JP6584630B2 - Paper sheet handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus including a paper sheet dispensing mechanism or a paper sheet depositing and dispensing mechanism.

  The paper sheet handling device includes, for example, a device having only a dispensing mechanism that discharges paper sheets to the user, or an input / output device that discharges paper sheets to the user and stores the paper sheets input by the user. Some devices have a gold mechanism. In the case of a dispensing mechanism, a paper sheet discriminating unit for discriminating whether paper sheets are suitable for withdrawal based on a predetermined standard, a reject storage for storing rejected paper sheets that do not meet the predetermined standard, and withdrawal paper A storage room for storing leaves is required. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a dispensing mechanism that discharges paper sheets horizontally from a dispensing port. With this method, when the rejected paper sheet is detected by the paper sheet discriminating unit, it is necessary to store the normal paper sheet that has already been transported to the withdrawal port in the reject box, and then withdraw the money again. ineffective. Further, when a withdrawal port is provided in the safe to discharge horizontally, access to the safe from the outside becomes easy, and security cannot be ensured.

  On the other hand, the demand for the deposit / withdrawal machine is very high because it can handle the paper sheets that have been thrown into the user. The price is high because a high-performance paper sheet discrimination unit is required. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-346221 discloses an apparatus that can be changed so that the deposit function is degenerated by setting and only withdrawal is performed.

JP 2005-259085 A

  The present invention provides a highly secure paper sheet handling apparatus that reduces costs by reducing the size of the safe, or can replace the upper mechanism of the dispensing mechanism and the upper mechanism of the depositing / dispensing mechanism. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus that can be diverted to the deposit / withdrawal mechanism at a low cost by using the lower mechanism.

  A paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention includes a dispensing port portion for dispensing paper sheets, a first determination unit for determining whether paper sheets are to be dispensed, and a plurality of storage units for storing paper sheets. And a safe that holds the storage, a withdrawal port, a first determination unit, a conveyance path that connects the storage, and a paper sheet through a hole provided on the upper surface and the front side of the safe. A control unit that transports the paper in a bidirectional manner on the transport path, the withdrawal port and the first determination unit are provided outside the safe, and the control unit is configured to feed the paper sheets fed out of the storage at the time of withdrawal. Is transported to the withdrawal port. In addition, the upper paper sheet mechanism equipped with a withdrawal port portion, a first discriminating portion, and a first conveyance path connecting the withdrawal port portion and the first discriminating portion and extending downward is used to deposit and withdraw paper sheets. Deposit / withdrawal port, second discriminating unit for discriminating paper money denomination, authenticity, and withdrawal suitability, temporary storage for temporarily storing paper sheets, deposit / withdrawal port, second discrimination It is possible to replace the upper bill mechanism equipped with a second transport path that connects the section and the temporary storage and extends downward. Furthermore, it is a paper sheet handling apparatus equipped with a withdrawal mechanism for dispensing paper sheets or a deposit / withdrawal mechanism for depositing / withdrawing paper sheets, wherein the withdrawal mechanism is a withdrawal port for withdrawing paper sheets. A first discriminating unit that discriminates whether or not the paper sheet is dispensed, and a first transport path that connects the dispensing port unit and the first discriminating unit and extends downward as an upper paper sheet mechanism, The deposit / withdrawal mechanism includes a deposit / withdrawal port portion for depositing / withdrawing paper sheets, a second discrimination unit for discriminating the denomination, authenticity, and withdrawal suitability of the paper sheets, and temporarily storing the paper sheets The upper paper sheet mechanism includes a storage, a deposit / withdrawal port, a second determination unit, and a second transport path that extends downward and connects the temporary storage. A lower paper sheet mechanism, a plurality of storage boxes for storing paper sheets, a third transport path for transporting paper sheets transported from the storage room to the upper paper sheet mechanism, a storage box, and a third Transport path Has a safe covering, the third transport path, through a hole provided on the upper surface of the safe, characterized in that it is connected to the first transport path or the second transport path.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the cost by reducing the size of the safe and provide a highly secure paper sheet handling apparatus. Further, by adopting a structure in which the upper mechanism of the dispensing mechanism and the upper mechanism of the depositing / dispensing mechanism can be replaced, the lower mechanism can be diverted, and it is possible to upgrade to the depositing / dispensing mechanism at a low cost.

