Media processing device

Abstract

According to the present invention, a banknote processing device is provided with: a housing in which a housing front opening that allows communication between an internal space and the outside is formed on the front side; and a banknote processing unit that has a removably-provided, extractable collection bin for storing banknotes, is housed in the internal space of the housing, and can be moved from the housing front opening to the outside. The extractable collection bin can be removed from the banknote processing unit from the rear side of the housing, and can also be removed from the banknote processing unit from the front side of the housing in a state in which the banknote processing unit has moved from the internal space to the outside.

Description

Media Processing Device

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a media processing device, and is suitable for application to a system used in the checkout counter or backroom of a retail store such as a supermarket or convenience store.

[0002] Conventionally, there has been proposed a medium processing device in which a storage cabinet is pulled out from the rear side of a housing, and banknotes as media are replenished or collected from the storage cabinet (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 4-84294 (Patent Document 1)).

[0003] It is desirable for such media processing devices to be space-saving while maintaining maintainability and security.

[0004] The present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above points, and aims to propose a media processing device that can save space while maintaining maintainability and security.

[0005] In order to solve this problem, the media processing device disclosed herein comprises a housing with a front opening formed on the front side that connects the internal space with the outside, and a media processing unit that has a removable storage cabinet for storing media, is stored in the internal space of the housing, and is configured to be movable to the outside through the front opening of the housing, and the storage cabinet is removable from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, and can be removed from the media processing unit from the front side of the housing when the media processing unit has moved from the internal space to the outside.

[0006] As a result, the present disclosure can reduce the space required on the rear side of a housing that provides high security, while maintaining maintainability from the front side of the housing.

[0007] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce the space required on the rear side of the housing, which requires high security, while maintaining maintainability from the front side of the housing. Thus, the present disclosure makes it possible to realize a media processing device that can reduce space while maintaining maintainability and security.

[0008] FIG. 1 is a left side view showing an internal configuration of a banknote processing device according to a first and second embodiment. FIG. 2 is a left side view showing transport of banknotes during a deposit process according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a left side view showing transport of banknotes during a withdrawal process according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a left side view showing removal (1) of an evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the first and second embodiments. FIG. 5 is a left side view showing removal (2) of an evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a left side view showing removal (1) of an evacuation and recovery container from the front side according to the first and second embodiments. FIG. 7 is a left side view showing removal (2) of an evacuation and recovery container from the front side according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a left side view showing removal (2) of an evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a left side view showing an internal configuration of a banknote processing device according to a third and fourth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a left side view showing removal (1) of an evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the third and fourth embodiments. 10 is a left side view showing removal (2) of the evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the third embodiment. FIG. 11 is a left side view showing removal (1) of the evacuation and recovery container from the front side according to the third and fourth embodiments. FIG. 12 is a left side view showing removal (2) of the evacuation and recovery container from the front side according to the third embodiment. FIG. 13 is a left side view showing removal (2) of the evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 14 is a left side view showing removal (2) of the evacuation and recovery container from the front side according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 15 is a left side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote processing device according to a fifth embodiment. FIG. 16 is a left side view showing removal of the evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 17 is a left side view showing removal of the evacuation and recovery container from the front side according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 18 is a left side view showing the internal configuration of the banknote processing device according to a sixth embodiment. FIG. 19 is a left side view showing removal of the evacuation and recovery container from the rear side according to the sixth embodiment. FIG. 19 is a left side view showing removal of the evacuation and recovery container from the front side according to the sixth embodiment.

[0009] Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0010] 1, a banknote processing device 1 according to a first embodiment is configured around a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed, for example, in financial institutions or various commercial facilities, and performs cash-related transactions such as deposit and withdrawal processes with users (i.e., customers of the financial institutions or commercial facilities). In the following description, the side of the banknote processing device 1 that a user faces is referred to as the front side, the opposite side is referred to as the rear side, and the left and right sides as seen from a user facing the front side are referred to as the left side and right side, respectively, with upper and lower sides further defined.

[0011] The housing 2 has a housing front opening 2A formed on its front side, which connects the internal space enclosed by the housing 2 with the outside. A front door 3 that can open and close the housing front opening 2A is provided on the front side, i.e., the opening side. The housing 2 houses a banknote processing unit 5 in its internal space. When viewed from the left side, the front door 3 extends vertically upward from the lower end of the housing front opening 2A and has a shape resembling the letter "U" rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise and protruding forward, covering the lower, front, and upper sides of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 10. When a transaction is being processed between the banknote processing device 1 and a user, the front door 3 is closed and locked to protect the banknote processing unit 5. On the other hand, when maintenance work is being performed by store staff, maintenance personnel, financial institution employees, or other workers, the front door 3 can be unlocked and opened as needed to facilitate work on each component of the banknote processing unit 5. 1 , openings are formed in front of and above the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 10 in the front door 3, allowing a user to access the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 10. The heights of the housing 2 and the front door 3 are adjusted to match the number of stackers 16 in the banknote processing device 1.

[0012] Furthermore, the housing 2 has a housing rear opening 2B formed on its rear side, which connects the internal space enclosed by the housing 2 with the outside. The banknote processing device 1 is expected to be installed below a counter or the like in a store, with the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 10 facing the customer and the housing rear opening 2B facing the store clerk. For this reason, the banknote processing device 1 is operated with the housing rear opening 2B facing a space where only people who have access authority to the banknote processing device 1, such as store staff, maintenance personnel, and financial institution employees, can enter, and the housing rear opening 2B is inaccessible to customers.

[0013] The banknote processing unit 5, which serves as a media processing unit, is configured to be slidable in the front-to-rear direction relative to the housing 2, for example, by slide rails. When a transaction is being processed between the banknote processing device 1 and a user, the banknote processing device 1 is stored in the housing 2 and the front door 3 is closed and locked to protect the banknote processing unit 5. On the other hand, when maintenance work is being performed by an operator on the banknote processing device 1, the front door 3 is unlocked and opened as necessary, and the banknote processing unit 5 is pulled out to the front side from the housing 2 through the housing front opening 2A in a unit pull-out direction Df extending forward, as shown in Figure 6, making it easy to perform work on each part of the banknote processing unit 5.

[0014] The banknote processing unit 5 is provided with the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 10, the transport unit 12, the validator 14, the stackers 16 (stackers 16A, 16B, 16C, and 16D), the collection box 18, the evacuation / recovery box 46, and a banknote control unit 4 that controls the entire banknote processing device 1. The banknote control unit 4 is mainly configured with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and performs various processes such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing by reading and executing predetermined programs from a ROM, flash memory, etc. (not shown). The banknote control unit 4 also has an internal memory unit made up of a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, flash memory, etc., and stores various information in this memory unit. In the banknote processing device 1, the banknote control unit 4 controls each unit (banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 10, the transport unit 12, the validator 14, the stackers 16 (stackers 16A, 16B, 16C, and 16D), the collection box 18, and the evacuation / recovery box 46).

[0015] [1-1-2. Configuration of the Banknote Deposit / Withdrawal Unit] The banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 10 has a deposit unit 20 and a withdrawal unit 21, and receives and delivers banknotes to and from a user, thereby allowing the user to deposit or withdraw banknotes. The deposit unit 20 has a container for storing banknotes, a placement unit 22 on which the banknotes are placed, and a separation unit comprised of various rollers that separates and feeds out the banknotes on the placement unit 22 one by one. During a deposit process, the user places banknotes on the plate-shaped placement unit 22. Above the placement unit 22, a top guide 23 is provided that guides the top surfaces of the banknotes placed on the placement unit 22. The deposit unit 20 separates the banknotes inserted by the user and placed on the placement unit 22 one by one, and feeds them to the transport unit 12, using the separation unit provided at the rear end inside the deposit unit 20.

[0016] The withdrawal unit 21 is located below the deposit unit 20 and has a stacking section that accumulates transported banknotes, a shutter that opens and closes the opening, and an intake section that is made up of various rollers and takes in banknotes.It stores banknotes that cannot be deposited during the deposit process and are returned to the customer, and banknotes that are to be withdrawn during the withdrawal process, and hands them over to the user.

[0017] [1-1-3. Internal configuration of the transport unit housing] A transport unit housing 26 is provided behind the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 10. Inside the transport unit housing 26, the transport unit 12 and the discrimination unit 14 are mainly arranged. The transport unit 12 is made up of a circular transport unit 28, a deposit transport unit 30, an upper withdrawal transport unit 31, a lower withdrawal transport unit 32, a front storage cabinet transport unit 34, a rear storage cabinet transport unit 33, and a rear transport unit 35, and is appropriately equipped with a large number of rotating rollers, guides for guiding banknotes, and the like, and transports rectangular banknotes along a transport path indicated by a solid line in the figure with their shorter edges aligned with the transport direction.

