JPS6162991A - Paper sheet conveyance mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a paper sheet conveying mechanism, and in particular to a paper sheet conveying mechanism suitable for separating defective banknotes unsuitable for dispensing in a recirculating banknote handling device. This relates to a paper sheet conveyance mechanism.

[Background of the invention]

Conventionally, recycling-type banknote handling devices that can automatically recycle deposited banknotes into banknotes for withdrawal within the device are efficient because they can reduce the number of banknote tabs prepared for withdrawal at the beginning of business. It is widely used because it allows for efficient fund management. In order to efficiently pay any amount in response to a withdrawal request, the device described in "-" is equipped with multiple banknote storage boxes for each denomination, and the staff loads each storage box with banknotes for withdrawal at the beginning of work. However, if the banknotes are collected from each of the seven storage boxes at the end of the workday, the burden of transporting the storage boxes and loading and unloading the storage boxes into and out of the equipment will increase, so each A method of converting storage boxes into safes has been implemented. If the above-mentioned safe type is adopted, the recirculating banknote handling device will have one banknote storage box that can be attached to and removed from the main body of the device in order to facilitate the loading and collection of banknotes. Load banknotes of different denominations in batches, automatically number and distribute these banknotes into storage boxes for each denomination inside the device, and at the end of business, collect the banknotes in each storage box for each denomination into the above-mentioned storage box and store the banknotes. The format is to extract. However, in such a device, when the banknotes fed out from the bulk storage box are distributed to the storage boxes for each denomination, the banknotes of a specific denomination are recycled to the bulk storage box, so that the banknotes are kept in the bank even during the business period. It is designed to function as one of the type storage boxes,
In addition, the banknotes received for deposit and temporarily stacked by denomination are stored in storage boxes corresponding to each denomination immediately after the transaction is completed. For this reason, banknotes that are unsuitable for withdrawal, such as torn banknotes, banknotes with tape attached, worn-out banknotes, etc., are returned to the denomination storage box along with other genuine banknotes, so the withdrawal operation is difficult. This may cause a problem with the banknotes, or cause banknotes to jam in the device when banknotes with foreign objects are deposited. In the worst case scenario, there was a problem of damaging the denomination discrimination device.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to solve such conventional problems and to prevent unsuitable banknotes from being handled by a simple and inexpensive method in a circulation-type banknote handling device equipped with a banknote storage box that collectively stores banknotes of multiple denominations. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet conveying mechanism that can securely prevent deposits and withdrawals of money.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the paper sheet conveyance mechanism of the present invention includes:
It is equipped with a separating section that separates the accumulated banknotes one by one, a discriminating section that determines whether the banknotes are genuine or false, good or bad, and a storage box that stores deposited banknotes by denomination. In a recirculating banknote handling device that dispenses banknotes for withdrawal, in order to prevent the discriminating part from being damaged by foreign objects attached to the banknotes, there is a It is characterized by having a groove having a gap slightly narrower than the bill passing gap.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a recirculating banknote handling device showing an embodiment of the present invention. This device is for banking operations, and has a deposit processing function that processes banknotes deposited into the bank for deposits, transfers, remittances, etc., as well as withdrawal processing from the bank such as deposit withdrawals and change payments at the time of transfers. It has the function of recycling deposited banknotes into banknotes for withdrawal.

In Figure 1, 1 is the deposit slot, 2 is the bill, 3 is the bottom, and 4
is a banknote separator, 5 is a push plate, 6a is a pickup roller,
7a is a feed roller, 8a is a gate roller, 9 is a bill discriminator, 10a is a multiple detector, 11.12 is a recycling box that stores denominations A and B, respectively, and 13 is a bill that cannot be discriminated by the bill discriminator 9 at the time of withdrawal. 14 is a hopper that stores denomination C exclusively for dispensing, 15 is a cash cassette that stores mixed denomination E or banknote F, 16 is the device main body, and 17 is a banknote residual sensor. , 18
．． 19. 21-44 are conveyor belts, 20, 47-49 are gates, and 45.46 is a distribution board.

Note that the denominations of banknotes 2 currently handled by this device are A and B.

There are four types, C and D, and each type is, for example, a 10,000 yen note, a 1,000 yen note,
5,000 yen notes and 500 yen notes. Also, denomination A.

E is a mixed denomination of B, C, and D, and banknotes that cannot be used for withdrawal among denominations A-D (only one of the front and back sides of unfit note 9)
Let be F.

Of the five banknote storage boxes 11 to 15 provided in the device main body 16, the cash cellars i to 15 store mixed denominations E to be loaded at the start of work, and also store the mixed denomination E loaded at the end of work.
1.12 and a collection box for collecting from the hopper 14. Furthermore, it is also used as a storage box for denominations C and D and banknotes F when depositing money. In addition, cash cassette 15
is removably attached to the main body 16 of the apparatus, and the recycle boxes 11 and 12, the hopper 14, and the reject stacker 13 are fixedly provided.

