JP2006107029A - Bill processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processing machine capable of facilitating return and collection of a bill as a fraction generated in an accumulation part accumulating bills as a binding unit. <P>SOLUTION: This bill processing machine has: a machine body; a take-in means 106 taking in the bill; an identification means 105 identifying the bill taken in by the take-in means; a plurality of accumulation parts 111-115 vertically disposed in a multistage in a nearly central rear part area of the machine body, accumulating a prescribed kind of bills identified by the identification means; a binding means 200 disposed below the accumulation part, binding a prescribed number of bills; a fraction bill return part disposed in a position facing the front face of the machine body above the accumulation part, returning the fraction bills not reaching the prescribed sheet number; and a carriage means vertically movably provided in each rear part position of the fraction bill return part, the plurality of accumulation parts and the binding means, grasping the bills reaching the prescribed sheet number, of the bills accumulated in the accumulation part, carrying it to the binding means, grasping the fraction bills not reaching the prescribed sheet number, of the bills accumulated in the accumulation part, and carrying it to the fraction bill return part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine, and more particularly to a banknote handling machine that rolls in banknotes and classifies them according to type and binds them every predetermined number.

  In financial institutions, banknote handling machines are used to organize collected banknotes and the like. For example, when a banknote of a plurality of denominations is inserted in a mixed state with a normal bill (hereinafter referred to as a regular bill) and a non-performing bill (a bill that is damaged by dirt or tearing) in a mixed state, It is classified and classified according to type and fitness, or banding processing is performed in units of 100 sheets.

In addition, it is sufficient that the previous banknote handling machine supports three types of banknotes of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen, and a typical example is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. In Patent Document 1, there are three external stacking units, and the external stacking unit corresponds to each of these denominations. And when the fraction banknote remained in the stacking part after performing the binding process, the fractional banknote remaining in the stacking part was removed.
Utility Model Registration No. 2597752

  However, taking out fractional banknotes was complicated. In other words, it was necessary to open the door on the front of the fuselage by hand, look inside the fuselage, check the banknotes remaining in the stacking unit, insert the hand from the narrow door part, grab the banknote and take it out .

  This invention was made in order to solve such a problem, and it aims at providing the banknote processing machine which can make easy collection | recovery and return of the fraction banknotes after bundling.

According to a first aspect of the invention,
Taking-in means for taking in banknotes;
Identification means for identifying the banknote taken in by the taking-in means;
A stacking unit that stacks the predetermined types of banknotes identified by the identifying unit;
A bundling means for bundling a predetermined number of banknotes;
A fractional banknote return port for returning fractional banknotes less than the predetermined number;
First conveying means for grasping and conveying the banknotes that have reached a predetermined number among the banknotes accumulated in the accumulating unit to the binding means;
A second transporting means for gripping a fractional banknote less than a predetermined number of banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit and transporting it to a fractional banknote return port;
Is provided.

According to a second aspect of the invention,
The aircraft,
Taking-in means for taking in banknotes;
Identification means for identifying the banknote taken in by the taking-in means;
A plurality of stacking units that are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction in a substantially central back area of the aircraft, and each stacks a predetermined type of banknotes identified by the identifying unit;
A bundling means disposed at a lower position of the stacking unit and bundling a predetermined number of banknotes;
A fraction banknote return unit that is disposed at a position facing the front of the machine body at an upper position of the stacking unit, and returns a fractional banknote that is less than a predetermined number,
The fractional bill return unit, the plurality of stacking units, and the binding unit are provided so as to be able to be raised and lowered, and the banknotes that have reached a predetermined number among the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit are gripped to the binding unit. Conveying means for conveying and conveying the fractional banknotes less than a predetermined number among the banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit and transporting them to the fractional banknote return unit;
Is provided.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, in addition to the transport means for transporting from the stacking section to the banknote binding section, a transport section for transporting fractional banknotes from the stacking section to the fractional banknote return section is provided. The troublesome work of taking out the bill and taking out the bills by hand becomes unnecessary.

