JPH06187540A - Paper money conveying speed controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a paper money conveying speed controller which can eliminate the jam of paper money to feed the paper money at a high speed by setting a feeding speed in response to each strength of paper of both new and old types of paper money. CONSTITUTION:A paper money discriminating part 21 discriminates not only the genuineness, the type, the number of sheets, and the obverse and reverse of paper money but the paper quality of the supplied paper money. Based on these discriminating results, a CPU 31 performs the output control of a main motor M and a conveying speed control function sets the optimum conveying speed of a paper money conveying path. For instance, it is decided that the paper money has high intensity when the high paper quality is decided by the part 21. Thus the CPU 31 sets a high conveying speed of paper money since there is no fear to cause the paper jam. Meanwhile the low quality of paper money caused its circulation is decided when the low paper quality is decided by the part 21. Thus the CPU 31 sets a low conveying speed since the paper jam is easily caused on the conveying path.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote transfer speed control device, for example, which is incorporated in a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, and more specifically, at an optimum transfer speed according to a new bill or an old bill of different paper quality. The present invention relates to a bill transportation speed control device for carrying processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a banknote transporting device such as a banknote depositing / dispensing machine (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 3-245141 of the prior application) sandwiches and transports banknotes one by one and transports them in a predetermined direction. is doing.

In this case, the bills are conveyed one by one at a constant speed, but in recent years, in order to shorten the bill processing time, it is required to increase the conveyance speed of the bills.

However, if the bills are to be transported at high speed,
The inertial force of banknotes increases in proportion to this, and the paper quality is weak, especially for old circulating banknotes, so when a small contact resistance is received during high-speed transportation, it buckles or deforms and jams (jam jams). ) Is easily induced, and conversely, if the transport speed is reduced, stable transport can be obtained, but the transport processing time becomes long.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention focuses on different paper qualities depending on the degree of distribution, and conveys paper at an optimal conveyance speed corresponding to the paper quality state of a new strong paper sheet and an old weak paper sheet. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bill conveyance speed control device capable of high-speed conveyance without paper jam.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a banknote discriminating section for discriminating a paper quality state of a banknote arranged and guided on a banknote conveying path for sandwiching and conveying the banknotes one by one, and conveyance of the banknote conveying path. When it is determined that the paper quality is good by the transport speed adjusting unit that adjusts the speed and the bill validator, the transport speed adjusting unit is speeded up according to the paper quality state, and when it is determined that the paper quality is poor, the transport speed adjustment is performed. The bill conveyance speed control device is provided with a conveyance speed control means for controlling the speed of the means according to the paper quality state.

Further, the transfer speed of the banknote transfer path is selectively allowed between a high speed transfer mode for high speed transfer and a low speed transfer mode for low speed transfer, and the transfer mode selection means is manually switchable. It is characterized in that it is a bill conveyance speed control device provided with a conveyance mode manual switching means provided as above.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when a bill is guided to the bill discriminating unit during the bill carrying process, a new bill or a good bill is guided by the bill discriminating unit to the bill guided by the conveying speed control means. When it is determined that the paper quality is good, the transport speed adjusting means is controlled to speed up corresponding to the paper quality state, and when it is determined that the old or damaged bill is introduced and the paper quality is poor, the transport speed adjusting means is set to the paper quality state. Correspond to control the speed.

If the paper quality condition is known in advance, the clerk manually switches the transport mode selection means to the high speed transport mode or the low speed transport mode through the transport mode manual switching means to transport the bill. To do.

[0010]

As a result, when the strong paper quality is maintained such as a new bill or a good bill, there is no fear of jam even at high speed conveyance, so that high speed conveyance can shorten the conveyance processing time. Further, when the quality of the weak paper is deteriorated due to the circulation such as old bills and damaged bills, a jam is likely to occur at the time of transportation, so that the transportation can be performed at a low speed and the jam can be prevented from occurring.

As a result, the contradictory properties of high speed conveyance of bills and reduction of jam occurrence can be achieved at the same time, and the conveyance speed becomes optimum according to the paper quality condition of the conveyed bills, and high-speed conveyance processing without jam is possible. As a result, waste of transport processing is eliminated, and high transport efficiency and high transport reliability can be obtained. In particular, the time can be greatly shortened when a large number of banknotes are conveyed.

Further, when the clerk is allowed to manually select and switch the carrying speed in advance, if the paper quality state of the bill to be carried is known in advance, the carrying speed is switched according to the paper quality state. By operation, bills can be conveyed and processed from the beginning at an optimum speed.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a banknote depositing / dispensing machine used as a teller machine of a type commonly used by two people sandwiched from both sides.
This banknote depositing / dispensing machine is equipped with a staff operation key 12 such as a start key and a numeric keypad for setting depositing / dispensing, and an indicator 13 ...
The front side of 1 is equipped with a return port 14, a deposit port 15, and a dispensing port 16 from the upper side.

