JPH0896215A - Paper processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention provides a paper sheet processing apparatus which can improve the workability and reliability by eliminating the work of loading a bundle of bundles. [Structure] A part of paper sheets is clamped from above and below, these paper sheets are fed to a bundle holding mechanism 91, and the bundle is bundled to a vertical carrier mechanism T and released. A horizontal carrier mechanism K, a small bundle carrier 77 that receives paper sheets at the delivery position of the horizontal carrier mechanism, a clamp body 76 that clamps the paper sheet at a position different from the clamp position of the carrier mechanism, and these. The vertical carrier mechanism T that moves down integrally, the transport roller 61 that contacts the lower surface of the paper sheet at a position different from that of the small bundle carrier, and the paper sheet that is opened when the paper sheet is moved, and is closed after passing the paper sheet. And a transport mechanism H for sandwiching and transporting.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention constitutes, for example, a bill processing apparatus applied as a cash management system for a bank store, and is required to convey a bundle of bills classified and counted into a predetermined number to a gripping position. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a bill processing apparatus in which a depositing / dispensing machine and a bundling machine are provided adjacent to each other. That is, the depositing / dispensing machine classifies and counts the deposited banknotes according to their denominations and stores them in a safe. When a withdrawal instruction is given, the instructed denomination is taken out of the safe and withdrawn.

When a specific denomination is designated and a banknote of this denomination is bundled (sealed) at the time of depositing money into the depositing / dispensing machine, the banknote of the designated denomination among the deposit banknotes Was sent to a bundling machine, and 100 sheets were collected in this bundling machine for bundling.

[0004]

As described above, in the above-described bundling machine, 100 bunches are stacked and bunched. The bunched banknote bundle is directly dispensed from the bundling machine. Instead of paying money, it is designed to withdraw money from a dedicated bundle withdrawal machine installed next to it.

Therefore, it is necessary for an operator to take out the banknote bundle from the bundle holder and load it into another bundle dispensing machine. Therefore, it is troublesome and troublesome, and there is a problem that workability is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. An object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for loading a bundle of bundles, thereby improving workability and reliability. It is intended to provide a device.

[0007]

In order to satisfy the above object, the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention is defined as claim 1.
A first unit; a supply means provided in the first unit for feeding sheets in a stacked state; a second unit adjacent to the first unit; and a second unit Of the plurality of sheet bundles arranged in the lower part of the bundle holding means for receiving the paper sheets fed from the above-mentioned feeding means and bundle the paper sheets. Storage boxes, a part of which is provided along the storage boxes and can be opened and closed, and a bundle conveying means for conveying a bundle of paper sheets to supply them to a specified storage box, and the bundled means for bundling. And a moving means for feeding the bundle of paper sheets downward and supplying the bundle of paper sheets to the bundle conveying means via the opening / closing portion of the bundle conveying means.

As a second aspect, the first aspect described in the first aspect.
Is a bill depositing / dispensing machine, and the second unit is a bundling machine. As claim 3,
The feeding means according to claim 1 clamps and feeds the stacked paper sheets from above and below, bundles the paper sheets by a bundling means, and then delivers the paper sheets to the moving means. It is a lateral carrier mechanism to be released, and the moving means is
A pedestal that receives paper sheets at the delivery position of the horizontal carrier mechanism, a clamp body that clamps the paper sheets on the pedestal at a position different from the clamp position of the horizontal carrier mechanism, and these pedestals and clamps A vertical carrier mechanism equipped with a slide mechanism for moving the body down integrally, wherein the bundle conveying means is a conveying roller for rolling contact with the lower surface of the paper sheet at a position different from the cradle of the vertical carrier mechanism, and the vertical carrier. A transport path opening / closing mechanism is provided, which is opened when the mechanism moves, is closed after passing, and holds and transports the paper sheet together with the transport roller.

Claims 1 and 3 are defined as Claim 4.
The paper sheet according to any one of 1 to 4 has a rectangular shape having a dimensional difference between a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, and the bundling means winds a tape around one side portion in the longitudinal direction of the paper sheet. The moving means clamps a side portion of the paper sheet opposite to the bundle side.

[0010]

[Function] Sheets are stacked and fed in a state in which the sheets are clamped, received in a state in which the sheets are clamped, descended and moved in the clamped state, and released when the sheets are moved. , And after passing, the paper sheet is closed to clamp the paper sheet, and the paper sheet is conveyed in the clamped 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 is composed of two Terras machines 1a, 1a that operate the entire system and process data.
b. The system is a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 that deposits and withdraws loose banknotes, bundles excess cash of this banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 and stores it in the machine body, and a bundle / small bundle that dispenses banknotes in small bundles. A bundle payment machine 3 is provided.

