JP4718801B2 - Paper sheet processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus that is provided, for example, in a banknote dispenser for station service equipment and used as a safe for accumulating and storing banknotes.

  This type of paper sheet processing apparatus is known to have a stacking unit for stacking paper sheets and a storage unit provided on the stacking unit via a separator.

  The paper sheets accumulated in the accumulating section are stored by being pushed into the accommodating section through the separator when the pusher is raised. The paper sheets stored in the storage unit are taken out by rotation of the take-out roller (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

By the way, when the banknote stored in the above-mentioned storage part becomes full, it will be detected by the detection sensor, and the storing operation of the banknote will be stopped based on this detection information.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-1251 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-7306

  However, conventionally, only a full state of paper sheets can be detected, and it has been impossible to take appropriate measures before the storing operation is stopped.

  For example, taking a ticket vending machine as an example of a station service device, when this mechanism is used with a banknote unit, the operation of the banknote unit is stopped when full is detected. For this reason, as a ticket vending machine, the operation in the mode in which the handling of banknotes is stopped is continued, and there is an inconvenience that the convenience of the user is lowered unless a full banknote is extracted.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is paper sheet processing that can take appropriate measures before the storage state of the paper sheets reaches a predetermined amount. An object is to provide an apparatus.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stacking means for stacking paper sheets, and a paper sheet stacked on the stacking means is moved in the stacking direction by a first distance from an initial position. A pushing means for returning to the initial position after the pushing, a storing means for storing the paper sheets pushed by the pushing means, and a taking out means for taking out the paper sheets stored in the storing means, Detection means for detecting the storage limit position based on the pushing operation of the paper sheet, and the movement distance during the pushing operation of the pushing means based on the detection means detecting the storage limit position. Control means for controlling the second movement distance to be shorter than the movement distance of the paper sheet, and the paper sheet based on the detection of the storage limit position in a state where the pushing means is moved by the first distance. closer amount of storage classes within limits Determining means for determining that the state, that the determination means and a display means for displaying to that effect on the basis of the storage amount of the paper sheet is determined to be in a state of close to the limit Features.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the stacking means for stacking the paper sheets and the paper sheets stacked on the stacking means are pushed in by moving a first distance from the initial position in the stacking direction. Pushing means for returning to the initial position, storage means for storing paper sheets pushed by the pushing means, take-out means for taking out the paper sheets stored in the storage means, and pushing operation of the paper sheets Detecting means for detecting the storage limit position based on the detection means, and the detection means detects the storage limit position, and based on the detection means, the moving distance during the pressing operation of the pushing means is shorter than the first movement distance. Control means for controlling the movement distance to be 2 and the storage capacity of the paper sheet is limited based on detection of the storage limit position when the pushing means is moved by the first distance. it is determined that a state in which approached, A determining means for serial pushing unit determines that amount of storage of the paper sheet on the basis of the said housing limit position by said second distance movement state is detected is in a state of reaching the limit, this determination It means characterized by comprising a display means for displaying to that effect on the basis of the storage amount of the paper sheet is determined to be a state close to the limit.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to avoid stopping the apparatus as much as possible and to improve the convenience for the user.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a bill automatic teller machine as a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of the bill.

  For example, ATMs and vending machines, specifically, transactions with banknotes as paper sheets, such as ATMs and vending machines, specifically vending machines such as train tickets and regular machines in station equipment, etc. It is a device that performs.

  The banknote handling apparatus includes an apparatus main body 1, and a banknote entrance 1 a is provided on the upper front side of the apparatus main body 1. A bill insertion / discharge portion 1b is provided at the bill entrance / exit 1a so as to protrude forward, and bills are collectively inserted / discharged along the longitudinal direction from the bill insertion / discharge portion 1b.

  In the apparatus main body 1, the 1st banknote conveyance path 41 connected to the banknote entrance / exit 1a is provided. The first banknote transport path 41 is provided with an input / output shutter 3, sensors 2 a and 2 b, an intake / discharge roller 4, a stacking section 5, a banknote separating section 10, and a sensor 11 along the banknote transport direction. .

  The entrance / exit shutter 3 is opened and closed by an actuator (not shown). The sensors 2a and 2b detect a plurality of positions (two places in this example) in the short direction of the inserted bill inserted from the bill insertion / discharge unit 1b. The take-in / discharge roller 4 carries the banknote and holds the banknote as required.

  The stacking unit 5 performs batch stacking of inserted banknotes and stacks and stacks discharged banknotes. The stacking unit 5 is provided with a stacking detection sensor 6 that detects the presence or absence of banknotes, a stacking stopper 7 that holds the banknotes in a fixed position, and a feeding roller 8 that feeds the banknotes that are stacked together to the banknote separating unit 10 at the subsequent stage. A sensor 9 is provided on the feeding side of the feeding roller 8 to take the timing of the bill feeding operation.

