JPH0896217A - Banknote processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention provides an apparatus by switching the transporting direction of banknotes to the stacking unit and the transporting direction of stacked banknotes from the stacking unit to the bundling unit from the short side direction of the banknote to the long side direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing device that can be downsized. According to the present invention, a stacking reference plate 1 is provided in which the other end face in the longitudinal direction of a bill to be fed is brought into contact with it and stopped at a stacking reference position.
25 and the stacking banknotes positioned by the stacking reference plate 125 are placed on the carriers 63a and 63b and the carriers 63a and 63b are moved to open the stacking reference plate 125 to the outside along the longitudinal direction. Sending-out means for sending out, a small bundle hand section 71 for moving to a sending-out position for the accumulated banknotes sent out by the transmitting means, for receiving and conveying the accumulated banknotes, and this small bundle hand section 71.
And a bundling mechanism 91 for bundling the accumulated banknotes received and conveyed by the.

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 This type of banknote handling apparatus takes in banknotes inserted into an insertion slot one by one, inspects the denominations of the banknotes taken in by an inspection section, and checks the banknotes inspected by the inspection section. It is possible to deposit money into the safe by money type.

Further, the banknotes deposited in the safe are taken out and accumulated in a predetermined number, for example, 50 or 100, each in a stacking unit, and then conveyed to a bundle unit to be bundled. ing.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, after the banknotes have been conveyed along their shorter sides and accumulated in the accumulating section, the accumulated bills accumulated in this accumulating section are also conveyed in the shorter direction. Since it was sent to the bundle part,
There is a problem in that the bill transportation path becomes long in one direction and the device becomes large.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the size of the apparatus can be reduced by switching the conveying direction of the banknotes to the stacking unit and the conveying direction of the banknotes from the stacking unit to the bundling means from the short side direction of the banknotes to the long side direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing device that can be used.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention solves the above problems by taking in bills, first conveying means for conveying bills taken in by the taking means, and The discriminating means for discriminating the types of banknotes conveyed by the conveying means, the conveying sorting means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means and discriminating the bills according to the denomination, and the bills sorted by the conveying sorting means. A banknote storage section for storing the banknotes, and a takeout means for taking out the banknotes stored in the banknote storage section,
Second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means along the lateral direction thereof, a stacking portion for collecting the bills conveyed by the second conveying means, and a stacking portion for stacking in the stacking portion. It is provided with a sending means for sending the stacked banknotes from the stacking unit to the outside along the longitudinal direction thereof, and a bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes sent by the sending means.

[0007] Further, the taking-in means for taking in the bills, the first conveying means for conveying the bills taken in by the taking-in means, and the kind of bills conveyed by the first conveying means are discriminated. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, a second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means along the lateral direction thereof, and a bill conveyed by the second conveying means for entering and stacking A stacking unit, a feeding unit for tapping one longitudinal end of the bills entering the stacking unit in the longitudinal direction, and a feeding unit for feeding the bills in the longitudinal direction. Be sent Positioning means for abutting the other end face of the bill in the longitudinal direction to stop at the stacking reference position, and the stacking bills positioned by the positioning means are placed on the carrier and the carrier is moved to open the positioning means. And sending means for sending out to the outside along the longitudinal direction, receiving means for moving to the sending position of the stacked banknotes sent by this sending means and receiving and transporting the stacked banknotes, and being received and transported by this receiving means. And a bundling unit for bundling the accumulated banknotes.

[0008] Further, the taking-in means for taking in the bills, the first conveying means for conveying the bills taken in by the taking-in means, and the kind of the bills conveyed by the first conveying means are discriminated. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, a second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means along the lateral direction thereof, and a bill conveyed by the second conveying means for entering and stacking A stacking unit, a feeding unit for tapping one longitudinal end of the bills entering the stacking unit in the longitudinal direction, and a feeding unit for feeding the bills in the longitudinal direction. Be sent Positioning means for abutting the other end face in the longitudinal direction of the bill to stop at the stacking reference position, biasing means for biasing the positioning means in the closing direction, and the stacked banknotes positioned by the positioning means are placed on the carrier. Placed, and the carrier is moved to open the positioning means against the urging force of the urging member to send it out to the outside along the longitudinal direction, and to the delivery position of the accumulated banknotes sent by this sending means. It comprises a receiving means for moving and receiving and conveying the accumulated banknotes, and a bundling means for bundling the accumulated banknotes received and conveyed by the receiving means.

