JP3977033B2

JP3977033B2 - Banknote handling machine

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Publication number: JP3977033B2
Application number: JP2001180451A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 純敏河野
Original assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co Ltd
Current assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co Ltd
Priority date: 2001-06-14
Filing date: 2001-06-14
Publication date: 2007-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 2021-06-14
Also published as: JP2002373358A

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、入金された紙幣を収納可能な紙幣処理機に関する。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
従来、銀行等の金融機関では、入金する紙幣を一枚ずつ取り込むとともに、その取り込んだ紙幣の金種等を鑑別して金種別に設けられる一時貯留庫に振り分け、その入金が確定するまではこれら紙幣を一時貯留させるとともに、入金の確定後、その紙幣を金種に応じて設けられる金種別の紙幣収納繰出部に収納する一方、金種別紙幣収納繰出部に収納した紙幣を、出金処理において出金用の紙幣として出金させる還流式の紙幣処理機が用いられている。このような紙幣処理機としては、既に特開２０００−１８２１１８号公報に開示されたもの等がある。
【０００３】
この紙幣処理機においては、それぞれ底部に横移動式の一時貯留板を有する金種別の一時貯留庫と、内部に昇降可能な扉式のフラッパを有する金種別の紙幣収納繰出部とが別々に独立して設けられている。そして、一時貯留庫から対応する紙幣収納繰出部に紙幣を落とし込む際には、一時貯留板を開作動させて紙幣収納繰出部内のフラッパに紙幣を受け渡し、このフラッパを開作動させるといった複雑な作動が必要となっている。
【０００４】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかしながら、上記紙幣処理機のように一時貯留庫と紙幣収納繰出部とを別々に独立して設けると、装置が大掛かりとなり、紙幣の収納量確保を優先させると、処理機全体が大型化してしまう。また逆に、処理機全体の大きさを小さく抑えると、紙幣の収納量を少なくせざるをえず、ニアフルセンサが紙幣の収納量が満杯になったことを頻繁に検出しそれ以降の入金処理を規制することになるため、全体的な処理効率の低下につながってしまうという問題が生じることとなっていた。
【０００５】
したがって、本発明は、全体の大きさをコンパクトに抑えることができ、その上で、収納紙幣が満杯になることによる処理不能状態の発生回数の増大を防止することで紙幣の処理効率を高めることが可能な紙幣処理機の提供を目的とする。
【０００６】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記目的を達成するために、本発明の請求項１記載の紙幣処理機は、入金処理時に入金された紙幣を入金確定操作まで一時貯留させる貯留空間を有する一時貯留部と、該一時貯留部の下側に設けられ、該一時貯留部に一時貯留された紙幣を前記入金確定操作後に収納空間に受け入れて収納する一方、出金処理時に該収納空間に収納した紙幣を最下のものから繰り出し可能な紙幣収納繰出部とを有するものであって、前記一時貯留部と前記紙幣収納繰出部とを一体に設けた一時貯留・収納繰出部を有し、該一時貯留・収納繰出部は、その筐体内の上下方向に連続する空間を、昇降可能な一対の扉式のフラッパのみによって上下に区画することにより、該フラッパの上側を前記一時貯留部の前記貯留空間とするとともに、前記フラッパの下側を前記紙幣収納繰出部の前記収納空間とし、前記フラッパの開作動により前記一時貯留部から前記紙幣収納繰出部への紙幣の受け渡しを行うことを特徴としている。
【０００７】
このように、一時貯留部と紙幣収納繰出部とが一体に設けられているため、これらを別々に独立して設ける場合に比して、紙幣収納繰出部の収納量を同じだけ確保しても一時貯留部および紙幣収納繰出部の両方を合わせた容積を小さくすることができる。
【０００９】
また、上下方向に連続する空間を、昇降可能な扉式のフラッパのみによって上下に区画することにより、このフラッパの上側を一時貯留部の貯留空間とするとともに、フラッパの下側を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間とするため、一時貯留部と紙幣収納繰出部とを独立して設ける場合に比して、少なくとも一時貯留部の底部を形成する横移動式の一時貯留板が不要となり、紙幣収納繰出部の収納量を同じだけ確保しても一時貯留部および紙幣収納繰出部の両方を合わせた容積を小さくすることができる。
【００１０】
本発明の請求項２記載の紙幣処理機は、請求項１記載のものに関して、前記フラッパ上に載置されて前記一時貯留部の最上部に位置する紙幣および待機位置に位置する前記フラッパを検出するヘッドセンサと、該ヘッドセンサより下側に設けられ、前記収納空間内の紙幣が満杯状態にあるか否かを検出するためのニアフルセンサとを有し、該ニアフルセンサで紙幣が満杯状態にあることが検出された状態において、少なくとも一回、前記フラッパ上に紙幣を受け入れるとともに前記ヘッドセンサが紙幣を検出しなくなるまで前記フラッパを降下させる暫定収納処理を行うことを特徴としている。
【００１１】
このように、ニアフルセンサで紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間内の紙幣が満杯状態にあることが検出された状態において、少なくとも一回、フラッパ上すなわち一時貯留部に紙幣を受け入れるとともにヘッドセンサが紙幣を検出しなくなるまでフラッパを降下させる暫定収納処理を行うため、紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間内の紙幣が満杯状態にある状態においても、少なくとも一回、紙幣の入金動作を行うことができる。
【００１２】
本発明の請求項３記載の紙幣処理機は、請求項２記載のものに関して、前記暫定収納処理を行う際または行った後に、前記紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させることを特徴としている。
【００１３】
このように、暫定収納処理を行う際または行った後に、紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させるため、紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間の満杯状態を解除でき、その後、暫定収納処理でフラッパ上すなわち一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させることができる。
【００１４】
本発明の請求項４記載の紙幣処理機は、請求項３記載のものに関して、前記フラッパには、該フラッパの開閉と前記収納空間内の紙幣との干渉を判断するためのフラッパ開閉センサが設けられており、前記暫定収納処理を行った後、前記紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより前記フラッパ開閉センサで前記フラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、前記フラッパを開作動させることを特徴としている。
【００１５】
このように、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを開作動させて、一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させる。よって、フラッパが開作動する際に収納空間の紙幣に干渉することがない。
【００１６】
本発明の請求項５記載の紙幣処理機は、請求項４記載のものに関して、前記暫定収納処理を行った後、前記紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより前記フラッパ開閉センサで前記フラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、前記フラッパを開作動させるとともに、該フラッパを開状態のまま前記待機位置まで上昇させ、その後、前記フラッパ開閉センサで前記フラッパの閉作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、前記フラッパを閉作動させることを特徴としている。
【００１７】
このように、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを開作動させて、一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させるとともに、フラッパを開状態のまま待機位置まで上昇させ、その後、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの閉作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを閉作動させる。よって、フラッパが閉作動する際に収納空間の紙幣に干渉することがなくなる。
【００１８】
本発明の請求項６記載の紙幣処理機は、請求項４または５記載のものに関して、前記暫定収納処理を行った後、前記紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより前記フラッパ開閉センサで前記フラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、前記フラッパを開作動させるとともに、その後、少なくとも前記ニアフルセンサで紙幣が満杯状態にないことが検出されるまで前記紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させることを特徴としている。
【００１９】
このように、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを開作動させて、一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させるとともに、その後、少なくともニアフルセンサで紙幣が満杯状態にないことが検出されるまで紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させる。よって、暫定収納処理を行った後に紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に紙幣が満杯状態となって次の入金動作が不可となってしまうことがない。
【００２０】
本発明の請求項７記載の紙幣処理機は、請求項３記載のものに関して、前記暫定収納処理を行った後、少なくとも前記ニアフルセンサで紙幣が満杯状態にないことが検出されるまで前記紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させることを特徴としている。
【００２１】
このように、暫定収納処理を行った後、少なくともニアフルセンサで紙幣が満杯状態にないことが検出されるまで紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させる。よって、暫定収納処理を行った後に紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に紙幣が満杯状態となって次の入金動作が不可となってしまうことがない。
【００２２】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明の一実施形態の紙幣処理機を図面を参照して以下に説明する。なお、各図において矢印で示すＸ方向が、操作を行うオペレータ側すなわち機体１０の前方（正面側）を示す。また、以下における前後は機体１０における前後であり、左右は、機体１０の前方から機体１０を見たときの左右である。
【００２３】
この実施形態の紙幣処理機は、バラ紙幣の入金、収納、回収および出金と、紙幣の結束、結束された束紙幣の収納および出金等、紙幣に関する各処理を行うことが可能とされ、銀行等における出納機の一部として他の図示しない硬貨処理機等と組み合わされて用いられるものであり、図１に示すように、その機体１０の上部には正面（前面）からやや上方に向いて、各処理の操作がオペレータにより入力される操作部１１と、処理のガイドメニュー、処理状態および処理結果等を表示する表示部１２とが設けられている。
【００２４】
また、これら操作部１１および表示部１２の下側位置には、正面に向いて、結束された束紙幣を機外に放出するための束紙幣放出口１３と、結束枚数に満たないバラの端数紙幣を機外に繰り出させる端数紙幣繰出口１４とが設けられている。
【００２５】
さらに、これら束紙幣放出口１３および端数紙幣繰出口１４の下側かつ前側位置には、上方を向いて、入金するバラ紙幣がオペレータによりセットされ、また機内から出金されるバラ紙幣が送り込まれる紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６と、所定枚数で結束された各金種の束紙幣が送り込まれる束紙幣出金口１７とが設けられている。
【００２６】
紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６には、機体１０の内外を開放・遮断するスライド式のスライドシャッタ１８が設けられており、束紙幣出金口１７にも、機体１０の内外を開放・遮断するスライド式のスライドシャッタ１９が設けられていて、端数紙幣繰出口１４にも、機体１０の内外を開放・遮断するスライド式のスライドシャッタ２０が設けられている。また、束紙幣放出口１３にも、機体１０の内外を開放・遮断する揺動式の開閉シャッタ２１が設けられている。
【００２７】
この紙幣処理機は、大きく分けると、紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６にその長手方向を左右方向とした状態でセットされるバラ紙幣を入金させて収納する入金処理を行うとともに、収納したバラ紙幣を必要に応じて紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６ヘ出金させる出金処理等のバラ紙幣における各処理を行う紙幣入出金ユニット２３と、該紙幣入出金ユニット２３から送り込まれるバラ紙幣を所定枚数集積させ、さらに集積させた集積紙幣を結束させるとともに、この結束した束紙幣をその目的に応じた場所に向け振分搬送する紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４と、該紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４で結束されて送り込まれる束紙幣を受け取り、金種別に収納するとともに、収納した束紙幣を必要に応じて束紙幣出金口１７へ出金させる束紙幣収納・出金ユニット２５とから構成されている。
【００２８】
ここで、束紙幣収納・出金ユニット２５は、紙幣入出金ユニット２３の正面から見て横に並設されていて、紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４は、これら紙幣入出金ユニット２３および束紙幣収納・出金ユニット２５の上側かつ後部側に配置されている。
【００２９】
以下に、本発明の要部である紙幣入出金ユニット２３について説明する。
図２に示すように、紙幣入出金ユニット２３は、主に紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６から取り込まれたバラ紙幣、あるいは出金させるバラ紙幣を搬送するための紙幣搬送部２７が上層に設けられており、この紙幣搬送部２７の下層には、この紙幣搬送部２７で搬送されたバラ紙幣を金種別に一時貯留させるとともに一時貯留させた紙幣を入金確定後に収納する一方、収納した紙幣を最下のものから繰り出し可能な紙幣収納部２８が設けられていて、二層構造とされている。
【００３０】
〔紙幣搬送部〕
