JPH0896202A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a paper money processor to be easily used by an operator by eliminating the necessity of labor for loading a bundle of paper money in a bundle discharging device and shortening the whole length of the processor. CONSTITUTION: The processor is provided with a vertical carrier 77 for mounting and carrying a bundle of paper money, a bundle carrying means 79 for leading a bundle of paper money carried by the movement of the carrier 77 into its inside together with the carrier 77 by opening an opening/closing door 86 and arranging the bundle between small bundle cashboxes 83a, 83b and using the carrier 77 as a carrying guide, carrying shutter mechanisms 82a, 82b for distributing the bundle carried by the means 79 in each money sort, the small bundle cashboxes 83a, 83b for storing bundles of paper money distributed by the mechanisms 82a, 82b in each money sort, and a backup mechanism for taking out a bundle of paper money from each of the cashboxes 83a, 83b and paying the extracted bundle.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus applied as a cash management system for a bank store, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a bill processing apparatus in which a depositing / dispensing machine and a bundle holding machine are connected. When a specific denomination is designated at the time of deposit and it is instructed to bundle (seal) banknotes of this denomination, 100 pieces of the deposited banknotes are collected by the bundle machine of the designated denomination. I am bundling.

When it is instructed to bundle (seal) the banknotes in the safe stored in the depositing / dispensing machine and a denomination is designated, the banknotes are taken out from the corresponding safe and bundled. It is sent to a machine, and 100 sheets are collected in a bundle machine and bundled and stored in a stacking box.

[0004]

However, in the past, in the bundling machine, it was possible to carry out bundling by stacking 100 sheets at a time, but this bunched bundle is dispensed to another bundle. By loading the device, a bundle was dispensed.

Further, in the conventional apparatus, since the banknotes are conveyed one by one to the bundling machine, it is necessary to arrange the transfer paths of the depositing / dispensing machine and the bundling machine on a straight line. There is a problem in that the length of the entire apparatus becomes long, the distance between the depositing port of the depositing / dispensing machine and the stacking box of the bundling machine becomes large, and the operator finds it difficult to use.

Further, in the conventional apparatus, since the banknotes are conveyed one by one to the bundling machine, if an abnormality occurs in the conveyance and stacking of the banknotes in the bundling machine, the depositing / dispensing machine must be immediately stopped. In addition, there is a problem that the mobility of the device is lowered.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus which does not require the trouble of loading the bundle into another bundle dispensing apparatus and which is easy for an operator to use by reducing the length of the entire apparatus. And

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention solves the above problems by taking in bills, first conveying means for conveying bills taken in by the taking means, and The discriminating means for discriminating the types of banknotes conveyed by the conveying means, the conveying sorting means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means and discriminating the bills according to the denomination, and the bills sorted by the conveying sorting means. A banknote storage section for storing the banknotes, and a takeout means for taking out the banknotes stored in the banknote storage section,
Second conveying means for conveying the banknotes taken out by the takeout means, a stacking section for stacking the banknotes carried by the second transporting means, and a sending means for sending out the stacked banknotes stacked in the stacking section A bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes sent out by the sending means, a carrier for mounting and transferring the bunched banknotes bunched by the bundling means, and an opening / closing part in the middle, By opening the opening / closing part, the bundled bills transferred by the movement of the carrier are introduced together with the carrier into a bundle conveying means for using the carrier as a conveyance guide, and bundles conveyed by the bundle conveying means. The bundle sorting means for sorting the bills into denominations and the storage portion for storing the bundled bills sorted by the bundle sorting means in denomination, and taking out the bundled bills stored in the storage portion. Formed by and a take-out means for dispensing feed into the bundle conveying means Te.

Further, the taking-in means for taking in the bills, the first conveying means for conveying the bills taken in by the taking-in means, and the kind of the bills conveyed by the first conveying means are discriminated. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for accumulating the banknotes conveyed by the second conveying means, and a stacking section in the stacking section Sending means for sending the accumulated banknotes, a bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes delivered by the delivering means, a carrier for transferring the bunch of banknotes bundled by the bundling means, and an upper surface in the middle part It has a closing part and a conveying roller facing the upper opening / closing part, and introduces the banknotes transferred by the movement of the carrier into the inside together with the carrier by opening the upper opening / closing part so that the carrier is nested with the conveying roller. The bundle conveying means that is brought into the state and is used as a conveyance guide, the bundle distributing means that sorts the bundled bills conveyed by the bundle conveying means according to their denominations, and the bundled bills that are sorted by this bundle allocating means by denominations. And a take-out means for taking out the bundled banknotes stored in the storage section and sending the bundled bills to the bundle conveying means for dispensing.

