JPS6180493A - Paper money handler - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a banknote handling device, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a banknote handling device that classifies banknotes by denomination so that banknotes inserted into the device for deposit or deposit can be diverted to payment. The present invention relates to a recycling-type banknote handling device that is configured to store banknotes.

[Background of the invention]

Customer-operated automatic teller machines installed at financial institution stores and cash deposit/withdrawal machines used by staff at counters.
In order to use the cash held by each device as efficiently as possible, we have implemented a so-called banknote recycling function that uses banknotes taken into the device during deposit transactions as banknotes to be released during payment transactions. A device configuration with this feature is desired.

In such a recycle-type banknote handling device, incoming banknotes are distinguished by denomination and whether they are good or bad, and each banknote is stored in a dispensing banknote storage box for each denomination, excluding banknotes that are inappropriate for payment. be accommodated in. However, there is a possibility that the deposit transaction will be canceled midway through, and in this case, the receiver must return the banknotes as they are, so the banknotes must be stored separately from existing banknotes until instructions are given to complete the transaction. Keep it
It is necessary to wait for the above-mentioned transaction establishment instruction before carrying out the combined storage operation with existing banknotes.

As an apparatus configuration having the above-mentioned one-time stacking function for deposited banknotes, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-221494, a stacking and taking-out device is arranged in front of a banknote storage box for each denomination and a collected banknote storage box, respectively. Each storage box is equipped with a separator mechanism to separate the banknotes in the transaction from the previous banknotes, and the deposited banknotes are temporarily stored on the front side of each storage box according to the discrimination results, and temporarily stored when the transaction is successful. A configuration has been proposed in which banknotes are combined with previously stored banknotes, and when a return request is made, the banknotes can be fed out one by one and transported to a return slot.

On the other hand, according to Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 58-140890, deposited banknotes are temporarily stored in bulk after being verified, and when a transaction is completed, the temporarily stored banknotes are returned to the deposit/withdrawal slot all at once. A known configuration is known in which the banknotes are fed one by one into the discrimination device using a banknote separation device and are sorted into a denomination storage box and a collected banknote storage box according to the recognition results.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention can simplify the structure of a banknote storage box for each denomination into which deposited banknotes are sorted and a storage box for all denominations in which collected banknotes are stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote handling device that allows easy collection operations.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, in the banknote handling device of the present invention,
It is located at the deposit/withdrawal slot and accepts bills inserted all at once.
A bill receiving mechanism that sequentially dispenses bills one by one; a discriminating device that discriminates the dispensed bills; and a dispensing bill in which bills to be sent to the bill receiving mechanism after being discriminated are carried in and temporarily stored. A first banknote circulation path is constituted by a stacker and a means for transferring banknotes from the dispensing banknote stacker to the banknote receiving mechanism, and a second banknote circulation path is configured to circulate banknotes that have passed through the validation device under pressure at the entrance side of the validation device. A plurality of banknote storage boxes are arranged along the banknote circulation path, and among the deposited banknotes fed out from the banknote receiving mechanism, all the banknotes determined to be acceptable by the discrimination device are stored in one of the banknote storage boxes. After being temporarily stacked in
Further, when a storage command is issued, the storage box is sent to any other storage box via the second circulation path.

[Embodiments of the invention]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the banknote handling device of the present invention. In the figure, 9 is a banknote deposit/withdrawal port formed in the device housing, and 1 is the inside of the banknote deposit/withdrawal port 9. 2 is a bill discrimination device that determines the authenticity, denomination, fitness, front and back, etc. of bills; 3 is a temporary stave force for all outgoing bills; 4 is a temporary stacker for deposited bills; 5
A, 5B, and 5c are bill storage boxes, 6 is a reject bill storage box, 7 is a forgotten bill collection box, and 8A to 8E are bill conveyance paths.

In the device of the present invention, the banknote transport system forms two loops that can be circulated. The first loop is the bill receiving mechanism 1
A conveyance path 8B conveys the bills fed out from the bank, a B conveyance path 8B leads the banknotes to the discrimination device 2, a C conveyance path 8C conveys the discriminated banknotes, and a temporary stacker 3 for dispensing banknotes.
Also, the banknotes are guided to the eject banknote collection box 6 (D conveyance path 8D), and as described later in FIG. The second loop is the B conveyance path 8B.

