KR100838605B1 - Sheet handler - Google Patents

Abstract

The inserted banknote bundles are conveyed in a form sandwiched therebetween by moving the clamp toward the conveyance belt. The clamp is moved by transmitting power to two arms. Power transmitted to one arm is transmitted to the other arm via a link. The link is provided with a plurality of slits, and a plurality of sensors for detecting the slit are provided. According to this, it is determined whether the height of the banknote bundle pressed by using the change of the positional relationship between a slit and a sensor according to the movement of a clamp is acceptable.

Description

Paper handling equipment {SHEET HANDLER}

The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus capable of handling paper sheets inserted from the outside.

Recently, automated devices such as an automatic teller machine (CD) and an automatic teller machine (ATM) have been installed not only at financial institutions but also at convenience stores. 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.

It is not possible for a customer to insert a bundle of bills properly. For example, a customer may insert a bundle of bills exceeding the inherent allowable range into an automated machine or a paper handling apparatus. For this reason, in the conventional paper handling apparatus of the type which draws and conveys a banknote one by one from the bundle of banknotes inserted by a customer, as described in Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 1-177188, the inserted banknote The height of the bundle is detected and returned to the customer if the height exceeds the upper limit.

The paper handling apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 1-177188 allows the paper money bundles to be stacked horizontally or inclined so as to more accurately detect the height of the paper money bundles by using the weight of each paper money. However, since the banknote is light, it can have a large elastic force compared with its own weight. For this reason, even if banknotes are stacked, the height of the whole thereof is changed by the elastic force acting on each banknote. As a result, it was not always possible to accurately detect the height of the bill bundle.

Some types of paper handling apparatus accept the inserted bundle of bills in their state. The conventional paper handling apparatus of the type was adapted to receive the banknote bundle by the detection of the inserted banknote bundle. However, the customer may not be able to insert the bundle of bills properly. For this reason, jams, such as jams, caused by the customer not inserting the banknote bundle properly, were high. From this, it is thought that it is important to carry out whether the bundle of banknotes inserted from the outside is appropriate at a faster stage more accurately.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-1177188

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-82293

An object of the present invention is to provide a paper handling apparatus that can more accurately and accurately determine whether a bundle of banknotes inserted from the outside is appropriate at a faster stage.

The paper handling apparatuses of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention are all based on the premise that papers inserted from the outside can be handled, and each includes the following means.

The paper handling apparatus of the first aspect detects a height of a bundle conveying unit for pressing and conveying a paper bundle in which one or more sheets of paper are stacked by inserting from the outside and a paper stack of the paper bundles conveyed by the bundle conveying unit. When it is determined whether the height detecting means and the height of the paper bundle detected by the height detecting means satisfy the condition of accepting the paper bundle, and it is determined that the height does not satisfy the above conditions, And conveying control means for discharging the paper bundles to the outside by the bundle conveying unit.

The paper handling apparatus of the second aspect includes pressurizing means for pressurizing the paper bundle inserted with one or more sheets of paper stacked from the outside, height detecting means for detecting the height of the paper bundle pressed by the pressurizing means, and height detecting means. Conveyance control means for stopping the acceptance of the paper bundles when it is determined whether the detected height of the paper bundles satisfies the condition of accepting the paper bundles and determines that the height does not satisfy the above conditions. It includes.

Further, in the first or second aspect, the conveyance control means is configured to select a condition based on the height detected by the height detecting means for each of the paper bundles when a plurality of paper bundles to be integrated and handled are inserted from outside. It is desirable to determine whether or not it is satisfied.

The paper-type handling apparatus of a 3rd aspect has the size on the cross direction of the bundle conveyance part which conveys the paper bundle which the paper sheets laminated | stacked one or more sheets by the insertion from the outside, and the paper paper of the paper bundles conveyed by the bundle conveyance part the overlapping direction. And a size control means for detecting at least one, and a conveyance control means for discharging the paper bundles to the outside by the bundle conveying unit when the size of the paper bundle detected by the size detection means is not within the allowable range.

The paper handling apparatus of the fourth aspect detects the bundle conveyance unit for conveying the paper bundles in which one or more sheets of paper are stacked by external insertion, and the meandering amount of the paper bundles conveyed by the bundle conveying unit. The meandering amount detecting means and the conveying control means for discharging the bundle of papers to the outside by the bundle conveying part when the meandering amount detected by the meandering amount detecting means are not within the allowable range.