After inserting banknotes 2 for deposit into the deposit port I, the bottom plate 3 of the deposit port 1 is opened by a motor and a link function (not shown), and the deposited banknotes 2 are dropped into the internal banknote separator 4. It consists of

The banknote separator 4 includes a pickup roller 6a facing one side of the input banknotes 2, and a feed roller 7 below the pickup roller 6a.
a, a push plate 5 facing the other surface, and a bottom hole. The above-mentioned push plate 5 presses the bill 2 against the pickup roller 6a, and when accepting the bill 2, retreats appropriately by a cam mechanism to facilitate the acceptance of the bill 2, and is brought into a suppressed state by detecting acceptance of the bill 2. return.

The gate roller 8a prevents multiple feeding of banknotes 2, and is fixed to the main body 16 of the apparatus, and is configured not to feed out the banknotes 2 on the goo 1-roller 8a side when the feed roller 7a rotates. When the pickup roller 6a and the feed roller 7a are driven and controlled by an appropriate drive source and the pickup roller 6a rotates, the feed roller 7a is rotated.
A banknote 2 is fed between the gate roller 8a and the gate roller 8a, and the banknote 2 is separated and conveyed one by one by the feed roller 7a. Note that a bill remaining sensor 17 provided in the bill separator 4 detects the presence or absence of the bill 2 (an empty state after the bill 2 is inserted and separated and conveyed).

Conveyor bell 1-18° after the feed roller 7a]
A gate 20 according to the present invention is provided in the conveyance path 9, and the conveyor belt is sandwiched between the upper and lower guides, and the gate 20 is disposed with an arbitrary gap maintained. Furthermore, the latter section shows whether the banknotes 2 are good or damaged (damages are those that are heavily soiled or torn).

A banknote discriminator 9 that discriminates the front and back, authenticity, and denomination of banknotes 2 (with foreign matter pasted 1) and a multiplex detector 10a that detects multiple feeding of banknotes 2 are provided. conveyor belt 2], 22 and 23.24
are the banknote 2 to the banknote discriminator 9 and the multiplex detector 10a, respectively.
transport. Conveyor belts 25 to 4+ located after the multiplex detector 10a convey banknotes 2 to each storage box 11 to 15. The conveyor bells 1 to 42-44 are extended to the banknote input slot 1 in order to return banknotes 2 which cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminator 9 or which are multiplexed by Oa at the time of deposit.

The conveyor belts 25, 26, 30.31 are distributed to the plate 45.46 and the conveyor belt 3/l provided near the end point.

42.37,38,40. /I ] Gate 47. installed near the starting point. /18.49 controls the sorting based on the discrimination result of the banknote discriminator 9 and sends it to the recycling box 11.12,
Stacker to reject 1] 3, cash input 1-15, and transfer banknotes 2 to each of the deposit slots 1.

Figures 2 and 3 show details of game 1 and 20 in Figure 1 = 7- It is an elliptic diagram shown in FIG.

In Figures 2 and 3, 51.52 are upper and lower guides,
53.54 are right and left frames, 55a-C are gaps,
56.57 is a bracket, 58 is a shaft, 59 is an operating lever, 60.62 is a spring, 60a is a latch, 6
1 is a spring hook, and 63 is a sensor that detects opening and closing of the upper guide 51.

The lower guide 52 is provided between the right frame 53 and the left frame 54 of the apparatus main body 16 to the conveyor belt 19 and an arbitrary gap 55.
Arrange while maintaining a. One upper guide 51 is connected to a bracket 56 attached to the right frame 53 and the upper guide 51
A bracket 57 attached to the rear end and a shaft 58
to connect them and arrange them so that they can rotate. An operating lever 59 attached to the front surface of the upper guide 51 engages one end of the operating lever 59 with a latch 60a of a lock spring 60 made of an elastic body attached to the left side frame 54, and locks the operating lever 59 between the conveyor belt 18 and any gap. 55b. Place the front part of the upper guide 51 on the left side frame 54.
When the lock spring 60 is attached to the spring 62 connected to the spring hook 61 which is bent, and the lock spring 60 is operated in the six directions of the arrow, the latch 60a of the lock spring 60 is disengaged from the operation lever 59, and the -1-guide 51 is pulled up in the direction of arrow B to create an arbitrary gap with the lower guide 52.

With this configuration, when the "-guide 51" is in the closed state, an arbitrary gap 55c is maintained between the "-guide 5" and the lower guide 52.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained. The operations include operations at the start of business, at the time of payment, and at the time of deposit processing.
The most relevant deposit processing operation of the present invention will be described below.

