JP3211095B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【０００１】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】この発明は、例えば自動券売機に
内部構成されるような紙幣処理装置に関し、さらに詳し
くは紙幣の搬送処理性能を高めた紙幣処理装置に関す
る。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus which is internally provided in, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine, and more particularly to a banknote processing apparatus having improved banknote transfer processing performance.

【０００２】[0002]

【従来の技術】一般に、この種の紙幣処理装置は、図６
に示すように、紙幣挿入口６１より挿入された紙幣６２
を紙幣鑑別部６３で鑑別し、その鑑別した紙幣を紙幣巻
付け保留部６４に巻付けて一時保留させ、この巻付けて
一時保留した紙幣を取引成立時に紙幣金庫６５に回収
し、また取引成立時に釣紙幣が必要な時は紙幣補給カセ
ット６６から釣紙幣を繰出し、これを紙幣放出口６７か
ら放出している。2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a banknote handling apparatus of this kind is constructed as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the bill 62 inserted from the bill insertion slot 61
The bill is discriminated by the bill discriminating section 63, the discriminated bill is wound around the bill winding holding section 64 and temporarily held, and the wound and temporarily held bill is collected in the bill safe 65 when the transaction is completed, and the transaction is completed. Sometimes, when a bill is needed, the bill is fed from the bill supply cassette 66 and discharged from the bill outlet 67.

【０００３】しかし、この場合は挿入された紙幣を管理
する一時保留部および紙幣金庫で異金種が混在するた
め、その後の金種別の仕分けや計数処理に手間がかか
り、挿入された紙幣を釣紙幣に有効に再利用するような
資金の運用効率の向上が望まれていた。また、紙幣を巻
取りドラムの外周面に巻付けて保留管理する構成のた
め、保留枚数に制限を受けて多数枚を保留管理できず、
またその巻付けられた保留紙幣の回収に長時間かかって
いた。[0003] However, in this case, since different kinds of money are mixed in the temporary holding unit for managing the inserted bills and the bill safe, it takes time and effort to sort and count the denominations afterward, and the inserted bills are fished. It has been desired to improve the operational efficiency of funds that can be effectively reused for banknotes. In addition, because the configuration is such that the banknotes are wound around the outer peripheral surface of the winding drum and held and managed, a large number of bills cannot be held and managed due to the limitation of the number of held sheets.
In addition, it took a long time to collect the wrapped banknotes.

【０００４】また、図７および図８は現金自動預金支払
機に内部構成される紙幣処理装置の一例を示し、これは
図７の一時保留経路７１に示すように、入出金口７２に
紙幣が投入されると、この投入された紙幣は鑑別部７３
で鑑別された後、一時保留部７４で一時保留され、この
一時保留された紙幣は、取引成立後に、図８の収納経路
７５に示すように、一時保留部７４から紙幣を繰出して
鑑別部７３で再度鑑別させ、その鑑別データに基づいて
紙幣を金種別のスタッカ７６，７７，７８に収納処理し
ている。FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show an example of a bill processing device internally provided in an automatic teller machine. As shown in a temporary holding path 71 in FIG. When inserted, the inserted bill is discriminated by the discriminating unit 73.
After the transaction is completed, the banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 74, and after the transaction is established, the banknotes are fed out from the temporary storage unit 74 as shown in the storage path 75 in FIG. , And the banknotes are stored in the denomination stackers 76, 77, 78 based on the discrimination data.

【０００５】しかし、このように紙幣を装置内部で金種
別に仕分けて収納するには、その都度、紙幣を鑑別処理
する再鑑別処理を要して、紙幣の搬送経路が長く複雑と
なり、その搬送処理時間も長くなり、さらに部品点数の
増大や装置が大型化する問題を有していた。[0005] However, in order to sort and store bills by denomination within the apparatus as described above, a re-discrimination process for discriminating the bills is required each time, and the transport route of the bills becomes long and complicated. The processing time becomes longer, the number of parts increases, and the apparatus becomes larger.

【０００６】[0006]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】そこでこの発明は、紙
幣を搬送処理する搬送路の簡素化、小型化および搬送処
理時間の短縮化を図った紙幣処理装置の提供を目的とす
る。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus which simplifies and reduces the size of a transport path for transporting and processing banknotes and shortens the transport processing time.

