WO2016140141A1

WO2016140141A1 - Banknote storage cassette, banknote handling system, and banknote handling method

Info

Publication number: WO2016140141A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/055648
Authority: WO
Inventors: 博史檀上; 敏充上月
Original assignee: グローリー株式会社
Priority date: 2015-03-05
Filing date: 2016-02-25
Publication date: 2016-09-09
Also published as: EP3267403B1; CN107408321B; JP2016162434A; EP3267403A1; EP3267403A4; CN107408321A

Abstract

A banknote storage cassette (30) is provided with a plurality of storing-and-feeding mechanisms (for example, a first storing-and-feeding mechanism (32) and a second storing-and-feeding mechanism (42)) wherein banknotes are fed one by one from outside to the inside of a storage part and are stored in the storage part, and the banknotes stored in the storage part are fed, one by one, outside of the storage part. The respective storing-and-feeding mechanisms feed banknotes in different directions.

Description

Bill storage cassette, bill processing system and bill processing method

The present invention relates to a banknote storage cassette for storing banknotes, a banknote storage cassette, a banknote processing system including a banknote processing apparatus to which the banknote storage cassette is detachably mounted, and a banknote processing method using such a banknote storage cassette. About.

Conventionally, a cash settlement apparatus is used at a checkout counter of a store for a store clerk to deliver cash with a customer. Such a cash settlement apparatus has a function of identifying and counting the inserted money, calculating the amount, storing the money, and paying out the stored money as change. On the other hand, in the back office of the store, a cash accounting apparatus is installed in order to load money as a change reserve in the above cash settlement apparatus or to collect money as sales from the cash settlement apparatus. . The cash accounting apparatus has a function of storing money collected from the cash settlement apparatus and throwing out money to be loaded into the cash settlement apparatus. As such a cash settlement apparatus and a cash accounting apparatus, those disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-8209, which is a Japanese patent publication, have been conventionally known.

In the banknote processing system of the prior art as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-8209, banknotes between a cash settlement apparatus provided in a checkout counter of a store and a cash accounting apparatus installed in a back office A cash transport cassette is used for delivery. By using such a cash transport cassette, the banknote is not touched by the operator when the banknote is transferred between the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus. It is possible to prevent troubles such as banknotes being stolen when they are defeated.

In the conventional banknote processing system as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-8209, banknotes are conveyed along the longitudinal direction of each of the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus. As a result, each of the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus can reduce the width of the housing to save space, and the identification unit installed in the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus can be inexpensive. And will be able to.

On the other hand, in a cash accounting apparatus installed in a back office in recent years, a banknote is stored in a type that transports banknotes along its longitudinal direction. Therefore, there is a tendency to use a banknote that is conveyed in the short direction. However, when banknotes are transported along the longitudinal direction in the cash settlement apparatus provided at the checkout counter of the store, while banknotes are transported along the short direction in the cash accounting apparatus installed in the back office The operator needs to take out the banknote from the cash transport cassette in which the banknotes collected from the cash settlement apparatus are stored, change the direction and put it into the cash accounting apparatus, and touch the operator's hand. There has been a problem that banknotes cannot be transferred between the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and the first banknote handling apparatus in which the banknote is conveyed along the first direction (for example, the longitudinal direction of the banknote), and the banknote is the second. The banknotes can be transferred to and from the second banknote processing apparatus transported along the direction (for example, the banknote's short direction) without touching the operator's hand, which is convenient for the operator. It is an object to provide a banknote storage cassette, a banknote processing system, and a banknote processing method that can improve the anti-theft property while improving the security.

The banknote storage cassette according to the present invention is configured to store a banknote and store the banknote in the storage section by feeding the banknote one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage section. And a plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms that feed out one by one to the outside of the storage unit, wherein the bill feeding directions by the storage and feeding mechanisms are different from each other.

In the banknote storage cassette of the present invention, the plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms include a first storage and feeding mechanism and a second storage and feeding mechanism for feeding banknotes in a direction substantially orthogonal to a banknote feeding direction by the first storage and feeding mechanism. And a mechanism.

In this case, banknotes are stored in the storage section in a stacked state, and each of the first storage payout mechanism and the second storage payout mechanism is opposite to the banknote stacking direction in the storage section. It may be provided at the location.

Further, the banknote stacking direction in the storage unit may be reversed between the case where the first storage and feeding mechanism is used and the case where the second storage and feeding mechanism is used.

In addition, a placing portion on which a bill is placed is provided between the first storing and feeding mechanism and the second storing and feeding mechanism, and between the first storing and feeding mechanism and the placing portion described above. In addition, a first storage / feeding space may be formed, and a second storage / feeding space may be formed between the second storage / feeding mechanism and the mounting portion.

In this case, the placement section has a first placement portion and a second placement portion, and a bill is inserted between the first storage and feeding mechanism and the first placement portion of the placement section. While storing and paying-out are possible, it may be possible to store and pay out banknotes between the second storing and feeding mechanism and the second placement portion of the placing portion.

In addition, one of the first placement portion and the second placement portion functions as a placement plate on which bills are placed in a stacked state, and the other placement portion is outside the storage unit. When the bill is sent from the inside to the inside, it functions as a guide plate for guiding the bill, and a storage space for the bill is formed between the placement plate and the guide plate, and the storage portion When the stacking direction of banknotes is reversed, the functions of the mounting plate and the guide plate may be interchanged with each other.

Moreover, in the banknote storage cassette of this invention, the banknote accommodated in the said storage part by one storage and feeding mechanism among the said 1st storage and feeding mechanism and the said 2nd storage and feeding mechanism is said storage part by the other storage and feeding mechanism. You may be able to pay out to the outside.

Further, two gripping portions for gripping the banknote storage cassette may be provided at locations opposite to each other in the banknote stacking direction in the storage portion.

Further, two connectors for receiving electric power from an external device may be provided at positions opposite to each other in the banknote accumulation direction in the storage unit.

Further, in the first storing and feeding mechanism and the second storing and feeding mechanism, the structures of the feeding members for feeding the banknotes stored in the storage unit one by one to the outside of the storage unit may be different from each other.

In this case, in the first storing and feeding mechanism and the second storing and feeding mechanism, a feeding roller is provided as the feeding member in the storing and feeding mechanism for feeding bills along the short direction, and the first storing and feeding mechanism is provided. Of the feeding mechanism and the second storing and feeding mechanism, the storing and feeding mechanism that sends bills along the longitudinal direction thereof may be provided with a feeding belt as the feeding member.

The banknote storage cassette of the present invention may further include a storage unit that stores the order of banknotes stored in the storage unit and the serial number of the banknotes in association with each other.

The banknote processing system of the present invention is configured to store a banknote and store the banknote in the storage section by sending the banknote one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage section, and storing the banknote stored in the storage section. A plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms that feed out to the outside of the storage unit one by one, and a storage unit that associates and stores the order of the banknotes stored in the storage unit and the serial number of the banknotes, A bill storage cassette having different bill feeding directions by the storage and feeding mechanism and a bill storage cassette are detachably mounted, and a bill is sent from a main body portion to the bill storage cassette to the storage portion of the bill storage cassette. A banknote processing device that stores banknotes and that is fed from the storage section of the banknote storage cassette by the storage and feeding mechanism to the main body portion. The processing device reads the information stored in the storage unit of the banknote storage cassette attached to the banknote processing device, and processes the banknote from the banknote storage cassette based on the information read by the reading unit. A control unit that manages serial numbers of banknotes sent to the main body portion of the apparatus, and the control unit is configured to control the storage and feeding mechanism used in the banknote storage cassette attached to the banknote processing apparatus. Based on the type, the order of banknotes sent from the banknote storage cassette to the main body of the banknote handling apparatus is determined.

The banknote processing system of the present invention is configured to store a banknote and store the banknote in the storage section by sending the banknote one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage section, and storing the banknote stored in the storage section. It has a plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms that feed out to the outside of the storage unit one by one, and the banknote storage cassettes in which the feeding directions of the banknotes by the storage and feeding mechanisms are different from each other and the banknote storage cassettes are detachably mounted The banknote is fed from the main body portion to the banknote storage cassette so that the banknote is stored in the storage portion of the banknote storage cassette, and the banknote fed out from the storage portion of the banknote storage cassette by the storage and feeding mechanism is the main body portion. A plurality of banknote processing devices, and the banknote transport directions in each of the banknote processing devices are different from each other, When a bill storage cassette is attached to the bill processing apparatus, bills are fed along the first feeding direction in the bill storage cassette, and when the bill storage cassette is attached to another bill processing apparatus, In the banknote storage cassette, the banknotes are fed along a second feeding direction different from the first feeding direction.

In the banknote handling system of the present invention, the plurality of banknote handling devices are a first banknote handling device and a second banknote that transports banknotes in a direction substantially orthogonal to a bill feeding direction by the first banknote handling device. A plurality of storage / feeding mechanisms in the banknote storage cassette, wherein the plurality of storage / feeding mechanisms are configured to transfer the banknotes in a direction substantially orthogonal to a banknote feeding direction by the first storage / feeding mechanism. You may have the 2nd accommodation delivery mechanism to send.

The banknote processing method of the present invention includes a storage unit that stores banknotes, and a banknote stored in the storage unit while the banknotes are stored one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage unit. A plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms that feed out to the outside of the storage unit one by one, and the banknote storage cassettes having different feeding directions by the storage and feeding mechanisms are mounted on the first banknote processing device, A step of feeding a banknote from the main body portion of the first banknote processing device to the banknote storage cassette along a first feeding direction and storing the banknote in the storage section of the banknote storage cassette; and A bill is attached to a second bill processing device different from the bill processing device, and the bills stored in the storage section of the bill storage cassette are picked up one by one along a second feeding direction different from the first feeding direction. And feeding to the outside of the housing portion and comprising the a step of sending to the main body portion of the second bill processing apparatus.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the cash management system by embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the cash settlement apparatus provided in the cash management system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows schematically the internal structure of the banknote settlement apparatus in the cash settlement apparatus shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the cash settlement apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows schematically the internal structure of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus in the cash accounting apparatus provided in the cash management system shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the cash accounting apparatus provided in the cash management system shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows roughly the structure of the banknote storage cassette for performing delivery of a banknote between a banknote settlement apparatus and a banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus in the cash management system shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows a state when a banknote is accommodated in the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows a state when the said banknote storage cassette is removed from the banknote adjustment apparatus, after a banknote is accommodated in the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows a state when a banknote is drawn out from the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. 7 in a banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus. It is a side view which shows a state when the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. 10 is seen from the side. It is a side view which shows the other structural example of the banknote storage cassette in embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows a state when a comparatively big banknote is accommodated in the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows a state when a comparatively small banknote is accommodated in the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows the further another structural example of the banknote storage cassette in embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the further another structural example of the banknote storage cassette in embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the further another structural example of the banknote storage cassette in embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows operation | movement when a banknote is accommodated in the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows operation | movement when a banknote is accommodated in the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows the further another structural example of the banknote storage cassette in embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 11 are views showing a cash management system according to the present embodiment, a cash settlement apparatus and a cash accounting apparatus provided in the cash management system, and a banknote storage cassette used in the cash management system. Among these, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the cash management system according to the present embodiment. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the cash settlement apparatus provided in the cash management system shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 schematically shows the internal configuration of the banknote settlement apparatus in the cash settlement apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the cash settlement apparatus shown in FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus in the cash accounting apparatus provided in the cash management system shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is provided in the cash management system shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the obtained cash accounting apparatus. FIG. 7 is a perspective view schematically showing a configuration of a banknote storage cassette for delivering banknotes between the banknote settlement apparatus and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus in the cash management system shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a side view of the banknote storage cassette shown in FIG.