紙幣搬送部２７は、入金処理時においてバラ紙幣がセットされ該セットされたバラ紙幣を一枚ずつ機体１０内に取り込むとともに、入金処理時における鑑別不能なリジェクト紙幣（バラ紙幣）が繰り出され、さらに、補充処理時における鑑別不能なリジェクト紙幣（バラ紙幣）が繰り出され、加えて、出金処理時においては機体１０内から出金バラ紙幣が繰り出される場所となる上記した紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６と、該紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６を必要に応じて開閉する上記したスライド式のスライドシャッタ１８と、入金バラ紙幣を必要な場所に搬送するとともに出金バラ紙幣を必要に応じた場所に搬送する搬送路３１と、該搬送路３１の搬送途中に設けられ、入金処理時において紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６から繰り出され搬送路３１で搬送される入金バラ紙幣および補充処理時において搬送路３１で搬送される補充バラ紙幣の真偽、金種および正損の鑑別を行う入金鑑別部３２と、出金処理時において搬送されるバラ紙幣のうち二重送り、斜行と判別された出金バラ紙幣を収納するとともに該紙幣入出金ユニット２３から着脱自在に設けられた出金リジェクトボックス３３と、入金処理時等において真かつ汚損と判断された汚損バラ紙幣を一時貯留する汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４と、該汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４に一時貯留された汚損バラ紙幣を入金処理の確定後に収納する汚損紙幣収納部３５とから構成される。
【００３１】
なお、搬送路３１の途中には、入金鑑別部３２の鑑別結果からバラ紙幣の表裏を判断し、該バラ紙幣の表裏を取り揃えるための表裏反転部３６が設けられている。
また、汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４および汚損紙幣収納部３５上には、開閉自在な扉３７，３８が設けられている。ここで、汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４上の扉３７は入金処理が取り消されたときに一時貯留される汚損バラ紙幣を返却する場合に容易に取り出せるように開閉自在であるのに対し、汚損紙幣収納部３５の扉３８は、入金確定後に収納される機械管理側のバラ紙幣であるため、容易に取り出されないようにキーロック（図示略）が設けられている。
以上の紙幣搬送部２７は、機体１０から前方に引き出し可能とされている。
【００３２】
〔紙幣収納部〕
紙幣収納部２８には、紙幣搬送部２７から送られる入金バラ紙幣あるいは補充バラ紙幣を搬送し金種別に振り分ける搬送路４０が上部に設けられており、また、この搬送路４０の下側に、入金バラ紙幣あるいは補充バラ紙幣を振分・収納するために、その取り引きが確定するまで、該バラ紙幣を貯留空間４４に一時貯留させる金種別の一時貯留部４１と、各一時貯留部４１の下側に設けられ、一時貯留部４１に一時貯留された紙幣を入金確定後に収納空間４２に受け入れて収納する一方、この収納空間４２に収納した紙幣を最下のものから一枚ずつ繰り出し可能な金種別の紙幣収納繰出部４３とが一体に設けられた金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６が設けられている。
【００３３】
さらに、紙幣収納部２８には、金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６の下部から繰り出されたバラ紙幣等を搬送する搬送路４７と、紙幣収納部２８の図示せぬフレームから着脱自在に設けられ、一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６からの回収紙幣を複数のローラからなる上部の紙幣受入繰出部４５から受入可能であり、また一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６へ紙幣を補充する補充処理の際に、装填された紙幣を上部の紙幣受入繰出部４５から一枚ずつ繰り出し可能に構成されるスタッカ４８と、搬送路４７の途中に設けられ、搬送するバラ紙幣の重送あるいは斜行等を鑑別する出金鑑別部４９とが設けられている。
【００３４】
ここで、金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６は、互いに高さ方向の位置および左右方向の位置を一致させた状態で前後方向に並設されており、各一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６の上側には、それぞれ、複数のローラで構成されて紙幣を搬送路４０から対応する一時貯留・収納繰出部４６に取り入れる紙幣取入部５０と、複数のローラで構成されて紙幣を対応する一時貯留・収納繰出部４６から搬送路４０に繰り出させる紙幣返却繰出部５１とが設けられている。さらに、各一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６の下側には、それぞれ、複数のローラで構成されて対応する一時貯留・収納繰出部４６の下側に収納された紙幣を最下のものから一枚ずつ搬送路４７に繰り出す紙幣出金繰出部５２が設けられている。なお、スタッカ４８は、これら一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６と左右方向の位置を合わせ、高さ方向の位置をほとんど重ね合わせた状態でこれらの前側に配置されている。
【００３５】
一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６は、それぞれ、搬送路４０の対応する紙幣取入部５０から対応金種のバラ紙幣を内部に取り込む上方に開口する形状の略角柱箱状の筐体５５を有しており、また、筐体５５内に取り込んだバラの一時貯留紙幣を表裏方向を上下方向にして、上下方向に順次集積させながら載置させる昇降可能かつ開閉可能な一対の扉式のフラッパ５６，５６と、筐体５５の内の下部に収納されたバラの収納紙幣の収納量が所定量以下になると集積状態の収納紙幣を略上方から所定の力で押圧するビルプレス５７とを有している。
【００３６】
そして、フラッパ５６，５６のみによって筐体５５内の上下方向に連続する空間を上下に区画することになり、これによって、フラッパの５６，５６の上側の空間を一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４とするとともに、フラッパ５６，５６の下側の空間を紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２とし、このフラッパ５６，５６の開作動により一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４から紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２への紙幣の受け渡しを行うようになっている。
【００３７】
フラッパ５６，５６は、筐体５５の両外側に互いに平行をなしかつ同高さとなるよう配置されるとともにこの状態で一体に昇降する支持軸５９，５９と、支持軸５９，５９に一端側が支持されることにより支持軸５９，５９を中心に揺動するフラッパ本体６０，６０とを有している。そして、フラッパ５６，５６は、フラッパ本体６０，６０が他端同士を近接させることにより共に筐体５５内で水平配置される閉状態となり、この状態で、上側の貯留空間４４に投入された紙幣をその上側に載置させる。また、フラッパ５６，５６は、この閉状態から他端側を下方に旋回させることで全体として筐体５１の外に位置する開状態となると、載置させていた紙幣を下側の収納空間４２に落とし込む。さらに、フラッパ５６，５６は、この開状態から他端側を互いに近接させるよう上方に旋回させることで閉状態に戻る。
【００３８】
なお、スタッカ４８は紙幣収納部２８のフレームに対し着脱自在であるのに対し、一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６は、着脱不可となるように紙幣収納部２８のフレームに固定されている。また、紙幣収納部２８は、機体１０から前方に引き出し可能とされており、引き出された状態でスタッカ４８が着脱されるようになっている。
【００３９】
以上に述べた紙幣入出金ユニット２３の各処理について説明する。
＜入金処理＞
オペレータにより入金させるバラ紙幣が紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６にセットされ操作部１１に入金処理の諸入力がなされると、図示せぬ制御部は、該紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６により、バラ紙幣を一枚ずつ分離して繰り出させることになり、繰り出された紙幣を、搬送路３１，４０の所定部分で構成される図３に太線で示す入金処理ルートで搬送させ、その途中の入金鑑別部３２の鑑別結果に基づいて振り分ける。すなわち、鑑別不能（偽、重送、斜行等）とされたバラ紙幣は紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６に繰り出させ、真かつ汚損と鑑別されたバラ紙幣は汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４に繰り出させ、真かつ正と鑑別されたバラ紙幣は適宜表裏反転部３６を通過させることで表裏を取り揃えた後、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６に、それぞれの紙幣取入部５０から繰り出させる。このとき、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６は、それぞれ、フラッパ５６，５６が閉状態とされており、紙幣取入部５０から取り入れた紙幣をフラッパ５６，５６の上側の一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４に一時貯留させる。入金処理の開始時においてフラッパ５６，５６は、上部の待機位置に位置しており、紙幣の受け入れ量の増大に対応して貯留空間４４を拡大するように下降する。
【００４０】
そして、紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６からすべてのバラ紙幣が一旦繰り出され、紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６、汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４および一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のそれぞれの一時貯留部４１にバラ紙幣が繰り出されると、制御部は、入金鑑別部３２の鑑別結果を表示部１２に表示させる。この表示部１２の表示からオペレータが入金確定操作を操作部１１に入力すると、制御部は、汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４のバラ紙幣を汚損紙幣収納部３５に収納させる。それとともに、制御部は、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のそれぞれのフラッパ５６，５６を開作動させることにより一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４と紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２とを連通させ、バラ紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３に落とし込んで収納させる。このとき、制御部は、必要に応じてスライドシャッタ１８を開作動させ紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６に戻された紙幣を取り出し可能とする。
なお、入金処理時における各一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６の一時貯留部４１から紙幣収納繰出部４３への収納動作についての詳細は後述する。
【００４１】
上記した表示部１２の表示からオペレータが入金キャンセル操作を操作部１１に入力すると、制御部は、フラッパ５６，５６を上昇させ、貯留空間４４に一時貯留させていた紙幣の上端部を紙幣返却繰出部５１に接触させる。この状態で紙幣を紙幣返却繰出部５１で繰り出させ、搬送路３１，４０の所定部分で構成される図４に太線で示す入金返却ルートで搬送させ、紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６に返却させ、その後、スライドシャッタ１８を開作動させる。また、汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４に貯留されていた真かつ汚損と鑑別されたバラ紙幣は、そのままで、扉３７の開作動のみを行う。
【００４２】
＜出金処理＞
オペレータにより操作部１１に出金処理の諸入力がなされると、制御部は、出金紙幣のうちバラ紙幣で出金させるものについては紙幣入出金ユニット２３から出金させる。すなわち、金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のそれぞれの紙幣収納繰出部４３に収納させていたバラ紙幣を紙幣出金繰出部５２により最下のものから一枚ずつ分離して繰り出させ、搬送路４７，３１の所定部分で構成される図５に太線で示す出金処理ルートに沿って搬送させ、その途中の出金鑑別部４９の鑑別結果に基づいて振り分ける。すなわち、重送または斜行と判定されたバラ紙幣は出金リジェクトボックス３３に繰り出させ、それ以外のバラ紙幣は、紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６に繰り出させ、その後、スライドシャッタ１８を開作動させる。
【００４３】
＜補充処理＞
オペレータにより補充用のバラ紙幣がスタッカ４８に装填された状態で、操作部１１に補充処理の諸入力がなされると、制御部は、スタッカ４８から補充されたバラ紙幣を一枚ずつ分離して、搬送路４０，３１の所定部分で構成される図６に太線で示す補充処理ルートに沿って搬送させ、その途中の入金鑑別部３２の鑑別結果に基づいて振り分ける。すなわち、鑑別不能（重送、斜行等）とされたバラ紙幣、および真かつ汚損と鑑別されたバラ紙幣は汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４に繰り出させ、真かつ正と鑑別されたバラ紙幣は適宜表裏反転部３６を通過させることで表裏を取り揃えた後、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６に、それぞれの紙幣取入部５０から繰り出させる。このとき、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６は、それぞれ、フラッパ５６，５６が閉状態とされており、紙幣取入部５０から取り入れた紙幣を一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４に一時貯留させる。
【００４４】
そして、スタッカ４８からすべてのバラ紙幣が一旦繰り出され、汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４および各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のそれぞれの一時貯留部４１にすべてのバラ紙幣が繰り出されると、制御部は、入金鑑別部３２の鑑別結果を表示部１２に表示させる。この表示部１２の表示からオペレータが補充確定操作を操作部１１に入力すると、制御部は、汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４のバラ紙幣を汚損紙幣収納部３５に収納させる。それとともに、制御部は、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のそれぞれのフラッパ５６，５６を開作動させることにより一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４と紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２とを連通させ、バラ紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３に落とし込んで収納させる。
【００４５】
＜回収処理＞