【０００７】[0007]

【課題を解決するための手段】この発明は、紙幣挿入口
より挿入された紙幣を鑑別部で鑑別し、その鑑別データ
に基づいて紙幣を金種別に区画した一時保留部に保留さ
せ、取引成立時に紙幣を一時保留部から金種対応する所
定の紙幣収納部に収納処理させ、かつ紙幣の放出が必要
時には釣紙幣を紙幣放出口より放出させる紙幣処理装置
であって、前記鑑別部の後段に、鑑別後の紙幣を搬送す
る主搬送路を設け、この主搬送路を挟む一方に、紙幣を
重ね合わせて金種別に一時保留する一時保留部の複数個
を一箇所に集中配設した一時保留部群を前記主搬送路と
接続して設け、前記主搬送路を挟む一方またはおよび他
方の箇所に、前記各一時保留部と金種別に対応して分散
接続した各紙幣収納部を設け、前記主搬送路の一部を介
し、各一時保留部から金種別に独立して各紙幣収納部に
同時に少なくとも２金種以上の個別搬送許容する金種別
搬送路とを設けたことを特徴とする。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot is discriminated by a discriminating section, and based on the discrimination data, the banknote is held in a temporary holding section partitioned by denomination to complete a transaction. a sometimes banknote is housed processed in a predetermined banknote storage unit corresponding denomination from the escrow unit and the banknote handling apparatus for release from the bill discharge port a fishing bill when necessary whether one bill release, a subsequent stage of the classification section in the main transport path for feeding transportable bills after discrimination provided, centralized distribution the main transport path in pressed free hand, a plurality of escrow unit that temporarily holds the denomination superposed banknotes in one place setting the temporary holding unit groups formed by connecting to the main conveying path, the main transport path in pressed free hand or and the other locations, the bill dispersed connected in correspondence with the denomination each escrow unit A storage section is provided, and each temporary holding section is provided through a part of the main transport path. Characterized by providing a denomination conveyance path independently of al denomination to individual transfer permitted simultaneously at least two money kinds or more each banknote storage portion.

【０００８】さらに、この発明は、紙幣挿入口より挿入
された紙幣を鑑別部で鑑別し、その鑑別データに基づい
て紙幣を金種別に区画した一時保留部に保留させ、取引
成立時に紙幣を一時保留部から金種対応する所定の紙幣
収納部に収納処理させ、かつ紙幣の放出が必要時には紙
幣を紙幣放出口より放出させる紙幣処理装置であって、
前記鑑別部の後段に、鑑別後の紙幣を搬送する主搬送路
を設け、この主搬送路を挟む一方に、紙幣を重ね合わせ
て金種別に一時保留する一時保留部の複数個を 一箇所に
集中配設した一時保留部群を前記主搬送路と接続して設
け、前記主搬送路を挟む一方またはおよび他方の箇所
に、前記各一時保留部と金種別に対応して分散接続した
各紙幣収納部を設け、前記主搬送路の一部を介し、各一
時保留部から各紙幣収納部に鑑別部を経由しないで搬送
許容する搬送路を設けた紙幣処理装置であることを特徴
とする。 Further, according to the present invention, a bill is inserted from a bill insertion slot.
The discrimination unit discriminates the bills that have been discarded, and based on the discrimination data.
Banknotes in the temporary holding section divided by denomination
Predetermined bills corresponding to denominations from the temporary holding unit when the bill is established
The paper is stored in the storage unit, and paper
A bill processing device for discharging a bill from a bill discharge port,
A main transport path for transporting the banknote after the discrimination, at a stage subsequent to the discrimination unit.
And stack the bills on the other side of the main transport path.
A plurality of escrow unit that temporarily holds denomination in one place Te
The centralized temporary holding section group is connected to the main
And one or the other place sandwiching the main transport path
In the above, distributed connection was made in accordance with each temporary holding unit and denomination
Each banknote storage section is provided, and each banknote is stored through a part of the main transport path.
Conveyance from time holding unit to each bill storage unit without passing through discrimination unit
It is a banknote handling device with an allowable transport path
And

【０００９】[0009]

