JPH069104A - Carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a transfer device that can detect and monitor the transfer state of banknotes in a transfer mechanism, and as a result, can realize an automated teller machine or the like with few obstacles. [Structure] Sensors SL and SR are arranged side by side in a direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction at a predetermined position of a transport mechanism for transporting banknotes. The measuring unit 81 measures the inclination of the bill at the sensor position and the conveyance interval based on the outputs of the sensors SL and SR, and stores the respective measurement results in the storage unit 82. The control unit 83 numerically displays the information of the banknote inclination and the conveyance interval stored in the storage unit 82 on the display unit 84 as necessary, or the information is transmitted to the external device 86 via the communication control unit 85. To transfer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer device for transferring paper sheets such as banknotes in an automatic teller machine for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, and in particular, early detection of defects caused by the transfer mechanism. A possible carrier device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in an automatic cash transaction apparatus capable of dispensing banknotes, banknotes are withdrawn from a plurality of safes set in a dispensing unit to perform a withdrawal process. Stopping operation of these automated teller machines due to a failure has become a major problem in customer service. As described above, in the automatic teller machine having a plurality of safes, there is a problem that it is difficult to adjust the gap of the take-out means that separates and conveys the bills of each safe.

The gap for separating and transporting banknotes in each cashbox is abraded by the passage of banknotes.
An imbalance between the left and right gaps will occur, causing banknote tilt, double feed, and uneven transport intervals.
Since problems such as stacking failure, conveyance jam, and inability to sort occur, it is necessary to perform gap adjustment regularly.

[0004]

However, in order to confirm the performance after adjusting the gap, about 100 banknotes are taken out from each safe, and the banknotes are set within the conditions such as the inclination of the banknotes and the conveyance interval, which are determined in the dispensing unit. Since it is very vague that it should be, even if, for example, the inclination of the banknote is close to the upper limit of the specified condition, if the condition is not exceeded, the adjustment work is considered good and the holding work is not possible. It will end. As a result, a failure may occur when actually performing a withdrawal transaction.

Further, even when the conveyance path or the like is adjusted, there is a problem in that, in checking the withdrawal operation after the adjustment, a defect does not appear in the table unless a serious obstacle such as a jam occurs. .

Further, when there are many banknotes (rejected banknotes) that do not fit within the predetermined conditions, the banknotes set in the safe cannot be effectively used, and the capacity of the reject storage for storing the rejected banknotes is small. There was also a problem that it became an obstacle when the reject store became full.

[0007] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a transporting device which can detect and monitor the transporting state of paper sheets in the transporting mechanism, and as a result can realize an automatic teller machine or the like with less troubles.

[0008]

A transport device of the present invention comprises a transport mechanism for transporting paper sheets, and at least two or more of the transport mechanisms arranged at a predetermined position of the transport mechanism in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the paper sheets. A detection unit that is provided and detects the paper sheet that is conveyed, and a measurement unit that measures the inclination of the paper sheet at the position of the detection unit and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet based on the output of the detection unit. And a storage means for storing the information on the inclination of the paper sheet measured by the measuring means and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet, respectively.

Further, the transporting device of the present invention comprises a transporting mechanism for transporting paper sheets, and at least two or more transporting mechanisms arranged in parallel at a predetermined position of the transporting mechanism in a direction orthogonal to the transporting direction of the paper sheets. Detecting means for detecting the paper sheets to be formed, measuring means for measuring the inclination of the paper sheets at the position of the detecting means, and the conveyance interval of the paper sheets based on the output of the detecting means, and the measuring means. Storage means for respectively storing the inclination of the paper sheet and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet measured by the means, and the inclination of the paper sheet and the conveyance interval information of the paper sheet stored in the storage means And a display means for selectively displaying.

Further, the transporting device of the present invention comprises a transporting mechanism for transporting paper sheets, and at least two or more transporting mechanisms arranged in parallel at a predetermined position of the transporting mechanism in a direction orthogonal to the transporting direction of the paper sheets. Detecting means for detecting the paper sheets to be formed, measuring means for measuring the inclination of the paper sheets at the position of the detecting means, and the conveyance interval of the paper sheets based on the output of the detecting means, and the measuring means. Storage means for respectively storing the inclination of the paper sheet and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet measured by the means, and the inclination of the paper sheet and the conveyance interval information of the paper sheet stored in the storage means And an information transfer means for selectively transferring to the external device.

