KR100832050B1 - Device for handling paper sheets or the like, automatic transaction device, and device for conveying paper sheets or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention conveys papers inserted in the state of a bundle of papers from the outside to the feeding unit in such a state, conveys the papers fed out one by one from the feeding unit to the temporary holding means, and stores the papers superimposed on the temporary holding means. The storage in the storage portion is carried out by temporarily transferring the sheet from the temporary holding means to the feeding portion in the state of paper bundles, and feeding and conveying one by one.

Description

DEVICE FOR HANDLING PAPER SHEETS OR THE LIKE, AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PAPER SHEETS OR THE LIKE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper handling apparatus capable of handling paper sheets inserted from the outside, an automatic transaction apparatus equipped with the paper handling apparatus, and a paper conveyance apparatus mounted on the paper handling apparatus.

Recently, automated machines (automatic transaction devices) such as cash dispensers (CDs) and ATMs are installed in convenience stores, as well as financial institutions. The paper handling apparatus is mounted in such an automated machine for handling bills as paper. In such a case, it operates according to the instruction | indication of the main body of an automation apparatus.

Putting bills one by one becomes more cumbersome for customers as the number increases. For this reason, in the automated device, the banknotes to be deposited are stacked so that they can be put in the state of a bundle of banknotes. Since only one banknote may be thrown, the bundle of bills is one or more bills stacked.

In the automated apparatus which can deposit money, it is necessary to discriminate the banknote which a customer input. In addition, it is necessary to be able to cope with the return after the input. In this regard, the conventional paper handling apparatus mounted on a depositable automated machine draws out and conveys each banknote inserted in the state of a bundle of banknotes, discriminates them, and discriminates them as normal ticket by the discrimination. One banknote is once accommodated in a temporary holding part (patent document 1). Banknotes stored in the temporary hold are stored in the storage unit when the customer approves the transaction and returned to the customer when the customer requests a return.

Banknotes determined as normal tickets are stored in a temporary holding unit. The conveyance of a banknote from the temporary holding part is carried out by feeding out banknotes one by one. Thereby, the conventional paper handling apparatus as described in patent document 1 was made to make most of banknote conveyance into one sheet | seat.

The longer the distance for conveying the bills, the higher the probability that a jam or the like may occur, and the reliability is lowered. When the banknotes are conveyed one by one, the total conveyance distance of the total conveyed in the entire banknote becomes longer as the number of banknotes increases, thereby lowering the reliability. For this reason, in order to improve reliability, it is considered important to shorten the total distance of the whole banknote.

By the way, conveyance of a banknote bundle has conventionally provided the conveyance belt in the upper side and the lower side of a banknote bundle, and is made to convey so that the banknote bundle might be sandwiched with these upper and lower conveyance belts (patent document 1).

The conveying belt is tensioned so that a conveying force can be applied to the bundle of bills. However, even when the tension is applied, the conveyance belt is relatively largely deformed by the force applied in the cross direction in the direction in which the tension is applied. As a result, the pressure applied to the bundle of bills was greatly limited. For this reason, it was difficult to hold | maintain the state of a banknote bundle, and the possibility that the banknotes which were piled up properly protrude above a conveyance direction was high. In view of this, in order to further improve the reliability of the paper handling apparatus (including the automatic transaction apparatus equipped with the same) that carries the paper money bundles (paper bundles), the paper money bundles can be conveyed more reliably and appropriately. I think it is important to make it possible.

<Patent Document 1>

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2001-14511

<Patent Document 2>

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-67511

It is a first object of the present invention to provide a more reliable paper handling apparatus. Moreover, this invention makes it a 2nd object to provide the paper conveyance apparatus which can carry out conveyance of paper bundles more reliably and appropriately.

The paper handling apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention is a feeding method for feeding paper sheets one by one from the first bundle conveying unit for conveying the overlapped paper bundles by the insertion from the outside and the paper bundles conveyed by the first bundle conveying unit. And a temporary holding means for temporarily storing the papers and the papers, an accommodating portion for accommodating the papers, a first conveying part for conveying the papers fed by the feeding portion to the temporary holding means, and a temporary holding means stored in the temporary holding means. And a second bundle conveying unit for conveying the paper bundles to the feeding unit, and a second conveying unit for conveying the paper bundles fed by the feeding unit by conveying the paper bundles to the storage unit.

The paper handling apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, a feeding means for dispensing the papers one by one from the storage portion and a paper conveying the papers fed by the dispensing means to the temporary holding means. A 3rd conveyance part is further included, and the paper bundle bundle accommodated in the temporary holding means by the 3rd conveyance part can be conveyed toward an exterior by a 2nd bundle conveyance part and a 1st bundle conveyance part.

The paper-type handling apparatus of a 3rd aspect is in addition to the structure in the said 1st or 2nd aspect, meandering detection means which detects the meandering of the paper bundle bundle conveyed by a 1st bundle conveyance part by the insertion from the outside. And a meander detection means detects the meander of the paper bundle, and conveys the paper bundle toward the outside by the first bundle conveyance unit.

In addition to the structure in any one of said 1st-3rd form, the paper-paper handling apparatus of a 4th aspect further has height detection means which detects the height of the paper-like bundle conveyed by the 1st bundle conveyance part by the insertion from the outside. It includes, and when the height of the paper bundle detected by the height detecting means is higher than the upper limit, the paper bundle is conveyed toward the outside by the first bundle conveying unit.

The automatic trading device of the present invention includes a first bundle conveying unit for conveying a stack of overlapping paper sheets by insertion from the outside and a first bundle conveying unit on the premise of conducting a transaction based on papers inserted from the outside. A temporary holding means for temporarily storing the feeding part for dispensing the papers one by one from the conveyed bundle of papers, the discriminating part for discriminating the papers fed by the dispensing part, and temporarily storing the papers classified according to the discriminating result of the discriminating part; An accommodating portion for stacking the papers, a first conveying portion for conveying the papers drawn by the dispensing portion to the temporary holding means, a second bundle conveying portion for conveying the paper bundles stored in the temporary holding means to the dispensing portion, and 2 The bundle conveyance part includes a 2nd conveyance part which conveys a paper bundle bundle and conveys the papers conveyed by the feeding part to an accommodating part, and is based on a discrimination result. It performs paper transactions from more than outside.

The paper conveyance apparatus of the 1st-4th form of this invention includes the following means, respectively, on the premise that the papers handling apparatus is mounted for the conveyance of the paper | stack bundle of paper 1 or more laminated | stacked.

The paper sheet conveying apparatus of the first aspect includes a tray provided on one side of the cross direction of the paper sheet inserted in the form of a paper bundle from the outside, a moving means for moving the tray along the conveying direction of the paper bundle, and a paper bundle. And pressurizing means for exerting a pressure towards the tray.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the pressurizing means moves the conveying means provided on the other side in the cross direction for the conveyance of the paper sheet bundle toward the tray to exert a pressure on the paper sheet bundle.

In addition to the configuration in the first aspect, the paper sheet conveying apparatus of the second aspect can be projected toward one of the conveying means and the tray and retracted from the projected state, and is also moved along the conveying direction of the paper sheet bundle. This protruding member is further included, and conveyance of the paper bundle is performed using the protruding member.

On the other hand, in the said 2nd aspect, after conveyance of the paper bundle using the protruding member by using the said conveying means and the tray by making a transition to the state which pinched | interposed the paper bundle with the conveying means and a tray by a press means. It is preferable to perform it by releasing the state pinched | interposed by the said press means and moving the protruding member of a protrusion state to the said conveyance direction from the back on the conveyance direction of the said paper bundle. The protruding member is preferably used as a guide having a length into which a bundle of paper is to be inserted by bringing the protruding member into a protruding state, and is preferably attached to a tray as a place.

In addition, when the paper bundle is inserted from the outside, the protruding member attached to the tray is brought into the protruding state so that the paper bundle is used as a guide having a length to be inserted and then retracted, and then the tray is reversed in the conveying direction. It is preferable to protrude after moving and to use for conveyance of the said paper bundle.

In addition to the structure of the said 2nd aspect, the paper sheet conveying apparatus of a 3rd aspect is provided in the side which opposes a tray, and further includes the other protrusion member which can protrude toward the said tray and can retreat from this protrusion state. Thus, when the tray is moved in the reverse direction of the conveying direction, the state of the paper bundle is held by the other protruding member in the protruding state.

The paper conveyance apparatus of the 4th aspect is the 1st and 2nd conveyance means provided for the conveyance of the said paper bundle, respectively, and the 1st and 2nd conveyance provided in the both sides of the cross direction of the surface of the paper inserted in the form of the paper bundle from the outside, respectively. Drive means for driving the means, pressurizing means for exerting a pressure on the bundle of paper sheets between the first and second conveying means by moving at least one of the first and second conveying means in the cross direction; A protruding member capable of protruding toward one of the first and second conveying means and retreating from this protruding state, and moving means for moving the protruding member along the conveying direction of the paper bundle.

The paper handling apparatus of the present invention conveys the papers inserted in the state of the bundle of papers from the outside to the feeding unit in such a state, and conveys and stores the papers fed one by one from the feeding unit to the temporary holding means, and overlaps with the temporary holding means. The storage of the stored papers in the storage portion is carried out by temporarily conveying them from the temporary holding means to the feeding portion in the state of the bundle of papers, and feeding and conveying one by one.

In this manner, the papers stored in the inserted paper bundles and the temporary holding means in the state of the paper bundles are conveyed to the feeding section in the state of the paper bundles. Thereby, the conveyance distance which conveys papers one by one can be made shorter compared with the case where the papers temporarily stored are conveyed one by one and conveyed. Since the papers stored in the temporary holding means can be conveyed outward in the state of the paper bundles, at least practically, the papers can be shortened. For this reason, the probability that a jam, such as a jam, arises during conveyance can be reduced more, and reliability can be improved more. In addition, since papers inserted from the outside are accommodated inside the paper bundles, the size of the insertion portion of the paper bundles can be suppressed.

As is well known, the feeding section is a very complicated configuration. However, the papers stored in the temporary holding means are conveyed to the feeding unit in the state of the paper bundles, whereby the papers are fed at the same place by the insertion of the paper bundles. As a result, the necessity of preparing a plurality of feeding portions can be avoided, so that the mechanism structure of the entire apparatus can be made simpler, and the manufacturing cost thereof can be further suppressed.

