JPS58225495A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that handles a plurality of different denominations, and in particular provides a novel banknote processing apparatus that can dispense inserted banknotes as change.

Although the machine is well known, the inserted banknotes are generally stored in a common banknote storage section, and when change is to be paid out, it is dispensed from a dedicated banknote dispensing machine attached.

Although it can be used for embedded ticket vending machines, it cannot be applied to vending machines installed in stores.

On the other hand, the prices of the products sold in vending machines are becoming more and more expensive year by year, and the so-called multi-bend method, in which large amounts of coins and banknotes are accepted in advance and sold continuously, has been adopted. There is a need for a small-space vending machine that can insert large amounts of coins and banknotes, and that can accept banknotes of multiple denominations as needed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a small banknote processing device with a simple structure that can store inserted banknotes and dispense them as change if necessary.

The purpose of this is to include a banknote identification section which takes the banknotes inserted through the banknote insertion slot into the conveyance path and identifies the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes; Bill storage section; A second bill storage section having only the function of storing at least the fed bills; A first bill communication path that communicates the bill identification section and the first bill storage section; The first bill storage section and the first bill storage section; A second banknote communication path that communicates with the second banknote storage unit; opens and closes the first banknote communication path and the second banknote communication path, and communicates the first banknote storage unit and the banknote identification unit in the first state; and in the second state, the first
A path switching section having a gate that communicates the banknote storage section and the second banknote storage section is provided, so that the banknotes stored in the first banknote storage section can be sent to the banknote identification section or the second banknote storage section. This can be achieved by

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. 1st
The figure is a side sectional view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 1
The banknote handling device shown by ゛ is roughly divided into a transport mechanism section that takes in and transports banknotes into a passageway, and an identification system that identifies the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes transported by the transport mechanism section 2 and controls the entire device. A banknote identification unit consisting of a control unit 3, and a path switching unit 4 that switches paths when storing high-value banknotes (for example, 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills) that are not used as change or when dispensing change and guides banknotes to a predetermined path. , a first banknote storage section 6 that stores low-denomination banknotes (for example, 1,000 yen bills) used as change, and a second banknote storage section 6 that stores high-value banknotes.
It is composed of yoυ.

The transport mechanism section 2 includes a transport motor 21 and a transport motor 21.
A driving pulley 22a that rotates in conjunction with the driving pulley 22a, a driven pulley 22b paired with the driving pulley 22a, and a belt 23 stretched between these pulleys.

A press roller 24 that constantly presses the belt 23 with a spring or the like, and a feed roller 25 and a press roller 26 that rotate in conjunction with the conveyance motor 21 similarly to the drive boob IJ 22 a are provided, and the banknotes inserted from the 1-banknote insertion lower are provided. When detected by the sensor 31 at the passage entrance, the conveyance motor 21 is started based on the signal output from the identification control unit 3, rotates the drive pulley 22a in the forward direction (in the direction of taking the bill into the passage), and moves the belt 23 in the direction of the arrow. direction.

Then, the bill is held between the belt 23 and the press roller 24, taken into the conveyance path, and conveyed along the identification sensor 32 forming the identification control section.

This identification sensor 32 detects the information necessary for identifying the banknote, and is composed of, for example, a magnetic head and a photoelectric element, and the identification control unit 3 identifies the authenticity, gold, and type of the banknote based on the detection signal from the identification sensor 32. If the result is determined to be "false", the transport motor of the transport mechanism part name is reversely rotated, the banknote is returned to the banknote insertion lower, and the banknote is returned as "true" (thousand yen bill,
If it is determined that the banknote is a 50,000 yen bill or a 10,000 yen bill, the banknote is continued to be conveyed, and the banknote is led to the first banknote storage unit 5 via the passage switching unit 4 and temporarily stored therein.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the passage switching section 4 has one end fixed to a shaft 42 above the feed roller 25.

