KR101133375B1 - Paper sheet processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

It is possible to provide a space of the storage space a little wide, and to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus that can be installed anywhere, while maintaining the convenience at the time of cassette collection. In the proposed paper sheet processing apparatus, paper sheets are stored or fed through one opening portion, and the one opening portion is provided on the upper surface, respectively, and is detachable and arranged in the depth direction at the same or approximately the same height, width, and depth. In order to pull out the plurality of storage bins, the plurality of storage bins integrally in the front or rear direction of the apparatus, a guide rail on which the plurality of storage cabinets are placed, and an apparatus provided with an opening / closing door on either of the front or rear of the apparatus. And a control unit for controlling the storage of the opening / closing door side of the plurality of storages as a storage for replenishment / recovery.

Description

Paper sheet processing equipment {PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus that can be installed at any location while maintaining convenience in collecting a cassette.

The conventional paper sheet processing apparatus performs various transactions, such as a deposit transaction and a withdrawal transaction, based on operation by a customer. Here, description of each part and the operation | movement at the time of deposit and withdrawal with respect to the paper sheet processing apparatus which have the structure similar to the apparatus disclosed by patent documents 1 and 2 are demonstrated with reference to FIGS. 18-26.

18 is a side view of a conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.

In FIG. 18, paper sheets (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "paper bills") are fed into the discharge unit 101 at the time of deposit, and the bank notes are lowered on the conveyance path inside the apparatus by the feeding unit (not shown). It is fed out through the opening 121. In addition, a banknote is discharged to the discharge part 101 through the upper opening 122 by the feeding part from the conveyance path inside the apparatus at the time of withdrawal.

The discrimination part 103 discriminates whether a banknote is a normal right or an unknown right at the time of deposit or withdrawal.

The bank notes discriminated as normal right by the discriminating unit 103 at the time of deposit are temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit (escrow) 104 through the upper opening 124 in order to await the confirmation instruction by the customer.

The banknote discriminated as normal right by the discriminating unit 103 at the time of deposit is conveyed back to the discriminating unit 103 through the lower opening 123 of the temporary holding unit 104 when the confirmation instruction by the customer becomes OK. In the discrimination unit 103, it is discriminated whether or not it is suitable for recycling. At this time, the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 103 as unsuitable for recycling, and the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 103 at the time of withdrawal as unknown rights are the reject unit 106-1 or the reject unit 106-. 2) is stored.

The banknote discriminated as normal right by the discriminating unit 103 at the time of deposit is conveyed back to the discriminating unit 103 through the lower opening 123 of the temporary holding unit 104 when the confirmation instruction by the customer becomes OK. In the discrimination unit 103, it is discriminated whether or not it is suitable for recycling. At this time, the banknote discriminated as being suitable for recycling is stored in a storage.

The paper sheet processing apparatus of FIG. 18 has five paper sheet storage (sometimes called "cassette"), and three paper sheet storage (111-1, 111-2 on the front side (right in FIG. 18)). 111-3) and the two paper sheet storages 112-1 and 112-2 on the rear side (left side in Fig. 18), the two sides on the rear side have a large height, depth, and width. Then, the two sheet paper storage compartments 112-1 and 112-2 on the rear side include a reject portion (not shown) therein, and are pulled out to the rear by opening and closing the opening / closing door provided on the rear side. It is removable for the body.

Banknotes drawn out in the paper sheet storages 111-1, 111-2, and 111-3 at the time of storing fall on the stage (not shown) which can move to the up-down direction of a storage box. The stage is fixed at an upper position, for example, when the number of banknotes stored therein is small.

In addition, the banknotes conveyed in the paper sheet storage 112-1, 112-2 at the time of storage fall to the bottom of a storage box. That is, in the paper sheet storages 112-1 and 112-2, a banknote is accumulated from the bottom.

Paper sheet storages 111-1, 111-2, and 111-3 include a feeder that can feed bills in both directions when bills are stored and when bills are sent out on a conveying path (not shown) ), And each has one entrance (top openings 125-1, 125-2, and 125-3).

The paper sheet storages 112-1 and 112-2 have upper openings 126-1 and 126-2 when banknotes are stored, and lower openings 128-1 when banknotes are sent out on a conveyance path. , 128-2). Moreover, the other upper opening 127-1, 127-2 which the paper sheet storage 112-1, 112-2 has is through the internal reject part, respectively.

Next, the operation | movement at the time of deposit and withdrawal of the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus is demonstrated.

