JPS5917479B2 - Automatic banknote sorting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic banknote sorting device that accepts all types of banknotes at once and sorts them into all types.

Conventionally, this type of device has been used to sort only the same or all types of banknotes into good notes (bank notes that can be reissued) and unfit notes (bank notes that are unsuitable for reissuance), or to separate good and undamaged banknotes. Devices are known that automatically seal tickets after sorting them into tickets.

However, none of these systems has the function of accepting all types of banknotes at once and sorting them by type. For this reason, the scope of use of the device is limited,
It is extremely inconvenient and impractical. In addition, there is a need for an apparatus that sorts all types of paper and then seals them into predetermined numbers (usually 100 pieces, which are called bundles). For this purpose, a method has been considered in which a mark is placed on each 100 sheets and then the seals are automatically sealed using a separate device, but in financial institutions such as banks,
There is a custom that banknotes handled by one person must be re-counted, so with the above method, another person would have to re-count the banknotes using a banknote counting machine after they are sealed. . Therefore, re-counting is required, which is extremely troublesome and impractical. The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to be able to accept banknotes of many denominations at once and sort them by denomination, and to separate banknotes by denomination for each rod. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic banknote sorting device capable of calculating and displaying the total amount, the total amount of money solicited for all rods, and the total amount of money solicited.

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

In FIG. 1, 1 is a housing, and a banknote supply section 2 is provided in the upper right side of the housing 1.

Banknotes P to be sorted in a mixture of many denominations are set (stored) in this supply section 2, and the set banknotes P are pulled to the left (with respect to the drawing) by a spring (not shown). It is pushed in the direction of a take-out device 6, which will be described later, by a push plate 3 located therein. The push plate 3 is fixed to an operating body 4, and the operating body 4 is movable left and right (with respect to the drawing) along a guide rail 5. Reference numeral 6 denotes a take-out device, which vacuum-chucks the banknotes P set in the supply section 2 one by one from the front end and takes them out one by one. It consists of a suction element 8.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a first conveyance path, which is provided on the rotational direction side of the take-out rotor 7 and runs to the right, through which banknotes P taken out by the take-out device 6 are held between a pair of conveyor belts and sent to a sorting gate to be described later. lead.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a detector for detecting the banknote P taken out by the takeout device 6, which includes, for example, a light source 11, a light receiving element 12 that receives reflected light emitted from the light source 11 and reflected by the banknote P;
and a light receiving element 13 which receives transmitted light emitted from the light source 11 and transmitted through the bank note P.
Each of the output signals 2 and 13 is supplied to a control section to be described later.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a removal port for removing and accumulating counterfeit banknotes or duplicate banknotes conveyed by the first conveyance path 9; It is located along.

A sorting gate 15 is provided at the entrance of the removal port 14 for guiding counterfeit banknotes or duplicated banknotes toward the removal port 14. controlled by. 16a-16
Reference numeral d denotes a stacking section that stacks banknotes (only genuine notes) P conveyed by the first conveyance path 9 by denomination;
are provided at predetermined intervals along the conveyance path 9.

For example, in this case, banknotes of 500 yen,
Banknotes of 6,000 yen are accumulated in the accumulation section 16b, banknotes of 5,000 yen are accumulated in the accumulation section 15c, and banknotes of 10,000 yen are accumulated in the accumulation section 16d. At each entrance of the stacking sections 16a to 16d, there is a sorting gate 17a for guiding or controlling the passage of banknotes P to the stacking sections 16a to 16d.
- 17d are provided correspondingly, and each of the division gates 17a to 17d is controlled by a signal from a control section, which will be described later. The above-mentioned accumulation parts 16a to 16d are configured as shown in FIG. 2, for example. That is, it is formed into a box shape by frame plates 18a to 18d, of which frame plates 18b and 18c are designed to constantly vibrate in order to arrange the accumulated banknotes. Reference numeral 19 denotes a banknote guide plate provided between the sorting gates 17a to 17d and the respective entrances of the stacking sections 16a to 16d.A top plate 20 is provided above the guide plate 19 to prevent banknotes from jumping out. I've learned not to do that.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a 100-sheet separator, which is rotatable about a fulcrum 22 and driven by a motor 24 via an arm 23 as required.

The motor 24 is controlled by a signal from a control section which will be described later. 25 is the back up plate, that is, the bottom plate,
It is movable up and down along the guide rails 25a, 25a, and is driven as necessary by a drive device (not shown).

