JP2002367003A - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus, and more particularly to a banknote processing apparatus which sorts and stores a plurality of banknotes which are put in one by one and stores the stored banknotes as change banknotes or exchange banknotes. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currency change machines and ticket vending machines used in amusement arcades and the like are provided with a bill processing device. When the banknotes are received, the banknote processing apparatus sorts and stores the banknotes by denomination, and dispenses the stored banknotes as exchange banknotes or change banknotes as necessary.

FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view of a conventional banknote handling apparatus. The banknote processing apparatus 101 has a stored banknote transport path 104 provided downstream from the banknote insertion slot 102. A sensor 103 is provided at the back of the bill insertion slot 2 in the middle of the incoming bill transport path 104, and a received bill discriminating unit 105 is provided downstream of the sensor 103.

[0004] In the incoming banknote transport path 104, downstream of the incoming banknote discriminating section 105, swingable input / output transport switching gates 106a and 106b are provided.
The storage transfer switching gates 106a and 106b are retracted from the passage of the storage paper money transfer path 104 at the time of standby for charging the paper money. The storage transport switch gate 106a is driven, and the 1000 yen storage 107a is arranged in the transport direction when the vehicle enters the passage of the incoming banknote transport path 104, and the incoming transport switch gate 106b is driven to drive the incoming banknote transport. A 5,000-yen storage 107b is arranged in the transport direction when the vehicle enters the path of the road 104. Entry banknote transport path 1
At the end of 04, a storage box 107c for 10,000 yen is arranged.

[0005] The 1,000 yen storage box 107a is provided with a storage box bottom elevation mechanism (not shown) for raising and lowering the bottom surface. Further, the separation and feeding roller 1 of the banknote separation and feeding unit 108 in the stacking direction of the banknotes stored in the storage
09 is arranged. A delivery banknote transfer path 116 is provided downstream from the banknote separation / delivery unit 108, and is connected to the payment holding unit 110 and the banknote outlet 112. A bundle transport mechanism 111 is provided between the deposit holding unit 110 and the bill outlet 112.

A delivery sensor 113 is provided in the delivery banknote transport path 116 on the downstream side of the bill separation / delivery unit 108. A delivery / transport switching gate 114 that is swingably provided further downstream of the bill feeding sensor 113.
Is arranged. This delivery transfer switching gate 114
Is retracted from the passage of the exit banknote transport path 116 during standby for exiting the banknote. A dispensing reject box 115 is provided in the conveying direction when the dispensing transfer switching gate 114 is driven and enters the passage of the dispensing banknote transfer path 116.

[0007] In the bill processing apparatus 101 having the above-described structure, a deposit and withdrawal operation of bills is performed. First, the bill processing device 10
The first deposit operation will be described. 1 in bill slot 102
When the bills are inserted one by one, the bills shield the sensor 103 to drive the incoming bill transport path 104 to transport the bills into the apparatus. The transported banknote is subjected to authenticity determination and denomination determination by the incoming banknote discriminating unit 105, and when it is determined to be a fake bill, the banknote processing apparatus 101 reversely operates the incoming banknote transport path 104, and The bill is returned to the bill slot 102. On the other hand, the banknote determined to be a bill is further conveyed and separated and stored for each denomination.

Here, for example, when the denomination judgment result of the banknote judged as a true bill by the incoming banknote discriminating unit 105 is 1,000 yen, the banknote processing apparatus 101 drives the incoming / transport switching gate 106a to drive it. It closes the passage of the incoming banknote transport path 104 and conveys it to the 1,000 yen storage 107a.
The banknotes are stored in an aligned state by the alignment mechanism provided in a. If the banknote denomination discrimination result is 5,000 yen, the banknote processing apparatus 101 sets the storage transfer switching gate 106a.
, And drives the receiving / conveying switching gate 106b to close the passage of the incoming banknote transport path 104 and transport it to the 5,000-yen storage 107b, and align the banknotes by the alignment mechanism provided in the 5,000-yen storage 107b. Stored in the state. Also,
If the banknote denomination discrimination result is 10,000 yen, the banknote processing apparatus 101 sets the entrance / transport switching gate 106a, 1
06b is not driven, and is conveyed to the 10,000 yen storage 107c, and the banknotes are stored in an aligned state by the alignment mechanism of the 10,000 yen storage 107c.

