JP3081257B2 - Bill collection and dispensing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill collecting and dispensing apparatus for collecting bills inserted into a plurality of bill processing apparatuses by a transport device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art prior to the present invention, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-174348 (B65H5 / 02) discloses:
In a game facility where two rows of amusement table rows each consisting of a plurality of rows are arranged in a back-to-back state with a gap in between, the bills are received between each of the amusement tables in a vertical position, and the true bills of the accepted bills are A bill processing machine having a built-in identification unit in a vertical position is provided, and bills juxtaposed with the game table are held in a vertical position in a gap between the game table rows. And a conveyer for conveying the paper money to the collecting section, which is formed by an endlessly wound belt and a group of auxiliary rollers for pressing the belt through an elastic machine. There is shown a bill collecting apparatus characterized in that a bill discharging port of a processing machine and a bill introducing port of a clamping and conveying device are communicated so that bills received in a vertical position are transferred as they are in a vertical position.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional paper money collecting apparatus, the lower paper money inserted into the vending machine is merely sent to the collecting section by the transfer device and stored therein.
A dedicated storage section for collected bills is required. In addition, since the bill dispensing device is mainly used for currency exchange, a storage unit for storing upper bills and a storage unit for storing lower bills for dispensing are required. For this reason, there is a problem in that the collection of the collected bills and the replenishment of the paid-out bills have to be performed manually, which is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a bill collecting and dispensing apparatus intended to use collected bills as dispensing bills.

[0005]

As means for achieving the above object, a plurality of lower bills are installed at the rear of a usable banknote processing machine row, and the bills inserted into the respective banknote handling machines are arranged. A transfer device for common transfer, a separation sensor provided on a transfer track of the transfer device, and a selection sensor for selecting whether or not the lower bill can be processed as a change of the upper bill or as change, and a downstream of the separation sensor. 1st is provided on the side transport path and stores lower-order banknotes that are not processed.
A storage unit, a second storage unit that is provided on the downstream transport path of the first storage unit and stores lower-order banknotes that are selected to be processable as payout paper money, and a second storage unit that is provided downstream of the second storage unit. ,
Pull out the banknotes on the back side stored in the second storage unit one by one
It is intended to provide a bill collecting and dispensing device including a payout port for accumulating and dispensing a predetermined number of sheets .

[0006]

According to the bill collecting and dispensing device of the present invention, the lower bill inserted in the bill processing device is conveyed to the bill collecting and dispensing device by the conveying device, and whether or not the bill can be processed as a dispensed bill by the sorting sensor. The bills that have been sorted and selected as non-processable are stored in the first storage unit, and the bills selected as processable are stored in the second storage unit downstream of the first storage unit as payout bills. For this reason, the dispensed bills are always replenished, the bills are recycled, and replenishment and collection performed manually can be reduced. In addition, as described above, bills that cannot be processed are sorted under the sorting sensor.
Since the paper money is immediately stored in the first storage part of the flow and is not paid out as a paper money to be paid out, the reliability of the payout operation can be improved. Furthermore, minimize the distance between the second storage section and the payout exit.
Can be shortened, and the stored
Pay in a short time from the payout outlet downstream of the second storage unit as necessary
Can also be issued.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a vending machine for beverages, food or tickets, which has a bill processing device (2) inside. Automatic vending system (3) where a large number of products are arranged back to back
Is formed. A transport device (4) is provided behind the row of the vending machines (1), that is, between the vending systems (3), and the transport device (4) is a bill collecting and dispensing device (5). It is linked to The vending system (3) may have only one side in which a large number of the vending machines (1) are arranged in a horizontal direction.

The bill processing device (2) is a lower bill (6).
The 1,000 yen bill can be used, and this 1,000 yen bill is inserted vertically. The conveying device (4) is provided with a belt (8) around the roller (7), and the belt (8) is rotated by rotating the roller (7) with a motor.
To drive the bill (6). Also,
A collection unit (10) for storing lower-order banknotes (6) collected by the transport device (4);
The lower banknote (6) stored in the collection unit (10) is
It comprises a bill payout unit (12) for paying out high-grade bills (11) of 10,000 yen and 5,000 yen bills.