The present invention detects the height of the paper bundle inserted from the outside in a pressurized state, determines whether the detected height satisfies the condition to accept the paper bundle, and determines that the height does not satisfy the condition. In this case, the paper bundle is discharged to the outside.

By detecting the height by pressing the paper bundle, it is possible to accurately specify the actual height of the paper bundle whose height is higher by the elastic force of the paper. In the case of conveying the inserted paper bundle in such a state and in the case of feeding and feeding the paper sheets one by one, the paper bundle is usually pressurized. From these, it is possible to prevent the proper paper sheet bundle from being regarded as inappropriate.

For example, in an automated device such as ATM, it is possible to make additional deposit. In the additional deposit, banknotes, which are papers, are divided into a plurality of times and inserted. Even when inserted into a plurality of circuits, it is required to return the inserted bank notes once. From this, when paper bundles to be integrated and handled are divided into multiple circuits and inserted from the outside, it is determined whether the inserted paper bundles are appropriate by determining whether the conditions are satisfied based on the height detected for each paper bundle. It becomes possible to determine suitably from the viewpoint of the whole paper bundle.

The present invention detects one or more sizes on the cross direction in the direction in which the paper sheets of the paper bundles conveyed by the insertion from the outside overlap, and when the size of the detected paper sheets is not within the allowable range, the paper bundles are moved to the outside. Discharge. For this reason, only the paper bundle of an appropriate size can be accepted.

The present invention detects the meandering amount of paper bundles conveyed by the insertion from the outside, and when the detected meandering amount is not within the allowable range, the paper bundle is discharged to the outside. For this reason, only the paper bundle which can be conveyed in an appropriate state can be accepted.

The determination of the paper bundle as described above is performed immediately at the time of insertion or after the conveyance by insertion is started. According to this, even if any determination is made, determination of whether the bundle of bank notes inserted from the outside is appropriate is performed more accurately at an earlier stage.

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

The figure explaining the structure of the conveyance system of the paper conveyance apparatus (pre-acceptor) which receives the banknote bundle inserted from the exterior.

3A is a plan view illustrating a configuration of a clamp and a drive system thereof;

3B is a side view illustrating the configuration of the clamp and its drive system.

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

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

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of a sensor installed near an input outlet. FIG.

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

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

Fig. 7B is a view for explaining the detection method by the height sensor 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 (acceptable position: 2).

7D is a view for explaining a detection method by the height sensor of the inserted banknote bundle (bottom position).

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

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

9 is a view for explaining a meandering amount measuring method of a bundle of banknotes.

10 is a flowchart of the deposit processing.

11 is a flowchart of an acceptance process;

12 is a view explaining a modification for detecting an inappropriate bill bundle.

It is a figure explaining the state before insertion of the banknote bundle in a modification.

It is a figure explaining the state after insertion of the banknote bundle in a modification.

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 pre-acceptor 100 is referred to as "acceptor" or "PAC" after that.

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 installed 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, the banknote bundle B is conveyed to the separator (SEP) part 310 of the upper unit 300 via the conveyance path 102.

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 contact roller for contacting the feed roller for double conveyance prevention of paper money. It is a structure with the separator installed in a state.

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 respectively the upper end in the range which can be moved, 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 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 change in position of the pick roller whether or not an appropriate pressure is applied to the feeding of the banknote. For this reason, the sensor for detecting the pick roller which moved below by the 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 notes, indistinguishable notes, or broken notes 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 conveyed in the conveyance path 302 subsequently can be switched 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 pulleys 333 and 334 provided at intervals in the vertical direction. The two pulleys 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.

Differentiation of banknotes and storage in the temporary holding unit 330 according to the discrimination result are performed on all banknotes drawn out one by one from the separator unit 310. For this reason, after the extraction of the banknote from the separator unit 310 is completed, the extracted banknote is stored and stored in the reservoir unit or the escrow unit of the temporary holding unit 330. Completion of feeding is determined by checking with a sensor that a banknote does not exist in the separator part 310, or confirming with a sensor that a banknote is not sent 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 deposit amount calculated by counting the number of bills determined by the discriminating unit 320 as the normal volume for each kind of money is also notified. By these notifications, the ATM main body presents the deposit amount to the customer and inquires whether or not to conduct a transaction, whether there is an additional deposit or not. After that, it operates according to the search result.