A gate piece 41 whose tip is removably inserted into the groove 251 of the feed roller 25, a solenoid 43, and one end of which is a solenoid 4.
an arm 44. which is rotatably connected to the movable piece of No. 3 and whose other end is connected to the shaft 42; It consists of a spring 45 that locks one end to the arm 44 and biases the arm 44 so that the tip of the gate piece 41 fits loosely into the groove of the feed roller 25. The passage switching operation of the switching section 40 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3(a), (b) and (C). The tape 51 is a tape that is in close contact with the cylindrical surface of the feed roller 25 and can move up and down in the direction of the arrow.

As shown in FIG. 3(a), the bill BL that has been conveyed in the direction of the arrow through the conveyance path 27 has its tip abutted against the inner curved surface 411 of the gate piece 41 fitted into the groove 251 of the feed roller 25, and the spring 45 The gate piece 41 is pushed up against the resistance, and is guided by the inner curved surface 411 to the surface between the feed roller 25 and the tape 51. The feed roller 25 and tape 51 rotate (move) at a constant speed in the direction of the arrow as described later, and the bills are transferred to the feed roller 225. The cocoon 1 is held between the tapes 51 and fed into the communication passage 8. Note that this is a guide plate that constitutes the first banknote communication passage 8 together with the 55ti tape 51.

Next, when returning the banknotes stored in the first banknote storage section 5 through the first communication path 8 to the conveyance path 27 again, for example, when dispensing change, the solenoid 43 is excited.

The movable piece rotates the arm 44 counterclockwise (in FIG. 2) against the tin ring 45. The gate piece 41 is the shaft 4
Since the feed roller 2 is fixed to the arm 44 through the arm 440, the rotation of the arm 440 causes the feed roller 2 to move as shown in FIG. 3(b).
5 and guides the bill BL held between the feed roller 25 and the tape 51 to the conveyance path 27 along the inner curved surface 411.

In addition, when guiding one banknote from the first banknote communication passage 8 to the second banknote communication passage 9, for example, when storing a high-value banknote as described later, the solenoid 43
is in a de-energized state, and as shown in FIG. and is guided to the second communication passage 9 formed between the tape 51 and the belt 93.

On the other hand, returning to FIG. 1, the first banknote storage section 5 includes a rotatable storage reel 52 that winds a long tape 51 held between a feed roller 25 and a presser roller 26, and a delivery reel 5.
3, and a storage motor 54 that is driven at the same timing as the transport motor 21 of the transport mechanism section 2 and rotates the two reels in a predetermined direction, and rotates forward in conjunction with the transport motor 21 (to rotate the banknotes first). 1), and the storage reel 52 and delivery reel 53, which rotate forward in conjunction with the storage motor 54 (in the direction of winding up the banknotes together with the tape), move in the direction of the arrow. The banknotes are held between the tape 51 and the tape 51, taken into the first communication passage 8, and guided to the tape winding section P of the storage reel 52. Then, the bill is wound onto the storage reel 52 along with the tape 51, and when the sensor 33 disposed midway through the first communication path 8 detects that the trailing end of the bill has passed, the identification control unit 3
(And a stop signal VCXI is output) The storage motor 54 stops and holds the bill between the layers of tape 510 on the storage reel 52. At the same time, the transport mechanism section 2 also stops. Further, the identification control unit 3 simultaneously sends the stop signal to, for example, a vending machine (
A predetermined banknote signal (denomination signal) based on the identification result is output to an arithmetic control unit (not shown).

If the identified banknote is a low denomination banknote, for example, a 1,000 yen banknote, the banknote processing device 1 is now in a standby state (a state in which it is possible to accept the second banknote and is waiting for a signal from the arithmetic control section). However, when a high-value bill is inserted, the transport motor 21 and the storage motor 44 rotate in the opposite direction (the belt 23 and tape 41 are rotated in the opposite direction to the arrow) based on the storage signal output from the identification control unit 3. The high-value banknotes that have been stored between the layers of the high tape 51 are
At the same time, it is guided between the feed roller 25 and the presser roller 26. Since the passage switching unit 4 disposed at the branching position of the passage is in the state shown in FIG. It is carried out to the second communication passage 9 by being held between the two.

