JP4619739B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine, and more particularly to a banknote handling machine that rolls in banknotes and classifies them into denominations, ticket types, and printing types, and binds (bands) every predetermined number of sheets.

  In financial institutions, banknote handling machines are used to organize collected banknotes and the like. This banknote processing machine recognizes a banknote of a plurality of denominations when a normal bill (hereinafter referred to as a regular bill) and a non-performing bill (a bill that is damaged significantly due to dirt or tearing) are inserted in a mixed state. It is classified by type and damage, and is taken out or is normally subjected to a banding process in units of 100 sheets.

  It is sufficient for the previous banknote handling machine to handle three types of banknotes of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen, and a typical example is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. In Patent Document 2, there are three external stacking units, and the external stacking unit corresponds to each of these denominations.

  However, this external stacking unit has a fixed relationship with denominations, and is merely for distribution to each denomination. It was impossible to classify tickets.

  In addition, since the introduction of the 2000 yen bill in 1989, in addition to the existing 1000 yen, 5000 yen, and 10,000 yen banknotes, a 2000 yen bill has been added to support four types of banknotes. ing.

  As a conventional banknote processing machine which aimed at such correspondence, there exist some which have four money classification accumulation parts shown by patent documents 1, for example.

Further, the design of the banknote may be changed. In such a case, the new ticket and the old ticket must be identified and classified in order to quickly collect the old ticket of the old design.
JP 2002-197509 A Utility Model Registration No. 2597752

  However, even if there are four denomination stacking units, when four types of banknotes are bound, banknotes are present in all four stacking units, and if one of them is full, feeding is stopped. Or rejected all the remaining banknotes.

  For this reason, when the feeding is stopped, there is a problem that the operating efficiency is lowered and the processing efficiency is also lowered. Also, until the full banknotes are transported for bundling, when the banknotes of the same banknote type (the banknote type) from the stacking unit are further fed out, the stoppage or all rejections are repeated. Done.

  In addition, banknotes that have been drawn out immediately before full detection are rejected even if they are normal, or real rejection and normal tickets are mixed in the rejection part, which requires processing again. There is a problem that the processing efficiency is remarkably lowered.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling machine capable of performing efficient processing when full.

The banknote handling machine according to the present invention is
Taking-in means for taking in banknotes;
Identification means for identifying old and new, damage, denomination, etc. of banknotes taken in by the taking-in means;
A plurality of stacking units that stack a predetermined number of banknotes of the type to be bound based on the identification result of the identifying unit, one more than the banknote type;
Bundling means for bundling a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit;
A designation means for designating the bill type of the banknotes to be bound,
The banknotes identified by the identifying means are controlled to be distributed to the plurality of stacking units based on the designation by the designating unit, and one of the plurality of stacking units becomes full, and the denomination is the same as that denomination. When banknotes are being stacked in the spare stacking unit and the other stacking unit is almost full, switching from taking-in from taking-in means to intermittent taking-in and checking the denomination etc. A control unit that controls to continue this intermittent capture until a new spare stacking unit occurs,
It is provided with.

  In the banknote handling machine of the present invention, the number of stacking units for stacking banknotes to be bound is increased by one from the type of banknotes to be bound, and prestacking when any stacking unit being stacked becomes full. When one of the stacking units is full and the other stacking unit is almost full while using the spare stacking unit, the possibility that there is no stacking destination is predicted, and continuous feeding is stopped and switching is made to intermittent feeding. Therefore, there is no need to stop the feeding or perform all rejections, and the processing efficiency can be improved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing an internal configuration of an embodiment of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention.
The banknote processing apparatus 10 has an operation display unit 11 at the top, and mainly includes a classification stacking unit 100 at the upper front, a banknote binding unit 200 at the lower front, and a transport unit 300 at the back.

(Category collection unit 100)
A depositing port 101 for receiving a bill to be processed is provided at a substantially central portion of the front surface. A bill in which a denomination is mixed is fed out by feeding rollers 102 and 103 and conveyed along a conveying path 104. .

  An identification unit 105 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 104 to identify the denomination, correctness, true / false, and front / back. In addition, the identification part 105 shown here can also identify the old and new tickets with the same denomination and different designs.

