JPH06119526A - Stacker and bill processor using the stacker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dividedly store two sorts of bills in one stacker and to make it possible to change the utilization of the stacker even in its operation by dividing the inside of the stacker by pressing boards to form two bill storing parts and providing each bill storing part with a bill charging/discharging mechanism so as to execute independent processing. CONSTITUTION:A bill storing box 21 for superposing and stacking bills A in the vertical direction is arranged in the stacker 16 and the inside space of the box 21 is divided into upper and lower stacking parts 24, 25 by upper and lower pressing boards 22, 23. An upper charging/discharging mechanism 26 for executing the charging/discharging processing of bills A to/from the upper part side of the upper stacking part 24 and a lower charging/discharging mechanism 27 for executing the charging/discharging processing of bills A to/from the lower part side of the lower stacking part 25 are respectively prepared. The mechanism 26 is arranged on the upper part of the stacking part 24 and provided with a pickup roller R1 for receiving the uppermost face of bills A moved upwards at the time of delivering and guiding the bills to the delivering direction, an upper feed roller R2 and an upper gate roller R3 for controlling the deliverng of a bill and an upper impeller f1 for accelerating stacking/deliver so as to press the preceding bill and secure the succeeding rush space.

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 such as an internal structure of an automatic teller machine, and more particularly, to a stacker having an improved stacking processing performance of a stacker for stacking banknotes and a stacker using the stacker. Related to the banknote processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, this type of stacker is used as a bill deposit / withdrawal storage unit, and when applied to a bill processing apparatus as shown in FIG. The bill is discriminated by the discriminating unit 82, and the discriminated banknote is temporarily held by the temporary holding unit 83 for return / acquisition, and when the temporarily held banknote is canceled or the discrimination is judged to be defective, it is returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 81. When the deposit is confirmed, it is taken into the deposit store unit 84, and is distributed and stored from the deposit store unit 84 to the 1,000-yen stacker 85, the 5,000-yen stacker 86, and the 10,000-yen stacker 87 of the denominations. On the other hand, at the time of withdrawal,
The bills fed from the predetermined denomination-type stackers 85 to 87 corresponding to the withdrawal are discriminated by the discriminating unit 82 and discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 81. At this time, when it is discriminated as a defective withdrawal banknote, it is recovered in the recovery cartridge 88, and at the time of loading / collecting all the banknotes, the banknote is loaded through the operation cartridge 90 that also serves as a depositing store section that is attached to / detached from the apparatus body 89. It is being collected.

In this case, the storage capacity of each stacker for individually storing the three denominations is set in advance, and the storage capacity of the stacker cannot be changed thereafter. Therefore, the operation can be flexibly changed in accordance with the storage amount in operation. However, if a paper jam or a transport failure occurs in the banknote input / output section of the stacker, the banknote processing device goes down and the transaction is stopped.

[0004]

Therefore, the present invention is
An object of the present invention is to provide a stacker in which one stacker has two stacker functions so that the operation of the stacker can be changed even during operation, and a banknote processing apparatus using the stacker.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
The inside of the stacker, which is connected to the deposit / withdrawal transport path for depositing / dispensing and transporting bills and allows stacking of bills, is divided into one side and the other side. The stacker is provided with a pressing plate that variably sets the bill storage capacity, and a bill loading / unloading mechanism that allows bills to be loaded / unloaded on one side and the other side of the stacker.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the inside of a stacker which is connected to a deposit / withdrawal transport path for depositing / dispensing and transporting bills and allows stacking of bills is divided into an upper side and a lower side. Pressing plate that allows the upper and lower banknote storage capacities to be individually variably set by allowing the banknotes to move in the direction, a banknote loading / unloading mechanism that allows banknotes to be loaded and unloaded to the upper and lower sides of the stacker, and a lower banknote dispensing unit. The stacker is characterized in that the stacking mechanism is provided with an impeller for accumulating / delivering that rotates in synchronization with the banknotes when the banknotes are loaded and unloaded.

According to the third aspect of the invention, at the time of depositing, the bills deposited in the deposit port are discriminated by the discriminating unit, the discriminated bills are temporarily held for returning and taking in, and after the deposit is confirmed, the bill is stored in the deposit store unit. The bills taken out from this deposit store section are distributed and stored in the denomination-based stacker, and at the time of withdrawal, the banknotes fed out from the denomination-based stacker are discriminated by the discrimination section and discharged to the dispensing port, at the time of loading / collecting. A banknote handling apparatus for inserting and removing operation cartridges to and from the apparatus main body to insert and remove banknotes, wherein the stacker is the stacker according to claim 1 or 2, and the stacking amount and the output amount stored in the stacker. An appropriate control managing means for controlling and managing the stacker in an appropriate operating state based on the inserted state is provided.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the inside of the stacker is divided into the one side and the other side by the pressing plate, and one stacker has two banknote storage units, and the two banknote storage units have banknotes. It is equipped with a withdrawal mechanism and executes two independent banknote withdrawal processes.

