JPH0668337A - Paper sheet processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a device compact, to shorten the processing time of paper sheet, to prevent the generation of a paper sheet jam, and to ensure a safety by setting a loop conveying part in a safe. CONSTITUTION:This device is equipped with a discriminating part 3 which discriminates the legality and classification of an inserted paper sheet A. Then, a primary holding part 6 which primarily holds the inserted paper sheet A is formed in an extended direction on the same straight line as the discriminating part 3, a secondary holding part 7 which is used also as a saving path for overlapping the paper sheet is formed in one of the up-and-down directions of the primary holding part 6, and a loop conveying part 8 is constituted of the primary holding part 6 and the secondary holding part 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus incorporated in, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine used in station service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a paper sheet processing apparatus of the above-mentioned example, there is a banknote processing apparatus having a structure shown in FIG.
That is, the bill insertion portion 82 is provided on the upper front side of the housing 81.
And a discrimination section 83 for discriminating the true / false type of the inserted banknote is formed immediately after the banknote insertion section 82, while a secondary holding of the inserted banknote is secondarily held inside the housing 81. A holding section 84 is formed, a pusher 85 as a bill pressing plate is provided below the secondary holding section 84, and a storage section 87 having a bill support plate 86 is provided above the secondary holding section 84. The banknotes in the secondary storage unit 84 are configured to be stacked in the stacking area 88 in the storage unit 87.

Further, from the above-mentioned bill insertion section 82 to the discrimination section 83.
A slant conveying path 89 having a front low rear height is formed toward the rear side, and a vertical conveying path 91 is connected to a rear end of the slant conveying path 89 via a bent portion 90 and a lower end portion of the vertical conveying path 91. The above-mentioned secondary storage section 84 is connected by a first horizontal path 92, and further a second horizontal path 93 extending substantially horizontally from the vertical middle portion of the vertical transport path 91 to the front side is formed. The path 93 constitutes a primary holding section 94 of the bill.

According to this conventional apparatus, the bill A inserted from the bill insertion portion 82 passes through the discrimination portion 83 in the slant conveying path 89 in the direction of arrow d in FIG. 11 and is conveyed vertically through the bending portion 90. After being conveyed in the directions e and f in the path 91, the conveying direction is reversed, the second horizontal path 93 in FIG. 11 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow g, and is temporarily retained in the primary retaining section 94.

When the next banknote is inserted during the same transaction, the next banknote is inserted from the above-mentioned banknote inserting section 82 by the arrow d,
The bills are sequentially conveyed in the e, f, and g directions, and are superposed on the banknotes already waiting in the primary holding section 94.

At the completion of the transaction, a plurality of banknotes piled up in the above-mentioned primary holding section 94 are transferred to the second horizontal path 93.
After being conveyed in the direction of arrow h, it is inherited by the vertical conveying path 91, is conveyed in the direction of arrow f through this vertical conveying path 91, and is further conveyed in the direction of arrow i along the first horizontal path 92, and then the secondary holding unit. 84. Then, at the same time as the start of the next transaction, the pusher 85 moves upward, and the banknotes in the secondary holding section 84 are accumulated in the area 8
After being stored and accumulated in 8, pusher 8 in the upper moving position
5 moves down to the original position, completing a series of operations. However, in the above-described conventional device, the bill conveying path is formed in a substantially z-shape when viewed from the side, so that not only the device becomes large, but also the conveying route is long, so that the bill processing time can be shortened. It is difficult to achieve this, and there is a problem that the occurrence rate of banknote jams becomes high.

In addition, since the above-mentioned primary holding section 94 is formed at a midway portion of the conveyance path from the bill insertion section 82 to the storage section 87 as a safe, the bill A is sufficiently secure. There was a problem that could not be secured.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the size and size of the apparatus can be reduced, the processing time of paper sheets can be shortened, the occurrence of paper sheet jam can be prevented, and the loop conveying section can be set in the safe. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus which is capable of ensuring safety.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a paper sheet processing apparatus having a discriminating section for discriminating the true / false type of an inserted paper sheet, the extension direction being on the same straight line as the discriminating section. To
A primary holding portion for temporarily holding the inserted paper sheets is formed, and a secondary holding portion that also serves as an evacuation path for stacking paper sheets is formed in one of the vertical direction of the primary holding portion, and the primary holding portion is formed. And a secondary storage unit, which is a sheet processing apparatus that constitutes a loop transport unit.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the paper sheets that have been subjected to the true / false classification in the above-mentioned discrimination section are conveyed on the same straight line in the extension direction to reach the primary holding section. When the next paper sheet is inserted in the same transaction,
The paper sheets in the above-mentioned primary holding section are once moved to the retreat path (secondary holding section) by the driving of the loop conveying section, and then overlapped with the next paper sheet passing through the discriminating section while being put in the primary holding section. Leading to. When the transaction is completed, the plurality of paper sheets in the above-mentioned primary holding section are driven by the loop conveying section to the secondary holding section (evacuation path).
Then, at the same time as the start of the next transaction, it is stored and accumulated in the storage section by the drive of the pusher.

