JPH08161582A - Holding device for returned paper money or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To hold a paper money so that the paper money is easily drawn out by a customer and hard to fall irrelevantly to the length of the paper money by setting the holding position where paper moneys that are returned at a time in a stacked state and differ in length are held by a holding according to the length of the shortest paper money among them. CONSTITUTION: A control part 25 decides the conveyance-directional length of a paper money received according to a money kind discriminated by a discrimination device 12 and adjusts the operation timing of the holding means 16 so that the holding position of the returned paper money by the holding means 16 is different according to a difference in the length of the paper money. Even when plural paper moneys differing in length are returned at the same time in the stacked state, the control part 25 properly set the holding position of the paper moneys by the holding means 16 according to the length of the shortest paper money. Consequently, when the returned paper moneys are held partially projecting from a return opening 14, the paper moneys can be held so that they are easily drawn out by the customer and hard to fall irrelevantly to the length of the paper moneys.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus having a function of dispensing bills such as a vending machine, a cash dispenser, and a money changer, in which returned bills and the like are partially projected from a dispensing port. The present invention relates to an improvement of a holding device held by a.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a bill handling apparatus having a function of dispensing bills such as an automatic vending machine, a cash dispenser, and a money changer, a bill inserted by a customer (user) is returned to the customer or 2. Description of the Related Art There is a banknote provided with a holding device (shutter or the like) that holds a bill to be paid out with a constant force in a state of partially protruding from the payout opening. The holding device is provided to prevent the paid-out bills from being scattered by wind or the like. In a bill handling device that pays out goods, change, etc. after identifying the authenticity, denomination, etc. of bills that the customer has inserted one by one like an automatic vending machine, when the customer cancels the transaction, etc.
If the transaction is not successful, it is necessary to return all the banknotes inserted before that time from the return slot, so do not transfer multiple banknotes to the safe until the transaction is completed, and hold it temporarily. Is done. When the transaction is successful, each transfer mechanism operates according to the storage command from the control unit to store the reserved banknotes in the safe, and when the transaction is unsuccessful, the reserved banknote bundle is conveyed to the insertion opening or the return opening and the above Thus, a part of the banknote bundle is held in a state of being projected to the outside. Further, for bills to be paid out from a safe or the like as change, a means for holding the bills is also arranged at the payout opening. Further, even in a banknote handling apparatus such as a cash dispenser, a money changer, or the like, which uses banknotes stored in advance in a safe or the like according to denomination, for the dispensing, the holding means as described above is arranged at the dispensing port. .

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural explanatory view of a conventional banknote holding apparatus. Inside the return port (return / insertion port or payout port) 2 provided in the front wall 1 of the banknote handling device, a pair of conveyor belts is provided. 3, a plurality of banknotes P conveyed from a temporary holding section (not shown) or a cashbox are held in a state where their tips are projected to the outside by being partially pressed by the shutter 4. In this state, wait for the customer to pull out the banknote P,
If the pulling-out is not performed even after a predetermined time has passed, a warning is given, and then an operation such as internal collection is performed as necessary.

By the way, in a device for handling banknotes having different longitudinal dimensions, when a plurality of banknotes having different dimensions are stacked and dispensed, the holding position is adjusted according to the size of a short banknote or a long banknote. Depending on whether or not to decide, there will be problems. That is, for example, in FIG. 5 (a), the longitudinal dimension is 5
This is a configuration example in which the holding position by the shutter 4 is set according to a 0 mm short bill, and when the long bill P1 having a longitudinal dimension of 100 mm is held by this device, the holding position is excessively shifted to the outside (projection portion). (L1 becomes too short) and becomes difficult to pull out. Further, FIG. 5B is an example of a case where the holding position by the shutter is set according to a long banknote having a longitudinal dimension of 100 mm. That is, when the short-sized banknote P2 having a longitudinal dimension of 50 mm is held by this device, the holding position is excessively inward, and in extreme cases, the short-sized banknote falls without being pressed by the shutter.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a bill handling apparatus having a function of paying out bills, the returned bills and the like are held in a state of being partially projected from a return slot or the like. In this case, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for holding returned banknotes or the like that can be easily pulled out by a customer and can be held in a state in which it is hard to drop out regardless of the length of bills.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a receiving and conveying path for receiving and conveying inserted banknotes, an identification device for identifying the authenticity and denomination of the received banknotes, and the accepted banknotes temporarily. A temporary holding section for holding, a return conveyance path for returning the accepted bill from the return port, a holding means provided in the return port for holding a part of the returned bill in a state of protruding to the outside, and these In the banknote handling device including a control unit that controls the operation, the control unit determines the length of the banknote received according to the denomination of the banknote identified by the identification device and a combination of banknotes having different lengths. However, it is controlled to adjust the operation timing of the holding means in order to change the holding position of the returned bill by the holding means according to the difference in the length of the bill, and a plurality of different lengths returned at the same time in a stacked state The banknote And sets the holding position by the holding means to fit the shorter bill length of.

