JPH11175801A - Paper sheets handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily correspond to the selection of a money receiving/paying machine, the number of money sorts in each transaction, the existence of recycle of each money sort, etc., by individually combining bills delivered from a money receiving port, a temporary storing box, a money paying box, etc., with a main bill carrier and individually branching bills to be stored in a money paying port, the temporary storing box, a money receiving box, etc. SOLUTION: The internal constitution of respective units is sorted to a stack- only unit group such as a money receiving box 6 and a rejection box 9, a separation-only unit group such as a money paying box 7 and a unit group having both the stack and separation functions such as a recycle box 8 and a charge/recovery box 12. Since the external dimensions of respective units are determined so as to form approximately the same shapes, respective units can be substituted in accordance with a sort to be handled and the application method of the device. Unit carriers 51 to 57 have common constitution to form carriers in a direction for stacking bills and a direction for separating bills from each unit. In these carriers 51 to 57, branch from a main carrier 50 is switched.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet handling apparatus for handling sheets such as paper sheets, securities, lottery tickets, and bills, and more particularly to a general user who uses a card or passbook. The present invention also relates to a banknote pay-in / pay-out device (for example, an ATM used in a financial institution) for directly transferring cash.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, A
In the TM, as described in JP-A-9-44723, a deposit / withdrawal port for a user to deposit / withdraw bills, a bill cassette for setting bills, and a denomination such as 10,000 yen / 1,000 yen. A recycle box (a denomination box) for storing the banknotes allocated and deposited for each denomination and using them for dispensing, and a banknote discriminating unit. Are arranged to connect through. Alternatively, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-163892, there is an apparatus having a configuration including a cash box, a safe box, a temporary storage, a cash slot, and the like. Furthermore, as a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine,
Separately, a deposit port for inserting banknotes for depositing and a dispensing port for taking out banknotes for dispensing are provided, and a deposit mechanism, a deposit mechanism consisting of a bill discriminator and a deposit box, and a deposit port and a deposit box. There is also a device for depositing and dispensing money by disposing a dispensing mechanism section in an ATM.

[0003]

With the spread of ATMs and the like, there is an increasing need for a banknote pay-in / pay-out device with smaller size, lower cost, and ease of use while maintaining the conventional functions and performance. On the other hand, with regard to banknotes to be handled, with the increasing handling of foreign banknotes in Japan and the growing need for banknote depositing / dispensing machines outside of Japan, there is a need for a device that can handle not only Japanese yen banknotes but also foreign banknotes.

In the prior art, a recycle type banknote pay-in / pay-out device that recycles received banknotes for payment is provided with a pay-in / pay-out port, a recycle box for each denomination, a banknote cassette, a banknote discriminator, and a banknote transport path. In addition, the bill transport path has a complicated configuration that merges and branches in a branch shape around the bill discriminating portion, and has problems in size and cost. In addition, this type of device is designed so that the length in the short direction corresponding to the transport direction corresponds to a common bill even if the denomination is different, such as Japanese yen, and in order to handle foreign bills, Redesigning the recycle box, banknote cassette, and cash slot to match the size of the banknotes, and handling banknotes with different lengths in the short direction may cause poor alignment in the storage unit, There was a major problem in terms of quality, as double feed occurred when feeding out each time.

On the other hand, a deposit port for depositing bills for deposit,
A non-refluxing system that has a dispensing port for taking out bills for dispensing separately and has a deposit port, a deposit mechanism that includes a bill discriminator and a deposit box, and a dispensing mechanism section that includes a deposit port and a deposit box. Compared with the recycle type, the banknote pay-in / pay-out machine requires a separate storage space for the banknotes, a transport path, a pay-in port, a pay-out port, etc., so that the device becomes large-sized. There were problems such as a decline in fund management efficiency for financial institutions because they could not be used.

A first object of the present invention is to select one of a deposit machine handling only deposits, a dispensing machine dealing only withdrawals, a depositing / dispensing machine dealing with deposits and withdrawals, selecting the number of denominations for each transaction, An object of the present invention is to provide a highly versatile banknote pay-in / pay-out device that can easily cope with the selection of the recycling of each denomination.

The second object is to satisfy the above object while
It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, small-sized, low-cost banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out device which is easy for a staff member or a maintenance person to handle a safe or to operate in the event of an abnormality such as a jam.

A fourth object is to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out device which handles not only Japanese yen banknotes but also foreign banknotes of different sizes in common.

A fifth object of the present invention is to reduce the number of staff operations such as loading and collecting bills and scrutinizing the amount of money when selecting a recycle type high-performance bill depositing / dispensing machine that recycles deposited bills for dispensing. It is to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine which can achieve the above.

[0011]

According to the present invention, these and other objects are achieved by the following features.

According to one feature of the present invention, a bill input port for a user to insert bills and pay out the inserted bills, a dispensing port for storing bills to be discharged to the user, and a bill discriminating section for discriminating bills. And a banknote pay-in / pay-out device having a banknote transport path for transporting a banknote through the banknote discriminating unit, a temporary storage for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes, a deposit safe for storing the deposited banknotes, and A recycle box that stores banknotes that dispenses banknotes, a recycle box that stores and dispenses banknotes that can also be used for depositing and withdrawing, and a reject box that stores deposited banknotes that are not stored in the bankbox and banknotes that are not dispensed from banknotes that are fed from the bank. The bills to be replenished are fed out to the warehouse, and each unit of the loading / collection warehouse for storing the bills to be collected from the recycle warehouse is arranged in an arbitrary selected combination. Transport The banknotes fed from each of the deposit, temporary storage, safe deposit box, recycle box, and loading / collecting box are individually merged with the main banknote transfer path and paid out. A banknote pay-in / pay-out device is provided in which banknotes stored in a mouth, a temporary storage, a safe deposit box, a recycle storage, a reject storage, and a loading / collection storage are individually branched from the main banknote transport path.

