WO2010038264A1

WO2010038264A1 - Banknote processing device

Info

Publication number: WO2010038264A1
Application number: PCT/JP2008/067705
Authority: WO
Inventors: ▲亨▼ 多加喜; 正和三輪
Original assignee: グローリー株式会社
Priority date: 2008-09-30
Filing date: 2008-09-30
Publication date: 2010-04-08

Abstract

A banknote processing device which, after occurrence of a failure, quickly recounts the number of banknotes in a stack section to reduce a time required for recovery from the failure. The banknote processing device has a receiving section for receiving inserted banknotes on a one-by-one basis; a stack section for stacking banknotes; an advance section for advancing on a one-by-one basis the banknotes stacked in the stack section; a first conveyance section for conveying a banknote between the receiving section and the stack section and between the advance section and the stack section; a discrimination section provided at the first conveyance section and discriminating and counting banknotes; a bundling section for bundling a predetermined number of banknotes; a second conveyance section for conveying, among the banknotes stacked in the stack section, banknotes the number of which has reached that predetermined number to the bundling section; and a control section for controlling, when the predetermined number of the banknotes are normally stacked in the stack section, the second conveyance section so that the stacked banknotes are conveyed to the bundling section and controlling, when the predetermined number of the banknotes are not normally stacked in the stack section or when the number of the banknotes stacked in the stack section has not reached the predetermined number, the advance section so that the banknotes stacked in the stack section are advanced on a one-by-one basis.

Description

Banknote handling equipment

The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

Banks and other financial institutions use banknote processing devices that bundle and organize collected banknotes at regular intervals. In this banknote handling apparatus, for example, when banknotes of a plurality of denominations are inserted in a state where correctness and loss are inserted, these banknotes are captured and identified one by one, and are classified according to denomination and correctness, respectively, corresponding stacking units Is accumulated. And when the banknote in a stacking part reaches a fixed number (for example, 100 sheets), this banknote bundle is conveyed by a bundle conveyance part to a binding means, bundled with binding materials, such as a paper tape, and thrown out.

The fractional banknotes that did not reach a certain number in the stacking unit were manually collected from the stacking unit. There is also known a banknote handling machine that provides a fractional banknote return port for returning fractional banknotes, and a bundle transport unit transports the fractional banknotes in the stacking unit to the fractional banknote return port (see, for example, JP-A-2006-107029). .

However, in such a conventional banknote handling machine, when an error (failure) occurs during operation, the number of stacked sheets becomes unclear, and it is necessary to check the number of banknotes remaining in each stacking section. All the remaining banknotes were collected from the fractional banknote return slot and re-inserted for identification counting. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to perform error recovery by checking the number of banknotes remaining in each stacking unit. In addition, since error recovery is performed manually, a human error may occur.

A banknote processing machine is known that feeds banknotes with an identification error to a hopper via a reject unit, feeds them out of the hopper, and again identifies and counts banknotes with an identification error (see, for example, US Pat. No. 7,152,744). ). However, in such a banknote handling machine, when an error occurs in a transport system or the like that transports banknotes, it is not possible to recount the banknotes remaining in the machine, so when an error such as a transport system occurs, There was a problem that an efficient error recovery means could not be provided.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and can quickly recount banknotes in the stacking unit after a failure occurs, reducing the time required for failure recovery, and reducing human intervention. Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus that can improve the accuracy of restoration work.

The banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a receiving unit that takes in each banknote that has been inserted, a stacking unit that stacks banknotes, a feeding unit that feeds banknotes stacked in the stacking unit one by one, A first transport unit that transports banknotes between the receiving unit and the stacking unit and between the feeding unit and the stacking unit, and an identification unit that is provided in the first transport unit and performs banknote identification counting A bundling unit that binds a predetermined number of banknotes, a second transport unit that transports the banknotes that have reached the predetermined number among the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit, and the predetermined unit to the stacking unit When the number of banknotes is normally stacked, the second transport unit is controlled to transport the stacked banknotes to the bundling unit, and the predetermined number of banknotes are not normally stacked on the stacking unit or The banknotes stacked in the stacking unit have not reached the predetermined number If the one in which and a control unit for controlling the feeding portion so as feeds one by one the banknotes that are stacked in the stacking unit.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the feeding unit is provided in the stacking unit, and banknotes are fed one by one from the stacking unit.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to the aspect of the present invention, the second transport unit can transport the banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit to the feeding unit while being stacked, and the control unit includes: When the predetermined number of banknotes are not normally stacked on the stacking unit or when the banknotes stacked on the stacking unit do not reach the predetermined number, the banknotes stacked on the stacking unit are conveyed to the feeding unit. Thus, it is preferable to control the second feeding unit and to control the feeding unit so that banknotes conveyed by the second conveying unit are fed out one by one.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that banknotes fed out by the feeding unit are identified and counted by the identifying unit.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the banknotes fed by the feeding section are conveyed to the stacking section where the banknotes are stacked by the first transport section.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, a detection unit that detects the number of banknotes is provided in the first transport unit or the stacking unit, and the banknotes fed out by the feeding unit are detected by the detection unit. It is preferable that the number of sheets is detected and transported by the first transport unit to the stacking unit in which the banknotes are stacked without passing through the identification unit.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the banknotes fed out by the feeding unit are conveyed to the stacking unit in which the banknotes are stacked via the identification unit by the first transport unit, and the banknotes Is preferably discriminated and counted by the discriminator.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the stacking units are provided for each type of banknotes to be stacked, and the control unit stacks when there are a plurality of stacking units whose stacking number is less than the predetermined number. The predetermined number of sheets collected by collecting the banknotes collected in each stacking unit by controlling the second transport unit and the first transport unit so that the number of sheets is equal to the predetermined number. It is preferable to control the second transport unit so as to transport the banknote to the binding unit.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, when the banknotes stacked in each stacking section are collected in one or a plurality of stacking sections, there is a stacking section where the stacking number is less than the predetermined number. It is preferable to control the second transport unit so as to transport less than the predetermined number of banknotes accumulated in the unit to the binding unit.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the bundling unit is a banding unit that winds a banding tape around a predetermined portion of the banknote conveyed by the second conveyance unit, and the band wound around the banknote. A printing unit that performs printing on a banding tape, and the printing unit is configured to transfer bills including the first denomination and the second denomination by the second conveyance unit, and by the banding unit. When the banding tape is wound, it is preferable to print on the banding tape to indicate that the denomination is mixed.

