JPS6283935A - Paper sheet processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the cost by providing a movable supporting member for constituting the base of storing section when temporarily storing paper sheets while supporting the paper sheets in a containing chamber when containing thus sharing the storing section and the containing section. CONSTITUTION:A temporal storing section 9 and a mounting/inspecting chamber (containing chamber) 10 are positioned vertically while communicating each other. A door 25 openable/closable around a shaft 24 is arranged at one sideface section of said temporal storing section 9. A supporting member 36 movable up and down by means of a drive mechanism is arranged in the containing chamber 10 to be lowered when mounting/inspecting while lifted when storing temporarily thus to construct the base of the storing section 9. In other word, when taking out the paper sheets, they can be taken out from the temporal storing section or the containing chamber while feeding by means of a take-out means in the temporal storing section or a take-out roller 21, a feed roller 22, etc. Consequently, the size of the processor and the cost can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device used, for example, as a banknote deposit machine.

[Prior Art] Generally, in a banknote dispensing machine, banknotes are inserted through the banknote slot, the banknotes are sequentially taken in one by one, and an inspection unit determines, for example, the denomination. These banknotes are temporarily stored in a temporary storage section, and when the customer presses a confirmation button, they are taken out from the temporary storage section and sorted and stacked in a plurality of safes according to the denomination.

In addition, this banknote output machine is equipped with a storage for loading and inspection, and when loading banknotes, after setting the banknotes in this storage, they are taken out one by one and sent to the above-mentioned inspection department, where the denomination etc. After determining the denomination, each of the plurality of safes is loaded according to the denomination.

Further, when inspecting banknotes, the banknotes are taken out from each of the plurality of safes, sent to the inspection section for verification, and then stored in the storage box.

However, in the past, the temporary storage section and the storage for loading and inspection were constructed independently and placed separately, which required a large amount of space and increased the size. Naturally, the number of parts was also increased. However, there are problems in that the cost increases, and the reliability also decreases.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a paper sheet processing device that is small, inexpensive, and highly reliable. It is.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention arranges a temporary storage section and a storage in a communicating state, and provides a movable sheet of paper between the storage and the retrieval means of the temporary storage section. It is equipped with a similar support member.

[Function] When paper sheets are temporarily stored in the temporary storage section, the support member for paper sheets moves to the bottom side of the temporary storage section and forms the base of the temporary storage section. When the paper sheets are to be stored, they are moved into the storage to support the paper sheets, and when the paper sheets are to be taken out, the paper sheets in the temporary storage section or storage are sent to the take-out means of the temporary storage section to be taken out.

That is, in the present invention, the support member for paper sheets can also be used as the base of the temporary storage section, and the ejection means of the temporary storage section can be used to take out the paper sheets from the storage.

[Example] The present invention will be described below with reference to an example shown in FIGS. 1 to 11. Figure 1 shows the automatic deposit bank.
1 in the figure is the main body. An operating section 1a is provided at the center of the front surface of the main body 1.

Further, on the upper side of the main body 1, there is provided a banknote inlet 2 (also used as a banknote outlet) which is opened and closed by a shutter 2a. Bills P... as paper sheets are inserted into the bill slot 2, and the inserted bills P... are taken out one by one by the rotation of the take-out roller 41, and then transferred to the first conveyor. It is designed to be conveyed by path 19. Further, an inspection section 3 is provided in the middle of the first conveyance path 19 for the banknote P, and the inspection section 3 determines whether the banknote P... is a genuine note or a counterfeit note. In addition, the denomination etc. can be determined.

On the other hand, in the lower part of the first conveyance path 19, a thousand yen box 5, a ten thousand yen box 6, a collection box 7, a reject box 8, and a loading/examination safe 10 as a storage are arranged in order at predetermined intervals. A temporary storage section 9 is provided on the upper side of the loading inspection safe 1o.

In addition, the first conveyance path 19, the thousand yen store 5, the million yen store 6,
, collection, 17, the reject warehouse 8, the temporary storage warehouse 9, and the loading and inspection warehouse 10 are connected via a second conveyance path 20,
Roughly speaking, the first conveyance path 19 is connected to the payment accumulation section 4 via a third conveyance path 32. First to eighth gates 11 to 18 are arranged in the first to third transport paths 19, 20, and 32, and these first to eighth gates 1
The conveyance direction of the banknotes P... is changed by the operations 1 to 18.

