WO2009118839A1

WO2009118839A1 - Bill processor

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Publication number: WO2009118839A1
Application number: PCT/JP2008/055716
Authority: WO
Inventors: 豊史岩見
Original assignee: グローリー株式会社
Priority date: 2008-03-26
Filing date: 2008-03-26
Publication date: 2009-10-01
Also published as: JPWO2009118839A1; CN101978398A

Abstract

A bill processor (1) includes an identifying unit (5) for identifying whether bills are being sent facing upward or downward, wrapping collecting sections (15, 16) for stacking the bills being sent one on top of the other and collecting them, a wrapping device (17) for, when predetermined N sheets of bills are collected in the wrapping collecting sections, bundling the N sheets of collected bills with tape, and an Nth bill orientation control means (40) for controlling so that the Nth bill to be collected in the wrapping collecting sections is stacked facing upward on the basis of the identification information of the identifying unit to the effect that the first bill to be collected in the wrapping collecting sections is being sent facing upward.

Description

Banknote handling equipment

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus having a mechanism for accumulating a predetermined number of banknotes and bundling the accumulated banknotes, and in particular, a banknote that can change the direction of banknotes positioned on the front and back of a bundle of banknotes after bundling to a desired direction. The present invention relates to a processing apparatus.

In a financial institution or the like, a bill processing device is used to organize collected bills. This kind of banknote processing apparatus takes the collected banknotes into the apparatus from the deposit port, determines the banknote type, and stacks banknotes for each type. A predetermined type (denomination) of banknotes is transported to a banding device, for example, with 100 sheets as a stacking unit, and banded into a banknote bundle (100 stacked banknotes) with a tape. In the following, regarding the stacked banknotes, those in a state before being banded are referred to as stacked banknotes, and those in a state after being banded are referred to as banknote bundles.

For example, in a Japanese banknote, a surface including a person image is a front surface, and the opposite surface is a back surface. That is, the direction of the banknote when the person image is visible is set to face up, and the direction of the banknote when the person image is not visible is set to face down. And the direction of the banknote in which the person image is in the upright state is set to be upward, and the direction of the banknote in the inverted state is set to be downward.
In a plurality of banknotes at the time of being taken into the deposit port, it is common that the front and back and the vertical direction are not aligned.

For this reason, a banknote handling apparatus has been proposed that can automatically align the front and back sides and the vertical direction of a plurality of banknotes taken in (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).
In the banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, after the orientation of the taken banknote is identified as one of the above four directions (front, back, upward, and downward), first, the first sorting mechanism is used. The taken banknotes are sorted into a first group consisting of front-facing banknotes and a second group consisting of face-down banknotes. And the front-and-back inversion mechanism provided in the banknote processing apparatus merges the banknote in one group among the 1st and 2nd groups with the banknote of the other group, after inverting the front and back. Thereby, the front and back of all the banknotes taken in are arranged. The banknotes whose front and back sides are aligned are sorted into an upward group and a downward group by the second sorting mechanism, and then stacked on different stackers. Thereafter, the upward stacked banknotes and the downward stacked banknotes are individually bound.

Since the banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes a relatively bulky front / back reversing mechanism and a plurality of stacker units, it is inevitable that the apparatus is large and the manufacturing cost is high. Moreover, since the direction of all the banknotes taken in is aligned, it takes time until the band sealing is completed after the banknotes are taken in.
By the way, it is not always required to align all banknotes in the banknote bundle. For example, in China, in a banknote bundle, as long as the orientation of one of the front and back banknotes is front, the other banknotes may not have the same orientation. That is, only the outermost banknote of the banknote bundle may be required for orientation.

Therefore, it is desirable that the banknotes positioned on the front and back sides of the banknote bundle can be in a desired direction without using a large-scale configuration such as the above-described front / back reversing mechanism.
JP 2001-34810 A

The present invention is made based on the background art as described above, and with a simple configuration, a banknote processing apparatus that can change the direction of banknotes positioned on the front and back sides of a banknote bundle after banding to a desired direction. The purpose is to provide.