That is, at the moment when the 100th banknote is placed on the bottom plate 25, the separator 21 is rotated in the direction of arrow A by a spring (not shown), and the 101st and subsequent banknotes are placed thereon. When 100 banknotes are stacked, the bottom plate 25 descends and carries out the 100 banknotes, that is, the banknote bundle P1, onto a second conveyance path 32, which will be described later. When carried out, the banknote bundle P1 is conveyed in the direction of arrow B, so that the space on the bottom plate 25 becomes empty. When this happens, the bottom plate 25 rises and stops at a predetermined position, and then the separator 21 is moved by the motor 2.
4, the separator 21 rotates around the rotating shaft 24a of the motor 24 while remaining in a horizontal state, and the separator 21
Transfer the banknotes above 1 onto the bottom plate 25. When this is completed, the separator 21 is rotated to the left by the arm 23, and then rotated to the left about the fulcrum 22, with the tip raised (as shown in the figure), and then rotated to the left by the arm 23 about the fulcrum 22. move it,
Get ready for the next 100th photo. Further, an inner adjustment plate 26 is provided along the frame plate 18b.

This adjustment plate 26 is for adjusting the dimensions inside the stacking section according to the banknotes to be stacked.
27, and the hole 28 for passing the screw 27 therethrough is formed in an oval shape as shown in FIG. 3, and step portions 28a to 28d are provided at positions corresponding to the denomination. Therefore, when adjusting the inner diameter, loosen the screws 27, 27 and adjust the adjustment plate 2.
Adjust the position of 6 according to the denomination. Further, the frame plate 18
d is also provided with an adjustment plate 18e in the same manner as described above, and by moving the adjustment plate 18e with screws 29, 29, the position of the frame plate 18d can be adjusted according to the denomination. Reference numeral 30 denotes a large-capacity unfit banknote stacking unit for stacking unfit banknotes in a mixture of all denominations, and is provided at the discharge end of the first conveyance path 9.

Reference numerals 31a to 31f are banknote detectors for optically detecting banknotes being conveyed, and the banknote detectors 31a to 31f
6a to 16d130 are provided on the first conveyance path 9 in front of each of them.

Each of the detectors 31a to 31f is composed of, for example, a light source and a light receiving element, and each output signal thereof is supplied to a control section, which will be described later. Reference numeral 32 denotes a second conveyance path, which is provided below the stacking sections 16a to 16d, and conveys the banknote bundles P1 taken out from the stacking sections 16a to 16d to a sealing device 33, which will be described next.

A sealing device 33 is provided at the discharge end of the second conveyance path 32. This sealing device 33 wraps and seals the banknote bundle P1 conveyed through the second conveyance path 32 with paper tape or the like, and seals the banknote bundle P1 conveyed through the second conveyance path 32. It is controlled as follows. That is, the banknote grip P1 is held between the belt 32a of the second conveyance path 32 and the belt 34, and the paper tape 36 for sealing is inserted into the banknote grip P1 from the front end using the hold opener 35. A paper tape reel 37 supplies the paper tape 36.

Thus, the bank note handle P1 with the paper tape 36 sandwiched therebetween is held between the four rotating rollers 39, 39, . It is conveyed until 1 and then stops. In this state, the handler 38 rotates clockwise, thereby causing the paper tape 36 to wrap around the banknote handle P1. After the handler 38 rotates twice, it stops, and the rollers 39, 39, . When the banknote grip P1 comes here, the cutter and gluing device 42 rotates clockwise around the fulcrum 43, cuts the paper tape 36, and glues it to complete the sealing. Note that 44 is a tie for the cutter. Reference numeral 45 denotes a stamping device, which is provided on the exit side of the sealing device 33 and is adapted to stamp necessary data with a stamp 46 on the paper tape (strip) of the sealed banknote bundle P2.

This stamping device 45 is controlled by a signal from a control section, which will be described later. Reference numeral 47 denotes a stacking section, which collects stamped and sealed banknote packets P2.

Next, the control section of the apparatus of the present invention constructed as described above will be explained with reference to FIG.

Reference numeral 51 denotes a discrimination circuit, to which output signals from the light receiving elements 12 and 13 of the detector 10 are supplied via amplifiers 52a and 52b, and the following discrimination is performed.