By the way, the temporary storage section 9 and the loading and inspection warehouse 10 are located in the second
It is configured as shown in the figure. That is, the temporary storage section 9 and the loading/examination chamber 10 are located above and below and communicated with each other.

A take-out roller 2) as a take-out means and a feed roller 22 are disposed on the upper surface of the temporary storage section 9, and a gate roller 23 is in rolling contact with the take-out roller 2). Further, on one side of the temporary storage section 9, an opening/closing door 25 that opens and closes around a support shaft 24 is provided. During this time, the closing leg 25 is provided with rollers 26, 27, second gate 12, guides 28, 29, and rollers 30, 31, and 33, which constitute an inlet path for reversing the banknotes P. Further, a pair of rollers 34 and 35 for introducing banknotes P are arranged on the other lower side of the temporary storage section 9.

Further, a support member 36 is provided within the loading/inspection unit 36, which is moved up and down by a drive mechanism (not shown). This support member 36 is lowered and placed in the loading/examination J*10 during loading and inspection, and is raised to form the base of the temporary storage section 9 during temporary storage.

When depositing the banknotes P inserted into the input slot 2, they are taken out one by one by the rotation of the takeout roller 41, and the taken out banknotes P... are as shown in FIG. It is sent to inspection department 3. Here, the front and back sides of the bill P are determined, and the front ticket is changed its course by the first gate 11 and passes through the third gate 13 to the temporary storage section 9 with the same orientation.
The reverse tickets pass through the first gate 11, are reversed by the second gate 12, and are accumulated in the temporary storage section 9. At the time of this accumulation, the support member 36 of the loading and examination cloth 10 is driven.
It is raised by a J mechanism (not shown) and constitutes the base of the temporary storage section 9, and supports banknotes P... As a result, the banknotes P... are stacked with their front and back sides combined.

Further, if the bill P is determined to be a bill that should be rejected by the inspection section 3, it is sent to the third conveyance path 32 via the second gate 12, and the money is withdrawn through this third conveyance path 32. It is sent to the accumulation section 4 and accumulated.

The eject tickets accumulated in the payout accumulating section 4 are discharged into the input slot 2 when the banknotes P in the input slot 2 run out. In addition, the banknotes P accumulated in the temporary storage 9...
When the customer presses a confirmation button (not shown), the support member 36 is raised as shown in FIG. ) are rotated and taken out one by one. Then, the taken out banknotes P are conveyed, and the ten thousand yen notes are accumulated on the ten thousand yen cloth 6 through the sixth gate 16, and the one thousand yen notes are accumulated on one thousand yen 1 [5 through the seventh gate 17]. , old notes, 5,000 yen notes, and rejected notes are accumulated in the reject box 8 via the fourth gate 14, and the deposit operation is completed.

Next, the loading (replenishment) vJ operation of banknotes P... will be explained.

At this time, first, the safe 10 for loading and inspection is removed, and the banknotes P are set in the safe 10 and supported by the support member 36. Thereafter, the safe 10 is attached and a loading start button (not shown) is pressed. As a result, the support member 36 is raised as shown in FIG. 1 gate 11 and the 8th gate 18, and the 6th gate 16 and the 7th gate 1
7, 1,000 yen is stored in the 1,000 yen cloth 5, and 10,000 yen is stored in the 10,000 yen cloth 6.

Further, when a rejected ticket is generated during loading, the withdrawal is momentarily interrupted and the rejected ticket is accumulated in the payout accumulating section 4. Then, after a certain timing, the removal is restarted, and when the banknotes P on the loading and inspection cloth 10 are exhausted, the loading is finished. As shown in FIG. 6, the rejected ticket is carried to the slot 2, taken out from the slot 2, loaded, and returned to the inspection cloth 10.

Next, the inspection operation will be explained based on FIG. 7.

