JPH0721437A - Paper sheet processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a paper sheet processor capable of reducing operator's load and improving processing efficiency. CONSTITUTION:This paper sheet processor includes a paper sheet supplying means for storing paper sheets and feeding them to the inside of the processor based upon arrangement information inputted from an input means, a stacking means 1, a sealing means 2, a distributing means for distributing paper sheets fed from the means 3 to the means 1 or 2, a judging means for judging the sort of a valid paper sheet fed from the means 3, and a control means for setting up the sort of paper sheets judged first to a seal processing mode, distributing paper sheets of the same sort as that of paper sheets judged at first to the means 2 while controlling the distributing means, and executing the sealing operation of paper sheets distributed by the means 2. In the above constitution, operator's load can be reduced because of simplification of operator's operation and the processing efficiency can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus for classifying paper sheets such as banknotes according to type, accumulating and sealing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, this type of paper sheet processing apparatus takes in banknotes inserted into a supply section one by one, sends the banknotes to a banknote inspecting section, discriminates the denomination, and then the denomination. According to the requirements, it is transported to the sealing unit and the stacking unit for sealing and stacking.

[0003] By the way, when carrying out rearranging work with such a paper sheet processing device in a branch office or a centralized center of a conventional bank, the operator selects the work "rearrangement" in advance (not necessary for a rearranging machine). The information on the target denomination and the sealed denomination to be sorted is input from the input device and used.

[0004]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned paper sheet processing apparatus, there is a problem that it takes time and labor for the operator to specify the target denomination and the sealing denomination for the rearrangement target. .

When the operator makes a mistake in the designation of the denomination, all the bills taken in the apparatus from the hopper that is thrown in for the purpose of rearranging are rejected or the bills other than the corresponding stacking unit are collected. There was also a problem that it was accumulated in the department and caused the process to be redone.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of reducing the burden on the operator and improving the processing efficiency by preventing mistakes.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper sheet processing apparatus including a paper sheet supply means for accommodating the paper sheet and feeding the paper sheet into the apparatus on the basis of the arrangement information from the input means. A stacking means for stacking the paper sheets, a sealing means for sealing the paper sheets, and a distributing means for distributing the paper sheets from the paper sheet supplying means to the stacking means or the sealing means, A discriminating means for discriminating the legal type of the sheet from the sheet feeding means, and the type of the sheet discriminated first based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means is set in the sealing processing mode and the sorting is performed. By controlling the means, the paper sheets of the same type among the paper sheets first discriminated from the paper sheet feeding means are distributed to the sealing means, and the paper sheets distributed by the sealing means are applied. And a control means for executing the sealing operation.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the paper sheet handling apparatus, when the paper sheet sent from the paper sheet feeding means to the banding means via the sorting means is interrupted by the control means, the next processing is performed. The sealing processing mode of a type corresponding to the discrimination result of the discriminating means for the paper sheet is set.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the third aspect, when the type of the paper sheet is designated by the input means, the sealing means seals the designated type of paper sheet. It is a thing.

[0010]

The operation of the above-described paper sheet processing apparatus will be described below.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1,
When the operator inputs the arrangement information of the paper sheets from the input means with the paper sheets to be arranged on the paper sheet supply means, the paper sheet supply means determines the paper sheets based on the arrangement information from the input means. Send the kind into the device.

The discriminating means discriminates the proper type of the paper sheet from the paper sheet supplying means and sends the discrimination result to the control means.

The control means sets the type of the paper sheet initially discriminated based on the discrimination result of the discrimination means to the sealing processing mode and controls the sorting means to control the paper sheet from the paper sheet supply means. The paper sheets of the same type as the first discriminating type are distributed to the sealing means, and the sealing operation of the paper sheets distributed by the sealing means is executed.

As a result, the operator simply inputs the rearrangement information of the paper sheets from the input means to automatically execute the sealing process of the paper sheets to be rearranged placed on the paper sheet supply means. It reduces the burden on the operator and
There are no mistakes and the processing efficiency is improved.

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the second aspect,
By the control means, when the paper sheet sent from the paper sheet supply means to the sealing means via the sorting means is interrupted, the type according to the discrimination result of the discrimination means for the paper sheet in the next process. Since the banding processing mode is set, it is possible to automatically switch the types of paper sheets to be sorted.