This second communication passage 9 has a fixed pulley 91 and a movable pulley 92.
When the delivery reel 53 starts rewinding the tape 51, the belt 93 rotates in the direction of the arrow following the tape 5I, and the first The banknotes carried out from the communication passage 8 are sandwiched between the tape 51 and the belt 93 and guided to the banknote storage box as the second banknote storage section 6. This is a spring whose one end is hooked to a movable pulley 92 so as to be in close contact with the rotated tape 51.Then, the sensor 34 installed at the exit of the second communication passage 9 is used to confirm the storage of high-value banknotes. The control section again shows the transport motor 21 and storage motor 54't.
- Rewind the low-denomination banknotes that have been rotated forward and taken out to the second communication path 9 together with high-value banknotes onto the storage reel 52 of the first banknote storage section 5. When the sensor 33 confirms that a low-denomination bill has been stored, the motor is stopped and the bill processing device 1 enters a standby state.

Next, a change dispensing operation will be described when a change dispensing command for a 1,000 yen bill is issued from the arithmetic and control unit of the vending machine after high-value bills are stored in the second bill storage section 5 as described above.

Upon receiving the change dispensing command, the identification control unit 3 first excites the solenoid 43 of the passage switching unit number, operates the arm 44, and moves the gate piece 41 out of the groove 251 of the feed roller 25 and switches between the first communication passage 8 and the conveyance passage. 27 (Fig. 3(b)
)reference). And under the transport mechanism.

A signal is output to the banknote storage section and the first banknote storage section to sequentially remove the banknotes held between the eyebrows of the tape 51 wound around the storage reel 52 of the first banknote storage section 5 from the banknote insertion lower as described above. Pay out. That is, the first banknote storage section 5 drives the storage motor 54 in the same manner as the above-described storage operation for high-value banknotes, reversely rotates the storage reel 52, and feeds out the banknotes held between the tape layers together with the tape 51. For banknotes, go to the first connecting passage 8.
The tape 51 is held between a feed roller 25 and a presser roller 26, which rotate in the opposite direction in conjunction with the conveyance motor 21, and is separated from the tape 51 by the gate piece 41 of the path switching section 4 described above and conveyed. You will be led to passage 27.

On the other hand, the belt 23 of the conveyance mechanism section 2 is rotating in the opposite direction to the arrow in the figure because of the drive boo U22a which rotates in reverse in conjunction with the conveyance motor 21, and the belt 23 is rotated in the opposite direction to the arrow in the figure, and the belt 23 is rotated in the opposite direction to the arrow in the figure. It is held between the pressing roller 24 and conveyed to the banknote insertion lower. A sensor 3 is installed at the entrance of the first passage.
1 detects the passage of a banknote, the identification control unit 3 detects a low-denomination banknote (
After confirming that the dispensing of one (1,000 yen bill) has been completed, a dispensing completion signal is output to the arithmetic and control unit of the vending machine. The arithmetic control section of the vending machine subtracts 1,000 yen from the change amount based on this end signal, and if it is necessary to dispense an additional 1,000 yen bill, outputs a change dispensing command again (or continues outputting the previous output). )do. Based on this payout command, the banknote processing device operates in the same manner as the previous time, and executes the payout of the second banknote. -For example, after inserting a high-value banknote,
When the customer cancels the purchase of the product and performs a manual refund operation, and a refund instruction is issued from the arithmetic control unit of the vending machine, the banknote processing device 1 returns the thousand yen held in the first banknote storage unit 5. A number of bills corresponding to that amount (for example, 5 bills if a 5,000 yen bill was thrown) is paid out. This refund operation is the same as the change dispensing operation described above, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.In addition, in the above explanation, if the banknote determined to be "true" is a 1,000 yen bill, it will be returned to the first banknote storage section 5. If it is a 5,000 yen bill or a 10,000 yen bill, it is configured to be stored in the second bill storage section 6 and then output a bill signal corresponding to the stored denomination to the arithmetic control section of the vending machine, and As explained above, as shown below, the banknotes determined to be "true" are temporarily held in the first banknote storage section 5 regardless of the denomination, and then temporarily issued by a change payout command or a refund command issued from the vending machine. It is also possible to configure the system to store or refund the held high-value banknotes.

