JPS6257089A - Sheet paper 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 Fi paper sheet handling device, and particularly relates to a device whose functions can be easily changed and expanded and costs can be reduced.

[Background of the invention]

This type of device has been used in Japanese Patent Publications No. 58-140890 and No. 15.
There are those shown in the figure. In the device shown in FIG. 15, for example, when paper sheets are to be ejected from the device 40 through the entrance 46, the sheets are taken out one by one from the cassettes 41 and 42 in which the sheets are stored. Belt 4 one sheet of paper at a time
3, rollers 44, etc., and conveyed to an entrance/exit 46. Reference numeral 45 is a checking section that counts and discriminates paper sheets.

However, in the above configuration, among the components such as the cassettes 41 and 42, the check section 45 and the entrance/exit port 46, the sheet conveying path is connected between the elements through which sheets are delivered by the belt 43. A large number of rollers 44 must be fixedly provided in advance, which increases the cost of the conveyance path. 1. Since the conveyance path is fixedly provided, it is difficult to change the conveyance path when changing specifications or expanding functions, and if the conveyance path is changed, it takes time and effort to adjust the operation of the conveyance path. Furthermore, there is a problem in that it takes time to transport a large number of paper sheets one by one.

[Purpose of the invention]

In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention proposes a sheet handling device that can reduce the cost of the conveyance path and is easy to change and expand its functions.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention includes a discharge/take-in section that takes paper sheets in and out of the device;
An inspection section that takes paper sheets in and out of the discharge/take-in section and counts the paper sheets taken in and out; a storage section that stores the paper sheets; It is characterized by being equipped with a transport mechanism section for delivering and delivering. In a further preferred embodiment, the inspection section has a first entrance/exit section for transferring paper sheets to and from the discharging/taking-in section, and a second entrance/exit section for transferring paper sheets between the transport mechanism section. Having yk features.

[Embodiments of the invention]

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

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a recirculating type depositing and dispensing device built into an automated teller machine as a first embodiment.

In this example, in order to simplify the explanation, only 10,000 yen notes (denominations) are recirculated, and other 1,000 yen notes and the like are not recirculated as they are only received.

A discharge/take-in section (a shirt tongue, specifically, a shutter 1a and a jar 1b for opening and closing an opening) is used to take out banknotes from the apparatus and to take in items from outside the apparatus.

2i1 is an inspection section that performs at least counting and discrimination of banknotes, and one side of the discharging/taking-in part 1 side has a taking-in part 7 for taking in banknotes to be counted or discriminated, and a taking-in part 7 for discharging counted banknotes. A release part 8 is provided for temporary holding in order to
On the other side on the opposite side, there are provided a stack 10 for temporarily holding banknotes to be counted and a stack 11 for temporarily holding banknotes after discrimination or banknotes left over after counting to be returned to a safe (described later). In addition to this, the inspection section 2 includes an inspection device 9 for counting each banknote 1a that is taken in and counting each banknote 1a that is discharged. 0 equipped with an impeller 13 for stacking banknotes that have passed the inspection device 9 onto a stack 11 one by one.
Reference numeral 14 denotes a gate that switches the conveyance path of the banknotes that have passed through the inspection device 9. 15 is a feed roller that takes in the banknotes one by one from the taking-in section 7.

Here, 7 and 8 are first entrance/exit parts, and 10 and 11 are second entrance/exit parts.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a safe (storage section) for storing banknotes, and a first storage section 3a for storing ten thousand yen notes 5 to be released while being recycled.
and a second storage section 3b for storing 1,000 yen notes that can only be deposited. The safe 3 is arranged below the other side of the inspection section 2 where the stack 10/11 of the inspection section 2 is located, and each storage section is opened on the other side.

A portion 40 indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 1 represents a transport mechanism section that transfers banknotes between the inspection section 2 and the safe 3.

The transport mechanism section includes a holding section 6 and a driving means 4a for moving the holding section up and down. As shown in FIG. 3, the holding portion 6 has upper and lower finger portions 6a and 6b that can be opened and closed. The stacks 10 and 1F of the inspection section 2 have a notch 12 in which the banknotes are placed on a partially cut out surface as shown in FIG. By pushing in and opening/closing, the center of the banknote 5.5' can be reliably moved from the banknote, or the banknote moved from the safe can be placed on the placement surface. The transport mechanism section can move the holding section 6 up and down and back and forth as well as open and close using a small motor. Below the inspection section 2, a control section 16 and a power source 17 are installed in parallel with the safe 3. The unit 15 controls the movement of each component by having a memory that stores the operation sequences of each of the above-mentioned parts and a microcomputer (both not shown) that reads and executes the operation sequences.