According to another feature of the present invention, in the above-described banknote pay-in / pay-out machine, a bill passing through the banknote discriminating section and conveyed in one direction is provided in a downstream direction from the banknote discriminating section. , Temporary storage, outbox, inbox, recycle box,
There is provided a banknote pay-in / pay-out device in which an arbitrary combination of a reject box and a loading / collecting box, followed by a combination of a dispensing port and a depositing port are merged and branched.

According to another feature of the present invention, in the above-described banknote pay-in / pay-out machine, the annular banknote conveying path which passes through the banknote discriminating section and is conveyed in one direction is provided in the downstream direction from the banknote discriminating section. , Temporary storage, then a combination of withdrawal port, deposit port, then banknote dispensing arranged and merged in the order of optional combination of deposit box, deposit box, recycling box, reject box, loading / collecting box A metal machine is provided.

According to another feature of the present invention, a bill input port for a user to insert a bill and pay out the inserted bill, a dispensing port for storing a bill to be discharged to the user, and a bill for discriminating the bill. In a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine having a discriminating unit and a banknote conveying path that conveys a banknote through the banknote discriminating unit, a recycle box for storing and feeding out a banknote that is also used for depositing and dispensing, a deposited banknote not stored in a deposit safe, Arbitrarily set up a reject box for storing the banknotes that are not dispensed from the safe, and a loading / collection box for feeding the banknotes to be replenished to the recycle box and storing the bills to be collected from the recycle box. A banknote pay-in / pay-out device is provided, which is arranged in a selective combination and has a recyclable store and a loading / collecting store which are interchangeable and have a detachable structure.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A sheet handling apparatus for handling sheets according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, for convenience of explanation, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine for depositing / dispensing banknotes is adopted as a specific example as a sheet handling apparatus, and a detailed explanation will be given. It goes without saying that securities, lotteries, tickets, checks, things on thin cards and the like are also included.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an automatic teller machine equipped with the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the present invention.

On the upper part of the main body 101 of the apparatus, a housing 1 is provided.
01, a card / statement processing mechanism 102 which communicates with a card slot 102a provided in an upper front plate 101b, processes a user's card, prints and releases a transaction statement,
A passbook processing mechanism 103 that communicates with the passbook slot 103a and processes the user's passbook is provided. Also, the main body housing 1
The lower part of 01 is provided with a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism 1 for processing bills, and the middle part is provided with a customer operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting details of a transaction. Reference numeral 106 denotes a main body control unit that controls the entire automatic teller machine.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the control relationship of the apparatus. As described above, the card / statement processing mechanism 102, the passbook processing mechanism 103, the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 1, and the customer operation unit 105 housed in the main body housing 101 are connected to the bus 106a.
Are connected to the main unit control unit 106 via the control unit, and perform necessary operations under the control of the main unit control unit 106. Main unit control unit 1
Reference numeral 06 denotes a bus 106a for the interface unit 106b, the clerk operation unit 106c, and the external storage device 106d.
And exchange necessary data. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 101d denotes a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the above-described mechanisms and components.

FIG. 3 shows the automatic teller machine of FIG.
It is a side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote pay-in / pay-out machine 1 which concerns on this invention especially.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 allows a user to input / output banknotes.
A deposit / withdrawal port 2 for taking out, located downstream of the deposit / withdrawal port 2, a deposited bill discriminating unit 3 for discriminating a bill deposited from the deposit / withdrawal port 2, and located downstream of the deposited bill discriminating unit, A temporary storage 4 for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes until the transaction is completed by the user, a deposit safe 6 for storing the banknotes for which the desired transaction has been completed at the time of deposit, and a banknote for dispensing. One cash box 7, two recycle boxes 8 that can also be used for depositing and withdrawing, and a reject box 9 for storing banknotes that are not stored in the bank and banknotes that are not paid out of banknotes that have been paid out of the bank. In other words, it is a storage unit for storing bills that cannot be discriminated by the discriminating unit.
The reject at the time of deposit is returned to the deposit and withdrawal port without being stored in the reject warehouse 9. )When,
It has a loading / collecting box 12 for storing bills to be refilled into the recycle box 8 and bills collected from the recycle box 8, and a dispensing bill discriminating section 10 for discriminating bills for dispensing. The dispensing bill discriminating unit 10 mainly includes a dispensing box 7 and a recycle box 8.
The bill to be dispensed from is determined. On the other hand, banknotes are set in advance in the withdrawal safe 7 by hand by a bank clerk of a financial institution, and banknotes determined in advance by the deposit determination unit 3 are set in the recycle box 8. The bill discriminating section 10 performs simpler bill discrimination as compared with the deposited bill discriminating section 3. Specifically, the overlap detection determination may be sufficient to determine that two or more bills to be dispensed overlap.