オペレータにより操作部１１に回収処理の諸入力がなされると、制御部は、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のそれぞれの紙幣収納繰出部４３から紙幣出金繰出部５２によって、収納させていたバラ紙幣を最下のものから一枚ずつ分離して繰り出させ、搬送路４７，４０，３１の所定部分で構成される図７に太線で示す回収処理ルートに沿って搬送させ、その途中の出金鑑別部４９の鑑別結果に基づいて振り分ける。すなわち、重送または斜行と判定されたバラ紙幣は出金リジェクトボックス３３に繰り出させ、それ以外のバラ紙幣は、すべてスタッカ４８に繰り出させる。そして、オペレータは、このように紙幣が繰り出されたスタッカ４８を必要に応じて機外に取り出して紙幣を回収する。
【００４６】
＜ローカル結束処理＞
ローカル結束処理とは、機械側管理外の紙幣の結束処理を指すものである。
オペレータにより結束させるバラ紙幣が紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６にセットされ操作部１１にローカル結束処理の諸入力がなされると、制御部は、紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６によりバラ紙幣を一枚ずつ分離して繰り出させ、搬送路３１の所定部分で構成される図８に太線で示すローカル結束処理ルートに沿って搬送させて、その途中の入金鑑別部３２の鑑別結果に基づいて振り分ける。すなわち、鑑別不能（偽、重送、斜行等）とされたバラ紙幣は紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６に繰り出させ、真かつ汚損と鑑別されたバラ紙幣は汚損紙幣一時貯留部３４に繰り出させ、真かつ正と鑑別されたバラ紙幣は適宜表裏反転部３６を通過させることで表裏を取り揃えた後、上部の紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４へ繰り出させる。このとき、制御部は、必要に応じてスライドシャッタ１８を開作動させ紙幣入出金・リジェクト口１６に戻された紙幣を取り出し可能とする。
【００４７】
そして、制御部は、真かつ正と鑑別されたバラ紙幣を、紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４において結束させ、これを束紙幣放出口１３から機外に放出させる。なお、このローカル結束処理の場合、処理する枚数が確定されているものとは限らないため、結束する枚数に満たない端数紙幣が生じる可能性があり、この生じた端数紙幣は、紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４で端数紙幣繰出口１４から繰り出させることになる。
【００４８】
＜機械管理結束収納処理＞
機械管理結束収納処理とは、各金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のいずれかの紙幣収納繰出部４３の紙幣の収納量が満杯に近い状態になった場合等に、この紙幣収納繰出部４３から自動的に紙幣を繰り出して紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４で束紙幣を作成し、束紙幣収納・出金ユニット２５に収納させる、いわゆる機械側管理の紙幣の結束処理および収納処理を指すものである。
【００４９】
すなわち、機械管理結束収納処理を開始させると、制御部は、対象となる紙幣収納繰出部４３に収納させていたバラ紙幣を紙幣出金繰出部５２によって最下のものから一枚ずつ分離して繰り出させ、搬送路４７，３１の所定部分で構成される図９に太線で示す機械管理結束収納処理ルートに沿って搬送させ、その途中の出金鑑別部４９の鑑別結果に基づいて振り分ける。すなわち、鑑別不能（重送、斜行等）とされたバラ紙幣は出金リジェクトボックス３３に繰り出させ、それ以外のバラ紙幣は、上部の紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４へ繰り出させる。
【００５０】
そして、制御部は、紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４において送り込まれたバラ紙幣を結束させ、これを束紙幣収納・出金ユニット２５に収納させる。なお、この場合、機械管理による処理であり、紙幣結束・搬送ユニット２４へは、結束単位枚数の整数倍のバラ紙幣のみを繰り出すようになっているため、端数紙幣が生じることはない。
【００５１】
＜入金処理時における一時貯留庫から紙幣収納繰出部への収納動作＞
上記入金処理時における金種別の一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６のそれぞれの一時貯留部４１から紙幣収納繰出部４３への紙幣の収納動作について、図１０〜図１６を参照してさらに説明する。
【００５２】
ここで、図１０に示すように、一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６には、それぞれ、一時貯留部４１の上端部位置にヘッドセンサ６３が設けられている。このヘッドセンサ６３は光路の遮断の有無により物の有無を検知するものである。
【００５３】
ヘッドセンサ６３は、フラッパ５６，５６上に載置されて一時貯留部４１の最上部（紙幣取入部５０より下側）に位置するバラ紙幣の有無およびフラッパ５６，５６の有無を検出する。ここで、例えば、ヘッドセンサ６３で検出されていない状態からフラッパ５６，５６を上昇させこれがヘッドセンサ６３で検出される状態に切り替わる位置、すなわちヘッドセンサ６３に近接する直下の所定位置が、フラッパ５６，５６の「待機位置」となり、この「待機位置」において筐体５５内に進出して閉じられたフラッパ５６，５６の状態が通常の待機状態となる。なお、フラッパ５６，５６の位置は、支持軸５９，５９等、その開閉状態には無関係な位置で決められる。
【００５４】
また、一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６には、それぞれ、ヘッドセンサ６３より下側に、紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２内の中間部にあるバラ紙幣を検出するニアフルセンサ６４が設けられている。このニアフルセンサ６４は、光路の遮断の有無により物の有無を検知するものであり、収納空間４２内の収納紙幣Ｓ２が満杯状態にあるか否かを検出する。具体的には、ニアフルセンサ６４は、収納空間４２内における紙幣の収納量が収納限界量を越える収納限界越高さ位置におけるバラ紙幣の有無を検出する。すなわち、制御部は、ニアフルセンサ６４が紙幣を検出している状態においては収納紙幣Ｓ２の収納量が限界量を越えている（すなわち満杯状態にある）と判定し、ニアフルセンサ６４が紙幣を検出しない状態においては収納紙幣Ｓ２の収納量が限界量以内にある（すなわち満杯状態にない）と判定する。なお、ニアフルセンサ６４の位置は、このニアフルセンサ６４で紙幣が満杯状態にあることを検出した後に、さらに少なくとも一回分の紙幣を一時貯留部４１に貯留できるように、少なくとも一回分の紙幣の最大取り込み枚数分をフラッパ５６，５６上に載置できる貯留空間４４をフラッパ５６，５６とヘッドセンサ６３との間に確保可能となる位置に設けられている。
【００５５】
さらに、一時貯留・収納繰出部４６，４６，４６には、それぞれ、ニアフルセンサ６４より下側であって紙幣収納繰出部４３内となる位置に、収納空間４２内の下部のバラ紙幣を検出するビルプレスセンサ６５が設けられている。このビルプレスセンサ６５は、紙幣収納繰出部４３の紙幣が、下部からの繰り出しのための摩擦力を得るのに必要な重量を得るだけの量以上集積されているか否かを検出し、この検出結果からビルプレス５７を駆動させる。
【００５６】
他方、フラッパ５６，５６の下側所定位置には、フラッパ５６，５６具体的にはその支持軸５９，５９と一体に昇降移動するフラッパ開閉センサ６２が設けられている。このフラッパ開閉センサ６２は、フラッパ５６，５６の開閉と収納紙幣Ｓ２との干渉を判断するためのもので、具体的には、フラッパ５６，５６の開閉に干渉しない上限位置にある紙幣を、光路の遮断の有無により検出する。すなわち、制御部は、フラッパ開閉センサ６２が紙幣を検出しない状態から紙幣を検出する状態に切り換わった時点で、フラッパ５６，５６と収納紙幣Ｓ２との位置関係がフラッパ５６，５６の開閉で干渉しない最も近い位置にあると判定することになり、フラッパ開閉センサ６２が紙幣を検出しない状態においては、フラッパ５６，５６の開閉に干渉しない位置に収納紙幣Ｓ２が位置していると判定することになる。
【００５７】
まず、ニアフルセンサ６４が収納紙幣を検出していない場合、つまり通常の入金処理において一時貯留部４１から紙幣収納繰出部４３に紙幣を収納させるときの動作について図１０〜図１２に基づき説明する。
【００５８】
入金処理が開始されると、図示せぬ制御部は、フラッパ５６，５６を閉状態のまま図１０に示す「待機位置」に位置させることにより、一時貯留させる紙幣の取り込みを開始させるとともに、図１１に示すように、フラッパ５６，５６上に取り込まれる紙幣の集積量に合わせてフラッパ５６，５６を徐々に降下させる。そして、入金するバラ紙幣の対応金種のものがすべてフラッパ５６，５６上の一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４に取り込まれると、制御部は、オペレータが入金確定操作を操作部１１に入力しその入金が確定したことを条件に、フラッパ５６，５６を降下させ、フラッパ５６，５６の上に載置させていた一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１（この段階で、この紙幣は入金が確定しているため一時貯留紙幣ではなくなるが、ここでは既に紙幣収納繰出部４３に集積されている収納紙幣Ｓ２と区別するため「一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１」とする）を、フラッパ５６，５６を開作動させることにより、フラッパ５６，５６より下方の紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２の既に収納されている収納紙幣Ｓ２の上側に落とし込ませて、収納する。
【００５９】
ここで、フラッパ５６，５６が、オペレータの入金確定操作により降下を開始すると、図１２に示すように、制御部は、フラッパ開閉センサ６２によりすでに収納空間４２内に集積されている収納紙幣Ｓ２の有無を検出させ、該フラッパ開閉センサ６２が収納紙幣Ｓ２を検出すると、その位置（すなわちフラッパ５６，５６がその開作動に対し収納紙幣Ｓ２に干渉しない最下位置）でフラッパ５６，５６の降下を停止させる。そして、その後、制御部は、フラッパ５６，５６を開作動させてフラッパ５６，５６上にあった一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１をフラッパ５６，５６より下方の収納空間４２内に、すでに収納されている収納紙幣Ｓ２上に落とし込ませることにより収納させる。
このように一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１を落とし込ませた後、制御部は、フラッパ５６，５６を開放状態のまま、「待機位置」まで上昇させ、フラッパ開閉センサ６２が紙幣を検知していないことを確認してから、フラッパ５６，５６を閉じてその収納動作を終了させる。
【００６０】
次に、ニアフルセンサ６４が収納限界越高さ位置の集積紙幣を検出している場合、つまり紙幣収納繰出部４３が満杯状態であるにもかかわらず、更に紙幣収納繰出部４３に紙幣を収納させるときの動作について図１３〜図１６に基づいて説明する。
【００６１】
ここで、ニアフルセンサ６４は、紙幣を検出していない状態においては、該ニアフルセンサ６４より上側に、一時貯留部４１の貯留容量に応じた紙幣を確実に収納可能な空間（図１０に示すフラッパ開閉センサ６２からニアフルセンサ６４までの間の空間）を確保し、かつ収納時にフラッパ５６，５６の開閉動作を可能とする空間（図１０に示すフラッパ５６，５６とフラッパ開閉センサ６２との間の空間）を確保する必要があることから、収納空間４２に対して、かなりその上側の空間に余裕を持たせるような高さ位置に設けられることになる。
【００６２】
しかしながら、収納空間４２に対し、このように紙幣の集積に使用できない空間があるということは非効率的であるため、以下のように、ニアフルセンサ６４で紙幣が検出された状態すなわち収納紙幣Ｓ２が満杯状態にあることが検出された状態においても、少なくとも一回、入金処理が行えるように、一時貯留部４１に紙幣を取り込むとともにヘッドセンサ６３が紙幣を検出しなくなるまで降下させる暫定収納処理を行ない、該暫定収納処理に関連して、紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３から繰り出させて収納空間４２を効率的に使用する。
【００６３】
まず、図１３に示すように、紙幣収納繰出部４３において、前回の収納時にニアフルセンサ６４が収納紙幣Ｓ２を検知した場合においても、さらにこの状態から、機械管理結束収納処理すなわち紙幣収納繰出部４３からの紙幣の繰り出しを行なうことなく入金処理を行わせる。これにより、フラッパ５６，５６上に一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１が載置される。そして、オペレータが入金確定操作を操作部１１に入力しその入金が確定したことを条件に、制御部は、フラッパ５６，５６を、図１４に示すように、載置させた一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１が再度ヘッドセンサ６３で検出されなくなる位置まで降下させる（暫定収納処理）。なお、フラッパ５６，５６上に載置される一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１の集積量がヘッドセンサ６３で検出できない程少量である場合には、該フラッパ５６，５６をヘッドセンサ６３が検出しなくなった位置でその降下が停止されることになる。
【００６４】
ここで、フラッパ５６，５６に載置させた一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１の集積量が少なく、載置させた一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１が再度ヘッドセンサ６３で検出されなくなる位置までフラッパ５６，５６を降下させた状態でフラッパ開閉センサ６２が収納紙幣Ｓ２を検出していなければ、フラッパ５６，５６を開いて一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１を放出させてしまうことも可能であるが、収納紙幣Ｓ２の膨らみ状態あるいは集積状態によっては、再び「待機位置」に戻ってからフラッパ５６，５６を閉じることができなくなる可能性があるため、ここでは、制御部が、フラッパ開閉センサ６２の検出結果は無視し、フラッパ５６，５６を、図１４に示すように、ヘッドセンサ６３が一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１を検出しなくなった時の位置でしかも閉じた状態のまま待機させる。
【００６５】
この暫定収納処理の後、出金処理等が行われないようであれば、制御部は、上述した機械管理結束収納処理を行うことで、紙幣収納繰出部４３内の収納紙幣Ｓ２を繰り出させ、そのニアフル状態を解消させる。この機械管理結束収納処理を開始させた場合、制御部は、フラッパ開閉センサ６２の検出結果から収納紙幣Ｓ２の状態を検出し、フラッパ開閉センサ６２で該収納紙幣Ｓ２が検出されなくなるまで紙幣収納繰出部４３内の収納紙幣Ｓ２を繰り出させると、フラッパ開閉センサ６２で該収納紙幣Ｓ２が検出されなくなった時点すなわちフラッパ５６，５６の開閉と収納紙幣Ｓ２との干渉がないことが判断された時点でフラッパ５６，５６を開作動させて該フラッパ５６，５６上にあった一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１を該フラッパ５６，５６より下方の収納空間４２内に、すでに収納されている収納紙幣Ｓ２上に落とし込ませて収納させるとともに、フラッパ５６，５６を開状態のまま「待機位置」まで上昇させる。
【００６６】
なお、この場合、機械管理結束収納処理を開始させた後、少なくともニアフルセンサ６４で紙幣が検出されなくなるまで、紙幣収納繰出部４３内の収納紙幣Ｓ２を繰り出させた後に、フラッパ５６，５６を開作動させて該フラッパ５６，５６上にあった一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１を放出させてもよい。このように制御する場合は、暫定収納処理を行なう際に、機械管理結束収納処理すなわち紙幣収納繰出部４３からの紙幣の繰り出しを開始させることも可能である。
【００６７】