When the meandering of the paper bundle inserted from the outside is detected, it is possible to discharge an inappropriate paper bundle at a faster stage. There is an upper limit to the height of the stack of paper conveyables. For this reason, even when the height of the paper bundle inserted from the outside is detected, it is possible to discharge the paper bundle which is inappropriate at a faster stage. In this regard, the utilization efficiency of the device can be further improved in either case.

The paper sheet conveying apparatus of the present invention exerts a pressure on the paper bundle toward the tray provided on one side of the cross direction of the paper sheets inserted in the form of paper bundle from the outside, and moves the tray in that state to convey the paper bundle. .

A member having sufficient rigidity can be used for the tray. For this reason, the state of the paper bundle can be stably maintained by applying the pressure toward the tray to the paper bundle. As a result, the paper bundle can be conveyed more reliably and appropriately.

The paper conveyance device of another aspect of the present invention is provided with first and second conveyance means respectively on both sides of the cross direction of the face of the paper sheets inserted in the form of paper bundles from the outside, and sandwiched between these conveying means. A paper bundle is conveyed and conveyed using the protruding member which can protrude and retreat together with or separate from the conveyance.

In conveyance using the protruding member, the paper bundle is pressed into the protruding member from the rear side. For this reason, a conveyance force can be reliably transmitted with respect to paper bundles, and the state can be maintained in an appropriate state. As a result, the paper bundle can be conveyed more reliably and appropriately.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a paper handling apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conveying system of a paper sheet conveying device (pre-acceptor) according to the present embodiment. FIG.

3A is a plan view illustrating the structure of a clamp and its drive system.

It is a side view explaining the structure of a clamp and its drive system.

3C is a front view illustrating the structure of the clamp and its drive system.

4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which pressure is applied by a clamp to an inserted bill bundle.

5 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of a sensor provided in the vicinity of an input outlet.

6 is a circuit configuration diagram of a paper handling apparatus according to the present embodiment.

It is a figure explaining the detection method by the sensor of the height of the inserted banknote bundle (upper position).

7B is a view for explaining a detection method by the sensor of the height of the inserted banknote bundle (acceptable position: 1).

7C is a view for explaining a detection method by the height sensor of the inserted banknote bundle (acquisition position: 2).

It is a figure explaining the detection method by the height sensor of the inserted banknote bundle (lower position).

8A is a diagram illustrating a bundle of banknotes that satisfies the acceptance conditions.

8B is a diagram illustrating a bundle of banknotes that does not satisfy the acceptance conditions.

The figure explaining the meandering amount measuring method of a bundle of banknotes.

10A is a diagram (1) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of deposit.

10B is a diagram (2) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of deposit.

Fig. 10C is a diagram (3) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of deposit.

10D is a diagram (4) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of deposit.

Fig. 10E is a diagram (5) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of deposit.

10F is a diagram for explaining the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of deposit.

Fig. 10G is a diagram for explaining the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of deposit.

Fig. 11A is a diagram (1) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of withdrawal.

Fig. 11B is a diagram (2) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of withdrawal.

Fig. 11C is a diagram (3) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of withdrawal.

11D is a diagram (4) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of withdrawal.

Fig. 11E is a diagram (5) illustrating the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of withdrawal.

11F is a diagram for explaining the operation of the pre-acceptor at the time of withdrawal.

12 is a flowchart of the deposit processing.

13 is a flowchart of an acceptance process;

14 is a flowchart of return processing;

15 is a flowchart of banknote discharge processing.

16 is a flowchart of the storing process.

17 is a flowchart of a withdrawal process.

It is a figure explaining the modification of a hook.

19 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the tray.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described in detail, referring drawings.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a paper handling apparatus according to the present embodiment.

The paper handling apparatus 1 handles banknotes as paper, assuming that it is used in an automated machine such as an automatic teller machine (ATM). As shown in FIG. 1, when a customer inserts a paper bundle B in which one or more banknotes are stacked, a pre-acceptor 100 that is taken into the interior and a lower unit for storing banknotes ( The upper unit 300 which conveys banknotes between the 200 and the lower unit 200 and the pre-acceptor 100 is comprised. The preacceptor 100 corresponds to the paper sheet conveying apparatus according to the present embodiment. The pre-acceptor 100 is later referred to as "acceptor" or "PAC".

The operation in the above configuration will be described. The paper handling apparatus 1 can deposit and withdraw money. In this regard, the description of the operation will be divided into the time of deposit and withdrawal. As an automated device equipped with it, assume ATM, that is, the paper handling apparatus 1 operates in accordance with an instruction from the ATM main body.

The inlet outlet 101 provided in the acceptor 100 is for the customer to put out the bill bundle B for the deposit or to withdraw the bill bundle B for the withdrawal to the customer. When mounted at the ATM, shutters (not shown) that open and close are disposed outside the inlet and exit 101. Then, at the customer's point of view, the input outlet 101 side of the acceptor 100 will be referred to as the front side, and the reverse side thereof, respectively. In addition, as viewed from the lower unit 200, the upper unit 300 side will be represented as the upper side, and vice versa, respectively.

First, the operation at the time of deposit is explained in detail. The deposit is made, for example, by a customer operating an ATM control unit (not shown) to request a deposit. When the customer requests the request, the ATM main body opens the shutter and moves to the state where the banknote bundle B can be inserted (inserted) into the input outlet 101, and the papers B inserted into the paper handling apparatus 1 are inserted. To accept).

In the vicinity of the input outlet 101, a sensor for detecting the inserted banknote bundle B is provided. When the paper handling apparatus 1 receives the instruction from the ATM main body, it waits for the sensor to detect the banknote bundle B, and conveys it. By this conveyance, banknote bundle B is conveyed to the separator (SEP) part 310 of the upper unit 300 via the conveyance path 102. As shown in FIG. For crime prevention, the paper handling apparatus 1 is embedded in the wall, and the input and output outlet 101 and the customer operating portion of the ATM are out of the wall and can be operated by the customer. Therefore, even when the banknote bundle B is received from the injection outlet 101 and discharged from the injection outlet 101, the banknote bundle B is conveyed to the conveyance path 102. As a result, even when the paper-uses handling device 1 is embedded in the wall, the bills are conveyed as they are and are fed and discharged, thereby simplifying handling of the bills for the customer.

When the paper handling apparatus 1 receives the banknote bundle B inserted by the customer, it notifies the ATM body of the fact. The ATM causes the notification to close the shutter.

In the lower part of the separator part 310, the drawing | feeding-out mechanism 311 for drawing out each banknote from the banknote bundle B is provided. This feeding mechanism 311 has a well-known configuration, for example. Specifically, for example, a pick roller that transmits power in the feeding direction to the banknote located at the bottom, a feed roller for conveying the bills fed by the pick roller, and a state in contact with the feed roller for double conveyance prevention of the bills. It is of configuration with separator installed.

By accepting the acceptor 100 to the separator unit 310, the bill bundle B is transported onto the stage 312 in the state shown in FIG. 2. The stage 312 and the pusher 313 located on the upper side can move together in the vertical direction. Thereby, conveyance of the banknote bundle B to the position where the drawing | feeding-out mechanism 311 can feed banknote is made by moving the stage 312 downward. Since the position shown in FIG. 2 of the stage 312 and the pusher 313 is the upper end in the range which can move | move each, it is called an upper end or an upper end position together.

As is well known for the delivery of banknotes, it is necessary to contact the banknotes and the pick rollers at an appropriate pressure. The pusher 313 is used for the pressurization which makes them contact with this pressure. The pressurization is performed by moving the stage 312 downward to the lower end, and then moving the pusher 313 downward to apply pressure from above the banknote bundle B. FIG.

The stage 312 moved to the lower end of the pick roller is supported by an elastic member (not shown) so as to be movable in the vertical direction. This is for judging from the positional change of the pick roller stage 312 whether the appropriate pressure is applied to the extraction of bank notes. For this reason, the sensor for detecting the pick roller stage 312 which moves downward of a lower end by applying a pressure is provided. The detection result of the sensor is monitored and the pusher 313 is moved downward so that an appropriate pressure is applied. For this reason, the drive system which moves the stage 312 and the pusher 313 is prepared separately, respectively. All the stepping motors are employed as the moving power source.

Banknotes fed out one by one from the separator unit 310 by the feeding mechanism 311 are conveyed to the discriminating unit 320 through the conveying path 301 to discriminate. By the discrimination, it is possible to determine whether or not the bill is in the normal right and to specify the kind of money in the normal right. Fake banknotes, indistinguishable banknotes, or broken banknotes are identified as abnormal notes. The banknote after the discrimination is conveyed to the conveyance path 302.

Three reject boxes 351 to 353 are provided in the upper unit 300. The temporary holding part 330 is provided in order to receive the banknote which the customer put in once. The conveyance path 304 is formed in each of the conveyance path 303 and the reject boxes 351-353 so that a bill can be accommodated in the temporary hold part 330 so that a bill can be accommodated.

The transfer path 302 is provided with two switching hooks 302a and 302b in order to switch the destination of the bill. The conveyance path which conveys the banknote currently conveyed by the conveyance path 302 can switch to the conveyance path 303 by the switching claw 302a, and to the conveyance path 304 by the switching claw 302b, respectively. The banknote after discrimination is sent to the conveyance path 303 from the conveyance path 302 by the switching claw 302a, and is accommodated in the temporary storage part 330. As shown in FIG.

The temporary storage part 330 is provided with two stages 331 and 332 which are movable in the vertical direction. The stage 331 is used for storing bills determined as abnormal tickets, and the stage 332 is used for storing bills determined as normal tickets. Here, for convenience, the storing part realized by the stage 331 is called a reservoir part, and the storing part realized by the stage 332 is called an escrow part, respectively. The stage 331 is also referred to as an RSV stage, and the stage 332 is also called an ESC stage.

These stages 331 and 332 are attached to a belt 335 provided between two pulley rollers 333 and 334 provided at intervals in the vertical direction. The two pulley rollers 333 and 334 and the belt 335 are prepared for each stage so that each stage 331 and 332 can be moved individually.

One switching hook is provided in the conveyance path 303 so that a conveyance destination of a bill can be selected from a reservoir portion and an escrow portion. Thereby, the banknote conveyed to the conveyance path 303 is accommodated in a reservoir part or an escrow part. In order to accommodate banknotes in any of the reject boxes 351-353, the transfer path 304 is provided with two switching hooks.