In the banknote handling apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the banknote handling apparatus further includes a reject unit that is connected to the first transport unit and accumulates reject banknotes, and the banknotes fed by the feed unit are rejected by the first transport unit. It is preferably conveyed to the part.

The bills fed out by the feeding unit are discriminated and counted by the discriminating unit, and are transported to the stacking unit or the rejecting unit in which the bills are stacked by the first transport unit based on the identification result. preferable.

The storage unit is further provided with a storage unit that is connected to the first transport unit and stores the banknotes identified and counted by the identification unit in denominations. The banknotes fed by the feed unit are stored by the first transport unit by the storage unit. It is preferable to be transported to.

It is preferable that the control unit controls the feeding unit so that the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit are fed out one by one after all the banknotes inserted into the receiving unit are taken in.

According to the present invention, it is possible to quickly re-count the number of banknotes in the stacking unit after a failure occurs, to reduce the time required for the failure recovery, and to improve the recovery work accuracy.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the banknote processing apparatus by a 1st modification. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the banknote processing apparatus by a 2nd modification. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, a banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing an internal configuration of a banknote handling apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The banknote processing apparatus 10 has an operation display unit 11 at the top, and mainly includes a classification stacking unit 100 at the upper front, a banknote binding unit 200 at the lower front, and a transport unit 300 at the back. Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus 10 includes a control unit 12 that controls the sorting and accumulating unit 100, the banknote binding unit 200, and the transport unit 300.

First, the classification accumulation unit 100 will be described. A receiving unit 101 for receiving banknotes to be processed is provided at a substantially central portion of the front surface of the classification and stacking unit 100. A banknote mixed with denominations fed therein is fed out by

feeding rollers

102 and 103, and is conveyed by a transporting unit 104. Be transported.

The transport unit 104 is provided with an identification unit 105, which identifies the type of money, damage, front and back, and authenticity. Further, the identification unit 105 counts the number of sheets for each type, and the count result is displayed on the operation display unit 11. The conveyance unit 104 branches off from the identification unit 105, and an unidentifiable ticket, a fake ticket, or the like is accumulated in the reject unit 106 as a reject banknote according to the identification result by the identification unit 105.

On the other hand, according to the front / back determination result by the discriminating unit 105, the front / back inversion unit 107 reverses the front / back of all banknotes so that the front / back sides of the bills coincide with each other. Based on the denomination or the like, it is accumulated in any of the accumulating units 111 to 115 for accumulating banknotes to be bound.

The accumulating sections 111 to 115 have accumulating stages 111a to 115a, respectively, which can be moved up and down by driving means (not shown).

In FIG. 1, each of the stacking units 111 to 115 is shown in a state that can be stacked. That is, since the stages 111a to 115a are positioned at the lower end positions of the wall members 111b to 115b provided about 2/3 on the upper side, the conveyed banknotes hit the wall members 111b to 115b and stop and accumulate. At this time, in order to prevent banknotes from popping out and enable stable stacking, pressers 111c to 115c that are rotatable according to the stacking amount are provided.

It should be noted that the stages 111a to 115a and the wall members 111b to 115b are formed with notches through which hands 313 and 314 of the transfer unit 300 described later can freely pass.

The banknotes not to be stacked are transported to the

external stackers

121 and 122 by the transport unit 104 and stacked.

At the end of banknote processing or when an error (failure) occurs in the banknote processing apparatus 10, the banknotes stacked in the stacking units 111 to 115 are transported to the feeding unit 130 by the transport unit 300 described later. The feeding unit 130 feeds banknotes conveyed by the conveying unit 300 one by one. The banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 130 are conveyed by the conveying unit 104 to the rejecting unit 106, the stacking units 111 to 115, or the

external stackers

121 and 122 via the identification unit 105.