The external appearance perspective view of the automatic teller machine of a present Example. The functional block diagram at the time of mounting a banknote withdrawal mechanism in the automatic teller machine of a present Example. Side surface sectional drawing which shows one Example of the banknote withdrawal mechanism of a present Example. The control related figure of the banknote dispensing mechanism of a present Example. The block diagram which shows the software structure of the banknote payment mechanism and banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism of a present Example. Side surface sectional drawing of the banknote withdrawal mechanism of a present Example. The conveyance direction figure of the banknote at the time of the payment processing of the banknote payment mechanism of a present Example. The conveyance direction figure of the banknote at the time of the forgetting collection process of the banknote dispensing mechanism of a present Example. The conveyance direction figure of the banknote at the time of the process at the time of jam generation of the banknote dispensing mechanism of a present Example. The banknote discrimination | determination part and conveyance path detail drawing of the banknote payment mechanism of a present Example. The control related figure at the time of mounting a banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism in the automatic teller machine of a present Example. Side surface sectional drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism of a present Example. The control related figure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism of a present Example. The conveyance direction figure of the banknote at the time of the money_receiving | payment process of the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism of a present Example. The conveyance direction figure of the banknote at the time of the payment processing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism of a present Example. The figure which shows the change to the deposit or withdrawal mechanism from the withdrawal mechanism of a present Example.

  Hereinafter, a dispensing mechanism which is one of the embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an automatic teller machine. On the upper part of the main body casing 101 of the apparatus, a card / detail that processes a user's card in communication with a card slot 102a provided on the upper front plate 101b of the main body casing 101, and prints and releases a transaction statement A slip processing mechanism 102 and a passbook processing mechanism 103 that communicates with the passbook slot 103a and processes a user's passbook are provided. In addition, a bill dispensing mechanism 1 for processing bills is provided at the lower part of the main body housing 101, and a customer operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting the contents of transactions is provided in the middle part. Reference numeral 106 denotes a main body control unit that controls the entire automatic teller machine. Reference numeral 107 denotes a transaction indicator that indicates to the user the transaction types that can be traded, such as withdrawal and balance inquiry.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. As described above, the card / detail slip processing mechanism 102, the passbook processing mechanism 103, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 and the customer operation unit 105 housed in the main body casing 101 are connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 106a. And performs necessary operations under the control of the main body control unit 106. In addition to the above, the main body control unit 106 is connected to the interface unit 106b, the clerk operation unit 106c, and the external storage device 106d via the bus 106a, and exchanges necessary data, but detailed description is omitted. In addition, 101e shown in FIG. 2 is a power supply part which supplies electric power to said each mechanism and component.

  FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1. The banknote dispensing mechanism 1 includes a withdrawal port 20 from which a user removes banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit 30 that discriminates the number and state of banknotes, and banknotes that are not suitable for withdrawal or withdrawal at the time of withdrawal. The reject box 60 that stores excessively discharged banknotes, the withdrawal safe 70 that stores and dispenses withdrawn banknotes, and the banknote discriminating unit 30, the withdrawal outlet 20, the reject storage 60, and the withdrawal safe 70. On the other hand, it is comprised from the banknote conveyance path 50 which conveys a banknote, and the control part which is not shown in figure. FIG. 4 is a control relationship diagram of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 in FIG. 3. The control unit 35 of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 106 a, and is connected to the main body control unit 106. The banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is controlled according to the command and the state detection of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1. Moreover, the state of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is sent to the main body control unit 106 as necessary. In the banknote dispensing mechanism 1, the control unit 35 is connected to a drive motor, an electromagnetic solenoid, or a sensor of each unit (withdrawal port 20, banknote determination unit 30, banknote conveyance path 50, reject box 60, withdrawal safe 70). The actuator is driven and controlled while monitoring the state with a sensor according to the transaction.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of control software incorporated in the control unit 35. The main body control unit 106 issues a command to the control unit 35 via the bus 106a. In the control unit 35, the communication control task 401 performs processing for receiving a command from the main body control unit 106, the status management task 402 decodes the command, and the command control task 403 follows the instruction from the status management task 402. Instructions are given to the dispensing port control task 420, the bill discriminating control task 430, the bill transport path control task 450, the reject store control task 460, and the withdrawal safe control task 470 according to various commands. When each task processing is completed, the command control task 403 and the unit state monitoring task 490 report the result and state to the status management task 402, and the status management task 402 instructs the communication control task 401 to report the result, and communication control The task 401 transmits a response to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 106a. Here, the control software includes a deposit / withdrawal port 21 for depositing / withdrawing banknotes provided only in the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 2 to be described later, banknote denomination / authenticity discrimination, correctness / loss determination, serial number, etc. Banknote discriminating section 31 capable of reading the unique information of the paper sheets, temporary storage 40 for temporarily storing the received banknotes until the transaction is established, and sorting for sorting the banknotes according to denomination or damage state, etc. The storage 61, a counterfeit bill collection box 62 for collecting only counterfeit bills, a recycling box 80 for both deposit and withdrawal, and a loading / collection box 81 for loading and collecting bills are controlled. As functions, a deposit / withdrawal port control task 421, a bill recognition unit control task 431, a temporary storage control task 440, a sorting storage control task 461, a counterfeit bill collection control task 462, a recycle storage control task 480, a loading / collection control Task 4 1 includes advance, a bill dispensing mechanism 1 and the bill receiving and dispensing mechanism 2 is adapted to be controlled by a common control software.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 includes a dispensing port 20, a banknote discriminating unit 30, a banknote transport path 50, a dispensing machine upper banking mechanism 1 a, a reject box 60, and a dispensing safe. 70 and a lower banknote mechanism 1b composed of an openable / closable transport path 90 disposed on the front surface of each storage. Further, the lower banknote mechanism 1b is mounted in a safe casing 108 made of a thick iron plate of about 50 mm, and the transport path between the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a and the lower banknote mechanism 1b is connected and transported. They are connected by a path 501h.