As described above, the bill processing apparatus 101 stores bills inserted one by one by separating them by denomination. Next, a dispensing operation of the banknote handling apparatus 101 will be described.

When a dispensing command is issued, the 1,000-yen banknote stored in the 1,000-yen storage box 107a is pressed against the separating and feeding roller 109 by the storage box bottom elevation mechanism.
Next, the banknote processing apparatus 101 includes the banknote separation and feeding unit 1.
08 is driven to rotate the separating and feeding roller 109, and among the 1,000 yen bills pressed against the separating and feeding roller 109, the 1,000 yen bills in contact with the separating and feeding roller 109 are separated and fed one by one. The dispensed 1,000-yen banknote is conveyed through the exit banknote conveyance path 116 and is temporarily held in the withdrawal holding unit 110.

Here, the number of 1,000-yen bills fed by the bill separating / feeding unit 108 is determined by the feeding sensor 11.
Counting is performed by 3. When the counting of the number of bills is not performed normally, such as when a plurality of 1,000-yen bills are fed out in an overlapping state, the bill processing apparatus 101
Drives the delivery transport switching gate 114 to close the passage of the delivery banknote transport path 116, and transports these 1,000 yen bills to the delivery reject warehouse 115.

When the number of 1,000-yen banknotes is paid out in accordance with the withdrawal command and the holding in the withdrawal holding section 110 is completed, the bundle transport mechanism 111 transfers the held 1,000-yen banknotes to the banknote outlet 11.
Convey to 2.

The banknotes are collected in the banknote processing apparatus 101 by the storage unit 107a for 1,000 yen and the storage unit 1 for 5,000 yen.
07b, the 10,000 yen storage 107c, and the dispensing reject 115 are opened.

In recent years, with the issuance of 2,000-yen banknotes, there is a demand for a banknote handling device provided in a currency exchange machine or a ticket vending machine to handle 2,000-yen banknotes.

[0015]

However, the conventional banknote handling apparatus has three storages, that is, a 1,000-yen banknote,
It only has storage for three denominations of 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills, and does not correspond to four denominations including 2,000 yen bills.

In the conventional banknote handling apparatus corresponding to such three denominations, when storing four denominations including two thousand yen bills, for example, 10,000 yen bills and two thousand yen bills are stored. It is necessary to store banknotes of different denominations in one storage box, such as mixing and storing them in one storage box. However, in this case, when collecting bills, bills of different denominations stored in one storage box have to be manually sorted, and there is a problem that it is troublesome.

In a conventional banknote handling machine, one banknote is processed.
There has been a problem that it has to be inserted one by one, and it takes time to deposit a plurality of bills. The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing apparatus that sorts and stores banknotes of four denominations for each denomination and efficiently collects banknotes.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing apparatus for efficiently taking in a plurality of banknotes which are put together.

[0019]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problem. In a banknote handling apparatus which sorts and stores inserted banknotes by denomination, a plurality of banknotes can be input at once. Mouth, a bill separation and capture unit that separates and takes in one by one the bills inserted in the back of the bill insertion slot, and a stored bill transport path in which the bills are provided downstream from the bill separation and capture unit and are transported, A receiving banknote discriminating unit in the receiving banknote transport path for discriminating authenticity and denomination of the banknote,
A receiving transport switching gate that is provided in the receiving banknote transport path and is swingably provided downstream in the transport direction of the receiving banknote discriminating unit, switches the transport direction according to the result of discrimination by the receiving banknote discriminating unit, and sorts banknotes by denomination; The four storages in which the sorted banknotes are accumulated and stored, and a movable plate that can be raised and lowered at the bottom of the storage for dispensing stored banknotes among the storages, the movable plate is raised and lowered. A storage bottom raising / lowering unit for adjusting the height of the bottom of the dispensing storage, and a rotatable separating and feeding roller provided opposite to the movable plate, and a storage pressed against the separation and feeding roller by raising the movable plate. A bill separating and feeding section for separating and feeding bills, an output banknote transport path provided downstream from the banknote separating and feeding section for feeding stored banknotes, and a storage sheet provided and transported in the output banknote transport path Bill processing apparatus is provided which is characterized by having a banknote outlets for dispensing the.