  In the 2nd aspect of this invention, it is provided so that raising / lowering is possible in each back position of a stacking part, a banknote binding part, and a fraction banknote return part, The banknote which reached the predetermined number among the banknotes integrated | stacked on the stacking part is grasped. Conveying to the binding means, and having conveying means for gripping the fractional banknotes less than a predetermined number of the banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit and transporting them to the fractional banknote return unit, transporting for bundled banknotes and fractional banknotes Since the means is also used, the configuration is simple and the cost can be reduced. Moreover, since a fraction banknote return part can be provided in the high position of a front surface, taking out of a fraction banknote can be made easy.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing an internal configuration of an embodiment of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention.
The banknote processing apparatus 10 has an operation display unit 11 at the uppermost part, and is mainly composed of a sorting and stacking unit 100 at the upper front, a banknote binding unit 200 at the lower front, and a transport unit 300 at the back.

(Category collection unit 100)
A depositing port 101 for receiving a bill to be processed is provided at a substantially central portion of the front surface. A bill in which the denominations are mixed is fed out by feeding rollers 102 and 103 and conveyed along a conveying path 104. .

  An identification unit 105 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 104 to identify the denomination, correctness, true / false, and front / back. In addition, the identification part 105 shown here can also identify the old and new tickets with the same denomination and different designs.

  The conveyance path is branched at the tip of the identification unit 105, and depending on the result of identification by the identification unit 105, the damaged bill, the fake bill, and the like are accumulated in the reject bill accumulation unit 106 as a reject bill. On the other hand, in the case of genuine and genuine bills, the front and back reversing unit 107 matches the front and back sides of all banknotes according to the front and back determination result by the identification unit 105, and further, based on the determined denomination and the like. It is accumulated in any of the accumulating units 111 to 115 that store the banknotes to be bound.

  Each of these stacking units 111 to 115 has stacking stages 111a to 115a, which can be moved up and down by a driving means (not shown).

  In FIG. 1, each of the stacking units 111 to 115 is illustrated as being capable of stacking. That is, since the stages 111a to 115a are positioned at the lower end positions of the wall members 111b to 115b provided on the upper side about 2/3, the conveyed banknotes hit the wall members 111b to 115b and stop and accumulate. At this time, in order to prevent banknotes from popping out and enable stable stacking, pressers 111c to 115c that are rotatable according to the stacking amount are provided. The stages 111a to 115a and the wall members 111b to 115b are formed with cutouts through which a hand of a transfer unit described later can freely pass.

  On the other hand, banknotes that are not to be bound are further transported and stacked on the external stacking units 121 and 122.

  Various targets can be set for the stacking units 111 to 115 and the external stacking units 121 and 122, and various types of processing are possible. For example, combinations of types such as denomination / loss / new / old Can be set. Note that the setting contents themselves are not directly related to the present invention, and thus will not be mentioned here.

  Below the display operation unit 11, there is provided a fractional banknote return unit 130 for returning fractional banknotes that have been bundled, but have not reached the number that can be bound, and is provided on the lower surface of the fractional banknote return tray 131. When the leading end portion 132a of the abutting member 132 is pushed from the back, the fraction return tray 131 moves forward, the shutter 133 provided on the front opens, proceeds to the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line, and the fraction bill is taken out. Can do. The configuration and operation of this part will be described later.

(Bill unit 200)
The banknote bundling unit 200 provided below the sorting and stacking unit 100 is a part that winds a band of paper around the banknotes that have been sorted and stacked up to a predetermined number (usually 100) and performs sealing.

  In the stacking units 111 to 115, the stacked number reaches a predetermined number and is transferred to the set unit 201 by the transport unit 300 to be described later and pinched.

