JPH10214365A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the detailed check of the amount of money existing in a paper money processor provided with a recovery cassette. SOLUTION: This processor is provided with a taking-in and carrying means which takes in and discriminates paper money thrown into a money reception hole 2 one by one and classifies it by denominations, plural denomination- classified storage means 161 to 163 which store return paper money out of paper money taken in by this taking-in and carrying means into a lower storage box from above to feed out it from below after temporarily holding it by denominations and are provided with separator means which can divide paper money in this storage boxes, a collective storage means 17 which stores non- return paper money out of paper money taken in by the taking-in and carrying means into an attachable/detachable storage box from above and can feed out it from above after collectively and temporarily holding it, a detailed check instruction means 37 which discriminates paper money in each storage means again and instructs the detailed check processing to settle the amount of paper money in the storage means, and a control means 38 which settles the amount of money existing in the processor based on the instruction of the detailed check from the detailed check instruction means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus used in a financial institution such as a bank for performing banknote deposit / withdrawal processing and banknote arrangement processing. The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus having a scrutiny processing function for determining a height.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a banknote processing apparatus for performing banknote depositing / dispensing processing and arrangement processing, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 97-1997 discloses one. This device is provided with four storages for storing bills, of which three storages are fixed storages for storing and accumulating bills from the upper part and dispensing them from the lower part. The storage is of a cassette type that can be taken out of the apparatus and transported. The storage is configured such that banknotes are stored only from above and cannot be fed out.

[0003] The above three fixed storages are adapted to store recyclable banknotes by denomination for dispensing or the like, and the cassette type storages are non-returnable, such as non-returnable banknotes which cannot be returned. It is designed to store bills. The cassette type storage is also used for collecting bills in the fixed storage and transporting them to another place.

[0004] In the above-described apparatus, in order to re-identify the bills present in the apparatus and determine the amount of money, the bills in each fixed storage are fed out from the lower part, and the same storage is stored in the same storage. By returning from the upper part, it will be re-identified in the meantime to determine the amount of money. In addition, in order to prevent the bills dispensed at that time and the bills before dispensing from being mixed with each other, the bills are separated by a separator means, and for a cassette type storage, the storage is taken out of the device and the internal bill is removed. They are to be collected separately.

Another prior art is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-93636.
There is an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. This device also has four storages for storing banknotes by type, and all four storages are fixed storages, so that the banknotes are stored from the upper part and fed out from the lower part, Of these, three storage bins store recyclable banknotes by denomination in the same manner as in the above-described conventional example, and the other storage bin stores non-return banknotes that cannot be used for recirculation. It is a thing. When the non-recycled banknotes are collected, the banknotes are fed out from the lower part, sorted and transported to a temporary storage unit for each denomination, and manually removed from the temporary storage unit.

[0006] Even in the above-described apparatus, when re-identification of banknotes in the apparatus and reconfirmation processing to determine the amount of money are performed, all three storages of the above-described conventional example are used for all storages. In the same manner as in the above case, the banknotes are fed out from the lower portion and returned to the same storage from the upper portion to be re-identified and the amount of money is determined.

[0007]

In the former prior art, however, non-recycled banknotes such as unfit bills are merely stored in a cassette type storage box and collected, so that all the banknotes present in the apparatus are scrutinized. In addition, there is a problem that it is not possible to perform a close inspection process to determine the amount of money, and in the latter conventional technique, all the storages are fixed in the apparatus, so that the bills are collected in a cassette. There was a problem that it was not possible.

Further, if a cassette structure is adopted in which bills are fed in from the upper portion of the cassette and fed out from the lower portion, it is necessary to provide openings in the upper portion and the lower portion of the cassette itself, and two closing means are required. Further, if the feeding means is provided in the cassette, the size and weight of the cassette are increased, which is extremely disadvantageous during transportation.