Then, from the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the bill passes through the deposited banknote discriminating section 3, passes through the temporary storage 4, the recycle box 8, the outgoing safe 7, the incoming safe 6, the outgoing banknote discriminating section 10, the rejected store 9, the loading / collecting box 12, and so on. And a bill transfer path 5 that enables the transfer of bills to the deposit and withdrawal port 2 in order. As will be described later, the banknote transport path 5 includes a main transport path (or main transport path) configured in a circular loop or an annular shape, a recycle box 8 and a safe 7.
And a branch transport path that connects the main transport path with a plurality of units that store bills, etc., and has the effect of providing a simple and inexpensive depositing / dispensing device.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 has a control unit 11. The control unit 11 controls the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 in response to a command from the main body control unit 106 of the apparatus described with reference to FIGS. Is sent to the main body controller 106 as necessary.
Here, the banknote transport path 5 is indicated by a line in the figure, but a switching gate is provided at a branch point of the transport path, and transports the banknote in one direction in the direction of the arrow. The control unit 11 controls the conveyance of the bill based on the discrimination result from the gold bill discriminating unit 10. As described above, the bill is not selectively conveyed upstream or downstream, but is controlled to be conveyed in one direction, so that a simpler and lower-cost apparatus can be provided.

Hereinafter, the main components 2 to 2 of the present embodiment will be described.
The details of 11 and its operation will be mainly described with reference to FIGS.

The deposit / withdrawal port 2 has a shutter 26, which is opened and closed by sliding the shutter 26, so that a user can take out a bill at the time of dispensing and insert a bill at the time of deposit. The inserted bill is pressed in the direction of the feed roller 21 by the pressing plate 23 and is sent out by the rotation of the feed roller 21, and the gate roller 22 which does not rotate in the feeding direction prevents the feeding of two bills. In this way, the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are fed to the banknote transport path 5 and are taken into the apparatus.
In addition, bills to be dispensed from the inside of the apparatus or bills rejected due to the inability to discriminate the bills at the time of deposit, etc., pass through the bill transport path 5 and are stacked by the stack rollers 2 in the deposit and withdrawal port 2.
The bills sent between the brush roller 5 and the brush roller 24 and continuously conveyed are stored without interference, so that the user can take out the bills.

The deposited paper currency discriminating section 3 is composed of a pair of rollers, detects the displacement of the rollers when the paper money is conveyed between the rollers, and detects whether two or more paper sheets overlap. And a discriminator 32 for detecting the printing and the like of the bill by an image sensor or the like and discriminating the denomination and authenticity of the bill.
Report to

The temporary storage 4 includes an induction tape 43 made of a stainless steel sheet, a rotating drum 41 for winding the banknotes conveyed together with the induction tape 43, a winding shaft 42 for winding only the induction tape 43, and a rotating drum. An entrance roller 45 that rotates together with a guide tape 43 that guides a bill into the paper 41 and a backup roller 44 that faces the entrance roller 45. The rotating drum 41 and the take-up shaft 42 supporting both ends of the guide tape 43 are connected to separate drive sources (not shown), and a torque limiter is provided between the take-up shaft 42 and the drive source. Before payment transaction, guidance tape 4
3 is wound on the winding shaft 42 side. When the deposited banknotes are taken into the temporary storage 4, the rotating drum 41
Is rotated in the direction of winding the guide tape 43 (the rotating drum 41 shown is clockwise) so that the running speed of the guide tape 43 becomes substantially the same as the entering speed of the bill, and the deposited bills are sequentially wound on the rotating drum 41. . On the other hand, the winding shaft 42
Is a direction in which the guide tape 43 is wound by another drive source,
That is, the guide tape 43 is driven via a torque limiter so as to apply tension to the guide tape 43.
It is wound around the rotating drum 41 together with the banknote without sagging. At this time, the bill wound around the rotating drum 41 is a bill whose denomination or the like has already been discriminated by the above-mentioned deposited bill discriminating unit 3, and the control unit 11 monitors the entry of the bill into the temporary storage 4. Meanwhile, denomination information is stored for each sheet. When the deposit transaction for the banknote stored in the temporary storage 4 is completed, that is, when a transaction such as whether the banknote received by the user matches the banknote determined by the apparatus is established, the rotating drum 41 is moved in the direction described above. Rotates in the opposite direction (counterclockwise rotation in the drawing), and the banknotes wound while applying tension to the guide tape 43 via the torque limiter in the winding direction in the winding direction are the banknotes in the reverse order of storage. It is sent to the transport path 5.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, one in-safe box 6 is mounted, and as shown in FIG. 4, the in-safe box 6 is rotated by a drive source (not shown) outside the safe via a gear. A stack roller 61, backup rollers 62 and 63 facing the stack roller 61, and a backup roller 63
A stack mechanism is constituted by the brush roller 64 on which the elastic members are radially arranged on the same axis as that of the brush roller 64, and the stack guide 65. The bills conveyed in the direction of arrow 69 from the bill conveyance path 5 of FIG.
With the rotation of 4, the entered bills are pressed against the stack guide 65 side to enter, and at the same time, the lower ends of the stacked bills are pushed in the direction away from the stack guide 65 by the brush roller 64, so that the bills are stored without interfering with each other. I do. The stored banknotes are stored in a storage space surrounded by a bottom plate 68, a push plate 66, a bottom belt 67 suspended above the bottom plate 68 to support the lower surface of the banknote, and a stack guide 65. The push plate 66 and the bottom belt 67 are integrally movable in the storage space (pressed to the right in the drawing), and are driven by a driving source outside the safe (not shown) to store the entering banknotes with the increase of the stored banknotes. The movement of the stored bills is controlled in a direction away from the stack guide 65 so that the bills do not interfere. With this configuration, the banknotes conveyed from the stack mechanism and the stored banknotes can be conveyed and stored without interfering with each other even though the deposit safe 6 is placed horizontally.