Further, the taking-in means for taking in the bills, the first conveying means for conveying the bills taken in by the taking-in means, and the kind of bills conveyed by the first conveying means are discriminated. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for accumulating the banknotes conveyed by the second conveying means, and a stacking section in the stacking section A delivery means for delivering the accumulated banknotes, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes delivered by the delivery means, a carrier for mounting and transporting the banknotes bundled by the bundling means, and A guide means for guiding the movement of the carrier in a substantially vertical direction and an opening / closing portion in the middle, and a carrier guided and moved by the guide means is introduced into the inside by opening the opening / closing portion, and the carrier is moved. A bundle conveying means used as a conveyance guide, a bundle allocating means for allocating the small bundle banknotes conveyed by the bundle conveying means into denominations, and a storage for accommodating the small bundle banknotes categorized by the bundle allocating means in denominations And a take-out means for taking out the bundled bills stored in the storing portion and sending the bundled bills to the bundle conveying means for dispensing.

[0011]

Operation: The bundled bills are stored in the storage portion, the bundled bills stored in the storage portion are taken out by the take-out means, sent to the bundle conveying means, and conveyed by the bundle conveying means to dispense. It enables a person to dispense a bundled bill without having to bother loading the bundled bill into another bundle dispensing device.

Further, by stacking the banknotes in the stacking unit and then sending the stacked banknotes to the stacking means to bundle the banknotes, there is no need to transport the banknotes one by one to the stacking machine, and the length of the entire apparatus is increased. Shorten the length.

Further, by accumulating the loose banknotes in the accumulating section, even if an abnormality occurs in the conveyance and accumulation of the banknotes on the bundle side, the processing on the loose banknote side is not immediately stopped,
To be able to continue.

Further, by opening and closing the opening / closing part provided in the middle part of the bundle conveying means and introducing the carrier, which carries the bundled bills and moves, to the one end side of the bundle conveying means. No space is needed to position the carrier,
To save space.

Further, by using the carrier as a conveyance guide for bundled bills, the number of guide constituent parts of the bundle conveying means can be reduced. Further, the carrier introduced into the bundle conveying means is nested with the conveying roller of the bundle conveying means, so that the bundled bills are transferred onto the conveying roller only by introducing the carrier.

Further, by guiding the movement of the carrier in a substantially vertical direction by the guide means and introducing it into the bundle conveying means, the movement path of the carriers is shortened and space is saved.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cash management system for a bank store. This system is composed of two Terras machines 1a, 1a that operate the entire system and process data.
b. Further, the system described above is a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 for depositing / dispensing loose banknotes, and a surplus cash of this banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 is sealed and stored in the machine body, and a sealing is performed for dispensing banknotes in small bundles. -The small payment machine 3 is provided. Further, the system includes a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins and a coin dispensing machine 5 for dispensing loose coins. Further, the system includes a coin dispenser 6 and a tellers machine stand 7 for dispensing coins (coins) packaged every 50 sheets.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 is provided with a banknote depositing slot 11 and a depositing reject box 12 for accumulating rejected banknotes at the time of depositing. In addition, the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2
Is a withdrawal reject box 13 for accumulating rejected banknotes at the time of withdrawal, and a withdrawal opening 1 for accumulating banknotes withdrawn.
It is equipped with 4. The input port 11, the deposit reject box 12, the dispense reject box 13, and the dispense port 14 are arranged in a line in the vertical direction on the front surface of the machine body. Further, on the upper surface of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, a journal printer 15 is provided as a printing means for printing the contents of each transaction.
Are arranged. In the vicinity of the input port 11, the withdrawal port 14, and the journal printer 15, an occupied lamp 16 indicating which of the two Terras machines 1a and 1b is occupied by the Terras machines 1a and 1b, respectively. , 17, 18 are provided. Further, on the front surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is provided a remaining amount display section 19 for displaying the amount of remaining banknotes in a banknote storage box described later inside the machine body. Further, on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is a temporary band storage return door 20 for returning a banding fraction, which will be described later, and has a mechanism for hopping up to the upper part of the machine when the banknotes are returned. On the front of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 is a payout transfer path withdrawal door 21 from above, and a temporary stacking door 2 for returning the banknote when depositing money.
2, and a storage door 23 for pulling out the bill storage is provided.