First, the operation at the time of deposit is explained.

In response to the deposit instruction made by the customer, a shutter (not shown) is opened, and a bill insertion standby state is released to the ejection unit 101.

When a customer puts a banknote into the discharge part 101, it is confirmed (detected) that the banknote was thrown in, and a shutter closes. Then, the inserted banknote is moved to the position of the feeding section provided near the lower opening 121 by a pressing member or the like (not shown), and the banknote is fed on the conveying path inside the apparatus by the feeding section. At this time, a banknote is conveyed from the delivery part 101 to the discrimination part 103 via the conveyance path 140 as shown in FIG.

In the discriminating unit 103, it is discriminated whether or not the banknote is a normal ticket.

The banknote discriminated as unknown by the discrimination part 103 is conveyed from the discrimination part 103 to the discharge part 101 via the conveyance path 141 as shown in FIG. And it is discharged to the discharge part 101 through the upper opening 122, and is returned to a customer.

Banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 103 as normal tickets are conveyed from the discriminating unit 103 to the temporary holding unit (escrow) 104 via the conveying path 142 as shown in FIG. 21. In order to wait for the confirmation instruction by the customer, it is temporarily stored in the temporary holding unit 104. At this time, a screen (not shown) for prompting the customer to confirm the deposit amount is displayed.

In this state, when the confirmation instruction by the customer is canceled, the banknote is conveyed from the temporary holding unit 104 to the dispensing unit 101 and returned to the customer through the dispensing unit 101.

On the other hand, in this state, when the confirmation instruction by the customer becomes OK, one or more banknotes corresponding to the deposit amount are moved to the position of the lower opening 123 of the temporary holding part 104, and the lower opening By the feeding unit (not shown) provided near 123, the banknotes corresponding to the amount of money deposited from the temporary holding unit 104 are dispensed one by one on the conveying path, and the conveying path 143 as shown in FIG. Is sent from the temporary holding unit 104 to the discriminating unit 103 again. In the discriminating unit 103, it is discriminated whether or not each banknote is suitable for recycling.

The banknote discriminated as being suitable for recycling in the discrimination by the discrimination unit 103 goes up the exit side of the discrimination unit 103 as shown in FIG. 23, descends by U turn, and thereafter, as a whole, in front of the apparatus. It is accommodated in any one of the storages 111-1, 111-2, 111-3, 112-1, and 112-2 via the conveyance path 144 which faces the trough.

On the other hand, the banknote discriminated as being unsuitable for recycling by the discrimination part 103 is conveyed from the discrimination part 103 to any reject part via the conveyance path 145 as shown in FIG. It is accommodated in the corresponding reject part (reject part 106-1 or 106-2).

Subsequently, the operation at the time of withdrawal will be described.

In response to the withdrawal instruction made by the customer, the banknote is dispensed from any storage and conveyed to the discriminating unit 103. When banknotes are drawn from any one of the storages 111-1, 111-2, and 111-3, the discriminating unit (1) is separated from each storage via the conveyance path 146-1 as shown in FIG. Banknotes up to 103 are conveyed. When banknotes are dispensed from any of the storage bins 112-1 and 112-2, banknotes extracted from the lower openings 128-1 and 128-2 of the storage bins 112-1 and 112-2. 26 is a conveyance path 146-2 which first faces the front of the apparatus from the apparatus bottom and then moves upward and reaches the upper side of the storage 111-1, etc. in the front, and then faces the apparatus rear surface. ) Is conveyed from each storage to the discrimination unit 103.

In the discriminating unit 103, it is discriminated whether or not the banknote is a normal ticket.

The banknote discriminated as unknown by the discrimination part 103 is conveyed from the discrimination part 103 to any one reject part via the conveyance path 145 as shown in FIG. 24, and the corresponding reject is carried out. It is stored in a part (reject part 106-1 or 106-2).

The banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 103 as the normal ticket are conveyed from the discriminating unit 103 to the discharging unit 101 via the conveying path 141 as shown in FIG. 20, and sent to the discharging unit 101. It is discharged | released, and it becomes a waiting state to take out a banknote by a customer.

The operation of the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus has been described above, but as is clear from the drawings after FIG. 18, the storages 112-1 and 112-2 have upper openings 126-1 and 126-2. The banknotes are stored from the banks, and the banknotes are fed from the lower openings 128-1 and 128-2. And due to this point, at the time of withdrawal, the conveyance path 146-2 from the lower opening 128-1, 128-2 toward the discrimination part 103 is as shown in FIG. In the front of the device first, then ascending upward to reach the upper side of the front, such as the cabinet (111-1), and then to the discriminating unit 103 toward the rear of the device.