【作用】この発明によれば、紙幣挿入口に紙幣が挿入さ
れると、挿入された紙幣は鑑別部で鑑別され、この鑑別
データに基づいて紙幣は主搬送路を介して一箇所に集中
配設された一時保留部に金種別に、かつ重ね合わせられ
た状態で一時保留され、取引成立後は、各金種別搬送路
を介して金種別に一時保留された各紙幣の少なくとも２
金種以上を同時に、しかも重ね合わせた状態で一括して
繰出し、対応する金種の各紙幣収納部にそれぞれ個別搬
送して収納処理しする。また、上述の紙幣収納は、各紙
幣収納部に各一時保留部から鑑別部を経由しない搬送路
で実行される。 According to the present invention, when a bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot, the inserted bill is discriminated by the discriminating section, and the bills are centrally distributed to one location via the main transport path based on the discrimination data. The banknotes are temporarily held in the temporary holding section provided in the denominations and in a state of being superimposed, and after the transaction is established , at least 2 of the banknotes temporarily held in the denominations via the respective denomination transport paths.
The denominations or more are simultaneously and simultaneously fed out in an overlapped state, and individually conveyed to the respective bill storage units of the corresponding denominations for storage processing. In addition, the above-mentioned bill storage is
A transport path that does not pass from each temporary storage unit to the bill storage unit through the discrimination unit
Executed in

【００１０】[0010]

【発明の効果】このように、紙幣を重ね合わせて保留す
るため、多数枚の保留が可能となり、また搬送時は複数
枚の紙幣を重ね合わせた状態で一括搬送することがで
き、しかも複数種の保留紙幣を同時に搬送して収納処理
するため、一時保留した紙幣を短時間で搬送処理でき
る。また、装置内部で金種別の一時保留部と金種別の紙
幣収納部とを備えてあるため、金種別に仕分けることな
く、また再鑑別することなく収納処理でき、この結果、
搬送経路の短縮化、簡素化および小型化が図れると共
に、その搬送処理時間も確実に短縮することができる。As described above, since the banknotes are stacked and held, a large number of banknotes can be held, and at the time of transfer, a plurality of banknotes can be transferred at a time in a stacked state. Since the stored banknotes are simultaneously transported and stored, the temporarily stored banknotes can be transported in a short time. In addition, since a temporary storage unit for each denomination and a bill storage unit for each denomination are provided inside the apparatus, the storage process can be performed without sorting by denomination and without re-discrimination.
In addition to shortening, simplifying, and miniaturizing the transfer route, the transfer processing time can be reliably reduced.

【００１１】[0011]

