JPH0896214A - Paper sheets processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce the size of this paper sheets processor and to improve the efficiency of operation by laminating paper sheets alternately by two upper and lower stacking parts and carrying the laminated paper sheets in a clamped state. CONSTITUTION: A stacking part 61 in a paper money paying-in/out machine 2 consists of two upper and lower stacking parts 61a, 61b. Paper money extracted from a safe in the machine 2 is stacked on the upper stacking part 61a at first. The stacking of one hundred sheets of paper money on the upper stacking part 61a has been completed, the stacking part 61a is switched and following sheets of paper money are stacked on the lower stacking part 61b. One hundred sheets of paper money stacked on the upper stacking part 61a are moved to the side of a bundling/small bundle paying-out machine 3 by a horizontal carrier 63a while being depressed from the upper part by a stacking clamp 64a. A small bundle hand mechanism 71 in the machine 3 clamps paper money, moves the paper money up to a paper money releasing position while trailing it and waits until a backup mechanism clamps the bundle of paper money.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention constitutes, for example, a bill processing apparatus applied as a cash management system for a bank store, and is required to convey a bundle of bills classified and counted into a predetermined number to a gripping position. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a bill processing apparatus in which a depositing / dispensing machine and a bundling machine are provided adjacent to each other. That is, the depositing / dispensing machine classifies and counts the deposited banknotes according to their denominations and stores them in a safe. When a withdrawal instruction is given, the instructed denomination is taken out of the safe and withdrawn.

When a deposit of a predetermined amount or more is received in the safe of the depositing / dispensing machine, the banknotes classified and counted for every 100 sheets are unloaded from this machine and transported to the adjacent bundling machine. In the bundling machine, the bills of a predetermined amount are received in a stacked state,
In addition, the tape is conveyed to the tape winding mechanism and bundled. In this state, it is stored in the safe, and when instructed, it is dispensed in the form of a banknote bundle.

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional banknote handling apparatus of this type, the banknotes are transported one by one from the depositing / dispensing machine to the bundling machine via the transport path. Therefore, it takes a considerable amount of time to convey a predetermined number of sheets required for bundling, resulting in poor processing efficiency.

Further, it is necessary to arrange the transport path for transporting the bills in a straight line from the depositing / dispensing machine to the bundling machine, which increases the length of the entire processing apparatus. The distance between the depositing port of the depositing / dispensing machine and the stacking box of the bundling machine is increased, and the same operator deposits banknotes into the depositing port and removes the bundled banknotes from the stacking box of the bundling machine. The amount of movement is large, and it can be said that this device is inconvenient to use.

Since the banknotes are conveyed one by one through the above-mentioned conveying path, when an abnormality occurs in the conveyance and stacking of the banknotes on the side of the bundle machine, for example, the bundle machine is not immediately stopped, but also the depositing / dispensing machine itself. Also has to be stopped, and the operational efficiency of the device is significantly reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. An object of the present invention is to stack sheets of paper and convey them so that the apparatus can be downsized and the operation efficiency can be improved. An object of the present invention is to provide a leaf processing device.

[0008]

In order to satisfy the above object, the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention is defined as claim 1.
A first unit, a stacking unit that is provided in the first unit and is provided in two sets up and down, and alternately stacks paper sheets, respectively, and a second unit adjacent to the first unit. The second unit is provided with two sets of hand parts which are simultaneously operated and clamp and receive the stacked paper sheets of the stacking part, and the paper parts are conveyed while being clamped by the hand parts. And a bundling unit that is provided at a transport end of the transporting unit and that bundles the paper sheets.

As a second aspect, the first aspect described in the first aspect.
Is a depositing / dispensing machine, and the second unit is a bundling machine. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the carrying means includes a shaft extending in a carrying direction, a base movably supported by the shaft and provided with the hand portion, and a moving mechanism provided on the base for carrying and moving the base. It is characterized by comprising a cam mechanism for simultaneously opening and closing the hand portion and a cam drive source for driving the cam mechanism.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the clamping force for the paper sheets in the hand portion of the conveying means is greater than the clamping force for the paper sheets in the stacking portion of the stacking means.