On the other hand, the banding / small-bundle paying machine 3 has a dispensing door 24 for paying a small bundle at the upper part, and by opening the door 24, the dispensed small bundle can be taken out. . An occupancy lamp 25 similar to the occupancy lamp of the bill depositing / dispensing unit is arranged near the dispensing door 24. At the upper part of the withdrawal door 24, there is a band set door 26 for exchanging the band, and the band 16 is opened for exchanging the band. A safe deposit takeout door 27 is arranged below the withdrawal door 24 so that a safe deposit box, which will be described later, can be taken out.

Detailed description of the coin depositing machine 4, the coin dispensing machine 5 and the coin dispenser 6 will be omitted here. Next, the internal configurations of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 and the banding / small bundle paying machine 3 will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the inside of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2, and FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof. This banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 2
In, when a banknote is to be deposited, the banknote is placed in the insertion slot 11 and a deposit start command is sent from the tellers machine 1a (1b), whereby rotation of the intake roller 29 as the intake means from the insertion slot 11 is performed. Thus, the bills are taken inside one by one.

The banknotes taken in from the above-mentioned slot 11 pass through the pre-inspection conveyance path 100 as the first conveyance means and are guided to the inspection section (inspection means) 34. The denomination, shape, front / back, authenticity, damage, etc. of the bill taken in the inspection unit 34 are discriminated. Based on the discrimination result, the control unit (not shown) sorts the bills to the stacking units by using the sorting gate groups 35a to 35k as the sorting unit installed in the transport path. The banknotes output from the inspection unit 34 are sorted and accumulated in the deposit reject box 12 by the first deposit reject gate 35a in the case of the undecidable bill.

The undecidable ticket is set again in the slot 11 to be taken in again, or is manually included in the counting data. In addition, the determined banknote is then transferred to the front and back gate 35b.
Are sorted into front tickets and back tickets, and those that face up are guided to the front transport path, and those that face down are guided to the back transport path,
The front and back of banknotes are available.

The banknotes whose front and back are arranged enter the sorting and conveying path 40 as the sorting and conveying means by the sorting gate 35c and the safe gate 35d. The banknotes that have entered the sorting / transporting path 40 are denominations by the temporary storage gates 35e to 35g as the sorting means, and the temporary stacking box 41 as the temporary stacking section due to the damage.
The flappers 45a to 45d of a to 41d are integrated. When the number of stacked banknotes increases, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected by a stacking full sensor (not shown). When the stack full sensor detects that the stack of banknotes is full, the flappers 45a and 45b move about 90 °.
The banknotes that are rotated downward and accumulated are the flapper 45c on the lower side.
And will be supported by 45d. If the banknotes continue to be stacked as they are, the upper surface of the banknotes will be detected again by the stacking full sensor, and if detected, the flapper 4
Similarly, 5c and 45d also rotate downward by about 90 °. At this time, the banknotes are stacked on the shutter 47 attached to the bottom of the stacking unit. Further, when the stacking of banknotes is continued, the upper surface of the banknote is detected again by the full sensor, but for the first time, the control unit notifies the tellers machine 1a (1b) of the full stacking section. When the stack is full, the shutter 47 is opened to the left and right by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the stacked banknotes fall into storage boxes 48a to 48d as banknote storage units. The above storages 48a to 48
The separators 49, 49 are waiting at the upper end in d,
The dropped banknotes will fall on the separators 49, 49. When the shutter 47 is opened, the pusher mechanism 52 waiting on the upper part of the temporary stacking unit 41 is driven, and all the bills remaining in the temporary stacking store 41 are stored in the storages 48a to 48a.
Move to within 48d. When this movement is completed, the pusher 52 rises and the shutter 47 is closed. In this state, the next deposit is ready.