Furthermore, a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins, a coin dispensing machine 5 for dispensing loose coins, and a coin dispenser 6 for dispensing coins (bar coins) packed every 50 sheets. And a tellers machine stand 7.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 has a slot 11 for depositing banknotes, a deposit reject box 12 for accumulating rejected banknotes at the time of depositing, a dispenser reject box 13 for accumulating rejected banknotes at the time of dispensing, and dispensing. It has a withdrawal port 14 for collecting banknotes.

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, and in the vicinity of the input port 11, the dispensing port 14, and the journal printer 15, respectively. Occupied lamps 16, 17, and 18 of the tellers machines 1a and 1b are arranged. On the front side, a remaining amount display 19 for displaying the remaining amount of bills in the bill storage inside the machine is arranged.

On the upper surface of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, there is a temporary bundle storage return door 20 for returning a small number of small bundles, and on the front side is a deposit conveyance path withdrawing door 21 from above, and a temporary stacking for returning banknotes when depositing money. Door 22 and storage door 23 for withdrawing the bill storage
Is provided.

On the other hand, the small bundle / small bundle paying machine 3 has a dispensing door 24 for paying a small bundle at the upper part, and the small bundle dispensed can be taken out by opening this door. 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 dispensing door 24, there is an opening / closing lid 26 for exchanging the tape, which is a bundle band.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3. The banding / small bundle paying machine 3 is provided with a small bundle hand mechanism 71 that moves to receive the bill when the bill is sent from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2. That is, the small bundle hand mechanism 71 waiting at the standby position moves to the bill clamp position, clamps the bill, and moves to the bill release position while pulling the bill.

This bill is delivered to the backup mechanism 72. The backup mechanism 72 clamps bills,
Wait for the small bundle hand mechanism 71 to return to the standby position. Then, the movement starts from the upper banknote receiving position or the lower banknote receiving position and moves to the carrier transfer 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.

When the backup mechanism 72 moves to the carrier delivery position, the carrier 75 which constitutes the lateral carrier mechanism K as a feeding means stands by and the carrier 75 moves forward in this state. The bills are pushed by the back plate of the carrier 75 and removed from the backup 72 mechanism.

When the carrier 75 starts moving forward,
A carrier clamp (not shown) clamps the bill so that it does not fall from the carrier 75. Further, the sealing shutter 76 arranged in front of the carrier 75 is pushed by the banknotes on the carrier 75 and rotates in the carrier moving direction, while the banknotes on the carrier 75 that allow the banknotes to pass through are bundled by the gripping mechanism 9
It is moved to 1 and bundled. The bundling mechanism 91 winds a tape around one side of the banknote in the longitudinal direction to bunch the bill, and the tape after bundling is cut.

The bundled banknotes are carried on the carrier 75 and moved from the bundled position to the delivery position of the vertical carrier mechanism T constituting the moving means, and the banknotes hit the outer side surface of the sealing shutter 76 and are fixed together with the carrier. Stop at position.

That is, the paper sheet processing apparatus referred to in the present invention includes the horizontal carrier mechanism K, the bundling mechanism 91,
It is composed of a vertical carrier mechanism T and a small bundle transport mechanism H described later.

The vertical carrier mechanism K is shown in FIGS.
Details are shown in. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the vertical carrier mechanism K includes a substrate 30, a slide mechanism 31 movably provided in the substrate 30 in the XY directions, and a carrier provided in the slide mechanism and moving integrally. It is composed of a portion 32 and a clamp mechanism 33.

As shown in FIG. 5, the substrate 30 is a rectangular plate that is long in the vertical direction. A drive motor 36 in which a worm gear 35 is attached to the rotary shaft 34 is arranged at the upper end corner. The worm gear 35 is the idle gear 3
A driven gear is meshed via 7 and a pulley 38 is provided coaxially with the driven gear.

Further, a plurality of idle pulleys 40 ... Are pivotally supported on the upper and lower parts of the substrate 30, and a timing belt 41 is stretched over all of these pulleys so that they can run endlessly.

The slide mechanism 31 is connected to a part of the timing belt 41 in the vertical direction, and the drive motor 36
The belt 41 moves upward or downward by traveling in the forward or reverse direction with the forward or reverse rotation of the.

