JPH0887635A - Banknote processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] A simple structure that does not require a special drive source, and allows the clamp 73 and the bill receiving stand 71 to be free even when the vertical drive is cut off due to power failure or the like. (EN) Provided is a banknote handling device which prevents falling and does not have a risk of colliding with another mechanism. [Structure] When a banknote receiving stand 71 for receiving a sealed banknote and its clamp 73 are moved from a standby position to a banknote receiving position, a roller 204 is brought into contact with a stopper plate 203 and is also placed on a fall prevention plate 207. The roller 208 is placed and the clamp is locked in the open state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus applied as a cash management system for a bank store, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of bill processing apparatus, the deposited bills are sorted and counted by a sort / counter according to their denominations, and the sort / counted bills are processed by a sealing machine every 50 or 100 sheets. There is one that can be sealed and withdrawn.

[0003]

However, regarding the banding machine, there is a problem that the backup mechanism for taking out the dispensed small bundle has not been solved. That is, when the vertical drive is cut off due to power failure or the like, there is a risk that the clamp of the backup mechanism or the bill receiving tray will fall freely and collide with other mechanisms. For this reason, there is a problem that it becomes difficult to clear the jam and perform the reset process.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, has a simple structure without requiring a special drive source, and has a backup mechanism even in the case where the vertical drive is interrupted due to power interruption or the like. The present invention provides a banknote handling device which prevents the free fall of the banknote without the risk of colliding with other mechanisms.

[0005]

A bill processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is mounted on the bill receiving means, which is a bill receiving means for moving a raised bill from a standby position to a bill receiving position to put a sealed bill thereon, Clamping means that presses the banknotes placed on the banknote receiving means so that the banknotes can be released, clamp opening means that opens the clamp means when moving from the standby position to the banknote receiving position, and open the clamp means that has moved to the banknote receiving position. And a lock releasing means for releasing the lock means to bring the clamp means in the open state into a pressed state.

In the bill processing apparatus according to the second invention, further, in the first invention, the clamp opening means is provided with a clamp raising member projecting toward the clamp means between a standby position and a bill receiving position, Further, the clamp means is swingable about a pivot, and a pressing portion for pressing a bill is provided on a tip end side thereof, and a copying portion is provided on a base end side for moving while being regulated along the clamp pulling member. Moves along the clamp pulling member to open the pressing portion.

In the bill processing apparatus according to the third invention, in the first invention, the opening means further includes a stopper member that moves between a standby position and a bill receiving position together with the clamp means, and the clamp means. Is capable of swinging around a pivot, a pressing portion for pressing bills on the tip side thereof, a contact portion for contacting the stopper member with the clamp means in the opened state on the base end side, and regulating the contact portion by the stopper member. Keeps the pressing portion open.

In the bill processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, further, in the first aspect, the lock means includes a lock portion at a bill receiving position, and the clamp means is swingable about a pivot. The pressing part that presses the bills on the tip side and the mounting part that is mounted on the lock part of the locking means are provided on the base end side, and the pressing part is kept open by mounting the mounting part on the lock part. are doing.

In the bill processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the opening means further comprises a stopper member that moves between a standby position and a bill receiving position together with the clamping means, and the clamping means. Is swingable about a pivot, and a pressing portion for pressing a bill is provided on the tip end side thereof, and a contact portion for contacting the stopper member with the clamp means in the opened state and maintaining the opened state of the pressing portion is provided on the base end side. The lock releasing means includes stopper moving means for moving the stopper member and removing the stopper member from the contact portion.

[0010]

In this bill processing apparatus, when the bill receiving means moves upward from the standby position to the bill receiving position, the clamp means is opened, and when the bill receiving means moves to the bill receiving position, the clamp means remains open by the locking means. Locked in. When the banknote is clamped, the lock is released by the lock release means and the clamp means in the open state is brought into a pressed state.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cash management system for a bank store. This system includes two Terras machines 1a and 1b for operating the entire system and processing data. Further, the system described above is a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 as a first unit for depositing / dispensing loose banknotes, and excess cash of this banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 is sealed and stored in the machine body, and banknotes in a small bundle. It is provided with a banding / small bundle payment machine 3 as a second unit for paying out. Further, the system includes a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins and a coin dispensing machine 5 for dispensing loose coins. In addition, the system is 50
A coin dispenser 6 and a tellers machine stand 7 for dispensing coins (roll coins) packaged in a sheet are provided. Detailed description of the coin depositing machine 4, the coin dispensing machine 5, and the coin dispenser 6 will be given later.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2 includes a banknote deposit slot 11 and a deposit reject box 12 for accumulating rejected banknotes at the time of deposit. In addition, the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2
Is a withdrawal reject box 13 for accumulating rejected banknotes at the time of withdrawal, and a withdrawal opening 1 for accumulating banknotes withdrawn.
It is equipped with 4. The input port 11, the deposit reject box 12, the dispense reject box 13, and the dispense port 14 are arranged in a line in the vertical direction on the front surface of the machine body. Further, a journal printer 15 for printing the contents of each transaction is arranged on the upper surface of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2. In the vicinity of the input port 11, the withdrawal port 14, and the journal printer 15, which one of the above-mentioned two Terras machines 1a and 1b is installed,
Occupancy lamps 16, 17, which indicate whether or not it is occupied by 1b,
18 are provided. Further, on the front surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is provided a remaining amount display 19 for displaying the amount of remaining banknotes in a banknote storage, which will be described later, inside the machine body. Further, on the upper surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is a temporary band storage return door 20 for returning a banding fraction, which will be described later, and has a mechanism for hopping up to the upper part of the machine when the banknotes are returned. On the front surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, from the top, a pay-in transfer path withdrawal door 21, a temporary stacking door 22 for returning a banknote at the time of deposit, and a storage door 23 for withdrawing a banknote storage are arranged.