[0011]

The paper sheets are alternately stacked in the stacking unit having two sets above and below, the two sets of hand units are simultaneously operated to clamp and receive the stacked paper sheets, and the sheets are stacked in the hand unit. The paper is conveyed in a clamped state, and the paper sheets are bundled.

[0012]

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. The system is a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 that deposits and withdraws loose banknotes, bundles excess cash of this banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 and stores it in the machine body, and a bundle / small bundle that dispenses banknotes in small bundles. A bundle payment machine 3 is provided.

Further, a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins, a coin dispensing machine 5 for dispensing loose coins, and a coin dispenser 6 for dispensing coins (bar coins) packaged every 50 sheets. And a tellers machine stand 7.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 has a slot 11 for depositing banknotes, a deposit reject box 12 for accumulating reject banknotes when depositing, a dispense reject box 13 for collecting reject banknotes when depositing, and a dispenser. It has a withdrawal port 14 for collecting banknotes.

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, and in the vicinity of the input port 11, the dispensing port 14, and the journal printer 15, respectively. Occupied lamps 16, 17, and 18 of the tellers machines 1a and 1b are arranged. On the front side, a remaining amount display 19 for displaying the remaining amount of bills in the bill storage inside the machine is arranged.

On the upper surface of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2, there is a temporary bundle return door 20 for returning the fraction of a bundle, and on the front side is a deposit conveyance path withdrawing door 21 from above, and a temporary stacking for returning bills when depositing money. Door 22 and storage door 23 for withdrawing the bill storage
Is provided.

On the other hand, the small bundle / small bundle paying machine 3 has a dispensing door 24 for paying small bundles on the upper portion, and the small bundle dispensed can be taken out by opening this door. 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 dispensing door 24, there is an opening / closing lid 26 for exchanging the tape, which is a bundle band.

FIG. 2 shows a joint between the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 and the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3. That is, a stacking unit 61 as a stacking unit is formed at the side end of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2.
This stacking unit has two upper and lower stacking units 61a and 61b.
It consists of Switching between these two stages of integration is switched by an integration switching gate (not shown).

That is, the banknotes first taken out from the safe of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 are first stacked in the upper stacking section 61a. These banknotes are stacked on the stacking backup 62a, and a certain height is secured from the stacking exit.
As the stacking progresses and the upper surface of the bill approaches the stacking exit, the stacking full sensor (not shown) detects fullness.

When full is detected, integrated backup 6
The drive mechanism lowers 2a to the lower end and moves the bill onto the horizontal carrier 63a. When the stacking further progresses and 100 banknotes have been stacked on the upper stacking unit 61a, the stacking switching gate causes the subsequent banknotes to be stacked on the lower stacking unit 61b.
Accumulated in.

On the other hand, 100 accumulated in the upper accumulation portion 61a
The banknotes are moved to the payer 3 side by the horizontal carrier 63a while being pressed from above by the stacking clamp 64a. At this time, the integrated clamp 64a is attached to the lateral carrier 6.
Since it is fixed on 3a, it will move together.

The 100 bills thus moved are pulled out by the mechanism of the bundle / small bundle payment machine 3 which will be described later. When it is detected that the bill has been pulled out, the horizontal carrier 6
3a returns to the original position. At this time, integrated backup 6
2a and the integrated clamp 64a also return to their original positions.

One cycle is completed by the above operation, and then the lower stacking section 61b sends 100 bills to the bundle / small bundle payment machine 3 by the same operation. In this way, the upper / lower stacking portions 61a,
61b can send a banknote to the payment machine 3 in order.

When a banknote bundle is inserted from the stacking unit 61 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 into the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3, the small bundle hand mechanism 71 as a conveying means of the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3 is operated. It is activated to process the bill.

That is, the paper sheet processing apparatus referred to in the present invention comprises the stacking section 61, the small bundle hand mechanism 71 and the bundle holding mechanism 91. The small bundle hand mechanism 71 includes an upper hand portion 71a and a lower hand portion 71b.
It has a multi-tiered structure, and moves a predetermined number of banknotes classified and counted by the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 to the depositing / dispensing machine 2.

Since the small bundle hand mechanism 71 has a two-stage structure, the upper stacking unit 6 of the depositing / dispensing machine 2 is described.
The bills can be clamped and held regardless of whether the bills are supplied from 1a or the lower stacking unit 61b.