【実施例】この発明の一実施例を以下図面に基づいて詳
述する。図面は自動券売機に内部構成される紙幣処理装
置を示し、図１および図２において、この紙幣処理装置
１１は、紙幣挿入口１２の内方に紙幣Ａの真偽判別、金
種判別を行なう鑑別部１３と、千円札を一時的に保留す
る千円札一時保留部１４と、五千円札を一時的に保留す
る五千円札一時保留部１５と、万円札を一時的に保留す
る万円札一時保留部１６と、千円札の集積機構および繰
出し機構を備えた千円札収納金庫１７と、五千円札の集
積機構および繰出し機構を備えた五千円札収納金庫１８
と、万円札の集積機構のみを備えた万円札回収金庫１９
と、釣紙幣を放出する紙幣放出口２０とを備え、これら
の各要素１２〜２０を搬送ラインＬにより接続して、取
引時の処理項目に応じて紙幣Ａを金種別に所定位置に搬
送処理する。上述の３金種の一時保留部１４〜１６は、
上下方向に３段に区画して重合配設し、このうち上段に
は千円札一時保留部１４を、中段には万円札一時保留部
１６を、下段には五千円札一時保留部１５を配設して、
一箇所に集中配設した一時保留部群Ｇを構成している。
また、これら３個の一時保留部１４〜１６は、上下のベ
ルト面間で紙幣を略水平状態に挟持して一時保留するも
のであって、これら保留部１４〜１６で複数枚を保留す
るときは、保留部で前に保留した紙幣をスイッチバック
動作させて、挿入されてきた紙幣と重ね合わせることに
より、複数枚の紙幣を順次重ね合わせて一時保留する。
このうち、中段の万円札一時保留部１６は、紙幣放出口
２０と連通させて放出搬送路兼用に設け、該保留部１６
を介して釣紙幣を放出するように設けている。そして、
既述した一時保留部群Ｇの奥部に、千円札収納金庫１７
を配設し、また一時保留部群Ｇの下方前後位置に、五千
円札収納金庫１８と万円札回収金庫１９とを配設してい
る。このうち、奥部の上下に配設された千円札収納金庫
１７と万円札回収金庫１９とは、装置本体の背面側より
着脱許容したカセット形に設け、この千円札収納金庫１
７を着脱して釣紙幣用に高頻度利用される千円札を適宜
補給あるいは回収処理し、また万円札回収金庫１９を着
脱して満杯になった万円札を回収処理する。このよう
に、一時保留部１４〜１６にあっては、３金種を区画し
て一箇所に集中的に重合構成した一時保留部群Ｇを設
け、この一時保留部群Ｇに対して３金種の各対応する金
庫１７〜１９を明確に離間させて配設することにより、
装置内部での紙幣の取扱いが明確化し、紙幣の区別、枚
数、種類の確認が容易となる。さらに、この明確な配置
構成により、内部搬送路の短縮化が図れ、より一層、装
置の小型化を図ることができる。上述の搬送ラインＬ
は、始端側が紙幣処理装置１１の上部前面に開口する紙
幣挿入口１２に連通し、この紙幣挿入口１２の内方に連
通する鑑別部１３の後段を頂部として上下方向に紙幣Ａ
を挟持搬送する該搬送ラインＬを配設している。そし
て、この上下方向から水平方向に分岐接続した金種別の
搬送ラインを介して紙幣は所定の位置に搬送される。ま
た、この場合、３金種の一時保留部１４〜１６と、３金
種の金庫１７〜１９との間は、図３に太く実線で示すよ
うに、千円札搬送ラインＬ1 と、五千円札搬送ラインＬ
2 と、万円札搬送ラインＬ3 とを介して金種別にそれぞ
れ独立して個別搬送許容する独立搬送構造を持たせて分
岐接続している。この場合、金種別の搬送ラインＬ1 〜
Ｌ3 の中間部分はメインラインとしての上下方向の搬送
ラインＬを一部介して接続され、この分岐接続部分に配
設した各振分け板２１…を振分け操作することにより、
搬送処理目的に応じた所定の搬送路を形成する。したが
って、一時保留部１４〜１６からの紙幣収納時は、千円
札、五千円札、万円札の３金種を独立して、しかも同時
に各対応金種の金庫１７〜１９に一括して搬送処理でき
るため、短時間に効率よく搬送処理できる。図中、２２
は紙幣押圧板、Ｓ…は紙幣検知センサである。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a bill processing device internally provided in an automatic ticket vending machine. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the bill processing device 11 performs authenticity determination and denomination determination of a bill A inside a bill insertion slot 12. A discrimination unit 13, a 1,000-yen bill temporary holding unit 14 for temporarily storing a 1,000-yen bill, a 5,000-yen bill temporary holding unit 15 for temporarily holding a 5,000-yen bill, and a 10,000-yen bill temporarily A ten-thousand-yen bill storage unit 16 with a ten-thousand-yen bill accumulation mechanism and a ten-thousand-yen bill storage mechanism and a five-yen-yen bill storage safe with a five-yen-yen bill accumulation mechanism and a dispensing mechanism 18
And a ten-yen bill collection safe 19 equipped only with a ten-yen bill accumulation mechanism
And a bill discharge port 20 for discharging fishing bills. These elements 12 to 20 are connected by a transfer line L, and the bill A is transported to a predetermined position by denomination according to the processing item at the time of transaction. I do. The temporary storage units 14 to 16 of the above three denominations are:
It is divided into three sections vertically and arranged in a stack, of which the upper part is the 1,000-yen bill temporary holding section 14, the middle is the 10,000-yen bill temporary holding section 16, and the lower is the 5,000-yen bill temporary holding section. Arrange 15
A temporary holding unit group G is provided at one location.
These three temporary holding units 14 to 16 hold the banknotes in a substantially horizontal state between the upper and lower belt surfaces and temporarily hold the banknotes. The switchboard performs a switchback operation on the banknote previously held in the holding unit and overlaps with the inserted banknote, so that a plurality of banknotes are sequentially overlapped and temporarily held.
Of these, the ten-thousand-yen bill temporary holding section 16 in the middle is provided also as a discharge conveyance path in communication with the bill discharge port 20.
It is provided so that a fishing bill may be discharged via the. And
A 1,000-yen bill storage safe 17 is located at the back of the
In addition, a 5,000-yen bill storage safe 18 and a 10,000-yen bill collection safe 19 are provided at the front and rear positions below the temporary holding section group G. Of these, the 1,000-yen bill storage safe 17 and the 10,000-yen bill collection safe 19 disposed at the top and bottom of the back are provided in the form of a cassette that can be attached and detached from the back side of the apparatus main body.
7 is attached and detached, and a 1,000-yen bill frequently used for fishing bills is appropriately replenished or collected, and a 10,000-yen bill collection safe 19 is attached and detached to collect a full 10,000-yen bill. As described above, the temporary holding units 14 to 16 are provided with the temporary holding unit group G which is divided into three denominations and is centrally overlapped and configured at one location. By arranging the corresponding safes 17-19 of each species clearly separated,
The handling of banknotes inside the apparatus is clarified, and it becomes easy to distinguish banknotes, check the number and type of banknotes. Further, with this clear arrangement, the internal conveyance path can be shortened, and the size of the apparatus can be further reduced. The above-mentioned transport line L
The top end of the discriminating section 13 communicating with the inside of the bill insertion slot 12 communicates with the bill insertion slot 12 having a start end side opening at the upper front surface of the bill handling device 11, and the bill A is vertically moved.
The transport line L for nipping and transporting is provided. The banknote is conveyed to a predetermined position via a denomination-type conveyance line branched and connected in the horizontal direction from the vertical direction. Further, in this case, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 3, between the three denomination temporary holding units 14 to 16 and the three denomination safes 17 to 19, a 1,000-yen bill transport line L1 and 5,000 Yen bill transport line L
2 and a multi-yen bill transport line L3, which are branched and connected to each other by providing an independent transport structure that allows individual transport independently for each denomination. In this case, the transfer lines L1 to
The intermediate portion of L3 is connected via a part of a vertical transport line L as a main line, and the sorting plates 21 arranged at the branch connection portion are sorted by
A predetermined transport path is formed according to the purpose of the transport processing. Therefore, when banknotes are stored from the temporary holding units 14 to 16, the three denominations of 1,000 yen bill, 5,000 yen bill, and 10,000 yen bill are independently and simultaneously put together in the safes 17 to 19 of each corresponding denomination. Transport processing can be performed efficiently in a short time. In the figure, 22
Is a bill pressing plate, and S ... are bill detecting sensors.