Further, the taking-in means for taking in the bills, the first conveying means for conveying the bills taken in by the taking-in means, and the kind of bills conveyed by the first conveying means are discriminated. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. A take-out means for taking out the bills, a second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the take-out means in the lateral direction, and a second conveying means for conveying the bills.
A stacking unit for stacking the banknotes transported by the transporting unit of the banknotes along the lateral direction thereof, and a first clamp unit for clamping the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit,
Sending-out means for moving the first clamping means for clamping the accumulated bills along the longitudinal direction of the bills and sending it out of the accumulating section, and second clamping means having a greater clamping force than the first clamping means. , The second clamp means is moved to the position of the first clamp means sent out by the sending means, and the second banknote means clamps the stacked banknotes clamped by the first clamp means, After this clamping, the second clamping means is moved in the opposite direction to pull out and receive the stacked banknotes from the first clamping means, and a bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes received by the receiving means. And.

[0010]

After the banknotes taken out by the take-out means are conveyed by the second conveying means along the lateral direction and accumulated in the accumulating section, the accumulating banknotes are conveyed from the accumulating section by the sending means along the longitudinal direction thereof. The feeding direction of the banknotes to the stacking unit and the transporting direction of the banknotes to the gripping unit from the stacking unit are changed by 90 °.

Thus, the apparatus can be made compact without lengthening the bill conveyance path in one direction. Further, by providing a positioning means for positioning the banknotes entering the stacking unit at the stacking reference position, the end face position on the stacking banknote sending side is fixed without variation depending on the denomination of the stacking banknote. Position in position.

As a result, the moving stroke of the carrier of the sending means and the moving stroke of the receiving means can be made constant, and the control mechanism can be simplified. Further, by urging the positioning means in the direction of closing it by the urging member, the positioning means is opened and closed by the movement of the carriage of the sending means,
No special opening / closing drive mechanism is required, and the device is simplified.

Further, by making the clamping force of the second clamping means on the receiving means side larger than the clamping force of the first clamping means on the sending means side, the accumulated bills can be reliably transferred from the sending means side to the receiving means side. To be able to hand over to.

[0014]

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. Further, the system described above is a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 for depositing / dispensing loose banknotes, and a surplus cash of this banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 is sealed and stored in the machine body, and a sealing is performed for dispensing banknotes in small bundles. -The small payment machine 3 is provided. Further, the system includes a coin depositing machine 4 for depositing loose coins and a coin dispensing machine 5 for dispensing loose coins. Further, the system includes a coin dispenser 6 and a tellers machine stand 7 for dispensing coins (coins) packaged every 50 sheets.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 comprises a banknote depositing slot 11 and a deposit reject box 12 for accumulating rejected banknotes at the time of depositing. 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, on the upper surface of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, a journal printer 15 is provided as a printing means for printing the contents of each transaction.
Are arranged. In the vicinity of the input port 11, the withdrawal port 14, and the journal printer 15, an occupied lamp 16 indicating which of the two Terras machines 1a and 1b is occupied by the Terras machines 1a and 1b, respectively. , 17, 18 are provided. Further, on the front surface of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 2, there is provided a remaining amount display section 19 for displaying the amount of remaining banknotes in a banknote storage box 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 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 is a payout transfer path withdrawal door 21 from above, and a temporary stacking door 2 for returning the banknote when depositing money.
2, and a storage door 23 for pulling out the bill storage is provided.

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 the door 24, 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.

Detailed description of the coin depositing machine 4, the coin dispensing machine 5 and the coin dispenser 6 will be omitted here. Next, the internal configurations of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2 and the banding / small bundle paying machine 3 will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the inside of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2, and FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof. This banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 2
In, when a banknote is to be deposited, the banknote is placed in the insertion slot 11 and a deposit start command is sent from the tellers machine 1a (1b), whereby rotation of the intake roller 29 as the intake means from the insertion slot 11 is performed. Thus, the bills are taken inside one by one.