For this reason, the total length of the conveyance path inside the apparatus becomes long, and with it, it can allocate to the cost up and storage which accompany the increase of the occurrence rate of the obstacles, such as a jam, and the increase of the component score which comprises a conveyance mechanism. There is a problem such as a decrease in space.

On the other hand, each conventional paper sheet processing apparatus is connected to the host apparatus by a communication line. The memory of this host apparatus is regularly notified of the cashier information of the number of bills in the storage compartment mounted at each position of the respective sheet processing apparatus by communication with each sheet processing apparatus. When any paper sheet processing apparatus has a small number of remaining sheets in a storage compartment mounted at an arbitrary position and approaches zero, information "Near End (NE)" is notified from the host apparatus to the center or the like. The maintenance worker goes to exchange (supplement) the storage of the applicable paper sheet processing apparatus.

Paper sheet processing devices are installed in various places. For example, the paper sheet processing apparatus installed in the bank is provided with an opening / closing door (not shown in Fig. 18, etc.) at the rear side as in the apparatus shown in Fig. 18, and the two storage bins 112-1 at the rear side. , 112-2) is removable (hereinafter, such a paper sheet processing apparatus is called "rear stage"). In addition, the reject portions are installed in the two storage compartments 112-1 and 112-2 on the rear side, and the reject portions 106-1 and 106-2 are also installed on the outside of the storage compartment on the rear side. It is.

For example, in the paper sheet processing apparatus installed in a shopping mall or a station, since the rear surface of the apparatus comes into contact with the wall due to the narrow installation space, instead of providing an opening / closing door on the rear side as in the apparatus shown in FIG. On the front side, an opening / closing door is provided (hereinafter, such a paper sheet processing apparatus is referred to as a “front face machine”). As a matter of course, since the internal structure of the paper sheet processing apparatus (front panel) should be such that the plurality of storage compartments on the front side can be detachably attached, the internal structure such as the apparatus shown in Fig. 18 cannot be employed.

In addition, as a related art, in Patent Literature 3, when the remaining amount of banknotes in a banknote storage becomes small at the time of a payment transaction, the notice is notified to the outside, and the banknotes in another banknote storage in the same paper type The banknote automatic payment device which performs control to switch to feeding is described.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent No. 3260141 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent No. 3754620 [Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-143822

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a paper processing apparatus which can secure a wide space in a storage compartment and which can be installed at any location while maintaining convenience in collecting a cassette.

The proposed paper sheet processing apparatus includes a discriminating unit for discriminating the authenticity of paper sheets, and paper sheets are stored or fed through one opening, and the one opening is provided on the upper surface, respectively, and is detachable. A plurality of cabinets arranged in the depth direction at the same height, width, and depth, a guide rail on which the plurality of cabinets are placed, for taking out the plurality of cabinets integrally in the front or rear direction of the apparatus; It has a case which covers the apparatus provided with the opening / closing door in any one of the back surface, and the control part which performs control which functions the storage of the said opening-closing door side among the said several storages as a storage for refilling / recovery.

In the proposed paper processing apparatus, a plurality of storage spaces are arranged in the depth direction at the same or approximately the same height, width, and depth, and one opening is provided in each upper surface. The bottom of the storage was pointed toward the front of the apparatus, after which the ascending conveying path was unnecessary. Therefore, the space of the storage space can be secured a little wider, the storage space can be made redundant, and a plurality of storage spaces can be pulled out integrally in the front or rear direction of the device by the guide rail. Was done. Therefore, it becomes possible to install the paper sheet processing apparatus having the same internal structure except a case, anywhere.

In addition, depending on whether the opening / closing door is installed at the front side or the rear side depending on the installation location, the risk of the convenience of the cassette collection being collected at the inside of the front / rear direction of the apparatus at the time of collecting the cassette (cassette) is reduced. Since the control unit performs control (operation) to function the storage door on the open / close door side in the plurality of storage bins as a storage container for replenishment / recovery, the convenience in cassette collection can be maintained.