  The connection conveyance path 501h is provided at a position where the conveyance path 501g of the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a of the upper face iron plate of the safe housing 108 surrounding the lower banknote mechanism 1b is connected to the conveyance path 901e of the lower banknote mechanism 1b. The hole (slit) drilled in the upper iron plate is set to be equal to or larger than the width of the banknote to pass through and the width of the transport roller attached so as to sandwich and feed out the banknote transported through the slit. Moreover, this slit passes the conveyance path which connects an upper bill mechanism and a lower bill mechanism, and it is easy for a user to take a bill withdrawn from a small upper bill mechanism compared with a lower bill mechanism. The upper banknote mechanism is preferably provided on the front side (user side) of the lower banknote mechanism or on the front side (user side) of the banknote storage. Moreover, although the drive source (motor) of a conveyance path may be provided separately in the conveyance path of the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a and the conveyance path of the lower banknote mechanism 1b, a single drive source is used and the driving force is increased. You may make it transmit with the gear provided between the conveyance paths 501g, 501h, and 901e. Moreover, the banknote conveyance path 50 passes the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 bidirectionally, and connects the deposit or withdrawal port 20, the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 60, and the safe deposit box 70 via the conveyance path shown to 501g, 501h, and 901e-901h. Of the banknote transport path 50, in the lower banknote mechanism 1b, the four banknote transport paths 901e to 901h at the front part of the reject storage 60 and the safe deposit box 70 can be opened and closed so that they can be integrally opened and closed. The transport path 90 is configured, and a staff member can open and close the transport path 90 to operate the reject store 60 and the recycle store 70. Moreover, the banknote conveyance path 50 is provided with passage sensors 701a to 701f, and the passage of banknotes can be detected.

  In this way, a dispensing port portion including a dispensing port for dispensing paper sheets, a first determining unit for determining whether paper sheets are dispensed, a plurality of storages for storing paper sheets, A safe having a plurality of storages therein, a withdrawal port, a first determination unit, a transport path connecting the storages, and paper sheets through a hole provided on the upper surface and the front side of the safe A control unit that transports bidirectionally on the transport path, the withdrawal port unit and the first determination unit are provided outside the safe, and the control unit is configured to remove the paper sheet fed from the storage at the time of withdrawal. With the configuration of transporting to the withdrawal port, it is possible to reduce the size and security of the safe.

  Next, the dispensing process of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIG. When the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 receives a withdrawal instruction from the main body control unit 106, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 feeds out banknotes from the dispensing safe 70 by the number instructed by the main body control unit 106. For example, when paying out banknotes from the lowermost safe box 70, the banknotes are fed one by one from the safe box 70, and the number of sheets is counted by the passage sensor 701f. The fed banknotes are transported in the order of the banknote transport paths 901h to 901g, 901f, 901e, and 501h, the number of sheets is determined by the banknote determination unit 30, and transported to the dispensing port 20 through the banknote transport path 501g. When the number of sheets counted by the passage sensor 701f mounted near the exit of the bottom safe box 70 reaches the number instructed from the main body control unit 106, the feeding from the safe box 70 is stopped. When the number of sheets discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 30 reaches the number instructed from the main body control unit 106 and all the withdrawal bills are stacked in the withdrawal port 20, all the bill transport paths 501g, 501h, 901e, 901f, 901g, Stop 901h. The dispensing port 20 has an opening and a shutter 20a at the top, and when the dispensing process is completed, the shutter 20a is opened to release a bill to the user.