In the present embodiment, one outgoing safe 7 shown in FIG. 3 is mounted, and as shown in FIG. 5, a feed roller 71 which is driven via a gear from a drive source (not shown) outside the safe and rotates.
, A backup roller 72 that rotates to face the feed roller 71, a gate roller 73 that faces the feed roller 71 and does not rotate in the feeding direction, and a separation guide 75 constitute a separation mechanism. The banknotes for dispensing are aligned by a staff member in a storage space surrounded by a bottom plate 78, a push plate 76, a bottom belt 77 suspended above the bottom plate 78 to support the lower surface of the banknote, and a separation guide 75. The leftmost foremost banknote shown in the figure is fed to a feed roller 71 by a pressing plate 76 via a pressing plate spring 70.
(Left direction in the drawing). The pressing plate 76 and the bottom belt 77 are integrally moved in the storage space, and the stored banknotes are moved so that a predetermined pressing force is applied to the feed roller 71 as the stored banknotes decrease by the pressing plate spring 70. To move. The bill pressed against the feed roller 71 is sent out by the rotating feed roller 71,
While being prevented from feeding two sheets by the gate roller 73 which does not rotate in the feeding direction, the sheets are conveyed one by one from the exit safe 7 to the banknote conveying path 5 in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the details of the two recycle boxes 8 shown in FIG. The recycle box 8 has a function of an in-box 6 for continuously storing bills and an out-box 7 for continuously separating and feeding bills. A stack feed roller 81 having the same shape as the separating mechanism, a rotating backup roller 82, a gate roller 83 rotating in the stacking direction and not rotating in the feeding direction, and an elastic member which is coaxial with the gate roller 83 and is coaxial with the gate roller 83. Constitute a stacking / separating mechanism by radially arranged brush rollers 84 and a separating / stacking guide 85 movable during separation and stacking. Bottom plate 88, push plate 86
The bill is stored in a storage space surrounded by a bottom belt 87 suspended so as to support the lower surface of the bill on the upper surface from the bottom plate 88 and a separation / stack guide 85. At the time of the separating operation for transporting the bills from the recycle box 8, the separating / stacking guide 85 moves to the position shown by the broken line 85a,
6 and the bottom belt 87 move integrally (rightward) in the storage space, and the stored banknotes are pushed so that the fed banknotes stored by the pressing plate spring 80 exert a predetermined pressing force on the stack feed roller 81. Move. The bills pressed against the stack feed roller 81 are sent out one by one in the direction of arrow 89a while being sent out by the rotating stack feed roller 81 and being prevented from being fed by the gate roller 83 that does not rotate in the feeding direction. . On the other hand, during the stacking operation for transporting banknotes to the recycle box 8,
The stack guide 85 moves to the position indicated by the solid line 85,
The push plate 86 and the bottom belt 87 are integrally moved by a drive source outside the safe (not shown) in the storage space (rightward direction).
As the number of stored banknotes increases, the stored banknotes are controlled to move away from the separation / stack guide 85 so that the entering banknotes conveyed in the direction of arrow 89 and the stored banknotes do not interfere with each other.

The reject box 9 shown in FIG. 3 mainly stores bills rejected and conveyed from the recycle box 8 and the dispensing box 7 by the dispensing banknote discriminating section 10. It has the same configuration as the above-mentioned deposit safe 6.

The loading / recovery box 12 shown in FIG. 3 has a stack function for separating and transporting the banknotes to replenish the banknotes in the recycle box 8 and for collecting the banknotes from the recycle box 8. The configuration is the same as that of the recycle box 8 described above.

As described above, each of the above-described units is a unit group exclusively used for stacking, such as an in-box 6, a reject box 9, a unit group exclusively used for separation, such as an out-box 7, and a recycle box 8 or the like. Although the internal configuration is distinguished between unit groups that use both the stack function and the separation function like the loading / recovery box 12, the external dimensions are substantially the same shape, and the denomination and the operating method of the equipment are different. It becomes possible to replace each unit accordingly.

The dispensing bill discriminating unit 10 described with reference to FIG.
The banknotes in the Outbox 7 and the recycle box 9 are separated for each denomination, and it is not necessary to determine the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes. 2
A simple configuration for determining whether or not the sheets are overlapped may be used. For this reason, in the present embodiment, a pair of rollers similar to the two-sheet detecting unit 31 of the above-described deposited banknote discriminating unit 3 is used, and the displacement of the rollers when the banknotes are conveyed between the rollers is detected to overlap the two sheets. Is detected.

As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote transport path 5 has a main transport path 50 that passes through the incoming banknote discriminating section 3 and the dispensing banknote discriminating section 10 and conveys the vicinity of each unit in one direction in a ring shape.
(Also referred to as a main transport path), branching from the middle of the main transport path 50, and temporarily storing a warehouse 4, a recycle warehouse 8, a safe 7,
It comprises unit transport paths 51 to 59 (also referred to as branch transport paths) for storing or feeding out between the deposit safe 6, the reject store 9, the loading / collecting store 12, and the deposit / withdrawal port 2.

Here, the characteristics of the relationship between the main transport path 50, the unit transport paths 51 to 59, and each unit will be described.

As shown in the figure, the main transport path 50 is such that when a banknote is transported from a certain location, the banknote is transported in one direction and can return to that location without passing through the same location again. The transport structure is closed by itself 50, so that the banknotes can be transported in a ring shape. Each unit, that is, a plurality of storage sections for storing bills, is sequentially arranged with respect to the main transport path 50, and unit transport paths 51 to 51 connecting each unit to the main transport path.
Numerals 59 have the function of individually and independently transferring the bills to the main transport path 50. Therefore, the transport path and each unit can be easily designed, and an inexpensive depositing / dispensing machine can be provided.