The discrimination of the bills by the discriminating unit 320 and the storage in the temporary holding unit 330 according to the discrimination result are performed on all the bills dispensed one by one from the separator unit 310. For this reason, after the dispensing of the banknotes from the separator unit 310 is completed, the collected banknotes are stored and stored in the reservoir unit or the escrow unit of the temporary holding unit 330 according to the discrimination result of the discriminating unit 320. . Completion of feeding is determined by checking with a sensor that no banknote exists in the separator part 310, or by checking with a sensor that banknotes are not fed to the conveyance path 301 even if feeding is carried out.

When storing of the banknotes put in the form of the bill bundle B in the temporary storage unit 330 is completed, the paper sheet handling apparatus 1 notifies the ATM body of the fact. The amount of the bill calculated by counting the number of bills determined by the discriminating unit 320 as the normal right is also notified. In response to these notifications, the ATM main body presents the deposit amount to the customer and inquires whether or not to establish a transaction, whether there is an additional deposit or not. After that, it operates according to the search result.

When the customer requests an additional deposit, the ATM body opens the shutter again to instruct the paper handling apparatus 1 to accept the paper B inserted. The bills constituting the bill bundle B inserted by the customer are stored in the reservoir portion or the escrow portion of the temporary storage portion 330 in the manner described above.

When the customer requests the cancellation of the transaction, the ATM main body instructs the paper sheet handling apparatus 1 to return the bills received. The banknote is normally stored in the reservoir portion, the escrow portion or both of the temporary storage portion 330. The paper handling apparatus 1 returns in the following manner depending on the place where the bill is stored.

Above the temporary holding part 330, the conveyance path 305 for conveying the banknote bundle B is provided. The conveyance path 305 can convey the banknote bundle B accommodated in the temporary holding part 330 to the acceptor 100. The conveyance of the banknote bundle B on the conveying path 305 is performed as it is using the carrier 341. The carrier 341 is for conveying the banknote bundle B in the form of pushing back from the conveyance direction, for example, as shown in FIG. 11A. By conveying in this way, each banknote superimposed as the banknote bundle B becomes the form supported by the carrier 341. As shown in FIG. For this reason, banknote bundle B is conveyed suitably and reliably, and it can reliably avoid that a banknote protrudes during conveyance in the crossing direction of the overlapping direction.

On the conveyance path 305, many gears for transmitting power to the carrier 341 are provided. The carrier 341 is configured to move along a guide (not shown) provided on the conveying path 305 by power transmission from the gear. Accordingly, the gear that transmits power to the carrier 341 is different depending on the position on the conveying path 305 of the carrier 341. The guide is provided in each stage 331, 332, and 312.

When a banknote is stored only in the reservoir part, the RSV stage 331 is moved to the position on the conveyance path 305 (release position). At this time, the carrier 341 has already moved to the position (escrow retreat position) on the rear side of the stage 331 at the release position. The bill bundle B on the stage 331 moves the carrier 341 to a position (release position) immediately in front of the acceptor 100, and is then conveyed by the acceptor 100 to the inlet outlet 101. do. In order to open the shutter, the ATM main body is notified at the time when the carrier 341 is moved to the release position, for example. The position of the carrier 341 and the timing of notifying the ATM body before moving the stage 331 are basically the same even in other cases.

When the banknote is stored only in the escrow part, the RSV stage 331 is moved to the position (upper position) which is retracted onto the conveyance path 305, and the ESC stage 332 is a position (release) on the conveyance path 305. Position). The bill bundle B on the stage 332 moves the carrier 341 to a position (release position) just in front of the acceptor 100, and then is conveyed by the acceptor 100 to the inlet outlet 101. do.

When a banknote is accommodated in both a reservoir part and an escrow part, the RSV stage 331 is moved to the position on the conveyance path 305 (release position). At this time, the stage 312 and the pusher 313 are moved to the upper position, respectively. Banknote bundle B on RSV stage 331 is conveyed onto stage 312 by moving carrier 341 to separator portion 310. The stage 312 then moves downward and the pusher 313 moves to the joining ready position, which is the top position of the stage 312. After moving the pusher 313 to the joining preparation position, the fork 342 shown in FIG. 1 protrudes toward the pusher 313 (front surface). After the protrusion, the pusher 313 moves to the upper position.

Since the banknote has elasticity, the folded banknote is intended to maintain the folded state. Accordingly, in the case where banknotes are simply stacked, the height thereof is changed by the elastic force acting on each banknote. The more bills that are bent, the higher the height tends to be. In this regard, the fork 342 is provided in order to avoid the banknote bundle B on the stage 312 from protruding onto the conveying path 305.

The fork 342 is provided at the height of the joining preparation position so as to be able to retreat from the state which protrudes and protrudes along the conveyance path 305. A recess is formed in the pusher 313 so that the protrusion can be performed. Accordingly, the fork 342 is projected by the pusher 313 in the state in which the bill bundle B on the stage 312 is suppressed and the pusher 313 is moved upward, and then the fork bundle is bundled by the fork 342. (B) is suppressed so that it may not protrude on the conveyance path 305. FIG.

The carrier 341 which conveyed the banknote bundle B on the RSV stage 331 to the separator unit 310 returns to the escrow retracted position. Thereafter, each stage 331, 332 is moved to the upper position sequentially. The upper position of the ESC stage 332 corresponds to the RSV stage 331 release position. Thereby, the carrier 341 is moved, and the banknote bundle B on the ESC stage 332 is conveyed to the separator unit 310.

By conveying to the separator part 310, the banknote bundle B is conveyed on the fork 342. FIG. After the banknote bundle B is transported, the fork 342 is retracted. Thereby, the banknote bundle B accommodated in the reservoir part and the banknote bundle B accommodated in the escrow part are piled up one by one on the stage 312. The bill bundle B unified into one conveys the stage 312 to the upper position, thereby conveying the carrier 341 to the release position of the acceptor 100 by the carrier 341, and also inserting the outlet 101 by the acceptor 100. Return to Accordingly, return to the customer.

As described above, in the present embodiment, banknotes respectively stored in the reserve part and the escrow part are combined and returned. This is to avoid forgetting what the customer takes by returning the bills stored therein separately. Banknotes forgotten by the customer are stored in the reject box 353, for example.

When the customer requests a transaction (transfer), the ATM main body instructs the paper sheet handling apparatus 1 to store the bills received. The banknote is stored in the reservoir portion, the escrow portion or both of the temporary storage portion 330. The paper handling apparatus 1 accommodates as follows according to the place where a banknote was accommodated.

The abnormality ticket, that is, the banknote which is not determined to be the normal ticket, is stored in the reservoir portion. For this reason, when a banknote is stored only in a reservoir part, the banknote is returned. The operation at that time is basically the same as in the case of returning the banknote stored only in the reservoir unit at the request of the customer to cancel.

When the banknote is stored only in the escrow portion, the RSV stage 331 moves to the upper position retracted above the conveying path 305, and the ESC stage 332 moves to the release position on the conveying path 305, The bill bundle B on the stage 332 is conveyed to the separator unit 310. The banknotes are fed one by one to the separator part 310 from the banknote bundle B which conveyed, and are conveyed to the lower unit 200 via the conveyance path 301, the discrimination part 320, and the conveyance path 302.

The lower unit 200 is equipped with a removable bill cassette 210 for each type of money of bills to be stored. In the upper part of each banknote cassette 210 mounted, the drawing | feeding-out mechanism 211 which can store banknotes and extract the banknotes stored is provided. The banknotes conveyed to the lower unit 200 are conveyed to the conveying path 201 and guided to the bill cassette 210 to be accommodated by the switching hook provided in the conveying path 201 and stored by the feeding mechanism 211. do. Accordingly, the bill inserted by the customer is stored in the bill cassette 210 according to the money type.

When bills are stored in both the reservoir portion and the escrow portion, the bills stored in the reservoir portion are returned to the customer in the manner described above, and only the bills stored in the escrow portion are returned to the separator portion 310. The conveyed banknotes are sent out to the separator unit 310 one by one, and the banknotes determined as the normal ticket are conveyed to the lower unit 200 through the conveying path 301, the discriminating part 320, and the conveying path 302, according to the type of money. In the bill cassette 210. The banknote determined as the abnormality ticket is stored in the reject box 351 or 352 via the conveyance path 301, the discriminating part 320, the conveyance path 302, and the conveyance path 304. Or, for example, after storing it once in a reservoir part, it conveys to the separator part 310, and discriminates | generates the abnormality | recovery again. It is stored in the reservoir through 3 and returned to the customer.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the paper bundle B inserted by the customer is conveyed to the separator unit 310 as it is, and the paper money from the paper money bundle B is extracted, and the paper money that is drawn out and discriminated is temporarily. After storing in the holding | maintenance part 330, it conveys in the state of banknote bundle B, returns it, or moves it to the separator part 310. As shown in FIG. For this reason, the conveyance distance which conveys a banknote one by one can be made shorter compared with the case where it extracts and conveys each banknote stored after discrimination one by one. As a result, the probability of occurrence of a jam or the like during transportation can be further reduced, so that the reliability is further improved. That is, for example, there is a difference of 60 mm to 86 mm in the banknote width of the euro banknote, and it is necessary to convey it in the direction of the short side in order to perform high speed, but the guide which describes conveyance in the longitudinal direction cannot be provided. Therefore, in the case of conveying one by one, meandering and the like are likely to occur because the conveying is carried out between the beltways. When conveyed at a low speed, meandering and the like become less likely to occur, but processing capacity is lowered. Therefore, in order to convey, without reducing processing capability, it becomes possible to solve by conveying as it is.

The feeding mechanism 311 provided in the separator part 310 has a complicated structure provided with various rollers and separators. In order to be able to perform a banknote appropriately, a mechanism or a plurality of sensors for applying an appropriate pressure to the banknote must also be provided. Because of this, the overall configuration is very complicated. However, by conveying the bills stored after the discrimination to the separator unit 310 in the state of the bill bundle B, the necessity of separately preparing the same as the feeding mechanism 311 to feed out the stored bills can be avoided. have. In order to extract banknotes in the same place, even if the destinations of banknotes conveyed one by one are different, the part which can share a conveyance path can be made more. As a result, the apparatus structure of the whole apparatus can be made simpler, and manufacturing cost is also suppressed more by this.