According to such a banknote processing apparatus, the banknote separating and taking section separates and takes in the plurality of batched banknotes one by one into the apparatus, so that it takes time to input the plurality of banknotes. The operability of inserting bills is improved.

Further, since four storages are provided, and the entrance / transport switching gate sorts the bills into the respective storages for each denomination, it is possible to correspond to the four denominations currently in circulation. it can. This eliminates the need to mix and store banknotes of different denominations in one storage box, and eliminates the sorting operation when collecting banknotes.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the banknote handling machine illustrating a deposit operation.

In the banknote processing apparatus 1, a sensor 3 is provided at the back of the banknote insertion slot 2, and a banknote separating / accepting section 4 is provided at the back of the sensor 3. An incoming banknote transport path 5 is provided downstream from the banknote separation / intake section 4, and an incoming banknote discriminating section 6 is provided downstream of the banknote separation / intake section 4.

In the incoming banknote transport path 5 and downstream of the incoming banknote discriminating section 6 in the transport direction, the incoming transport switching gate 8a,
8b, 8c and 8d are provided to be swingable. The incoming transport switching gates 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d are retracted from the passage of the incoming banknote transport path 5 during standby for inserting the banknote.

A storage 7a for 10,000 yen is arranged in the transport direction when the storage transport switching gate 8a is driven to enter the passage of the stored banknote transport path 5. Similarly, the incoming transport switching gate 8b is driven to drive the incoming banknote transport path 5
5,000 yen storage 7b is disposed in the transport direction when the vehicle enters the passage of the banknote transport path 5 when the storage transport switching gate 8c is driven. A 1,000 yen storage 7c is arranged. further,
At the end of the incoming banknote transport path 5, a storage 7d for 1,000 yen is arranged. In addition, a bill dispensing port 11 is arranged in the carrying direction when the incoming transport switching gate 8d is driven to enter the passage of the incoming bill transport path 5.

A storage 7a for 10,000 yen, a storage 7 for 5,000 yen
b, the 2,000-yen storage 7c, the 1,000-yen storage 7d, and the entrance portion of each of the bill dispensing ports 11, and the entrance / transport switching gates 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d The bill transport path switched by entering the passage has an impeller 9 rotating counterclockwise in the drawing.
a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e are provided, and their wing portions are arranged so as to enter the bill transport path.

Further, a holding plate 10a, 10b is provided in a storage 7a for 10,000 yen, a storage 7b for 5,000 yen, a storage 7c for 2,000 yen, a storage 7d for 1,000 yen, and a bill dispensing slot 11. , 10
c, 10d, and 10e are provided and are urged toward the bottom surface, respectively.

A storage 7a for 10,000 yen, a storage 7b for 5,000 yen, a storage 7c for 2,000 yen, and a storage 7d for 1,000 yen
Are formed integrally and can be opened and closed by a common door.

Here, the bill separating / acquiring section 4 provided in the bill processing apparatus 1 will be specifically described. FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view of the bill separating / receiving unit.