When the customer requests 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 conveyance path 305 is performed using the carrier 341. The carrier 341 is for conveying the banknote bundle B in a form in which the bill bundle B is pushed in the rear in the conveying direction. 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 moves to the position (upper position) which retracted on the conveyance path 305, and the ESC stage 332 is the position on the conveyance path 305 (release) 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 the pusher 313 is moved to the joining preparation position, the fork 342 shown in FIG. 1 is projected toward the pusher 313 (front side). 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 protruding and protruding state along the conveying 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 310 returns to the escrow retreat 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 one by one to the separator unit 310, and the banknotes determined to be the normal ticket are conveyed to the lower unit 200 through the conveying path 301, the discriminating part 320, and the conveying path 302 for each kind 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 an abnormality | revolution again.

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 fed out, and the paper money that is fed out and discriminated is temporarily. After storing in the holding | maintenance part 330, it returns to 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.

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 banknote determined as the normal ticket is returned to the escrow part, and the banknote determined as the abnormal ticket 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 bill 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 bill 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.

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. Checking 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 For the encoder 107, the sensors 109 to 112 provided at different positions on the conveyance path 102, and the other positions on the conveyance path 102 to protrude and retreat on the conveyance path 102. The stopper 113, 114 which can be provided is 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 is provided with a disk 107a which rotates in accordance with the rotation of a motor which transmits power to the conveyance belt 106 and a slit detection sensor 107b provided on the circumference of the disk 107a. . 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 with 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 as the guide of the length to which banknote bundle B is to be inserted.

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.

The clamp 103 supported the conveyance belt 123 of four lines for banknote bundle B conveyance in the tensioned state by the several shaft containing the shaft 121,122 as shown to FIG. 3A. will be. 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 end sides 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 136 is attached to the other end of the shaft 134. A drive belt 137 is provided between the pulley 136 and the pulley 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 141-143 and the clutch 144, as shown in FIG. 3B. Power transmitted to shaft 138 is transmitted to arm 132 via pulley 139, drive belt 137, pulley 136, shaft 134, and 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 pressed 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.

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 acceptable, 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 inlet and exit 101 is a normal winding. . 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 condition that the banknote bundle B to be accepted must satisfy is that the sensor 110 and the sensors 109b and 109c detect the banknote bundle B as shown in Fig. 8A, 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. Arrows shown in Figs. 8A and 8B, respectively, indicate the insertion direction of the banknote.

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

As shown in FIG. 9, when the banknote bundle B inserted in the insertion direction shown by the arrow meanders, when it conveys inward, a shift occurs in the timing at 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 conveyed length is within an allowable range until the light-shielding is cancelled | released. The height of the banknote bundle B is performed by counting the amount of rotation of the motor 140 required to return it to the upper end position after pressing the clamp 103. Since the stepping motor is employed as the motor 140, the number of steps (number of steps) applied to the motor 140 for driving is counted as the rotation amount.

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 number of steps of the pulse applied to the motor 140 can be counted while moving from the position which pressed the banknote bundle B to the upper end position. Accordingly, the height of the bill bundle B can be calculated by subtracting the height corresponding to the number of steps from the height between the clamp 103 and the tray 104 at the upper end position.

The elastic force of a banknote is usually larger than its own weight. This means that the deformation caused by the elastic force of the banknote cannot be prevented by its own weight. For this reason, when a banknote is simply piled up, the height of the whole thing changes with the elastic force of banknote itself. Since the elastic force acting on the banknote is usually not immediately removed, even when the banknote bundle B which is higher by the elastic force of the banknote is pressed, the banknote bundle B becomes higher after the release when the pressure is released. From this, the height when the banknote bundle B is pressed is calculated | required. The height thus obtained is accurate to remove the elastic force acting on the bill and add the thickness for each bill.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the bill bundle B receives the size check (long length, short length check in both directions), the meandering amount θ, and the height of the bill bundle B. It is to be done correctly while being in). For this reason, an inappropriate banknote bundle B can be determined correctly, and an inappropriate banknote bundle B can be returned to a customer at a faster stage. As a result, reliability is improved and higher utilization efficiency is 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. Two sensors 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 bulbs 367 for individually driving the solenoids constituting the solenoid groups 374 and 163, and the discriminating unit 320. Is equipped with an interface (I / F) 368 for transmitting and receiving signals and a communication interface (I / F) 369 for communicating with the lower unit 200.

