KR100895789B1 - Bill handling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(Problem) When a folded banknote is drawn from the deposit and withdrawal unit, the banknote can be reliably detected immediately after dispensing.

(Solution means) When the banknote 23 which has the folded part 23a which is highly likely to generate | occur | produce banknote jam when conveying the inside of a banknote conveyance path is drawn out from the deposit / withdrawal part 1, the banknote 23 immediately after delivery The left and right fold portions 23a collide with the end face 21b of the banknote conveyance direction downstream of the banker 21 to generate an inclined row in the banknote 23, and the banker 23 indents the bank. It detects by the sensor 22 arrange | positioned downstream of, or monitors and detects the banknote arrival time with respect to the sensor 22.

Banknotes, Folds, Banknote Reach Time, Pickup Rollers

Description

Banknote Processing Equipment {BILL HANDLING MACHINE}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The main part side view which shows 1st Example.

2 is a partial perspective view of a banknote guide plate.

3 is a partial side cross-sectional view of a banknote guide plate.

4 is a perspective view showing an example of folded bills;

5 is a side view of a conveying path provided with a switching blade.

6 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a folded banknote and a switching blade.

The perspective view which shows the inclination line generation state of the folded banknote.

8 is a perspective view showing a detection state of the banknote inclined;

9 is a partial side cross-sectional view of a banknote guide plate showing a second embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a partial side cross-sectional view of a banknote guide plate showing a third embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a partial perspective cross-sectional view of a banknote guide plate showing a fourth embodiment.

The perspective view which shows the example which opened the outer end side of a recessed part in both sides of a banknote guide plate.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the internal structure of a banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

1 deposit and withdrawal department 1a banknote doorway

2 discrimination part 3a to 3d

4a to 4d bill compartment 5 reject compartment

6 non-receipt bill storing department 7 first conveyance way

8 2nd conveyance path 9 3rd conveyance path

10 4th conveying path 12 pickup roller

13 Banknote Press 14 Banknote Guide

15 Banknote Guide Plate 16 Gate Roller

17 Feed roller 18 to 20 Transfer roller

21 recess 21a, 21b cross section

21c Chamfer 22 Sensor

23 Banknote 23a Fold

25 ribs 30 transition blades

Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-165577 (paragraph "0010", Figure 1)

Patent document 2: Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 5-278902 (paragraph "0065"-paragraph "0067", FIG. 1)

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus used for an automatic trading device (ATM) and the like, and more particularly to a structure for detecting folded bills in order to prevent jams of deposited bills.

The conventional banknote processing apparatus which is installed in a branch office such as a financial institution and is provided as a banknote withdrawal device in an ATM or the like that conducts a transaction such as cash receipt or withdrawal, has a bill placed in a withdrawal section (bank input section) by a plurality of rollers. By operation, it separates one by one and sends it to a conveyance path (for example, refer patent document 1).

In addition, when conveying separated banknotes, banknotes are inclined to be inclined greatly, or they are fed in a state of overlapping two or more sheets, causing duplicate conveyance, or causing a defective conveyance such as deviating sideways. Therefore, when the optical sensor is arrange | positioned in the conveyance path of a banknote and the conveyance defect of a banknote is detected by this sensor, the technique which returned the banknote to the original accommodating part, reseparates, and eliminates the conveyance defect is proposed. (For example, refer patent document 2).

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

That is, although the sensor arrange | positioned in a conveyance path can detect the inclined line of a banknote, the overlapping conveyance, and the deviating to the side, for example, it cannot detect even the fold formed in the banknote which was folded four times, and the folded banknote is conveyed as it is therefore As a result, there is a problem that the folded portion of the banknote collides with the guide disposed on the conveying path, the switching blade for changing the conveying direction, or the like, and causes an obstacle such as banknote jam.

This invention makes it a subject to solve such a problem.

Means to solve the problem

Therefore, this invention is a banknote processing part provided with the banknote input part which throws a banknote and the feeding roller which draws a banknote from this banknote input part one by one, WHEREIN: The said banknote input part between conveyance surfaces which mutually oppose. A pair of banknote guide plates for guiding the banknotes extracted from the banks is formed, and at least one banknote guide plate is provided with a recessed portion of the banknotes.

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EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the Example of the banknote processing apparatus by this invention is described with reference to drawings.

Example

First, the whole apparatus is demonstrated.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the internal structure of a banknote processing apparatus, and demonstrates a banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus here as an example.