The bill separating / receiving section 4 of the bill processing apparatus 1
Has a transport path 4a provided downstream from the bill insertion slot 2. A bill loading member 4b and a pay-out roller 4c are provided at the back of the bill insertion slot 2, and a separation take-in roller 4d is arranged to face the pay-out roller 4c. Further, a blocking roller 4 is provided downstream of the feeding roller 4c so as to face the separation / intake roller 4d.
e is provided, and a pair of pull-out rollers 4f and 4g are provided on the downstream side of the separation taking-in roller 4d and the blocking roller 4e with the incoming banknote conveying path 5 interposed therebetween.
It is arrange | positioned so that it may contact in the incoming banknote conveyance path 5. FIG.

The bill loading member 4b is provided with a spring on the side opposite to the separation taking-in roller 4d, and a load is applied to the separation taking-in roller 4d by the urging force of the spring.

The separation take-in roller 4d is configured to be driven to rotate counterclockwise in the figure. further,
The separation take-in roller 4d is provided with a rubber 4h having a high friction coefficient on a part of the outer periphery thereof, and the rubber 4h enters into the transport path 4a when driven to rotate. Further, the separation / intake roller 4d is arranged such that the feed roller 4c and the blocking roller 4e are in contact with the outer peripheral surface in the transport path 4a.

The pull-out roller 4f is driven to rotate in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.
The pull-out roller 4g is configured to be driven to rotate clockwise in the drawing.

In the banknote separation / acquisition unit 4 having the above-described configuration, a plurality of banknotes which are collectively inserted from the banknote insertion slot 2 are
The bill loading member 4b applies a load toward the separation take-in roller 4d.

When the separation take-in roller 4d is driven to rotate and the rubber 4h provided thereon comes into contact with the bill,
Due to the frictional force of the contact, the bill is fed out from between the separation taking-in roller 4d and the feeding roller 4c to the space between the separation taking-in roller 4d and the blocking roller 4e accompanying the rubber 4h.

The fed bill is further conveyed to the downstream side by the separating and taking-in roller 4d. At this time, when the banknote passes between the separation take-in roller 4d and the blocking roller 4e, only one sheet is separated and fed by the separation take-in roller 4d. Thereafter, the separated and fed banknotes are transported to the incoming banknote transport path 5 by the extraction rollers 4f and 4g.

By repeating the above-mentioned operations, the banknotes that have been put in one at a time are sequentially fed out to the incoming banknote transport path 5 one by one. FIGS. 3 and 4 show another example of the bill separating / acquiring unit provided in the bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of another bill separating / receiving section. Banknote separation and capture unit 41 of banknote handling machine 1
Has a transport path 41a provided downstream from the bill insertion slot 2. A separation take-in roller 41b is disposed behind the bill insertion slot 2. Further, a bill loading mechanism 41c is disposed opposite to the separation take-in roller 41b with the bill slot 2 interposed therebetween.
A bill blocking portion 41d is arranged on the downstream side of. The incoming banknote transport path 5 is disposed downstream from the banknote blocking section 41d, and a pair of pull-out rollers 41e and 41f are provided downstream of the banknote blocking section 41d.
It is arranged to contact inside.

The separation take-in roller 41b has an L-shaped notch 41g. The cutout portion 41g includes a side to which the leading end of the inserted bill abuts and a side formed along the upper wall of the bill insertion slot 2 in a bill insertion standby state. 41g of this notch
A rubber 41h as a friction member is fitted into a part of the outer periphery of the separation take-in roller 41b except for. Further, a roller 41i having an outer periphery slightly protruding from the outer periphery of the separation / acquisition roller 41b is provided in the vicinity of the upstream side of the notch 41g in the outer periphery direction of the separation / acquisition roller 41b.

The bill loading mechanism section 41c has a bill loading member 41j disposed opposite to the separating and taking-in roller 41b across the transport path 41a. This bill loading member 4
1j is provided with a spring on the side opposite to the separating and taking-in roller 41b, and is urged in the direction of the separating and taking-in roller 41b.