The main transport path 50a is an upstream main transport path 50a extending from the deposit / withdrawal port 2 indicated by the bold dotted line in the drawing to the branch point of the temporary storage 4 through the deposited banknote discriminating section 3.
From the branch point of the temporary storage 4 indicated by the thick solid line in the drawing, the temporary storage 4 is divided into the downstream main transport path 50b that passes through the payment banknote discriminating unit 10 and returns to the deposit / withdrawal port 2.

Hereinafter, the transport control of bills in the main transport path 50 will be described in detail.

The upstream main transport path 50a of the main transport path 50 is driven by rotating a first drive motor (not shown) in one direction so that the transport path operates to carry bills. Similarly, the unit transport path 59 of the separation unit of the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and the unit transport path 51 of the temporary storage 4 are operated by the driving of the first drive motor.

On the other hand, the downstream main transport path 50b operates by driving a second drive motor (not shown) in one direction, and through this second drive motor, the recycle box 8, outgoing safe 7, incoming safe 6 , Reject storage 9, loading / collection storage 12
And the like unit transport paths 52 to 57 operate.

For example, during a deposit transaction in which a user inserts a plurality of bills into the deposit / withdrawal port 2, usually only the first drive motor is driven to rotate. Therefore, the bills conveyed from the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 after the bill type and the like are determined by the deposited bill determination unit 3. If the banknotes that could not be discriminated by the deposited banknote discriminating unit 3 or the rejected banknotes in which the inclination or the interval between the banknotes became abnormal were stored in the temporary storage 4, they would be mixed with the banknotes that were normally discriminated. It is not taken into the temporary storage 4. Therefore, the above-mentioned second drive motor is rotationally driven, the rejected bill is conveyed to the downstream main transport path 50b, and if the subsequent bill is not a deposit reject, the second drive motor is stopped, and the rejected bill is received. On the downstream main transport path 50b. In this way, the annular main transport path 50 that simplifies the apparatus includes an upstream main transport path 50a driven by the first drive motor and a downstream drive driven by the second drive motor with the temporary storage 4 as a boundary. Divided into the main transport path 50b,
Further, the bills determined to be normal by the determination unit 3 are stored in the temporary storage 4.
By reserving the rejected banknote determined to be rejected in the downstream main transport path 50b, the normal banknote and the rejected banknote can be separated.

Next, the branch transport path that branches from the main transport path 50 to each unit will be described. The unit transport paths 51 to 57 described with reference to FIG. 3 have a common configuration as shown in FIG. 7, so that each unit can be replaced. The unit transport paths 51 to 57 include two pulleys 506,
A transport belt (not shown) is suspended between the rollers 507 to form a transport path including a solid arrow 504 in a direction in which bills are stacked and a dashed arrow 504a in a direction in which bills are separated from a unit. A storage gate 501 for switching the branch from the main transport path 50 and an S / F (abbreviation for stack feed) switching gate 502 for switching between storage and unloading in the unit are each operated by an electromagnetic solenoid (not shown). Solid line and broken line (501 and 501a, 502 and 50a)
Switching control is performed to the position 2a).

When the banknotes are stored in the unit from the main transport path 50, the storage gate 501 and the SF switching gate 5
02 is controlled to the position indicated by the solid line.
The sheets are conveyed as shown in 5, 504, 503 and stacked in a unit. Conversely, when the banknotes are fed from the unit to the main transport path 50, by controlling both the storage gate 501a and the S / F switching gate 502a to the positions indicated by the broken lines,
Banknotes are separated from the unit and transported as indicated by broken arrows 503a, 504a, and 505a.

FIG. 8 mainly shows the bill receiving / dispensing mechanism 1 described above.
1 shows an internal block diagram of FIG. The control unit 11 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out mechanism 1 is connected to the main unit control unit 106 of the apparatus described with reference to FIGS. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 is controlled in accordance with the
Is sent to the main body controller 106 as necessary. The control unit 11 controls each unit (the deposit and withdrawal port 2, the deposited bill discriminating unit 3, the temporary storage 4, the bill transport path 5, the deposit safe 6, the exit safe 7, and the recycle store 8 in the bill depositing and dispensing mechanism 1. , Reject storage 9, dispensing banknote discriminating unit 10, loading / collection storage 1
2) It is connected to the drive motor, electromagnetic solenoid, and sensor, and controls the actuator while monitoring the state with the sensor according to the transaction, so that bill transfer control, gate switching control, bill discrimination control, etc. It becomes possible.

Next, the operation of each transaction, particularly the handling of rejected banknotes, will be described focusing on the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 shown in FIG.

As described above, at the time of the deposit transaction, the bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are separated one by one and temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 through the upstream main transport path 50a. Banknotes that could not be determined by the deposited banknote determination unit 3,
The rejected banknote in which the inclination or the interval between the banknotes becomes abnormal is transported to the downstream main transport path 50b without being taken into the temporary storage 4, and if the subsequent banknote is also not the rejected banknote, the second drive is performed. The motor is stopped, and the deposit reject bill is retained on the downstream main transport path. Each time a deposit reject occurs, the drive and stop of the downstream main transport path 50b are repeated, and the reject bill can be continuously held. After the counting of the deposited banknotes is completed, the push plate 23 of the depositing / dispensing port 2 is moved to prepare the stacking of the banknotes in the depositing / dispensing port 2, and then the downstream main transport path 50b is driven again to deposit / extract the retained rejected banknotes. It is stored in the mouth 2 and returned to the user.