The operation in the above configuration will be described.

The CPUs 261 and 361 on the respective 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 communicate with each other. Receive from time to time from I / F 268 or 269. 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, through the communication I / F 268 or 269, information to be notified is often transmitted.

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, and the solenoid driver 367 and the motor driver 365. And the motor drive circuit 366 and the discriminating unit 320 are instructed 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, the operation of the paper sheet handling apparatus 1 will be described in detail with reference to the respective flowcharts shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. 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 of the CPU 261. This is realized by controlling the acceptors 100 respectively.

The size check (long-length, short-length bidirectional length check), meandering amount θ, and the height of the banknote bundle B as described above are measured by the banknote bundle B injecting the acceptor 100. By inserting into the outlet 101. From this, only the operation | movement at the time of the deposit which inserts banknote bundle B is performed here is demonstrated.

10 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 moves there if it does not exist in the delivery position. In the next step 102, it is determined whether or not the banknote which satisfies the acceptance condition (FIG. 8A) at the injection exit 101 is detected. When the banknote bundle B inserted by the customer at the injection exit 101 satisfied the acceptance condition, the judgment 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 in the longitudinal direction of the banknote bundle B 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 in the vicinity of the input outlet 101 is opened after, for example, the process of step 101 is executed. 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 which is the position at the time of carrying the banknote bundle B to the separator part 310, and the pusher 313 and the stage 312 move to the upper position, respectively. Let's do it. In the subsequent step 105, as shown in FIG. 4, the motor 140 is driven to pressurize the clamp 103, and the height of the bill bundle B is detected by the sensors 145 and 146 (FIG. 7a to 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 7C, 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, after the hook 105 is retracted, power is transmitted to the conveyance belts 106 and 123 and the tray 104, respectively, and the conveyance for checking the length of the banknote bundle B in the short longitudinal direction is performed. The conveyance is performed by the maximum length of the allowable 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 is true for other solenoids. The timing is performed using, for example, a built-in timer. 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, the judgment is NO if at least one of the length and meandering amount θ in the shorter longitudinal direction is not within the allowable range. The process proceeds to step 108.

In step 108, the tray 104 is moved to the delivery position while the clamp 103 is pressurized, and then the pressurized state 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 removed from the CPU 361 and from the CPU 261 and the CPU 261. After notifying the ATM 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. I'm trying to. This prevents the ATM from becoming unusable by forgetting what the customer takes.

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 executing the acceptance process, the banknote bundle B is conveyed onto the stage 312. Step 110a then proceeds.

Here, the reception processing will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 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. In the next step 202, the clamp 103 is moved back to the upper position shown in FIG. At this time, as described above, the signal output from the sensors 145 and 146 is monitored to count the number of steps of applying a pulse to the motor 140. Thereafter, the process returns to step 203 to determine the retreat amount of the clamp 103 from the counted number of steps, and the calculated retreat amount is subtracted from the height between the clamp 103 and the tray 104 in the upper position, thereby inserting the inserted banknote. The height of the bundle B is calculated. Step 204 then proceeds.

In step 204, it is determined whether the banknote bundle B has been inserted by further deposit. When the banknote bundle B is inserted by the customer who requested additional deposit, the judgment is YES, and the flow proceeds to step 205, where the accumulated value of the height of the banknote bundle B inserted by the customer during the current transaction is calculated. . The calculation is performed by adding up the heights calculated for each bill bundle B by performing the processing in step 203. Step 206 is then performed. On the other hand, if not, the determination is NO, and the flow proceeds to step 207. Transitioning to the step 207 can accept the banknote bundle B by the output signals of the sensors 145 and 146 when the banknote bundle B is pressed by the clamp 103 in step 106 of FIG. This is because you can check whether the height is.

In step 206, it is determined whether the calculated accumulated value is within an allowable range. If the accumulated value exceeds the predetermined upper limit value, the judgment is NO, and the series of processing ends here. If not, the determination goes to YES and the flow proceeds to step 207.

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 the additional deposit, in order to be able to return after the additional deposit, it is necessary that the height accumulated in the whole bill bundle B in consideration of the bill bundle B already inserted by the customer 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 not accepted inside. As a result, the occurrence of an obstacle such as a jam due to the height can be prevented in advance and reliably. The upper limit may be for other reasons, limiting the amount of money that can be traded at one time.