First, the configuration of the cash management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The cash management system 1 according to the present embodiment is installed in a store such as a supermarket, for example, and the store in which the cash management system 1 is installed has a front area where customers can enter and a customer enters. It is divided into the back office 20 that cannot. The front area is provided with a checkout counter 10 for depositing and withdrawing cash exchanged with the customer by the store clerk. The checkout counter 10 is used for cash settlement with the customer by depositing and withdrawing cash. One or more cash settlement apparatuses 11 that perform processing are installed. The cash settlement apparatus 11 is operated by the store clerk or the customer himself and is used for the settlement process between the store clerk and the customer. Such a cash settlement apparatus 11 has a function of depositing the payment paid by the customer and dispensing the change to be paid to the customer.

The back office 20 is provided with one or a plurality of cash accounting apparatuses 21, a cash management apparatus 25, and a POS management apparatus 28. For example, the back office 20 is provided with a total of three cash accounting devices 21. The cash accounting apparatus 21 is connected to the cash settlement apparatus 11 so as to be communicable. For example, the cash accounting apparatus 21 withdraws change reserves for loading into the cash settlement apparatus 11 or collects the sales collected from the cash settlement apparatus 11. It is supposed to deposit money. The cash management device 25 is communicably connected to the cash settlement apparatus 11 and the cash accounting apparatus 21 via a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like. Such a cash management device 25 manages the cash stored in the cash settlement apparatus 11 and the cash accounting apparatus 21. More specifically, the cash management device 25 manages the cash that has been settled in the cash settlement device 11 and the cash exchanged between the cash settlement device 11 and the cash accounting apparatus 21. The POS management device 28 manages the flow of goods. In addition, since the flow of goods is not directly related to the present invention, a detailed description of the POS management device 28 is omitted here.

Next, details of the configuration of the cash settlement apparatus 11 provided in the checkout counter 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the cash settlement apparatus 11 is composed of a banknote settlement apparatus 12 and a coin settlement apparatus 13 that are arranged side by side.

2 and 3, the bill settlement apparatus 12 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 100, a depositing unit 110, and a dispensing unit 120. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the depositing unit 110 is provided with a depositing unit cover 111, and when depositing banknotes, the operator opens the depositing unit cover 111 and inserts banknotes into the depositing unit 110. It has become. Moreover, in the housing | casing 100 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12, the conveyance part 130 which conveys a banknote one by one is provided. Here, the depositing unit 110 is provided with a feeding mechanism for feeding the bills inserted into the depositing unit 110 one by one to the transport unit 130, and the bills inserted into the depositing unit 110 are transported by the feeding mechanism. After being fed out to the section 130, it is transported by the transport section 130. In the present embodiment, a bundle of banknotes is thrown into the depositing unit 110 along its longitudinal direction, and the transport unit 130 transports banknotes along its longitudinal direction. ing. Moreover, the identification part 140 is provided in the conveyance part 130, The identification, 140, etc. identify the denomination, damage, authenticity, etc. of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 130. . Further, the identification unit 140 can acquire information related to the serial number of the banknote transported by the transport unit 130.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of storage and feeding sections 150 are provided in the housing 100 of the bill settlement apparatus 12, and each storage and feeding section 150 is connected to the transport section 130. Each storing and feeding unit 150 stores banknotes by denomination. More specifically, based on the identification result by the identification unit 140, the banknotes fed from the depositing unit 110 to the transport unit 130 are sent by the transport unit 130 to each storage and feeding unit 150 according to denomination. In addition, each storing and feeding unit 150 can feed the banknotes stored in the storing and feeding unit 150 to the transport unit 130 one by one. Each storing and feeding unit 150 may be a tape reel type storing and feeding unit (see FIG. 3) that winds the tape together with the banknote in a state where the banknote is sandwiched between a pair of tapes. It may be a stacker type storing and feeding section (not shown) that stores and stacks.

As shown in FIG. 3, a cassette mounting portion 160 for mounting a bill storage cassette 30 described later is provided in the housing 100 of the bill settlement apparatus 12. More specifically, by opening the front cover 101 (see FIG. 2) provided on the front surface of the housing 100 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12, the operator mounts the banknote storage cassette 30 on the cassette mounting section 160 or the cassette. The bill storage cassette 30 can be removed from the mounting portion 160. As shown in FIG. 3, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the cassette mounting section 160, the banknotes fed from the storage feeding sections 150 to the transport section 130 are sent to the banknote storage cassette 30 by the transport section 130. This bill storage cassette 30 can be stored. In the present embodiment, banknotes are sent from the transport unit 130 to the banknote storage cassette 30 along the longitudinal direction thereof.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the coin settlement apparatus 13 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 170, a depositing unit 172, and a dispensing unit 174. In such a coin settlement apparatus 13, an operator can insert coins into the casing 170 by the depositing unit 172, and the coins inserted into the casing 170 are stored in the casing 170. It is stored in a provided coin storage part (not shown). Since the coin settlement apparatus 13 is not directly related to the present invention, the details of the internal configuration of the coin settlement apparatus 13 are omitted. Further, when a coin withdrawal process is performed in the coin settlement apparatus 13, the coins fed out from the coin storage unit are thrown out of the housing 170 by the withdrawal unit 174. Further, the operator can take out coins from the coin storage portion by opening the front cover 171 provided on the front surface of the housing 170 of the coin settlement apparatus 13.

Next, the configuration of the control system of the cash settlement apparatus 11 including the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the coin settlement apparatus 13 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the cash settlement apparatus 11 of the present embodiment is provided with a control unit 190, and the control unit 190 controls each component of the bill settlement apparatus 12 and the coin settlement apparatus 13. It has become. More specifically, the control unit 190 includes components such as the depositing unit 110, the dispensing unit 120, the transport unit 130, the identification unit 140, the storage and feeding unit 150, and the cassette mounting unit 160 of the bill settlement apparatus 12, and the coin settlement. Each component such as a depositing unit 172 and a dispensing unit 174 of the apparatus 13 is connected, and these components are controlled by the control unit 190. In FIG. 4, illustration of components other than the depositing unit 172 and the dispensing unit 174 in the coin settlement apparatus 13 connected to the control unit 190 is omitted. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 190 is connected to an operation display unit 195 including a touch panel, a storage unit 196 including a memory, an interface 197, and the like. The operation display unit 195 is attached to, for example, the upper surface of the housing 100 of the bill settlement apparatus 12 (see FIG. 2), and the operation display section 195 includes bills and coins in and out of the bill settlement apparatus 12 and the coin settlement apparatus 13. Various information such as information relating to the result of gold processing, information relating to the number and total amount of banknotes and coins stored in the bill settlement apparatus 12 and the coin settlement apparatus 13 and the total amount are displayed. It has come to be. In addition, the operator can give various instructions to the control unit 190 by operating the operation display unit 195. In addition, the storage unit 196 stores history information on banknote and coin deposit / withdrawal processing in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the coin settlement apparatus 13, and banknotes and coin denominations stored in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the coin settlement apparatus 13. Information related to the number of sheets and the total amount (stock information) is stored. The storage unit 196 also stores information such as identification information of banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30, serial numbers of banknotes corresponding to the identification information, and the order in which banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30. It has become so. The control unit 190 can transmit and receive signals to and from an external device via the interface 197.

Next, details of the configuration of the cash accounting apparatus 21 provided in the back office 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the cash accounting apparatus 21 includes a banknote accounting apparatus 22 and a coin accounting apparatus (not shown) that are arranged side by side. Since the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus is not directly related to the present invention, the description of the configuration of the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 is composed of two units including an upper unit 202 and a lower unit 204. The banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 200, a depositing unit 210, and a dispensing unit 220. Moreover, in the housing | casing 200 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the conveyance part 230 which conveys a banknote one by one is provided. Here, the depositing unit 210 is provided with a feeding mechanism for feeding bills inserted into the depositing unit 210 one by one to the transport unit 230, and the bills inserted into the depositing unit 210 are transported by the feeding mechanism. After being fed out to the section 230, it is transported by the transport section 230. In the present embodiment, a bundle of banknotes is thrown into the depositing unit 210 along the short direction, and the transport unit 230 transports the banknotes along the short direction. Yes. Further, the transport unit 230 has two connection passages (specifically, a first connection passage 232 and a second connection passage 234) that connect the upper unit 202 and the lower unit 204, respectively. Moreover, the identification part 240 is provided in the conveyance part 230, The identification, 240, etc. identify the denomination, correctness, authenticity, etc. of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 230. . Moreover, the information regarding the serial number of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 230 can be acquired by the identification part 240 now. In addition, a temporary storage unit 245 is connected to the transport unit 230, and the banknotes identified by the identification unit 240 are sent to the temporary storage unit 245 by the transport unit 230 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 245. It has come to be. Here, the deposit unit 210, the withdrawal unit 220, the identification unit 240, and the temporary storage unit 245 are provided in the upper unit 202.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of storage / feeding parts 250 are provided in the housing 200 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22, and each storage / feeding part 250 is connected to the transport part 230. Each storing and feeding unit 250 stores banknotes by denomination. More specifically, based on the identification result by the identification unit 240, the banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 245 is fed out from the temporary storage unit 245 to the transport unit 230, and is stored and fed out by the transport unit 230. It is sent to the part 250 by denomination. Note that in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 according to the present embodiment, when the banknote depositing process is performed, the banknote identified by the identifying unit 240 is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 245 by the identifying unit 240. The identified banknote may be sent directly to each storing and feeding unit 250 without being temporarily held by the temporary holding unit 245. In addition, each storing and feeding unit 250 can feed banknotes stored in the storing and feeding unit 250 to the transport unit 230 one by one. Each storing and feeding unit 250 may be a tape reel type storing and feeding unit (see FIG. 5) that winds the tape together with the banknote in a state where the banknote is sandwiched between a pair of tapes. It may be a stacker type storing and feeding section (not shown) that stores and stacks. Each such storage and feeding portion 250 is provided in the lower unit 204.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a cassette mounting portion 260 for mounting a bill storage cassette 30 described later is provided in the housing 200 of the bill depositing / dispensing device 22. More specifically, by opening a front cover (not shown) provided on the front surface of the housing 200 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22, the operator can mount the banknote storage cassette 30 in the cassette mounting section 260 or the cassette. The bill storage cassette 30 can be removed from the mounting portion 260. As shown in FIG. 5, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 260, the banknotes fed out from the storage and feeding sections 250 to the transport section 230 are identified by the identification section 240 and then the transport section. 230 is sent to the bill storage cassette 30 and can be stored in the bill storage cassette 30. Further, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the cassette mounting unit 260, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 are fed to the transport unit 230 and identified by the identification unit 240, and then the transport unit 230 It can be sent to each storage and feeding section 250. Such a cassette mounting portion 260 is provided in the lower unit 204. In the present embodiment, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 are fed out to the transport unit 230 along the short direction. Moreover, in this Embodiment, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted | worn with the cassette mounting part 260, the information memorize | stored in memory | storage parts 90 (after-mentioned), such as a memory provided in the side surface of the banknote storage cassette 30, is stored. Each storage / feeding unit is read based on information acquired from the storage unit 90 by the reader / writer 262 when the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage cassette 30 by being read by a reader / writer 262 (described later) provided in the cassette mounting unit 260. 250 may be accommodated.

