JPH1069560A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience for users by operating a device as much as possible even during the collection of paper moneys by permitting the insertion of 1000-yen bills from an inserting port at the time point, when a 1000-yen safe gets empty, while all the paper moneys are collected from that storage safe. SOLUTION: When time for sum-up comes and a clerk closes a paper money processor (a), the insertion of paper moneys from an inserting port 1 is completely inhibited. Then, 1000-yen bills in a 1000-yen safe 3 and 5000-yen bills in a 5000-yen bill circulating part 4 are moved to a storage coffin 5 and collected (a). At the time point when the 1000-yen coffin 3 is made empty by this collecting operation, the insertion of 1000-yen bills from the inserting port 1 is permitted. Therefore, the user enables the purchase or the like of a train ticket by using the 1000-yen bill. Namely, the user can not use any 5000-yen bill or any 10000-yen bill but can use the 1000yen bill so that the convenience for users can be improved (b).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine incorporated in station equipment such as an automatic ticket vending machine and an automatic settlement machine, or various vending machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automatic ticket vending machines have become able to use high-value bills of 10,000 yen bills so that express tickets and long-distance tickets can be sold. In addition, among various vending machines, vending machines that sell high-priced products are configured so that high-value bills can be used.

[0003] An automatic ticket vending machine or the like that can use high-value banknotes of 10,000 yen bill (hereinafter, an automatic ticket vending machine will be described as an example) is 10
It is equipped with a coin processing device that can accept yen, 50 yen, 100 yen and 500 yen coins and discharge change coins as necessary, and accepts 1,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills. Is provided with a bill processing device capable of discharging 1,000-yen bills and 5,000-yen bills in accordance with the number of bills.

When the banknote handling machine incorporated in the automatic ticket vending machine cannot be used because the banknote processing machine cannot be used due to the collection vault being full or the collection safe is full, the automatic ticket vending machine is kept operating by only the coin processing machine. As far as possible, the operation state of the automatic ticket vending machine is maintained. Therefore, in this case, the purchase of the ticket using the bill is prohibited.

[0005]

However, when the above-mentioned conventional banknote handling machine cannot be used, an automatic ticket vending machine or the like incorporating the banknote handling machine prohibits the use of any banknote. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that not only the operation efficiency is reduced but also the user is inconvenienced.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to operate as much as possible even during the collection of banknotes, thereby improving the convenience for users. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing apparatus capable of causing the banknote processing apparatus to perform the processing.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention receives a 1,000-yen bill inserted from an insertion slot into a 1,000-yen safe, and if necessary, the 1,000-yen safe. From the outlet, accept the 5,000-yen bill inserted from the insertion slot into the 5,000-yen recycle unit, and if necessary, change the 5,000-yen bill from the 5,000-yen recycle unit as change In the banknote handling machine, which discharges the 10,000 yen bill inserted from the insertion slot to the storage safe, the 1,000 yen bill and the 5,000 yen from the 1,000 yen safe and the 5,000 yen return section to the storage safe. While the bills were emptied and then all the banknotes were collected from the safe, when the 1,000 yen safe was empty,
A permission means for permitting insertion of a 1,000-yen bill from the insertion slot is provided.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention receives a 1,000-yen bill inserted from an insertion slot into a 1,000-yen safe, and if necessary, changes the 1,000-yen bill from the 1,000-yen safe as change. The yen bill is discharged to the outlet, and the 5,000-yen bill inserted from the insertion slot is received in the 5,000-yen return section, and if necessary, the 5,000-yen bill is sent as change from the 5,000-yen return section to the discharge port. In the banknote handling machine which discharges and receives the 10,000-yen bill inserted from the insertion slot into the storage safe, the banknote handling apparatus is configured to receive 5
After transferring the 1,000-yen bill to the storage safe, insertion of the 1,000-yen bill from the insertion slot is permitted, and while the inserted 1,000-yen bill is received in the 5,000-yen return section, the 1,000-yen bill is accepted. It is characterized in that control means for exchanging a safe and its storage safe, and then transferring the 1,000 yen bill received in the 5,000 yen return section to the replaced storage safe is provided.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1A to 1C show the flow of banknotes in a banknote processing apparatus a according to an embodiment, and FIG. 1A shows banknotes in a deadline collection operation at the time of counting of the banknote processing apparatus a. (B) shows the flow of banknotes before the exchange of storage safes described later is completed, and (c) shows the flow of banknotes in a normal state after exchange of storage safes is completed.