[0011]

With the above structure, it becomes possible to detect and monitor the inclination of all the paper sheets being conveyed and the conveyance state such as the conveyance interval. Therefore, it becomes possible to early find a defect associated with transportation in an automatic teller machine or the like to which the present apparatus is applied, and as a result, it is possible to realize an automatic teller machine with few obstacles.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows an appearance of a dispensing device 1 as an automatic teller machine having a carrying device according to the present invention. That is, a substantially L-shaped operation unit 3 is formed on the front surface of the housing 2. On the vertical surface of the operation unit 3, a banknote dispensing port 4 capable of collectively taking out a large number of banknotes P to be dispensed, and a magnetic card A as a transaction medium in which a personal identification number and account information are recorded are inserted. Card slot 5 for
Is provided.

A color CRT display unit 6 with a built-in touch sensor is provided on the horizontal surface of the operation unit 3. The CRT display unit 6 displays operation procedures and other information on the CRT screen by illustrations, characters, or wording to guide the user, and the display confirms the personal identification number, amount of money, account number, and transaction approval confirmation. Alternatively, a so-called key operation is performed in which a touch sensor (not shown) detects this by pressing a display portion corresponding to cancellation or the like, and outputs a corresponding signal to a main control unit described later.

That is, for example, the phrase "Please input the amount to be dispensed" is displayed, and the alphanumeric designation key for inputting the amount is also displayed. The contents and display are changed each time the operation of the machine or the state of the step changes. Then, in the housing 2, a withdrawal unit 10 for withdrawing the banknote P into the banknote withdrawal port 4 is housed.

Although not shown in the figure, the main control unit for controlling the whole of the housing 2 and the card A inserted from the card insertion slot 5 are received, and from the magnetic stripe, a personal identification number, an account number, etc. There is provided a magnetic card reader for reading account information and a journal printer for recording transaction contents on a journal sheet. Further, there are provided a customer service unit constituted by the CRT display unit 6, a voice guidance unit for providing voice guidance to the customer through a speaker, and a staff operation unit having an internal monitor for staff. Also, a floppy disk device as a data file,
A transmission control unit for controlling data transmission between the main control unit and a host computer (center) and a power supply unit are provided. Further, the main control unit is connected to an external remote monitor for a staff member, and the staff operation unit and the remote monitor are used to perform local processing such as presence detection, safe exchange, and journal replenishment. The inspection process for inspecting the internal state) is instructed.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the dispensing unit 10 in detail. That is, a plurality of safes 12, 13, 14 having a storage function and a removal function for the banknotes P are provided in the front-back direction in the central portion of the unit housing 11 having the banknote outlet 11a communicating with the banknote dispensing port 4. They are arranged in a line in the left-right direction in the figure). The safes 12, 13 and 14 can be removed from the dispensing unit 10 as safe cassettes. At the bottom of the safe 14, a withdrawal reject box 15 for collecting and storing rejected banknotes (rejected banknotes) or banknotes P that the customer has forgotten to take is formed.

Normally, the withdrawal device handles two denominations of 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen banknotes.
13 is used as a 10,000 yen store. Of course, when handling 5,000 yen bills, the safe 12 can also be used as a 5,000 yen store. Also, on Saturdays and Sundays,
It is also possible to use all the safes 12, 13, 14 as a 10,000-yen store.

Along the upper part of each safe 12, 13, 14
A transport path R1 for transporting the banknote P is formed, and the safe 1
Banknote take-in mechanism 20 provided at the upper end of 2, 13, 14
The banknote take-out mechanism 21 faces the transport path R1. Then, the replenishment banknotes P transported through the transport path R1 are stored in the safes 12, 13, 14 and the dispensed banknotes P taken out from the safes 12, 13, 14 are dispensed into the transport path R1 at the time of withdrawal. It can be sent.