1 is a side view of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart of the deposit primary operation.
3 is a flowchart of the deposit secondary operation.
4 is a flowchart of a withdrawal operation.
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from a sending part to a discriminating part in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment.
Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the discriminating part to the unknown part holding part in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment.
The figure which showed the conveyance path of banknotes from the discrimination part to the temporary holding part in the paper sheet processing apparatus of this embodiment.
8 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the temporary holding part to the discriminating part in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a conveyance path (part 1) of banknotes from the discriminating unit to the storage in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment. FIG.
Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a conveyance path (2) of banknotes from the discriminating part to the storage in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a view showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the discriminating part to the rejecting part in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment. FIG.
Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a conveyance path (part 1) of banknotes from a storage bin to a discriminating unit in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment.
The figure which shows the conveyance path (2) of bank notes from the storage to the discrimination part in the paper sheet processing apparatus of this embodiment.
Fig. 14 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the discriminating part to the discharging part in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment.
Fig. 15 is a flowchart of the determination processing of the storage destination or the storage location at the time of deposit and withdrawal of the present embodiment.
Fig. 16 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the discriminating part to the reject part in the storage compartment in the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present embodiment.
17 is a system flow in cassette collection.
18 is a side view of a conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.
The figure which shows the conveyance path of the banknote from a sending part to a discriminating part in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.
20 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the discriminating part to the discharging part in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.
Fig. 21 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the discriminating part to the temporary holding part in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.
Fig. 22 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of bills from the temporary holding portion to the discriminating portion in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.
The figure which shows the conveyance path of the banknote from a discriminating part to a storage in the conventional paper processing apparatus.
Fig. 24 is a diagram showing a conveyance path of banknotes from the discriminating part to the rejecting part in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.
The figure which shows the conveyance path (the 1) of banknotes from the storage to the discrimination part in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.
It is a figure which shows the conveyance path (2) of banknotes from the storage to the discrimination part in the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described in detail based on drawing.

1 is a side view of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a banknote is thrown into the delivery part 1 at the time of a deposit, and the banknote is fed out on the conveyance path inside the apparatus by the feeding part 2. In addition, a banknote is dispensed to the sending part 1 by the drawing part 2 from the conveyance path inside the apparatus at the time of withdrawal. That is, the dispensing part 1 has only one entrance and exit between the inside of an apparatus, and the dispensing part 2 is a mechanism which can feed a banknote bidirectionally.

In the discrimination section 3, it is discriminated whether the bill is a normal right or an unknown right at the time of deposit or withdrawal.

The banknote discriminated as the normal right by the discriminating part 3 at the time of deposit is temporarily stored in the temporary holding part (escrow) 4 in order to await the confirmation instruction by a customer. The temporary holding part 4 is also provided with a feeding part 5 capable of feeding the bill in both directions.

Banknotes which are discriminated as normal right by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of deposit are returned to the discriminating unit 3 again when the confirmation instruction by the customer becomes OK, and the discriminating unit 3 discriminates whether or not it is suitable for recycling. do. Banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 as unsuitable for recycling and banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of withdrawal are unknown to the reject unit 6-1 or 6-2. It is stored. The reject sections 6-1 and 6-2 have inserting mechanisms 7-1 and 7-2, respectively.

In addition, the banknote discriminated as being suitable for recycling by the discrimination in this discrimination part 3 is stored in either storage.

The bank notes discriminated as unknown in the discriminating unit 3 at the time of deposit are stored in the unknown right holding unit 8 and returned to the discharge unit 1 via the unknown right holding unit 8.

The paper sheet processing apparatus of FIG. 1 has six paper sheet storages (sometimes referred to as "cassettes"), and four paper sheet storages 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11 on the front side. -4) and the two paper sheet storages 12-1 and 12-2 on the rear side have the same or substantially the same height, depth, and width, and all six have a reject portion therein.

That is, the storages 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 have the reject portions 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, and 15-4 therein, and the storage ( 12-1 and 12-2 have reject portions 16-1 and 16-2 therein.

Moreover, the six paper sheet storages are mounted on the guide rail which is not shown in figure, and are pulled out integrally in the back or the front by removing the opening / closing door provided in either the back or the front. All six paper storage bins are detachable from the apparatus main body. That is, for example, in the pulled out state, the cabinet can be pulled out from the main body of the apparatus by pulling directly in front of the width direction of the apparatus. Further, for example, in the drawn out state, the storage container can be attached to the main body of the apparatus by pushing inward in the width direction of the apparatus.

