JPS59154587A - Currency processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a money processing device that counts money and also sorts and stores coins by denomination, quality, etc.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

An example of this type of money handling device is a cash sorting machine, which separates cash into denominations while counting it, and stores the classified cash in a storage section that is a temporary storage, and then stores it in a safe. It is configured to be stored in a section.

However, in such conventional devices, when the storage section is full, it is impossible to process the next cash unless the cash is removed from the storage section.

As described above, there is a problem in that even though there is space left to accommodate cash in the storage section serving as a temporary storage, the next cash cannot be processed, resulting in a decrease in cash processing efficiency.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to process further coins and accumulate them in the accumulating section without immediately stopping the processing of coins when the storage section becomes full. It is an object of the present invention to provide a money handling device which can contribute to improving the efficiency of money processing.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is arranged so that when the storage section is full of coins, the processing of the coins is not stopped immediately, and more coins are processed and accumulated in the accumulation section.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a money handling device of the present invention, such as a cash sorting and tallying machine, in which at least one denomination is selected based on an output signal from an operation mode setting means for setting a denomination classification accumulation operation mode or a heterogeneous mixed accumulation operation mode. Selectively execute the sorted accumulation operation or the heterogeneous accumulation operation, and when the coins stored in the storage section become full in at least one of the operations, the accumulation section processes more money without immediately stopping the processing of coins. The banknote processing device 1 and the coin processing device 2 are connected and integrally configured. To roughly explain the structure of the banknote processing device, there is a display section 4, an operation section 5, and a card slot 1 on the top of the device main body 3.
10, and an input port 6 and a reject lower are arranged in parallel in front of this. At the back of the card slot 110 is a card information detection unit 11 that receives an operation mode instruction card and detects information on the operation mode instruction card.
0 people are set. Here, the above-mentioned operation mode means a denomination classification accumulation operation mode in which the coins input into the device are collected as arguments for each denomination, or a heterogeneous accumulation operation mode in which the coins are counted and accumulated in a heterogeneous mixture. The card information detection section 110A is an example of an operation mode setting means that can select and set the heterogeneous accumulation operation mode or the denomination classification accumulation operation mode. Note that this operation mode setting means is not limited to this, but may be set to, for example, operation mode 1.
? It is also possible to provide a changeover switch and set the operating mode based on the operation of this changeover switch. If such an operation mode setting means is provided, complicated operations are not required when changing the operation mode.
It becomes possible to improve money processing efficiency. A take-out section 8 is interposed within the apparatus main body 3 facing the input port 6, and a longitudinal conveyance path 9 is provided opposite to the take-out direction. During the conveyance along this longitudinal conveyance path 9, the denomination of the banknote P,
Authenticity is determined, and abnormal ones are sent to the reject lower, while normal ones are transferred in the transverse direction. Furthermore, a transversal conveying section 10 is provided which conveys the banknotes whose conveyance direction has been switched in the transverse direction, and the banknotes P are sorted by denomination. Below the short conveyance path 10, there is a stacking unit 12 consisting of a plurality of temporary stacking units 111+112m11sall+, which stack banknotes P sorted by denomination in a sequentially stacked state in the surface direction. A plurality of safes 131° 132 * which store banknotes P in bulk after being accumulated in the accumulation unit 12
A storage section 14 consisting of 13s e 134 is provided. A detection unit 15 is provided in the middle of the longitudinal conveyance path 9 to determine the denomination, authenticity, front and back, etc. of the banknote P.

The above-mentioned operation 5 is as shown in FIG. Start key for specifying the start of counting 23. End key 24. Return key 25. A storage key 24A for instructing storage in the safe, and a confirmation key 2 for confirming the numeric keypad 22.
It consists of 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the display section 4 consists of a breakdown display section 4a and a status display section 4b, and the breakdown display section 4a is a collection of ten thousand yen notes, five thousand yen notes, thousand yen notes, and five-year notes. Alternatively, banknote number display devices 41a and 41b each display the number of stored banknotes (details).
, 41c, 41d, coin number indicators 41e, 41f, 41g, 41h, 2 for displaying the accumulated or stored number of 500 yen coins, 100 change coins, 50 yen coins, and 1,000 yen coins, respectively.
Error code display that displays the digit error code “d%”
411%.