Next, the operation at the time of withdrawal will be described in detail. The withdrawal is made, for example, by the customer operating the operation unit of the ATM to request withdrawal of the designated withdrawal amount. When the customer requests the request, the ATM main body instructs the paper handling apparatus 1 to discharge the banknote for the withdrawal amount of money. When the customer designates a desired bill, the designation is notified to the paper handling apparatus 1.

Upon receiving the instruction from the ATM main body, the paper handling apparatus 1 determines, for example, the number of bills to be dispensed for each kind of money, and extracts the bills one by one from the bill cassette 210 that is to be fed out according to the determination. It is made to feed by 211. The drawn banknote is conveyed to the discriminating part 320 through the conveyance path 201 and the conveyance path 306 of the upper unit 300, and is discriminated. By the discrimination, the discrimination of whether or not the normal right that can be paid is discriminated and the money type is discriminated, and the banknote determined as the normal right is returned to the escrow part, and the banknote determined as the abnormal right is returned to the reject box 351 or 352.

The return of the bill to the escrow part is made until the bill for the withdrawal amount specified by the customer is stored. After the receipt of the banknote for the withdrawal amount is completed, the carrier 341 is moved to the release position immediately before the acceptor 100 in the same manner as in the case of returning the banknote stored only in the escrow part. And it conveys to the inlet outlet 101 by the acceptor 100.

In this way, the banknote at the time of withdrawal is also conveyed to the injection exit 101 of the acceptor 100 in the state of the banknote bundle B. FIG. For this reason, the paper handling apparatus 1 can be installed even if the space which can be secured around the inlet 101 is small.

The acceptor 100, the lower unit 200, and the upper unit 300 are each modularized. This is for the following reason.

As is well known, the paper handling apparatus used in automated equipment such as ATM is installed in a safe. The vaults are usually different for the same financial institution, depending on the automation equipment. As a result, the installation environment of the paper handling apparatus, for example, the position of the door for exchange of paper money cassettes installed in the safe, the wall thickness of the safe, and the like vary according to the automation equipment. For this reason, conventionally, the paper handling apparatus suitable for installation environment was designed and manufactured as needed.

However, if the acceptor 100, the lower unit 200, and the upper unit 300 are modularized, the wall thickness of the safe can be coped by the selection of the acceptor 100 to be employed. The difference in the position of the door installed in the safe can be responded to by changing the direction in which the lower unit 200 or the bill cassette 210 housed therein can be moved. In this regard, the design according to the installation environment does not have to be basically performed, and the necessity to design the design can be avoided. As a result, the manufacturing cost of the paper handling apparatus 1 can be suppressed more, and the paper handling apparatus 1 to be delivered can be prepared more quickly from the standpoint of a manufacturer.

Next, the structure of the acceptor 100 is demonstrated in detail with reference to FIGS.

2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a carrier system of the acceptor 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the acceptor 100 includes a clamp 103 provided above the conveyance path 102, a tray 104 provided below the conveyance path 102, and a tray 104. For confirming the conveyance amount of the attached bill 105, the conveyance belt 106 for conveying the banknote bundle B along the conveyance path 102, and the conveyance bundle 106 by the conveyance belt 106 It is provided at the encoder 107, the sensors 109-112 provided in the other position on the conveyance path 102, and the other position on the conveyance path 102, and can project and retreat on the conveyance path 102. The stoppers 113 and 114 which are present are comprised. The hook 105 and the stoppers 113 and 114 are provided in multiple numbers in the form of being lined up side by side in the crossing direction of the conveyance direction of banknote bundle B. As shown in FIG.

The encoder 107 includes a disk 107a that rotates in accordance with the rotation of a motor that transmits power to the conveyance belt 106, and a sensor 107b for slit detection provided on the circumference of the disk 107a. have. The sensor 107b is an optical sensor having a light emitting element and a light receiving element. Light emitted from the light emitting element is intermittently shielded by the rotation of the disk 107a. Thereby, a pulse signal is output from a light receiving element, and the actual conveyance amount is specified by counting the pulse signal.

The tray 104 supports the banknote bundle B inserted from the input outlet 101 as a plate-shaped member. The hook 105 attached thereto is capable of protruding and retracting onto the conveyance path 102. When inserting banknote bundle B, as shown in FIG. 2, it is used for the guide of the length to which banknote bundle B is to be inserted.

At this injection outlet 101, about 200 banknotes can be integrated and put. Therefore, the conveyance path is comprised so that it may become height of about 25 mm.

The movement along the conveyance path 102 of the tray 104 is performed using the belt provided so that it may overlap with the conveyance belt 106 at the time of FIG. In order to specify the movement amount, the encoder 107 as shown in Fig. 2 is separately prepared. For the stoppers 113 and 114, in order to avoid confusion, the stopper 113 provided on the front side is called A stopper, and the stopper 114 provided on the back side is called D stopper, respectively.

3A to 3C are views for explaining the configuration of the clamp 103 and its drive system.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the clamp 103 is in a state where the four conveying belts 123 for conveying the bill bundle B are tensioned by a plurality of shafts including the shafts 121 and 122. I support it. A plurality of guides 124 for inserting the banknote bundle B are attached to the shaft 121 positioned at the most front side. Power for moving the conveyance belt 123 is transmitted through the shaft of one line, for example, the shaft 121. The power is also transmitted to the conveyance belt 106 arranged below.

The clamp 103 is made to be able to move in the cross direction of the direction along the conveyance path 102, in order to make the inserted banknote B the state inserted between the tray 104. As shown in FIG. The drive system that enables the movement is realized by the arms 131 and 132 attached to both ends of the shafts 121 and 122, respectively. Power is transmitted to arm 132, which is also transmitted to arm 131 via link 133.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the arms 131 and 132 are rotatable about the axes 131a and 132a, respectively. Recesses 131b and 132b are formed at these ends, respectively, and the shafts 121 and 122 are rotatably attached to the recesses 131b and 132b. Teeth are formed at the other end of the arm 132 which has an arc shape, and teeth of the gear 135 mesh with the teeth.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the gear 135 is attached to the end of the shaft 134. A pulley roller 136 is attached to the other end of the shaft 134. A drive belt 137 is provided between the pulley roller 136 and the pulley roller 139 attached to the end of the shaft 138.

The motor 140 is a power source of the drive system for moving the clamp 103. It is for example a stepping motor. The power of the motor 140 is transmitted to the shaft 138 via the gears 141 to 143 and the clutch 144, as shown in FIG. 3B. Power transmitted to the shaft 138 is transmitted to the arm 132 through the roller 139, the drive belt 137, the roller 136, the shaft 134, and the gear 135. As a result of such power being transmitted, the clamp 103 moves from the state shown in FIG. 2 (upper position) to the state shown in FIG. 4 and vice versa in the state shown in FIG. The transition to the state shown in 2 can be performed.

By shifting the clamp 103 from the state shown in FIG. 2 to the state shown in FIG. 4, the banknote bundle B is pressurized downward and is clamped between the clamp 103 and the tray 104. FIG. It is not necessary to apply pressure more than sufficient pressure with respect to the banknote bundle B. FIG. The height of the bill bundle B may vary depending on the stacked bills, and the height when sufficient pressure is applied is not known in advance. In this regard, in the present embodiment, a one-way clutch that revolves when a predetermined or more resistance occurs is employed as the clutch 144. Thereby, the appropriate pressure is reliably applied to the banknote bundle B.

The conveying belt is relatively largely deformed by the force applied from the cross direction in the tension direction. The deformation causes the change in the direction in which the bundle of bills is conveyed to a greater extent, thereby exerting an undesirable force on the bundle of bills. In such a case, it is very difficult to properly apply sufficient pressure to the bundle of bills by using only the conveyance belt. When the pulley rollers for supporting the conveying belt are arranged at shorter intervals, a larger pressure can be applied appropriately, but the number of parts increases, the configuration becomes complicated, and the manufacturing cost increases.

However, the tray 104 may use a member having sufficient rigidity. Thereby, even if a pressure is applied, it can be made to support banknote bundle B, maintaining a state. For this reason, compared with the case where the pressure is pinched | interposed between a conveyance belt, larger pressure can be applied suitably. The undesirable force acting on the bill bundle during conveyance can be made smaller. As a result, banknote bundles can be conveyed more appropriately while maintaining the state.

In the link 133, as shown in FIG. 4, three slits 133a to 133c are provided, and two sensors 145 and 146 capable of detecting these slits 133a to 133c are arranged. . These sensors 145 and 146 are both optical sensors and detect the slits 133a to 133c by whether or not the light emitted from the light emitting element is shielded.

The slits 133a to 133c and the sensors 145 and 146 are arranged to be able to determine the position of the clamp 103 and whether or not the bill bundle B is an acceptable height. Accordingly, when the clamp 103 is in the upper position shown in Fig. 2, as shown in Fig. 7A, the sensors 145 and 146 allow transmission, that is, light from the light emitting element to be incident on the light receiving element. If the banknote bundle B is an acceptable height, as shown in FIG. 7B or 7C, the sensor 145 prevents light shielding, that is, light from the light emitting element, from entering the light receiving element. At this time, the other sensor 146 may be either light shielding or transmission. If the banknote bundle B does not exist or the banknote bundle B is a little high, as shown in FIG. 7D, the sensor 145 transmits the light and the sensor 146 blocks the light. When the situation as shown in FIG. 7D is reached, the clamp 103 is in the lower position.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of sensors installed near the inlet and outlet 101. The sensors 109 to 111 provided in the vicinity and the sensor 112 provided on the rear side are both optical sensors.

As shown in Fig. 5, the banknote bundle B is inserted horizontally, that is, the longitudinal direction is intersected in the insertion direction, and is inserted between the narrowing guides 151. Four sensors 109a to 109d are arranged side by side as the sensor 109 so as to determine whether the width (length in the longitudinal direction) of the banknote bundle B inserted into the input outlet 101 is in the normal range. . These sensors 109a to 109d and the sensor 110 are used to determine whether or not the bill bundle B should be accepted. The acceptance conditions that the bill bundle B to be accepted must satisfy are as shown in Fig. 8A, the sensor 110 and the sensors 109b and 109c detect the bill bundle B, and the sensor 109a, It is assumed that either one of 109d) detects it. The bill bundle B as shown in Fig. 8B which does not satisfy the condition refuses to accept.

The banknote bundle B may be inserted in the input outlet 101 in the state meandered. Detection of the meandering is performed using the sensors 109b and 109c only to the bill bundle B that satisfies the acceptance condition.