Withdrawal banknote P conveyed by the conveying path R1
Are conveyed to the customer contact surface side (left side in the drawing) via the conveyance path R2 and are accumulated in the bill accommodating section 25 of the temporary accumulating device 24 provided near the bill discharge port 11a.

In the middle of the transport path R2, the safes 12, 1 are provided.
A first inspection unit 26 that detects the thickness, the outer shape, and the like of the banknotes P that are taken out from the sheets 3, 14 and conveyed to the temporary stacking device 24 is provided.

The temporary stacking device 24 determines from the inspection result of the first inspection unit 26 that the dispensed banknotes P temporarily stored in the banknote storage unit 25 are normal, and the banknote outlet 11a.
It is conveyed to the (banknote dispensing port 4). Further, according to the inspection result of the first inspection unit 26, when the dispensed banknotes P temporarily accumulated in the banknote storage unit 25 include a banknote P that is abnormal such as indistinguishable, or the customer forgets to take the banknote P. In this case, the banknotes P accumulated in the banknote storage unit 25 are delivered to the transport path R3.

The transport path R3 is provided below the banknote accommodating section 25, and conveys the banknotes P discharged from the banknote accommodating section 25 in the stacked state to the withdrawal reject box 15 of the safe 14. ing.

Rear part of the unit casing 11 (rightward in the figure)
An auxiliary safe 30 in which banknotes P to be replenished in safes 12, 13, and 14 are stored is arranged in the box. The auxiliary safe 30 can be pulled out from the rear surface of the unit housing 11 to the outside of the unit housing 11 or mounted in the unit housing 11 by releasing an auxiliary safe lock mechanism (not shown). The arrow B in the figure indicates the insertion / removal direction of the auxiliary safe 30.

Below the safe section 31 for storing the supplementary banknotes P in the auxiliary safe 30, a takeout mechanism 32 for separating and taking out the banknotes one by one is arranged, and the banknotes P taken out by the takeout mechanism 32 are , And is fed to the transport path R4. The transport path R4 has the end portions of the safes 12, 1
It is connected to the transfer path R1 provided so as to face the transfer rollers 3, 14, and the replenishment banknote P is transferred to the respective safes 12, 13, 14 via the transfer path R4 and the transfer path R1 in order. Has become.

At the position corresponding to the upper portion of the safe portion 31 of the auxiliary safe 30, a bill taking mechanism 33 for taking the bills P and for accumulating and storing the rejected bills P provided at the upper portion of the auxiliary safe 30. At the position corresponding to the reject store 34 of
A bill taking-in mechanism 35 for taking in the rejected bills P is arranged respectively.

Transport path R4 to transport path R5 and transport path R
6 is branched, and the conveyance path R4 and the conveyance path R5
A distribution gate 62 is provided at a branch portion of the conveyance path R4 and a conveyance gate R6 is provided at a branch portion of the conveyance path R4 and the conveyance path R6. 61 is provided. Then, as needed, the banknote P is conveyed to the conveyance path R4.
It is adapted to be taken out from the banknotes and guided to the banknote taking-in mechanism 33, 35 side.

In the middle of the transport path R4 and at the transport path R5
A second inspection unit 36 that detects the outer shape, the inclination, the conveyance interval, and the like of the banknote P that is conveyed on the conveyance path R4 is arranged on the upstream side of the branching position.

Each of the transport paths R1 to R6 is formed by a plurality of transport rollers 45, a transport belt 46 and the like. Then, in each of the transport paths R1 to R6, a bill passage detector 48 for detecting passage of the bill P and a distribution gate 60, ...
61 and 62 are arranged. In addition, 50 shown in FIG.
Is a control device that is disposed above the cash boxes 12, 13, and 14 and controls the dispensing unit 10. Next, various processing operations of the dispensing apparatus 1 configured in this way will be described with reference to FIG.
9 to FIG.