そして、フラッパ５６，５６から一時貯留紙幣Ｓ１が放出されることによって収納紙幣Ｓ２の集積量が増えるため、制御部では、「待機位置」で開状態のまま待機するフラッパ５６，５６のフラッパ開閉センサ６２が再び収納紙幣Ｓ２を検出しなくなるまで待機し、フラッパ開閉センサ６２が収納紙幣Ｓ２を検出しなくなった時点すなわちフラッパ５６，５６の開閉と収納紙幣Ｓ２との干渉がないことが判断された時点で、フラッパ５６，５６を閉作動させることになる。このとき、制御部は、機械管理結束収納処埋を、収納紙幣Ｓ２が少なくともニアフルセンサ６４に検出されない状態（すなわち満杯状態にないことが検出される状態）となり、かつ後の処理のために必要な所定量を残すまで、その繰り出しを継続して行わせることになる。
【００６８】
以上に述べたように、この実施の形態の紙幣処理機によれば、一時貯留部４１と紙幣収納繰出部４３とが一体に設けられているため、これらを別々に独立して設ける場合に比して、紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納量を同じだけ確保しても一時貯留部４１および紙幣収納繰出部４３の両方を合わせた容積を小さくすることができる。
【００６９】
したがって、全体の大きさをコンパクトに抑えることができ、その上で、収納紙幣が満杯になることによる処理不能状態の発生回数の増大を防止することで紙幣の処理効率を高めることが可能となる。
【００７０】
また、上下方向に連続する空間を、昇降可能な扉式のフラッパ５６，５６のみによって上下に区画することにより、このフラッパ５６，５６の上側の空間を一時貯留部４１の貯留空間４４とするとともに、フラッパ５６，５６の下側の空間を紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２とするため、一時貯留部４１と紙幣収納繰出部４３とを独立して設ける場合に比して、少なくとも一時貯留部４１の底部を形成する横移動式の一時貯留板等が不要となり、紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納量を同じだけ確保しても一時貯留部４１および紙幣収納繰出部４３の両方を合わせた容積を小さくすることができる。
【００７１】
したがって、全体の大きさをコンパクトに抑えることができ、その上で、収納紙幣が満杯になることによる処理不能状態の発生回数の増大を防止することで紙幣の処理効率を高めることが可能となる。
【００７２】
さらに、ニアフルセンサ６４で紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２内の紙幣が満杯状態にあることが検出された状態において、少なくとも一回、フラッパ５６，５６上すなわち一時貯留部４１に紙幣を受け入れるとともにヘッドセンサ６３が紙幣を検出しなくなるまでフラッパ５６，５６を降下させる暫定収納処理を行うため、紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２内の紙幣が満杯状態にある状態においても、少なくとも一回、紙幣の入金動作を行うことができる。
【００７３】
したがって、紙幣の処理効率をさらに高めることができる。
【００７４】
加えて、暫定収納処理を行う際または行った後に、紙幣収納繰出部４３から紙幣を繰り出させるため、紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２の満杯状態を解除でき、その後、暫定収納処理でフラッパ５６，５６上すなわち一時貯留部４１に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２に収納させることができる。
【００７５】
したがって、暫定収納処理の後、一時貯留部４１に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２に収納させることができるため、紙幣の処理効率をさらに高めることができる。
【００７６】
また、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部４３からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサ６２でフラッパ５６，５６の開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパ５６，５６を開作動させて、一時貯留部４１に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２に収納させる。よって、フラッパ５６，５６が開作動する際に収納空間４２の紙幣に干渉することがない。
【００７７】
したがって、フラッパ５６，５６の開作動で紙幣にジャム等を生じてしまうことがない。
【００７８】
さらに、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部４３からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサ６２でフラッパ５６，５６の開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパ５６，５６を開作動させて、一時貯留部４１に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２に収納させるとともに、フラッパ５６，５６を開状態のまま待機位置まで上昇させ、その後、フラッパ開閉センサ６２でフラッパ５６，５６の閉作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパ５６，５６を閉作動させる。よって、フラッパ５６，５６が閉作動する際に収納空間４２の紙幣に干渉することがなくなる。
【００７９】
したがって、フラッパ５６，５６の閉作動で紙幣にジャム等を生じてしまうことがない。
【００８０】
加えて、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部４３からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサ６２でフラッパ５６，５６の開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパ５６，５６を開作動させて、一時貯留部４１に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２に収納させるとともに、その後、少なくともニアフルセンサ６４で紙幣が満杯状態にないことが検出されるまで紙幣収納繰出部４３から紙幣を繰り出させる。よって、暫定収納処理を行った後に紙幣収納繰出部４３の収納空間４２に紙幣が満杯状態となって次の入金動作が不可となってしまうことがない。
【００８１】
したがって、紙幣の処理効率をさらに高めることができる。
【００８２】
【発明の効果】
以上詳述したように、本発明の請求項１記載の紙幣処理機によれば、一時貯留部と紙幣収納繰出部とが一体に設けられているため、これらを別々に独立して設ける場合に比して、紙幣収納繰出部の収納量を同じだけ確保しても一時貯留部および紙幣収納繰出部の両方を合わせた容積を小さくすることができる。
【００８３】
したがって、全体の大きさをコンパクトに抑えることができ、その上で、収納紙幣が満杯になることによる処理不能状態の発生回数の増大を防止することで紙幣の処理効率を高めることが可能となる。
【００８４】
また、上下方向に連続する空間を、昇降可能な扉式のフラッパのみによって上下に区画することにより、このフラッパの上側の空間を一時貯留部の貯留空間とするとともに、フラッパの下側を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間とするため、一時貯留部と紙幣収納繰出部とを独立して設ける場合に比して、少なくとも一時貯留部の底部を形成する横移動式の一時貯留板が不要となり、紙幣収納繰出部の収納量を同じだけ確保しても一時貯留部および紙幣収納繰出部の両方を合わせた容積を小さくすることができる。
【００８５】
したがって、全体の大きさをコンパクトに抑えることができ、その上で、収納紙幣が満杯になることによる処理不能状態の発生回数の増大を防止することで紙幣の処理効率を高めることが可能となる。
【００８６】
本発明の請求項２記載の紙幣処理機によれば、ニアフルセンサで紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間内の紙幣が満杯状態にあることが検出された状態において、少なくとも一回、フラッパ上すなわち一時貯留部に紙幣を受け入れるとともにヘッドセンサが紙幣を検出しなくなるまでフラッパを降下させる暫定収納処理を行うため、紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間内の紙幣が満杯状態にある状態においても、少なくとも一回、紙幣の入金動作を行うことができる。
【００８７】
したがって、紙幣の処理効率をさらに高めることができる。
【００８８】
本発明の請求項３記載の紙幣処理機によれば、暫定収納処理を行う際または行った後に、紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させるため、紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間の満杯状態を解除でき、その後、暫定収納処理でフラッパ上すなわち一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させることができる。
【００８９】
したがって、暫定収納処理の後、一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させることができるため、紙幣の処理効率をさらに高めることができる。
【００９０】
本発明の請求項４記載の紙幣処理機によれば、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを開作動させて、一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させる。よって、フラッパが開作動する際に収納空間の紙幣に干渉することがない。
【００９１】
したがって、フラッパの開作動で紙幣にジャム等を生じてしまうことがない。
【００９２】
本発明の請求項５記載の紙幣処理機によれば、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを開作動させて、一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させるとともに、フラッパを開状態のまま待機位置まで上昇させ、その後、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの閉作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを閉作動させる。よって、フラッパが閉作動する際に収納空間の紙幣に干渉することがなくなる。
【００９３】
したがって、フラッパの閉作動で紙幣にジャム等を生じてしまうことがない。
【００９４】
本発明の請求項６記載の紙幣処理機によれば、暫定収納処理を行った後、紙幣収納繰出部からの紙幣の繰り出しにより、フラッパ開閉センサでフラッパの開作動と紙幣との干渉がないことが判断されると、フラッパを開作動させて、一時貯留部に受け入れた紙幣を紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に収納させるとともに、その後、少なくともニアフルセンサで紙幣が満杯状態にないことが検出されるまで紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させる。よって、暫定収納処理を行った後に紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に紙幣が満杯状態となって次の入金動作が不可となってしまうことがない。
【００９５】
したがって、紙幣の処理効率をさらに高めることができる。
【００９６】
本発明の請求項７記載の紙幣処理機によれば、暫定収納処理を行った後、少なくともニアフルセンサで紙幣が満杯状態にないことが検出されるまで紙幣収納繰出部から紙幣を繰り出させる。よって、暫定収納処理を行った後に紙幣収納繰出部の収納空間に紙幣が満杯状態となって次の入金動作が不可となってしまうことがない。
【００９７】
したがって、紙幣の処理効率をさらに高めることができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明の一実施形態の紙幣処理機を示す斜視図。
【図２】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの概略構成を示す側断面図。
【図３】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの＜入金処理＞時における搬送経路図。
【図４】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの＜入金処理＞時において紙幣を返却する際の搬送経路図。
【図５】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの＜出金処理＞時における搬送経路図。
【図６】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの＜補充処理＞時における搬送経路図。
【図７】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの＜回収処理＞時における搬送経路図。
【図８】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの＜ローカル管理結束処理＞時における搬送経路図。
【図９】同実施形態の紙幣入出金ユニットの＜機械管理結束収納処理＞時における搬送経路図。
【図１０】同実施形態の一時貯留・収納繰出部における各センサの配置構成と各部の待機位置を示す図。
【図１１】同実施形態の入金処理時において、ニアフルセンサが集積紙幣を検知していない場合の一の状態を示す動作説明図。
【図１２】同実施形態の入金処理時において、ニアフルセンサが集積紙幣を検知していない場合の別の状態を示す動作説明図。
【図１３】同実施形態の入金処理時において、ニアフルセンサが集積紙幣を検知している場合の一の状態を動作説明図。
【図１４】同実施形態の入金処理時において、ニアフルセンサが集積紙幣を検知している場合の別の状態を動作説明図。
【図１５】同実施形態の入金処理時において、ニアフルセンサが集積紙幣を検知している場合のさらに別の状態を示す動作説明図。
【図１６】同実施形態の入金処理時において、ニアフルセンサが集積紙幣を検知している場合のさらに別の状態を示す動作説明図。
【符号の説明】
４１一時貯留部
４２収納空間
４３紙幣収納繰出部
４４貯留空間
５６フラッパ
６２フラッパ開閉センサ
６３ヘッドセンサ
６４ニアフルセンサ[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine capable of storing deposited banknotes.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, financial institutions such as banks take in banknotes to be deposited one by one, distinguish the denominations of the banknotes that have been taken in, and distribute them to temporary storage provided for each denomination until they are finalized. In the withdrawal process, the banknotes are temporarily stored, and after the payment is confirmed, the banknotes are stored in the banknote storing and feeding part of the denomination provided according to the denomination, while the banknotes stored in the banknote storing and feeding part of the denomination are stored in the withdrawal process. A reflux-type banknote processing machine that withdraws money as a banknote for withdrawal is used. As such a banknote processing machine, there is one already disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-182118.