[0018] The circular transport unit 28 is a circular transport path that transports banknotes in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions in Fig. 1. This circular transport unit 28 is connected to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 10 via the deposit transport unit 30, the upper withdrawal transport unit 31, and the lower withdrawal transport unit 32, but is not connected to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 10 by itself, and forms a closed circular transport path. The banknote processing device 1 is provided with only one such circular transport path. The deposit transport unit 30, the upper withdrawal transport unit 31, the lower withdrawal transport unit 32, the front storage container transport unit 34, the rear storage container transport unit 33, and the rear transport unit 35 are connected to this circular transport unit 28.

[0019] The deposit transport unit 30 connects the deposit unit 20 and the annular transport unit 28 substantially along the front-to-rear direction. The upper withdrawal transport unit 31 connects the withdrawal unit 21 and the annular transport unit 28 substantially along the front-to-rear direction below the deposit transport unit 30. The lower withdrawal transport unit 32 connects the withdrawal unit 21 and the annular transport unit 28 substantially along the front-to-rear direction below the upper withdrawal transport unit 31. Hereinafter, the upper withdrawal transport unit 31 and the lower withdrawal transport unit 32 will be collectively referred to as the withdrawal transport unit. The front storage container transport unit 34 connects the front linear transport unit 40 and the annular transport unit 28 substantially along the up-down direction below the lower withdrawal transport unit 32. The rear storage container transport unit 33 connects the front linear transport unit 40 and the annular transport unit 28 substantially along the up-down direction behind the front storage container transport unit 34. Hereinafter, the front storage cabinet transport section 34 and the rear storage cabinet transport section 33 will be collectively referred to as the storage cabinet transport sections. The rear transport section 35 extends downward from approximately the rear end of the annular transport section 28 behind the rear storage cabinet transport section 33, then curves and extends rearward.

[0020] A front branching section 36a where the banknote transport path branches is provided at the front of the circular transport unit 28. A front switching section (not shown) is provided at the front branching section 36a. The front switching section is composed of a blade (not shown) and multiple rollers (not shown) arranged around the blade, and switches the transport direction of banknotes by rotating the blade to change the inclination direction. The rollers are arranged to face each other across the banknote transport path. Under the control of the banknote control unit 4, the front switching section changes the inclination direction of the blade according to the transport destination of each banknote and rotates the rollers in a predetermined rotation direction, thereby appropriately switching the transport direction of the banknotes and transporting them to the desired destination.

[0021] Specifically, the front switching unit changes the inclination direction of the blade to switch between two transport paths for banknotes. That is, the front switching unit forms a transport path connecting the validation unit 14 and the front linear transport unit 40, or forms a transport path connecting the validation unit 14 and the dispensing unit 21. Therefore, the front switching unit switches the transport path for banknotes transported clockwise on the circular transport unit 28 from top to bottom between the front linear transport unit 40 and the dispensing unit 21, as shown in FIG. 3 .

[0022] Meanwhile, a lower branching portion 36b, from which the banknote conveyance path branches, is provided behind and below the front branching portion 36a in the annular conveyance unit 28. The lower branching portion 36b is provided with a lower switching portion (not shown) that has substantially the same configuration as the front switching portion. Specifically, the lower switching portion changes the inclination direction of the blade to switch the banknote conveyance path between two paths. That is, the lower switching portion forms a conveyance path connecting the classification unit 14 and the front linear conveyance unit 40, or forms a conveyance path connecting the classification unit 14 and the dispensing unit 21. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2 , the lower switching portion switches the conveyance path of banknotes conveyed counterclockwise on the annular conveyance unit 28 from rear to front between the front linear conveyance unit 40 and the dispensing unit 21.

[0023] Meanwhile, a rear branching section 36c is provided at the rear of the circular conveying unit 28, from which the conveying paths for banknotes branch off. The rear branching section 36c is provided with a rear switching section (not shown) that has substantially the same configuration as the front switching section. Specifically, the rear switching section changes the inclination direction of the blade to switch the conveying path for banknotes between two paths. That is, the lower switching section forms a conveying path connecting the discrimination unit 14 and the lower branching section 36b, or forms a conveying path connecting the discrimination unit 14 and the rear conveying unit 35. Therefore, the rear switching section switches the conveying path for banknotes conveyed counterclockwise from top to bottom on the circular conveying unit 28 between the circular conveying unit 28 and the rear conveying unit 35.

[0024] The validator 14 is located almost at the top of the circular conveyor 28, and while conveying banknotes therein, it uses optical elements, magnetic detection elements, etc. to determine the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes, as well as the degree of damage (fitness), and notifies the banknote control unit 4 of the validation results. The validator 14 also reads and identifies serial numbers, which are banknote identification information composed of alphanumeric characters and the like assigned to each banknote and pre-printed on one side of the banknote, from image data of the captured banknote. At this time, the validator 14 notifies the banknote control unit 4 of the identified characters as the identification result. In response, the banknote control unit 4 determines the destination of the banknote based on the obtained validation and identification results.

[0025] [1-1-4. Configuration of Collection Box and Stacker] Inside the housing 2, below the transport unit housing 26, the collection box 18, stacker 16C, stacker 16B, and stacker 16A are arranged so as to be stacked on top of each other vertically from bottom to top. Stackers 16A, 16B, and 16C (hereinafter collectively referred to as stackers 16) and the collection box 18 are formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and store banknotes inside them lined up vertically with the paper surface facing up and down. The stacker 16 and the collection box 18 also have the same length in the front-to-back direction.

[0026] Each stacker 16 has a predetermined denomination of banknotes to be stored therein and has the same configuration. The stacker 16 takes in and stores banknotes transported from the front linear transport unit 40 through a feed-out stacking port provided on the front side by a storage and feeding mechanism consisting of various rollers provided at the front end, and also discharges the stored banknotes from the feed-out stacking port and supplies them to the front linear transport unit 40.

[0027] The collection box 18 takes in and stores banknotes transported from the front linear transport unit 40 through an inlet provided on the front side, using a storage mechanism consisting of various rollers etc. provided at the front end. Specifically, the collection box 18 collects and stores banknotes that have been identified as damaged banknotes (so-called unfit banknotes) by the classification unit 14, banknotes that have been determined to be counterfeit, banknotes of denominations that are not recycled, such as 5,000 and 2,000 banknotes, and banknotes that users have forgotten to take from the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 10 during transactions.

[0028] The collection box 18 is configured to be detachably attached to a slot provided in the banknote processing unit 5. The collection box 18 can be removed from the housing 2 by being pulled out in the forward direction relative to the housing 2, and can be attached to the housing 2 by being aligned with the housing 2 and pushed in the rear direction. In other words, the collection box 18 is configured to be detachable from the front surface of the housing 2.

[0029] [1-1-5. Configuration of the Front Linear Conveying Unit] A front linear conveying unit 40 is provided in front of the stackers 16A, 16B, and 16C and the recovery bin 18. The front linear conveying unit 40 extends vertically and is configured to be movable by being fixed to a frame (not shown).

[0030] The front linear transport unit 40 is configured to be openable and closable by rotating about a rotation shaft (not shown) as a fulcrum. When a transaction is being processed between the banknote processing device 1 and a user, the front linear transport unit 40 is closed together with the front door 3 to protect the banknote processing unit 5. When a maintenance operation is being performed by an operator, the front linear transport unit 40 is opened together with the front door 3 as needed. At this time, the storing and feeding mechanism of each stacker 16 moves forward together with the front linear transport unit 40. As a result, the stacker 16 is opened in front of the banknote storage space, exposing the banknote storage space to the outside. This allows the banknote processing device 1 to remove banknotes from inside the stacker 16 and to remove the collection box 18.

[0031] The front linear conveying unit 40 has a transfer port at the rear end of its upper end, at which the upper end of the conveying path is connected to the lower end of the rear storage cabinet transfer section 33 and the front storage cabinet transfer section 34. The front linear conveying unit 40 also has a conveying path that runs downward from the upper end, and is connected to the payout and accumulation ports of stackers 16A, 16B, and 16C and the receiving port of recovery cabinet 18 via the respective transfer ports provided on the rear surface.

