KR20160064202A - Paper sheet processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The paper sheets of different widths are stably transported in the paper sheet processing apparatus. To this end, the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an entrance sensor (61R, 61L) for detecting the width of an inserted paper sheet, a conveying mechanism for conveying the paper sheets placed in the conveying path of the paper sheet, (35R, 35L) for varying the width of the conveying path, a first branch conveying path (55A) provided along the storage section of the paper sheets, and a second branch The fixing walls 50R and 50L for forming the conveying path 55B and the driving portions for changing the positions of the movable walls 35R and 35L in accordance with the widths of the paper sheets detected by the entrance sensors 61R and 61L The movable walls 35R and 35L are located opposite to the second branch conveying path 55B and at both ends of the second branch conveying path 55B are located at the opposite ends of the conveying path from the conveying path provided with the movable walls 35R and 35L And inclined surfaces (54R, 54L) for guiding to the first branch conveyance route (55A) are formed when the wide paper sheets are conveyed.

Description

[0001] PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus mounted on a vending machine, a coin changer, a game machine, etc., for discriminating authenticity of paper sheets and storing paper sheets judged to be genuine. In which the sheets of paper are stably transported and stored in one storage portion.

BACKGROUND ART Generally, a bill processing apparatus is mounted inside a main body of an automatic vending machine for handling bills, which discriminates whether the inputted bill is a genuine bill or not, and accommodates only the bill which is judged to be a genuine bill.

Such a bill processing apparatus conveys the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot through the bill conveyance passage and identifies the authenticity of the bill by various kinds of identification sensors installed in the bill conveyance passage. Further, the banknotes discriminated as genuine banknotes are conveyed to the banknote storage position, which is the downstream end of the banknote conveying passage and opposed to the banknote storage portion, and stored in the banknote storage portion by the banknote storage mechanism.

The bill accommodating mechanism includes a bill presser plate which is provided at a position opposed to the bill accommodating portion through the bill accommodating portion and the conveyance passage and that pushes the bill in the bill storage position from the bill conveyance passage to the bill compartment, And a reciprocating mechanism.

[0004] However, in such a banknote processing apparatus, various attempts have been made to cope with banknotes having different widths distributed in the market.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which the width of a bill to be inserted is detected by a bill width detection sensor and the movable wall provided in the width direction of the bill is moved to detect the feature of the predetermined position on the bill, Is accommodated in the banknote storage portion. In the bill discrimination apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, the movable wall is arranged from a position upstream from the conveying mechanism on the bank note conveyance path to the bank note storage position, thereby restricting the posture of the bill being conveyed, thereby enabling stable conveyance. Further, the posture of the banknote at the banknote storing position is regulated and accommodated, whereby the banknote can be reliably stored in the banknote storage portion, and the stable banknote can be stored.

In Patent Document 2, a plurality of paper currency input ports corresponding to a plurality of banknote widths are formed, and a widthwise central portion of the banknote conveying path is merged at a common banknote conveying path, and a guide Discloses a banknote handling apparatus in which grooves are formed by stacking up and down. In the bill processing apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2, the guide groove is formed from a position upstream from the conveying mechanism on the paper currency conveying path to the paper currency storage position, thereby restricting the posture of the paper currency during transportation to enable stable conveyance. Further, the posture of the banknote at the banknote storing position is regulated and accommodated, whereby the banknote can be reliably stored in the banknote storage portion, and the stable banknote can be stored.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-338990 Japanese Patent No. 4281085

Since the banknote discriminating apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a wide range of arranging movable walls, the movable wall and its driving mechanism require a large space in the banknote discriminating apparatus, which hinders miniaturization of the banknote discriminating apparatus. Especially in the vicinity of the banknote storing position, since the banknote storing mechanism is provided, it is difficult to secure the arrangement space for disposing the movable wall and the driving mechanism of the movable wall thereon, which hinders miniaturization of the banknote handling apparatus. In addition, the drive mechanism of the movable wall also becomes complicated, which hinders the cost reduction.

In the bill processing apparatus of Patent Document 2, it is necessary to provide a plurality of bill input ports corresponding to a plurality of bill sizes, which increases the structure and complexity of the bill, making it difficult to reduce the cost. Further, in the bill processing apparatus of Patent Document 2, since a plurality of bill insertion openings are provided, there is a possibility that the user wonders which bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot or puts the bill into the wrong bill insertion slot.

The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus for conveying paper sheets (including banknotes) having different widths, which is realized by a simple configuration of conveying paper sheets, conveying stable paper sheets in a substantially whole area, and stably storing the paper sheets The purpose is to do.

In order to solve such a problem, the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention employs the following configuration.

An entrance sensor for detecting the width of the inserted paper sheet,

A conveying mechanism provided on a conveying path for conveying the paper sheets and conveying the inserted paper sheets,

A movable wall for varying the width of the conveying path,

A storage unit for storing paper sheets,

A stationary wall which is provided along the housing portion and which forms a first branch transportation path and a second branch transportation path which is narrower than the first branch transportation path;

And a driving unit for changing the position of the movable wall in accordance with the width of the paper sheets detected by the entrance sensor,

Wherein the movable wall is positioned upstream of the fixed wall and opposite to the second branch conveyance path and at both ends of the second branch conveyance path, a paper sheet having a wide width from the conveyance path provided with the movable wall And an inclined surface for guiding to the first branch transport path is formed when transported.

Further, in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention,

And a rotating roller which exposes the circumferential surface from the inclined surface and which is capable of moving the circumferential surface in the conveying direction of the paper sheets.

Further, in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention,

And a partition is not provided between the first branch transportation path and the second branch transportation path.

Further, in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention,

And a paper sheet storage mechanism that stores the paper sheets conveyed to the first branch conveyance path or the second branch conveyance path by moving the pressing portion including the pressing surface,

Wherein when the sheets are conveyed from the conveying path provided with the movable wall to the first branch conveying path or the second branch conveying path, the pressing surface is in contact with the boundary between the first branch conveying path and the second branch conveying path It is located near.