On the other hand, the banding / small-bundle paying machine 3 has a dispensing door 24 for paying a small bundle at the upper part, and by opening this door, the dispensed small bundle can be taken out. An occupancy lamp 25 similar to the occupancy lamp of the bill depositing / dispensing unit is arranged near the dispensing door 24. At the upper part of the withdrawal door 24, there is a band set door 26 for exchanging the band, and the band 16 is opened for exchanging the band. A safe deposit takeout door 27 is arranged below the withdrawal door 24 so that a safe deposit box, which will be described later, can be taken out.

Next, the internal structures of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 and the banding / small bundle paying machine 3 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the inside of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2, and FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof. In this banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, when a banknote is to be deposited, the banknote is placed in the slot 11 and the tellers machine 1
When a deposit start command is sent from a (1b), the bills are taken into the inside of the insert port 11 one by one.

The banknotes taken in through the slot 11 pass through the pre-inspection transportation path 101 as the first transportation means and are guided to the inspection unit (inspection means) 34. The denomination, shape, front / back, authenticity, damage, etc. of the bill taken in the inspection unit 34 are discriminated. Based on the discrimination result, the control unit (not shown) sorts the bills to the stacking units by using the sorting gate groups 35a to 35k as the sorting unit installed in the transport path. The banknotes output from the inspection unit 34 are sorted and accumulated in the deposit reject box 12 by the first deposit reject gate 35a in the case of the undecidable bill.
This undecidable ticket is set again in the slot 11 to be taken in again, or manually input into the counting data.

Further, the determined banknotes are then transferred to the front and back gates 3
The front and back tickets are sorted by 5b, the front ones are guided to the front conveyance path 66 as shown by an arrow a, and the back ones are guided to the back conveyance path 67 as shown by an arrow b.
This back-side bill is pressed against the front and back gate 35b by a knocking wheel (not shown),
It goes into the inversion path 65 as a switchback transportation path along the transportation surface of b. Further, when the bill enters and the leading end of the bill reaches the stopper 68 of the inversion path 65, the bill is temporarily stopped. The banknote to be stopped is detected by the switchback timing sensor 37, and by this detection, the inversion tapping lever 38 operates and the inversion roller 36.
Press on. From this state, the reversing roller 36 rotates and the bill is conveyed in the opposite direction. When the bill is conveyed in the opposite direction, a part of it is sandwiched between the reversing roller 38 and the belt and conveyed to the back conveyance path 67. This completes the switching of the front and back of the bill. After that, the reversal merging guide 39 enters the same conveyance path as the front ticket that has passed through the front ticket conveyance path 66, and post-processing is performed.

When the above-mentioned front and back are sorted, back tickets temporarily stay in the switchback conveyance path 65, so that the staying time may vary. The residence time of this can be measured by the switchback timing sensor 37, and the subsequent transportation check in the transportation path can be corrected.
When such control is performed, stable switchback conveyance can be performed without increasing the number of jams caused by the conveyance time check in the switchback conveyance, which tends to vary over time.

The banknotes whose front and back are arranged are next selected by the rearranging gate 35c to be transported to the lower storage compartment or to the dispensing transport path. Although it will be described later when it is guided to the withdrawal / conveyance path, it is conveyed to the lower storage compartment in general depositing work. The banknotes conveyed to the lower stage are safe gate 35d
And enters the sorting and conveying path 40. Processing after the safe gate will not be described here. Sorted transport path 4
The banknotes having entered 0 are accumulated in the temporary accumulation boxes 41a to 41d by the denominations and the damages by the temporary storage gates 35e to 35g.

FIG. 3 shows the mechanism of the temporary storage boxes 41a to 41d. Longitudinal alignment mechanisms 42a to 42d are attached to the stacking boxes 41a to 41d, respectively, and the banknotes entering the banknotes are tapped one by one to collect the stacking boxes 41a to 41d.
It is designed to be pushed to the back side of. The banknotes accumulated by this alignment operation are aligned in the longitudinal direction.

In the short side direction of the bill, the short side aligning mechanisms 43a to 43d installed on the left side surface of the stacking unit are pressed against the wall on the opposite side of the stacking unit to align the bills. The short side aligning mechanisms 43a to 43d are eccentrically mounted on the shaft of a cone roller 44 arranged at the entrance, and the lever moves back and forth when the cone roller 44 rotates. ing. The banknotes that have entered the stacking unit are aligned by the long-range aligning mechanisms 42a to 42d and the short-side aligning mechanisms 43a to 43d, and the flapper group 4 installed in the temporary stacking bins 41a to 41d.
5a to 45d are accumulated. This flapper 45a-4
5d is set at the position shown in FIG. 3 for all four sheets 45a to 45d at the start of stacking, and incoming banknotes are stacked on the flappers 45a and 45b. The flappers 45a to 45d are the flapper drive solenoid 4 respectively.
6a to 46d, and drive solenoid 46
a flapper 45a-4 by driving a-46d
5d is configured to rotate downward by about 90 °.

