JPH11167658A - Inverting device and bill processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill inverting device and a bill processor which reduce the behavior of a reverse-side bill as much as possible at the time of pressing the reverse-side bill against an inverting roller, also regulate the interference of a bill that is carried into an inverted path and a bill that is carried out of the inverted path and satisfactorily carries the bill. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a bill sorting gate 35b which sorts carried bills into front-side bills and reverse-side bills, an inverted path 79 that makes the reverse-side bills sorted by the gate 35b proceed forward, a inverting roller 82 which reversely carries the reverse-side bills proceeded into the path 79 and carries them out while inverting them, a pressure roller 86 which presses the reverse-side bills that are proceeded into the path 79 against the roller 82, and a stopper 89 which stops the pressing operation of the roller 86 before the roller 86 abuts on the roller 82.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus and a banknote reversing apparatus which are arranged, for example, at a bank office.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A banknote handling apparatus of this kind has a banknote insertion section, takes in the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion section by a take-in means, and transfers the taken-in banknotes to a banknote inspection section via a transport means. Check here. Then, the inspected banknotes are sent to a front and back arranging mechanism, and the front and back are collected, and then conveyed to a denomination safe. The denomination safe has a temporary stacking unit that temporarily stacks the conveyed bills,
It has a storage unit for storing the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit.

[0003] The front and back arranging mechanism has a sorting means for sorting incoming bills into front-facing bills and back-facing bills, and the sorted bills are sent to the front carrying path and the back carrying path. The back banknote sent to the reverse transport path enters the reverse path, is stopped in the reverse path, and is pressed against the reverse roller by the pressing roller of the pressing means. The pressed bill is discharged from the reversing path by the rotation of the reversing roller, and is sent out to the back conveyance path in a reversed state. The reverse transport path is joined to the front transport path, and the inverted bill is transported to the denomination safe together with the front bill.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, since the backing note is pressed against the reversing roller by contacting the pressing roller with the reversing roller, the behavior becomes large depending on the state of the bill and the bill enters the reversing path. In some cases, the paper may be carried out in a state worse than the state in which the paper money is inserted, and there is a problem that the paper money is jammed.