When the banknote bundle B meanders, when it conveys inward, a shift | offset | difference occurs in the timing which the sensors 109b and 109c do not detect. When the time difference is ΔT and the conveyance speed is V, the shift amount X between the sensors 109b and 109c shown in FIG. 9 is

X = V · ΔT

Becomes For this reason, when the meandering amount [theta] ([deg.]) Expressed by the angle is Y for the distance between the sensors 109b and 109c,

θ = tan ^-1 (X / Y)

Can be obtained as Only when the meandering amount (theta) is in an allowable range, acceptance of banknote bundle B is continued.

As mentioned above, the length check of the banknote bundle B in the long longitudinal direction is performed using the sensors 109a-109d. The length check of the short longitudinal direction is performed by confirming whether the banknote bundle B conveys to the position which light-shields the sensor 111, and the length conveyed until the light-shielding is released is within an allowable range. The height of the banknote bundle B is performed by counting the amount of rotation of the motor 140 necessary for returning it to the upper end position after pressing the clamp 103.

In the upper position, as shown in FIG. 7A, both the sensors 145 and 146 are transmitted. For this reason, by monitoring the signal output by the sensors 145 and 146, the height from the position which pressed the banknote bundle B to the upper end position can be specified. Accordingly, the height of the bill bundle B can be calculated by subtracting the height from the height between the clamp 103 and the tray 104 at the upper end position.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the acceptor 100 measures size check (long length, short length check in both directions), meandering amount θ, and height of the bill bundle B. . Accordingly, the improper banknote bundle B is returned to the customer at an earlier stage, so that higher use efficiency can be realized. Description of the operation for realizing it will be described later.

6 is a circuit configuration diagram of the paper handling apparatus 1.

The acceptor 100 is configured to include a sensor group 161, a motor group 162, and a solenoid group 163. The sensor group 161 is composed of the sensors 109 to 112, 145 and 146, the sensor 107b of the encoder 107, and the like. The motor group 162 is a motor 140 for driving the clamp 103, a motor for driving the conveyance belt 123 provided on the clamp 103, and a conveyance belt 106 provided below the tray 103. It consists of a motor for movement. These motors are all stepping motors. Protrusion and retraction of the hook 105, the A stopper 113, and the D stopper 114 are performed using a solenoid. The solenoid group 163 consists of these solenoids.

The lower unit 200 operates under the control of the printed circuit board (PCB) 260. Motor groups 271 and 272, sensor groups 273 and solenoid groups 274 are connected to the printed board 260.

The motor group 271 is composed of a plurality of stepping motors, for example. Each stepping motor is used as a power source for moving a stage installed in the corresponding bill cassette 210. The motor group 272 is composed of a plurality of DC motors, for example. Each DC motor is used as a power source for the feeding mechanism 211 provided in the corresponding bill cassette 210.

The sensor group 273 includes a sensor provided on the conveying path 201 for detecting the bill, a sensor (for example, a switch) for detecting the bill cassette 210, a sensor for detecting the position of the stage of the bill cassette 210, and It consists of a sensor for detecting banknotes stored, and the like. The solenoid group 274 is comprised with the solenoid for the state change prepared for every switching hook on the conveyance path 201, the solenoid for power transmission to the feeding mechanism 211 prepared in each banknote cassette 210, and the like.

On the printed board 260, a CPU 261 for controlling the entire paper handling apparatus 1, a ROM 262 storing a program executed by the CPU 261 and various control data, and a CPU 261 are provided. A RAM 263 used for the work, a sensor driver 264 for driving a sensor constituting the sensor group 273, a solenoid driver 265 for individually driving the solenoids constituting the solenoid group 274, and Communication with the motor driver 266 for driving the stepping motor constituting the motor group 271, the motor driver 267 for driving the DC motor constituting the motor group 272, and the upper unit 300, for example. A communication interface (I / F) 268 for performing communication and a communication interface (I / F) 269 for communicating with higher-level devices such as an ATM main body are mounted.

The upper unit 300 also operates under the control of the printed circuit board (PCB) 360. The motor group 371, 162, the DC motor 372, the sensor group 373, 161, the solenoid group 374, 163, and the discriminating unit 320 are connected to the printed board 360. Accordingly, the acceptor 100 is controlled by the upper unit 300.

The motor group 371 is composed of a plurality of stepping motors, for example. The carrier 341, each of the stages 312, 331, 332, and the pusher 313 are moved using a stepping motor as a power source, respectively. The DC motor 372 is a power source for extracting and conveying bills from the separator unit 310.

The sensor group 373 includes a plurality of sensors each provided for detecting bills or carriers 341 in each of the conveyance paths 301 to 305, a plurality of sensors provided in the separator unit 310, and a plurality of sensors provided in the temporary holding unit 330. It consists of a sensor and the like. The solenoid group 374 is comprised with the switching hooks 302a and 302b on the conveyance path 301, and the solenoid for switching the states of the switching hooks provided on the other conveyance paths 303 and 304, respectively.

On the printed board 360, a CPU 361 that controls the entire upper unit 300, a ROM 362 storing a program executed by the CPU 361 and various control data, and a CPU 361 work on the printed board 360. A RAM 363 to be used for the sensor, a sensor driver 364 for driving a sensor constituting the sensor groups 373 and 161, a motor driver 365 for driving a stepping motor constituting the motor groups 371 and 162, and Between the motor driving circuit 366 for driving the DC motor 372, the solenoid driving unit 367 for individually driving the solenoids constituting the solenoid groups 374 and 163, and the discriminating unit 320. An interface (I / F) 368 for transmitting and receiving signals and a communication interface (I / F) 369 for communicating with the lower unit 200 are mounted.

The operation in the above configuration will be described.

The CPUs 261 and 361 on each of the printed boards 260 and 360 control by executing programs stored in the ROMs 262 and 362, respectively. The CPU 261 receives an instruction from the ATM main body via the communication I / F 269, performs control of the lower unit 200 in accordance with the instruction, and instructs the upper unit 300. The instruction is sent to the CPU 361 of the upper unit 300 via the communication I / Fs 268, 369.

The CPU 261 receives various detection results obtained by driving the sensor group 273 by the sensor driver 264 from the driver 264 from time to time, and the contents communicated from the upper unit 300 or the ATM main body are the communication I. Receive from / F (268 or 269) from time to time. These detection results and communication contents are analyzed to instruct the solenoid drive unit 265 and the motor drive units 266 and 267 according to the situation. Accordingly, the lower unit 200 is operated under the control of the CPU 261. In addition, information to be notified is frequently transmitted through the communication I / F 268 or 269.

The CPU 261 of the other upper unit 300 controls the upper unit 300 and the acceptor 100 by an instruction from the lower unit 200. The control receives and analyzes various detection results obtained by driving the sensor groups 373 and 161 by the sensor driver 364 from the driver 364 from time to time. The solenoid driver 367, the motor driver 365, and the motor are analyzed. This is done by instructing the driving circuit 366 and the discriminating unit 320 according to the situation. Accordingly, the upper unit 300 and the acceptor 100 are operated under the control of the CPU 361. Instructions to the discriminating unit 320 are made through the I / F 368, and information to be notified to the lower unit 200 is frequently transmitted through the communication I / F 369. When the customer accepts the banknote bundle B inserted, the amount of money received, the money type of the banknote determined as the normal right when the banknote is stored, and the like are transmitted to the lower unit 200 as the information.

Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIGS. 12-17, and the explanatory drawing shown in FIGS. 10A-10G, and 11A-11F, operation | movement of the paper-paper handling apparatus 1 is demonstrated in detail. The operation is performed by the CPU 261 of the lower unit 200 controlling the lower unit 200, and the CPU 361 of the upper unit 300 controls the upper unit 300 and the control unit under the control of the CPU 261. This is realized by controlling the acceptor 100 respectively. 10A to 10G are diagrams illustrating the operation of the acceptor 100 at the time of deposit, and FIGS. 11A to 11F are diagrams illustrating the operation at the time of withdrawal thereof (including return).

12 is a flowchart of the deposit processing. The processing is executed in order to realize a deposit requested by the customer by an instruction issued by the ATM main body. First, the deposit processing will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Each unit of the lower unit 200 operates under the control of the CPU 261, and each unit of the upper unit 300 and the acceptor 100 operates under the control of the CPU 371. For this reason, description will be made here in the form of paying attention to the CPU controlling the object to be operated.

First, in step 101, it is checked whether or not the tray 104 exists in the delivery position which is the position shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 10A, and moves to it if it does not exist in the delivery position. In the next step 102, it is determined whether or not a banknote that satisfies the condition (FIG. 8A) to be accepted by the injection outlet 101 is detected. If the condition to accept the bill bundle B inserted by the customer at the input exit 101 is satisfied, the determination is YES, and the flow proceeds to step 104. If not, the determination goes to NO and proceeds to step 103. Satisfying the acceptance condition means that the length of the banknote bundle B in the longitudinal direction is within an acceptable range.

The processing of the above steps 101 and 102 is realized by the control of the CPU 361 of the upper unit 300 instructed to accept the bill bundle B from the CPU 261 of the lower unit 200. The same applies to steps 103 to 118 described later. The shutter provided near the inlet outlet 101 is opened after, for example, the processing in step 101 is performed. The hook 105 is normally made to protrude.

In step 103, it is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the detection of the bill bundle B is started. If the fixed time has elapsed, the judgment is YES, and the series of processing ends here. If not, the determination goes to NO and returns to step 102 above. Thereby, it waits for banknote bundle B to be inserted until a fixed time passes.

Although not specifically shown, in the step before the judgment of the step 103 becomes YES, the CPU 261 is notified from the CPU 361 to the ATM main body from the CPU 361 to inform that the banknote bundle B is not inserted. You are notified. By notifying at such timing, the ATM main body closes the shutter, and the determination in step 103 is set to YES.

On the other hand, in step 104, the carrier 341 moves to the exchange position shown in Fig. 10F, which is the position when the banknote bundle B is transported to the separator unit 310, and the pusher 313 and the stage 312 are moved. It moves to the upper position shown in FIG. 10A, respectively. In the subsequent step 105, as shown in FIG. 10B, the motor 140 is driven to pressurize by the clamp 103, and the height of the bill bundle B is detected by the sensors 145 and 146 (FIG. 4, see FIGS. 7A-7D). The driving of the motor 140, which is a stepping motor, is made by the CPU 361 designating the rotation direction and the number (step number) of applying a pulse to the motor driving unit 365 and instructing the driving thereof. The same applies to other stepping motors.