If the feeding means is provided in the lower body of the cassette outside the cassette, a large opening is required at the bottom of the cassette to allow a feeding roller to enter, and means for closing the opening when the cassette is taken out is required. There are also problems such as the necessity of further.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a scrutiny process for determining the amount of all banknotes present in an apparatus including non-returnable bills, while allowing non-returnable bills to be collected from the apparatus by a cassette. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill processing unit that enables the bill processing, and as a means for solving the problem, the invention according to claim 1 uses a bill inserted into a deposit opening for one bill.
A take-in / transport unit that takes in and discriminates one by one and classifies by type, and among the banknotes taken in by the take-in / transport unit, temporarily stores the recirculated banknotes by denomination, and then stores the banknotes from above in the lower storage, from below. A plurality of denomination storage means having a separator means capable of sorting out the bills in the storage and dismounting the non-refluxed bills among the bills taken in by the taking-in / transporting means, after temporarily holding the non-refluxed bills in a lump Batch storage means that can be stored in a possible storage from above and can be fed out from above, scrutiny instruction means for re-identifying banknotes in each of the storage means and instructing scrutiny processing to determine the amount of money, and scrutiny Control means for determining the amount of money based on the instruction of the scrutiny processing by the instruction means, and the control means collects the banknotes in the collective storage means in any one of the denomination storage means. The batch storage means is emptied by moving to the means and storing it on the denomination banknotes already stored through the separator means, and the denomination banknotes already stored in the storage means are emptied. Is moved into the collective storage means, and the denominated bill is returned to the original denomination storage means again. The collective storage means is identified and stored on the remaining collective bills via the separator means. Is empty, and when returning the collective banknotes to the empty collective storage means, the money amount of the collective storage means and one denomination storage means is determined by discrimination, and the other denomination storage means is extended from below. The banknotes are identified when returning to the original denomination storage means from above, and stored on the banknotes before feeding through the separator means to determine the money amount.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the control means moves any one of the denomination banknotes in the denomination storage means to another denomination storage means and has already stored therein. One denomination storing means is emptied by storing it in a mixed state on the denomination banknotes, the collective banknotes in the collective storing means are moved to the empty denomination storing means, and the collective banknotes are again returned to the original banknotes. When returning to the batch storage means, the banknotes are identified and the money amount is determined, and the denomination banknotes of the two denominations are fed out from the denomination storage means mixed and stored by the above movement, and the denomination storage means of the respective denomination is applied When returning to the banknote, the banknote is identified and the banknote is determined. When returning to the fed banknote storage unit, the banknote is stored on the banknote before feeding via the separator unit. Return to the storage means from above Lies in that so as to confirm the inventory amount to identify when to housing through said separator means on the feeding before the bill Te.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device as an application example of a banknote storage device according to the present invention. The outline of the configuration will be described. The depositing port 2 is provided with a kicker roller 3, a feed roller 4, a gate roller 5, and the like for feeding in the frontmost banknotes P one by one. The foremost bill P is brought into contact with the feeding means 6 with a predetermined pressing force by a pressing member 7 for pressing behind the bill P.

An identification section 8 for judging the authenticity, denomination, validity and the like of the banknote P is provided in a take-in transport path for transporting the banknotes fed by the feeding section 6. A transport path 10 for feeding a banknote identified as a rejected banknote into a reject port 9 provided at a position behind the deposit port 2 branches downstream, and a front / back reversing portion is provided downstream from the branch point. 11 are provided.

A dispensing port 12 is provided above the terminal position of the transport path, and a dispensing reject box 13 for storing a dispensing reject bill P 'is provided below the dispensing port 12. ing. As is well known, a bill to be dispensed is sent to the dispensing port 12 by a transport path 14, and the dispensed bill is pushed out toward the paper surface by a pushing means (not shown). In the case of rejection, a pair of left and right bottom plates 15, 15 forming the bottom of the outlet 12.
Is opened downward and taken into the dispensing reject box 13.

The above-mentioned components are arranged in the upper region of the machine body 1. A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes is provided in an intermediate region below the upper region, and a bill storage device is provided in a lower region below the same. The lower region is arranged so as to be able to be withdrawn from the body 1 at a time.