[0011]

As described above, the primary holding portion is formed in the extending direction on the same straight line as the discriminating portion, and the loop carrying portion including the primary holding portion is configured, and the other side of the loop carrying portion, that is, above the primary holding portion or Since either of the lower part was the secondary holding part,
The transport path can be shortened, and therefore, there is an effect that the apparatus can be made compact and compact, the processing time of paper sheets can be shortened, and the occurrence of paper sheet jamming can be prevented. In addition, it is possible to set the above-described primary storage section and secondary storage section in a loop form in the loop transfer section within the storage section as a safe. There is an effect that can be secured.

[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. In FIG. 1, this banknote processing device has a banknote insertion part 2 formed on the front upper part of a housing 1, and immediately after the banknote insertion part 2, the authenticity type of the inserted banknote is confirmed. A discrimination unit 3 for discriminating is formed.

The above-mentioned bills in the bill inserting section 2 and the discriminating section 3 are configured to be conveyed by a horizontal horizontal conveying path 4, while a sensor 5 for detecting the insertion of the bill into the discriminating section 3 is provided. The sensor 5 is configured by arranging a light emitting element and a light receiving element so as to face each other.

A primary holding section 6 for temporarily holding the inserted bills is formed inward of the extension section on the same straight line as the discrimination section 3 described above. Then, below the primary storage unit 6, a secondary storage unit 7 that also serves as a retracting path for stacking banknotes is formed, and the primary storage unit 6 and the secondary storage unit 7 form a loop transport unit 8. ing.

That is, an endless conveyor belt stretched between the rollers 9 and 10 is provided, and the upper portion of the conveyor belt is set as the primary holding portion 6 and the lower portion is set as the secondary holding portion 7. .

Further, a pusher 11 as a bill pressing plate is arranged above the loop conveying section 8 while a stacking section 13 having a support plate 12 is formed below the loop conveying section 8 and further the above-mentioned. Each of the elements 6 to 13 is surrounded by a so-called safe in which a bill passage opening is formed at a required position. The pusher 11 and the support plate 12 described above are guided by a guide pole 15 so as to be vertically movable. Further, the horizontal transport path 4, the loop transport unit 8, and the drive motor (not shown) constitute a transport unit 16 (see FIG. 2).

FIG. 2 shows a control circuit of the bill processing apparatus, which is C
The PU 20 drives and controls the transport unit 16 and the pusher 11 in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 18 based on the inputs from the discrimination unit 3 and the sensor 5, and the RAM 1
9 stores necessary data.

The operation of the bill processing apparatus thus configured will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 and the operation explanatory views of FIGS. 4 to 10. At the start of the transaction, in the first step S1, the bill A is inserted from the bill insertion portion 2 as shown in FIG. 4, and when the sensor 5 is shielded from light by the inserted bill, the process proceeds to the next second step S2.

At the second step S2, the CPU 20 lowers the pusher 11 as shown in FIG. 10, and the pusher 11 is conveyed to the secondary holding section 7 at the time of the previous transaction and is held by the secondary holding section 7. The banknotes A present are stored and accumulated in the accumulating unit 13.

Next, in a third step S3, the CPU 20 upwardly returns the pusher 11 in the lowered position shown in FIG. 10 to the original position shown in FIG. Next, in a fourth step S4, the CPU 2
0 synchronously drives the horizontal transport path 4 and the loop transport unit 8 to transport the banknote A at the position shown in FIG. 4 in the direction of the arrow a in FIG. 4, and transfers the banknote A to the primary storage unit 6 as shown in FIG. Transport and hold.

Next, in the fifth step S5, when the next banknote A (see FIG. 6) is inserted during the same transaction, in the next sixth step S6, the CPU 20 checks whether the sensor 5 is shielded by the above-mentioned next banknote A. It is determined whether or not, and the process proceeds to the next seventh step S7 only when the sensor is shielded from light (when YES is determined).

