JPH0583469B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Key Points of the Invention The present invention is characterized in that a banknote temporary storage section is provided in the front part of the deposited banknote storage box, which is separate from the banknote storage section.

Table of contents (1) Background of the invention (1.1) Technical field (1.2) Prior art (2) Summary of the invention (2.1) Object of the invention (2.2) Structure and effects of the invention (3) Description of embodiments (3.1) Banknote handling Overview of the device (3.2) Configuration of deposited banknote storage box, etc. (1) Background of the invention (1.1) Technical field The present invention relates to a banknote handling device incorporated into an automatic transaction processing device, an automatic money changer, etc.

(1.2) Prior Art Deposit processing in a conventional banknote handling device was performed as follows. The authenticity of banknotes received from customers is first determined. The denomination and number of genuine bills are stored, and the banknotes are temporarily stored in the banknote temporary storage section. Counterfeit bills will be returned to the customer. Once the transaction processing and currency exchange processing are completed,
The temporarily reserved banknotes are conveyed one by one to the deposit storage box and stored therein.

Generally, the bill temporary storage section is connected to a bill validating device via a conveyance path, and is also connected to a deposited bill storage box via a conveyance path. Therefore, there is a problem that the transport path for deposited banknotes becomes long and the mechanism within the banknote handling device becomes complicated. The transport and storage of banknotes from the banknote temporary holding section to the deposited banknote storage box is carried out after the processing for the previous customer is completed, so if the banknote transport and storage operation takes a long time, it will take a long time for the next customer. This is not desirable as it will make you wait. In conventional devices, there is a transport path from the banknote temporary storage section to the deposited banknote storage section, and the banknotes are fed out one by one from the banknote temporary storage section, so it takes a long time for this banknote transport and storage operation. He was stiff. Naturally, the control must also be complicated.

(2) Summary of the Invention (2.1) Purpose of the Invention The main purpose of the present invention is to shorten the time required to store banknotes from the banknote temporary storage unit into the deposited banknote storage box.

(2.2) Structure and Effects of the Invention The banknote handling device according to the present invention includes a deposited banknote storage box having a banknote storage section and a banknote temporary storage section disposed in front of a banknote storage opening of the banknote storage section; It is equipped with an impeller installed at the bill loading/unloading entrance of the holding section and a device for driving the impeller to rotate in the forward and reverse directions. a first mechanism that transports and accumulates the banknotes into the holding section and sends out the banknotes held in the banknote temporary holding part to a conveyance path all at once by rotating the impeller in the carrying out direction; and the banknote temporary holding part. The apparatus is equipped with a second mechanism for pushing banknotes held in the banknote storage section into the banknote storage section.

According to this invention, the impeller is provided at the banknote carry-in/out port of the banknote temporary storage unit disposed in front of the banknote storage unit so as to be rotatable in forward and reverse directions. The conveyed banknotes are carried into the banknote temporary storage section and accumulated by rotation of the impeller in the carry-in direction. The stacked banknotes are pressed and held by the blades of the impeller.

When carrying out banknotes, the impeller is driven to rotate in the opposite direction. Thereby, even if there are a plurality of bills accumulated in the bill temporary storage section, the bills are carried out all at once, and the time required for the carrying out operation can be shortened.

Further, in this invention, the banknote temporary storage section is provided in front of the banknote storage opening of the banknote storage section, and the banknotes in the temporary storage section are pushed and stored in the banknote storage section at once by the second mechanism. Ru. Therefore, the time required for storing the banknotes in the temporary storage unit into the banknote storage unit is extremely shortened. Moreover, its control is also extremely simple.

The banknote temporary storage section is provided separately from the banknote storage section, and a first mechanism including an impeller allows the accumulation of banknotes in the temporary storage section and the carrying out of banknotes from the temporary storage section as described above. Therefore, even if the customer performs a cancellation operation after inserting banknotes, only the banknotes in the temporary storage section can be returned, and it goes without saying that the initial function of the temporary storage section can be achieved.

(3) Description of Examples (3.1) Overview of Banknote Handling Device FIG. 1 shows an overview of a banknote handling device applied to an automatic money changer.