Conventionally, the bill taken in by the take-in means and the bill in the front and back arranging mechanism are conveyed at the same speed by a single driving means. Due to the pitch variation and the posture of the taken-in banknotes, there is a possibility that the banknotes entering the reversing path and the banknotes discharged from the reversing path may interfere with each other. And there is an inconvenience of causing a paper jam.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
The behavior of the face-down bill at the time of pushing the face-down bill by the pressing means is reduced as much as possible, and the bill between the bill sent to the reversing path and the bill sent out from the reversing path is regulated, so that the bill can be conveyed favorably. It is an object to provide a reversing device and a bill processing device.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a sorting means for sorting a conveyed bill into a front-facing one and a back-facing one. A reversing path for entering the reverse banknotes sorted by the dividing means, a reversing roller for reversing and feeding the bills entered to the reversing path in a reversed state, and entering the reversing path to the reversing roller. There is provided pressing means for pressing the back-facing bills, and stopping means for restricting the movement of the pressing means before the pressing means comes into contact with the reversing roller.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a distributing means for distributing bills to be conveyed into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and a reversing path for entering the back-facing bills distributed by the distributing means. Detecting means for detecting the bills entering the reversing path, a reversing roller for reversing the bills entering the reversing path and sending the bills in a reversed state, and a back-facing bill entering the reversing path. A pressing unit that operates when detected by the detecting unit and presses the back-facing bill against the reversing roller; and a stopping unit that regulates the movement of the pressing unit before the pressing unit comes into contact with the reversing roller. I do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sorting means for sorting incoming bills into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, an inversion path through which the back-facing bills distributed by the sorting means enter. Detecting means for detecting the bills that have entered the reversing path, reversing rollers that feed the bills that have entered the reversing path in a reversed state and reversed, and face-down bills that have entered the reversing path, It operates when it is detected by the detecting means and presses the back-facing bill against the reversing roller, and includes a rotating lever and a pressing roller attached to a rotating end of the rotating lever and pressing the facing bill. The pressing roller comes into contact with the reversing roller by contacting the pressing unit, the arm unit provided on the rotating lever of the pressing unit, and the arm unit when the rotating lever rotates. Wherein comprises a stop means consisting of a stopper portion for stopping the rotation of the rotary lever.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the take-in means, and a first means for driving the first carry means. Drive means, a discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the first conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into face-up and face-down bills, and The second transporting means for transporting the bills sorted by the dividing means, the reversing path for entering the back-facing bills transported by the second transporting means, and the bills entering the reversing path are reversely fed. A reversing roller for returning the reversing state to the second conveying means; and a second driving means for driving the second conveying means and the reversing roller at a higher speed than the first conveying means. Become.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the take-in means, and a first carrying means for driving the first carry means. Drive means, a discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and this distributing means A second transport unit that transports the sorted banknotes, a reversing path for entering a backward banknote transported by the second transport unit, a detecting unit that detects the banknote that has entered the reversing path, A reversing roller for returning the banknotes that have entered the reversing path to the second transport unit in a state where the banknotes are reversed and reversed, and operate when the back-facing banknotes that have entered the reversing path are detected by the detection unit. , The back-facing banknote Pressing means for pressing the reversing roller, stopping means for restricting the movement of the pressing means before the pressing means comes into contact with the reversing roller, and a means for moving the second conveying means and the reversing roller to the first conveying means. And second driving means for driving at a different speed from the driving means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the take-in means, and a first means for driving the first carry means. Drive means, a discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and this distributing means A second transport unit that transports the sorted banknotes, a reversing path for entering a backward banknote transported by the second transport unit, a detecting unit that detects the banknote that has entered the reversing path, A stopper for temporarily stopping the bills conveyed to the reversing path, a reversing roller for returning the bills entering the reversing path to the second conveying means in a state where the bills are reversely fed and reversed, and Back-facing banknotes It operates when it is detected by the detection means, and presses the back-facing bill against the reversing roller, and includes a rotating lever and a pressing roller attached to a rotating end of the rotating lever and pressing the facing bill. Pressing means consisting of: an arm provided on a rotating lever of the pressing means, and the arm being brought into contact when the rotating lever is turned, so that the pressing roller comes into contact with the reversing roller. Stopping means comprising a stopper for stopping the rotation of the rotation lever; and second driving means for driving the second transporting means and the reversing roller at a faster speed than the first transporting means. It is provided.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the take-in means, and a first means for driving the first carry means. Drive means, a discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the first conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into face-up and face-down bills, and A reversing path for entering the back-facing banknotes sorted by the dividing means, a reversing roller for reversing the banknotes entering the reversing path and sending out the reversing state, and conveying the bills sent by the reversing rollers. Second
And second driving means for driving the second conveying means and the reversing roller at a higher speed than the first conveying means.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the take-in means, and a first carrying means for driving the first carry means. Drive means, a discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and this distributing means A reversing path for entering the sorted back-facing banknotes, a detecting means for detecting the banknotes entering the reversing path, and a reversing roller for reversing the banknotes entering the reversing path and sending them out in a reversed state. Operating when the back-facing banknote that has entered the reversing path is detected by the detecting unit, and pressing means for pressing the back-facing banknote against the reversing roller; and before the pressing unit comes into contact with the reversing roller, Stopping means for restricting the movement of the pressing means, second conveying means for conveying the banknotes fed by the reversing roller, and a speed faster than the first conveying means with respect to the second conveying means and the reversing roller. And a second driving means driven by the driving means.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the take-in means, and a first carrying means for driving the first carry means. Drive means, a discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and this distributing means A reversing path for entering the sorted back-facing banknotes, a detecting means for detecting the banknotes entering the reversing path, and a reversing roller for reversing the banknotes entering the reversing path and sending them out in a reversed state. It operates when the back-facing banknote that has entered the reversing path is detected by the detection unit, and presses the back-facing banknote against the reversing roller. The turning lever and the turning end of the turning lever Attached Pressing means comprising a pressing roller for pressing the back-facing banknote, an arm provided on a rotating lever of the pressing means, and pressing the arm by abutting the arm during rotation of the rotating lever. A stopper configured to stop rotation of the rotating lever before the roller comes into contact with the reversing roller; a second transporting unit configured to transport the bills fed by the reversing roller; Transport means and the reversing roller to the first
And a second driving unit that drives at a speed higher than that of the conveying unit.