The banknotes taken in through the slot 11 pass through the pre-inspection conveyance path 100 as the first conveyance means and are guided to the inspection section (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 insertion slot 11 to be taken in again, or is manually included in the counting data. In addition, the determined banknote is then transferred to the front and back gate 35b.
Are sorted into front tickets and back tickets, and those that face up are guided to the front transport path, and those that face down are guided to the back transport path,
The front and back of banknotes are available.

The banknotes whose front and back are arranged enter the sorting and conveying path 40 as the sorting and conveying means by the sorting gate 35c and the safe gate 35d. The banknotes that have entered the sorting / transporting path 40 are denominations by the temporary storage gates 35e to 35g as the sorting means, and the temporary stacking box 41 as the temporary stacking section due to the damage.
The flappers 45a to 45d of a to 41d are integrated. When the number of stacked banknotes increases, the upper surface of the banknotes is detected by a stacking full sensor (not shown). When the stack full sensor detects that the stack of banknotes is full, the flappers 45a and 45b move about 90 °.
The banknotes that are rotated downward and accumulated are the flapper 45c on the lower side.
And will be supported by 45d. If the banknotes continue to be stacked as they are, the upper surface of the banknotes will be detected again by the stacking full sensor, and if detected, the flapper 4
Similarly, 5c 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 stacking of banknotes is continued, the upper surface of the banknote 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. When the stack is full, the shutter 47 is opened to the left and right by a drive mechanism (not shown), and the stacked banknotes fall into storage boxes 48a to 48d as banknote storage units. The above storages 48a to 48
The separators 49, 49 are waiting at the upper end in d,
The dropped banknotes will fall on the separators 49, 49. When the shutter 47 is opened, the pusher mechanism 52 waiting on the upper part of the temporary stacking unit 41 is driven, and all the bills remaining in the temporary stacking store 41 are stored in the storages 48a to 48a.
Move to 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.

Next, the dispensing operation will be described. The dispensing operation is realized by sending the tickets accumulated in the storages 48a to 48d to the dispensing port 14. When the withdrawal start command is transmitted from the tellers machine 1a (1b) to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2, the control unit of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 2 causes the takeout mechanism 56 of the storage boxes 48a to 48d in which the dispensed banknotes are accumulated. To drive. 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 banknotes taken out are conveyed to the withdrawal inspection section 59 through the under-container conveyance path 58a serving as the second conveying means. The withdrawal inspection unit 59 picks up two banknotes, confirms the denomination, and if there is no problem, sends them to the upper withdrawal conveyance path 58b.

At this time, if there is a problem with the bill, the take-out mechanism is instructed to take out the bill additionally. The banknotes that have passed the withdrawal inspection unit 59 pass through the close inspection gate 35h,
Entering the upper stage withdrawal / conveyance path 58b as the third conveyance means,
It is conveyed to the dispensing port 14 by the sealing gate 35i.

For the banknotes conveyed to the withdrawal opening 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 to be withdrawn. Are accumulated in the dispensing port 14, respectively. When the banknotes designated in the dispensing port 14 have been accumulated, the electromagnetic lock (not shown) is released, the dispensing port is opened, and it becomes possible to take out the sprue. This completes the withdrawal process.

The banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d are normally pressed by the weight of the litter and are pressed against the feeding roller of the takeout mechanism 56 to stably take out the bills. The backup mechanism 60 is driven in the storage, and the banknotes in the storages 48a to 48d can be pushed from above. This bill remaining amount is
This is done by detecting the position of the upper surface of the bill in the storages 48a to 48d.

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. With respect to the taken out banknotes, the withdrawal inspection section 59 makes a determination such as denomination confirmation, and only the banknotes suitable for sealing are conveyed to the sealing and accumulating section 61 by the sealing gate 35i. 1 for the sealing and accumulating unit 61
When 00 sheets are conveyed, they are sent to the banding unit by a mechanism / process described later.

