JPH085566B2 - Failure recovery method for paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for recovering from a trouble in a paper sheet handling device, and is particularly suitable for a case where it is difficult for an attendant to rush to the site when a trouble occurs, such as when working on a holiday. The present invention relates to a method for recovering from a failure in a paper handling device capable of automatic recovery.

[Conventional technology]

In a conventional bill handling apparatus, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
As disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 149584, it is not possible to simplify the restoration processing work when a trouble such as a jam occurs by performing the bill loading processing and the detailed examination processing by an intermittent operation for every predetermined number of sheets. It was being appreciated.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, when a failure such as a jam occurs, consideration is not given to automatic recovery, and when the jam occurs, the device is brought down,
There was a problem that the jam banknote had to be manually removed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to solve the problems as described above in the conventional banknote handling apparatus, and when a trouble such as a jam occurs,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a failure recovery method for a banknote handling apparatus capable of automatically collecting banknotes on a conveying path and automatically recovering the apparatus without having to bring it down to reduce the failure rate and improve the operation rate.

[Means for solving problems]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is a means for feeding out the paper sheets one by one, a first storing means (cash boxes 10, 11 etc.) for storing the delivered paper sheets, and a paper sheet in a jam state. A second storage means (jam banknote storage box 20) for storing a sheet, a sensor for detecting passage of a paper sheet, a paper sheet conveying means provided between the respective means, and a destination of the paper sheet. A failure recovery method for a paper sheet handling apparatus having a switching gate, wherein a paper sheet is transferred to a transport path to a second storage means in the middle of a transport path between the feeding means and the first storage means. When a jam occurrence is detected by the sensor, all the paper sheets fed out on the conveyance path are switched to the jam paper sheet collection switching gate (jam banknote). Carry it until it passes through the collection switching gate 19b), After that, by switching the jam paper sheet collection switching gate (19b) to the side of the second storing means and reversing the conveying means, all the sheets on the conveying path are stored in the second storing means. To be achieved.

[Action]

In the jam, usually, the paper sheets that are conveyed are deformed,
It is generated by colliding with an obstacle. Also, in general,
When a jam occurs, it is impossible to further convey the paper sheet in the normal direction (original conveyance direction), but it is often possible to convey the paper sheet in the reverse direction.

In the present invention, in view of the above circumstances, when the occurrence of a jam is detected by the sensor, all the paper sheets fed out on the conveyance path have the jam paper sheet collection switching gate (the jam banknote collection switching gate 19b). Transport the paper until it passes once, then switch the jam paper sheet collection switching gate to the jam paper sheet storage box side, reverse the transport path to transport the jam paper sheet to the storage box, and remove the paper sheets on the transport path. It is intended to recover automatically by cleaning it up.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an example of a schematic block configuration diagram of a return type banknote handling apparatus for carrying out the failure recovery method of the present invention. In the drawing, 1 is a deposit / withdrawal opening portion commonly used for depositing and withdrawing, 3 is true / false discrimination of bills, denomination discrimination, front / back discrimination and return bills, that is, various usable bills A discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not it is a bill, 4 is a withdrawal temporary storage unit for storing dispensed bills at the time of withdrawal, and 6 is a bill temporarily discriminated as a true bill as a result of discrimination by the discriminating unit 3 described above. Temporary deposit unit for storing money, 10 and 11 are A denomination cash boxes, B denomination cash boxes, which respectively store A denominations (for example, 10,000-yen bills) and B denominations (for example, 1,000-yen bills) to be returned. 14 is discriminated as a true banknote as a result of the discrimination by the identification section 3, and is a non-returning banknote (for example, a denomination other than the A denomination and the B denomination) and an unfit note (a banknote such as a broken or folded bill) A bulk cash box that stores the identified banknotes,
Reference numeral 18 denotes a reject storage box for storing reject banknotes when it is discriminated that it is not a predetermined denomination at the time of withdrawal (two sheets are overlapped, etc.), and 20 denotes a jam banknote storage box for storing jam banknotes.

In addition, 7 is a transfer path that loops between the discrimination section 3, the temporary deposit storage section 6 and the entrance / exit transfer path of each cash box 10, 11, 14; 5 is a withdrawal transfer path; 21 is a reject storage box 18 and the above. A transport path between the transport paths 5, 2 is a transport path between the deposit / withdrawal port 1 and the loop-shaped transport path 7, and 19 is a jam bill storage box 20.
And the transfer path between the transfer path 2 and 8,9,12,13,15,16,17 are the transfer paths for the temporary deposit deposit section 6 and the cash boxes 10,11,14. The exit passage number detection sensors 2a, 9a, 16a and 17a and the entrance passage number detection sensors 5a, 8 are provided in each transport path.
a, 12a, 13a, 15a are provided, and switching gates 19b, 2b, 7b, 12b, 13b, 15b, are provided at branch points of the passages, respectively.
8b and 5b are provided.