The banknote handling apparatus (1) of this invention stacks and stacks the banknotes that are sent in order, with an identification unit (5) for identifying whether the banknotes are being sent face-up or face-down. A bundling stacking unit (15, 16), and a bundling device (17) for bundling the N stacked banknotes with tape when a predetermined number N of banknotes are stacked on the bundling stacking unit, Based on the identification information of the identification unit indicating that the first banknote accumulated in the bundling stacking unit is sent face up, the Nth banknote accumulated in the bundling stacking unit is It is a banknote processing apparatus characterized by including the Nth banknote direction control means (40) made to be piled up face up.

In this section, the alphanumeric characters in parentheses indicate reference numerals of corresponding components in the embodiments described later, but the invention is not limited by these reference numerals.
According to said structure, in the stacking | stacking stacking | stacking part, when the banknotes which are sent are piled up and accumulated in order, and the predetermined number N of banknotes (N is 100, for example) are stacked, the N sheets of stacked banknotes are: It is bundled with a tape by a bundling device (17) to form a banknote bundle.

Here, the identification unit (5) identifies whether the banknote is being sent face-up or face-down. And based on the identification information of the identification unit that the 1st banknote integrated | stacked on the stacking | stacking stacking part is sent face-up, the Nth banknote direction control means (40) is the stacking | stacking stacking. The Nth banknotes accumulated in the section are stacked in the front direction.
That is, in the banknote bundle consisting of N banknotes, the first banknote and the Nth banknote are located on either the front or back side of the banknote bundle. When the back side of the first banknote is visible when it becomes a banknote bundle, the front and back sides of the banknote bundle after the banding are simply configured so that the Nth banknote is stacked face up. The banknote located in either one can be turned face up. Therefore, for example, it is possible to improve the appearance of banknote bundles by adapting to the banknote bundle creation process required by Chinese financial institutions.

Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus (1) of this invention is an apparatus which does not have a mechanism which reverses the direction of the banknote sent, Comprising: For temporarily accommodating the banknote provided in the upstream of the said stacking integration part The banknote orientation control means has a temporary holding section (14), and after the N-1 banknotes are stacked in the banding stacking section, the banknote orientation control means is sent to the banding stacking section by the identification information of the identification unit. When the banknote is face down, the banknote sent to the back side is stored in the temporary storage unit, and then the banknote sent face up is stacked as the Nth banknote on the banding stacking unit. May be.

According to the above configuration, the banknote orientation control means is face down until N-1 banknotes are stacked in the banding stacking unit and then the front banknote is conveyed as the Nth banknote. The conveyed banknotes are stored in the temporary storage unit without being accumulated. Therefore, even if it does not have a mechanism for reversing the direction of banknotes to be sent, the Nth banknote can be stacked face up in the banding stacking unit with a simple configuration.

Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus (1) of this invention piles up the banknote sent in order with the identification unit (5) for identifying whether the banknote is sent face up or sent face down. A banding stacking unit (15, 16) for stacking, and a banding device (17) for bundling the N stacked banknotes with a tape when a predetermined number N of banknotes are stacked on the banding stacking unit. Based on the orientation information of the first banknote identified by the identification unit, the Nth banknote accumulated in the banding stacking unit is stacked in the same direction as the first banknote. It is a banknote processing apparatus characterized by including the N-th banknote direction control means (40) to do.

According to said structure, in the stacking | stacking stacking part, when the banknotes which are sent are piled up and collected in order and the predetermined number N banknotes are stacked | stacked, the N stack | stuck banknotes will be carried out by a banding apparatus (17). Bundled with tape to form a banknote bundle.
Here, the identification unit (5) identifies whether the banknote is being sent face-up or face-down. Then, based on the orientation information of the first banknote identified by the identification unit, the Nth banknote orientation control means (40) determines that the Nth banknote to be accumulated in the banding accumulation section is the first. Make sure they are stacked in the same direction as the first note.

