JPH0896208A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a paper money processor capable of automatically sorting and storing bundles of paper money in each money sort. CONSTITUTION: The paper money processor is provided with a stacking part for stacking the prescribed number of sheets of paper money, a carrier for carrying paper money stacked in the stacking part, a bundling mechanism for bundling the stacked paper money carried by the carrier, carrying shutters 82a, 82b for carrying the bundle of paper money bundled by the bundling mechanism by the traveling of carrying belts 104 and distributing the bundle in each money sort by the opening/closing of the belts 104, and a cashbox 83 for storing the bundle of paper money distributed by the shutters 82a, 82b in each money sort.

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 This type of banknote handling apparatus takes in the banknotes inserted into an insertion slot one by one, and judges the denomination and the like of the taken-in banknotes by an inspection section so that the banknotes can be stored in a safe by denomination. It is like this.

Further, there is one that allows the banknotes stored in the safe to be taken out and stacked by a predetermined number, for example, 100 banknotes, and then the stacked banknotes can be conveyed to a bundling section for bundling.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, since the bundled bills bundled by the bundle portion are stored in the same storage box regardless of the denomination, the bundled bills are manually packed. It had to be divided into types, which was time-consuming. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing device capable of automatically storing bundled banknotes according to their denominations.

[0005]

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 a predetermined number of banknotes transported by the second transporting means, and the banknotes stacked in the stacking section A feeding means, a bundling means for bundling the accumulated banknotes fed by the feeding means, a bundling distribution means for carrying the bunched banknotes bunched by the bundling means, and allocating the bundling banknotes according to their denominations. A bundle storage unit for storing the bundled banknotes sorted by the bundle sorting means according to their denominations.

[0006] 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 a predetermined number of the conveyed bills by the second conveying means, and this stacking A feeding means for feeding the bills accumulated in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the accumulated bills fed by the feeding means, a bundled bill bundled by the bundling means, and by opening and closing the bundled bills. A bundle sorting means for distributing the denomination comprises a bundle accommodating section for accommodating a bunch bundle banknotes distributed by the flux distributing means in its denomination.

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 a predetermined number of the conveyed bills by the second conveying means, and this stacking A feeding means for feeding the banknotes accumulated in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the accumulated banknotes fed by the feeding means, and a bundling of the bunch of bills bunched by the bundling means by traveling of a conveyor belt. In comprises a bundle sorting means for distributing to its denomination by opening and closing of said conveyor belt, and a bundle accommodating section for accommodating a bunch bundle banknotes distributed by the flux distributing means in its denomination.

[0008]

The bundled bills bundled by the bundled means are transported by the bundle sorter and sorted by denomination, and the sorted bundled bills are stored in the bundle storing section, so that the bundled bills can be stored by hand. , The bundled banknotes are automatically stored in the bundle storage section by denomination.

Further, the bundle distributing means is provided with a function of conveying bundled banknotes, thereby simplifying the structure. Further, by configuring the bundle distributing means by the openable and closable conveyor belt, the conveying function and the distributing function can be provided with a small number of components.

[0010]

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 comprises a banknote depositing slot 11 and a deposit 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, a journal printer 15 for printing the contents of each transaction is arranged on the upper surface of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2. In the vicinity of the input port 11, the withdrawal port 14, and the journal printer 15, which one of the above-mentioned two Terras machines 1a and 1b is installed,
Occupancy lamps 16, 17, which indicate whether or not it is occupied by 1b,
18 are provided. Further, on the front surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is provided a remaining amount display 19 for displaying the amount of remaining banknotes in a banknote storage, which will be 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 surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, from the top, a pay-in transfer path withdrawal door 21, a temporary stacking door 22 for returning a banknote at the time of deposit, and a storage door 23 for withdrawing a banknote storage are arranged.

On the other hand, the banding / small bundle paying machine 3 has a dispensing door 24 for paying small bundles on 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, coin dispensing machine 5 and 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 through the 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 this discrimination result, a control unit (not shown) is installed in the conveyance path to sort the gate groups 35a to 35a.
Banknotes are distributed to each stacking unit using 35k. The banknotes issued from the inspection unit 34 are the first deposit reject gate 35.
In the case of the undecidable ticket, a is sorted and accumulated in the deposit reject box 12 by a. Is this non-judgable ticket set again in the slot 11 and re-loaded?
Manually enter the count data.

Further, the determined banknotes are then transferred to the front and back gates 3
The bills are sorted into front and back bills by 5b, the front ones are guided to the front conveyance path, and the back ones are guided to the back conveyance path to arrange the front and back of the bills.