In the present embodiment, instead of mounting the banknote storage cassette 30 on the cassette mounting section 260 or in addition to mounting the banknote storage cassette 30 on the cassette mounting section 260, the banknote storage cassette 30 is attached to the depositing section 210. You may be able to wear it. In this case, the banknotes can be fed from the banknote storage cassette 30 mounted on the depositing unit 210 to the transport unit 230, and the banknotes can be sent from the transport unit 230 to the banknote storage cassette 30 mounted on the depositing unit 210. It becomes like this. Further, in this case, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the depositing unit 210, information is written to or read from the storage unit 90 (described later) of the banknote storage cassette 30. A reader / writer (not shown) may be provided in the depositing unit 210. In this case, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is attached to the depositing unit 210, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 and stored in the storage unit 90 are associated with the order of the banknotes. The information acquired by the identification unit 140 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 such as the serial number and denomination of the banknote can be read by the reader / writer provided in the depositing unit 210. Further, when the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage cassette 30 attached to the depositing unit 210 into the housing 200 and stored in the respective storing and feeding units 250, the storage unit 90 is provided by the reader / writer provided in the depositing unit 210. The banknotes drawn out from the banknote storage cassette 30 based on the information acquired from the above may be stored in each storage and feeding section 250. In this case, it is not necessary to identify the banknotes fed into the housing 200 from the banknote storage cassette 30 attached to the depositing unit 210 by the identification unit 240. In addition, when identifying the banknote drawn | fed out to the inside of the housing | casing 200 from the banknote storage cassette 30 with which the money_receiving | payment part 210 was mounted | worn by the identification part 240, A banknote identified as having a conveyance error is stored as a reject banknote in a collection unit (not shown).

In addition, when the banknote storage cassette 30 can be attached to the depositing unit 210, each banknote is stored in the banknote storage apparatus 30 when the banknote is stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 and a replenishment money is created. The banknotes fed from the feeding section 250 to the transport section 230 can be stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 attached to the depositing section 210 after being identified by the identification section 240. In this case, identification information such as a serial number of the banknote stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 acquired by the identification unit 240 is stored in the storage unit 90 (described later) of the banknote storage cassette 30 by a reader / writer provided in the depositing unit 210. Be able to write.

Next, the configuration of the control system of the cash accounting apparatus 21 including the banknote accounting apparatus 22 and the coin accounting apparatus (not shown) will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the cash accounting apparatus 21 of the present embodiment is provided with a control unit 290 so that the control unit 290 controls each component of the banknote accounting apparatus 22 and the coin accounting apparatus. It has become. More specifically, the control unit 290 includes the depositing unit 210, the dispensing unit 220, the transport unit 230, the identification unit 240, the temporary storage unit 245, the storage and feeding unit 250, the cassette mounting unit 260, and the like of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22. The members and the respective constituent members of the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus are connected, and these constituent members are controlled by the control unit 290. In addition, in FIG. 6, illustration is abbreviate | omitted about each structural member in the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus connected to the control part 290. FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 290 is connected to, for example, an operation display unit 295 including a touch panel, a storage unit 296 including a memory, an interface 297, and the like. The operation display unit 295 includes information related to the result of the deposit / withdrawal processing of banknotes and coins in the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 and the coin depositing / dispensing device, and each bill and coin denomination stored in the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 and the coin depositing / dispensing device. Various information such as information relating to the total number and the total amount (stock information) is displayed. Further, the operator can give various instructions to the control unit 290 by operating the operation display unit 295. In addition, the storage unit 296 stores history information of banknote and coin deposit / withdrawal processing in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus, and the banknotes and coin denominations stored in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus. Information related to the number of sheets and the total amount (stock information) is stored. The storage unit 296 also stores information such as identification information of banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30, banknote serial numbers corresponding to the identification information, and the order in which banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30. It has become so. The control unit 290 can transmit and receive signals to and from an external device via the interface 297.

In the present embodiment, as described above, in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 of the cash settlement apparatus 11 in the cash management system 1, banknotes are transported along the longitudinal direction by the transport section 130. For this reason, the width | variety of the housing | casing 100 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 can be made small, space saving can be achieved, and the identification part 140 installed in this banknote settlement apparatus 12 can be made cheap. . On the other hand, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 of the cash accounting apparatus 21, a banknote is conveyed by the conveyance part 230 along the transversal direction. For this reason, a banknote comes to be accommodated along the transversal direction in each storing and feeding part 250 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22, and each storing and feeding part 250 is compared with the case where the banknote is stored along the longitudinal direction. The amount of banknotes stored in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 as a whole can be increased. Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, when conveying a banknote along the transversal direction by the conveyance part 230, the processing speed of a banknote is improved compared with the case where a banknote is conveyed along the longitudinal direction. Therefore, the work efficiency in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 can be improved.

Next, details of the configuration of the banknote storage cassette 30 for transferring banknotes between the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 7 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of the banknote storage cassette 30, and FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state when banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12. FIG. 9 is a side view showing a state where the banknote storage cassette 30 is removed from the banknote settlement apparatus 12 after the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12. Moreover, FIG. 10 is a side view which shows a state when a banknote is drawn out from the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, and FIG. 11 is when the banknote storage cassette 30 shown in FIG. 10 is seen from the side. It is a side view which shows a state. 8 to 11, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 are indicated by the reference symbol P.

The housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 7 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the lateral size of the housing 31 (that is, the length in the left-right direction in FIG. 7) is It is larger than the size in the vertical direction (that is, the length in the depth direction in FIG. 7). For this reason, in FIG. 7, a banknote is accommodated in the banknote storage cassette 30 so that the longitudinal direction becomes the horizontal direction of the housing | casing 31 (namely, the left-right direction in FIG. 7). In addition, on the side surface of the bill storage cassette 30, two

bill outlets

38 and 48 are provided. In the present embodiment, the side surfaces of the casing 31 in which the two

outlets

38 and 48 are provided are different from each other. More specifically, the

outlets

38 and 48 are provided on two side surfaces of the casing 31 that are adjacent to each other. More specifically, the outlet 48 extends along the lateral direction of the casing 31 (that is, the left-right direction in FIG. 7), and the outlet 38 extends in the longitudinal direction of the casing 31 (that is, FIG. 7). In the depth direction). Further, the width of the outlet 48 is larger than the width of the outlet 38. In the present embodiment, when a bill is taken into and out of the bill storage cassette 30 along its short direction, the bill is put into and out of the bill storage cassette 30 through the dispensing port 48. On the other hand, when a bill is taken into and out of the bill storage cassette 30 along its longitudinal direction, the bill is put into and out of the bill storage cassette 30 via the outlet port 38.

Also, a pair of

flat plate members

50 and 52 are provided inside the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 so as to be arranged in the vertical direction. These

flat plate members

50 and 52 are movable in the vertical direction in FIG. 7 independently of each other, and the bills stored in the bill storage cassette 30 are sandwiched between these

flat plate members

50 and 52. It is like that. More specifically, a circulation belt (not shown) extending in the vertical direction within the casing 31 of the bill storage cassette 30 is connected to each of the

flat plate members

50 and 52, and these circulation belts are connected to the bills. The

plate members

50 and 52 are moved in a vertical direction in FIG. 7 independently of each other by being circulated and moved by a drive motor (not shown) provided in the housing 31 of the storage cassette 30. In this Embodiment, the storage part which accommodates a banknote is comprised by combining these

flat plate members

50 and 52. FIG.

Of these pair of

flat plate members

50, 52, one flat plate member functions as a mounting plate on which bills are stacked in a stacked state, and the other flat plate member is internal from the outside of the casing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30. It functions as a guide plate that guides the bill when the bill is sent to the bill, and a bill storage space is formed between the placement plate and the guide plate. In the present invention, “guide the banknote” means that the

flat plate members

50 and 52 are retracted outward from the circulation belt 34 of the first storing and feeding mechanism 32 and the kicker roller 44 of the second storing and feeding mechanism 42 described later. Thus, the banknotes fed into the casing 31 from the

outlets

38 and 48 are not included in contact with the

flat plate members

50 and 52. Moreover, in this Embodiment, the banknote storage cassette 30 can be used upside down from the state as shown in FIG. That is, when the bill storage cassette 30 is in the state shown in FIG. 7, the flat plate member 52 located on the lower side functions as a placement plate, and the flat plate member 50 located on the upper side functions as a guide plate. . On the other hand, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is turned upside down from the state shown in FIG. 7, the flat plate member 50 functions as a mounting plate and the flat plate member 52 functions as a guide plate. Thus, in this Embodiment, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is arrange | positioned in reverse direction so that the stacking direction of the banknote in the housing | casing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 may be reversed, in a pair of

flat plate member

50,52. The functions of the mounting plate and the guide plate are interchanged with each other. Details of such technical matters will be described later.

In the present embodiment, of the pair of

flat plate members

50 and 52, the flat plate member functioning as a guide plate (for example, the flat plate member 50 when the bill storage cassette 30 is in the state shown in FIG. It may be possible to incline obliquely downward with respect to the direction in which bills are fed from the inside to the inside of the casing 31 (that is, the depth direction in FIG. 7). In this case, in the banknote storage cassette 30, the leading end portion of the banknote sent from the dispensing port 48 to the inside of the housing 31 contacts the lower surface of the flat plate member 50 that is inclined with respect to the banknote feeding direction. As a result, the sheet is guided along the lower surface of the flat plate member 50 and is stacked in an aligned state on the banknotes already stacked on the flat plate member 52 functioning as a mounting plate. As described above, when the flat plate member 50 functioning as a guide plate out of the pair of flat plate members is inclined obliquely downward with respect to the direction in which banknotes are fed from the discharge port 48 to the inside of the housing 31, The bills sent to the inside of the housing 31 can be smoothly guided by the flat plate member 50 and accumulated on the flat plate member 52.