At the top of the unit consisting of each of the above components, an IC card/magnetic card reader and operation section (including switches and display section) for handling by the customer are arranged. The flow of banknotes during deposit (deposit) operation is shown in FIG. 7, the flow of banknotes during storage operation is shown in FIG. 8, and the flow of banknotes during withdrawal (discharge) operation is shown in FIG. The flow of banknotes during the collection operation will be explained with reference to FIG.

At the time of deposit, as shown in FIG. 3, there are three main operating modes for the inspection unit 2, and the user (financial institution such as a bank) determines which mode to operate in in advance using a program. Here, for the case of mode C, the temporary accumulation operation and removal operation of deposited banknotes will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, the customer operates the deposit mode as the transaction type. Next, the shutter opens at the timing of inserting the deposited banknotes. After the customer sets the banknotes 5 in a combination of denominations, front and back, on the receiving lower, the customer closes the shutter as a signal that the setting is complete. Then, the transport path force ζ caused by the belt in the bold line portion of the inspection section 2 in FIG. 6 is driven by a motor (not shown).

Then, the banknotes 5 are taken out one by one by the feed roller 14 of the take-in section 7 and fed into the inspection device 9.

The calibrator 9 examines the magnetic and optical patterns, paper thickness, etc. of the banknote 5 to determine authenticity. Performs denomination determination, counting, and if necessary, front/back/fitness determination. As a result, banknotes 5" are determined to be "unacceptable." In other words, bills that are significantly skewed, discolored,
If there are banknotes 5'' that are damaged or overlapped, they are rotated and conveyed downward at the sorting gate 15'.The rejected banknotes 5'' that have been rotated and conveyed downward are transferred to the discharge section 8. The banknotes 5 are temporarily stacked at 1, when the receiving of the deposited banknotes 5 is completed.

On the other hand, the banknote 5.5' that was determined to be in the "storage section" by the inspection device 9
Of these, the 10,000 yen notes 5 are sorted and conveyed upward by a gate 15, and are temporarily accumulated in a stack 10. Banknotes 5' other than 10,000 yen notes are conveyed straight without being sorted by the gates 15 and 15' and are inserted one by one into the impeller I3 which rotates clockwise.0The banknotes 5 inserted into the impeller 13 ' rotates together with the impeller, hits the stopper 18, and is removed from the impeller 13. The removed banknotes 5' are deposited one by one in a temporary stack 11.

When all the banknotes in the receiving section 7 are taken in, the conveyance path shown by the thick line in FIG. When the customer pulls out the rejected ticket 5'', sets it again in the receiving section 7, and closes the shutter 1a, it is taken in and conveyed again, and is re-inspected by the inspection device 9.

The automatic return operation when the customer instructs to cancel payment from the operation unit will now be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

First, the banknote holding unit 6 of the transport mechanism unit 4 holds the banknotes 5' in the temporary stack 11, and after rising at the position of 1° of the temporary stack, stacks the banknotes 5' on top of the temporary stack of 1 million yen notes 5. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the conveyance path by the thick broken line belt of the inspection section 2 is driven, and the banknotes 5.5' of the temporary stack 10 are conveyed all at once to the taking-in section 7. When the conveyance is completed, the shutter 1a opens and the customer receives the banknotes 5.
Receive 5'.

Next, the storage operation will be explained.

When the deposit operation is completed as described above and the customer confirms that the deposit is OK, as shown in FIG.
For example, 1,000 yen bills) 5' are held together, and after descending to the banknote storage section 3, the banknotes 5' are stored in the second storage section 3b.

Next, in order to align the front and back sides of the temporarily stacked one million yen notes, the transport path indicated by the thick broken line in the inspection section 2 in FIG. At this time, the conveyance may be carried out by carrying a plurality of banknotes all at once using a belt, or by fixing something like a holder to the belt and moving the banknotes together with the belt. The feed roller 14 feeds the 10,000 yen bills 5 one by one into the inspection device 9 to determine whether they are front or back.The 10,000 yen bills 5 that are determined to be 1 face ticket 1 are temporarily placed in the stack 10 at the sorting gate 15, and The 10,000 yen note 5' that has been determined to be a 10,000 yen note is turned over by an impeller 13 and then becomes a front note and is temporarily stacked in the stack 11.