The bill blocking portion 41d has a blocking pad 41k, and a spring is provided on the side opposite to the separating and taking-in roller 41b so as to be pressed against the separating and taking-in roller 41b.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a bill separating / receiving section of the bill processing apparatus. Banknote separation and capture unit 41 shown in FIG.
The load cam 41m fixed to the shaft of the bill loading member 41j and rotating in synchronism with this, and the loading cam 41 fixed to the rotation shaft of the separation loading roller 41b
n are arranged. The take-in cam 41n rotates in synchronization with the separation / take-in roller 41b, and is adapted to engage and disengage the load cam 41m at the time of bill insertion standby and at the time of bill separation and feeding operation.

The bill separating and taking-in section 41 having the structure shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is in the state shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the load cam 41m is pushed down by the take-in cam 41n against the biasing force of the spring by the take-in cam 41n at the bill input standby position of the bill. The bill loading member 41j is retracted from the transport path 4a of the bill insertion slot 2.

Here, when the separating and taking-in roller 41b rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIGS. 3 and 4, the taking-in cam 41n rotates in synchronization with this rotation, and the load cam 41b rotates.
m is released. As a result, the bill load member 41j, which rotates in synchronization with the load cam 41m, is urged by the spring toward the separation take-in roller 41b. At this time, when a plurality of bills are inserted into the bill insertion slot 2, these bills are pressed against the separating and taking-in roller 41b by the bill loading member 41j.

When the separating and taking-in roller 41b further rotates, the bill is fed to the downstream side by the frictional force generated between the rubber 41h provided on the outer peripheral portion of the separating and taking-in roller 41b and the bill. At this time, the bill
Since the paper passes between the separation take-in roller 41b and the blocking pad 41k, even if two or more bills are to be fed out in an overlapping state, the blocking pad 41k is not used except for the top bill in contact with the rubber 41h. Thus, the passage is blocked, and only the top banknote is separated and fed out.

When the separation take-in roller 41b further rotates, the fed banknote is separated from the separation take-in roller 41b.
The rollers 41e and 41f, which are rotated in synchronism with the above, pull out and convey. At this time, the take-in cam 41n starts locking the load cam 41m again, so that the bias of the bill load member 41j toward the separation take-in roller 41b is weakened.
41f reduces the withdrawal resistance of the bill.

When the separation take-in roller 41b makes one rotation, the take-in cam 41n pushes down the load cam 41m, and in synchronization with this, the bill load member 41j is pushed down against the urging force of the spring. From this state, the separation take-in roller 41b is driven to rotate, and at this time, the operation of feeding out the uppermost bill starts.

Thereafter, by repeating the same operation, a plurality of bills inserted into the bill insertion slot 2 are sequentially separated and fed one by one. It is also possible to provide such a bill separation / acquisition unit 41 in the bill processing apparatus 1 so as to separate and take in a plurality of bills that have been batch-injected one by one.

In the banknote processing apparatus 1 described above, when a plurality of banknotes are fed into the banknote insertion slot 2 at a time, the banknotes intercept the sensor 3 so that the banknote separation / acquisition unit 4 starts driving. A plurality of banknotes, which are collectively inserted into the banknote insertion slot 2 by the above-described mechanism, are separated one by one and taken into the apparatus.

The taken-in banknotes are conveyed through the incoming banknote transport path 5 and authenticated and denominated by the incoming banknote discriminating section 6. Here, when the taken-in banknote is determined to be a fake bill, the banknote processing apparatus 1 drives the incoming banknote transport switching gate 8d to block the passage of the incoming banknote transport path 5, and transfers the banknote to the banknote outlet 11. And return. On the other hand, when the incoming banknote discriminating unit 6 determines that the bill is a true bill, the banknote processing apparatus 1 does not drive the incoming transport switching gate 8d,
It is kept retracted from the passage of the incoming banknote transport path 5. The bills are further transported through the incoming banknote transport path 5 without being able to switch the transport direction at the incoming transport switching gate 8d,
The stored bills are sorted and stored for each denomination according to the discrimination result of the bill discriminating section 6.