By the way, not all the bank notes in the separator part 310 can be taken out. When all banknotes cannot be drawn out, the banknotes which cannot be taken out remain in the separator part 310. The remaining bills are to be returned regardless of the customer's request. If additional deposit is required, banknotes are returned in the reservoir unit together with them.

If such a return is made, the number of bills received in the upper unit 300 is small, and the height of the whole bill is not equal to the height calculated in step 203 or the accumulated value calculated in step 205. However, in this embodiment, since the number of banknotes remaining in the remaining banknote or the reservoir part is small, the change in the height or accumulated value due to such banknotes is ignored.

In step 207, the tray 104 is moved rearward in view of the delivery position, that is, in the conveyance direction of the bill bundle B. FIG. After the movement, the flow advances to step 208 to protrude the hook 105. The hook 105 automatically returns to the protruding state by terminating the drive of the retracting solenoid. The protrusion of the A stopper 113 is performed by the CPU 361 instructing the solenoid drive unit 367 to drive the protrusion solenoid.

In step 209 following step 208, after the A stopper 113 is retracted, the tray 104 with the hook 105 protruding is moved to the release position. The release position is the position at the rearmost side within the movable range of the tray 104. The movement to the release position is performed by monitoring the output signal of the sensor 112.

In step 210 following step 209, the motor 140 is driven to pressurize by 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 (S211), and after the conveyance, the D stopper 114 is projected (S212). Thus, after conveying the banknote bundle B on the stage 312 of the separator part 310, a series of processes are complete | finished.

Returning to the description after step 110a in FIG. 10.

In step 110a, it is determined whether the acceptance of the bill bundle B into the separator unit 310 is completed. As described above, when the accumulated value of the height of the banknote bundle B does not exceed the upper limit, the determination in step 206 of FIG. 11 is YES, and the acceptance is performed. From this, the judgment is YES, and the flow proceeds to step 111. If not, the determination goes to NO and proceeds to step 122.

In step 122, the bill 103 is pressed by the clamp 103. In the next step 123, the bundle of bills B newly inserted by the customer is transferred by transferring power to the conveyance belts 106 and 123 and the tray 104, respectively, to move the tray 104 to the delivery position (see FIG. 2). Returns. After the return, the flow proceeds to step 119.

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. After that, the stages 331 and 332 of the temporary holding part 330 are moved (S113) to rotate the DC motor 372 for storing the bills drawn out from the separator part 310 (S114). Pressurization by the pusher 313 is performed by monitoring the output of a sensor for detecting a pick roller positioned when a suitable pressure is applied to the bill bundle B, for example, by lowering the sensor by a predetermined amount after detecting the pick roller. have.

After starting the rotation of the motor 372, the bank notes are sequentially drawn one by one from the separator section 310 until the dispensing of the bank notes from the separator section 310 is completed, and then conveyed to the temporary holding section 330. (S115, S116). Accordingly, the banknote 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 main body and determines the contents of the instruction. If the ATM body instructs the additional deposit by requesting the additional deposit, the effect is determined and the process returns to step 101 to prepare for the newly inserted banknote bundle B. FIG. If the ATM main body instructs the return of the bill by requesting the cancellation of the transaction, the effect is determined and the process proceeds to step 120. If the ATM body instructs the receipt of the banknotes accepted by the transaction, the effect is determined, and the flow proceeds to step 121.

In step 120, a return process for returning the accepted banknote is executed. In step 121, 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 one of these processes, the series of processes ends.

In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the position on the longitudinal direction of the banknote bundle B inserted into the injection | throwing-out outlet 101 is regulated by the guide 151. As shown in FIG. However, even if such a guide 151 is provided, there is a possibility that a banknote bundle B having an inappropriate size in the longitudinal direction is inserted. That is, a customer may forcibly insert the banknote bundle B which is not arranged so that it may enter between the guides 151 in the injection | pouring outlet 101. Insertion of such a banknote bundle B becomes a cause of obstacle occurrence.

The occurrence of such an obstacle further moves the guides 171 from the positions restricting the insertion of the bill bundle B as shown in Fig. 12, while further disposing the sensors 109e and 109f at those positions. This can reliably prevent it. Each guide 171 can be moved along the rail 172 in both directions of narrowing the gap and away from the belt 175, and from the belt 175 provided between the pulleys 173 and 174 to realize the movement. It is designed to transmit power. As the power source, for example, a motor can be employed.