Banknote deposited amount display 41 that displays the banknote amount L1 Coin deposited amount display 41m that displays the coin amount 1 Gold side amount display 41k that displays the combined amount, once displays the number entered on the numeric keypad 22 It consists of a number display 41n. The sweet/bad status display section 4b inserts an operation mode instruction card (hereinafter simply referred to as "great") into the slot 110.
A loading display 42a informs that the plate can be loaded into the plate, a plate number input guide display 42b informs that the plate is illegible, and a work number input guide display 42c guides the input of the work number using the numeric keypad 22. key 2
Start key for indicating the availability of 3. Official guide display 4.
2d1 A lighted key press guide display 42e that guides you to select and insert a key from among the lit keys, and a confirmation key input guide display 42 that guides you that the confirmation key 21 can be inserted.
f. A restart guide display 42g that guides you to the possibility of inserting the start key 23 again; an amount input guide display 42 that guides you to enter the input amount; an end key press guide display 42t that guides you to press the end key 24; Paper out guide indicator 42m2 to notify when paper (for receipts) is out A coin collection indicator 42p to display the removed coins, an exclusion surplus indicator 42q to display the removed coins, and a storage section 1 serving as a temporary storage.
Temporary storage full indicator 42r that displays 2 full.

Safe full indicator 42B that displays whether the safe storage section is full
, a numeric input error indicator 42t that indicates an incorrect number entered on the numeric keypad 22, an error indicator 42u that indicates other errors, and an unusable indicator 42v that indicates that the device is unusable. .

The short conveyance section 10, accumulation section 12, and storage section 14 will be explained based on FIG. 4. This is comprised of a transport section 50 that transports the banknotes P switched to short transport by the direction conversion section 8a of the longitudinal transport section 8, and a transport section 50 that transports the banknotes P transversely transported by the transverse transport section 50 for each denomination. It is composed of a dividing section 5J for dividing into.

The conveyance section 50 includes a plurality of idle rollers 52 and 52a.

Conveyor belts 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 are looped around 52b so as to run endlessly, and banknotes P are held between these conveyor belts 53 to 57 and conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow. It extends downward from the direction changing portion 8a and horizontally from the lower end. The division section 51 is a swingable section provided near each guide roller 52a) 58a*5
8b, 58c, and a division guide 59 fixedly provided near the idle roller 52b, and the division members 58a to 58c are fitted onto the rotating shaft of a rotary solenoid (not shown) for rotational displacement. It is now possible to do so.

The short-side conveying section 9 configured in this manner sequentially transports the banknotes P sent out from the direction changing section 8a to the conveying belts 53 to 53.
57 while being held in the short direction. As a result of the denomination determination by the detection unit 15, if the denomination of the banknote being conveyed on the short side is, for example, a -10,000 yen banknote, the rotary solenoid (not shown) is energized to
"-) 58 m is rotated upward from the state shown in FIG.
The J7 renoids are demagnetized and the division dart 58a is the fourth
The state shown in the figure is restored. In the case of a 5,000 yen bill, the numeral is -
) 58b operates in the same manner as described above, and in the case of a 1,000 yen bill, the sorting section 58e operates in the same manner as described above. In the case of a 500 yen bill, it is naturally guided by the sorting guide 59 and conveyed downward. The banknotes conveyed in the short direction are thus sorted by denomination by the sorting section 51.

In addition, the accumulation section 12 includes a first temporary accumulation section 111 provided below the division gate 58a, and a first temporary accumulation section 111 provided below the division gate 58a;
A second temporary accumulation section 112 provided below 8b and a third temporary accumulation section 11 provided below the division gate 58c.
3 and a fourth temporary accumulation section 114 provided below the sorting guide 59, each temporary accumulation section 11. ~
114 has substantially the same configuration as the section j'-) 5
8 a to 586 and an impeller mechanism 61 for stacking the banknotes guided by the ID 59 in the plane direction, and a stacking box (stacking warehouse) 62tp62 for stacking the banknotes by guiding the sides of the banknotes.
□, 623. It consists of 624.

