KR101764971B1

KR101764971B1 - Media recognizing and counting apparatus having media deposition function

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Publication number: KR101764971B1
Application number: KR1020150082394A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이창진
Original assignee: 주식회사 엘지씨엔에스
Priority date: 2015-06-11
Filing date: 2015-06-11
Publication date: 2017-08-14
Also published as: KR20160145964A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a differential counting apparatus having a medium storing function capable of simultaneously implementing a function of a money depositing machine such as storing (storing), counting, discriminating, etc., in addition to a differential counting function such as a falsification of a medium or a denomination checking function.
The discriminating and counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to the present invention comprises: a counting unit having a hopper on which the loaded medium is accumulated and a discriminating unit for discriminating the abnormal medium on the way of counting the medium fed from the hopper; A reject pocket in which unsteady media discriminated as an abnormal volume by the counting unit are integrated; A normal media pocket on which normal media normally counted by said counting unit are integrated; At least one storage cassette disposed below the normal media pocket for storing normal media integrated in the normal media pocket; And a conveying unit installed between the counting unit, the normal media pocket and the storage cassette for conveying the normal media.

Description

[0001] MEDIA RECOGNIZING AND COUNTING APPARATUS HAVING MEDIA DEPOSITION FUNCTION WITH A MEDIA STORAGE FUNCTION [0002]

The present invention relates to a differential counting apparatus, and more particularly to a differential counting apparatus capable of storing a medium capable of implementing a function of a money depositor such as a storage (counting), a counting, a discrimination, etc., The present invention relates to a differential counting apparatus having a function.

Generally, a financial instrument is a device that automatically processes a financial task desired by a customer. Such financial instruments may withdraw or withdraw media (e.g., banknotes, checks, securities, gift certificates, etc.), or automatically transfer media.

On the other hand, in businesses and financial institutions that deal with media such as banknotes and the like, there has been an increase in the number of operations for discriminating whether or not a medium has been counterfeited due to an increase in counterfeit crimes, and work for sorting various kinds of media by each type is increasing.

Therefore, a differential counting device is mainly used to perform the function of checking whether the medium is falsified or denominated. Although there is an advantage in that it is possible to perform operations such as confirmation of authenticity of a medium and identification of a denomination very quickly and easily in such a differential counting device, there is little deposit and withdrawal function for storing a medium in the differential counting device itself, .

In addition, financial instruments are operated unattended, and customers are able to handle financial transactions by themselves, but in recent years, they have been placed in the window where the taxpayer is located. Which are used for bank accounts.

However, the conventional tap changer has advantages of being able to perform various functions such as counting and storage (storage) of media, but its usability is lower than that of the differential counting apparatus, and its size is relatively large, (Especially casino, retail store, etc.) other than the banknote because of its large size.

KR 10-0874171 B1 (December 15, 2008)

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the related art as described above, and it is possible to implement a deposit function such as storing and discriminating normally counted media in addition to the discrimination coefficient function such as the falsification of a medium, It is also an object of the present invention to provide a differential counting apparatus having a medium storage function which can be greatly utilized in a casino, a retail store, etc., as well as in a financial institution by greatly reducing its size as compared with a conventional bank teller machine.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a differential counting apparatus having a medium storage function, including: a hopper on which media to be loaded are stacked; a first separator for separating and transporting the media accumulated in the hopper into a sheet; A reject pocket in which the abnormal medium discriminated by the discriminating unit is accumulated, a normal medium pocket in which the normal medium normally counted by the discriminating unit is integrated, A counting unit including a second separating unit for separating and transferring the media accumulated in the media pocket into a sheet; At least one storage cassette disposed below the normal media pocket for storing normal media integrated in the normal media pocket; And a transfer unit for transferring the normal medium separated by the second separation unit, which is installed between the normal medium pocket and the storage cassette, and the hopper has a hopper plate on which the medium is integrated Wherein the hopper plate of the hopper and the stacking plate of the normal media pocket are angled at an acute angle to the horizontal line and are inclined at substantially the same angle so that they are stacked on the hopper plate The medium is separated into a sheet by the load of the medium itself and transferred to the first separator, and the medium integrated on the accumulating plate is separated into sheets by the load of the medium itself and transferred to the second separator.