Upper hand portion 71a and lower hand portion 71b
And is provided on the same base as described later,
Move up and down together. These upper and lower hand parts 71
a and 71b are provided by a hand position detection sensor (not shown),
Three positions, a bill clamp position, a bill release position, and a standby position can be detected.

The small bundle hand mechanism 71 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows the upper and lower hand parts 7
The first clamps 30 that compose 1a and 71b are shown by solid lines, and the second clamps 31 are shown by chain double-dashed lines. The first clamp 30 is formed by bending a metal plate, for example, and has a pin hole 32 for pivotally supporting a swing link, which will be described later, in the upper end portion.

The first clamp 30 is bent at an upper portion and a lower portion of a vertically long piece 30a in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the piece, and along the lower edge of each bent piece. A pair of hand piece parts 3 that are bent in the extension direction of the one surface
It consists of 0b and 30c. This hand piece 30b, 30
c is formed in a concave shape in a plan view.

The second clamp 31 shown by the chain double-dashed line also has basically the same shape as the first clamp 30,
The hand recesses 31b and 31c having the same shape are provided.
In the first and second clamps 30 and 31, the upper hand piece portions 30b and 31b and the lower hand piece portions 30c and 31c are at positions facing each other. The upper hand portion 71a and the lower hand portion 71b described above are configured.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
The second clamps 30 and 31 are supported on one side surface of the base 32, and each of the hand pieces 30b, 31b, 30.
c and 31c project in a direction orthogonal to the base surface.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 5, a pivot pin 33 is provided on the base 32 to pivotally support the central portion of the swing link 34. One end of the swing link 34 has a pin 35
It is rotatably connected to the pin hole 36 provided in the second clamp 31 via. The other end of the swing link 34 is rotatably connected to a pin hole 38 provided in the second clamp 31 via a pin 37.

A tension spring 39 is stretched between the second clamp 31 and the base 32. By the elastic force of the tension spring 39 acting on the second clamp 31,
The swinging link 34 receives a turning force in the counterclockwise direction from the solid line state in the figure to the two-dot chain line state in the figure.

The second clamp 31 connected to the swing link 34 via the pin 37 descends from the solid line position in the figure as shown by the chain double-dashed line, while the pin 3 is attached to the swing link 34.
The first clamp 30 connected via 5 is biased upward from the solid line position in the figure as shown by the chain double-dashed line.

That is, the clamped state of the bill can be obtained, but the clamping force by the elastic biasing force of the tension spring 39 causes the upper and lower stacking portions 61a, 61a on the depositing / dispensing machine 2 side.
It must be set larger than the clamping force of 61b.

A stopper piece 40 is integrally provided on the side of the second clamp 31.
1 is in the most lowered state, it comes into contact with the receiving portion 41 provided on the base 32, and further lowering is restricted.

As shown in particular in FIG. 4, the second clamp 3
1, a cam 42 is provided so as to project. An arcuate cam surface 42a is formed on the cam 42, and the cam surface 42a rides on a pin 44 provided on the cam driving disk 43.

The position of the pin 44 in the figure is in a state in which the cam 42 is pushed up most, and from here the cam driving disk 43 is reached.
When, for example, rotates about 90 ° in the clockwise direction, the cam 42 mounted on the pin 44 is most lowered.

That is, the pin 44 provided on the cam driving disk 43 attaches the second clamp 31 via the cam 42,
It pushes up against the elastic force of the tension spring 39. Naturally, as the position of the pin 44 is lowered, the tension spring 39
The second clamp 31 is pushed down by the elastic force of.

Such first and second clamps 30, 3
1, and a cam mechanism 45 including the cam 42, the pin 44, the disc 43, the swing link 34, and the tension spring 39,
Geared motor 46 as a drive source of this cam mechanism 45
The base 32 having a pair of parallel shafts 46a, 46b
Movably locked to the shafts 46a, 4
It is attached to a part of a belt that runs endlessly along 6b.

The belt is stretched around a moving motor 47 via a pulley, and by driving the motor 47, the base 32 can be freely moved to the above-mentioned clamp position, release position, and standby position, which are predetermined directions. Is.