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

Next, the sealing and accumulating portion 61 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG.
The stacking portions 61a and 61b are formed, and are configured as shown in FIGS. That is, the stacking units 61a, 61
In the inside of b, the backups 62a and 62b and the clampers 64a and 64 as the first clamping means are vertically arranged.
b is provided. The backup 62a, 62b
And clampers 64a and 64b are connected to shafts 101a and 101
It is slidably supported by b and is vertically moved by a drive mechanism (not shown) to clamp the accumulated banknotes. The clamping force by the backups 62a, 62b and the clampers 64a, 64b is set to be weaker than the bill clamping force of the clamp mechanism 130 as the second clamping means of the small bundle hand unit 71 of the banding / small bundle payment machine 3 described later. , Stacked banknotes can be reliably delivered.

Carriers 63a and 63b are provided on the inner bottoms of the stacking portions 61a and 61b, and the carriers 63a and 63b are attached to the slide rails 116. A connecting fitting 10 is provided on the carriers 63a and 63b.
The drive belt 102 is connected via 3 and is reciprocated in the arrow direction (longitudinal direction of the banknote) by running of the drive belt 102.

The drive belt 102 is a drive pulley 104.
Between the driven pulley 105 and the driven pulley 105.
04 is connected to the gear 111 of the drive motor 110 via the belt 106, the pulley 107, and the gear 108.

A short side aligning mechanism 112 is provided on the bill introducing side of the stacking units 61a and 61b. The short side aligning mechanism 112 includes a roller 114 and a lever 113 eccentrically attached to the shaft of the roller 114, and the rotation of the roller 114 causes the lever 113 to move back and forth. By the movement of the lever 113, the bill is pressed against the wall 131 on the opposite side and aligned. Denoted at 115a and 115b are tapping impellers for hitting and dropping the banknotes to be entered. A banding stacking full sensor 129 is provided on the bill entry side of the stacking units 61a and 61b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a longitudinal aligning mechanism 121 as a feeding means is provided on one side of the stacking portions 61a and 61b. The longitudinal aligning mechanism 121 is composed of a drive motor 122, a swing lever 123 swingable by the drive motor 122, and a aligning shaft 124 provided vertically to the swing end of the swing lever 123. ing.

One end face in the longitudinal direction of the bill is struck and pushed in the longitudinal direction by the alignment shaft 124 which is swung by the swing lever 123. Further, the stacking portions 61a and 61b have the longitudinal alignment mechanism 1
An integrated reference plate 125 as a positioning means is provided on the opposite side of 21. The lower end of the integrated reference plate 125 is rotatably supported via a support shaft 126 so as to be opened and closed. The stacking reference plate 125 is biased by a spring 127 and is rotated clockwise about the support shaft 126 to contact the contact roller 1
28 is brought into contact with the tips of the carriers 63a and 63b and is stopped in a state of standing vertically. The banknotes that are beaten and pushed by the alignment shaft 124 are positioned and aligned at the stacking reference position by stacking the other end face in the longitudinal direction with the stacking reference plate 125 and stacked.

When the carriers 63a and 63b move forward, the accumulated reference plate 125 is pressed by the tip of the carriers and rotates against the urging force of the spring 127 to open.

Thus, the stacking stacking unit 61 is switched between the two stacking stacks by the stacking switching gate 35k, and the bills first taken out from the safes 48a to 48d are stacked in the upper stacking stacking unit 61a. The accumulated bills are accumulated on the sealing / accumulating backup 62a, and when the accumulation proceeds and the upper surface of the bills approaches the accumulation inlet, as shown in FIGS. Full is detected. When the fullness is detected, the sealing and accumulating backup 62a is lowered to the lower end as shown in FIGS. 9 and 12 by its drive mechanism, and the bill is moved onto the carrier 63a.

As the stacking further progresses, the upper-stage sealed stacking unit 61
When 100 banknotes have been stacked on a, the stacking switching gate 35k allows the subsequent banknotes to be stacked on the lower stacking stacking unit 6
Integrated in 1b.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 13, the 100 banknotes accumulated in the upper-stage sealing and accumulating section 61a are pressed by the sealing and accumulating clamp 64a from above, and are held by the carrier 63a as shown in FIGS. As shown, it is moved to the banding machine 3 side.