Next, the collecting section (10) of the bill collecting and dispensing apparatus (5) will be described with reference to FIG. When the bill (6) is transported into the collection unit (10) by the transport device (4), it is drawn into the constantly rotating first conveyor unit (13). The bills that are pulled in are bill sorting sensors (14)
, And are sorted according to conditions. The sorting here is a sortable or unprocessable sort, and the conditions of non-processable are bent banknotes, broken banknotes, torn banknotes, perforated banknotes, multiple stacked banknotes, In addition to the short bills and the like between the bills to be sent, when the second storage section (15) for storing the payout bills (6) of the bill payout section (12) cannot be stored or when the bill payout section (12) This is the case during operation or the like. When at least one of the above conditions is satisfied, the sheet is transported as it is, reaches the shutter (16), and the bill (6) stops. Then, the pushing plate (17) is operated, and one or more bills (6) are pushed into the first storage portion (18). This first storage section (18) is only collected. On the other hand, in cases other than the above conditions, the pressing plate (1
7) does not operate, the shutter (16) is operated by the solenoid (19), and the transport path is opened. The bill (6) is conveyed through the opened passage by the first conveyor section (13) and reaches the bill detection sensor (20) to be detected.
Then, the motor (21) operates and the second conveyor section (2)
2) starts the transport of the bill (6). The conveyed bill (6) is twisted 90 ° by the posture converter (23),
It is conveyed to the bill payout part (12) located on the lower side.

Next, the bill dispensing section (12) will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. That is, the bill (6) in the vertical state in FIG. 3 moves in the horizontal direction, and the posture converter (23)
When it is conveyed, it is twisted 90 degrees as described above to be in a horizontal state, and is conveyed downward by the third conveyor section (24). The transported bills (6) are all stored in the second storage unit (1).
5) It is stored in such a way that it is pushed from above and used as a payout bill. Next, in the case of paying out the upper bill (11) of 10,000 yen or 5,000 yen, the number of sheets to be paid out is determined by a sensor (not shown), and the lowermost bill (6) is exchanged.
Are pulled out one by one using the friction of the rubber roller (25). Then, the sheet is conveyed by the pay-out conveyor section (26), accumulated to a predetermined number, and paid out to the pay-out port (27).

As described above, the bill collecting apparatus (5) of the present invention
Is the bill (6) drawn in by the bill processing device (2)
Is transported by the transport device (4) and is drawn into the collection unit (10). This bill (6) is converted into a bill sorting sensor (14)
And sorts it as a disposable bill or not.
The banknotes that have been selected as unprocessable are stored in the first storage unit (18), and the banknotes that have been selected as processable are stored as pay-out banknotes in the second storage unit (15) downstream of the first storage unit (18). Therefore, it can be used as a payout bill at the time of currency exchange, and the recycling action of the bill (6) is performed. For this reason, it is possible to save time for collecting or replenishing the bills (6) and (11). Further, as described above, the banknote (6) selected as unprocessable is immediately stored in the first storage unit (18) downstream of the banknote selection sensor (14), and is not paid out as a payout banknote. In addition, since only the banknotes that are sorted according to the conditions of the banknotes (6) and can be reliably processed are used as the payout banknotes (6), the reliability of the payout operation can be improved. Further, the distance between the second storage section (15) and the downstream payout port (27) can be reduced, and the stored payout bills (6) can be removed from the downstream payout port (27) as necessary. You can pay out in a short time.

[0013]

As described above, the bill collecting and dispensing apparatus according to the present invention performs the recycling operation of bills as described above, so that labor for collecting or replenishing bills manually can be omitted. Also,
Banknotes that cannot be processed due to banknote conditions are sorted out.
Bills immediately stored in the first storage section downstream of the sensor
Since the payout is not performed, the reliability of the payout operation can be improved. Further, the second storage section and the downstream payout port
Distance can be reduced as much as possible, and as a result,
Short the bills from the second payout from the downstream payout as required
It can be paid out on time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view of an automatic vending system.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the vending system.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the bill collecting and dispensing device.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Banknote processing device 4 Transport device 5 Banknote collection / dispensing device 6 Lower banknote 11 Upper banknote 14 Banknote sorting sensor 15 Second storage unit 18 First storage unit

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-181289 (JP, A) JP-A-60-14388 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 9/00 B65H 5/02 G07F 7/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transport device, which is installed at the rear of a banknote processing device row in which a plurality of lower-order banknotes can be used, and commonly transports bills inserted into the respective banknote processing devices, and a transport track of the transport device A sorting sensor for sorting whether or not the lower banknote can be processed as a change of the upper banknote or as change, and a sorting sensor provided on the downstream transport passage of the sorting sensor and selected for processing. First to store lower banknotes
A storage unit, a second storage unit that is provided on the downstream transport path of the first storage unit and stores lower-order banknotes that are selected to be processable as payout paper money, and a second storage unit that is provided downstream of the second storage unit. ,
Pull out the banknotes on the back side stored in the second storage unit one by one
A bill collection and dispensing device comprising a payout port for storing and dispensing a predetermined number of sheets .