The banknotes whose front and back are arranged are then transported to the lower storage compartment by the sorting gate 35c. The banknotes pass through the safe gate 35d and enter the sorting and conveying path 40 as the conveying and sorting means. The banknotes that have entered the sorting conveyance path 40 are accumulated on the flapper groups 45a to 45d of the temporary accumulation boxes 41a to 41d by denominations and damages by the temporary storage gates 35e to 35g.

At the start of stacking, the four flappers 45a to 45d are all set to the positions shown in FIG. 2, and the bills entering the flappers 45a to 45d are set to the positions shown in FIG.
Collect on 5b. Also, the flappers 45a to 45d
Is configured to rotate about 90 ° downward.

When the number of banknotes to be stacked increases, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected by a stacking full sensor (not shown). When the banknote stack sensor detects that the banknote stack is full, the flapper 45a, 45b detects about 9
The banknotes that have been rotated 0 ° downward and accumulated are the flapper 4 on the lower side.
It will be supported by 5c and 45d. If the banknotes continue to be stacked in this state, the upper surface of the banknotes will be detected again by the stacking full sensor, and when detected, the flappers 45c 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 banknotes continue to be stacked, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected again by the full sensor, but the control unit notifies the tellers machine 1a (1b) of the full stacking area only for the first time.

In response to this notification, the shutter 47 is opened to the left and right by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the accumulated banknotes fall into the storages 48a to 48d. The storage 48a-48d
Inside the separators 49, 49 are waiting at the upper end, and 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 banknotes remaining in the temporary stacking store 41 are stored in the storages 48a to 48.
Move into d.

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 pay-in / pay-out machine 2, the control unit of the banknote pay-in / pay-out machine 2 takes out the take-out mechanism 5 of the storage boxes 48a to 48d in which the pay-out banknotes are accumulated.
Drive 6 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 additional bills. The banknotes passing through the withdrawal inspection unit 59 pass through the close inspection gate 35h, then enter the upper stage withdrawal transfer passage 58b as the second transfer means, and are transferred to the withdrawal port 14 by the sealing gate 35i.

For the banknotes conveyed to the withdrawal opening side by the sealing gate 35i, the withdrawal reject gate 35j passes the ticket determined to have a problem in the withdrawal inspection to the withdrawal reject box 13 to be withdrawn. 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 banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d are normally weighed by the litter, and are pressed against the feeding roller of the takeout mechanism 56 to be stably taken out. The backup mechanism 60 is driven and the banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d can be pushed from above.
This bill remaining amount is stored in the storage 48a by a sensor (not shown).
This is done by detecting the position of the upper surface of the bill within 48d.

Next, a large number of deposited banknotes are stored in the storage boxes 48a-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. The taken-out banknotes are discriminated by the withdrawal inspection section 59 such as denomination confirmation, and only the banknotes suitable for sealing are conveyed to the sealing and accumulating section by the sealing gate 35i. When 100 sheets are conveyed to the sealing / stacking unit, they are sent to the sealing unit by a mechanism / process described later.

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

Next, the sealing and accumulating section 61 as accumulating means will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the sealing and stacking unit 61 is a stack of upper and lower two stages. The switching of the two-stage integration is switched by the integration switching gate 35k. The banknotes 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 and accumulating backup 62a, and a certain height is secured from the accumulating outlet. As the stacking progresses and the upper surface of the banknotes approaches the stacking exit, the fullness is detected by a sealed stacking full sensor (not shown). When full is detected,
The sealing and stacking backup 62a is lowered to the lower end by its drive mechanism, and the banknotes are moved onto the sealing horizontal carrier 63a. As the stacking further progresses, 100 is placed in the upper sealing and stacking unit 61a.
When the stack of banknotes is completed, stack switching gate 35k
As a result, the subsequent banknotes are stacked in the lower stage stacking stacking unit 61b.

On the other hand, 1 accumulated in the upper sealing and accumulating portion 61a
The 00 banknotes are moved to the sealing machine 3 side by the sealing horizontal carrier 63a as a feeding means while being pressed from above by the sealing stacking clamp 64a. At this time,
The sealing and integrating clamp 64a is fixed on the sealing horizontal carrier 63a, and therefore 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 100 bills 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. In the banding / small bundle payment machine 3, banknotes are sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 via the banding stacking units 61a and 61b. When the stacking / stacking units 61a and 61b are inserted from the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2 into the sealing / small bundle paying machine 3, the small bundle hand unit 7
1 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 so that they can be moved up and down together. 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 of receiving the bills from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 is such that when the designated number of bills are accumulated on the sealing / collecting 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. Is signaled. 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 units 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 to the banknote release position while dragging the banknote, and wait for the backup to clamp the banknote. When the backup clamps the bill, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a, 7a
1b releases the bill and returns 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 becomes the carrier 7.
It rises from the standby position below 5 and moves to the position where the banknotes on the carrier 75 can be grabbed. The vertical carrier 77 that has completed the movement holds the banknotes on the carrier 75 by the 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 the small bundle conveying path 79.