【００１２】図４は紙幣処理装置の制御回路ブロック図
を示し、ＣＰＵ４１はＲＯＭ４２に格納されたプログラ
ムに沿って各回路装置を制御し、その制御データをＲＡ
Ｍ４３で読出し可能に記憶する。上述のＣＰＵ４１は、
紙幣取引時の入力信号、紙幣検知センサＳ…の検知信号
および鑑別データに基づいて、挿入された紙幣を金種別
の一時保留部１４〜１６および金種別の金庫１７〜１９
に個別に取込み処理し、また釣紙幣必要時には所定の釣
紙幣を金庫１７〜１８から繰出して放出処理する。搬送
駆動モータＭは、ＣＰＵ４１の搬送制御信号に基づいて
駆動出力され、これに応じて紙幣Ａを搬送ラインＬ，Ｌ
1 〜Ｌ3 を介して搬送し、またこの搬送時に振分けソレ
ノイド４４を駆動して、紙幣Ａを搬送ベルトおよび各振
分け板２１…の振分け操作により所定の方向に搬送す
る。ところで、ＣＰＵ４１は、紙幣の搬送処理に際し
て、千円札と五千円札とは釣紙幣として再利用可能なた
め、千円札収納金庫１７と五千円札収納金庫１８に対し
ては、紙幣Ａを出入れ許容する循環構成に設けて、これ
ら両金庫１７，１８のそれぞれに収納金庫および釣紙幣
金庫としての２つの金庫機能の役目を持たせている。FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the banknote processing apparatus. The CPU 41 controls each circuit apparatus in accordance with a program stored in a ROM 42, and stores the control data in the RA.
It is stored in a readable manner in M43. The CPU 41 described above
Based on the input signal at the time of the bill transaction, the detection signal of the bill detection sensor S, and the discrimination data, the inserted bills are temporarily stored in the denomination temporary holding units 14 to 16 and the denomination safes 17 to 19.
In addition, when necessary, predetermined bills are fed from the safes 17 and 18 and released when necessary. The transport drive motor M is driven and output based on a transport control signal of the CPU 41, and in response to this, the banknote A is transported to the transport lines L, L.
The banknotes A are conveyed through 1 to L3, and at this time, the sorting solenoid 44 is driven to convey the banknote A in a predetermined direction by the sorting operation of the transfer belt and the sorting plates 21. By the way, the CPU 41 determines that the 1,000-yen bill and the 5,000-yen bill can be reused as fishing bills during the bill transfer process. The safes 17 and 18 are provided in a circulating configuration in which A can be taken in and out, and each of the two safes 17 and 18 has a role of two safes as a storage safe and a fishing banknote safe.