  The banknote separating unit 10 separates the banknotes sent from the stacking unit 5 one by one, and sends the banknotes one by one to the subsequent banknote inspection unit. The banknote separation unit 10 is provided with a sensor 11 that detects that the separation operation for each banknote has been completed.

  A second banknote transport path 42 disposed along the vertical direction is connected to the first banknote transport path 41 described above. In the second banknote transport path 42, the detection sensor 12, the inspection unit 13, and the detection sensor 14 are disposed.

  The detection sensor 12 detects a banknote introduced into the inspection unit 13, and the inspection unit 13 performs an inspection such as the type of banknote, authenticity, and the number of sheets. The detection sensor 14 detects the length and thickness of a bill.

  A third banknote transport path 43 disposed along the vertical direction is connected to the lower end portion of the second banknote transport path 42. A first safe 15 according to the present invention is provided on one side of the third banknote transport path 43, and a second safe 16 is provided on the other side. The first safe 15 stores thousand yen bills (hereinafter referred to as 1K), and the second safe 16 stores 10,000 yen bills (hereinafter referred to as 10K).

  The first and second safes 15 and 16 are each provided with a safe door with a key, and stacking units 20 and 22 are arranged as stacking means on the lower side inside. 1K and 10K are superposed in the safes 15 and 16 and held. Discharge portions 21 and 23 for separating and discharging stored banknotes one by one are disposed on the upper sides of the first and second safes 15 and 16.

  In addition, the safe door is provided with a small door, and the primary banknote can be taken out by opening the door, but it can be switched to a secondary banknote by locking the door using an actuator or the like. Is possible.

  Here, the primary reserved banknote is a banknote inserted by a purchaser such as a ticket, which is held until the issued ticket type, the issue amount, etc. are fixed, and the ownership is in the purchaser. For this reason, it is necessary that the customer can return it as it is in response to a request for “purchase cancellation”. In addition, if a ticket jam occurs in this state, it must be possible to process the jammed ticket (return it to the customer) without using a key or the like.

  Secondary reserved banknotes are banknotes held until the next customer's banknote insertion after the purchase of a ticket or the like, and the ownership is at the station (electric railway company). In order to prevent troubles with customers regarding inserted banknotes after the purchase is completed, the contents of the inserted banknotes are retained, and the secondary storage section must be handled in the same way as a safe (no access without a key). is there.

  In the third banknote transport path 43 described above, first and second flappers (gates) 18 and 19 for distributing banknotes to the first and second safe sections 15 and 16 are arranged, respectively. Conveyance detection sensors 17 and 25 for detecting banknotes are disposed above and below the first and second flappers (gates) 18 and 19, respectively.

  On the lower side of the above-described safes 15 and 16, 5K and 2K first and second single-sheet storage units (primary and secondary storage units) 28 and 29 are arranged, respectively. These one-sheet storage units (primary and secondary storage units) 28 and 29 store 5K and 2K among the inserted banknotes one by one as primary storage banknotes, and further perform secondary storage for a bill.

  On the lower side of the single sheet storage unit (primary and secondary storage unit) 29, a mixed storage unit 24 as a second storage unit of 2K and 5K is provided, and a single sheet storage unit (primary and secondary storage unit). When there are reserved tickets at 28 and 29, 2K and 5K that have been inserted are held.

  A banknote reject unit 27 is provided on the lower side of the one-sheet storage unit (primary and secondary storage) 28, and a banknote that cannot be inspected by the inspection unit 13 is temporarily stored before being returned.

  A flapper 26 is provided in the third banknote transport path 43 located below the flapper 19.

  One side of the flapper 26 is provided with a flapper 30 that sorts the banknotes into a banknote holding section (primary and secondary holding) 28 and a banknote rejecting section 27, and a banknote is placed on the other side. A flapper 31 that distributes the sheets to the sheet storage unit (primary and secondary storage) 29 and the mixing storage unit 24 is provided.

  On the other hand, a recovery safe 32 is provided above the first safe 15. The recovery safe 32 stores banknotes 2K and 5K, collects all banknotes after the sale ends, and first and second safes. When the banknotes 15 and 16 have reached a predetermined amount or just before reaching the predetermined amount (for example, full or near full), the banknotes are collected.

  An entrance portion 32 a is provided on the front upper side of the collection safe 32, and the entrance portion 32 a is connected to the first banknote transport path 41 via the fourth banknote transport path 44. An entrance conveyance path detection sensor 34 is provided in the fourth banknote conveyance path 44.

  Note that the banknotes transported upward from the second banknote transport path 42 are distributed by the flapper 33 to the discharge path (pass indicated by the arrow 35) and the collection safe 32.

