JPH09198544A - Paper money handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the jamming of paper money inside a carrying path and to improve reliability. SOLUTION: An inspection part 24 is provided in the carrying path extended between a money receiving/paying hopper 19 and first third stackers 26, 27 and 28. Inside the carrying path, a first sensor 43 for detecting the state of the paper money taken in from the money receiving/paying hopper 19 is provided between the money receiving/paying hopper 19 and the inspection part 24 and a second sensor 44 for detecting the state of the paper money taken out from the stackers 26-28 is provided between the stackers 26-28 and the inspection part 24. In the case that the inappropriate state of the paper money is detected by the first sensor 43, the inappropriate paper money is carried in a direction opposite to the inspection part 24 and returned to the money receiving/paying hopper 19. Also, in the case that the inappropriate state of the paper money is detected by the second detection means 44, the inappropriate paper money is carried in the direction opposite to the inspection part 24 and discharged to a rejection box 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a deposit handling apparatus for handling banknotes provided in, for example, an automatic teller machine installed in a financial institution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automated teller machines (hereinafter referred to as ATMs) for automatically depositing and withdrawing cash from users have become widespread in financial institutions such as banks, and the number of installed machines has increased. It's going all the way. Further, the operating hours of ATMs have been extended to nights and holidays, and the number of operating hours without attendants, so-called unmanned operation, has increased.

[0003] The most important thing in performing such an unattended operation of ATM is that the device does not cause a failure while the user is operating, and even if a failure occurs, it is automatically performed. Equipment reliability such as being able to recover and returning cards and bills to users. And ATM
The most important device for maintaining the reliability of the is a banknote handling device for handling cash.

Usually, an ATM is provided with a bill handling device for handling bills, a coin handling device for handling coins, a passbook handling device for handling passbooks, and the like. Among these, the banknote handling apparatus has been conventionally expanded in various functions in order to improve convenience. For example, bill recycling is one example, and this function is to temporarily store the string entered by the user and utilize it again for withdrawal.

[0005]

In order to realize such a recycle function for banknotes, it is necessary to pass the banknotes through a complicated and long conveying path provided in the apparatus and perform various kinds of processing. However, in order to improve reliability, it is desirable not to perform complicated movements of banknotes and long conveyance, and there is a contradictory relationship between expansion of function and improvement of reliability. Therefore, as the functions are expanded, the degree of difficulty in designing for improving the reliability of the device is increasing.

A major problem that reduces the reliability of the bill handling apparatus is jamming of bills in the transport path. Jam is a phenomenon in which bills that are being transported at high speeds are jammed in the transport path due to some kind of obstacle.If a jam occurs, bills will be wrinkled or, in some cases, damaged. Cause a result.

Particularly, in the conventional bill handling apparatus, since the state of the bill is determined by one inspection unit provided in the middle of the conveying path, the bill is conveyed to the inspection unit in all transaction modes. According to the result, it judges the genuine note / reject,
Each is transported to a predetermined site. Therefore, there is a problem that the transport path is inevitably long.

If the conveying path is formed in a complicated and long manner in order to expand the function of the apparatus as described above, the jam of bills is likely to occur correspondingly. When a jam occurs, it is necessary to suspend or cancel the transaction, which makes it difficult to operate the ATM unattended.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a bill handling apparatus capable of preventing jamming of bills in a conveyance path and improving reliability.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a bill handling apparatus of the present invention according to claim 1 is a bill depositing / dispensing unit for receiving and discharging bills, and receiving and stacking bills. And a banknote stacking unit that discharges the banknotes that are stacked, a transport path that extends between the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and the banknote stacking unit, and the banknotes that have been inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit through the transport path. Conveying means for conveying the banknotes discharged from the banknote accumulating section to the banknote depositing / dispensing section while being conveyed to the accumulating section, and an inspecting section provided on the conveying path for inspecting the banknotes passing through the conveying path, A detection unit provided on the conveyance path for detecting the conveyance state of the bill, and when the detection unit detects that the conveyance state of the bill is unsuitable, the conveyance unit reverses the unsuitable bill against the inspection unit. And transported to is characterized by and a control means for elimination from the conveying path.

According to the bill handling apparatus of the present invention as set forth in claim 2, the detecting means is provided on the conveyance path between the bill depositing / dispensing section and the inspection means, and is sent from the bill depositing / dispensing section. Detecting the conveyance state of the banknotes, the control means, when the conveyance state of the banknotes is detected by the detection means is unsuitable, conveys the unsuitable banknotes in the direction opposite to the inspection means by the conveying means, and It is characterized in that it is configured to be returned to the bill deposit / withdrawal unit.

Further, according to the bill handling apparatus of the present invention according to claim 8, the detecting means is provided on the conveyance path between the inspection means and the bill stacking section, and is sent from the bill stacking section. Detecting the conveyance state of the banknotes, the control means, when the conveyance state of the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking unit is detected to be unsuitable by the detection means, the unsuitable banknotes by the conveyor means as the inspection means. It is characterized in that it is configured to be transported in the opposite direction and removed from the transport path.

According to the bill handling apparatus configured as described above, the conveyance state of the bills taken out from the bill depositing / dispensing unit or the bill stacking unit is detected by the detecting unit in advance before reaching the checking unit, and is unsuitable. If it is, the improper banknote is conveyed in the opposite direction without being conveyed to the inspection means and is removed from the conveying path.

For example, when a banknote taken out from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit is unsuitable at the time of deposit transaction, the unsuitable banknote is returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and refunded to the user. In addition, during the dispensing transaction, if the bill taken out from the bill stacking unit is unsuitable, the unsuitable bill is discharged from the transport path.

