JPH0896209A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a paper money processor capable of automatically paying in/out bundles of paper money in each money sort. CONSTITUTION: The paper money processor is provided with a sealing and stacking part for stacking the prescribed number of sheets of paper money carried by a 2nd carrying means, a carriage 75 for carrying paper money stacked on the stacking part, a bundling mechanism 91 for bundling the stacked paper money carried by the carriage 75, a bundle carrying means 79 for carrying the bundle of paper money bundled by the mechanism 91, carrying shutter mechanisms 82a, 82b for distributing the bundle of paper money carried by the means 79 in each money sort, a small bundle cachbox 83 for storing the bundle of paper money distributed by the mechanisms 82a, 82b in each money sort, and a backup mechanism 85 for delivering the bundle of paper money stored in the cashbox 83 to the means 79.

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 bill processing apparatus takes in bills inserted into an insertion slot one by one, examines the denominations of the bills taken in by an inspecting section, and deposits the denomination into a safe. It has become.

Further, the banknotes deposited in the safe are taken out and accumulated in a predetermined number, for example, 100 in a stacking unit, and then conveyed to a bundle unit to be bundled and bundled in small bundles (hereinafter, small bills). It is stored in the storage as a bundle.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, it is not possible to automatically deposit a small bundle bundled by the bundle portion into the safe in accordance with its denomination, and to dispense it. Since it relied on human hands, the processing efficiency was poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing apparatus capable of automatically bundling loose banknotes and depositing / withdrawing the bundled banknotes in one unit. And

[0006]

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 stacked banknotes fed by the feeding means, a bunch transporting means for bundling the bundling banknotes bunched by the bundling means, and a bunch transported by the bundling transporting means. The bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled bills according to their denominations, the bundle storing part for storing the bundled bills sorted by this bundle sorting device for each denomination, and the bundled bills stored in this bundle storing part. And a feeding means for feeding to the bundle conveying means.

[0007] 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 stacked in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes stacked by the feeding means, a bundling means for carrying the bunched bills bunched by the bundling means, Bundle conveying means Therefore, the bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled bills conveyed by opening and closing of the opening / closing member according to the denomination, and the bundled bills arranged below the bundle sorting means for sorting by bundle A bundle storing unit for storing the type, a feeding unit for feeding the bundled banknotes stored in the bundle storing unit to the bundle conveying unit, and an opening amount of the opening / closing member of the bundle distributing unit for storing in the bundle storing unit. There is provided a variable unit that is variable when the bundled banknotes are stored and when the bundled banknotes are sent out from the bundle storage unit.

[0008] 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 a predetermined number of the conveyed bills by the second conveying means, and this stacking A feeding means for feeding the banknotes stacked in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the banknotes stacked by the feeding means, a bundling means for carrying the bunched bills bunched by the bundling means, Bundle conveying means Therefore, the bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled bills conveyed according to their denominations, the bundle storing section for storing the bundled bills sorted by this bundle sorting means for their denominations, and the bundle storing portion. A feeding means for feeding the bundled banknotes to the bundle conveying means, and a guide member provided in the bundle sorting means for guiding the bundled banknotes projected from the opening / closing member when the opening / closing member is opened and fed out from the bundle storing section. It is equipped with.

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 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 banknotes fed by the feeding means in a band, and a bundling means for conveying the bunched banknotes bunched by the bundling means , This bundle transport Bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled banknotes conveyed by the tiers according to their denominations, a bundle storage section for storing the bundled bundled banknotes sorted by this bundle distribution means for each denomination, and storage in this bundle storage section The bundled bills are fed to the bundle conveying means, and the hook feeding means for hooking the hook portion on the band of the bundled bills fed by the feeding means to feed the bundled bills to the bundle conveying means.

[0010]

[Operation] The bills accumulated in the accumulating section are sent to the bundling means,
After bundling by this bundling means, it is transported by the bunch transporting means and is also bundling by the bundling means and stored in the bundling storage section by the denomination, and the bundling banknotes stored in this bundling storage section are sent by the feeding means. By sending out the bundled banknotes and depositing / discharging the bundled bundled banknotes, the single processing device automatically sends the bundled loose banknotes.

Further, the opening amount of the opening / closing member of the bundle distributing means is varied by the varying means so that it is small when the bundled bills are stored in the bundle storage portion and large when the bundled bills are sent out from the bundle storage portion. By doing so, the bundled banknotes are aligned when stored, and the bundled banknotes are prevented from contacting the opening / closing member during delivery.