In other words, in the banknote bundle made up of N banknotes, the first and Nth banknotes are positioned on the front and back sides of the banknote bundle, and therefore the Nth banknote is the first banknote in the banding stacking unit. With a simple configuration that allows the banknotes to be stacked in the same direction, one side of the bundle of banknotes after banding is the front and the other is the back. Therefore, the appearance of the banknote bundle can be improved.
Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus (1) of this invention is an apparatus which does not have a mechanism which reverses the direction of the banknote sent, Comprising: For temporarily accommodating the banknote provided in the upstream of the said stacking integration part The banknote orientation control means has a temporary holding section (14), and after the N-1 banknotes are stacked in the banding stacking section, the banknote orientation control means is sent to the banding stacking section by the identification information of the identification unit. When the direction of the banknote does not coincide with the first banknote, the banknote is accommodated in the temporary storage unit, and thereafter, the banknotes sent in the direction coinciding with the direction of the first sheet are accumulated for banding. The structure which makes it accumulate | store as a Nth banknote in a part may be sufficient.

According to the above configuration, the banknote orientation control means is configured such that the direction of the banknote sent to the bundling stacking unit does not coincide with the first banknote after N-1 banknotes are stacked in the bundling stacking unit. When the banknotes are stored in the temporary storage unit, the banknotes that are sent in the direction that coincides with the direction of the first sheet are then accumulated as the Nth banknote in the banding stacking unit. Therefore, the Nth banknote is stacked in the same direction as the first banknote in the stacking unit for bundling with a simple configuration without having a mechanism for reversing the direction of the banknotes to be sent. Can do.

Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus (1) of this invention, the said Nth banknote direction control means is provided by-passing in the conveyance path which sends a banknote, and the inversion mechanism (45) which can reverse the banknote sent. The structure containing these may be sufficient.
According to the above configuration, after the N-1 banknotes are stacked on the banding stacking unit, the orientation of the Nth banknote sent to the banding stacking unit does not match the first banknote. Even if it is in the direction, the banknote can be reversed by the reversing mechanism (45), and the banknote can be stacked in the same direction as the first banknote in the banding stacking unit. Thereby, the banknote bundle in which the banknote located in either one of the front and back turns to the front can be created quickly.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing an overall configuration of a banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of N sheets of banknotes (banknote bundle). It is a control circuit block diagram of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and is a block diagram which shows only the part relevant to the characteristic of this invention. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a control operation performed in a control unit 40 illustrated in FIG. 3. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the front-and-back inversion mechanism provided in a banknote processing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing apparatus 5 Identification unit 6 Conveyance path 14 Temporary holding | maintenance part 15 Bundling accumulation part 16 Bundling accumulation part 17 Bundling apparatus 40 Control part 45 Front and back inversion mechanism M Stacked banknote

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
<Overview of overall configuration>
FIG. 1 is an illustrative longitudinal sectional view showing an overall configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The banknote handling apparatus 1 is a cash accounting machine that is installed in a bank or the like and performs banknote accounting.

With reference to FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 1 has a housing 2. The left side in FIG. 1 is the front of the housing 2, and on the front is a hopper 3 as a depositing port for depositing banknotes, a dispensing port 8 provided with an openable / closable shutter at the opening, and a rejected banknote discharging port 7 A bill bundle dispensing port 18 is provided.
Inside the housing 2, the take-in path 4, the identification unit 5, the transport path 6, and the five banknote storages 9 (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, and 9e in order from the left when individually distinguished) )), A temporary holding unit 14, two

banding stacking units

15 and 16, and a banding device 17 are incorporated.

The take-in route 4 is a route for taking in banknotes set in the hopper 3 one by one and sending them to the transport path 6.
The identification unit 5 is for identifying the denomination, correctness, authenticity, etc. of the banknotes transported through the transport path 6 and identifying whether the banknotes are being sent face-up or face-down. Is.