In this way, by feeding the unsuitable banknotes, which are likely to cause jams when transported in the forward direction, in the opposite direction without directly transporting them forward, the occurrence of jams is prevented and the unsuitable banknotes are removed. It is excluded from the transport path to ensure the subsequent processing.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An automatic teller machine equipped with a deposit / withdrawal circulation type banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic teller machine 1 (hereinafter referred to as an ATM) includes a substantially rectangular box-shaped housing 2 as a main body of the machine,
A substantially L-shaped operation unit 4 facing the user is formed on the front surface of the housing 2. The housing 2 has a door 3 that can be opened and closed, and FIG. 1 shows a state in which the door 3 is open.

A banknote deposit / withdrawal port 5 is provided on the horizontal surface of the operating section 4 for depositing or withdrawing a large number of banknotes P to be deposited, transferred, transferred or withdrawn. A door 6 that can be opened and closed is provided at the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 5. Further, a coin deposit / withdrawal port 7 for depositing / dispensing coins is formed in a horizontal portion of the coral portion, and the coin deposit / withdrawal port 7 is opened and closed by a door 8.

Further, on the horizontal plane of the operation section 4, there is provided a display section 13 comprising a liquid crystal display device 14 having a touch panel. The display unit 13 displays the operation procedure and other information on the liquid crystal display device by illustrations, characters or words to guide the user, and the display shows the personal identification number, amount, account number, transaction approval, confirmation or cancellation. Display the key corresponding to. Then, when the displayed key is pressed, the touch panel detects it and
A so-called key input operation for outputting a corresponding signal to the main control unit 12 described later is performed.

On the vertical surface of the operation unit 4, a card insertion slot 10 for inserting a card in which a personal identification number and an account number are recorded and a passbook insertion slot 1 for inserting a passbook.
1, etc. are provided.

In the housing 2, a main controller 12 for controlling the operation of the entire ATM, a card inserted from the card insertion slot 10 is received, and account information such as a personal identification number and an account number is input from a magnetic stripe portion on the card. A card reader / receipt printer 9 for reading and issuing a receipt in which transaction details are recorded for a user who does not bring a passbook, information is read from the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted from the insertion slot 11, and the passbook and journal paper not shown. A passbook printer 15 for recording transaction details is provided.

The main control unit 12 is composed of a microcomputer and the like, performs online data exchange with a remotely provided host computer, and controls execution of various transactions according to a program stored in a built-in storage unit.

In addition, the housing 2 receives and counts and stores paper defects inserted in the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 5, and
A deposit / withdrawal recycle type banknote handling device 16 that pays out a specified amount of paper to the deposit / withdrawal port 4, and a coin inserted into the coin deposit / withdrawal port 7, and a coin with a designated amount is inserted into the coin deposit / withdrawal port. A coin handling device 17 for paying out to 7 is provided.

Next, the deposit / withdrawal circulation type banknote handling apparatus 16 according to the present embodiment, which is disposed in the housing 2, will be described. First, the overall configuration will be schematically described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the banknote handling device 16 includes a rectangular box-shaped main body 18 having a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 5 formed in an upper portion thereof. In the main body 18, below the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 5, there is provided a pay-in / pay-out hopper 19 that functions as a possible banknote pay-in / pay-out unit that can receive a large number of banknotes in a batch.

In the vicinity of the pay-in / pay-out hopper 19, there is provided a take-out device 20 for taking out the bills in the pay-in / pay-out hopper one by one. In addition, in the upper part of the main body 18, the take-out device 2
Deposit deposit stacking unit 22 for temporarily depositing deposited bills taken out by 0, dispensing deposit unit 23 for temporarily depositing dispensed bills to be dispensed to deposit / withdraw hopper 19, and deposit bills, dispensed bill tickets An inspection unit 24 is provided as an inspection unit that inspects seeds, correctness, authenticity, and the like.

At the bottom of the main body 18, a reject bank 25 for storing reject banknotes such as folded tickets and double-ply banknotes that are inappropriate for dispensing, and a banknote stack for accommodating deposited banknotes at the time of dispensing transaction. First to third stackers 2 as parts
6, 27 and 28 are arranged side by side. These first to third stackers 26, 27, and 28 are used as a 1,000-yen store that stores 1,000-yen banknotes, a 10,000-yen store that stores 10,000-yen banknotes, and a safe that stores other banknotes. Further, on the side of the first stacker 26, a reject box 30 for accommodating jam banknotes described later is provided.

In the main body 18, a large number of conveying paths for conveying the banknotes one by one through the respective constituent parts are formed. These conveying paths are composed of a large number of conveying rollers 32 as a conveying means and a large number of conveying belts 34 stretched over the conveying rollers, and can convey a banknote while sandwiching it between the conveying belts. .

The main motor 35 for driving the conveyor rollers 32 and the conveyor belt 34 which form the conveyor path is rotationally driven only in one direction, and conveys the banknotes in a predetermined one direction except for a specific conveyor path. As shown by the hatched lines in FIG. 3, the specific transport path is a transport path 36 for transporting the banknotes taken out from the takeout device 20 toward the deposit temporary stacking section 22, and the first to third stackers 26, 27, 28 and a reject path 30 that extends above the reject box 30 and corresponds to a transport path 38 that transports banknotes between them.

The transport rollers forming the transport paths 36 and 38 are driven by a forward / reverse motor 42 capable of normal and reverse rotation via drive belts 40 and 41, respectively. Therefore, by controlling the rotation direction of the forward / reverse motor 42,
The bills can be transported through the transport paths 36 and 38 in the regular transport direction and the opposite direction.

Further, various sensors as detecting means are provided at predetermined positions on the conveying path. That is, as will be described later, the transport path 36 is provided with a detecting unit for detecting the state of the banknote immediately after being taken out from the depositing / dispensing hopper 19 by the taking-out device 20, and a first sensor 43 as a first detecting unit. The first end of the transport path 38 is
The second sensor 44 is provided as a detection unit and a second detection unit that detects the state of the banknotes taken out from the third to third stackers 26, 27, and 28, in particular, the shape information. Further, the take-out device 20 is provided with a later-described thickness sensor that detects the thickness of the bill at the time of taking out.