When the number of banknotes to be accumulated increases, the upper surface of the banknotes rises up to the vicinity of the exit of the cone roller 44, and this upper surface is detected by an accumulation full sensor (not shown). When the stacking full sensor detects that the banknotes are full, the flappers 45a, 45
b is rotated about 90 ° downward, and the accumulated bills are supported by the flappers 45c and 45d on the lower side.
If the banknotes continue to be stacked in this state, the upper surface of the banknotes will be detected again by the stacking full sensor, and when detected, the flappers 45c and 45d also rotate downward by about 90 °. At this time, the banknotes are stacked on the shutter 47 attached to the bottom of the stacking unit. further,
When the banknotes continue to be stacked, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected again by the full sensor, but for the first time, the control unit notifies the tellers machine 1a (1b) of the full stacking section. By configuring the temporary stacking box in this way, it becomes possible to stack banknotes at a proper stacking depth at all times, and a problem that tends to occur in the stacking unit, that is, a standing ticket caused by a large stacking unit depth Etc. can be prevented, and a large capacity can be integrated. When the stacking of banknotes is completed, the banknotes in the stacking unit are moved by 5 mm in the longitudinal direction by the longitudinal pushing mechanism 50. The longitudinal pushing mechanism 50 is installed on the side opposite to the surface on which the longitudinal aligning mechanism 42 is mounted, and the pushing drive solenoid 51 pushes the guide-shaped plate out of the back wall to the stacking section. It is a mechanism.

By carrying out this operation, the bills pushed to the back position for aligning at the stacking unit can be returned to the position at the time of taking out. As a result, when the bills are taken out from the storages 48a to 48d thereafter, the insertion port 11
The sheet can be taken out at the same position as when it was inserted from the inside, and a large transport margin can be secured on the transport path. The pushed bills are stored on the shutter 47 at a position suitable for taking out, but the shutter 47 is opened left and right by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the accumulated bills fall into the storages 48a to 48d. The storage 48a-
The separators 49, 49 are standing by at the upper end in 48d, and the dropped banknotes fall on the separators 49, 49. When the shutter 47 opens, the temporary stacking unit 41
The pusher mechanism 52 waiting at the top is driven to store all the banknotes remaining in the temporary stacking storage 41 in the storage 48a.
Move within ~ 48d.

When this movement is completed, the pusher 52 rises and the shutter 47 is closed. In this state, the next deposit is ready. FIG. 4 shows the storage 48.
The separators 49, 49 in a to 48d are shown. Storage 4
The banknotes moved into 8a to 48d are separated by the separators 49, 4
While being placed on 9, the separator vertical drive mechanism 53 moves the inside of the storage 48 downward together with the separators 49, 49. If there are banknotes in the storage 48,
The separators 49, 49 are stopped on the stored bills by the limiter mechanism 54.

From this state, the separators 49, 49 are moved downward by about 90 by the separator rotation drive mechanism 55.
It rotates and retracts from the banknote stacking unit in the storage 48. When the separators 49, 49 retreat, the separators 49, 49
The upper deposit banknotes fall on the already stored banknotes, and the storing operation is completed. The separators 49, 49 will pass through the outside of the stored banknotes and move upward again. At this time, the separators 49, 49 can be selected between downward rotation and upward rotation depending on the height of the stored bills. The sensor (not shown) detects the height of the stored bills and the control unit selectively selects the height. The best way is being adopted. If there are many banknotes in the storage 48, the separator 49,
It is desirable to adopt such a method when inserting the 49 on the banknote since it is possible to effectively use the space by inserting it from above. The deposit is completed by the series of operations described above.

Next, the dispensing operation will be described. The dispensing operation is realized by sending the tickets accumulated in the storage 48 to the dispensing port 14. Teller's machine 1a
When it is transmitted from (1b) to the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2, the control unit of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 stores the storage bank 48 in which dispensed bills are accumulated.
The take-out mechanism 56 is driven. The take-out mechanism 56 is the same as the take-in mechanism attached to the inlet 11.
The take-out mechanism 56 is rotated to take out the bills one by one, and the take-out counting sensor 57 installed immediately after the take-out port counts the number of the taken-out bills. When the count reaches the number of paid-out sheets, the take-out mechanism 56 stops driving and the take-out is completed. The taken-out banknotes are conveyed to the withdrawal inspection section 59 through the storage under-conveyance path 58. In the withdrawal inspection unit 59, two banknotes are taken, the denomination is confirmed, and if there is no problem, the bills are sent to the upper withdrawal conveyance path. At this time, if there is a problem with the bill, the take-out mechanism is instructed to take out additional bills. The banknotes passing through the withdrawal inspection unit 59 pass through the close inspection gate 35h, enter the upper stage withdrawal / conveyance path, and are conveyed to the withdrawal port by the sealing gate 35i. Gate 35
Tickets to be conveyed to the other side at and 35i will be described later.