The conveyance path 6 is for conveying the banknote identified by the identification unit 5, has a loop shape, and the banknote on the conveyance path 6 can be conveyed so as to circulate. And the identification unit 5 is arrange | positioned in the middle of the conveyance path 6, and seeing in the conveyance direction (clockwise direction in FIG. 1) of the banknote in the conveyance path 6, on the downstream side of the identification unit 5 in the conveyance path 6 One end of each of the

branch paths

20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 is connected in this order.

The other end of the branch path 20 is connected to the reject banknote outlet 7 or the outlet 8. The other end of the branch path 21 is connected to the temporary storage unit 14, and the other end of the branch path 22 is connected to the

banding stacking unit

15 or 16. The other end of the branch path 23 is connected to the banknote storage 9e, the other end of the branch path 24 is connected to the banknote storage 9d, the other end of the branch path 25 is connected to the banknote storage 9c. The end is connected to the bill storage 9b, and the other end of the branch path 27 is connected to the bill storage 9a.

Here, branching claws (not shown) are provided at the connection positions of the conveyance path 6 and the branch paths 20 to 27. By switching the branch claws, banknotes on the conveyance path 6 are desired. It can be conveyed to the branch paths 20-27.
Of the banknotes deposited from the hopper 3, banknotes identified as reject banknotes (damaged bills, counterfeits, etc.) in the identification unit 5 are transported from the transport path 6 to the branch path 20 and discharged to the reject banknote discharge port 7. Is done.

Banknotes other than reject banknotes deposited from the hopper 3 are normally stored in the temporary storage unit 14 via the branch path 21. After the payment is confirmed, the money is stored in the banknote storage 9 via one of the branch paths 23 to 27 according to the denomination. Moreover, the banknote of the money type accommodated in each banknote storage 9 is drawn out from each banknote storage 9, and is given to the stacking

accumulation part

15 or 16 from the conveyance path 6 via the branch path 22. FIG. Then, a predetermined number (for example, 100) of stacked banknotes stacked in denominations are made into banknote bundles by the banding device 17, and banknote bundles are transported by the transport belt 33 and withdrawn to the banknote bundle dispensing port 18. The

The banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 14 are returned from the withdrawal port 8 via the conveyance path 6 and the branch path 20 when the deposit is canceled.
The flow of banknotes described above (conveyance of banknotes for organization) is a general description, and the banknotes are processed in a desired manner by changing the setting contents of the banknote processing apparatus 1 as described below. Can be arranged in the process.
<Banknote accumulation and wrapping>
Hereinafter, stacking of banknotes in the

banding stacking units

15 and 16 performed in this embodiment and banding in the banding device 17 will be described.

Each of the

banding stacking units

15 and 16 is provided with a stacking plate 32, and banknotes conveyed from the branch path 22 to the

banding stacking units

15 and 16 are stacked on each stacking plate 32 in order from the top. Accumulated.
When N (for example, 100) banknotes are stacked in the

banding stacking sections

15 and 16, the stacked N banknotes (referred to as stacked banknotes M) are banded as shown by the arrows in the drawing. 17 is conveyed. The stacked banknotes M are bound (banded) with a tape (not shown) in the banding device 17 to form banknote bundles and discharged. The banding process is alternately performed on the stacked banknotes M of the banding stacking unit 15 and the stacked banknotes M of the banding stacking unit 16.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of N stacked banknotes (banknote bundles).
With reference to FIG. 2, as described above, in each of the

banding stacking units

15 and 16, banknotes sent from the branch path 22 are stacked on the stacking plate 32 in order from the top. Therefore, in the above-described N stacked banknotes M, the first banknote (the banknote transported first) is directly placed on the stacking plate 32 and then the second banknote is placed on the first banknote. The banknotes after the first are stacked in order, and the Nth banknote is arranged at the top in the stacked banknote M.

