Treatment of paper money with topical folding thereon

Abstract

The invention relates to the handling of partially folded bill to provide technology for reducing trouble of a user when inputting a folded bill wherein a part of the bill is folded. Paper currency isconveyed to a resend area 522 when deposited paper currency is folded paper currency, wherein a front corner thereof, relative to the direction of conveyance, is folded, based on information that isread in from a sensor unit 530a. In the resend area 522, the folded location is up. The folded paper currency is resent within the resend area 522. The action of the conveying rollers 551 and 552 corrects the fold of the paper currency within the resend area 522.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the treatment of partially folded banknotes. Background technique [0002] In ATM (Automated Teller Machines: Automated Teller Machines) machines, folded banknotes with folded corners are often blocked by the folded part entering the seam of the conveying path, or the folded part is thick and the banknotes are blocked. Unstable transportation, etc., hinder the stable operation of the ATM. Therefore, the crimped note is generally returned to the user. In most cases, the user who has returned the folded banknotes inserts the banknotes into the ATM after correcting the unfolding and folding. The related art described above is described in JP-A-7-14048 or JP-A-2003-288628. [0003] However, if the direction in which the user re-inserts the banknote is not good, the banknote will be folded again due to the action of the conveying roller or the like due to the poor transport direction, so the banknote is returned as the folded ban...

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[0003] However, if the direction in which the user re-inserts the banknotes is not good, the banknotes will be folded again due to the action of the transport rollers, etc. due to the poor transport direction, so the banknotes will be returned as folded banknotes again.

At this time, the user has to correct the fold several times and repeatedly insert the bills, causing great trouble to the user and causing a problem

[0004] Such problems are not limited to hemmed banknotes in which the corners of the banknotes are folded, but are common to folded banknotes including partially damaged banknotes and partially folded banknotes that are damaged.

In addition, not limited to ATMs, there are common problems in automatic transaction devices or banknote processing devices that have the function of handling banknotes, such as automatic teller machines (Cash Dispensers) and currency issuing devices.

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