In the next step 105a, it is determined whether the height is within the allowable range. When the banknote bundle B is at an acceptable height, as shown in Figs. 7A to 7D, the sensor 145 is shielded from the state of transmitting light while the clamp 103 is moved downward for pressurization. The state shifts to For this reason, when the transition does not generate | occur | produce, a judgment turns into NO that the height of banknote bundle B is not in an allowable range, and it transfers to step 108. If not, the determination goes to YES and the flow proceeds to step 106.

In step 106, as shown in FIG. 10B, after the hook 105 is retracted, power is transmitted to the conveyance belts 106 and 123 and the tray 104, respectively, in the short length direction of the bill bundle B. The conveyance for checking the length is performed. The conveyance is performed by the maximum length of the permissible range after the sensor 111 detects the bill bundle B. FIG. When the conveyance is carried out, the meandering amount θ obtained by measuring the time difference at which the sensors 109b and 109c do not detect the banknote bundle B is also performed for meandering check (FIG. 9). The retraction of the hook 105 is performed by the CPU 361 instructing the solenoid drive unit 367 to drive the resolving solenoid. This also applies to other solenoids.

The actual conveyance amount is confirmed by monitoring the signal output from the sensor 107b of the encoder 107. The length check of the banknote bundle B in the longitudinal direction is performed in step 102 as mentioned above.

In step 107 subsequent to step 106, it is determined whether the banknote bundle B is normal, that is, whether the length and the meandering amount θ of the short length direction of the banknote bundle B are all within the allowable range. If they are all within the allowable range, the judgment is YES, and the flow proceeds to step 110; otherwise, if the at least one of the shorter length and the meandering amount θ is not within the allowable range, the judgment is made. Becomes NO and proceeds to step 108.

In step 108, the tray 104 is moved to the delivery position (see FIG. 10A) while being pressed by the clamp 103, and then the pressure is released. After the release, the flow proceeds to step 109 to wait for the banknote bundle B to be withdrawn. When all of the sensors 109a to 109d are not detecting the bill bundle B, it is assumed that the bill bundle B has been pulled out, from the CPU 361 to the CPU 261 to the CPU 261. After notifying the ATM main body, the series of processing ends.

Although not particularly shown, when the bill bundle B is still detected even after waiting for a certain time, the bill bundle B is stored in the reject box 353 to be accommodated therein because the customer forgot to take it. Doing. As a result, ATMs cannot be made unusable because customers forget to take them with them.

In step 110 where the determination of step 107 becomes YES and proceeds, an acceptance process for conveying the banknote bundle B to the separator unit 310 is executed. By carrying out the acceptance process, the bill bundle B is conveyed onto the stage 312 as shown in FIG. 10G. Step 111 then proceeds.

Here, the reception processing will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The state shown in FIGS. 10C to 10G of the acceptor 100 is realized by executing the accept process. At the start of execution of the acceptance process, the tip of the front side of the bill bundle B is located on the back side of the position where the sensor 111 detects the bill (see Fig. 2).

First, in step 201, the A stopper 113 is projected as shown in Fig. 10C. In the next step 202, the clamp 103 is moved upward by a predetermined amount to remove the pressure. After that, the tray 104 is moved to the delivery position (S203), and the hook 105 is protruded after the movement (S204). By the protrusion, the acceptor 100 shifts to the state shown in Fig. 10D.

As the tray 104 is moved to the delivery position, there is a possibility that the banknote in contact with it or the banknote in the vicinity thereof protrudes in the moving direction. However, the front side of banknote bundle B becomes a form supported by the A stopper 113 which protruded. For this reason, protrusion of a banknote in the moving direction can be reliably avoided. Thereby, even if only the tray 104 is moved, the banknote bundle B will maintain the original state.

The upward movement of the clamp 103 is made by the CPU 361 instructing the motor drive unit 365 to rotate the motor 140 by a predetermined number of steps. The protrusion of the A stopper 113 is performed by the CPU 361 instructing the solenoid drive unit 367 to drive the solenoid for the protrusion. The hook 105 automatically returns to the protruding state by terminating the drive of the retracting solenoid.

In step 205 subsequent to step 204, the clamp 103 is retracted to the position shown in FIG. 2 and the A stopper 113 is retracted. After the retreat, the tray 104 with the hook 105 protruding is moved to the release position (S206). The release position is the position on the rearmost side within the movable range of the tray 104. By the movement to the release position, the acceptor 100 moves from the state shown in FIG. 10D to the state shown in FIG. 10F beyond the state shown in FIG. 10E.

Retraction of the clamp 103 is performed by moving to the upper position where the sensors 145 and 146 will be transmitted together as shown in FIG. 7A. At that time, the number of steps of the pulses supplied to the motor 140 is counted until they are in a transmission state together. The value which added the step number of the pulse supplied when the pressure was removed to the count number shows the height to the position which retracted in the state which pressed the banknote bundle B. FIG. The height of the banknote bundle B at the time of pressurization is computed by subtracting the height from the height between the clamp 103 and the tray 104 of an upper position. By counting such a number of steps, the height of the banknote bundle B at the time of pressurization is calculated | required correctly. Pressurization is performed in the state which the shaft 121 opposes the tray 104, as shown to FIG. 3A and FIG. 4, and is preventing the influence by the deformation of the conveyance belt 123. FIG.

By moving the tray 104, the force toward the hook 105 acts on the bill bundle B by inertia. For this reason, banknote bundle B will be conveyed suitably in the form supported by the hook 105. FIG. Moreover, as a result of the force acting on the banknote which protrudes to the opposite side to a moving direction, as a result, banknote bundle B is corrected and conveyed so that it may become a more preferable state by that state.

When stopping the tray 104, a force acts on the banknote bundle B in the direction away from the hook 105 by inertia. The action of the force acts in the direction to disperse the bundle (B). From this, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10F, the carrier 341 is moved to the exchange position to the separator portion 310 in advance so as to prevent confusion of the bill bundle B by the carrier 341. Doing. Movement of the carrier 341 is performed in step 104 above.

In step 207 following step 206, the motor 140 is driven to pressurize the clamp 103. After the pressurization, power is transmitted to the conveyance belts 106 and 123 to convey the bill bundle B by a predetermined distance (S208), and after the conveyance, the D stopper 114 is projected (S209). According to this, after the acceptor 100 is shifted to the state shown in Fig. 10G, the series of processing is finished. The processing of step 111 in Fig. 12 is performed in that state.

The belt conveyance performed in step 208 is performed at the end of the conveyance belt 106. Its end is supported by a roller installed on the shaft. For this reason, banknote bundle B is conveyed suitably also by belt conveyance. The protrusion of the D stopper 114 is performed by driving the protrusion solenoid similarly to the A stopper 113. The protrusion of the D stopper 114 causes the banknote bundle B to be arranged between the D stopper 114 and the carrier 341 and placed on the stage 312 in an appropriate state (see Fig. 10G).

Returning to the description after step 111 of FIG.

In step 111, the stage 312 is lowered to the lower end, and then the pusher 313 is lowered to a position (pressure position) to which an appropriate pressure is applied to the bill bundle B. FIG. In the next step 112, the carrier 341 is moved to the escrow retracted position. The stages 331 and 332 of the temporary holding part 330 are moved in order to store the banknote drawn out from the separator part 310. Thereafter, the carrier 341 is moved to the escrow retreat position and the stages 331 and 332 of the temporary holding part 330 are moved (S113) to store the bills dispensed from the separator part 310 (S113). The motor 372 is rotated (S114). The pressurization by the pusher 313 monitors the output of the sensor for detecting the stage 312 which is located when, for example, an appropriate pressure is applied to the bill bundle B, and the sensor detects a predetermined amount after detecting the stage 312. It is performed by further descending.

After starting the rotation of the motor 372, the banknotes are sequentially drawn one by one from the separator section 310 until the dispensing of the banknotes from the separator section 310 is completed, and then conveyed to the temporary holding section 330. (S115, S116). Accordingly, the bill inserted by the customer is stored in the reservoir portion or the escrow portion.

The delivery of the banknote is performed by transmitting power to the feeding mechanism 311, and the destination of the banknote is determined by discriminating the drawn banknote by the discriminating unit 320. Banknotes determined to be normal are counted by the number of money. The pusher 313 intermittently lowers in order to apply an appropriate pressure even during the extraction of the banknote.

When the dispensing of the banknotes conveyed to the separator unit 310 is completed, that is, all of the extractable banknotes are collected and stored in the temporary holding unit, the judgment in step 116 becomes YES, and the process proceeds to step 117 to stop the DC motor 372. Let's do it. In a subsequent step 118, the pusher 313 and the stage 312 are moved to the upper position (see FIG. 2), respectively, and the CPU 261 of the lower unit 200 is provided with a notice that the dispensing is completed or a bundle of bills inserted by the customer The amount of money (receipt amount) of (B) is notified. These information are notified from the CPU 261 to the ATM main body. The deposit amount to be notified corresponds to the transaction contents.

By the notification, the ATM main body inquires whether or not to conduct a transaction (deposit transaction), whether or not additional deposit is made to the customer. The lower unit 200 is instructed according to the inquiry result.

In step 119 subsequent to step 118, the CPU 261 waits for an instruction from the ATM body and determines the contents of the instruction. If the ATM body instructs the additional deposit by requesting an additional deposit, the effect is determined and the process proceeds to step 120. If the ATM main body instructs the return of the banknote by requesting the cancellation of the transaction, the purpose is determined and the process proceeds to step 121. If the ATM body instructs the receipt of the banknotes accepted by the transaction, the effect is determined, and the flow proceeds to step 122.

In step 120, the client waits for a new banknote to be inserted and performs processing to accept it. The processing is basically realized by executing the series of processing in the steps 101 to 113 described above. However, the acceptance process of FIG. 13 executed as step 110 differs as follows.

In order to prevent the customer from forgetting to take it, it is desirable to return the bill to be returned once. However, since there exists a part conveyed by banknote bundle B, there is an upper limit to the height of banknote bundle B which can be conveyed at once. In addition, in consideration of the banknote bundle B which the customer has already inserted, it is necessary to make sure that the accumulated height of the banknote bundle B as a whole does not exceed the upper limit. In this regard, the accumulated height of the whole bill bundle B is obtained, and when the height exceeds the upper limit, the bill bundle B newly inserted by the customer is returned.

