WO2014155644A1 - Paper sheet handling device and automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a paper sheet handling device with which it is easy to insert paper money when making a deposit and to remove paper money when making a withdrawal, even when the position of the deposit/withdrawal slot is low. The paper sheet handling device has: a deposit/withdrawal unit provided for depositing/withdrawing paper sheets; a paper sheet identification unit that identifies the paper sheets; a temporary storage compartment that temporarily stores deposited paper sheets; multiple paper sheet storage compartments; and a first paper sheet transport path through which the paper sheets are transported to the aforementioned various units. The deposit/withdrawal unit has: a paper sheet guide part; an aperture part that transfers the paper sheets in a substantially horizontal state; a storage unit that stores the paper sheets in a substantially upright state; and a second paper sheet transport path that connects the aperture part and the storage unit and transports the paper sheets as they are switched between the substantially horizontal state and the substantially upright state. The guide part has a protruding part which is provided so as to surround the aperture part, and in the approximate center of which is provided a recessed part.

Description

Paper sheet handling equipment and automatic transaction equipment

The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus and an automatic transaction apparatus.

Conventionally, an automatic transaction apparatus used in a financial institution or the like is equipped with a paper sheet handling apparatus. As an example of a paper sheet handling apparatus, in Patent Document 1, a banknote bundle inserted in a horizontal direction from a deposit / withdrawal port is nipped and conveyed to a storage unit, and withdrawn banknotes accumulated in the storage unit at the time of withdrawal, A configuration is described in which it is nipped and conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-259086

In a paper sheet handling device that holds and conveys a banknote bundle in the horizontal direction, assuming that a wheelchair user with a short height uses it, lowers the deposit / withdrawal port than when inserting the banknote bundle in a standing state. There is a need. However, if the position of the deposit / withdrawal port is too low, the visibility will be poor for tall users and the banknotes may be forgotten.

The object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus that facilitates the insertion of banknotes during depositing and the removal of banknotes during withdrawal even when the position of the depositing / dispensing port is low.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a deposit / withdrawal unit used for depositing / withdrawing paper sheets, a paper sheet discriminating unit for discriminating paper sheets, and temporarily storing the received paper sheets. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising: a temporary storage for storing a plurality of paper sheets; a plurality of paper sheet storages; and a first paper sheet transport path for transporting the paper sheets to each of the parts. The gold part includes a paper sheet guide part, an opening part for delivering the paper sheet in a substantially horizontal state, a storage part for storing the paper sheet in a substantially standing state, and the opening part and the storage part. And a second paper sheet transport path that transports the paper sheets by changing them between a substantially standing state and a substantially horizontal state, and the guide portion is provided so as to surround the opening. And having a protruding portion provided with a recess at a substantially central portion.

According to the present invention, even if the position of the deposit / withdrawal port is low, it becomes easy to insert a bill at the time of depositing and take out a bill at the time of withdrawal.

The perspective view which shows the external appearance of an automatic transaction apparatus. The control block diagram which shows the control relationship of an automatic transaction apparatus. The control block diagram which shows the control relationship of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. The internal block diagram of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. Internal configuration diagram of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism (entire). The perspective view and front view of a bill insertion guide periphery. The side view of a deposit / withdrawal port mechanism and a bill insertion guide periphery. The side view and front view of a deposit / withdrawal port mechanism. The perspective view from the apparatus front of a conveyance unit. The internal block diagram of a conveyance unit. The internal block diagram of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of a deposit counting operation | movement. The internal block diagram of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of a deposit counting operation | movement. The internal block diagram of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of a deposit counting operation | movement. The flowchart which shows the process of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of depositing counting operation | movement. The internal block diagram of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of payment operation | movement. The internal block diagram of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of payment operation | movement. The internal block diagram of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of payment operation | movement. The internal block diagram of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism at the time of payment operation | movement. The side view of a deposit / withdrawal port mechanism. The flowchart which shows the process of the deposit or withdrawal port mechanism at the time of payment operation.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus 100. The automatic transaction apparatus 100 is an apparatus surrounded by an upper front plate 100a and an apparatus casing 100b. This automatic transaction apparatus 100 can perform processing such as deposit, payment, and transfer of a user using a card, banknote, statement slip, and passbook as a medium. In addition, the automatic transaction apparatus 100 is not only installed in the bank, but is also compatible with an environment (drive-through environment) in which a user can operate while riding in a car.

A bill depositing / dispensing machine (paper sheet handling device) 101 is provided in the lower part of the apparatus housing 100b. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 is a device that processes banknotes, and deposits / withdraws banknotes via a banknote slot (opening for delivering banknotes) 101a provided on the upper front plate 100a. Moreover, the banknote storage part of the lower part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 101 is surrounded by the safe housing | casing 101b comprised with the thick iron plate of tens of mm different from the apparatus housing | casing 100b. By making the safe housing 101b a more rigid structure than the device housing 100b, the security of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 101 is enhanced.