Further, in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention,

And a paper sheet storage mechanism that stores the paper sheets conveyed to the first branch conveyance path or the second branch conveyance path by moving the pressing portion including the pressing surface,

Wherein the control unit controls the position of the pressing portion in accordance with the width of the paper sheet detected by the entrance sensor when the paper sheet is conveyed from the conveying path provided with the movable wall to the first branch conveying path or the second branch conveying path, .

Further, in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention,

The pressing surface is inclined toward the conveying path side on which the movable wall is provided, toward the side opposite to the receiving portion.

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, by using the conveying path formed by the movable wall and the first branch conveying path and the second branch conveying path formed by the fixed wall, So that it is possible to form the conveying path according to the width of the paper sheets. In addition, it is possible to store the bank notes in a stable manner. In particular, it is possible to adopt a simple structure by using the first branch conveyance route and the second branch conveyance route which are formed by the fixed walls, so that it is excellent in cost and maintenance.

1 is an external perspective view of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a front view (when the front cover is detached) of the bill processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a front view and a side view of a transport unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a cross-sectional view for explaining bank note transportation in the bill processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining a bank note transportation path of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view for explaining the operation of the transport unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view showing a link mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention (when the width is wide).
Fig. 8 is a view showing a link mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention (when the width is narrow). Fig.
9 is a perspective view showing a configuration in the vicinity of a bank note storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a view for explaining a banknote transportation path formed by a fixed wall and a movable wall according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a view for explaining a conveying state of bank notes according to the embodiment of the present invention (when the width is narrow). FIG.
Fig. 12 is a view for explaining a conveying state of a banknote according to an embodiment of the present invention (when the width is wide). Fig.
13 is a sectional view showing a configuration in the vicinity of a banknote storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention;
14 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a flowchart showing a banknote storing process of the banknote processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a perspective view showing a configuration in the vicinity of a banknote storage box according to another embodiment of the present invention;
17 is a sectional view of a fixing wall (left side) according to another embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the bill transfer of the bill processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
19 is a perspective view showing a configuration in the vicinity of a bank note storage box according to another embodiment of the present invention;
20 is a view showing a configuration near the entrance of a fixed wall according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 21 is a view (when the width is narrow) for explaining a conveying state of a banknote according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 22 is a view (when the width is wide) for explaining a conveying state of a banknote according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
23 is a view showing a configuration in the vicinity of an inlet of a fixed wall according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Then, the paper sheet processing apparatus will be described by taking, as an example, a banknote processing apparatus having an authenticity determination subject as a banknote. The paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention can identify various paper sheets such as gold papers, coupon tickets, securities, and the like as well as banknotes to be identified as the paper currency processing apparatus.

1 is an external perspective view of a bill processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The bill processing apparatus is built as a unit in various apparatuses such as an automatic vending machine, a coin changer, a game machine, etc., and receives bills inserted from the bill insertion port 12a to determine authenticity and recognizes the amount to be used for providing goods or services .

The banknote handling apparatus 1 is provided with a banknote inserted into the banknote insertion opening 12a by a conveying path connected to the banknote inserting port 12a and a conveying belt and an identification sensor disposed in the conveying path, Inside, it identifies the authenticity of money and the type of money.

This bank note processing apparatus 1 is constituted by a housing 11 and a front cover 12 provided on the front face of the housing 11. The front cover 12 is provided with an opening for inserting the banknote (banknote insertion opening 12a) and a part of the passage wall on the front face side of the conveying route. In addition, coordinates for performing various explanations on the banknote processing apparatus 1 are defined in the lower left corner. The horizontal direction of the banknote processing apparatus 1 is defined as the X axis, the longitudinal direction as the Y axis, and the depth direction as the Z axis. 2 is a front view of the bill processing apparatus 1 when the front cover 12 is removed.

A part of the conveyance unit 20 for conveying bank notes can be seen through the window of the housing 11 from which the front side cover 12 is separated. Fig. 3 shows a front view (A) and a side view (B) of the transport unit 20. The conveying unit 20 includes inlet sensors 61R and 61L for detecting the width and insertion of the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion opening 12a, movable walls 35R and 35L for matching the conveying route to the banknote width, And transport belts 24R and 24L for transporting banknotes.

In Fig. 3 (B), the paper money transport path C of the paper money inserted from the paper currency insertion port 12a is indicated by an arrow. In the bill inserted into the bill insertion port 12a, the insertion of the bill and the width of the bill are detected by the entrance sensors 61R and 61L. The movable walls 35R and 35L operate according to the detected banknote width. In this embodiment, in the initial state, the distance between the movable walls 35R, 35L is in a state suitable for a wide banknote, and when a banknote having a narrow width is detected, the movable walls 35R, And the distance between the both movable walls 35R and 35L becomes a state suitable for a banknote having a narrow width. The transfer unit 20 is mounted in the housing 11 to which the front cover 12 is attached so that the paper currency B is inserted between the transfer unit 20 and the front cover 12 and between the transfer unit 20 and the housing 11. [ A conveying path is formed.

Conveying belts 24R and 24L wound around driving pulleys 21R and 21L and driven pulleys 22R and 22L and 23R and 23L face the bill conveying path. The banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion opening 12a are transported to the banknote storage box 42 located below the housing 11 via the banknote transportation path C formed in a U shape. As described above, in this embodiment, the banknote handling apparatus 1 is made thinner and smaller by employing the U-shaped bank note conveying path C.

Fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional view in the YZ plane with respect to the banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, a mechanism in which the bill inserted from the bill insertion opening 12a is stored in the bill storage box 42 will be described. The banknotes inserted into the banknote conveying path 15 from the banknote inlet 12a are conveyed inward of the banknote conveying path 15 by the conveying mechanism. The transport mechanism is provided with a first drive source 31, a drive pulley 21R, driven pulleys 22R and 23R, a transport belt 24R and driven rollers 25R to 29R. In the present embodiment, the drive pulley 21R, the driven pulleys 22R and 23R, the conveyor belt 24R and the driven rollers 25R to 29R are provided with two sets in the width direction of the banknote to be conveyed . In the drawing, reference character R denotes a group located on the right side when viewed from the front of the banknote processing apparatus 1. [ In the following description, the conveying mechanism of the juxtaposition located on the right side will be described, but the juxtaposition on the left side is likewise driven by the first driving source 31. [

The first drive source 31 drives the drive pulley 21R to rotate. The first drive source 31 is a member that generates a rotational drive force of a motor or the like. The rotational drive force generated by the first drive source 31 rotates and drives the drive pulley 21R by a transmission mechanism such as a gear (not shown). The conveyor belt 24R is wound around the drive pulley 21R and the driven pulleys 22R and 23R and is arranged on the driven rollers 25R to 29R so as to support the outer periphery thereof. The banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion port 12a are sandwiched between the conveyor belt 24R and the driven rollers 25R to 29R and conveyed inward of the banknote conveying path 15. [

The banknotes conveyed to the banknote conveying path 15 are subjected to the authenticity determination and the type determination by an identification sensor (to be described later) during the conveyance. The bank notes determined to be authentic in the authenticity determination are conveyed to a position opposite to the bank note storage box 42 and are urged in the Z axis positive direction by the urging portion 411 of the bank note accommodating mechanism 41 , And the banknote storage portion 423 (corresponding to the " storage portion " in the present invention) in the banknote storage box 42. [ The bill accommodating mechanism 41 is driven by a second drive source 32 such as a motor and moves the plate-like urging portion 411 in the Z-axis direction when the bill is stored in the bill storage box 42 . The bill storage box 42 is provided with a plate 413 supported by a conical coil spring 422. [

Further, in the banknote processing apparatus 1, a shutter 45 for closing the bank note transportation path 15 is provided in order to prevent illegal behavior. The shutter 45 closes the through hole 164 provided in the banknote conveying path 15 by the driving force of the solenoid 46 (not shown), and the banknote after the execution of the authenticity determination is returned to the banknote inlet 12a side I am not going to go. With such a mechanism, it is possible to suppress the fraudulent act of attaching the yarn to the banknote and pulling the banknote after the execution of the authenticity determination by pulling it toward the banknote inlet 12a.

Next, the configuration of the entrance sensor for detecting the insertion of the banknote and the width of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus 1 will be described. 5 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the branching of the paper currency transport path of the banknote processing apparatus 1 and the arrangement of the entrance sensor and the identification sensor. 3, the bill processing apparatus 1 includes an entrance sensor and a recognition sensor. The entrance sensor is disposed in the paper currency transport path 15 near the paper currency insertion port 12a. The entrance sensor is a sensor for detecting the width of a banknote and a banknote inserted from the banknote insertion port 12a. In the present embodiment, a plurality of light emitting elements 62, a plurality of light receiving elements 64, And has parts 63a to 63c. For the light guiding portions 63a to 63c, an optical element such as a prism that changes the direction of the optical path can be used.

The light emitting element 62 is constituted by an LED or the like and irradiates light toward the light guiding portion 63b at all times or in a pulse shape. The light emitted from the light emitting element 62 passes through the light guiding portion 63b and then enters the light guiding portion 63c. The light guiding portion 63c has a light receiving surface and an irradiating surface facing the bank note transportation path 63 and irradiates the light incident from the light receiving surface through the irradiation surface by internal reflection. The light emitted from the light guiding portion 63b toward the bank note conveying path 15 is returned by the light guiding portion 63c to the light receiving element 64 sandwiched by the bank note conveying path 15, 64).

When the banknote is inserted into the bank note conveying path 15, the light returning to the light receiving element 64 is shielded by the banknote, and the light incident on the light receiving element 64 causes attenuation. Particularly, in the present embodiment, the light (fine path) incident from the light emitting element 62 to the light guiding portion 63b by the banknote and the light (the coming path) entering the light receiving element 64 from the light guiding portion 63c, The amount of attenuation at the time of inserting the banknote is sufficiently taken to suppress the erroneous detection due to the disturbance light incident from the banknote inlet 12a or the like. Further, the entrance sensor of the present embodiment is capable of detecting the width of the inserted bill by detecting the insertion near both ends of the inserted bill from the difference of the received light amounts of the plurality of light receiving elements.

The configuration of the entrance sensor for detecting the insertion of the paper currency and the width of the paper currency has been described above. However, the configuration of the entrance sensor is not limited to such an optical sensor but may be a configuration for mechanically detecting the insertion state of the paper currency, It is possible to adopt various shapes such as a rectangular shape.

On the other hand, the identification sensor for identifying authenticity and denomination of bank notes comprises a combination of a light-emitting element 65 and a light-receiving element 66 which are arranged over the bank note transportation path 15. [ A pair of light emitting elements 65 and a light receiving element 66 are shown in Fig. 5. Actually, a plurality of light emitting elements 65 and a light receiving element 66 are arranged, So that it is possible to detect the characteristics of the bill.

The width varying mechanism of the banknote conveying path 15 of the banknote handling apparatus 1 will be described. 6 shows a state in which the paper currency transport path 15 is variable in width with respect to the transport unit 20. As shown in Fig. 6 (A-1) and 6 (A-2) show a state in which the width W1 of the paper currency transport path 15 is wide, (A-2) of Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the transport unit 20. Fig. 6 (B-1) and 6 (B-2) show a state in which the width W2 of the bank note transportation path 15 is narrow, (B-2) of Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the transport unit 20. Fig.

6A-2 and 6B-2 show the first engaging portions 741R and 741L for moving the movable walls 35R and 35L. 6 (A-2) and FIG. 6 (B-2), it can be seen that the positions of the first engaging portions 741R and 741L are different. By operating these first engaging portions 741R and 741L with the driving mechanism, the positions of the movable walls 35R and 35L are changed.