Subsequently, the banknote binding unit 200 will be described. In the banknote binding unit 200, a band of paper is wound around the stacked banknotes, and banding is performed.

When the banknotes stacked in the stacking units 111 to 115 reach a predetermined number, they are transported to the set unit 201 of the banknote binding unit 200 by the transporting unit 300 described later and held between them.

A rotation mechanism 202 for winding the banding tape around a predetermined portion of the sandwiched bill is provided, and the leading end of the banding tape 204 taken out from the banding tape stacking unit 203 is stopped by the tape stopper 205 and is bound by rotating. It is supposed to get banknotes.

Also, after binding, a cutter 206 for cutting the tip of the tape and a heater 207 for thermally bonding the tip are provided.

The bundled bundled banknotes are thrown out to the bundled banknote outlet 209 by the belt-type transport mechanism 208, but in the middle of the transport, the printing unit 210 that prints the denomination, date and time, serial number, etc. on the bandwrap is processed. A stamping part 211 for stamping a financial institution mark of a financial institution is provided.

Subsequently, the conveyance unit 300 will be described. The conveyance unit 300 includes a guide shaft 301 that is vertically grounded, an elevating unit 310 that can move up and down while engaging the guide shaft 301, and a drive belt 302 that elevates and lowers the elevating unit 310.

The elevating unit 310 has a block 312 that can be moved forward and backward by a belt mechanism 311. The block 312 has a fixed lower hand 313 and an upper hand 314 that moves up and down along a shaft 315 by a belt 316. is doing. The

hands

313 and 314 are taken out with the banknotes stacked in the stacking units 111 to 115 being sandwiched, and the taken out banknotes are conveyed to the banknote binding unit 200 or the feeding unit 130.

The control unit 12 controls the

conveyance units

104 and 300 according to the identification count result by the identification unit 105, the apparatus state of the banknote processing apparatus 10, and the like.

An example of the normal operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 will be described. The banknotes taken in from the receiving unit 101 are identified by the identification unit 105, and the reject banknotes are conveyed to the reject unit 106. Out of banknotes other than reject banknotes, banknotes not to be bound are transported to the

external stackers

121 and 122 by the transport unit 104, and banknotes to be bound are transported to any of the stacking units 111 to 115 depending on the type of denomination or the like. It is conveyed by 104. Here, at least one of the stacking units 111 to 115 is set as an empty stacking unit that does not convey banknotes.

When the number of stacked banknotes in the stacking units 111 to 115 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100), a predetermined number of banknote bundles are transported to the banknote binding unit 200 by the transport unit 300 and banded.

For example, it is assumed that the number of stacked banknotes in the stacking unit 111 reaches a predetermined number, and the stacking unit 115 is set as an empty stacking unit. While the transport unit 300 takes out the banknote bundle from the stacking unit 111, the stacking unit 111 cannot stack new banknotes. Therefore, the types of banknotes accumulated in the accumulation unit 111 are accumulated in the accumulation unit 115. When the banknote bundle is taken out from the stacking unit 111 by the transport unit 300, the stacking unit 111 is set as an empty stacking unit.

When the

hand

313, 314 of the transport unit 300 picks up a predetermined number of banknote bundles from the stacking units 111-115, skew, misaligned banknotes, etc. are detected by a sensor (not shown) provided in the block 312. The conveying unit 300 conveys the predetermined number of banknote bundles to the feeding unit 130.

The feeding unit 130 feeds the conveyed banknotes one by one. The banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 130 are identified by the identification unit 105, and banknotes that obstruct the banding process such as skew and misaligned banknotes are transported by the transport unit 104 to the reject unit 106. Normal bills are transported by the transport unit 104 to the stacking units 111 to 115 where the banknotes have been stacked.

As described above, when a banknote that has reached a predetermined number in the stacking units 111 to 115 includes a banknote that becomes an obstacle to the banding process, the banknote is conveyed to the feeding unit 130 and identified again by the identification unit 105. Processing stability can be improved.

When all the banknotes received by the receiving unit 101 are taken in and banknote processing is completed, if banknotes (fractional banknotes) that do not reach a predetermined number remain in the stacking units 111 to 115, the transport unit 300 stacks. The fractional banknotes are taken out from each of the units 111 to 115 and conveyed to the feeding unit 130, and the conveyance unit 104 conveys the fractional banknotes from the feeding unit 130 to the

external stackers

121 and 122. Thereby, a fraction banknote can be taken out easily.

Alternatively, the banding process may be performed in a state in which fractional banknotes are collected in any one of the stacking units 111 to 115 and banknotes of different denominations are mixed. For example, the conveyance unit 300 takes out the fractional banknotes from the stacking unit where fractional banknotes remain and transports them to the feeding unit 130, and the transporting unit 104 transports them from the feeding unit 130 to another stacking unit where fractional banknotes remain. To do. By repeating this, fractional banknotes gather in one stacking unit.