In the upper part of the device housing 100b, a card / detail slip processing device 102, a user operation unit 103, and a passbook handling device 104 are provided. The card / detail slip processing apparatus 102 processes the user's card via the card slot 102a provided in the upper front plate 100a, prints and releases the transaction statement slip. The user operation unit 103 also serves as a display unit that displays transaction contents and an operation unit (such as a touch panel) operated by the user. The bankbook handling device 104 takes in, prints, and releases a user's bankbook through a bankbook slot 104a provided on the upper front plate 100a.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing the control relationship of the automatic transaction apparatus 100.
The automatic transaction apparatus 100 includes an interface unit 105, a clerk operation unit 106, an external storage device 107, in addition to the above-described banknote deposit and withdrawal machine 101, card / detail slip processing mechanism 102, user operation unit 103, and passbook handling device 104. A main body control unit 108, a bus 109, and a power supply unit 110 are provided. The clerk operation unit 106 also serves as a display unit that displays maintenance contents of the apparatus and an operation unit (such as a touch panel) operated by the clerk. The external storage device 107 is a storage unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 101, and is, for example, a memory or a hard disk. The main body control unit 108 is a CPU or the like that controls each unit of the automatic transaction apparatus. The bus 109 is a connection part between the main body control part 108 and each part of the automatic transaction apparatus, and performs necessary data communication. The power supply unit 110 supplies power to each unit of the automatic transaction apparatus including the main body control unit 108.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram mainly showing the control relationship of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101.

The control unit 35 provided in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 is connected to the main body control unit 108 of the apparatus via the bus 109, and the banknote depositing / dispensing according to the command from the main body control unit 108 and the state detection of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 100. The money machine 100 is controlled, and the state of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 100 is sent to the main body control unit 108 as necessary. In the bill depositing / dispensing machine 100, each unit (the deposit / withdrawal slot mechanism 20, the bill discriminating unit 30, the temporary storage 40, the bill transport path 50, the deposit box 60, the forgetting collection box 61, the fake ticket collection box 62, and rejected. Are connected to the drive motors, electromagnetic solenoids, and sensors of the storage 63, the vault 70, the recycle storage 80, the loading / recovery storage 81), and the actuator is driven and controlled while monitoring the state by the sensor according to the transaction.

FIG. 4 is an internal configuration diagram showing the configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 is a temporary storage that temporarily stores the deposited banknote until the transaction is completed, and a deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 that is used for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit 30 that discriminates banknotes. A bank 40, a deposit box 60 for storing banknotes for which transactions have been made at the time of deposit, a forgetting collection chamber 61 for collecting banknotes that a user forgot to collect at the time of depositing and withdrawing, and bills that have been identified as fake bills. A counterfeit bill collection box 62 for storing, a reject box 63 for storing banknotes inappropriate for withdrawal, a plurality (two in FIG. 4) of safes 70 for storing banknotes for withdrawal, A plurality of (two in FIG. 4) recycling boxes 80 and a loading / collecting box 81 for storing banknotes to be replenished in the recycling box 80 and banknotes collected from the recycling box are provided. Also, banknote transport paths 501a-q, 901a-e, and 902a-e for transporting banknotes to these sections, banknote transport path switching gates 502-507 and 903a-e, and a control unit (not shown). )).

The upper part of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 includes a transport unit A that converts the protruding direction of the bills from the vertical direction of the apparatus to the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 4). A specific configuration of the transport unit A will be described later.

The entrance safe 60, the exit safe 70, and the recycle box 80 have a common external shape and the entrances (or exits and entrances) of banknotes at the same position. The entrance safe 60, the exit safe 70, and the recycle storage 80 having these common structures are referred to as “banknote storage” for convenience of explanation. The plurality of banknote storages can have a plurality of storage units therein. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 4, not only a banknote storage is arrange | positioned in the front-back direction (left-right direction of FIG. 4), but you may laminate | stack and arrange | position in the up-down direction. With these configurations, many denominations can be handled by the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 and can be applied to various operations.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 is divided into an upper banknote mechanism 101U and a lower banknote mechanism 101L. The upper banknote mechanism 101U includes a deposit / withdrawal slot mechanism 20, a banknote discriminating unit 30, a temporary storage 40, a forget / collection box 61, a fake ticket collection box 62, a loading / recovery box 81, and a banknote transport path. 501a-h, 501j-q, and switching gates 502-507. The lower bill mechanism 101L includes an input safe 60, a reject store 63, a take-out safe 70, a recycle store 80, bill transport paths 501i, 901a-e and 902a-e, and sorting gates 903a-e. I have.

The lower bill mechanism 101L is mounted in a safe case 101b made of a thick iron plate of about 50 mm, and the transport path between the upper bill mechanism 101U and the lower bill mechanism 101L is a coupled transport path 501h and 501i. It is connected.

The banknote conveyance path of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 will be described. As described above, the banknote transport paths 501a to q, 901a to e, and 902a to e include the deposit / withdrawal slot mechanism 20, the banknote discriminating unit 30, the temporary storage 40, the safe deposit box 60, and the forgetting collection box 61. A fake ticket collection box 62, a reject box 63, a safe box 70, a recycling box 80, and a loading / collection box 81 are connected. The arrows indicating the banknote transport paths 501a to q, 901a to e, and 902a to e are banknote transport directions. When an arrow is one direction, it is a one-way banknote conveyance path where a banknote is conveyed only in the arrow direction. On the other hand, when the arrow is in both directions, it is a bidirectional conveyance path in which bills are conveyed in both directions.