According to the present invention, after the counting operation of the medium is performed by the counting unit, and the first automatic counting operation for simultaneously performing the discriminating operation of the medium such as the confirmation of forgery and the denomination discrimination is performed, Since the normal medium can be stored in the storage cassette through the second automatic storage operation, it is possible to carry out the storage and the management of the normal medium counted as the normal ticket in addition to the confirmation of falsification and the denomination, , Retail stores, etc., where there are many transactions such as cash / check.

According to the present invention, since the counting unit is provided on the upper part of the case and the storage cassette is provided in the lower part of the case, the operation of automatically storing the first automatically counted normal medium into the storage cassette can be performed very quickly and stably In addition, there is an advantage that the overall size can be realized in a very compact manner by increasing the space utilization in the case.

According to the present invention, since the reject pocket is open toward the outside, the user can arbitrarily recover the abnormal medium. In the case of the normal medium, the user can not arbitrarily recover the reject pocket by the shutter. There is an advantage that it can perform the management of the disaster very effectively.

According to the present invention, since the accumulation plate of the normal media pocket is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal line, the accumulation angle of the normal medium can be formed to be inclined at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal line, The transporting operation of the normal medium can be performed more smoothly through the feed roller for storing and the separating roller for storing. Therefore, there is an advantage that the transporting operation for storing the transporting cassette can be performed more stably and promptly.

According to the present invention, since the vertical media pocket and the storage cassette have a horizontal storage path for horizontally transporting the normal medium, the distance between the normal medium pocket and the storage cassette can be greatly reduced, It is advantageous to miniaturize it.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage that an operation of selectively storing a normal medium in a plurality of storage cassettes through the storage path switching unit and the plurality of branch storage paths is very easy.

According to the present invention, since a plurality of storage cassettes are provided, the normal medium can be stored in various ways. For example, the normal medium can be classified and classified according to type, user, date, and the like, so that the usability is greatly improved.

According to the present invention, it is possible to freely perform storage and withdrawal of a normal medium by separately configuring the storage path and the withdrawal path of the transport unit, and in particular, the withdrawal path is arranged so as to bypass the storage- There is an advantage that the storage and withdrawal operation of the normal medium can be performed more stably because the conveyance in the storage direction by the pickup cassette and the withdrawal direction conveyance by the pick-up portion for withdrawal of the storage cassette do not interfere with each other.

According to the present invention, since the storage path and the dispensing path are configured to intersect with each other, the distance between the normal media pocket and the storage cassette can be greatly reduced, and the overall size can be more compactly implemented. And the auxiliary discriminating portion is provided at a portion where the storage path and the withdrawal path intersect with each other, thereby making it possible to more accurately detect the denomination and quantity of the normal medium to be stored or paid out.

According to the present invention, it is very easy to selectively store the normal medium in a plurality of storage cassettes by branching the storage medium into a plurality of storage cassettes through the storage path, The operation of withdrawing to the normal media pocket or the reject pocket is also very easy.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a discrimination counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and shows a discrimination counting process of a medium.
FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a process of storing a discrimination counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a discrimination counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows a withdrawal process of a discrimination counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. For the sake of convenience, the size, line thickness, and the like of the components shown in the drawings referenced in the description of the present invention may be exaggerated somewhat. The terms used in the description of the present invention are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and thus may be changed depending on the user, the intention of the operator, customs, and the like. Therefore, the definition of this term should be based on the contents of this specification as a whole.

1 and 2 are views showing a discrimination counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a differential counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to the present invention includes a counting unit 10 for counting a medium fed from a hopper 11 and discriminating an abnormal medium, A reject pocket 18 in which unsteady media discriminated by the unit 10 are integrated by a unit 10 and a normal medium pocket 19 in which a normal medium discriminated by the counting unit 10 is accumulated, At least one storage cassette 30 disposed below the normal media pocket 19 for storing normal media integrated in the normal media pocket 19 and at least one storage cassette 30 disposed between the counting unit 10 and the storage cassette, (Not shown).