Here, the sorting and storing of banknotes for each denomination will be described. For example, when the denomination discrimination result of the incoming banknote discriminating unit 6 is 10,000 yen, the banknote processing apparatus 1 drives the incoming / transfer switching gate 8a to block the passage of the incoming banknote transport path 5, and 10,000 yen. The bills are sent to the storage 7a by the impeller 9a, and furthermore, the bills are pressed by the pressing plate 10a, and are stacked and stored in an aligned state. When the denomination judgment result of the incoming banknote discriminating unit 6 is 5,000 yen, the banknote processing apparatus 1 drives the incoming transport switching gate 8b without driving the incoming transport switching gate 8a to transport the incoming banknote. Block the passage of Road 5, and store the impeller 9b in the 5,000 yen storage 7b.
The banknotes are fed in, and further, the banknotes are pressed by the holding plate 10b and accumulated and stored in an aligned state. If the denomination judgment result of the incoming banknote discriminating unit 6 is 2,000 yen, the banknote processing apparatus 1 sets the incoming / transfer switching gate 8a,
By driving the incoming transfer switching gate 8c without driving the storage bank 8b, the passage of the incoming banknote transfer path 5 is closed, and the 2,000 yen storage 7c
Then, the bills are fed by the impeller 9c, and furthermore, the bills are pressed by the pressing plate 10c, and are stacked and stored in an aligned state. When the denomination judgment result of the incoming banknote discriminating unit 6 is 1,000 yen, the banknotes are sent by the impeller 9d to the 1,000 yen storage 7d arranged at the end of the incoming banknote transport path 5, and further pressed. The bills are pressed by the plate 10d, and are stacked and stored in an aligned state.

As described above, the banknote processing apparatus of the present embodiment separates and takes in a plurality of banknotes that have been batch-inserted one by one by the banknote separating / capturing unit, and switches the storage / conveyance switching gate for each denomination. Separately store in each storage. Thereby, since a plurality of bills can be inserted at a time, the operability of inserting a plurality of bills is improved, and the bill taking efficiency of the bill processing apparatus is improved. Further, by arranging four storages in the bill processing device, it is possible to handle bills of four denominations.

Next, the dispensing operation of the bill processing apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the bill processing apparatus for explaining the dispensing operation. Among the four storages of the banknote processing apparatus 1, for example, a storage 7d for 1,000 yen is used as a dispensing storage for dispensing storage banknotes stored therein for use as currency exchange or change banknotes. Selected.

A movable plate 1 is provided at the bottom of the 1,000 yen storage 7d so as to be movable up and down by a drive motor and a guide.
2a is disposed, and the movable plate 12a is raised and lowered to adjust the height of the bottom surface of the 1,000 yen storage 7d.
Is provided. The storage bottom raising / lowering portion 12 is stopped at a position where the 1,000 yen storage 7d has a predetermined depth during the deposit operation, and raises the movable plate 12a during the dispensing operation.

Further, the bill processing apparatus 1 is provided with a separating and feeding roller 13a of the bill separating and feeding section 13 facing the movable plate 12a disposed on the bottom surface of the 1,000 yen storage 7d. The separating and feeding roller 13a is provided rotatably in a counterclockwise direction in the figure, and further, the banknotes stored in the storage box 7d for 1,000 yen are raised by raising the movable plate 12a of the storage box bottom elevation unit 12, It is arranged so as to be pressed against the separating and feeding roller 13a.

From the bill separating and feeding section 13, the outgoing bill transport path 1 which is the same as the incoming bill transport path 5 and whose transport direction is reversed.
4 is arranged and connected to the bill dispensing port 11. That is, the banknote processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is configured such that the transport path at the time of entering and leaving the banknote is shared.

A bill feeding sensor (not shown) is provided at the exit of the bill separating / feeding section 13 as a bill counting section for counting the number of fed stored bills in the exit bill feeding path 14.