  The conveyance path is branched at the tip of the identification unit 105, and depending on the result of identification by the identification unit 105, the damaged bill, the fake bill, and the like are accumulated in the reject bill accumulation unit 106 as a reject bill. On the other hand, in the case of genuine and genuine bills, the front and back reversing unit 107 matches the front and back sides of all banknotes according to the front and back determination result by the identification unit 105, and further, based on the determined denomination and the like. It is accumulated in any of the accumulating units 111 to 115 that store the banknotes to be bound.

  Each of these stacking units 111 to 115 has stacking stages 111a to 115a, which can be moved up and down by a driving means (not shown).

  In FIG. 1, each of the stacking units 111 to 115 is illustrated as being capable of stacking. That is, since the stages 111a to 115a are positioned at the lower end positions of the wall members 111b to 115b provided on the upper side about 2/3, the conveyed banknotes hit the wall members 111b to 115b and stop and accumulate. At this time, in order to prevent banknotes from popping out and enable stable stacking, pressers 111c to 115c that are rotatable according to the stacking amount are provided. The stages 111a to 115a and the wall members 111b to 115b are formed with cutouts through which a hand of a transfer unit described later can freely pass.

  On the other hand, banknotes that are not to be bound are further transported and stacked on the external stacking units 121 and 122.

  Various targets can be set for the stacking units 111 to 115 and the external stacking units 121 and 122, and various types of processing are possible. For example, combinations of types such as denomination / loss / new / old Can be set. Note that the setting contents themselves are not directly related to the present invention, and thus will not be mentioned here.

  Below the display operation unit 11, there is provided a fractional banknote return unit 130 for returning fractional banknotes that have been bundled, but have not reached the number that can be bound, and is provided on the lower surface of the fractional banknote return tray 131. When the leading end portion 132a of the abutting member 132 is pushed from the back, the fraction return tray 131 moves forward, the shutter 133 provided on the front opens, proceeds to the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line, and the fraction bill is taken out. Can do. The configuration and operation of this part will be described later.

(Bill unit 200)
The banknote bundling unit 200 provided under the sorting and stacking unit 100 is a part for performing band sealing by winding a paper band around a predetermined number (usually 100) of sorted and stacked banknotes.

  In the stacking units 111 to 115, the stacked number reaches a predetermined number and is transferred to the set unit 201 by the transport unit 300 to be described later and pinched.

  A rotation mechanism 202 is provided for winding the banding tape around a predetermined portion of the sandwiched bill, and the banding tape 204 taken out from the banding tape stacking unit 203 is stopped by the tape stopper 205 and rotated. Thus, a bundled banknote is obtained. In addition, a cutter 206 for cutting the leading end of the tape after binding and a heater 207 for thermally bonding the leading end are also provided.

  The bundled bundled banknotes are thrown out to the bundled banknote outlet 209 by the belt-type transport mechanism 208, but in the middle of the transport, the printing unit 210 that prints the denomination, date and time, serial number, etc. on the bandwrap is processed. A stamping part 211 for stamping the financial institution stamp is provided.

  Next, the conveyance part 300 provided in the back conveys a binding object banknote or a fraction banknote between the stacking parts 111-115 and the banknote binding part 200 or the fraction banknote return part 130.

(Conveying unit 300)
The conveyance unit 300 includes a guide shaft 301 installed vertically from the lower end to the upper end of the apparatus, an elevating unit 310 that can move up and down while engaging the guide shaft 301, and a drive for elevating the elevating unit 310. A belt 302 is provided.

  The elevating unit 310 has a block 312 that can be moved forward and backward by a belt mechanism 311. The block 312 has a fixed lower hand 313 and an upper hand 314 that moves up and down along a shaft 315 by a belt 316. Yes. The hands 313 and 314 are for picking up the bundled banknotes or fractional banknotes stacked in the stacking units 111 to 115 and transferring them to the banknote binding part 200 or the fractional banknote return unit 130.