The N stacked banknotes M stacked on the stacking plate 32 in this way are band-sealed as described above to form a banknote bundle M, and the first and Nth banknotes described above are displayed in the banknote bundle M. And will be located on the back.
Here, this banknote processing apparatus 1 (refer FIG. 1) does not have a mechanism which reverses the direction of the front and back of the banknote taken in from the hopper 3, and the banknote set in the hopper 3 remains in that direction. Transported and accumulated.

By the way, in China, for example, it is determined that the banknote bundle M must be face up either on the front or back. In other words, as shown in FIG. 2 (1), in the state of the banknote bundle M, even if the first banknote is face down, it is sufficient that the Nth banknote is face up. As shown in 2 (2), if the first banknote is face up, the Nth banknote may be either front or back, as shown in FIG. 2 (3). May be face down.

In order to create such a banknote bundle M (see FIGS. 2 (1) to 2 (3)), the banknote handling apparatus 1 performs a control operation to be described later with respect to stacking banknotes in the

banding stacking sections

15 and 16. Executed.
<Control circuit block>
FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention, and is a block diagram showing only portions related to the features of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote handling apparatus 1 is provided with a control unit 40 as a banknote orientation control means composed of a microcomputer or the like. The control unit 40 controls the transport device 41 and the bundling device 17 based on the banknote identification information given from the identification unit 5. Here, as described above, the transport device 41 includes a branch claw (not shown) provided at the connection position between the transport path 6 and each of the branch paths 20 to 27, and the banknotes to the transport path 6 and the branch paths 20 to 20. 27 (see FIG. 1). That is, the control unit 40 controls the switching of the branch claw (not shown) and the driving of the roller (not shown) with respect to the transport device 41.

In addition, the control unit 40 is set with a number counter C for counting the number of banknotes stacked on the stacking plates 32 of the

banding stacking units

15 and 16.
<Example of control operation>
Next, the control operation for making the direction of the banknote located in either the front or back in the banknote bundle M face up will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a control operation performed in the control unit 40 illustrated in FIG.
The process will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 in accordance with the flow chart of FIG. Here, it is assumed that there is no cancellation of payment.
First, when there is a deposit in the banknote processing apparatus 1 (YES in step S1), the identification information of the deposited banknote is given to the control unit 40 from the identification unit 5 one by one (step S2). As described above, the banknote identification information is information about the denomination, correctness, authenticity, etc. of the banknote, and information about whether the banknote is being sent face-up or face-down.

Based on the identification information of the banknote given from the identification unit 5, the control unit 40 determines whether or not to bind the deposited banknote (step S3). For example, when it is set that only 100 yuan banknotes are selected and banded, all but 100 yuan banknotes are removed from the banding process (NO in step S3).
If the banknote is, for example, a 100 yuan banknote and is determined to be sealed (YES in step S3), the control unit 40 refers to the count value of the number counter C (step S4). When the count value is 0 (YES in step S4), for example, when no banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32 of the banding stacking unit 15, the control unit 40 includes the identification information of the banknotes. Identification information as to whether the sheet is sent face up or faced down is registered as information on the first banknote in the stacked banknote M to be stacked on the stacking board 32 (step S5).

Next, the control unit 40 refers again to the count value of the number counter C (step S6). If the count value is not N-1 (NO in step S6), that is, if the number of banknotes stacked on the stacking plate 32 has not reached N-1, the control unit 40 causes the transport device 41 to The banknote (for example, 100 yuan banknote) determined to be banded in S3 is transported to the stacking plate 32 of the banding stacking unit 15 (step S7). As a result, the first 100 yuan banknote is stacked on the stacking plate 32. Then, the control unit 40 increments the count value of the number counter C in order to store that the first banknote has been placed (in this case, the number counter C is changed from 0 to 1) (step S8).