For the banknotes conveyed to the withdrawal port side by the sealing gate 35i, the withdrawal reject gate 35j passes the ticket determined to have a problem in the withdrawal inspection to the withdrawal reject box 13 for withdrawal. Are accumulated in the dispensing port 14, respectively. When the collection of the designated bills in the dispensing port 14 is completed, the electromagnetic lock (not shown) is released, the dispensing port is opened, and the bills can be taken out. This completes the withdrawal process. Further, the banknotes in the storage 48 are normally the weight of the banknotes and are pressed against the feeding roller of the takeout mechanism 56 for stable removal. However, when the remaining amount of banknotes becomes small, the backup mechanism 60 is stored in the storage. Are driven, and storages 48a-4
It is also possible to push the banknotes in 8d from above. The remaining amount of banknotes is determined by detecting the position of the upper surface of the banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d by a sensor (not shown).

Next, the detailed examination work in the safe will be described.
The in-safe scrutiny business is a business for counting the number of banknotes stored in the storages 48a to 48d, and its purpose is to count the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d that cannot be confirmed due to withdrawal. When a scrutinization request is issued from the tellers machine 1a-1b, first, the taking out of banknotes from one of the storages 48a-48d is started. The denomination of the taken-out banknotes is determined by the withdrawal inspection, and the identifiable banknotes are accumulated in any of the temporary accumulation boxes 131a to 131d located above the extracted storage boxes 48a to 48d.
In addition, the banknotes that cannot be determined are the withdrawal reject storage 13
However, there is no problem even if the temporary storage boxes 41a to 41d above the non-target storage box 48 are used. Temporary collection box 41
When the banknotes accumulated in a to 41d are full in the accumulation box,
Although stored in the storages 48a to 48d in the same process as when depositing, the separators 49, 49 do not rotate even after storage,
Separated scrutinized and non-scrutinized banknotes. In this state, taking out the bills until the pre-examination bills are exhausted, and when all the bills are taken out, the bills in the storages 48a to 48d are fixed. At this time, the storages 48a to 48
If there is a large amount of bills remaining in d, the shutter 47 cannot be closed, but bills can be inspected even with the shutter 47 open. In this way, when the close inspection is performed with the shutter 47 open, the accumulation temporary storage 41 can have a large capacity due to the operation of the separators 49, 49, and therefore the storages 48a to 48.
There is a merit that a detailed examination can be performed without stopping the removal from d.

Next, a large number of deposited banknotes are stored in the storages 48a to 48.
The operation of automatically rotating the banknotes in the banding machine 3 when the number of banknotes in d becomes large will be described. Sealing the banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d is called storage automatic sorting, and the storage 4
When the number of banknotes in 8a to 48d exceeds a certain number, it is automatically started. This fixed number is equal to the Terras machine 1a (1
The setting can be made from b), and by making this setting, the number of bills in the storages 48a to 48d can be always kept constant. When the number of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d becomes equal to or larger than the set value, the storage control is automatically started and the removal from the storages 48a to 48d is started. The taken-out banknotes are discriminated by the withdrawal inspection section 59 such as denomination confirmation, and only the banknotes suitable for sealing are conveyed to the sealing and accumulating section by the sealing gate 35i. When 100 sheets are conveyed to the sealing / stacking unit, they are sent to the sealing unit by a mechanism / process described later.

On the other hand, the control of the storages 48a to 48d checks the remaining amount of banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d every 100 sheets of paper taken out, and stops the taking out when the remaining amount becomes less than a set value. By controlling in this way, the storage 48a
The number of banknotes within 48d is always kept constant.

Next, the sealing and accumulating section 61 as accumulating means will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the sealing and stacking unit 61 is a stack of upper and lower two stages. The switching of the two-stage integration is switched by the integration switching gate 35k. The banknotes first taken out from the safes 48a to 48d are stacked in the upper-stage sealing and stacking unit 61a. The accumulated bills are accumulated on the sealing and accumulating backup 62a, and a certain height is secured from the accumulating outlet. As the stacking progresses and the upper surface of the banknotes approaches the stacking exit, the fullness is detected by a sealed stacking full sensor (not shown). When the fullness is detected, the stacking and accumulating backup 62a is lowered to the lower end by its drive mechanism, and the bills are moved to the sealing horizontal carrier 63a. As the stacking further progresses, the upper sealed stacking unit 61a has 10
When the stack of 0 banknotes is completed, the stacking switching gate 35
By k, the subsequent bills are stacked in the lower stage stacking stacking unit 61b.

On the other hand, 1 accumulated in the upper sealing and accumulating portion 61a
The 00 bills are moved to the sealing machine 3 side by the sealing horizontal carrier 63a as the second conveying means while being pressed from above by the sealing stacking clamp 64a. At this time, the sealing integrated clamp 64a is attached to the sealing horizontal carrier 63a.
Since it is fixed on the top, they will move together.
The 100 banknotes thus moved are pulled out by the mechanism of the banding machine 3 described later. When it is detected that the bill has been pulled out, the sealing horizontal carrier 63a returns to the original position. At this time, the sealed stacking backup 62a and the sealed stacking clamp 64a also return to their original positions.

One cycle is completed by the above operation, and then the lower stage stacking and accumulating section 61b sends 100 banknotes to the sealing machine 3 by the same operation. In this way, the upper / lower sealing and stacking units 61a, 6a
1b sequentially sends the banknotes to the banding machine 3, whereby the banding can be continuously performed. Further, when the fractions remain during the sealing, the entire sealing and stacking units 61a and 61b hop up together with the pre-stage transport path as shown in FIG. 2 so that the banknotes in the stacking units 61a and 61b can be taken out. Has become.