It consists of a C conveyance path 8C and an E conveyance path 8E, and the deposited banknote temporary stacker 4 and banknote storage boxes 5A to 5C are installed along the E conveyance path.

The deposited banknote temporary stacker 4 includes a take-in mechanism that takes in banknotes on the E transport path 8E via a branch path 40, and a banknote feed-out mechanism that sends out the temporarily stacked banknotes one by one to the E transport path via a transport path 45. We are prepared. Similarly, the banknote storage boxes 5A to 5C are configured to take in banknotes on the E conveyance path via the branch paths 50A to 50C, respectively, and send out the stored banknotes onto the E conveyance path through the ejection paths 55A to 55C. .

Of the banknote storage boxes 58 to 5C, 5A and SB are for dispensing, and are banknote storage boxes by denomination that store applicable banknotes by denomination. Yen notes are stored.

On the other hand, the storage box 5C is a banknote bulk storage box that collectively stores banknotes unsuitable for withdrawal, and collects denominations other than 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen and banknotes determined to be unfit. In addition, the bulk storage box 5C is removably attached to the main body of the device, and as described later, the storage boxes 5A and 5B for each denomination of banknotes for withdrawal at the start of business.
The loading of banknotes into the denomination storage boxes 5A and 5B at the end of the work day is carried out via this collective storage box.

(First embodiment) Figure 2 shows a specific device structure that realizes the configuration shown in Figure 1.
It is a figure which shows an example.

The bill receiving mechanism 1 includes a tiltable bill receiving box 10 supported by a rotary support shaft 11, and a pickup roller 12 that is intermittently driven during a bill paying operation.
A feeding mechanism consisting of a feed roller 13 and a gate roller 14 for separating the banknotes fed by the pickup roller one by one and feeding them to the A conveyance path 8A is combined. Further, when accepting banknotes, the receiving box 10 is retracted into the receiving box 10 by a drive device (not shown) to form a banknote receiving space, and after receiving banknotes, it is urged toward the surface of the receiving box to pick up the received banknotes 90. A push plate 16 that presses against the roller 12 is provided. SL is a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of banknotes in the receiving box 10, and SL is a banknote passage detection sensor installed on the A conveyance path 8A consisting of a pair of conveyor belts. This sensor checks the number of banknotes, their length, and the distance between them and the preceding banknote.

The discrimination device 2 consists of a banknote transport path 20 and a plurality of sensors 8m-8s installed along this transport path, and these sensors detect the printing pattern, magnetic pattern,
It reads dirt, etc. and compares it with standard patterns prepared in advance for each denomination to determine the authenticity, fitness, and denomination of the banknote. These determination results are determined by the banknote distribution gate G2. G3゜51
This is reflected in the control of A~s1c and al.

The payout banknote temporary stacker 3 is located at the end of the D conveyance path 8D, and is a mounting plate 31 that stacks the conveyed banknotes.
It consists of a bill stopper 62 that prevents bills from flying out, an L-jail foot 33 for pushing out stacked bills and transferring them to a receiving box, and a guide belt 34 that is tiltable about a support shaft 35. There is. Stopper S2 and guide belt 3
4 is normally in the lowered position tK shown by the solid line, and the fork 33 is in the retracted position. Therefore, the discharged banknotes that have traveled straight along the D conveyance path 8D are sequentially stacked on the banknote receiving surface consisting of the bottom side of the bank plate and the flap. When the stack of banknotes is transferred to the receiving box 10 IC, the receiving box 10 rotates in the X direction as shown by the two-dot chain line and assumes a horizontal position, and the stopper 32 and the guide belt 34 are placed in the horizontal position as shown by the broken line. It moves in the same direction and is in the elevated position. Therefore, by moving the fork 33 forward by a drive device (not shown), the stacked banknotes can be transferred to the receiving box. Note that S3 is a sensor for detecting the passage of banknotes fed into the stacker 3, and S6 is a sensor for detecting the remaining banknotes in the stacker 3.

