JPS63112350A - Handler for paper sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reinstate a device automatically without making it come down as well as to improve its operation rate, by selecting a transfer gate when jam occurrence is detected, reversing a conveying device, and housing paper sheets on a conveying passage in a second storage device. CONSTITUTION:When a jam is detected, delivery of bills is stopped at once, while a conveying passage driving motor is driven till these bills dwindle away into nothing between a receipt-payment port 1 and a transfer gate 19b and then it is stopped. With this operation, bills in a conveying passage are collected in and around a transfer gate 8b. And, the transfer gate 19b is selected so as to lead a jammed bill into a jammed bill housing 20, reversing the conveying passage driving motor, and the conveying passage is driven in the reverse direction, then the jammed bill is recovered in the jammed bill housing 20 via the conveying passage 19. Therefore, these bills on the conveying passage are automatically recovered, and a device is automatically reinstated without making it come down and, what is more, an accident rate is reduced, thus an operation rate is improvable.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling device, which is capable of automatic recovery and is particularly suitable for operating on holidays and when it is difficult for staff to rush to the site in the event of a failure. related to a paper sheet handling device.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional banknote handling devices, for example,
As disclosed in Publication No. 149584, it is possible to simplify the recovery process when a failure such as a jam occurs by performing the loading process and inspection process of banknotes intermittently every predetermined number of banknotes. I was worried.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, no consideration is given to automatic recovery in the event of a failure such as a jam, and there is a problem in that when a jam occurs, the device must be shut down and the jammed banknotes must be manually removed. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems in conventional banknote handling devices, and to automatically remove banknotes on a conveyance path when a jam or other failure occurs. To provide a banknote handling device that can be automatically restored without taking down the banknote collection, reduce the failure rate, and improve the operating rate.

[Means for solving problems]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to provide a means for feeding paper sheets one by one, a first storage means for storing the fed paper sheets, a sensor for detecting the passage of the paper sheets, and a sensor for detecting the passage of the paper sheets, and a sensor for detecting the passage of the paper sheets. In a paper sheet handling device having a paper sheet transport means and a switching gate for switching the destination of the paper sheets, a second storage means is provided for storing jammed paper sheets.

Paper sheets characterized in that, when the occurrence of a jam is detected by the sensor, the switching gate is switched and the conveyance means is reversed so that the paper sheets on the conveyance path are stored in the second storage means. This is achieved by similar handling equipment.

[Effect]

The above-mentioned jam usually occurs when the paper sheet being conveyed is deformed and collides with an obstacle. Furthermore, in general, when a paper jam occurs, it is impossible to transport the paper sheet any further in the forward direction (original transport direction), but it is often possible to transport the paper sheet in the reverse direction.

In view of the above circumstances, in the present invention, when the occurrence of a jam is detected by a sensor, the switching gate is switched to the side of the jammed paper leaf storage box, the conveyance path is reversed, the jammed paper leaf is conveyed to the above storage box, and the fjQ transport is performed. The aim is to automatically restore the road by clearing paper sheets from the road.

〔Example〕

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a recycling-type bill handling device showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a deposit/withdrawal port commonly used for deposits and withdrawals, 3 is a banknote authenticity check, denomination check 2 is a front/back check, and is a recycled banknote or not? A discriminating section 4 discriminates whether or not the bill is a banknote, a dispensing-time storage section 4 stores the disbursed bill at the time of dispensing, and a discriminating section 6 stores the bill that is determined to be a genuine bill as a result of the discriminating in the discriminating section 3. Deposit to be temporarily stored - Time storage section, 1
0.11 is an A denomination cash box and a B denomination cash box that respectively store A denomination (for example, 10,000 yen notes) and B denomination (for example, 1,000 yen note) to be recycled; 14 is the above-mentioned discrimination section 3; As a result of the identification, it was determined that the banknotes were genuine and non-recirculated banknotes (for example, A
A bulk cash box 18 stores banknotes that are determined to be banknotes (denominations other than denominations and denominations B) and damaged notes (banknotes that are torn, folded, etc.); 20 indicates a jammed bill storage box for storing jammed bills.

In addition, 7 is a conveyance path that loops between the discrimination section 3, the deposit-time storage section 6, and the entrance and exit conveyance paths of each cash box 10, 1.1.14, 5 is a withdrawal conveyance path, and 21 is a reject storage box. 1
8 and the conveyance path 5, 2 is the deposit/withdrawal port 1;
and the loop-shaped conveyance path 7; 19 is a conveyance path between the jammed banknote storage box 20 and the conveyance path 2; 8,
9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 1.7 are the deposit-time storage unit 6 and each cash box 10, 11. , 14, and each of the above-mentioned transport paths has exit number-of-sheets detection sensors 2a, 9a, 16a, and 17a, and entrance-passed number of sheets detection sensors 5a, 8a, 12a, 13a, 15.
A is provided at each branch point of the passage.

Switching gates 19b, 2b, 7b, 12b, 1
3b, 15b, 8b.

5b is provided.