The bill determined to be "true" is wound onto the storage reel 52 along with the tape 51, and when the rear end of the bill passes the sensor 33 disposed in the first communication path 8, the identification control unit 3 controls the transport motor 21 and the storage reel. The motor 54 is stopped, the banknotes are temporarily held in a state where they are wound between the eyebrows of the tape 51, and the held banknotes are sequentially stored, and a predetermined banknote signal corresponding to the denomination is output to the arithmetic control section of the vending machine. On the other hand, the arithmetic control unit of the vending machine adds this bill signal to the inserted amount to determine whether or not the product can be sold, and based on the result, the product can be sold. Then, according to the customer's selection, the merchandise is carried out, the price of the sold merchandise is subtracted from the input amount to obtain the amount of change, and a change dispensing command is output to the banknote processing device 1.

When the bill processing device 1 inputs this change payout command, the bill processing device 1 switches the path switching unit 4 based on the stored contents of the temporarily reserved bills mentioned above.
Switch the path by operating the , high-value banknotes go to the second communication path 9, and banknotes to be dispensed as change (thousand yen bills) go to the conveyance path 2.
7 and pay out the designated change. The amount of change is confirmed by the number of banknotes that have passed through the sensor 31 disposed at the entrance of the conveyance path, and when it is confirmed that a predetermined amount (number of bills) has been paid out, the conveyance motor 21 and the storage motor 54 are stopped and the operation is terminated. Erase memory contents. It was,
When the customer cancels the sale and a refund command is issued from the arithmetic control section of the vending machine, the refund operation is completed and the memory is erased after confirming that the number of bills passed has been paid out.

By temporarily retaining the inserted banknotes in the first banknote storage section 5 and wiping them, even if a refund command is issued from the arithmetic control section of the vending machine, the banknotes can be returned using the inserted banknotes. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a shortage of 1,000 yen bills as change.

In addition, in the present invention, the arithmetic control section that calculates the amount of money inserted into the vending machine and determines whether the product can be sold is provided on the vending machine side (including the coin counting control device).

The present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the banknote processing device may have a built-in calculation control section. In addition, in the embodiment, it was configured with two motors, a conveyance motor and a storage motor.
If the operation timing is the same, it may be configured with one motor, or a shutter may be provided at the entrance to prevent malfunctions due to consecutive placement of one banknote. Furthermore, the present invention is not simply limited to the embodiments, and the configuration of each mechanical part can be modified in various ways. For example, a spiral storage mechanism may be used as the first banknote storage unit, in which banknotes are guided into a plurality of spiral grooves and sequentially stored in the grooves by rotating each banknote in a predetermined direction.

According to the present invention, there are provided a first bill storage section for storing low-denomination bills to be paid out as change as needed, a second bill storage section for storing high-denomination bills that are not used as change, and a storage for high-denomination bills. and a path switching section that switches the path when dispensing banknotes as change and guides the banknotes to a predetermined path; When the banknote is a high-value banknote, it is sent from the first banknote storage part to the second banknote storage part and stored each time, so that the banknote (low denomination banknote) stored in the first banknote storage part can be used as change. can be paid out.

It is possible to realize a small and lightweight banknote processing device that has a storage unit for low-denomination banknotes and a storage unit for change banknotes with a simple mechanism.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of a main part showing the configuration of the path switching section of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 51... Tape% 52... Storage reel, 53...
Delivery reel, 6... second banknote storage section, 8... first communication passage, 9... second communication passage. 53 fz flash Z-'2!;1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) A banknote identification unit that takes in a banknote inserted from a banknote insertion slot into a conveyance path and identifies the authenticity and denomination of the banknote; A first banknote storage unit that can be sent out; a second banknote storage unit that has only the function of storing at least the fed banknotes; a first banknote communication path that connects the banknote identification unit and the first banknote storage unit; a second banknote communication path that communicates the first banknote storage section and the second banknote storage section; a second banknote communication path that opens and closes the first banknote communication path and the second banknote communication path, and connects the first banknote storage section in the first state; communicating with the banknote identification section;
a passage switching section having a gate that communicates the first banknote storage section and the second banknote storage section in a second state; the banknotes stored in the first banknote storage section are passed over the second banknote identification section; A banknote processing device characterized in that the banknote processing device is capable of sending banknotes to a banknote storage section.