First, the withdrawal processing operation will be described with reference to FIG. Depending on the amount of money requested by the customer, the banknote take-in mechanism 20 of each of the cash boxes 12, 13, 14 of the dispensing unit 10 is selectively operated, and the banknote P of the designated amount is transferred to the transport path R1.
And is conveyed toward the bill accommodating portion 25 of the temporary stacking device 24 via the conveyance path R1 and the conveyance path R2. During this transportation, the first inspection unit 26 provided on the transportation path R2 performs the inspection of the type and thickness of the banknote P. The banknotes P that have been inspected for the banknote type and thickness by the first inspection section 26 are accumulated in the banknote storage section 25.
Note that, in FIG. 5, thick solid line arrows indicate the flow of the banknotes P from taking-out to temporary stacking.

After the specified amount of banknotes P are accumulated, the banknotes P in the banknote accommodating section 25 are held and conveyed by the conveyor belts 55 and 56 of the temporary accumulator 24 into the banknote outlet 11a. The banknote P is conveyed, and the banknote P is projected from the banknote withdrawal port 4, and is delivered to the customer. In addition,
In FIG. 5, the thick dashed arrow indicates the flow of the banknote P until it is discharged to the banknote discharge port 11a.

In this dispensing operation, if it is detected by the not-shown residual detecting means that there is a bill P in the bill storing unit 25 even after a preset time has passed, it is considered that the dispensed bill has been forgotten. The banknote P that is determined and projects from the banknote dispensing port 4 is taken into the banknote storage unit 25 and then sent to the transport path R3, where the banknote withdrawal reject box 1 of the safe 14 is provided.
Recovered in 5. In FIG. 6, the thick broken line arrow indicates the conveyance path R.
3 shows the flow of the banknote P until it is sent to the banknote 3, and the thick solid line arrow shows the flow of the banknote P until it is stored in the dispensing reject box 15.

When the first inspection unit 26 determines that the thickness is too thick during the dispensing operation (double-feeding of two sheets, etc.)
Or if the amount is not met by the customer's request,
Similarly, the banknotes P accumulated in the banknote storage unit 25 are collected in the dispensing reject box 15 of the safe 14 via the transport path R3.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, each safe 12, 13,
The bill replenishment operation from the auxiliary safe 30 when the remaining 14 bills P are running out will be described. First, the auxiliary safe 3
0 is taken out from the unit housing 11 of the withdrawal unit 10,
Banknotes P to be replenished are set in the safe section 31 of the auxiliary safe 30 in a stacked state. After that, the auxiliary safe 30 is attached to the unit housing 1
Set it in the auxiliary safe setting section in 1.

Then, in response to the replenishment request, the bill take-out mechanism 32 provided at the lower end side of the auxiliary safe 30 operates to take out the bills P in the safe section 31 one by one and send them to the transport path R4. The banknote P sent to the transport path R4 is transported by the transport path R4, and the outer shape, inclination, transport interval, etc. of the banknote P are detected by the second inspection unit 36 during the transport.

The banknote P has a transport path R connected to the transport path R4.
1 is transported to the safes 12, 13, 14 side, and the sorting gate 60 arranged on the transport path R1 selectively operates based on the denomination information obtained by the second inspection device 36. , Banknotes P are distributed to desired safes 12, 13, and 14. And the banknote P is stored in the cashbox by the banknote taking-in mechanism 20 provided at the upper part of each cashbox 12, 13, 14.
The bill P is replenished. The replenishment operation ends when the banknotes P in the safe section 31 of the auxiliary safe 30 are exhausted. In addition,
In FIG. 7, the thick solid line arrow indicates the flow of the banknote P at the time of refilling.

In this replenishment operation, the banknotes P transported on the transport path R4 are banknotes 12, 13, 14 such as large skewed banknotes generated at the time of removal, banknotes having an extremely narrow transport interval, and folded banknotes. When it is determined by the second inspection unit 36 that the rejected banknotes P have a bad influence on the stacking on the sheet, the sorting gate 61 operates and branches from the transport path R4, as shown in FIG. Guided to the transport path R6,
It is stored in a reject box 34 formed in the upper part of the auxiliary safe 30. In addition, in FIG. 8, a thick solid line arrow indicates a flow of the rejected banknotes P at the time of replenishment.