[0003]
In this banknote handling machine, a denomination type temporary storage having a laterally moving temporary storage plate at the bottom and a denomination type banknote storage and feeding unit having a door-type flapper that can be moved up and down are independent of each other. Is provided. And when dropping a bill from the temporary storage to the corresponding bill storage and feeding section, a complicated operation such as opening the temporary storage plate, delivering the banknote to the flapper in the bill storage and feeding section, and opening the flapper is performed. It is necessary.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, if the temporary storage and the bill storage / feeding unit are provided separately and independently as in the bill processing machine, the apparatus becomes large, and if priority is given to securing the stored amount of banknotes, the entire processing device will be enlarged. . Conversely, if the overall size of the processing machine is kept small, the amount of bills stored must be reduced, and the near-full sensor frequently detects that the amount of bills stored is full and performs subsequent deposit processing. Since the regulation is to be performed, there is a problem that the overall processing efficiency is lowered.
[0005]
Therefore, this invention can suppress the whole magnitude | size compactly, and also raises the processing efficiency of a banknote by preventing the increase in the frequency | count of an unprocessable state by the storing banknote becoming full. The purpose is to provide a banknote handling machine that can handle the above.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a banknote handling machine according to claim 1 of the present invention provides: During deposit processing The deposited banknote Until payment confirmation operation A temporary storage unit having a storage space for temporary storage, and a banknote temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit provided below the temporary storage unit After the deposit confirmation operation While receiving and storing in the storage space, During withdrawal process A temporary storage / storage / feeding-out unit having a banknote storage / feeding-out part capable of feeding out the banknotes stored in the storage space from the lowest one, wherein the temporary storage part and the banknote storage / feeding-out part are integrally provided. The temporary storage / storage / feeding section divides a space continuous in the vertical direction in the casing vertically by only a pair of door-type flappers that can be moved up and down, whereby the upper side of the flapper is The storage space of the storage unit is used as the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding part below the flapper, and banknotes are transferred from the temporary storage part to the banknote storage and delivery part by opening the flapper. It is characterized by that.
[0007]
As described above, since the temporary storage unit and the bill storage / feeding unit are integrally provided, even if the storage amount of the banknote storage / feeding unit is ensured by the same amount as compared with the case where they are provided separately and independently. The combined volume of both the temporary storage unit and the bill storage / feeding unit can be reduced.
[0009]
Also, By dividing the space continuous in the vertical direction up and down only by a door-type flapper that can be raised and lowered, the upper side of this flapper is used as a storage space for the temporary storage unit, and the lower side of the flapper is stored in the banknote storage and feeding unit Compared to the case where the temporary storage unit and the bill storage / feeding unit are provided independently, a laterally movable temporary storage plate that forms at least the bottom of the temporary storage unit is not required, and the bill storage / feeding unit Even if the same storage amount is ensured, the combined volume of both the temporary storage unit and the bill storage and feeding unit can be reduced.
[0010]
Of the present invention Claim 2 The banknote handling machine described is Claim 1 With respect to what is described, a head sensor that is placed on the flapper and detects the banknote located at the uppermost part of the temporary storage unit and the flapper located at the standby position, and provided below the head sensor, And a near full sensor for detecting whether or not the bill in the storage space is full, and the bill is placed on the flapper at least once when the near full sensor detects that the bill is full. And a temporary storage process for lowering the flapper until the head sensor no longer detects a bill.
[0011]
As described above, when the near full sensor detects that the banknote in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding part is full, the head sensor detects the banknote while receiving the banknote on the flapper, that is, the temporary storage part at least once. Since the provisional storage process for lowering the flapper until it stops is performed, the banknote can be deposited at least once even in a state where the banknote in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding part is full.
[0012]
Of the present invention Claim 3 The banknote handling machine described is Claim 2 With respect to what is described, the bill is fed out from the bill storage and feeding section when or after the provisional storage processing is performed.
[0013]
In this way, when the provisional storage process is performed or after the provisional storage process, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and delivery part, so that the storage state of the storage space of the banknote storage and delivery part can be released. The banknote received in the storage part can be stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding part.
[0014]
Of the present invention Claim 4 The banknote handling machine described is Claim 3 The flapper is provided with a flapper opening / closing sensor for judging the interference between the opening / closing of the flapper and the banknote in the storage space, and after the provisional storage process, the banknote storage The flapper is opened when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the bill by feeding out the bill from the feeding unit.
[0015]
As described above, after the provisional storage process is performed, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the bills by the feeding of the bills from the bill storage and feeding unit, the flapper is opened. Then, the banknote received in the temporary storage unit is stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit. Therefore, it does not interfere with the bills in the storage space when the flapper is opened.
[0016]
Of the present invention Claim 5 The banknote handling machine described is Claim 4 After performing the provisional storage processing for the described one, when it is determined that there is no interference between the opening operation of the flapper and the banknote by the flapper opening / closing sensor by feeding the banknote from the banknote storage and feeding section. Opening the flapper and raising the flapper to the standby position while the flapper is open. After that, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper closing operation and the banknote, It is characterized by being closed.
[0017]
As described above, after the provisional storage process is performed, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the bills by the feeding of the bills from the bill storage and feeding unit, the flapper is opened. The banknote received in the temporary storage unit is stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit, and the flapper is raised to the standby position while being opened, and then the flapper opening / closing sensor causes the flapper closing operation to interfere with the banknote. If it is determined that there is not, the flapper is closed. Therefore, it does not interfere with the bills in the storage space when the flapper is closed.
[0018]
Of the present invention Claim 6 The banknote handling machine described is Claim 4 or 5 After performing the provisional storage processing for the described one, when it is determined that there is no interference between the opening operation of the flapper and the banknote by the flapper opening / closing sensor by feeding the banknote from the banknote storage and feeding section. The flapper is opened, and then the bill is fed out from the bill storage and feeding section until at least the near full sensor detects that the bill is not full.
[0019]
As described above, after the provisional storage process is performed, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the bills by the feeding of the bills from the bill storage and feeding unit, the flapper is opened. Then, the banknote received in the temporary storage unit is stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit, and then the banknote is fed out from the banknote storage and feeding unit until at least the near full sensor detects that the banknote is not full. Therefore, after the provisional storage process is performed, the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit is not filled with the banknote and the next depositing operation is not disabled.
[0020]
Of the present invention Claim 7 The banknote handling machine described is Claim 3 With respect to what is described, after the provisional storage process is performed, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and feeding section until at least the near full sensor detects that the banknotes are not full.
[0021]
As described above, after the provisional storage process is performed, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and feeding unit until at least the near full sensor detects that the banknotes are not full. Therefore, after the provisional storage process is performed, the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit is not filled with the banknote and the next depositing operation is not disabled.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A banknote handling machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the X direction shown by the arrow in each figure shows the operator side which operates, ie, the front (front side) of the body 10. Further, the front and rear in the following are front and rear in the body 10, and the left and right are the left and right when the body 10 is viewed from the front of the body 10.
[0023]
The banknote handling machine of this embodiment is capable of performing various processes related to banknotes, such as depositing, storing, collecting and withdrawing rose banknotes, binding banknotes, storing and dispensing bundled bundled banknotes, It is used in combination with other coin processing machines (not shown) as part of a cashier in a bank or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the upper part of the machine body 10 is slightly upward from the front (front face). In addition, an operation unit 11 in which operation of each process is input by an operator, and a display unit 12 for displaying a process guide menu, a processing state, a processing result, and the like are provided.
[0024]
Further, at the lower position of the operation unit 11 and the display unit 12, facing the front, a bundled bill discharge port 13 for discharging the bundled bundled bills to the outside of the machine, and a fractional number of roses less than the number of bundles. A fraction bill outlet 14 for feeding bills out of the machine is provided.
[0025]
Furthermore, the banknotes to be deposited are set by the operator at the lower side and the front side position of the bundled banknote discharge port 13 and the fractional banknote outlet 14, and the bulky banknotes to be dispensed from the inside of the machine are fed. A banknote depositing / dispensing / rejecting port 16 and a bundled banknote dispensing port 17 into which bundled banknotes of each denomination bundled in a predetermined number are provided.
[0026]
The bill deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 is provided with a slide-type slide shutter 18 that opens and closes the inside and outside of the machine body 10, and the bundled bill withdrawal port 17 also has a slide that opens and closes the inside and outside of the machine body 10. A slide shutter 19 of a type is provided, and a slide type slide shutter 20 that opens and closes the inside and outside of the machine body 10 is also provided at the fraction banknote outlet 14. Further, the bundled bill discharge port 13 is also provided with a swingable opening / closing shutter 21 that opens and closes the inside and outside of the machine body 10.
[0027]
This banknote handling machine is roughly divided into a banknote depositing / withdrawing / rejecting port 16 for depositing and storing rose banknotes set in a state where the longitudinal direction is the left-right direction, and storing stored banknotes. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23 that performs each process on the rose banknotes such as a banknote deposit / withdrawal / rejection process to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 16 as required, and a predetermined number of rose banknotes fed from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23 are accumulated. Further, the bundled stacked banknotes are bundled, and the bundled banknotes are sorted and conveyed to a place according to the purpose, and the banknote binding / conveying unit 24 binds and sends the bundled banknotes. Bundled banknotes that are received and stored in denominations, and the stored banknotes are withdrawn to the bundled bank dispensing outlet 17 as required. And a unit 25.
[0028]
Here, the bundled bill storage / withdrawal unit 25 is arranged side by side as viewed from the front of the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 23, and the bill binding / conveying unit 24 includes the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 23 and the bundled bill storage / withdrawal unit 23. It is arranged on the upper side and the rear side of the dispensing unit 25.
[0029]
Below, the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 23 which is the principal part of this invention is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 is provided with a banknote transport unit 27 for transporting loose banknotes mainly taken in from the banknote depositing / dispensing / rejecting port 16 or rose banknotes to be withdrawn. In the lower layer of the banknote transport unit 27, the banknotes transported by the banknote transport unit 27 are temporarily stored in denominations, and the temporarily stored banknotes are stored after the payment is confirmed, while the stored banknotes are stored at the top. A bill storage part 28 that can be fed out from the bottom is provided, and has a two-layer structure.
[0030]
[Bill transport section]
The banknote transport unit 27 sets loose banknotes at the time of deposit processing, takes in the set individual banknotes into the body 10 one by one, and pays out reject banknotes that cannot be distinguished at the time of deposit processing. In addition, the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 described above, which is a place where unrecognizable reject banknotes (rose bills) are fed out during the replenishment process, and where the withdrawal bills are fed out from the machine body 10 during the withdrawal process. And the above-described slide-type slide shutter 18 that opens and closes the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 as necessary, and transports the deposited rose banknote to a necessary place and transports the dispensed rose banknote to a necessary place. And a transfer path 31 that is provided in the middle of the transfer of the transfer path 31 and is fed out from the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 during the deposit process. A deposit discriminating unit 32 that discriminates the authenticity, denomination, and damage of the deposit rose bills transported on the transport path 31 and the refill rose bills transported on the transport path 31 at the time of replenishment processing, and transported at the time of withdrawal processing Of the banknotes to be dispensed, the withdrawal banknotes that are determined to be double-feed and skewed are stored, and a withdrawal box 33 that is detachable from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, And a contaminated banknote temporary storage unit 34 for temporarily storing the damaged loose banknotes determined to be dirty, and a damaged banknote storage unit 35 for storing the contaminated loose banknotes temporarily stored in the contaminated banknote temporary storage unit 34 after the payment process is confirmed. Consists of
[0031]
In the middle of the conveyance path 31, a front / back reversing unit 36 is provided for judging the front and back of the rose banknote from the discrimination result of the deposit discrimination unit 32 and arranging the front and back of the rose banknote.