(Control unit 400)
A control device 400 for controlling the overall operation of the bill processing apparatus is provided. The control device 400 includes a microprocessor as control means and communication means for connecting the control means and a host computer or the like installed in a financial institution center or the like via a communication line. Through this communication means, all status data in the apparatus is sent to the computer one by one.

  In FIG. 1, the control means 400 is depicted under the banknote binding unit 200 for convenience, but can be installed at any location in the apparatus as long as it is a space secured in the design.

  In the banknote handling machine configured as described above, according to the present invention, the stacking unit for banknotes to be banded and the external stacking unit for stacking banknotes not to be banded are denominations, correct bills or non-payments. It is possible to specify various kinds of ticket types, new ticket type or old ticket type.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the mode setting screen displayed on the operation display unit, and is a screen when the setting button at the top of the leftmost column is pressed. This screen is a touch panel, and various operations can be performed by the operator touching a corresponding part on the screen.

  In this screen, by pressing various setting buttons provided in the leftmost row and the rightmost row, the denomination, bill type, and printing type of banknotes to be stacked in the stacking unit and the external stacking unit can be specified. it can.

  The second column from the left represents the setting contents of each stacking unit and the amount handled. The top two lines show the setting contents for the external stacking units 131 and 132, and the next four lines show the setting contents in the stacking units 111-114. Note that the stacking unit 115 is used in a preliminary manner when any of the stacking units 111 to 114 is full.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure when one of the stacking units is full, which is a characteristic operation in the present invention.

  This control assumes a case where four types of banknotes (card types) to be bound are five and the number of stacking units is 5, and one is a preliminary stacking unit.

  Feeding is started (step S1), and as a result of identification, classification and stacking are performed on the four stacking units. If any stacking unit is not determined to be full (step S2), the feeding is completed (step S10). ) Processing continues. The payout in this case is continuous payout.

  When any of the stacking units is full (step S2), the bill types that have been stacked in the full stacking unit are stacked in the spare stacking unit (step S3). Note that this full state and a state close to full as described later are counted by a counter provided in each stacking unit.

  If any of the stacking units is full and the stacking unit is not available during the stacking of the spare stacking unit (step S4), the feeding is changed to intermittent feeding (step S5). This intermittent payout is not a continuous payout like a continuous payout, but pays out one banknote and checks the denomination, correctness, old and new, etc. in the discriminating part and then pays out the next banknote. Although the feeding speed is greatly reduced, the operation continues. This intermittent feeding is continued as long as the stacking unit is not empty (step S6).

  On the other hand, when the banknote that has already become full is pulled out for bundling, and the stacking unit becomes empty, the stacking destination is changed to use the newly stacked stacking unit as a spare stacking unit. (Step S7).

  In this state, since high-speed feeding is possible, a change from intermittent feeding to continuous feeding is performed (step S8).

  In this state, it is confirmed whether or not the feeding is finished (step S9). If finished, the whole operation is stopped. If not finished, the process returns to step S2 and the same control is repeated repeatedly. Is done.

  In such a control, the nearly full state can be set arbitrarily, but is usually set between 97 and 99 with 100 sheets being full.

  Further, the counter addition timing may be when it is actually stored in the stacking unit or at a stage where the stacking unit to be stacked in the identification unit is determined.

  Also, the set value may be set to 99, for example, and when the current counter value reaches 98, it is highly likely that the value will be 99 at the time of payout, so that it may be changed to intermittent payout. In this case, the control is performed based on the prediction that the possibility of being full is high.

  In addition, when one of the stacking units is full and another stacking unit that is close to full is further full, there is no stacking unit for banknotes that are fed out, and there is no place for banknotes. Control is performed so as to stop the operation.

  In addition, the above explanation is based on the assumption that one stacking unit is full. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and switching to intermittent feeding is performed when two stacking units are nearly full at the same time. You may do it.

  By adopting such a control, the feeding is not stopped, but the feeding speed is reduced, so that the possibility of emptying of the stacking unit is increased during transport, and the rejection of normal bills and the stop of the apparatus are reduced. For this reason, the efficiency of processing can be improved.

  FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C are schematic front views for explaining improvements in the deposit port 101, and show a state seen from the deposit side. The deposit port is configured such that a bill 150 is set in a box-shaped placement unit 1011, and a vertically movable bill holder 1013 is provided on the top thereof.