FIG. 2 shows an internal structure of the apparatus main body 11. A deposit / withdrawal transfer processing group 17 for transferring and processing banknotes is provided on the upper side of the apparatus main body 11, and a cartridge group 18 for accommodating / delivering banknotes is provided at the lower part. The upper and lower sides of the apparatus main body 11 are separated into a transport system and a storage system.

The above-mentioned deposit / withdrawal transfer processing group 17 includes the deposit port 1.
The banknotes inserted into the banknotes 5 are deposited into the lower cartridge group 18 through the deposit path 19, and the banknotes fed from the cartridge group 18 are dispensed through the dispensing path 16 into the dispensing opening 16 through the dispensing opening 16. Withdrawal processing.

The banknotes inserted into the above-mentioned deposit port 15 are guided to a banknote discriminating section 21 arranged at an intermediate position of the upper part so that the authenticity is verified.
After the denomination, the number of sheets, and the front and back are discriminated, they are guided to the temporary holding section 22 arranged at the lower inner position and temporarily held. When it is determined that the bills are in the state of being conveyed on the back side at the time of taking in, the bills are guided to the front / back reversing unit 23 to align the front and back, and then guided to the temporary holding unit 22.
It is returned to the return port 14 via the return route 24 which is branched and connected to.

The above-mentioned temporary holding section 22 is the deposit store section 2
It is integrally configured on the upper part of 5, and is temporarily held here for each deposit transaction and waits for return. Then, each time the deposit transaction is completed, the temporarily held banknotes are stored in the deposit store section 25 below.

From the deposit store section 25, the optimum replenishment timing for operation is selected to replenish the first to third cartridges C1 to C3 of the denominations, and when it is judged that the discrimination is defective, it is collected in the reject cartridge C4. is doing.

On the other hand, at the time of withdrawal, after the banknotes fed from the first to third cartridges C1 to C3 are detected by the withdrawal detection section 26 on the withdrawal path 20, the banknotes are ejected to the withdrawal opening 16 and withdrawn. Processing.

The above-mentioned cartridge group 18 includes the deposit store section 25 having the temporary holding section 22 and the first to third cartridges.
Cartridges C1 to C3 and reject cartridge C
4 and of which the first to third cartridges C
1 to C3 have the function of collecting and delivering bills, and store three denominations of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen by denomination, and the reject cartridge C4 is generated during withdrawal transaction and replenishment processing. Collected defective banknotes and banknotes that have been forgotten.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the bill depositing / dispensing machine, in which the CPU 31 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and the control data is RA.
It is stored so that it can be read by M33.

The main motor M drives and controls each banknote transport path based on a command signal from the CPU 31, and determines the transport processing state of the banknote detection sensor S arranged at each transport position.
It is detected and managed by.

Further, the sorting solenoid 34 sorts and drives the sorting plate arranged at the branch position of each bill transport path,
The conveyed banknotes are sorted in a predetermined direction, and the communication unit 35 communicates with the center at the time of deposit / withdrawal transaction and each time the transaction is completed, and updates the transaction data of the customer.

By the way, the above-mentioned bill discriminating section 21 discriminates the paper quality state of the bills introduced therein in addition to discriminating the authenticity, the denomination, the number of sheets, and the front and back. For example, waist strength, creases, wrinkles of new and old bills that differ depending on the degree of circulation of bills,
Distinguish the degree of damage such as tears, defects, and dirt.

Based on the result of the paper quality discrimination, the CPU
Reference numeral 31 has a conveyance speed control function for controlling the output of the main motor M and adjusting and controlling the conveyance speed of the bill conveyance path to an optimum speed.

For example, when the bill discriminating unit 21 discriminates that the paper quality is good, it is judged that the bill has strong paper quality, and therefore, there is no fear of jam even when conveyed at high speed.
Reference numeral 31 controls speeding up the bill transport path. As a result, in the case of strong paper quality banknotes, the banknotes can be transported at high speed to shorten the transport processing time.

When the banknote discriminating section 21 discriminates that the paper quality is poor, it is judged that the paper quality is weak due to the circulation of the banknotes, and therefore a paper jam is likely to occur during the transportation.
The PU 31 controls the banknote transport path to slow down. This allows
In the case of weak paper banknotes, it is possible to carry at a low speed and prevent jams from occurring.