Thus, even if the bills are bundled in a mixed state such as denominations, the bills can be easily taken out. Furthermore, in the banknote binding part 200, when this money type mixed banknote is bound, you may make it the printing part 210 perform printing which shows that a money type etc. are mixed on a band seal. It becomes possible to easily determine that banknotes mixed with denominations are bound.

Next, an example of an operation when an error (failure) or the like occurs in the banknote processing apparatus 10 and the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking units 111 to 115 becomes unclear will be described.

The transport unit 300 takes out the banknotes accumulated in the stacking units 111 to 115 where the number of stacked sheets is unclear, and transports them to the feeding unit 130. The feeding unit 130 feeds out the banknotes one by one, and the identification unit 105 identifies and counts the number of bills. The banknotes identified and counted by the identification unit 105 are conveyed by the conveyance unit 104 to the original stacking units 111 to 115. When confirming the number of sheets, it is not necessary to take out the banknotes of the stacking unit once out of the apparatus and set them in the receiving unit 101 by hand, so that the number confirmation operation can be performed efficiently and promptly.

When the number of stacked sheets in each of the stacking units 111 to 115 is confirmed, the taking-in of banknotes from the receiving unit 101 is resumed, normal operation is performed, and banding processing or the like is performed.

In the process of confirming the number of stacked sheets of the stacking units 111 to 115 where the number of stacked sheets is unclear, if the number of banknotes exceeding a predetermined number (bundled) is identified by the identifying unit 105, the amount exceeding the predetermined number Are transferred to the

external stackers

121 and 122. The banknote determined by the identification unit 105 to have a rejection factor is conveyed to the rejection unit 106.

As described above, the banknote handling apparatus according to the present embodiment can automatically re-count banknotes in the stacking unit immediately after a failure occurs, thereby reducing the time required for failure recovery. Moreover, the fraction banknote which remained in the stacking part after completion | finish of banknote processing can be taken out easily.

In addition, when a banknote that has become a hindrance to the banding process is present in the banknote bundle that has reached a predetermined number, the banknote can be rejected, so that the stability of the banding process can be improved.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing an internal configuration of a banknote handling apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The banknote handling apparatus 400 includes a receiving unit 401, a transport unit 402, an identification unit 403, a reversing mechanism 404, reject

units

405a, 405b, and 405c, external stackers 406a to 406f, stacking

units

407a and 407b, a bundle transport unit 408, and a feeding unit 409. , A bill binding unit 410, a bundled bill storage unit 411, and a control unit 420.

The receiving unit 401 is configured to take in banknotes placed by the operator one by one into the housing of the banknote handling apparatus 400.

The transport unit 402 is provided inside the housing of the banknote processing apparatus 400 and transports banknotes taken in by the receiving unit 401. The transport unit 402 transports banknotes according to the control unit 420.

The transport unit 402 is composed of a combination of a belt transport mechanism, for example. The belt conveyance mechanism is composed of a pair or three or more rollers and, for example, a rubber belt stretched around each roller.

The identification unit 403 is interposed in the transport unit 402, and performs discrimination and counting of the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, etc. of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 402, and a plurality of banknotes overlap. A conveyance abnormality such as a taken-in state (double feeding state) is detected. The identification unit 403 outputs the identification count result to the control unit 420.

The conveyance unit 402 is branched at the tip of the identification unit 403, and the rejected banknotes are conveyed to the

rejection units

405a and 405b according to the identification result of the identification unit 403, and are accumulated. Rejected banknotes are conveyed to the

reject units

405a and 405b according to rejection factors. For example, reject banknotes with abnormal conveyance are conveyed to the reject unit 405a, and reject banknotes with abnormal denomination and authenticity identification are conveyed to the reject unit 405b.

On the other hand, banknotes that are not reject banknotes are reversed by the reversing mechanism 404 so that the front and back surfaces of all banknotes coincide with each other according to the front / back determination result by the identification unit 403. Among the banknotes that are reversed so that the front and back surfaces coincide with each other, banknotes that are not to be bound are stacked on one of the external stackers 406a to 406f based on the denomination determined by the identification unit 403.

Bundled banknotes are conveyed to either one of the stacking

units

407a and 407b. A sensor (not shown) for detecting the number of banknotes conveyed is provided at each banknote receiving port of the stacking

units

407a and 407b. This sensor is stacked in the stacking

units

407a and 407b. Is output to the control unit 420. When the number of stacked sheets in the stacking unit 407a (407b) reaches a predetermined number, the bundle transport unit 408 takes out the banknote bundle stacked in the stacking unit 407a (407b) and transports it to the banknote binding unit 410.

When the bundle transport unit 408 is taking out the banknote bundle from the stacking unit 407a (407b), the banknotes to be bound cannot be stacked on the stacking unit 407a (407b), and thus are stacked on the stacking unit 407b (407a). Thereafter, the banknotes to be bound are stacked on the stacking unit 407b (407a).

The banknote bundle conveyed to the banknote binding section 410 is band-sealed and stored in the binding banknote storage section 411.