Next, referring to FIG. 9, the operation of confirming the bill P in the auxiliary safe 30 will be described. The banknote P set in the safe section 31 of the auxiliary safe 30 is taken out by the banknote take-out mechanism 32 and conveyed by the conveyance path R4, and the second inspection section 3
At 6, the denomination, the inclination of the bill, the conveyance interval, etc. are detected.

Then, the banknote P determined to be normal is guided to the conveying path R5 by the sorting gate 62, and the banknote taking-in mechanism 3
It is accumulated in the safe section 31 via 3. Note that, in FIG. 9, the thick solid line arrow indicates the flow of the banknote P during the confirming operation.

In the second inspection section 36, the banknote P, which is determined to be denomination-indeterminable, has a large inclination, or has an extremely narrow conveyance interval, is guided to the conveyance path R6 by the sorting gate 61, and the bills are taken in. It is stored in the reject box 34 above the auxiliary safe 30 via the mechanism 35. It should be noted that in FIG. 9, the thick broken line arrow indicates the flow of the rejected banknotes P during the confirming operation. As a result of such a finalizing operation, the banknotes P returned to the safe section 31 of the auxiliary safe 30 are used to deposit the safes 12, 1 of the dispensing unit 10.
The amount of replenishment for 3,14 is fixed.

Now, in such a dispensing apparatus 1, normally,
A transport path for transporting the banknotes P (transport paths R1 to R6, etc.)
Holds a banknote between a rubber roller driven by a motor or the like and a driven roller biased to the rubber roller side by a spring or the like, or holds a banknote between an endless conveyor belt. The banknotes are transported by frictional force with rollers, belts, etc.

For example, in the transport mechanism using the transport belt, as shown in FIG. 2, the banknotes P that are separated and transferred one by one are driven by the rotation of the drive motor 71 and are parallel to the transfer direction of the banknotes P. And a plurality of endless drive belts 72 and endless driven belts 73 are sandwiched and conveyed.

Phototransistors SL and SR, which are non-contact type sensors as detection means for detecting passage of the paper money P, and light emitting diodes LL and LR, which are light sources, are provided at predetermined positions of the transport mechanism thus configured. The bills P are arranged so as to be separated from each other by a predetermined distance in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the bill P.

The sensors SL and SR detect the passage timing of the banknote P, and the control means (not shown) causes the banknote P to be conveyed so as not to interrupt the sensor before the time when the sensor originally interrupts the sensor. If the sensor is interrupted during a non-operating time, the operation of the transport mechanism is stopped as an error, and the attendant or the customer is notified of the occurrence of the abnormality.

Usually, a plurality of sensor pairs having such a configuration are arranged at a predetermined interval in the conveying path and are used for determining the operation timing of the sorting gate, detecting a jam, and the like.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an electric circuit of a carrier device according to the present invention. That is, the sensors SL, S
Each output of R is sent to the measuring unit 81. The measuring unit 81 measures the inclination of the banknote P at the sensor position and the conveyance interval based on the outputs of the sensors SL and SR, as will be described later in detail. Information on the inclination of the banknote P and the conveyance interval measured by the measuring unit 81 is stored in the storage unit 82, respectively. The control unit 83 numerically displays the information of the inclination and the conveyance interval of the banknote P stored in the storage unit 82 on the display unit 84 as necessary, or the external device 86 via the communication control unit 85. It is supposed to be transferred to. The measuring unit 81 may have a hardware configuration using a counter or the like, or a software configuration.

Next, the bill inclination measuring process in such a configuration will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. The conveyed bill P blocks the sensor SL or SR. When one of the sensors SR or SL is blocked, the measuring unit 81 for measuring the inclination sets the initial value of the inclination measuring counter to "0", and the other sensor S
Up-counting or down-counting is repeated every reference time until L or SR is interrupted.

Then, both the sensors SL and SR have the bill P.
It becomes possible to measure the inclination of the bill P that has passed through the sensors SL and SR at the stage blocked by. Sensor S
When L and SR are blocked at the same time, the inclination of the bill P is “0”. Initially, depending on the order in which the sensor SL or SR is blocked, the counter counts up or down to determine the tilt direction. The tilt information of the bill P thus measured is stored in the storage unit 82.