  Next, the reject collection process of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIG. When the banknotes are fed out from the safe, the number of banknotes fed out is counted by any of the passing sensors 701d to 701f closest to the exits of the respective safes, but the passing sensors 701d to 701f accurately determine the number of passed banknotes. I do n’t know. For example, when two banknotes are overlapped and fed out from the safe, the passage sensors 701d to 701f count as one. When the banknotes are fed out from the bottom safe 70, the fed banknotes are transported in the order of the banknote transport paths 901h to 901g, 901f, 901e, and 501h, and the banknote determination unit 30 determines that two banknotes have passed. All the conveyance paths 501g, 501h and 901e to 901h are stopped. After the conveyance path is stopped, the motor (not shown) is rotated in the reverse direction so that the conveyance path is operated in the opposite direction to the time of withdrawal, the banknote determined to be two is conveyed to the reject box 60, and the subsequent banknotes are Transport to safe 70. As described above, at least one of the storages is a reject storage for storing paper sheets that are determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal by the first determination unit, and the control unit is determined to be unsuitable for withdrawals. A configuration in which a paper sheet is transported to a reject container by driving a conveyance path in a direction opposite to the withdrawal direction, and a subsequent paper sheet that is not suitable for withdrawal is designated as a subsequent paper sheet. With the configuration of transporting to the fed storage, efficient cash operation is possible without rejecting all the paper sheets on the transport path.

  Next, the forgetting collection process of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The banknote dispensing mechanism 1 closes the shutter 20a of the dispensing port 20 when receiving a forgetting collection instruction from the main body control unit 106. Here, regarding the presence or absence of forgetting to remove, it is determined that there is forgetting to take when a sheet detection sensor provided in the withdrawal port 20 detects a sheet for a predetermined time or more. One bill is fed out from the withdrawal port 20 one by one. The banknotes fed out from the withdrawal port 20 are stored in the reject box through the banknote transport paths 501g, 501h, and 901e. In this way, the withdrawal port portion has a separation mechanism that separates the accumulated paper sheets one by one, and when the forgetting to remove the paper sheets is detected at the withdrawal port portion, the control unit The separation mechanism separates and feeds out the paper sheets accumulated in the withdrawal port, and the first discrimination unit counts the number of fed paper sheets, and the transport path is in the direction opposite to the withdrawal direction. The paper sheets that are forgotten by the user can be reliably collected by driving the paper sheets to the reject box.

  Next, processing when a jam occurs in the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In any of the withdrawal process, the reject collection process, and the forgetting collection process, the passage of banknotes is monitored by any of the passage sensors 701a to 701f, but the state of the passage sensors 701a to 701f does not change for a certain period of time. Then, it is determined that a jam has occurred, and the conveyance paths 501g, 501h, and 901e to 901h are stopped. Thereafter, the fact that the jam has occurred is transmitted to the main body control unit 106.

  Next, details of the conveyance path 501g will be described with reference to FIG. Since the conveyance path 501g is connected to the withdrawal port 20 with a single mouth, the paper sheets entering and exiting the withdrawal port 20 are conveyed in both directions by driving the conveyance path 501g in both directions. Further, as will be described later, since a control method that takes into account the occurrence of reject paper sheets is employed, 501g does not need to be branched on the way, and is a single conveyance path. Before the banknote discriminating unit 30 discriminates that the number of banknotes is two, the transport unit 501g stops the driving unit of the transport path 501g before it is transported to the dispensing port 20, and the transport path (not shown) is stopped. The 501g drive unit is driven in the opposite direction to the time of withdrawal, and the banknote is conveyed in the opposite direction to the time of withdrawal. At this time, the banknote determined to be two is transported to the reject box 60, and the subsequent banknote is transported to the safe box 70. Here, when conveyance is stopped after the banknote determined to be two arrives at the withdrawal port 20, it becomes impossible to distinguish from the previous banknote, and it is necessary to once transport all banknotes to the reject box. It is necessary to stop the conveyance before the banknote determined to be two arrives at the withdrawal port 20. Therefore, the conveyance path 501g needs a distance that can be stopped before the banknote determined to be two reaches the dispensing port 20. However, if the bend is increased in order to lengthen the conveyance path, banknote jam is likely to occur. Therefore, it is desirable to configure the conveyance path as straight as possible. Moreover, since it is necessary to make the height of the withdrawal port 20 the same height as the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism 2 mentioned later, the space which comprises a conveyance path is limited. Therefore, the conveyance path 501g is configured to be a straight line up to the roller portion, and bend the roller portion to suppress bill jamming and increase the conveyance distance. That is, a roller part is provided at the bending point of the transport path, and the transport path between the plurality of roller parts has a linear configuration. Here, the roller section is a pair of transport rollers in which two transport rollers are paired, and the paper sheet is determined and transported by sandwiching the paper sheet with the transport roller pair. Furthermore, in order to earn time until the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 discriminate | determines a banknote and arrives at the payment | withdrawal port 20, the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 is provided in the lower end of the conveyance path 501g. In this way, the first discriminating unit is installed below the dispensing port portion and in the vicinity of the hole, thereby preventing the paper sheets to be rejected from being mixed in the dispensing port portion. Can do. In addition, the conveyance path has a plurality of conveyance roller pairs for nipping and conveying paper sheets, and the conveyance path provided outside the safe among the conveyance paths is bent at the nipping point of the conveyance roller pair. It is possible to reduce the jam occurrence rate.