A delivery / transport switching gate 15a is swingably provided downstream of the bill feeding sensor, and a downstream swingable 15b is further provided. The outgoing transport switching gate 15a is retracted from the passage of the outgoing banknote transport path 14 at the time of banknote outgoing standby,
When the stored banknotes are conveyed from the 1,000-yen storage 7d, the storage banknotes are arranged so as to close the passage of the output banknote conveyance path 14 and not to be conveyed in the direction of the banknote insertion slot 2. The bill dispensing port 11 is arranged on one side switched by the delivery conveyance switching gate 15b, and on the other side,
A withdrawal reject store 16 is provided for storing stored bills that have not been counted normally by the bill feeding sensor. The delivery conveyance switching gate 15b is arranged so that the stored bills are not conveyed in the direction of the bill dispensing slot 11 when the stored bills are on standby.

An impeller 9f that rotates counterclockwise in the drawing is provided in the bill transport path at the entrance of the dispensing reject box 16, and the blade section is arranged so as to enter the bill transport path. ing. The dispensing reject box 16 is provided with a holding plate 10f, which is urged toward the bottom surface of the dispensing reject box 16.

In the banknote processing apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration, during the dispensing operation, the receiving and carrying gates 8a and 8 shown in FIG.
b, 8c, and 8d are in a state at the time of bill insertion standby, and are all retracted from the incoming bill transport path 5.

When there is a dispensing command, the banknote handling machine 1 drives the drive motor of the storage bottom raising / lowering unit 12 provided in the storage unit 7d for 1,000 yen to move the movable plate 1 along the guide.
2a is raised, and the stored bills are pushed up against the urging force of the holding plate 10d. As a result, the stored banknotes come into pressure contact with the separating and feeding roller 13a.

Next, the banknote processing apparatus 1 rotates the separating and feeding roller 13a, and rotates the separating and feeding roller 13a of the stored bills pressed against the separating and feeding roller 13a.
The bills are sequentially separated and fed one by one from the stored bills in contact with a. The stored banknotes fed out in this manner are counted one by one by a banknote feeding sensor, and the number of stored banknotes necessary for dispensing, such as change and currency exchange, is fed out.

The fed stored banknotes are output from the banknote transport path 1
4 is conveyed. The bill processing device 1 drives the delivery conveyance switching gates 15a and 15b, respectively, and conveys the fed stored bills to the bill dispensing port 11 side.
Then, the stored bills are fed by the impeller 9e, and furthermore, the fed bills are pressed by the pressing plate 10e, and are stacked in an aligned state.

Here, when a plurality of stored banknotes are fed out in an overlapping state by the separation / feeding roller 13a at the time of feeding by the banknote separation / feeding unit 13, the number of fed banknotes is normally counted. If not performed, the banknote handling machine 1 drives only the delivery / transport switching gate 15a, transports these stored bills to the withdrawal reject warehouse 16, and sends them to the withdrawal reject warehouse 16 by the impeller 9f. Further, the fed stored banknotes are pressed by the pressing plate 10f and stacked in an aligned state.

When the dispensing is completed, the movable plate 12a is lowered in the 1,000 yen storage 7d until the 1,000 yen storage 7d reaches a predetermined depth, and the banknotes enter the banknote waiting state. In this manner, during the dispensing operation, the banknote handling apparatus can be made smaller by sharing the outgoing banknote transport path with the incoming banknote transport path, as compared with the case where they are separately provided.

Next, collection of bills will be described. Collection of stored banknotes is carried out using a 10,000 yen storage 7a provided integrally.
A payout reject store 16 is further added to the 5,000-yen store 7b, the 2,000-yen store 7c, and the 1,000-yen store 7d. These are configured to be openable and closable with a single door.

By arranging the four storages in the banknote handling apparatus in this way, it is possible to deal with the four types of banknotes currently in circulation. There is no need to mix and store bills, so that sorting work at the time of bill collection is unnecessary, and bill collection efficiency is improved. Furthermore, since the four storages are formed integrally and have a common door, the mechanism of the storages can be simplified.