[0016]

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 office. This system includes two teller's machines 1a and 1b for operating the entire system and processing data, a bill depositing and dispensing machine 2 as a first unit for depositing and dispensing loose bills, and surplus cash of the bill depositing and dispensing machine 2. And a small bundle payment machine 3 as a second unit for paying out bills in small bundles, a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins, and a loose coin And a coin dispensing machine 6 for dispensing coins (coins) wrapped every 50 sheets and a tillers machine table 7.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 has a slot 11 serving as a mounting portion for banknote pay-in, a deposit reject box 12 for collecting reject banknotes at the time of deposit, and a deposit reject box for accumulating reject banknotes at the time of deposit. A box 13 and a dispensing port 14 on which bills to be dispensed are accumulated are provided. The slot 11, the deposit reject box 12, the dispensing reject box 13, and the dispensing port 14 are arranged in a vertical line on the front of the machine.

Further, a journal printer 15 for printing the contents of each transaction is arranged on the upper surface of the bill receiving / dispensing machine 2. In the vicinity of the input port 11, the dispensing port 14, and the journal printer 15, which of the two teller's machines 1a and 1b described above is used.
occupancy lamps 16 and 1 indicating whether or not occupancy is
7, 18 are arranged.

On the front of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a remaining amount display 19 for displaying the remaining amount of banknotes in a banknote storage, which will be described later, inside the machine body.
Are arranged. On the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is a banding temporary storage return door 20 for returning a banding number, and a mechanism for hopping up to an upper portion of the machine body for banknote return or the like.
On the front of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a payment transfer path withdrawal door 2 from above.
1. A temporary stacking door 22 for returning a banknote at the time of deposit and a storage door 23 for pulling out a banknote storage are provided.

On the other hand, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 has a dispensing door 24 for small bundle payment at the upper portion, and when the door is opened, the dispensed small bundles can be taken out. An occupation lamp 25 similar to the occupation lamp of the bill receiving / dispensing section is arranged near the dispensing door 24. Above the dispensing door 24, there is a band set door 26 for banding band replacement. The banding band is replaced by opening the door 26. Below the dispensing door 24, a safe box take-out door 27 is arranged so that a safe box described later can be taken out.

The above-mentioned banding / small bundle payment machine 3, coin depositing machine 4,
The detailed description of the coin dispensing machine 5 and the coin-roll dispenser 6 is omitted here. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2.

A discriminating section 34 for discriminating the denomination, shape, front and back, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the banknote is provided on the upper side of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2. The inspection unit 34 and the input port 11 are connected via a pre-inspection transport path 101 as a transport unit.
The banknotes inspected by the inspection unit 34 are sorted gate groups 3 as sorting means installed in the transport path based on the results of the identification.
5a to 35k are used for distribution to each stacking unit.

The unloading side of the inspection unit 34 is selectively connected to the deposit reject box 12 and the front and back gates 35b via the deposit reject gate 35a. In the case of a bill that cannot be determined, the bill is sorted to the deposit reject box 12 and is determined. The bills are sorted by the front and back gates 35b into front and back notes, and the back-facing ones are reversed by a switchback transport path described later so that the front and back can be sorted.

The switchback transport path is arranged at the sorting gate 35c.
Are selectively connected to the distribution transport path 40 and the dispensing transport path. In a general depositing operation, it is transported to a lower storage section described later.

In the lower part of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, a lower storage section is provided below the sorting transport path 40. The lower storage unit includes a plurality of temporary storages 41a to 41d and storages 48a to 48d disposed below the temporary storages 41a to 41d. A temporary storage gate 35e that sorts bills according to denominations and damages in the sorting transport path 40.
~ 35 g are provided.