Further, a plurality of sorting gates G1 to G7 are provided at predetermined positions of the transport path to switch the transport direction of the banknotes and transport the banknotes to predetermined portions.
Each sorting gate is rotated between two positions by a solenoid (not shown) or the like to sort the bills in either of two directions.

In addition, the main body 18 is provided with a unit controller 45 for controlling the above-mentioned various mechanical units according to a program instruction from the main controller 12, a power supply unit 46 of the bill handling apparatus, and the like. The unit control section 45 constitutes the control means in the present invention together with the main control section 12.

Next, the configuration of each part will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, the depositing / dispensing hopper 19 has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional shape, and its opening faces the depositing / dispensing position shown by the solid line in FIG. It is provided so as to be rotatable around the pivot shaft 47 between a rotation position which is rotated by 90 degrees and the opening faces sideways and which is indicated by a dashed line in FIG.
The deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 has a deposit / withdrawal port 5 at the deposit / withdrawal position.
The bills are received and paid out to the user in the upright state via the, and at the rotation position, the deposited bills are sent to the transport path by a take-out device described later, or the dispensed bills that are transported are sent. Accept and stack. The deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 is driven by a motor (not shown).
It is selectively rotated to the above two positions.

In the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19, a backup plate 48 extending horizontally at the rotating position is provided.
Further, a ball screw 50 extending in the vertical direction, a motor 51 for rotating the ball screw, and a gear mechanism 52 are provided on the outer surface of the depositing / dispensing hopper 19. Then, one end of the backup plate 48 is connected to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19
Through and engages with the ball screw 50. Therefore, by driving the motor 51, the backup plate 48 moves up and down in the vertical direction in FIG. 4, and the banknotes stacked in the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 are pressed against the bottom wall side of the deposit / withdrawal hopper.
In this way, the backup plate 48, the ball screw 50, the gear mechanism 52, and the motor 51 constitute the pressing means in this invention.

2, 4 and 5 take-out device 20
Has a pair of feeding rollers 54 for taking out banknotes from the depositing / dispensing hopper 19 at the time of depositing transaction and sending the banknotes into the depositing / dispensing hopper at the time of dispensing transaction. These feeding rollers 54 are attached to a rotating shaft 56 rotatably supported by a support frame 55.

A pulley 57 is attached to one end of the rotary shaft 56, and a drive belt 59 is stretched between the pulley 57 and a motor 58 which can rotate in the forward and reverse directions. Therefore, by driving the motor 58, the payout roller 54 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions.

Further, the feeding roller 54 is arranged below the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19, and when the deposit / withdrawal hopper is rotated to the rotation position, it is passed through a slit (not shown) formed in the bottom wall of the deposit / withdrawal hopper. Part of it enters the deposit and withdrawal hopper.

A pair of parallel arms 60 are rotatably supported on the rotary shaft 56, and a rotary shaft 61 extending parallel to the rotary shaft 56 is attached to one end of these arms. Then, the feeding roller 54 is attached to the rotary shaft 61.
A pair of intermittent feed rollers 62 that cooperates with and sends out bills is attached. A pulley 64 is attached to one end of the rotating shaft 61 via an electromagnetic clutch 63, and a pulley 65 attached to the other end of the pulley 64 and the rotating shaft 56.
The drive belt 66 is stretched between the and. Therefore,
When the electromagnetic clutch 63 is turned on while the feeding roller 54 is rotationally driven, the intermittent feeding roller 62 is rotationally driven in the same direction as the feeding roller for the ON time of the electromagnetic clutch.

A tension spring 67 is installed between the other end of the arm 60 and a device frame (not shown). As a result, the arm 60 is biased clockwise around the rotary shaft 56 in FIG. 4, and the intermittent feed roller 62 is biased toward the bottom wall of the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19. Each of the intermittent feed rollers 62 can enter the deposit / withdrawal hopper through a slit (not shown) formed in the bottom wall of the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19.

In the vicinity of the other end of one arm 60,
A photo interrupter 68 is provided as a position sensor that detects the rotating operation of the arm 60. Then, the photo interrupter 68 shields light when the arm 60 is rotated to a predetermined position and outputs a detection signal.

The take-out device 20 constructed as described above
At the time of deposit transaction, when the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 that has received the bill is rotated to the rotation position, as shown in FIG.
The drive motor 51 is driven to lower the backup plate 48, and the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 are fed out.
And pressing it against the intermittent feed roller 62.

Then, the intermittent feeding roller 62 is pushed by the bill P and descends, and the arm 60 rotates counterclockwise against the urging force of the tension spring 67. Thereby, the arm 6
The other end of 0 shields the photo interrupter 68 from light and outputs a detection signal to the unit controller 45. Then, during the take-out operation, the unit controller 45 drives the backup plate 48 to descend in accordance with the decrease of the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 so that the photo interrupter 68 is always shielded by the arm 60. The motor 51 is controlled. As a result, the lowermost bill P in the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 is always pressed against the feeding roller 54 and the intermittent feeding roller 62 with a predetermined pressure.

In this state, the feeding roller 54 is rotated in the forward direction by the motor 58 and the intermittent feeding roller 62 is also rotated in the forward direction, so that the lowermost banknotes P are fed one by one from the depositing / dispensing hopper 19 into the conveying path. Be paid out.