In addition, doors 37 and 38 that can be freely opened and closed are provided on the dirty bill temporary storage unit 34 and the dirty bill storage unit 35. Here, the door 37 on the contaminated banknote temporary storage unit 34 is openable and closable so that it can be easily removed when returning the damaged banknote temporarily stored when the deposit process is cancelled. Since the door 38 of the part 35 is a loose bill on the machine management side stored after the payment is confirmed, a key lock (not shown) is provided so as not to be easily taken out.
The banknote transport unit 27 described above can be pulled forward from the machine body 10.
[0032]
[Bill storage part]
The banknote storage unit 28 is provided with a transport path 40 at the upper part for transporting the incoming rose banknotes or replenished rose banknotes sent from the banknote transport section 27 and distributing them into denominations. In order to sort and store the received loose banknotes or supplementary loose banknotes, a temporary storage unit 41 of a denomination for temporarily storing the banknotes in the storage space 44 until the transaction is confirmed, and under each temporary storage unit 41 The banknotes provided on the side and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 41 are received and stored in the storage space 42 after the payment is confirmed, while the banknotes stored in the storage space 42 can be fed one by one from the bottom one Temporary storage / accommodating and feeding sections 46, 46, and 46 for each type of money, which are provided integrally with the banknote storing and feeding section 43 of a particular type, are provided.
[0033]
Furthermore, the banknote storage unit 28 includes a conveyance path 47 for conveying loose banknotes and the like fed from the lower part of the denomination temporary storage / storage delivery units 46, 46, 46, and a frame (not shown) of the banknote storage unit 28. It is provided so as to be detachable, and it is possible to receive the collected banknotes from the temporary storage / storage feeding sections 46, 46, 46 from the upper banknote receiving / feeding section 45 comprising a plurality of rollers, and the temporary storage / storage feeding sections 46, 46. , 46 is provided in the middle of a stacker 48 configured to be able to feed out the loaded banknotes one by one from the upper banknote receiving and feeding unit 45, and transported during the replenishment process of replenishing banknotes. A withdrawal discrimination unit 49 for discriminating double feeding or skew feeding of loose bills is provided.
[0034]
Here, the temporary storage / storage feeding sections 46, 46, 46 of each type are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction with the position in the height direction and the position in the left-right direction aligned with each other. On the upper side of the feeding units 46, 46, 46, each is constituted by a plurality of rollers, and a bill taking-in unit 50 that takes in bills from the transport path 40 into the corresponding temporary storage / storage feeding unit 46 and a plurality of rollers. A bill return feeding unit 51 for feeding the bills from the corresponding temporary storage / storage feeding unit 46 to the conveyance path 40 is provided. Further, below the temporary storage / storage feeding portions 46, 46, 46, the banknotes respectively formed by a plurality of rollers and stored below the corresponding temporary storage / storage feeding portions 46 are placed at the bottom. A banknote dispensing part 52 is provided for feeding one by one to the transport path 47 one by one. Note that the stacker 48 is arranged on the front side of these temporary storage / storage feeding portions 46, 46, 46 so that the positions in the left-right direction are aligned and the positions in the height direction are almost overlapped.
[0035]
Each of the temporary storage / storage feeding portions 46, 46, 46 has a substantially prismatic box-like casing 55 that opens upward to receive the corresponding denomination of the banknote from the corresponding banknote receiving portion 50 of the transport path 40. And a pair of door-type doors that can be moved up and down and placed while being stacked in a vertical direction with the front and back directions stacked vertically. Flappers 56, 56, and a bill press 57 that presses the stacked stored banknotes from above substantially with a predetermined force when the stored amount of the stored banknotes stored in the lower part of the housing 55 becomes a predetermined amount or less. Have.
[0036]
Then, the space continuous in the vertical direction in the housing 55 is vertically divided only by the flappers 56, 56, whereby the space above the flappers 56, 56 is defined as the storage space 44 of the temporary storage unit 41. At the same time, the space below the flappers 56 and 56 is used as the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding portion 43, and the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding portion 43 is stored from the storage space 44 of the temporary storage portion 41 by opening the flappers 56 and 56. The banknote is delivered to 42.
[0037]
The flappers 56 and 56 are arranged on both outer sides of the casing 55 so as to be parallel to each other and at the same height, and support shafts 59 and 59 that move up and down integrally in this state, and one end side is supported by the support shafts 59 and 59. Thus, it has flapper bodies 60, 60 that swing around the support shafts 59, 59. The flappers 56 and 56 are in a closed state in which the flapper main bodies 60 and 60 are both horizontally arranged in the housing 55 by bringing the other ends close to each other. In this state, the bills put into the upper storage space 44 are placed. Is placed on the upper side. Further, when the flappers 56 and 56 are turned from the closed state to the other end side downward to be in the open state positioned outside the housing 51 as a whole, the bills that have been placed are placed in the lower storage space 42. Drop into. Further, the flappers 56 and 56 return to the closed state by turning upward from the open state so that the other end sides are brought close to each other.
[0038]
The stacker 48 is detachable with respect to the frame of the banknote storage unit 28, whereas the temporary storage / storage feeding units 46, 46, 46 are fixed to the frame of the banknote storage unit 28 so as not to be detachable. Yes. Moreover, the banknote storage part 28 can be pulled forward from the machine body 10, and the stacker 48 can be attached and detached while being pulled out.
[0039]
Each process of the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 23 described above will be described.
<Deposit processing>
When the banknotes to be deposited by the operator are set in the banknote depositing / dispensing / rejecting port 16 and various inputs of depositing processing are made to the operation unit 11, the control unit (not shown) causes the banknote depositing / dispensing / rejecting port 16 to handle the banknotes. 3 are separated and fed out one by one, and the fed banknotes are transported through a deposit processing route indicated by a thick line in FIG. Sort based on 32 discrimination results. That is, the rose banknotes that cannot be identified (false, double feed, skew feed, etc.) are fed out to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and the rose banknotes that are identified as true and defaced are fed out to the temporary banknote storage unit 34. The rose banknotes discriminated as true and positive are appropriately passed through the front / back reversing section 36, and then the front and back are arranged, and then the respective banknote receiving sections 50 are provided to the temporary storage / storage / feeding sections 46, 46, 46 of each denomination. Let it go out. At this time, the temporary storage / accommodating and feeding sections 46, 46, 46 of each denomination have the flappers 56, 56 closed, and the banknotes taken from the banknote receiving section 50 are placed above the flappers 56, 56. Temporary storage is performed in the storage space 44 of the temporary storage unit 41. At the start of the depositing process, the flappers 56, 56 are located at the upper standby position, and descend so as to expand the storage space 44 in response to an increase in the amount of bills received.
[0040]
Then, all loose banknotes are temporarily paid out from the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and each of the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, the corrupted banknote temporary storage unit 34, and the temporary storage / storage / feedout units 46, 46, 46 are temporarily stored. When the loose banknotes are paid out to the unit 41, the control unit causes the display unit 12 to display the discrimination result of the deposit discrimination unit 32. When the operator inputs a deposit confirmation operation from the display on the display unit 12 to the operation unit 11, the control unit stores the loose banknotes in the dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34 in the dirty banknote storage unit 35. At the same time, the control unit opens the flappers 56 and 56 of the temporary storage and storage feeding units 46, 46, 46 of each denomination to open the storage space 44 of the temporary storage unit 41 and the bill storage and feeding unit 43. The storage space 42 is communicated, and the loose banknotes are dropped into the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 and stored. At this time, the control unit opens the slide shutter 18 as necessary to enable the banknote returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 to be taken out.
Details of the storing operation from the temporary storage unit 41 of each temporary storage / storage feeding unit 46, 46, 46 to the banknote storage / feeding unit 43 during the depositing process will be described later.
[0041]
When the operator inputs a deposit cancellation operation to the operation unit 11 from the display on the display unit 12 described above, the control unit raises the flappers 56 and 56, and returns the upper end of the banknote temporarily stored in the storage space 44 to the banknote return. The unit 51 is brought into contact. In this state, the banknotes are fed out by the banknote return feeding unit 51, transported by a deposit return route shown by a thick line in FIG. 4 composed of predetermined portions of the transport paths 31, 40, and returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, Thereafter, the slide shutter 18 is opened. Moreover, only the opening operation of the door 37 is performed with the rose banknotes stored in the dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34 being discriminated as genuine and dirty.
[0042]
<Withdrawal processing>
When various inputs of the withdrawal process are made to the operation unit 11 by the operator, the control unit causes the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23 to withdraw those withdrawn from the banknotes out of the banknotes to be dispensed. That is, the individual banknotes stored in the banknote storage and feeding section 43 of the temporary storage / storage and feeding sections 46, 46, 46 of each denomination are separated one by one from the bottom one by the banknote dispensing and feeding section 52. The paper is fed out and transported along a withdrawal processing route indicated by a thick line in FIG. 5 configured by a predetermined portion of the transport paths 47 and 31, and distributed based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination section 49 in the middle. That is, the loose banknotes determined to be double-feed or skewed are fed out to the withdrawal / rejection box 33, and the other bulky banknotes are fed out to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and then the slide shutter 18 is opened. .
[0043]
<Replenishment process>
When various charges for replenishment processing are input to the operation unit 11 in a state where the replenished loose banknotes are loaded in the stacker 48 by the operator, the control unit separates the refilled banknotes one by one from the stacker 48 one by one. Then, it is conveyed along a replenishment processing route indicated by a thick line in FIG. 6 constituted by a predetermined portion of the conveyance paths 40 and 31, and is distributed based on the discrimination result of the deposit discrimination unit 32 in the middle thereof. That is, loose banknotes that have been made indistinguishable (multiple feeding, skew feeding, etc.) and rose banknotes that have been identified as true and dirty are fed to the temporary banknote storage unit 34, and rose banknotes that have been identified as true and positive are appropriately After arranging the front and back by passing the front / back reversing part 36, the temporary storage / storage / feeding parts 46, 46, 46 of each money type are fed out from the respective banknote taking-in parts 50. At this time, the temporary storage / accommodating and feeding sections 46, 46, 46 for each denomination have the flappers 56, 56 closed, and the storage space of the temporary storage section 41 for banknotes taken from the banknote intake section 50. 44 is temporarily stored.
[0044]
Then, all the loose banknotes are temporarily paid out from the stacker 48, and all the loose banknotes are drawn out into the temporary storage sections 41 of the damaged banknote temporary storage section 34 and the temporary storage / storage supply sections 46, 46, 46 of each denomination. Then, the control unit displays the discrimination result of the deposit discrimination unit 32 on the display unit 12. When the operator inputs a replenishment confirmation operation to the operation unit 11 from the display on the display unit 12, the control unit stores the loose banknotes in the dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34 in the dirty banknote storage unit 35. At the same time, the control unit opens the flappers 56 and 56 of the temporary storage and storage feeding units 46, 46, 46 of each denomination to open the storage space 44 of the temporary storage unit 41 and the bill storage and feeding unit 43. The storage space 42 is communicated, and the loose banknotes are dropped into the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 and stored.
[0045]
<Recovery processing>
When the operator makes various inputs to the operation unit 11, the control unit transfers the banknote withdrawal / payout unit 52 from the banknote storage / payout unit 43 of the temporary storage / storage / payout unit 46, 46, 46 of each denomination. The separated banknotes are separated and fed one by one from the bottom one, and conveyed along a collection processing route indicated by a thick line in FIG. And sorting based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination part 49 in the middle. That is, loose banknotes determined to be double feed or skew are fed to the withdrawal reject box 33, and all other bulk banknotes are fed to the stacker 48. Then, the operator collects the banknotes by taking out the stacker 48 from which the banknotes have been drawn out to the outside as necessary.
[0046]
<Local bundling process>
The local bundling process refers to a bundling process of banknotes not managed by the machine side.
When the banknotes to be bundled by the operator are set in the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 and various inputs of the local binding process are made to the operation unit 11, the control unit uses the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 to separate the banknotes one by one. Separated and fed out, transported along a local bundling processing route indicated by a thick line in FIG. 8 configured by a predetermined portion of the transport path 31, and distributed based on the discrimination result of the deposit discrimination unit 32 in the middle. That is, the rose banknotes that cannot be identified (false, double feed, skew feed, etc.) are fed out to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and the rose banknotes that are identified as true and dirty are fed out to the temporary banknote storage unit 34. The rose banknotes discriminated as true and positive are appropriately passed through the front / back reversing unit 36 and then fed out to the upper banknote binding / conveying unit 24. At this time, the control unit opens the slide shutter 18 as necessary to enable the banknote returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 to be taken out.