  Furthermore, when the two banknotes are moved forward and backward and partially overlapped and conveyed in a lump, or when the banknotes are greatly skewed, the length of the banknotes in the conveying direction is normal. Since it becomes long compared with the time of being conveyed, the time until it finishes passing the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 becomes long compared with the time when one banknote is normally conveyed. In such a case, even if the conveyance path 501g is stopped as described above after the banknote discriminating unit 30 discriminates, the preceding banknote enters the dispensing port 20 among the banknotes in a lump. In other cases, a part of the banknote skewed greatly enters the dispensing slot 20. Therefore, when the banknote is detected by the passage sensor 701a mounted in front of the dispensing port 20 before the banknote passes through the banknote determination unit 30, it is determined that the conveyance state of the banknote is bad, and the banknote is the banknote determination unit. Even when passing 30, the conveyance path 501 g is stopped. Then, after stopping a drive unit (not shown) that drives the conveyance path 501g, a conveyance roller 301 provided at the entrance of the dispensing port 20 and a drive unit (not shown) that drives the conveyance path 501g are set at the time of withdrawal. By rotating in the reverse direction, the banknote in a bad transport state is transported to the reject box 60, and the banknote stopped before the banknote determination unit 30 is transported to the safe deposit box 70. As described above, since the banknote discriminating unit 30 and the passage sensor 701a detect the abnormal banknote, the conveyance path 501g is stopped, so that the abnormal banknote can be prevented from being stored in the withdrawal port 20. The transport path 501g does not need a gate mechanism for switching the transport path. In addition, a detection sensor that detects the passage of the paper sheet is provided on the conveyance path that connects the withdrawal port portion and the first discrimination portion, and the sensor is used before the discrimination processing by the first discrimination portion is completed at the time of withdrawal. By controlling to stop the driving of the conveyance path when the leaf is detected, it is possible to prevent the paper sheet to be rejected from entering the dispensing port.

  Hereinafter, the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 2 in the case of remodeling from a dispensing machine to a depositing / dispensing machine according to one embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism 2 is mounted on the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. The mounting position is the same as that of the banknote dispensing machine 1 and is the same as that in which the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is replaced with the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 2, and the other mechanisms are the same as those shown in FIG. Description of these will be omitted. Next, FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. About FIG. 11, since only the banknote payment mechanism 1 of the above-mentioned FIG. 2 was replaced with the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism 2, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 12 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism 2 in the automatic teller machine of FIG. The banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 2 can read detailed information such as a deposit / withdrawal port 21 for a user to deposit and withdraw banknotes, banknote denomination / authenticity determination, correctness / loss determination, serial number, and the like. Banknote discriminating section 31, temporary storage 40 for temporarily storing the received banknotes until the transaction is established, sorting storage 61 for sorting banknotes according to denomination or loss state, etc. Pass through the bill collection box 62, the deposit / withdrawal recycling box 80, the reject box 60, and the bill discriminating unit 31, and the deposit / withdrawal port 21, temporary storage box 40, reject box 60, recycle It is comprised from the banknote conveyance path 50 which conveys a banknote with respect to the store | warehouse | chamber 80, and the control part which is not shown in figure. As shown in FIG. 13, the control unit 35 is connected to the main body control unit 106 of the apparatus via the bus 106 a, and the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism according to the command from the main body control unit 106 and the state detection of the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 2. 2 and the state of the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 2 is sent to the main body control unit 106 as necessary. In the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 2, the control unit 35 includes each unit (the deposit / withdrawal port 21, the bill discriminating unit 31, the temporary storage 40, the bill transport path 50, the reject store 60, the fake ticket collection store 62, and the recycle store 80 The actuator is driven and controlled while monitoring the state with the sensor according to the transaction.