The banknotes P taken out from the 1,000 yen cloth 5 and the 10,000 yen cloth 6 are inspected by the inspection section 3, loaded through the second gate 12, and sent to the inspection cloth 10.
are accumulated in Further, the rejected tickets are accumulated in the reject warehouse 8 via the first gate 11 and the fourth gate 14.

Next, the withdrawal operation will be explained based on FIG. The 10,000 yen note is taken out from the 1,000 yen cloth 6, and the 1,000 yen note is taken out from the 1,000 yen cloth 5.
Tickets that are determined to be genuine by the inspection section 3 are sorted out by the first gate 11 and are sorted by the first gate 11 to a withdrawal stacking section 4. Tickets that are discriminated as hereditary bills are sorted by the inspection section 3 and accumulated in the reject storeroom 8 by the fourth gate 14. The banknotes P... accumulated in the dispensing accumulator 4 are discharged into the input slot 2, and at the same time, the shutter 2a is released and the banknotes P... are paid to the customer.

Next, the deposit return operation will be explained based on FIG. 9.

When the customer presses the cancel button, the banknotes P are removed from the temporary storage 9.
... are taken out and accumulated in the withdrawal accumulation section 4, and then released into the input slot section 2 and returned to the customer.

Next, the operation of collecting the forgotten items will be explained based on FIG. 10. When the shutter 2a is opened and a certain period of time has elapsed, the take-out roller 41 is driven to take out the banknotes P... from the input slot 2 and collect them in the collection box 7 via the first gate 11 and the fifth gate 15. Ru.

Next, the case where the back side of banknotes P is replenished will be explained. In this case, the opening/closing door 25 is opened as shown in FIG. This opening is detected by the detector 38, and upon this detection, the support member 36 is raised by a drive mechanism (not shown) and stopped within the temporary storage section 9. Next, the bill P is inserted from the opening 9a in the direction of the arrow a, placed on the support member 36, and the opening/closing m25 is closed. Thereafter, the support member 36 is raised and the bills P are brought into rolling contact with the take-in roller 2), and the take-in roller 2) is rotated to be taken in and replenished one by one.

In addition, when taking out some of the banknotes P... from each safe 5, 6, 7, the banknotes P... are taken into the temporary storage 9 and placed on the support member 36. After placing the paper money, the opening/closing door 25 is opened and the banknotes P... are taken out in the direction indicated by the arrow.

By opening the door 25, bills P can be taken in and out without removing the safe 10.

In the above embodiment, the temporary storage section 9 has an opening/closing f.
! 25, however, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same effect can be obtained by providing an opening/closing door 42 in the storage [10] as shown in FIG.

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the material to the support part 1 can be shared as the base of the temporary storage part and the support material for paper sheets in the storage compartment 'p=A, and The ejecting means of the storage section allows not only the paper sheets in the temporary storage section but also the paper sheets in the storage to be taken out. Therefore, compared to the conventional case where temporary storage and storage are provided independently, the structure can be significantly simplified, costs can be reduced, reliability is improved, and space is also advantageous. The effect of being Qin.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 11 show an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a banknote dispensing machine, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a temporary storage section and storage, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are explanatory diagrams showing the flow of banknotes at the time of deposit. Figure 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes when loading banknotes, Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes, Figure 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes during inspection, and Figure 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes. Explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes over time, No. 9
Figure 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes when returning deposits, Figure 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes when collecting forgotten banknotes, and Figure 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation when replenishing banknotes and partially taking out banknotes. 1st
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. P...Banknotes (paper sheets), 9...Temporary storage section, 1o.
... Storage cabinet, 2) ... Take-out roller (take-out means), 3
6...Supporting member. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 5 A Figure 6 Figure 7 Diagram 1 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A temporary storage section for temporarily storing paper sheets; a take-out means provided in the temporary storage section for taking out paper sheets one by one; It is movable between a storage for storing paper sheets and the retrieval means of the temporary storage section, and forms the base of the temporary storage section when temporarily storing paper sheets. A paper sheet processing device comprising: a support member for supporting paper sheets. (2) The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the temporary storage section and the storage are separable. (3) The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an opening/closing door is provided in the temporary storage section or the storage, and the opening/closing door is opened to allow paper sheets to enter and exit.