At this time, since the banding and accumulating clamp 64a is fixed on the carrier 63a, it moves 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 lateral sealing 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 paying machine 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 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 stacking / stacking units 61a and 61b are inserted from the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 2 into the sealing / small bundle paying machine 3, the small bundle hand unit 7
1 moves to receive the bill. 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 constructed on the same base so that they can be moved up and down together. The small bundle hand units 71a and 71b can detect three positions of a bill clamp position, a bill release position, and a standby position by a hand position detection sensor (not shown).

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. That signal is sent. Upon receiving the signal, the banding / small-bundle paying machine 3 sets a backup mechanism, which will be described later, in the upper or lower stage according to the signal from the bill depositing / dispensing machine 2.

Thereafter, the small bundle hand parts 71a, 71b waiting at the standby position move to the bill clamp position as shown in FIG. 14, and the upper and lower clamp pieces 13a, 13d.
The bill is clamped by the bill clamping mechanism 130 as the second clamping means. When the clamping is completed, the small bundle hand mechanisms 71a and 71b move the banknotes along the longitudinal direction to the banknote release position while holding the banknotes and wait for the backup to clamp the banknotes. When the backup clamps the bill, the small bundle hand mechanism 71
a and 71b release the bill and return 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, the backup mechanism 72 will be described. The backup mechanism 72 has a bill receiving tray 74 and a backup clamp mechanism 73 above it in the mechanism. Further, the backup mechanism 72 can detect three positions of an upper banknote receiving position, a lower banknote receiving position, and a carrier transfer position by a sensor group (not shown). The backup mechanism 72 that receives the banknotes from the small bundle hand mechanism 71 is
After returning to the standby position, 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 transfer position, the bills are transferred to the carrier 7 as a feeding means.
It is set to have the same height as above. When the carrier 75 moves forward in this state, the bills are
It is pushed by the back plate of and is pulled out from the backup 72. By the above operation, the backup 72 to the carrier 7
Delivery to 5 is completed. 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. Further, 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. Further, the carrier 75 can detect three positions of a bill receiving position, a bundle holding position, and a vertical carrier delivering position by a sensor group (not shown).

The bills on the carrier 75 are stored in the carrier 75.
Is moved to the bundling mechanism 91 as a bundling means and bunched. The bundling mechanism 91 is provided by the supply section 9 of the band 92.
3, a feeding roller 94 that feeds the band 92 supplied from the supply unit 93, a winding mechanism 95 that winds the band 92 around the bill, and a band 92 that winds the band 92 and then cuts the band 92 A cutter 96 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 into the small bundle conveying path 79 as the bundle conveying means.

A small bundle pusher mechanism 80 and a picker mechanism 81 are provided on the upper surface side of the small bundle conveying path 79, and a bundle distribution for guiding the small bundles on the conveying path 79 into the small bundle safe 83 on the lower surface side. Transport shutter mechanisms 82a and 82b are provided as means.

Below the small bundle conveying path 79, four small bundle safes 83 are arranged as a bundle storing portion, and can be stored in each safe 83 depending on the denomination of the small bundle. Further, the stopper mechanism 84 and the small bundle safe backup mechanism 85 arranged in the safe 83 can return the small bundle in the safe 83 to the transport path 79.

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 83 through the small bundle conveying path 79. When the vertical carrier 77 approaches the inside of the transport path 79 with the small bundle clamped, the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 is opened by a drive motor (not shown). The vertical carrier 77 that has entered the transport path 79 from here moves to a fixed position in the transport path 79 and waits for the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 to close. When the transport path opening / closing mechanism 86 is closed, the small bundles are transported in the transport path 79 by the rotation of the vertical carrier 77 and the drive roller arranged in the nest. When the small bundle reaches the small bundle safe 83 where the small bundle should be stored, the small bundle is stopped, and the small bundle stands by in a storable state. At this time, the stop position of the small bundle is adjusted by the picker mechanism 81 described later.