[0032] [1-1-6. Configuration of Stacker and Evacuation Recovery Storehouse] Behind the recovery storehouse 18 and stacker 16C inside the housing 2, the stacker 16D and the evacuation recovery storehouse 46 are arranged so as to be stacked on top of each other in the vertical direction from the bottom to the top.

[0033] Stacker 16D has a predetermined denomination of banknotes to be stored, and has the same configuration as stackers 16A, 16B, and 16C. Stacker 16D uses a storing and feeding mechanism provided at the front end to take in and store banknotes transported from rear linear transport unit 48 through a feed-out stacking port provided on the front side, and also discharges the stored banknotes from the feed-out stacking port and supplies them to rear linear transport unit 48.

[0034] The evacuation and recovery box 46 is made of metal or resin and is configured to be taller in the vertical direction than the stacker 16. It is located above stacker 16D behind stackers 16A, 16B, and 16C inside the housing 2. The evacuation and recovery box 46 receives and stores banknotes transported from the rear linear transport unit 48 through a receiving port provided on the front side using a storage mechanism consisting of various rollers and the like. Specifically, the evacuation and recovery box 46 collects and stores excess banknotes in the stacker 16. The evacuation and recovery box 46 stores the banknotes so that their thickness, which is perpendicular to the paper surface of the banknote, is aligned vertically and stacked vertically. The evacuation and recovery box 46 is entirely surrounded by a safe housing 50, which is a thick metal box, and is accessible only to authorized store staff, such as the store manager, or staff of the security transport company. The front-to-rear length of the evacuation and recovery box 46 is approximately the same as the front-to-rear length of stacker 16D. The upper end of the evacuation recovery box 46 is at approximately the same height as the upper end of the stacker 16A, and the lower end of the stacker 16D is at approximately the same height as the lower end of the recovery box 18.

[0035] The safe housing 50 has an opening formed on its upper surface that connects the internal space surrounded by the safe housing 50 with the outside, and a safe housing door 50A that can open and close this opening is provided on the opening side, that is, the upper surface. When the banknote processing device 1 is performing a transaction process with a user, the safe housing door 50A is closed and locked to protect the evacuation and recovery box 46. On the other hand, when the banknote processing device 1 is performing maintenance work in which an operator (i.e., a staff member of a security transport company) removes the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the safe housing 50, the operator unlocks and opens the safe housing door 50A, allowing the evacuation and recovery box 46 to be removed from the safe housing 50.

[0036] The maintenance work performed by the worker is, for example, the worker retrieving the contents of the evacuation and recovery box 46 or replacing the evacuation and recovery box 46 with another empty evacuation and recovery box 46. The maintenance work may be performed when the user is not processing a transaction, or when the user is processing a transaction. In other words, the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be pulled out from the rear side of the housing 2 at any time. Therefore, the banknote processing device 1 can perform maintenance work nonstop without interrupting the transaction processing being performed by the user.

[0037] The safe housing 50 is fixed to an evacuation and recovery box pivoting frame 52. The evacuation and recovery box pivoting frame 52, which serves as a movement mechanism, is shaped like the letter "L" when viewed from the left side, and includes a flat rear panel 55 and a bottom panel 56. The evacuation and recovery box pivoting frame 52 also has a pivoting mechanism 57 at the rear end of its lower end (i.e., near where the rear panel 55 and bottom panel 56 are connected). The safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are located in the storage position when the receiving opening of the evacuation and recovery box 46 is connected to the transport path of the rear linear transport unit 48, allowing banknotes to be transported to the evacuation and recovery box 46. When an operator pivots the evacuation and recovery box pivoting frame 52 from the storage position about the pivoting mechanism 57 so as to tilt the evacuation and recovery box 46 backward, the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 as a whole are tilted so that the upper surface moves backward, as shown in FIG. 4 . When the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are tilted in this manner, the thickness direction of the banknotes accumulated inside the evacuation and recovery box 46 is tilted relative to the up-down direction (vertical direction). In this state, the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are located in a rear position behind the storage position. The evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 may be locked in the position shown in FIG. 1 by a locking mechanism (not shown) during transaction processing between the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 and may be unlocked by the operator during maintenance work. This locking mechanism may be unlocked by the operator's physical key or mechanism, or it may be an electromagnetic lock that is unlocked by control.

[0038] [1-1-7. Configuration of rear linear transport unit] A rear linear transport unit 48 is provided between the recovery storehouse 18 and stackers 16A, 16B, and 16C and the stacker 16D and evacuation recovery storehouse 46 inside the housing 2. The rear linear transport unit 48 extends in the vertical direction and is configured to be movable by being fixed to a frame (not shown).

[0039] The rear linear conveying unit 48 has a front end of a conveying path connected to the rear end of the rear conveying section 35 at a delivery port provided near the upper end of the front end. The rear linear conveying unit 48 also has a conveying path extending from the upper end downward on the rear side, and is connected to a receiving port provided on the front side of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 and a feed-out accumulation port provided on the front side of the stacker 16D via delivery ports provided on the rear surface.

[0040] [1-2. Deposit Processing] In the banknote processing device 1 configured as described above, the banknote control unit 4 controls each unit based on the banknote validation and identification results, etc., from the validation unit 14, to perform banknote deposit processing, withdrawal processing, etc.

[0041] That is, in the banknote processing device 1, during a deposit transaction, when a user selects a deposit transaction via the operation display unit (not shown) and further inserts banknotes BL into the deposit unit 20, the separator transports the inserted banknotes BL from the deposit unit 20 one by one via the deposit transport unit 30 to the circular transport unit 28 and then to the classification unit 14. Here, if the banknote processing device 1 determines that a banknote can be deposited and recycled as a dispensing banknote based on the validation and identification results of the classification unit 14, the banknote BL is transported from the circular transport unit 28 via the rear storage transport unit 33 to the front linear transport unit 40 for storage in accordance with the transfer denomination, as shown by the solid line in Fig. 2 , or is transported from the circular transport unit 28 via the rear transport unit 35 to the rear linear transport unit 48 for transfer to stacker 16D for storage.

[0042] On the other hand, if the banknote processing device 1 determines that a banknote can be deposited based on the validation and identification results of the validator 14 but is therefore in poor condition or is an old note and therefore should not be recycled as a dispensing banknote (i.e., is not suitable as a dispensing banknote), the banknote BL is transferred from the annular conveyance unit 28 via the rear storage container conveyance unit 33 to the front linear conveyance unit 40 and transported to the collection container 18 for storage, as shown by the solid line in Fig. 2. On the other hand, if the banknote processing device 1 determines that a banknote is not suitable for deposit based on the validation and identification results of the validator 14, such as a banknote in extremely poor condition, a counterfeit note, a foreign object, or a banknote that cannot be handled, such as foreign currency, the banknote BL is returned from the annular conveyance unit 28 via the lower dispensing conveyance unit 32 to the dispensing unit 21, as shown by the dashed line in Fig. 2, and is returned to the user by having the user open the shutter.

[0043] [1-3. Withdrawal Process] On the other hand, during a withdrawal transaction, when a user selects a withdrawal transaction via the operation display unit (not shown) and inputs the withdrawal amount, the banknote processing device 1 recognizes the required number of banknotes of each denomination according to the requested amount, and, depending on the number of banknotes of each denomination, either feeds banknotes BL from each stacker 16 (stacker 16A, 16B, or 16C) and transports them to the classification unit 14 via the front linear transport unit 40 and the rear storage transport unit 33, or feeds banknotes BL from stacker 16D and transports them to the classification unit 14 via the rear linear transport unit 48 and the rear transport unit 35, thereby obtaining the results of validation and identification of the serial number. Here, if the banknote processing device 1 determines that withdrawal is possible based on the validation and identification results of the classification unit 14, it transports the banknote BL from the circular transport unit 28 to the dispensing unit 21 via the upper dispensing transport unit 31, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 .

[0044] On the other hand, if the number of banknotes determined to be unsuitable for dispensing is less than a predetermined number, for example, one, the banknote processing device 1 transfers the banknotes from the circular conveying section 28 to the front storage container conveying section 34, as shown by the dashed line in Figure 3, to the front linear conveying unit 40, and transports them to the collection container 18 for storage.

[0045] When the banknotes BL of the requested amount are stacked in the dispensing unit 21, the banknote processing device 1 prompts the user to open the shutter. This makes it possible to receive the banknotes BL stacked in the dispensing unit 21, and the user receives the banknotes BL.