The reject banknote storage box 6 stores banknotes that have been sorted out by G3 in the middle of the D conveyance path 8D. The conveyance path 60 between the gate G5 and the storage box 6 is provided with a sensor S4 that detects the passage of banknotes, and the number of rejected banknotes is confirmed by this sensor S4.The deposited banknote temporary stacker 4 is connected to the E conveyance path 8E. gate 4
The banknotes sorted in step 1 are picked up by a separate car 42, and the banknotes are sequentially stacked on a banknote placement plate 44 supported by a suppression spring 43. 46
, 47 and 48 are a pick-up roller, a feed roller, and a gate roller, respectively. When stacking banknotes, the pick-up row 246 is in the retracted position shown by the solid line so as not to obstruct the conveyance of banknotes from the separate vehicle 42. When taking out the stacked banknotes 90', the pickup roller 46 is lowered to the dotted line position, and this roller is driven intermittently to feed out the banknotes one by one. 49 is a sensor that detects the passage of the paid banknote.

The five banknote storage boxes for each denomination, sB, and the banknote bulk storage box 5C are structurally similar to the deposited banknote temporary stacker 4, except that they have a large storage capacity for banknotes, and each is installed in a separate car 52A.
, 52E1. 52C, and the distribution provided on the E conveyance path is 51A, slB.

The banknotes selected at 51C are accommodated via separate wheels, and the pickup rollers 56. Feed roller 57. The stored banknotes (
90A, 90B, 90C) can be taken out one by one. 59A to 59C indicate sensors for detecting the passage of the paid banknotes. The driving timing of the gates 41.51A to 51B is determined based on the detection of passage of banknotes by the sensor S5 arranged near the entrance of the E conveyance path 8E. In addition, each of the storage boxes 5A to 5C described above has, for example, S10°S1 in the storage box 5A.
1. As shown in S12, each bank is equipped with a sensor that detects whether the banknote is full, empty, or low.

Next, the operation of the banknote processing apparatus will be explained.

Loading of banknotes at the start of work: Loading of banknotes is carried out using a bulk storage box 5C that is removably attached to the main body of the apparatus.

When the denomination storage boxes 5A and 5B are empty, the bulk storage box 5C
The loading of banknotes into the storage boxes 5A and 5B is carried out as follows. The staff member sets the bulk storage box 5C containing the 1,000 yen notes and 10,000 yen notes prepared for payment into the main body of the device. At this time, the banknotes are a mixture of 1,000 yen notes and 10,000 yen notes, and may also be divided into blocks by denomination. After setting the bulk storage box 5C in the main body of the device, when the start of loading operation is commanded from the operation knob (not shown), the pickup roller descends and is intermittently rotated, so that the bills are transferred one by one to the conveyance path. It is rolled out in 8E.

These banknotes are sent to the discrimination device 2 via the conveyance path 8B, and the authenticity and gold bullion are discriminated. As a result, among the genuine banknotes whose denominations were determined, the 1,000 yen note was 51A, and
The 10,000 yen notes are sorted by game) 51B and stored in storage boxes 5A and 5B, respectively. Further, mixed banknotes of denominations other than the above-mentioned denominations and those of these denominations that are determined to be horizontally wound or counterfeit banknotes are sorted into the conveyance path 8D by the gate G2 and fed into the temporary payout stacker 5.

In addition, if either storage box 5A or 5B becomes full during the loading operation, the corresponding banknotes that are discriminated after that are sorted into the temporary withdrawal stacker 3 in Game) G2 and stored in the bulk storage box 5C. When all banknotes have been processed, the receiving mechanism 1
It is ejected out of the aircraft via the duct and extracted by staff. During the above discrimination operation, the total amount of denomination banknotes to be distributed to the storage boxes 5A and sB is counted, and when the banknote loading operation is completed, these amounts are displayed on an amount display (not shown) on the operation surface. Therefore, the clerk confirms the displayed amount and the amount of the discharged banknotes taken out from the deposit/withdrawal port 9 and counted by himself, and completes the loading process.