Temporary stack 10.11 million yen tickets 5.5
' are sequentially held by the banknote holding unit 6 of the transport mechanism unit 4, and after being lowered in the banknote storage unit 31, the ten thousand yen note 5 is stored in the first storage unit 3a.

The manner in which banknotes 5.5' are held will be explained with reference to FIG. A notch 12 is provided in the temporary stack 10.11, and the banknote holder 6 of the transport mechanism 4 enters the position of the notch 12 between the selection and the banknotes 5.5' stacked on the notch 12 up and down. From the finger portion 6a.

61) to hold it.

Next, the withdrawal operation (discharge operation) will be explained with reference to Figs. The customer account balance is confirmed by If the payment is OK (payable), preparations for withdrawal will begin. First, the banknote holding section 6 of the transport mechanism section 4
descends to the first storage section of the banknote storage section 3. Then, the banknote holder 6 grasps the 60,000 yen note 5, and the operation at this time will be explained with reference to FIG.
At a position where the finger portion 6b is retreated by a number of 1 from 6a, and the finger portion 6a
The space between the tips of and 6 is opened to the extent of the grinding thickness plus the number of bills required for payment, and the bill enters from the direction of the arrow to the top of the 10,000 yen bills 5 accumulated in the bill storage section 3. And finger part 6
The tip of b stops before it comes into contact with the side surface (end surface) of the ten thousand yen note 5, and then descends in the direction of the arrow until the finger part 6a maintains the relative position of the finger parts 6a and 6b, and the finger part 6a touches the ten thousand yen note 5. Stop at the position where you press the top lightly. Next, only the finger portion 6b is inserted into the side surface of the stacked ten thousand yen notes 5 in the direction of the arrow, and the required number of banknotes 5 is held by applying pressure so that the interval between the finger portions 6a and 6b is narrowed.

In this way, the banknote holding section 6 holding the ten thousand yen note 5 is raised, and the held ten thousand yen note 5 is set in the temporary stack 10. The conveyance path of the inspection section 2 to be driven is shown by a thick line. After the ten thousand yen bills 5 are conveyed all at once along the thick line conveyance path to the receiving section 7, they are fed one by one by the feed roller 20 to the inspection device 9, where they are counted, and then by the sorting game 15'. C, million yen ticket 5
The remaining 90,000 yen notes 5' that have been determined by the inspection device 9 to be ``non-withdrawable'' are conveyed straight away and stacked in the discharging section 8 one after another. When the transfer of the ten thousand yen note 5 to the O discharge part 8, which is temporarily stacked in the temporary stack 11 by the car 13, is completed, the shutter 1b opens, and the customer receives the ten thousand yen note 5.
It becomes possible to accept or lose J.

On the other hand, the temporary stack of 1.1 million yen notes 5'
Then, the banknote is returned to the first storage i3a of the banknote storage section 3.Next, the collection operation when the customer forgets to remove the ten thousand yen note 5 from the dispensing section 8 will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the banknotes are stacked on the discharge part 8, the shutter is set to 11:1.
However, if the customer does not receive the 10,000 yen note 5 from the release unit 8 even after the shutter 1b is opened and a predetermined time has elapsed, the control unit 16 determines that the customer has forgotten to take it and closes the shutter. 1b
Close. Then, the conveyance path shown by the thick line in the inspection section 2 is reversed in the direction of the arrow.

The discharge unit transports the 800,000 yen bills 5 at once in a temporary stack 111. At this time, the sorting gate 15'' is driven to prevent the 10,000 yen note 5 from accidentally rotating upwards.Then, the 10,000 yen note 5 in the temporary stack 11 is moved.

The transport mechanism section 4 returns the bills to the first storage section 3a of the banknote storage section 3.

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 10. The difference from the first embodiment is that the conveyance path of the inspection device 9 can be rotated forward or backward, and there is a temporary Although there is a stack 10, there is no equivalent to the temporary stack 11. A collection box 19 is arranged above the cash box 3.

An example of the operation for depositing money will be explained below.

(1) When the customer instructs deposit as the transaction type, shutter 1 opens.