These bill conveyance paths 501a to q, 901a to e and 902a to 902e are driven by a drive motor (not shown), and the rotation direction of the motor is switched for each transaction operation. Further, switching gates 502 to 507 and 903 a to e are provided at the branch points of the bill transport paths 501 a to q, 901 a to e, and 902 a to e. These switching gates switch the bill conveyance direction as shown by a solid line or a dotted line in accordance with the transaction operation.

The connection conveyance path 501h with the lower banknote mechanism 101L is provided at a position where it is connected to the banknote conveyance path 501g. Moreover, the connection conveyance path 501i with the upper banknote mechanism 101U is provided in the position connected with the banknote conveyance path 901a. The connection transport path 501h and the connection transport path 501i are provided at positions where they are connected to each other. The slit provided in the upper surface iron plate of the safe housing 101b has a length for passing the bill and a width of the conveying pulley attached to hold and feed out the bill conveyed to the slit. In addition, when taking the structure which does not enclose lower bill mechanism 101L with safe case 101b, upper bill mechanism 101U should just be laid directly on lower bill mechanism 101L. The drive source (motor) of the transport path may be provided separately for the transport path of the upper banknote mechanism 101U and the transport path of the lower banknote mechanism 101L, but a single drive source is used and the driving force is supplied to the transport paths 501g-501h. Transmission may be performed by a gear provided between −501i and 901a.

The banknote transport paths 903a to 903e that are connected to any of the safe deposit box 60, the safe deposit box 70, and the recycle box 80 and that are provided on the upper surface of the deposit box 60, the safe deposit box 70, and the recycle box 80 are openable and closable. Thus, it is easy to take out the safe 60, the safe 70, and the recycle box 80 to the outside of the apparatus and to remove the jam bills. The loading / recovery box 81 is optional and may not be provided depending on the operation.

With the configuration as described above, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 101 performs bill depositing / dispensing operations, loading / collecting operations, and forgetting bill collecting operations. Hereinafter, each operation will be described.

First, the banknote deposit / withdrawal operation will be described. The banknote depositing / withdrawing operation includes an operation of depositing a banknote inserted by a user into a banknote depositing / dispensing machine (a depositing operation) and an operation of depositing a banknote stored in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine to a user (withdrawal) Gold operation). In addition, the depositing operation includes an operation of counting banknotes inserted by the user (payment counting operation), and an operation of storing the counted banknotes in the deposit safe 60, the reject store 63, and the recycle store 80 (payment storage operation). And divided.

Hereinafter, the deposit counting operation will be described. The bill depositing / dispensing machine 101 separates bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 one by one. Thereafter, the separated banknotes are routed through the banknote transport paths 501a to 501d, and the banknote determination unit 30 determines the denomination and authenticity. If the denomination and authenticity of the banknote can be discriminated, the banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 40 through the bank transfer path 501e, f by switching the switching gate 503 or the like. When the denomination and authenticity of the banknote cannot be determined, or when the inclination is abnormal or the gap between the banknotes is abnormal, the banknote is processed as a deposit reject banknote without being conveyed to the temporary storage 40. At this time, by switching the switching gate 503 or the like, the banknote is transported to the deposit / withdrawal slot mechanism 20 via the banknote transport path 501e, j, and returned to the user. If the bill is determined to be a fake bill, the bill is stored in the fake bill collection box 62 by switching the switching gate 503 or the like and passing through the bill conveyance paths 501e, m, o, and p.

Hereinafter, the deposit storage operation will be described in detail. When the transaction is confirmed after the deposit counting operation, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage 40 are passed through the banknote transporting paths 501f, e, and d through the banknote discriminating unit 30 by switching the switching gate 503 or the like. . Thereafter, the banknotes are stored in any one of the safe deposit box 60, the reject store 63, and the recycle store 80 through the banknote transport paths 501 c, b, g, h, and i by switching the switching gate 502. At this time, the banknote transport paths 901a to e and 902a to e and the switching gates 903a to e are controlled to store the banknotes in the storage corresponding to the determination result of the banknote determination unit 30. In addition, you may store the fake ticket accommodated in the fake ticket collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 62 in the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 63 at the time of deposit | storement operation | movement. Upon completion of these depositing and storing operations, the depositing operation is completed.

Hereinafter, the withdrawal operation will be described. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 101 delivers a predetermined number of banknotes from the bank vault 70 and the recycle box 8, and determines the banknotes via the banknote transport paths 901a to e and 902a to e, 501i, h, g, b, c and d. The denomination is discriminated by the part 30. Thereafter, the banknotes are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 by switching the switching gate 503 and the banknotes are withdrawn from the user. At this time, as will be described later, the withdrawal bill via the transport unit A is made to protrude from the upper front plate 100a of the automatic transaction apparatus 100, thereby resembling the state of the withdrawal bill in the cash dispenser. Making it possible.