That is, the light receiving element 12 that receives the reflected light from the bank note P
Based on the output signal, the banknote P is judged to be genuine or false, whether it is fit or not in a vacuum, and the denomination, etc., and the judgment result signal is output, and the detection signal of the detected banknote P is also detected for each denomination. Output each. Further, based on the output signal of the light-receiving element 13 that receives the transmitted light of the bank note P, it is determined whether or not the bank note P has been stacked by the take-out device 6, and a determination result signal is output. That is, the reflected light from the bank note P is photoelectrically converted by the light receiving element 12, and the output signal is sent to the discrimination circuit 51.
supply to. The discrimination circuit 51 detects the output signal level of the light receiving element 12 by, for example, integrating the signal, and compares this detection level with a preset reference level for each denomination and a fitness level for each denomination. Then, it is determined to which denomination the bank note P belongs and whether the denomination of the determined denomination belongs to a good or damaged banknote. For example, if we consider a 500 yen note, a 1,000 yen note, a 5,000 yen note, and a 10,000 yen note as banknotes P, the reference level when photoelectrically converting the reflected light of each genuine note is Xl,
2, X3, X4 - Assume that the unfit note levels for each denomination are Yl, Y2, Y3, and Y4, respectively. In this case, the reference level naturally has a certain range, but here,
It is limited to the values of l, X2, X3, and X4. Now, if the signal level when the reflected light from the bank note P is photoelectrically converted is Z, then X,>X2>X3>X4.

This comparison is performed by the discrimination circuit 51. And above 1
The denomination of the bank note P corresponding to the signal level Z is determined depending on which of cases 5 to 5 applies. Next, the fitness of the bank note P whose denomination has been determined in this manner is determined. For example, depending on the denomination, a bank note P can be changed to a 10,000 yen note (
4), the above signal level Z is [X3
〉Z≧X4] is satisfied. Therefore, further.

This comparison is performed by the discrimination circuit 51.

Then, depending on whether it falls under 3 or [Yes] above, the bank note P, which is a 10,000 yen note, has a signal level of Z.
It is used to determine whether the product is fit or not. On the other hand, the output signal of the light receiving element 13 which receives the transmitted light of the banknote P is also supplied to the discrimination circuit 51. The discrimination circuit 51 detects the output signal level of the light receiving element 13 by, for example, integrating the signal, compares this detection level with a preset reference level for each denomination, and determines the output signal level of the light receiving element 13. If the level is below the reference level, it is determined that overlapping has occurred. Thus, each output of the discrimination circuit 51 is supplied to the conveyance control circuit 54 via the main control section 53.

This transport control circuit 54 is mainly composed of, for example, a shift register, and shifts the discrimination result signal outputted from the discrimination circuit 51 according to each output signal of the detectors 31a to 31f (that is, transfers the discrimination result thereto). Corresponding bank note P
The sorting gates 17a to 17 are shifted according to the conveyance of the
Solenoids 55a to 55e that drive d and 15 are controlled via drive circuits 56a to 56e, respectively. Further, the conveyance control circuit 54 detects the occurrence of a jam of 2Vj during conveyance using the output signals of the detectors 31a to 31f, and stops the operation of the apparatus if a jam occurs. The banknote detection signal for each denomination outputted from the discriminating circuit 51 is supplied to each counter 57a to 57d of the rod denomination totalizer 57, for example, the number of banknotes P taken out. are aggregated and counted by denomination.

Each content of the totalizer 57 is stored in the rod total key 5.
By pressing 8, the number of coins is sent to the amount converter 59, where the number of coins is converted to the amount of the pot, the total amount for each denomination is displayed on the hole display 60, and the total amount is totaled on the totalizer 61. , is now also displayed as the total total price of the rod. In addition, rod means rod total key 58.
Refers to the banknotes to be sorted that are supplied to the supply section 2 from when you press until the rod total key 58 is pressed next (from the start until the rod total key 58 is pressed at the start), and the number of banknotes is determined by each tip. It is indeterminate.
Further, at this time, each of the contents of the totalizer 57 is supplied to each counter 62a to 62d of the cumulative totalizer 62 for each denomination, where the total is counted for each denomination. and,
The contents of the totalizer 62 are sent to the converter 59 by pressing the cumulative total key 63, where the number of coins is converted into a monetary amount, and the cumulative total amount is displayed for each denomination on the display 60. , the summation device 61 displays the total cumulative amount of money as the French total cumulative amount. Furthermore, by pressing the cumulative total key 63 at this time, the totalizers 57, 62 and totalizer 61 are cleared, respectively. Further, each content of the totalizer 57 is supplied to the main control circuit 53, and depending on the content, each of the seven terminals 24 of the accumulation units 16a to 16d is controlled via the drive circuits 64a to 64d. , a drive device 66 for driving the bottom plates 25 of the accumulation sections 16a to 16d via unloading control circuits 65a to 65d.
A to 66d are controlled respectively.