Deposit Operation: During the deposit operation, the deposit/withdrawal port 9 is opened and deposited banknotes are input into the receiving mechanism 1 all at once.

When the completion of banknote insertion is detected by closing the lid of the deposit/withdrawal port 9 or pressing the start button provided on the operation surface,
The belt that forms the conveyance path operates, and the pickup row 2
12 and feed roller 11 are driven, and bills are fed out one by one onto the conveyance path 8A. The banknotes fed into the conveyance path 8A are checked for length and counted by the sensor S2 at the entrance, and are then fed into the discrimination device via the conveyance path 8B. As a result of the discrimination, the banknotes determined to be genuine banknotes are sorted through the conveyance path 8EK by the gate G2, proceed straight through the conveyance path 8E, and are sequentially stacked in the deposited banknote temporary stacker 4 through the gate 41. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be fake are sorted into the conveyance path 8D at game) G2, and are sequentially stacked on the temporary stacker 3 at the end of the conveyance path. When the sensor S1 detects that there are no more banknotes in the receiving mechanism 1, if the sensor S6 indicates the presence of banknotes, the receiving mechanism 1 tilts in the x1 direction, and the stopper 52 and the guide belt 34 move. The banknotes are retracted upward, and the 7t-tori 35 is driven forward to transfer the temporarily stacked banknotes to the receiving mechanism 1. When the foot 53 retreats, the receiving mechanism 1, stopper 52, and guide belt 34 return to their initial positions, and these banknotes are fed out and discriminated again. By performing the discrimination twice in this manner, it becomes possible to correctly discriminate the banknotes that were unable to be discriminated in the first processing due to two-sheet feeding or skinny exceeding the allowable range.

According to the above device configuration, the discrimination operation can be repeated any number of times, but if there are bills that are still rejected after being discriminated a predetermined number of times, they are transferred from the temporary stacker 3 to the receiving mechanism 1, and then transferred to the deposit/withdrawal slot 9. released and returned to the customer. The total amount of banknotes stacked on the temporary deposit stacker 4 is determined by the verification device 2.
The amount is calculated based on the output of , and the amount is displayed on the operation screen when all the deposited banknotes are correctly identified or when the banknotes mentioned above are returned. When the customer operates the button to approve the deposit for this displayed amount,
The feeding device of the temporary deposit stacker 4 operates, and the temporarily stacked banknotes are sequentially fed out to the rear end of the conveyance path 8E, and sent to the discrimination device again through the conveyance path 8B.

As a result of this discrimination, the 1,000 yen notes and the 10,000 yen notes that are determined to be reusable as payment banknotes are sorted into the 1,000 yen storage box 5A and the 10,000 yen storage box in the middle of the conveyance path 8E by game) 51A and 51B, respectively. It is stored in 5B. In addition, banknotes that do not fall under these categories are stored in the bulk storage box 5C by the game controller 51C.

In this case, the bulk storage box 5C is busy storing banknotes of denominations other than 1,000 and 10,000 yen, as well as unfit notes that are unsuitable for payment even if they are 1,000 and 10,000 yen. Storage box 5A to keep things organized.

It is also possible to store only the front tickets in 5B and collect the back tickets in the bulk storage box 50. Regarding the amount displayed above,
When the customer operates the button to cancel the deposit, all the bills fed out from the temporary deposit stacker 4 are transferred to the conveyance path 8C.
8D, and is returned to the customer via the temporary stacker 3 and receiving mechanism 1.

Payment operation: When the customer selects a payment transaction and specifies the payment amount using the numerical keys provided on the operation surface, the number of 10000 yen notes and 1000 yen notes corresponding to this amount is stored in the denomination storage boxes 5B and 5A. It is rolled out sequentially from

The banknotes dispensed from each denomination storage box 5B, 5A are fed into the discrimination device 2 via conveyance paths 8E, 8B, where the denomination is confirmed and two bills are detected.