7 and 8 show an interlocking mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 7 shows a state in which the width W1 of the paper currency transport path 15 is wide, and Fig. 8 shows a state in which the width W2 of the transport path is narrow. 7A and 8B are views showing a part of the interlocking mechanism on the front side of the banknote processing apparatus 1 (Fig. 7A and Fig. 8B) . In the present embodiment, the driving force of the second drive source 32 is a linkage mechanism that uses the drive mechanism of the movable walls 35R, 35L and the drive mechanism of the bill storage mechanism 41. The driving force generated by the second driving source 32 such as a motor is converted into driving force for rotating the cam 72 by the transmitting portion 73 such as a gear. As shown in Fig. 7B, the cam 72 is formed with a cam projection 72a at a position deviated from the center of rotation, and is engaged with the engagement hole 71a on the main link 71 side. As the cam 72 rotates, the main link 71 is moved up and down.

7, the upper end of the main link 71 is apart from the first engaging portions 741R and 741L provided at the lower ends of the branch links 74R and 74L, and in FIG. 8, the upper end of the main link 71 Are in contact with the first engaging portions 741R and 741L. The branch links 74R and 74L are rotatably engaged with the frame 75 on the side of the housing 11 via the pivot portions 742R and 742L. The upper ends of the branch links 74R and 74L engage with the movable walls 35R and 35L through the second engaging portions 743R and 743L. With this configuration, the main link 71 moves up and down, thereby moving the movable walls 35R, 35L through the left and right branch links 74R, 74L. 7 shows a state in which the main link 71 is positioned at the upper end. At this time, the distance between the movable walls 35R and 35L, that is, the width W1 of the transport path becomes wide. 8 shows a state in which the main link 71 is positioned at the lower end. At this time, the distance between the movable walls 35R and 35L, that is, the width W2 of the transport path becomes narrow.

The drive mechanism of the movable walls 35R and 35L of the present embodiment is an interlock mechanism that shares the drive mechanism of the bill storage mechanism 41 with the second drive source 32. [ The bill accommodating mechanism 41 moves the pressurizing portion 411 toward the banknote storage box 42 and moves the banknote stored in the fixed wall 50 to the banknote storage portion 423 in accordance with the movement of the main link 71. [ As shown in Fig.

Thus, by moving the movable walls 35R, 35L in accordance with the width of the inserted bank notes, it is possible to convey the bank notes along the movable walls 35R, 35L. 4, the portions indicated by oblique lines in the banknote conveying path 15 are portions whose width is regulated by the movable walls 35R, 35L. The bank notes that have passed through the bank note conveying path 15 are conveyed to the first branch conveyance route 55A or the second branch conveyance route 55B formed in the fixing walls 50R and 50L in accordance with the width thereof. The fixed walls 50R and 50L are fixed members unlike the movable walls 35R and 35L, as the name suggests. As described above, in the present embodiment, by separating the portion formed by the movable walls 35R, 35L and the portion formed by the fixed walls 50R, 50L, the portion occupied by the movable portion is reduced to a small extent, , And is superior in terms of maintenance. As shown in Fig. 3, the transfer unit 20 including the movable walls 35R and 35L can be configured to be detachable from the housing 11, and the manufacturing process can be facilitated, It is also possible to improve the performance.

The construction of the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B formed by the fixed walls 50R, 50L will be described below. The fixed walls 50R and 50L are provided on the first branch conveying path 15B in such a manner that the banknotes conveyed by the banknote conveying path 15 formed by the movable walls 35R and 35L do not have movable parts, 55A or the second branch conveyance route 55B.

9 is a perspective view showing a configuration in the vicinity of the bank note storage box 42 according to the embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a view for explaining a bank note transportation path formed by the fixed walls 50R and 50L and the movable walls 35R and 35L according to the embodiment of the present invention. (B-1) and Fig. 10 (B-2) in Figs. 10 (A) and 10 (B) (Viewed in the Y-axis defining direction in Fig. 9) as viewed from the exit of the banknote. 10B-1 shows a state of a narrow width W2, and FIG. 10B-2 shows a state of a wide width W1.

The left and right fixing walls 50R and 50L are disposed between the first walls 51R and 51L and the second walls 52R and 52L and between the first walls 51R and 51L and the second walls 52R and 52L And partition walls 53R and 53L. The space between the first walls 51R and 51L and the partition walls 53R and 53L forms a first branch transport path 55A having a wide width W1 '. On the other hand, the space between the second walls 52R, 52L and the partition walls 53R, 53L forms the second branch transport path 55B of the narrow width W2 '. The width W1 'of the first branch conveying route 55A is set to be substantially the same as the wide width W1 of the movable walls 35R and 35L and the width W2' Is set to be approximately the same as the width W2 of the wide portions 35R, 35L. On both left and right ends of the second branch conveying route 55B, inclined surfaces 54R and 54L are formed. In Fig. 9, the shape on the left side of the slope 54L is well shown.

The bank note transportation path 15 formed by the movable walls 35R, 35L is located facing the second branch transportation path 55B having a narrow width. Therefore, the narrow bank notes are transported from the bank note transportation path 15 to the second branch transportation path 55B. On the other hand, the bank notes having a wide width conveyed from the bank note conveying path 15 are conveyed to the first branch conveying path 55A with both left and right ends thereof following the inclined surfaces 54R and 54L. Therefore, the bank notes conveyed toward the fixing walls 50R, 50L are conveyed to the first branch conveyance route 55A or the second branch conveyance route 55B in accordance with their widths.

Fig. 11 is a view for explaining how bills are conveyed according to the embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state in which bills of a narrow width are conveyed. 11A to 11D show a top view, a side sectional view (located on the right side of the upper side view), a view of the fixed walls 50R and 50L seen from the entrance side (located on the upper side of the upper side view) Respectively. This type of substrate is also applicable to Figs. 12 (A) to 12 (D).

As shown in Fig. 11 (A), the width between the movable walls 35R and 35L is narrowed when conveying a banknote having a narrow width. When the narrow bill B1 is conveyed in the banknote conveying route 15 formed by the movable walls 35R and 35L, the exit of the banknote conveying route 15 is connected to the entrance of the second branch conveying route 55B 11 (D), it is conveyed as it is into the second branch conveyance route 55B as it is.