On the other hand, as will be described later, when the thickness sensor or the first sensor 43 detects an abnormality in the feeding state of the bill P or a conveyance abnormality, the bill P being conveyed is returned to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19. Be done.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when an abnormality is detected, the motor 42 is rotationally driven in the opposite direction, and the conveying path 3
6 conveys the conveyor belt in the opposite direction to move the bill P.
Are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19. At the same time, the drive motor 51 raises the backup plate 48 to the upper limit. Then, the intermittent feeding roller 62 is released from the pressing force of the bill P and is raised by the urging force of the tension spring 67. As a result, the intermittent feeding roller 62 pushes up the banknotes P remaining in the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 and secures a space in the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 for receiving returned banknotes without being caught. That is, the intermittent feed roller 62, the arm 60, the tension spring 67, the photo interrupter 68.
Constitutes the space forming means in the present invention.

In this state, the motor 58 is rotationally driven in the reverse direction, and the feeding roller 54 and the intermittent feeding roller 62 are driven.
When is rotated in the opposite direction, the returned banknote P is returned into the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 by the feeding roller and the intermittent feeding roller. After the bill P is returned, the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 is rotated to the deposit / withdrawal position, the deposit / withdrawal door 6 is opened, and the bill P is refunded to the user. Then, the user takes out the banknote P from the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19, extends the wrinkled banknote, removes the defective banknote, and then performs the deposit operation again.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, the take-out device 20 comprises a thickness detecting section 70. The thickness detecting unit 70 includes a pair of reversing rollers 72 that are in rolling contact with the feeding roller 54, and these reversing rollers 72 are attached to a common rotating shaft 74 supported by a pair of left and right arms 73a and 73b. . The rotating shaft 74 extends in parallel with the rotating shaft 56 of the feeding roller 54, and a pulley 75 is attached to one of the extending ends. Then, the drive belt 76 is stretched between the pulley 75 and a motor (not shown), and the pair of reverse rotation rollers 72 is rotated by this motor in the direction opposite to the feeding roller 54. When the feeding roller 54 rotates in the normal direction and the reverse rotation roller 72 rotates in the reverse direction,
String P accumulated in a bundle in the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19
Are sequentially separated from the lowermost bill P1 and fed out.

On the other hand, the arms 73a and 73b are rotatably supported at their intermediate portions by pivots 77a and 77b, respectively. A tension spring 78 is provided between the lower end of each arm and a device frame (not shown), and the pair of reverse rotation rollers 72 are pressed against the feeding roller 54 with a predetermined pressure by these tension springs.

Rotation angle measuring elements 80a and 80b such as potentiometers are attached to the pivots 77a and 77b, respectively. Feeding roller 54 and reverse rotation roller 72
When the banknote P passes between the two, the reverse rotation roller 72 moves in the direction away from the feeding roller 54 according to the thickness of the banknote P, and the arms 73a and 73b and the pivots 77a and 77.
b rotates a small angle. Then, the rotation angle measuring element 80
Reference numerals a and 80b detect the rotation angles of the pivots 77a and 77b, respectively.

Since this rotation angle is proportional to the thickness of the banknote P taken out, the rotation angle measuring elements 80a, 80
The difference between the detection result of b and the specified thickness condition can be determined. For example, if the left-side reversing roller 72 has passed the thickness of one sheet, but the right-side reversing roller 72b measures the thickness of 0 sheet, this means that the width direction of the banknote is only half. It can be determined that it has passed. If both of them measure the thickness of three bills, it can be seen that a plurality of bills are about to be delivered in an overlapping manner.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 9, the first sensor 43 for detecting the state of the banknote P immediately after being taken out from the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 by the takeout device 20 is orthogonal to the banknote transport direction. It has four optical sensors S1 to S4 arranged side by side in the direction. Each optical sensor has a light emitting element and a light receiving element facing the conveyance surface,
When the bill passes between the light emitting element and the light receiving element, a bright / dark signal is output.

FIG. 10 shows an example of outputs from the optical sensors S1 to S4. From the outputs of these optical sensors, a first determination is made as to whether or not the dark signal has been output from all the optical sensors S1 to S4 during the delta S from the timing S at which the dark signal is first generated. Next, a timing E at which the optical sensor indicating the rear end of the banknote, which is guided from the length of the banknote P in the transport direction, should output a bright signal is set in advance. A second determination is made whether the optical sensor has gone from dark to bright.

When the dark signal and the bright signal of the four optical sensors S1 to S4 are all within the range of Delta S and Delta E, the bill P is normal and can be taken out and conveyed normally. You can see that However, among the optical sensors S1 to S4, the dark or bright signal of at least one of the optical sensors is the delta S.
And out of the Delta E range, FIG.
As shown in (a) to (d), the skew of the bill P,
It is possible to judge abnormalities such as stacking, breaking, and damage.

The second sensor 44 provided at the end of the transport path 38 is also constructed in the same manner as the above-mentioned first sensor 43. Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the deposit temporary stacking unit 22 has a stacking container 22a that stacks bills for one deposit transaction, and a take-out roller 82 and a stacking roller 83 are provided in the vicinity of the upper opening thereof. , And a motor 84 for driving the take-out roller. Also, the collection container 22a
Inside, there is provided a backup plate 85 that can move up and down to press the collected banknotes toward the take-out roller 82.

At the time of deposit transaction, the bills sent through the transport path 36 are taken into the empty collecting container 22a by the collecting roller 30 and stacked on the backup plate 85. When the depositing operation is completed, the bills accumulated in the accumulating container 22a are taken out one by one by the take-out roller 82 and fed out to the conveying path. The take-out roller 82
Is configured so that a predetermined number of banknotes required for a transaction can be delivered to the transport path by controlling the rotation of an independent motor 84.

The withdrawal temporary accumulating section 34 includes a conveyor belt pair 34.
When the number of bills to be dispensed is once pooled and reaches a predetermined number, the bills are collectively discharged to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19. The first to third stackers 26, 27, 28 arranged side by side in the lower portion of the main body 18 all have the same configuration. As an example, the 10,000-yen stacker 26 includes a take-out roller 86a and a stacking roller 87a22a provided near the upper opening thereof. The take-out roller 86a is rotationally driven by an independent motor 88a. Further, in the 10,000 yen stacker 26, a motor 90a and a belt 92a are provided.
A backup plate 91a driven by is arranged so as to be able to move up and down.