The above collection box 621 p 621 e 623 *
At 624, there are residual detectors 90+, (902
, 901°, 904) are provided. For example, it is a well-known device consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

As shown in FIG. 5, the storage section 14 includes a partition section 63 made up of a plurality of partition plates, a relative movement mechanism section 64 that moves each partition plate relatively back and forth, and a drive section 65 that moves the partition plates.
and a safe 131 (132, 13s - 134
) is each collection box 621゜622 +623 +
It is configured to be provided below the 62"4.

A specific configuration of the partition mechanism 66 is shown in FIG. That is, the partition portion 63Fi, the first partition plate 7 that can engage with both guide grooves (not shown) and move back and forth.
The second partition plate 72 is arranged so as to be movable above the first partition plate 71.

The second partition plate 72 has a convex portion (not shown) in the center.
It is bent to form a projection 73 and a projection 73 is removed on the front side. This protrusion 73 floats the front end of the banknotes P stacked on both the partition plates 71 and 72, and allows the work of taking out the stacked banknotes (from the safe 13 to be described later).
1 (1:h, 13s-134) which is necessary when banknotes are not stored in the banknotes.

Note that it is possible to obtain substantially the same effect as when the protrusion 73 is provided by the convex portion formed on the second partition plate 72.

The drive unit 65 has a front bracket 75 attached to a side holder 74 attached to the device main body 3, and a reversible motor 76 is disposed on the front bracket 75. A grooved cam 77 is fitted onto the motor shaft of the reversible motor 76. Further, one end of a cam lever 78 is swingably supported on the front bracket 75, and a cam follower 79 is attached to the middle part of the cam lever 78 and is engaged with the cam groove 77a of the grooved cam 77. The other end of the cam lever 78 is engaged with a retaining hole 72b provided in the second partition plate 72. Note that the side partition plate 71.7
2. The lower end closing portion 62g of the collection box 62 and the safe 1
31 (132, 133 $134), which will be described later. When the two-end opening portion 67a is completely closed, that is, when the cam follower 79 is at the starting end 77b of the cam @ 77a, the axis of the reversible motor 76 and Since the straight line connecting the center of the cam follower 79 is almost parallel to the moving direction of the side partition plates 71.72 and forms a dead center, manual opening and closing of the side partition plates 71.72 can be prevented, and the safe 131 (+3 ．．．

131 + 134 ) has the unique effect of ensuring the safety of the banknotes stored in the banknotes. Although not shown, a timing cam 7 is attached to the tip of the motor shaft of the reversible motor 76, and a cam follower 79 is connected to the starting end 77b and the terminal end 77e of the cam groove 77a.
When this happens, a microswitch (not shown) is activated, and the rotation of the reversible motor 7G is controlled based on the output from this microswitch via an appropriate control device. There is.

The specific structure of the safe 1311 is as shown in FIG. 5, and is located below the partition 63 and detachably attached to the main body 3 of the apparatus.

This safe 13□ (132sl, 331134) has an upper end [] part 67m, a storage chamber 67b is formed inside, and a groove 67c for guiding the lid plate is provided along the upper edge. The top opening 67a of the safe can be closed and locked if necessary. Safe box 13. A transparent hole 67d of the detector 80 is formed near the upper end of the detector 80 so as to face each other. Safe 13
A back-up plate 81 is inserted into the inside of the plate 1. One end of this back-up plate 81 protrudes from a vertically elongated hole 82 formed in one side wall of the safe 131.

The elevator mechanism 83 is engaged with this protruding end.

In other words, two pulleys 8 are pivoted apart from each other in the vertical direction.
A belt 85 is looped around 4 so as to run endlessly, and one pulley 84 is connected to a drive motor 86 that can freely rotate in forward and reverse directions.

A part of the belt 85 has a hook 8 having a groove 87a.
7 is attached.

The protruding end of the back-up plate 81 engages with the groove 87a of the hook 87, and when the detector 80 detects passage of a banknote, the drive motor 86 is driven, and the back-up plate 81 is inserted into the safe. It is possible to gradually descend within 13 meters. And safe 13. If the back up plate 81 is moved in the direction of the concave groove 87 &, will the back up plate 81 be concave? It is now possible to pay tax under LT 87A.

The storage section 14 configured in this way can be constructed by rotating the grooved cam 77 in the direction of arrow J via the reversible motor 76.
The cam lever 78 is rotated in the direction of the arrow by the action of the cam follower 79 that engages with the cam groove 77a. This rotation is transmitted to the second partition plate 72 via the retaining hole 72b.