  A rotation mechanism 202 is provided for winding the banding tape around a predetermined portion of the sandwiched bill, and the banding tape 204 taken out from the banding tape stacking unit 203 is stopped by the tape stopper 205 and rotated. Thus, a bundled banknote is obtained. In addition, a cutter 206 for cutting the leading end of the tape after binding and a heater 207 for thermally bonding the leading end are also provided.

  The bundled bundled banknotes are thrown out to the bundled banknote outlet 209 by the belt-type transport mechanism 208, but in the middle of the transport, the printing unit 210 that prints the denomination, date and time, serial number, etc. on the bandwrap is processed. A stamping part 211 for stamping the financial institution stamp is provided.

  Next, the conveyance part 300 provided in the back conveys a binding object banknote or a fraction banknote between the stacking parts 111-115 and the banknote binding part 200 or the fraction banknote return part 130.

(Conveying unit 300)
The conveyance unit 300 includes a guide shaft 301 installed vertically from the lower end to the upper end of the apparatus, an elevating unit 310 that can move up and down while engaging the guide shaft 301, and a drive for elevating the elevating unit 310. A belt 302 is provided.

  The elevating unit 310 has a block 312 that can be moved forward and backward by a belt mechanism 311. The block 312 has a fixed lower hand 313 and an upper hand 314 that moves up and down along a shaft 315 by a belt 316. Yes. The hands 313 and 314 are for picking up the bundled banknotes or fractional banknotes accumulated in the stacking units 111 to 115 and transferring them to the banknote binding part 200 or the fractional banknote return unit 131.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the elevating unit 310 and the fractional banknote return unit 130.

  The fraction bill return tray 131 is a member having walls formed on the side surface and the back surface. A slide rail 134 is attached to the side surface, and can be moved back and forth through the slide rail 134. Further, a tension spring 135 having the other end attached to the main body is provided on the side surface of the banknote return tray, and is always urged toward the transport unit 300 side.

  FIG. 2 also shows a part of the lifting / lowering unit 310, which is provided with upper hands 314, 314, and 314 that can be moved up and down by engaging with three guide shafts 315, 315, and 315, respectively. The bill 400 is securely clamped between these and the fixed lower hand 313, 313, 313.

  Three notches 136, 136, 136 are formed in the tray 131 so that these upper and lower hands 313 and 314 can pass freely, and the length of these notches 136 is the length of the bill gripping portion of the upper hand 314. It is longer than the length.

  Further, an abutting member 132 is provided on the back surface of the tray 131. The abutting member 132 has an abutting portion 132a that once descends sufficiently deeper than the thickness of the lower hand 313, extends horizontally in the back direction, and further descends. The abutting portion 132a is for engaging the hand portions 313 and 314 to push the tray 131 forward when the fractional banknote is returned.

  Next, the effect | action of the conveyance part 300 is demonstrated in detail using FIG. 3 and 4. FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows an operation of taking out the banknotes to be bound or the fractional banknotes from the stacking unit. Here, the case where a banknote is taken out from the lowermost stacking unit 111 will be described.

  First, in the stacking unit 111, the stage 111a is lowered to the lowest end by a lifting means (not shown). On the other hand, the lifting unit 310 is moved along the guide shaft 301 by the action of the belt 302 to a predetermined position with respect to the pickup target stacking unit 111, that is, a position where the upper surface of the lower hand 313 is lower than the bottom end of the stacked bill 400 Descent. Further, the lower surface of the upper hand 314 is raised to a position where it is higher than the uppermost end of the stacked banknote 400 by the action of the belt 316. Thereby, both hands 313 and 314 are in an open state.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, the block 312 moves forward by the action of the belt 311, and the stacked banknote 400 is positioned between the upper hand 314 and the lower hand 313. At this time, the wall member 111b and the stage 111a are provided with a notch through which the hand can pass, so that no interference occurs between the members.

  Next, as illustrated in FIG. 3C, the upper hand 314 is lowered by the action of the belt 316, and the stacked banknote 400 is firmly sandwiched between the lower hand.