Bills inserted into the bill insertion/return outlet 11 by the customer are transferred to the banknotes by a payout roller (not shown).
The bills are fed out one by one and sent to the discrimination section 12 through the conveyance paths 31, 32, 33 and 34, where the authenticity and type of the bills are determined. If it is determined that the bill is genuine, the flapper 65 is switched from the illustrated state, and the bill is sent to the deposited bill storage box 21 through the conveyance paths 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39.

The deposited banknote storage box 21 is provided with two banknote storage sections 22 and 23 for separately storing two types of banknotes (for example, 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills). Further, bill temporary storage sections 24 and 25 are arranged in front of the bill storage openings of these bill storage sections 22 and 23, respectively. This deposited banknote storage box 2
1, the flapper 70 is controlled based on the determination of the type of banknote by the discrimination unit 12, which will be described later, and the banknote determined to be genuine passes through either the conveyance path 40 or 41 and is temporarily stored in the storage unit 24. ,2
5. Temporary holding section 24, 2
The type and number of banknotes accumulated in 5 are stored in a memory (not shown).

The bills determined to be counterfeit by the discrimination section 12 are transferred to the conveyance path 35, by switching the flapper 67.
The counterfeit bills are sent to the counterfeit bill temporary storage unit 16 through 42 and 43 and held there.

The above-mentioned operation is repeated until all the banknotes in the slot 11 are exhausted. When the slot 11 becomes empty, the flapper 61 is switched, and the banknotes in the counterfeit bill temporary storage section 16 are transferred to the conveyance paths 44, 45 and 31.
It is returned to return port 11 through .

When a customer requests the return of the inserted banknotes, the flappers 62 and 63 are switched, and the banknotes held in the temporary holding sections 24 and 25 in the deposited banknote storage box 21 are fed out all at once, and transferred to the conveyance path 40, 41, are returned to the return port 11 via transport paths 39, 49, 32 and 48.

The exchange banknote storage box 13 stores banknotes (for example, 1000 yen bills) to be released for exchange.
When a customer exchanges money, Fratupa 61, 64
is switched, and the banknotes in the storage box 13 are fed out one by one and sent to the discrimination section 12 through the conveyance paths 37, 50, and 34. The discrimination section 12 determines at least the front and back sides of the banknotes and the presence or absence of two-ply banknotes. The banknotes determined to be face up are conveyed through the transport paths 35, 42, 4.
6, 47, 45 and 31 to the outlet 11 where it is collected. When it is determined that the banknote is face down, the flapper 66 is switched, and the banknote is transferred from the conveyance path 35, 42, 46 to the front/back reversing unit 17.
Here, the bill is turned face up and sent to the discharge port 11 through the conveyance paths 45 and 31. In this way, all the banknotes are stacked face up in the outlet 11. The above-mentioned operation is repeated until a predetermined number of banknotes have been accumulated in the discharge port 11.

If there is an error in feeding out the banknotes from the storage box 13 (two bills are fed out), the discrimination unit 12 determines that two of these banknotes are stacked one on top of the other. Then, the flappers 65, 68 are switched, and these banknotes are transferred to the conveyance paths 35, 36, 5.
1 and 52 to the first collection section 1 of the collection box 18.
It will be collected on 4th.

When the exchange banknotes discharged into the discharge port 11 are extracted by the user, the banknotes that were held in the temporary storage units 24 and 25 in the deposited banknote storage box 21 are stored in the banknote storage units 22 and 23, respectively. .

If the customer forgets to take out the exchange banknotes accumulated in the outlet 11, the banknotes are fed out one by one and sent to the discrimination section 12, where the denomination is determined and the number of banknotes is counted. . Then, the flappers 65, 68, and 69 are switched, and the banknote is transferred to the verification section 1.
2 through the transport paths 35, 36, 51 to the collection box 1.
4 is collected by the second collecting section 15. The discrimination results by the discrimination section 12 are stored in memory and used to respond to customer inquiries.