Such a storage section 14 is equipped with a two-stage partition mechanism 66 consisting of first and second partition plates 71, 72, etc., so that the storage space 14 is equipped with a two-stage partition mechanism 66 consisting of first and second partition plates 71, 72, etc. The moving space can be reduced to about half that of a conventional one-stage type, and the space between the safes 131, . . . can be narrowed, making it possible to downsize the storage device.

The coin processing device 2 includes a hopper 31 as shown in FIG.
A plurality of temporary accumulation units 321゜32z +32 collect coins for each denomination after distinguishing and sorting the coins C input from the coins C.
3 1324 $325 Collecting unit 3 consisting of 1328
3, and a plurality of safes 341 that collectively store the coins C after being accumulated in this accumulation section 33 #34z343 $3
44, $345, and a storage section 35 consisting of 1,346 pieces.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the configuration of the apparatus of this embodiment. That is, the control unit lOO stores the number of processed banknotes P and coins C for each denomination in the storage unit 101 based on signals indicating the denomination, authenticity, front and back, etc. output from the detection unit 15, account numbers, etc. Number of sheets in memory (storage unit) 103
．． The storage unit 101 stores the total amount, the number of coins on the gold side, the number of coins for each denomination, or the number of coins for each temporary accumulation section 111 , . . . 321 , . . . In addition to accumulatively storing them in the accumulative storage area within the storage area, the printing unit 102 issues a journal in which they are printed. For example, the control unit 100
As shown in FIG. 7, the denomination signal from the detection unit 15 is added to the number memo 1, 11 by adding $5111, . . .
03 , . . . and the addition result is stored in the sheet number memory 103 . The contents of the count are memorized by storing them in .... In addition, the above number of sheets memory 10
3. The outputs of . . . are output to the storage unit 101 via an AND circuit 112° . Please note the number of sheets above! 7103. The outputs of ... are outputted to the display section 4 as display signals. The storage unit 1.
01 number of sheets memo IJ 103, . . . are backed up by a battery (backup power source) 113.

Further, the control unit 100 converts the operating status of the equipment, such as a change in the equipment status, information on the occurrence of an abnormality, and the time of occurrence, into an error code, and causes the printing unit 102 to issue a journal in which the operating status is printed. Further, the control section 100 includes a mechanism control section 104 that drives the internal mechanism.
It controls the Furthermore, the control section 100
When the counting contents of the sheet count memory 103, . The storage unit 101 is backed up by a battery 113.

Further, the control section 100 has a built-in program for executing a denomination classification accumulation operation mode, a heterogeneous mixture accumulation operation mode, etc., and a predetermined operation mode is selected based on the detection signal from the card information detection section 110A. It is now selected.

Further, when the detector 80 provided in the safes 1.31 to 134 detects that the banknotes are full, the control unit lOO does not stop processing the banknotes, etc., but continues processing the banknotes, etc. The banknotes, etc. that have been
It is designed to be controlled so as to accumulate in 14. Note that at this time, whether the temporary stacking sections 11, 114 are full of banknotes is detected by a detector (not shown) or the like.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Here, when the above-mentioned embodiment device is used by a bank employee or a general operator other than a bank employee, for example, the general operator counts and confirms the daily sales of an amusement park or racetrack, and then the bank employee again The case of confirming the argument and sorting into denominations will be explained below.In order to conveniently use the device of this embodiment for banking operations, a bank employee performs an operation to sort and count money by denomination using buttons. Therefore, bank employees have an operation mode instruction card (hereinafter referred to as a bank employee card) that instructs the denomination classification accumulation operation mode, and general cash registers are not used to check the total amount of cash handled by themselves. Since the device of this embodiment is often used, the general fourth rater is assumed to have an operation mode instruction card (hereinafter also referred to as a general card) that instructs a heterogeneous accumulation operation mode in which only cash is counted.

First, a bank clerk or general operator inserts an operation mode instruction card into the card slot 110, and then inserts the banknote P.
Align the direction and put it all at once into the input port 6 in a standing position,
Insert the start key 23.