In Fig. 13, 1 is a deposit / withdrawal part (banknote input part) for the user to input or withdraw a banknote to the user, 2 is a discriminating part for discriminating and counting banknotes at the time of deposit or withdrawal, and 3a to 3d It is a temporary holding part which temporarily holds the true right bank which can be deposited by the discrimination part 2, and the banknote discriminated.

4a-4d are arrange | positioned by the banknote accommodating part in the up-down direction, and the temporary holding parts 3a-3d are formed corresponding to this banknote accommodating part 4a-4d.

Here, the uppermost banknote accommodating part 4a is a banknote which is authentic at the time of deposit, but a banknote discriminated by a handbook and a banknote discriminated by a gold type other than the withdrawal object (for example, a 2,000 yen banknote). It is set to store it, and the banknote accommodating parts 4b-4d are set so that the banknote for withdrawal may be accommodated for each kind.

5 is a reject accommodating part for storing the rejected bills at the time of withdrawal, and 6 is an unreceived bill accommodating part which collects and stores the bills which a customer forgets and does not take out, this reject accommodating part 5 and the unreceived bill accommodating part 6 is provided on the opposite side of the temporary holding part 3a with the banknote accommodating part 4a located in the uppermost end.

7-10 are the 1st-4th conveyance paths which convey a banknote, and each conveyance path is equipped with two sets of belt pairs, and each belt pair is comprised so that a banknote may be conveyed between both sides of the front and back. . The banknote part sandwiched by this belt pair is the banknote center part of fixed length inner side from the edge part of the banknote in the width direction (direction to a conveyance direction).

Here, the 1st conveyance path 7 is formed so that it may reach from the deposit / withdrawal part 1 through the discrimination part 2 to the temporary holding part 3a-3d, and the 2nd conveyance path 8 will be at the time of a deposit. It is formed so that it may branch off from the 1st conveyance path 7 and return to a deposit opening in the downstream of the discrimination part 2 in the banknote conveyance direction of the 3rd conveyance path 9 and the 4th conveyance path 10 It is formed so as to branch from the 1st conveyance path 7 between the deposit and withdrawal part 1 and the discrimination part 2, and to reach the reject accommodating part 5 and the unreceived bill accommodating part 6, respectively.

Moreover, the 1st conveyance path 7 and the 2nd conveyance path 8 are able to convey a banknote in both directions.

Moreover, in the 1st conveyance path 7, the switching blade which switches the conveyance direction of a banknote is provided in the position corresponding to the temporary holding parts 3a-3d, and the 2nd conveyance path 8-4th conveyance path ( 10) A switching blade is also installed at the branch of the vortex.

In the above-described configuration, the deposit processing and the withdrawal processing are performed as follows.

In addition, the operation | movement of each part demonstrated below is controlled by the control part which is not shown based on the control program (software) stored in the memory part which is not shown in figure.

First, in the case of deposit processing, when a transaction is started and banknotes are put in a batch by a user (for example, a customer) in a state where a shutter (not shown) of the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 is opened, the shutter is closed and the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 Banknotes are separated one by one from the first conveying path 7.

At this time, in the present embodiment, the folded banknote 23 is detected and returned to the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 so that the user can correct the fold and reinsert it. Details thereof will be described later. Continue.

The banknotes drawn out from the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 are conveyed to the discriminating unit 2 by the first conveying path 7, and the discriminating unit of the banknotes and the like, and the like are discriminated from the discriminating unit 2, and Conveyance abnormalities such as chaining and inclined lines are detected.

As a result, the paper money of the unknown kind and the paper money in which the conveyance abnormality was detected are returned to the deposit / exit part 1 by the 2nd conveyance path 8 as a deposit reject banknote, and it distinguishes from the above-mentioned input paper and accumulates (集 積)

In addition, banknotes which were found to be gold papers, but which were discriminated by handbooks whose parts were cut or missing by appearance images, and banknotes discriminated by gold types other than the withdrawal object, were returned to the temporary holding part 3a by the first conveying path 7. Integrated and temporarily suspended.

On the other hand, the banknotes discriminated by the regime suitable for withdrawal as the kind of withdrawal object are conveyed by the 1st conveyance path 7 to the temporary holding parts 3b-3d, accumulate, and are temporarily suspended.

When all the banknotes put into the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 are drawn out and the discrimination is finished, the shutter is opened and the rejected banknotes are returned to the user.