On the other hand, Fig. 12 shows a state in which a banknote having a wide width is conveyed. As shown in Fig. 12 (A), the width between the movable walls 35R and 35L is wide (initial state) at the time of transfer of a wide paper currency. When the wide bill B2 is conveyed in the banknote conveying route 15 formed by the movable walls 35R and 35L, the inclined faces 54R and 54L provided on the fixed walls 50R and 50L, And is conveyed to the conveying path 55A.

Since the first branch conveyance route 55A and the second branch conveyance route 55B have widths suitable for the wide bank notes B2 and the narrow bank notes B1 respectively, , And 55B can be made substantially coincident with each other.

13 is a sectional view in the vicinity of the bank note storage box 42 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The bank notes conveyed to the first branch conveying path 55A or the second branch conveying path 55B of the fixing walls 50R and 50L are conveyed by the bank note accommodating mechanism 41 described in Fig.4 to the inside of the bank note storage box 42 Respectively. 13 is a view showing a state in which a banknote B having a narrow width conveyed to the second branch transportation path 55B is accommodated in the banknote storage section 423 in the banknote storage box 42. [ In addition, the wide-width bank notes conveyed into the first branch conveying path 55A are stored in the same process.

As shown in Fig. 13 (A), when the banknote B is completely conveyed into the second branch conveying path 55B, as shown in Fig. 13 (B), by the operation of the banknote storing mechanism 41 , The pressing portion 411 starts to move downward. The bill B pushed downward by the pressurizing portion 411 presses down the plate 421 supported by the cone coil spring 422 and is stored in the banknote storage portion 423. 13 (C), the pressing portion 411 is returned to the upper side by the operation of the paper money storage mechanism 41, but both ends of the paper money B are held by the end portion of the paper money storage box 42, And the state stored in the banknote storage portion 423 is maintained.

Although the banknote handling apparatus 1 of the present embodiment has been described above with reference to the description of the banknote handling apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the banknote handling apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is provided with the banknote conveying path 15 And the first branch conveying path 55A and the second branch conveying path 55B in the fixing walls 50R and 50L are separated from each other, it is not necessary to provide the movable part in the entire conveying path of the banknote, Configuration, good maintenance, and suppression of failure can be achieved.

The control of the bill processing apparatus 1 described above will be described. 14 is a block diagram showing the control configuration of the bill processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The banknote processing apparatus 1 is provided with various configurations centering on the control section 81. [ The control unit includes a CPU, a ROM that stores a program for control, a D / A conversion unit that digitally converts the output of the sensor, and a RAM that temporarily stores the output of the sensor. The sensors installed in the banknote processing apparatus 1 include an entrance sensor 60A provided near the banknote insertion opening 12a for detecting the insertion of the banknote and the width of the banknote and an identification sensor 60A for determining the authenticity of the banknote, 60B.

The bill conveying mechanism is provided with a first drive source 31 for rotating the drive pulley 21 and conveying the banknotes with the conveyance belts 24R and 24L and a banknote storage mechanism 41 for storing banknotes in the banknote storage box 42 And a second drive source 32 for operating the movable walls 35R, 35L to correspond to the banknotes of different widths. The bill conveying mechanism of the present embodiment is described as conveying the banknotes by the conveying belts 24R and 24L. However, instead of the conveying belts 24R and 24L, a banknote conveying mechanism for conveying banknotes by rollers is employed It is also possible to do.

Fig. 15 is a flowchart showing the banknote storing process of the banknote processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The banknote storing process repeatedly executes the processes of S101 to S112 after the power supply to the banknote processing apparatus 1 is turned on. When insertion of the banknote is detected by the entrance sensor 60A (S101: Yes), the width of the inserted banknote is determined based on the output signal of the entrance sensor 60A. When the determined width of the bank notes is the second width (narrow width) (S102: second width), the second driving source 32 is started to be driven at the first timing immediately after the detection of the bank note width and the movable walls 35R, 35L Is changed to a narrow width state (S103). After changing the conveying path width suitable for the width of the inserted banknote, driving of the first driving source 31 is started to start conveying the banknote (S104).

On the other hand, when the determined banknote width is the first width (width is wide) (S102: first width), driving of the first driving source 31 is started to start conveying banknotes (S105). The initial state of the movable walls 35R and 35L is in a state of a width W1 as shown in (B-2) in Fig. 10, that is, a state suitable for a wide banknote. As described above, by making the width of the banknote transportation path 15 appropriate in accordance with the width of the inserted banknote, the inserted banknote can be stably transported. The identification sensor 60B (the light emitting element 65 and the light receiving element 66) provided on the bank note transportation path 15 conveys the banknote using the width of the appropriate bank note conveying path 15, It is possible to detect a predetermined position of the banknote and to improve the identification accuracy.

In the bank note conveying process in the bank note conveying path 15, after the closing of the bank notes on the bank note conveying path 15 by the shutter 45, the identification sensor 60B judges the authenticity of the bank notes and the type judgment ). The authenticity determination is a determination as to whether the banknote is genuine or fake, and the type determination is a determination as to which kind of banknote is among the plural kinds of banknotes. When the inserted bank notes are authentic (S107: Yes), the banknote is transported by the transport mechanism to the first branch transport path 55A or the second branch transport path 55A formed of the stationary walls 50R, 50L in the authenticity determination by the identification sensor 60B And transferred to the branch conveying route 55B (S108). Then, the second driving source 32 is driven to operate the bank note accommodating mechanism 41, and the bank notes are stored in the bank note storage portion 423 (S109).

In accordance with the receipt of the banknote to the banknote storage portion 423, the amount corresponding to the banknote type determined in S106 is added as the insertion amount (S110). Then, the driving of the first driving source 31 and the driving of the second driving source 32 is stopped, and the solenoid 46 is stopped to return the banknote transportation path 15 to the open state (S111).