[0046] 1-4. Method for Removing the Evacuation and Recovery Box from the Rear Side of the Housing Next, a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 5 by an operator on the rear side of the housing 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

[0047] As shown in FIG. 4 , when the safe housing 50 is stored in the housing 2 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is in the storage position, if the worker rotates the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 so as to tilt it backward, the safe housing 50 assumes the rear position, with at least a portion of its upper surface positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B. Therefore, even if the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted, the evacuation and recovery box 46 will not come into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. Next, as shown in FIG. 5 , the worker unlocks and opens the safe housing door 50A. This exposes the upper surface of the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the outside of the housing 2, making it possible to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the safe housing 50. In this state, the worker lifts the evacuation and recovery box 46 upward and rearward along the lifting direction D1 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 5.

[0048] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 5 from the rear side of the housing 2, the worker performs the operation in the reverse order of the above-mentioned removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side. Note that the safe housing door 50A may be closed manually by the worker, or to prevent forgetting to close it, the safe housing door 50A may be indirectly closed by the safe housing door 50A coming into contact with and being pushed by the rear linear transport unit 48 or the like when the worker rotates the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 so that it falls forward to store the safe housing 50 in the housing 2.

[0049] 6 and 7 , a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote handling unit 5 by an operator located on the front side of the housing 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6 , when the operator opens the front door 3 and pulls the banknote handling unit 5 out of the housing 2 toward the front side in the unit pull-out direction Df, the safe housing 50 is positioned in front of the housing front opening 2A. Therefore, even if the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted up, the safe housing 50 does not come into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. Next, the operator unlocks and opens the safe housing door 50A as shown in FIG. 7 . This exposes the top surface of the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the outside of the housing 2, making the evacuation and recovery box 46 removable from the safe housing 50. In this state, the operator lifts the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost straight up in the lifting direction D2 and removes it from the banknote processing unit 5.

[0050] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 5 from the front side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operations in the reverse order of the above-described removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the front side.

[0051] [1-6. Effects, etc.] In the above-described configuration, the banknote processing device 1 ( FIG. 1 ) has the evacuation and recovery box 46 located at the rear end of the banknote processing unit 5, and has a housing rear opening 2B on the rear side of the housing 2, which exposes the safe housing 50 to the outside even during operation. The banknote processing device 1 is also configured so that the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 can be rotated so as to be tilted rearward when the banknote processing unit 5 is stored in the housing 2. When the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 rotates as shown in FIG. 4 , at least a portion of the top surface of the safe housing 50 is positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B. When the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted as shown in FIG. 5 , the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the safe housing 50 without coming into contact with the top panel of the housing 2. This allows the banknote processing device 1 to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side of the housing 2, which is inaccessible to customers and provides high security.

[0052] Furthermore, because of this, when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, the banknote processing device 1 can remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 5 without the banknote processing unit 5 being pulled out rearward from the housing 2. This allows the banknote processing device 1 to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 5 without requiring space on the rear side of the housing 2, such as inside a store's counter, for pulling out the banknote processing unit 5 from inside the housing 2. In this way, the banknote processing device 1 can remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 5 without requiring space on the rear side of the housing 2 for pulling out the banknote processing unit 5 from inside the housing 2.

[0053] Furthermore, the banknote processing device 1 is configured so that the banknote processing unit 5 can slide in the front-rear direction relative to the housing 2. Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 1, when the front door 3 is opened and the banknote processing unit 5 is pulled out to the front side from the housing 2 as shown in Fig. 6 , the safe housing 50 is positioned in front of the housing front opening 2A, and when the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted as shown in Fig. 7 , the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the safe housing 50 without coming into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. Therefore, in the banknote processing device 1, for example, in cases where the space behind the housing 2 is narrow and it is difficult to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side of the housing 2, the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the front side of the housing 2.

[0054] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 1, the receiving opening of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is provided on the front side of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, and banknotes are transported to the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 via the receiving opening from the rear linear transport unit 48, which is arranged in front of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46. Therefore, in the banknote processing device 1, it is possible to avoid providing a transport path above the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, so that when the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is lifted upward to the rear side along the lifting direction D1 as shown in Fig. 5, and when the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is lifted almost directly upward along the lifting direction D2 as shown in Fig. 7, it can be removed from the banknote processing unit 5 without being obstructed by the transport path.

[0055] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 1, the safe housing door 50A of the safe housing 50 is provided on the upper surface side, which is the opening side. Therefore, in the banknote processing device 1, instead of providing the safe housing door 50A of the safe housing 50 on the rear surface side and pulling the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost directly rearward to remove it from the banknote processing unit 5, the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be lifted almost directly upward along the lifting direction D2 and removed from the banknote processing unit 5.

[0056] Therefore, in the banknote processing device 1, when the banknote processing unit 5 is pulled out toward the front from the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 6, the banknote processing unit 5 is pulled out further toward the front than in FIG. 6 by the length of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 in the front-to-rear direction, and then the safe housing door provided on the rear side of the safe housing 50 is opened and the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is pulled out almost directly to the rear and removed from the banknote processing unit 5, thereby reducing the space required in the front-to-rear direction compared to when the banknote processing unit 5 is pulled out further toward the front than in FIG.

[0057] According to the above configuration, the banknote processing device 1 (FIG. 1) comprises a housing 2 having a housing front opening 2A formed on the front side thereof that connects the internal space with the outside, and a banknote processing unit 5 that has a removable evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 as a storage container for storing banknotes as a medium, and is stored in the internal space of the housing 2 and is configured to be movable to the outside through the housing front opening 2A, and the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is removable from the banknote processing unit 5 from the rear side of the housing 2, and is also removable from the banknote processing unit 5 from the front side of the housing 2 when the banknote processing unit 5 has moved from the internal space to the outside.

[0058] This allows the banknote processing device 1 to save space required on the rear side of the housing 2, which has high security, while maintaining maintainability from the front side of the housing 2.

[0059] 1, a banknote processing device 101 according to the second embodiment differs from the banknote processing device 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote processing unit 105 instead of the banknote processing unit 5, but is otherwise configured similarly. The banknote processing unit 105 according to the second embodiment differs from the banknote processing unit 5 according to the first embodiment in that it has an evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 instead of the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52, but is otherwise configured similarly. The evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 as a moving mechanism has substantially the same shape as the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52, but the safe housing 50 is detachably fixed thereto.

[0060] 2-2. Method for Removing the Evacuation and Recovery Box from the Rear Side of the Housing Next, a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 together with the safe housing 50 from the banknote processing unit 105 by an operator on the rear side of the housing 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 8 .

[0061] As shown in FIG. 4 , when the safe housing 50 is stored in the housing 2 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is in the storage position, if the worker rotates the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 so as to tilt it backward, the safe housing 50 assumes the rear position, with at least a portion of its top surface positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B. Therefore, even if the safe housing 50 is lifted while the safe housing door 50A is closed, the safe housing 50 will not come into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. This exposes the top surface of the safe housing 50 to the outside of the housing 2, making the safe housing 50 removable from the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152. In this state, the worker lifts the safe housing 50 with the evacuation and recovery box 46 built in upward and rearward along the lifting direction D1 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 105, as shown in FIG.

[0062] On the other hand, when attaching the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 105 from the rear side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operation in the reverse order of the removal of the safe housing 50 from the rear side described above. Note that the positioning of the safe housing 50 may be performed, for example, by inserting a recess (not shown) provided in the bottom of the safe housing 50 into a corresponding protrusion (not shown) provided on the bottom plate 56 of the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152. Alternatively, the positioning may be performed by fitting the rear side of the safe housing 50 and the rear plate 55 of the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 together (not shown). Furthermore, walls may be formed on the left and right sides of the bottom plate 56 of the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152, and the safe housing 50 may be positioned by fitting between these walls.

[0063] 6 and 9 , a description will be given of a removal method in which an operator at the front side of the housing 2 removes the evacuation and recovery box 46 together with the safe housing 50 from the banknote handling unit 105. As shown in FIG. 6 , when the operator opens the front door 3 and pulls the banknote handling unit 105 out of the housing 2 to the front side in the unit pull-out direction Df, the safe housing 50 is positioned in front of the housing front opening 2A. Therefore, even if the safe housing 50 is lifted, it does not come into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. In this state, as shown in FIG. 9 , the operator lifts the safe housing 50, in which the evacuation and recovery box 46 is built, almost directly upward from the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 in the lifting direction D2 to remove it from the banknote handling unit 105.