Further, a guide member is provided on the opening / closing member of the bundle distributing means, and the guide member is projected from the opening / closing portion when the bundled bills are sent out from the bundle storing portion, whereby the bundled bills to be sent out. Guide to prevent contact with the opening / closing member more reliably. Further, the hooking portion of the hooking feed means is hooked on the band of the bundled banknotes to prevent the stacked state of the bundled banknotes from collapsing.

[0013]

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 reject 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 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 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.

This undecidable ticket is set again in the insertion slot 11 and 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.

The mechanism of the temporary storage boxes 41a to 41d is shown in FIG. Longitudinal aligning mechanisms 42a to 42d as aligning means are attached to the accumulating boxes 41a to 41d, respectively. This longitudinal alignment mechanism 42a-42d
Has a drive motor 111 that rotates in the normal and reverse directions.
Is installed vertically. The drive motor 11
1 is driven to drive the hitting bar 11 through the swing lever 112.
0 is oscillated, and the incoming banknotes are hit one by one and pushed into the back side of the accumulation boxes 41a to 41d.
The banknotes accumulated by this alignment operation are aligned in the longitudinal direction.

In the short side direction of the bill, the short side aligning mechanisms 43a to 43d installed on the left side surface of the stacking unit are pressed against the wall on the opposite side of the stacking unit to align the bills. The short side aligning mechanisms 43a to 43d are eccentrically mounted on the shaft of a cone roller 44 arranged at the entrance, and the lever moves back and forth when the cone roller 44 rotates. ing. Accumulation store 41a-4
The bill that has entered the 1d is the above-mentioned longitudinal alignment mechanism 42a to 42.
While being aligned by d and the short side aligning mechanisms 43a to 43d, they are accumulated on the flapper groups 45a to 45d installed in the temporary accumulation boxes 41a to 41d. The flappers 45a to 45d are 45a to 45d at the start of integration.
4 are set to the positions shown in FIG. 5, and the incoming bills are accumulated on the flappers 45a and 45b. The flappers 45a to 45d are linked to flapper drive solenoids 46a to 46d, respectively, and the drive solenoids 46a to 46d are driven to rotate the flapper 45a to 45d downward by about 90 °.

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 stacking of the banknotes is continued, 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 section only for the first time.

By constructing the temporary stacking box in this way, it becomes possible to stack the bills at a proper stacking depth at all times, which is likely to occur in the stacking unit, that is, the stacking unit has a large depth. It is possible to prevent standing tickets and the like, and it becomes possible to accumulate a large capacity.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the temporary stacking chambers 41a to 41d are provided with a longitudinal pushing mechanism 50 as a positioning means. The longitudinal pushing mechanism 50 is installed on the side opposite to the surface on which the longitudinal aligning mechanism 42 is attached. The longitudinal push-out mechanism 50 is a stacking reference wall 101 as a stacking reference unit that moves along the longitudinal direction of a banknote.
have. The accumulation reference wall 101 is the link mechanism 10
It is connected to the rod 104 of the drive solenoid 51 via 2. When the drive solenoid 51 is excited, the rod 104 is pulled down and the integrated reference wall 101 is moved forward (5 mm in the longitudinal direction) via the link mechanism 105 as shown by the two-dot broken line. When the drive solenoid 51 is demagnetized, the rod 104 moves up and the integrated reference wall 101 is set back to the initial position via the link mechanism 102 as shown by the solid line.

The stacking reference wall 101 is at the position shown by the solid line when stacking the bills, and the storage boxes 48a to 48d to be described later.
The storage reference wall (storage reference portion) 107 is located outside the upward extension line. Thereby, the temporary storage 41
The frontage at the time of entering the bills a to 41d is widened so that the bills can be smoothly entered. Further, the stacking reference wall 101 is moved to the position shown by the broken line after the banknotes are stacked, and the storage reference wall (storage reference part) 10
It is located slightly inward (about 2 mm) from the extension line of 7, and is fitted to the storage reference wall 107.

A detection sensor 114 for detecting the amount of banknotes accumulated is provided in each of the temporary accumulation boxes 41a to 41d. As shown in FIG. 7, the detection sensor 114 is connected to the control means 115, and the drive solenoid 51 is connected to the control means 115. The control means 115 repeats the excitation and demagnetization of the drive solenoid 51 according to the amount of accumulated banknotes detected by the detection sensor 114. That is, when the amount of accumulated banknotes is large, the number of times of excitation and demagnetization of the drive solenoid 51 is increased, and when the amount of accumulated banknotes is small, the number of times of excitation and demagnetization of the drive solenoid 51 is decreased. If the excitation and degaussing of the drive solenoid 51 is increased, the number of reciprocations of the stacking reference wall 107 is increased, and the number of times of stacking banknotes is pushed in is increased. The number of reciprocations of 107 is reduced, and the number of times the accumulated banknotes are pushed is reduced. As a result, when the accumulated amount of accumulated bills is small, the drive solenoid 51 is not wastefully driven, and the accumulated bills can be aligned.