[0047]
And a control part binds the rose banknote discriminated as true and positive in the banknote binding / conveyance unit 24, and discharges this from the bundle banknote discharge port 13 outside the apparatus. In the case of this local bundling process, the number of sheets to be processed is not necessarily fixed, so there may be a fractional banknote that is less than the number to be bound. The unit 24 is fed out from the fractional banknote outlet 14.
[0048]
<Machine management bundling storage processing>
The machine management bundling and storing process is a case where the amount of bills stored in the bill storing and feeding unit 43 of the temporary storage and storing and feeding units 46, 46, 46 of each denomination is almost full. A so-called machine-side banknote bundling process and storage process in which a banknote is automatically fed out from the banknote storage and feeding unit 43, a bundled banknote is created by the banknote binding / conveying unit 24, and stored in the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25. It points to.
[0049]
That is, when the machine management bundling storage process is started, the control unit separates the banknotes stored in the target banknote storage and feeding unit 43 one by one from the lowest one by the banknote dispensing and feeding unit 52. The paper is fed out and transported along a machine management bundling storage processing route indicated by a thick line in FIG. 9 constituted by predetermined portions of the transport paths 47 and 31, and is distributed based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination part 49 in the middle. That is, loose banknotes that cannot be identified (multiple feeding, skew feeding, etc.) are fed out to the withdrawal reject box 33, and other bulk banknotes are fed out to the upper banknote binding / conveying unit 24.
[0050]
And a control part binds the rose banknote sent in the banknote binding / conveyance unit 24, and stores this in the banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25. In this case, the processing is performed by machine management, and only the banknotes that are integral multiples of the unit number of bundles are fed out to the banknote binding / conveying unit 24, so that no fractional banknotes are generated.
[0051]
<Accommodating operation from temporary storage to bill storage / delivery section during deposit processing>
With reference to FIGS. 10 to 16, the banknote storing operation from the temporary storage section 41 to the banknote storage and feeding section 43 of the temporary storage and storage and feeding section 46, 46, 46 of each money type during the deposit process will be further described. explain.
[0052]
Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the temporary storage / storage feeding portions 46, 46, 46 are each provided with a head sensor 63 at the upper end position of the temporary storage portion 41. The head sensor 63 detects the presence / absence of an object based on the presence / absence of interruption of the optical path.
[0053]
The head sensor 63 is placed on the flappers 56, 56 and detects the presence / absence of loose banknotes and the presence / absence of the flappers 56, 56 located on the uppermost part of the temporary storage unit 41 (below the banknote receiving unit 50). Here, for example, a position at which the flappers 56 and 56 are raised from a state not detected by the head sensor 63 and switched to a state detected by the head sensor 63, that is, a predetermined position immediately below the head sensor 63 is a flapper 56. , 56, and the state of the flappers 56, 56 that have advanced into the housing 55 and closed at this “standby position” is the normal standby state. Note that the positions of the flappers 56 and 56 are determined by positions such as the support shafts 59 and 59 that are irrelevant to their open / closed state.
[0054]
The temporary storage / storage feeding units 46, 46, 46 are each provided with a near full sensor 64 for detecting a loose banknote in the middle of the storage space 42 of the banknote storage / feeding unit 43 below the head sensor 63. It has been. The near-full sensor 64 detects the presence or absence of an object based on whether or not the optical path is blocked, and detects whether or not the stored banknote S2 in the storage space 42 is full. Specifically, the near full sensor 64 detects the presence or absence of loose banknotes at a storage limit excess height position where the storage amount of banknotes in the storage space 42 exceeds the storage limit amount. That is, the control unit determines that the stored amount of the stored banknote S2 exceeds the limit amount (that is, is in a full state) in a state where the near full sensor 64 detects a banknote, and the nearfull sensor 64 does not detect the banknote. Is determined that the stored amount of the stored banknote S2 is within the limit amount (that is, not full). Note that the position of the near full sensor 64 is determined so that, after the near full sensor 64 detects that the banknote is full, at least one banknote can be stored at a maximum so that at least one banknote can be stored in the temporary storage unit 41. A storage space 44 in which a portion can be placed on the flappers 56, 56 is provided at a position where it can be secured between the flappers 56, 56 and the head sensor 63.
[0055]
Further, each of the temporary storage / storage feeding units 46, 46, 46 detects bills in the lower part of the storage space 42 at a position below the near full sensor 64 and in the banknote storage / feeding unit 43. A press sensor 65 is provided. The bill press sensor 65 detects whether or not the bills in the bill storage and feeding unit 43 are accumulated in an amount sufficient to obtain a weight necessary for obtaining a frictional force for feeding from the lower part. The bill press 57 is driven from the result.
[0056]
On the other hand, a flapper opening / closing sensor 62 that moves up and down integrally with the flappers 56, 56, specifically the support shafts 59, 59 is provided at a predetermined position below the flappers 56, 56. The flapper opening / closing sensor 62 is for determining the interference between the opening / closing of the flappers 56, 56 and the stored bill S2, and specifically, the bill at the upper limit position that does not interfere with the opening / closing of the flappers 56, 56 is sent to the optical path. Detected by the presence or absence of blocking. That is, at the time when the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 switches from a state in which no flapper is detected to a state in which a bill is detected, the control unit interferes with the opening / closing of the flappers 56, 56. In the state where the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 does not detect the banknote, it is determined that the stored banknote S2 is located at a position that does not interfere with the opening / closing of the flappers 56, 56. Become.
[0057]
First, when the near-full sensor 64 has not detected a stored banknote, that is, an operation for storing a banknote from the temporary storage unit 41 to the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 in a normal deposit process will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0058]
When the depositing process is started, the control unit (not shown) starts taking in the bills to be temporarily stored by positioning the flappers 56 and 56 in the “standby position” shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the flappers 56 and 56 are gradually lowered in accordance with the amount of banknotes collected on the flappers 56 and 56. When all the corresponding denominations of the rose banknotes to be deposited are taken into the storage space 44 of the temporary storage unit 41 on the flappers 56, 56, the control unit inputs a deposit confirmation operation to the operation unit 11 and the controller On the condition that the deposit has been confirmed, the flappers 56, 56 are lowered, and the temporarily stored banknote S1 placed on the flappers 56, 56 (at this stage, since the banknote has been confirmed to be deposited, it is temporarily stored. Although it is not a banknote, the flapper 56, 56 is operated by opening the flapper 56, 56 in order to distinguish it from the stored banknote S2 already accumulated in the banknote storage and feeding section 43. The bill is stored by being dropped on the upper side of the stored bill S2 in the storage space 42 of the bill storage / feeding portion 43 below 56.
[0059]
Here, when the flappers 56 and 56 start descending by the operator's deposit confirmation operation, as shown in FIG. 12, the control unit controls the stored banknotes S2 already accumulated in the storage space 42 by the flapper opening / closing sensor 62. When the presence / absence is detected and the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 detects the stored bill S2, the flappers 56, 56 are lowered at that position (that is, the lowest position where the flappers 56, 56 do not interfere with the stored bill S2 with respect to the opening operation). Stop. Thereafter, the control unit opens the flappers 56, 56, and the stored banknotes already stored in the storage space 42 below the flappers 56, 56 are stored temporarily in the storage space 42 below the flappers 56, 56. It is made to accommodate by dropping on S2.
After dropping the temporarily stored banknote S1 in this way, the control unit raises the flappers 56 and 56 to the “standby position” with the open state, and confirms that the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 has not detected the banknote. Then, the flappers 56 and 56 are closed to end the storing operation.
[0060]
Next, when the near full sensor 64 detects the stacked banknotes at the height exceeding the storage limit, that is, when the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 further stores banknotes even though the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 is full. Will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0061]
Here, the near full sensor 64 is a space (a flapper opening / closing sensor shown in FIG. 10) that can securely store bills corresponding to the storage capacity of the temporary storage unit 41 above the near full sensor 64 in a state where no bill is detected. A space between the flapper 56 and 56 and the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 shown in FIG. 10). Since it needs to be secured, the storage space 42 is provided at a height position that allows a sufficient margin in the space above the storage space 42.
[0062]
However, since it is inefficient that there is a space that cannot be used for stacking banknotes in this way with respect to the storage space 42, the state where the banknote is detected by the near-full sensor 64, that is, the stored banknote S2 is full as follows. Even in a state where it is detected that the state is detected, provisional storage processing is performed in which the banknote is taken into the temporary storage unit 41 and lowered until the head sensor 63 no longer detects the banknote so that the deposit process can be performed at least once. In relation to the provisional storage process, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 to efficiently use the storage space 42.
[0063]
First, as shown in FIG. 13, even when the near full sensor 64 detects the stored banknote S2 at the time of the previous storage in the banknote storage and feeding part 43, from this state, the machine management bundling and storing process, that is, the banknote storage and feeding part 43 The deposit process is performed without paying out the bill. Thereby, the temporarily stored banknote S1 is placed on the flappers 56, 56. Then, on the condition that the operator inputs a deposit confirmation operation to the operation unit 11 and the deposit is confirmed, the control unit determines that the temporarily stored banknote S1 on which the flappers 56 and 56 are placed as shown in FIG. The head is lowered again to a position where it can no longer be detected by the head sensor 63 (temporary storage processing). When the accumulated amount of the temporarily stored banknotes S1 placed on the flappers 56, 56 is so small that the head sensor 63 cannot detect the flappers 56, 56, the flapper 56, 56 is not detected by the head sensor 63. The descent will be stopped.
[0064]
Here, the amount of accumulation of the temporarily stored banknote S1 placed on the flappers 56, 56 is small, and the flappers 56, 56 are lowered to a position where the placed temporarily stored banknote S1 is not detected again by the head sensor 63. If the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 does not detect the stored banknote S2, it is possible to open the flappers 56, 56 to release the temporarily stored banknote S1, but depending on whether the stored banknote S2 is swollen or stacked. Since the flappers 56 and 56 may not be closed after returning to the “standby position” again, the control unit ignores the detection result of the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 and sets the flappers 56 and 56 to As shown in FIG. 14, the head sensor 63 waits at the position when the temporarily stored banknote S1 is no longer detected and in the closed state.
[0065]
If the withdrawal process or the like is not performed after the provisional storage process, the control unit performs the above-described machine management bundling storage process, thereby feeding out the stored banknote S2 in the banknote storage and feeding part 43. The near full state is canceled. When this machine management bundling storage process is started, the control unit detects the state of the stored banknote S2 from the detection result of the flapper opening / closing sensor 62, and the banknote storage is fed out until the stored banknote S2 is not detected by the flapper opening / closing sensor 62. When the stored banknote S2 in the section 43 is fed out, when the stored banknote S2 is no longer detected by the flapper opening / closing sensor 62, that is, when it is determined that there is no interference between the opening / closing of the flappers 56 and 56 and the stored banknote S2. The flapper 56, 56 is opened to cause the temporarily stored banknote S1 on the flapper 56, 56 to be dropped into the storage banknote S2 already stored in the storage space 42 below the flapper 56, 56. And the flappers 56 and 56 are raised to the “standby position” while being opened.
[0066]
In this case, after the machine management bundling and storing process is started, the flapper 56 and 56 are opened after the stored banknote S2 in the banknote storage and feeding section 43 is fed until at least the nearfull sensor 64 detects no banknote. Then, the temporarily stored banknote S1 on the flappers 56, 56 may be discharged. In the case of controlling in this way, it is also possible to start the machine management bundling storage process, that is, the feeding out of banknotes from the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 when performing the temporary storage process.
[0067]
Since the accumulated amount of the stored banknotes S2 is increased by releasing the temporarily stored banknotes S1 from the flappers 56, 56, the control unit detects the flapper opening / closing sensors of the flappers 56, 56 waiting in the open state at the “standby position”. 62 waits until the stored banknote S2 is no longer detected, and when the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 no longer detects the stored banknote S2, that is, when it is determined that there is no interference between the opening and closing of the flappers 56 and 56 and the stored banknote S2. Thus, the flappers 56 and 56 are closed. At this time, the control unit is in a state in which the stored banknote S2 is at least not detected by the near-full sensor 64 (that is, a state in which it is detected that the banknote S2 is not full) and is necessary for subsequent processing. The feeding is continued until a predetermined amount remains.