And when a transaction is settled, the bank notes integrated in the temporary holding parts 3a-3d will be drawn in and stored in the corresponding banknote accommodating parts 4a-4d.

In the case of withdrawal processing, when a transaction is started, a banknote is drawn out from banknote accommodating parts 4b-4d, it is sent to the discriminating part 2 by the 1st conveyance path 7, and discrimination, such as a loss loss, a gold kind, and a chain are carried out. An abnormality in conveyance, such as an inclined line, is detected.

As a result, banknotes discriminated by handbooks with a part cut or missing (handbooks contained in banknote storage sections 4b to 4d by manual replenishment, etc.), and banknotes in which conveyance abnormality is detected are the third withdrawal rejection banknotes. It is conveyed to the reject banknote accommodating part 5 by the conveyance path 9, and is accommodated.

In addition, the banknotes discriminated from the discrimination section 2 to the regime and fixed in paper type are conveyed to the deposit and withdrawal section 1 by the first conveyance path 7 and accumulated.

Then, when the amount of money specified by the user in advance and the amount of money by the number of sheets is accumulated in the deposit and withdrawal unit 1, the shutter is opened and withdrawn to the user.

At this time, when a user forgets to take out a banknote, the unreceived banknote is sent to the 2nd conveyance path 8 side in the deposit / withdrawal part 1, and it is sent out to the 2nd conveyance path 8, and a 1st conveyance path It transfers to the non-receiving accommodating part 6 by 4th conveyance path 10 from 7 through the discriminating part 2, and is accommodated.

Next, the characteristic part of this invention is demonstrated.

1 is a side view illustrating main parts of the first embodiment.

As shown in this figure, a shutter 11 is provided at the upper part of the deposit and withdrawal unit (banknote injecting unit 1), and the shutter 11 is opened and closed at the time of receipt of the bill 23 with the user by the withdrawal operation. It is supposed to.

The pick-up and drop-out part 1 has a pick-up roller 12 in which a circumference of an outer circumference is formed of a high friction member in order to separate (send) the banknotes 23 one by one and to send them to the first conveying path 7. ) And the movable banknote press part 13 which presses the banknote 23 accumulated in the perpendicular | vertical state in the deposit / exit part 1 with the pickup roller 12 is provided.

Banknote entrance and exit 1a is formed in one lower part of the deposit and withdrawal part 1, and a pair of banknote guide boards 14 and 15 are arrange | positioned so that it may become parallel at the lower side of this banknote entrance and exit 1a. .

These banknote guide plates 14 and 15 extend toward the 1st conveyance path 7, and have the curved part A in at least 1 point in a figure.

The banknote guide board 15 is provided with the 1st hole which extends to the length exceeding the curved part A in the vicinity of banknote entrance and exit 1a, and the 2nd hole located in the downstream, and a banknote guide from a 1st hole. The feeding roller 17 is arrange | positioned so that an outer peripheral part may be pinched in between the boards 14 and 15, and the conveyance roller 20 is arrange | positioned so that an outer peripheral part may be pinched in between a banknote guide plate 14 and 15 from a 2nd hole. .

Here, the feeding roller 17 has a high friction member 17a formed on a part of the outer circumference thereof, and is capable of rotating in both forward and reverse directions in synchronism with the pickup roller 12, and the conveying roller 20 also rotates in the same manner. It is supposed to be.

On the other hand, in the banknote guide board 14, the 1st hole located in the upper end (one end) side of the 1st hole formed in the banknote guide plate 15, and the 2nd located in the lower end (other end) side of this 1st hole The hole and the 3rd hole located in the downstream of this 2nd hole are formed, and the gate roller (the outer peripheral part sticks in between the banknote guide plates 14 and 15 from the 1st hole of this banknote guide plate 14) 16 is arrange | positioned, the conveyance roller 18 is arrange | positioned so that the outer periphery may be squeezed into between the banknote guide plates 14 and 15 from a 2nd hole, and also between banknote guide plates 14 and 15 from a 3rd hole. The conveyance roller 19 is arrange | positioned so that an outer peripheral part may go in.

The gate roller 16 is deviated in the axial direction with respect to the feeding roller 17 here, and the outer periphery is installed so that the outer periphery may overlap with the outer periphery of the feeding roller 17, and the pick-up roller 12 and the feeding roller 17 are provided. In order to separate the banknotes 23 which are drawn out one by one, it rotates only in the same direction as the rotation direction of the feeding roller 17 at the time of banknote feeding.