Further, the staff operation key 12 is equipped with a transportation speed selection key 12a.
2a selects the transport speed of the banknote transport path so that it can be switched between a high-speed transport mode for high-speed transport and a low-speed transport mode for low-speed transport. This means that if the paper quality of the banknote to be transported is known in advance as, for example, a new banknote, the clerk will switch the transportation speed according to the paper quality to allow the banknote to be processed at the optimal speed from the beginning. You can

The banknote transport speed control operation of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device thus constructed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when the clerk deposits the bill, when the clerk turns on the main switch and deposits the bill into the deposit port 15, the CPU 31 sets the transport speed of the bill transport path to the standard transport speed and starts the capture of the bill. Yes (step n1 ~
n2), the number of banknotes deposited with the start of the transfer is 1
When they are taken inside one by one and pass through the bill discriminating section 21 through the deposit path 19, the authenticity, the denomination, the number of sheets, the front and back, and the paper quality state are discriminated (step n3).

At this time, when the bill discriminating section 21 discriminates a plurality of sheets for paper quality determination and discriminates that the paper quality is good, the CPU 3
1 controls the output of the main motor M so that the bill conveying path has a high conveyance speed according to the good paper quality state, and when the bill discriminating unit 21 discriminates that the paper quality is poor, the CPU 31
Controls the output of the main motor M so that the bill conveyance path has a low conveyance speed according to the defective paper quality state (steps n4 to n6).

In this way, the banknote transport path such as the deposit path 19 is controlled to be transported at a variable speed, the deposited banknotes are efficiently captured, and when the receipt into the inside is completed, the deposited banknote transport processing is completed ( Step n7).

As described above, in the case of a strong paper quality such as a new bill or a relatively well-formed bill, there is no fear of jam even at high speed conveyance, so the high speed conveyance processing is performed to reduce the conveyance processing time. It can be shortened, and conversely, if it is weak paper quality due to circulation such as old bills and damaged bills, jams are likely to occur during transportation, so slow-speed transportation prevents jams from occurring. It enables highly reliable and stable transport. As a result, it is possible to achieve high-speed conveyance of banknotes and the contradictory properties of reducing the occurrence of jams at the same time. There is no waste in the carrying process, and high carrying efficiency and high carrying reliability can be obtained. In particular, the time reduction becomes remarkable when a large number of banknotes are conveyed.

Further, FIG. 5 shows a transfer speed setting operation by an attendant.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. This is based on the judgment result when the paper quality condition of the bill to be conveyed is known in advance by the staff member, for example, when it can be recognized at a glance as a new bill or an old bill that has been used for many years (step n11). The clerk selects the transport speed selection key 12a and performs an input operation, and based on this input operation, the CPU 31 changes the setting to the transport mode that has been input and set (steps n12 to n13), and based on this input set value that has been changed. Then, the bills are conveyed and processed at an optimum speed from the time of the first setting of the deposit port 15,
When the receipt of all the deposited banknotes is completed, the process of conveying the deposited banknotes is completed (steps n14 to n15).

In this way, when the paper quality condition of the banknote to be transported is known in advance, the clerk sets the speed to a transport speed according to the paper quality condition in advance, and the banknote is set at the optimum speed from the beginning. It is possible to carry out the carrying process, and the carrying efficiency of the bill is further improved.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the banknote transport path of the present invention corresponds to the deposit path 19 of the embodiment, and the transport speed adjusting means corresponds to the main motor M and transports the bill. The speed control means corresponds to the CPU 31, the transfer mode selection means corresponds to the transfer speed selection key 12a, and the transfer mode manual switching means corresponds to the CPU 31 and the main motor M. The configuration is not limited to the above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a banknote deposit / withdrawal machine including a banknote transport speed control device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic internal configuration diagram of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a bill transport speed control operation of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a transfer speed setting operation by a staff member of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12a ... conveyance speed selection key 19 ... payment path 21 ... banknote discriminating section 31 ... CPU

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bill validator disposed on a bill transport path for sandwiching and transporting the banknotes one by one to discriminate the paper quality state of the guided bill, and a transport speed adjusting means for adjusting the transport speed of the bill transport path. And, when it is determined that the paper quality is good in the bill discriminating unit, the transport speed adjusting means is controlled to speed up in correspondence with the paper quality state, and when it is determined that the paper quality is poor, the transport speed adjusting means is associated with the paper quality state. A bill transportation speed control device comprising a transportation speed control means for controlling speed reduction. 2. A transfer mode selecting means provided by selectively allowing a high-speed transfer mode for high-speed transfer and a low-speed transfer mode for low-speed transfer of the transfer speed of the banknote transfer path and the transfer mode selection means by manual switching. And a bill feeding speed control device provided with a feeding mode manual switching unit.