At the time of the dispensing transaction, the banknotes stacked horizontally in the 10,000-yen stacker 26 are pressed against the take-out roller 86a by the backup plate 91a, and taken out one by one from the uppermost banknote by the take-out roller 86a. Further, at the time of deposit transaction, the bills sent through the conveying path 38 are transferred to the stacker 26a by the stacking roller 87a.
It is taken in and accumulated on the banknotes in the stacker.
Further, the backup plate 91a moves upward to press the banknotes against the take-out roller 86a when the money is dispensed by a sensor control (not shown), and at the time of depositing a predetermined size between the uppermost portion of the banknotes and the stacking roller 87a. To secure a storage space for the deposited banknotes.

Next, the flow of bills in each transaction of the bill handling apparatus configured as described above will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 12, when a user deposits banknotes into the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 during a deposit transaction, the deposit / dispensing bills are taken out one by one from the deposit / withdrawal hopper by the take-out device 20 and sent to the transport path 36. To be Then, each bill is guided to the inspecting unit 24 through another conveyance path, and counting, genuine bill / unfit bill discrimination, and the like are performed therein. The banknotes are sent to the temporary deposit stacking unit 22 and temporarily stacked.

Further, as a result of the inspection by the inspection unit 24, rejected bills such as unfit banknotes are once sent to the withdrawal temporary accumulation unit 23 and accumulated, and then collectively withdrawn and withdrawn. It is returned to the hopper 19 and returned to the user.

When there is no reject banknote and the deposited banknotes are normally accumulated in the temporary deposit bank 22 and the user inputs the deposit amount for approval in accordance with the transaction flow (not shown), as shown in FIG. Are taken out one by one from the deposit temporary stacking unit 22, again passed through the inspection unit 24, transported to any one of the first to third stackers 26, 27, 28 according to the denomination, and accumulated in each stacker. It

At this time, the banknotes determined by the inspection unit 24 to be unsuitable for withdrawal are sent to the reject box 25 and accommodated therein, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
At the time of withdrawal transaction, the banknotes of the amount and denomination designated by the user are the first to third stackers 26, respectively.
The banknotes taken out from 27 and 28 are passed through the inspection section 24 where they are inspected for denominations, damages, etc., and then temporarily accumulated in the withdrawal accumulation section 23. Then, after banknotes of a predetermined amount are accumulated, these banknotes are collectively sent to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 and paid out to the user.

At this time, the bills judged by the inspection unit 24 to be unsuitable for withdrawal are sent to and housed in the reject box 24 showing the reject route, as shown in FIG. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 18, in the deposit transaction, if the first sensor 43 or the thickness detection unit 70 detects a banknote abnormality or a conveyance abnormality before the deposited banknote reaches the inspection unit 24, The mechanism is driven in the reverse direction, and the abnormal bill is returned to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 without being conveyed forward.

That is, when the first sensor 43 or the thickness detecting section 70 detects an abnormality such as skew of banknotes or stacking as shown in FIG.
Is stopped, and the forward / reverse motor 42 that independently drives the conveyor belt forming the conveyor path 36 is temporarily stopped. Therefore, the main motor 35 drives only the conveyance path portion for conveying the bills in the forward direction, and only the normal bills already fed to the conveyance path are received in the temporary depositing unit 2
It is transported to 2.

Thereafter, the forward / reverse motor 42 is driven in the reverse direction,
The abnormal bill in the transport path 36 is returned to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19,
It will be refunded to the user. For example, the case of depositing 10 banknotes will be described more specifically. The banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 are sequentially taken out from the first banknote. For example, if the first sensor 43 determines that the fifth banknote is an abnormal banknote, the banknote is deposited / dispensed. Returned to hopper 19. The first to fourth bills taken out before that time have already been accumulated in the temporary deposit stacking unit 22.

The banknotes accumulated in the deposit temporary accumulation section 22 are
The inspection unit 24 may determine that the bill is a reject bill due to other factors. At this time, the reject bill is sent to the withdrawal temporary stacking unit 23 to be stacked. Then, the reject banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal temporary accumulation unit 23 are
The banknote determined to be abnormal by the first sensor 43 or the thickness detection unit 70 is returned to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 and then returned to the deposit / withdrawal hopper. After that, the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19 is rotated to the deposit / withdrawal position, and the abnormal bill and the reject bill are refunded to the user.

At this time, to the user, the liquid crystal display device 14 said, "Some of the accepted bills are difficult to handle. Correct the folds, wrinkles, etc., or remove them and then re-issue the bills. Please display. ”Message is displayed, and if the banknote is re-inserted, the deposit transaction is restarted. According to such a process, it is not necessary to return the abnormal bill and the reject bill separately, and the processing time can be shortened.

In the above example, when four bills are stacked in the deposit temporary stacking unit 22 and the remaining six bills are re-inserted, as in the above, the take-out device 2
The banknotes are taken out one by one from the depositing / dispensing hopper 19 by 0, and the presence / absence of abnormality is again detected by the first sensor 43 and the thickness detecting unit 70.

Then, when the bill take-out abnormality or the conveyance abnormality is detected again, it can be determined that the user has not sufficiently taken out the folds and wrinkles of the taken-out bills. In this way, in the case where a bill is abnormally taken out or conveyed in the same deposit transaction a plurality of times, the last abnormal bill is returned, and then only the bills already taken into the deposit temporary stacking unit 22 are deposited. I do.

In this case, the user is told to the liquid crystal display device 14 that "a part of the deposited banknotes could not be handled by the machine. I received 40,000 yen. If you like," “OK”, and if not, please press the “NO” button ”message.