In the seventh step S7, the CPU 20 drives the transport section 16 to move the next bill A from the state shown in FIG.
After being conveyed to the primary holding section 6 as shown in FIG. 8 after the state of FIG. 8, the banknotes already held in the primary holding section 6 are driven by rotating the loop carrying section 8 once (360 degrees) as shown in FIG. A is conveyed to the primary holding section 6 through the states shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 as shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when the banknote A already held in the primary holding section 6 is carried in the clockwise direction in the drawing by the drive of the loop carrying section 8, the banknote A is transferred. As shown in FIG. 7 after passing through the state of FIG. 6, A circulates on the circumferential surface side of the roller 9, and at the time of this circling, the above-described operation of superposing the revolving banknote A and the next banknote A is started, and these banknotes A , A both reach the primary holding unit 6,
Both bills A, A are vertically stacked as shown in FIG.

Next, in an eighth step S8, the CPU 20 determines whether or not the transaction is completed, and when the transaction is not completed, the process returns to the above-mentioned fifth step S5, while when the transaction is completed, the process proceeds to the next ninth step S9.

At the ninth step S9, the CPU 20 drives the loop conveying section 8 by 1/2 rotation (180 degrees).
As shown in FIG. 8, the plurality of banknotes A, A that are vertically stacked in the primary storage section 6 are conveyed to the secondary storage section 7 as shown in FIG. The banknotes A and A in the secondary holding unit 7 are stored and accumulated in the accumulating unit 13 by driving the pusher 11 at the same time when the next transaction is started (see steps S1 to S3 in FIGS. 10 and 3).

In summary, the primary holding section 6 is formed in the extension direction on the same straight line as the discriminating section 3, and the loop carrying section 8 including the primary holding section 6 is configured to be the other side of the loop carrying section 8, that is, the primary holding section. Since either the upper side or the lower side of the section 6 (the lower side in the embodiment) is the secondary holding section 7, the transport path can be shortened and simplified. As a result, there is an effect that the apparatus can be made compact and compact, the bill processing time can be shortened, and the occurrence of bill jamming can be prevented.

In addition, as shown in the embodiment, since the loop carrying section 8 in which the primary holding section 6 and the secondary holding section 7 are formed in a loop is set in the storage section 14 as a safe, sufficient safety is ensured. There is an effect that it is possible to secure the sex.

In the correspondence between the structure of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the banknote processing apparatus of the embodiment, and hereinafter, similarly, the paper sheet is a banknote A. Correspondingly, the present invention, however, is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal side view showing a paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing sheet processing.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an operation when inserting a bill.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a primary holding action of banknotes.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an operation at the time of inserting the next bill.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a stacking start operation of banknotes.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the completion of superposition and the primary holding action.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a secondary holding action of banknotes.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a storing and collecting operation of banknotes in a pusher.

FIG. 11 is an internal side view showing a conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 ... Discrimination part 6 ... Primary holding part 7 ... Secondary holding part (evacuation path) 8 ... Loop transport part A ... Banknote

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 28, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0026

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

In summary, the primary holding section 6 is formed in the extension direction on the same straight line as the discriminating section 3, and the loop carrying section 8 including the primary holding section 6 is configured to be the other side of the loop carrying section 8, that is, the primary holding section. Since either the upper part or the lower part of the part 6 (the lower part in the embodiment) is the secondary holding part 7, the transport path can be shortened and simplified . As a result, there is an effect that the apparatus can be made compact and compact, the bill processing time can be shortened, and the occurrence of bill jamming can be prevented.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Brief description of the drawing

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal side view showing a paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing sheet processing.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an operation when inserting a bill.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a primary holding action of banknotes.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an operation at the time of inserting the next bill.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a stacking start operation of banknotes.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the completion of superposition and the primary holding action.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a secondary holding action of banknotes.

[10] accommodated in the bill by the pusher, explanatory view showing an integrated action.

FIG. 11 is an internal side view showing a conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.

[Explanation of Codes] 3 ... Discrimination unit 6 ... Primary holding unit 7 ... Secondary holding unit (evacuation path) 8 ... Loop transport unit A ... Banknote

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising a discriminating section for discriminating the true / false type of the inserted paper sheet, wherein the inserted paper sheet is primary in the extension direction on the same straight line as the discriminating section. A primary holding portion to be held is formed, and a secondary holding portion that also serves as an evacuation path for stacking paper sheets is formed in one of the vertical direction of the primary holding portion, and the primary holding portion and the secondary holding portion. A paper sheet processing device that constitutes a loop transport unit.