A pair of slide rails 42a, 42b parallel to the left and right are provided on the substrate 30 in the vertical direction. The slide mechanism 31 is slidably engaged with the slide rails 42a and 42b and is guided in the vertical direction which is the axial direction.

Further, these slide rails 42a, 42
A guide groove 43 is provided between the b. The guide groove 43 is provided along the vertical direction at the top and bottom,
In the upper and lower parts, the distances from the side edges are different, and the intermediate parts communicating these upper and lower end parts are inclined obliquely, that is,
The guide groove 43 is formed in a bent shape, and a slide bar 44 protruding from the slide mechanism 31 is movably engaged with the guide groove 43.

The slide mechanism 31 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in, the first slide base 45 that moves in the Y direction (vertical direction) and the second slide base 45 that moves in the X direction (horizontal direction).
The slide base 46 of FIG.

The first slide base 45 engages with the slide rails 42a and 42b and is movable in the vertical direction. The first slide base 45 is connected to the timing belt 41 provided on the substrate 30 and is moved in the vertical direction. It is designed to be used.

A position sensor S is provided on the first slide base 45, and a rectangular window 47 that is long in the lateral direction is opened, and the slide bar 44 is inserted therethrough. That is, the slide bar 44 penetrates the window 47 and engages with the guide groove 43.

The slide bar 44 is projectingly provided on the second slide base 46. Then, the second slide base 46 is provided on the front side of the first slide base 45,
It is provided so as to be movable in the lateral direction.

That is, bearings 48, 48 are provided on the upper and lower parts of the second slide base 46,
It is in rolling contact with the first slide base 45. On the back surface side of the second slide base 46, a hooking side member of the thrust bearing 49 is provided in the lateral direction, and the thrust bearing 49 of the thrust bearing 49 provided along the upper portion of the window 47 of the first slide base 45 is provided. Lock to the receiving member.

From this, when the slide bar 44 is in the vertical portion formed in the upper and lower portions of the guide groove 43, the position of the second slide base 46 does not change at all.
When the inclined portion which is the middle portion of these is moved, the guide groove 43 and the window 47 are moved simultaneously with this movement.

Further, the thrust bearing 49 provided on the second slide base 46 moves along the thrust bearing 49 of the first slide base 45. After all, the second slide base 46 is movable in the XY directions.

The carrier portion 32 is provided on the second slide base 46 of such a slide mechanism 31.
That is, the clamp base 50 has a U shape in a plan view, and its upper portion projects upward from the upper end of the slide base 45.
And a small bundle carrier 77 as a cradle having one end provided at a portion of the clamp base 50 protruding from the slide base 45.

The small bundle carrier 77 extends horizontally in a direction orthogonal to the surface direction of the substrate 30 and the first and second slide bases 45 and 46 to support the bundled bills. Has a sufficient extension length and width dimension.

FIG. 6 shows a planar shape of the small bundle carrier 77. In particular, two rectangular cutouts 52 are provided in the longitudinal direction, two in the left-right direction, and four in the left-right direction, so that a small-bundle transport mechanism H, which will be described later, is located here. Has become.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the clamp mechanism 33 includes a clamp body 78 pivotally supported on the upper end of the clamp base 50, and a rotating body for rotating the clamp body 78. And a moving mechanism 54.

The rotation mechanism 54 will be described first. The drive solenoid 55 as the rotation drive source is the clamp base 50.
It is provided at the bottom of. The solenoid 55 is provided with a drive pulley 56 via a pair of rotating shafts (only one is shown).

On the other hand, the support shaft 57 is pivotally supported on the uppermost end of the clamp base 50, and the driven pulley 58 is fitted to the end of the support shaft 57 protruding from the clamp base 50. Further, an idle pulley 59 is provided on the clamp base 50 between the driven pulley 58 and the drive pulley 56, and the drive belt 60 is stretched over all of these pulleys 56, 58, 59 to support the turning force of the solenoid. It is designed to be transmitted to the shaft.

The clamp body 76 is provided on the support shaft 57. That is, the clamp body 76 is rotated by the rotation drive by the rotation mechanism 54, and as shown in FIG. 6, the protruding length of the clamp body 76 clamps one longitudinal end portion of the banknotes on the small bundle carrier 77. It is set to the extent that

As shown in FIG. 2 again, the small-bundle transport mechanism H has a small-bundle pusher mechanism 80 and a picker mechanism 81 on the upper surface of the small-bundle transport path 79, and a small-bundle on the transport path on the lower surface which serves as a storage box. A transport shutter mechanism 82a for guiding the inside of the bundle safe 83,
82b.