In this way, the plurality of storage units are arranged in the depth direction at the same or approximately the same height, width, and depth, and one opening is provided in each upper surface, so that the respective storage spaces are compared with the conventional paper sheet processing apparatus. The bottom faced the front of the apparatus, after which the ascending conveying path was unnecessary. Therefore, the space of the storage space can be secured widely, making it possible to provide redundancy to the storage, and with the guide rail, it is possible to pull out a plurality of storage units integrally in the front or rear direction of the device. It became.

Therefore, depending on whether the position to install the opening / closing door of the case is set to the front of the case or the rear of the case, the paper sheet processing apparatus having the same internal structure can be used as the front side or the rear side. It became possible to install apparatus anywhere.

In the paper sheet storage 11-1 of Fig. 1, a paper feeding section 13-1 capable of feeding the paper money in both directions in the case of storing the paper money and in the case of sending the paper money on the conveying path is provided. Have The reject part 15-1 provided in the paper sheet storage 11-1 is sent out or torn in the superimposed state among the bank notes drawn from the paper sheet storage 11-1, and the discriminating part 3 is carried out. ), The bill is discriminated as not suitable for recycling.

In the paper sheet storage 11-2, when storing a banknote, when sending a banknote on a conveyance path, it has the feeding part 13-2 which can feed a banknote in both directions. The reject part 15-2 provided in the paper sheet storage 11-2 is sent out or torn in the superimposed state among the bank notes drawn from the paper sheet storage 11-2, or the discriminating unit 3 ), The bill is discriminated as not suitable for recycling.

The paper sheet storage 11-3 has a feeding section 13-3 capable of feeding the banknote in both directions when the banknote is stored in the case of storing the banknote. The reject part 15-3 provided in the paper sheet storage 11-3 is sent out or torn in the overlapping state among the banknotes drawn from the paper sheet storage 11-3, or the discriminating portion 3 ), The bill is discriminated as not suitable for recycling.

In the paper sheet storage 11-4, when storing a banknote, when sending a banknote on a conveyance path, it has the feeding part 13-4 which can feed a banknote in two directions. The reject part 15-4 provided in the paper sheet storage 11-4 is sent out or torn in the superimposed state among the bank notes drawn from the paper sheet storage 11-4, and the discriminating unit 3 ), The bill is discriminated as not suitable for recycling.

In the paper sheet storage 12-1, when storing a banknote, when sending a banknote on a conveyance path, it has the feeding part 14-1 which can feed a banknote in both directions. The reject part 16-1 provided in the paper sheet storage 12-1 is sent out or torn in the superimposed state among the bank notes drawn from the paper sheet storage 12-1, and the discriminating part 3 is carried out. ), The bill is discriminated as not suitable for recycling.

In the paper sheet storage 12-2, when storing a banknote, when sending a banknote on a conveyance path, it has the feeding part 14-2 which can feed a banknote in bidirectional directions. The reject part 16-2 provided in the paper sheet storage 12-2 is sent out or torn in the superimposed state among the bank notes drawn from the paper sheet storage 12-2, and the discriminating part 3 ), The bill is discriminated as not suitable for recycling.

Banknotes drawn out in the paper storage bins 11-1 to 11-4 and 12-1 to 12-2 at the time of storage are movable stages 17-1 to 17-4, It falls on 18-1-18-2). The stage is fixed at an upper position, for example, when the number of banknotes stored therein is small.

About the guide for guiding a banknote in the fixed direction on a conveyance path, all description is avoided and the main thing is demonstrated.

The guide 33 guides the banknote from the discharge part 1 side to the discriminating part 3, or the reject parts 6-1 and 6-2 and the storages 12-1 and 12-2. Is determined by changing the position by rotating about an axis in the center of the guide 33.

The guide 32 guides the banknote conveyed from the discharge part 1 side or the temporary holding part 4 side (downward direction in FIG. 1) to the discriminating part 3 side, or from the storage side. Whether the banknote is guided to the delivery section 1 is determined by rotating the position about the axis in the center of the guide 32 and changing the position.

The guide 31 guides the banknote from the exit side of the discriminating section 3 to the unknown hold section 8 or through to guide the banknote toward the storage along the conveyance path. It is determined by changing its position by rotating around its axis.

The guide 28 is provided at the center of the guide 28 to guide the banknote from the exit side of the discriminating unit 3 toward the temporary holding unit 4 side, or to guide the banknote toward the storage along the conveyance path. It is determined by changing the position by rotating around the axis.

The guide 26 guides the banknote guided by the guide 28 toward the temporary holding part 4 to the temporary holding part 4 or through the temporary holding part 4. Determine by changing the position by rotating around the axis in the center of the.