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 3D, the belt 311 acts and the block 312 moves backward so that the stacked banknote 400 can be moved up and down while being sandwiched between the hands 313 and 314. It becomes a state. Therefore, in the case of the banknotes to be bound that have reached a predetermined number, the elevating unit descends and moves to the position of the banknote binding unit 200, and in the case of fractional banknotes, it moves up and moves to the position of the fractional banknote return unit 130.

  After such removal, the stage 111a of the stacking unit 111 moves up and returns to the normal stacking position.

  FIG. 4 shows the operation of the elevating unit 310 in such a fraction banknote return unit 130.

  Referring to FIG. 4A, the belt 302 is driven with the fractional banknote held by both hands 313 and 314 as shown in FIG. The fractional banknote 400 is raised to a position higher than the height of the wall of the tray 131.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, the belt 311 is driven to advance the block 312 until the planar position of the fractional banknote 400 is included in the tray 131.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4C, when the entire lifting unit 310 is lowered by driving the belt 302, the lower hand 313 can freely pass through the notch 136 provided in the tray 131. it can. At this stage, it is preferable to position the lower hand 313 so that the upper surface of the lower hand 313 coincides with the inner bottom surface of the tray 131. As a result, the fractional banknote 400 is completely contained in the tray 131.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4D, the belts 311 and 316 are simultaneously driven to raise the upper hand 314 and to move the block 312 backward. As a result, the fractional banknote 400 becomes free and remains in the tray 131.

  Next, the belt 316 is driven to lower the upper hand 314 so as to come into contact with the lower hand 313, and the belt 302 is further driven to reach a position where these hands come into contact with the abutting portion 132 a of the abutting member 132. As described above, the elevating unit 310 is lowered.

  As shown in FIG. 4F, when the belt 311 is driven to advance the block 312, the hands 313 and 314 push the abutting portion 132 a, so that the entire tray 131 moves forward. A shutter 133 is provided in front of the tray 131, or the shutter has a rotating shaft at the top, so the tray 131 is rotated, and the tray is exposed to the outside of the machine from under the shutter so that fractional bills can be taken out. It becomes possible. Accordingly, FIGS. 4E and 4F show the return operation.

  When the removal of the fractional banknote is confirmed by a sensor (not shown) after the return operation is completed, if the block 312 is moved backward again, the tray 131 is moved backward again by the urging of the tension spring 135 shown in FIG. 133 is also closed and a return waiting state is entered.

  The absence of dedicated drive means for the forward and backward movement of the tray in this way greatly contributes to reducing the cost and weight of the entire apparatus.

  As described above, in the banknote handling machine according to the present invention, without taking a complicated procedure such as opening a part of the apparatus and taking out the fractional banknote that was not a binding target in the conventional banknote handling machine, It can be easily taken out.

  Moreover, since the conveyance to a binding means of a bundled banknote and the conveyance to the fraction banknote return part of a fraction banknote are combined with the same conveyance means, a structure becomes simple and it contributes to cost reduction. In addition, the fractional banknote return unit can be arranged at a high position on the front side, and it is easy to take out and has excellent operability.

  Such fraction extraction can be easily performed by applying the operation shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 to the fraction banknotes of each stacking unit, so that the fractional banknotes in all the stacking units can be easily extracted.

  In this case, if the return operation is performed for each stacking unit, the return can be managed for each type of bundling, which is preferable in terms of management.

  Note that fractional banknotes in a plurality of stacking units may be accumulated in the tray 131 and finally returned collectively.

  With such a return method, it is possible to finish taking out fractional bills at a time, and it is possible to achieve efficient operation.

  Further, the above-described series of procedures can control each part of the apparatus as a program, and by making such a program, fractional banknotes can be collected very easily by simply pressing a return button, for example.

