and down. The impeller 361 of the banknote transport belt 360 enters the banknote loading ports 41 and 45 of the set cassette 4 to more reliably load the banknotes.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8A, reference numeral 5 is a control unit, which is configured by a microprocessor, and includes a keyboard 17, a display unit 16, a card reader 18, a discrimination unit 34, electromagnetic lock units 26 to 29, a cassette detection unit 38, and a feeding unit. 30-37, the floppy disk unit 19, the banknote cassette 4, and the electromagnetic lock units 26-29 are controlled by the instructions of the keyboard 17 and the card reader 18, and the transport feeding units 30-37 are controlled by the mode instruction of the keyboard 17. To do.

As shown in FIG. 8B, the control section 5 enables the cassette counting and the bill loading unless the cassette is an intelligent cassette according to the detection result of the cassette detecting section 38.
For Intelli cassettes, if it is a standard type, it reads the internal volume of the cassette from the memory of the cassette, enables loading of the number of loaded sheets and counts the cassette, and if it is not the standard type, reads the internal volume of the cassette from the memory of the cassette,
Allows loading of the number of loaded sheets.

(B) Description of operation of the first embodiment This bill loading machine has a counting mode, a sorting 1 mode,
There are a rearrangement 2 mode, a loading mode, a collecting mode, and a cassette counting mode, which will be described below.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of the counting operation according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9B, the counting mode is a mode in which a designated number of banknotes inserted in the insertion slot 10 are counted and discharged to the discharge stacker 15, which will be described with reference to the process flow diagram of FIG. 9A. To do.

When the counting mode and the designated number of sheets are designated from the keyboard 17, the control unit (hereinafter referred to as the processor)
Reference numeral 5 checks the output of the sensor DENS of the inserting unit 10 to check whether the bill has been set in the inserting unit 10, and when it detects that the bill has been set, the bill is fed out by the inserting path 30.
The sheet is counted and discharged to the discharge stacker 15 by the counting path 31, and if there is an abnormality such as a jam, feeding is stopped, and when the designated number of sheets is counted, the processing is finished.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram of the arrangement 1 of the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10B, the rearrangement 1 mode is a mode in which bills inserted in the insertion slot 10 are discriminated, and the bills are discharged to the discharge stacker 15 and the stackers 23 to 25 to be rearranged. This will be described with reference to the process flow chart of A).

When the rearrangement 1 mode is instructed from the keyboard 17, the processor 5 draws out bills from the insertion slot 10 and sends them to the discrimination section 34 through the insertion path 30 and the loading path 32 for discrimination, and the turn section 35 front and back sides. Align.

Here, depending on the parameters, the stacker 1
5, 23 to 25 can be designated. For example, if the discharged stacker 15 is a defective banknote, the stacker 23 is a 10,000 yen bill, the stacker 24 is a 5,000 yen bill, and the stacker 25 is a 1,000 yen bill, the processor 5 Controls the collection path 37 according to the discrimination result of the discrimination section 34 and conveys the discriminated bills to the corresponding stackers 15, 23 to 25.

This is repeated until the relevant denomination stacker is full, and the bills are sorted. FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram of the second embodiment according to the present invention. In the rearrangement 2 mode, as shown in FIG. 11B, the bills in the loading hoppers 20 to 22 are discriminated,
This is a mode in which the sheets are discharged to the discharge stacker 15 and the stackers 23 to 25 and are arranged, which will be described with reference to the processing flow chart of FIG.

When the rearrangement 2 mode is instructed from the keyboard 17, the processor 5 feeds out bills from the loading hoppers 20 to 22 and sends them to the discrimination section 34 via the loading path 32,
They are discriminated and the front and back are aligned at the turn portion 35.

In this example, the discharge stacker 15 has a defective banknote, the stacker 23 has a 10,000 yen bill, the stacker 24 has a 5,000 yen bill,
It is assumed that the stacker 25 stores 1,000-yen bills, and the processor 5 controls the collection path 37 according to the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 34 to stack the discrimination bills into the corresponding stackers 15, 23 to 25.
Transport to.