In addition, this paper sheet processing apparatus is connected to a host apparatus by a communication line. The cashier information of the number of bills in the storage compartment mounted at each position of the individual paper sheet processing apparatus is periodically transmitted to the host apparatus by communication between the host apparatus (not shown) and the sheet processing apparatus, Add by the cashier information about the number of bills notified at the time of the mounting of each storage box, update the number of bills in each storage, and store the number of bills in the update result in the memory of the host apparatus (device storage unit 9). I remember.

Subsequently, a deposit operation and a withdrawal operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4.

The flowcharts illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4 are basically common to both the rear panel and the front panel. However, as shown in step S24 of FIG. 3 and step S32 of FIG. 4, it is the case of a back side device that a reject banknote is accommodated in the reject part located in the upper part of the apparatus rear side outside a storage container. The handling of reject banknotes in the front panel will be described later.

2 is a flowchart of the deposit first operation.

In step S1 of FIG. 2, in response to the deposit instruction made by the customer, a shutter (not shown) is opened, and the banknote insertion state to the ejecting unit 1 is placed.

When a customer puts a banknote into the dispensing part 1, it is confirmed (detected) that the banknote was put in step S2 which follows, and a shutter closes. Then, it is determined whether or not the length of the inserted banknote is normal.

When it is determined in step S2 that the length of the banknote is abnormal, in step S3, the banknote which is determined to be abnormal in length is returned to the customer through the discharge unit 1, and the series of operations is completed.

When it is determined in step S2 that the length of the banknote is normal, in step S5, the banknote is inserted up to the position of the feeding unit 2, and in step S6, the banknote is placed on the conveying path inside the apparatus by the feeding unit 2. Banknotes are sent out. At this time, the banknote is conveyed from the discharge part 1 to the discrimination part 3 via the conveyance path 40 as shown in FIG.

In following step S7, the discrimination part 3 discriminates whether the banknote is a normal right.

The banknote discriminated as the unknown right by the discriminating part 3 in step S7 is conveyed from the discriminating part 3 to the unknown right holding part 8 via the conveyance path 41 as shown in FIG. Then, it is stored in the unknown right holding part 8, and the banknote is sent to the dispensing part 1 via the unknown right holding part 8 in step S8, and returned to the customer.

Subsequently, in step S9, the apparatus is in the standby state for inserting a banknote again. That is, the flow returns to step S2 on the flow. In addition, when a customer gives a cancellation instruction from the insertion wait state of step S9, a series of operation | movement is complete | finished.

The banknote discriminated as the normal right by the discriminating part 3 in step S7 is conveyed from the discriminating part 3 to the temporary holding part (escrow) 4 via the conveyance path 42 as shown in FIG. . In order to wait for the confirmation instruction by the customer, it is temporarily stored in the temporary holding part 4. At this time, in step S11, a screen (not shown) for prompting the customer to confirm the deposit amount is displayed.

In this state, when the confirmation instruction by the customer is OK in step S12, control is shifted to the deposit secondary operation shown in FIG.

On the other hand, in this state, when the confirmation instruction by a customer is canceled in step S13, a banknote is conveyed from the temporary hold part 4 to the discharge part 1, and is returned to the customer through the discharge part 1. And a series of operation | movement is complete | finished.

3 is a flowchart of the deposit secondary operation. The operation of this flowchart is a banknote discriminated as normal right by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of deposit, and one or plural sheets corresponding to the amount of money in which the confirmation instruction by the customer is OK in the temporary holding unit 4 is OK. It is done for bills.

When the confirmation instruction by the customer is OK in the temporary holding part 4, in step S21 of FIG. 3, one or more sheets corresponding to a deposit amount at the position of the feeding part 5 of the temporary holding part 4 Banknotes are moved, and in step S22, the banknotes corresponding to the amount of money to be deposited from the temporary holding part 4 are dispensed one by one on the conveying path by the feeding section 5, and the conveying path as shown in FIG. 8. Via 43, it is conveyed from the temporary holding part 4 to the discriminating part 3 again. In the discriminating unit 3, it is discriminated whether or not each banknote is suitable for recycling.

In the discrimination by the discriminating unit 3, the banknote discriminated as being suitable for recycling in step S23 is stored in any storage. When any one of the storages 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4 is a storage destination, the discriminating part 3 is carried out via the conveyance path 44-1 as shown in FIG. It is conveyed to each cabinet from and stored. When either of the storages 12-1 and 12-2 is a storage destination, it is conveyed from the discriminating part 3 to each storage via the conveyance path 44-2 as shown in FIG. do.