A storage section for storing banknotes of different denominations,
A payout conveying path that conveys the bills to be paid out from the storage section to a payout port, a holding unit that is provided in the return port and holds a part of the payout bills in a state of protruding to the outside, and a control that controls these operations In the banknote handling device including a section, the control unit determines a combination of banknotes having different lengths and lengths of banknotes according to the denomination of the banknotes sent from the storage unit, and the length of the banknotes. The shorter one of a plurality of banknotes with different lengths that are simultaneously paid out in a stacked state is controlled to adjust the operation timing of the holding means in order to change the holding position of the payout banknotes by the holding means according to the difference. The holding position of the holding means is set according to the length of the bill.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. 1 (a) to 1 (f) are schematic diagrams showing a main part configuration of an embodiment of a bill handling apparatus to which the present invention is applied, and the transport mechanism shown here is provided with a temporary holding section and a safe.

The transport mechanism of the bill handling apparatus 1 includes an insertion slot 10 for a customer to deposit a bill, and a receiving transport path 11 for guiding the bills inserted from the insertion slot 10 into the inside one by one.
And an identification device 1 for identifying the authenticity and denomination of accepted banknotes
2 and a temporary holding unit 13 for temporarily holding the accepted banknotes,
A return conveyance path 15 for returning the accepted bills from the return port 14, and a holding means (shutter) 16 provided in the return port 14 and holding a part of the returned bills in a state of protruding to the outside.
And the intermediate transfer paths 17 and 18, and the outlet 19 to the safe
And a switching claw 20 located at a branch between the temporary holding section 13 and the return transport path 15 for switching the transport direction, and a control section 25 for controlling these operations.

The temporary holding unit 13 is a drum 30 which is rotationally driven, and a belt 3 which is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the drum 30.
1 and 32, and a holding path 33.
Further, the contact portion between the belts 31 and 32 forms a transport path 34 to the safe. Explaining the procedure for handling banknotes by the transport mechanism having the above-described configuration, first, one banknote P1 guided from the insertion port 10 to the inside by the receiving and transporting path 11 passes through the identification device 12, and is verified as authentic or denomination. When the identification is determined and it is determined that it is authentic, the return conveyance path 1 is temporarily passed through the intermediate conveyance paths 17 and 18 under the control of the control unit.
5 ((a)). When the rear end of the bill leaves the branch portion, the return conveyance path 15 reverses to branch the bill P1 into the claws 2
It is introduced into the holding path 33 on the outer peripheral surface of the drum which rotates in the direction of the arrow through the branch portion where 0 is located.

In this way, the first bill P1 is stored in the holding path 33.
When the next banknote P2 is inserted in the state of being held at
As shown in (b), return transportation route 1 in the same route as the first sheet
It is sent to 5 once. The backward feeding of the second bill P2 is started almost at the same time as the rotation of the drum 30, and the second bill P2 is held at the same time as the movement of the rear end portion a of the first bill P1 held in the holding path 33. The rear end portion b of the banknote P2 of the banknote P2 is guided to the outer periphery of the drum 30, and both banknotes P1 and P
2 is reserved in the aligned state ((d)). This reserved banknote P
When storing 1 and P2 in the safe, the drum 30 is reversed as shown in (e), and the banknotes are stored in the safe through the transport path 34 using the guide claws 26. Return port 14
When returning to, the drum 30 is rotated in the reverse direction as shown in FIG. The banknote bundle conveyed toward the return port 14 is held by the holding means 16 in a state in which a part thereof is projected to the outside.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a concrete structure of an example of the holding means 16, which is located between the upper frame 42 and the upper frame 42 to which the return port 14 located near the upper and lower rollers 40 and 41 is fixed. The shutter 43 moves up and down in order to hold the banknote bundle and holds it, and a solenoid (not shown) for moving the shutter 43 up and down. The shutter 43 has a fulcrum 4
The bill bundle is held or detached by rotating in the up-down direction around 3a. A sheet passing sensor 44 is arranged in front of the sheet feeding port to notify the control section 25 of the passage timing of the leading edge of the bill. Based on the data regarding the passage timing and the transport speed (constant) of the return transport path 15, the control unit 25 can arbitrarily set which part of the bill is held by the shutter 43.

That is, the control unit 25 determines the length of the received bill in the conveying direction according to the denomination identified by the identification device 12, and returns the returned bill by the holding means according to the difference in the length of the bill. The operation timing of the holding means is controlled so as to change the holding position of the. When a plurality of banknotes having different lengths are simultaneously returned in a stacked state, the holding position of the holding means is set according to the length of the shortest banknote.