(3.2) Configuration of deposited banknote storage box, etc. FIG. 2 shows the banknote storage section 22 and banknote temporary storage section 24 in the deposited banknote storage box 21, and the storage section 24 for accumulating and holding deposited banknotes that have been conveyed. A first mechanism that sends out banknotes held in the banknotes to the conveyance path 40 and a second mechanism that pushes banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 24 into the banknote storage unit 22 are shown.

The bill storage section 22 is equipped with a stopper 81, a bill presser plate 82, and a presser plate return spring 83. The presser plate 82 is constantly urged in the direction of the stopper 81 by a return spring 83.
The banknotes are held in the storage section 22 by clamping the banknotes between the presser plate 82 and the holding plate 82 .

The banknote temporary storage unit 24 includes a banknote stacking table 86 and a receiving member 87. The opening between the receiving member 87 and the stopper 81 is the bill storage opening 84 of the storage section 22.
It is becoming.

The first mechanism includes a drive roller 91 driven by a motor or the like, a driven roller 92 that is in pressure contact with the drive roller 91, and a driven roller 92 that is in pressure contact with the drive roller 91.
It is provided with an impeller 93 that rotates together with a driven roller 92 that is provided on the same axis as the roller. The impeller 93 is arranged on both sides of the driven roller 92 or on two driven rollers 9.
It is located between 2 and 3. The banknotes sent through the conveyance path 40 are inserted into the contact area between both rollers 91 and 92, and are sent upward by the rotation of these rollers 91 and 92. When the conveyance of the banknotes by the rollers 91 and 92 is completed, the banknotes are fed onto the stacking table 86 by the blades of the impeller 93 rotating together with these, and are stacked. When the banknotes are sent one after another, these banknotes are stacked one on top of the other on the stacking table 86. Since the lower end of the banknotes stacked on the stacking table 86 is constantly pushed by the blades of the impeller 93, interference with the leading edge of the next banknote sent between the rollers 90 and 92 is prevented.

The second mechanism has a link 96 fixed to a drive shaft 95, a drive link 97 whose one end is connected to the link 96 with a pin 98, and a dog-shaped mechanism whose one end is connected to the other end of the drive link 97 with a pin 99. A storage link 100 and a pusher 101 connected to the other end of the storage link 100 with a pin 102 are provided. The pusher 101 is guided by a guide (not shown) so as to move horizontally.

After the accumulation of banknotes in the temporary holding section 24 is completed and the exchange operation is completed as described above, the drive shaft 95 is driven. As a result, the pusher 1 is
01 moves in the direction of the storage opening 84, and the stacking table 8
As shown in FIG.
It is pushed into the storage portion 22 against the biasing force of the return spring 83. When the drive shaft 95 rotates once, the pusher 101 returns to its original position. The banknotes stored in the storage section 22 are held between the presser plate 82 pushed back by the return spring 83 and the stopper 81.

When carrying out banknotes from the temporary holding part 24 in order to return the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding part 24, the drive roller 91 is rotated in the opposite direction. Since the impeller 93 also rotates in the opposite direction, the banknotes on the stacking table 86 are collectively transferred to both rollers 9 by the blades of the impeller 93.
1 and 92, and is carried out to the conveyance path 40 by both rollers 91 and 92.

The structure and operation of the other bill storage section 23 and bill temporary storage section 25 are also the same as described above.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of the banknote handling device, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a deposited banknote storage box, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the banknote storage operation in the storage box. 21... Deposit bill storage box, 22, 23... Bill storage section, 24, 25... Bill temporary storage section, 84...
... Bill storage opening, 91 ... Drive roller, 92 ... Followed roller, 93 ... Impeller, 100 ... Storage link, 101 ... Pusher.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A deposited banknote storage box having a banknote storage section and a banknote temporary storage section disposed in front of a banknote storage opening of the banknote storage section, a banknote storage box provided at a banknote loading/unloading entrance of the banknote temporary storage section. and a forward and reverse rotation driving device for the impeller, the banknotes being conveyed are carried into the banknote temporary storage section and stacked by rotating the impeller in the carry-in direction; A first mechanism that sends out the banknotes held in the banknote temporary storage part to the conveyance path all at once by rotating the impeller in a semicircular direction; A banknote handling device comprising: a second mechanism for pushing into a banknote storage unit.