Below the transport path 79, the small bundle safe box 83 is
It is distributed, and each safe 8 depending on the kind of small bundle
It can be stored in 3. Further, it is also possible to return the small bundle in the safe 83 into the transport path by the stopper mechanism 84 and the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 arranged in the safe 83.

When the banknote bundle clamped by the clamp body 78 to the small bundle carrier 77 constituting the vertical carrier mechanism K approaches the small bundle conveying path 79, the conveying path opening / closing mechanism 86 is driven by a drive motor (not shown). When the banknote bundle is opened and the banknote bundle passes, the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 is closed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the transport rollers 61 provided in the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 roll on the upper surface of the banknote bundle. Conveying rollers 61 ... Rollingly contacting the lower surface of the banknote bundle are provided at exactly the same positions as these conveying rollers 61.

Particularly, the transport roller 6 for supporting the lower surface of the banknote bundle.
1 ... Notches 52 provided in the small bundle carrier 77.
And are formed in a nested relationship with each other. Therefore, there is no problem in supporting and transporting the bill.

Incidentally, there are provided conveyor belts 62 ... Which receive the bills from the respective conveyor rollers 61 and convey them to the safe 83, and these constitute a small bundle conveying path 79 and a small bundle conveying mechanism H.

Next, an example of a transaction using the above bill processing 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 1.
a (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 in accordance with a dispensing request from the tellers machine 1a (1b). If the withdrawal request is a small bundle, the small bundle / small bundle payment machine 3
Will be withdrawn in a bundle.

On the other hand, in the small bundle / small bundle paying machine 3, the small bundle hand mechanism 71 clamps and receives the bills from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 and moves to the bill release position while dragging the bills to the backup mechanism 72. hand over.

The backup mechanism 72 clamps the banknotes and moves down to the carrier delivery position, and the banknotes are placed on the carrier 75 of the horizontal carrier mechanism K waiting there.
The carrier 75 clamps bills and guides them to the bundling mechanism 91, where they are bunched.

The bundled bills are placed on the carrier 75, moved from the bundled position to the transfer position to the vertical carrier mechanism T, and stopped. The drive motor 36 of the vertical carrier mechanism T operates to raise the slide mechanism 31. The small bundle carrier 77 rises from a standby position below the carrier 75 and moves to a position for supporting the banknote bundle on the carrier 75.

When the movement is completed, the drive solenoid 55 is energized to rotate the clamp body 78, and the small bundle carrier 77 is rotated.
Clamp the upper banknote bundle. When the clamp body 78 clamps the banknote bundle, the carrier 75 further starts moving and returns to the banknote receiving position. Therefore,
Since the horizontal carrier mechanism K and the vertical carrier mechanism T clamp the banknote bundle during the delivery of the banknote bundle, this dropout does not occur.

The vertical carrier mechanism T moves and lowers the slide mechanism 31. At this time, since the clamp body 76 clamps the side portion of the banknote bundle opposite to the bundled side portion, it is possible to reliably prevent the banknote from floating, shifting and the like.

When the slide bar 44 slides on the upper vertical portion of the guide groove 43, the second slide base 46
And the first slide base 45 of the clamp mechanism 33 that clamps and holds the banknote bundle only vertically descends.

When the slide bar 44 slides on the inclined portion of the guide groove 43, the slide bar 44 starts to move along the window 47 according to this inclination, so that the second slide base 46 and the clamp mechanism 33 move laterally. . Therefore, the first and second slide bases 4 constituting the slide mechanism 31
5, 46 obtain the action of the XY table.

When the slide mechanism 31 approaches the descending end position, the slide bar 44 moves from the inclined portion of the guide groove 43 to the vertical portion, and the slide mechanism 31 and the clamp mechanism 33 again descend vertically.

In the small bundle transport mechanism H, the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 has been rotated in advance to open the small bundle transport path 79 and stand by. This open part is a small bundle carrier 77
The banknote bundle, which is supported by and is clamped by the clamp body 76 on one side, passes into the conveyance path 79. The sensor S detects that the slide mechanism 31 has reached the descent end position, and supports the stop of the drive motor 36.

The bill bundle has moved to a fixed position in the small bundle transport path 79, and waits for the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 to close. Since the small bundle carrier 77 that supports the bundle of bills in this state is nested with the transport rollers 61, there is no problem.

