JPH06139426A - Paper money discrimination processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the installing space, to shorten the processing time, and to reduce the jam occurring ratio in regard of a paper money discrimination processor by providing a stacker and a bidirectional discrimination processing part in the middle of at a transfer path to discriminate the paper money while moving the paper money back and forth. CONSTITUTION:The stackers 13a and 13b are set at both sides of a bidirectional discrimination processing part 11 via the transfer paths 14a and 14b. When the paper money is sent to the part 11 from the stacker 15a via the path 14a, a processing start trigger sensor 12d senses the paper money and starts to process the money. The processed paper money is stored in the stacker 13b via the patch 14b. Meanwhile this operating sequence is reversed when the paper money stored in the stacker 13b is discriminated. In other words, when the paper money is sent to the part 11 from the stacker 13b through the path 14b, a processing start trigger sensor 12e senses the paper money and starts to process the money. Then the processed paper money is stored in the stacker 13a via the path 14a. In such a way, the configuration of the processor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill discriminating and processing device used for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of bills.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a conventional bill discrimination processing apparatus.

A conventional bill discriminating and processing apparatus used for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of bills is as shown in FIG.
It has a one-way discrimination processing unit 1 that discriminates while moving the bills in one direction (direction of arrow A), and therefore, in order to convey the bills between the two stackers 3a and 3b, the stacker 3a Two transport paths 4c and 4d are provided between the transport path 4a connected to the stacker 3b and the transport path 4b connected to the stacker 3b.
To the stacker 3a from the stacker 3a to the stacker 3b.
The transfer path (direction of arrow C) for transfer to the transfer path is provided, and transfer path switching gates 5a and 5b are provided at the connection points between the transfer path and the transfer path 4b.

That is, the bills fed from the stacker 3a are sent to the one-way discrimination processing section 1 by the conveying path 4a, where they are subjected to authenticity and denomination discrimination processing. The processed bills are sent to the stacker 3b by the transport path 4b and stored therein.

The bills fed from the stacker 3b are sent to the one-way discrimination processing section 1 by the transport path 4b and the transport path 4c via the transport path switching gate 5a, where they are subjected to authenticity and denomination discrimination processing. . The processed bills are conveyed to the conveyance path 4d and the conveyance path 4a via the conveyance path switching gate 5b.
And sent to and stored in the stacker 3a.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional bill discriminating apparatus, the discriminating processing section can only discriminate the bill by moving the bill in one direction.
In order to perform bill discrimination while transferring bills to each other between the two stackers, it is necessary to provide a complicated transport path and a transport path switching gate. Therefore, the mounting space of the bill discrimination processing device becomes large, It has a drawback that the processing time is long due to the long path. Further, the complicated and long transport path and the transport path switching gate cause a problem that the occurrence rate of jam becomes high and the reliability is lowered.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A bill discriminating apparatus according to the present invention discriminates a conveyance path for moving a bill in the front-rear direction and a bill provided in the middle of the conveyance path while moving the bill forward or backward. A bidirectional discrimination processing section and stackers provided at both ends of the transport path are provided.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the bidirectional discrimination processing unit 11 is
An optical sensor 12a, a magnetic sensor 12b, and a thickness detection sensor 12c are provided in series inside, and processing start trigger sensors 12d and 12e are provided at both ends of them.

Stackers 13a and 13b are provided on both sides of the bidirectional discrimination processing section 11 via transport paths 14a and 14b, respectively. Transport paths 14a and 14
Both b can carry the bills forward or backward.

In the bill discriminating and processing apparatus having the above structure, the bills fed from the stacker 13a are conveyed by the conveying path 1
When it is sent to the bidirectional discrimination processing unit 11 through 4a, the processing start trigger sensor 12d detects a bill and starts the processing operation. That is, first, the optical sensor 12a samples the data of the bill and detects the size, skew amount, and the like.
Next, the magnetic data sampled by the magnetic sensor 12b is collated to determine the type of bill. Subsequently, after the thickness of the banknote is detected by the thickness detection sensor 12c and the processing is completed, the stacker 13 is passed through the transport path 14b.
Send to b and store there.

When discriminating the bills stored in the stacker 13b, the above operation sequence is reversed. That is, when the banknotes delivered from the stacker 13b are sent to the bidirectional discrimination processing section 11 through the transport path 14b, the bidirectional discrimination processing section 11 starts the processing operation when the processing start trigger sensor 12e detects the banknote. In the processing operation, first, the thickness of the bill is detected by the thickness detection sensor 12c, collation with the magnetic data sampled by the magnetic sensor 12b is performed, and finally, the bill data is sampled by the optical sensor 12a to obtain a large size. Detects the amount of skew and the like. The banknotes that have undergone the discrimination processing are sent to the stacker 13a through the transport path 14a and are stored therein.

[0014]

As described above, the bill discriminating apparatus of the present invention is configured so that the discriminating processing section can be moved bidirectionally to perform the discriminating processing, thereby simplifying the structure of the conveying path. Therefore, the mounting space can be reduced, the processing time can be shortened, the jam occurrence rate can be reduced, and the reliability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a conventional banknote discrimination processing device.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 One-way discrimination processing section 3a, 3b, 13a, 13b Stacker 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 14a, 14b Conveying path 5a, 5b Conveying path switching gate 11 Two-way discrimination processing section 12a Optical sensor 12b Magnetic Sensor 12c Thickness detection sensor 12d ・ 12e Processing start trigger sensor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A conveyance path for moving bills in the front-rear direction,
A banknote discrimination processing apparatus, comprising: a bidirectional discrimination processing unit which is provided in the middle of the transportation path and performs discrimination while moving the banknote forward or backward. 2. A conveyance path for moving bills in the front-back direction,
A bill discrimination processing apparatus, which is provided in the middle of the conveyance path and includes a bidirectional discrimination processing section that performs discrimination while moving the bills forward or backward, and stackers provided at both ends of the conveyance path. .