The configurations of the stacking

units

407a and 407b, the bundle transport unit 408, and the banknote binding unit 410 are the same as those of the stacking units 111 to 115, the transport unit 300, and the banknote binding unit 200 in the first embodiment. Detailed description is omitted.

At the end of banknote processing or when an error (failure) occurs in the banknote processing apparatus 400, the banknotes stacked in the stacking

unit

407 a or 407 b are transported to the feeding unit 409 by the bundle transporting unit 408. The feeding unit 409 feeds out banknotes conveyed by the bundle conveying unit 408 one by one. The banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 409 are transported by the transport unit 402 to the stacking

units

407a and 407b or the reject unit 405c.

The control unit 420 controls the conveyance unit 402 and the bundle conveyance unit 408 according to the identification result of the identification unit 403, the number of accumulated banknotes of the

accumulation units

407a and 407b, and the apparatus state of the banknote processing apparatus 400.

An example of the normal operation of the banknote handling apparatus 400 will be described. The bills taken from the receiving unit 401 are identified by the identifying unit 403, and the rejected bills are conveyed to the

reject unit

405a or 405b. Of the banknotes other than reject banknotes, banknotes that are not to be bound are transported to one of the external stackers 406a to 406f by the transport unit 402 according to the type of denomination, and the banknotes to be bound are stacked by the transport unit 402 by the stacking

unit

407a or 407a. It is conveyed to 407b. Here, one of the stacking

units

407a and 407b is set as an empty stacking unit that does not carry banknotes.

When the number of stacked banknotes on the other side of the stacking

units

407a and 407b reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100), a predetermined number of banknote bundles are transported to the banknote binding unit 410 by the bundle transporting unit 408 and banded. The bundled banknote bundle is stored in the bundled banknote storage unit 411.

When all the banknotes received by the receiving unit 401 are taken in and banknote processing is completed, if banknotes (fractional banknotes) that do not reach a predetermined number remain in the stacking

unit

407a or 407b, the bundle transport unit 408 The fractional banknote is taken out and conveyed to the feeding unit 409, and the conveyance unit 402 conveys the fractional banknote from the feeding unit 409 to the reject unit 405c. Thereby, a fraction banknote can be taken out easily.

Also, the banding process may be performed on the bills by the banknote binding unit 410. At this time, it is preferable to perform printing indicating that the bill is a fractional banknote on the band seal.

Next, an example of an operation when an error (failure) or the like occurs in the banknote processing apparatus 400 and the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking

unit

407a or 407b becomes unclear will be described.

The bundle conveying unit 408 takes out the banknotes accumulated in the accumulating

unit

407a or 407b whose number of accumulated items is unclear and conveys the bills to the feeding unit 409. The feeding unit 409 feeds the banknotes one by one, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport unit 402 to the stacking

unit

407a or 407b.

At this time, the number of stacked sheets is confirmed by a sensor (not shown) provided at the bill receiving port of the stacking

unit

407a or 407b detecting the number of transported sheets. In confirming the number of sheets, it is not necessary to take out the bills in the stacking unit once out of the apparatus and set them in the receiving unit 401 by hand, so that the number confirmation operation can be performed efficiently and promptly. The sensor for detecting the number of transported sheets can be provided at any position on the path from the feeding unit 409 to the stacking

unit

407a or 407b.

When the number of stacked sheets in the stacking

unit

407a or 407b is confirmed, the taking-in of banknotes from the receiving unit 401 is resumed, normal operation is performed, and banding processing or the like is performed.

In addition, in the process of confirming the number of stacked sheets of the stacking

unit

407a or 407b where the number of stacked sheets has become unclear, if a banknote exceeding the predetermined number (bundled) is detected, Then, it is conveyed to the reject unit 405c.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing an internal configuration of a banknote handling apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The banknote handling apparatus 500 includes a receiving unit 501, a transport unit 502, an identification unit 503, a reversing mechanism 504, reject

units

505a and 505b, external stackers 506a to 506f, stacking

units

507a and 507b, a bundle transport unit 508, a feeding unit 509, and a banknote. A binding unit 510, a bundled banknote storage unit 511, and a control unit 520 are provided.

The receiving unit 501 is configured to take bills placed by the operator one by one into the housing of the bill processing apparatus 500.

The transport unit 502 is provided inside the housing of the banknote processing apparatus 500 and transports the banknotes taken in by the receiving unit 501. The transport unit 502 transports banknotes according to the control unit 520.

The conveyance unit 502 is composed of, for example, a combination of belt conveyance mechanisms. The belt conveyance mechanism is composed of a pair or three or more rollers and, for example, a rubber belt stretched around each roller.

The identification unit 503 is provided in the transport unit 502, and performs discrimination and counting of the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, etc. of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 502, and a plurality of banknotes overlap. A conveyance abnormality such as a taken-in state (double feeding state) is detected. The identification unit 503 outputs the identification count result to the control unit 520.

The transport unit 502 is branched at the tip of the identification unit 503, and rejected banknotes are transported to the reject unit 505a and accumulated according to the identification result of the identification unit 503.