On the other hand, in the authenticity determination by the identification sensor 60B, if the inserted banknote is a counterfeit banknote (S112: No), the transport mechanism is reversely driven to transport the banknote in the opposite direction (toward the banknote insertion opening 12a). When the discharge of the banknote is confirmed (S113: Yes), the driving of the first driving source 31, the second driving source 32, and the solenoid 36 is stopped (S111).

16 is a perspective view showing a configuration in the vicinity of a bank note storage box according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, in order to smoothly move both ends of the wide banknote on the inclined surfaces 54R, 54L formed at the entrance of the fixed walls 50R, 50L, the inclined surfaces 54R, The rollers 541a and 541b are provided. 16, two rollers 541a and 541b provided on the left side slope 54L are shown. Two rollers 541a and 541b are provided in the same manner for the right side slope 54R. When the banknote having a wide width is conveyed from the movable walls 35R and 35L, both ends of the banknote move along the inclined faces 54R and 54L as described in Fig. 12D, As shown in Fig. In the present embodiment, the rollers 541a and 541b are provided on the inclined surfaces 54R and 54L to reduce the friction between the inclined surfaces 54R and 54L and the banknote, And can be conveyed to the conveying path 55A.

17 shows a cross-sectional view of a fixing wall 50L (left side) provided with rollers 541a and 541b. The two rollers 541a and 541b are fixed by a rotating shaft 542. [ The rotary shaft 542 is axially supported on the inclined surface 54L so that the two rollers 541a and 541b are positioned so as to sandwich the inclined surface 54L. At this time, the circumferential surfaces of the rollers 541a and 541b are arranged to be slightly exposed from the inclined surface 54L. As the rollers 541a and 541b rotate, the circumferential surface thereof moves in the conveying direction of the banknote, thereby reducing the friction with the banknote being conveyed. In the present embodiment, the plate spring 543 (elastic member) fixed to the fixed wall 50L side presses the rotating shaft 542 toward the inclined surface 54L. In the present embodiment, the inclined surfaces 54R and 54L are sandwiched between the two rollers 541a and 541b. However, when one roller is provided for each of the fixing walls 50R and 50L do.

Next, a bill processing apparatus 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above-described embodiment, the partition walls 53R and 53L are provided between the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B as described in Fig. 10 (A) Is different in that partition walls 53R and 53L are not provided. In the above-described embodiment, the partition walls 53R and 53L are portions provided so that the narrow bank notes conveyed in the first branch conveying path 55A do not move into the second branch conveying path 55B. However, depending on the state of the banknote, the partition walls 53R and 53L are considered to be obstacles to the banknote transportation. In the present embodiment, the partition walls 53R and 53L are not provided between the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B, thereby making it possible to convey the bank notes smoothly.

Fig. 18 is a cross-sectional view for explaining banknote transportation in the bill processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 19 is a perspective view showing a configuration in the vicinity of the banknote storage box according to another embodiment of the present invention. The configuration not described here is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 18 corresponds to the sectional view of FIG. 4, and the perspective view of FIG. 19 corresponds to the description of the perspective view of FIG. In the present embodiment, partition walls 53R and 53L are not provided between the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B. When comparing the perspective view (this embodiment) of FIG. 19 with the perspective view of FIG. 9 (the above embodiment), it can be seen that partition walls 53R and 53L are not provided in this embodiment. As described above, in the present embodiment, the banknotes are not caught by the partitions 53R, 53L when the banknotes are conveyed, by not providing the partitions 53R, 53L.

However, when such partition walls 53R and 53L are not provided, it is considered that the narrow bank notes in the second branch conveying path 55B having a narrow width move to the first branch conveying path 55A side. In this case, the narrow bank notes are expected to be inclined within the wide first branch conveying path 55A, and are not supposed to be housed in the bank note storage box 42 in alignment. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the position and shape of the pressing portion 411 in the paper currency storage mechanism 41 are different from those in the above-described embodiment. As can be seen from the cross-sectional view of the banknote processing apparatus 1 of Fig. 18, this embodiment differs from the above-described embodiment in that the position of the pressing portion 411 and the shape of the pressing portion 411 are studied . Specifically, in the above-described embodiment, the pressing portion 411 is located away from the bank note storage box 42 as shown in FIG. 13 (A), whereas in the present embodiment, the bank note storage box 42). 18, in the present embodiment, the vicinity of the bill inlet of the pressurizing portion 411 is located in the vicinity of the bill accommodating portion 411, And has an inclined surface 411a that is inclined toward the opposite side to the box 42. [

Fig. 20 is a view (a view seen from the side of the movable walls 35R and 35L) showing a configuration near the entrance of the fixed wall of the present embodiment. 20A shows the configuration of the fixed walls 50R and 50L and the sizes of the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B. In the present embodiment, the partition walls 53R and 53L are not provided and the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B are adjacent to each other as compared with the embodiment described in FIG. 10 (A) As shown in Fig. The width W1 'of the first branch conveying route 55A and the width W2' of the second branch conveying route 55B are the same as those described in Fig.

FIG. 20B is a view showing the state when the pressing portion 411 is disposed at the initial position in FIG. 20A. In FIG. 10 (B), a surface of the fixed walls 50R, 50L that becomes a part of the lower surface of the first branch conveying path 55A is defined as a first surface 541R, 541L. Among the fixing walls 50R and 50L, the surface which becomes a part of the lower surface of the second branch conveying path 55B is defined as the second surface 511R and 511L. On the other hand, the pressing portion 411 has a pressing surface 411b for pressing the banknote, a cross-section 411c on the side of the movable walls 35R and 35L when the banknote is stored in the banknote storing box 42, And has an inclined surface 411a which is inclined toward the side opposite to the banknote storage box 42 on the side of the movable walls 35R, 35L.

The pressurizing portion 411 is arranged such that the pressure surface 411b is positioned below (Z-axis defining direction) as compared with the above-described embodiment so that the narrow bank notes do not move toward the first branch conveying path 55A have. In the above-described embodiment, the partition walls 53R and 53L play the role, whereas in the present embodiment, the pressing surface 411b plays a role in place of the partition walls 53R and 53L. The height Ls of the pressing surface 411b when the banknote is conveyed in the first branch conveyance route 55A or the second branch conveyance route 55B is the height L1 of the first faces 541R and 541L It is preferable to make it close to the boundary between the conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B. With this configuration, it is possible to inhibit the banknotes from moving into the first branch conveying path 55 when narrow banknotes are conveyed. The term "near" means that the height Ls of the pressing surface 411b is located within a range of plus 0 mm and minus 1 mm (the lower side than the height L1 is a minus direction) at the height of the first surfaces 541R, 541L.