Next, the dispensing operation will be described. The dispensing operation is realized by sending the tickets accumulated in the storages 48a to 48d to the dispensing port 14. When the withdrawal start command is transmitted from the tellers machine 1a (1b) to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, the control unit of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 causes the takeout mechanism 56 of the storage boxes 48a to 48d in which the dispensed banknotes are accumulated. To drive. The take-out mechanism 56 is the same as the take-in mechanism attached to the inlet 11. The take-out mechanism 56 is rotated to take out the bills one by one, and the take-out counting sensor 57 installed immediately after the take-out port counts the number of the taken-out bills. When the count reaches the number of paid-out sheets, the take-out mechanism 56 stops driving and the take-out is completed. The banknotes taken out are conveyed to the withdrawal inspection section 59 through the under-container conveyance path 58a serving as the second conveying means. The withdrawal inspection unit 59 picks up two banknotes, confirms the denomination, and if there is no problem, sends them to the upper withdrawal conveyance path 58b.

At this time, if there is a problem with the bill, the take-out mechanism is instructed to take out the bill additionally. The banknotes that have passed the withdrawal inspection unit 59 pass through the close inspection gate 35h,
Entering the upper stage withdrawal / conveyance path 58b as the third conveyance means,
It is conveyed to the dispensing port 14 by the sealing gate 35i.

The banknotes conveyed to the withdrawal opening side by the sealing gate 35i are to be withdrawn to the withdrawal reject box 13 by the withdrawal reject gate 35j and the tickets determined to have a problem in the withdrawal inspection. Are accumulated in the dispensing port 14, respectively. When the banknotes designated in the dispensing port 14 have been accumulated, the electromagnetic lock (not shown) is released, the dispensing port is opened, and it becomes possible to take out the sprue. This completes the withdrawal process.

Further, the bills in the storages 48a to 48d are normally pushed by the weight of the litter and are pressed against the feed roller of the take-out mechanism 56 to stably take out the bills. The backup mechanism 60 is driven in the storage, and the banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d can be pushed from above. This bill remaining amount is
This is done by detecting the position of the upper surface of the bill in the storages 48a to 48d.

Next, a large number of deposited banknotes are stored in the storages 48a to 48.
The operation of automatically rotating the banknotes in the banding machine 3 when the number of banknotes in d becomes large will be described. Sealing the banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d is called storage automatic sorting, and the storage 4
When the number of banknotes in 8a to 48d exceeds a certain number, it is automatically started. This fixed number is equal to the Terras machine 1a (1
The setting can be made from b), and by making this setting, the number of bills in the storages 48a to 48d can be always kept constant. When the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d becomes equal to or larger than the set value, the storage control is automatically started and the removal from the storages 48a to 48d is started. With respect to the taken out banknotes, the withdrawal inspection section 59 makes a determination such as denomination confirmation, and only the banknotes suitable for sealing are conveyed to the sealing and accumulating section 61 by the sealing gate 35i. 1 for the sealing and accumulating unit 61
When 00 sheets are conveyed, they are sent to the banding unit by a mechanism / process described later.

On the other hand, in the control of the storages 48a to 48d, the remaining amount of bills in the storages 48a to 48d is checked every time 100 sheets are taken out, and when the remaining amount becomes less than the set value, the taking out is stopped. By controlling in this way, the storage 48a
The number of banknotes within 48d is always kept constant.

Next, the sealing and accumulating portion 61 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG.
This sealing and stacking unit 6 comprises stacking units 61a and 61b.
The integration switching gate 35k is used to switch the integration of two stages
The banknotes that are switched by the above and are first taken out from the safes 48a to 48d are stacked in the upper-stage sealing and stacking unit 61a.
The accumulated bills are accumulated on the sealing / accumulating backup 62a, and when the accumulation progresses and the upper surface of the bills approaches the accumulation inlet, the fullness is detected by a sealing / accumulating full sensor (not shown). When full is detected, the sealed integrated backup 6
2a is lowered to the lower end by the drive mechanism, and the banknote is moved onto the lateral sealing carrier 63a.

As the stacking further progresses, the upper-stage sealed stacking unit 61
When 100 banknotes have been stacked on a, the stacking switching gate 35k allows the subsequent banknotes to be stacked on the lower stacking stacking unit 6
Integrated in 1b.

The 100 banknotes stacked in the upper stacking stacking section 61a are moved to the sealing machine 3 side by the sealing horizontal carrier 63a while being pressed from above by the sealing stacking clamp 64a.

At this time, since the banding and accumulating clamp 64a is fixed on the banding horizontal carrier 63a, it moves together. The 100 banknotes thus moved are pulled out by the mechanism of the banding machine 3 described later.

When it is detected that the bill has been pulled out, the sealing horizontal carrier 63a returns to the original position. At this time, the sealed stacking backup 62a and the sealed stacking clamp 64a also return to their original positions.