【００１３】このように構成された紙幣処理装置１１の
処理動作を図５のフローチャートを参照して次に説明す
る。今、顧客が紙幣挿入口１２に紙幣Ａを挿入すると、
この挿入された紙幣Ａは鑑別部１３で真偽判別および金
種判別され、その鑑別データに基づいて千円札は千円札
一時保留部１４に、五千円札は五千円札一時保留部１５
に、また万円札は万円札一時保留部１６にそれぞれ一時
保留される。このとき、同金種の複数枚が挿入されたと
きは、一時保留部でスイッチバック動作させて、順次重
ね合わせて一時保留する（ステップｎ1 〜ｎ3 ）。この
とき、顧客が紙幣の挿入操作と共に、取引項目を選択し
て入力操作すると、ＣＰＵ４１は取引時の紙幣鑑別デー
タおよび入力操作データから挿入された紙幣に対する取
引時の有効性を判定し（ステップｎ4 ）、取引成立すれ
ば、各一時保留部１４〜１６で保留した紙幣を、各金種
別の搬送ラインＬ1 〜Ｌ3 を介して一時保留された３金
種の紙幣を同時に、しかも重ね合わせた状態で一括して
繰出し搬送し、これら金種と対応する各金庫１７〜１９
にそれぞれ個別搬送して収納処理する（ステップｎ5 〜
ｎ6 ）。この取引成立時に、釣紙幣が必要と判定したと
きは、釣紙幣に必要な金種、例えば千円札を千円札収納
金庫１７から繰出し、また必要に応じて五千円札を五千
円札収納金庫１８から繰出して、放出搬送路兼用の万円
札一時保留部１６に重ね合わせた状態で一時保留させ、
所定金種および所定枚数の釣紙幣の保留が完了すると、
これより一括して釣紙幣を紙幣放出口２０より放出する
（ステップｎ7 〜ｎ9 ）。上述のように、紙幣を重ね合
わせて一時保留するため、一時保留部で多数枚の紙幣を
保留することができ、またこの一時保留部からの搬送時
に際しては、複数枚の紙幣を重ね合わせた状態で一括搬
送でき、しかも３金種の保留紙幣を同時に個別搬送する
ため、一時保留した紙幣を短時間に効率よく収納処理で
きる。さらに、同金種の一時保留部と金庫を複数対設け
てあるため、挿入された紙幣は金種別に自動的に仕分け
られて明確に搬送管理され、収納時には再鑑別すること
なく搬送処理できる。この結果、搬送経路の短縮化、簡
素化および小型化が図れ、また搬送処理時間も短縮する
ことができる。The processing operation of the banknote processing apparatus 11 configured as described above will now be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when the customer inserts the bill A into the bill insertion slot 12,
The inserted bill A is discriminated for authenticity and denomination in the discriminating unit 13, and based on the discrimination data, the 1,000-yen bill is temporarily stored in the 1,000-yen bill temporary holding unit 14, and the 5,000-yen bill is temporarily stored in the 5,000-yen bill. Part 15
In addition, the ten-yen bill is temporarily held in the ten-yen bill temporary holding unit 16, respectively. At this time, when a plurality of sheets of the same denomination are inserted, the switch-back operation is performed in the temporary holding section, and they are sequentially superimposed and temporarily held (steps n1 to n3). At this time, when the customer selects and inputs a transaction item together with the insertion operation of the bill, the CPU 41 determines the validity of the inserted bill during the transaction from the bill discrimination data and the input operation data during the transaction (step n4). If the transaction is completed, the banknotes held in the temporary holding units 14 to 16 are simultaneously stacked with the banknotes of the three denominations held via the transport lines L1 to L3 of each denomination. They are fed out and transported in a lump, and the safes 17 to 19 corresponding to these denominations
Are individually transported and stored (steps n5 to n5).
n6). At the time of this transaction, when it is determined that a fishing bill is necessary, a denomination required for the fishing bill, for example, a 1,000-yen bill is withdrawn from the 1,000-yen bill storage safe 17 and, if necessary, a 5,000-yen bill is 5,000-yen. It is drawn out from the bill storage safe 18 and is temporarily stored in a state of being superimposed on the ten-thousand-yen bill temporary storage unit 16 which is also used as a discharge conveyance path,
When the holding of the predetermined denomination and the predetermined number of fishing bills is completed,
From this, fishing bills are discharged from the bill discharge port 20 in a lump (steps n7 to n9). As described above, since the banknotes are overlapped and temporarily stored, a large number of banknotes can be stored in the temporary storage unit, and when transported from the temporary storage unit, a plurality of banknotes are stacked. In this state, the banknotes can be conveyed in a lump, and the banknotes of the three denominations are simultaneously conveyed individually, so that the temporarily stored banknotes can be efficiently stored in a short time. Further, since a plurality of pairs of temporary holding units and safes of the same denomination are provided, the inserted banknotes are automatically sorted by denomination and transported and managed clearly, and can be transported without re-discrimination when stored. As a result, the transport path can be shortened, simplified, and miniaturized, and the transport processing time can be reduced.