The position where each sensor 109e, 109f can detect banknote bundle B is made into the place where guide 151 exists before banknote bundle B is inserted, as shown in FIG. 13A. For this reason, when detecting that the banknote bundle B (refer FIG. 8A) which satisfy | fills a acceptance condition is inserted, and moving each guide 171 as shown in FIG. 13B, it will length so that it may enter between guides 171. FIG. In the banknote bundle B in which the direction is not arranged, any one of the banknotes in it protrudes by at least one side of the banknote bundle B by the elastic force. According to this, if either of the sensors 109e and 109f is used as a condition to stop accepting the detection of the banknote bundle B, the longitudinal direction is sure to accept the banknote bundle B which is not properly aligned. Can be prevented. Therefore, it becomes possible to prevent the receipt of the inappropriate banknote bundle B more reliably.

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In the paper handling apparatus capable of handling paper inserted from the outside, A bundle conveying unit for pressing and conveying a paper bundle in which one or more sheets of paper are stacked by inserting from the outside; Height detecting means for detecting a height in a direction in which the papers of the paper bundles conveyed by the bundle conveying unit overlap each other; It is determined whether the height of the paper bundle detected by the height detecting means satisfies a condition that the paper bundle is to be accepted, and when it is determined that the height does not satisfy the condition, the paper bundle is described. Conveying control means for discharging to the outside by the bundle conveying unit Papers handling apparatus comprising a. In the paper handling apparatus capable of handling paper inserted from the outside, Pressing means for pressurizing the paper bundle is inserted by overlapping one or more sheets of paper from the outside, Height detecting means for detecting the height of the paper sheet bundle pressed by the pressing means; In the case where paper bundles to be handled integrally are inserted into the plurality of paper bundles from the outside, the height of the newly inserted paper bundles should accept the paper bundles based on the height detected by the height detecting means for each paper bundle. The conveyance control means which stops accepting the said paper sheet bundle when it determines with the condition being satisfied and determines that this height does not satisfy the said condition. Papers handling apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, The conveyance control means determines whether or not the condition is satisfied on the basis of the height detected by the height detecting means for each paper bundle when the paper bundles to be integrated and handled are inserted into the outside from a plurality of circuits. Paper handling apparatus, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, Further comprising size detecting means for detecting at least one size on the cross direction of the height direction of the paper-like bundle inserted from the outside, The conveyance control means is configured to discharge the paper bundles to the outside by the bundle conveyance unit when the size of the paper bundle detected by the size detection means is not within an allowable range. In the paper handling apparatus capable of handling paper inserted from the outside, A bundle conveyance part which conveys the paper bundle which the said papers overlapped one or more sheets by the insertion from the said outside, Size detecting means for detecting one or more sizes on the cross direction in the direction in which the papers of the paper bundles conveyed by the bundle conveying unit overlap each other; Conveyance control means for discharging the paper bundle to the outside by the bundle conveying unit when the size of the paper bundle detected by the size detecting means is not within an allowable range; Papers handling apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein Guide moving means for moving a guide defining a position on the cross direction of the paper bundle inserted from the outside; And the size detecting means can detect the size on the cross direction of the paper bundle after the guide moving means moves the guide away from the paper bundle. . The method according to claim 1 or 5, Further comprising a meandering amount detecting means for detecting a meandering amount of the paper bundles conveyed by the bundle conveying unit; And said conveyance control means discharges said paper sheet bundle to said outside by said bundle conveyance part, when the meandering amount detected by said meandering amount detection means is not within an allowable range. In the paper handling apparatus capable of handling paper inserted from the outside, A bundle conveyance part which conveys the paper bundle which the said papers overlapped one or more sheets by the insertion from the said outside, Meandering amount detecting means for detecting a meandering amount of the paper bundles conveyed by said bundle conveying unit; Conveying control means for discharging the paper bundle to the outside by the bundle conveying unit when the meandering amount detected by the meandering amount detecting means is not within an allowable range Papers handling device comprising a. The method of claim 5, Guide moving means for moving a guide defining a position on the cross direction of the paper bundle inserted from the outside; And the size detecting means can detect the size on the cross direction of the paper bundle after the guide moving means moves the guide away from the paper bundle. .

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