In the above description, an example was described in which 1,000 yen was selected as a dispensing storage for dispensing stored banknotes. Seeds may be selected for withdrawal. Furthermore, it is also possible to select a storage of a plurality of denominations as a storage for dispensing by adding the bill separating and feeding unit 13.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention, the banknote handling apparatus separates and takes in a plurality of banknotes batch-inserted one by one by the banknote separating / capturing unit, and switches the incoming and outgoing conveyance for each denomination. The gates were switched so that each of the four storages was separately stored. Thus, it is possible to deal with four kinds of banknotes, and the sorting operation at the time of collecting the banknotes becomes unnecessary. In addition, since a plurality of bills can be inserted at a time, the operability of inserting the bills is improved, and the bill taking efficiency of the bill processing apparatus is improved.

By adopting a configuration in which the transport path for entering and exiting the banknotes is shared, the size of the banknote handling apparatus can be reduced. By integrally forming the four storages and having a common door, the mechanism of the storages can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a bill processing device for explaining a deposit operation.

FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged sectional view of a bill separating / receiving unit.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another bill separating / receiving section.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a bill separating / accepting unit of the bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the bill processing device for explaining a dispensing operation.

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a conventional bill processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing apparatus 2 Banknote insertion port 3 Sensor 4 Banknote separation taking-in part 5 Storing banknote conveyance path 6 Storing banknote discriminating part 7a Storage for 10,000 yen 7b Storage for 5,000 yen 7c Storage for 2,000 yen 7d For 1,000 yen Storages 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d Entry / transfer switching gates 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e Impellers 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e Holding plate 11 Bank outlet

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[Claims] 1. A bill processing apparatus for sorting and storing inserted bills for each denomination, wherein a bill insertion slot through which a plurality of bills can be collectively inserted, and a bill inserted behind the bill insertion slot. A bill separation and capture unit that separates and captures the bills one by one, a storage banknote transport path provided downstream from the banknote separation and capture unit, and through which the banknotes are transported, A stored banknote discriminating unit for discriminating authenticity and denomination, and provided in the received banknote conveying path so as to be swingable downstream in the conveying direction of the stored banknote discriminating unit and conveyed according to a discrimination result by the stored banknote discriminating unit. A receiving / transporting switching gate for switching the direction and distributing the banknotes for each denomination, four storages in which the allocated banknotes are accumulated and stored, and dispensing stored banknotes among the storages A storage bottom raising / lowering unit that includes a movable plate that can move up and down at the bottom of the storage for payout, and that raises and lowers the movable plate to adjust the height of the bottom surface of the storage for payment, and faces the movable plate. A bill separation / delivery unit provided with a rotatable separation / delivery roller provided, and a bill separation / delivery unit for separating and feeding out the stored banknote pressed against the separation / delivery roller by raising the movable plate; provided downstream from the bill separation / delivery unit. Banknote processing characterized by comprising: a delivery banknote transport path through which the fed stored banknotes are transported; and a banknote outlet provided in the delivery banknote transport path to dispense the transported banknotes. apparatus. 2. A bill counting unit which is located downstream of the bill separating and feeding unit in the conveying direction and counts the number of the stored bills fed out, and wherein the banknote counting unit does not perform counting normally. A withdrawal reject box that holds banknotes, and is arranged in the outgoing banknote transport path so as to be swingable downstream in the transport direction of the banknote counting unit, and when counting is normally performed by the banknote counting unit, The storage banknote is guided to the banknote outlet, and when the counting is not normally performed in the banknote counting unit, the transport direction of the storage banknote is switched so as to guide the storage banknote to the payment rejection warehouse. The banknote storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: a delivery conveyance switching gate. 3. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the outgoing bill transport path is shared with the incoming bill transport path. 4. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the four storages are integrally formed.