In the temporary stackers 41a to 41d, flapper groups 45a to 45d for stacking bills are arranged, and a stacking full sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not the stacking of bills is full. Is provided.

Upon detection of the full stack sensor, the flappers 45a and 45b rotate downward by about 90 °, and the stacked banknotes are supported by the lower flappers 45c and 45d. A shutter 47 as an opening / closing means is provided at the bottom of the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d. The shutter 47 opens right and left when a full stack sensor detects the storage, and stores the stacked banknotes as storage bins 48a.
To 48d.

In the upper part of the temporary storages 41a to 41d,
It operates when the shutter 47 is opened, and the temporary storage 41a-
All bills remaining in 41d are stored in storages 48a-48.
A pusher mechanism 52 for moving the inside of d is provided to be vertically movable.

A separator (separator means) 4 for receiving falling bills is provided on the upper side of the storages 48a to 48d.
9, 49 are provided. A take-out roller 56 as a take-out means for taking out bills is provided below the storages 48a to 48d.
Are arranged. A take-out counting sensor 57 for counting the number of taken-out bills is provided on the bill sending side of the take-out roller 56.
Is disposed, and the drive of the take-out roller 56 is stopped when the count reaches the number of payouts. Storage 48
A storage lower conveyance path 58 that conveys the extracted banknotes is provided at the lower side of a to 48d. Transfer path under storage 5
On the carry-out side of No. 8, there is provided a withdrawal inspection unit 59 for taking out two bills and checking the denomination. The delivery side of the withdrawal inspection unit 59 is the inspection gate 35h, the upper withdrawal transport path, and the sealing gate 3.
5i and the dispensing port 14 via a dispensing reject gate 35j.

The withdrawal reject gate 35j transfers the ticket determined to have a problem in the withdrawal inspection to the withdrawal reject box 13.
The ticket to be dispensed is guided to the dispensing port 14, respectively. In the drawing, reference numeral 60 denotes a pressing mechanism, which can push the bills in the storages 48a to 48d from above when the remaining amount of the bills in the storages 48a to 48d is reduced.

When depositing a bill, the bill is placed in the slot 11 and a deposit start command is sent from the teller's machine 1a (1b). Thereby, bills are taken in one by one from the insertion slot 11. The banknote taken in from the insertion slot 11 passes through the pre-inspection transport path 101 as a transport means, and is guided to the inspection unit 34. The banknotes taken into the inspection unit 34 are discriminated in terms of denomination, shape, front and back, authenticity, correctness, and the like. Based on the discrimination result, a control unit (not shown) is provided with a sorting gate group 35 serving as a sorting unit installed in the transport path.
By operating a to 35k, the banknotes are sorted to each stacking unit. The bills output from the inspection unit 34 are sorted and accumulated in the deposit reject box 12 by the first deposit reject gate 35a in the case of an undecidable ticket. The undeterminable ticket is set in the slot 11 again and taken in again, or is manually entered into the count data.

As will be described in detail later, the determined banknotes are sorted into front and back gates by the front and back gates 35b, and the back-facing ones are reversed on the switchback transport path and the front and back are sorted. The banknotes having both front and back are selected by the sorting gate 35c to be transported to the lower storage section or guided to the dispensing transport path. As will be described later in the case of being guided to the dispensing transport path, in a general depositing operation, it is transported to the lower storage unit. The bills conveyed to the lower stage pass through the safe gate 35d and enter the sorting conveyance path 40. The banknotes that have entered the distribution transport path 40 are introduced into the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d as the accumulation units by the operation of the temporary storage gates 35e to 35g and denominations, and the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d.
D is accumulated on the flapper groups 45a to 45d.