With the above operation, one cycle is completed, and next, the lower stage stacking and accumulating section 61b sends the 100 banknotes to the sealing machine 3 by the same operation. In this way, the upper / lower sealing and stacking units 61a, 6a
1b sequentially sends the banknotes to the banding machine 3, whereby the banding can be continuously performed. Further, when the fractions remain during the sealing, the entire sealing and stacking units 61a and 61b hop up together with the pre-stage transport path as shown in FIG. 2 so that the banknotes in the stacking units 61a and 61b can be taken out. Has become.

Next, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of the banding / small bundle payment machine 3. Banknotes are sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 to the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 via the banding stacking units 61a and 61b. The stacking / stacking units 61a and 61b are the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2
When inserted into the banding / small bundle payment machine 3, the small bundle hand unit 71 moves to receive the bill. The small bundle hand unit 71 has a two-stage structure including an upper hand unit 71a and a lower hand unit 71b, and can hold a bill regardless of whether the bill is supplied from the upper stage of the sealing and stacking unit 61 or from the lower stage. You can do it.

Further, the small bundle hand parts 71a and 71b are constructed on the same base, and are moved together vertically. The small bundle hand units 71a and 71b can detect three positions of a bill clamp position, a bill release position, and a standby position by a hand position detection sensor (not shown).

The operation for receiving the bills from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 is such that when the designated number of bills are stacked on the sealing stacking unit 61, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 transfers the bills to the sealing / small-bundle paying machine 3 and the upper or lower stage. That signal is sent. Upon receiving the signal, the banding / small-bundle paying machine 3 sets a backup mechanism, which will be described later, in the upper or lower stage according to the signal from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2.

After that, the small bundle hand parts 71a and 71b waiting at the standby position move to the bill clamp position and clamp the bill by a bill clamp mechanism (not shown).
When the clamping is completed, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a and 71b move the banknotes along the longitudinal direction to the banknote release position while holding the banknotes and wait for the backup to clamp the banknotes. When the backup clamps the bill, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a and 71b release the bill and return to the standby position. With the above operation, one cycle of the small bundle hand mechanism is completed, and the drawing of bills is completed.

Next, the backup mechanism 72 will be described. The backup mechanism 72 has a bill receiving tray 74 and a backup clamp mechanism 73 above it in the mechanism. Further, the backup mechanism 72 can detect three positions of an upper banknote receiving position, a lower banknote receiving position, and a carrier transfer position by a sensor group (not shown). The backup mechanism 72 that receives the banknotes from the small bundle hand mechanism 71 is
After returning to the standby position, the movement starts from the upper banknote receiving position or the lower banknote receiving position and moves to the carrier transfer position. At this time, the backup clamp mechanism 73 is in a clamped state and holds the banknotes on the backup so as not to drop.

When the backup mechanism 72 moves to the carrier transfer position, the bills are transferred to the carrier 7 as a feeding means.
It is set to have the same height as above. When the carrier 75 moves forward in this state, the bills are
It is pushed by the back plate of and is pulled out from the backup 72. By the above operation, the backup 72 to the carrier 7
Delivery to 5 is completed. When the carrier 75 starts to move forward, the banknotes are clamped by a carrier clamp (not shown) so as not to drop from the carrier 75. Further, the sealing shutter 76 arranged in front of the carrier 75 is structured so as to be pushed by the banknotes on the carrier 75 and rotate in the carrier moving direction while passing the banknotes. Further, the carrier 75 can detect three positions of a bill receiving position, a bundle holding position, and a vertical carrier delivering position by a sensor group (not shown).

The bills on the carrier 75 are stored in the carrier 75.
Is moved to the bundling mechanism 91 as a bundling means and bunched. The bundling mechanism 91 is provided by the supply section 9 of the band 92.
3, a feeding roller 94 that feeds the band 92 supplied from the supply unit 93, a winding mechanism 95 that winds the band 92 around the bill, and a band 92 that winds the band 92 and then cuts the band 92 A cutter 96 is provided.

The bundled banknotes ride on the carrier 75 and move from the bundled position to the vertical carrier delivery position, and the carrier 75 stops there. At this time, the bill hits the outer side surface of the sealing shutter 76 and stops at a certain position.

At this time, the vertical carrier 77 rises from the standby position below the carrier 75 and moves to a position where the banknotes on the carrier 75 can be grabbed. Vertical carrier 7 that has moved
7 holds banknotes on the carrier 75 by means of a vertical carrier clamp mechanism 78 provided side by side. When the vertical carrier clamp 78 grips the bill, the carrier 75 starts moving further and returns to the bill receiving position. At this time, the banknote is pushed by the sealing shutter 76 and comes off the carrier 75. The banknotes completely placed on the vertical carrier 77 descend together with the vertical carrier 77 and enter into the small bundle conveying path 79 as the bundle conveying means.

The vertical carrier 77 is moved up and down by a driving mechanism 101 as shown in FIG. That is, the vertical carrier 77 is attached to the clamp base 102, and the clamp base 102 is attached to the horizontal slide mechanism 103. This lateral slide mechanism 1
03 is attached to the vertical slide mechanism 104 so as to be slidable in the horizontal direction. In addition, the lateral slide mechanism 10
4 is provided with a guide pin 105 protruding from the guide pin 1.
Reference numeral 05 is inserted in the guide groove 106 formed on the wall surface. The guide groove 106 includes an upper vertical portion 106a, an intermediate inclined portion 106b, and a lower vertical portion 106c.

The vertical slide mechanism 104 is slidably supported by guide shafts 107, 107 and is connected to a drive belt 108. This drive belt 108
Is a plurality of pulleys 109a to 109 arranged in the upper and lower parts
It has been passed over to e.

A drive motor 11 capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions is provided on the pulley 109a via a gear 110 and a worm gear 111.
2 is connected. When the drive motor 112 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions, the drive belt 108 travels in the forward and reverse directions via the worm gear 111, the gear 110, and the pulley 109a, and the vertical slide mechanism 104 is moved up and down by this travel. As the vertical slide mechanism 104 is moved up and down, the guide pin 105 of the horizontal slide mechanism 103 is moved into the guide groove 10.
6 along with the horizontal slide mechanism 1
03 is designed to move in the horizontal direction.

A small bundle pusher mechanism 80 and a picker mechanism 81 are provided on the upper surface side of the small bundle conveying path 79, and a bundle distribution for guiding the small bundles on the conveying path 79 into the small bundle safe 83 on the lower surface side. Transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b are provided as means.

Further, an opening / closing door 86 as an opening / closing portion is provided on the upper surface side of the small bundle conveying path 79 so as to be openable / closable in a state of being located between a small bundle safe 83a and a small bundle safe 83b which will be described later. By opening, the vertical carrier 77 can be introduced into the small bundle conveying path 79.

Further, the vertical carrier 77 is provided in the small bundle conveying path 7
When it is introduced into the roller 9, it is in a nesting state with respect to the drive rollers 113, 113 as the conveying rollers arranged on the lower surface side of the conveying path 79 as shown in FIGS.

Further, when the vertical carrier 77 is introduced into the small bundle conveying path 79, it is used as a small bundle conveying guide. In the figure, 114 are guides provided on the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b.

On the other hand, below the small bundle conveying path 79, small bundle safes 83a to 83d as a bundle storing section are arranged, and the respective safes 83a to 83d are provided depending on the denomination of the small bundle.
It can be stored in. Also, the safe 83a
It is also possible to return the small bundle in the safe 83 to the inside of the transport path 79 by the stopper mechanism 84 and the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 arranged in the ~ 83d.

Next, a detailed description will be given of how the small bundle moved by the vertical carrier 77 is stored in the small bundle safe 83 through the small bundle conveying path 79. When the vertical carrier 77 approaches the inside of the conveyance path 79 with the small bundle clamped, the conveyance path opening / closing door 86 is opened by a drive motor (not shown). The vertical carrier 77 that has entered the transport path 79 from here is the transport path 7
It moves to a fixed position in 9, that is, an upper part between the safe 83a and the safe 83b, and waits for the opening / closing door 86 to close. When the opening / closing door 86 is closed, the drive roller 113 that is nested with the vertical carrier 77 is rotated, and the small bundle is conveyed into the conveyance path 79. When the small bundle reaches the small bundle safe 83 where the small bundle should be stored, the small bundle is stopped, and the small bundle stands by in a storable state. At this time, the stop position of the small bundle is adjusted by the picker mechanism 81 described later.

When the small bundle stands by just above the small bundle storage 83, the left and right transport shutters 82a and 82b are rotated downward and fall into the safe 83. At this time, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is also driven in the pushing direction at the same time as the transport shutters 82a and 82b are opened, and the small bundle is pushed. The small bunch that dropped is initially a stopper mechanism 8
Riding on 4, 84, small bundle pusher mechanism 80
Further, it is pushed into the safe 83. Stopper mechanism 84
Is rotatably pushed into the safe 83 together with the small bundle, and is urged by a spring or the like so as to return to the original position by itself when the small bundle reaches a certain position. When the small bundle pusher 80 finishes pushing in to the position where the stopper mechanism 84 returns, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 returns to the fixed position,
The transport shutters 82a and 82b are closed, and the small safe 8
The storage in 3 is completed. The small bundle stored in the safe 83 is constantly urged upward by the backup mechanism 85 in the safe 83, and the small bundle is held by the stopper mechanisms 84, 84.

Next, the dispensing operation of a small bundle will be described.
For dispensing a small bundle, first, the transport shutters 82a and 82b of the safe 83 to be dispensed are opened as shown in FIG. After that, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed into the safe 83, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed downward, and the stopper mechanisms 84, 84 can be rotated. The rotatable stopper mechanisms 84, 84 are rotated and fixed in the safe 83 by a drive mechanism (not shown). Then, when the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pulled up, the backup mechanism 85 rises and the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed up to the upper end position of the small bundle pusher mechanism 80. The small bundle moved to the upper end is driven into the small bundle transport path 79 in order from the small bundle located at the top by driving the picker mechanism 81. The introduced small bundle moves in the transport path 79 by the rotation of the drive roller on the upper side of the transport path 79.

Further, when continuously dispensing money, if the picker mechanism 81 is driven again as it is, the next small bundle is dispensed. In this way, when the small bundle is dispensed, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed in as in the case of depositing, and the remaining small bundle is stored in the safe 83 to complete the dispensing process.

The small bundle transferred into the small bundle transfer path 79 moves in the transfer path 79 and drops into the elevator 87 from the exit of the transfer path. When all the small bundles to be dispensed enter the elevator 87, the elevator 87 starts rising and moves to the dispensing position. When the elevator 87 stops at the dispensing position, the small bundle dispensing door 24 opens and the small bundle can be taken out. When the small bundle is taken out of the elevator 87, a sensor (not shown) detects that the small bundle is not present and closes the dispensing door 24 to complete the transaction.

Further, when it is desired to continuously discharge small bundles out of the machine for banknote sorting and the like, the small bundle chute door 89 is opened and the elevator 87 is moved upward to drop from the small bundle conveying path 79. The small bundle that comes is discharged to the outside as it is. This has the advantage that the elevator 87 has a finite capacity, but can continuously withdraw money indefinitely.

An unfit banknote safe 90 is installed below the elevator 87 so that a small bundle not suitable for withdrawal, for example, a small bundle of bad notes or a small bundle having a bad shape can be stored. When storing in the unfit banknote safe 90, the small bundle conveying path 7
When the small bundle is dropped from 9, the elevator 87 is raised to be directly stored in the unfit note bank 90.

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As described above, according to the present invention, the bundled banknotes are stored in the storage portion, the bundled banknotes stored in the storage portion are taken out by the take-out means, and are sent to the bundle conveying means. Since it is transported and withdrawn, the operator does not have to bother loading the bundled bills in another bundle dispensing device,
Work efficiency is improved.

Further, since the banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit and then the stacked banknotes are sent to the stacking means for stacking, it is not necessary to transport the banknotes one by one to the stacking machine as in the conventional case, and the apparatus is not required. The overall length can be shortened and the usability is excellent.

Furthermore, since the banknotes are accumulated in the accumulating section,
Even if an abnormality occurs in the conveyance and stacking of banknotes on the bundle side, it is not necessary to immediately stop the processing on the loose banknote side, and the operation efficiency can be improved.

Further, since the carrier carrying the bundled banknotes is introduced into the inside by opening the opening / closing part provided in the middle portion of the bundle conveying means, the carrier is attached to one end of the bundle conveying means. A space for locating is unnecessary, and space can be saved.

Further, since the carrier introduced into the bundle conveying means is used as a conveyance guide for the bundled bills, the number of constituent parts of the bundle conveying means can be reduced. further,
Since the carrier introduced into the bundle conveying means is in a nested state with the conveying roller of the bundle conveying means, the bundled bills can be transferred onto the conveying roller only by introducing the carrier into the bundle conveying means, Processing efficiency can be improved without requiring a special transfer process.