When the small bundle stands by right above the small bundle storage 83, the left and right transport shutters 82a and 82b are rotated downward and fall 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 shutters 82a and 82b are opened, and the small bundle is pushed. The small bunch that dropped is initially a stopper mechanism 8
Riding on 4, 84, small bundle pusher mechanism 80
Further, it is pushed into the safe 83. Stopper mechanism 84
Is rotatably pushed into the safe 83 together with the small bundle, and is urged by a spring or the like so as to return to the original position by itself when the small bundle reaches a certain position. 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 shutters 82a and 82b are closed, and the small safe 8
The storage in 3 is completed. The small bundle stored in the safe 83 is constantly urged upward by the backup mechanism 85 in the safe 83, and the small bundle is held by the stopper mechanisms 84, 84.

Next, the dispensing operation of the small bundle will be described.
For dispensing a small bundle, first, the transport shutters 82a and 82b of the safe 83 to be dispensed are opened as shown in FIG. After that, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed into the safe 83, the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed downward, and the stopper mechanisms 84, 84 can be rotated. The rotatable stopper mechanisms 84, 84 are rotated and fixed in the safe 83 by a drive mechanism (not shown). Then, when the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pulled up, the backup mechanism 85 rises and the small bundle in the safe 83 is pushed up to the upper end position of the small bundle pusher mechanism 80. The small bundle moved to the upper end is driven into the small bundle transport path 79 in order from the small bundle located at the top by driving the picker mechanism 81. The introduced small bundle moves in the transport path 79 by the rotation of the drive roller on the upper side of the transport path 79.

Further, when continuously dispensing money, if the picker mechanism 81 is driven again as it is, the next small bundle is dispensed. In this way, when the small bundle is dispensed, the small bundle pusher mechanism 80 is pushed in as in the case of depositing, and the remaining small bundle is stored in the safe 83 to complete the dispensing process.

The small bundle transferred into the small bundle transfer path 79 moves in the transfer path 79 and drops 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 the small bundle is taken out of the elevator 87, a sensor (not shown) detects that the small bundle is not present and closes the dispensing door 24 to complete 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. The small bundle that comes is discharged to the outside 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. When storing in the unfit banknote safe 90, the small bundle conveying path 7
When the small bundle is dropped from 9, the elevator 87 is raised to be directly stored in the unfit note bank 90.

[0058]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the banknotes are sent to the stacking section from the short side direction to be stacked, and then the stacked banknotes are sent out in the longitudinal direction and sent to the bundling means. The transport path does not become long in one direction, and the device can be downsized.

Further, since the positioning means for positioning the banknotes entering the stacking unit at the stacking reference position is provided on the stacking banknote sending side, the end surface position of the stacking banknote sending side does not vary depending on the denomination of the banknote stacking. , Can be positioned at a fixed position. Therefore, the moving stroke of the carrier of the sending means and the moving stroke of the receiving means can be made constant, and the control mechanism can be simplified.

Further, since the positioning means is biased by the biasing member in the closing direction and the positioning means is opened and closed by the movement of the carrier of the sending means, a special opening / closing drive mechanism is not required and the apparatus is simplified. be able to.

Further, since the clamping force of the second clamping means on the receiving means side is made larger than the clamping force of the first clamping means on the sending means side, the accumulated banknotes are surely transferred from the sending means side to the receiving means side. It has the effect of being handed over.

[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 rear view showing the bill depositing / dispensing machine of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a banding / bundle bundling machine of the banknote processing system of FIG. 1.

5 is a front view showing a banding and accumulating unit of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device shown in FIG. 2;

6 is a side view showing the banding and accumulating portion of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the banding and accumulating portion of FIG.

8 is a front view showing a state in which banknotes are placed on the backup of the banding and stacking unit of FIG.

9 is a front view showing a state where the backup of FIG. 8 is lowered.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a state where the clamper of FIG. 8 is lowered and clamped.

11 is a side view showing a state in which banknotes are placed on the backup of the banding and stacking unit of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a state where the backup of FIG. 8 is lowered.

13 is a side view showing a state where the clamper of FIG. 8 is lowered and clamped.

14 is a front view showing a state where the carrier shown in FIG. 10 is moved and sent out.

FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a state where the carrier shown in FIG. 10 is moved and sent out.