Next, the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view of the banding / small bundle payment machine 3. In the banding / small bundle payment machine 3, banknotes are sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 via the banding stacking units 61a and 61b. When the band stacking units 61a and 61b are inserted into the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 from the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2, the small bundle hand unit 71 moves to receive the banknotes. The small bundle hand unit 71 has a two-stage structure including an upper hand unit 71a and a lower hand unit 71b, and can hold a bill regardless of whether the bill is supplied from the upper stage of the sealing and stacking unit 61 or from the lower stage. You can do it. Further, the small bundle hand parts 71a and 71b are configured on the same base, and the movement is performed vertically together. The small bundle hand parts 71a and 71b are operated by a hand position detection sensor (not shown) to adjust the bill clamp position,
Three positions, a bill release position and a standby position, can be detected.

In the bill receiving operation from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2, when the designated number of bills are stacked on the sealing stacking unit 61, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 transfers the bills to the sealing / small-bundle paying machine 3 and the upper or lower stage. Is signaled. Upon receiving the signal, the banding / small-bundle paying machine 3 sets a backup mechanism 72, which will be described later, in the upper or lower stage in accordance with the signal from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2.
After that, the small bundle hand unit 71a waiting at the standby position,
71b moves to the banknote clamp position, and the banknote clamp mechanism 73 clamps the banknote. When the clamping is completed, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a and 71b move to the banknote release position while holding the banknotes, and the backup mechanism 72
Waits for him to clamp the bill. Backup mechanism 72
When the banknote is clamped, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a, 71
b releases the bill and returns to the standby position. With the above operation, one cycle of the small bundle hand mechanism is completed, and the drawing of bills is completed.

Next, details of the backup mechanism 72 will be described based on the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. The backup mechanism 72 has a bill tray 74 and a backup clamp 73 above it in the mechanism. In addition, the backup mechanism 72 uses an unillustrated sensor group to receive an upper banknote receiving position, a lower banknote receiving position,
The carrier transfer position (initial position) can be detected at three positions. In the backup clamp 73, a pivot 73a is rotatably attached to a central portion, a clamp portion 73b is provided on a tip side, and the clamp 73b is rotated in the arrow A direction with the pivot 73a as a rotation center, whereby a bill receiving tray is provided. The banknotes placed on 74 are pressed. The base end side of the backup clamp 73 has a substantially inverted T shape, and the first roller 201 is attached to the lateral plate portion.
A (copying portion) and a second roller 204 (abutting portion) are provided, and a third roller 208 (a mounting portion) is provided at the tip of the vertical plate portion.
A tension coil spring 206 for applying an elastic force is attached to the base end side of the backup clamp 73, and the tension coil spring 206 rotates the clamp portion 73b in the direction of arrow A in the direction of raising the base end side. Biased in the direction.

The backup mechanism 72 further includes a stopper plate 203 which is enlarged and shown in FIG. The stopper plate 203 is provided with a pivot 203a in the center so as to be rotatable, and has a stopper piece 203b at the tip. A tension coil spring 210 for applying an elastic force is attached to the tip end side of the stopper plate 203, and urges the tip end side of the stopper piece 203b upward. A solenoid 205 is attached to the base end side of the stopper plate 203, and is moved by the solenoid 205 in a direction of raising the base end side of the stopper plate 203, that is, in a direction of lowering the stopper piece 203b. A stopper 211 is provided at a connecting portion between the base end side of the stopper plate 203 and the lower end of the solenoid 205.
Is provided to keep the stopper plate 203 in a horizontal state (the state shown in FIG. 7) against the urging force of the tension coil spring 210 that urges the stopper plate 203 upward. Therefore, when the solenoid 205 operates, the tip side of the stopper plate 203 moves downward, and when the operation of the solenoid 205 is stopped, the tip side of the stopper plate 203 pulls the coil spring 210.
It is moved to the upper side by the urging force of and is kept in the horizontal state shown in FIG. 7 by the stopper 211.

On the other hand, a clamp raising plate 202 is attached to the carrier delivery position, and clamp lock plates 207 are attached to the lower banknote receiving position and the upper banknote receiving position, respectively. The clamp raising plate 202 is provided with a pivot 202a so as to be rotatable, and a tension coil spring 212 for applying an elastic force to the tip side.
Is attached and is biased upward. The stopper 213 maintains the horizontal state (the position shown in FIG. 6) against the biasing force of the tension coil spring 212. Therefore, the clamp trigger plate 202
Is normally maintained in a horizontal state (position shown in FIG. 6), but when pushed from above, the tension coil spring 21
It is adapted to rotate downward against the biasing force of 2. The clamp raising plate 202 has a shape in which the lower surface gradually becomes upward from the base end side to the distal end side, and the first roller 201 can move upward while being regulated along the lower surface. ing.

The clamp lock plate 207 provided at the lower banknote receiving position and the upper banknote receiving position has a pivot 207.
It is rotatably attached to a. Further, it is biased downward by a tension coil spring 209. Further, the stopper 215 maintains the horizontal state (position shown in FIG. 6) against the biasing force of the tension coil spring 212. Therefore, the clamp lock plate 207
Is normally maintained in a horizontal state (position shown in FIG. 6), but when pushed up from below, it rotates upward. This clamp lock plate 20
The upper surface of 7 is flat so that the third roller 208 can be placed here.

Next, the operation of the backup mechanism 72 will be described. The backup mechanism 72 is in the carrier delivery position in the initial state, and the backup clamp 73 is in the closed state (clamp state).