When the count value is not 0 in step S4 (NO in step S4), that is, when one or more 100 yuan banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32, the control unit 40 does not perform the process of step S5, Subsequently, the processing after step S6 is performed.
In this way, 100 yuan banknotes are accumulated on the accumulation plate 32.
When the count value of the sheet counter C reaches N−1 (YES in step S6), that is, when the number of 100-yuan banknotes stacked on the stacking plate 32 reaches N−1, the control unit 40 Refers to the identification information of the first 100-yuan banknote (step S9).

When the first 100-yuan banknote is face up (YES in step S9), the back side of the first banknote appears on one side of the banknote bundle M (see FIG. 2 (1)). Therefore, in order for the surface of the banknote to appear on at least one of the banknote bundles M, the Nth banknote must be face up (see FIG. 2 (1)).
Therefore, when the banknotes subsequently transferred to the stacking plate 32 after the N−1 banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32 are face-up (YES in step S10), the control unit 40 causes the transporting device 41 to A banknote is conveyed as the Nth banknote to the stacking plate 32 of the banding stacking unit 15 (step S12). Then, the control unit 40 clears the count value of the number counter C (step S13). Further, since the N banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32, the control unit 40 causes the banding device 17 to band the N stacked banknotes.

On the other hand, when the banknotes subsequently transferred to the stacking plate 32 after the N−1 banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32 are not face up (NO in step S10), the control unit 40 causes the transporting device 41 to The banknotes are transported not to the stacking plate 32 but to the temporary storage section 14 (see FIG. 1) upstream from the banding stacking section 15 in the banknote transport direction, and temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 14 (step S11). ). In other words, after the N−1 banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32, the control unit 40 sends the banknotes conveyed from the back of the N−1th sheet in the reverse direction. The bills to be printed are accommodated in the temporary storage unit 14 and are not accumulated on the accumulation plate 32. And the process of accommodating a banknote in the temporary storage part 14 is continued until a front-facing banknote is sent, and when a front-facing banknote is sent (it is YES at step S10), the control part 40 will perform step S12 and subsequent steps. Processing is performed, and the banknote is stacked on the stacking plate 32 as the Nth banknote.

However, when the first banknote is not face up (NO in step S9), the surface of the first banknote is exposed as one surface of the banknote bundle M (see FIGS. 2 (2) and (3)). Therefore, in this case, the orientation of the Nth banknote (and the second and subsequent banknotes) may be either front or back, and the control unit 40 does not perform the processing of step S10 and step S11, but N− After the banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32, the banknotes subsequently conveyed to the stacking plate 32 are stacked on the stacking plate 32 as they are (step S12).

As described above, the control unit 40 accumulates the first bills accumulated on the accumulation plate 32 on the accumulation plate 32 based on the identification information of the identification unit 5 indicating that the first banknote is sent face up. The direction of the Nth banknote is controlled so that the Nth banknote is stacked face up (steps S9 to S12). In other words, the control unit 40 causes the Nth banknote to be stacked in the same direction as the first banknote based on the orientation information of the first banknote identified by the identification unit 5. Yes.

That is, in the banknote bundle M made up of N banknotes, the first and Nth banknotes are positioned on the front and back of the banknote bundle M, so that the Nth banknote is the first banknote on the stacking plate 32. The banknotes positioned on either the front or back side of the bundle of banknotes M after the bundling can be turned face-up by a simple configuration that allows them to be stacked in the same face-up direction (see FIG. 2 (1)). And in this case, since the banknote located in the other of the front and back in the banknote bundle M can also be turned face down, the improvement of the appearance of the banknote bundle M can also be aimed at.

In particular, after the N-1 banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 32, the control unit 40, when the banknote sent to the stacking plate 32 is facing away from the first banknote, The banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 14 and then sent in the front direction coinciding with the direction of the first sheet are stacked on the stacking plate 32 as the Nth banknote (steps S10 and S11). Therefore, the Nth banknote can be stacked in the same orientation as the first banknote on the stacking plate 32 with a simple configuration without having a mechanism for reversing the banknote orientation.