According to the paper sheet processing apparatus of the third aspect,
When the type of paper sheet is designated by the input means, the sealing means performs sealing of the designated type of paper sheet, so that the operator selects the type of paper sheet to be sealed from the input means. By simply specifying the type, the sealing process of the sheet of the type is automatically executed, and the error is eliminated and the processing efficiency is improved.

[0017]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

A paper sheet processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 has a stacking means 1 for separately stacking paper money P, a sealing means 2 for sealing the paper money P, and a paper money P to be processed. The sheet supply means 3 to be placed, a reject stacking section 7 for stacking rejected banknotes P, display operation sections 8 and 9 as input means, and a printer 10 are provided.

Banknotes P placed on the paper sheet supply means 3
Are taken one by one, processed internally, and then sorted and stacked in the sorting and stacking units 4, 5, and 6 of the stacking means 1.

The stacking means 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

In the stacking means 1, the paper money P, which is a paper sheet taken in one by one from the paper sheet supply means 3, is superposed by the thickness detecting section 11 and the bill checking section 12 as a discriminating means. The sorting gate 13, which is a sorting means, performs sorting such as presence / absence of sticking of cellophane tape, denomination, authenticity check, and damage check, and passes the sorted banknote P through a conveyance path using a belt.
It is sent to 14, 15 and 16 and distributed as needed.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 17 is a passage detector for bills P, which is a set of a light emitting diode and a photocell, and is used for shift control for sorting, for detecting jams, residuals, and the like. Further, 18 is a receiving portion when a foreign material such as a coin is mistakenly thrown into the paper sheet feeding means 3, 19 is a drive motor, 20 is a power source portion, and 21 is a control box accommodating various wiring boards.

Next, the sealing means 2 will be described.

The banknotes P sorted by the sorting gate 13 are delivered by the delivery section 22 of the banding means 2, the front and back side aligning section 23 arranges the front and back sides, and a predetermined number of sheets are accumulated in the sealing and accumulating section 24. It has become.

Reference numeral 25 is a separator device, which is a sealing and accumulating portion 24.
The banknotes P that are continuously conveyed from are separated into a prescribed number (for example, 100).

The banknote bundle P separated and accumulated in units of a prescribed number (for example, 100) by the separator device 25 is sealed by the tape supplied from the tape reel 29 in the sealing section 26 of the sealing means 2, and The bundle transport unit 27 is configured to stack the bundle on the bundle stacking unit 28.

The tape wound around the tape reel 29 is cut and glued by the tape feed section 30.

The banknotes P from the paper sheet supply means 3 are conveyed in the route shown by the arrow in FIG. 3, and at the time of sorting, the sorting stacking units 4 and 5 through the sorting gates 13, 14, 15 and 16. , 6 or reject collection unit 7 is sorted and collected,
Further, at the time of sealing, it is sent to the sealing means 2 through the sorting gate 13 as shown by the arrow, and is sealed by the specified number of sheets, and is stacked in the bundle stacking unit 28.

FIG. 4 shows a control system of the paper sheet processing apparatus 100.

The sheet processing apparatus 100 comprises a control means 37 including a program memory 35 storing a control program and a control section 36 for controlling the whole, and the control section 36 controls the stacking means 1, 1. The sealing means 2 and the paper sheet supply means 3 are controlled respectively.

Further, the control section 36 includes the display operation sections 8 and 9, the thickness detection section 11, the banknote inspection section 12, the sorting gates 13, 14, 15, and 16, the passage detector 17, the drive motor 19, and the separator device. 25 and the tape feed unit 30 are connected to control these operations.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned sheet processing apparatus will be described.

The operator sets the paper money P to be sorted into the paper sheet feeding means 3 and starts processing. That is, the operator “sorts” the banknotes P from the display operation unit 8 or 9.
When the information that means is input, the paper sheet feeding means 3 sends the banknotes P one by one into the apparatus based on the information from the display operation unit 8 or 9.

The bill inspecting section 12 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, and damage of the banknote P from the paper sheet feeding means 3, and sends the discrimination result to the control section 36.

If the discrimination result of the bill inspecting unit 12 is not rejected, the control unit 36 sets the sealing processing mode with the discriminated denomination of the first bill P as the sealing denomination, and executes this sealing. The sorting gate 13 is controlled based on the sealing processing mode to seal the paper money P from the paper sheet supply means 3 to the sealing means 2
Execute the distribution operation to.

Further, the control unit 36 controls the sealing means 2 based on the sealing processing mode and executes the sealing operation of the banknotes P sorted by the sorting gate 13.