Next, the bill loading / collecting operation will be described. The bill loading / collecting operation is performed by storing the bills loaded in the loading / collecting warehouse 81 by the staff in the recycling warehouse 80 (loading operation), and when the recycling warehouse 80 becomes full. The operation is divided into an operation (recovery operation) for collecting a predetermined number of banknotes stored in the storage 80 into the loading / recovery storage 81. The conveyance of banknotes in the loading operation and the conveyance of banknotes in the collection operation are routes in opposite directions, but detailed description thereof is omitted. When a reject banknote is generated in the loading operation / collection operation, the reject banknote may be stored in the reject store 63 or may be stored in a load reject unit provided in the load / collection store 81.

Next, the operation of collecting forgotten banknotes will be described. The collection operation of a forgotten banknote is an operation for collecting the banknote when a deposit reject banknote or a withdrawal banknote remains in the deposit / withdrawal slot mechanism 20 in the deposit operation (when a user forgets to remove the banknote). is there. When a predetermined time has passed while the deposit reject banknote and the withdrawal banknote are stored in the deposit / withdrawal slot mechanism 20, the banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal slot mechanism 20 are separated one by one. Thereafter, the separated banknotes are stored in the forgetting collection box 61 via the banknote transport paths 501a to 501m, and n.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 in the present embodiment will be described in detail. When banknotes of various sizes that are not aligned on the banknote end face are thrown in at the same time, a jam occurs when the banknotes are separated and collides with a sorting gate arranged in the transport path, or a stacking failure in the storage unit , A withdrawal failure at the time of the next withdrawal transaction, a rejection due to indistinguishment of denomination, authenticity, etc. occur. Moreover, when foreign materials, such as a coin, are pinched | interposed into a banknote bundle, it will be conveyed to a storage part with a banknote, and will cause clogging in an apparatus. In order to solve the above problems, the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 employs the configuration shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 is an internal configuration diagram showing the entire deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20.
A transport unit A is provided above the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20. The transport unit A is connected to the lower part of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 by a connecting member (not shown), and can be detached by removing the connecting member.

The deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 is provided inside the banknote slot of the upper front plate 100a. A banknote insertion guide (guide section) 150 and an opening section 20a that is an opening section of the banknote insertion guide 150 are provided at the entrance / exit of the dispensing opening mechanism 20, and the banknotes are inserted into the apparatus through the opening section 20a. It is configured to be able to deposit and withdraw in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 5). Behind the opening 20a is provided a shutter 201 that is slid by an actuator M1 in the vertical direction of the apparatus (the vertical direction in FIG. 5, see arrows).

A stopper 202 for receiving the deposited banknote is provided behind the shutter 201. The stopper 202 is configured to open and close by sliding in the vertical direction of the apparatus (see arrow) by the actuator M2. Thereby, when the stopper 202 is not used, it is possible to retreat to a position where it does not collide with the conveyed banknote. Further, by configuring the distance between the shutter 201 and the stopper 202 to be shorter than the short direction length of the banknote that can be handled by the apparatus, the user can remove the anxiety of inserting a finger when inserting the deposited banknote. It is possible.

Also, behind the shutter 201, a bill transport path 203 for transporting bills is provided on the lower rear side of the apparatus. The banknote conveyance path 203 conveys a banknote between the storage part 205 mentioned later. The banknote conveyance path 203 includes an upper belt 203a and a lower belt 203b, and a plurality of belts are arranged in the apparatus width direction. Front rollers 203c and 203c 'are provided on the opening 20a side of the banknote transport path 203, and rear rollers 203d and 203d' are provided on the storage section 205 side of the banknote transport path 203. The front roller 203c ′ and the rear roller 203d ′ are respectively elastic means (not shown) such as a spring having an urging force against the front roller 203 side and the rear roller 203d side, and the direction opposite to the urging force by the elastic means. It is connected to an actuator (not shown) acting on. The bill conveyance path 203 can be opened or closed by the action of these elastic means and actuators.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view and a front view of the periphery of the bill insertion guide 150. The bill insertion guide 150 is mounted so as to be connected to the deposit / withdrawal port guide fixing bracket 151. Further, a protrusion 150a is provided at the central portion of the bill insertion guide 150, and a rectangular, parallelogram-shaped or trapezoidal depression 152 is provided on the upper center side of the protrusion 150a. An arc-shaped depression 153 is provided on the lower center side.

Further, the portion surrounded by the protrusion 150a is an open structure, and when the shutter 201 is open, the opening 20a of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 is exposed. That is, the recess 152 is provided in the protrusion 150a on the upper side of the opening 20a, and the recess 153 is provided in the protrusion 150a on the lower side of the opening 20a. Further, the lower belt 203b of the bill conveyance path 203, the front roller (front conveyance means) 203c, and the inlet clamp guide 802 are exposed from the opening 20a. The function of the inlet clamp guide 802 as the first clamping means will be described later.