The height Ls of the pressing surface 411b is adjusted depending on the size and type of bills handled by the banknote handling apparatus 1, the general state of banknotes, and the like. The height Ls of the pressing surface 411b is preferably such that the pressing surface 411b is slightly positioned in the second branch transportation path 55B (lower than the height L1), as shown in Fig. With this configuration, it is possible to more reliably suppress the movement of the narrow bank notes into the first branch conveying path 55, and at the same time, when the wide bank notes are conveyed, (Braking force) is applied to the conveyance of the banknotes by the abutting portions 541R and 541L and the central portion contacting the pressing surface 411b. Therefore, the bills can be prevented from being excessively conveyed due to excessive force, so that the ends of the bills in the banknote storage box 42 can be aligned and stored at the entrance side.

When the height Ls of the pressing surface 411b is arranged at a position lower than the above-described embodiment, the shape (flat plate) of the pressing portion 411 in the above- (55A) or the second branch transportation path (55B). In such a case, it is expected that the conveyance of the banknotes will be inhibited by the cross section of the pressing portion 511. [ The inclined surface 411a in which the pressing surface 411b is bent is provided on the side opposite to the bank note storage box 42 and the end surface 411c of the pressing portion 411 is connected to the first branch conveying path 55A ) And the second branch conveyance route 55B. This configuration can prevent the end face 411c of the pressing portion 411 from being obstructed when the pressurizing portion 411 is used as a guide for conveying paper currency, And can be smoothly moved into the second branch conveying route 55B.

The bill transfer according to the present embodiment will be described below. Fig. 21 is a view for explaining a conveying state of a banknote according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a conveying state of a banknote having a narrow width. 21A to 21D are a top view, a side sectional view (located on the right side of the top view), and a view from the entrance side (located at the top of the top view) of the fixed walls 50R and 50L Respectively. This substrate form is also the same for Figs. 22A to 22D.

As shown in Fig. 21 (A), the width between the movable walls 35R, 35L is narrowed when the bank notes having a narrow width are conveyed. When the narrow bank notes B1 are conveyed in the bank note conveying route 15 formed by the movable walls 35R and 35L, the exit of the bank note conveying route 15 is connected to the entrance of the second branch conveying route 55B As shown in FIG. 21 (D), is conveyed into the second branch conveying path 55B as it is. Since the end face 411c is located outside the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B by the inclined face 411a of the pressing portion 411 in this embodiment, The banknote transportation is not impeded by the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B, and the banknote conveying can be smoothly carried out by increasing the entrance of the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B.

On the other hand, Fig. 22 shows a conveying state of a banknote having a wide width. As shown in Fig. 22 (A), the width between the movable walls 35R, 35L is wide (initial state) at the time of transfer of a wide paper currency. When the wide bill B2 is conveyed in the banknote conveying route 15 formed by the movable walls 35R and 35L, the inclined faces 54R and 54L provided on the fixed walls 50R and 50L, And is conveyed to the conveying path 55A. As described above, when the wide bill B2 is conveyed, the end portion of the wide bill B2 contacts the first surfaces 541R and 541L, and the central portion contacts the pressurizing surface 411b, The braking force (brake) is applied to the conveyance of the wide bill B2. Therefore, the wide bill paper B2 is not excessively conveyed, and the wide paper money B2 is conveyed to the predetermined position, so that the end portion of the paper money in the bill storage box 42 can be aligned.

With respect to this embodiment, it is possible to use the above-described embodiment for a state of storing paper money in the paper currency storage box 42, a control configuration, a banknote storing process, and smooth banknote transportation using the rollers 541a and 541b, The description thereof is omitted.

As described above, the embodiment in which the partitions 53R and 53L are not provided between the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B is described in comparison with the above embodiment, The barrier ribs 53R and 53L can be prevented from being obstructed by the banknote transport. Further, by studying the position of the pressing surface 411b, the pressing surface 411b is used as a guide in conveying bank notes, and particularly when a bank note having a narrow width is conveyed, a narrow bank note is conveyed to the first branch conveying route 55A As shown in Fig. Further, by providing the inclined surface 411a, braking force is applied to the banknote during transport of the wide banknote, thereby making it possible to arrange the end of the banknote at the time of storage. In addition, the inclined surface 411a widens the entrance opening of the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B, so that the banknote conveyance can be smoothly performed.

In the embodiment of Figs. 18 to 20, when the banknote is conveyed, that is, when the banknote is searched in the first branch conveyance route 55A or the second branch conveyance route 55B, (B), as shown in Fig. As a result, the braking force can be applied to the wide bills B2 as described with reference to Fig. 22. However, as can be seen from Fig. 21, the braking force can not be applied to the narrow bills B1. In the embodiment described below, by moving the pressing portion 411 in accordance with the width of the banknote, a braking force is applied not only to the wide banknote but also to the narrow banknote, And can be stored in the storage box 42.

23 is a view showing a configuration near the entrance of the fixed wall according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the control unit 81 changes the position of the pressing unit 411 in accordance with the width of the banknote determined using the entrance sensor 60A. 23 (A-1) shows the position of the pressing portion 411 when a wide-width bank note B1 is found, and FIG. 23 (A-2) Respectively. 23 (B-1) shows the position of the pressing portion 411 when the banknote B2 with a narrow width is detected, and FIG. 23 (B-2) Respectively. The control unit 81 detects the width of the banknote by the entrance sensor 60A and then outputs the banknote to the pressurizing unit 411 before the banknote reaches the first branch conveying route 55A or the second branch conveying route 55B. To the state shown in (A-1) of FIG. 23 or (B-1) of FIG.