That is, a predetermined number of sheets, for example 1, are stored in the stacking sections 16a to 16d.
The motor 24 and the bottom plate 25 are driven every time 00 banknotes P are accumulated. Further, the sealing device 33 is controlled by the sealing control circuit 53 via the sealing control circuit 67 as necessary, and the stamping device 45 is controlled via the stamping control circuit 68 as necessary. It's getting old. Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention configured as in the above embodiment will be explained.

First, the banknotes P to be sorted are set in the supply section 2, which are a mixture of many denominations (for example, 500 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen).
Thereafter, when the device is activated, the banknotes P are sequentially taken out one by one by the takeout device 6 and conveyed by the first conveyance path 9. At this time, the taken out banknote P is detected by the detector 10, and the discrimination circuit 51 performs authenticity discrimination, fitness discrimination in the genuine note, denomination discrimination, and overlapping discrimination. Accordingly, each accumulating section (0 that is totaled for each denomination), that is, when the determination circuit 51 outputs the determination result that the bill is a genuine bill and the result for each denomination,
The sorting gates 17a to 17d are driven according to the determination result, and the denominations are accumulated in the accumulating portions 16a to 16d, respectively, according to the denomination type. Further, when the determination circuit 51 outputs a determination result that the banknote is a genuine note but an unfit note, the classification gates 17a to 17d do not operate, and the bank note P for which the determination result that it is an unfit note is output is an unfit note. Each denomination is mixed and stacked in the bill stacking section 30. Further, when the discriminating circuit 51 outputs a determination result indicating that the bill is a counterfeit bill or an overlapping one, the sorting gate 5 is driven in accordance with the determination result, and a determination result indicating that the bill is a counterfeit bill or an overlapping one is outputted to the removal port 14. banknotes P are accumulated. In this way, only genuine bills are stored in the stacking section 16a.
-16d, respectively, by denomination, and unfit bills are accumulated in the unfit bill accumulating section 30. Counterfeit bills and stacked bills are collected in the removal slot 1.
It is accumulated in 4. Also, at the same time as this sorting, the discrimination circuit 51
Based on the banknote detection signal for each denomination outputted from the rod, the denomination-specific totalizer 57 for rods totals the number of banknotes P for each denomination. When a predetermined number of banknotes P, in this case 100, are accumulated in the accumulation sections 16a to 16d, the main control circuit 5
Drive devices 66a to 66d are operated by signals from 3 through unloading control circuits 65a to 65d, and
The bottom plate 25 of 16d is lowered and the 100 stacked banknotes, that is, the banknote bundle P1, is carried out onto the second conveyance path 32.

The carried out bank note bundle P1 is conveyed to the sealing device 33 by the second conveyance path 32, and when it reaches the sealing device 33,
The sealing device 33 is operated via the sealing control circuit 67 in response to a signal from the main control circuit 53, and the banknote bundle P1 is automatically sealed. When the sealing is completed, the sealed banknote bundle P2
is sent to the stamping device 45, and when it reaches the stamping device 45,
The stamping device 45 is activated via the stamping control circuit 68 in response to a signal from the main control circuit 53, and predetermined data is stamped on the paper tape (strip) of the bank note bundle P2, and the stamp is accumulated in the bundle stacking section 47. . The above operation is repeated every time 100 banknotes P are accumulated in the accumulation sections 16a to 16d. When the banknotes for one rod have been sorted in this way, when the rod total key 58 is pressed, the total amount of the rod will be displayed by denomination on the display 60, and the total amount of the rod will also be displayed. Ru.