【００１４】さらに、千円札と五千円札を収納する両収
納金庫からは挿入された紙幣を釣紙幣用に循環利用させ
て紙幣を有効に利用できるため、資金の運用効率を確実
に高めることができ、さらに装置内部で一時保留部群と
各金庫とを離間して配設してあるため、顧客が挿入した
紙幣と既存する紙幣との区別、また紙幣の枚数や種類の
確認が容易となる。Further, since the inserted banknotes can be circulated and used for fishing bills from the two storage safes storing the 1,000-yen bill and the 5,000-yen bill, the bills can be used effectively, so that the operational efficiency of the fund can be reliably increased. In addition, the temporary holding unit group and each safe are separated from each other inside the device, making it easy to discriminate between bills inserted by customers and existing bills, and to confirm the number and type of bills. Becomes

【００１５】この発明と、上述の一実施例の構成との対
応において、この発明の一時保留部は、実施例の千円札
一時保留部１４と、五千円札一時保留部１５と、万円札
一時保留部１６とに対応し、以下同様に、紙幣収納部
は、千円札収納金庫１７と、五千円札収納金庫１８と、
万円札回収金庫１９とに対応し、主搬送路は、搬送ライ
ンＬに対応し、金種別搬送路は、千円札搬送ラインＬ1
と、五千円札搬送ラインＬ2 と、万円札搬送ラインＬ3
とに対応するも、この発明は上述の一実施例の構成のみ
に限定されるものではない。In correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the temporary holding section of the present invention includes the 1,000-yen bill temporary holding section 14, the 5,000-yen bill temporary holding section 15, Corresponding to the yen bill temporary holding unit 16, similarly, the bill storage unit includes a 1,000-yen bill storage safe 17, a 5,000-yen bill storage safe 18,
The main transport path corresponds to the transport line L, and the denominated transport path corresponds to the 1,000-yen bill transport line L1.
5,000-yen bill transport line L2 and 10,000-yen bill transport line L3
However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment described above.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図１】 この発明の紙幣処理装置の内部構成図。FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

【図２】 この発明の紙幣処理装置の搬送経路を示す概
略説明図。FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing a transport path of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

【図３】 この発明の紙幣処理装置の金種別の搬送ライ
ンを示す説明図。FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a transport line for each denomination of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

【図４】 この発明の紙幣処理装置の制御回路ブロック
図。FIG. 4 is a control circuit block diagram of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

【図５】 この発明の紙幣処理装置の処理動作を示すフ
ローチャート。FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

【図６】 従来の紙幣処理装置の搬送経路の一例を示す
説明図。FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an example of a transport path of a conventional banknote handling machine.

【図７】 従来の紙幣処理装置の一時保留経路の一例を
示す説明図。FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a temporary holding path of a conventional banknote processing apparatus.