Moreover, the conveyance roller 18 is provided so that it may contact and face the feed roller 17, and conveys the banknote 23 between the feed roller 17, and the conveyance roller 19 may be conveyed. It faces and contacts the conveyance roller 20, and conveys the banknote 23 between the conveyance rollers 20, and conveys it.

21 is a recess formed in the curved portion A of the banknote guide plate 14, and the recess 21 is a hole penetrating the banknote guide plate 14 in a size at which the folded portion 23a of the banknote 23 is pulled out. It is formed as.

22 is a sensor which detects a banknote 23 conveyed between banknote guide plates 14 and 15 at the position of the conveyance roller 18 downstream of the recess 21, and the banknote guide plates 14 and 15. It is comprised by the light emitting element and the light receiving element arrange | positioned so that it may face through the detection hole mentioned later formed in the banknote detection position of 2, and two sets are provided in the back direction of a figure.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the banknote guide plate 14, in which the gate roller 16 and the conveying roller 18 are located at the center of the banknote guide plate 14, and the gate roller 16 and the conveying roller are located. The detection holes 24 which let the light of the two recesses 21 and the two sets of sensors 22 pass in the position outside 18 are formed symmetrically, respectively.

3 is a partial side cross-sectional view of the banknote guide plate 14, and as shown in this figure, the end face 21a of the banknote conveyance direction upstream side in the recess 21 is a folded portion 23a of the banknote 23. As shown in FIG. ) Is formed in a slope shape with respect to the banknote conveying surface 14a of the banknote guide plate 14 so that it is easy to enter and guides smoothly, and the end surface 21b of the banknote conveyance direction downstream side is a folded part of the banknote 23. It is formed substantially perpendicular to the banknote conveyance surface 14a as a collision surface which 23a collides with.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of folded banknotes, Fig. 5 is a side view of a conveying path provided with a switching blade, Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a folded banknote and a switching blade, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing an inclined row generation state of the folded banknote. 8 is a perspective view showing a detection state of the inclined banknote.

First, in FIG. 1, the banknote 23 injected into the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 by the user is pressed by the pickup roller 12 by the banknote pressing unit 13.

And by the rotation of the pick-up roller 12, the feed roller 17, and the gate roller 16, banknote 23 is separated one by one, it is drawn out from the deposit / withdrawal part 1 between banknote guide plates 14 and 15, and it is downstream. It is distributed to the side and sent.

The drawn banknote 23 is transferred between the feeding roller 17 and the conveying roller 18. At this time, since the passage of the banknote 23 is detected by the two sets of sensors 22, the two sets of sensors ( The attitude | position and conveyance state of the banknote 23 can be detected by monitoring the timing with which 22) detected the banknote, and the arrival time of the banknote 23.

For example, when the banknote 23 is inclined and conveyed, since a time difference arises in the timing detected by the left and right two sets of sensors 22, when the time difference arises in the detection timing, the banknote 23 Inclined rows of can be detected.

By the way, in the banknote 23 which a user throws in, the banknote 23 folded as shown in FIG.4 (a), 4 (b), ie, folded in half in the longitudinal direction, folded in half, and folded four times, left and right The banknote 23 in which the fold part 23a which has an asymmetric peak side and a valley side was mixed may be mixed, and the banknote 23 with such a fold part 23a was switched for conveyance direction switching provided in the banknote conveyance path. When conveyed to a blade or the like, the risk of generating bill jams increases.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when sending the banknote 23 conveyed by the 1st conveyance path 7 to the temporary holding part 3a corresponding to the banknote accommodating part 4a, a 1st conveyance path The conveyance direction of the banknote 23 is switched by the switching blade 30 provided in (7).

Usually, as shown in FIG. 6, the switching blades 30 are provided in the outer periphery of the cylindrical boss part 31 fixed to the rotating shaft 32 in two at regular intervals, and the banknote 23 is each, respectively. The guide surface 31a curved into the concave shape of the switching blade 30 is guided to the temporary holding portion 3a, at which time the folded portion 23a of the banknote 23 is mounted on the switching blade 30 side. If the state protrudes in shape, when the banknote 23 passes through this switching blade 30, the mountain-shaped folded portion 23a collides with the boss portion 31 between the switching blades 30 to close the banknote jam. Will be generated.