When it is detected by the accumulation full sensor (not shown) that the accumulation of the banknotes is full in the temporary accumulation bins 41a to 41d, the flappers 45a and 45b rotate downward by about 90 °, and the accumulated banknotes are rotated. Are the lower flappers 45c and 4
5d. If the stacking of the banknotes is continued as it is, the upper surface of the banknotes is again detected by the stacking full sensor.
Similarly, c and 45d also rotate downward by about 90 °. At this time, the bills are accumulated on the shutter 47 as opening / closing means attached to the bottom of the accumulation section.

Further, when the accumulation of the banknotes is continued, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected again by the full sensor, but here, the control unit notifies the teller machine 1a (1b) of the fullness of the accumulation unit for the first time. The shutter 47 is opened right and left by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the accumulated bills fall into storages 48a to 48d as storages.

Separators (separator means) 49, 49 are waiting on the upper side of the storages 48a to 48d.
The dropped bills fall on the separators 49, 49. When the shutter 47 is opened, the temporary accumulation units 41a to 41a
The pusher mechanism 52 waiting above the 41d is driven to move all the banknotes remaining in the temporary storage bins 41a to 41d into the storage bins 48a to 48d. When this movement is completed, the pusher mechanism 52 moves up, and the shutter 47 is closed. In this state, a state of receiving the next deposit is completed.

On the other hand, at the time of dispensing, the bills accumulated in the storages 48 a to 48 d are sent to the dispensing port 14. When the withdrawal start command is transmitted from the teller's machine 1a (1b) to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, the control unit of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2 operates as a take-out means of the storages 48a to 48d in which the payout banknotes are accumulated. The take-out roller 56 is driven. The banknotes are taken out one by one by the rotation of the takeout roller 56, and the number of the taken out banknotes is counted by a takeout counting sensor 57 installed immediately after the takeout port. When the count reaches the number of payments, the take-out roller 56 stops driving, and the take-out ends. The taken-out banknote passes through the storage-under-conveyance path 58, and the dispensed money is conveyed to the inspection unit 59. The dispensing inspection unit 59 takes out two bills, confirms the denomination, and sends them to the upper dispensing conveyance path if there is no problem. If there is a problem with the bill at this time,
The removal roller 56 is instructed to perform additional removal. The banknote that has passed through the withdrawal inspection section 59 is a close inspection gate 35h.
After passing through the upper-stage dispensing conveyance path,
By i, it is conveyed to the dispensing port 14.

The bills conveyed to the dispensing port side by the sealing gate 35i are transferred to the dispensing reject box 13 by the dispensing reject gate 35j, and the bills judged to be problematic are dispensed to the dispensing reject box 13. Are accumulated in the dispensing port 14, respectively. When the designated banknotes have been accumulated in the dispensing port 14, the electromagnetic lock (not shown) is released, the dispensing port 14 is opened, and the key can be removed. This completes the dispensing process.

FIG. 3 shows a take-in means 66 for taking in a bill to be inserted into the slot 11 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2. The take-in means 66 is constituted by a group of rollers, and takes in bills using friction.
In the drawing, reference numerals 69, 69 denote take-in rollers as take-out rollers. These take-in rollers 69, 69 include pinch rollers 70, 70 for pinching and conveying bills, and gate rollers 71, 71 for regulating two bills. They are arranged facing each other.

In front of the take-in rollers 69, 69, feed rollers 68, 68 serving as take-out rollers for feeding bills to the take-in rollers 69, 69 are provided. Feed roller 6
8, 68 rotate at the same time as the take-in rollers 69, 69, and support the take-in roller 69 by pushing in the bill from behind.

FIG. 4 shows a bill reversing mechanism. The front / back reversing mechanism includes a front / back gate 35b as a distributing unit that sorts the conveyed bills into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and a front-facing bill (hereinafter referred to as a front bill) in the direction of arrow a. The transport path 76 includes a reverse transport path 77 that transports a back-facing bill (hereinafter, referred to as a back bill) in the direction of arrow b. On the bill introduction side of the front and back gate 35b, a hitting wheel 78 for hitting the back bill and pressing it against the front and back gate 35b is provided. A reversing path 79 as a switchback conveyance path for entering the back banknote is provided in a substantially vertical state below the front and back gate 35b. Reversal path 7
At the lower end of 9, a stopper 80 is formed to abut the leading end of the bill in the traveling direction to temporarily stop the bill. A reversing roller 82 is provided below the beating wheel 78 to carry out the reverse banknotes from the reversing path 79 and reverse the banknotes. Reversal path 79
Is provided with a switchback timing sensor 81 for detecting a bill stopped in the reversing path 79.