However, as shown in FIG. 8, when the stacking of banknotes in the temporary stacking boxes 41a to 41d is completed, the excitation and degaussing of the drive solenoid 51 are repeated according to the stacking amount of the stacked banknotes. As a result, the accumulated reference wall 101 moves forward by 5 mm from the position indicated by the solid line through the link mechanism 102 as shown in FIG. 9, and then returns from this position to the position shown in FIG. repeat. Due to the reciprocating movement of the stacking reference wall 101, the stacked banknotes are pushed in and finally, as shown in FIG. 9, the longitudinal alignment mechanisms 42a to 42d.
Is positioned in contact with the tapping rod 110 of the stacking reference wall 1
01 is fitted to the storage device reference wall 107 of the storages 48a to 48d.

By this operation, the temporary storage boxes 41a-41
The bill pushed in the position on the back side to be aligned at d is returned to the position at the time of taking out, and thereafter, at the same position as the state where the bill is put in from the insertion port 11 when taking out from the storages 48a to 48d. You can take it out with.

The stacked banknotes pushed back by the stacking reference wall 101 are stored on the shutter 47 at a position suitable for taking out. The shutter 47 opens left and right by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the stacked banknotes are banknotes. It falls into the storages 48a to 48d as the storage section. The storage 48a
.About.48d are disposed in the lower part of the temporary storage boxes 41a to 41d and have a storage reference wall 107.
Stacked banknotes are stored along line 7. As a result, the accumulated banknotes are set at the takeout position.

Separators 49, 49 are standing by at the upper ends in the storages 48a to 48d, and the dropped banknotes 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 to move all the bills remaining in the temporary stacking store 41 into the storages 48a to 48d. When this movement is completed, the pusher 52 rises,
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 taken-out banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal inspection section 59 through the under-container conveyance path 58a serving as the fourth conveyance 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,
Into the upper-stage dispensing and conveying path 58b as the fourth conveying means,
It is conveyed to the dispensing port 14 by the sealing gate 35i.

For the banknotes conveyed to the withdrawal port side by the sealing gate 35i, the withdrawal reject gate 35j passes the ticket determined to be problematic to the withdrawal reject store 13 to the withdrawal reject box 13. 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 pressed by the feeding roller of the take-out mechanism 56 by the weight of the litter and are stably taken out. 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 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. 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 above-mentioned storages 48a to 48d, the remaining amount of bills in the storages 48a to 48d is checked every 100 sheets of paper 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 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.

One cycle is completed by the above operation, 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 paying machine 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a view of the small bundle payment machine 3 as viewed from the side. Banking / small bundle payment machine 3 is a banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2
The banknotes are fed from the via the stacking and stacking units 61a and 61b. When the stacking and stacking units 61a and 61b are inserted from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 into the sealing / small bundle paying machine 3, the small bundle hand unit 71.
Moves to pick up the bills. 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 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 payment 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 parts 71a and 71b waiting at the standby position move to the bill clamp position, and the bill is clamped by the 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 arranged 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, four small bundle safes 83 are provided as a bundle storing portion, and can be stored in each safe 83 depending on the denomination of the small bundle. 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.

The transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b are constructed as shown in FIGS. 10 in the figure
Reference numerals 1a and 101b denote a pair of shafts respectively arranged above the small bundle safe 83 ...
The driving roller 102 is attached to 101b.
A driven roller 103 is attached to the shafts 101a and 101b through an attachment member (not shown). A transport belt 104 as an opening / closing member is stretched between the drive and driven rollers 102 and 103, and the transport belt 104 is run by the rotation of the drive roller 102. The conveyor belts 104, 1
04 is openable and closable, and when closed, the driven roller 10
2 moves upward to be in a horizontal state, and the small bundle is conveyed by traveling in this horizontal state. The conveyor belt 1
When 04 and 104 are opened, the driven roller 102 moves downward to be in a vertical state, and the small bundle is dropped downward and stored in the small bundle safe 83. In addition, the shaft 101a,
A rotating lever 105 is attached to one end of each of the 101b, and a receiving roller 106 is attached to the center of the rotating lever 105. The receiving roller 10
A drive cam 107 is rotatably provided in the lower part of 6,
The drive cam 107 is configured to be normally and reversely rotated by the drive motor 120 shown in FIG. The drive motor 1
Reference numeral 20 is connected to a control means 118 as a variable means, and the control means 118 controls the rotation amount of the drive motor 120 so as to be different between when the small bundle is dispensed and when the small bundle is dispensed.