When the backup mechanism 72 moves up to the lower or upper banknote receiving position, the first roller 201 moves along the lower surface of the clamp raising plate 202 and its movement is restricted. That is, when the backup clamp 73 rises, the first roller 201 is moved toward the tip of the clamp pull-up plate 202, and its rise is restricted. As a result, the clamp 73 rotates in the direction of arrow B with the pivot 73a as the center of rotation, and the clamp portion 73a is opened.

When the first roller 201 is moved toward the tip of the clamp pull-up plate 202, the stopper piece 203 of the stopper plate 203 which works in conjunction with the backup mechanism.
The second roller 204 rides on the side a and hits it. In this state, the stopper piece 203a is attached to the backup clamp 7
3 is restricted from rotating in the direction of arrow A. As a result, the clamp 73 is held in the open state (standby state).

When the backup mechanism 72 reaches the upper or lower banknote receiving position, the hand mechanism 71 receives the banknotes in the banknote receiving tray 74. Solenoid 205
When you pull, the stopper plate 203 moves downward,
As a result, the second roller 204 comes off the plate 203,
The clamp 73 is rotated in the direction of arrow A by the urging force of the tension coil spring 206 and is in a closed (clamp) state.

After that, the backup mechanism 72 descends to the carrier delivery position while the banknotes are clamped and is sent to the bundling mechanism 9 which is a post process. When the backup mechanism 72 is in the bill receiving position and the vertical movement is cut off due to electric power interruption or the like, the backup mechanism 72 falls freely due to gravity,
The jamming mechanism and reset process become difficult due to collision with other mechanisms.

Therefore, here, the fall prevention plate 207 is used.
Are placed at each receiving position. That is, when the backup mechanism 72 reaches the upper or lower banknote receiving position with the clamp 73 open, the third roller 2 on the clamp 73 is reached.
08 hits the lower surface of the plate 207, pushes it up against the urging force of the coil spring 209, and then rides on the upper surface thereof. As a result, the third locomotive 208, that is, the backup mechanism 72 is prevented from falling by the fall prevention plate 207. The clamp is open when it is in the standby state at the receiving position.

When the clamp is closed (the solenoid 205 is pulled) at the time of normal operation and at the time of resetting, the third roller 208 moves in the upward direction and the tip direction, and as a result, it is disengaged from the fall prevention plate 207 and can be lowered. .

The backup mechanism 72, which has received the banknotes from the small bundle hand mechanism 71, waits for the small bundle hand mechanism 71 to return to the standby position, starts moving from the upper banknote receiving position or the lower banknote receiving position, and then the carrier Move to the delivery position. At this time, the backup clamp mechanism 73 is in a clamped state and holds the banknotes on the backup so as not to drop.

As shown in FIG. 5, the backup mechanism 72
Is moved to the carrier transfer position, the banknotes are set to have the same height as that on the carrier 75 as the third conveying means. When the carrier 75 moves forward in this state, the banknotes are pushed by the back plate of the carrier 75 and taken out from the backup 72. The above operation completes the transfer from the backup 72 to the carrier 75. When the carrier 75 starts to move forward, the banknotes are clamped by a carrier clamp (not shown) so as not to drop from the carrier 75. Also,
The sealing shutter 76 arranged in front of the carrier 75 is structured so as to be pushed by the banknotes on the carrier 75 and rotate in the carrier moving direction while passing the banknotes.
In addition, the carrier 75 is set by a sensor group (not shown) to a bill receiving position, a bundle holding position, and a vertical carrier passing position.
The position can be detected.

The bills on the carrier 75 are stored in the carrier 75.
Is moved to the bundling mechanism 91 to be bunched. The bundling means 91 is a supply part 93 of a banding band 92, and this supply part 93.
A feeding roller 94 for feeding the bandage 92 supplied from the device, a winding mechanism 95 for winding the bandage 92 around the bill, and a cutter 9 for winding the bandage 92 around the bill and then cutting the band 92.
6 is provided.

The bundled banknotes ride on the carrier 75 and move from the bundled position to the vertical carrier delivery position, and the carrier 75 stops there. At this time, the bill hits the outer side surface of the sealing shutter 76 and stops at a certain position. At this time, the vertical carrier 77 becomes the carrier 7.
It rises from the standby position below 5 and moves to the position where the banknotes on the carrier 75 can be grabbed. The vertical carrier 77 that has completed the movement holds the banknotes on the carrier 75 by the vertical carrier clamp mechanism 78 provided side by side. When the vertical carrier clamp 78 grips the bill, the carrier 75 starts moving further and returns to the bill receiving position. At this time, the banknote is pushed by the sealing shutter 76 and comes off the carrier 75. The banknotes completely placed on the vertical carrier 77 descend together with the vertical carrier 77 and enter the small bundle conveying path 79.

The small bundle conveying mechanism has a small bundle pusher mechanism 80 and a picker mechanism 81 on the upper surface of the conveying path, and a conveying shutter mechanism 8 for guiding the small bundle on the conveying path into the small bundle safe 83 on the lower surface.
2a and 82b are provided. Four small-bundle safes 83 are arranged below the transport path, and can be stored in each safe 83 depending on the denomination of the small bundle. In addition, the stopper mechanism 84 and the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 arranged in the safe 83 can also return the small bundle in the safe 83 into the transport path.