When the "OK" button is pressed, the deposit operation similar to that of FIG.
Transport to 6, 27, 28 and collect. In addition, the account is exchanged with the center, the balance is changed, the balance, etc. is recorded for use and released to the user, and the deposit transaction is completed. "NO"
When the button is pressed, all the banknotes are returned from the temporary deposit stacking unit 22 to the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19, and the deposit transaction is completed.

The fact that the banknote abnormality is discriminated by the take-out device 20 repeatedly as described above may be a banknote which cannot be processed by a machine, for example, a banknote clipped or a banknote folded as a bundle. There is a risk that it may cause a jam if it is forcibly taken out and processed. Therefore, when a banknote abnormality is detected a plurality of times, for example, two to four times, it is desirable to stop accepting such banknotes. However, according to the above-mentioned processing method, it is possible to continue the deposit transaction for bills that have already been captured, and if the user does not wish, return the captured bills and cancel all deposit transactions. You can also

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 19, in the dispensing transaction, the banknotes taken out from any one of the first to third stackers 26, 27 and 28 reach the second sensor by the second sensor. When the banknote take-out abnormality or the conveyance abnormality is detected by 44, the conveyance mechanism is driven in the reverse direction, and the abnormal bill is sent to the reject box 30 without being conveyed to the front and stored.

That is, the second sensor 44 shown in FIG.
When an abnormality such as skew or stacking of bills as shown in FIG. 1 is detected, the operation of the take-out rollers 86a to 86c of each stacker is stopped, and the conveyor belt forming the conveyor path 38 is independently driven. The forward / reverse motor 42 is temporarily stopped. Therefore, the main motor 35 drives only the conveying path portion for conveying the bills in the forward direction, and only the normal bills already fed to the conveying path are inspected by the inspection unit 2.
It is conveyed to the temporary withdrawal collection unit 23 via 4.

Subsequently, the forward / reverse motor 42 is driven in reverse,
The abnormal banknotes in the transport path 38 are sent to the reject box 30 and stored therein. After that, the withdrawal transaction is restarted, and the bill is taken out from the corresponding stacker and sent to the withdrawal temporary stacking unit 23. Then, after a predetermined amount of banknotes are accumulated in the temporary withdrawal accumulating unit 23, they are paid out to the user via the deposit / withdrawal hopper 19.

For example, a case will be described in detail as an example where the user designates withdrawal of ten 10,000 yen banknotes.
In addition, it is assumed that the first and second stackers 26 and 27 store 10,000-yen banknotes, and the third stacker 28 stores 1,000-yen banknotes.

First, the banknotes are taken out from the first stacker 26, and for example, the fourth banknote is correctly fed out and conveyed to the temporary dispensing withdrawing section 23, and the fifth banknote is transferred to the second sensor 4.
It is assumed that the takeout abnormality or the conveyance abnormality is detected by 4. Then, the drive of the forward / reverse motor 42 is immediately stopped and the conveyance of the bill in the conveyance path 38 is stopped. This time,
Since the next sixth and subsequent bills have also been taken out, the take-out roller 86a of the first stacker 26 takes out one bill, and then the take-out roller is stopped and driven.

In this state, the forward / reverse motor 42 is driven in the reverse direction to convey the banknotes in the conveying path 38 in the reverse direction, and the fifth banknote judged to be abnormal and the banknotes taken out thereafter are transferred. Store in the reject box 30.

Here, the first stacker 26 judges that there is a possibility of inconvenience in feeding out bills, and the stacker used for taking out bills is automatically switched from the first stacker to the second stacker 27. After that, the second stacker 2
The banknote is taken out from the banknote 7 and is transported to the temporary dispensing and accumulating section 23. Then, when 10 banknotes are accumulated in the temporary withdrawal accumulating unit 23, they are collectively withdrawn, and the withdrawal transaction is completed.

As described above, when a bill take-out abnormality or a conveyance abnormality is detected, the stacker is automatically switched to reduce the possibility of occurrence of bill jam.

According to the bill handling apparatus configured as described above, in the depositing transaction, the first sensor provided immediately after the depositing / dispensing hopper 19 detects the dispensed and conveyed states of the bills, for example, a large bill. When there is an abnormality such as skew, stacking, half-folding, or damage, the transport mechanism is immediately driven in the reverse direction to return the abnormal banknote to the deposit / withdrawal hopper. Further, in the dispensing transaction, the second sensor provided in the vicinity of the first to third stackers detects the take-out and conveyance states of the banknotes taken out from the stacker, for example, large skew, stacking, half When there is an abnormality such as a fold or breakage, the conveyance mechanism is immediately driven in the reverse direction to collect the abnormal bill into the reject box.

As described above, by preliminarily discriminating the states of the deposited bill and the dispensed bill before being conveyed to the inspection unit 24, it is not necessary to convey the abnormal bill to the inspection unit through a long conveyance path, and the abnormal bill The jam can be prevented. When an abnormality in a bill is detected, the conveyance mechanism is immediately driven in reverse to convey the abnormal bill in the opposite direction, thereby returning or collecting the abnormal bill, which is likely to expand the bill jam, and conveys the bill. It can be removed smoothly from the road. Therefore, the abnormal bill does not hinder the subsequent conveyance of bills, and the occurrence of jam can be prevented more reliably.

From the above, the occurrence of banknote jam can be significantly reduced, and the reliability of the banknote handling apparatus and the reliability of the entire automatic transaction apparatus can be improved. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention. For example, the banknote handling apparatus is not limited to ATM, but can be applied to other banknote processing apparatuses having comparatively complicated transport paths. It is applicable and is not limited to ATM.