Although not shown, the above-mentioned deposit/withdrawal section 1. A
Denomination cash box 10. The B denomination cash box 1 and the deposit-time storage section 6 are provided with a known feeding mechanism that separates and feeds out banknotes one by one.

The operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained below.

First, the general operation will be explained. At the time of deposit, the banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 1 are sent to the validation unit 3 through passages 2 and 7, where the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes are determined.
Switching gates 7b, 12b, L3b.

], 5b and 8b, the money is stored in the deposit-time storage section 6 through the passages 7 and 8.

The counting result by the discrimination section 3 is approved by the operator,
When the transaction is completed, the banknotes stored in the deposit-time storage section 6 are fed out to the passage 7 via the passage 9, the denomination is discriminated in the discrimination part 3, and the banknotes are passed through the switching gate 12b according to the discrimination result. , 13b.

15b, the money is sorted and stored through passages 12, 13, and 15 into cash boxes 10.11 and bulk cash boxes 14 provided for each denomination.

At the time of withdrawal, the banknotes are taken out one by one from the cash box 10.11 and sent to the discrimination section 3 through the passage 16.17.7.After being discriminated, the switching gates 7b and 5b are switched and the banknote passes through the withdrawal passage 5. Withdrawals are sent to the deposit/withdrawal port 1 via the time storage section 4. Further, the banknotes determined to be reject banknotes by the discrimination unit 3 are stored in the reject storage box 18 through the passage 21 by switching the switching gate 5b.

Here, for example, the entrance gate 8 of the above-mentioned money-time storage section 6
If a jam occurs in step b, a control section (not shown) performs the operation shown in FIG.

(1) Jam occurrence monitoring (Step 31) Bills fed out from the deposit/withdrawal port 1 pass through the exit passage number detection sensor 2a, but even after a certain period of time a■ have passed, they still pass through the entrance passage number detection sensor 8a. This causes the control unit to detect a jam.

(2) Stop feeding out banknotes (step 32) If a jam is detected, feeding out the banknotes is immediately stopped. This is to prevent any more jammed banknotes from being issued.

(3) Conveying banknotes for a certain period of time (Step 33) After driving the conveyance path drive motor (not shown) for a time corresponding to the distance until there are no banknotes between the one-person withdrawal port 1 and the switching gate 19b, make it stop. Thereby, the banknotes on the conveyance path gather near the switching gate 8b.

(4) Switching of the switching gate 19b (step 34) The switching gate 19b is switched so that the jammed banknotes are guided to the jammed banknote storage box 20.

(5) Reverse drive of conveyance path (step 35) The aforementioned motor is reversed, and the IjQ conveyance path is driven in the direction opposite to the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. Collect into the storage box 20.

In the above explanation, the case where a jam occurred at the entrance gate 8b during deposit was explained, but in other cases, the jam is detected by each exit sensor and each population sensor, the conveyance path is reversed, and the jammed banknote is removed. Collect them in the jammed banknote storage box mentioned above. Then, a sensor confirms that there are no banknotes on the conveyance path, and the system automatically recovers.

According to the above embodiment, when a jam occurs, it is possible to automatically recover from a failure, thereby reducing the failure rate of the apparatus and improving the operating rate.

In addition, in the above embodiment, an example was shown in which the present invention was applied to a recycling type banknote handling device, but the present invention should not be limited to this, and can be widely applied to other paper sheet handling devices. It is something.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a means for feeding paper sheets one by one, a first storage means for storing the fed paper sheets, a sensor for detecting passage of paper sheets, and each of the above-mentioned devices. In a paper sheet handling device having a paper sheet transport means provided between the means and a switching gate for switching the destination of the paper sheets, a second storage means is provided for storing paper sheets in a jammed state. In this case, when the sensor detects the occurrence of a jam, the switching gate is switched and the conveying means is reversed to store the paper sheets on the conveying path into the second storing means, so that troubles such as jams can be prevented. This has the remarkable effect of realizing a banknote handling device that can automatically collect banknotes on the conveyance path and automatically restore the system without taking it down when a failure occurs, reducing the failure rate and improving the operating rate. It is something.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a recycling-type bill handling device showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an operational flowchart thereof. Deposit/withdrawal port section, 3: Identification section, 4: Withdrawal-time storage section, 6:
Deposit-time storage section, 10: A denomination cash box, 11: B denomination cash box, 14 Ni bulk cash box, 18: Reject storage box, 1
9b=switching gate for collecting jammed banknotes, 20: jammed banknote storage box. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for feeding paper sheets one by one, a first storage means for storing the fed paper sheets, a sensor for detecting passage of paper sheets, and a paper sheet provided between each of the above-mentioned means. In a paper sheet handling device having a paper sheet conveying means and a switching gate for switching the destination of paper sheets, a second storage means for storing paper sheets in a jam state is provided, and occurrence of a jam is detected by the sensor. In this case, the paper sheet handling device is characterized in that the switching gate is switched and the conveyance means is reversed so that the paper sheets on the conveyance path are stored in the second storage means.