Further, the inside of the stacker is partitioned into upper and lower sides by pressing plates, and two stacks of bills are provided above and below one stacker. Two independent banknote loading / unloading processes are carried out by equipping each with a mechanism, and for the lower banknote loading / unloading mechanism that is difficult to put in / out, the impeller installed here is used when the lower banknotes are loaded / unloaded. It rotates in synchronization with the banknotes, and promotes the stable collection and delivery of banknotes from below.

Further, the appropriate control management means controls and manages the stacker in an appropriate operating state according to the bill storage amount and the withdrawal state with respect to the stacker.

[0011]

As a result, one stacker can be used like two stackers, two denominations can be compartmentally stored in one stacker, and the setting can be changed to an optimum storage space according to the storage amount of banknotes. , It can be used by switching to an optimal operating state, such as changing the handling denomination. Further, when a plurality of stackers are used, even if one stacker has a paper jam or an in / out trouble, it can be used by another stacker as a substitute, and the apparatus can be continued without downing. In particular, it is suitable for long-term unmanned operation because it automatically changes the operation flexibly according to the amount of money stored.

[0012]

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 processing device having three stackers internally configured, and in FIG. 1, this banknote processing device is inwardly in communication with the deposit / withdrawal port 12 on the upper one side of the device body 11.
A discriminating section 13 for discriminating the deposited banknote A, and a temporary holding section 1 for temporarily holding the discriminated banknote A for return / uptake.
4, the deposit store unit 15 that takes in the banknote A from the temporary storage unit 14, and the banknote A that is paid out from the deposit store unit 15.
A first stacker 16, a second stacker 17, and a third stacker 18, which store three types of money of 10,000 yen, 1,000 yen, and 5,000 yen.
At the time of loading / collecting all banknotes, an operation cartridge 19 that also serves as a depositing store section 15 that is attached to / detached from the apparatus main body 11 and a recovery cartridge 20 that collects defective banknotes, unfit banknotes, uncollected banknotes, and the like during withdrawal. In addition, these are connected by the deposit / withdrawal transfer route L.

FIG. 2 shows the first to the first bills having a structure for taking in and out a bill A.
The internal structure of 3rd stacker 16-18 is shown, for example, explaining the 1st stacker 16, the banknote storage box 21 which piles up the banknote A in the stacker 16 in an up-down direction, and accumulates it.
And the inner space of the banknote storage box 21 is partitioned by the upper and lower pressing plates 22 and 23, and the upper stacking unit 24 and the lower stacking unit 2 are separated.
5, and an upper loading / unloading mechanism 26 for handling the banknote A in and out from the upper side of the partitioned upper stacking section 24, and a downward loading for processing the banknote A in and out from the lower side of the lower stacking section 25. It is configured by including the insertion mechanism 27.

The above-mentioned pressing plates 22 and 23 are individually supported by vertical drive devices 28 and 29 in a horizontal state to move up and down,
By this vertical movement, it moves in the banknote stacking direction to move to the upper stacking unit 24.
And the banknote storage capacity of the lower stacking unit 25 is individually variably set.
In this case, the upper and lower pressing plates 22 and 23, in addition to the function of partitioning the stacked banknotes, move up and down at the time of unwinding to apply the payout pressure of the banknotes, and move up and down at the time of stacking to form a banknote stacking space.

The upper loading / unloading mechanism 26 is arranged above the upper stacking unit 24 and receives the uppermost banknote of the banknote moved up at the time of feeding and guides the banknote A in the feeding direction.
And an upper feed roller R2 and an upper gate roller R3 for controlling the feeding of one bill led in the feeding direction, and an upper impeller f1 for accumulating and feeding.

The upper pickup roller R1 rotates in synchronization with the upper feed roller R2 when the banknotes are fed out to perform a feeding operation, and the upper feed roller R2 is driven in the forward and reverse directions when the banknotes are placed in and out so that the banknote A guided therein is raised. Gate roller R
Corresponding to item 3, the upper feed wheel f1 mounted on the rotating shaft of the upper gate roller R3 is rotated in synchronism with the bill transfer, and is fed by the rotating action of the upper blade wheel f1. Holds a banknote, secures a space for the next banknote, and enhances the stability of the banknote in and out. The upper pickup roller R1, the upper feed roller R2, the upper gate roller R3, and the upper impeller f1 feed out the accumulated banknotes A one by one from the upper part, and also receive and stack the banknotes A guided from the upper part of the stacker 16. Then, the banknotes are allowed in and out.