  Here, since the separation storage 61, the loading / recovery storage 81, and the aforementioned safe deposit box 70 according to the present embodiment have the same external shape as the recycling storage 80 and each have a banknote entrance at the same position, instead of the recycling storage 80. For example, the lower banknote mechanism 1b in FIG. 12 includes one reject storage 60, one sorting storage 61, one loading / recovery storage 81, and a recycling storage 80. It can comprise so that one may be provided. As shown in FIG. 12, the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism 2 includes a depositing / dispensing port 21, a banknote discriminating unit 31, a temporary storage 40, a counterfeit bill collection box 62, and a banknote transport path 50. It is comprised from the upper banknote mechanism 2a, the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 60, the recycle store | warehouse | chamber 80, and the lower bill mechanism 1b mentioned above. The lower banknote mechanism 1b is mounted in the safe housing 108 as in the case of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 described above, and the transport path between the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a and the lower banknote mechanism 1b is connected and transported. They are connected by a path 501h. Similarly to the banknote dispenser 1, the connection transport path 501h is formed between the transport path 501i of the upper bill mechanism 2a and the transport path 901e of the lower bill mechanism 1b on the upper surface iron plate of the safe casing 108 surrounding the lower bill mechanism 1b. It is provided at the position to connect. The lower bill mechanism 1b and the safe housing 108 are as described above. Moreover, the banknote conveyance path 50 passes the banknote discrimination | determination part 31 bidirectionally, and connects the deposit / withdrawal port 21, the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 60, and the safe deposit box 70 via the conveyance path shown to 501i, 501h, and 901e-901h. .

Next, the depositing process of the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 2 receives a deposit instruction from the main body control unit 106, the shutter 21 a of the deposit / withdrawal slot 21 is opened and the user inserts the banknote into the deposit / withdrawal slot 21. A partition plate 21b is provided at the deposit / withdrawal port 21, and the user inserts banknotes into the front side (side closer to the user) of the partition plate 21b. The banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 2 automatically closes the shutter 21a when detecting the completion of the banknote insertion. Thereafter, banknotes are fed out from the deposit / withdrawal port 21 one by one. The banknotes drawn out from the deposit / withdrawal port 21 pass through the conveyance path 501i, and the banknote discrimination unit 31 discriminates the unique information of the banknotes such as the number, denomination, authenticity, correctness, serial number, and the like. The banknote discriminated as a normal banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 31 is transported to the temporary storage 40 through the banknote transport paths 501i, 501k, and 501l. The banknote discriminated as an abnormal banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 31 passes through the banknote transport paths 501i, 501k, and 501m, and is behind the partition plate 21b in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (the far side and the far side from the user). It is stored in.
When an abnormal banknote is detected by the banknote discriminating unit 31, the shutter 21a of the deposit / withdrawal port 21 is opened and returned to the user. When the user confirms the transaction after depositing all the banknotes, the banknotes are paid out from the temporary storage 40, passed through the conveyance paths 501l and 501k, and again in the banknote discriminating unit 31 to determine the number of banknotes, denomination, and authenticity. The banknotes, such as the correctness, serial number, etc., are identified and the normal banknotes are stored in the recycle box 80 provided for each denomination by denomination through the transport paths 501i and 501h. Banknotes are stored in a reject box.

Next, the withdrawal process of the banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 2 receives a withdrawal instruction from the main body control unit 106, the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 2 feeds out banknotes from the recycle box 80 by the number instructed by the main body control unit 106. For example, when paying out banknotes from the lowermost recycling box 80, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the recycling box 80, and the number of sheets is counted by the passage sensor 701f. The fed banknotes are transported in the order of the banknote transport paths 901h to 901g, 901f, 901e, and 501h, and the banknote discriminating unit 31 discriminates the unique information of the banknotes such as the number of sheets, denomination, authenticity, correctness, serial number, etc. . The banknote discriminated as a normal banknote by the banknote discriminating unit 31 is transported to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 through the banknote transport paths 501i, 501k, and 501m.
When the number of sheets counted by the passage sensor 701f mounted near the exit of the lowermost recycling store 80 reaches the number specified by the main body control unit 106, the feeding from the recycle store 80 is stopped. When the number of bills discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 31 reaches the number instructed from the main body control unit 106 and all the withdrawal bills are stacked in the deposit / withdrawal port 21, all the bill transport paths 501h, 501i, 501j, 501k, 501l, Stop 501m, 901e, 901f, 901g, 901h.

  Note that the banknotes determined to be abnormal by the banknote determination unit 31 are temporarily transported to the temporary storage 40 through the banknote transport paths 501i, 501k, 501l, and the number of sheets instructed by the main body control unit 106. After the banknotes are transported to the deposit / withdrawal port 21, the banknotes are fed out from the temporary storage 40 and transported to the reject store 60 through the transport paths 501l, 501k, 501i, 501h, and 901e. The deposit / withdrawal port 21 has an opening and a shutter in the upper part, and when the dispensing process is completed, the shutter is opened to release the banknote to the user.