On the other hand, the counting unit 10, the reject pocket 18, the normal media pocket 19, the storage cassette 30, and the transport unit 20 are installed inside the case 40.

The counting unit 10 includes a hopper 11 provided at the uppermost end of the case 40, a counting conveyance path 13 configured to convey the medium from the hopper 11 in a predetermined direction, A discriminating unit 15 installed to discriminate an abnormal medium, and a quantity counting unit (not shown) for counting the number of normal mediums.

The hopper 11 has a hopper plate 11a which is inclined at a constant inclination? 1. For example, the media integrated in the hopper plate 11a may be inclined at a predetermined inclination angle? 1 with respect to the horizontal line so that they can be normally separated in a sheet unit without a separate plate and transported to a feeding path for counting. At this time, the inclination angle alpha 1 of the hopper plate 11a may be set to an angle of less than 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal line so that the medium can be separated into a sheet by the load of the medium itself.

The hopper 11 has at least a pair of side guides, and the distance between the pair of side guides can be adjusted.

The counting pickups 12, 14 and 16 are provided with counting pickups 12, 14 and 16 for picking up and transporting the media accumulated in the hopper plate 11a adjacent to the hopper 11 on a sheet by sheet basis. And performs a function of a first separator that separates the medium directly to the hopper 11 into a single sheet.

More specifically, the counting pickups 12, 14 and 16 include counting pickup rollers 12 arranged adjacent to the hopper plate 11a of the hopper 11, counting feeds 12 provided downstream of the counting pickup rollers 12, A roller 14 and a counting separation roller 16 provided so as to be opposed to each other on the opposite side of the counting feed roller 14. [

The pick-up roller 12 is configured to pick up the medium integrated in the hopper plate 11a of the hopper 11 on a sheet-by-sheet basis. A material having a high frictional coefficient such as rubber or the like may be attached to the outer peripheral surface of the counting-use pickup roller 12 to facilitate pickup of the medium.

The counting feed roller 14 is arranged adjacent to the downstream side of the counting-purpose pickup roller 12 and is configured to feed the picked-up medium by the counting-purpose pickup roller 12. A material having a large frictional coefficient such as rubber may be attached to the outer circumferential surface of the counting feed roller 14 so as to smoothly convey the medium.

The separating roller 16 for counting is provided on the opposite side of the counting feed roller 14 and the counting separating roller 16 and the counting feed roller 14 cooperate with each other to transport the medium sheet by sheet. The medium picked up by the counting roller 14 is fed while passing between the counting feed roller 14 and the separating roller 16 for counting. At this time, the counting separating roller 16 is rotated in the direction of rotation of the counting feed roller 14 Only one medium can be passed between the feeding roller for counting 14 and the separating roller 16 for counting and conveyed.

Particularly, the counting pickup roller 12, the counting feed roller 14 and the counting separation roller 16 of the counting pickups 12, 14 and 16 are arranged so that the inclination angle of the hopper plate 11a (? 1).

As described above, in the present invention, the hopper plate 11a of the hopper 11 is inclined at an acute angle? 1 with respect to the horizontal line, and the counting pickups 12, 14 and 16 are disposed adjacent thereto, There is an advantage that the transporting operation for the transporting device can be performed more stably and quickly.

Further, a medium recognition sensor (not shown) may be installed adjacent to the hopper plate 11a of the hopper 11 to sense whether or not the medium is accumulated in the hopper plate 11a. When the medium is recognized by the medium recognition sensor, the counting pickups 12, 13 and 16 (first separator) are operated after a predetermined time.

The counting conveyance path 13 extends from the hopper 11 and the pick-up portions 12, 14 and 16 and is constituted by a guide plate or at least one guide roller and / or a belt so that the medium can be stably conveyed .

The discriminating unit 15 is arranged in the middle of the counting conveyance path 13 and is configured to discriminate the abnormal medium while counting the quantity of the medium to be conveyed.

On the other hand, the discrimination unit 15 is constituted by at least one discrimination sensor capable of discriminating an abnormal medium during counting of the medium, and the discrimination sensor is composed of an image sensor, an ultraviolet sensor, an infrared sensor, a magnetic sensor, The sensor may be of a single type or a combination of two or more types.