As described above, in step 205, the clamp 103 is retracted and the height of the inserted banknote bundle B is obtained. At the time of further deposit, the height calculated by adding the height obtained for each bill bundle B inserted by the customer to the height is calculated to determine whether the calculated height exceeds the upper limit. Accordingly, if the accumulated height exceeds the upper limit, the customer returns a bundle of bank notes B newly inserted, notifies the ATM main body of the bill, and proceeds to step 119 to wait for an instruction from the ATM main body. have. If the accumulated height does not exceed the upper limit, the process proceeds to step 206 and the subsequent processes are performed in the same manner, and then the process proceeds to step 114. 12 shows only the latter case.

By returning the banknote bundle B according to such a judgment and a judgment result at the time of further deposit, when returning a banknote which was received internally, it can be returned at once. For this reason, it can suppress that a customer forgets to take. Performing the height check of the bill bundle B including the same with the acceptor 100 in a faster step corresponds to a decrease in the utilization efficiency of the paper handling apparatus 1 caused by the customer inserting too many bills. To suppress more.

In step 121, when the ATM body instructs the return of the bill by requesting the customer to cancel the transaction, a return process for returning the accepted bill is executed. In step 122, when the ATM main body instructs the receipt of the received bill by requesting a transaction, the storing process for storing the accepted bill in the bill cassette 210 is executed. After executing any of these processes, the series of processes ends.

14 is a flowchart of return processing executed as step 121 above. Next, the return processing will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The banknote drawn out from the separator unit 310 is conveyed to either the reservoir unit or the escrow unit and stored. From this, a banknote is divided into the case where it exists only in a reservoir part, only an escrow part, and both, and demonstrates. The description focuses on the CPU 361 of the upper unit 300. The CPU 361 is instructed to return the bills received from the CPU 261 of the lower unit 200.

First, in step 301, it is determined where a banknote exists. If the banknote exists only in the reservoir RSV portion, the effect is determined, and the flow proceeds to step 302. If the banknote exists only in the escrow part, the effect is determined, and the flow proceeds to step 304. If the banknote exists in both the reservoir RSV portion and the escrow portion, the effect is determined and the process proceeds to step 306. The presence of a banknote is determined from the detection result by the sensor arrange | positioned for banknote detection in each part, or a discrimination result.

In step 302, the RSV stage 331 is moved to the release position. Thereafter, the flow advances to step 303, and the bill is returned to the customer by executing the bill ejection process described later in detail. The series of processing then ends.

In step 304, where the banknote exists only in the escrow portion, the RSV stage 331 is moved to the upper position. In a subsequent step 305, the ESC stage 332 is moved to the top position. Thereafter, the banknote discharge process of step 303 is executed to return the banknote to the customer.

In step 306, when the banknote exists in both the reservoir RSV portion and the escrow portion, the RSV stage 331 is moved to the release position to protrude the D stopper 114. Subsequently, in step 307, the carrier 341 at the escrow retracted position is moved to the exchange position of the separator unit 310 (see FIG. 10F) to move the banknote bundle B on the RSV stage 331 to the stage 312. ), And the carrier 341 is returned to the retracted position after that. Step 308 is then performed. The protrusion of the D stopper 114 is for conveying the banknote bundle B onto the stage 312 in an appropriate state as shown in Fig. 10G.

In step 308, the stage 312 is lowered to the lower end, as in the case of dispensing banknotes, and then the pusher 313 is lowered to a position to which an appropriate pressure is applied. In the subsequent step 309, the pusher 313 is raised until the position detecting sensor does not detect the stage 312. In a next step 310, the pusher 313 is raised to the joining ready position to protrude the fork 342. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 311.

In the rise up to the joining preparation position of the pusher 313, the increase amount is calculated by counting the number of steps of a pulse applied to the stepping motor for movement. In step 311, the rising amount with respect to the stage 312 is determined from the obtained rising amount, and the stage 312 is raised. In the next step 313, the RSV stage 331 and the ESC stage 332 are respectively moved to the upper positions. Thereby, after making the banknote bundle B on the ESC stage 332 moveable, it progresses to step 314. FIG.

The bill bundle B on the ESC stage 322 falls and is integrated with the bill bundle B in the separator portion 310. If the fall amount is excessively large in consideration of the size of the banknote, there may be a case where it is stacked in an inappropriate state when it is dropped. The amount of rise of the stage 312 is determined by performing the processes of the above steps 308 to 311 in order to suppress the amount of falling of the bill bundle B and to avoid such a thing.

In step 314, the carrier 341 is moved to the exchange position to the separator portion 310, and then back to the escrow retracted position. In a next step 315, the fork 342 is retracted to drop the bill bundle B carried thereon. Thereafter, the stage 312 is moved to the upper position in step 316, the D stopper 114 is retracted in the next step 317, and then the process proceeds to the step 303.

In this way, when banknotes exist in both the reservoir unit and the escrow unit, these banknotes are combined into one using the separator unit 310 and returned to the customer. As a result, the bills to be returned are returned at once, making it difficult to forget to take them.

By the way, it cannot be said that all bills can be drawn out. When all banknotes cannot be drawn out, the banknotes which cannot be taken out remain in the separator part 310. Although the residual banknote is not specifically shown, it is returned to be integrated with the banknote stored in the temporary holding part 330. Such a return is realized using basically the same method as integrating the banknote of the reservoir part conveyed to the separator part 310 with the banknote of the escrow part.

If a residual banknote exists, it cannot feed out the banknote from the banknote bundle B which was further deposited. For this reason, although it does not show in particular at the time of a further deposit, after returning a residual banknote, the customer is urged to insert the banknote bundle B. FIG. If there is a banknote stored in the reservoir unit, the banknote is integrated with the remaining banknote and returned. This also applies to a case where a customer who has confirmed the transaction contents requests a transaction, that is, stores bills of the escrow part in the bill cassette 210.

Next, the banknote discharge process performed in the said step 303 is demonstrated in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 15, and FIGS. 11A-11F. Since the discharge of the bill is realized by the operation of the upper unit 300, the description focuses on the CPU 361 of the upper unit 300. This is also the case thereafter, unless otherwise noted.

First, in step 401, the clamp 103 is retracted, and in a subsequent step 402, the tray 104 is moved to the release position of the acceptor 100 (see FIG. 11C). In the next step 403, it is determined whether or not the bill is not conveyed to the separator unit 310 immediately before. As above-mentioned, when banknotes existed in the reservoir part and the escrow part, respectively, these banknotes are integrated into the separator part 310, and a banknote discharge process is performed. For this reason, in such a case, the determination becomes NO and the flow proceeds to step 416. If not, that is, the determination is YES, and the flow proceeds to step 404.

In step 404, the hook 105 is retracted. Thereafter, the stage 312 is moved to the upper position in step 405, the carrier 341 is moved to the release position in step 406 (see FIG. 11A), and the pressure is applied by the clamp 103 in step 407, In step 408 the carrier 341 is moved to the escrow retracted position. After the start of the movement, the flow proceeds to step 410, where the banknote bundle B is conveyed to the belt.

The belt conveyance is performed until the sensor 112 (refer FIG. 2) does not detect banknote bundle B. FIG. After the belt conveyance is performed in such a manner, the process proceeds to step 411 where the clamp 103 is retracted to protrude the hook 105. In the next step 412, the transfer of the tray 104 to the delivery position is started while power is transmitted to the conveyance belts 106 and 123 (see FIG. 11D). Step 413 is then performed.

In step 413, as shown in FIG. 11E, the sensor 110 (see FIG. 2) waits for detecting the bill bundle B and pressurizes by the clamp 103. In the subsequent step 414, after the tray 104 moves to the delivery position, a process for conveying the banknote bundle B is further carried out by a predetermined distance. After that, the flow advances to step 415 and waits for the banknote bundle B to be withdrawn. When all of the sensors 109a to 109d do not detect the bill bundle B, it is assumed that the bill bundle B has been pulled out, and the CPU 261 of the lower unit 200 is notified. As a result, the CPU 261 notifies the ATM body of this fact, and then the series of processing ends.

The movement of the tray 104 to the delivery position counts, for example, the pulse signal output by the sensor 107b of the encoder 107 after the sensor 111 no longer detects the tray 104 (banknote bundle B). This is done by doing. The conveyance to the front side rather than the delivery position is for the customer to take the banknote bundle B returned more easily. Pressing by the clamp 103 is for avoiding the thing like the banknote bundle B being scattered.

In step 416, when the determination of step 403 becomes NO, the tray 104 is moved to the save position on the front side rather than the release position. Thereafter, the hook 105 is retracted in step 417, the stage 312 is moved to the upper position in step 418, the carrier 341 is moved to the release position in step 419, and then the process proceeds to step 420. When the process proceeds to step 420, the state is as shown in Fig. 11A. The tray 104 is moved to the save position so that the retracting hook 105 does not come into contact with the bill bundle B on the stage 312.

In step 420, the clamp 103 presses. In a next step 421 the carrier 341 is moved to the escrow retracted position. Thereby, after making it into the state as shown in FIG. 11B, belt conveyance is performed until the sensor 112 does not detect banknote bundle B in step 423. FIG. In the next step 424, the conveyance is stopped to move the tray 104 to the release position. Thereafter, the flow proceeds to step 411. By carrying out the processing of step 411, the acceptor 100 enters the state shown in Fig. 11C.

16 is a flowchart of the storing process executed as step 122 in the deposit processing shown in FIG. Next, with reference to FIG. 16, the storing process is demonstrated in detail.

First, in step 501, it is determined whether a banknote exists in the reservoir portion. If the appraisal unit 320 determines that all the bills are in the normal right, the banknotes stored in the reservoir unit do not exist, and the determination is NO, and the flow proceeds to step 510. Otherwise, the decision is YES and the flow proceeds to step 502.

In step 502, the banknote of the reservoir portion is returned to the customer to move the banknote of the escrow portion onto the stage 312 of the separator portion 310. After that movement, the carrier 341 returns to the escrow retracted position. In the next step 503, the stage 312 is lowered to the lower end, and the pusher 313 is lowered to the press position. Thereafter, the RSV stage 331 is lowered in step 504, and then the process proceeds to step 505. The lowering of the RSV stage 331 (and the ESC stage 332) is because a banknote which is determined to be an abnormality ticket may be generated at the time of differentiation again due to a double conveyance or the like. Such a banknote is conveyed to the separator part 310 again, and it discriminates, and when it determines with the discrimination also in the discrimination, it conveys it to the reject box 351 or 352, and stores it.