(2) When the customer sets paper sheets 5 in the receiving section 7 of the inspection section 2, the inspection section 2Fi rotates forward and conveys the paper sheets 5 to the inspection device 9, which determines that it is in the storage section. The paper sheets 5 that have been returned are sorted into a temporary stack IO, and the other paper sheets to be returned are sorted into a temporary stack 8 and stacked nine times.

(3) When the customer confirms that the loading is OK, the shutter 1 closes and the transport mechanism section 40 paper sheet holding section 6/
The temporary stack 10 of the ri inspection section 2 rises to hold the paper sheets 5, and then descends and stores them in the paper sheet storage section 3.

(4) When the customer instructs to stop depositing, the stacked banknotes are transported backwards to the inspection device 9, then transported again in the forward direction, transported upward through the gate, and transferred to the stack 8.

The shutter 1 is opened and the banknotes in the stack 8 are taken out by the customer.

Next, the withdrawal (discharge) operation will be explained.

(1) Customer) When a withdrawal is instructed as the transaction type, the paper sheet holding section 6 of the transporting mechanism section 4 takes out the paper sheets 5 from the paper sheet storage section 3 and ascends to the counter section 2. Set to temporary stack IO.

(2) The inspection unit 2 counts the required number of paper sheets 5 while reversing the rotation and stacks them in the take-in unit 7. If the inspection unit 9 determines that the paper sheets 5 cannot be taken out, the remaining paper sheets 5 are placed in the collection box 19. will be collected.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the banknotes are collected in the collection box 19, the banknotes inside cannot be reused. A third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 11 to 14.

The shutter 21, the inspection section 22, and the banknote storage section 23 are arranged independently, and a transport mechanism section is interposed between the shutter 21 and the other components to transfer banknotes between the respective components.

FIG. 14 shows an example of the banknote transport mechanism 24. The holding unit 26 is configured to be able to move up and down, back and forth, and in the directions of the arrows for opening and closing, using a small motor (not shown).9 Holding, transporting, and delivering banknotes Only one side of the inspection section 22 and the intake section (shutter) 21 side is occupied by the intake section 27. Emission part 28. The stacks 30 are sequentially arranged in rows from top to bottom. The above-mentioned side surface of the inspection section 22 is placed on a rail (not shown) so that it can move forward and backward relative to the discharge/take-in section 21 . The inspection section 22 moves forward when the transport mechanism section 24 descends to the storage section 23. The release and intake section 21 includes an intake section 27. Upper and lower shutters 21 facing the emission part 28 and the stack 30
a and 21b are provided.

Next, the operation of each part during deposit will be explained.

(1) When the customer specifies payment (deposit) as the transaction type, the inspection unit 22 moves forward by a motor (not shown) to the 12th
As shown in the figure, the intake section 27 stops at a position facing the discharge intake section 21. At this time, the holding section 26 has been lowered to the initial position of the storage section 23. As the inspection section 22 stops, the shutter 21a of the discharge/take-in section 21 opens.

(2) When the customer sets banknotes in the receiving section 27 of the inspection section 22 with the shutter 21a opened, the inspection section 22 takes in the bills one by one and conveys them to the inspection device 29 for discrimination in the inspection section 29. Banknotes that are determined to be storable are placed in the stack 30.
Further, banknotes to be returned for identification or damaged banknotes are respectively conveyed to the discharge section 28 and temporarily held there. Then, the shutter 21a is opened.

(3) The customer puts his hand inside the open shutter and
When the banknotes returned at step 8 are taken out and set in the retrieval section 27 again, the inspection section 22 resumes the retrieval operation. If the customer instructs (by pressing the key switch) to stop taking in the banknotes at this time, the shutter 211) will also be opened, allowing the customer to take out the banknotes temporarily held in the stack 30.

(4) When the customer presses the OK import button, the shutter 21a closes and the inspection section 22 returns to its initial position as shown in FIG.

(5) The holding part 26 of the transporting mechanism part 24 rises at the position ff-1 of the stack 30 of the inspection part to hold the banknote, and then descends to store the banknote in the storage part 23 to complete the deposit operation. .

The operation of each part during the next busy withdrawal will be explained.

(1) The customer specifies withdrawal (withdrawal) as the transaction type. At this time, the inspection section 22 is in the retracted position shown in FIG. The holding part 26 of the transport mechanism part is in the initial position (storage part 23
Bills 5 enter into the storage section 23 from the opposite position).
Grasp and sample several pieces of paper, then ascend to the inspection section 22.
Set it in the intake section 27 of. The inspection device 29 takes in and counts the transported banknotes f one by one, and stacks only the banknotes corresponding to the payment number requested by the customer in the discharge section 28.

All the items that are judged as non-dispensable by the inspection device 29 or those that are left over as a result of counting are stacked on the stack 30. At this time, the holding portion 26 has been lowered to the position of the storage portion 23.

After the above operations (counting and discrimination) of the inspection section 22, the inspection section 22 moves forward and approaches the discharge/take-in section 21. This advancement of the inspection section may be performed before the above-mentioned operations (counting and discrimination) of the inspection section, and furthermore, in order to speed up the processing operation, the advancement operation of the inspection section 29 and the counting and discrimination operations may be performed in parallel. Also good. Subsequently, the shutter 21a of the discharge/take-in section 21 is opened, and the banknotes in the discharge section 28 can be taken out by the customer.

When the customer pulls out this banknote, the withdrawal operation for the customer ends. After this, the inspection section 22 moves back and stops at position 1 shown in FIG. It grasps the banknotes stacked on the stack 30 and descends again to return the banknotes to the storage section 23.

In this embodiment, the transport mechanism section is interposed between the discharge/take-in section and the inspection section, and serves as a structural mechanism for moving the inspection section 22.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, since the banknotes are directly transferred between the inspection unit 22 and the discharge/take-in unit 1, there is a greater risk of the banknotes falling than in the case where a transport mechanism is interposed between the two. This improves reliability.

In particular, the transfer of banknotes from the inspection section 22 to the discharging/taking-in section 1 requires high reliability since the banknotes have already been checked. Therefore, customers can feel secure as they can receive the product directly from the inspection department.

Further, as described above, since the banknotes are directly transferred between the inspection section and the discharge/take-in section, the transfer time is shortened, and the processing speed of banknotes can be increased accordingly. This has the following effects.

(1) Since the paper sheets are moved between the components all at once, it only needs to be carried out once, and since the paper sheets are held and moved, transport jams are significantly reduced.

(2) Since the operation of the transport mechanism can be freely controlled by a program, changes in specifications and function expansion can be easily and economically handled.

(3) Since the counting section and transport mechanism section 1 paper sheet storage section Fi are functionally independent, the performance of each element can be checked, improving the maintainability of the device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the holding section and the stack, and FIG. 4 is the holding section and storage section. Figure 5 is the same, Figure 6 is an illustration of the operation mode of the inspection section, Figure 6 is an illustration of the operation at the time of deposit, Figure 7 is an illustration of the operation at the time of storage, and Figure 8 is the same. is a diagram explaining the operation at the time of withdrawal, No. 9
10 is a vertical sectional view of the second embodiment, FIGS. 11 to 14 show the third embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is an overall perspective view, and Figure 12 shows the first position when the inspection section moves forward.
Figure 3 shows the appearance of the hand part when the inspection part is retracted, and Figure 14 shows the appearance of the hand part. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a conventional example. 1.21: Release and intake section, 2.22: Inspection section, 23. Storage section, 4Φ24: Transport mechanism section, 7.8.28: 1st entrance/exit section, 10th fist 11-30: 2nd entrance/exit section Jlt Concave $ 2 Fig. 6 Fig. $ 7 Fig. 8 Fig. 15' $ q Fig. IO Fig. $ll Fig. $12 Fig. ! 3 diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A discharge/take-in section that takes paper sheets into and out of the device, and an inspection section that transfers paper sheets to and from the discharge/take-in section and counts the paper sheets. A paper sheet handling device comprising: a storage section that stores paper sheets; and a transport mechanism section that transfers paper sheets between the inspection section and the storage section. 2. The inspection section has a first entrance/exit section for transferring paper sheets to and from the above-mentioned discharge/taking-in section, and a second entrance/exit section for transferring paper sheets between the above-mentioned transport mechanism section. A paper sheet handling device according to claim 1. 3. The inspection section has a common entrance/exit section for transferring paper sheets between the above-mentioned discharge/intake section and the transport mechanism section, and the common entrance/exit section is connected to the discharge/intake section and the transportation mechanism section. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1, wherein the paper sheet handling device is configured to move relatively close to each other.