On the other hand, the banknote discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 as unsuitable for recycling in step S24 is either rejected from the discriminating unit 3 via the conveying path 45 as shown in FIG. It is conveyed to and stored in the corresponding reject part (reject part 6-1 or 6-2). And a series of operation | movement is complete | finished.

4 is a flowchart of the withdrawal operation.

In step S31 of FIG. 4, in response to the withdrawal instruction made by the customer, a banknote is drawn from any storage and conveyed to the discriminating unit 3. When banknotes are dispensed from any of the storages 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4, each storage is via the conveyance path 46-1 as shown in FIG. Banknotes are conveyed from to the discrimination part 3. When banknotes are fed from any of the storage 12-1, 12-2, the banknotes from each storage space to the discriminating part 3 through the conveyance path 46-2 as shown in FIG. Is returned.

Subsequently, in step S32, in the discriminating unit 3, it is discriminated whether or not the banknote is a normal ticket.

The banknote discriminated as unknown by the discriminating part 3 in step S32 is conveyed from the discriminating part 3 to any reject part via the conveyance path 45 as shown in FIG. To a reject portion (reject portion 6-1 or 6-2).

The banknote discriminated as the normal right by the discriminating unit 3 in step S32 is conveyed from the discriminating unit 3 to the discharge unit 1 through the conveying path 47 as shown in FIG. 14, and in step S33. It is accommodated in the discharge part 1.

Subsequently, in step S34, the shutter (not shown) is opened, and the banknote pulling-out state for the ejection unit 1 is placed.

In this state, when a banknote is taken out within a predetermined time, a series of operations are immediately terminated.

In this state, when the banknote is not taken out even after a lapse of a certain time, it is carried out by not taking out the medium (here, the banknote) in step S35, and the series of operations is completed.

In addition, in the above description, it did not specifically mention that the banknotes are stored in which storage at the time of a deposit, and from which storage at the time of withdrawal. In this embodiment, since control (operation) is performed so that the storage of the opening / closing door side in a some storage may be functioned as a storage for refilling / recovery by firmware, in the front-back direction of an apparatus at the time of collection of a storage (cassette), The risk of reduced convenience at the time of cassette collection such as collecting the inner cassette can be avoided, and the convenience at the time of cassette collection can be maintained as in the conventional rear panel. That is, since the storage (cassette) on the open / close door side is preferentially used and operated, when the cassette is taken out, the immediately preceding cassette is replaced (recovered).

Fig. 15 is a flowchart of the processing for determining the storage destination or the storage location at the time of deposit and withdrawal of the present embodiment.

In addition, in the paper sheet processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, etc., it is assumed that the storages 11-1 and 12-1 are allocated for the thousand-won winding and the storage 11-2 and 12-2 for the thousand-won winding. . Naturally, it is also possible to employ other allocation patterns.

In step S41 of FIG. 15, the firmware refers to information indicating whether the opening / closing door stored in the memory (not shown) inside the paper sheet processing apparatus is installed at the front or rear of the case covering the apparatus. It is determined whether the device is a front panel or a rear panel, and it is determined whether to perform front panel operation or rear panel operation.

If it is determined in step S41 that the backside operation is to be performed, then in step S42, the storage in the storage 12-2 side (rear side) has a refill / recovery function in operation. As a result, when a banknote is thrown in at the time of a deposit, the banknote is put into the storages (storage 11-1 and 11-2) in the storage 11-1 side (front side) in step S43. It will be stored. On the other hand, although not shown in the drawing, when a banknote is drawn out at the time of withdrawal, the banknote is stored in the storage 12-2 and 12-2 in the storage 12-2 side (rear side). Will be withdrawn.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the front panel operation is to be performed in step S41, in step S44 that follows, the storage on the storage 11-1 side (front side) is provided with a refill / recovery function. As a result, when a banknote is thrown in at the time of a deposit, the banknote is put into the storages (storage 12-1 and 12-2) in the storage 12-2 side (rear side) in step S45. It will be stored. On the other hand, although not shown in the drawing, when banknotes are drawn out at the time of withdrawal, the banknotes are stored in the bins 11-1 and 11-2 in the bin 11-1 side (front side). Will be withdrawn.