When a banknote 2 is inserted into the deposit slot 1 shown in FIG. 1 for deposit, and a start key (not shown) is pressed, the deposit slot 1 opens.
The bottom plate 3 of is opened and the banknotes 2 are dropped into the banknote separator 4 at the bottom. The remaining banknote sensor 17 detects the fallen banknote 2.
When this is detected, the pink associative roller 6a and the foot roller 7a are driven and the banknote 2 is taken into the inside. The length of the two accepted banknotes is checked using a passing sensor (not shown).

The number of captured sheets is counted. Further, the banknote 2 is sent to the gate 20 by the conveyor belt 18, 19, and if the banknote is not suitable for the device, for example, a banknote with foreign matter attached, it is sent to the next banknote discriminator 9, multiplex detector]Oa. , banknote discrimination (authenticity, good/damage, two fronts and backs) and multiple feeding are checked. Banknotes 2 found to be abnormal in the above check are conveyed to the deposit slot 1 and stacked. on the other hand,
The checked banknotes 2 are sorted into denominations A and B, which can be used as recycling banknotes, and are stacked in the recycling boxes 11 and 12 by driving the gates 45 and 46.

Banknote 2 of denomination F, which cannot be used as recycling banknotes, is game h.
47, 48, 49 are distributed to cash cassette 15 by drive.
will be stacked. When the banknote residual sensor 17 detects that the banknote 2 has been completely taken in by the banknote separator 4, the banknote 2 rejected from the deposit slot 1 is dropped into the banknote separator 4 again, conveyed again, and re-transferred. It is determined. As a result of the re-judgment, the banknotes 2 that are found to be abnormal are transported and stacked in the deposit slot 1 in the same manner as described above, and the banknotes 2 that are recognized to be normal are placed in the recycling boxes 11 and 12 and the cash cassette 15 in the same manner as described above. stacked. As a result of the re-judgment, the banknotes 2 stacked in the deposit slot 1 are returned to the handler.

When a banknote 2 with inappropriate foreign matter attached to the device is inserted into the deposit slot 1, the operation up to the banknote separator 4 is the same as described above, but the banknote 2 is transported to the gate 20.
This prevents the banknotes 2 from being sent to the next banknote discriminator 9, thereby preventing banknote jamming within the device and damage to each device. If an inappropriate bill 2 is blocked by the device at the gate 20, a sensor (not shown) detects the blocking, monitors the time, and stops the device.

When disposing of banknotes 2 blocked by the gate 20, when the lock spring 60 that locks the second guide 51 is operated in the direction of arrow B, the upper guide 51 is pulled up in the direction of arrow B by the spring 62, so that the upper guide 51 is pulled up in the direction of arrow B by the spring 62. The gap with the guide 52 is widened and can be easily removed. After that, when the upper guide 51 is to be in the locked state, by pushing down the operating lever 59 in the direction opposite to arrow B, one end of the operating lever 59 engages with the latch 60a of the lock spring 60, and the upper guide 51 is in the locked state. .

In this manner, by providing the gaps 55a, 55b, and 55C in the game 1, it is possible to prevent banknotes 2 from being inappropriately attached with foreign matter that may interfere with each operation of the device.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the conveyance of banknotes with foreign matter adhering to them, which is unsuitable for a recirculation type banknote handling device, is prevented by a gate in which a belt for conveying banknotes is sandwiched in a narrow gap. Therefore, the reliability of deposit and withdrawal operations is improved without causing any hindrance to the operation of the device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a recirculating banknote number - 12 = plate device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are detailed configuration diagrams of a gate 20 which is an embodiment of the present invention. . 1: Deposit slot, 2: Banknotes, 3: Bottom plate, 4: Banknote separator, 5
: Push plate, 6a: Big up roller, 7a: Feet roller, 8a Nigate roller, 9: Banknote discriminator, 10a:
Multiple detector, II,] 2: Recycle box, 13:
Rejiek 1 - Stacker, 14: Hosopa, 15: Cash cassette, 16: Device main body, 17: Bill remaining sensor, 18,
19.2] to 44: Conveyor belt, 20.47 to 49: Gate, 45.46: Sorting board, 5], 52: Upper and lower guides, 53, 54: Right and left frames, 55a-c: Gap, 56.57: Bracket, 58: Shaft, 59:
Operation lever, 60, 62 spring, 60a: latch, 61 spring hook, 63: sensor. Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is equipped with a separating section that separates the accumulated banknotes one by one, a discriminating section that determines whether the banknotes are genuine or false, good or bad, and a storage box that stores deposited banknotes by denomination. In a recirculating banknote handling device that feeds out banknotes for dispensing, in order to prevent the discriminating unit from being damaged by foreign objects attached to the banknotes, the banknotes are passed through the discriminating unit in the banknote transport path between the separating unit and the discriminating unit. A paper sheet conveying mechanism characterized by comprising a gate means having a gap slightly narrower than the gap.