[0010] The bill processing device a determines the authenticity and type of the bill inserted from the insertion slot 1 by the checker 2 and returns the bill not determined as a normal bill to the insertion slot 1 again. The banknotes determined to be normal are configured to be received by the banknote processing apparatus a after being divided for each type.

That is, a normal 1,000-yen bill is accepted in the 1,000-yen safe 3, a normal 5,000-yen bill is accepted in the 5,000-yen return unit 4, and a normal 10,000-yen bill is accepted in the storage safe 5. It is configured to be. The 1,000 yen safe 3 and the 5,000 yen safe 5 are configured so that change of 1,000 yen bill or 5,000 yen bill is discharged to the discharge port 6 as necessary.

In the drawing, lines indicated by a chain line and a solid line are lines for moving (flowing) bills, and are constituted by a transport system including a clamping roller, a transport belt and the like, similarly to a known bill processing apparatus. The control of the moving direction is performed by a direction conversion system including a wing and the like (not shown). The transport system and the direction changing system are mainly configured by a microcomputer that controls the entire bill processing apparatus a and further controls an automatic ticket vending machine or the like that incorporates the bill processing apparatus a. The drive is controlled by a controller (not shown). This controller also serves as the permission means and the control means of the present invention.

Although not shown, the 1,000 yen safe 3 is configured so that 1,000 yen bills are stacked and stored, and can be fed out one by one as needed and discharged as change.

The 5,000-yen recirculation section 4 always holds a predetermined number of 5,000-yen bills required as change and exceeds the number of 5,000-yen bills.
When a 1,000-yen bill is inserted into the insertion slot 1, the bill can be transferred to the storage safe 5.

The storage safe 5 accepts not only the 10,000-yen bill inserted into the insertion slot 1 but also the 1,000-yen bill and the 5,000-yen bill received in the 1,000-yen safe 3 and the 5,000-yen return unit 4, respectively. It is configured to be able to.

Next, the control operation will be described in accordance with the flow of bills shown in FIG.

(A) Deadline collection operation When the banknote processing apparatus a is closed by the attendant at the tallying time, insertion of any banknote from the insertion slot 1 is prohibited. Then, the 1,000-yen bill in the 1,000-yen safe 3 and the 5,000-yen bill in the 5,000-yen recycle unit 4 are transferred to the storage safe 5 and collected.

(B) Operation before Cash Collection By the collection operation of (a), when the 1,000 yen safe 3 becomes empty, insertion of a 1,000 yen bill from the insertion slot 1 is permitted. Therefore, the user can purchase a ticket using a 1,000-yen bill. That is, the user cannot use the 5,000-yen bill and the 10,000-yen bill, but can use the 1,000-yen bill, thereby improving the convenience of the user.

In the usable state of the 1,000-yen bill, all bills are collected from the storage safe 5, and the 1,000-yen safe 3 is supplied with a 1,000-yen bill for change as required.

(C) Normal Operation After the bills from the storage safe 5 are collected, acceptance of all bills from the insertion slot 1 is permitted.

FIG. 2 shows a banknote processing apparatus a 'according to another embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the banknote processing apparatus a shown in FIG. The storage safe 5 'is of a convertible type, and the receiving of a 1,000-yen bill at the time of collection is performed by the 5,000-yen recirculation unit 4.

Next, the control operation will be described in accordance with the flow of bills shown in FIG.

(A) Deadline Collection Operation When the banknote processing device a is closed by the attendant upon the arrival of the counting time, insertion of any banknote from the insertion slot 1 is prohibited. Then, the 5,000-yen bill in the 5,000-yen recycle unit 4 is transferred to the storage safe 5 and collected.

(B) Operation before Cash Collection By the collection operation of (a), when the 5,000 yen recirculation unit 4 becomes empty, insertion of a 1,000 yen bill from the insertion slot 1 is permitted. Therefore, the user can purchase a ticket using a 1,000-yen bill. That is, the user cannot use the 5,000-yen bill and the 10,000-yen bill, but can use the 1,000-yen bill, thereby improving the convenience of the user.