A path switching unit 17 for selectively switching paths for feeding the abnormal medium and the normal medium discriminated by the judging unit 15 is disposed downstream of the judging unit 15 and is connected to the path switching unit 17 A reject pocket 18 is arranged to be connected to the adjacent one side path and a normal medium pocket 19 is arranged to be connected to the other side path adjacent to the path switching unit 17. [

As described above, according to the present invention, the abnormal medium distinguished by the abnormal volume by the discrimination unit 15 and the normal medium discriminated by the normal medium are separated by the path switching unit 17 to form the reject pocket 18 and the normal medium pocket 19 ), It is possible to extremely effectively perform the separation operation between the abnormal medium and the normal medium.

At this time, the discriminating section 15 is disposed so as to be close to the counting pickup section (first separating section) so that the path switching unit 17 can normally perform path switching between the abnormal medium and the normal medium discriminated by the discriminating section 15 And the route switching unit 17, as shown in Fig.

A stack wheel 17a is interposed between the path switching unit 17 and the normal media pocket 19 so that normal media can be very easily integrated into the normal media pocket 19. [

The present invention is not limited to the above-described configuration, and various other design changes are possible as long as it is possible to perform counting, forgery check, and discrimination of the medium.

According to one embodiment, the counting unit 10, the reject pocket 18 and the normal media pocket 19 are provided on the upper side of the case 40 and in particular the hopper 11 of the counting unit 10 is provided in the case 40), the user can more easily perform input, counting, forgery check, denomination check, etc. of the medium.

A display unit (not shown) is provided on the upper surface of the case 40 to display the number of normal media, the number of abnormal media, and the like.

The reject pocket 18 is provided on the upper front side of the case 40 and the abnormal medium discriminated by the judging unit 15 as an abnormal volume is transferred to the reject pocket 18 through the path switching operation of the path switching unit 17 18). &Lt; / RTI > One side of the reject pocket 18 is arranged to be open from the front side to the outside of the case 40, so that the consumer can more easily recover the abnormal medium. In addition, since the reject pocket 18 is located above the normal media pocket 19, the recovery of the abnormal media can be made simpler. Further, it is possible to further include a curtain film member that prevents the medium rejected from being discharged to the outside of the case 40 from being opened to the opening of the reject pocket 18. [ The medium integrated in the reject pocket 18 is often recognized as a normal medium when the consumer discriminates due to the abnormality recognition of the discrimination unit 15 or the like, Therefore, since the medium accumulated in the reject pocket 18 should be easy to be recovered, it can be provided so as to be elastically supported around the front opening portion of the reject pocket in such a manner as to cover only a part of the opening portion.

The normal medium pocket 19 is provided so as to be located below the reject pocket 18 at the upper front side of the case 40 and the normal medium discriminated by the discrimination unit 15 as the normal station is provided in the path switching unit 17, The one side of the normal media pocket 19 is arranged to be open from the upper front side of the case 40 to the outside, A shutter 45 which can block access to the normal medium can be selectively installed on the open side of the case 19 so that the shutter 45 can be selectively opened and closed by sliding the shutter 45 in one side of the case 40, So that one side of the normal medium pocket 19 can be opened and closed. As described above, since the shutter 45 is installed to open and close one side of the case 40, access to the normal medium integrated in the normal media pocket 19 can be strictly regulated. In particular, the shutter 45 is structured such that its closed state is locked and unlocked by a separate locking device (not shown), and an open side of the normal media pocket 19 is closed by the closing operation of the shutter 45 In this case, since the user can not arbitrarily retrieve the data, the storage and management of the normal medium can be performed very effectively. At this time, even if a shutter is provided on one opened side of the normal media pocket, it can be set not to operate at counting operation, and even if the shutter operates, the locking device may not operate.

The normal media pocket 19 has an integrated plate 19a inclined at a constant inclination angle [alpha] 2. For example, the media integrated in the accumulation plate 19a may be arranged at an inclination angle? 2 with respect to the horizontal line so that they can be normally separated in a sheet unit without a separate plate and transported to the counting conveyance path. At this time, the inclination angle alpha 2 of the accumulation plate 19a may be set to an angle within 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal line so that the medium can be separated into a sheet by the load of the medium itself.