The lower loading / unloading mechanism 27 is equipped with the same mechanism as the above-described upper loading / unloading mechanism 26, and includes a lower pickup roller R4, a lower feed roller R5, and a lower gate roller R6.
And the lower impeller f2, the accumulated banknotes A ... are fed out one by one from the lower part, and are also guided to the lower part of the stacker 16
It accepts and collects and accepts bills.

In this case, the lower pickup roller R4 rotates synchronously with the lower feed roller R5 and the lower impeller installed here when the bills are put in and out which is difficult to put in and take out due to the weight of the bills. The f2 rotates synchronously with the banknotes when the banknotes are loaded and unloaded, facilitating the stable collection and delivery of the banknotes from the lower side and smoothing the loading and unloading from the lower side.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the control circuit of the stacker. The CPU 31 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and the control data is stored in the RAM 3
It is readably stored in step 3.

The CPU 31 is an upper feeding integrated drive motor M1.
By driving the upper / outgoing mechanism 26 to perform a feeding operation or a stacking operation to carry out the bills A into / out of the upper stacking unit 24, and by driving the lower feeding / accumulating drive motor M2 in the forward / reverse direction. Similarly, the lower loading / unloading mechanism 27 is operated to feed or stack, and the lower stacking unit 2
The banknote A is put in and taken out of the banknote 5.

Further, the CPU 31 drives the upper pressing plate drive motor M3 in the normal and reverse directions to move the upper pressing plate 22 up and down to allow the bill feeding operation or the stacking operation, and to drive the lower pressing plate drive motor M4 in the positive direction. By driving in the reverse direction, the lower pressing plate 23 is moved up and down to allow the bill feeding operation or the bill collecting operation. In addition, the upper and lower banknote detection sensors S1 and S2 detect and confirm the insertion and removal states of the banknotes that are individually inserted and removed from the top and bottom of the stacker.

By the way, the CPU 31 controls each stacker 16-.
It has a control function to control and manage each stacker to an appropriate operating state based on a different storage amount and a proper insertion / removal state for each of the upper and lower stacking units 24, 25 ... When the handling volume of bills increases, another stacking unit is switched to the stacking unit of 10,000-yen bills, and when a stacker loading / unloading mechanism fails, the stacking unit corresponding to the failure is operated. It is possible to always set the optimum operating state, for example, by stopping the operation, switching to the stacking unit of another stacker instead of this, and using the stacker instead. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the operation of the device without bringing it down, and by switching and using the internal stacking part according to the operating state, the same effect as automatic recovery can be obtained, which is particularly suitable for unmanned operation. Becomes

The operation operation of the banknote processing apparatus using the first to third stackers 16 to 18 thus constructed will be described below. Normally, the inside of the first to third stackers 16 to 18 is shown in FIG.
, The first stacker 16 is set to a 10,000-yen stacker to stack 10,000-yen bills in the upper and lower stacking units 24 and 25, and similarly, the second stacker 17 is set to a 1,000-yen stacker to stack the upper and lower stacking units. Thousands of yen bills are collected on 24 and 25, and the third stacker 1
8 is set to the 5,000 yen stacker and the upper and lower stacking units 24, 25
The five thousand yen bills are accumulated in the.

Further, depending on the operating condition of the bills to be handled,
The stackers 16 to 18 can be set in various storage management states. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the operation rate of the 10,000-yen bill is high and the operation rate of the 5,000-yen bill is low, the first operation is performed.・ Second
All of the stacking units 24 and 25 of the stackers 16 and 17 are set to a 10,000-yen stacker, and the stacking unit of the third stacker 18 is set to a shared stacker for 1,000-yen bills and 5,000-yen bills, and the stacking unit 24 and Thousand yen bills and five thousand yen bills can be compartmentally stacked in the lower stacking unit 25, and all the stackers 16 to 18 can be effectively used by making them suitable for the current operation.