With respect to the normal banknotes stored in the temporary storage 4, after the settlement transaction is completed, the rotating drum 41 of the temporary storage 4 is rotated in reverse, and the wound normal banknotes are
It is sent out to the downstream main transport path 50b in the reverse order of the storage, and stored in one of the deposit safe 6, the recycle box 8, and the reject box 9 according to the denomination information stored at the time of storage as described with reference to FIGS. Note that the banknotes stored in the reject storage 9 include, for example, banknotes that have been discriminated by the deposited banknote discriminating unit 3 as non-counterfeit normal tickets but have non-recyclable torn pieces.

Here, the necessity of stopping the banknotes discriminated as rejected banknotes by the deposited banknote discriminating section 3 in the downstream main transport path 50b and holding them will be described.

First, as described above, if rejected bills are also stored in the temporary storage 4, they are mixed with normal bills, so it is not easy to return only the rejected bills to the deposit / withdrawal port 2. Therefore, it must be separated from normal banknotes to be stored in the temporary storage 4. However, as is apparent from the drawing, the main transport path 50 is formed in a simple annular shape and operates in only one direction, and there is no unit mechanism for temporarily storing the deposit reject banknote. Therefore, in the present invention, the rejected banknote is divided into normal banknotes by dividing the main transport path 50 into the upstream main transport path 50a and the downstream main transport path 50b, and storing the rejected banknotes in the downstream main transport path 50b. Becomes possible.

Although the description is omitted in the present invention, FIG.
With the push plate 23 in the deposit / withdrawal port 2 as a boundary, one is configured as a storage section for the user to insert, and the other is configured to store reject bills, so that the reject bills are botherged to the downstream main transport path 50b. Even if the banknote is not stopped, if the rejected banknote is stored in the other storage section in the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the banknote can be separated from a normal banknote, and the rejected banknote can be quickly returned to the user. Further, it is not necessary to divide the drive system of the upstream or downstream main conveyance path into two and perform complicated conveyance control, respectively, and there is an effect that the conveyance control of bills can be performed by only one drive system.

However, when this configuration is adopted, the deposit and withdrawal port 2
However, there is a problem that a storage section for storing rejected bills is required, and the size of the storage section is accordingly increased, and the push plate 23 must be further controlled. Therefore, if a configuration is adopted in which the rejected banknotes are stopped and held in the downstream main transport path 50b (the above-described embodiment), the above-described problems can be solved, and the size of the apparatus can be further reduced.

Next, at the time of withdrawal transaction, as described in FIGS. 5 and 6, a predetermined number of coins are paid out from the cash box 7 or the safe for each denomination of the recycle box 8 to the main transport path 50.
The banknotes conveyed to the main conveyance path 50 are discriminated by the dispensing banknote discriminating section 10 to determine whether the banknotes are overlapped or the like, and are stored in the deposit and withdrawal port 2 to be paid to the user. When a dispensing rejection occurs in the dispensing banknote discriminating unit 10, the banknote is stored in a reject box 9, and the shortage is added to the banknote and fed out from the bank safe 7 or the recycle box 8.

If the user forgets to take the banknote in the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the user leaves the bill in the withdrawal / payment port 2 as it is, and as a device abnormality,
Although the transaction can be stopped, in the present embodiment, the banknote that has been left behind is separated from the deposit / withdrawal port 2 so as to continue the subsequent transaction, and is discriminated by the deposited banknote discriminating unit 3 in the same manner as the above-mentioned deposit transaction. , A safe box 6, a recycle box 8, a reject box 9, or the like.

In this embodiment, the loading / recovery storage 12
, Loading and collection between two recycle boxes 8
Scrutiny operations can be performed.

The loading operation is performed by a clerk having two recycle boxes 1.
In this operation, the banknotes to be set for each denomination 2 are not set individually but are collectively set in the loading / recovery box 12 and automatically stored in the recycle box 12 for each denomination in the apparatus. . The bills fed from the loading / recovery box 12 are discriminated by the deposited banknote discriminating section 3 and sorted and stored in the recycle box 12 for each denomination. Banknotes that could not be discriminated by the deposited banknote discriminating unit 3 or loaded reject banknotes in which the inclination or the interval between the banknotes is abnormal are stored in the reject warehouse 9 as normal reject banknotes. However, the banknotes set in the loading / collection storage 12 are normal banknotes set by the attendant, and are rejected by the deposited banknote discriminating unit 3 by accident. Therefore, in the present invention, the bills rejected by the discriminating unit 3 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4, and after all the bills are fed out from the loading / collecting storage 12, the loaded rejected bills are temporarily sent out from the temporary storage 4 to It is stored in the loading / recovery storage 12. Then, by performing the loading operation again, even if the banknote is determined to be a rejected banknote last time, it is determined to be a normal banknote this time, and an efficient loading operation becomes possible.

The collection operation is such that when any one of the recycle boxes 12 becomes full, a staff member does not individually extract bills from the recycle box, but automatically loads and collects a predetermined number of bills from the recycle box 12. This is an operation of storing the information in the storage 12. The number of the banknotes fed from the recycle box 8 is determined by the dispensing banknote determination unit 10 and stored in the loading / collection box 12. When rejection occurs in the determination unit 10,
The bill is stored in the reject storage 9.

In the scrutiny operation, the attendant takes out the banknotes in all the safes of the in-box 6, out-box 7, the recycle box 8, and the reject box 9 and manually counts the amount of bills in the apparatus. In other words, the operation is to automatically count the amount of money in the recycle box 9 in the apparatus and to save labor of staff. The attendant sets the loading / collection storage 12 (empty banknotes may be the same recycling storage 8) in the apparatus, and performs a scrutiny operation. First, all bills fed from one recycle box 8 are stored in an empty loading / collecting box 12. Then, it is fed out of the loading / recovery box 12 again, the denomination and the number of sheets are counted by the deposited banknote discriminating section 3, and stored in the empty recycle box. The same is performed for the other recycle box 8, and the denomination and the number of sheets are counted. After the operation is completed, the amount of money in the two recycle boxes is reported from the control unit 11 to a staff member by an output unit of the device.