  Next, the case where the upper banknote mechanism is upgraded from the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 to the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As a hardware configuration, the paper sheet transaction apparatus includes a dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 and a depositing / dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 2a of the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 2 respectively, and includes connecting portions 510 and 511, respectively. The connection parts 510 and 511 have a structure that can be connected to the common lower bill mechanism 1b. In this manner, the upper paper sheet mechanism equipped with the first delivery path that connects the withdrawal port part, the first determination part, and the withdrawal port part to the first determination part and that extends downward is loaded and unloaded. Deposit / withdrawal port for depositing money, second discriminating unit for discriminating paper money denomination, authenticity and withdrawal suitability, temporary storage for temporarily storing paper sheets, deposit / withdrawal port, 2 The upper bill mechanism, which is connected to the discriminating unit and the second storage path connected to the temporary storage, and can be replaced, or the withdrawal mechanism or the paper sheet for dispensing the paper sheet is loaded and unloaded. A sheet handling apparatus equipped with a depositing / withdrawing mechanism for depositing, wherein the dispensing mechanism includes a dispensing port for dispensing the sheet and a first determining unit for determining whether the sheet is dispensed. And a first conveyance path that connects the dispensing port portion and the discriminating portion and extends downward as an upper paper sheet mechanism, and the deposit / withdrawal mechanism includes a deposit / withdrawal port portion for depositing / withdrawing paper sheets, and a paper sheet Kind of denomination A second discriminating unit that discriminates the authenticity and the suitability of withdrawal, a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores paper sheets, a deposit / withdrawal port unit, a second determination unit, and a temporary storage unit that are connected to each other and extend downward. And a dispensing path and a deposit / withdrawal mechanism, which are common lower paper sheet mechanisms, and are transported from a plurality of storage boxes for storing paper sheets and the storage boxes. A third transport path for transporting paper sheets to the upper paper sheet mechanism; and a safe that covers the storage and the third transport path. The third transport path passes through a hole provided on the upper surface of the safe. Then, it is configured to be connected to the first conveyance path or the second conveyance path. With this configuration, the lower mechanism can be diverted, and the deposit / withdrawal mechanism can be upgraded at a low cost. . In addition, by sharing the software of the withdrawal mechanism and the deposit / withdrawal mechanism, it is not necessary to replace the software during the upgrade, and it can be used for both paper sheet dispensing machines and paper sheet dispensing machines with only setting changes. It becomes possible to do. In addition, since it is a lower mechanism common to the withdrawal mechanism and the withdrawal / payment mechanism, the banknote cassette is also shared, it becomes possible to prevent changes in cash operation due to the upgrade, and the handling and maintenance method of the banknote cassette can be maintained. Therefore, efficiency is good.

  Moreover, the control part 35 of the lower banknote mechanism 1b automatically discriminates the mounting state of the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a and the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 2a. For example, the banknote discriminating unit 30 is a mechanism mounted only on the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a, and the temporary storage 40 and the banknote identification unit 31 are mechanisms mounted only on the depositing / dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 2a. The bill discriminating unit 30 and the control unit 35 are connected to each other by a cable with connectors at both ends, and the control unit 35 reads whether a bill discriminating unit 30 is mounted by reading a signal of a specific port of the connector. judge. When the control unit 35 receives a signal indicating that the banknote discriminating unit 30 is mounted, the control unit 35 determines that the dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 1a is mounted. Similarly, the temporary storage 40 and the banknote recognition unit 31 are also connected to the control unit 35 with cables having connectors at both ends, and the control unit 35 reads a signal from a specific port of the connector. Then, it is determined whether or not the temporary storage 40 or the bill recognition unit 31 is mounted. When the control unit 35 receives a signal indicating that the temporary storage 40 or the bill identifying unit 31 is mounted, the control unit 35 determines that the depositing / dispensing machine upper bill mechanism 2a is mounted. Moreover, if all the banknote discrimination | determination part 30, the temporary storage 40, and the banknote identification part 31 are not mounted, it will judge that all of the payment machine upper banknote mechanism 1a and the depositing / withdrawing machine upper banknote mechanism 2a are not mounted. In this way, the control unit determines whether it is a withdrawal mechanism or a deposit / withdrawal mechanism based on the configuration information of the upper paper sheet mechanism, so that the amount of setting work after replacement is reduced and the upgrade operation can be completed quickly. Is possible.

1: banknote dispensing mechanism, 1a: dispensing machine upper banking mechanism, 1b: lower banking mechanism, 2: banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism, 2a: depositing / dispensing machine upper banking mechanism, 20: dispensing slot, 21: depositing / dispensing slot, 30: bill discriminating unit, 31: bill discriminating unit, 35: control unit, 40: temporary storage, 50: bill transport path, 60: reject store, 70: recycle store, 90: open / close transport path, 101: main body casing 101b: upper front plate, 106: safe casing 108a: front door, 501a to 501m: transport path, 701a to 701f: passage sensor, 901a to 901e: banknote transport path.

