JPH103562A - Method and device for processing paper sheets and transaction processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to deliver paper sheets without mixing paper sheets stored in a temporary storage part and paper sheets stacked on a stacking part by retreating the paper sheets from the temporary storage part to a saving part or a carrier exerting no influence upon delivery in delivering paper sheets stacked on the stacking part in the stored state of the paper sheets in the temporary storage part and then delivering the paper sheets from the stacking part. SOLUTION: A 1,000-YEN cassette 24, a 5,000-YEN cassette 25 and 10,000-YEN cassette 26 for respectively stacking paper money of respective money sorts to be processed are detachably connected to the post stage of a discerning part 22 through a carrier 23. Temporary storage parts 29 to 31 for temporarily storing entered paper money are formed on the paper money entering sides of respective cassettes 24 to 26 and stacking parts 32 to 34 for stacking paper money are respectively formed on the upper parts of the temporary storage parts 29 to 31. Paper money stored in each of the temporary storage parts 29 to 31 is stacked on each of the cassettes 24 to 26 by depressing paper money stored in each of the temporary storage parts 29 to 31 into the inside of each of the stacking parts 32 to 34 by each of depressing boards 35 to 37 so as to retreat the paper money on the lower part of the stacking part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet for processing paper sheets such as banknotes handled by a ticket vending machine or a checkout machine in a transportation business, an automatic teller machine in a financial business, and the like. The present invention relates to a processing method and apparatus, and a transaction processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bill processing apparatus of a ticket vending machine for handling bills will be described as an example of paper sheets. In this apparatus, a discriminating unit 2 for discriminating the authenticity or denomination of a bill is connected to a stage subsequent to a bill insertion slot 1 and a conveying path 3 formed by a conveying belt or a conveying roller or the like is provided at a stage subsequent to the discriminating unit 2.
, A cassette for 1,000 yen, a cassette for 5,000 yen, a cassette for 10,000 yen, which accumulates banknotes of the handling denominations, and a change storage part 7 and a discharge port on the transport path 3. 8 are connected.

[0003] In the cassette 4, 5, 6, on the side of taking in the bills, temporary holding units 9, 1 for temporarily holding the taken bills are provided.
0, 11 and stacking units 12, 1 for stacking banknotes on the top of the stack.
3 and 14, each of the temporary holding sections 9 to 11 is provided with push plates 15, 16 and 17 at its lower part. The 1,000 yen cassette 4 and the 5,000 yen cassette 5 are changed as change. In order to use the accumulated bills, respectively,
19 is provided.

In the stacking process of the bills in the cassettes 4, 5 and 6, the bills held in the temporary holding units 9 to 11 are pushed into the stacking units 12 to 14 by the pushing plates 15 to 17 and retracted to the lower part. Thus, the banknotes in the temporary holding units 9 to 11 can be accumulated. In the bill feeding of the 1,000 yen cassette 4 and the 5,000 yen cassette 5, the pushing plates 15, 16 enter the inside of the stacking units 12, 13, and further press the stacked bills to the upper feeding units 18, 19. Thus, the feeding sections 18 and 19 are provided so that the feeding process can be performed.

[0005] In the banknote processing apparatus constructed as described above, for example, when a customer inserts 1,000 yen and performs a ticket issuing process, the inserted 1,000 yen is discriminated by the discriminating section 2 and then the 1000 yen cassette 4 The temporary storage unit 9 holds the 1,000-yen bill, which is the actual input, until the transaction is completed or until the next customer ticket issuance processing, which is useful in case of trouble.

However, when a customer inserts a 10,000-yen bill and a 1,000-yen bill to purchase a 6,000-yen bill and desires a change of 5,000-yen bill, for example, as shown in FIG. And 10,000 yen bill A
Are stored in the temporary storage section 11 of the 10,000 yen cassette 6, and the 1,000-yen bill B is stored in the temporary storage section 9 of the 1,000-yen cassette 4, and then the 5,000-yen cassette 5 to the 5,000-yen bill In this case, if the 5,000-yen bill is out of bills, the change must be released with the 1,000-yen bill.

In such processing, as shown in FIG. 2, since the 1,000-yen bill B, which is the actual input bill, has already been temporarily held in the temporary holding section 9 of the 1,000-yen cassette 4, this 1,000-yen bill B is After being accumulated in the accumulation unit 12, it is necessary to pay out a change of 5,000 yen with the 1,000 yen bill of the accumulation unit 12.

[0008] Therefore, in such a process, it is not possible to hold the actual 1,000-yen bill B, which is the input cash-in-stock held in the temporary holding unit 9, and it cannot be used in case of trouble. Having.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when delivery of a sheet in the stacking unit is requested in a state where the taken-in sheet is held in the holding unit, the sheet in the holding unit is temporarily stopped. Paper processing method and apparatus capable of feeding out papers without mixing papers with papers in a stacking section and storing the papers in a temporary storage section, and an apparatus therefor and a transaction processing apparatus With the goal.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a temporary holding section for taking in paper sheets and a stacking section for paper sheets. A sheet processing apparatus for feeding out stacked paper sheets, wherein when receiving an instruction to feed out the stacked paper sheets of the stacking section in a state where the paper sheets are held in the temporary holding section, the sheet is temporarily held. A sheet processing method and apparatus and a transaction processing apparatus for feeding out sheets after retreating the sheets of the set from the temporary holding section.

[0011]

According to the present invention, when feeding the stacked sheets of the stacking section with the sheets held in the temporary holding section, the sheets in the temporary holding section are retracted from the temporary holding section. Then, for example, the paper sheet is fed out after being evacuated to a dedicated escaping section, another temporary holding section in an unused state, or a transport path that does not hinder the feeding. Therefore, the temporarily held paper sheets do not mix with the stacked paper sheets, and the purpose of temporarily storing the input material can be achieved.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows, for example, a bill processing device incorporated in a ticket vending machine for a ticket. In FIG. 3, this device is provided at a stage subsequent to a bill insertion slot 21 for discriminating a discriminating unit 2 for discriminating authenticity and denomination of a bill.
2 and a 1,000-yen cassette 24, a 5,000-yen cassette 25, and a 5,000-yen cassette for stacking banknotes of denominations to be handled via a transport path 23 formed by a transport belt, a transport roller, and the like at the subsequent stage of the discrimination section 22. The cassette for all-yen 26 is detachably connected, and the transfer path 23 is connected to a change holding section 27, a discharge port 28, and a retreat section 40.

Further, the cassettes 24, 25, and 26 have, on the bill taking-in side, bill-holding sections 29, 30, and 31 for temporarily holding the bills, and stacking sections 32, 33, and 33 for stacking bills thereon. 34, and each of the temporary holding units 29-
31 has a push plate (pusher plate) 35, 3
In order to use the banknotes accumulated as the change in the 1000 yen cassette 24 and the 5,000 yen cassette 25, the feeding sections 38, 39 for feeding out the stacked banknotes.
In addition, on the upper surface of the 10,000-yen cassette 26, a forgotten banknote collecting unit 41 is formed to collect the forgotten banknotes when the banknotes discharged to the discharge port 28 are forgotten.

In the stacking process of the bills in the cassettes 24, 25 and 26, the bills held in the respective temporary holding sections 29 to 31 are pushed into the inside of the stacking sections 32 to 34 by the pushing plates 35 to 37 and evacuated to the lower part. Thus, the banknotes in the temporary holding units 29 to 31 can be accumulated.

FIG. 4 shows the 1,000-yen cassette 24 described above. The temporary holding section 29 includes a transport belt 42 and a transport roller 43 on which the banknotes are placed to hold the banknotes. And send out.
In addition, a partition plate 44 is provided between the temporary holding unit 29 and the stacking unit 32 to support both sides of the bill and allow the center of the bill to pass through the pushing plate 35. These configurations are the same for the other cassettes 25 and 26. However, in the case of the 1,000 yen cassette 24 and the 5,000 yen cassette 25,
8 and 39, the respective pressing plates 35 and 36
Is moved up to the feeding portions 38 and 39, and the stacked bills are pressed against the feeding portions 38 and 39 so that the feeding operation can be performed.

FIG. 5 shows the appearance of the 1,000 yen cassette 24 described above. The side surfaces of the temporary holding section 29 and the stacking section 34 are provided with opening / closing doors 45 and 46, respectively.
Can be freely opened, and when there is a trouble, the banknotes held can be taken out. However, the opening and closing of the opening and closing door 46 of the stacking unit 34 is controlled by a lock 47. In addition, in these configurations, the other cassettes 25 and 26 are similarly configured, and all of them can be attached to and detached from the bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 6 shows the above-mentioned retracting section 40, which is provided with a transport belt 48 and a transport roller 49 on which the banknotes to be retracted in the retracting section 40 are placed so that the banknotes can be taken in and out. Make up.

FIG. 7 shows a control circuit block of the banknote handling machine 20. The CPU 61 drives and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 62, and the RAM 63
Stores data necessary for the bill processing operation. The transport path drive control unit 64 controls the drive of the transport path 23 in the bill taking-in direction and the change releasing direction.

The thousand-yen cassette drive control section 65 controls the driving of the ten-yen cassette 24 for the temporary holding process, the stacking process, and the feeding process. The cassette drive control unit 66 for 5,000 yen is
The drive control of the temporary holding process, the stacking process, and the feeding process of the 5,000 yen cassette 25 is performed. Cassette drive control unit for 10,000 yen
Reference numeral 7 controls the driving of the temporary holding process and the stacking process of the 10,000-yen cassette 26. The change holding unit drive control unit 68 controls the change holding process and the release process of the change holding unit 27. The retraction unit drive control unit 69 controls driving of the retraction unit 40 to take in, stop, and send out banknotes. The forgotten banknote collection unit drive control unit 70 controls the driving of the forgotten banknote collection unit 41 to take in the banknotes.

The CP of the banknote processing apparatus configured as described above
The bill processing operation of U61 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. When the bill is inserted into the insertion slot 21 and detected, the discriminating unit 22 and the transport path 23 are driven in the taking-in direction, and then the discriminating unit 22 determines the authenticity and denomination of the bill, and the identification is poor, or If it is not a denomination, the discriminating unit 22 is reversed and returned to the slot (steps n1, n2, n3, n4).

When the denomination handled in step n3 is identified, the denomination is transported to the temporary holding units 29, 30, 31 of the cassettes 24, 25, 26 of the corresponding denomination and held (step n3).
5) When the holding is completed (step n6), it is determined whether or not the next bill is inserted (step n7), and if there is a bill, the process returns to step n2 (shown in FIG. 8).

Referring to FIG. 9, when the insertion of a bill can be confirmed, it is next determined whether or not a ticket selling transaction has been established (step n8). It is determined whether or not there is any change (step n9). If there is no change, the corresponding push-in plates (pusher plates) 35, 3 are collected in order to accumulate the deposited banknotes temporarily held in the above-mentioned steps n5, n6.
6 and 37 are raised to the corresponding cassettes 24, 25 and 2
Then, the data is accumulated in the accumulation units 32, 33, and 34, and the process ends (steps n10 and n11).

If it is not determined in step n8 that the transaction has been concluded, and if the cancellation is determined by the cancel / return button (step n12), the banknotes temporarily held in steps n5 and n6 are replaced with the denomination cassette 24, 25, 26
Are sent from the temporary holding units 29, 30, and 31 and are held in the change holding unit 27. When there are temporary holdings of a plurality of denominations, they are superimposed on the change holding unit 27 (step n1).
3).

When the above-mentioned superposition of the returned bills is completed (step n14), this is discharged to the discharge port 28 (step n15), and when the removal of the returned bills is detected (step n16), the transaction is terminated. .

In step n9 described above, a transaction is established,
When it is determined that there is change, the temporary holding unit 2 of the cassettes 24, 25, and 26 that discharges the change.
It is determined whether or not the deposited banknotes are held at 9, 30, and 31 (step n17). If there is a reserved banknote, the banknote is sent out (retracted) and sent to the evacuation unit 40 for temporary evacuation (step n17). n18). When the deposited banknotes are not held in the temporary holding units 29, 30, 31 of the cassettes 24, 25, 26 corresponding to the change, step n18 is skipped.

Next, the change is transferred to the corresponding cassette 24,2.
5 and 26, the change is stored in the change storage unit 27 (step n19). When the required amount of change is superimposed on the change storage unit 27, the change is released to the discharge port 28 (step n20, n21).

Next, at step n18, the evacuating section 40
The temporary banknotes that have been evacuated to the temporary storage units 29, 30, and 31 of the cassettes 24, 25, and 26 of the corresponding storage sources.
(Step n22), and then Steps n10 and n
In order to accumulate the deposited banknotes temporarily stored, skipping to the corresponding push-in plates (pusher plates) 35, 3
6, 37, and the corresponding cassettes 24, 25,
The data is accumulated in the accumulation units 32, 33, and 34, and the process is terminated.

Further, the processing of the above-mentioned steps n17 to n22 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. For example, when a customer purchases a 6,000-yen ticket and inserts a 10,000-yen bill and a 1,000-yen bill and desires a change of 5,000-yen bill, as shown in FIG. A is stored in the temporary storage section 31 of the 10,000-yen cassette 26, and the 1,000-yen bill B is stored in the temporary storage section 29 of the 1,000-yen cassette 24 (corresponding to the processing in steps n1 to n7). A 5,000-yen bill is paid out from the 5,000-yen cassette 25. At this time, if the 5,000-yen bill is out of bills, the 5,000-yen bill must release 5,000 yen of change.

When a change of 5,000 yen is released by a 1,000 yen bill, as described above, the 1,000 yen bill B at the time of deposit is held in the temporary holding section 29 of the 1000 yen cassette 24, and this hold is performed. Retreat the 1,000-yen bill B that is
After having been temporarily evacuated to the evacuation unit 40, as shown in FIG.
From the 1,000 yen cassette 24, the delivery portion 38 changes the change 5
The amount of 1,000 yen is paid out and discharged to the discharge port 28.
As shown in (1), by holding the 1,000-yen bill B temporarily deposited in the evacuation section 40 at the time of depositing in the temporary holding section 29 of the 1,000-yen cassette 24, the purpose of the temporary holding, that is, the holding of the actual input, is achieved. Can be.

In the embodiment, the escaping section 40 is specially formed so as to be evacuated. However, as another means, use of an unused temporary holding section such as the temporary holding section 30 of the 5,000-yen cassette 25 is performed. And a part of the transport path 2 which is independently driven and controlled.
3 may be evacuated.

In the embodiment, the ticket vending machine has been described. However, the present invention can be used for other transaction processing apparatuses, and is also used for processing other paper sheets regardless of bills. Further, the retreating means of the present invention corresponds to the control processing operation of the CPU 61 for retreating the reserved banknote from the temporary holding section 29 of the embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to only the configuration of the embodiment. Absent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional bill processing device of a ticket vending machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the change operation of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill processing device of the ticket vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cassette.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of the cassette.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a shunting unit.

FIG. 7 is a control circuit block diagram of the bill processing device of the ticket vending machine.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of bill processing.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a change operation.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view following FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view following FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view following FIG. 12;

[Explanation of symbols]

 24, 25, 26: Cassette 29, 30, 31: Temporary holding unit 32, 33, 34: Stacking unit 40: Evacuation unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] The present invention further comprises a temporary holding section for taking in paper sheets and a stacking section for paper sheets. The holding paper sheets are stored in a temporary holding section, and then stacked in the stacking section. A sheet processing apparatus for feeding out, when receiving an instruction to feed out the stacked sheets of the stacking section in a state where the sheets are held in the temporary holding section, the sheet in the temporary holding section is temporarily stored. A paper sheet processing method in which paper sheets are fed out after being retracted from the holding unit. 2. A temporary holding section for taking in paper sheets and a stacking section for paper sheets, wherein the taken paper sheets are stored in a temporary holding section and then stored in a stacking section. A sheet processing apparatus for feeding out, wherein when the stacked sheets of the stacking section are fed out while the sheets are held in the temporary holding section, the sheets in the temporary holding section are retreated from the temporary holding section. A sheet processing apparatus provided with a retreat means for causing the sheet to be retreated. 3. A transaction processing apparatus comprising the sheet processing method according to claim 1 or the sheet processing apparatus according to claim 2.