Although not shown, the above-mentioned deposit / withdrawal port portion 1, A
The denomination cash box 10, the B denomination cash box 11 and the deposit temporary storage section 6 are provided with a known feeding mechanism for separating the bills one by one and feeding them out.

The operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below.

First, a general operation will be described. At the time of deposit, the banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port section 1 are sent to the identifying section 3 through the passages 2 and 7, and after the authenticity of the banknote and the denomination of the banknote are determined,
In accordance with the switching gates 7b, 12b, 13b, 15b, 8b, the money is temporarily stored in the deposit temporary storage section 6 through the passages 7, 8.

When the operator approves the counting result by the discrimination section 3 and the transaction is completed, the bills stored in the deposit temporary storage section 6 are delivered to the passage 7 via the passage 9 and the denomination is determined in the discrimination section 3. Identify and, depending on the identification result,
By switching the switching gates 12b, 13b, 15b, the passages 12, 13, 15 are sorted and stored into the cash boxes 10, 11 and the collective cash box 14 provided for each denomination.

At the time of withdrawal, the banknotes are paid out one by one from the cash boxes 10,11 and sent to the discrimination section 3 through the passages 16,17,7. After discrimination, the switching gates 7b, 5b are switched to pass through the withdrawal passage 5,
It is sent to the deposit / withdrawal port section 1 via the temporary dispensing section 4. Further, the bills discriminated as rejected bills by the discrimination unit 3 are stored in the reject storage box 18 via the passage 21 by switching the switching gate 5b.

Here, for example, the entrance gate of the deposit temporary storage unit 6
If a jam occurs in 8b, the control unit (not shown) performs the operation as shown in FIG.

(1) Jam occurrence monitoring (step 31) The bills fed out from the deposit / withdrawal port portion 1 pass through the exit passage number detection sensor 2a, but do not pass through the entrance passage number detection sensor 8a even after a certain period of time. As a result, the control unit detects a jam.

(2) Stopping payout of bills (step 32) When a jam is detected, the payout is stopped immediately. This is because the jam banknotes will not be issued any more.

(3) Carrying banknotes for a certain period of time (step 33) After driving a carrier path drive motor (not shown) for a time corresponding to the distance until the banknotes run out between the deposit / withdrawal port 1 and the switching gate 19b, it is stopped. . As a result, the banknotes in the transport path gather near the switching gate 8b.

(4) Switching of the switching gate 19b (step 34) In order that the jam banknote is guided to the jam banknote storage box 20,
The switching gate 19b is switched.

(5) Reverse drive of conveyance path (step 35) The above-mentioned motor is reversed to drive the conveyance path in the direction opposite to the direction shown by the arrow in FIG.
It collects in the jam bill storage box 20 via 19.

In the above description, the case where a jam occurs at the entrance gate 8b at the time of deposit has been described, but similarly for other cases, the jam is detected by each exit sensor and each entrance sensor, and the conveyance path is reversed to remove jammed bills. Collect in the jam bill storage box described above. Then, the sensor confirms that there is no bill on the transport path, and the bill is automatically restored.

According to the above-described embodiment, when a jam occurs, the failure can be automatically recovered, so that the failure rate of the device can be reduced and the operation rate can be improved.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a return type banknote handling device has been shown, but the present invention should not be limited to this and is widely applicable to other paper sheet handling devices. It is something.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when a trouble such as a jam occurs, the bills on the conveying path are automatically recovered and automatically restored without the device going down, the trouble rate is lowered, and the operation rate is improved. This is a remarkable effect of realizing a bill handling apparatus capable of

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block configuration diagram of a return type banknote handling apparatus for carrying out the failure recovery method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart thereof. 1: deposit / withdrawal section, 3: discrimination section, 4: temporary withdrawal storage section, 6: temporary withdrawal storage section, 10: A cash type cash box, 11: B cash type cash box, 14: one-time cash box, 18 : Reject storage box, 19b: Jam banknote collection switching gate, 20: Jam banknote storage box.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for feeding paper sheets one by one, a first storing means for storing the fed paper sheets, and a second storing means for storing the jammed paper sheets. A sensor for detecting passage of a paper sheet, and a method for recovering from a failure of a paper sheet handling apparatus having a switching gate for switching the destination of the paper sheet conveying means and the paper sheet provided between the respective means, A jam paper sheet collection switching gate for guiding paper sheets to the conveyance path to the second storage means is provided in the middle of the conveyance path between the feeding means and the first storage means, and the sensor is provided. When the occurrence of a jam is detected by, all the paper sheets fed out on the conveyance path are conveyed until they once pass through the jam paper sheet collection switching gate, and then the jam paper sheet collection switching gate is moved. While switching to the second storage means side Reversing the conveying means, error recovery method of the paper sheet handling apparatus characterized by accommodating the whole sheet sheet conveyance path to said second housing means.