Next, the configuration and function of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

In this embodiment, as described above, one inbox 6, one outbox 7, two recycle boxes 8, one reject box 9, and one loading / collection box 12 are provided. I have.
Each of the deposit box 6, the deposit box 7, the recycle box 8, and the reject box 9 has the same outer dimensions, and is detachable from the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 1. In addition, the unit transport paths 52 to 57 are configured to be divided in common, respectively, and the setting of the total number of the incoming safe 6, the outgoing safe 7, the recycle store 8, the reject store 9, and the loading / collecting store 12 can be changed, The general configuration is easy to change the setting of the number distribution of safes.

For example, when depositing and withdrawing, the recycle box 8 is used instead of the deposit box 6 and the deposit box 7 in terms of financial efficiency, rather than having the deposit box 6 and the deposit box 7 separately for the bank. You can also choose. Also, depending on the circumstances of the circulation of banknotes, there is a problem of the risk of counterfeit banknotes and the risk of jams due to damage to the banknotes when recycled, so that a configuration in which the in-box 6 and the out-box 7 are separated can be selected.

When two or more recycle boxes 8 are mounted, it is more effective to select a configuration with a loading / collection box 12 to save labor in the staffing process. Since the frequency of transporting the banknotes increases, and there is a risk of jams due to damage to the banknotes, a configuration without the loading / recovery storage 12 as shown in FIG. 9 described below can be selected to solve those problems. . Further, the configuration shown in FIG. 9 is selected, and one of the three recycle boxes 9 mounted is replaced with a loading / recovery box according to the situation at each time.
The loading, collection, and inspection operations described above may be performed.

At the beginning of the introduction, the bank operates with the unit described in the configuration of FIG. 3 and, depending on the operation status of the deposit / withdrawal transaction, if the deposit transaction is more than the deposit transaction and it is desired to increase the number of deposit boxes, etc. Reject store 9 instead of Inbox 6
It is only necessary to change the operation to the operation of replacing the incoming safe 6 with the outgoing safe 7. It is also possible to change the operating mode, that is, the mode of operation between weekdays and holidays. For example, when comparing the recycle box 8 and the outbox 7 in the present embodiment, the recycle box 8 has a space in front of its storage section for the operation of storing the deposited banknotes. And the bill capacity is small. On holidays where a large amount of withdrawal transactions are expected, it is also possible to replace the recycle box 8 with the withdrawal safe 7 and operate it.

It is of course possible to use as a deposit machine and a dispensing machine which handle only deposit and withdrawal respectively, depending on the setting of the deposit safe 6 and the deposit safe 7.
When used as a dispensing machine, there is no need to distinguish deposited banknotes and there is no need to temporarily store deposited banknotes. It is advantageous in terms of cost.

If the total number of the deposit box 6, the deposit box 7, the recycle box 8, the reject box 9, and the loading / collecting box 12 is increased from the above-described embodiment, the banknote pay-in / pay-out machine 1 It is sufficient to stack the safes by enlarging the height dimension of the banknotes. Conversely, if the number of safes is smaller than that of the present embodiment, the safe can be operated with the unnecessary portions left open.
The height may be reduced to reduce the size.

As described above, the incoming safe 6, the outgoing safe 7, the recycle store 8, the reject store 9, and the loading / collecting store 12 are located in the incoming safe 6, the reject store 9, the recycle store 8 and the loading / collecting store 12, respectively. Since there is compatibility, and there is compatibility in the case where a plurality of vaults are installed in multiple safes, display and storage means are provided for each safe to distinguish between safes, denominations, storage numbers, and the like. If the information is displayed and stored, it is possible to improve the handleability, prevent erroneous attachment / detachment, and tighten cash management.

Also, as described above, the incoming safe 6, outgoing safe 7,
Recycle store 8, reject store 9, loading / collection store 12
In consideration of the degree of freedom of selection of the deposit box 6, the deposit box 7, and the recycle box 8, the disposition of the dispensing sheet banknote discriminating unit 10 is performed in consideration of the degree of freedom of selection of the deposit box 6, the deposit box 7, and the recycle box 8 (discharge banknotes). Payment side), but the deposit safe 6 and the withdrawal bill discrimination unit 1
0 may be replaced and arranged. As a result, the distance between the dispensing bill discriminating section 10 and the switching gate for transporting the bill to the reject storage 9 can be increased, and the dispensing bill discriminating section 1 can be increased.
There is no need to secure a space in the vertical direction between the safe box 6 and the reject box 9 for securing the determination time of 0, and the overall height can be reduced.

Next, the present embodiment realizes a small and simple configuration in the following points.

First, as shown in the recycle box 8 of the present embodiment, the temporary storage box 4 basically has the same function as a stack feed mechanism that separates and feeds one by one after being stacked in the storage section. As shown in the above-described present embodiment, the mechanism of winding and storing and discharging the rotary drum together with the guide tape, since the bills are separated by the guide tape at the time of discharge, the two bills are not overlapped and the performance is more stable. Accordingly, there is no need to mount a bill discriminating section on the bill transporting path between the temporary storage 4 and the transport to the safe 6, and the size can be reduced accordingly.

Secondly, by mounting the dispensing bill discriminating section 10 which is simpler than the deposit bill discriminating section 3, a bill conveying path for carrying the bill from the deposit safe 7 to the deposit / withdrawal port 1 without passing through the deposit bill discriminating section 3 is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the bill transport path 5 can be formed into a simple circular loop (annular shape).