In step 505, the DC motor 372 is rotated. By notifying that the paper money is to be started, the CPU 261 of the lower unit 200 rotates the DC motor constituting the motor group 272 by the motor driver 267. Thus, the banknote conveyed by the conveyance path 201 is made into the state which can accommodate the banknote cassette 210. As shown in FIG. Thereafter, the banknotes are sequentially transported one by one from the separator unit 310 to the banknote cassette 210 to be accommodated one by one until the expenditure of the banknotes from the separator unit 310 is completed (S506, S507). . Accordingly, the bill inserted by the customer is stored in the bill cassette 210 according to the money type.

The drawn banknotes are discriminated by the discriminating unit 320. The CPU 361 frequently notifies the CPU 261 of the money type determined by the discrimination. By the notification, the CPU 261 specifies the banknote cassette 210 to receive the bills, i.e., the switching hook which should change the state on the conveying path 201, instructs the solenoid drive unit 265, and the state thereof. The drive of the solenoid for change or the drive is stopped. Accordingly, the bills conveyed from the upper unit 300 to the lower unit 200 are stored in the bill cassette 210 to be stored.

When the receipt of the banknote is completed, the determination in step 507 is YES, and the flow proceeds to step 508 to stop all the rotating DC motors. In a subsequent step 509, the pusher 313 and the stage 312 are respectively moved to the upper positions (see FIG. 2). The process then ends.

For example, the CPU 371 notifies the CPU 261 that the expiration of the bill is completed. After receiving the notification, the CPU 261 determines that the banknote is stored on the condition that the banknote on the conveyance path 201 is not detected for a predetermined time. The CPU 361 waits for the completion notice of receipt from the CPU 261 to stop the DC motor 372. The CPU 261 also notifies the ATM body.

17 is a flowchart of a withdrawal process. The processing is executed in order to realize a withdrawal transaction requested by the customer by an instruction issued by the ATM main body. Finally, the withdrawal process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, in step 601, each stage 331, 332 of the temporary holding part 330 is moved, and it transitions to the state which can hold a banknote. In the subsequent step 602, the upper unit 300 and the lower unit 200 each rotate the DC motor for conveying bills. Thereafter, the banknotes are sequentially drawn one by one from the banknote cassette 210, which should be fed, until the extraction of the banknotes from the banknote cassette 210 is completed (S603, S604).

The bills extracted from the bill cassette 210 are temporarily held through the conveyance path 201, the conveyance path 306 of the upper unit 300, the discriminating part 320, the conveyance path 302, and the conveyance path 303. Conveyed to 330. Since the normal right is stored in the banknote cassette 210, the banknote extracted from the banknote cassette 210 is stored in an escrow part.

The CPU 261 of the lower unit 200 is notified of the transaction contents from the ATM main body. The CPU 261 determines, from the notified transaction details, the bill cassette 210 to which the bill is to be dispensed and the number of sheets to be dispensed to the bill from the bill cassette 210, and to dispense from the bill cassette 210 according to the determination. The bill is sent out using the mechanism 211. When the feeding is completed, the determination of step 604 becomes YES, and the flow proceeds to step 605 to stop all the rotating DC motors.

The stop of the DC motor 372 of the upper unit 200 is performed by, for example, the CPU 261 instructing the CPU 361 after a predetermined time has elapsed after the dispensing is completed. The processing of steps 601 and 602 is also realized by the instruction of the CPU 261. This is the same as the processing of the step executed after step 605.

In step 606, following step 605, the RSV stage 331 is moved to the top position. Then in step 607 the ESC stage is moved to the release position. Thereafter, the pusher 313 is moved to the upper position in step 608, the stage 312 is moved to the upper position in step 609, and the flow proceeds to step 610 to execute the banknote discharge process shown in FIG. . The series of processing ends after the execution.

In addition, in this embodiment, although both the tray 104 and the hook 105 are used for conveyance of banknote bundle B, only one of these may be used. Even if only one of them is used, the banknote bundle B can be conveyed more appropriately than before.

Although the hook 105 is attached to the tray 104, it does not necessarily need to be. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the hook 105 may be attached to the guide 1801 to be moved along the guide 1801 by the belt 1802. It may be provided in plural so that the movable range is different. As the tray, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 19, a clamp 1902 may be provided in the tray 1901, and the clamp 1901 may hold the bill bundle B in the tray 1901. As such, many variations are possible.

In the case where the modifications as shown in Figs. 18 and 19 are respectively employed, the bill bundle B inserted by the customer is held in the tray 1901 by the clamp 1902 and conveyed, and after the transfer, the hook ( 105), a usage method for further conveyance can be considered. In such a configuration, at the time of withdrawal, after conveying the banknote bundle B in the discharge direction using the hook 105, the banknote bundle B is held and conveyed by the clamp 1902 and discharged. You can do that.

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In the paper handling apparatus capable of handling paper inserted from the outside, A first bundle conveying unit for conveying a stack of paper sheets in which at least one sheet of paper is stacked by insertion from the outside; An feeding unit for feeding out the papers one by one from the paper bundles conveyed by the first bundle conveying unit; A temporary holding means for temporarily storing the papers; An accommodating part for accommodating the papers; A first conveying section for conveying the papers conveyed by the dispensing section to the temporary holding means; A second bundle conveying unit for conveying the paper bundles stored in the temporary holding means to the feeding unit; A second conveying unit for conveying the paper bundles fed by the feeding unit by the second bundle conveying unit carrying the bundle of papers Papers handling device comprising a. The paper feeding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: feeding means for feeding each sheet of paper from the housing portion one by one; A third conveying unit for conveying the papers fed by the dispensing means to the temporary holding means; The paper bundle further contained in the temporary holding means by the third conveying unit can be conveyed toward the outside by the second bundle conveying unit and the first bundle conveying unit. Handling device. The meandering detection means according to claim 1, wherein the meandering detection means for detecting the meandering of the paper bundles conveyed by the first bundle conveying unit by insertion from the outside. Further comprising, when the meander detecting means detects the meandering of the paper bundle, the paper bundle is conveyed toward the outside by the first bundle conveying unit. The height detecting means according to claim 1, which detects a height of the paper bundle bundled by the first bundle conveying unit by insertion from the outside. Further comprising, and conveying the paper bundles toward the outside by the first bundle conveying unit when the height of the paper bundles detected by the height detecting means is higher than an upper limit. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the paper bundle is divided into a plurality and inserted from the outside, the upper limit value is updated based on the height detected by the height detecting means for each paper bundle already inserted. The method of claim 1, wherein the temporary holding means can separately store papers to be discharged to the outside from the paper bundles inserted from the outside and papers to be stored in the receiving unit. The feeding unit may form a space for receiving the paper bundle, A paper handling apparatus characterized in that the discharge of the paper bundles stored separately by the temporary holding means is integrated into one using a space formed in the feeding section. In the automatic trading device that performs a transaction based on papers inserted from the outside, A first bundle conveying unit for conveying the overlapped paper bundles by the insertion from the outside; A dispensing unit for dispensing the papers one by one from the paper bundles conveyed by the first bundle conveying unit; A discriminating section for discriminating papers fed out by the drawing section; A temporary holding means for temporarily storing the papers classified according to the discrimination result of the discriminating unit and temporarily storing them; An accommodating part for accommodating the papers; A first conveying section for conveying the papers conveyed by the dispensing section to the temporary holding means; A second bundle conveying unit for conveying the paper bundles stored in the temporary holding means to the feeding unit; A second conveying unit for conveying the paper bundles fed by the feeding unit by the second bundle conveying unit carrying the bundle of papers And an automatic transaction apparatus for performing a transaction of the papers from the outside based on the discrimination result. In the paper conveyance apparatus mounted on the paper handling apparatus for conveyance of the overlapped paper bundle, A tray provided on one side of the cross direction of the surface of the paper sheet inserted in the form of the paper bundle from the outside, Moving means for moving the tray along a conveying direction of the paper bundle; Pressing means for exerting a pressure toward said tray against said paper bundle Paper sheet conveying device comprising a. 9. The paper sheet conveyance according to claim 8, wherein the pressing means causes the pressure to act on the paper bundle by moving the conveying means provided on the other side in the cross direction for the conveyance of the paper bundle toward the tray. Device. 10. The protruding member according to claim 9, which is capable of protruding toward one of the conveying means and the tray and retreating from the protruding state, and capable of moving along the conveying direction of the paper bundle. It further includes, The paper sheet conveying apparatus characterized in that the conveying of the paper bundle is performed using the protruding member. The conveyance means and the tray of claim 10, wherein the conveyance of the paper bundle using the protruding member is carried out by sandwiching the paper bundle between the conveying means and the tray by the pressing means. And carrying out by releasing the sandwiched state by the pressing means and moving the protruding member in the protruding state from the rear side on the conveying direction of the paper sheet bundle to the conveying direction. The paper sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the protruding member is also used as a guide having a length in which the paper bundle is to be inserted by making the protruding state. The paper sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the protruding member is attached to the tray. 15. The paper sheet as claimed in claim 13, wherein when the paper bundle is inserted from the outside, the protruding member attached to the tray is brought into the protruding state to be used as a guide having a length to insert the paper bundle and then retracted. A paper sheet conveying apparatus, characterized in that the tray is moved in the reverse direction of the conveying direction and then protruded to be used for conveying the bundle of paper sheets. 15. The other protruding member according to claim 14, which is provided on the side opposite to said tray and is capable of protruding toward said tray and retreating from this protruding state. And paper sheet conveying apparatus, wherein the paper sheet bundle is held by another protruding member in the protruding state when the tray is moved in the reverse direction of the conveying direction. In the paper conveyance apparatus mounted on the paper handling apparatus for conveyance of the overlapped paper bundle, First and second conveying means respectively provided for conveyance of said paper sheet bundle on both sides of the cross direction of the face of the paper sheet inserted in the form of said paper bundle from the outside; Driving means for driving the first and second conveying means; Pressing means for applying pressure to the bundle of paper sheets between the first and second conveying means by moving at least one of the first and second conveying means in the cross direction; A protruding member capable of protruding toward one of the first and second conveying means and retreating from this protruding state; Moving means for moving the protruding member along the conveying direction of the paper bundle; Paper sheet conveying device comprising a.

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