Note that the hollow portion 152 may have an arc shape, and the hollow portion 153 may have a rectangular shape, a parallelogram shape, or a trapezoid shape. Moreover, you may make the hollow part 152 and the hollow part 153 into a rectangular shape, a parallelogram shape, trapezoid shape, or circular arc shape.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the periphery of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 and the bill insertion guide 150. The banknote insertion guide 150 protrudes from the upper front plate constituting the banknote slot to the outside of the apparatus, and the interval between the protrusions 150a once narrows from the front of the apparatus (right side of FIG. 7) to the rear (left side of FIG. 7). It is configured to become wider later. That is, the portion where the distance between the protrusion 150a on the upper side of the opening 20a and the protrusion 150a on the lower side of the opening 20a is the narrowest is between the front side of the protrusion 150a and the rear side of the protrusion 150a. .

Further, an upper belt 203a, a lower belt 203b, a front roller 203c, and an entrance clamp guide 802 are provided at the rear of the bill slot device. Of these components, the device is viewed from the top of the bill slot. The user EU cannot see the upper belt 203a. Moreover, since the banknote insertion guide 150 is provided with the recessed parts 152 and 153, when a user deposits a banknote, it is possible to visually observe the opening part 20a. Therefore, it becomes possible for a user to deposit a banknote reliably.

Here, the inlet clamp guide 802 will be described. The inlet clamp guide 802 is connected to the front roller 203c by a connecting member (not shown), and performs an opening / closing operation in synchronization with the opening / closing operation of the front roller 203c. When the entrance clamp guide 802 that is exposed when the shutter 201 is opened is opened, the distance between the front roller 203c and the front roller 203c ′ in the vertical direction of the device is the vertical direction of the device in front of the bill insertion guide 150. It is almost the same as the interval. That is, when the shutter 201 is opened, the vertical interval between the front roller 203c and the front roller 203c ′ is such that the front protrusion of the protrusion 150a is the protrusion 150a above the opening 20a and the protrusion below the opening 20a. The distance from the portion 150a is substantially the same.

Next, drainage means for rainwater that has collided with the bill insertion guide 150 will be described with reference to FIG. When the automatic transaction apparatus 100 is installed outdoors, rainwater may enter from the opening 20a. At this time, if there is no flow path for draining rainwater, rainwater may accumulate inside and rust may be generated and the device may not move. In order to prevent this, drainage means is provided.

The drainage means is composed of a drainage channel 154 having an inclination and a drainage unit (drain 155, casing-side drainage unit 156) provided below the lowest slope of the drainage channel 154. The rainwater R that has collided with the bill insertion guide 150 passes through the flow paths J1 and J2 along the inclination of the bill insertion guide 150. Of these flow paths, rainwater passing through the flow path J1 is drained outside the apparatus without reaching the bill slot. On the other hand, rainwater passing through the flow path J2 reaches the bill slot and the shutter 201. Rainwater that has reached the shutter 201 falls in the direction of gravity, flows like a flow path B, and reaches the lower portion of the deposit / withdrawal guide fixing bracket 151.

A drainage channel 154 is provided below the deposit / withdrawal guide fixing bracket 151, and rainwater is guided to the drainage channel 154 (see FIG. 8A). The drainage channel 154 has an inclination θ in the left-right direction of the apparatus (left-right direction in FIG. 8B). Therefore, rainwater guided to the drainage channel 154 passes through the flow path L according to the inclination of the drainage channel 154. Thereafter, the rainwater reaches the drain 155 via the flow path M, is dropped onto the housing-side drain 156, and is discharged outside the apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the transport unit A from the front of the apparatus. Three upper belts 203a constituting the bill conveyance path 203 are provided in the apparatus width direction. On the other hand, the lower belt 203b which comprises the banknote conveyance path 203 is provided two in the apparatus width direction. The upper belt 203a and the lower belt 203b are disposed so as not to face each other. Note that the number of the upper belt 203a and the lower belt 203b is not limited to the above, but it is desirable that the upper belt 203a and the lower belt 203b be provided so as to be symmetrical in the apparatus width direction.

Further, the driving force is transmitted to the upper belt 203a and the lower belt 203b via a conveyance roller provided on a rotation shaft attached to the frame 203e. Further, the rotating shaft provided with the front roller 203c is coaxial with the rotating shaft provided with a conveying roller for transmitting a driving force to the lower belt 203b.

Hereinafter, the internal configuration of the transport unit A will be described in detail. When the banknote bundle to be transported is too thick, the tension of the transport belt is temporarily increased to increase the load, and the motor that drives the transport belt may be locked, and the banknote may not be transported. Also, even if the banknote bundle is not too thick, if the banknote bundle thickness in the device width direction is uneven, an appropriate tension cannot be applied at a location where the thickness is thin, and skew is induced. There is a possibility. Further, when the banknote bundle passes through the local bent portion, a peripheral speed difference is generated due to the radius difference of the bent portion, the transport speed of the banknote on the side with the smaller bend radius is slow, and the banknote on the side with the larger bend radius is transported. The speed is increased, and as a result, the front end of the banknote bundle may be shifted during the conveyance. In this case, when banknotes are released from the device at the time of withdrawal, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to grasp the banknote bundle, and in the case of depositing, since it will be separated unevenly, skew is likely to occur. The problem that becomes.