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As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the state of the bill is detected in advance before the bill is conveyed to the inspection means, and when there is an abnormality, the bill is conveyed in the opposite direction and is conveyed from the conveying path. Since the bills are discharged, it is possible to prevent the bills from being jammed in the conveyance path and to provide a bill handling apparatus with improved reliability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an ATM according to an embodiment of the present invention with its front door opened.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a bill handling apparatus in the above ATM.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of the bill handling apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a depositing / dispensing hopper and a dispensing device of the bill handling apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the take-out device.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the operations of the deposit / withdrawal hopper and the take-out device during a deposit transaction.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the operations of the deposit / withdrawal hopper and the take-out device at the time of collecting an abnormal bill.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a thickness detection unit in the take-out device.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a first sensor portion of the bill handling apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a timing chart showing an output signal of the first sensor.

FIG. 11 is a plan view schematically showing various abnormal banknotes.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the bill handling apparatus showing a flow of bills in a deposit transaction.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote handling apparatus showing a flow of unsuitable banknotes determined by an inspection unit in a deposit transaction.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the banknote handling apparatus showing a flow of normal banknotes in a deposit transaction.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote handling apparatus showing a flow of unsuitable banknotes determined by an inspection unit in a deposit transaction.

FIG. 16 is a sectional view of the banknote handling apparatus showing a flow of normal banknotes in a dispensing transaction.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote handling device showing a flow of an unsuitable banknote determined by an inspection unit in a dispensing transaction.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of the bill handling apparatus showing a flow of bills when a bill abnormality is determined by the first sensor in a deposit transaction.

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote handling apparatus showing a flow of banknotes when a banknote abnormality is discriminated by a second sensor in a dispensing transaction.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 ... Main control part 16 ... Banknote handling device 19 ... Deposit / withdrawal hopper 20 ... Extractor 22 ... Temporary deposit deposit part 23 ... Temporary deposit part 24 ... Inspecting part 25 ... Reject box 26 ... First stacker 27 ... Second Stacker 28 ... Third stacker 30 ... Reject box 32 ... Conveying roller 34 ... Conveying belt 35 ... Main motor 36, 38 ... Conveying path 42 ... Forward / reverse motor 43 ... First sensor 44 ... Second sensor 45 ... Control Unit 48 ... Backup plate 54 ... Delivery roller 60 ... Arm 62 ... Intermittent feed roller 70 ... Thickness detection unit

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --- Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kunio Fukatsu 70 Yanagimachi, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Toshiba Yanagimachi Factory