The rotation lever 105 is rotated by the forward and reverse rotations of the drive cam 107 via the receiving roller 106 to open and close the conveyor belt 104. The amount of opening of the conveyor belts 104, 104 is different between when depositing a small bundle and when dispensing, and is opened in a substantially vertical state as shown in FIG. 8 when depositing and as compared to when depositing as shown in FIG. It is designed to be open greatly.

The drive cam 107 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow a when depositing and dispensing small bundles, presses the receiving roller 106 at the N point of the drive cam 107 when depositing, and the S point of the drive cam 107 when dispensing. The receiving roller 106 is pressed by.
As a result, the opening amount of the transport belts 104, 104 becomes larger when the money is dispensed than when the money is deposited.

By setting the opening amount of the conveyor belts 104, 104 at the time of dispensing to be larger than the opening amount at the time of depositing, the small bundle can be smoothly dispensed without coming into contact with the conveyor belts 104, 104 at the time of dispensing. Also, by setting the opening amount at the time of money to be smaller than the opening amount at the time of dispensing, the descent of the small bundle to be deposited is guided and aligned.

Further, the transport shutter mechanisms 82a, 82a
2b is provided with a dispensing guide 108 as a guide member. One end of the dispensing guide 108 is rotatably supported by the shaft 109 of the driven roller 103, and a protrusion 111 is integrally provided in the middle of the dispensation guide 108.
The dispensing guide 108 is urged by a spring 110 in a direction in which it does not protrude from the conveyor belt 104. When the small bundle is dispensed, the dispensing guide 108 releases the transport belts 104 of the transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b, and the projections 104 thereof come into contact with the stopper 112,
It projects toward the front of the conveyor belt 104 against the urging force of the spring 110 and can guide the taking out of the small bundle k.

As shown in FIG. 6, the picker mechanism 81 has a picker main body 114. The picker main body 114 has a base end rotatably supported by a support shaft 114a and a pair of tips at its tip end. It has hooking claws 115, 115.

The picker mechanism 81 hooks a pair of hooking claws 115, 115 of the picker body 114 on the small bundle that has been raised to the bundle conveying path 79 and sends it out. At this time, one of the pair of hooking claws 115, 115 is hooked on the band 92 of the small bundle k so that the aligned state of the small bundle k is not broken.

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 small bundles are transported in the transport path 79 by the rotation of the vertical carrier 77 and the drive roller arranged in the nest, and the transport belts 104, 104 running of the transport shutters 82a, 82b. When reaching the small bundle safe 83 where the small bundle is to be stored, the conveyor belt 1
The traveling of 04 and 104 is stopped and stopped, and the vehicle 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 drive cam 120 is rotated by the drive motor 120 and the conveying belts 104, 104 of the left and right conveying shutters 82a and 82b are rotated downward. As shown in FIG. 8, the small bundle is released with an opening amount smaller than that at the time of withdrawal, and the small bundle falls into the safe 83. At this time, the transport shutters 82a and 8a
In accordance with the opening of 2b, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is also driven in the pushing direction at the same time, and the small bundle is conveyed by the conveyor belts 104,
It is pushed while being guided and guided by 04. The small bundle that has fallen first rides on the stopper mechanisms 84, 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 and the transport shutter 82.
When a and 82b are closed, the storage of the small bundle in the safe 83 is completed. The small bundle stored in the safe 83 is constantly urged upward by the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 in the safe 83, and the small bundle is held by the stopper mechanisms 84, 84.

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. 9, and the dispensing guide 108 projects forward from the transport belt 104. After that, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed into the safe 83, and at this time, the safe 83 is pushed.
The small bundle inside is pushed downward by the small bundle pusher mechanism 80, 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). After that, when the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pulled up, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed up by the small bundle safe backup 85, and is raised to the upper end position of the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 while being guided by the dispensing guide 108. By driving the picker mechanism 81, the small bundle that has moved to the upper end is hooked by the catch claw 115 on the band 92 of the small bundle located at the uppermost portion and is introduced into the small bundle conveying path 79.

The introduced small bundle is rotated by the drive roller 113 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 moved inside 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 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.

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.