[Explanation of symbols]

29 ... Taking-in roller (taking-in means), 34 ... Inspecting section (discriminating means), 40 ... Conveyance sorting means, 48a to 48d ... Storage (banknote storing section), 56 ... Taking-out mechanism (taking-out means), 58
a, 58b ... Second transport means, 61 ... Sealing stacking section (stacking section), 62a, 62b ... Backup (first clamp means), 63a, 63b ... Carrier (sending means), 64
a, 64b ... Clamper (first clamping means), 71 ...
Small bundle hand part (reception means), 91 ... Holding mechanism (holding means), 121 ... Longitudinal alignment mechanism (feeding means), 125 ... Accumulation reference plate (positioning means), 130 ... Clamping mechanism (second) Clamping means).

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for taking in a bill, a first conveying means for conveying the bill taken by the taking means, and a type of the bill conveyed by the first conveying means. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, a second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means along the lateral direction thereof, and a stacking section for accumulating the bills conveyed by the second conveying means And a sending-out means for sending out the stacked banknotes stacked in the stacking section to the outside from the stacking section along the longitudinal direction thereof, and a bundling means for bundling the stacked banknotes sent out by the sending-out means. Banknote handling apparatus, characterized in that. 2. A taking-in means for taking in a bill, a first conveying means for conveying the bill taken in by the taking-in means, and a kind of the bill conveyed by the first conveying means are discriminated. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills by denomination, a bill storing section for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing section for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, a second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means along the lateral direction thereof, and a bill conveyed by the second conveying means for entering and stacking A stacking section, a feeding means for tapping one longitudinal side of the banknotes entering the stacking section in the longitudinal direction, and a feeding means for opening and closing the banknote feeding direction by the sending means. Be sent Positioning means for abutting the other end face of the banknote in the longitudinal direction to stop at the stacking reference position, and stacking banknotes positioned by this positioning means are placed on a carrier and the carrier is moved to open the positioning means. And sending means for sending to the outside along the longitudinal direction, receiving means for moving to the sending position of the stacked banknotes sent by the sending means and receiving and transporting the stacked banknotes, and receiving and transporting by the receiving means. A banknote handling apparatus comprising: a bundling unit for bundling a stack of banknotes. 3. A take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, and a type of the bill carried by the first carrying means. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills into denominations, a bill storing portion for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing portion for storing the bills. Taking-out means for taking out the bills, a second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking-out means along the lateral direction thereof, and the bills conveyed by the second conveying means for entering and stacking A stacking section, a feeding means for tapping one longitudinal side of the banknotes entering the stacking section in the longitudinal direction, and a feeding means for opening and closing the banknote feeding direction by the sending means. Be sent Positioning means for abutting the other end face of the banknote in the longitudinal direction to stop at the stacking reference position, biasing means for biasing the positioning means in the closing direction, and stacking banknotes positioned by the positioning means on the carrier. And a delivery means for releasing the positioning means against the urging force of the urging member by the movement of the carrier to send it out to the outside along the longitudinal direction, and a delivery position of the accumulated banknotes delivered by the delivery means. A bill processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that moves and receives and conveys the accumulated bills; and a bundle unit that bundles the accumulated bills that are received and conveyed by the receiving unit. 4. A take-in means for taking in a bill, a first carrying means for carrying the bill taken in by the taking means, and a type of the bill carried by the first carrying means. A discriminating means, a conveying and allocating means for conveying the bills discriminated by the discriminating means, and categorizing the bills by denomination, a bill storing section for storing the bills sorted by the conveying and allocating means, and a bill storing section for storing the bills. Taking out means for taking out the bills, second conveying means for conveying the bills taken out by the taking out means along the short side direction thereof, and bills conveyed by the second conveying means for the short side direction Along the longitudinal direction of the banknotes, a stacking unit that advances along the stacking unit and stacks the stacked banknotes, a first clamping unit that clamps the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit, and a first clamping unit that clamps the stacked banknotes. Sending means for moving and sending out to the outside of the accumulating section, second clamp means having a larger clamping force than the first clamp means, and first clamp for sending out the second clamp means by the sending means. To the position of the means, the second clamp means clamps the accumulated banknotes clamped by the first clamp means, and after the clamp, the second clamp means is moved in the reverse direction to move the first banknote to the first clamp means. 1. A bill processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that pulls out and collects the accumulated banknotes from one clamping unit; and a bundling unit that holds the accumulated banknotes received by the receiving unit.