In the lower area, there are provided first to third storages 16 ₁ , 16 ₂ , and 16 ₃ for a fixed safe, for 10,000 yen bills, for 5,000 yen bills, and for 1,000 yen bills. A collection cassette 17 constituting a collective storage means according to the present invention is removably stored as a fourth storage for collecting banknotes in the machine body 1 and transporting the banknotes to another place during processing such as settlement.

Each of the storages 16 ₁ , 16 ₂ , 16 ₃
First to fourth temporary storage units 18 ₁ , 18 ₂ , 18 ₃ , and 19 are disposed in an intermediate area immediately above the collection cassette 17, and these storages 16 ₁ , 16 ₂ , and 16 ₃ are temporarily stored. At the upper position of the sections 18 ₁ , 18 ₂ , 18 ₃ , the transport path 2 for transporting the denomination banknotes corresponding to the respective storages via the branch path 20 in order to send the banknotes of the corresponding denominations based on the identification result by the identification section 8
1 and infeed means 22, 22 are disposed, the escrow unit 18 _1, 18 _2, 18 ₃ in the escrow banknote P
It is adapted to receive the time of deposit authorization if there is vertically movable pair of bottom plates 23 and 23 open when the housing and collectively storing box 16 _1, 16 _2, 16 ₃ a. When the temporary storage banknote P is returned due to storage rejection, the door on the front of the machine body 1 is unlocked and opened, and the banknote P is manually removed therefrom. The temporary holding section 19 of the collection cassette 17 is provided with a feeding means 25 in addition to the feeding means 24 so that the banknotes stored in the collection cassette 17 can be fed, and at that time, the bottom plates 26, 26 Is slid left and right to open and close.

[0018] The storage case 16 _1, 16 _2, 16 ₃ of the bottom is slightly inclined, there is a feeding port 27 to the lower end position of the inclined, kicker roller 28 provided on the lower bottom,
The banknotes are fed one by one by feeding units 31, 31 including a feed roller 29, a gate roller 30, and the like, and the fed banknotes are transported to the outlet 12 through the transport paths 32, 33. 14 and the transport path 32
Is provided with a withdrawal identification unit 34 in the middle of the process.

Therefore, the flow of bills at the time of deposit is shown in FIG.
The banknotes P to be deposited in the depositing port 2 are set in the upright posture, and are driven one by one by driving of the feeding means 6, and when passing through the identification section 8, the denomination, the damage, the front and back are discriminated. The banknote that needs to be turned over is sent to the temporary holding section of each denomination through the front / back inversion section 11, and the damaged note is sent to the temporary holding section 19 above the collection cassette 17. The reject bill is returned to the reject port 9.

The storages 16 ₁ , 16 ₂ , 16 ₃ are provided with separators 35, 35... That can be advanced and retracted in the storages, and the collection cassette 17 is provided with a mounting plate 36 that can be raised and lowered. I have.

FIG. 2 shows the main part of FIG. 1 in an abstracted manner, and has a scrutiny instructing means 37 for performing scrutiny processing for determining the amount of banknotes present in the machine. Has a control means 38 for determining the amount of money based on the instruction of the close inspection process. Incidentally, FIG. 3, for clarity the flow of each note in FIG. 4, the yen banknotes P _0, 5 thousand yen banknotes P _5, the 1000 yen note P _1, the unfit banknotes P _Q, rejected bills It is shown as P _R.

Based on this, the control contents of the control means 38 at the time of the above scrutiny processing will be described.

FIGS. 3A to 3H show one embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention. In the example of FIG.
Banknotes are stored respectively in 6 _1, 16 _2, 16 ₃ and the recovery cassette 17. When performing reconciliation process of the bill passes through when entering the scrutiny instruction scrutiny instruction means 37, the first 3 in collection cassette 17 as shown in (B) unfit banknotes P _Q to feed, the identification section 8 one storage case through the transport path fed to the temporary holding section 18 ₂ (FIG. 3 in 5,000 yen for repository 16 _2), deposited accommodated in the separator 35 on, empty the collection cassette 17.

[0024] unfit bill P _Q that has been put to the temporary holding section 18 ₂ as described above is deposited on the separator 35 of the storage box 16 _2, the 5,000 yen bill P ₅ are separated.