That is, as shown in FIG.
The banknotes P sent to the banding means 2 through the path shown by the arrow are delivered by the delivery part 22 of the banding means 2, the front and back aligning parts 23 are aligned, and the banknote stacking part 24 is stacked. It

Then, the separator device 25 separates the banknotes P successively conveyed from the sealing and accumulating section 24 into a prescribed number (for example, 100).

Further, the separator device 25 is used to obtain 100
The banknote bundle P that has been separated and accumulated on a sheet-by-sheet basis is sealed by the tape supplied from the tape reel 29 in the sealing unit 26 of the sealing unit 2 to form a banknote bundle, and further, is bundled by the bundle conveying unit 27. Integrated in the unit 28.

As a result, the operator operates the display operation unit 8,
Only by inputting the information of "arrangement" of the banknotes P from 9, the sealing processing of the banknotes P to be arranged on the paper sheet supply means 3 is automatically executed, and the information of the denomination The operator's burden is reduced because it is not necessary to input.

If the wrong kind of banding money is designated, the banknotes P taken from the paper sheet feeding means 3 are stacked in the reject stacking section 7 or the sorting stacking sections 4, 5, 6. Since it is not conveyed to the sealing means 2, it causes the processing to be redone, but the operation of the above-described embodiment can omit the designation of the sealing metal type, and the error is eliminated and the processing efficiency is improved.

In the above-mentioned operation, if the first bill P is the judgment result of reject handling, the control unit 36 sets the sealing processing mode according to the judgment result of the next bill P.

When the denominations of the banknotes P to be rearranged are switched, the number of sealing fractions accumulated in the sealing and accumulating unit 24 shown in FIG. In a state where the banknotes P are not stacked in the banding and stacking unit 24 manually or automatically in accordance with an instruction from the operator, the control unit 36 enters the banding process mode, and one of the following processes similar to the case described above is performed. Based on the discrimination result of the banknote P of the eye, the corresponding sealed money type is set. In this way, the types of paper sheets to be sorted can be automatically switched.

However, when there is no bill P in the stacking stacking unit 24 while the bill P is not being conveyed, the sealing processing mode is set, and when the conveyance operation is continuously performed, the sealing operation is performed. The denomination switching is not executed.

Further, even if the 101st sheet of bills P of different denominations are mixed, if the bills are continuously taken in, the switching of the denomination for sealing is not executed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the section stacking units are provided at three locations, but the present invention can be carried out even if the number of section stacking sections is less than, more than, or not three.

Further, the present invention can be applied to a device dedicated to organizing only the organizing work without handling the depositing work.

[0049]

According to the present invention described in detail above, the above-mentioned configuration provides a paper sheet processing apparatus which can reduce the burden by simplifying the operation of the operator and can also improve the processing efficiency. can do.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of automatically switching the types of paper sheets to be sorted.

Further, according to the present invention, the operator simply specifies the type of paper sheet to be sealed from the input means,
It is possible to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of automatically performing the banding processing of the paper sheet of the type and improving the processing efficiency without error.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a paper sheet processing measure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the device of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a path of a bill of the apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the apparatus of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Stacking Means 2 Sealing Means 3 Paper Sheet Supply Means 8 Display Operation Section 9 Display Operation Section 12 Banknote Inspection Section 13 Sorting Gate 37 Control Means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet supply means for accommodating paper sheets and feeding the paper sheets into the apparatus based on the arrangement information from the input means, a stacking means for stacking the paper sheets, A sealing means for performing sealing, a distribution means for distributing the paper sheets from the paper sheet supply means to a stacking means or a sealing means, and a valid type of paper sheet from the paper sheet supply means. Discriminating means for discriminating, and the type of the paper sheet first discriminated based on the discrimination result of the discriminating means is set in the sealing processing mode, and the distributing means is controlled to control the paper sheets from the paper sheet supplying means. A sheet having the same type as the first discriminated sheet among the first discriminated sheets, and a control section for executing a sealing operation for the sheet sheets sorted by the sealing section. Leaf processing equipment. 2. The control means, when the paper sheet sent from the paper sheet supply means to the banding means via the sorting means is interrupted, the control means determines the determination means for the paper sheet in the next process. The sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a sealing processing mode of a type corresponding to a result is set. 3. The paper sheet according to claim 1, wherein when the type of the paper sheet is designated by the input means, the sealing means seals the paper sheet of the designated type. Processing equipment.