The banknotes that have passed through the discrimination device are sent to the conveyance path 8D by G2, normal banknotes are transferred to the temporary stacker 5, and overlapping banknotes and mixed banknotes are transferred to the banknote stacker 5.
At G3, the banknotes are stacked in the rejected banknote collection box 6. When the feeding of banknotes from the storage boxes 5A and 5B is finished and the designated amount of banknotes is stored in the temporary stacker for banknotes, these banknotes are transferred to the banknote receiving mechanism 10 by the fork 33, and the banknote deposit/discharge port 9 is opened. It will be released. The sensor S1 detects that the customer has taken out a banknote, and if the customer does not take out the banknote within a predetermined time after opening the deposit/withdrawal port, the receiving mechanism 10 is rotated 90 degrees in the direction of arrow I. The banknotes left behind are collected in the collection box 7 by rotating as described above.

It should be noted that, prior to the above-described banknote collection operation, a message to guide customers in removing banknotes is of course outputted from a display device or an audio guidance device provided on the operation surface.

Banknote replenishment operation: When the remaining banknotes in the denomination storage boxes 5A, sB decrease to a predetermined amount or less while the device is in operation, a display is displayed requesting the staff to replenish banknotes. In this case, to replenish banknotes, you may take out the bulk storage box 5C, fill it with banknotes to be replenished, and transfer the banknotes to the denomination-specific storage boxes in the same manner as at the start of business. It is also possible to replenish banknotes from the deposit/withdrawal port 9 without changing the status.

That is, a button is provided for specifying a banknote replenishment mode from the deposit/withdrawal port, and when this mode is specified, the replenishment bills input from the deposit/withdrawal port 9 into the receiving mechanism 10 are transferred one by one to the conveyance path 8A. The coins 51A and 51B are controlled according to the denomination determined by the discrimination device 2, and are stored in predetermined denomination storage boxes 5A and 5B, respectively.

In this case, the banknotes rejected by the discrimination are stacked in a temporary stacker 6 for paid banknotes, and after all the banknotes in the receiving mechanism 1 have been processed, they are transferred to this receiving mechanism and returned to the clerk.

Collecting operation of banknotes at the end of work: Collecting banknotes from the main body of the device is carried out in the denomination storage boxes 5A and sB.
Transfer the banknotes inside to the bulk storage box 5C, and
This is done by taking it out of the machine. In the case of the device of this embodiment, the banknotes fed out from the storage boxes 5A and 5B by denomination go through the second loop, pass through the -tan discrimination device 2, and then are stored in the bulk storage box 5C. In this case, in order to store banknotes in the bulk storage box 5C, it is necessary to block the path of the banknotes at the gate 51C for sorting in the middle of the conveyance path 8E. When the banknotes are fed out, when the first banknote goes around the second loop, the subsequent banknote feeding operation is temporarily stopped, and the last banknote on the loop is stored in the bulk storage box 5C and distributed. adopts an intermittent feeding mode in which feeding out of banknotes is resumed after the gate 51C is restored to its original position. The resumption of the feeding operation is limited to the time when the last banknote fed out last time passes the confluence of the exit side conveyance path of the money transfer storage box and the conveyance path 8E, so the total length of the second loop is set to L, If the feeding pitch is P, the number of banknotes that can be continuously supplied in each feeding operation is one or less. The intermittent feeding mode of 4, which alternates between the continuous feeding period and the feeding pause period, allows two separate storage boxes 5A.

The banknotes 90A and 90B in the banknote 5B are collected in the bulk storage box 5C, and the banknotes rejected by the discriminating device 2 during this collection operation are collected in the banknote collection box 6. Therefore, by taking out the banknotes in the collection box 6 and the bulk storage box 5C, the staff member can collect all the banknotes in the main body of the apparatus.

In the above embodiment, the storage boxes 5A and 5B are used to store banknotes by denomination, and the storage box 5C is used to store all denominations at once, and is removable from the main body of the device. It can also be placed. Place the bulk storage box at 5 in Figure 2.
If placed at the person's position, the collection box 6 and the bulk storage box will be located on the back side of the device main body, and banknote loading and collection at the start and end of work can be carried out from the same direction.