[0064] On the other hand, when attaching the safe housing 50 with the built-in evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 105 from the front side of the housing 2, the worker performs the operations in the reverse order of the removal of the safe housing 50 from the front side described above.

[0065] [2-4. Effects, etc.] In the above-described configuration, the banknote processing device 101 ( FIG. 1 ) is configured so that the safe housing 50 is detachably fixed to the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152. Furthermore, the banknote processing device 101 is configured so that the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 can be rotated so as to be tilted backward when the banknote processing unit 105 is stored in the housing 2, and when the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 rotates as shown in FIG. 4 , at least a part of the top surface of the safe housing 50 is positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B, and when the safe housing 50 is lifted with the safe housing door 50A closed as shown in FIG. 8 , the safe housing 50 can be removed from the banknote processing unit 105 without coming into contact with the top plate of the housing 2.

[0066] Therefore, when the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, the banknote processing device 101 can remove the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 105 without the banknote processing unit 105 being pulled out rearward from the housing 2. This allows the banknote processing device 101 to remove the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 105 without requiring space on the rear side of the housing 2, such as inside a store counter, for pulling out the banknote processing unit 105 from inside the housing 2.

[0067] 6, when the front door 3 is opened and the banknote processing unit 105 is pulled out to the front side from the housing 2, the banknote processing device 101 positions the safe housing 50 in front of the housing front opening 2A, and when the safe housing 50 is lifted up as shown in Fig. 9, the safe housing 50 can be removed from the banknote processing unit 105 without coming into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. Therefore, in the banknote processing device 101, for example, when the space behind the housing 2 is narrow and it is difficult to remove the safe housing 50 from the rear side of the housing 2, the safe housing 50 can be removed from the front side of the housing 2.

[0068] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 101, the receiving opening of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is provided on the front side of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, and banknotes are transported to the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 via the receiving opening from the rear linear transport unit 48, which is arranged forward of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46. Therefore, the banknote processing device 101 does not need to provide a transport path above the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, so that when the safe housing 50 is lifted upward to the rear side along the lifting direction D1 as shown in Fig. 8 and when the safe housing 50 is lifted almost directly upward along the lifting direction D2 as shown in Fig. 9, the safe housing 50 can be removed from the banknote processing unit 105 without being obstructed by the transport path.

[0069] In other respects as well, the banknote processing device 101 according to the second embodiment can achieve the same effects as the banknote processing device 1 according to the first embodiment.

[0070] 10 in which the same reference numerals are used for components corresponding to those in Fig. 1, a banknote processing device 201 according to the third embodiment differs from the banknote processing device 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote processing unit 205 instead of the banknote processing unit 5, but is otherwise configured similarly. The banknote processing unit 205 according to the third embodiment differs from the banknote processing unit 5 according to the first embodiment in that it has an evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 instead of the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52, but is otherwise configured similarly.

[0071] The evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54, which serves as a movement mechanism, is shaped like the letter "L" when viewed from the left side. It has a flat rear side panel 58 and a bottom panel 59, and the safe housing 50 is fixed to the slide frame 54. The slide frame 54 is configured to be slidable in the front-to-rear direction relative to the banknote processing unit 205, for example, by slide rails. The safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are located in the storage position when the receiving opening of the evacuation and recovery box 46 is connected to the transport path of the rear linear transport unit 48, allowing banknotes to be transported to the evacuation and recovery box 46. When the operator pulls the slide frame 54 rearward from the storage position, the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are positioned rearward of the rear end of the housing 2, as shown in FIG. 11 . In this state, the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are located in a rear position rearward of the storage position.

[0072] 3-2. Method for Removing the Evacuation and Recovery Box from the Rear Side of the Housing Next, a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 205 by an operator on the rear side of the housing 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12 .

[0073] When the safe housing 50 is stored in the housing 2, and the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery cabinet 46 are in the storage position and stored inside the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 10 , if the worker pulls the evacuation and recovery cabinet slide frame 54 rearward as shown in FIG. 11 , the safe housing 50 moves to the rear position, with its top surface positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B. Therefore, even if the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery cabinet 46 is lifted, the evacuation and recovery cabinet 46 will not come into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. Next, the worker unlocks and opens the safe housing door 50A as shown in FIG. 12 . This exposes the top surface of the evacuation and recovery cabinet 46 to the outside of the housing 2, making it possible to remove the evacuation and recovery cabinet 46 from the safe housing 50. In this state, the operator lifts the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost directly upward from the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 in the lifting direction D2 and removes it from the banknote processing unit 205.

[0074] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 205 from the rear side of the housing 2, the worker performs the operation in the reverse order of the above-mentioned removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side. Note that the safe housing door 50A may be closed manually by the worker, or to prevent forgetting to close it, the safe housing door 50A may be indirectly closed by the worker pushing the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 forward to store the safe housing 50 in the housing 2, when the safe housing door 50A comes into contact with and is pushed against a predetermined contact portion or the like.

[0075] 13 and 14 , a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote handling unit 205 by an operator located at the front side of the housing 2 will be described. When the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are stored inside the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 10 , and the operator opens the front door 3 and pulls the banknote handling unit 205 out of the housing 2 toward the front side in the unit pull-out direction Df, as shown in FIG. 13 , the safe housing 50 is positioned in front of the housing front opening 2A. Therefore, even if the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted up, the evacuation and recovery box 46 will not come into contact with the top panel of the housing 2. Next, the operator unlocks and opens the safe housing door 50A, as shown in FIG. 14 . This exposes the top surface of the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the outside of the housing 2, making it possible to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the safe housing 50. In this state, the operator lifts the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost straight up in the lifting direction D2 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 205.

[0076] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 205 from the front side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operations in the reverse order of the above-described removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the front side.

[0077] [3-4. Effects, etc.] In the above-described configuration, the banknote processing device 201 ( FIG. 10 ) is configured so that the evacuation and recovery store slide frame 54 to which the safe housing 50 is fixed can slide rearward when the banknote processing unit 205 is stored in the housing 2, and when the evacuation and recovery store slide frame 54 moves rearward as shown in FIG. 11 , the top surface of the safe housing 50 is positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B, and when the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery store 46 is lifted as shown in FIG. 12 , the evacuation and recovery store 46 can be removed from the safe housing 50 without coming into contact with the top plate of the housing 2.

[0078] Therefore, when the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, the banknote processing device 201 can remove the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 from the banknote processing unit 205 without the banknote processing unit 205 being pulled out rearward from the housing 2. This allows the banknote processing device 201 to remove the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 from the banknote processing unit 205 without requiring space on the rear side of the housing 2, such as inside a store counter, for pulling out the banknote processing unit 205 from inside the housing 2.

[0079] 13 , when the front door 3 is opened and the banknote handling unit 205 is pulled out from the housing 2 to the front side, the banknote handling device 201 positions the safe housing 50 in front of the housing front opening 2A, and when the safe housing door 50A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted up as shown in Fig. 14 , the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the safe housing 50 without coming into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. Therefore, in the banknote handling device 201, for example, when the space behind the housing 2 is narrow and it is difficult to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side of the housing 2, the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the front side of the housing 2.

[0080] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 201, the receiving opening of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is provided on the front side of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, and banknotes are transported to the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 via the receiving opening from the rear linear transport unit 48, which is arranged in front of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46. Therefore, the banknote processing device 201 does not need to provide a transport path above the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, so that when the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is lifted almost directly upward in the lifting direction D2 as shown in Fig. 12 and when the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is lifted almost directly upward in the lifting direction D2 as shown in Fig. 14, it can be removed from the banknote processing unit 205 without being obstructed by the transport path.

[0081] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 201, the safe housing door 50A of the safe housing 50 is provided on the upper surface side, which is the opening side. Therefore, in the banknote processing device 201, instead of providing the safe housing door 50A of the safe housing 50 on the rear surface side and pulling the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost directly rearward to remove it from the banknote processing unit 205, the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be lifted almost directly upward along the lifting direction D2 and removed from the banknote processing unit 205.

[0082] Therefore, in the banknote processing device 201, when the banknote processing unit 205 is pulled out toward the front side from the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 13, the banknote processing unit 205 is pulled out further toward the front side than in FIG. 13 by the length of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 in the front-to-rear direction, and then the safe housing door provided on the rear side of the safe housing 50 is opened and the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is pulled out almost directly to the rear and removed from the banknote processing unit 205, thereby reducing the space required in the front-to-rear direction compared to the case where the banknote processing unit 205 is pulled out further toward the front side than in FIG. 13 by the length of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 in the front-to-rear direction.