Next, a detailed description will be given of how the small bundle moved by the vertical carrier 77 is stored in the small bundle safe 33 through the transport path. When the vertical carrier 77 approaches the inside of the conveyance path with the small bundle clamped, the conveyance path opening / closing mechanism 86 is opened by a drive motor (not shown).

The vertical carrier 7 entering the transport path from here
7 moves to a fixed position in the transport path and waits for the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 to close. When the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 is closed, the small bundle is transported in the transport path by the vertical carrier 77 and the drive roller arranged in the nest. Next, the small bundle is stopped on the small bundle safe 83 in which the small bundle should be stored, and stands by in a storable state. At this time, the small bundle is picker mechanism 81 described later.
By this, the stop position is adjusted. When the small bundle stands by right above the small bundle storage 83, the left and right transport shutters 82a and 82a are driven by a driving mechanism (not shown).
The bunch is driven so as to rotate downward and the small bundle falls into the safe 83. At this time, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is also driven in the pushing direction at the same time as the transport shutter 82 is driven, and the small bundle is pushed in so that the small bundle is not caught in the middle.
The small bunch that fell down first rides on the stopper mechanism 84,
It is further pushed into the safe 83 by the small bundle pusher mechanism 80. The stopper mechanism 84 is a safe 8 together with a small bundle.
When the small bundle reaches a certain position, it is urged by a spring or the like so as to return to the original position by itself. When the small bundle pusher 80 finishes pushing in to the position where the stopper mechanism 84 returns, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 returns to the fixed position, the transport shutter 82 closes, and the storage of the small bundle in the safe 83 ends. The small bundle stored in the safe 83 is constantly urged upward by the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 in the safe 83, and the small bundle is held by the stopper mechanism 84.

To dispense a small bundle, first open the transport shutters 82a and 82b of the safe 83 to be dispensed and push the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 into the safe 83. At this time, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed upward by the small bundle pusher mechanism,
The stopper mechanism 84 becomes rotatable.

The rotatable stopper mechanism 84 is rotated and fixed in the safe 83 by a drive mechanism (not shown). After that, when the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pulled upward, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed up by the small bundle safe backup 85 and lifted to the upper end position of the small bundle pusher mechanism 80. When the small bundle moved to the upper end is driven by the picker mechanism 81 shown in FIG. 5, only the uppermost small bundle is hooked by the picker mechanism and the small bundle conveying path 79 is shown.
Will be introduced in. The introduced small bundle is driven by the drive roller on the transport path to move in the transport path. Further, when continuously dispensing, if the picker mechanism 81 is driven again as it is, the next small bundle is dispensed.
When the withdrawal of the small bundle is completed, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed in as with the deposit, and the remaining small bundle is stored in the safe 83 to complete the withdrawal process.

The small bundle transferred to the small bundle transfer path 79 moves in the transfer path and falls into the elevator 87 from the exit of the transfer path. When all the small bundles to be dispensed enter the elevator 87, the elevator 87 starts rising and moves to the dispensing position. When the elevator 87 stops at the dispensing position, the small bundle dispensing door 24 opens and the small bundle can be taken out. When a small bundle is taken out of the elevator 87, a sensor (not shown) detects that there is no small bundle, closes the dispensing door 24, and ends the transaction.

Further, when it is desired to continuously discharge small bundles out of the machine for banknote arrangement and the like, the small bundle chute door 89 is opened and the elevator 87 is moved upward to drop from the small bundle conveying path 79. It is also possible to discharge the coming small bundle as it is. This has the advantage that the elevator 87 has a finite capacity, but can continuously withdraw money indefinitely.

Further, an unfit banknote safe 90 is installed below the elevator 87, so that a small bundle not suitable for withdrawal, for example, a small bundle of unfit banknotes or a defective small bundle can be stored. In the case of storing in the unfit banknote safe 90, when the small bundle is dropped from the small bundle transport path, the elevator 217 is raised to be directly stored in the unfit banknote safe 90.

Next, an example of a transaction using the above cash management apparatus will be shown. First, when making a deposit transaction, the cash to be deposited is set in the slot 11 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2. Next, a capture start operation is performed from the tellers machine 1a (1b).
By doing this, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 starts counting the banknotes, and after the counting is completed, the counting result is displayed on the tellers machine 1a.
Send to (1b). An operator who is performing a deposit operation inputs deposit data such as a slip amount and an account number by using the operation keys of the tellers machine 1a (1b) during bill counting. If the count result from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 matches the slip amount, the operator depresses the completion button to complete the deposit transaction. In addition, the transaction content is the Terra's Machine 1a (1
Recorded by a journal printer installed in b).

Next, in the case of the withdrawal operation, the operator inputs the withdrawal data such as the withdrawal amount and the account number from the tellers machine 1a (1b) and presses the start key. The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2 conveys banknotes from the safes 48a to 48d to the dispensing port 11 according to a dispensing request from the tellers machine 1a (1b).
If the withdrawal request is for a small bundle, the withdrawal / small bundle payment machine will withdraw a bundle.

If a jam or the like occurs in the machine body during the banknote dispensing process, the banknotes in the transport path are still machine body management banknotes, so the tellers machine 1a (1b) judges the rank of the operator and An operator of the rank touched by banknotes releases the electromagnetic lock of the dispensing mechanism and waits for the operator to clear the jam. The operator rank is low,
If you cannot touch the cash inside the machine, the operator with a higher rank is requested and the card waits. By performing such control, security is protected against cash in the body, and it becomes possible to know who operated the cash.