In the vicinity of the reversing path 79, there is provided pressing means 84 for pressing the reverse banknotes entered into the reversing path 79 against the reversing roller 82. The pressing means 84 has a reversing tapping lever 85 as a pivoting lever whose lower end is rotatably supported. At the pivotal tip of the reversing tapping lever 85, a pressing roller 86 for pressing the back banknote against the reversing roller 82 is provided. Is attached. At the lower end of the reversing tapping lever 85, an arm 87 that rotates integrally with the reversing tapping lever 85 is attached. A stopper 89 is provided in the rotation locus of the arm 87 so as to abut the rotation arm 87 and restrict the rotation thereof. Arm 87
Is in contact with the stopper portion 89, the reverse hitting lever 8
5 is stopped, and a gap S of 2.5 to 3.5 mm is formed between the pressing roller 86 and the reversing roller 82.

The reversing tap lever 85 is operated when the switchback timing sensor 81 detects a bill that has entered the reversing path 65. The switchback timing sensor 81 is connected to the reversing path 65.
, The residence time of the back banknote is measured, and the subsequent transport check in the transport path is corrected and controlled.

Next, the reversing operation of the bill will be described.
The banknotes whose front and back are determined by the inspection unit 34 are the front and back gates 35b.
Is divided into a front bill and a back bill by the arrow a
As shown by, the paper money is guided to the front conveyance path 76,
Are guided to the reversing path 79 as shown by. The back banknote guided to the reversing path 79 enters the reversing path 79 as a switchback conveyance path along the conveyance surface of the front and back gates 35b while being pressed against the front and back gates 35b by the beater 78. When the banknote reaches the stopper 80 of the reversing path 79, the banknote temporarily stops. This bill is detected by the switchback timing sensor 81, and by this detection, the reverse beating lever 85 rotates and the back bill is pressed against the reverse roller 82 by the pressing roller 86. From this state, the reversing roller 82 rotates in the direction of the arrow, and the back banknote is conveyed in the reverse direction and sent out from the reversing path 79. The back banknote is partially conveyed between the reversing roller 82 and the conveyance belt 77a and is conveyed to the back conveyance path 77 in a reversed state. This completes the switching of the front and back of the bill. The banknotes carried out from the back conveyance path 77 are joined to the front conveyance path 76 by the reverse merging guide 90, and are conveyed to the post-processing step together with the front banknotes.

As described above, the switchback timing sensor 81 measures the residence time of the back banknote in the reversing path 79, and corrects and controls the subsequent conveyance check in the conveyance path. Even if the residence time varies in 79, stable conveyance can be performed without unnecessarily increasing the jam due to the conveyance time check.

Further, since the reversing tapping lever 85 stops rotating before the pressing roller 86 comes into contact with the reversing roller 82, the reversing roller 82 does not Can be minimized and the behavior of the back bills can be minimized, and the bill carrying force can be made uniform.

Therefore, it is possible to stabilize the conveyance of the bills and the accumulation of the bills in the bill conveying path and the bill temporary accumulating portion downstream of the bill reversing mechanism. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a transport system 91A as a first transport unit for transporting a taken banknote and a transport system 91B as a second transport unit for collecting front and back of the banknote.

To prevent jamming of bills due to interference between bills due to variations in bill intervals on the reversing path 79, the transport system 91A and the drive system of the transport system 91B are completely separated.
The transport system 91A is independently driven by a first drive motor 92 as first drive means, and the transport system 91B is independently driven by a second drive motor 93 as second drive means.