[0083] In other respects as well, the banknote handling apparatus 201 according to the third embodiment can achieve the same effects as the banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

[0084] 10 , a banknote processing device 301 according to the fourth embodiment differs from the banknote processing device 201 according to the third embodiment in that it has a banknote processing unit 305 instead of the banknote processing unit 205, but is otherwise configured similarly. The banknote processing unit 305 according to the fourth embodiment differs from the banknote processing unit 205 according to the third embodiment in that it has an evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 instead of the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54, but is otherwise configured similarly. The evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 as a moving mechanism has substantially the same shape as the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54, but the safe housing 50 is detachably fixed thereto.

[0085] 11 and 15 , a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side of the housing 2 when an operator at the rear side of the housing 2 removes the evacuation and recovery box 46 together with the safe housing 50 from the banknote processing unit 305 will be described.

[0086] When the safe housing 50 is stored in the housing 2 and the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are in the storage position and stored inside the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 10 , if the worker pulls the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 rearward as shown in FIG. 11 , the safe housing 50 moves to the rear position, with its top surface positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B. Therefore, even if the safe housing 50 is lifted while the safe housing door 50A is closed, the safe housing 50 does not come into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. This exposes the top surface of the safe housing 50 to the outside of the housing 2, making the safe housing 50 removable from the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154. In this state, the worker lifts the safe housing 50 with the evacuation and recovery box 46 built in substantially straight up along the lifting direction D2 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 305, as shown in FIG. 15 .

[0087] On the other hand, when attaching the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 305 from the rear side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operation in the reverse order of the removal of the safe housing 50 from the rear side described above. Note that the positioning of the safe housing 50 may be performed, for example, by inserting a recess (not shown) provided in the bottom of the safe housing 50 into a corresponding protrusion (not shown) provided on the bottom plate 59 of the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154. Alternatively, the positioning may be performed by fitting the rear side of the safe housing 50 and the rear plate 58 of the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 together (not shown). Furthermore, the bottom plate 59 of the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 may have walls formed on the left and right sides, and the safe housing 50 may be positioned by fitting between these walls.

[0088] 13 and 16 , a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 together with the safe housing 50 from the banknote handling unit 305 by an operator located on the front side of the housing 2 will be described. When the safe housing 50 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 are stored inside the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 10 , and the operator opens the front door 3 and pulls the banknote handling unit 305 out of the housing 2 toward the front side in the unit pull-out direction Df, as shown in FIG. 13 , the safe housing 50 is positioned in front of the housing front opening 2A. Therefore, even if the safe housing 50 is lifted, it does not come into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. In this state, the operator lifts the safe housing 50 with the built-in evacuation and recovery box 46 almost directly upward in the lifting direction D2 to remove it from the banknote handling unit 305, as shown in FIG. 16 .

[0089] On the other hand, when attaching the safe housing 50 with the built-in evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 305 from the front side of the housing 2, the worker performs the operations in the reverse order of the procedure for removing the safe housing 50 from the front side described above.

[0090] [4-4. Effects, etc.] In the above-described configuration, the banknote processing device 301 ( FIG. 10 ) is configured so that the safe housing 50 is detachably fixed to the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154. Furthermore, the banknote processing device 301 is configured so that the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 to which the safe housing 50 is fixed can slide rearward when the banknote processing unit 305 is stored in the housing 2, and when the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 moves rearward as shown in FIG. 11 , the top surface of the safe housing 50 is positioned rearward of the housing rear opening 2B, making it detachable from the banknote processing unit 305 as shown in FIG.

[0091] Therefore, when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, the banknote processing device 301 can remove the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 305 without the banknote processing unit 305 being pulled out rearward from the housing 2. This allows the banknote processing device 301 to remove the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 305 without requiring space on the rear side of the housing 2, such as inside a store counter, for pulling out the banknote processing unit 305 from inside the housing 2.

[0092] 13, when the front door 3 is opened and the banknote handling unit 305 is pulled out from the housing 2 to the front side, the banknote handling device 301 positions the safe housing 50 in front of the housing front opening 2A, and when the safe housing 50 is lifted up as shown in Fig. 16, the safe housing 50 can be removed from the banknote handling unit 305 without coming into contact with the top plate of the housing 2. Therefore, in the banknote handling device 301, for example, when the space behind the housing 2 is narrow and it is difficult to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side of the housing 2, the safe housing 50 can be removed from the front side of the housing 2.

[0093] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 301, the receiving opening of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is provided on the front side of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, and banknotes are transported to the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 via the receiving opening from the rear linear transport unit 48, which is arranged forward of the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46. Therefore, the banknote processing device 301 does not need to provide a transport path above the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46, so that when the safe housing 50 is lifted almost directly upward in the lifting direction D2 as shown in Fig. 15 and when the safe housing 50 is lifted almost directly upward in the lifting direction D2 as shown in Fig. 16, the safe housing 50 can be removed from the banknote processing unit 305 without being obstructed by the transport path.

[0094] In other respects as well, the banknote handling apparatus 301 according to the fourth embodiment can achieve the same effects as the banknote handling apparatus 201 according to the third embodiment.

[0095] 17 in which the same reference numerals are used for components corresponding to those in Fig. 1, a banknote processing device 401 according to the fifth embodiment differs from the banknote processing device 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote processing unit 405 instead of the banknote processing unit 5, but is otherwise configured similarly. The banknote processing unit 405 according to the fifth embodiment differs from the banknote processing unit 5 according to the first embodiment in that it does not have the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 and has a safe housing 450 instead of the safe housing 50, but is otherwise configured similarly.

[0096] The safe housing 450 is in the shape of a thick metal box and surrounds the entire evacuation and recovery container 46. An opening that connects the internal space surrounded by the safe housing 450 to the outside is formed on the rear side of the safe housing 450, and a safe housing door 450A that can open and close this opening is provided on the opening side, that is, the rear side. When the banknote processing device 401 is performing a transaction operation with a user, the safe housing door 450A is closed and locked to protect the evacuation and recovery container 46. On the other hand, when the banknote processing device 401 is performing maintenance work in which an operator removes the evacuation and recovery container 46 from the banknote processing device 401, the operator unlocks and opens the safe housing door 450A, allowing the evacuation and recovery container 46 to be removed from the safe housing 450.

[0097] 5-2. Method for Removing the Evacuation and Recovery Box from the Rear Side of the Housing Next, a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 405 by an operator on the rear side of the housing 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 18 .

[0098] 18 , when the safe housing door 450A is unlocked and opened by an operator while the safe housing 50 is stored in the housing 2, the rear face of the evacuation and recovery box 46 is exposed to the outside of the safe housing 450, and the evacuation and recovery box 46 becomes removable from the safe housing 450. In this state, the operator pulls the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost directly rearward along the pull-out direction D3 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 405.

[0099] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 405 from the rear side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operations in the reverse order of the above-described removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side.

[0100] 5-3. Method for Removing the Evacuation and Recovery Box from the Front Side of the Housing Next, a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote handling unit 405 by an operator at the front side of the housing 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 19 . As shown in FIG. 19 , when the operator opens the front door 3 and pulls the banknote handling unit 405 out from the housing 2 to the front side, the safe housing 450 is positioned in front of the housing front opening 2A. Therefore, even if the safe housing door 450A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is pulled out and lifted up, the evacuation and recovery box 46 will not come into contact with the left and right side panels or the top panel of the housing 2. Next, the operator unlocks and opens the safe housing door 450A. This exposes the rear side of the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the outside of the safe housing 450, making it possible to pull the evacuation and recovery box 46 out of the safe housing 450. In this state, the operator pulls out the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost straight back in the pull-out direction D3, and then lifts it almost straight up in the lift-up direction D2 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 405.

[0101] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 405 from the front side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operations in the reverse order of the above-described removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the front side.

[0102] [5-4. Effects, etc.] In the above-described configuration, the banknote processing device 401 (FIG. 17) has the evacuation and recovery box 46 located at the rearmost part of the banknote processing unit 405, and has a housing rear opening 2B, which exposes the safe housing 50 to the outside even during operation, provided on the rear side of the housing 2. Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 401, as shown in FIG. 18, when the safe housing door 450A is opened with the banknote processing unit 405 stored in the housing 2, the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the safe housing 450.