In the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4 (b), when the banknote 23 in which the folded part 23a of the valley side on the right side and the mountain side on the left side is drawn out by the four-fold folding is drawn out from the deposit and withdrawal part 1, As shown in FIG. 7, the folded portion 23a on the mountain side is conveyed without falling into the recess 21 formed in the guide plate 14, but the folded portion 23a on the valley side is a banknote of the recess 21. It slides into the recessed part 21 by the guide of the slope-shaped cross section 21a of an upstream conveyance direction, and collides with the downstream end surface 21b.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the banknote 23 rotates about the downstream end surface 21b of the recess 21, and since the left part of banknote 23 precedes a right part, a banknote 23 is in an inclined state, and since the left part of the preceding banknote 23 quickly reaches the downstream detection hole 24, two sets of sensors 22 corresponding to the left and right detection holes 24 are provided. The time difference occurs at the detection timing of.

Therefore, when the control part which does not show the detection timing of these two sets of sensors 22 monitors, when time difference generate | occur | produces in the detection timing, it can detect that the banknote 23 which has the folded part 23a was conveyed. have.

As shown in Fig. 4 (a), the same can be detected even when the banknote 23 in which the folded portion 23a on the left side and the mountain side on the right side is drawn out by folding four times is drawn from the deposit and withdrawal portion 1.

Thus, when detecting the banknote 23 which has the folded part 23a, the control part stops rotation of the pick-up roller 12, the feed roller 17, and the conveyance roller 18, and moves the banknote press part 13 to it. A predetermined distance is moved in a direction away from the pickup roller 12 to form a gap between the banknote 23 in the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 and the pickup roller 12, and the feeding roller 17 and the conveying roller 18 are reversed. It rotates and returns the banknote 23 which has the folded part 23a into the deposit / withdrawal part 1.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 1, the distance from the banknote entrance / exit 1a of the bottom of the deposit and withdrawal part 1 to the detection position of the banknote 23 by the sensor 22 is set to the length (short in the feeding direction of the banknote 23). By making it shorter than the length of a direction, the rear end (front end of a return direction) of the banknote 23 returned to the deposit and withdrawal part 1 collides with the following banknote 23 to be conveyed from the banknote entrance 1a. Since it can be sent in reverse while it is in the superimposed state, the banknote 23 which has the folded part 23a can be returned squarely in the deposit and withdrawal part 1 without generating banknote jam.

Thereafter, the control unit opens the shutter 11, displays a message for the user to take out the banknote 23 having the folded portion 23a, corrects the folded portion 23a, and reinserts the message on a display not shown. Or voice guidance.

Thus, when the user takes out the banknote 23 having the folded portion 23a from the deposit and withdrawal portion 1, corrects the folded portion 23a and reinserts it into the deposit and withdrawal portion 1, the control unit closes the shutter 11 Resumes the dispensing feeding operation.

Moreover, the control part monitors the time until the banknote 23 drawn out from the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 reaches the sensor 22, and the banknote 23 is not detected by the sensor 22 even if a predetermined time elapses. In this case, the rotation of the pickup roller 12, the feeding roller 17, and the conveying roller 18 is stopped to move the banknote pressing portion 13 a predetermined distance in a direction away from the pickup roller 12, and the deposit and withdrawal portion 1 A gap is created between the banknote 23 and the pickup roller 12 in the sheet), and the feeding roller 17 and the conveying roller 18 are controlled to rotate in the reverse direction.

As a result, the left and right folded portions 23a collide with the end face 21b of the recess 21 so as to detect the banknotes 23 that are not conveyed, so that the banknotes 23 are returned into the deposit and withdrawal portions 1. In the same manner as described above, the folding portion 23a is corrected by the user, and reinserted into the deposit and withdrawal portion 1 to resume the separate feeding operation.

In this case, the start timing of time monitoring is the start of rotation of the pickup roller 12 or the like in the case of the first sheet of paper 23, and after the second sheet, the passage of the preceding banknote 23 is transmitted to the sensor 22. Although it can be made when detected by the above, a sensor may be provided in the banknote entrance / exit 1a, and it may be made at the time of detecting the tip of the banknote 23 by this sensor 22. FIG.

According to the first embodiment described above, when the folded banknote which is likely to generate the banknote jam when conveying the inside of the banknote conveying path is fed out from the deposit and withdrawal unit, the folded part on the left and right sides of the banknote immediately after the dispensing part A banknote having a fold is deposited and unloaded because a bank of banknotes having a folded portion is generated by generating an inclined row in the banknote by hitting the end face and detecting the inclined row by a sensor disposed downstream of the recess, or by monitoring a bill reaching time to the sensor. The effect that it can detect reliably immediately after drawing from a negative part is acquired.