When all the rods have been sorted, when the cumulative total key 63 is pressed, the total cumulative amount is displayed for each denomination on the display 60, and the total cumulative amount is also displayed. As explained above, according to the above embodiment, the banknotes P to be sorted are mixed with each denomination and set in the supply section 2, and the banknotes P are taken out one by one by the takeout device 6, and then the banknotes P are taken out by the detector 10. Upon detection, the discrimination circuit 51 performs authenticity discrimination, genuine discrimination, denomination discrimination, and overlapping discrimination, and according to the discrimination results, only genuine bills are collected by the stacking unit 16.
a to 16d by denomination, unfit bills are mixed with each denomination and accumulated in the unfit bill accumulating unit 30, and counterfeit bills and stacked bills are accumulated in the removal slot 14,
Every time 100 banknotes are accumulated in d, they are taken out and sent to the sealing device 33, and the sealing device 33 automatically seals them, so that banknotes of various denominations can be accepted at once. , sorting by denomination, counting, and sealing can all be done automatically, making it extremely convenient and practical.

Moreover, since the sealing is automatic, there is no need to re-count after sealing, and the effort of re-counting is eliminated. Further, a rod denomination totalizer 57 that totals the number of banknotes for each rod by denomination, and a cumulative denomination totalizer 62 that cumulatively totals the number of banknotes for all rods by denomination, The number of sheets →
The amount converter 59 converts each amount into an amount, and each output ↓
The display unit 6 displays the output obtained by summing up each of the outputs by the summator 61.
Since each is displayed as 0, it is possible to calculate and display the total amount by denomination and the total amount for each rod, and the cumulative total amount by denomination and the cumulative total amount for all rods.

Therefore, it is very suitable for financial institutions such as banks to organize large amounts of cash received from department stores, for example. In the above embodiment, by pressing the rod total key 58, the total amount by denomination and the total amount for each rod are displayed, and by pressing the cumulative total key 63, the total amount and the total amount for all rods are displayed. Although the cumulative total amount is displayed, the display is not limited to this, for example, the above key 58.6
The amounts may be displayed sequentially regardless of 3.

Further, the amount of money displayed on the display 60 may be displayed using a display tube or a display element, a recording display in which the amount is recorded with a printing device, or both. Furthermore, the number of banknotes for each rod is tallied by denomination by the tally machine 57, and the tally machine 6
In step 2, the number of banknotes for all rods is cumulatively totaled by denomination, but the totalizer 57 totalizes the amount of banknotes for each rod by denomination, and the totalizer 62 totals the amount of banknotes for all rods. may be aggregated by denomination. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to receive banknotes of many denominations at once and sort them by denomination, and to calculate the total amount by denomination for each rod, the total amount, and the total amount. You can calculate and display the cumulative total amount by denomination and the cumulative total amount for rods.
An extremely convenient and practical automatic banknote sorting device can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing the internal structure of an automatic banknote sorting device, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of the stacking section, and FIG. 3 is an internal view. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the adjustment plate and a block diagram of the control section. 2... Banknote supply unit, 6... Removal device, 9... Conveyance path, 10... Detector, 1
4... Exclusion port, 15... Division gate,
16a, 16d... Accumulating section, 17a to 17d.
...Separation gate, 51 ...Discrimination circuit, 5
7... Rod denomination tabulator, 59...
・Converter, 60...Display device, 61...
Totalizer, 62... Totalizer by denomination for cumulative total, P...
...Bank notes.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote supply section in which banknotes to be sorted are set, a takeout device that takes out banknotes set in the supply section one by one, and a conveyance path that conveys the banknotes taken out by the takeout device. , a plurality of stacking sections provided along this conveyance path for stacking the transported banknotes by denomination, and a plurality of stacking sections provided corresponding to the entrances of the stacking sections to collect banknotes into the stacking sections. A sorting gate is provided to guide or control passage, a removal port is provided along the conveyance path to remove counterfeit banknotes or duplicate banknotes, and a removal port is provided at the entrance of the removal port to remove counterfeit banknotes or duplicate banknotes. A sorting gate guides stacked banknotes, etc. to the removal port, a detector detects the banknotes taken out by the takeout device, and the output signal of this detector is used to determine the authenticity of the banknotes and to determine the authenticity of the banknotes. a discriminating section that performs title discriminating and overlapping discriminating, a control means that controls each of the classification gates according to the discriminating results of the discriminating section, and determining the number and/or amount of banknotes for each lot based on the discriminating results of the discriminating section. A denomination-by-denomination aggregator for lots that aggregates the amount of banknotes by denomination by denomination, and a denomination-by-denomination aggregator for totals that cumulatively aggregates the number and/or amount of banknotes for all lots by denomination. A banknote characterized by comprising a totalizer, a totalizer that totals the outputs of the totalizers for each denomination, and an output device that outputs the value of the totalizer and the total value of the totalizer for each denomination, respectively. Automatic sorting equipment.