  Further, in the embodiment described above, only one lifting unit is provided. However, two lifting units of the same type are provided on the same guide shaft, the lower one is dedicated to transporting bundled bills, and the upper one is used. It can be used exclusively for collecting fractional banknotes. As a result, the operation speed can be increased. These two lifting and lowering means correspond to the first and second transfer means in claim 1, respectively.

  The structure, shape, position, material, and the like of each part in the above embodiment can be freely changed without changing the gist of the present invention.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows typically the internal structure of one Embodiment of the banknote processing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between a raising / lowering unit and a fraction banknote return part. It is explanatory drawing which shows a series of operation | movement which takes out a binding plan banknote or a fraction banknote from a stacking part. It is explanatory drawing which shows a series of operation | movement of the raising / lowering unit in a fraction banknote return part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote processing machine 11 Operation display part 100 Classification stacking part 101 Deposit port 105 Identification part 107 Front and back inversion part 111-115 Stacking part 111a-115a Stage members 111b-115b Wall members 111c-115c Holding plates 121, 122 External stacking part 130 Round bill Return part 131 Tray 132 Abutting member 133 Shutter 135 Tension spring 136 Notch 200 Banknote bundling part 202 Rotating disk mechanism 209 Bundling banknote outlet 300 Conveying part 301 Guide shaft 302 Belt 310 Lifting unit 311, 316 Belt 312 Block 313, 314 Hand 315 Guide shaft

Claims (5)

Taking-in means for taking in banknotes;
Identification means for identifying the banknote taken in by the taking-in means;
A stacking unit that stacks the predetermined types of banknotes identified by the identifying unit;
A bundling means for bundling a predetermined number of banknotes;
A fractional banknote return port for returning fractional banknotes less than the predetermined number;
First conveying means for grasping and conveying the banknotes that have reached a predetermined number among the banknotes accumulated in the accumulating unit to the binding means;
A second transporting means for gripping a fractional banknote less than a predetermined number of banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit and transporting it to a fractional banknote return port;
A banknote handling machine. A plurality of the accumulation units are provided for each bundling type such as denomination / loss / new / old,
The bill return is configured to perform a return operation in which the fraction return is taken out for each of the plurality of stacking units, transported to the fraction bill return port, and returned every time the transport is performed. Machine. A plurality of the accumulation units are provided for each bundling type such as denomination / loss / new / old,
2. The bill processing according to claim 1, wherein the fraction return is configured to perform a return operation in which the plurality of stacking units are taken out, conveyed to the fraction bill return port, and returned collectively. Machine. The aircraft,
Taking-in means for taking in banknotes;
Identification means for identifying the banknote taken in by the taking-in means;
A plurality of stacking units that are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction in a substantially central back area of the aircraft, and each stacks a predetermined type of banknotes identified by the identifying unit;
A bundling means disposed at a lower position of the stacking unit and bundling a predetermined number of banknotes;
A fraction banknote return unit that is disposed at a position facing the front of the machine body at an upper position of the stacking unit, and returns a fractional banknote that is less than a predetermined number,
The fractional bill return unit, the plurality of stacking units, and the binding unit are provided so as to be able to be raised and lowered, and the banknotes that have reached a predetermined number among the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit are gripped to the binding unit. Conveying means for conveying and conveying the fractional banknotes less than a predetermined number among the banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit and transporting them to the fractional banknote return unit;
A banknote handling machine. The conveying means is
A hand part capable of holding a bundle of banknotes in a batch;
A horizontal movement mechanism for moving the hand part in the front-rear direction;
A vertical movement mechanism for moving the hand part in the vertical direction;
The fractional banknote return unit
The round bill is received from the hand unit and stacked, and is movable back and forth, and includes a return stacking unit having an engaging member that is engaged when the transport unit is moved horizontally,
The banknote handling machine according to claim 4, wherein the fractional banknote can be taken out from outside by pushing the return stacking unit forward by horizontal movement of the transport means.

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