In the case of carrying out the front-panel operation, the banknote which is discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 as unsuitable for recycling by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of the transfer or the banknote which is discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of withdrawal by the discriminating unit 3 The reject portion in the storage compartment (repository 11-1 or 11-2), which is functioned by the firmware as a storage for refilling / recovery via the conveyance path 48 as shown in FIG. It is stored in (15-1 or 15-2). When the front panel is operated, the reject sections 6-1 and 6-2 on the upper rear side of the apparatus cannot be used, so such control is performed.

As described above, the paper sheet processing apparatus is connected to the host apparatus via a communication line. The memory of this host apparatus is regularly notified of the cashier information of the number of bills in the storage compartment mounted at each position of the respective sheet processing apparatus by communication with each sheet processing apparatus. When any paper sheet processing apparatus has a small number of remaining sheets in a storage compartment mounted at an arbitrary position and approaches zero, information "Near End (NE)" is notified from the host apparatus to the center or the like. The maintenance worker goes to exchange the storage of the paper processing equipment.

17 is a system flow at the time of cassette collection.

When the host apparatus detects the NE for any storage in the paper sheet processing apparatus of FIG. 1, an instruction is made to notify the paper sheet processing apparatus from the host apparatus to notify the paper sheet number information stored in the corresponding cabinet. Lowered. Upon receiving this instruction, the sheet apparatus information of the corresponding banknote is notified from the paper sheet processing apparatus to the host apparatus. In step S51 of FIG. 17, the host apparatus compares the banknote number information of the corresponding storage notified with the banknote number information of the corresponding storage stored in the device storage unit 9.

If the notified banknote information and the stored banknote information match, in step S52, the lock by the bank lock part (not shown in FIG. 1) which locks so that the bank cannot be pulled out is released, and the bank is removed. It becomes the state that I can.

On the other hand, when the reported banknote number information and the stored banknote number information do not coincide, at step S53, the storage lock is locked by the storage lock part, and the storage is not in a state to be taken out.

When the storage is locked, the number of sheets is corrected manually or by firmware.

1, 101: discharge part
2, 5, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 14-1, 14-2: (bidirectional) feeder
3, 103: discrimination unit
4, 104: temporary hold
6-1, 6-2, 106-1, 106-2: reject part
7-1, 7-2: dispenser
8: withholding of unknown rights
11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 12-1, 12-2, 111-1, 111-2, 111-3, 112-1, 112-2: paper sheet storage
15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-4, 16-1, 16-2: Rejection part in storage
17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 18-1, 18-2: stage
26, 28, 31, 32, 33: guide
121, 123, 128-1, 128-2: lower opening
122, 124, 125-1, 125-2, 125-3, 127-1, 127-2: upper opening
40, 41, 42, 43, 44-1, 44-2, 45, 46-1, 46-2, 47, 48, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146-1, 146-2: Return path

Claims (4)

A plurality of storage spaces in which paper sheets are stored or fed through one opening, the one openings are respectively provided on the upper surface, and are detachable and arranged in the depth direction at the same height, width, and depth,
A guide rail on which the plurality of cabinets are placed, for taking out the plurality of cabinets integrally in the front or rear direction of the apparatus;
A case covering a device having an opening door on either the front or the rear of the device,
A control unit that performs control to function the storage on the open / close door side among the plurality of storage as a storage for replenishment / recovery.
Paper sheet processing apparatus having a. The method of claim 1,
The control unit specifies the storage on the side of the opening / closing door and performs the control based on information indicating whether the opening / closing door is installed in the case front or the rear, stored in a memory inside the apparatus. Paper sheet processing unit. The method of claim 1,
Have more discriminating parts to discriminate the authenticity of the paper
The storage which functions as the storage for said replenishment / recovery has a reject part inside,
When the opening / closing door is provided on the front of the case, the banknote which has been discriminated by the discriminating unit as being ineligible for recycling to the normal right at the time of deposit, or the banknote which has been classified as unknown by the discriminating unit at the time of withdrawal; And the control unit is housed in the reject portion in the storage compartment functioning as the storage for replenishment / recovery. The method of claim 1,
A purchase and withdrawal information notification unit which notifies external host apparatus of the withdrawal information of the number of bills in which each bank is stored, and
A number information notification unit for notifying the external host apparatus of the number of sheets of bills in which the storage is stored at a predetermined timing;
A paper sheet processing apparatus further comprising a storage lock portion that locks the storage so that the storage can not be pulled out to the storage notified by the external host device that the bill information is incorrect.

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