Claims (11)

Withdrawal port to withdraw paper sheets,
A first discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not a paper sheet is withdrawn;
A plurality of storages for storing paper sheets;
A safe holding the storage;
Through the hole provided on the upper surface and the front side of the safe, the withdrawal port, the first determination unit, a conveyance path connecting the storage, and
A control unit for conveying paper sheets bidirectionally on the conveyance path,
The withdrawal port portion and the first discrimination portion are provided outside the safe,
The control unit conveys the paper sheet fed from the storage to the withdrawal port when dispensing .
When the first discriminating unit detects a paper sheet that is not suitable for withdrawal, the control unit causes the subsequent paper sheet that is not suitable for the withdrawal to move in a direction opposite to the withdrawal direction. A paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein a paper path is driven and transported to a storage where the subsequent paper sheets are fed out .   The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first determination unit is installed below the withdrawal port unit and in the vicinity of the hole. The transport path has a plurality of transport roller pairs for transporting paper sheets in between,
The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a conveyance path provided outside the safe among the conveyance paths is bent at a holding point of a pair of conveyance rollers.   2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a conveyance path connecting the withdrawal port and the first determination unit and extending to the safe is a bi-directional conveyance path without branching. At least one of the storages is a reject storage for storing paper sheets determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal by the first determination unit,
The controller is
The paper sheet handling according to claim 1, wherein the paper sheet determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal is transported to the reject box by driving the transport path in a direction opposite to a withdrawal direction. apparatus. At least one of the storages is a reject storage for storing paper sheets determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal by the first determination unit,
The withdrawal port has a separation mechanism for separating the accumulated paper sheets one by one,
When it is detected that the paper sheet has been forgotten to be removed at the withdrawal port,
The controller is
The separation mechanism separates and feeds out the paper sheets accumulated in the withdrawal port,
The first discriminating unit counts the number of fed paper sheets,
The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the paper path is transported to the reject box by driving the transport path in a direction opposite to a withdrawal direction. The paper sheet handling device is:
A detection sensor for detecting passage of paper sheets on a conveyance path connecting the withdrawal port portion and the first determination portion;
The controller is
2. The paper sheet according to claim 1, wherein at the time of dispensing, if the detection sensor detects a paper sheet before the determination process by the first determination unit is completed, driving of the transport path is stopped. Handling equipment. An upper paper sheet mechanism equipped with a first conveyance path that connects the withdrawal port portion, the first discrimination portion, and the withdrawal port portion and the first discrimination portion and extends downward,
Deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing paper sheets, second discriminating section for discriminating the denomination, authenticity and withdrawal suitability of paper sheets, temporary storage for temporarily storing paper sheets, The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1, wherein the upper bill mechanism mounted with the entry / withdrawal port portion, the second discriminating portion and the second transport path connecting the temporary storage and extending downward is replaceable. . The controller is
Wherein based on the configuration information of the upper bill mechanism, some have either the paper sheet handling apparatus out money mechanism sheet handling device according to claim 8, characterized in that to determine the cash mechanism. A paper sheet handling apparatus equipped with a withdrawal mechanism for dispensing paper sheets or a deposit / withdrawal mechanism for depositing / withdrawing paper sheets,
The withdrawal mechanism is
A dispensing port for dispensing paper sheets, a first determining unit for determining whether or not a paper sheet is dispensed, and a first transport path connecting the dispensing port unit and the first determining unit and extending downward. And as an upper paper sheet mechanism,
The deposit / withdrawal mechanism is
Deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing paper sheets, second discriminating section for discriminating the denomination, authenticity and withdrawal suitability of paper sheets, temporary storage for temporarily storing paper sheets, An entry / withdrawal port, a second discriminating unit, and a second transport path connecting the temporary storage and extending downward, as an upper bill mechanism,
The dispensing mechanism and the deposit / withdrawal mechanism are a common lower paper sheet mechanism,
A plurality of storages for storing paper sheets, a third transport path for transporting paper sheets transported from the storage to the upper paper sheet mechanism, and a safe for covering the storage and the third transport path And having
The third transport path is connected to the first transport path or the second transport path through a hole provided in the upper surface of the safe .
It further has a control part which controls conveyance of a bill,
When the first discriminating unit detects a paper sheet that is not suitable for withdrawal, the control unit causes the subsequent paper sheet that is not suitable for the withdrawal to move in a direction opposite to the withdrawal direction. A paper sheet handling apparatus that drives the first transport path to transport the succeeding paper sheet to a storage box that is fed out . The lower paper sheet mechanism,
Before SL control unit according to claim 10, characterized in that the basis of the configuration information of the upper paper sheet mechanism, the paper sheet handling apparatus determines whether the dispensing mechanism or the entering dispensing mechanism Paper sheet handling equipment.

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