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.

Below the small bundle conveying path 79, the small bundle safe 8 is provided.
Four pieces 3 are arranged so that they can be stored in the respective safes 83 by a small bundle of denominations. Further, the stopper mechanism 84 and the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 arranged in the safe 83 can return the small bundle in the safe 83 to the transport path 79.

By the way, the above-mentioned transport shutter mechanism 82
a and 82b are configured as shown in FIGS. That is, 101a and 101b in the figure are small bundle safes 83
A pair of shafts respectively arranged above the drive rollers 102a and 101b.
Is attached. In addition, the shaft 101a,
The driven roller 1 is attached to 101b via an attachment member (not shown).
03 is attached. The drive and driven roller 1
A conveyor belt 104 is stretched between 02 and 103, and the conveyor belt 104 is rotated by the rotation of the driving roller 102.
Is designed to be driven.

Further, the conveyor belts 104, 104 are provided so as to be openable and closable, and when closed, the driven roller 102 moves upward to be in a horizontal state. By traveling in this horizontal state, a small bundle is conveyed. The conveyor belts 104, 1
When 04 is opened, the driven roller 102 is moved downward to be in a vertical state, and the small bundle is dropped downward to make the small bundle safe 83.
Store inside.

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 transport path 79 with the small bundle clamped, the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 is opened by a drive motor (not shown).

The vertical carrier 77 that has entered the transport path 79 from here moves to a fixed position in the transport path 79 and waits for the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 to close. When the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 is closed, the vertical carrier 77 and the drive rollers arranged in the nest are rotated and the transport belt 10 of the transport shutters 82a and 82b is rotated.
The small bundles are transported in the transport path 79 by the traveling of 4, 104. When it reaches the small bundle safe 83 where the small bundle is to be stored, the traveling of the transport belts 104 and 104 is stopped and stopped, and the storage belt 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 driving mechanism (not shown) drives the conveying belts 104, 104 of the left and right conveying shutters 82a and 82b to rotate downward to open the small bundle. The bundle falls into the safe 83. At this time, the transport shutters 82a and 8a
Along with the opening of 2b, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is also driven in the pushing direction at the same time and pushed in so that the small bundle is not caught in the middle. The small bundle that has fallen first rides on the stopper mechanism 84 and is further pushed into the safe 83 by the small bundle pusher mechanism 80. The stopper mechanism 84 is pushed into the safe 83 together with the small bundle so as to rotate, 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 close, and the storage of the small bundle in the safe 83 ends. The small bundle stored in the safe 83 is the safe 8.
The small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 in the unit 3 always urges the upper bundle upward, and the small bundle is held by the stopper mechanisms 84, 84.

To dispense a small bundle, first open the transport shutters 82a, 82b of the safe 83 to be dispensed and push the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 into the safe 83. At this time, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed downward by the small bundle pusher mechanism 80, and the stopper mechanisms 84, 84 can be rotated.

The rotatable stopper mechanism 84 is rotated and fixed in the safe 83 by a drive mechanism (not shown). After that, when the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pulled upward, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed up by the small bundle safe backup 85 and lifted to the upper end position of the small bundle pusher mechanism 80. When the small bundle moved to the upper end is driven by the picker mechanism 81 shown in FIG. 6, only the uppermost small bundle is caught by the picker mechanism and the small bundle conveying path 7 is moved.
Introduced in 9.

The introduced small bundle is rotated by the drive roller 110 on the upper side of the conveying path 79 and the conveying belt 1 on the lower side.
As a result of the traveling of 04 ..., the transport path 79 is moved. Further, when continuously dispensing, if the picker mechanism 81 is driven again as it is, the next small bundle is dispensed.

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. Small bundle transport path 79
The small bundle transferred to (4) moves in the transport path 79 and drops into the elevator 87 from the exit of the transport 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 a small bundle is taken out of the elevator 87, a sensor (not shown) detects that there is no small bundle, closes the dispensing door 24, and ends the transaction.

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. It is also possible to discharge the coming small bundle as it is. This has the advantage that the elevator 87 has a finite capacity, but can continuously withdraw money indefinitely.

Further, an unfit banknote safe 90 is installed below the elevator 87 so that a small bundle not suitable for withdrawal, for example, a small unfit banknote or a defective small bundle 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 217 is raised so as to be directly stored in the unfit banknote safe 90.