In order to solve the above problem, the transport unit A adopts the configuration shown in FIG. The transport unit A is provided with a transport guide 203f that forms a space through which a bill bundle passes in the vicinity of the upper belt 203a and the lower belt 203b. Further, the transport unit A is provided with a movable roller 203g, and the tension of the upper belt 203a can be changed by moving the movable roller 203g. The movable roller 203g is held by the movable roller holding member 203h and rotates around the fulcrum 203i. The movable roller holding member 203h is moved in a direction in which a predetermined tension is applied to the upper belt 203a by an elastic member 203j such as a spring. One end of the elastic member 203j is held by a fulcrum 203k fixed to the frame 203e.

When the bill passes through the transport path, the upper belt 203a swells in the direction in which tension is applied. Therefore, the movable roller 203g moves in a direction that relaxes the tension applied to the upper belt 203a. Thereby, even if there is variation in the thickness of the banknote in the apparatus width direction, the skew of the banknote is reduced by driving each movable roller 203g independently.

In FIG. 10, the description is made using a single movable roller 203g. However, by using all the rollers of the upper belt 203a as movable rollers, the tension applied to the upper belt 203a can be dispersed and relaxed. It becomes possible. Therefore, compared with the case where a single movable roller is provided, it is possible to further reduce bill skew.

Referring back to FIG. 5, a front roller 203c that is urged in the direction of the arrow by an elastic member such as a spring and can be opened and closed by an actuator (not shown) is disposed on the front side of the bill conveyance path 203. A rear roller (rear transport means) 203d that is urged in the direction of the arrow by an elastic member such as a spring and can be opened and closed by an actuator (not shown) is disposed on the rear side of the bill transport path 203. Any roller can apply a conveying force due to the elastic force of the elastic member to the banknote when it is in the closed state, and can receive the banknote when it is in the open state.

A storage unit 205 including a rear plate 204a, a front plate 204b, and a bottom plate 204c is provided on the lower rear side of the banknote transport path 203. The rear plate 204a has a position when accepting banknotes (solid line in the figure, hereinafter referred to as deposit position), and a position when depositing banknotes from within the apparatus (broken line in the figure, hereinafter referred to as take-in position). The actuator moves in the direction of arrow 213 by an actuator (not shown). Similarly, the front plate 204b has a deposit position (solid line in the figure) and a take-in position (broken line in the figure), and moves by a link (not shown). By controlling the rear plate 204a and the front plate 204b to operate and stop to arbitrary positions, it is possible to apply an appropriate pressing force to the banknote in the storage unit 205. The bottom plate 204c is provided with a slit. The foreign matter that has passed through the slit is collected in a foreign matter receiving box 206 provided on the lower side of the bottom plate 204c.

The banknotes to which an appropriate pressing force is applied by the back plate 204a and the front plate 204b are picked one by one by the pick roller 207a, taken in the direction of the arrow X by the separation roller 207b, and conveyed to the bill conveyance path 501a. The gate roller 207c overlaps with the separation roller 207b, thereby preventing double feeding of banknotes during feeding. The stack roller 208 is a roller that conveys the deposit reject banknote and the withdrawal banknote conveyed from the arrow Y direction to the storage unit 205.

When a deposit reject banknote is generated during the deposit counting process, it is necessary to separate the uncounted banknote (the banknote before separation) and the deposit reject banknote inside the storage unit 205. The partition plate 209 is a plate that partitions the storage unit 205, and before and after the partition plate 209, uncounted banknotes and deposited reject banknotes are separated. The partition plate 209 can be operated by an actuator (not shown) in the same direction as the movement direction of the rear plate 204a.

Hereinafter, the structure of the front clamp 210 and the rear clamp 211 which are the 2nd clamping means is demonstrated.
The front clamp 210 is driven in synchronism with the transport pulley via the drive belt using the actuator M1 as a drive source. The drive belt for the front clamp is composed of two belts in the apparatus width direction. Further, the front clamp 210 is rotationally driven by an actuator (not shown) between a bill take-in position (solid line in the figure) and a retracted position (broken line in the figure).

The rear clamp 211 is slidably driven in the front-rear direction of the apparatus by an actuator (not shown) between a bill take-in position (solid line in the figure) and a retracted position (dashed line in the figure). An actuator (not shown) can be used as a drive source, and the lower transport pulley of the rear clamp 210 can move in the direction of the arrow with the shaft of the upper transport pulley as a fulcrum. When the rear clamp 211 is not in contact with the banknote, the rear clamp 211 is urged forward by an elastic member such as a spring (not shown). On the other hand, when it is in contact with a banknote, it moves to the back of the apparatus according to the thickness of the banknote in contact, and applies a pressing force to the banknote bundle.

Further, the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 is provided with optical sensors S1 to S6 each composed of a plurality of pairs, and detects the position of the bill by detecting a dark state where the sensor optical axis is blocked.