[0103] Therefore, when the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, the banknote processing device 401 can remove the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 from the banknote processing unit 405 without the banknote processing unit 405 being pulled out rearward from the housing 2. This allows the banknote processing device 401 to remove the evacuation and recovery storehouse 46 from the banknote processing unit 405 without requiring space on the rear side of the housing 2, such as inside a store counter, for pulling out the banknote processing unit 405 from inside the housing 2.

[0104] 19 , when the front door 3 is opened and the banknote handling unit 405 is pulled out from the housing 2 to the front side, the banknote handling device 401 positions the safe housing 50 in front of the housing front opening 2A, and when the safe housing door 450A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is pulled out and lifted up, the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the safe housing 50 without coming into contact with the left and right side panels or the top panel of the housing 2. Therefore, in the banknote handling device 401, for example, when the space behind the housing 2 is narrow and it is difficult to remove the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side of the housing 2, the evacuation and recovery box 46 can be removed from the front side of the housing 2.

[0105] In other respects as well, the banknote processing device 401 according to the fifth embodiment can achieve the same effects as the banknote processing device 1 according to the first embodiment.

[0106] 20 in which the same reference numerals are used for components corresponding to those in Fig. 17, a banknote processing device 501 according to the sixth embodiment differs from the banknote processing device 401 according to the fifth embodiment in that it has a banknote processing unit 505 instead of the banknote processing unit 405, but is otherwise configured similarly. The banknote processing unit 505 according to the sixth embodiment differs from the banknote processing unit 405 according to the fifth embodiment in that the safe housing 450 and the evacuation and recovery box 46 and the stacker 16D are arranged in the up-down positions reversed, but is otherwise configured similarly.

[0107] For this reason, behind the recovery box 18 and stackers 16A, 16B, and 16C inside the housing 2, the safe housing 450, the evacuation recovery box 46, and the stacker 16D are arranged so as to be stacked on top of each other along the vertical direction from bottom to top. The safe housing 450 and the evacuation recovery box 46 according to the sixth embodiment are configured similarly to the safe housing 450 and the evacuation recovery box 46 according to the fifth embodiment. The stacker 16D according to the sixth embodiment is configured similarly to the stacker 16D according to the fifth embodiment.

[0108] 6-2. Method for Removing the Evacuation and Recovery Box from the Rear Side of the Housing Next, a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote processing unit 505 by an operator on the rear side of the housing 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

[0109] 21 , when the safe housing door 450A is unlocked and opened by an operator while the safe housing 50 is stored in the housing 2, the rear face of the evacuation and recovery box 46 is exposed to the outside of the safe housing 450, and the evacuation and recovery box 46 becomes removable from the safe housing 450. In this state, the operator pulls the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost directly rearward along the pull-out direction D3 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 505.

[0110] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 505 from the rear side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operations in the reverse order of the above-described removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the rear side.

[0111] 22 , a method for removing the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the banknote handling unit 505 by an operator located on the front side of the housing 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 22 , when the operator opens the front door 3 and pulls the banknote handling unit 505 out from the housing 2 to the front side, the safe housing 450 is positioned in front of the housing front opening 2A. Therefore, even if the safe housing door 450A is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is pulled out and lifted up, the evacuation and recovery box 46 will not come into contact with the left and right side panels or the top panel of the housing 2. Next, the operator unlocks and opens the safe housing door 450A. This exposes the rear of the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the outside of the safe housing 450, allowing the evacuation and recovery box 46 to be pulled out from the safe housing 450. In this state, the operator pulls out the evacuation and recovery box 46 almost straight back in the pull-out direction D3, and then lifts it almost straight up in the lift-up direction D2 to remove it from the banknote processing unit 505.

[0112] On the other hand, when attaching the evacuation and recovery box 46 to the banknote processing unit 505 from the front side of the housing 2, the operator performs the operations in the reverse order of the above-described removal of the evacuation and recovery box 46 from the front side.

[0113] [7. Other Embodiments] In the first embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 1 has been described as having an evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 shaped like a capital letter "L" when viewed from the left side. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this. The banknote processing device 1 may have the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 in various other shapes, such as a box shape with an open top. In this case, the banknote processing device 1 may prevent the evacuation and recovery box 46 from being pulled out by locking it inside the box shape with an electromagnetic lock, for example. Furthermore, the banknote processing device 1 may omit the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 and instead provide a rotation mechanism 57 at the rear end of the lower end of the safe housing 50, so that the safe housing 50 can rotate around the rotation mechanism 57 so as to be tilted backward. This also applies to the second embodiment.

[0114] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 1 may be configured so that the lock must be unlocked beforehand when the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 is rotated. The same applies to the second embodiment. In the first embodiment, when the lock must be unlocked beforehand, the banknote processing device 1 may be configured so that the safe housing door 50A is opened by a link mechanism (not shown) in response to the rotation of the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52.

[0115] Furthermore, in the third embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 201 has been described as having an evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 shaped like a capital letter "L" when viewed from the left side. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote processing device 201 may have an evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 in various other shapes, such as a box shape with an open top. In this case, the banknote processing device 201 may lock the evacuation and recovery box 46 inside the box shape using an electromagnetic lock, for example, to prevent it from being pulled out. Furthermore, the banknote processing device 201 may omit the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54, and instead configure the safe housing 50 to be slidable in the front-to-rear direction relative to the banknote processing unit 205 using, for example, slide rails. The same applies to the fourth embodiment.

[0116] Furthermore, in the third embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 201 may be configured so that the lock must be unlocked beforehand when the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 is pulled out rearward. The same applies to the fourth embodiment. In the third embodiment, when the lock must be unlocked beforehand, the banknote processing device 201 may be configured so that the safe housing door 50A is opened by a link mechanism (not shown) in response to the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 being pulled out.

[0117] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the front side of the housing 2, the banknote processing device 1 has been described as follows: as shown in Fig. 7 , the safe housing door 50A provided on the upper surface of the safe housing 50 is opened, and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted almost directly upward in the lifting direction D2 to be removed from the banknote processing unit 5. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote processing device 1 may be provided with a safe housing side door on at least either the left side or the right side of the safe housing 50 together with or instead of the safe housing door 50A; and when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the front side of the housing 2, the safe housing side door may be opened, and the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be pulled out in the leftward or rightward direction to be removed from the banknote processing unit 5.

[0118] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, as shown in Fig. 5 , the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 is rotated so as to be tilted backward while the banknote processing unit 5 is stored in the housing 2, and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted upward and rearward along the lifting direction D1 to be removed from the banknote processing unit 5. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and in the case where the banknote processing unit 5 is configured to be movable toward the rear side of the housing 2, the banknote processing unit 5 may be pulled out rearward from the housing 2, and then the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 may be rotated so as to be tilted backward, and the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be removed from the banknote processing unit 5. The same applies to the second embodiment.

[0119] Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the front side of the housing 2 of the banknote processing device 101, as shown in Fig. 9 , the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted almost directly upward from the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 in the lifting direction D2 and removed from the banknote processing unit 105. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the front side of the housing 2 of the banknote processing device 101, the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be pulled out from the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 152 in the leftward or rightward direction and removed from the banknote processing unit 105.

[0120] Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the banknote handling device 101 may be configured such that a safe housing side door is provided on at least one of the front side, rear side, left side, or right side of the safe housing 50, and the safe housing side door is opened to allow the evacuation and recovery box 46 to be removed after the safe housing 50, in which the evacuation and recovery box 46 is built, is removed from the banknote handling unit 105. The same applies to the fourth embodiment.

[0121] Furthermore, in the above-described third embodiment, when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2 in the banknote processing device 201, as shown in Fig. 12 , the safe housing door 50A provided on the upper surface of the safe housing 50 is opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted almost directly upward in the lifting direction D2 to be removed from the banknote processing unit 205. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote processing device 201 may be provided with a safe housing side door on at least either the left side or the right side of the safe housing 50 in addition to or instead of the safe housing door 50A so as not to interfere with the slide rail, and when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, the safe housing side door may be opened and the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be pulled out along the left or right direction to be removed from the banknote processing unit 205. The same applies to the case in which the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the front side of the housing 2 in the banknote processing device 201 in the third embodiment (Fig. 14).

[0122] Furthermore, in the above-described fourth embodiment, when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2 in the banknote processing device 301, as shown in Fig. 15 , the safe housing 50 incorporating the evacuation and recovery box 46 is lifted almost directly upward from the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 in the lifting direction D2 and removed from the banknote processing unit 305. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2 in the banknote processing device 301, the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be pulled out from the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 154 in the left or right direction so as not to interfere with the slide rails, and removed from the banknote processing unit 305. The same applies to the case when the evacuation and recovery box 46 is removed from the front side of the housing 2 in the banknote processing device 301 in the fourth embodiment (Fig. 16).