In this case, 1 item is transferred from the bulk storage box to each denomination storage box.
The intermittent bill feeding mode is executed during the bill transfer operation, and the collection operation from each denomination storage box to the collective storage box is performed in the continuous feeding mode.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In this example, the deposited banknote temporary stacker 4 includes two upper and lower shoulder wheels 42 and 42゛, and a sorting gate 4 that supplies banknotes to the shoulder wheel 42.
A second distribution gate 41' and a branch conveyance path 40 for supplying banknotes to the shoulder car 42' are provided in front of the banknote 1. According to this configuration, by using the gates 41 and 41 properly based on the front and back determination results of the banknotes in the discrimination device 2, for example, the front ticket is placed between the gate 41 and the shoulder bag 42.
By stacking the banknotes from above through gate 41' and shoulder wheel 42' from below, deposited banknotes can be temporarily stacked with their front and back sides aligned. Therefore, all banknotes fed out from the temporary stacker 4 are stored in the denomination storage boxes 5A, 58 with their fronts and backs aligned, and even if a return request occurs, it is possible to return banknotes with their fronts and backs aligned. become.

The various mechanical elements described above can be controlled by a control system mainly based on a microprocessor, similar to the conventional banknote handling apparatus of this type.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the configuration of the present invention,
The first method uses the identification device as a common path. A second banknote circulation path is provided, and a storage box for temporarily stacking deposited banknotes, a payment banknote storage box, and a storage box for all denominations at once are arranged along the second circulation path. All the banknotes that have been fed into the discriminating device from the circulation path No. 1 and are ready to be received are stored in the temporary stack storage box nine times. Therefore, when a return request is made, these banknotes are fed out one by one and the The banknotes can be quickly returned to the deposit/withdrawal port on the first circulation path, while when a transaction is being completed, these banknotes can be transported through the second circulation path and stored in a predetermined storage box. In this case, each storage box does not require a mechanism to separate the banknotes stored up to the previous transaction and the banknotes of the current transaction, so the configuration of the storage box is simple, allowing for banknote discrimination before temporary stacking and banknote storage. Since a common banknote validating device can be used to identify denominations of coins, the configuration of the device does not become complicated.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a banknote handling device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are configuration diagrams showing different embodiments of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Banknote receiving mechanism, 2...Banknote validation device, 3...Outgoing bill temporary stacker, 4...Deposited banknote temporary stacker, 5A-5C...Banknote storage box, 6...Reject Banknote storage box, 7... forgotten banknote collection box, 8A to 8E... banknote conveyance path.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A bill receiving mechanism that is located at the deposit/withdrawal slot and sequentially dispenses banknotes that have been inserted in bulk one by one; a discrimination device that discriminates the dispensed bills; and a bill receiving mechanism that discriminates the bills that have been dispensed; A first banknote circulation path is constituted by a payout banknote stacker into which banknotes to be sent to the receiving mechanism are transported and temporarily stored, and a means for transferring the banknotes in the payout banknote stacker to the banknote receiving mechanism. , a plurality of banknote storage boxes are arranged along a second banknote circulation path that allows banknotes that have passed through the validation device to flow back to the entrance side of the validation device, and among the deposited banknotes fed out from the banknote receiving mechanism, All of the banknotes determined to be acceptable by the above-mentioned discrimination device are temporarily stacked in one of the above-mentioned banknote storage boxes, and then are fed out one by one, and when a return command is issued, they are passed through the first circulation path and sent to the deposit/withdrawal slot. Further, the bill handling device is characterized in that when a storage command is given, the banknotes are fed into any other storage box via the second circulation path. (2) Among the plurality of banknote storage boxes provided in the second circulation path, the one located closest to the entrance side of the discrimination device is used for temporarily stacking the deposited banknotes. The banknote handling device according to item 1. (3) A second feature in which the banknote storage box for temporarily stacking deposited banknotes is provided with a means for aligning and stacking banknotes supplied from the second circulation path arbitrarily, front and back, on one side. The banknote handling device described in Section 1. (4) There are a plurality of other banknote storage boxes disposed in the second circulation path, each storing one banknote in the second circulation path.
It is equipped with a means for feeding out the sheets one by one, and one of these
3. The banknote handling device according to item 2 or 3, wherein one of the banknotes is detachably attached to the main body of the device.