[0025] Then the escrow unit of the collection cassette 17 empty through the conveyance path 32, 21 Te fed from the bottom as shown in FIG. 3 (C) 5,000 yen banknotes P ₅ was originally entered into the repository 16 ₂ 19, the mounting plate 36 in the collection cassette 17
5 stored in the collection cassette 17
Separator 3 of storage 16 ₂ for 1,000 yen banknote P ₅ for 5,000 yen
5 through the identification unit 8 (FIG. 3D). This end scrutiny of the 5,000 yen bill P _5, the inventory amount of 5,000 yen bill P ₅ is determined.

[0026] Subsequently 5,000 yen for repository 16 ₂ of unfit banknotes P _Q housed under the separator 35 is fed from the lower transport path 32, the dispensing identifying section 34 through the conveyance path 21 is sent to the collection cassette 17 (FIG. 3 (E)), the balance of the unfit banknotes P _Q to confirm.

[0027] then yen bill P of the yen for the storage box 16 in _1
0 is fed out, and the storage 16
It sent ₁ to the escrow unit 18 ₁ is housed in the separator 35 on, to determine the balance of the yen banknotes P ₀ (Fig. 3
(F)).

Further, as shown in FIG.
6 ₃ within 1000 yen note P ₁ is fed out of the sent into repository 16 ₃ of the temporary holding section 18 ₃ is housed in the separator 35 on the inventory amount of 1000 yen note P ₁ and is fixed.

In the above process, rejected bills due to two-sheet feeding or skew are also contained in the reject box 13 together with rejected bills generated during normal processing.
Finally back in the hands of the rejected bills P _R of the reject box 13 to the deposit port 2, the bill identifies crowded Repetitive, accommodating to each corresponding storages 16 ₁ to 16 _3, the recovery cassette if it is unfit 17 or reject port 9 (FIG. 3)
(H)).

As described above, the amounts of all the banknotes existing in the apparatus are determined, and the scrutiny process is completed.

FIGS. 4A to 4G show an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention. When a scrutiny instruction is input from the state of FIG. 4 (B)
By feeding the mixed state without partitioning manner on thousand yen banknotes P ₁ in yen for storage boxes 16 ₁ from yen banknote P ₀ the Repetitive out by thousand for storage box 16 ₃ shown in yen for storage box 16 ₁ emptied, then fed the bills in the collection cassette 17 to the escrow unit 18 ₁ of the yen for storing box 16 _1, housed into an empty yen for repository 16 ₁ of the separator 35 above (Fig. 4
(C)). Then return the unfit banknotes P _Q housed in the storage box 16 in ₁ to collection cassette 17, to determine the balance of the unfit banknotes P _Q (Fig. 4 (D)).

[0032] Next, the yen bill P ₀ went just originally a thousand yen bill P ₁ contained in the thousand yen for the storage box 16 ₃ feeding,
Each corresponding storage 1 identified by the withdrawal identification unit 34
6 ₁ fed to, 16 ₃ of the separator 35 above, thereby thousand yen banknotes P _1, the inventory amount of yen banknotes P ₀ is determined (Fig. 4
(E)).

[0033] Then fed 5,000 yen banknotes P ₅ of 5,000 yen for the repository 16 in ₂ Te feeding to the escrow unit 18 ₂ of the upper, standing for 5,000 yen banknote P ₅ by accommodating the separator 35 on The height is determined (FIG. 4 (F)).

Finally, similar to the case of FIG.
The rejected bills P _R that has entered the 3 back by hand to deposit port 2, classified storage locations corresponding to respectively as in the (FIG. 4 (G)).