Hereinafter, the operation of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 in the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 performs the operations and processes shown in FIGS. 11 to 14 during the deposit counting operation, and the operations shown in FIGS. 15 to 20 during the withdrawal operation (or the deposit bill return operation). And processing.

11 to 13 are views showing the state of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 in the deposit counting operation. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 in the deposit counting operation.
First, the control unit 35 moves the rear plate 204a and the front plate 204b to the deposit position (S101, S102). Note that the order of S101 and S102 may be reversed. Subsequently, the control unit 35 moves the front clamp 210 and the rear clamp 211 to the retracted position (S103, S104). Note that the order of S103 and S104 may be reversed. Subsequently, the control unit 35 moves the stopper 202 to the deposit position (upper side of the apparatus) (S105), sets the front roller 203c to the open position (S106), and then moves the shutter 201 to the lower side of the apparatus so as to be in the open position. (S107). FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a state in which banknotes are deposited by the user after completion up to S107.

After the state shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 35 detects the banknote by the sensor S4 (S108: YES), and then drives the banknote conveyance path 203 in the arrow direction shown in FIG. 8 (S109). Then, after detecting the banknote conveyed by sensor S5 (S110: YES), the control part 35 stops the drive of the banknote conveyance path 203 once (S111). Further, the control unit 35 moves the front roller 203c to the closed position (S112), and moves the stopper 202 to the lower side of the apparatus so as to be in the retracted position (S113). Thereafter, the control unit 35 re-drives the banknote transport path 203 to transport the banknote toward the storage unit 205 (S114). FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a state in which bills are conveyed in the direction of the storage unit 205 after completion up to S114. At this time, the rear roller 203d is in a state of being closed to the banknote conveyance path 203 side, but is conveyed as it is and loaded into the storage unit 205.

After detecting that the banknote has reached the storage unit 205 by the sensors S1 to S3 (S115: YES), the control unit 35 stops driving the banknote transport path 203 (S116). FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state in which banknotes are stored in the storage unit 205 after completion of S116. Thereafter, the control unit 35 starts separation of the banknotes by the pick roller 207a, the separation roller 207b, and the gate roller 207c, and transports the banknotes in the direction of the arrow X shown in FIG. 13 (S117).

The posture of the banknote inserted by the user is corrected by the stopper 202. Even if the bills are skewed in the middle of conveyance, since the bills are accumulated in the standing state in the storage unit 205, the skew is corrected when the bills hit the bottom plate 204c of the storage unit 205. Furthermore, even if foreign matters such as coins are mixed in the banknote, the foreign matters are accumulated in the foreign matter receiving box 206 arranged in the vertical direction by gravity.

15 to 18 are views showing the state of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 in the dispensing operation. FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 in the dispensing operation.
First, the control unit 35 moves the rear plate 204a to the take-in position (front of the apparatus) (S301), and opens the rear roller 203d in a state where the front clamp 210 and the rear clamp 210 are retracted outside the storage unit 205. The front roller 203c is moved to the closed position (the banknote transport path 203 side), and the stopper 202 is moved to the retracted position (the apparatus lower side) to the position (side away from the banknote transport path 203) (S302, 303, 304, 305, 306). Note that the order of S301 to S306 is arbitrary.

Then, as shown in FIG. 15, the control unit 35 accumulates the withdrawal banknotes conveyed from the arrow Y direction in the storage unit 205 (S307). After collecting the withdrawal bills, the control unit 35 moves the front clamp 210, the rear clamp 211, and the rear plate 203a (S308, S309), and sandwiches the bills (S310). Note that the order of S308 and S309 may be reversed. FIG. 16 shows a state where the banknotes are clamped after completion up to S310.

The banknotes sandwiched between the front clamp 210 and the rear clamp 211 are ejected from the storage unit 205 by the respective clamp belts of the front and rear clamps and conveyed to the banknote transport path 203 (S311). FIG. 17 shows a state in which the banknote is transported to the banknote transport path 203 after completion up to S311.

After detecting that the bill has reached the bill conveyance path 203 by the sensor S6 (S312: YES), the control unit 35 stops driving the front clamp 210 and the rear clamp 211 (S313). Thereafter, the control unit 35 moves the rear roller 203d to the closed position (S314), drives the front clamp 210, the rear clamp 211, and the banknote transport path 203 to transport the banknote toward the shutter 201 and the stopper 202 (S315). . After the bill is detected by the sensor S4 (S316: YES), the control unit 35 stops the front clamp 210, the rear clamp 211, and the bill conveyance path 203 (S317), and opens the shutter 201 (S318). Then, the control part 35 drives the banknote conveyance path 203 again (S319), makes a banknote protrude from the opening part 20a, and stops the conveyance path 203 (S320). FIG. 18 shows a state in which the banknote protrudes from the opening 20a after completion up to S320. FIG. 19 is a side view of the periphery of the deposit / withdrawal port mechanism 20 and the bill insertion guide 150 after completion up to S320. Since the banknote insertion guide 150 is provided with the depressions 152 and 153, when the user takes out the banknote, the banknote can be taken out while checking the banknote below the depression 152. In particular, when the banknote insertion guide 150 is lengthened in the front-rear direction of the apparatus, and when the distance for taking out the banknote is short before detecting that the banknote has been extracted by the sensor S4, by providing the recess 152, The banknote can be confirmed without removing the banknote.