  Next, the configuration of the first and second safes 15 and 16 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a side view showing the first and second safes 15 and 16, and FIG. 4 is a front view thereof. Since the first and second safes 15 and 16 are configured similarly, the first safe 15 will be described as a representative.

  The first safe 15 has a bill outlet 50 on the front upper side and a bill inlet 51 on the lower side. On the lower side of the first safe 15, as described above, a stacking unit 20 is provided as a stacking unit that takes in and stacks a predetermined number of banknotes (for example, 20 sheets), and stacks below the stacking unit 20. A pusher 54 is provided as pushing means for pushing up the bills upward. A storage unit 57 for storing banknotes is provided above the stacking unit 20 via a separator 56.

  A kick roller 58 serving as a take-out means for taking out paper sheets is provided on the upper side of the storage portion 57, and the kick roller 58 is attached to the swing end of the swing lever 58a. In the vicinity of the swing lever 58a, a detection sensor 59 is provided as detection means for detecting the upper limit position of the stored banknote.

  In addition, the impeller 60 is provided in the vicinity of the banknote inlet 51, and the rear end part side of the banknote introduced into the stacking unit 20 is flipped up by the rotation of the impeller 60 so as not to prevent the introduction of the subsequent banknote. It has become. In the vicinity of the banknote outlet 50, there are provided a feed roller 61 constituting the discharge unit 21 and a separation roller 62 that is in rolling contact with the upper side of the feed roller 61.

  The bills sent out by the rotation of the kick roller 58 pass between the sending roller 61 and the separation roller 62 so that they are separated one by one and used as payout bills or collected in the collection box 32. It has become.

  By the way, the pusher 54 described above is stopped at the first position A in the storage portion 57 or the second position B lower than the first position A during the bill pushing operation. Further, the position when the pusher 54 is raised is detected by a position detection sensor 64. The distance between the first position A and the second position B can be arbitrarily determined by the number setting (specification) of detection before reaching a predetermined amount. For example, since one banknote is about 0.1 mm, when the number setting is 50, it becomes 5 mm.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a drive control system of the pusher 54.

  The inspection unit 13 and the upper limit detection sensor 59 and the position detection sensor 64 are connected to a control unit 65 as a control unit via a signal circuit, and the drive unit 67 of the pusher 54 is connected to the control unit 65 via the control circuit. Is connected.

  Further, a determination unit 69 is connected to the upper limit detection sensor 59 and the control unit 65 via a signal circuit. The determination means 69 determines that the storage amount (storage number) of bills is close to the limit in the storage unit 57 or that the storage amount (storage number) has reached the limit. A display unit 70 is connected to the determination unit 69 via a signal circuit. The display unit 70 determines that the banknote storage amount is close to the limit or that the banknote storage amount is close to the limit. Based on the above, the person in charge is notified by text or voice.

  Next, the storing operation of the banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit 20 of the first safe 15 in the storage unit 57 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7.

  First, when banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit 20 (step S1) and a predetermined amount (predetermined number of sheets) are stacked (step S2), the drive mechanism 67 is operated by the control unit 65 and the pusher 54 is moved to the standby position (initial position). ) And the stacked banknotes are lifted. Thereby, the separator 56 is pushed up and released, and the banknote is pushed into the storage portion 57 together with the pusher 54. This raised pusher 54 is detected by the position detection sensor 64, and this detection information is transmitted to the control unit 65. By receiving this detection information, the control unit 65 raises the pusher 54 for a predetermined time (first movement amount) by timer control and stops it at the first position A (step S3). After that, it is determined whether or not the upper limit detection sensor 59 has detected the upper limit position of the banknote (step S4). If it is determined not to detect, the pusher 54 is lowered to the standby position and waits, and again, step S1. Returning to step S2, the above stacking and pushing operation of banknotes is repeated.

  By repeating this, the amount of banknotes stored in the storage unit 57 increases, and finally the kick roller 58 is pushed up by the upper surface portion. When the swing lever 58a is rotated by this pushing up and the upper limit position of the stored banknote is detected by the upper limit detection sensor 59 (step S4), it is determined that the storage capacity of the banknote is approaching the limit by the judging means 69 (near full). Determination is made (step S6). Based on this determination, the display unit 70 informs the attendant by text or voice that the storage unit 57 is in a near-full state and prompts the banknotes to be removed.

  Thereafter, the control unit 65 sets the stop position when the pusher 54 is raised next time to be the second position B (step S7), and returns to step S5.