In FIG. 6, the upper stacking unit 24 of the first to third stackers 16 to 18 is used as a stacker for denominations for stacking three denominations of 10,000-yen bill, 1,000-yen bill, and 5,000-yen bill, and the lower stacking is performed. Part 25 ...
Can be used as a denomination stacker for dollar bills, and bills of a total of 6 denominations can be compartmentally stored and used.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which the denominations of the stacking units 24, 25 ... In the first to third stackers 16 to 18 are changed during operation. The upper stacking unit 24 or the lower stacking unit whose stacking should be changed. The settings of 25 banknotes can be automatically changed by transferring them to the operation cartridge 19 and guiding them to the empty stacking section from another stacker. This is because, when the storage amount of denominations to be handled increases, the CPU 31 detects a stacking unit of another stacker that can be used infrequently and replaces it with a stacking unit of increased denominations. When a failure occurs in the loading / unloading mechanisms 26, 27, only the stacking section in which the failure has occurred is stopped in driving, similarly, the stacking section of another stacker that replaces this is detected, and the stacker is switched to this stack for alternative use. You can
Therefore, the banknote handling apparatus can be operated and maintained without being downed, the reliability and operating rate of the apparatus can be improved, and there is no need to rush the recovery work by the staff when a stacker failure occurs, so that it can be used outside business hours. The work load of the staff can be surely reduced, such as repairing.

As described above, one stacker can be used like two stackers, two denominations can be compartmentally stored in one stacker, and the setting can be changed to an optimum storage space according to the storage amount of banknotes. , It can be used by switching to an optimal operating state, such as changing the handling denomination.
Further, when a plurality of stackers are used, even if one stacker has a paper jam or an in / out trouble, it can be used by another stacker as a substitute, and the apparatus can be continued without downing. In particular, it is suitable for long-term unmanned operation because it automatically changes the operation flexibly according to the amount of money stored.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the depositing port and the dispensing port of the invention correspond to the depositing and dispensing port 12 of the embodiment, and the stacker is the first ~
Corresponding to the third stackers 16 to 18, the pressing plates correspond to the upper pressing plate 22 and the lower pressing plate 23, the upper and lower partition parts correspond to the upper stacking unit 24 and the lower stacking unit 25, and the paper money is output. The insertion / removal mechanism corresponds to the upper and lower insertion / removal mechanism 26 and the lower / rear insertion / removal mechanism 27,
The impeller corresponds to the upper impeller f1 and the lower impeller f2, and the proper control managing means corresponds to the CPU 31, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a bill processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a stacker of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the stacker of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a stacking explanatory diagram showing a normal banknote stacking state of the stacker of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a stacking explanatory view showing a banknote stacking example of the stacker of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a stacking explanatory view showing a banknote stacking example of the stacker of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a stacking explanatory view showing a modified banknote stacking example of the stacker of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an internal configuration diagram of a conventional bill processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Device main body 12 ... Deposit / withdrawal port 13 ... Discrimination unit 14 ... Temporary holding unit 15 ... Deposit store unit 16-18 ... Stacker 19 ... Operation cartridge 22, 23 ... Press plate 24, 25 ... Stacking unit 26, 27 ... Mechanism 31 ... CPU A ... Paper L ... Deposit / withdrawal transfer path f1, f2 ... Impeller

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[Submission date] June 28, 1993

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[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 1

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A stacker, which is connected to a deposit / withdrawal transport path for depositing / dispensing bills and allows stacking of bills, is divided into one side and the other side, and the stacker is allowed to move in the stacking direction. A stacker comprising a pressing plate that variably sets the banknote storage capacities of one side and the other side, and a banknote loading / unloading mechanism that allows banknotes to be loaded / unloaded on one side and the other side of the stacker. 2. A stacker, which is connected to a deposit / withdrawal transport path for depositing / dispensing bills and allows stacking of bills, is divided into an upper side and a lower side, and the stacking upper and lower bills are allowed to move. A pressing plate that variably sets the upper and lower banknote storage capacities individually, a banknote loading / unloading mechanism that allows banknotes to be loaded / unloaded to the upper side and the lower side of the stacker, and a banknote loading / unloading mechanism on the lower side. A stacker that has an impeller for accumulating and feeding, which rotates in synchronization with bills when inserted. [3] At the time of deposit, the banknotes deposited in the deposit port are discriminated by the discriminating section, the discriminated banknotes are temporarily held for return / acquisition, and after the deposit is confirmed, they are taken into the deposit store section. The banknotes fed out from the stack are distributed and stored in the stacker of each denomination, and at the time of withdrawal, the banknotes fed out from the stacker of each denomination are identified by the identification section and discharged to the dispensing port, and are loaded into the device main unit during loading / collecting. Is a banknote processing apparatus for attaching and detaching a banknote to and from inserting and removing banknotes, wherein the stacker is the stacker according to claim 1 or 2, and based on the stacking amount and the withdrawal state divided into the stacker, A bill processing apparatus comprising: a proper control management unit that controls and manages the stacker in an appropriate operating state.