On the other hand, banknotes that are not reject banknotes are reversed by the reversing mechanism 504 so that the front and back surfaces of all banknotes coincide with each other according to the front / back determination result by the identification unit 503. Among the banknotes that are reversed so that the front and back surfaces coincide with each other, banknotes that are not to be bound are accumulated in any of the external stackers 506a to 506f based on the denomination determined by the identification unit 503.

Bundled banknotes are conveyed to either one of the stacking

units

507a and 507b. A sensor (not shown) for detecting the number of banknotes conveyed is provided at each banknote receiving port of the stacking

sections

507a and 507b. This sensor is stacked on the stacking

sections

507a and 507b. Is output to the control unit 520. When the number of stacked sheets in the stacking unit 507a (507b) reaches a predetermined number, the bundle transport unit 508 transports the banknote bundles stacked in the stacking unit 507a (507b) to the banknote binding unit 510.

While the banknote bundle is being moved from the stacking unit 507a (507b) to the bundle transport unit 508, the banknotes to be bound cannot be stacked on the stacking unit 507a (507b), and thus are stacked on the stacking unit 507b (507a). Thereafter, the banknotes to be bound are stacked on the stacking unit 507b (507a).

The banknote bundle conveyed to the banknote binding section 510 is subjected to a banding process. The bundle of banknotes subjected to the banding process is transported to the bundled banknote storage unit 511 by the bundle transport unit 508 and stored.

When the banknote processing is completed or when an error (failure) occurs in the banknote processing apparatus 500, the banknotes accumulated in the stacking

units

507a and 507b are conveyed to the feeding unit 509 by the bundle conveying unit 508. The feeding unit 509 feeds the conveyed banknotes one by one. The banknotes fed out from the feeding unit 509 are transported by the transport unit 502 to the external stackers 506a to 506f, the stacking

units

507a and 507b, or the reject unit 505b.

The control unit 520 controls the conveyance unit 502 and the bundle conveyance unit 508 in accordance with the identification result of the identification unit 503, the number of banknotes accumulated in the

accumulation units

507a and 507b, and the apparatus state of the banknote processing apparatus 500.

An example of the normal operation of the banknote handling apparatus 500 will be described. The bills taken from the receiving unit 501 are identified by the identifying unit 503, and the rejected bills are conveyed to the reject unit 505a. Out of banknotes other than reject banknotes, banknotes that are not to be bound are transported to one of the external stackers 506a to 506f according to the type of denomination and the like by the transport unit 502, and banknotes to be bound are stacked by the transport unit 502 to the stacking unit 507a or It is conveyed to 507b. Here, either one of the stacking

units

507a and 507b is set as an empty stacking unit that does not convey banknotes.

When the number of stacked banknotes on the other side of the stacking

units

507a and 507b reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100), a predetermined number of banknote bundles are transported to the banknote binding unit 508 by the bundle transporting unit 508 and banded. The bundled banknote bundle is transported to the bundled banknote storage section 511 by the bundle transport section 508 and stored.

When all the banknotes received by the receiving unit 501 are taken in and banknote processing is completed, if banknotes (fractional banknotes) that do not reach a predetermined number remain in the stacking

unit

507a or 507b, the bundle transport unit 508 The fractional banknote is taken out and conveyed to the feeding unit 509, and the conveyance unit 502 conveys the fractional banknote from the feeding unit 509 to any one of the external stackers 506a to 506f or the reject unit 505b. Thereby, a fraction banknote can be taken out easily.

Alternatively, the banding process may be performed on the bills by the banknote binding unit 510. At this time, it is preferable to perform printing indicating that the bill is a fractional banknote on the band seal.

Next, an example of an operation when an error (failure) or the like occurs in the banknote processing apparatus 500 and the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking

unit

507a or 507b becomes unclear will be described.

The bundle conveying unit 508 takes out the banknotes accumulated in the accumulating

unit

507a or 507b whose number of accumulated sheets is unclear, and conveys it to the feeding unit 509. The feeding unit 509 feeds the banknotes one by one, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport unit 502 to the stacking

unit

507a or 507b.

At this time, the number of stacked sheets is confirmed by detecting the number of sheets conveyed by a sensor (not shown) provided at the bill receiving port of the stacking

unit

507a or 507b. In confirming the number of sheets, it is not necessary to take out the bills in the stacking unit once out of the apparatus and manually set them in the receiving unit 501, so that the number confirmation operation can be performed quickly and efficiently. A sensor for detecting the number of transported sheets can be provided at an arbitrary position on the path from the feeding unit 509 to the stacking

unit

507a or 507b.

When the number of stacked sheets in the stacking

unit

507a or 507b is confirmed, the taking-in of banknotes from the receiving unit 501 is resumed, normal operation is performed, and banding processing or the like is performed.

unit

507a or 507b in which the number of stacked sheets is unclear, if a banknote exceeding the predetermined number (bundled) is detected, Then, it is conveyed to the external stackers 506a to 506f or the reject unit 505b.