In addition, when the folded banknote is detected, the banknote is returned to the deposit and withdrawal unit. Therefore, it is possible to correct the banknote folding by the user and to reenter the banknote. The effect that can be prevented in advance is obtained.

9 is a partial side cross-sectional view of the banknote guide plate 14 showing the second embodiment.

In this second embodiment, the end face 21b of the banknote conveyance direction downstream side of the recess 21 is made lower by the dimension L1 than the banknote conveying surface 14a of the banknote guide plate 14. Same as the first embodiment.

In this second embodiment, the inclined row is generated in the banknote 23 by colliding with the end face 21b of the recess 21 only when the folded portion 23a of the banknote 23 is at least the height L1. Since it is possible to detect only the banknote 23 having a high height (folding) of the folded portion 23a, i.e., a banknote 23 that is very likely to cause jam, it is likely to cause jam Since only the high banknote 23 can be returned to the deposit and withdrawal unit 1, the folding portion 23a can be corrected by the user, thereby eliminating the need to unnecessarily return to the deposit and withdrawal unit 1, thereby obtaining the effect of efficient calibration. Lose.

10 is a partial side cross-sectional view of the banknote guide plate 14 showing the third embodiment.

In this third embodiment, the chamfer 21c is formed in the end face 21b on the downstream side of the recess 21, and the end face 21b is dimensioned from the banknote conveying surface 14a of the banknote guide plate 14. As low as L1, the rest of the configuration is the same as in the first embodiment.

In this third embodiment, as in the second embodiment, the banknote 23 collides with the end face 21b of the recess 21 only when the folded portion 23a of the banknote 23 is at least a height L1. Since it is possible to cause an inclined line to be generated, the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained, and the banknote 23 having a low height of the folded portion 23a has its folded portion 23a guided to the chamfer 21c. At that time, since the folded portion 23a is pressed and flattened by the chamfer 21c and passes downward, the occurrence of jam can be prevented more reliably.

11 is a partial perspective cross-sectional view of the banknote guide plate 14 showing the fourth embodiment.

This fourth embodiment is a length from the upstream to the downstream of the recess 21 on the banknote conveying surface 14a of the banknote guide plate 14, and a plurality of ribs 25 having the height of the above-mentioned dimension L1 are provided in parallel. By installing and allowing the banknote 23 to be conveyed on this rib 25, the downstream end surface 21b of the recessed part 21 is made low by the dimension L1 from the top part of the rib 25, The space | interval L2 between the ribs 25, for example, the space | interval between the switching blades 30 shown in FIG. 6, ie, the space | interval of arrangement | positioning of the member from which the tip of the banknote 23 which has the folded part 23a may collide. It is narrower.

This other configuration is the same as in the first embodiment.

Similarly to the second embodiment, the fourth embodiment described above also collides with the end face 21b of the recess 21 to hit the banknote 23 only when the folded portion 23a of the banknote 23 has a height equal to or greater than the dimension L1. Since it is possible to cause an inclined row, the following effects can be obtained in addition to the same effects as those in the second embodiment.

That is, in this 4th Example, since the space | interval L2 between the ribs 25 formed in the recessed part 21 is made narrower than the space | interval between the switching blades 30 arrange | positioned downstream of a banknote conveyance direction, The bill 23 passing through the folded portion 23a without colliding with the end face 21b of the recess 21 is not caught by the boss portion 31 or the like of the downstream switching blade 30, and thus can be conveyed satisfactorily. The effect that only the banknote 23 which has a high possibility of generation | occurrence | production of a jam can be detected is acquired.

In addition, in the second to fourth embodiments described above, time is monitored similarly to the first embodiment, and thus the folded banknote can be detected.

In addition, in each of the above-described first to fourth embodiments, the right and left recesses 21 are formed in a range within the width (length in the length direction) of the banknote 23. This is for the following reason.

FIG. 12: is a perspective view which shows the example which formed the left and right recesses 21 in the range more than the width | variety of the banknote 23, and opened the outer edge of the left and right recesses 21 from both sides of the banknote guide board 14. As shown in FIG. .

In general, it can be seen that the banknote 23 is folded at the corner 23b, the corner 23c and the like as shown in FIG. 12 by circulation.