Then, the control section 100 drives the mechanism control section 104 and lights up the start key 23. When the start key 23 is pressed, the information on the inserted operation mode instruction card is read through the card information detection section 110A, and it is determined whether or not the operation was performed by a bank clerk. That is, the operation mode instruction card inserted is determined based on whether it is a bank employee card or a general card. As a result of this determination, if it is determined that the operation was performed by a bank employee, the denomination classification accumulation operation mode is designated, and if it is determined that the operation is not performed by a bank employee, the heterogeneous accumulation operation mode is designated.

When the denomination classification accumulation operation mode is specified, the banknotes P are conveyed along the longitudinal conveyance path 9 to the detection unit 15, and the detection unit 15 determines the denomination, authenticity, and authenticity of the conveyed banknotes P. It detects the type of banknotes, such as losses, and the number of bills of each type that have passed.

As a result, banknotes P are accumulated in separate temporary stacking units 111, . . After that, if more banknotes are inserted and the start key is pressed again, the same denomination sorting and accumulation operation as described in Section 2 will be repeated. Note that during these denomination sorting and accumulation operations, the control section 100 stores the number of coins for each denomination that has been subjected to the sorting and accumulation processing in the number memory 10 using the adder 111, . . .
3. . Bank staff can check the number and amount of banknotes they knew before processing them by checking the display contents. If the mixed-type accumulation operation mode is specified, banknotes will be counted without separating them by denomination. A heterogeneous mixed accumulation operation is performed, which is different from the above-described denomination classification accumulation operation in that the denominations are separated and accumulated. Note that in this operation, the control section 100 controls the temporary accumulation section 111.
, . . . , an adder 111 . Note the number of sheets using ...1J103.
. . . K is counted, and the counted number of sheets is displayed on the corresponding sheet number display 41a to 41d.

When the above-described denomination sorting accumulation operation or heterogeneous accumulation operation is completed for all the banknotes inserted into the input slot 6, and the end key 24 is pressed by a bank clerk or general operator, the control unit 100 Detectors 80 provided in the safes 131 to 134 determine whether the safes are full. When it is determined that the banknotes are not full, a general operator or a bank employee presses the storage key 24A, and based on this instruction, operates the partition mechanism 66 to move the accumulated banknotes into the safes 131 to 1.
Store it in 34. Then, by opening the dart of the AND circuit 112, the sheet number memory 103. The number of coins for each denomination is output. As a result, the control unit 100 aggregates data such as the total amount and total number of bills, and the aggregate result, that is, the gold side amount of banknotes for each denomination when in the denomination classification accumulation operation mode.

In the case of the total number of banknotes and the heterogeneous accumulation operation mode, the total number of banknotes 0 and the total amount are transferred to the printing unit 102 and printed and issued along with the processing date and time. When it is determined that the safe is full, a general operator or bank employee is asked to take out the temporarily accumulated banknotes. At this time, the number of bill bills and the total amount are not printed. Note that even when coins are used, the same operation as described above will be performed in the coin processing device.

In this way, the device of the above embodiment continues processing such as counting the banknotes inserted into the device even when the safe is full, and the processed banknotes can be accumulated in the temporary stacking section, so that the banknote processing efficiency is improved. It is possible to improve the In addition, the denomination classification accumulation operation mode or the mixed type accumulation operation mode can be easily set by simply inserting the operation mode instruction car P into the device, so there is no need for complicated operations when changing the operation mode P. Furthermore, it becomes possible to improve money processing efficiency.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiment is merely an example, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, in the money handling device of the present invention, when the storage section becomes full, it is possible to process more money and accumulate it in the accumulation section without immediately stopping the processing of money. This has excellent effects such as being able to contribute to improving the efficiency of processing money.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the overall configuration, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the operation section, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the display section, and Fig. 4 shows the short conveyance section, accumulation section, and storage section. 5 is a schematic front view showing the storage section, FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the configuration of the apparatus of this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the configuration of the counting content storage section in the control section. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation. 12... Accumulating unit, 14-... Storage unit, 15... Detecting unit, ioo... Control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] A take-out section for taking out the coins, a detection section for counting at least the taken-out coins, a stacking section for sorting and stacking the coins based on the detection results of the detection section, and a stacking section for sequentially storing the coins accumulated in the stacking section. A money handling device comprising: a storage section; and a control section that controls the accumulated coins to be taken out from the stacking section without storing them in the storage section when the storage section is full.