(First Modification) The banknote handling apparatus according to the third embodiment has a configuration in which one reject unit for stacking banknotes determined to be reject banknotes by the identifying unit 503 is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, a reject unit 505c may be further provided, and reject banknotes may be accumulated in the

reject units

505a and 505c for each reject factor.

For example, rejected banknotes with abnormal conveyance are conveyed to the reject unit 505a, and rejected banknotes with abnormal denomination and authenticity identification are conveyed to the reject unit 505c.

(Second Modification) As shown in FIG. 5, temporary storage units 512a to 512f may be provided in each of the external stackers 506a to 506f of the banknote handling apparatus according to the third embodiment.

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing an internal configuration of a banknote handling apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The banknote handling apparatus 600 includes a receiving unit 601, a transport unit 602, an identification unit 603, a reversing mechanism 604, reject

units

605a and 605b, external stackers 606a to 606f, a stacking / feeding unit 607, a bundle transport unit 608, a banknote binding unit 610, A bundled bill storage unit 611 and a control unit 620 are provided.

The receiving unit 601 is configured to take bills placed by the operator one by one into the housing of the bill processing apparatus 600.

The transport unit 602 is provided inside the housing of the banknote processing apparatus 600 and transports banknotes taken in by the receiving unit 601. The transport unit 602 transports banknotes according to the control unit 620.

The transport unit 602 is composed of, for example, a combination of belt transport mechanisms. The belt conveyance mechanism is composed of a pair or three or more rollers and, for example, a rubber belt stretched around each roller.

The identification unit 603 is interposed in the transport unit 602, and performs discrimination and counting of the denomination, authenticity, correctness, front and back, etc. of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 602, and a plurality of banknotes overlap. A conveyance abnormality such as a taken-in state (double feeding state) is detected. The identification unit 603 outputs the identification count result to the control unit 620.

The transport unit 602 is branched at the tip of the identification unit 603, and rejected banknotes are transported to the reject unit 605a and accumulated according to the identification result of the identification unit 603.

On the other hand, banknotes that are not reject banknotes are reversed in the reversing mechanism 604 so that the front and back surfaces of all banknotes coincide with each other according to the front / back determination result by the identification unit 603. Among the banknotes that are reversed so that the front and back surfaces coincide with each other, banknotes that are not to be bound are accumulated in any of the external stackers 606a to 606f based on the denomination determined by the identification unit 603. A temporary storage unit may be provided in each of the external stackers 606a to 606f.

Bundled banknotes are conveyed to the stacking / feeding unit 607. When the number of stacked sheets in the stacking / feeding unit 607 reaches a predetermined number, the bundle transport unit 608 transports the banknote bundles stacked in the stacking / feeding unit 607 to the banknote binding unit 610.

The banknote bundle conveyed to the banknote binding section 610 is subjected to a band sealing process. The bundle of banknotes subjected to the bundling process is transported to the bundled banknote storage unit 611 by the bundle transport unit 608 and stored.

The stacking / feeding unit 607 can feed stacked banknotes one by one. The banknotes fed out from the stacking / feeding unit 607 are transported by the transport unit 602 to one of the external stackers 606a to 606f or the reject unit 605b.

The control unit 620 controls the conveyance unit 602 and the bundle conveyance unit 608 according to the identification result of the identification unit 603, the number of accumulated banknotes in the accumulation / feeding unit 607, and the apparatus state of the banknote processing apparatus 600.

An example of the normal operation of the banknote handling apparatus 600 will be described. The bills taken from the receiving unit 601 are identified by the identifying unit 603, and the rejected bills are conveyed to the reject unit 605a. Out of banknotes other than reject banknotes, banknotes that are not to be bound are transported to one of the external stackers 606a to 606f by the transport unit 602 depending on the type of denomination, and banknotes to be bound are stacked and transported by the transport unit 602. It is conveyed to 607.

When the number of stacked banknotes in the stacking / feeding unit 607 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100), a predetermined number of banknote bundles are transported to the banknote binding unit 608 by the bundle transporting unit 608 and banded. The bundled banknote bundle is transported to the bundled banknote storage section 611 by the bundle transport section 608 and stored.

When all the banknotes received by the receiving unit 601 are taken in and the banknote processing is completed, if banknotes (fractional banknotes) that do not reach the predetermined number remain in the stacking / feeding unit 607, the stacking / feeding unit 607 Pays out fractional bills. The fractional banknotes fed from the stacking / feeding unit 607 are transported by the transport unit 602 to one of the external stackers 606a to 606f or the reject unit 605b. Thereby, a fraction banknote can be taken out easily.

Further, the banding process may be performed on the fractional banknote in the banknote binding unit 610. At this time, it is preferable to perform printing indicating that the bill is a fractional banknote on the band seal.

Next, an example of an operation when an error (failure) or the like occurs in the banknote handling apparatus 600 and the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking / feeding unit 607 becomes unclear will be described.