FIGS. 3 (a), (b) and (c) are views showing a mode of holding bills by the holding device of the present invention. FIG. 3 (a) shows a state in which only 100 mm long bills are held,
(B) is a state in which only short banknotes of 50 mm are held,
(C) is a figure which shows the state which hold | maintained the banknote bundle in which the long and short banknote mixed.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of bills having different lengths are held, the operation timing of the shutter 43 is adjusted so that the position of the bill held by the holding device is held in accordance with the size of the shortest bill. Is set,
Even in the case of holding a plurality of different types of banknotes (c), the long banknotes can be pulled out easily, but the short banknotes can be reliably held. Of course, the front ends of the bills are aligned.

In the case of only long banknotes, a predetermined length position is held from the rear end as shown in (a), and in the case of only short banknotes as shown in (b). Hold the same position from. This makes it possible to secure a sufficient projecting length for both long and short banknotes, eliminating the risk of lowering the withdrawal operability, while maintaining the holding position from the rear end. By properly setting, dropping of bills can be sufficiently prevented.

Since the control unit can determine the length of the bill based on the denomination detected by the identification device 12, the control unit 25 can know all the length of each bill to be returned. it can. Therefore, the control unit 25 detects the leading edge detection signal of the bill detected by the sheet passing sensor 44 and the return conveyance path 1
By setting the shutter operation timing based on the banknote conveyance speed by 5, the distance from the paper passing sensor 44 to the return port, the length of the banknote, and the presence / absence of a combination of the length and the like, It is possible to hold a desired position, and it is possible to realize the holding mode of FIG. 3 (a) (b) or (c) depending on the length and combination of bills.

In the above embodiment, the vending machine and the like provided with a mechanism for temporarily holding the received bills and then returning the bills are illustrated. However, the holding device of the present invention is stored in a storage part such as a safe. The present invention can also be applied to a cash dispenser that dispenses banknotes that have been stacked and then dispenses the stacked bills to a dispensing port, or a money changer. Therefore, in this case, the return transport path 15 becomes the payout transport path, and the return port 14 becomes the payout port.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the banknote handling apparatus having the function of dispensing banknotes, when the returned banknotes or the like are held in a state of partially protruding from the return port or the like. Therefore, regardless of the length of the bill, the customer can hold the bill in a state where it is easy to pull it out and hard to drop it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A to FIG. 1F are a schematic view showing a main part configuration of an embodiment of a bill handling apparatus to which the present invention is applied and an explanatory diagram of an operation procedure.

FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view of an example of a holding device.

3 (a), (b) and (c) are views showing a holding method by the holding device of the present invention for each combination of banknotes.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are operation explanatory views of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 banknote handling device, 10 insertion port, 11 acceptance conveyance path, 12 identification device, 13 temporary holding part, 14 return port,
15 return transportation path, 16 holding means (shutter), 1
7, 18 Intermediate transfer path, 19 Outlet to safe, switching claw, 25 Control section, 30 Drum, 31, 32 Belt, 33 Holding path, 34 Transfer path to safe, 40, 4
1 roller, 42 upper frame, 43 shutter, 44
Paper passing sensor.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A receiving / conveying path for receiving and conveying inserted banknotes, an identification device for identifying the authenticity and denomination of the received banknotes, and a temporary holding section for temporarily holding the received banknotes.
A return transport path for returning the accepted banknotes from the return slot,
In a bill handling device provided with a holding means which is provided in the return port and holds a part of the returned bill in a state of being projected to the outside, and a control unit which controls these operations, wherein the control unit is the identification device. The combination of the length of the received bill and the bills of different lengths is determined according to the denomination of the bill identified by, and the holding position of the returned bill by the holding means is changed according to the difference in the length of the bill. In order to adjust the operation timing of the holding means for this purpose, the holding position by the holding means is set according to the length of the shorter one of the plurality of bills of different lengths that are returned at the same time in the stacked state. A device for holding returned banknotes, which is characterized in that 2. A storage section for storing banknotes of different denominations, a payout conveying path for transferring banknotes to be paid out from the storage section to a payout opening, and a part of the payout banknote provided at the payout opening to the outside. In a banknote handling apparatus including a holding unit that holds the projecting state and a control unit that controls these operations, the control unit is a banknote length depending on the denomination of the banknote sent from the storage unit. And a combination of banknotes having different lengths are determined, and the operation timing of the holding means is adjusted so that the holding position of the dispensed banknote by the holding means is changed according to the difference in the length of the banknotes. A holding device for returned banknotes or the like, characterized in that the holding position by the holding means is set in accordance with the length of the shorter one of the plurality of bills of different lengths that are simultaneously paid out in this state.