Further, an unfit banknote safe 90 is installed below the elevator 87 so that a small bundle k not suitable for withdrawal, for example, a small bundle of bad notes or a defective small bundle can be stored. . When the small bundle is to be stored in the unfit banknote safe 90, the elevator 87 is raised when the small bundle is dropped from the small bundle transport path 79 and is 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.

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.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention, the bills stacked in the stacking unit are sent to the bundle holding means and bundled, and the bundled bundled bills are sorted by the denomination by the bundle sorter. Since the bundled bills are stored in the bundle storage section and the bundled bills stored are sent to the bundle conveying means, the bundle of bills and the deposit / withdrawal of the bundled bills can be performed by one device, and the processing efficiency can be improved.

Further, the bundle allocating means is composed of an opening / closing member, and the opening amount of the opening / closing member is made different at the time of depositing and dispensing of the bundled banknotes, and the opening amount at the dispensing is larger than that at the depositing. Therefore, the bundled banknotes can be properly dispensed without coming into contact with the opening / closing member at the time of dispensing, and the bundled banknotes are aligned by aligning the bundled banknotes by making the opening amount small at the time of depositing. Can be stored in.

Further, a guide member is provided on the bundle distributing means,
When the opening / closing member is opened during dispensing, the guide member is projected from the opening / closing member to guide the bundled bills to be dispensed, so that the contact between the bundled bills and the opening / closing member can be prevented more reliably.

Further, since the hook portion of the hook feeding means is hooked on the band of the bundled bills to feed the bundled bills to the bundle conveying means,
The bundled bills can be sent out without breaking the aligned state.

[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 banking / small bundle payment machine 3 of the banknote processing system of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a transport shutter mechanism of

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

7 is a block diagram showing a drive control system of the transport shutter mechanism of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the transport shutter mechanism of FIG. 5 when depositing money.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the transport shutter mechanism of FIG. 5 when dispensing money.

[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 transporting means, 61 ... Sealing stacking section (stacking section), 75 ... Carriage (feeding means), 79 ... Bundle transporting means, 82a, 82b ... Transport shutter mechanism (bundle distributing means), 83 ... small bundle safe (bundle storage), 85 ... backup mechanism (feeding means), 91 ... transport mechanism (holding means), 1
00 ... first conveying means, 104 ... conveying belt (opening / closing member), 118 ... control means (variable means).

Claims (4)

[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, A feeding means for feeding the banknotes stacked in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes fed by the feeding means, a bundling conveying means for carrying the bunched bills bunched by the bundling means, Bundle carrier A bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled bills conveyed by the denomination, a bundle storing portion for storing the bundled bills sorted by the bundle sorting means for the denomination, and a bundle storing portion. A bill processing apparatus comprising: a feeding unit that feeds the bundled bills to the bundle conveying unit. 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 collecting a predetermined number of conveyed bills by the second carrying means, A feeding means for feeding the banknotes stacked in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes fed by the feeding means, a bundling conveying means for carrying the bunched bills bunched by the bundling means, Bundle carrier The bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled bills conveyed by the denomination by opening / closing the opening / closing member, and the bundled bills provided below the bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled bills A bundle storing section for storing the type, a feeding means for sending the bundled banknotes stored in the bundle storing section to the bundle conveying means, and an opening amount of the opening / closing member of the bundle distributing means for storing in the bundle storing section. A bill processing apparatus comprising: a variable unit that is variable when the bundled bills are stored and when the bundled bills are sent out from the bundle storage unit. 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 stacked in the unit, a bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes fed by the feeding means, a bundling conveying means for carrying the bunched bills bunched by the bundling means, Bundle carrier A bundle sorting means for sorting the bundled bills conveyed by the denomination, a bundle storing portion for storing the bundled bills sorted by the bundle sorting means for the denomination, and a bundle storing portion. A feeding means for feeding the bundled bills to the bundle conveying means, and a guide member provided in the bundle distributing means for guiding the bundled bills protruding from the opening / closing member when the opening / closing member is opened and fed out from the bundle storing portion. A banknote processing device comprising: 4. 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 collecting a predetermined number of conveyed bills by the second carrying means, 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 bunch conveying means for conveying the bunched banknotes bunched by the bundling means , This bundle Bundling means for allocating the bundled bills conveyed by the means to the denomination, a bundle storing section for storing the bundled bills sorted by the bundle allocating means in the denomination, and a bundle storing section A feeding means for feeding the bundled bills thus bundled to the bundle conveying means; and a hooking feed means for hooking a hooking portion on the band of the bundled bills fed by the feeding means to feed the bundled bills to the bundle conveying means. A bill processing device characterized by the above.