Next, an example of a transaction using the above cash management apparatus will be shown. First, when making a deposit transaction, the cash to be deposited is set in the slot 11 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2. Next, a capture start operation is performed from the tellers machine 1a (1b).
By doing this, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 starts counting the banknotes, and after the counting is completed, the counting result is displayed on the tellers machine 1a.
Send to (1b). An operator who is performing a deposit operation inputs deposit data such as a slip amount and an account number by using the operation keys of the tellers machine 1a (1b) during bill counting. If the count result from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 matches the slip amount, the operator depresses the completion button to complete the deposit transaction. In addition, the transaction content is the Terra's Machine 1a (1
Recorded by a journal printer installed in b).

Next, in the case of the withdrawal operation, the operator inputs the withdrawal data such as the withdrawal amount and the account number from the tellers machine 1a (1b) and presses the start key. The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2 conveys banknotes from the safes 48a to 48d to the dispensing port 11 according to a dispensing request from the tellers machine 1a (1b).
If the withdrawal request is for a small bundle, the withdrawal / small bundle payment machine will withdraw a bundle.

When a jam or the like occurs in the fuselage during the bill withdrawal process, the bills in the transport path are still the bills managed by the fuselage, and the tellers machine 1a (1b) determines the rank of the operator and determines the rank of the operator. An operator of the rank touched by banknotes releases the electromagnetic lock of the dispensing mechanism and waits for the operator to clear the jam. The operator rank is low,
If you cannot touch the cash inside the machine, the operator with a higher rank is requested and the card waits. By performing such control, security is protected against cash in the body, and it becomes possible to know who operated the cash.

In addition, deposit processing overlaps and deposits 48a to 48
When the banknotes are accumulated in d, the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2 automatically performs a process of turning the banknotes in the safe 138 to be sealed.
By this processing, the amount of banknotes in the safes 48a to 48d is always maintained at a substantially constant amount, and surplus banknotes are accumulated in the small bundle safe 83.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The bundled bills are sorted into the denominations by the bundle allocating means, and the sorted bundled bills are stored in the bundle storage units according to the denominations, respectively. There is no need to do this, and the sorting efficiency of bundled banknotes is improved.

Further, since the bundle sorting means has a function of transporting the bundled bills, the bundled bill transporting means and the sorting means can be combined, and the cost can be reduced. Further, the bundle allocating means includes a conveyor belt, and the bundle of bundles is conveyed by running the conveyor belt, and the bundled bills are distributed by opening and closing the conveyor belt, so that the number of components can be reduced.
The cost can be reduced.

[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 transport shutter portion of the banding / bundle bundling machine shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the transport shutter portion of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

29 ... Taking-in roller (taking-in means), 34 ... Inspecting section (discriminating means), 40 ... Sorting conveying path (conveying sorting means), 48a to 4a
8d ... Storage (banknote storage), 56 ... Takeout mechanism (takeout means), 58a, 58b ... Second transfer means, 61a, 61
b ... Accumulating part, 75 ... Carrier (feeding means), 82a, 8
2b ... conveyance shutter (bundle distribution means), 83 ... safe box (bundle storage section), 91 ... holding mechanism (holding means), 100 ... pre-inspection conveyance path (first conveyance means), 104, 104 ... conveyance belt.

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[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. A take-out means for taking out the bills, a second carrying means for carrying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for stacking a predetermined number of the carried bills by the second carrying means, The feeding means for feeding the banknotes accumulated in the unit, the bundling means for bundling the banknotes fed by the feeding means, the bundling banknote bunched by the bundling means, and the denomination Swing A bundle sorting means kicking the banknote handling apparatus characterized by comprising a bundle accommodating section for accommodating a bunch bundle banknotes distributed by the flux distributing means to the denomination, the. 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. A take-out means for taking out the bills, a second carrying means for carrying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for stacking a predetermined number of the carried bills by the second carrying means, A feeding means for feeding the banknotes accumulated in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes fed by the feeding means, a bundled banknote bunched by the bundling means, and opening and closing. Yo A bundle sorting means for allocating to the denomination, the banknote handling apparatus characterized by comprising a bundle accommodating section for accommodating a bunch bundle banknotes distributed by the flux distributing means to the denomination, the. 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. A take-out means for taking out the bills, a second carrying means for carrying the bills taken out by the taking-out means, a stacking section for stacking a predetermined number of the carried bills by the second carrying means, A feeding means for feeding the banknotes accumulated in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes fed by the feeding means, and a bundling banknote bunched by the bundling means conveyed by traveling of a conveyor belt. And a bundle distribution unit that distributes the bundle of bills by the denomination by opening and closing the transport belt, and a bundle storage unit that stores the bundled bills sorted by the bundle distribution unit by the denomination. Banknote processing device.