In the above embodiment, the case where a banknote is deposited from the hopper 3 is described as an example. However, for example, the deposited banknote is stored in the banknote storage 9 according to denomination, and the same denomination is stored in the banknote storage 9. This control operation is also performed when a bill is fed out and bound every N sheets.
<Front-back inversion mechanism>
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the front / back reversing mechanism 45 provided in the banknote handling apparatus 1.

Although the banknote processing apparatus 1 in the said embodiment was an apparatus which does not have a mechanism which reverses the direction of the front and back of the banknote taken in from the hopper 3 (refer FIG. 1), such a mechanism (front-back inversion mechanism 45). ) Is also conceivable.
In that case, referring to FIG. 5, the front and back reversing mechanism 45 is provided in a bypass manner in the transport path 6, and can reverse the front and back of the banknote passing through the front and back reversing mechanism 45. The control unit 40 can switch the banknote transport flow path so that the banknotes are stacked by the

banding stacking sections

15 and 16 after being transported to either the front / back reversing mechanism 45 or the transport path 6.

In other words, if the front / back reversing mechanism 45 is provided, the direction of the Nth banknote sent to the stacking board 32 after the N-1 banknotes are stacked on the stacking board 32 does not match the first banknote. Even if it is face down, the banknote can be reversed so that the banknote can be stacked on the stacking plate 32 in the same direction as the first banknote. Thereby, the banknote bundle M from which the banknote located in either one of the front and back turns to the front can be created quickly.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims.
For example, when the banknote deposited by the hopper 3 does not have a banknote suitable for the Nth banknote, the banknote already accumulated in the banknote storage 9 may be used.

Claims

A banknote processing apparatus for processing banknotes,
An identification unit for identifying whether bills are being sent face up or face down;
A banding stacking unit for stacking and stacking banknotes sent in sequence,
When a predetermined number N of banknotes are stacked on the banding stacking unit, a banding device for binding the N stacked banknotes with a tape;
Based on the identification information of the identification unit indicating that the first banknote accumulated in the bundling stacking unit is sent face up, the Nth banknote accumulated in the bundling stacking unit is N-th banknote orientation control means to be stacked face up,
The banknote processing apparatus characterized by including.
The banknote handling apparatus is an apparatus that does not have a mechanism for reversing the direction of banknotes to be sent,
A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes provided on the upstream side of the banding stacking unit;
The banknote orientation control means, when N-1 banknotes are accumulated in the banding stacking unit, and when the banknotes sent to the banding stacking unit according to the identification information of the identification unit are face down, 2. The banknote processing according to claim 1, wherein banknotes sent in a direction are accommodated in the temporary storage unit, and thereafter banknotes sent in a face-up direction are accumulated as the Nth banknote in the banding stacking unit. apparatus.
A banknote processing apparatus for processing banknotes,
An identification unit for identifying whether bills are being sent face up or face down;
A banding stacking unit for stacking and stacking banknotes sent in sequence,
When a predetermined number N of banknotes are stacked on the banding stacking unit, a banding device for binding the N stacked banknotes with a tape;
Based on the orientation information of the first banknote identified by the identification unit, the Nth banknote stacked in the bundling stacking unit is stacked in the same direction as the first banknote. N-th banknote orientation control means
The banknote processing apparatus characterized by including.
The banknote handling apparatus is an apparatus that does not have a mechanism for reversing the direction of banknotes to be sent,
A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes provided on the upstream side of the banding stacking unit;
The banknote orientation control means is configured such that after the N-1 banknotes are accumulated in the banding stacking unit, the banknotes sent to the banding stacking unit according to the identification information of the identification unit are in the first banknote. The banknote is stored in the temporary storage unit, and then the banknotes sent in the direction matching the direction of the first sheet are stacked as the Nth banknote in the banding stacking unit. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
4. The banknote according to claim 1, wherein the N-th banknote orientation control means includes a reversing mechanism which is provided in a bypass manner in a conveyance path for sending banknotes and can reverse the banknotes to be sent. Processing equipment.