The inclination angle alpha 2 of the integration plate 19a of the normal media pocket 19 and the inclination angle alpha 1 of the hopper plate 11a of the hopper 11 may be substantially the same.

The storage pickups 22, 24 and 26 are provided adjacent to the normal media pocket 19 for picking up and taking out the normal media stacked in the accumulation plate 19a on a sheet-by-sheet basis. 22, 24, and 26 perform a function of a second separator that separates and transports normal media directly to the normal media pocket 19 into a single sheet.

More specifically, the storage pickups 22, 24 and 26 include a storage pickup roller 22 disposed adjacent to the accumulation plate 19a of the normal media pocket 19, And a storage separating roller 26 provided opposite to the storage feed roller 24 so as to face the storage feed roller 24. [

The pickup roller 22 is configured to pick up the media integrated in the stacking plate 19a of the normal media pocket 19 on a sheet-by-sheet basis. A material having a large frictional coefficient such as rubber or the like may be attached to the outer peripheral surface of the storage pickup roller 22 to facilitate pickup of the medium.

The storage feed roller 24 is arranged adjacent to the downstream side of the storage pickup roller 22 and is configured to feed the pickup picked up by the pickup roller 22 for storage. A material having a high frictional coefficient such as rubber may be attached to the outer circumferential surface of the storing feed roller 24 so as to smoothly convey the medium.

The separation separating roller 26 is provided so as to be spaced apart from the storage feed roller 24 so that the separation separating roller 26 and the storage feed roller 24 cooperate with each other to transport the medium sheet by sheet . The pickup roller 24 for storage is fed while passing between the feed roller 24 for storing and the separation roller 26 for storing. At this time, the pickup separation roller 26 is rotated by the feed roller 24 , Only one sheet of medium can be conveyed between the sheet feed roller 24 and the separating roller 26 for storage.

Particularly, the pickup roller 22 for storing, the feed roller 24 for storing, and the separating roller 26 for storing the pick-up parts 22, 24 and 26 for storing are arranged so as to maintain the accumulation angle of the accumulating plate 19a Thereby forming a carry-out route.

As described above, according to the present invention, the stacking plate 19a of the normal media pocket 19 is inclined at an acute angle? 2 with respect to the horizontal line, and the storage pickups 22, 24, There is an advantage that the carrying operation for storing can be performed more stably and quickly.

The storage cassette 30 is located at the bottom of the normal media pocket 19 and the normal media accumulated in the normal media pocket 19 is automatically stored by the transport unit 20 which will be described later, Can be stored.

The storage cassette 30 includes a storage space 31 in which a normal medium is stored similar to a cassette of a general financial instrument and a support plate 32 provided movably to support the normal medium in the storage space 31 .

The normal media accumulated in the accumulation plate 19a of the normal media pocket 19 are supported by the support plate (not shown) of the storage cassette 30 via the transport unit 20 and are safely stored in the storage space 31 . At this time, an auxiliary discriminating unit (not shown) for sensing the passage of the medium between the transport unit 20 and the storage cassette 30 is further provided. The auxiliary discriminating unit (not shown) ). If there is a difference between the number of media recognized through the identification unit and the number of media loaded into the storage cassette 30 by the auxiliary identification unit, the warning may be displayed on the display, Or to transmit messages over wired and / or wireless to the outside of the device.

According to one configuration, the storage cassette 30 may be detachably installed in the lower space of the case 40, and may be provided on at least one side wall of the case 40 adjacent to the storage cassette 30, A front wall may be provided so as to be openable and closable. When any one side wall of the case 40 is provided so as to be openable and closable so that a jam is generated while being stored in the storage cassette 30 or the storage cassette 30 itself is damaged The maintenance of the storage cassette 30 can be facilitated. The upper discriminating portion 15 and the lower storing cassette 30 can be detachably coupled and the upper discriminating portion 15 can be coupled to the lower storage cassette 30 so as to be openable and closable, It is possible to further facilitate the maintenance of the conveying path and the storage cassette 30.