  From this state, banknotes are again accumulated in the accumulating unit 20 (step S11 in FIG. 7), and when a predetermined number of sheets are accumulated (step S12), the drive mechanism 67 is operated by the control unit 65 and the pusher 54 is in the standby position. The stacked banknotes are lifted up. As a result, the separator 56 is pushed up and released, and the bill is pushed into the storage portion 57 together with the pusher 54. At this time, the pusher 54 is detected by the position detection sensor 64, and this detection information is transmitted to the control unit 65. By receiving this detection information, the control unit 65 raises (second movement amount) the second time pusher 54 shorter than the first time described above by the timer control, and lowers the second time pusher 54 from the first position A. 2 is stopped at position B (step S13). After that, it is determined whether or not the upper limit detection sensor 59 has detected the upper limit position of the banknote (step S14), and if it is determined that it has been detected, the determination means 69 has reached the limit (full) of the banknote storage capacity. It is determined that the predetermined amount has been reached (step S15). Based on this determination, the kick roller 58 is rotated so that a set number of banknotes are sent out and collected in the collection safe 32 (step S16). After this collection, the pusher 54 is lowered and moved to the standby position (step S17). Next, the fullness is released and the stop position of the pusher 54 is set to the first position A (step S18). The banknote collection and storage is repeated again.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, when the banknote is almost full, the clerk can respond with sufficient time in order to notify the clerk of the fact. The convenience of users can be improved by shortening the stoppage time.

  Note that the fishing bill payout operation normally gives priority to high-value banknotes, but the control may be changed so that the near-full banknotes are given priority.

  As a result, it is possible to avoid stopping the apparatus as much as possible, without impairing the convenience of the user, and to save the labor of the staff.

  Further, since the amount of movement of the pusher 54 is arbitrarily set by software control (timer value change), two stop positionings can be performed by one detection sensor 64, and the number of parts can be reduced.

  Of course, the present invention can be variously modified within the scope of the gist thereof.

The block diagram which shows schematically the banknote processing apparatus which is one embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the flow of the banknote in the banknote processing apparatus. The internal block diagram which shows the safe of the banknote processing apparatus. The figure which shows the banknote exit part and entrance part of the safe. The block diagram which shows the drive control system of the pusher of the safe. The flowchart figure which shows the pushing-in and storing operation | movement of the banknote by the pusher. The flowchart figure which shows the pushing-in and storing operation | movement of the banknote by the pusher.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Accumulation part (accumulation means), A ... 1st position, B ... 2nd position, 32 ... Collection safe (collection part), 54 ... Pusher (pushing means), 57 ... Storage part (storage means), 58 ... kick roller (take-out roller / take-out means), 59 ... upper limit detection sensor (detection means), 64 ... detection sensor, 65 ... control unit (control means), 69 ... determination means.

Claims (5)

An accumulation means for accumulating paper sheets;
Pushing the paper sheets accumulated in the stacking means by moving a first distance from the initial position in the stacking direction, and after the pressing, pressing means for returning to the initial position;
Storage means for storing the paper sheet pushed by the pushing means;
Take-out means for taking out the paper sheets stored in the storage means;
Detecting means for detecting the storage limit position based on the pushing operation of the paper sheet;
Control means for controlling the movement distance during the pushing operation of the pushing means to be a second movement distance shorter than the first movement distance based on the detection means detecting the storage limit position;
Determining means for determining that the storage amount of the paper sheet is approaching a limit based on the detection of the storage limit position when the pushing means is moved by the first distance;
A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising: a display means for displaying the fact when the judging means judges that the storage amount of the paper sheets is approaching a limit . An accumulation means for accumulating paper sheets;
Pushing the paper sheets accumulated in the stacking means by moving a first distance from the initial position in the stacking direction, and after the pressing, pressing means for returning to the initial position;
Storage means for storing paper sheets pushed by the pushing means;
Take-out means for taking out the paper sheets stored in the storage means;
Detecting means for detecting the storage limit position based on the pushing operation of the paper sheet;
Control means for controlling the movement distance during the pushing operation of the pushing means to be a second movement distance shorter than the first movement distance based on the detection means detecting the storage limit position;
It is determined that the storage amount of the paper sheets is approaching the limit based on the storage limit position being detected while the pressing means is moved by the first distance, and the pressing means is Determining means for determining that the storage amount of the paper sheet has reached the limit based on the detection of the storage limit position in a state moved by the second distance;
Sheet processing apparatus to which the determination means is characterized by comprising a display means for displaying to that effect on the basis of the storage amount of the paper sheet is determined to be a state close to the limit. The take-out means has a take-out roller that abuts against a paper sheet to be pushed and changes its position,
3. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects a storage limit position of the paper sheet based on a variable position of the take-out roller. Having a detection sensor for detecting the position of the pushing means during movement;
The paper sheet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the amount of movement of the push-in means is controlled to be the first or second movement amount based on detection position information of the detection sensor and storage limit position information of the detection means. Processing equipment. 3. The paper according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said determining means determines that the storage capacity of the paper sheet is in a state where the limit is approaching, and takes out and discharges the paper sheet by said take-out means. Leaf processing equipment.

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