JPS6260090A - 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 paper sheet handling device, and particularly to an automatic cash transaction for automatically performing deposit transactions and payment transactions for banknotes, which are paper sheets. It relates to something suitable for use as a device.

[Background of the invention]

In a conventional automatic teller machine, for example, as shown in FIG. Each of the plurality of storage functions a'' to c has a function for taking in banknotes inside and taking them out to the outside.

However, if each of the storage mechanisms a to c has a function to take in and take out banknotes, not only will the number of component parts of the storage mechanism a ``'' = c increase, but the structure of the storage mechanism will also become more complex, which will cause problems in the device. The problem was that it was expensive.

In addition, a belt f is provided between the storage mechanisms a to -C, a counting mechanism d for identifying and counting one banknote, and a banknote transaction port mechanism e for conveying banknotes. , the length of the belt f increases due to changes over time and causes flexure, which may result in the inability to properly control the conveyance of banknotes.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts and simplify the structure by unitizing each component.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly expandable paper sheet handling device that can appropriately control conveyance and whose functions can be easily changed.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention provides a transaction opening mechanism for paper sheets, a counting mechanism for identifying and counting paper sheets and sorting them into transactions and non-transactions, and a plurality of paper sheets for storing nine paper sheets according to their types. a storage mechanism, and one conveying device for transferring paper sheets between each of the mechanisms,
The conveying device is equipped with a control unit that controls these according to a predetermined program according to the type of transaction of paper sheets.
The plurality of storage mechanisms includes a hand section that collectively grips and releases paper sheets at a predetermined position of each of the mechanisms, and a moving section that moves the hand section to a predetermined position of each of the mechanisms.
They are characterized in that they are arranged at appropriate intervals at radial positions centered on the center position of the conveying device, thereby achieving the above object.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment in which the paper sheet handling device of the present invention is applied to an automatic teller machine, FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views and sectional views of a counting mechanism, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the transport device, and a plan view showing the relative positions of the transport device and the storage mechanism.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automated teller machine of the embodiment includes a transaction port mechanism 1, a counting mechanism 2, and a plurality of storage mechanisms 3, 3.
', one transport device 4, and a control section 5, which are installed independently.

The transaction port mechanism 1 is used when depositing banknotes.

It has an opening 1a for taking banknotes into the device and for taking out the banknotes out of the device during a bill payment transaction, and is installed at a position above the front part of the support base 6.

The counting mechanism 2 is installed at a rear position facing the transaction opening mechanism 1, and is configured to distinguish and count banknotes during transactions, and to sort them into transactions and non-transactions. . More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the counting mechanism 2 includes a take-in section 21 that takes in banknotes to be transacted when the banknotes are transported, and a take-in section 21 that transports the taken banknotes. The main conveyance path 22a and the main conveyance path 22
a discriminator 23 which is provided on the top and which distinguishes banknotes into transactional and non-transactional banknotes; a gate 24 which distributes the classified banknotes according to the type of transaction; Conveyance paths 22b and 22c for discharging and taking in, respectively, and a stack section 25a that holds the respective banknotes sent out from the conveyance paths 22b and 22c.
, 25b, and each conveyance path 2Za, 22b, 22
It is equipped with a plurality of sensors 26a to 26d that are installed on the banknotes 26a to 26d and count banknotes at respective positions, and a case 27 in which these sensors are attached at predetermined positions.

When a banknote to be transacted is placed on the loading table 21a of the loading unit 2, the counting mechanism 2 transfers the banknote to a sensor 26a.
The sheets are detected, taken one by one onto the main conveyance path 22a by the rotation of the feed roller 21b, and passed through the main conveyance path 22a into the discriminator 23 to be distinguished as transactional or non-transactional. Therefore, when a banknote passes through the main conveyance path 22a, the discriminator 23 detects the denomination of the banknote, detects whether the banknote is a genuine note or a counterfeit banknote, and detects the degree of dirt, damage, etc. on the banknote. It distinguishes between banknotes that can be used for transactions and banknotes that cannot be used for transactions.

Then, when the verified banknote passes through the sensor 26b,
The gate 24 selects the desired conveyance path 22b depending on the type of transaction;
Banknotes are sorted by opening and closing the passage to 22c. Therefore, when the transaction is payment, the gate 24 transfers the banknotes for the transaction to the conveyance path 2 for discharge.
2b and for taking in banknotes for non-transactions.
If the transaction is a deposit, the banknotes for the transaction are transferred to the transport path 22c for taking in the banknotes.
Banknotes for non-transactions are distributed so that they can be sent to the respective delivery paths 22b.

Furthermore, the banknotes sorted into transactional and non-transactional banknotes are conveyed through the respective transport paths 22b and 22c and held in the stack parts 25a and 25b, and at this time, the transaction banknotes are counted by the sensor 26c or the sensor 26d. , and by stopping the counting mechanism 2 when the specified number of sheets is reached,
The stack portion 5a or 25b is made to hold transaction banknotes for a specified number of banks.

Therefore, the stack section 25a holds transactional banknotes during a payment transaction and non-transactional banknotes during a deposit transaction, and the stacking section 25b holds non-transactional banknotes during a payment transaction and holds non-transactional banknotes during a deposit transaction. It is sometimes used to hold transactional banknotes. That is, the stack portion 25a holds banknotes to be discharged to the transaction port mechanism 1, and the stack portion 25b holds banknotes to be taken into the storage mechanisms 3, 3'.

In addition, when making a payment transaction, the banknotes for the transaction are stored in the stack section 2.
If there are still banknotes remaining on the mounting table 21a when the specified number of banknotes are held in the bank 5a, the remaining banknotes are transferred to the main conveyance path 22.
a and the conveyance path 22c, and is held by the stack section 25b.

Further, the stack parts 25a and 25b are respectively installed at a position closer to the opening 1a of the transaction port mechanism 1 and a position closer to the storage mechanism on the front side of the case 27.

Each of the plurality of storage mechanisms 3 and 3' is a safe 31.

The safe 31 has a banknote entrance/exit 32 provided at the upper front of the safe 31, and one (right side in FIG. 1) safe 31 stores ten thousand yen bills, and the other (left side in FIG. 1) banknotes stores one thousand yen bills. are stored respectively. Further, in one storage mechanism 3, a collection safe 3 is provided below the safe 31 and has an opening 34 for storing banknotes when the customer forgets to take them out.
3 is provided.

These storage mechanisms 3 and 3' are installed on a support stand 6 and are arranged below the transaction port mechanism 1 and the counting mechanism 2.

The conveyance device 4 is configured to be able to transfer banknotes between the transaction port mechanism 1, the counting mechanism 2, and the storage mechanism 3. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the conveyance device 4 is installed on the support stand 6 between the transaction port mechanism 1 and the counting mechanism 2 and between the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'. A hand portion 41 that grips banknotes and the hand portion 41 are connected to each mechanism 1.
, 2, 3° 3'.

The hand part 41 has a main body 411 having a solenoid 412 for opening and closing, and a pair of fingers 413 and 414 provided on the main body 411 to open and close in the direction of the arrow by the electromagnetic force of the solenoid 412. finger 413°4
When the holder 14 is closed, a suitable number of banknotes are held at once, and when the holder 14 is opened, the grip of the banknotes is released.

The moving part 42 is connected to a pair of screw shafts 421 vertically provided between the transaction port mechanism 1 and the counting mechanism 2 and between the storage mechanisms 3 and 3', and to the lower part of each screw shaft 421. The vertical motor 422 and each screw shaft 4
21 and has a rotating motor 424, and a gear 426 that meshes with a gear 425 attached to the rotating shaft of the rotating motor 424 on both side surfaces, and the central shaft of the gear 426 is A slide table 428 and 1 is supported by a support plate 423 and has a front and rear motor 427 on its upper part.
The hand portion 41 is attached to the rotating shaft of the front and rear motor 427.
It has a pinion 429 that meshes with a rack 415 provided on the main body 411, and a holding part (not shown) that holds the hand part 41 on a slide base 428 in a state where the pinion 429 and the rack 415 are meshed. .

When the screw shaft 421 is rotated around the axis by the drive of the vertical motor 422, the moving part 42 moves the support plate 42
3 and the slide base 428 are moved in the direction of the arrow A, the hand part 41 is moved in the same direction A, and when the gear 425 is rotated by the drive of the rotary motor 424, the gear 426 that meshes with the gear 425 is moved. At the same time as the slide table 428 is rotated in the direction C of the arrow around the rotation axis of the rotation motor 424, the hand part 41 is rotated in the same direction C, and the front and rear motor 42
When the pinion 429 is rotated by the drive of the pinion 429, the hand section main body 411 is moved in the arrow direction B by the rack 415 that meshes with the pinion 429, thereby moving the hand section 41 in the same direction B.

Therefore, the moving unit 42 is connected to the opening 1a of the transaction opening mechanism 1;
Intake unit 21 of counting mechanism 2. Stack part 25a for release
, a stack section 25b for taking in, and each storage mechanism 3,
The hand section 41 is moved to the banknote entrance/exit port 32 of banknote 3', and the hand section 41 is moved to the bill slot 32 of banknote 3'. Stack part 2
5a, 25b, the bill is gripped or released from the bill entrance 32.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the mounting table 21a of the receiving section 21 has a notch 21 so that the hand section 41 can pass the bill.
c is formed, and the stack parts 25a and 25b
Notches 25'a and 25'b are respectively formed so that the hand portion 41 can grip the banknotes held by these.

Further, the banknote entrance/exit ports 32, 34 of the storage machines [3, 3' are formed in a size such that the hand portion 41 can be inserted into the banknotes to grasp and release the banknotes.

The control unit 5 controls the transport device 4. Storage mechanism 3.3'.

Counting mechanism 2. Each transaction port mechanism 1 is controlled according to a preset program according to the type of transaction, and it includes a memory (not shown) that stores these operating sequences and a microcomputer that reads and executes the operating sequences. We are prepared.

This control section 5 is installed at a position rearward of the storage mechanism 3 of the support stand 6.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 indicates a power supply section.

As shown in FIG. 5, the two storage mechanisms 3,
3' is located. That is, the transport device 4 slide table 4
The central part F of the storage mechanism 3, 3' is arranged at the central position G on the rotation axis of the storage mechanism 3, 3', so that when the hand part 41 of the conveying device 4 moves to the storage mechanism 3.3', both storage mechanisms 3, 3' Transfer 1 to mechanism 3, 3'! The amount of I3 is kept the same.

Next, the transaction operation of the automatic teller machine of the embodiment will be described.

[For payment transactions]

In the initial state, the hand portion 41 of the conveyance device 4 is positioned to face the take-in portion 21 of the counting mechanism 2, as shown in FIG.

Then, when the customer specifies payment as the transaction type and further specifies the payment amount 1, for example, 53,000 yen, the hand section 41 first stores the 10,000 yen hole as shown by arrow A in FIG. It then moves forward in the direction of the arrow in the figure and enters the bill slot 32, where the upper part of the stacked bills in the gold 1131 is scooped out into a ladle. grip it.

At this time, the number of bills to be grabbed is greater than the payment amount specified above. Furthermore, the fingers 414 of the hand section 41
The banknotes are inserted between the layers of stacked banknotes.

After grabbing the banknotes all at once as described above, the hand section 4
1 retreats in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. Place them all at once on the stand 21a. Then, the counting mechanism 2 takes in the banknotes by rotating the feed roller 21b of the taking-in section 21.

The banknote is passed to the discriminator 23. Gate 24. It is discriminated and counted by the sensor 26c. In this case, out of the amount specified by the customer, the transaction banknotes are transported to the upper stack section 25a by the transport path 22b and stacked until they are counted to the number of ten thousand yen holes, that is, five, and the payment amount is The amount of banknotes exceeding the above amount is transported to the lower stack section 25b and stacked as non-transactionable banknotes (see FIG. 7).

Note that when the bill counted by the counting mechanism 2 is less than the payment amount specified by the customer, the hand section 41 returns to the safe 31 again, grabs the bill, ascends again, and supplies it to the receiving section 21.
A payment transaction is performed by repeating the counting operation again.

Thereafter, the hand section 41 first moves upward from the position of the intake section 21 toward the stack section 25a, and
5a to grab the banknotes stacked on the stack part 25a, then rotate 180° in the direction of arrow H in FIG.

In this case, a shutter (not shown) provided in one opening 1a
Since the bank remains closed, the customer is still unable to receive the banknotes.

Thereafter, the hand section 41 rotates in the opposite direction to the arrow H, descends, grabs the banknotes stacked on the stack section 25b all at once as shown in FIG. The bill enters the bill entrance/exit 32 and is released by placing it on one of the bills in the safe.

After transporting the non-transactional ten thousand yen bills to the safe as described above, the hand section 41 moves in the same manner as described above to store the thousand yen bills, as shown in FIG. Grab the banknotes in the storage mechanism 3'. Also at this time, the number of bills to be grabbed is greater than the number of bills to be paid.

Then, the hand section 41 moves in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 8 and places the banknote on the receiving section 21 of the counting mechanism 2.

The counting mechanism 2 discriminates and counts the 1,000 yen bills in the same way as the 10,000 yen bills, and stacks the bills that are determined to be for transaction on the stacking part 25a in the number of bills corresponding to the payment amount, that is, 3 bills. , the remaining banknotes are stacked on the stack section 25b.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 9, the five-hunt section 41 grabs the banknotes on the stack section 25a, rotates in the direction of the arrow, and conveys the thousand yen bill to the opening 1a of the transaction opening mechanism 1.

As a result, all of the customer's payment amount (53,000 yen) has been conveyed to the opening 1a, and the banknotes conveyed here are removed by the customer when the shutter of the opening 1a is opened.

After the 1,000 yen banknotes are conveyed to 11a, the hand section 41 grabs the non-transactionable banknotes stacked on the stack section 25b and moves them in the direction of the arrow N, as shown in FIG. Bills are taken into the safe of the storage mechanism 3'.

Furthermore, if the customer forgets to take out the banknotes discharged into the opening 1a of the transaction opening mechanism 1, the banknotes are gripped and moved by the hand part 41 after a certain period of time, so that the banknotes are held in the storage mechanism 3. is taken into the collection safe 33.

[In the case of top-up transactions]

The hand portion 41 of the conveyance device 4 is positioned to face the take-in portion 21 of the counting mechanism 2 in the initial state as described above. When the customer specifies deposit as the transaction type and further specifies the deposit amount, for example, 53,000 yen, the hand section 41 opens the transaction port 1a of the transaction port mechanism 1, as shown in FIG. Move to and wait. If there are already banknotes, the banknotes placed in this area are grabbed all at once. Next, the hand portion 41 reverses the deposited banknotes as shown in the arrow direction and descends to convey them to the receiving portion 21 of the counting mechanism 2 .

The counting mechanism 2 takes in banknotes one by one and discriminates them.

At this time, the counting mechanism 2 first discriminates whether the banknotes should be stored in the storage mechanism 3, that is, 10,000 yen banknotes, and the banknotes that are determined to be in the storage tube are sent to the stacking section 25b, where they are Bills that have been counted and determined to be unstorable are stored in the stack section 2.
Sent to 5a.

The ten thousand yen bill sent to the stack section 25b is transferred to the hand section 4.
1, and the hand portion 41 moves in the direction of arrow O shown in FIG.
stored inside.

On the other hand, the banknotes sent to the stack section 25a are transferred to the hand section 41.
When the hand portion 41 is moved in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. The yen bills are discriminated, and the bills that are discriminated as storage tubes are sent to the stack section 25b, and the bills that are discriminated as unstorable are sent to the stack section 25a. After that, Hunt Department 41
grips the banknotes sent to the stack section 25b, and
The banknotes are stored in the safe 31 of the storage mechanism 3' by moving in the direction of the arrow A shown in the figure, and the banknotes sent to the stack section 25a are grasped, and the banknotes are reversed in the direction of the arrow A shown in the figure to open the transaction opening. It is transported to the opening 1a of the mechanism 1.

Note that when the returned bill is inserted into the mouth 1a again by the customer, the above-described operation is repeated, but the deposit transaction ends after one hour has passed.

In this way, in this embodiment, the transaction port mechanism 1,
The counting mechanism 2, the storage mechanisms 3, 3', and the conveyance device 4 are each made into a unit, and the conveyance device 4 transfers banknotes between the mechanisms 1 to 3, 3', so that it is not necessary to use the conventional method. Compared to a system in which each storage mechanism is provided with a function for taking in and taking out banknotes, not only the structure of the storage mechanisms 3 and 3' can be simplified, but also the number of component parts thereof can be reduced. Moreover, each of the constituent parts 1 to 3.
Since 3' and 4 are made into a unit, the workability of assembling them can be improved.

Furthermore, in the conveying device 4, the hand portion 41 grips and conveys the banknotes, so a belt is not required, and therefore, compared to a conventional example using a belt, the conveyance speed fluctuates depending on the change in the length of the belt. Since this can be eliminated, the conveyance control by the conveyance device 4 can be appropriately performed.

Furthermore, the two storage mechanisms 3, 3' are arranged at radial positions centered on the central position Ha of the transport device 4, and the amount of movement of the hand section 41 relative to both storage mechanisms 3, 3' is the same. Therefore, when positioning the hand section 41 at the banknote entrance/exit 32 of the storage mechanism 3, 3', the positioning can be easily performed by changing the direction of the hand section 41 in only one direction. It can be simplified.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the functions of the device can be easily expanded. That is, since each component is formed into a unit, the storage mechanism 30 is assembled as shown by the chain line in FIG.
can be easily added, and therefore the types of banknotes handled can be increased, so the functions can be easily expanded.

Further, the counting mechanism 2 has the transaction opening mechanism 1 in the stack section 25a.
The stack part 25b holds the banknotes to be ejected into the storage mechanism 3, 3', and the stack part 25b holds the banknotes to be taken into the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'. Since the portions 25b are installed at positions closer to the storage mechanisms 3 and 3', respectively.

It has a rational structure in which the distance between the storage mechanisms 3, 3' and the transaction port mechanism 1 is shortened as much as possible, so that the time for transporting banknotes can be further shortened.

Furthermore, one of the storage mechanisms 3 is provided with a collection safe 33 integrally with the safe 31 so that customers can collect banknotes they have forgotten to take, so that the storage mechanism 3 can be removed from the device when the staff is in charge. This allows the two safes 31 and 33 to be taken out at the same time, making it easy to attach and detach the safes.

FIG. 14 shows a second embodiment of the invention.

This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the storage mechanism 3° 3' is provided to rotate around the center position G of the conveyance device 4. That is, the storage mechanisms 3 and 3' are installed on a rotary table 8 that is rotatably installed around the center position G of the transport mechanism 4, and the rotary table 8 is installed at the time of transaction.
When the desired storage mechanism is rotated to a position opposite to the hand section 41 of the transport mechanism 4 by the rotation of , the hand section 41 takes out banknotes from the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'.

The operation for loading banknotes into the storage mechanisms 3 and 3' can be performed at the same position.

Therefore, in this embodiment, even in the storage mechanism 3.3', the hand section 41 can always take in and take out banknotes at the same position, making it easier to control the movement of the hand section. , and the storage mechanism 3, 3'
It is also possible to attach and detach the parts at the same place, which makes maintenance management easier for staff.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, one transport device transfers between the transaction port mechanism, the counting mechanism, and the plurality of storage mechanisms, and each of these components is made into a unit, so the number of parts can be reduced. It is possible to provide an apparatus that can reliably reduce the number of units, simplify the structure of the storage mechanism, appropriately control transport, and easily expand its functions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment in which the paper sheet handling device of the present invention is applied to an automatic teller machine, and FIGS.
The figures are a perspective view and a sectional view showing the counting mechanism, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the conveyance device, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the relative position of the conveyance device and storage mechanism, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are payment An explanatory diagram showing the operation state of the hand during a transaction, FIGS. 10 to 13 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the hand section during a deposit transaction, and FIG. 14 is a transport bag showing a second embodiment of the present invention. +a
FIG. 15 is a sectional view showing an example of the configuration of a conventional automatic cash handling device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Transaction opening mechanism, 2...Counting mechanism, 21...Intake part, 25a, 25b...Stack part, 3.3'
...Storage mechanism, 4.Transportation device, 41..Hand section, 42..Movement section, G..Center position of the transportation device. Agent Patent Attorney Tadashi Akimoto Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 6rIA Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 3I 33 Figure 10 Figure 1I FIA Figure 12 Figure 131'21 Figure 14

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A transaction port mechanism for paper sheets, a counting mechanism for distinguishing and counting paper sheets and sorting them into transactional and non-transactional ones, and separating paper sheets by each type. It is equipped with a plurality of storage mechanisms for storing paper sheets, one conveying device for transferring paper sheets between the respective mechanisms, and a control section for controlling these according to a predetermined program according to the type of transaction of paper sheets. , the conveying device includes a hand section that collectively grips and releases paper sheets at a predetermined position of each of the mechanisms, and a moving section that moves the hand section to a predetermined position of each of the mechanisms, A paper sheet handling device characterized in that the storage mechanisms are arranged at appropriate intervals at radial positions centered on the center position of the conveyance device. 2. A paper sheet handling device according to claim 1, characterized in that one of the transport device and the plurality of storage mechanisms is installed so as to be rotatable relative to the other.