【図８】 従来の紙幣処理装置の収納経路の一例を示す
説明図。FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an example of a storage path of a conventional banknote handling machine.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

１１…紙幣処理装置 １２…紙幣挿入口 １３…鑑別部 １４〜１６…一時保留部 １７〜１９…金庫 ２０…紙幣放出口 Ｌ，Ｌ1 〜Ｌ3 …搬送ライン Ａ…紙 幣 Ｇ…一時保留部群 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Banknote processing apparatus 12 ... Banknote insertion slot 13 ... Discrimination part 14-16 ... Temporary holding part 17-19 ... Safe 20 ... Banknote discharge port L, L1-L3 ... Transport line A ... Banknote G ... Temporary holding part group

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Claims (2)

(57)【特許請求の範囲】(57) [Claims] 【請求項１】紙幣挿入口より挿入された紙幣を鑑別部で
鑑別し、その鑑別データに基づいて紙幣を金種別に区画
した一時保留部に保留させ、取引成立時に紙幣を一時保
留部から金種対応する所定の紙幣収納部に収納処理さ
せ、かつ紙幣の放出が必要時には紙幣を紙幣放出口より
放出させる紙幣処理装置であって、 前記鑑別部の後段に、鑑別後の紙幣を搬送する主搬送路
を設け、 この主搬送路を挟む一方に、紙幣を重ね合わせて金種別
に一時保留する一時保留部の複数個を一箇所に集中配設
した一時保留部群を前記主搬送路と接続して設け、 前記主搬送路を挟む一方またはおよび他方の箇所に、前
記各一時保留部と金種別に対応して分散接続した各紙幣
収納部を設け、 前記主搬送路の一部を介し、各一時保留部から金種別に
独立して各紙幣収納部に同時に少なくとも２金種以上の
個別搬送許容する金種別搬送路を設けた紙幣処理装置。1. A bill inserted from a bill insertion slot is discriminated by a discriminating section, and the bills are stored in a temporary storing section divided into denominations based on the discrimination data. is housed processed in a predetermined banknote storage unit for seeds capable and the time required release of the bill to a bill processing device for releasing banknote from the banknote discharge opening, downstream of the classification section, transportable bills after discrimination the main transport path for feeding provided, this main transport path in pressed free hand, the centralized arrangement the escrow unit group in one place a plurality of escrow unit that temporarily holds the denomination superposed banknotes provided in connection with the main transport path, the main transport path in pressed free hand or and other locations, provided the bill storage portions dispersed connected in correspondence with the denomination each escrow unit, the main conveyor Through a part of the road, each banknote is collected independently from each temporary holding unit by denomination. A banknote handling apparatus provided with a denomination-type transport path that allows individual transport of at least two denominations at the same time in a payment unit. 【請求項２】紙幣挿入口より挿入された紙幣を鑑別部で
鑑別し、その鑑別データに基づいて紙幣を金種別に区画
した一時保留部に保留させ、取引成立時に紙幣を一時保
留部から金種対応する所定の紙幣収納部に収納処理さ
せ、かつ紙幣の放出が必要時には紙幣を紙幣放出口より
放出させる紙幣処理装置であって、 前記鑑別部の後段に、鑑別後の紙幣を搬送する主搬送路
を設け、 この主搬送路を挟む一方に、紙幣を重ね合わせて金種別
に一時保留する一時保留部の複数個を一箇所に集中配設
した一時保留部群を前記主搬送路と接続して設け、 前記主搬送路を挟む一方またはおよび他方の箇所に、前
記各一時保留部と金種別に対応して分散接続した各紙幣
収納部を設け、 前記主搬送路の一部を介し、各一時保留部から各紙幣収
納部に鑑別部を経由しな いで搬送許容する搬送路を設け
た紙幣処理装置。 2. A bill inserted through a bill insertion slot is recognized by a discriminating unit.
Discriminate and divide banknotes into denominations based on the discrimination data
The banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit when
From the retaining section to the specified bill storage section corresponding to the denomination.
And when the bill needs to be released, the bill is discharged from the bill outlet.
A bill processing device for discharging, a main transport path for transporting the bill after discrimination, at a stage subsequent to the discrimination unit.
The provided on one sandwiching the main transport path, by overlapping bills denomination
Multiple temporary storage units temporarily stored in one place
A temporary holding unit group is provided in connection with the main transport path, and one or both sides of the main transport path are
Each banknote distributed and connected to each temporary storage unit according to the denomination
A storage unit is provided, and each banknote collection from each temporary storage unit is performed through a part of the main transport path.
The conveying path is provided for conveying allowed in not such via the discriminating unit to pay part
Bill processing equipment.