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A banknote deposit / withdrawal section for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking section for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and a section between the banknote deposit / withdrawal section and the banknote stacking section. Through a transport path extending through and a transport path that transports the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section to the banknote stacking section, and transports the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking section to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. Means, an inspection means provided on the conveyance path for inspecting a banknote passing through the conveyance path, a detection means provided on the conveyance path for detecting a conveyance status of the banknote, and a conveyance status of the banknote is unsuitable by the detection means. When it is detected that the banknote handling apparatus includes a control unit that transfers the inappropriate banknote by the transfer unit in a direction opposite to that of the inspection unit and removes the inappropriate banknote from the transfer path. . 2. A banknote depositing / dispensing unit for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking unit for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and between the banknote depositing / dispensing unit and the banknote stacking unit. Through a transport path extending through and a transport path that transports the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section to the banknote stacking section, and transports the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking section to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. Means, an inspection means provided on the conveyance path for inspecting a banknote passing through the conveyance path, and a detection provided on the conveyance path between the banknote depositing / dispensing section and the inspection means to detect a conveyance state of the banknote And a means for returning the unsuitable banknotes to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section by transporting the unsuitable banknotes in a direction opposite to that of the inspection means by the transport means when the transport state of the banknotes is detected to be unsuitable by the means , A banknote handling device comprising: 3. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking unit for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and between the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and the banknote stacking unit. A conveyance path extending through the conveyance path, an inspection means provided on the conveyance path for inspecting the banknotes passing through the conveyance path, and taking out the banknotes one by one from the banknote depositing / dispensing section and delivering the banknotes to the conveyance path. The take-out means for taking the bills of the above into the bill depositing / dispensing section, and the bill feeding / discharging section provided between the bill depositing / dispensing section and the inspecting means, and the feeding state of the bills fed to the transport path by the taking-out means. Through the detecting means for detecting and the conveying path, the banknotes taken out from the banknote depositing / dispensing section are conveyed to the banknote stacking section, and the banknotes are transferred between the banknote depositing / dispensing section and the detecting section. When the conveyance state of the banknote is detected by the conveyance means capable of being conveyed in the direction and the detection means to be unsuitable, the above-mentioned unsuitable banknote is conveyed in the opposite direction to the above-mentioned inspection means by the above-mentioned conveyance means, and the above-mentioned banknote deposit / withdrawal A bill handling apparatus comprising: a control unit for returning to a bank. 4. The banknote deposit / withdrawal section has a pressing means for pressing the banknotes in the banknote deposit / withdrawal section toward the withdrawing means, and the withdrawing means, when the unsuitable banknote is returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal, The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising space forming means for forming a space for receiving the unsuitable banknote between the takeout means and the pressing means. 5. A banknote depositing / dispensing section for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking section for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and a section between the banknote depositing / dispensing section and the banknote stacking section. Through a transport path extending through and a transport path that transports the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section to the banknote stacking section, and transports the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking section to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. Means, an inspection means provided on the conveyance path for inspecting a banknote passing through the conveyance path, and a detection provided on the conveyance path between the banknote depositing / dispensing section and the inspection means to detect a conveyance state of the banknote Means, a depositing temporary stacking unit that is provided on the transport path between the checking unit and the banknote stacking unit, and temporarily stacks the banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit through the verifying unit; Means and A withdrawal temporary stacking unit that is provided on the transport path between the banknote stacking unit and temporarily stacks the banknotes that are determined to be unsuitable by the inspection unit, and the banknote transport state is unsuitable by the detection unit. When it is detected that the improper banknotes are conveyed by the conveying means in a direction opposite to the direction of the inspection means and returned to the banknote depositing / dispensing section, and the unsuitable banknotes accumulated in the dispensing temporary stacking section are transferred to the banknote depositing / dispensing section. A bill handling apparatus comprising: a control unit for returning to a money section. 6. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking unit for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and a banknote stacking unit. The banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section are transported to the banknote stacking section through the transport path extending between the banknotes, and the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking section are transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. And a check means provided on the transfer path for inspecting a banknote passing through the transfer path, and a check part provided on the transfer path between the banknote deposit / withdrawal section and the check means to detect a transfer state of the banknote. A detection means, which is provided on the conveyance path between the inspection means and the banknote stacking section, and a temporary depositing stacking section for temporarily stacking the banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing section through the verifying section, Above detection When the conveyance state of the bill is detected to be unsuitable by the means, the unsuitable bill is conveyed in the opposite direction to the inspection means by the conveying means and returned to the bill deposit / withdrawal section, and from the bill deposit / withdrawal section. When the bill conveyed again is detected to be unsuitable by the detection means,
A bill handling apparatus comprising: a control unit that returns the inappropriate bill to the bill depositing / dispensing unit by the transporting unit and transports the bills accumulated in the deposit temporary depositing unit to the bill depositing unit. 7. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking unit for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and a banknote stacking unit. The banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section are transported to the banknote stacking section through the transport path extending between the banknotes, and the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking section are transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. And a check means provided on the transfer path for inspecting a banknote passing through the transfer path, and a check part provided on the transfer path between the banknote deposit / withdrawal section and the check means to detect a transfer state of the banknote. A detection means, which is provided on the conveyance path between the inspection means and the banknote stacking section, and a temporary depositing stacking section for temporarily stacking the banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing section through the verifying section, Above detection When the conveyance state of the bill is detected to be unsuitable by the means, the unsuitable bill is conveyed in the opposite direction to the inspection means by the conveying means and returned to the bill deposit / withdrawal section, and from the bill deposit / withdrawal section. When the bill conveyed again is detected to be unsuitable by the detection means,
A bill handling apparatus comprising: a control unit that returns the unsuitable bill to the bill depositing / dispensing unit by the transporting unit and returns the bills accumulated in the depositing and depositing unit to the bill depositing / dispensing unit. 8. A banknote depositing / dispensing unit for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking unit for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the stacked banknotes, the banknote depositing / dispensing unit and the banknote stacking unit. The banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section are transported to the banknote stacking section through the transport path extending between the banknotes, and the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking section are transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. And a check means provided on the transfer path for inspecting banknotes passing through the transfer path, provided on the transfer path between the check means and the banknote stacking unit, and detects the transfer status of the banknotes. If the conveyance state of the bill discharged from the bill stacking unit is detected to be unsuitable by the detection unit and the detection unit, the unsuitable bill is conveyed in a direction opposite to that of the inspection unit by the conveyance unit. Bill handling apparatus characterized by and a control means for elimination from the conveyance path. 9. A banknote deposit / withdrawal section for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking section for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal section and a banknote stacking section. A conveyance path extending between the banknote stacking unit, a reject unit adjacent to the banknote stacking unit, a reject unit provided on the transport path, and an inspection unit configured to check the banknotes passing through the transport path; and the banknote stacking unit. It is provided on the transfer path between the banknote stacking section and the inspecting section, and a pick-up section that takes out the banknotes one by one from the copy section and feeds them out to the transfer path, and takes in the banknotes in the transfer path into the banknote stacking section. A detecting means for detecting the conveyance state of the banknotes taken out to the conveying path by the taking-out means; and a banknote taken out from the banknote stacking section through the conveying path, to the banknote depositing / dispensing section. And a conveying means capable of conveying the banknotes taken out from the banknote stacking section in the opposite direction between the reject section and the detecting means, and detecting that the banknote is not properly conveyed by the detecting means. And a control means for conveying the unsuitable bill by the conveying means in a direction opposite to the inspection means and sending the rejected bill to the reject unit. 10. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit for receiving and discharging banknotes, a plurality of banknote stacking units for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and a plurality of banknote deposit / withdrawal units. The banknote inserted into the banknote depositing / dispensing section is transported to the banknote stacking section through a transport path extending between the banknote stacking section and the banknote stacking section, and the banknote discharged from the banknote stacking section is loaded into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. Conveying means for conveying to a money section, inspection means provided on the conveying path for inspecting banknotes passing through the conveying path, and conveying means for banknotes provided on the conveying path between the inspection means and the banknote stacking section When the conveyance state of the bill discharged from any one of the bill stacking units is detected to be unsuitable by the detection unit that detects the state, the unsuitable bill is transferred to the unsuitable Together and conveyed to 査 means the opposite direction to eliminate from the transport path, the bill handling apparatus characterized by and a control means for releasing the bills from further another paper money accumulating portion. 11. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit for receiving and discharging banknotes, a banknote stacking unit for receiving and stacking banknotes and discharging the banknotes stacked, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and a banknote stacking unit. The banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal section are transported to the banknote stacking section through the transport path extending between the banknotes, and the banknotes discharged from the banknote stacking section are transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. And a check means provided on the transfer path for inspecting banknotes passing through the transfer path, provided on the transfer path between the banknote deposit / withdrawal section and the check means, and from the banknote deposit / withdrawal section. First detecting means for detecting a conveyed state of the sent banknotes, and a first detecting means provided on the conveying path between the banknote stacking section and the inspecting means for detecting a transported state of the banknotes sent from the banknote stacking section. 2 detection means When it is detected by the first detecting means that the bill is not properly conveyed, the conveying means conveys the inappropriate bill in a direction opposite to that of the inspection means and returns the bill to the bill depositing / dispensing section. When the second detecting means detects that the banknote is in an improperly conveyed state, the conveying means conveys the improper banknote in a direction opposite to that of the inspecting means, and removes it from the conveying path. A bill handling device characterized by being provided.