The base 32 has a sensor (not shown) here, and detects the movement of the base 32 to each of the above-mentioned positions to control the stop of the moving motor 47.

As shown in FIG. 7, the small bundle hand mechanism 71 is provided on the upper left side of the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3.
That is, this figure is a side view of the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3.

A backup mechanism 72 is provided for receiving the bills fed from the small bundle hand mechanism 71 in a stacked state and for moving the bills downward.
A carrier 75 that receives the banknotes at the descending position and transports the banknotes in the stacked state to the bundling mechanism 91 is provided.

Then, a sealing shutter 76 for stopping the movement of the bills is provided at the stop position of the carrier 75, and a vertical carrier 77 is provided so as to face this position, and the small bundle conveying path 7 is provided.
The bills are conveyed along the line 9.

Below the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3, a plurality of safes 83 for accommodating the bills guided from the small bundle transport path 79 are provided, and money is transferred from the small bundle transport path 79 formed in the horizontal direction. It accepts banknotes for each seed.

Next, an example of a transaction using the above bill processing 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 1.
a (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 in accordance with a dispensing request from the tellers machine 1a (1b). If the withdrawal request is a small bundle, the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3
Will be withdrawn in a bundle.

On the other hand, the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3 receives a bill from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2. The receiving operation at this time is a state in which a specified number of banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit 61 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 from the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 to the bundle / small bundle payer 3.
The delivery is OK and the signal of the upper stage or the lower stage is sent.

Small bundle hand mechanism 7 waiting at the standby position
1 moves to a bill clamp position and clamps a bill. Then, the banknotes are dragged to the banknote release position, and the backup mechanism 72 waits for the banknote bundle to be clamped.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, the upper integrated backup 62 constituting the upper integrated portion 61a.
a and the stacking clamp 64a move while dragging the bill. At this time, the first and second clamps 30 and 31 of the small bundle hand mechanism 71 are in the standby position and stand by in the state where the hand pieces 30b and 31b are separated from each other.

Integrated backup 62a and integrated clamp 6
When 4a reaches the clamp position of the small bundle hand mechanism 71 and stops, this time, the moving motor 47 of the small bundle hand mechanism 71 moves.
Is driven to move the base 32 from the standby position to the clamp position.

When the clamp position is reached, the moving motor 47
Is stopped and the geared motor 46 as the drive source of the cam mechanism 45 is energized to rotate the disc 43. That is, the pin 44 is moved to separate from the cam 42.

Therefore, the elastic force of the tension spring 39 acts on the second clamp 31 to lower it. The movement of the second clamp 31 is transmitted to the first clamp 30 via the swing link 34, and appears as this upward movement.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the first and second clamps 30 and 31 forming the upper hand portion 71a.
The hand pieces 30b and 31b on the upper side of the clamp securely clamp the banknotes. After that, the moving motor 47 is energized, and starts to move with the base 32 and the first and second clamps 30 and 31 clamping the end portions of the bill.

At this time, the stacking backup 62a and the stacking clamp 64a still clamp the bills on the depositing / dispensing machine 2 side, and the first and second clamps 30, 31 on the small bundle payer 3 side. Double clamps the banknote.

However, the first and the first on the side of the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3
Since the clamping force of the second clamps 30 and 31 is made larger than the clamping force of the depositing / dispensing machine 2 side, the bills can be transferred from the depositing / dispensing machine 2 side to the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3 side without any trouble. Be seen.

Since the bills are clamped without being released even at the moment of handing over the bills in this manner, the bills need not be disturbed and there is no room for such dropouts.

The first and second clamps 30 and 31 move with the ends of the banknote clamped, and stop when reaching the release position. Then, it waits for the backup mechanism 72 to clamp the bill at this position.

In this way, the banknotes are transported by the small bundle hand mechanism 71 by securely clamping the banknotes, and the falling of the banknotes is reliably prevented without destroying the alignment of the stacked banknotes.

FIG. 6 shows the first and second clamps 30, 31.
7 shows a state in which bills are transferred from the to the backup mechanism 72. Wait for the backup mechanism 72 to clamp the banknotes, and then drive the cam driving motor 46 of the small bundle hand mechanism 71.
Drives the disc 43 to rotate. The pin 44 pushes up on the cam 42 and raises the second clamp 31 against the elastic force of the tension spring 39.