Further, since the movement of the carriers is guided in the substantially vertical direction by the guide means to be introduced into the bundle conveying means, it is possible to shorten the movement route of the carriers and save space.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a bill processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram showing a bill depositing / dispensing machine of the bill processing system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a rear view showing the bill depositing / dispensing machine of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a banding / bundle bundling machine of the banknote processing system of FIG. 1.

5 is a configuration diagram showing a drive mechanism of a vertical carrier of the banding / bundling small bundle machine shown in FIG. 4;

6 is a plan view showing a bundle conveying path of the banding / placing small bundle machine shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a vertical carrier is introduced into a bundle conveying path of the banding / placing small bundle machine shown in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

29 ... Taking-in roller (taking-in means), 34 ... Inspecting section (discriminating means), 40 ... Conveyance sorting means, 48a to 48d ... Storage (banknote storing section), 56 ... Taking-out mechanism (taking-out means), 58
a, 58b ... Second transport means, 61 ... Sealing stacking section (stacking section), 63a, 63b ... Carrier (sending section), 77 ...
Vertical carrier (carrier), 79 ... Bundle conveying means, 82a,
82b ... Transport shutter mechanism (bundle distribution means), 83a to 8
3d ... small bundle safe (storage section), 85 ... backup mechanism (takeout means), 91 ... small bundle mechanism (small bundle means).

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A means for taking in a bill, a first conveying means for conveying the bill taken by the taking means, and a type of the bill conveyed by the first conveying means. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for accumulating the banknotes conveyed by the second conveying means, and a stacking section in the stacking section A delivery means for delivering the accumulated banknotes, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes delivered by the delivery means, a carrier for mounting and transporting the banknotes bundled by the bundling means, An opening / closing part is provided in the container, and by opening the opening / closing part, a bundle conveying means for introducing the bundled bills transferred by the movement of the carrier into the inside together with the carrier and using the carrier as a conveyance guide, Bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled banknotes conveyed by the transport means according to their denominations, a storage section for storing the bundled bundled banknotes sorted by this bundle distribution means for each denomination, and bundles stored in this storage section. A bill processing apparatus comprising: a take-out unit that takes out a bundle of bills and sends the bundle of bills to the bundle conveying unit to withdraw. 2. A taking-in means for taking in a bill, a first conveying means for conveying the bill taken in by the taking-in means, and a kind of the bill conveyed by the first conveying means are discriminated. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for accumulating the banknotes conveyed by the second conveying means, and a stacking section in the stacking section A delivery means for delivering the accumulated banknotes, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes delivered by the delivery means, a carrier for transferring the bunched banknotes bundled by the bundling means, and an upper part in the middle. An opening / closing part and a conveying roller facing the top opening / closing part are provided. By opening the top opening / closing part, the accumulated banknotes transferred by the movement of the carrier are introduced into the carrier together with the carrier, and the carrier is nested with the conveying roller. State, and a bundle conveying means used as a conveyance guide, a bundle allocating means for allocating the small bundle banknotes conveyed by the bundle conveying means to their denominations, and a small bundle banknote distributed by this bundle allocating means for denominations A banknote processing device comprising: a storage section for storing the banknotes in the storage section; and a take-out means for taking out the bundled banknotes stored in the storage section and sending the bundled banknotes to the bundle conveying means for withdrawal. 3. A take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, and a type of the bill carried by the first carrying means. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for accumulating the banknotes conveyed by the second conveying means, and a stacking section in the stacking section A delivery means for delivering the collected banknotes, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes delivered by the delivery means, a carrier for mounting and transporting the banknotes bundled by the bundling means, A guide means for guiding the movement of the carrier in a substantially vertical direction and an opening / closing portion in the middle, and a carrier guided by the guide means is introduced into the inside by opening the opening / closing portion, and the carrier is moved. A bundle conveying means used as a conveyance guide, a bundle allocating means for allocating the small bundle banknotes conveyed by the bundle conveying means into denominations, and a storage for accommodating the small bundle banknotes categorized by the bundle allocating means in denominations A banknote handling apparatus comprising: a unit; and a takeout unit that takes out the bundled bills stored in the storage unit and sends the bundled bills to the bundle conveying unit for withdrawal.