[0068]
As described above, according to the banknote handling machine of this embodiment, since the temporary storage unit 41 and the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 are provided integrally, it is compared with the case where they are provided independently. And even if the same amount of storage of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 is ensured, the combined volume of both the temporary storage unit 41 and the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 can be reduced.
[0069]
Accordingly, the overall size can be reduced to a compact size, and the processing efficiency of banknotes can be increased by preventing an increase in the number of inoperable states due to the stored banknotes becoming full. .
[0070]
In addition, the space above and below the flappers 56 and 56 is defined as the storage space 44 of the temporary storage unit 41 by vertically partitioning the space continuous in the vertical direction with only the door-type flappers 56 and 56 that can be moved up and down. In order to use the space below the flappers 56, 56 as the storage space 42 of the bill storage / feeding unit 43, at least the temporary storage unit as compared with the case where the temporary storage unit 41 and the bill storage / feeding unit 43 are provided independently. A laterally movable temporary storage plate or the like that forms the bottom of 41 is not required, and even if the same storage amount of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 is secured, the volume of both the temporary storage unit 41 and the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 is combined. Can be small.
[0071]
Accordingly, the overall size can be reduced to a compact size, and the processing efficiency of banknotes can be increased by preventing an increase in the number of inoperable states due to the stored banknotes becoming full. .
[0072]
Further, in the state where the near full sensor 64 detects that the banknote in the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 is full, the banknote is received on the flappers 56 and 56, that is, the temporary storage unit 41 and at least once. In order to perform provisional storage processing for lowering the flappers 56 and 56 until the sensor 63 no longer detects the banknote, even in a state where the banknote in the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 is full, at least once A deposit operation can be performed.
[0073]
Therefore, the processing efficiency of banknotes can be further increased.
[0074]
In addition, when the provisional storage process is performed or after the provisional storage process, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and feeding part 43, so that the full state of the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding part 43 can be released. , 56, that is, the banknote received in the temporary storage unit 41 can be stored in the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43.
[0075]
Therefore, since the banknote received in the temporary storage unit 41 can be stored in the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 after the temporary storage process, the processing efficiency of banknotes can be further increased.
[0076]
Further, after the provisional storage processing is performed, when the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 determines that there is no interference between the opening operation of the flappers 56 and 56 and the bills due to the feeding of the bills from the bill storage and feeding unit 43, the flapper 56. , 56 are opened, and the banknotes received in the temporary storage unit 41 are stored in the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43. Therefore, the flappers 56 and 56 do not interfere with the bills in the storage space 42 when the flappers 56 and 56 are opened.
[0077]
Accordingly, the opening of the flappers 56, 56 does not cause a jam or the like on the banknote.
[0078]
Further, after the provisional storage processing is performed, when the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 determines that there is no interference between the opening operation of the flappers 56, 56 and the bills by feeding out the bills from the bill storage and feeding unit 43, the flapper 56. , 56 are opened so that the banknotes received in the temporary storage unit 41 are stored in the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43, and the flappers 56 and 56 are raised to the standby position while being opened, and then the flapper is opened and closed. If the sensor 62 determines that there is no interference between the flappers 56 and 56 and the bill, the flappers 56 and 56 are closed. Therefore, the flappers 56 and 56 do not interfere with the bills in the storage space 42 when the flappers 56 and 56 are closed.
[0079]
Therefore, the flaps 56, 56 do not cause jamming or the like on the banknote.
[0080]
In addition, if the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 determines that there is no interference between the opening operation of the flappers 56 and 56 and the banknote after the provisional storage process is performed, the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 determines that the flapper opening / closing sensor 62 does not interfere with the banknote. 56 and 56 are opened, and the banknotes received in the temporary storage unit 41 are stored in the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43, and then at least the near full sensor 64 detects that the banknotes are not full. A bill is fed out from the bill storage and feeding unit 43. Therefore, after the provisional storage process is performed, the storage space 42 of the banknote storage and feeding unit 43 is not filled with the banknote and the next depositing operation is not disabled.
[0081]
Therefore, the processing efficiency of banknotes can be further increased.
[0082]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the banknote handling machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, the temporary storage unit and the banknote storage and feeding unit are integrally provided. In comparison, even if the same storage amount of the banknote storage and feeding unit is ensured, the combined volume of both the temporary storage unit and the banknote storage and feeding unit can be reduced.
[0083]
Accordingly, the overall size can be reduced to a compact size, and the processing efficiency of banknotes can be increased by preventing an increase in the number of inoperable states due to the stored banknotes becoming full. .
[0084]
Also, A space that is continuous in the vertical direction is divided up and down by only a door-type flapper that can be moved up and down, so that the space above the flapper is used as a storage space for the temporary storage unit, and the lower side of the flapper is the bill storage and feeding unit. Therefore, a laterally movable temporary storage plate that forms at least the bottom of the temporary storage unit is unnecessary, as compared with the case where the temporary storage unit and the banknote storage / feeding unit are provided independently. Even if the same storage amount is ensured, the combined volume of both the temporary storage unit and the bill storage and feeding unit can be reduced.
[0085]
Accordingly, the overall size can be reduced to a compact size, and the processing efficiency of banknotes can be increased by preventing an increase in the number of inoperable states due to the stored banknotes becoming full. .
[0086]
Of the present invention Claim 2 According to the banknote processing machine described above, the head receives the banknote on the flapper, that is, the temporary storage section at least once in a state where the near full sensor detects that the banknote in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding section is full. In order to perform provisional storage processing for lowering the flapper until the sensor no longer detects the banknote, even when the banknote in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding part is in a full state, the banknote can be deposited at least once. it can.
[0087]
Therefore, the processing efficiency of banknotes can be further increased.
[0088]
Of the present invention Claim 3 According to the banknote processing machine described, when the temporary storage process is performed or after the banknote is fed out from the banknote storage payout part, the full state of the storage space of the banknote storage payout part can be released, and then the temporary storage process is performed. Thus, the banknote received on the flapper, that is, the temporary storage section can be stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding section.
[0089]
Therefore, after the temporary storage process, the banknotes received in the temporary storage unit can be stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit, so that the processing efficiency of banknotes can be further increased.
[0090]
Of the present invention Claim 4 According to the banknote handling machine described above, after performing the temporary storage process, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the banknote by feeding the banknote from the banknote storage and feeding section, The flapper is opened, and the banknote received in the temporary storage unit is stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit. Therefore, it does not interfere with the bills in the storage space when the flapper is opened.
[0091]
Therefore, a jam or the like does not occur on the banknote by opening the flapper.
[0092]
Of the present invention Claim 5 According to the banknote handling machine described above, after performing the temporary storage process, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the banknote by feeding the banknote from the banknote storage and feeding section, The flapper is opened and the banknotes received in the temporary storage unit are stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit, and the flapper is raised to the standby position while being opened. When it is determined that there is no interference with the bill, the flapper is closed. Therefore, it does not interfere with the bills in the storage space when the flapper is closed.
[0093]
Therefore, a jam or the like does not occur on the banknote due to the closing operation of the flapper.
[0094]
Of the present invention Claim 6 According to the banknote handling machine described above, after performing the temporary storage process, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the banknote by feeding the banknote from the banknote storage and feeding section, The flapper is opened to allow the banknotes received in the temporary storage unit to be stored in the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit, and then from the banknote storage and feeding unit until at least the near full sensor detects that the banknote is not full. Let out. Therefore, after the provisional storage process is performed, the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit is not filled with the banknote and the next depositing operation is not disabled.
[0095]
Therefore, the processing efficiency of banknotes can be further increased.
[0096]
Of the present invention Claim 7 According to the described banknote handling machine, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and feeding section until at least the near full sensor detects that the banknotes are not full after performing the temporary storage process. Therefore, after the provisional storage process is performed, the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding unit is not filled with the banknote and the next depositing operation is not disabled.
[0097]
Therefore, the processing efficiency of banknotes can be further increased.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a banknote handling machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a transport route diagram at the time of <payment processing> of the banknote depositing and dispensing unit of the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a transport route diagram when a banknote is returned during <payment processing> of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit of the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a transport path diagram at the time of <withdrawal process> of the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a transport path diagram during <replenishment processing> of the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a conveyance path diagram at the time of <collection processing> of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit according to the embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a transport path diagram at the time of <local management bundling process> of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit of the embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a transport route diagram at the time of <machine management bundling storage processing> of the bill depositing / dispensing unit according to the embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a view showing an arrangement configuration of each sensor and a standby position of each part in the temporary storage / storage feeding part of the same embodiment;
FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view showing one state when the near full sensor does not detect the stacked banknotes during the deposit process of the embodiment.
FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view showing another state when the near full sensor does not detect the stacked banknote during the deposit processing of the embodiment.
FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view of one state when the near full sensor detects the accumulated banknote during the deposit process of the embodiment.
FIG. 14 is an operation explanatory view showing another state when the near full sensor detects the accumulated banknote during the deposit process of the embodiment.
FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory view showing still another state when the near full sensor detects a stacked banknote during the deposit process of the embodiment.
FIG. 16 is an operation explanatory view showing still another state when the near full sensor detects the accumulated banknote during the deposit process of the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
41 Temporary storage
42 Storage space
43 Banknote storage and feeding section
44 Storage space
56 Flapper
62 Flapper open / close sensor
63 Head sensor
64 Near full sensor

Claims

A temporary storage unit having a storage space for temporarily storing banknotes deposited at the time of deposit processing until a deposit confirmation operation, and a banknote temporarily provided in the temporary storage unit and stored in the temporary storage unit for the deposit confirmation operation after while accommodated received in receiving space, in the banknote handling machine and a banknote storing and feeding unit capable feeding the banknotes accommodated in the accommodating space at the time of dispensing processing from the lowermost one,
The temporary storage unit and the banknote storage / feeding unit are provided integrally with the temporary storage / storage / feeding unit,
The temporary storage / storage feeding portion divides a space continuous in the vertical direction in the casing vertically by only a pair of liftable door-type flappers so that the upper side of the flapper can be The storage space, the lower side of the flapper is used as the storage space of the banknote storage and feeding portion, and banknotes are transferred from the temporary storage portion to the banknote storage and feeding portion by opening the flapper. Banknote processing machine.

A head sensor for detecting a bill placed on the flapper and positioned at the uppermost portion of the temporary storage unit and the flapper located at a standby position, and a bill provided below the head sensor and in the storage space A near full sensor for detecting whether or not the battery is full,
In a state where the near full sensor detects that the banknote is full, at least once, a temporary storage process of receiving the banknote on the flapper and lowering the flapper until the head sensor no longer detects the banknote is performed. The banknote processing machine according to claim 1.

3. The banknote handling machine according to claim 2, wherein banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and feeding section when or after the provisional storage processing.

The flapper is provided with a flapper opening / closing sensor for judging the interference between the opening / closing of the flapper and the banknote in the storage space, and after performing the temporary storage process, the banknote from the banknote storage and feeding unit 4. The bill processing machine according to claim 3, wherein when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper opening operation and the bills, the flapper is opened.

After performing the provisional storage process, when it is determined by the flapper opening / closing sensor that the flapper opening / closing sensor does not interfere with the bills by feeding out bills from the bill storage / feeding unit, the flapper is opened. In addition, the flapper is raised to the standby position in an open state, and then, when the flapper opening / closing sensor determines that there is no interference between the flapper closing operation and the bill, the flapper is closed. The banknote processing machine according to claim 4, wherein

After performing the provisional storage process, when it is determined by the flapper opening / closing sensor that the flapper opening / closing sensor does not interfere with the bills by feeding out bills from the bill storage / feeding unit, the flapper is opened. The banknote handling machine according to claim 4 or 5, wherein after that, the banknote is fed out from the banknote storage and feeding section until at least the near full sensor detects that the banknote is not full.

The banknote processing machine according to claim 3, wherein after the provisional storage process is performed, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage and feeding section until at least the near full sensor detects that the banknotes are not full.