This is repeated until the relevant denomination stacker becomes full, and the banknotes in the hopper are sorted. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the loading operation according to the embodiment of the present invention. The loading mode is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), it is a mode in which bills are fed from the loading hoppers 20 to 22 and loaded into the cassette 4 set through the discrimination section 34 and the delivery path 36, which will be described with reference to the processing flow diagram of FIG. 12 (A). To do.

Here, it is assumed that the loading hopper 20 stores a 10,000 yen ticket, the loading hopper 21 stores a 5,000 yen ticket, and the loading hopper 22 stores a 1,000 yen ticket. When the loading mode and the number of loaded sheets are instructed from the keyboard 17, the processor 5 feeds out the bills of the instructed denomination from the loading hoppers 20 to 22, sends them to the discriminating section 34 through the loading path 32, discriminates them, and turns them. The parts 35 are aligned on the front and back sides, banknotes are loaded into the cassette 4 through the delivery path 36, and defective banknotes are ejected to the ejection stacker 15 through the collection path 37.

At this time, as described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, the type of the set cassette is recognized and the processor 5
The inner frame 362 shown in FIG. 7 is operated to move the discharging conveyor belt 360 to a position corresponding to the bill loading ports 41 and 45 of the cassette 4.

When the processor 5 loads the number of loaded sheets,
finish. FIG. 13 is an explanatory view of the collecting operation according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the collecting mode, as shown in FIG. 13B, the bills are fed from the set cassette 4, and the discrimination unit 34,
This is a mode in which the stackers 15 and 23 to 25 are collected via the collection path 37, which will be described with reference to the process flow chart of FIG.

Here, it is assumed that the stacker 23 accommodates a 10,000 yen ticket, the stacker 24 accommodates a 5,000 yen ticket, and the stacker 25 accommodates a 1,000 yen ticket. When the collecting mode is instructed from the keyboard 17, the processor 5 causes the feeding roller 3 to move out of the cassette 4.
The banknotes are fed by 30 and sent to the discrimination section 34 through the take-in path 33 to be discriminated, and the turn section 35 aligns the front and back sides, and the banknotes are conveyed from the collection path 37 to the stackers 23 to 25 and discriminated. The defective banknotes are discharged to the discharge stacker 15.

The processor 5 ends when the stacker of the corresponding denomination becomes full. FIG. 14 is an explanatory view of the cassette counting operation according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14B, the cassette counting mode is a mode for feeding out banknotes from the set cassette 4, returning them to the cassette 4 via the discrimination section 34 and the delivery path 36, and counting the banknotes in the cassette, This will be described with reference to the processing flow chart of FIG.

When the cassette counting mode is instructed from the keyboard 17, the processor 5 feeds out the bills from the cassette 4 by the feed-out roller 330 and takes in the pass 3 of the bill.
3 to the discriminating section 34 for discrimination, and the turn section 35
The front and back are aligned with each other, the banknotes are returned to the cassette 4 from the delivery path 36, and the defective banknotes are ejected to the ejection stacker 15.

In this way, the banknotes can be loaded / collected in the banknote cassette 4, and the cassette counting, banknote sorting and counting can be performed. (c) Description of Second Embodiment FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, the same components as those described in FIGS. 2 to 8 are designated by the same symbols. In this example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5B, it is necessary to provide a pair of conveyor belts 320 and 321 in the loading path 32 and a pair of conveyor belts 370 and 371 in the recovery path 37.
71 is deleted and the conveyor belt 370 is made into three belts 320, 321, and 370 in contact with the conveyor belt 321.

In this way, the belt and rollers can be reduced, and the space can be reduced, so that a low-cost and compact device can be provided. (d) Description of Third Embodiment FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, the same parts as those described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8 are shown by the same symbols, and 6 is an adapter, which is set in the cassette setting portion 14 and can handle the linear machine cassette 4d. And 60 is a cassette mounting part, which is pulled out from the adapter 6 to mount the linear machine cassette 4d, 61 is a payout roller, which is for paying out bills from the lower part of the linear machine cassette 4d, Reference numeral 62 denotes a sending roller, which sends the bills into the adapter 6 from the sending path 36, 63 denotes an impeller, which drops the bills into a temporary pool portion 64, 64 denotes a temporary pool portion, which temporarily holds the loaded bills. After pooling, the bottom is opened and dropped into the linear machine cassette 4d.