  Conventionally, the bill holder is configured to press the set banknotes from the beginning until all the banknotes are exhausted, and is raised by pressing a switch.

  However, such a structure is inconvenient for the additional insertion of banknotes due to the obstacle of the bill holder. Generally, when the amount of banknotes set is large, the banknotes themselves are heavy, so that feeding failure is unlikely to occur. However, when the amount inserted is large, the pressure of the bill holder is applied to this, and the load becomes excessive, and in some cases, the banknote may be damaged.

  For this reason, in the present embodiment, a sensor for detecting that the amount of bills is such that a payout failure is likely to occur is provided on the placement unit wall, and only when the amount of bills is less than this position, Was made to function.

  This sensor typically uses a light emitting part and a light receiving part as a set. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), in a state where there is a large amount of banknotes and there is a banknote between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit, the light from the light emitting unit is blocked by the banknote, so the bill holder is located above. . For this reason, the additional insertion of the banknote in this state is easy. Further, the load is not excessive.

  When the banknote is advanced and the amount of the banknote is less than the sensor position, as shown in FIG. 4B, the bill holder 1013 comes down and presses the banknote, thereby enabling stable delivery. When the bill holder 1013 is lowered, the sensor does not monitor for two seconds in order to prevent the sensor from detecting the tag holder itself and raising it again.

  In the case where a feeding failure occurs in the state where the bill holder is raised, the bill holder is lowered when a retry is instructed. Thereby, the set state of a banknote changes and the possibility that the feeding failure is eliminated is increased. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of a situation where the operation ends due to a feeding failure.

  Furthermore, if such a sensor function is used, as shown in FIG. 5C, if the light-shielding object blocks between the sensors, the bill holder rises, and additional bills can be inserted. Therefore, the sensor can be used as a switch for raising the bill holder.

  When a bill is additionally inserted, the sensor is shielded from light by the bill to be additionally inserted. As a result, the bill holder rises, and additional bills can be set within a period when the sensor does not monitor. In this way, additional bills can be inserted with one hand, and workability is improved.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows typically the internal structure of one Embodiment of the banknote processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the setting screen of various modes. In the banknote processing apparatus concerning this invention, it is a flowchart explaining the special control performed when a stacking part is full. It is a typical front view explaining the improvement point in a deposit port.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote processing machine 11 Operation display part 100 Classification stacking part 101 Deposit port 105 Identification part 106 Reject banknote stacking part 107 Front / back inversion part 111-115 Stacking part 121,122 External stacking part 130 Fraction banknote return part 131 Tray 132 Butting member 133 Shutter 150 Bill 200 Bill binding unit 202 Rotating mechanism 209 Bundled bill outlet 300 Conveying unit 301 Guide shaft 302 Belt 310 Lifting unit 311, 316 Belt 312 Block 313, 314 Hand 315 Guide shaft 400 Control unit 1011 Placement unit 1012 Sensor 1013 Bill Holding

Claims (3)

Taking-in means for taking in banknotes;
Identification means for identifying old and new, damage, denomination, etc. of banknotes taken in by the taking-in means;
A plurality of stacking units that stack a predetermined number of banknotes of the type to be bound based on the identification result of the identifying unit, one more than the banknote type;
Bundling means for bundling a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit;
A designation means for designating the bill type of the banknotes to be bound,
The banknotes identified by the identifying means are controlled to be distributed to the plurality of stacking units based on the designation by the designating unit, and one of the plurality of stacking units becomes full, and the denomination is the same as that denomination. When banknotes are being stacked in the spare stacking unit and the other stacking unit is almost full, switching from taking-in from taking-in means to intermittent taking-in and checking the denomination etc. A control unit that controls to continue this intermittent capture until a new spare stacking unit occurs,
A banknote handling machine.   2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein when one of the stacking units is full and another stacking unit that is close to full is further full, the control unit controls to stop the feeding of banknotes. Banknote handling machine.   The banknote processing machine according to claim 1, wherein the banknotes to be bound are four types and the number of the stacking units is five.

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