Also, a first storage / feeding mechanism 32 is provided at a position in the vicinity of the dispensing inlet 38 inside the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 (that is, a lower region inside the housing 31). The first storing and feeding mechanism 32 stores banknotes sent from the outside of the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 to the inside of the housing 31 via the dispensing inlet 38 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30. The stored banknotes are fed out one by one to the outside of the housing 31 through the outlet / inlet 38. More specifically, the first storage / feeding mechanism 32 includes four circulation belts 34 and two reverse rollers 36, and the first storage / feeding mechanism 32 causes the bills to be placed outside the casing 31 through the outlet 38. When the belts are fed out, the circulation belts 34 circulate in the clockwise direction in FIG. 7 and the reverse rotation roller 36 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. The paper passes through a gap between the circulation belt 34 and the reverse rotation roller 36 and is sent to the right side in FIG.

Further, the flat plate member 52 is provided with a plurality of openings 52a through which the respective circulation belts 34 can pass, whereby the flat plate member 52 is positioned below the circulation belts 34 in FIG. Can be moved to. When the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 are fed out one by one by the first storing and feeding mechanism 32 through the dispensing inlet 38 to the outside of the housing 31, the flat plate member 52 is more than the circulation belt 34. 7 is retracted to a lower position in FIG. 7, and among the plurality of banknotes sandwiched between the

flat plate members

50 and 52, the banknote located in the lowermost layer in FIG. .

Further, a second storage / feeding mechanism 42 is provided at a position in the vicinity of the dispensing inlet 48 inside the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 (that is, an upper region inside the housing 31). The second storage and feeding mechanism 42 stores banknotes sent from the outside of the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 to the inside of the housing 31 through the outlet 48 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30. The stored banknotes are fed out one by one to the outside of the housing 31 through the outlet 48. More specifically, the second storage / feeding mechanism 42 includes two kicker rollers 44, two feed rollers 45, and two reverse rotation rollers 46, and the bills are transferred via the outlet 48 by the second storage / feeding mechanism 42. When the bills are fed out of the casing 31, the bills are kicked one by one by the kicker roller 44 toward the front side in FIG. 7. By passing through the gap, the sheet is fed out one by one from the outlet 48 to the front side in FIG.

Further, the flat plate member 50 is provided with a plurality of openings 50a through which each kicker roller 44 can pass, so that the flat plate member 50 is positioned above the kicker roller 44 in FIG. Can be moved to. When the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 are fed out one by one by the second storage and feeding mechanism 42 through the outlet 48, the flat plate member 50 is more than the kicker rollers 44. 7 is retracted to the upper position in FIG. 7, and the banknote located in the uppermost layer in FIG. 7 among the plurality of banknotes sandwiched between the

flat plate members

50 and 52 comes into contact with each kicker roller 44. .

As described above, in the present embodiment, the bill feeding direction by the first storing and feeding mechanism 32 and the bill feeding direction by the second storing and feeding mechanism 42 are different from each other. That is, the banknote feeding direction by the first storage and feeding mechanism 32 is the left-right direction in FIG. 7, whereas the banknote feeding direction by the second storage and feeding mechanism 42 is the depth direction in FIG. The bill feeding direction by the feeding mechanism 32 and the bill feeding direction by the second storage / feeding mechanism 42 are substantially orthogonal to each other. Further, each of the first storage / feeding mechanism 32 and the second storage / feeding mechanism 42 is provided at a position on the opposite side in the banknote stacking direction (that is, the vertical direction in FIG. 7) in the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30. It has been.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, in the vicinity of the first storage / feeding mechanism 32, when the banknotes are fed from the banknote storage cassette 30 to the outside of the housing 31 through the dispensing inlet 38 by the first storage / feeding mechanism 32. In addition, a residual detection sensor 62 for detecting a banknote remaining in the banknote storage cassette 30 is provided. Specifically, the residual detection sensor 62 includes a light emitting element 62a and a light receiving element 62b, and light emitted from the light emitting element 62a is received by the light receiving element 62b through the optical axis indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is supposed to be. When the bills are fed out of the casing 31 by the first storing and feeding mechanism 32, when the bills remain in the bill storage cassette 30, the optical axis between the light emitting element 62a and the light receiving element 62b is set to remain. When the banknote is blocked, the residual banknote is detected by the residual detection sensor 62. Similarly, in the vicinity of the second storage and feeding mechanism 42, when the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage cassette 30 to the outside of the housing 31 through the dispensing inlet 48 by the second storage and feeding mechanism 42, the banknote storage cassette 30. A residual detection sensor 60 is provided for detecting bills remaining inside. Specifically, the residual detection sensor 60 includes a light emitting element 60a and a light receiving element 60b, and light emitted from the light emitting element 60a is received by the light receiving element 60b through the optical axis indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is supposed to be. When the banknotes are fed out of the housing 31 by the second storage and feeding mechanism 42, when the banknotes remain in the banknote storage cassette 30, the optical axis between the light emitting element 60a and the light receiving element 60b is retained. When the banknote is blocked, the residual banknote is detected by the residual detection sensor 60.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, when the

flat plate members

50 and 52 are located at the center in the height direction of the housing 31 in the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30, A bill detection sensor 64 for detecting a bill sandwiched between the two is provided. Specifically, the banknote detection sensor 64 includes a light emitting element 64a, a light receiving element 64b, and a light reflecting prism 64c. The light receiving element is reflected after the light emitted from the light emitting element 64a is reflected by the light reflecting prism 64c. 64b can be received. Each

flat plate member

50, 52 is provided with a through hole through which light emitted from the light emitting element 64a or light reflected by the light reflecting prism 64c passes. And when each

flat plate member

50 and 52 is located in the center location in the height direction of the housing | casing 31, when a banknote is pinched | interposed between these

flat plate members

50 and 52, the light emitting element 64a and the light receiving element 64b and light By blocking the optical axis between the reflecting prism 64c and the bill, the bill sandwiched between the

flat plate members

50 and 52 is detected by the bill detection sensor 64.

In addition,

connectors

66 and 68 are provided in the vicinity of the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the side surface of the housing 31 of the bill storage cassette 30, respectively, and the bill storage cassette 30 is connected to an external device (specifically by these

connectors

66 and 68. The power is received from the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22) to which the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted. More specifically, the bill settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 are provided with a main body connector to which one of the

connectors

66 and 68 of the banknote storage cassette 30 is connected. When the main body connector of the bill settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and the connector of the banknote storage cassette 30 (one of the connectors 66 and 68) are connected to the apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, Electric power is supplied from the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 to the banknote storage cassette 30, and the drive motor, the first storage / feeding mechanism 32, and the second storage / feeding mechanism that drive the

flat plate members

50 and 52 with the supplied power. 42 and the like are driven. Here, the two

connectors

66 and 68 are provided at opposite positions in the banknote stacking direction (that is, the vertical direction in FIG. 7). For this reason, even when the banknote storage cassette 30 according to the present embodiment is mounted upside down on an external device such as the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the connector on the opposite side of the pair of

connectors

66 and 68. Is connected to the external device, the bill storage cassette 30 can receive power from the external device. In addition, the control unit 190 of the cash settlement apparatus 11 and the control unit 290 of the cash accounting apparatus 21 detect which

connector

66, 68 is connected to an external device such as the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote accounting apparatus 22. Thus, it is possible to determine which storage / feeding mechanism of the first storage / feeding mechanism 32 and the second storage / feeding mechanism 42 in the banknote storage cassette 30 should be operated. In addition, in this Embodiment, it is not limited to the aspect in which a pair of

connectors

66 and 68 are installed in the banknote storage cassette 30. As a modified example, even when the number of connectors installed in the banknote storage cassette 30 is one and the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on an external device such as the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 in an upside down state. The position of the main body connector in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 may be set so as to correspond to the position of the connector provided in the banknote storage cassette 30.

As shown in FIG. 1, handles 31 a and 31 b are provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30, respectively, so that the operator can connect between the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22. When carrying the banknote storage cassette 30, the operator has one handle 31a of the upper and lower pairs of

handles

31a and 31b. In the present embodiment, as described above, the banknote storage cassette 30 can be used upside down from the state shown in FIG. When the

handles

31a and 31b are provided, the operator can hold the handle on the opposite side when turned upside down.

As shown in FIG. 7, a storage unit 90 such as a memory is provided on the side surface of the banknote storage cassette 30, and information related to banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 is stored in the storage unit 90. It has become so. Specifically, the storage unit 90 includes the order of banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30, the identification unit 140 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 such as the serial number and denomination of the banknotes, and the identification unit 240 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22. Is stored in association with the information acquired by. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the cassette mounting unit 160 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 has information on the storage unit 90 of the banknote storage cassette 30 when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the cassette mounting unit 160. Is provided, and a reader / writer 162 for reading information from the storage unit 90 is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the cassette mounting unit 260 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 also has information on the storage unit 90 of the banknote storage cassette 30 when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the cassette mounting unit 260. Is provided, and a reader / writer 262 for reading information from the storage unit 90 is provided.

Next, an operation when a banknote is transported from the banknote settlement apparatus 12 to the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 using such a banknote storage cassette 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following operations, the control unit 190 of the cash settlement apparatus 11 controls each component of the banknote settlement apparatus 12, and the control unit 290 of the cash accounting apparatus 21 controls each component of the banknote accounting apparatus 22. It is done by doing.

In transporting banknotes from the banknote settlement apparatus 12 to the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, first, the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the cassette mounting section 160 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12. At this time, the banknote storage cassette 30 is turned upside down from the state shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state when banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12. When banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12, as shown in FIG. 8, the flat plate member 52 that functions as a guide plate retracts above each circulation belt 34 of the first storage and feeding mechanism 32. . Further, each circulation belt 34 of the first storage and feeding mechanism 32 circulates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. As a result, when the banknotes fed out from each storage and feeding section 150 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 are sent to the banknote storage cassette 30 by the transport section 130, the banknotes sent to the inside of the casing 31 through the dispensing port 38. Is fed to the right in FIG. 8 by the respective circulation belts 34 of the first storing and feeding mechanism 32, and is freely dropped onto the flat plate member 50 functioning as a mounting plate and accumulated in a stacked state.

In addition, when a banknote is stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12, information is written to the storage unit 90 of the banknote storage cassette 30 by the reader / writer 162 provided in the cassette mounting unit 160. . More specifically, the reader / writer 162 transfers the order of the banknotes sent from the transport unit 130 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 to the inside of the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 and the description of the banknotes. The numbers are associated with each other and written in the storage unit 90.

After the banknote is stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is removed from the cassette mounting portion 160 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12, the

flat plate members

50 and 52 sandwich the banknote in between. In this state, the

flat plate members

50 and 52 are positioned at the center of the casing 31 in the height direction (see FIG. 9). Thus, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is carried between the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 are extracted from the

outlets

38 and 48. This can be prevented, and the anti-theft property of the banknote storage cassette 30 can be improved.