The transport system 91B driven by the second drive motor 93 is driven at a higher speed than the transport system 91A driven by the first drive motor 92. In this way, in order to increase the transport speed of the transport system B that arranges the front and back sides rather than the transport system A that transports the captured banknotes, the interval between the entering banknote P1 and the reverse banknote P2 in the reversing path 79 is increased as shown in FIG. In addition, it is possible to prevent interference due to variations in bill intervals and variations in posture.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the pressing means for pressing the reverse banknote entering the reversing path against the reversing roller stops the pressing operation before the pressing means abuts against the reversing roller, the banknote is bent or folded. Irrespective of the state, etc., a change in the behavior of the bill due to the pressing operation of the pressing means can be minimized, and the bill conveying force can be made uniform.

Therefore, it is possible to stabilize the conveyance of the bills and the accumulation of the bills in the bill conveyance path, the bill temporary accumulating portion, and the like downstream of the bill reversing section. In addition, in order to increase the transport speed of the second transport unit that arranges the front and back sides than the first transport unit that transports the captured banknotes, the interval between the entering banknote and the inverted banknote in the reversing path is widened, and the variation in the interval between the banknotes and Interference due to variation in posture can be prevented, and jamming of banknotes can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a bill processing device.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing a bill taking-in section.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating a bill reversing mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a transport system for taking in bills and a transport system of a bill reversing mechanism;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an interval between a bill entering a reversing path and a reversing bill sent out from the reversing path.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2: Banknote depositing / dispensing machine 34: Discriminator (discriminating means) 35b ... Front and back gates (distributing means) 66 ... Loading means 79 ... Reversing path 80 ... Stopper part 81 ... Detecting means 82 ... Reversing roller 84 ... Pressing means 85 ... Reverse hitting lever (rotating lever) 86 ... Pressing roller 87 ... Arm part 89 ... Stopper part (stopping means) 91A ... First transport means 91B ... Second transport means 92 ... First drive motor (First drive) Means) 93... Second drive motor (second drive means)