Next, the process of measuring the conveyance interval of the bill will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Measuring unit 81
Then, at the same time as measuring the inclination of the bill P, the sensor SL or S
When one of the Rs is blocked by the banknote P, "0" is set in the conveyance interval measurement counter, and the counting is repeated until the sensor SL or SR is blocked again by the next banknote P. It becomes possible to measure the conveyance interval. The transportation interval information of the banknote P thus measured is stored in the storage unit 82. In the storage unit 82, information on the inclinations of a plurality of banknotes and the conveyance interval is arranged in a matrix, and each information is stored, for example, the position, the number of sheets, the inclination, and the conveyance interval.

Storage unit 82 obtained from the sensors SL and SR
The information of the inclination of the banknote P and the conveyance interval stored in
It is read by the control unit 83 as necessary and displayed on the display unit 84.
Is numerically displayed on the screen, or is transferred to the external device 86 via the communication control unit 85, and stored, displayed, printed, or the like in the external device 86.

Next, a method of using the carrier device according to the present invention will be described. For example, when performing maintenance work, in the withdrawal device 1 described above, the safe 1 of the withdrawal unit 10 is used.
After adjusting the banknote take-out mechanism 21 of 2, 13, 14 and taking out a predetermined number of coins for each of the safes 12, 13, 14, the banknote P at the position of the detector 48 provided in the transport path R2. And the conveyance interval are measured and stored, and the CRT display unit 6 displays the conveyance states such as the inclination and the conveyance interval of the banknote P as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.

From this result, the adjustment result of the bill take-out mechanism 21 of each cash box 12, 13, 14 becomes clear.
The center of the inclination frequency distribution of the safe 12 is not "0", but +
If it is twice, the safe 12 is taken out from the dispensing unit 10, the bill take-out mechanism 21 is adjusted again, the bills are taken out from the safe 12 again, and at the position of the detector 48 provided in the transport path R2. It suffices to display the measurement result of No. 2 on the CRT display unit 6 and confirm that the center of the inclination frequency distribution is “0”.

Naturally, the closer the inclination is to "0", the better, and the conveyance interval is preferably closer to the predetermined amount. Further, the smaller the inclination of the bill P and the variation in the conveyance interval, the better. For example, the performance can be evaluated by statistical processing such as the inclination stored in the storage unit 82, the dispersion of the information of the conveyance interval, and the standard deviation. Is.

In the case of a dispensing device having no display means, the information such as the inclination and the conveyance interval stored in the storage unit 82 is transferred to the personal computer or the like (external device 86) via the communication control unit 85. It is also possible to display information such as time variation and frequency distribution as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 on the display unit of the personal computer.

By storing these pieces of information as maintenance information in, for example, a hard disk device of a personal computer, the next maintenance work can be performed.
By comparing this information with the information after maintenance, it is possible to judge the quality of maintenance work.

The above-mentioned inclination of the bill and the measurement of the conveyance interval are
This is possible at a position where all the detecting means are present in the conveying path of the dispensing device 1, and for example, the second inspection unit 36 in the conveying path R4 of the banknote P taken out from the auxiliary safe 30 shown in FIG.
If the measurement is performed based on the information of the sensor, the adjustment result of the bill take-out mechanism 32 of the auxiliary safe 30 can be determined by the confirming operation.

In this way, by displaying the transport information of all the banknotes P that have flowed through the dispensing device 1, the efficiency of maintenance work is greatly improved, and as a result, the performance of the dispensing device 1 is greatly improved. To do.

The conventional automatic teller machine has a drawback in that the trouble is not clear unless a serious trouble such as a jam of bills occurs. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when an unexpected obstacle in the transport mechanism, for example, the harness 75 of the sensor is projected between the transport belts 72 and 73, the banknote P collides with the harness 75 and the banknote P Even if the inclination changes, it cannot be detected unless there is a large change in the conveyance interval of the bill P, such as the bill P jamming and stopping. Further, since it is necessary to perform maintenance after a failure occurs and the maintenance work is performed during the operating hours, there is a problem that the operating rate of the automatic teller machine is reduced.