In the above-described embodiment, after the bank notes are conveyed to the first branch conveying path 55A and the second branch conveying path 55B, the bank note accommodating mechanism 41 is operated to convey the conveyed bank notes to the bank note storage box (A-1) in Fig. 23 or (B-B) in Fig. 23 before the banknotes are conveyed to the first branch conveying route 55A and the second branch conveying route 55B in this embodiment, 1), and after the banknotes are conveyed to the first branch conveying path 55A and the second branch conveying path 55B, the banknote storing mechanism 41 is operated to convey the conveyed banknotes to the banknote storage box (42) is required. As a result, a drive source for operating the movable walls 35R and 35L and a drive source for operating the bank note accommodating mechanism 41 are prepared separately as in the well-known technique to realize the two-step operation of the bank note accommodating mechanism 41 .

The case where the wide bill B1 is conveyed is similar to the form described in Fig. The height of the pressing surface 411b is located near the height L1 of the first surfaces 541R and 541L (the boundary between the first branch conveying path 55A and the second branch conveying path 55B). At the position of the pressing surface 411b, the left and right end portions of the wide paper currency B1 are brought into contact with the first surfaces 541R and 541L, and the middle portion is brought into contact with the pressing surface 411b, whereby the braking force (brake) .

On the other hand, when the narrow banknote B2 is conveyed, the height of the pressing surface 411b is set such that the surface of the fixing walls 50R and 50L, which becomes a part of the lower surface of the second branch conveying path 55B, 511R, and 511L. The term "near" means that the height Ls of the pressing surface 411b is located within a range of plus 0 mm and minus 1 mm (the lower side than the height L2 is a minus direction) at the height of the second surfaces 511R, 511L. The height Ls of the pressing surface 411b is adjusted depending on the size and type of bills handled by the banknote handling apparatus 1, the general state of banknotes, and the like. The height Ls of the pressing surface 411b is preferably such that the pressing surface 411b is located slightly below the height L1 as shown in (B-1) in Fig. When the narrow banknote B2 is conveyed, the right and left ends of the banknote B2 having a narrow width are brought into contact with the second surfaces 511R and 511L as shown in (B-2) in FIG. 23, Braking force (brake) is applied to conveying the banknotes.

As described above, in this embodiment, by changing the position of the pressing portion 411 in accordance with the width of the banknote determined using the entrance sensor 60A, the braking force is applied to the narrow banknote B2 so that the ends of the banknote are aligned It can be stored in the banknote storage box 42. [ In the present embodiment, when it is not necessary to apply a braking force to the conveying of the banknotes, when the banknote B1 having a wide width is conveyed, the height of the pressing surface 411b is set to be a height retracted from the first branch conveying route 55A And when the narrow banknote B2 is conveyed, the height Ls of the pressing surface 411b may be set to a height near the height L1 of the first surfaces 541R and 541L.

The paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention has been described above with reference to the paper money handling apparatus 1 as an example of the paper sheet handling apparatus in which various kinds of paper sheets such as paper money, coupon tickets, securities, It is possible.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited only to these embodiments, but an embodiment constituted by appropriately combining the constitutions of the respective embodiments will also fall within the scope of the present invention.

1: Banknote processing device (paper processing device)
11: Housing
12: Front cover
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164: Through hole
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21R, 21L: drive pulley
23R, 23L: driven pulley
24R, 24L: conveying belt
25 to 29 (R, L): driven roller
31: First driving source
32: second driving source
35R, 35L: movable wall
41: Banknote storage mechanism
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42: Banknote storage box
421: Plate
422: Conical coil spring
423: Banknote compartment
45: Shutter
46: Solenoid
50R, 50L: fixed wall
51: first wall
52: second wall
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543: Edition
55A: First branch return path
55B: Second branch return path
61R, 61L: entrance sensor
62: Light emitting element
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64: Light receiving element
65: Light emitting element
66: Light receiving element
71: State link
71a: engaging hole
72: Cam
72a: cam projection
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Claims (6)

An entrance sensor for detecting the width of the inserted paper sheet,
A conveying mechanism provided on the conveying path of the paper sheets for conveying the inserted paper sheets,
A movable wall for varying the width of the conveying path,
A receiving portion for receiving the paper sheets,
A stationary wall which is provided along the housing portion and which forms a first branch transportation path and a second branch transportation path which is narrower than the first branch transportation path;
And a driving unit for changing the position of the movable wall in accordance with the width of the paper sheets detected by the entrance sensor,
Wherein the movable wall is positioned upstream of the fixed wall and opposite to the second branch conveyance path and at both ends of the second branch conveyance path, a paper sheet having a wide width from the conveyance path provided with the movable wall Wherein when the sheet is conveyed, an inclined surface for guiding to the first branch conveyance path is formed. The method according to claim 1,
And a rotating roller which exposes the circumferential surface from the inclined surface and which is capable of moving the circumferential surface in the conveying direction of the paper. The method according to claim 1,
And a partition wall is not provided between the first branch transportation path and the second branch transportation path. The method of claim 3,
And a paper sheet storage mechanism that stores the paper sheets conveyed to the first branch conveyance path or the second branch conveyance path by moving the pressing portion including the pressing surface,
Wherein when the sheets are conveyed from the conveying path provided with the movable wall to the first branch conveying path or the second branch conveying path, the pressing surface is in contact with the boundary between the first branch conveying path and the second branch conveying path A paper sheet processing apparatus located near the paper sheet processing apparatus. The method of claim 3,
And a paper sheet storage mechanism that stores the paper sheets conveyed to the first branch conveyance path or the second branch conveyance path by moving the pressing portion including the pressing surface,
Wherein the control unit controls the position of the pressing portion in accordance with the width of the paper sheet detected by the entrance sensor when the paper sheet is conveyed from the conveying path provided with the movable wall to the first branch conveying path or the second branch conveying path, Is changed. The method according to claim 4 or 5,
Wherein the pressing surface is inclined with respect to the conveying path side on which the movable wall is provided, toward the side opposite to the receiving portion.

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