In this embodiment, the cassette 4d of the one-line machine (cash handling machine for teller) has a shape different from that of the bill cassette shown in FIG. 5, and since it is small, it cannot be set in the bill loading machine as it is, Cannot load / collect banknotes.

Therefore, the adapter 6 is provided so that the adapter 6 can be set in the bill loading machine. The adapter 6 is set in the cassette setting section 14, and the cassette mounting section 60 of the adapter 6 is pulled out to the front to draw the line machine. Mount the cassette 4d from above, and then mount the cassette mount 60 on the adapter 6
Push it in to complete the setting.

At this time, the feeding roller 62 of the adapter 6
Is connected to the delivery path 36, and the path of the feeding roller 61 is connected to the take-in path 33 via the introduction roller 331 of the bill loading machine.

Therefore, at the time of loading, the bills from the delivery path 36 are temporarily pooled by the delivery roller 62 and the impeller 63.
After that, the bottom of the temporary pool section 64 is opened, and the bills are dropped and stored on the lift 46 of the cassette 4d.

At the time of collection, the bills of the linear machine cassette 4d are fed by the feeding roller 61, fed to the take-in path 33 via the introduction roller 331, and fed to the discrimination section 34.

In this way, it becomes possible to load / collect and count the banknotes in the one-liner cassette 4d. (e) Description of Other Embodiments In addition to the above embodiments, the present invention can be modified as follows.

Although the banknote cassette has been described as the standard cassette and the expansion cassette, the banknote cassette can be applied to other types of cassettes. Although the offline machine has been described, it may be an online machine.

The number of loading units is not limited to that in the embodiment. Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention, and these modifications are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

[0076]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It has the following effects. Since the bills are automatically loaded into the bill cassette, the burden on the staff can be reduced.

Since the machine loads bills into the bill cassette, mistakes are reduced. Since banknotes are loaded and collected without the clerk touching cash, fraud can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a loading unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment cassette of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a cassette detection unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a transmission path according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a counting operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram of the first summary of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram of the second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the loading operation according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a collecting operation according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the cassette counting operation according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Banknote cassette 5 Control part 10 Input part 11-13 Loading unit 14 Cassette setting part 15 Ejection stacker 16 Display part 17 Keyboard 18 Card reader 20-22 Loading hopper 23-25 Stacker 32 Loading path 33 Loading path 34 Identification part 36 Sending path 37 Collection pass

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A loading hopper (20) for accommodating banknotes to be loaded, a cassette setting section (14) in which a banknote cassette (4) is set, and a banknote of the loading hopper (20) is fed out, A loading path (32) for sending to the discrimination section (34), and a delivery path (36) for sending banknotes from the discrimination section (34) to the banknote cassette (4) set in the cassette setting section (14). And the loading hopper (2
0) the bill cassette (4) is loaded with bills, and the bills of the bill cassette (4) set in the cassette setting unit (14) are sent to the discrimination unit (34). ), A denomination type stacker (23 to 25) for storing the banknotes from the discrimination section (34), and a collection path (37) for sending from the discrimination section (34) to the stacker (23 to 25). A banknote loading machine, which is provided and collects banknotes from the banknote cassette (4) to the denomination-type stackers (23 to 25). 2. A bill insertion unit (10) for inserting bills to be sorted is provided, and the insertion bills of the bill insertion unit (10) are sent to the discrimination unit (34) by the loading path (32), The banknote loading machine according to claim 1, wherein the banknotes are stored in the stacker (23 to 25) of each denomination by the collecting path (37). 3. A cassette counting operation for returning the banknotes sent from the banknote cassette (4) to the discrimination section (34) through the taking-in path (33) to the banknote cassette (4) through the sending path (36). The banknote loading machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. 4. A discharge stacker (15) for accommodating banknotes to be discharged is provided, and banknotes that have been discriminated to be defective by the discrimination section (34) are conveyed to the discharge stacker (15). The bill loading machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. The banknote loading machine according to claim 4, wherein the banknote loading unit (10) counts the banknotes inserted and discharges them to the carry-out stacker (15). 6. The bill of the loading hopper (20) is sent to the discrimination section (34) by the loading path (32), and the bill type stacker (23) is sent by the collecting path (37).
To 25), the banknote rearranging operation for storing the banknotes in the banknote loading machine according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5.