With the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 closed, both sides of the bill bundle are nipped by the transport rollers 61 .... The small bundle transport mechanism H is driven, and the banknote bundle is transported by the small bundle transport path 7
9 is transported. The clamp body 76 continues clamping until the banknote bundles are completely separated.

Even when the bills are handed over, the bills are always clamped continuously, so that the bills can be surely restrained from floating and shifting. Since the small bundle transport mechanism H holds and transports both sides of the bill bundle,
Similar effects are obtained.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, in claim 1, the paper sheets are fed from the first unit for accommodating the laminated paper sheets to the second unit in a laminated state, In the second unit, the bundle of paper sheets is bundled, and the bundle of paper sheets is conveyed to a plurality of storages and supplied to the designated storage. By performing this automatically, it is possible to eliminate the loading work of the bundle as in the past, and to improve workability and reliability.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the stacked paper sheets are clamped, received, and moved downward, opened when the paper sheets are moved, closed after passing, and clamped.
In addition, since the paper is conveyed to the storage box in a clamped state, it prevents the paper sheets from rising and shifting during transfer and conveyance, and ensures stable conveyance by ensuring the paper sheet transfer operation and opening / closing operation. The effect of improving reliability can be obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, since the horizontal carrier mechanism, the vertical carrier mechanism including the pedestal, the clamp body, and the slide mechanism, and the transport mechanism including the transport roller and the transport path opening / closing mechanism are provided, the feeding position can be improved. Reliably enhances reliability by ensuring that paper sheets with different heights from the processing position to the processing position are conveyed, preventing them from rising and shifting, and ensuring the paper sheet transfer operation and opening / closing operation. The effect is obtained.

In the fourth aspect, the paper sheet has a rectangular shape having a dimensional difference between the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the tape is wound around one side portion of the longitudinal direction to be bundled and moved. Since the side of the paper sheet opposite to the bundle side is clamped, the clamp mechanism can be simplified and the side opposite to the bundle side that easily floats up can be securely clamped. This has the effect of preventing misalignment.

[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 a configuration diagram showing a bundling / bundling small bundling machine of the banknote processing system of FIG.

3 is a schematic front view of the vertical carrier mechanism of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a vertical carrier mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a substrate that constitutes a vertical carrier mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a clamp mechanism that clamps bills.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a clamp mechanism for clamping banknotes and a small bundle transport mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

K ... Horizontal carrier mechanism, 77 ... Cradle (small bundle carrier),
78 ... Clamping body, T ... Vertical carrier mechanism, 83 ... Small bundle safe, 61 ... Conveying roller, H ... Conveying mechanism, 31 ... Sliding mechanism.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A first unit, a supply unit provided in the first unit for feeding sheets in a stacked state, and a second unit adjacent to the first unit. A bundle unit that is provided in the second unit, receives the paper sheets fed from the supply unit, and bundles the paper sheets, and a plurality of bundle units arranged below the bundle unit. Storage compartments for paper sheet bundles, a part of which can be opened and closed along the storage compartments, and a bundle conveying means for conveying the paper sheet bundles to supply them to a specified storage cabinet, and the above-mentioned bundles. A sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a moving unit that conveys a sheet bundle bundled by the means downward and supplies the sheet bundle to the bundle conveying unit through the opening / closing unit of the bundle conveying unit. 2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first unit is a bill depositing / dispensing machine, and the second unit is a bundling machine. 3. The feeding means clamps and feeds the stacked paper sheets from above and below, bundles the paper sheets by a bundle means, and then delivers the paper sheets to the moving means. It is a horizontal carrier mechanism to be released, and the moving means is different from a pedestal for receiving the paper sheets at the delivery position of the horizontal carrier mechanism and a clamp position of the horizontal carrier mechanism for the paper sheets on the cradle. A vertical carrier mechanism having a clamp body for clamping the position and a slide mechanism for moving the receiving base and the clamp body together as a unit, wherein the bundle conveying means has a position different from the receiving base of the vertical carrier mechanism. A conveyance roller that rolls against the lower surface of the leaves and a conveyance path opening / closing mechanism that opens when the vertical carrier mechanism moves, closes after passing, and nips and conveys the paper sheet with the conveyance roller. Sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the. 4. The paper sheet has a rectangular shape having a dimensional difference between a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, and the bundling means winds a tape around one side portion in the longitudinal direction of the paper sheet. 4. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the paper sheet is bundled, and the moving means clamps a side portion of the paper sheet opposite to the bundled side. .