In the usable state of the 1,000 yen bill, the 1,000 yen safe 3 'and the storage safe 5' are exchanged. Also, if necessary, the 1,000 yen safe 3 'is supplied with a 1,000 yen bill for change in advance.

(C) Operation after Safe Replacement When the storage safe 5 'is replaced with a new storage safe 5', the 1,000-yen bill received in the 5,000-yen recycle unit 4 is replaced with the new storage safe 5 '. Is transferred to

(D) Normal Operation After the bills from the 5,000 yen recirculation unit 4 are transferred to the storage safe 5 ', acceptance of all bills from the insertion slot 1 is permitted.

[0028]

The bill processing apparatus according to the present invention transfers a 1,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill from a 1,000-yen safe and a 5,000-yen recycle unit to a storage safe, respectively, and then removes all bills from the storage safe. During collection, when the 1,000-yen safe is emptied, a means of permitting the insertion of a 1,000-yen bill from the insertion slot is provided. Can be used, the operating efficiency of the bill processing device can be improved, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

The banknote handling machine according to the present invention permits the insertion of a 1,000-yen bill from the insertion slot after transferring the 5,000-yen bill from the 5,000-yen recycle section to the storage safe, and also allows the inserted 1,000-yen bill to be inserted. While receiving the bill in the 5,000-yen return section, exchange the 1,000-yen safe and its storage safe, and then transfer the 1,000-yen bill received in the 5,000-yen return section to the replaced storage safe. The provision of the control means enables the use of 1,000-yen bills within a short time even when collecting bills, thereby increasing the operating efficiency of the bill processing device and improving the convenience for the user. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A shows the flow of banknotes during a deadline collection operation at the time of counting by a banknote processing apparatus, FIG. 1B shows the flow of banknotes before cash collection from a storage safe, and FIG. The normal state is shown after the replacement of.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention,
(A) shows the flow of banknotes at the time of the deadline collection operation at the time of counting of the banknote processing device, (b) shows the flow of banknotes before the exchange of storage safes is completed, and (c) shows the flow of banknotes after exchange of storage safes. The flow of bills is shown, and (d) shows a normal state after the exchange of the storage safe is completed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a, a 'Banknote handling machine 1 Insertion slot 2 Checking unit 3, 3' 1,000 yen safe 4 5,000 yen recirculation unit 5, 5 'Storage safe

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] September 11, 1996

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] All figures

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A 1,000-yen bill inserted from an insertion slot is received in a 1,000-yen safe, and if necessary, a 1,000-yen bill is discharged from the 1,000-yen safe as a change to a discharge outlet. The 1,000-yen bill is received by the 5,000-yen recirculation unit, and if necessary, five-yen is returned from the 5,000-yen recycle unit as change
In a banknote processing apparatus that discharges a 1,000-yen bill to an outlet, and receives a 10,000-yen bill inserted from the insertion slot into a storage safe, A permission means for permitting the insertion of the 1,000-yen bill from the insertion slot when the 1,000-yen safe is emptied while transferring the 5,000-yen bills and then collecting all banknotes from the storage safe. A banknote handling apparatus characterized by comprising: 2. The 1,000-yen bill inserted from the insertion slot is received in a 1,000-yen safe, and if necessary, the 1,000-yen bill is discharged from the 1,000-yen safe as a change to a discharge outlet. The 1,000-yen bill is received by the 5,000-yen recirculation unit, and if necessary, five-yen is returned from the 5,000-yen recycle unit as change
In a banknote handling machine that discharges a 1,000-yen bill to an outlet and receives a 10,000-yen bill inserted from the insertion slot into a storage safe, after transferring the 5,000-yen bill from the 5,000-yen recycle unit to the storage safe While permitting the insertion of the 1,000-yen bill from the insertion slot and exchanging the 1,000-yen safe and its storage safe while accepting the inserted 1,000-yen bill in the 5,000-yen return section,
Then, the banknote processing apparatus is provided with control means for transferring the 1,000-yen bill received in the 5,000-yen return section to the exchanged storage safe.