[0123] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 401 of the fifth embodiment described above, the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be configured to be detachably attached to a slide frame that is slidable in the front-to-rear direction relative to the safe housing 450, for example, by a slide rail, and the slide frame may be pulled rearward from the safe housing 450, and then the evacuation and recovery box 46 may be lifted from the slide frame and removed from the banknote processing unit 405. The same applies to the sixth embodiment.

[0124] Furthermore, in the above-described fifth embodiment, when the evacuation and recovery container 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2 in the banknote processing device 401, as shown in Fig. 18 , the safe housing door 450A provided on the rear side of the safe housing 50 is opened and the evacuation and recovery container 46 is pulled out almost directly rearward along the pull-out direction D3 to be removed from the banknote processing unit 405. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote processing device 401 may be provided with a safe housing top door on the upper side of the safe housing 450 together with or instead of the safe housing door 450A, and when the evacuation and recovery container 46 is removed from the rear side of the housing 2, if the safe housing top door does not interfere with the top plate of the housing 2, the safe housing top door may be opened and the evacuation and recovery container 46 may be pulled out in an upward direction to be removed from the banknote processing unit 405. The same applies to the case (Fig. 19) when the evacuation and recovery container 46 is removed from the front side of the housing 2 in the banknote processing device 401 in the fifth embodiment.

[0125] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 1 may be provided with a replenishing and collecting cassette, instead of the evacuation and collecting box 46, which is used in a collection process for collecting banknotes from stacker 16A, 16B, 16C or 16D, a replenishment process for replenishing banknotes in stacker 16A, 16B, 16C or 16D, or a reconciliation process for confirming whether the cash balance inside the banknote processing device 1 is correct. Furthermore, the banknote processing device 1 may be provided with a stacker 16, a collection box, etc., instead of the evacuation and collecting box 46. The same applies to the second to sixth embodiments.

[0126] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 1 of the first embodiment described above, a replenishing and collecting cassette, an evacuation and collecting box 46, a collecting box, etc. may be provided in place of the stacker 16D. The same applies to the second to sixth embodiments.

[0127] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the stacker 16D may be omitted from the banknote processing device 1. The same applies to the second to sixth embodiments.

[0128] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 1 may be provided with a rear door on the rear side that can open and close the rear opening 2B of the housing. The same applies to the second to sixth embodiments.

[0129] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 1 is described as being configured such that the banknote processing unit 5 is pulled out from the housing 2 to the front side in the unit pull-out direction Df by an operator, as shown in Fig. 6. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote processing device 1 may also push the banknote processing unit 5 out from the housing 2 to the front side in the unit pull-out direction Df by a drive source such as a motor. The same applies to the second to sixth embodiments.

[0130] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 1 is described as being rotated by an operator so that the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 is tilted backward, as shown in Fig. 4. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote processing device 1 may be rotated so that the evacuation and recovery box rotating frame 52 is tilted backward by a drive source such as a motor. The same applies to the second embodiment.

[0131] Furthermore, in the third embodiment described above, the banknote processing device 201 has been described as being configured such that the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 is pulled rearward by an operator, as shown in Fig. 11. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the banknote processing device 201 may push the evacuation and recovery box slide frame 54 rearward using a drive source such as a motor. The same applies to the fourth embodiment.

[0132] Furthermore, in the banknote processing device 1 of the first embodiment described above, the deposit unit 20 in the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 10 may be omitted and the banknote processing device 1 may be operated as a dedicated withdrawal machine, or the withdrawal unit 21 in the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 10 may be omitted and the banknote processing device 1 may be operated as a dedicated deposit machine. The same applies to the second to sixth embodiments.

[0133] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the present disclosure has been described as being applied to a banknote processing device 1 that performs banknote deposit and withdrawal processing at cash registers in supermarkets, convenience stores, etc. The present disclosure is not limited to this, and may also be applied to various other devices in which the level of access authority differs between the front and rear sides of the device, such as automatic ticket vending machines installed in train stations, or devices that handle various other media such as securities. The same applies to the second to sixth embodiments.

[0134] Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the scope of application of the present disclosure also extends to embodiments in which the above-described embodiments are combined in part or in whole with any of the above-described other embodiments. In addition, the scope of application of the present disclosure also extends to cases in which a part of the configuration described in any of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments is extracted and replaced or diverted with a part of the configuration of any of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments, or where a part of the extracted configuration is added to any of the embodiments.

[0135] Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the banknote processing device 1, 101, 201, 301, 401 or 501 as a medium processing device is configured by the housing 2 as a housing and the banknote processing unit 5, 105, 205, 305, 405 or 505 as a banknote processing unit. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this, and the medium processing device may be configured by a housing and a banknote processing unit having various other configurations.

[0136] The present disclosure can also be used in various conveying devices that convey and discriminate media such as banknotes.

[0137] The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2024-082232 is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0138] All publications, patent applications, and technical standards mentioned in this specification are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication, patent application, or technical standard was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.

Claims

1. A media processing device comprising: a housing with a front opening formed on the front side that connects the internal space with the outside; and a media processing unit that has a removable storage cabinet for storing media, is stored in the internal space of the housing, and is configured to be movable to the outside through the front opening of the housing; wherein the storage cabinet is removable from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, and is also removable from the media processing unit from the front side of the housing when the media processing unit has moved from the internal space to the outside.

2. The media processing device according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a rear opening formed on the rear side that connects the internal space with the outside, and when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, the storage cabinet can be removed from the rear opening with the media processing unit stored in the internal space.

3. A media processing device as described in claim 2, further comprising a moving mechanism that moves the storage cabinet relative to the media processing unit from a storage position, where the storage cabinet is connected to an external transport path, to a rear position that is rearward of the storage position, wherein when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, the storage cabinet moves from the storage position to the rear position while the media processing unit is stored in the housing, and then the storage cabinet can be removed from the rear side of the housing in an upward direction along the thickness direction of the media stored in the storage cabinet at the storage position, or in a direction inclined relative to the upward direction; and when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the front side of the housing, the media processing unit moves from the housing to the front side, and then the storage cabinet can be removed from the front side of the housing in the upward direction.

4. The media processing device according to claim 3, wherein the storage cabinet stores the media transported from a transport path connected to the front side of the storage cabinet.

5. The media processing device according to claim 1, wherein the storage compartment is removably mounted on the rear end of the media processing unit.

6. The media processing device according to claim 5, wherein the storage compartment is removably mounted on the upper end of the rear end of the media processing unit.

7. A media processing device as described in claim 2, further comprising a moving mechanism that moves the storage cabinet relative to the media processing unit from a storage position, where the storage cabinet is connected to an external transport path, to a rear position that is behind the storage position, and when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, the storage cabinet can be removed from the rear side of the housing after the storage cabinet has moved from the storage position to the rear position while the media processing unit is stored in the housing.

8. A media processing device as described in claim 7, wherein when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, the storage cabinet rotates to the rear side around an axis provided at the bottom while the media processing unit is stored in the housing, and then the storage cabinet can be removed from the rear side of the housing.

9. A media processing device as described in claim 8, wherein when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, the storage cabinet rotates to the rear side around an axis provided at the bottom while the media processing unit is stored in the housing, and then the storage cabinet can be removed from the rear side of the housing in a direction inclined relative to the vertical direction.

10. A media processing device as described in claim 7, wherein when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, the storage cabinet slides rearward relative to the media processing unit while the media processing unit is stored in the housing, and then the storage cabinet can be removed from the rear side of the housing.

11. A media processing device as described in claim 1, further comprising a front door that can open and close the front opening of the housing, and the media processing unit is configured to be stored in the housing and move to the front side when the front opening of the housing is opened from a state in which the front opening of the housing is closed by the front door.

12. The media processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the storage cabinet is covered with a metal safe housing.

13. A media processing device as described in claim 2, further comprising a safe housing that houses the storage cabinet in its internal space and has a safe housing door that can open and close an opening that connects the internal space with the outside, wherein when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the rear side of the housing, the safe housing door is opened and the storage cabinet can be removed from the rear side while the media processing unit is stored in the housing, and when the storage cabinet is removed from the media processing unit from the front side of the housing, the media processing unit moves from the housing to the front side before the safe housing door is opened and the storage cabinet can be removed from the front side of the housing.

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