Although the banknote 23 in which the corner part 23b, the corner part 23c, etc. are folded, there is no possibility that jam will generate | occur | produce, even if it is conveyed to the downstream conveyance path, the banknote 23 of the left and right recesses 21 as mentioned above. If it is formed in a range equal to or greater than the width, since the folded corner portion 23b or the corner portion 23c collides with the end face 21b of the recess 21 and the inclined row occurs on the banknote 23, the deposit and withdrawal portion It will be returned to (1).

Therefore, in order not to perform such an unnecessary operation, in this invention, the right and left recesses 21 are formed in the range within the width | variety (length in the length direction) of the banknote 23.

As mentioned above, although each Example was described, it is not limited to this.

For example, in each Example mentioned above, although the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus was demonstrated as an example, it is applicable also to the apparatus for exclusively depositing.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the banknote guide boards 14 and 15 are formed in S shape, and the same board | substrate as the banknote guide board 15 is formed in the curved part B located downstream of the recessed part 21. As shown in FIG. By providing the pregnant woman 21 and a sensor (not shown), the folded portion 23a collides with the end face 21b on both sides of the banknote 23, whereby the effect is further enhanced. .

Moreover, in each Example, although the recessed part 21 was formed as the hole which penetrates the banknote guide board 14, you may form in a puddle shape, The point is the fold part 23a of a banknote. What is necessary is just a structure which collides with the cross section of the downstream of 21).

According to the present invention as described above, when the folded banknote which is likely to generate a banknote jam when conveying the inside of the banknote conveying path is fed from the banknote inserting unit, the cross section of the recessed part of the left and right sides of the banknote immediately after the banknote is fed. A banknote having a fold is extracted from the deposit and withdrawal unit by generating an inclined row in the bill and detecting the inclined row by a sensor disposed downstream of the recess, or by monitoring and detecting the bill arrival time for the sensor. Immediately detect and stop immediately. Or it returns to a banknote input part so that it may not be thrown in in an apparatus. Therefore, the effect that the stop by jam can be prevented beforehand is acquired.

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As a banknote processing apparatus provided with the banknote input part which throws a banknote and the feeding roller which extracts a banknote one by one from this banknote input part, A pair of banknote guide plates for guiding banknotes drawn from the banknote inserting unit are formed between the conveying surfaces facing each other, The banknote processing apparatus provided with the recessed part of banknote on at least one banknote guide board. The method of claim 1, The said recess is formed in the left and right both sides with the feed roller as a center, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method of claim 1, The said recessed part made the cross section of the banknote conveyance upstream side into the slope shape with respect to a banknote conveyance surface, and made the cross section of a downstream side perpendicular to the banknote conveyance surface, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, Two sets of sensors which detect a banknote from the downstream side of the said recess in the banknote conveyance direction are provided, and the distance from the said banknote input part to the banknote detection position of this sensor is the length of a banknote in a banknote conveyance direction. The bill processing apparatus characterized by the following. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, Another banking part located in the downstream of the said banking part in a banknote conveyance direction was formed in the other banknote guide plate, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The position which forms the said recessed part was a bill part formed in the banknote guide plate, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The cross section of the downstream side of the said recessed part was made predetermined dimension lower than the banknote conveyance surface of the said banknote guide board, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The chamfered part was formed in the cross section of the downstream side of the said recessed part, and the downstream cross section made the predetermined dimension lower than the banknote conveyance surface of the said banknote guide board, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The ribs are provided with a plurality of ribs having a predetermined dimension higher than the banknote conveying surface of the banknote guide plate to reach the downstream side from the upstream side of the banking portion, and the spacing between the ribs is in the banknote conveying direction downstream from the banknote conveying direction. The banknote processing apparatus arrange | positioned in the direction to go straight and below the arrangement | positioning interval of the member in which the tip of a banknote may collide. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The said recess is formed in the range within the width | variety of the narrowest banknote among the banknotes handled, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The method of claim 4, wherein The banknote processing apparatus characterized by monitoring the banknote detection timing of two sets of sensors and reversing the said feed roller to return a banknote to a banknote input part when it detects that a difference has arisen in a banknote detection timing. The method of claim 11, The banknote processing apparatus which monitors the arrival time of a banknote with respect to two sets of sensors, and when a banknote is not detected even if predetermined time passes, the said feed roller was reversed and the banknote was returned to a banknote input part.

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