According to another configuration, the storage cassette 30 may be fixedly installed in a lower space of the case 40 in a safe-type manner, and at least one side wall of the storage cassette 30 may be provided with a door (not shown) Is opened and closed. In addition, the door (not shown) may be configured to be locked and unlocked by a separate locking device (not shown). One side wall of the case 40 is openable and closable so that when a jam occurs during storage of the medium in the storage cassette 30, And the storage cassette 30, so that the maintenance can be easily performed. At this time, the transport unit 20 can be configured to be pulled out in the direction of the openable and closable side wall.

According to one embodiment, the storage cassette 30 may comprise a plurality of storage compartments and may be installed in the lower space of the case 40. Since the plurality of storage cassettes 30 are constituted as described above, the normal medium can be stored in various ways. For example, since normal media can be sorted and stored in various ways such as country, type, user, date, and the like, there is an advantage that the usability can be greatly improved.

The transport unit 20 includes a storage path 21 for transporting the normal medium from the normal media pocket 19 to be stored in the storage cassette 30, as shown in Figs.

According to one configuration, the storage path 21 has a plurality of storage paths 21a, 21b for transporting normal media from the normal media pocket 19 to each storage cassette 30 individually for storage. Further, each of the storage paths 21a and 21b may further include an auxiliary discriminating part (not shown) for sensing the passage of the medium.

A storage path switching unit 28 is provided at a position where the plurality of storage paths 21a and 21b are branched and the storage paths 21a and 21b are properly switched by the storage path switching unit 28, The medium can be received in the desired storage cassette 30. As described above, it is very easy to selectively store the normal medium in the plurality of storage cassettes 30 through the storage path switching unit 28 and the plurality of storage paths 21a and 21b. At this time, when storing the normal medium in the storage cassette 30, the storage cassette 30 to be stored in the plurality of storage cassettes 30 is determined according to the medium discrimination result at the time of first counting, and in particular, (KRW, JPY, RMB, USD, etc.), amount of money, etc., can be determined.

On the other hand, when the normal medium stored in the storage cassette 30 is to be withdrawn, the door of the storage cassette 30 is opened or the storage cassette 30 is separated from the bottom of the case 40, It is possible.

The discrimination coefficient operation of the medium carried by the discrimination counting apparatus having the medium storing function according to the present invention constructed as described above is shown in FIG. 1 and will be described in detail as follows.

The medium accumulated in the hopper plate 11a of the hopper 11 is fed to the hopper plate 11a of the hopper 11 by the counting pickups 12, And is conveyed along the counting conveyance path 13. At this time, if it is detected that the medium is integrated by the medium recognition sensor installed on the hopper plate 11a, the counting operation of the integrated medium can be started after a predetermined time without the user's counting start operation.

When the medium is conveyed through the counting conveyance path 13, an abnormal medium such as a counterfeit banknote, a damaged banknote or other denomination medium is discriminated by the discriminating unit 15, and the abnormal medium is discriminated by the path switching unit 17 (Refer to the direction of arrow A in Fig. 1), and the normal medium is conveyed to the normal media pocket 19 by the path switching unit 17 (see the arrow B direction in Fig. 1) It is integrated.

Since one side of the reject pocket 18 is open at this time, the user can easily and easily receive the one side of the reject pocket 18, and one side of the normal medium pocket 19 is closed by the closing operation of the shutter 45, There is no recall.

When the result of the discrimination of the medium is inconsistent with the contents recognized by the customer or the customer wants to cancel the transaction, the locking device of the reject pocket 18, the shutter 45 and the shutter 45 is released and opened The user can easily receive the medium from the normal media pocket 19 of the state.

After the confirmation of the customer, the normal medium counted as the normal record is stored in each storage cassette 30 via the storage path 21 of the transport unit 20 as shown in FIG. 2, (See the arrows C1 and C2 in Fig. 2) by the storage switching unit 28 for storage in the storage cassette 30 via the storage paths 21a and 21b. During the storing process, the counting is completed while the shutter 45 is kept closed so that the user can not approach the counted normal medium.

According to the present invention as described above, after performing the first automatic counting operation in which the counter unit checks for forgery and the denomination in the counting process of the medium at the same time, the normal unit counted by the counting unit by the counting unit of the counting unit Can be stored in the storage cassette through the second automatic storage operation, so that it is possible to carry out the storage of the normal medium counted as the normal number and the management of the time of the media very stable, , Retail stores, etc., where there are many transactions such as cash / check.