Next, when the banknote storage cassette 30 in which the banknotes are stored in the housing 31 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 260 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the banknote storage cassette 30 is turned upside down from the state shown in FIGS. Then, the bill storage cassette 30 is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 260 in a state in which the dispensing port 48 is positioned above (see FIGS. 10 and 11). In this state, the

flat plate members

50 and 52 are moved upward in FIGS. 10 and 11, respectively, and the flat plate member 50 is retracted above the kicker rollers 44 of the second storage and feeding mechanism 42. Then, by rotating the kicker roller 44, the feed roller 45, and the reverse roller 46 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 11, the banknote located at the uppermost layer among the plurality of banknotes stacked on the flat plate member 52 is kicked. The coins are kicked one by one in the right direction in FIG. 11 by the corollers 44, and the kicked banknotes are fed out one by one from the dispensing inlet 48 by the feed roller 45 in the right direction. Thus, the banknotes drawn out from the bill storage cassette 30 to the outside of the casing 31 by the second storage and feeding mechanism 42 are sent to the storage and feeding sections 250 by the transport section 230 of the banknote depositing and unloading apparatus 22, and these storage and feeding sections. 250 is stored for each denomination.

Moreover, when the banknote accommodated in the banknote storage cassette 30 is sent to the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 90 of the said banknote storage cassette 30 by the reader / writer 262 provided in the cassette mounting part 260 will be shown. It can be read. More specifically, the reader / writer 262 stores the banknote number stored in the storage unit 90 and the banknote number stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 and the banknote serial number or money associated with the banknote order. The information acquired by the identification unit 140 of the bill settlement apparatus 12 such as a seed is read. Here, in this Embodiment, the control part 290 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 is based on the kind of storage and feeding mechanism used in the banknote storage cassette 30 with which the cassette mounting part 260 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 was mounted | worn. The order of the banknotes sent from the storage cassette 30 to the main body portion of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 is determined. Here, in this Embodiment, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted | worn with the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, as shown in FIG. Since the banknotes are different from the first storage and feeding mechanism 32 used when the banknotes are stored, the order in which banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknotes from the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 Must be the same order in which That is, the banknote initially stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 is first fed out from the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and is finally stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12. Since the banknotes that have been sent are finally drawn out from the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the control unit 290 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 is stored in the storage unit 90 of the banknote storage cassette 30 by the reader / writer 262. It is necessary to make the order of the banknotes linked to the serial number of the banknotes the same. Note that the reader / writer 162 provided in the cassette mounting unit 160 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 is also used in the banknote storage cassette 30 mounted in the cassette mounting section 160 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 in the same manner as the reader / writer 262 described above. The order of banknotes sent from the banknote storage cassette 30 to the main body portion of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 is determined based on the type of the storage and feeding mechanism.

According to the banknote storage cassette 30 of the present embodiment configured as described above and the cash management system 1 in which such a banknote storage cassette 30 is used, the banknote storage cassette 30 has a plurality of storage and

feeding mechanisms

32 and 42. The bill feeding directions by the storage and

feeding mechanisms

32 and 42 are different from each other. Thus, the banknote is operated by the banknote storage cassette 30 between the banknote settlement apparatus 12 in which banknotes are transported along the longitudinal direction and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 in which banknotes are transported along the short direction. The banknote can be delivered without touching the hand of the person. That is, when the bill storage cassette 30 is attached to the bill settlement apparatus 12, the first storage and feeding mechanism 32 is used as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, by using the second storage and feeding mechanism 42, the banknote can be fed in both the short side and the long side in the banknote storage and withdrawal operation with respect to the banknote storage cassette 30. . Thus, if the banknote storage cassette 30 by this Embodiment is used, when a banknote is conveyed, two banknote processing apparatuses (specifically, the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and banknote depositing / dispensing) from which the direction of the said banknote differs will be provided. Since the bills can be delivered between the devices 22), convenience for the operator can be improved and the anti-theft property can be improved. Further, according to the cash management system 1 in which such a bill storage cassette 30 is used, the bill settlement device 12 of the cash settlement device 11 installed in the checkout counter 10 is reduced in space to save space. The identification unit 140 installed in the bill settlement apparatus 12 can be made inexpensive, and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 of the cash accounting apparatus 21 installed in the back office 20 can be realized. The amount of bills can be increased. Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, when conveying a banknote along the transversal direction by the conveyance part 230, the processing speed of a banknote is improved compared with the case where a banknote is conveyed along the longitudinal direction. Therefore, the work efficiency in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 can be improved.

Further, according to the banknote storage cassette 30 of the present embodiment, as described above, banknotes are stored in a stacked state in the banknote storage cassette 30, and the first storage and feeding mechanism 32 and Each of the second storage and feeding mechanisms 42 is provided at a location on the opposite side in the banknote stacking direction (that is, the vertical direction in FIG. 7). Moreover, in this Embodiment, the stacking direction (namely, the up-down direction in FIG. 7) of a banknote is reversed by the case where the 1st accommodation delivery mechanism 32 is used and the case where the 2nd accommodation delivery mechanism 42 is used. It has become. That is, compared with the case where the banknote settlement apparatus 12 is mounted with the banknote storage cassette 30, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the banknote storage cassette 30 can be mounted upside down. It becomes like this.

Moreover, according to the banknote storage cassette 30 of this Embodiment, as mentioned above, between the 1st accommodation delivery mechanism 32 and the 2nd accommodation delivery mechanism 42, the mounting part (specifically) in which a banknote is mounted. Specifically, flat plate members 50 and 52) are provided, and a first storage / feeding space is formed between the first storage / feeding mechanism 32 and the mounting portion, and the second storage / feeding mechanism 42 and the A second storage and feeding space is formed between the mounting portion and the mounting portion. Specifically, the mounting portion includes a flat plate member 50 as a first mounting portion and a flat plate member 52 as a second mounting portion, and the first storage and feeding mechanism 32 and the first of the mounting portion. It is possible to store and pay out bills with the flat plate member 50 as the mounting portion, and also between the second storage and feeding mechanism 42 and the flat plate member 52 as the second mounting portion of the mounting portion. Bills can be stored and delivered.

In addition, one flat plate member of the flat plate member 50 as the first placement portion and the flat plate member 52 as the second placement portion functions as a placement plate on which bills are placed in a stacked state, and the other flat plate member. Is configured to function as a guide plate that guides the bill when the bill is sent from the outside to the inside of the bill storage cassette 30, and a bill storage space is formed between the placement plate and the guide plate. Thus, when the stacking direction of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 is reversed, the functions of the placing plate and the guide plate are interchanged.

Further, according to the banknote storage cassette 30 of the present embodiment, as described above, the banknote storage cassette 30 is stored inside the banknote storage cassette 30 by one of the first storage payout mechanism 32 and the second storage payout mechanism 42. The bills can be fed out of the bill storage cassette 30 by the other storage and feeding mechanism.

Further, according to the banknote storage cassette 30 of the present embodiment, as described above, the two

handles

31a and 31b serve as gripping sections for gripping the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote stacking direction in the storage section (that is, They are provided at opposite positions in the vertical direction in FIG. 7 (see FIG. 1). In this case, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is turned upside down, the operator can hold the handle on the opposite side.

Moreover, according to the banknote storage cassette 30 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the two

connectors

66 and 68 for receiving electric power from external apparatuses, such as the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, are banknotes in a storage part. In the stacking direction (that is, the vertical direction in FIG. 7). In this case, even when the banknote storage cassette 30 according to the present embodiment is mounted on an external device such as the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 in an inverted state, the opposite side of the pair of

connectors

66 and 68. Since the connector is connected to the external device, the bill storage cassette 30 can receive power from the external device. In addition, the control unit 190 of the cash settlement apparatus 11 and the control unit 290 of the cash accounting apparatus 21 detect which

connector

66, 68 is connected to an external device such as the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote accounting apparatus 22. Thus, it is possible to determine which storage / feeding mechanism of the first storage / feeding mechanism 32 and the second storage / feeding mechanism 42 in the banknote storage cassette 30 should be operated.

Moreover, according to the banknote storage cassette 30 of the present embodiment, as described above, in the first storage and feeding mechanism 32 and the second storage and feeding mechanism 42, the banknotes stored in the storage section are stored one by one in the storage section. The structures of the feeding members for feeding to the outside are different from each other. Specifically, a circulation belt 34 is provided as a feeding member in the first storing and feeding mechanism 32 that sends bills along the longitudinal direction thereof, and the second storing and feeding that sends bills along the short direction thereof. The mechanism 42 is provided with a feed roller 45 as a feeding member. In this case, since a belt is used instead of a roller when feeding the banknote along the longitudinal direction, the banknote can be reliably fed out from the inside of the housing 31. In addition, when sending a banknote along the longitudinal direction, even when using a plurality of rollers provided side by side, it is possible to reliably feed the banknote from the inside of the housing 31 to the outside as in the case of using a belt. It becomes like this.

Moreover, according to the banknote storage cassette 30 of this Embodiment, as mentioned above, the memory | storage part 90 which links | relates and memorize | stores the order of the banknote accommodated in a storage part, and the serial number of the said banknote is provided. . Thus, when banknotes are transferred by the banknote storage cassette 30 between the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the order and serial numbers of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 from the banknote settlement apparatus 12 are set. The control unit 290 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 can acquire such information from the storage unit 90 of the banknote storage cassette 30.

Moreover, in this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, control part 190,290 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 is in the banknote storage cassette 30 with which these banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 were mounted | worn. The order of banknotes sent from the banknote storage cassette 30 to the main body of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 is determined based on the type of the storage and feeding mechanism used. Thereby, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is mounted on the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22, the second storage and feeding mechanism 42 is used, and the first banknote is used when the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30. Even when different from the storage / delivery mechanism 32, by making the order in which banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the order in which banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage cassette 30 in the banknote accounting apparatus 22. The

control units

190 and 290 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 can manage the order of banknotes sent from the banknote storage cassette 30 to the main body of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 without error. It becomes like this.

Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 of this Embodiment, the banknote close-up process can be performed by using the banknote storage cassette 30 with which the cassette mounting part 260 was mounted | worn. Details of the banknote review process performed in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 will be described below.

When performing the banknote scrutinization process in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the banknote storage cassette 30 is first mounted in the cassette mounting section 260. Then, banknotes are fed one by one from the storage and feeding section 250 among the plurality of storage and feeding sections 250, and the fed banknotes are sent to the banknote storage cassette 30 by the transport section 230 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30. . At this time, the banknotes fed out from the storage and feeding unit 250 to the transport unit 230 are sent to the identification unit 240 through the first connection passage 232 that connects the upper unit 202 and the lower unit 204 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22. Identification is performed by the identification unit 240. And the banknote identified by the identification part 240 is sent to the banknote storage cassette 30 through the 2nd connection channel | path 234 which connects the upper unit 202 and the lower unit 204 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, and is sent to this banknote storage cassette 30. Stored. As described above, by providing two connection passages including the first connection passage 232 and the second connection passage 234 as connection passages for connecting the upper unit 202 and the lower unit 204 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22, the paper is conveyed from the storage and feeding unit 250. The banknotes are fed out to the section 230 one after another, and the fed banknotes can be sent to the banknote storage cassette 30 one after another after passing through the identification section 240 by the transport section 230.