After detecting that the bill has been extracted by the sensor S4 (the sensor is in a light state) (S321: YES), the control unit 35 closes the shutter 201 (S322).

It should be noted that the same processing as the withdrawal operation is performed when a deposit reject banknote is generated. When the deposit reject banknote is generated and the banknote separation is stopped for some reason, the deposit reject banknote and the unseparated banknote exist before and after the partition plate 209. In this case, the banknote sandwiched between the front clamp 210 and the rear clamp 211 in a state of straddling the partition plate 209 is delivered to the banknote transport path 203 in a state of protruding from the storage unit 205 and transported to the opening 20a. The

As described above, a conveyance path for collectively conveying banknote bundles is provided above the storage unit that separates and stacks banknotes in the standing direction, and the conveyance path protrudes horizontally on the user operation surface, so that the user In the operations such as separation, transport, identification, and stacking, it is possible to align the end faces of banknote bundles set in various sizes and postures and prevent skewing. Jam and rejection can be prevented, and a highly reliable device can be provided. In addition, it is possible to provide a device with good removability such as coins that have entered the banknote bundle.

Moreover, since the banknote bundle can be aligned with the stopper before the banknote is inserted, the skew can be prevented, and an apparatus with good transport performance can be provided.

Also, by adopting this device, the direction of exchange of media such as banknotes, cards, receipts, etc. released from the cash dispenser and the direction of exchange of banknotes in and out of this device will be the same, depending on the user A device with good operability can be provided.

Furthermore, since the conveyance unit on the upper side of the storage unit can be removed from the storage unit, when it is not necessary to horizontally exchange banknotes, it is possible to exchange the banknotes with the user at the clamp in the storage unit by removing the conveyance unit. This makes it possible to provide a more compact and reliable device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20: Deposit / withdrawal mechanism, 101: Banknote depositing / dispensing machine, 101b: Safe housing, 101U: Upper bill mechanism, 101L: Lower bill mechanism, 150: Bill insertion guide, 150a: Projection part, 151: Deposit / withdrawal guide Fixed bracket, 152, 153: recess, 154: drainage channel, 155: drain, 156: housing side drainage unit, 201: shutter, 202: stopper, 203: bill transport path, 203a: upper belt, 203b: lower belt, 203c: Front roller, 203d: Rear roller, 203e: Frame, 205: Storage section, 206: Foreign material receiving box, 209: Partition plate, 210: Front clamp, 211: Rear clamp

Claims (10)

Deposit / withdrawal unit provided for deposit / withdrawal of paper sheets, paper sheet discriminating unit for discriminating paper sheets, temporary storage for temporarily storing received paper sheets, and a plurality of paper sheets A paper sheet handling apparatus having a paper container and a first paper sheet conveyance path for conveying the paper sheet to each of the parts,
The deposit / withdrawal part includes a paper sheet guide part, an opening part for delivering the paper sheet in a substantially horizontal state, a storage part for storing the paper sheet in a substantially standing state, the opening part and the storage part. And a second paper sheet transport path that transports the paper sheets by changing them into a substantially standing state and a substantially horizontal state,
The paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the guide portion includes a protruding portion that is provided so as to surround the opening portion and that has a recessed portion at a substantially central portion. 2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recess is provided in a protruding part on the upper side of the opening part and / or a protruding part on the lower side of the opening part. . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an interval between the upper protrusion of the opening and the lower protrusion of the opening is between the front of the protrusion and the rear of the protrusion. Paper sheet handling device with the narrowest part in between. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1,
A shutter of the opening;
Provided on the front side of the second paper sheet transport path, comprising a plurality of front transport means for transporting paper sheets,
The vertical spacing of the plurality of front conveying means when the shutter is opened is substantially the same as the spacing between the upper protruding portion of the opening and the lower protruding portion of the opening on the front side of the protruding portion. A paper sheet handling device. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 3,
A shutter of the opening;
A paper sheet handling device comprising drainage means provided behind the shutter and draining rainwater colliding with the guide portion to the outside of the device. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 5,
The drainage means is a paper sheet handling apparatus including a drainage channel having an inclination and a drainage unit provided below a position where the inclination of the drainage channel is lowest. 2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second paper sheet transport path is configured to be removable from the storage unit. . 2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the depositing / withdrawing unit has a second clamping means for switching between holding and non-holding of banknotes stored in the storage unit. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that controls the respective units.
The deposit / withdrawal unit further includes a feeding mechanism for feeding paper sheets to the first paper sheet transport path, a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes transported from the first paper sheet transport path, It has a partition plate that partitions the storage part,
The said control part moves the said partition plate so that the banknote paid out by the said drawing mechanism and the banknote integrated | stacked by the said accumulation mechanism may be divided, The paper sheet handling apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. An automatic transaction apparatus comprising the paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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