In addition, since the storage is performed in a state in which the user can not access the counted medium, the reliability is greatly improved.

3 and 4 are views showing a discrimination counting apparatus having a medium storing function according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4, the transport unit 20 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a storage path 21 for transporting a normal medium from the normal medium pocket 19 to the storage cassette 30, And a withdrawal path (23) for delivering the money from the storage cassette (30) to the normal media pocket (19).

As described above, the second embodiment of the present invention is advantageous in that the withdrawal of the normal medium can be performed more easily by separately configuring the withdrawal path 23 partially intersecting with the accommodating path 21.

The storage cassette 30 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a storage space 31 in which a normal medium is stored, a movable cassette 30 in which the normal medium is supported in the storage space 31, And a withdrawal pick-up unit 35 for withdrawing the normal medium stored in the storage space 31 to be withdrawn.

Up pick-up section 35 may be constituted by a pickup roller, a separation roller, a feed roller, or the like.

The storage path 21 includes a horizontal storage path 21c extending in the horizontal direction from the normal medium pocket 19, an arc-shaped storage path 21d provided at the end of the horizontal storage path 21c, And a plurality of branch storage paths 21e and 21f branched in accordance with the plurality of storage cassettes 30 in the path 21d.

At the position where the plurality of branch storage paths 21e and 21f are branched, a storage route changing unit 28 is provided and each branch storage route 21e and 21f is appropriately set by the storage route changing unit 28 The normal medium can be stored in the desired storage cassette 30 as it is switched.

The withdrawal path 23 includes an integrated withdrawal path 23a formed to partially cross the horizontal storage path 21c of the storage path 21 and an integrated withdrawal path 23a extending individually from each storage cassette 30 to form an integrated withdrawal path 23a And a plurality of individual dispensing paths 23b and 23c which are joined to each other.

A part of the integrated withdrawal path 23a is formed so as to partially intersect with the horizontal storage path 21c of the storage path 21 and the individual withdrawal paths 23b and 23c are joined to one end of the integrated withdrawal path 23a, And the other end of the integrated withdrawal path 23a merges with one side of the counting conveyance path 13 of the counting unit 10. [

Particularly, the withdrawal path 23 is disposed so as to bypass the storage pickup sections 22, 24, 26 so that the media to be withdrawn do not pass through the storage pickup sections 22, 24, 26. As the conveying direction of the medium by the pick-up parts 22, 24, 26 and the conveying direction of the medium by the pick-up pick-up part 35 of the storage cassette 30 are not interfered with each other, There is an advantage that the storage and withdrawal operation of the medium can proceed more stably.

In addition, the present invention can significantly reduce the distance between the normal media pocket 19 and the storage cassette 30 by configuring the storage path 21 and the dispensing path 23 to intersect with each other, It can be compactly implemented, which is advantageous in miniaturization.

On the other hand, the path connected to the storage cassette 30 may be provided with an auxiliary discriminating part 25 for discriminating the medium. For example, the auxiliary discriminating portion 25 may be provided at a portion where the storage path 21 and the dispensing path 23 intersect, or may be provided only on the dispensing path 23.

The auxiliary discriminating part 25 is constituted by a recognition sensor to the extent that it can recognize the quantity of normal medium, the character included in the medium, the denomination, etc. at the time of storing and / or withdrawing the medium, The structure can be greatly simplified as compared with the distinguishing unit 15. [

The auxiliary discriminating part 25 has an advantage that the denomination of the normal medium to be stored or paid out, the quantity of the normal medium to be withdrawn, and the like can be detected more accurately.

FIG. 4 shows the withdrawal operation of the medium carried out by the discrimination counting apparatus having the medium storing function according to the second embodiment of the present invention, which will be described in detail as follows.

The normal medium stored in the storage cassette 30 is conveyed to the counting conveyance path 13 of the counting unit 10 after passing through the auxiliary discriminating portion 25 through the withdrawal path 23 of the conveying unit 20, And thereafter conveyed to the normal medium pocket 19 or the reject pocket 18 through the counting conveyance path 13, thereby facilitating withdrawal of the normal medium.