Further, the deposit processing is overlapped and the safes 48a to 48 are
When the banknotes are accumulated in d, the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2 automatically performs a process of turning the banknotes in the safe 138 to be sealed.
By this processing, the amount of banknotes in the safes 48a to 48d is always maintained at a substantially constant amount, and surplus banknotes are accumulated in the small bundle safe 83.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the clamp means of the backup mechanism is at the bill receiving position, the open clamp means is locked by the lock means. Therefore, even if the vertical drive is cut off due to electric power interruption or the like, the clamp means does not fall freely, and there is no danger of hitting another mechanism. Further, according to the present invention, since the mechanism for locking the clamp means uses the opening movement of the clamp means, a special drive source for locking is not required and the structure is simple.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a bill processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram showing a bill depositing / dispensing machine of the bill processing system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cashbox section of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a drive mechanism of the separator of the safe section in FIG.

5 is a configuration diagram showing a banding / bundle bundling machine of the banknote processing system of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the clamp mechanism according to the present invention together with its operation.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a structure of a stopper plate of the clamp mechanism according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 ... Gripping mechanism, 71 ... Hand mechanism, 72 ... Backup mechanism, 73 ... Backup clamp, 201 ... First roller (copying section), 202 ... Clamp raising plate, 20
3 ... Stopper plate, 204 ... Second roller (abutting part),
205 ... Solenoid, 206, 209, 210, 212
... tension coil spring (spring), 207 ... fall prevention plate, 208 ... third roller (mounting portion).

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A banknote receiving means for moving a banknote that has been sealed by moving upward from a standby position to a banknote receiving position, and a clamp means that is attached to the banknote receiving means and presses the banknote placed on the banknote receiving means so as to be opened. A clamp opening means for opening the clamp means when moving from the standby position to the bill receiving position, a lock means for locking the clamp means moved to the bill receiving position in the open state, and releasing the locking means, A banknote handling apparatus comprising: unlocking means for pressing the opened clamp means. 2. A bill receiving means for moving a banknote that has been sealed by moving upward from a standby position to a bill receiving position, and a clamp means that is attached to the bill receiving means and presses the bill placed on the bill receiving means so as to be opened. A clamp opening means for opening the clamp means when moving from the standby position to the bill receiving position, a lock means for locking the clamp means moved to the bill receiving position in the open state, and releasing the locking means, Lock releasing means for pressing the opened clamp means in a pressed state, wherein the clamp opening means is provided with a clamp raising member projecting toward the clamp means between a standby position and a bill receiving position, and the clamp The means is swingable around a pivot, and a pressing portion that presses the bill toward the tip end side thereof moves toward the base end side while being regulated along the clamp raising member. A banknote processing apparatus which is provided with a copying section, and moves the copying section along the clamp pulling member to open the pressing section. 3. A banknote receiving means for moving a banknote that has been sealed by moving up from a standby position to a banknote receiving position, and a clamp means that is attached to the banknote receiving means and presses the banknote placed on the banknote receiving means so as to be opened. A clamp opening means for opening the clamp means when moving from the standby position to the bill receiving position, a lock means for locking the clamp means moved to the bill receiving position in the open state, and releasing the locking means, Lock releasing means for pressing the clamp means in the opened state to a pressing state, the opening means includes a stopper member which moves together with the clamp means between a standby position and a bill receiving position, and the clamp means comprises a pivot shaft. It is possible to swing around the center, and a pressing part that presses the banknote is provided on the tip side and a contact part that abuts the stopper member with the clamp means in the open state is provided on the base side. A bill processing device that maintains an open state of a pressing portion by regulating a contact portion with a stopper member. 4. A bill receiving means for moving bills that have been sealed by moving up from a standby position to a bill receiving position, and a clamp means attached to the bill receiving means for pressing the bills placed on the bill receiving means so as to be opened. A clamp opening means for opening the clamp means when moving from the standby position to the bill receiving position, a lock means for locking the clamp means moved to the bill receiving position in the open state, and releasing the locking means, Lock releasing means for pressing the open clamp means in a pressed state, the lock means includes a lock portion at a bill receiving position, and the clamp means is swingable about a pivot and is provided at a tip end side thereof. The pressing part for pressing the banknote is provided on the base end side, and the placing part is placed on the lock part of the locking means, and the placing part is placed on the lock part to maintain the open state of the pressing part. Banknote processing device. 5. A bill receiving means for moving a banknote that has been sealed by moving up from a standby position to a bill receiving position, and a clamp means that is attached to the bill receiving means and presses the bill placed on the bill receiving means so as to be opened. A clamp opening means for opening the clamp means when moving from the standby position to the bill receiving position, a lock means for locking the clamp means moved to the bill receiving position in the open state, and releasing the locking means, Lock releasing means for pressing the clamp means in the opened state to a pressing state, the opening means includes a stopper member which moves together with the clamp means between a standby position and a bill receiving position, and the clamp means comprises a pivot shaft. A pressing part that is swingable around the center and presses the bill toward the tip side of the pressing part hits the stopper member with the clamp means in the open state at the base end side. The banknote handling apparatus, further comprising: a stopper for maintaining the opened state, and the lock releasing means includes stopper moving means for moving the stopper member to remove the stopper member from the stopper.