This movement is transmitted to the first clamp 30 via the swing link 34, and the first clamp 30 moves downward. The first and second clamps 30 and 31 are to release the banknote, and at a timing, drive the moving motor 47 to move to the standby position.

Therefore, since the small bundle hand mechanism 71 clamps the bill from the depositing / dispensing machine 2 to the bill release position, the alignment of the bill is maintained. And small bundle hand mechanism 7
Since the bills are clamped even when the bills are transferred from 1 to the backup mechanism 72, it is not necessary to keep the alignment of the bills, and there is no room for this dropout.

Since the first and second clamps 30 and 31 of the small bundle hand mechanism 71 are moved to the standby position-clamp position-release position-standby position only in the predetermined direction (X direction), The moving mechanism is simple.

In the above embodiment, the banknotes are stacked in the upper stacking section 61a of the stacking section 61 of the depositing / dispensing machine 2,
Although the case where this is clamped by the upper hand portion 71a of the small bundle hand mechanism 71 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same applies when bills are accumulated in the lower accumulation portion 61b.

That is, the small bundle hand mechanism 71 operates in exactly the same manner, and the lower hand portion 7 composed of the hand piece portions 30c and 31c on the lower side of the first and second clamps 30 and 31.
1b clamps and conveys a bill. Of course, the clamping force at this time is also set to be larger than the clamping force of the lower stacking portion 61b.

In this way, the small bundle hand mechanism 71 operates the cam mechanism 45 with one drive source (geared motor 46), and the upper and lower hand parts 71a and 71b simultaneously perform the clamping action, so that the stacking part 61 moves up and down. Banknotes can be clamped and transported from any of the parts. Therefore, the clamp mechanism has a simple structure and is excellent in function.

[0068]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first unit is provided with the upper and lower two sets of accumulating portions and the sheets are alternately laminated, and the sheets are laminated from the second unit. The paper sheets are clamped and received, the paper sheets are conveyed in a clamped state, and the paper sheets are bundled. Therefore, since the paper sheets are accumulated in one unit, an abnormality occurs in the other unit. Even in such a case, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency of the device without stopping the accumulation of the paper sheets in one unit. Since two sets of stacking units are provided and the hand unit that receives the paper sheets from the stacking unit has the same mechanism, there is an effect that the device can be downsized.

[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 a configuration diagram showing a part of a bill depositing / dispensing machine and a bundle / small bundle payment machine of the bill processing system.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of first and second clamps forming a small bundle hand mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the small bundle hand mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a small bundle hand mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a small bundle hand mechanism and a backup mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the bundle / small bundle payment machine.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a banknote transport state of the stacking unit.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing delivery of banknotes from the stacking unit to the small bundle hand mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

61a ... upper stacking unit, 61b ... lower stacking unit, 61 ... stacking unit, 71a ... upper hand unit, 71b ... lower hand unit, 7
1 ... Small bundle hand mechanism, 32 ... Base, 47 ... Moving motor, 45 ... Cam mechanism, 46 ... Geared motor, 91 ... Gripping mechanism.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A first unit, and two sets of upper and lower units, which are provided on the first unit,
A stacking unit that alternately stacks paper sheets, a second unit adjacent to the first unit, and a paper that is provided in the second unit and is operated simultaneously to be stacked on the stacking unit. It is provided with two sets of hand parts for clamping and receiving the leaves, and a conveying means for conveying the paper sheets clamped by the hand parts, and a conveying end provided at the conveying end of the conveying means and for grasping the paper sheets. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising: a bundling means for bundling. 2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first unit is a depositing / dispensing machine, and the second unit is a bundling machine. 3. The transport means comprises a shaft extending in the transport direction, a base movably supported by the shaft and provided with the hand portion, and a moving mechanism provided on the base for transporting and moving the base. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a cam mechanism that simultaneously opens and closes the hand portion, and a cam drive source that drives the cam mechanism. 4. The clamping force for the paper sheets in the hand portion of the conveying means is larger than the clamping force for the paper sheets in the stacking portion.
The described sheet processing apparatus.