Particularly, after the normal media stored in the plurality of storage cassettes 30 are picked up on a sheet-by-tape basis by the dispensing pick-up unit 35, the normal media are individually picked up through the individual dispensing paths 23b and 23c of the dispensing path 23 Is transferred to the counting conveyance path 13 via the integrated withdrawal path 23a and integrated in the normal media accumulation part or the reject pocket (see the direction of arrow D in Fig. 4).

According to an alternative embodiment, at least one of the plurality of storage cassettes 30 may be used as a withdrawal cassette, and a separate conveying path may be connected to the withdrawal cassette, &Lt; / RTI >

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. .

10: counting unit 11: hopper
18: Reject pocket 19: Normal media pocket
20: Transfer unit 30: Storage cassette

Claims

A first separator for separating and transferring the medium integrated in the hopper into a sheet, a discriminating unit discriminating the medium conveyed from the hopper, an abnormal medium discriminated by the discriminating unit, A counting unit including a reject pocket for collecting the normal media pocket, a normal media pocket on which normal media normally counted by the discriminating unit are integrated, and a second separating unit for separating and transporting the media integrated in the normal media pocket into a sheet.
At least one storage cassette disposed below the normal media pocket for storing normal media integrated in the normal media pocket; And
And a conveying unit that is provided between the counting unit, the normal media pocket and the storage cassette and conveys the normal media separated by the second separating unit into a sheet,
Said hopper having a hopper plate on which media are integrated, said normal media pocket having an integration plate on which normal media is integrated,
Wherein the hopper plate of the hopper and the stacking plate of the normal media pocket are arranged at an acute angle to the horizontal line and inclined at substantially the same angle so that the medium integrated in the hopper plate is separated into sheets by the load of the media itself, And the medium integrated on the accumulation plate is separated into a sheet by the load of the medium itself and transferred to the second separation unit.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the hopper further comprises a medium recognition sensor for recognizing a medium to be accumulated in the hopper,
Wherein when the medium is recognized by the medium recognition sensor, the first separator operates after a predetermined time.

The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that one side of the reject pocket is open to the outside, a shutter is openably and closably provided on one side of the normal media pocket, and the shutter is locked and unlocked by the lock device A differential counting device with a storage function.

The method of claim 3,
Wherein when the medium is counted by the discriminating unit, the shutter is released by the locking device,
Wherein the closing state of the shutter is locked when the medium is counted by the discriminating unit and then conveyed to the storage cassette.

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The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second separator comprises: a storage-use pickup roller provided adjacent to the normal medium pocket; a storage feed roller provided on the downstream side of the storage pickup roller; and a storage-use feed roller provided on the opposite side of the storage- And a separating roller. &Lt; Desc / Clms Page number 24 >

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the storage cassettes comprise a plurality of storage cassettes,
Wherein the transport unit includes a storage path for transporting a normal medium from the normal media pocket so as to store the normal medium in the plurality of storage cassettes, and the storage path includes a plurality of branch storage paths individually connected to the plurality of storage cassettes And a medium storage function.

The method of claim 7,
And a storage path switching unit is provided at a position where the plurality of branch storage paths are branched.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the storage cassette has a storage space for storing a normal medium and a withdrawal pickup unit for withdrawing the medium in the storage space.

The method of claim 7,
Wherein the transport unit further includes a withdrawal path for transporting the normal media stored in the storage cassette to the normal media pocket.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the transport unit includes a withdrawal path for transporting the normal media stored in the storage cassette to the normal media pocket,
And an auxiliary discriminating unit for discriminating the media to be withdrawn is provided at the middle of the withdrawal path.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a case in which the counting unit, the reject pocket, the normal media pocket, the storage cassette, and the transport unit are installed,
Wherein the storage cassette is detachably installed in a lower space of the case and at least one side wall of the case adjacent to the storage cassette is provided so as to be openable and closable.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a case in which the counting unit, the reject pocket, the normal media pocket, the storage cassette, and the transport unit are installed,
Wherein the storage cassette comprises a safeguard structure fixed to a lower space of the case.