When all the banknotes are fed out from the storage and feeding unit 250 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the banknote storage cassette 30, and the fed banknotes are identified by the identification unit 240 and then the transport unit 230. Thus, the original storage and feeding unit 250 is returned. At this time, the banknotes fed from the banknote storage cassette 30 to the transport unit 230 are sent to the identification unit 240 through the second connection passage 234, and are identified by the identification unit 240. The banknotes identified by the identification unit 240 are sent to the original storage / feeding unit 250 through the first connection passage 232 and stored in the storage / feeding unit 250. Here, the identification result by the identification unit 240 when the banknote is sent from the storage and feeding unit 250 to the banknote storage cassette 30, and the identification result by the identification unit 240 when the banknote is returned from the banknote storage cassette 30 to the storage and feeding unit 250 , The banknote scrutinization process in the storage and feeding unit 250 is normally completed. On the other hand, if the identification results of the two do not match, information indicating that the identification results of the two do not match is output from the control unit 290, and this information is displayed on the operation display unit 295, or this information is displayed by the interface 297. Or transmitted to an external device such as a terminal. Such a process is performed for each storage / feeding unit 250 (that is, for each denomination) in all the storage / feeding units 250. In this way, it is possible to check the banknotes stored in the storage and feeding sections 250. Such a banknote review process is performed by the control unit 290 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 controlling the banknote storage cassette 30, the transporting unit 230, and the like mounted on the storage and feeding units 250 and the cassette mounting unit 260. It has become. In addition, in performing the banknote scrutiny process in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 by using the banknote storage cassette 30 mounted on the cassette mounting section 260, the storage and feeding section 250 holds the banknotes one by one between a pair of tapes. Instead of a tape reel type that winds the tape together with banknotes, a stacker type that stacks and stores banknotes may be used.

In addition, as a structure of the banknote storage cassette by this Embodiment, instead of using the banknote storage cassette 30 of a structure as shown in FIG. 7 thru | or FIG. 11, the banknote storage cassette 30a of a structure as shown in FIG. It may be used. In the banknote storage cassette 30a shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, in order to regulate the position of the banknotes that are sent from the transport unit 230 to the banknote storage cassette 30a and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30a when the banknote scrutiny processing is performed. The regulating member 70 and a driving member 72 for moving the regulating member 70 are provided. Here, in this Embodiment, the control part 290 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 controls the drive member 72 so that the position of the control member 70 may be changed based on the money type of the banknote in which a close examination process is performed. . More specifically, the storage unit 296 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 stores information related to the position of the regulating member 70 corresponding to each denomination of the banknote, and the control unit 290 stores the storage unit 296. The driving member 72 is controlled so as to move the regulating member 70 to a position corresponding to the denomination of the banknote to be subjected to the scrutiny processing. The technical features of the banknote storage cassette 30a will be described in detail below.

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, the regulating member 70 is composed of a side plate that forms a bill storage space in the bill storage cassette 30 a, and the bill storage space in the bill storage cassette 30 a is regulated as this side plate. It is divided by the member 70. As shown in FIG. 12, the regulating member 70 is movable in a direction toward the banknote dispensing slot 48 in the banknote storage cassette 30 a and a direction away from the banking slot 48. The drive member 72 is composed of, for example, an electric actuator, and the drive member 72 can move the regulating member 70 in the arrow direction in FIG. The drive member 72 is not limited to an electric actuator, and other drive mechanisms such as a pantograph mechanism and a rack and pinion mechanism may be used. Here, in this Embodiment, the motive power of the drive member 72 is supplied from the main body part side of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22. More specifically, connectors similar to the

connectors

66 and 68 of the banknote storage cassette 30 shown in FIG. 7 are provided near the upper end and the lower end of the side surface of the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30a. When the storage cassette 30a is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 260 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and the main body connector of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and the connector of the banknote storage cassette 30a are connected, power is supplied from the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 to the banknote storage cassette 30a. Is supplied, and the driving member 72 is driven by the supplied electric power.

In the storage unit 296 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22, for example, two or three positions are stored as the position of the regulating member 70, and one or a plurality of banknote denominations are associated with each position. Specifically, FIG. 13 shows a first position of the restricting member 70, and FIG. 14 shows a second position of the restricting member 70. When there are two positions of the regulating member 70 stored in the storage unit 296, the first position as shown in FIG. 13 and the second position as shown in FIG. 14 are used. Further, when there are three positions of the regulating member 70 stored in the storage unit 296, the first position as shown in FIG. 13, the second position as shown in FIG. 14, and the first position and the second position. A third position located between the positions is used. Further, each denomination of the banknote is linked to any one of these first position, second position, third position, and the like. Specifically, the first position as shown in FIG. 13 is associated with a denomination of a relatively large banknote, and the second position as illustrated in FIG. 14 with respect to a denomination of a relatively small banknote. Is tied. Then, the regulating member 70 is moved by the driving member 72 to each position such as the first position, the second position, and the third position. Specifically, the driving member 72 is controlled by the control unit 290 so that the regulating member 70 moves to a position corresponding to the denomination of the banknote to be scrutinized among the first position, the second position, and the third position. Is done.

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, a plurality of

detection sensors

71a and 71b for detecting the regulating member 70 located at the first position or the second position are provided inside the banknote storage cassette 30a. . Here, the first detection sensor 71a detects the restriction member 70 when the restriction member 70 is positioned at the first position as shown in FIG. 13, and the second detection sensor 71b is a restriction member. The regulating member 70 is detected when the 70 is located at the second position as shown in FIG. Further, when the restricting member 70 moves to a third position located between the first position and the second position, a third detection sensor (not shown) that detects the restricting member 70 located at the third position. ) Is installed. In the present embodiment, each

detection sensor

71a, 71b is associated with one or more denominations of banknotes. As a result, the control unit 290 controls the drive member 72 to move the regulating member 70 to a position detected by the detection sensor corresponding to the denomination of the banknote to be subjected to the scrutiny process among the plurality of

detection sensors

71a and 71b. To come.

Next, the operation when the banknote scrutiny process is performed when the banknote storage cassette 30a is mounted on the cassette mounting section 260 will be described below. When the scrutiny processing is performed on the storage and feeding unit 250 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote having a relatively large size among the plurality of storage and feeding units 250, the regulating member 70 is the driving member before the banknotes are fed out from the storage and feeding unit 250. 72, for example, to the first position as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the banknotes fed out from the storage and feeding section 250 are sent to the banknote storage cassette 30a by the transport section 230 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30a. At this time, the regulating member 70 is relatively far from the dispensing inlet 48. By moving to the position, a large-sized banknote can be stored in the banknote storage cassette 30a. Such a large banknote is indicated by reference numeral P1 in FIG. On the other hand, when the inspection process is performed on the storage and feeding unit 250 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote having a relatively small size among the plurality of storage and feeding units 250, the regulation member 70 is moved before the banknote is fed out from the storage and feeding unit 250. The drive member 72 is moved to the second position as shown in FIG. 14, for example. Thereafter, the banknotes fed out from the storage and feeding section 250 are sent to the banknote storage cassette 30a by the transport section 230 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30a. At this time, the regulating member 70 is relatively close to the dispensing inlet 48. By moving to the position, it is possible to prevent the stacking position of the banknotes from shifting in the horizontal direction in FIG. 14 when banknotes having a small size are stacked in the banknote storage cassette 30a. Such a small banknote is indicated by a reference symbol P2 in FIG.

According to the banknote storage cassette 30a of the present embodiment configured as described above and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 using such a banknote storage cassette 30a, the banknote storage cassette 30a includes a banknote storage cassette 30a from the transport unit 230. And a driving member 72 for moving the regulating member 70 is provided for regulating the position of the banknote stored in the banknote storage cassette 30a, and the control unit 290 performs a scrutiny process. The drive member 72 is controlled to change the position of the restricting member 70 based on the denomination of the bill. In this way, by changing the position of the regulating member 70 based on the denomination of the banknote on which the scrutiny processing is performed, even when the scrutiny processing is performed on the banknote of a small denomination, the banknote is stored in the banknote storage cassette 30a. It is possible to prevent the banknote stacking position from shifting in the left-right direction in FIG. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30a from being inclined with respect to a predetermined direction, thereby preventing troubles such as jamming of the banknotes from occurring. Can do.

Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the information which concerns on the position of the control member 70 corresponding to each money type of a banknote is memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 296. The control unit 290 controls the drive member 72 so as to move the regulating member 70 to a position corresponding to the denomination of the banknote that is stored in the storage unit 296 and is subjected to the scrutiny process. A plurality of

detection sensors

71a and 71b are provided as detection units for detecting the position of the regulating member 70, and each

detection sensor

71a and 71b is associated with one or more denominations of banknotes. And the control part 290 controls the drive member 72 to move the control member 70 to the position detected by the

detection sensors

71a and 71b corresponding to the denomination of the banknote to which the scrutiny process is performed.

Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 of this Embodiment, as mentioned above, the regulating member 70 provided in the banknote storage cassette 30a contains the side plate which forms the storage space of the banknote in the banknote storage cassette 30a. ing.

Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the banknote storage cassette 30a can be attached or detached with respect to the main-body part of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, and the drive member provided in this banknote storage cassette 30a The power of 72 is supplied from the main body portion side of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22.

In addition, the banknote storage cassette, banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus, and cash management system according to the present embodiment are not limited to the above-described modes, and various changes can be made.

For example, in the banknote settlement apparatus 12, instead of mounting the banknote storage cassette 30 on the cassette mounting section 160, or in addition to mounting the banknote storage cassette 30 on the cassette mounting section 160, the banknote storage cassette 30 is added to the depositing section 110. You may be able to wear it. In this case, the banknotes can be fed from the banknote storage cassette 30 mounted on the depositing unit 110 to the transport unit 130, and the banknotes can be sent from the transport unit 130 to the banknote storage cassette 30 mounted on the depositing unit 110. It becomes like this. In this case, a reader for writing information to the storage unit 90 of the banknote storage cassette 30 or reading information from the storage unit 90 when the banknote storage cassette 30 is attached to the depositing unit 110. A writer (not shown) may be provided in the depositing unit 110. In this case, when the banknote storage cassette 30 is attached to the depositing unit 110, the information stored in the storage unit 90 can be read by the reader / writer provided in the depositing unit 110. Further, when the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage cassette 30 attached to the depositing unit 110 into the housing 100 and stored in the respective storing and feeding units 150, the storage unit 90 is provided by the reader / writer provided in the depositing unit 110. The banknotes drawn out from the banknote storage cassette 30 based on the information acquired from the above may be stored in each storage and feeding part 150. Moreover, when the banknote drawn | fed out to the inside of the housing | casing 100 from the banknote storage cassette 30 with which the money_receiving | payment part 110 was mounted | worn is identified by the identification part 140, it is a banknote identified as not a normal banknote, or conveyance abnormality. Are identified as reject banknotes in a collection unit (not shown).

Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 in which the banknote scrutiny processing is performed, the banknote storage cassette 30b configured as shown in FIG. 15 is used instead of the banknote storage cassette 30a configured as shown in FIGS. It may come to be. In the banknote storage cassette 30b shown in FIG. 15, the banknote sent to the banknote storage cassette 30b from the conveyance part 230 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 instead of the regulation member 70 as a side plate which forms the storage space of the banknote in the banknote storage cassette 30a. A restricting member 74 composed of a stopper that collides with the bill is used, and a bill that has collided with the restricting member 74 composed of this stopper is stored in a bill storage space in the bill storage cassette 30b. Details of the configuration of the banknote storage cassette 30b will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 15, the regulating member 74 formed of a stopper that collides with the banknote sent from the transport unit 230 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 to the banknote storage cassette 30 b has a direction toward the banknote dispensing slot 48 in the banknote storage cassette 30 b and It is movable in a direction away from the outlet 48. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 15, the bill storage cassette 30b is provided with a drive member 76 for moving the regulating member 74. The drive member 76 is composed of, for example, an electric actuator or the like, and the drive member 76 can move the regulating member 74 in the arrow direction in FIG. Here, in the banknote storage cassette 30b shown in FIG. 15, as with the banknote storage cassette 30a shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, the power of the drive member 76 is supplied from the main body portion side of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22. Yes. More specifically, connectors similar to the

connectors

66 and 68 of the banknote storage cassette 30 shown in FIG. 7 are provided near the upper end and the lower end of the side surface of the housing 31 of the banknote storage cassette 30b. When the storage cassette 30b is mounted on the cassette mounting portion 260 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and the main body connector of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 and the connector of the banknote storage cassette 30b are connected, power is supplied from the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 to the banknote storage cassette 30b. Is supplied, and the driving member 76 is driven by the supplied electric power.

In the storage unit 296 of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22, for example, two or three positions are stored as the positions of the regulating member 74, and one or a plurality of banknote denominations are associated with each position. Specifically, for a denomination of a relatively large banknote, a position relatively far from the banknote entry / exit 48 is tied as a position of the regulation member 74, and for a denomination of a relatively small banknote, the regulation member As a position 74, a position relatively close to the banknote outlet 48 is linked. The restricting member 74 is moved to any one of the plurality of positions by the driving member 76. Specifically, the drive member 76 is controlled by the control unit 290 so that the regulating member 74 moves to a position corresponding to the denomination of the bill on which the scrutiny process is performed among the plurality of positions stored in the storage unit 296. The

Also, a plurality of detection sensors (not shown) for detecting the regulating member 74 located at each of the plurality of positions are provided inside the bill storage cassette 30b. Each detection sensor is associated with one or more denominations of banknotes. Thus, the control unit 290 controls the drive member 76 to move the regulating member 74 to a position detected by the detection sensor corresponding to the denomination of the banknote that is subjected to the scrutiny process among the plurality of detection sensors. Become.

Next, the operation when the banknote scrutiny process is performed when the banknote storage cassette 30b is mounted on the cassette mounting section 260 will be described below. When the close-out processing is performed on the storage and feeding portion 250 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote having a relatively large size among the plurality of storage and feeding portions 250, the regulation member 74 as a stopper before the banknote is fed out from the storage and feeding portion 250. Is moved by the drive member 76 to a position relatively far from the outlet 48. Thereafter, the banknotes fed out from the storage and feeding section 250 are sent to the banknote storage cassette 30b by the transport section 230 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30b. At this time, the regulating member 74 is relatively far from the dispensing inlet 48. By moving to the position, a large-sized banknote can be stored in the banknote storage cassette 30b. On the other hand, when the close-out processing is performed on the storage and feeding unit 250 corresponding to the denomination of the banknote having a relatively small size among the plurality of storage and feeding units 250, the regulation as a stopper before the banknotes are fed out from the storage and feeding unit 250. The member 74 is moved to a relatively close position from the outlet 48 by the driving member 76. Thereafter, the banknotes fed out from the storage and feeding section 250 are sent to the banknote storage cassette 30b by the transport section 230 and stored in the banknote storage cassette 30b. At this time, the regulating member 74 is relatively close to the dispensing inlet 48. By moving to the position, it is possible to prevent the stacking position of the banknotes from shifting in the left-right direction in FIG. 15 when banknotes having a small size are stacked in the banknote storage cassette 30b.

Thus, according to the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 using the banknote storage cassette 30b as shown in FIG. 15, it is sent to the banknote storage cassette 30b from the transport unit 230 to the banknote storage cassette 30b. A regulating member 74 including a stopper for regulating the position of the banknote to be stored and a driving member 76 for moving the regulating member 74 are provided, and the control unit 290 is based on the denomination of the banknote on which the scrutiny process is performed. Thus, the drive member 76 is controlled to change the position of the restricting member 74. In this way, even when the scrutiny processing is performed on a banknote of a small denomination by changing the position of the regulating member 74 formed of a stopper based on the denomination of the banknote to be scrutinized, the banknote is a banknote. It is possible to prevent the banknote stacking position from being shifted in the left-right direction in FIG. 15 when stacked in the storage cassette 30b. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30b from being inclined with respect to a predetermined direction, thereby preventing troubles such as jamming of the banknotes from occurring. Can do.

Moreover, as a banknote storage cassette which concerns on this invention, the flat plate member used as a guide board among a pair of flat plate members functions as an accumulation lever which aligns the banknote sent from the main body part of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22. Such a banknote storage cassette may be used. The structure of such a banknote storage cassette is demonstrated using FIG.

In the banknote storage cassette 30c as shown in FIG. 16, a flat plate member (indicated by reference numeral 50p in FIG. 16) used as a guide plate out of a pair of flat plate members sends the banknote from the outlet 48 to the inside of the casing 31. It can be inclined obliquely downward with respect to the direction (that is, the left-right direction in FIG. 16). Thereby, in the banknote storage cassette 30c, the front-end | tip part of the banknote sent to the inside of the housing | casing 31 from the dispensing inlet 48 contacts the lower surface of the flat plate member 50p inclined with respect to the feed direction of the said banknote. Thus, the sheet is guided along the lower surface of the flat plate member 50p and is stacked in an aligned state on the bills already stacked on the flat plate member 52. As described above, the flat plate member 50p functioning as a guide plate among the pair of flat plate members is inclined obliquely downward with respect to the direction in which bills are fed from the discharge port 48 to the inside of the housing 31, and thereby the housing from the discharge port 48 to the housing. The bills sent to the inside of the body 31 can be smoothly guided by the flat plate member 50p and accumulated on the flat plate member 52. In addition, when the banknote storage cassette 30c shown in FIG. 16 is used upside down, the flat plate member 50p is used as a mounting plate on which banknotes are stacked by being maintained in a state extending in the left-right direction in FIG. Be able to.

Further, as a banknote storage cassette in which a flat plate member used as a guide plate among a pair of flat plate members functions as a stacking lever, one having a configuration as shown in FIGS. 17 to 19 may be used. In the banknote storage cassette 30d shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, a flat plate member 51 that functions as a guide plate among a pair of flat plate members is divided into two

members

51a and 51b, and the

members

51a and 51b are independent of each other. 17 can be inclined obliquely downward with respect to the horizontal direction in FIG. The operation for storing banknotes in such a banknote storage cassette 30d will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the banknote storage cassette 30d shown in FIG. 17, when a banknote is sent from the outlet 48 to the inside of the housing 31, first, the member 51a far from the outlet 48 of the two

members

51a and 51b is the left-right direction in FIG. Is inclined obliquely downward (see FIG. 18). As a result, the tip portion of the banknote sent from the dispensing inlet 48 to the inside of the housing 31 comes into contact with the lower surface of the member 51a inclined with respect to the feeding direction of the banknote, so that the lower surface of the member 51a Will be guided along. Thereafter, of the two

members

51a and 51b, the member 51b closer to the outlet 48 is inclined obliquely downward with respect to the horizontal direction in FIG. 17 (see FIG. 19). As a result, the surface of the banknote sent from the outlet 48 to the inside of the housing 31 is pushed downward by the member 51b, and the banknote is stacked in an aligned state on the banknote already stacked on the flat plate member 52. Become so. Thus, each

member

51a, 51b of the flat plate member 51 that functions as a guide plate among the pair of flat plate members is inclined obliquely downward with respect to the direction in which bills are fed from the dispensing port 48 to the inside of the housing 31. Thus, the bills sent from the dispensing port 48 to the inside of the housing 31 can be smoothly guided by the flat plate member 51 and accumulated on the flat plate member 52. In addition, when the banknote storage cassette 30d shown in FIG. 17 etc. is used upside down, each

member

51a, 51b of the flat plate member 51 is maintained in a state extending in the left-right direction in FIG. It will be used as a mounting plate to be integrated.

Further, as a bill storage cassette having another configuration, a bill storage cassette 30e in which four

flat plate members

80, 82, 84, 86 are provided in the housing 31 as shown in FIG. 20 may be used. In the banknote storage cassette 30e as shown in FIG. 20, the

flat plate members

80, 82, 84, 86 are movable independently in the vertical direction in FIG. The inserted banknotes are stored in the housing 31 in a state of being sandwiched between the pair of

flat plate members

84 and 86, and the banknotes inserted into the housing 31 through the outlet 48 are a pair of flat plate members 80, It is accommodated in the housing 31 in a state of being sandwiched between 82. According to such a banknote storage cassette 30e, when the banknote collection processing is performed from each device of the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the banknote settlement apparatus 12 and the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 are performed by one banknote storage cassette 30e. Bills can be collected from both. Specifically, when collecting banknotes from the banknote settlement apparatus 12, the banknote storage cassette 30e is turned upside down from the state shown in FIG. 20 and mounted on the cassette mounting section 160 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12. And when the banknote paid out from each storage and feeding part 150 in the banknote settlement apparatus 12 is sent to the banknote storage cassette 30e by the transport part 130, the banknote sent to the inside of the housing 31 through the dispensing port 38 is the first. Each circulating belt 34 of the one storing and feeding mechanism 32 is sent between the pair of

flat plate members

84 and 86 so as to be stored between the pair of

flat plate members

84 and 86. Moreover, when collect | recovering banknotes from the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, it mounts | wears with the cassette mounting part 260 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 in the state shown in FIG. And when the banknote paid out from each storage and feeding part 250 in the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 is sent to the banknote storage cassette 30e by the transport part 230, the banknote sent to the inside of the housing 31 through the dispensing port 48 is the first. 2 The feed roller 45 of the storage and feeding mechanism 42 is fed between the pair of

flat plate members

80 and 82 so as to be stored between the pair of

flat plate members

80 and 82.