Further, in the dispensing device 1 as described above, for example, when the gaps of the bill take-out mechanism 21 of each cashbox 12, 13, 14 are adjusted, the taking-out performance is confirmed by taking out the bill P, Since it is a confirmation method that a failure does not occur, there is a high risk that the performance is judged to be good if the failure does not substantially occur even if the failure is just before the failure.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, with the above-described configuration, it becomes possible to detect and monitor the conveyance state of the bills being conveyed. It can solve the problem.

In the above embodiment, the case where the automatic cash transaction apparatus such as the dispensing apparatus is applied to the transporting apparatus for transporting bills has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be similarly applied to securities other than banknotes such as checks and stock certificates, or transport devices for processing slips and mail.

[0062]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to detect and monitor the transport state of paper sheets in the transport mechanism, and as a result, to realize a cash automatic transaction apparatus or the like with few obstacles. Can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an electric circuit of a carrier device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a transport device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing the outer appearance of the dispensing device.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view schematically showing the structure of a dispensing unit.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes during a dispensing operation of a dispensing unit.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of reject banknotes during a dispensing operation of a dispensing unit.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes when a banknote is replenished from the auxiliary safe of the dispensing unit to the safe.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of reject banknotes when a banknote is replenished from the auxiliary safe of the dispensing unit to the safe.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes during a finalizing operation of the auxiliary safe of the dispensing unit.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating bill inclination measurement processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a bill conveyance interval measurement process.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example based on the measurement results of the inclination of banknotes and the conveyance interval.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example based on the measurement results of the inclination of banknotes and the conveyance interval.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a problem that occurs in the transport device.

[Explanation of symbols]

P ... Banknotes (paper sheets), 1 ... Withdrawal device (automatic transaction device), 10 ... Withdrawal unit, 12, 13, 14 ...
Bank (safe box cassette), 20, 33, 35 ... Banknote take-in mechanism, 21, 32 ... Banknote take-out mechanism, 26, 36 ... Inspecting section, R1-R6 ... Conveyance path, 71 ... Drive motor, 7
2 ... drive belt, 73 ... driven belt, SL, SR ...
... Sensor (detection means), LL, LR ... Sensor light source,
81 ... Measuring unit, 82 ... Storage unit, 83 ... Control unit, 8
4 ... Display unit, 85 ... Communication control unit, 86 ... External device.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transport mechanism for transporting paper sheets, and at least two or more of the transport mechanisms arranged in parallel at a predetermined position of the transport mechanism in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the paper sheets to detect the transported paper sheets. Detecting means for measuring the inclination of the paper sheet at the position of the detecting means and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet based on the output of the detecting means, and the paper sheet measured by the measuring means. A transporting device comprising: storage means for respectively storing information on the inclination of paper sheets and the transportation interval of paper sheets. 2. A transport mechanism for transporting paper sheets, and at least two or more of the transport mechanisms arranged in parallel at a predetermined position of the transport mechanism in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the paper sheets to detect the transported paper sheets. Detecting means for measuring the inclination of the paper sheet at the position of the detecting means and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet based on the output of the detecting means, and the paper sheet measured by the measuring means. Storage means for respectively storing the information of the inclination of the paper sheet and the transportation interval of the paper sheet, and a display for selectively displaying the information of the inclination of the paper sheet and the transportation interval of the paper sheet stored in the storage means. And a transporting device. 3. A transport mechanism for transporting paper sheets, and at least two or more of the transport mechanisms arranged in parallel at a predetermined position of the transport mechanism in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the paper sheets to detect the transported paper sheets. Detecting means for measuring the inclination of the paper sheet at the position of the detecting means and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet based on the output of the detecting means, and the paper sheet measured by the measuring means. Storage means for respectively storing the information of the inclination of the paper sheet and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet, and the information of the inclination of the paper sheet and the conveyance interval of the paper sheet stored in the storage means selectively to an external device. A carrier device comprising: an information transfer means for transferring.