The banknotes collected by the stacking / feeding unit 607 are fed out one by one. The fed banknotes are transported by the transport unit 602 to one of the external stackers 606a to 606f or the reject unit 605b. The banknotes conveyed to the reject unit 605b are taken out by the operator, inserted into the receiving unit 601, and the number of sheets is confirmed by the identification unit 603.

When the number of stacked sheets in the stacking / feeding unit 607 is confirmed, the operation returns to the normal operation, and the banding process is performed.

In the process of confirming the number of stacked sheets in the stacking / feeding unit 607 where the number of stacked sheets has become unclear, if the identification unit 603 detects a number of banknotes exceeding the predetermined number (bundled), the amount exceeding the predetermined number Are transferred to the external stackers 606a to 606f or the reject unit 605b.

In the conventional banknote handling apparatus, the bundle transport unit once takes out the banknote from the stacking unit where the number of stacked sheets is unclear, and transports the taken banknote to the fractional banknote return port. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, banknotes are fed from the stacking unit (stacking / feeding unit 607), and the transport unit 602 directly transports them to the external stackers 606a to 606f or the reject unit 605b. Therefore, as compared with the conventional banknote processing apparatus, the time required to take out banknotes with an unclear number of sheets is shortened and the number of banknotes is re-counted quickly, so that the time required for failure recovery can be reduced. .

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

Claims

A receiving part for taking in the inserted bills one by one;
A stacking unit for stacking banknotes;
A paying-out part for paying out banknotes accumulated in the accumulating part one by one;
A first transport unit that transports banknotes between the receiving unit and the stacking unit and between the feeding unit and the stacking unit;
An identification unit that is provided in the first transport unit and performs identification counting of banknotes;
A bundling unit for bundling a predetermined number of banknotes;
A second transport unit that transports the banknotes that have reached the predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit to the bundling unit in a stacked state;
When the predetermined number of banknotes are normally stacked on the stacking unit, the second transport unit is controlled so that the stacked banknotes are transported to the binding unit, and the predetermined number of banknotes are normally stored in the stacking unit. A control unit that controls the feeding unit so as to feed out the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit one by one when the banknotes that are not stacked or stacked in the stacking unit do not reach the predetermined number;
A banknote handling apparatus.
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feeding unit is provided in the stacking unit, and banknotes are fed one by one from the stacking unit.
The second transport unit is capable of transporting the banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit to the feeding unit while being stacked.
When the predetermined number of banknotes are not normally stacked on the stacking unit or the banknotes stacked on the stacking unit have not reached the predetermined number, the control unit is configured to transfer the banknotes stacked on the stacking unit. The said 2nd conveyance part is controlled so that it may convey to a feeding part, and the said feeding part is controlled so that the banknote conveyed by the said 2nd conveyance part may be fed one by one. The banknote processing apparatus of description.
The bill processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the bills fed out by the feeding unit are identified and counted by the identifying unit.
The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the banknotes fed by the feeding section are transported to the stacking section where the banknotes are stacked by the first transport section.
A detection unit for detecting the number of banknotes is provided in the first transport unit or the stacking unit,
The banknotes fed out by the feeding unit are detected by the detection unit, and are conveyed by the first conveyance unit to the stacking unit where the banknotes are stacked without passing through the identification unit. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 5.
The bills fed out by the feeding unit are transported by the first transport unit to the stacking unit in which the bills are stacked via the identifying unit, and the bills are identified and counted by the identifying unit. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 5.
A plurality of the stacking units are provided for each type of banknotes to be stacked,
The control unit controls the second transport unit and the first transport unit so that the stack number becomes the predetermined number when there are a plurality of stack units where the stack number is less than the predetermined number. 5. The banknotes accumulated in the unit are collected in one or a plurality of stacking units, and the second transport unit is controlled to transport the collected predetermined number of banknotes to the binding unit. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1.
When there is a stacking unit in which the number of stacked sheets is less than the predetermined number when the banknotes stacked in each stacking unit are collected in one or more stacking units, the banknotes of less than the predetermined number stacked in the stacking unit The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the second transport unit is controlled so as to be transported to the binding unit.
The bundling portion is
A banding part for winding a banding tape around a predetermined portion of the banknote conveyed by the second conveying part;
A printing unit for printing on the banding tape wound around the banknote;
Have
When the banknote containing the 1st denomination and the 2nd denomination is conveyed by the 2nd conveyance part and the banding tape is wound by the banding part, the printing part carries gold on this banding tape. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein printing is performed to indicate seed mixing.
A reject unit connected to the first transport unit and collecting reject banknotes;
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknotes fed by the feeding unit are conveyed to the reject unit by the first conveyance unit.
The banknotes fed out by the feeding unit are identified and counted by the identification unit, and are conveyed by the first conveyance unit to the stacking unit or the reject unit in which the banknotes are accumulated based on the identification result. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 11.
A storage unit connected to the first transport unit and storing the banknotes identified and counted by the identification unit in denomination;
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknotes fed by the feeding unit are conveyed to the storage unit by the first conveyance unit.
2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the feeding unit so that the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit are fed out one by one after all the banknotes inserted into the receiving unit are taken in. Banknote processing equipment.