After the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30e in the banknote settlement apparatus 12, when the banknote storage cassette 30e is removed from the cassette mounting portion 160 of the banknote settlement apparatus 12, the

flat plate members

84 and 86 sandwich the banknotes therebetween. In this state, each moves in a direction away from the outlet 38. Further, after the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 30e in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, when the banknote storage cassette 30e is removed from the cassette mounting portion 260 of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22, the

flat plate members

80 and 82 are configured to interpose the banknotes. In the state of being sandwiched between the two, each moves in a direction away from the outlet 48. Here, the

flat plate members

82 and 84 moved in a direction away from the

outlets

38 and 48 may overlap each other. Thus, when the banknote storage cassette 30e taken out from the banknote settlement apparatus 12 or the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 is carried, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 30e are extracted from the

respective dispensing inlets

38 and 48. This can be prevented, and the anti-theft property of the banknote storage cassette 30e can be improved.

Further, when the banknote depositing / dispensing device 22 according to the present embodiment performs a scrutinization process, after each banknote is sent from each storage and feeding section 250 to the banknote storage cassette 30a and the like, each storage and feeding section is transferred from the banknote storage cassette 30a and the like. Instead of the banknote being returned to 250, after a banknote is sent from one storage and feeding section 250 to another storage and feeding section 250, the banknote is returned from the storage and feeding section 250 to the original storage and feeding section 250. May be. In this case, in the storage and feeding unit 250 where the banknotes are temporarily held when the scrutiny process is performed, the position of the banknotes sent from the transport unit 230 to the storage and feeding unit 250 and stored in the storage and feeding unit 250 is determined. A regulating member for regulating and a driving member for moving the regulating member may be provided. In this case, the control unit 290 controls the drive member so as to change the position of the regulating member provided in the storage and feeding unit 250 based on the denomination of the bill on which the scrutiny process is performed. More specifically, a regulation member and a drive member having the same configuration as the regulation member 70 and the drive member 72 in the banknote storage cassette 30a shown in FIGS. Or the regulating member and drive member of the structure similar to the regulating member 74 and the drive member 76 in the banknote storage cassette 30b shown in FIG. Thus, when changing the position of the regulating member provided in the storing and feeding unit 250 such that the banknote is temporarily held when the scrutiny process is performed based on the denomination of the banknote to which the scrutiny process is performed. Even when a scrutiny process is performed on a banknote of a denomination with a small size, it is possible to prevent the banknote stacking position from being shifted when the banknote is stacked in the storage and feeding unit 250. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the banknotes stored in the storage and feeding unit 250 from being inclined with respect to a predetermined direction, and thus prevent troubles such as jamming of the banknotes from occurring. Can do.

Moreover, in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 according to the present embodiment, a storing and feeding unit dedicated to the scrutiny processing is provided, and when the scrutiny processing is performed, banknotes are transferred from each storing and feeding unit 250 to the storing and feeding unit dedicated to the scrutiny processing. After being sent, banknotes may be returned from the storage and feeding section dedicated to the scrutiny process to each storage and feeding section 250. Also in this case, in the storing and feeding part dedicated to the scrutiny process in which the banknote is temporarily held when the scrutiny process is performed, the banknote sent from the transport unit 230 to the storing and feeding part and stored in the storing and feeding part. A restricting member for restricting the position and a drive member for moving the restricting member may be provided. In this case, the control unit 290 controls the drive member so as to change the position of the regulating member provided in the storing and feeding unit dedicated to the scrutiny process based on the denomination of the bill on which the scrutiny process is performed.

Further, when the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 22 according to the present embodiment performs the scrutiny process, the banknotes are temporarily held in one of the plurality of storing / feeding parts 250 or a storing / feeding part dedicated to the scrutinizing process. In such a case, the storage and feeding unit may be provided with a width alignment mechanism that aligns the banknote at the center position in the width direction by hitting the side edge of the banknote sent from the transport unit 230. Good. In this case, even when a scrutiny process is performed on a banknote of a small denomination, the banknote stacking position is prevented from shifting in the width direction when the banknote is stacked in the storage and feeding unit 250. can do.

Claims

A storage unit for storing banknotes;
A plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms for feeding banknotes one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage unit to store the banknotes in the storage unit and feeding the banknotes stored in the storage unit one by one to the outside of the storage unit; ,
With
The banknote storage cassette in which the feeding directions of banknotes by the storage and feeding mechanisms are different from each other.
The plurality of storage / feeding mechanisms include a first storage / feeding mechanism and a second storage / feeding mechanism for feeding banknotes in a direction substantially orthogonal to a banknote feeding direction by the first storage / feeding mechanism. Item 1. A bill storage cassette according to item 1.
Banknotes are stored in the storage section in a stacked state,
3. The banknote storage cassette according to claim 2, wherein each of the first storage and feeding mechanism and the second storage and feeding mechanism is provided at a position on the opposite side in the stacking direction of banknotes in the storage unit.
The banknote storage cassette according to claim 3, wherein the stacking direction of banknotes in the storage section is reversed between when the first storage and feeding mechanism is used and when the second storage and feeding mechanism is used.
Between the first storing and feeding mechanism and the second storing and feeding mechanism, there is provided a placing portion on which a bill is placed,
A first storage / feeding space is formed between the first storage / feeding mechanism and the placement portion, and a second storage / feeding space is formed between the second storage / feeding mechanism and the placement portion. The banknote storage cassette according to any one of claims 2 to 4.
The placement section has a first placement portion and a second placement portion, and banknotes are stored and delivered between the first storage and feeding mechanism and the first placement portion of the placement section. The banknote storage cassette according to claim 5, wherein banknotes can be stored and delivered between the second storage and feeding mechanism and the second placement portion of the placement section. .
One of the first placement portion and the second placement portion functions as a placement plate on which bills are placed in a stacked state, and the other placement portion is provided from the outside of the storage unit. The bill functions as a guide plate for guiding the bill when the bill is sent to the bill, and a bill storage space is formed between the placement plate and the guide plate. The bill storage cassette according to claim 6, wherein when the stacking direction is reversed, the functions of the mounting plate and the guide plate are interchanged.
The bills stored in the storage unit by one of the first storage and feeding mechanisms and the second storage and feeding mechanism can be fed out of the storage unit by the other storage and feeding mechanism. The bill storage cassette according to any one of claims 2 to 7.
The banknote storage cassette as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 8 with which the two holding parts for holding the said banknote storage cassette are each provided in the location on the opposite side in the stacking direction of the banknote in the said storage part. .
The bill storage cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein two connectors for receiving electric power from an external device are respectively provided at positions opposite to each other in the bill stacking direction in the storage unit.
In the said 1st accommodation delivery mechanism and the said 2nd accommodation delivery mechanism, the structure of the feeding member for paying out the banknote accommodated in the said accommodating part one by one to the exterior of the said accommodating part mutually differs. The banknote storage cassette according to any one of 8.
Of the first storing and feeding mechanism and the second storing and feeding mechanism, the storing and feeding mechanism for feeding bills along the short direction thereof is provided with a feeding roller as the feeding member, and the first storing and feeding mechanism and The bill storage cassette according to claim 11, wherein a feeding belt is provided as the feeding member in the storage and feeding mechanism that feeds bills along the longitudinal direction of the second storing and feeding mechanism.
The banknote storage cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising a storage unit that stores an order of banknotes stored in the storage unit and a serial number of the banknotes in association with each other.
A storage unit for storing banknotes, and sending banknotes one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage unit to store the banknotes in the storage unit, and banknotes stored in the storage unit one by one outside the storage unit A plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms, and a storage unit for storing the order of banknotes stored in the storage unit and the serial numbers of the banknotes, and storing the banknotes by the storage and feeding mechanisms. Banknote storage cassettes with different feeding directions,
The banknote storage cassette is detachably mounted, a banknote is sent from the main body portion to the banknote storage cassette, and the banknote is stored in the storage section of the banknote storage cassette, and the storage and feeding mechanism is provided from the storage section of the banknote storage cassette. A banknote handling apparatus in which banknotes fed out are sent to the main body part;
With
The banknote processing device reads the information stored in the storage unit of the banknote storage cassette attached to the banknote processing device, and reads the information from the banknote storage cassette based on the information read by the reading unit. A control unit that manages the serial number of the banknote sent to the main body portion of the banknote handling apparatus,
Based on the type of the storage and feeding mechanism used in the banknote storage cassette attached to the banknote processing apparatus, the control unit is the order of banknotes sent from the banknote storage cassette to the main body portion of the banknote processing apparatus. Banknote processing system.
A storage unit for storing banknotes, and sending banknotes one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage unit to store the banknotes in the storage unit, and banknotes stored in the storage unit one by one outside the storage unit A bill storage cassette that has a plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms, and that feeds bills differently from each other.
The banknote storage cassette is detachably mounted, a banknote is sent from the main body portion to the banknote storage cassette, and the banknote is stored in the storage section of the banknote storage cassette, and the storage and feeding mechanism is provided from the storage section of the banknote storage cassette. A plurality of banknote handling devices, wherein the banknotes fed out are sent to the main body portion;
With
The conveyance direction of the banknote in each said banknote processing apparatus is mutually different,
When the banknote storage cassette is mounted on the banknote processing apparatus, banknotes are fed along the first feeding direction in the banknote storage cassette, and when the banknote storage cassette is mounted on another banknote processing apparatus. A banknote handling system in which banknotes are fed along a second feeding direction different from the first feeding direction in the banknote storage cassette.
The plurality of banknote processing devices include a first banknote processing device and a second banknote processing device that transports banknotes in a direction substantially orthogonal to the banknote transport direction of the first banknote processing device.
The plurality of storage / feeding mechanisms in the banknote storage cassette include a first storage / feeding mechanism and a second storage / feeding mechanism for feeding banknotes in a direction substantially orthogonal to a banknote feeding direction by the first storage / feeding mechanism. The banknote processing system according to claim 15.
A storage unit for storing banknotes, and sending banknotes one by one from the outside to the inside of the storage unit to store the banknotes in the storage unit, and banknotes stored in the storage unit one by one outside the storage unit A bill storage cassette having a plurality of storage and feeding mechanisms that feed out and different bill feeding directions by the storage and feeding mechanisms is mounted on the first bill processing device, and the main body portion of the first bill processing device A step of sending banknotes to the banknote storage cassette along the first feeding direction and storing banknotes in the storage section of the banknote storage cassette;
The banknote storage cassette is attached to a second banknote processing apparatus different from the first banknote processing apparatus, and banknotes stored in the storage section of the banknote storage cassette are different one by one from the first feeding direction. A step of feeding out to the outside of the storage unit along the feeding direction of 2 and sending it to the main body portion of the second banknote processing device;
A bill processing method comprising: