KR0132199B1 - Paper sheet processor - Google Patents

Abstract

Even before the bills P are stored in the bill storage 4, the bills P can be accommodated, and the bill conveyance mechanism 5 can be simplified to lower the product price. Banknotes for storing banknotes P put in banknote storage 4 with banknotes P put in banknote inserting slot 3 as an object of providing a billable bill processing apparatus 1 that can be used. In the banknote processing apparatus 1 provided with the conveyance mechanism 5 which conveys to a storage standby position, the banknotes P which injected | thrown-in the banknotes insertion slot 3 by driving the conveying apparatus 5 are inserted into the banknotes insertion slot 3 To the holding position between the banknote and the banknote-holding position and hold it at the holding position once, and return it to the banknote insertion slot 3 by the banknote return signal, or to the banknote-holding position by the banknote receiving signal. It is a banknote processing apparatus provided with the control means 12 to convey.

Description

Banknote Processing Equipment

1 is a cutaway side view of a bill handling apparatus using the bill conveyance method according to the present invention.

2 is a view showing a mechanism for sending bills to a bill storage in the bill processing apparatus using the bill conveyance method according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a bill conveyance method according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional bill conveyance method.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: Banknote processing device 3: Banknote insertion slot

4: bill storage 5: transport mechanism

7: return path 11: identification sensor

12: control means (control board) P: bills

TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to the banknote processing apparatus used for the process of conveying the banknotes of the banknote storage apparatus of a vending machine, for example.

The prior art will be described with reference to the bill handling apparatus of the vending machine of FIG.

As shown in this figure, this banknote processing apparatus 61 is provided with the banknote insertion slot 63 in the upper front surface of the apparatus main body with the banknote storage 62 inside.

The conveyance mechanism which conveys the banknotes injected from the banknote insertion slot 63 to the position (henceforth a storage standby position hereafter) which opposes the banknote bill 62 is provided in the apparatus main body.

The conveying mechanism is disposed between the first roller 64, the second roller 65, the third roller 66, and the second roller 64 and the second roller 65 arranged along the conveying path. It has the 1st conveyance belt 67 and the 2nd conveyance belt 68 extended between the 2nd roller 65 and the 3rd roller.

In the figure, the free rollers 69 to 71, the push roller 72, and the accommodation roller 73 sandwich banknotes between the first belt 67 or the second belt 68, where Give conveying power.

The first roller 64 is a driving roller for forward and reverse rotation. When the roller rotates forward, the second roller 65 and the third roller 66 are driven in succession, and the banknotes fed from the bill insertion slot 63 are rotated. To the storage standby position.

On the other hand, when the first roller 64 reversely rotates, the second roller 65 and the third roller 66 rotate in reverse driving, and the bills held at the storage standby position are transferred to the bill insertion slot 63. Return to the reverse.

In this reverse conveyance, the push roller 72 and the accommodation roller 73 give a conveyance force to the banknotes in a storage standby position.

In addition, on the conveying path, an input detecting sensor 74 for monitoring the input of paper money is provided between the paper money insertion slot 63 and the free roller 69 to identify the normal banknote and counterfeit of the paper money. The sensor 75 is provided between the free roller 70 and the free roller 71.

Moreover, the pushing mechanism 76 for pushing a banknote into a banknote storage is provided in the storage standby position.

Next, the conveyance method of this banknote is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

If it is monitored by the input detection sensor 74 whether the bills are put into the apparatus main body (step 81), and when it is confirmed that the bills have been put, the bills are entered according to the stereotactic equation (step 82).

If it is determined that the banknote is normal in identification, an appropriate signal is sent to the CPU of the vending machine main body (not shown) (step 83).

In this state, the bills are broadcast to the storage standby position, and the bills are placed in the standby state (step 84).

At this time, when the following bills are inserted into the bill inserting slot 63, the first belt 67 is driven to accommodate bills. The bills in the box move, causing blockages.

Therefore, acceptance of the next banknote is prohibited (step 85).

In this prohibition state, the apparatus enters a standby state for receiving the storing signal (step 86), and when receiving the storing signal, carries out the storing operation of the bills (step 87).

When the storing operation is completed, the acceptance prohibition is released (step 88), and waiting for the bills to be introduced into the apparatus again (step 81).

On the other hand, although not shown, if it is determined that the counterfeit right, the conveying mechanism back conveys and returns the bills from the storage standby position to the bill insertion slot 63.

The conventional bill broadcasting method has the following problems.

That is, when the inserted banknotes are located at the storage standby position, even if the next banknotes are inserted into the banknote insertion slot 63, the user must wait with the banknotes because the billing is prohibited. .

Here, in FIG. 4, the bills located corresponding to the 2nd belt 68 are moved while driving separately, without interlocking the 1st belt 67 and the 2nd belt 68. FIG. By driving the 1st belt 67 without making it possible, it becomes possible to throw in, without prohibiting acceptance of the next banknote.

However, there are problems such as complicated transportation equipment such as requiring two driving devices.

In addition, if the bills are stored in the storage standby position, the above-mentioned push rollers 72, accommodation rollers 73, and their roller supporting mechanisms for returning the bills to the bill insertion slot 63 are required in return. The result was a rise in product prices.

Moreover, these mechanism parts are hindered during the storing operation of the pushing mechanism 76 which sends bills from the storing standby position to the bill storage 62, and the structural design of the mechanism 76 which pinches or pushes in occurs. Was being constrained.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and even before the bills are stored in the bill compartment, the following bills can be accommodated, and the bill conveyance mechanism can be simplified to lower the product price. An object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the bill handling apparatus of the present invention is a bill handling apparatus having a conveying mechanism for broadcasting to the bill acceptor storage position for accommodating bills in the bill acceptor inserted into the bill insert. A billing position of the bills provided between the bill insertion slot and the bill accepting position is provided between the billing insert position and the billing position and the bill inserting position to identify bills and detect the bills at the same time. By driving the identification sensor and the conveyance mechanism, the bills inserted into the bill insertion slot are conveyed to the above-mentioned holding position by the position detection of the above-mentioned identification sensor, and once held at the holding position, Based on the identification result, the bill is returned to the bill insertion slot by a bill return signal or sent to the identification result by the identification sensor. It is characterized in that it includes a control means for the above-described banknote sheets storage waiting position of the normal flow conveyed by the bill insertion signal.

According to the bill processing apparatus of the present invention, the control means drives the conveyance mechanism to convey the bills put into the bill insertion slot to the hold position, and temporarily holds the bills at this hold position, and the bills are returned by the bill return signal. The bills are sent back to the paper insertion slot, or the bills are received by, for example, a billing signal from the vending machine main body or a detection signal that detects that the next bills in the bill handling apparatus are inserted. Return to storage standby position normally.

In this way, the return operation of the bills is performed at the holding position immediately before the bill accepting position, thereby eliminating mechanism parts such as the push roller 72 at the bill accepting position, and the following bills The banknotes, once held, are transferred to the banknote storage standby position when the banknote is inserted, so that the following banknotes can also be accommodated from the banknote insertion slot.

EXAMPLE

Next, a bill handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the structure of a banknote processing apparatus is demonstrated.

This bill processing apparatus is a type to be mounted on a vending machine, so-called billiard data, and FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view thereof.

As shown in the figure, the banknote processing apparatus 1 is opened and closed on the rear of the apparatus case 2 and the banknote insertion slot 3 opened on the upper front of the apparatus case 2 and the apparatus case 2. Conveying path to banknote storage 4 where bills are freely accommodated, and banknotes P inserted from banknote inserting slots 3 to the billing standby position facing the banknote storage 4. The conveyance mechanism 5 conveyed along (7) and the banknotes P conveyed to the storage standby position are moved horizontally in the direction which cross | intersects at right angles to a conveyance direction, and is sent out in the banknotes storage 4 The mechanism 6 is provided.

Moreover, inside the front surface of the apparatus case 2, the control board 12 which is a control means which receives control signals from the exterior of this apparatus, conveyance control of the conveyance mechanism 5, and sends various signals etc. to the exterior is provided. It is installed.

Moreover, on the conveyance path 7, the input detection sensor 10 and the identification sensor 11 are arrange | positioned.

The conveyance mechanism 5 consists of the 1st roller 21, the 2nd roller 22, the 3rd roller 23, the 4th roller 24, and the 1st, 1st roller arrange | positioned from the upstream side along the conveyance path 7 The first conveyance belt 25 spanned between the three rollers 21 and 23 and the second conveyance belt 26 spanned between the third and fourth rollers 23 and 24 are included.

The first roller 21 and the second roller 22 are respectively provided with compression rollers 21a and 22a which rotate freely by fitting the first conveyance belt 25, and the third roller 23 has a first roller 21. The compression roller 23a which freely rotates by interposing 1st and 2nd conveyance belts 25 and 26 is provided in parallel.

In addition, the two guide rollers 27 guide the second conveyance belt 26 and tension the second conveyance belt 26 between the third roller 23 and the fourth roller 24. This is arranged.

In addition, although partially omitted in the drawing, the first conveyance belt 25 and the second conveyance belt 26 are each constituted by a pair of left and right, corresponding to the first roller 21, the second roller 22 and the first roller. The four rollers 24 are also comprised by a pair of left and right, respectively.

Moreover, the 3rd roller 23 in which the 1st, 2nd conveyance belts 25 and 26 are spread is comprised by two pairs of right and left corresponding to this.

The 3rd roller 23 is comprised by the drive roller which forward and reverse rotation control rotation by the electric motor 9, and operates the 1st, 2nd conveyance belts 25 and 26. As shown in FIG.

The first roller 21 and the second roller 22 are rotationally driven by the third roller 23 via the first conveyance belt 25, and they are each compressed rollers installed in parallel with the third roller 23. The delivery roller is constituted by 21a, 22a and 23a.

The fourth roller 24 and the guide rollers 27 and 27 are free rollers on which the second conveying belt 26 is spread.

When the banknotes P are inserted into the banknote insertion slot 3, the input detecting sensor 10 detects the insertion (tip) of the banknotes P, and passes through the control panel 12 to the electric motor 9 described above. Is rotated to drive the conveyance mechanism 5.

When the tip of the banknotes P is inserted to the position of the first roller 21, the tip of the banknotes P is sandwiched between the compression roller 21a of the first roller 21 and the first conveyance belt 25. Then, conveyance of banknotes P is started.

Between the 2nd roller 22 and the 3rd roller 23, the curved guide part 8 is arrange | positioned along the conveyance path 7, and the tip of the banknotes P which passed the 2nd roller 22 was passed. The path is downwardly changed by the curved guide 8 to be guided to the third roller 23.

Between the 2nd roller 22 and the 3rd roller 23, the shape of the surface of the banknotes P and the quality of ink are detected by the identification sensor 11, and the suitability of banknotes P is discriminated. .

At the same time, the rear end position of the banknotes P is detected by the identification sensor 11, and then the electric motor 9 sends the banknotes P a predetermined number of steps, and the rear end of the banknotes P. The addition stops once in the broadcast to the place of the 3rd roller 23.

That is, this position becomes a holding position of banknotes.

This holding position is just in front of the banknote storage 4, and the compression roller 23a of the 3rd roller 23, the 1st, 1st of the 3rd roller 23 is located in the position of the 3rd roller 23 with the rear end part of banknotes P. It is pinched | interposed between the two conveyance belts 25 and 26, and forward and reverse conveyance of banknotes P is attained.

Here, when the identification result of the identification sensor 11 is discriminated as [the counterfeit right], the conveying apparatus 5 is driven to reverse rotation, the bills P are conveyed back and returned to the bills insertion slot 3.

On the other hand, when the identification result is [normal right], the conveying machine 5 is driven slightly in normal rotation again and conveys the bills P to the storage standby position facing the bills 4.

When the bills P stop at the storage standby position, the delivery mechanism 6 is operated to move the bills P horizontally and to send them out to the bills storage 4.

Banknote storage 4 is composed of a vertically long box consisting of both side plates 31, 31, bottom plate 32 and the back plate 33, the back plate 33 of the device case (2) It also serves as a part.

The banknote storage 4 is reversed around the support shaft 34 inserted through the lower sides of the side plates 31 and 31 so as to be opened and closed with respect to the apparatus case 2.

The banknote billets 4 in the closed position are arranged parallel to the second conveyance belt 26, that is, parallel to the storage waiting position, and the banknote billets 4 in the open position are operated from the upper side. Is to fall down to the angle that can drain the banknotes (P) inside.

Inside the banknote storage 4, a plate spring 35 fixed to the back plate 33 and a plate 36 attached to the plate spring 35 are accommodated. Banknotes P are closely piled up by the force of the plate spring 35, and accommodated.

On the other hand, in the center part of the front end of the bottom plate 32, the banknote holding plate 37 standing upright in parallel with the back plate 33 is formed.

The banknote holding plate 37 is disposed in front of the conveying path 7 and has a structure capable of holding the banknotes P when the banknote storage 4 is opened.

For this reason, when sending out banknotes P, it does not become an obstacle, and even if banknotes P remain in a storage standby position by jamming etc., banknotes P by opening of banknote storage 4 are open. It works to scrape off)

In the case where the bills are stored, the bills are conveyed on the conveying path 7 and are stored between the bills already stored in the bills storage box 4 and the bills holding plate 37. There is no obstacle in storing operation, and bills can be stored surely.

At the upper end of the bill holding plate 37, an actuator part 37a bent in the shape of a hook is formed at the front, and the actuator part (at the closed position where the bill holder 4 is accommodated in the device case 2) 37a corresponds to the interval between the optical interrupters 38 arranged in the apparatus case 2, and is taken out from the intervals of the optical interrupters 38 in the open position to fall backward.

Thereby, opening and closing of the banknote bill | folder 4 is detected, and an opening / closing signal is output to the control board 12, and the billing operation of banknotes is completed.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2 (a) (b) and (c), the delivery mechanism 6 is demonstrated.

As shown in the figure, the delivery mechanism 6 includes a pair of left and right guide plates 41 and 41 for guiding the bills P conveyed to the second conveyance belts 26 and 26 to the storage standby position. And a pair of left and right shafts 42 and 42 for rotatably supporting the guide plate 41, and an electric motor and a link mechanism for improving the shaft 42 although not shown.

The pair of guide plates 41 and 41 are disposed outside the right and left second conveyance belts 26 and 26 and between the storage standby position and the banknote storage 4 respectively. The bills P are sandwiched between the second conveyance belt 26 and the second conveyance belt 26 side to guide this.

Each guide plate 41 is formed to be somewhat shorter than the length of the bill compartment 4, and is arrange | positioned in parallel with the storage standby position and the bill compartment 4 (refer FIG. 1).

Moreover, each guide plate 41 faces an outer side with respect to banknotes P, and the conveyance direction of banknotes P, ie, both side edge parts PA of PA width, slides and contacts.

On the other hand, a protruding portion 41a is formed at the tip of each guide plate 41 to bend and extend toward the banknote storage 4 side.

The protrusion 41a faces the banknote storage 4 and holds the banknotes P in the banknote storage 4 against the plate spring 35 described above.

The base part of each guide plate 41 is fixed to each axis 42, and each guide plate 41 is reciprocally rotated approximately 90 degrees forward from the normal guide position.

That is, when both guide plates 41 and 41 are rotated forward (moving forward), the protrusions 41a and 41a rotate to the back side of the bill P, and when rotated in the opposite direction (return), the bills P ) Is housed in the bill compartment 4.

Next, the banknote conveyance method of the banknote identification apparatus 1 is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The paper money processing apparatus 1 monitors whether or not the paper money P has been put into the apparatus main body by input of an output signal of the input detecting sensor 10 (step 51).

When it is confirmed that the bills P are put in, the bills are identified by the identification sensor 11 (step 52).

In the case where it is judged as "normal right" in the identification, an appropriate signal is outputted to the vending machine main body (not shown) via the control board 12 (step 53).

In this state, the paper money P is conveyed to the holding position to hold the paper money P (step 54).

In the banknote holding state, it is monitored whether or not a receiving signal from the vending machine main body has been received (step 55).

If there is no reception of the received signal, it is monitored whether or not the next bill (P) has been inserted into the apparatus main body (step 56), and if there is no receipt of the bill of money (P) continuously, Watch.

In addition, when the banknotes P are held in this holding position, when the banknote return button is pressed on the vending machine body (not shown), the third roller 23 rotates in reverse to turn the banknotes P into banknotes. A bill return operation to be returned to the insertion port 3 is performed.

When the received signal is received or when the next bill is input, the bills are returned to the storage standby position normally (step 57).

When the bills are conveyed to the storing standby position, the bill accepting operation is performed (step 58).

When the bill accepting operation is completed, it waits for the next bill to be added to the apparatus again (step 51).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the banknotes are held in a holding position where forward and reverse conveyance are possible, and a return operation is performed from this holding position.

For this reason, the conveyance mechanism for carrying back integrally at the storage standby position is unnecessary.

Moreover, as a result of the short distance for back conveyance, the time required for return of banknotes is shortened.

In addition, since the structure is simple, the blockage of bills is reduced by that amount.

In addition, since there is no mechanism component for back conveyance which is a problem during billing operation of bills, the billing operation can be reliably performed.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, in the present embodiment, when the bills are "weak counterfeits", the bills are returned to the bill insertion slot after the bills are held in the holding position once. If it is judged that the right of counterfeit is a counterfeit bill, it may be immediately returned to the bill slot.

Moreover, the position which hold | holds banknotes is not limited to an Example, What is necessary is just to be in the position of the range which does not change the summary of this invention.

As mentioned above, according to the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, since the billing operation is performed at the holding position immediately before the storing standby position, the structure is simple and the holding position at the stage where the next banknote is put. By transporting the banknotes in the storage standby position, the following banknotes can also be accommodated.

Therefore, the time which a user waits with bills can be shortened. In addition, the identification sensor identifies the bills and detects the position of the bills that have been sent, and the control means controls the conveyance of the bills to the held position and reverse conveyance. The detection of the position can also be combined, simplifying the configuration, and reliably sending bills to the holding position.

Claims (1)

Banknotes processing provided with conveying apparatus 5 which conveys banknotes P inserted into banknote inserting slot 3 to banknotes storage waiting position for banknotes P in the banknote storage 4 In the apparatus 1, it is provided between the holding position of the banknotes P provided between the above-mentioned banknote insertion slot 3 and the banknote storing standby position, and between the said holding position and the banknote insertion slot 3 above. The identification sensor 11 which detects banknotes and detects the position of banknotes, and the banknotes P which were put into the said banknote insertion slot 3 by driving the said conveyance mechanism 5 mentioned above are identified. The position of the bill is inserted by the bill returning signal based on the identification result by the identification sensor 11 and conveyed to the hold position by the position detection of the sensor 11 and temporarily held at the hold position. 3) return it or send it based on the identification result by the identification sensor 11 described above. Ryu notes sheet handling device comprising the control means 12 for normal transport to the above banknote sheets storage waiting position by the insertion signal.