As described above, the amounts of all the banknotes present in the apparatus can be determined, and the scrutiny process is completed.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned flow of banknotes is merely an example, and which storage to use and in what order can be arbitrarily selected in the design of the control circuit of the control means 38.
Needless to say, the flow is not limited to the flow shown in FIGS.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to scrutinize a non-recycled bill collected as an unfit note together with other genuine bills, and yet to store the non-recycled bill. The storage can be transported to another place as a cassette, and all the problems of the prior art can be solved. In addition, since the collection cassette draws in the bills from the upper part and draws out the bills from the upper part, only one opening is provided at the upper part, and it is sufficient to provide a closing means at one place. It is possible to reduce the size and weight and to obtain an effect that the transportation becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing an example of a banknote handling machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram summarizing each unit in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3A to 3H are explanatory views of a flow of a bill showing control contents according to the first embodiment.

FIGS. 4A to 4G are explanatory views of a flow of banknotes showing control contents according to claim 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Airframe 2 Deposit port 6 Retracting means 8 Identification part 9 Reject port 12 Dispensing port 13 Reject box 16 _{1 to} 16 ₃ Storage as denomination storing means 17 Collection cassette as collective storing means 18 ₁ to 18 ₃ , 19 Temporary storage unit 34 Withdrawal identification unit 35 Separator 36 Mounting plate

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Koji Matsumoto 1-31-1 Shimoteno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture Inside Glory Industries Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A take-in / transport means for taking in and discriminating bills inserted into a deposit port one by one and classifying them by type, and temporarily recirculating bills among the bills taken in by the take-in / transport means into denominations. A plurality of denomination storing means having a separator means capable of storing the bills stored in the lower storage from above and then separating the bills in the storage while being fed out from below, and bills taken in by the take-in / transportation means. Of the non-recycled banknotes, the non-returnable banknotes are temporarily stored and then stored from above in a detachable storage box, and the batch storage means which can be fed out from above, and the banknotes in each of the storage means are re-identified to determine their money amount. A scrutiny instruction means for instructing the scrutiny process to be determined; and a control means for determining the amount of money based on the scrutiny process instruction by the scrutiny instruction means. Is moved to any one of the denomination storing means, and is stored on the already stored denomination banknote via the separator means, thereby emptying the collective storing means, and Move the denominated banknotes already stored in the collective storage means that has been emptied, and when returning the denominated banknotes to the original denomination storage means again, identify the separator on the remaining collective banknotes. The lump storage means is emptied by interposing the means, and the lump sum of the lump storage means and one denomination storage means are determined by identifying when the banknotes are returned to the emptied lump storage means. The other denomination storage means is fed out from below and identified when returning to the original denomination storage means from above, and stored on the banknote before feeding through the separator means. Banknote handling apparatus being characterized in that so as to confirm the high. 2. A take-in / transport means for taking in and discriminating bills to be inserted into a deposit port one by one and classifying them by type, and temporarily recirculating bills among the bills taken in by the take-in / transport means into denominations. A plurality of denomination storing means having a separator means capable of storing the bills stored in the lower storage from above and then separating the bills in the storage while being fed out from below, and bills taken in by the take-in / transportation means. Of the non-recycled banknotes, the non-recycled banknotes are temporarily stored and then stored from above in a detachable storage box, and the batch storage means which can be fed out from above, and the banknotes in each of the storage means are re-identified to determine their money amount. A detailed inspection instruction means for instructing the detailed inspection processing to be determined; and a control means for determining the amount of money based on the instruction of the detailed inspection processing by the detailed inspection instruction means, and the control means includes any one of the denomination storing means. One denomination banknote is emptied by moving one denomination banknote to another denomination storage unit and storing it in a mixed state on the already stored denomination banknotes, and the banknotes in the batch storage unit are emptied. Is moved to the empty denomination storing means, and when the banknotes are returned to the original collective storing means again, the banknote is identified and the money amount is determined, and from the denomination storing means mixed and stored by the movement, When the banknotes of the two denominations are fed out and returned to the denomination storing means of the corresponding denomination, the banknotes are identified and the amount of money is determined, and when the banknotes are returned to the fed denomination storing means, the separator is placed on the banknote before the feeding. Means are stored through the means, other denomination storing means also pays out the banknotes, returns to the original storing means from above and stores it on the banknotes before the payout via the separator means to identify and store To determine Banknote handling apparatus characterized by a.