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A distributing means for distributing bills conveyed into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, a reversing path for entering the back-facing bills distributed by the distributing means, and entering the reversing path. A reversing roller for reversing and feeding the banknote that has been reversely fed, a pressing unit for pressing the reverse banknote that has entered the reversing path against the reversing roller, and the pressing unit contacts the reversing roller before the pressing unit contacts the reversing roller. A banknote reversing device, comprising: a stopping unit that restricts movement of the pressing unit. 2. A distributing means for distributing bills conveyed into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, a reversing path for entering the back-facing bills distributed by the distributing means, and entering the reversing path. Detecting means for detecting the inserted banknote, a reversing roller for feeding the banknote entering the reversing path in a reverse direction and reversing the banknote, and a bill facing backward entering the reversing path is detected by the detecting means. Pressing means for operating the back-facing bill against the reversing roller, and stopping means for restricting the movement of the pressing means before the pressing means comes into contact with the reversing roller. Banknote reversing device. 3. A distributing means for distributing bills to be conveyed into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, a reversing path for entering the back-facing bills distributed by the distributing means, and entering the reversing path. Detecting means for detecting the banknote that has entered the reversing path, a reversing roller for reversing and feeding the banknote that has entered the reversing path, and a back-facing banknote that has entered the reversing path has been detected by the detecting means. Operating at the time of pressing the back-facing bill against the reversing roller, comprising a rotating lever and a pressing roller attached to a rotating end of the rotating lever and pressing the back-facing bill; An arm portion provided on a rotation lever of the pressing means and the arm portion being brought into contact with each other when the rotation lever is rotated, so that the rotation lever can be moved before the pressing roller comes into contact with the reversing roller. Banknote reversing apparatus characterized by comprising a stop means comprising a stopper portion for stopping the rotation, the. 4. A taking means for taking bills, a first carrying means for carrying bills taken in by the taking means, a first driving means for driving the first carrying means, Discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the first conveying means, sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into face-up and face-down bills, Second to transport bills
And a reversing path for entering the back-facing banknotes conveyed by the second conveying means, and the banknotes entering the reversing path are reversely fed and reversed to the second conveying means. A bill processing device comprising: a reversing roller for returning; and a second driving unit for driving the second conveying unit and the reversing roller at a higher speed than the first conveying unit. 5. A taking means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, a first driving means for driving the first carrying means, A discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and transporting the bills sorted by the sorting means Second
Conveying means, a reversing path for entering the back-facing bills conveyed by the second conveying means, a detecting means for detecting the bills entering the reversing path, and reversing the bills entering the reversing path. A reversing roller for returning to the second conveying means in a state where the reversing roller is fed, and operates when the detecting means detects the backward banknote entering the reversing path; Pressing means for pressing the pressing means against the reversing roller; stopping means for restricting the movement of the pressing means before the pressing means comes into contact with the reversing roller; and moving the second conveying means and the reversing roller faster than the first conveying means. And a second driving means for driving at a speed. 6. A taking means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, a first driving means for driving the first carrying means, A discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, a sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into a front-facing one and a back-facing one, and transporting the bills sorted by the sorting means Second
Conveying means, a reversing path for entering the backward banknotes conveyed by the second conveying means, a detecting means for detecting the bills entering the reversing path, and temporarily re-transferring the bills conveyed to the reversing path. A stopper for stopping, a reversing roller for returning the banknote that has entered the reversing path to the second transporting unit in a reversed state and reversing the bill, and a back-facing banknote that has entered the reversing path is detected by the detection unit. Pressing means which operates when detected and presses the back-facing bill against the reversing roller, and includes a rotating lever and a pressing roller attached to the rotating end of the rotating lever and pressing the facing bill. An arm portion provided on a rotation lever of the pressing means, and the arm portion being brought into contact with the rotation lever when the rotation lever is rotated, so that the rotation is made before the pressing roller comes into contact with the reversing roller. Stopping means comprising a stopper for stopping the rotation of the bar; and second driving means for driving the second conveying means and the reversing roller at a faster speed than the first conveying means. A bill processing device, comprising: 7. A taking means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, a first driving means for driving the first carrying means, Discriminating means for discriminating the banknotes conveyed by the first conveying means; sorting means for sorting the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating means into front-facing ones and back-facing ones; A reversing path for entering the back-facing bills, a reversing roller for reversing and reversing the bills entered into the reversing path, and a second conveying means for conveying the bills sent by the reversing rollers; And a second driving means for driving the second conveying means and the reversing roller at a higher speed than the first conveying means. 8. A take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, a first drive means for driving the first carry means, Discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into face-up and face-down bills, and face-down bills sorted by the sorting means A reversing path for entering the reversing path; a detecting means for detecting a bill entering the reversing path; a reversing roller for reversing and feeding the bill entering the reversing path in a reversed state; and entering the reversing path. Operating when the detected back-facing banknote is detected by the detecting unit, and pressing means for pressing the back-facing banknote against the reversing roller; and movement of the pressing means before the pressing means comes into contact with the reversing roller. Stopping means for regulating, second conveying means for conveying the banknote sent out by the reversing roller, and driving for driving the second conveying means and the reversing roller at a faster speed than the first conveying means. And a second drive unit. 9. A taking means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, a first driving means for driving the first carrying means, Discriminating means for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveying means, sorting means for sorting the bills discriminated by the discriminating means into face-up and face-down bills, and face-down bills sorted by the sorting means A reversing path for entering the reversing path, a detecting means for detecting the bills entering the reversing path, a reversing roller for reversing and feeding the bills entering the reversing path in a reversed state, entering the reversing path Operates when the detected back-facing bill is detected by the detection means, and presses the back-facing bill against the reversing roller, and is attached to a turning lever and a turning end of the turning lever, and the back-facing bill is attached. Pressing means comprising a pressing roller for pressing; an arm provided on a rotating lever of the pressing means; and the arm being in contact with the arm when the rotating lever is rotated, so that the pressing roller is a reversing roller. A stopper configured to stop the rotation of the rotation lever before contacting the rotation lever; a second conveyance unit configured to convey the banknote sent out by the reversing roller; the second conveyance unit; And a second driving means for driving the reversing roller at a speed higher than that of the first transport means.