Third, by temporarily holding the rejected bills generated at the time of deposit on the downstream transport path 50b as described above, it is not necessary to mount a storage unit for stacking the rejected bills.

Fourth, the depositing port and the dispensing port have basically the same function even if they are separately provided as described later. However, as in the present embodiment, the depositing and dispensing port is formed as an integral structure. The banknotes that have been left behind at the time of withdrawal can be paid out from the deposit / withdrawal port in the same manner as at the time of depositing, and then stored in the reject storage 9, and a forgotten collection box as in the conventional example is mounted near the withdrawal port. No need to do.

Fifth, since the unit transport paths 51 to 57 of the banknote transport path 5 have a common structure as described with reference to FIG.
3 and the feed direction 503a, the pulleys 506 and 507 need only be driven in one direction.
It is possible to use a common driving source with 0.

With the above synergistic effect, the bill conveyance path 5
Rather than a complicated configuration of merging and branching around the bill discriminating portion as seen in the conventional example, the vicinity of each unit passes through the deposited bill discriminating portion 3 and the dispensed bill discriminating portion 10 in a ring shape,
A main transport path 50 for transporting in one direction and a main transport path 5
It has a simple configuration comprising unit transport paths 51 to 59 for branching from the middle of 0 and storing or feeding out each unit.

In the present embodiment, an in-box 6, an out-box 7, a recycle box 8, and a reject box 9 normally operated by a staff member.
Are stacked and arranged on the rear surface of the device (to the right in FIG. 3), and each safe can be pulled out horizontally from the rear surface individually, so that operability is good. Abnormalities such as jams are likely to occur between these safes and the unit transport paths 51 to 57, but since the safes are easily attached and detached, the jam removal operation is also easy. When banknotes are withdrawn or added from a safe, even if only the relevant safe is removed, there is no hindrance to continuation of transactions that do not use the safe, and there is no need to bring down the device.

Further, the present embodiment has a configuration in which bills to be handled have versatility.

The bill of Japanese yen has a short dimension of 76 mm and a longitudinal dimension of 150 to 160 mm, and has a dimension capable of storing and transporting a bill larger than that. In order to handle most banknotes in the world, that is, to handle a wide range of foreign banknotes having different dimensions, each unit of this embodiment (the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the deposit safe 6, the exit safe 7, the recycle store 8, the reject store 9, The storage section of the loading / recovery storage 12) has a short storage space of about 100 mm in size and a long storage space of about 200 in size.
mm, and the width of the space (the deposited banknote discriminator 3, the temporary storage 4, the banknote transport path 5, and the dispensed banknote discriminator 10) secured on the transport path is about 220 mm. Also,
The minimum bill size to be handled is about 60 mm in the short dimension and about 120 mm in the long dimension, and the storage section where staff and users such as the in-box 6, out-box 7 and the like set the bills, in the longitudinal direction, according to the size of the bills to be handled. An adjustable regulation guide (not shown) is provided to regulate the lateral alignment.

As described above, the recycle box 8 discharges upward from below at the time of storage, discharges downward at the time of unwinding, and stacks the stored banknotes in the horizontal direction. Different banknotes, especially banknotes with different dimensions in the short direction corresponding to the transport direction, even due to the gravity of the banknotes when stored, because the lower ends of the banknotes are aligned along the bottom plate 88, at the time of feeding, because the heads of the banknotes are aligned, Easy to secure stable payout performance. In other words, compared to the conventional vertically stacked recycle box, when stacking, each banknote falls down to the lower end by gravity and is aligned, and is separated from the aligned side, so that the separating performance is good. For the separation mechanism, whether the leading ends of the bills are aligned or not greatly affects the reliability of feeding out two bills.
In particular, when banknotes of different sizes, such as foreign banknotes, are stored in the recycle box and fed out, it is highly reliable to feed the banknotes from the bottom with their lower ends aligned.

With the generalization of the handling bill size, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 of this embodiment can handle bills other than bills.
For example, when issuing a ticket or a guide, a clerk may set it in the outbox 7. In the case of a device which requires printing such as issuance of transaction slips, issuance of checks, etc., a printing mechanism may be provided in the middle of the banknote transport path, but instead of the exit safe 7, a storage unit and a feeding mechanism are provided. It may be replaced with a dedicated storage having a built-in printing mechanism. When a means for reading a paper sheet on which a number is printed, such as issuance of a traveler's check, is required, the same mounting as the printing means may be performed. Alternatively, the number may be passed through the deposit bill discriminating unit 3, the number may be read, and the number may be discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 2. that's all,
In the present specification, even when simply expressed as banknotes and paper sheets, these include bills, checks, securities such as securities, objects on thin cards, and the like.

Further, in this embodiment, each unit (the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the deposit bill discriminating unit 3, the temporary storage 4, the deposit safe 6,
The dispensing box 7, the recycle box 8, the reject box 9, the dispensing banknote discriminating section 10, and the loading / collecting box 12) have an independent configuration as described above. It is configured to be connected, not only easy handling such as assemblability, transportability, etc., but also rearranging each unit, connecting with a different bill transport path from the present embodiment, according to the intended function Another banknote pay-in / pay-out device can be realized.

Another embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 to 15 will be described below.

FIG. 9 shows a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the second embodiment, in which three recycle boxes 8 are mounted, one of which is used as a loading / collecting box. In this case, the recycle box serving as the loading / collecting box is provided with the function at the top of the three arrangements shown in the figure, but the bills do not overlap at the time of loading or the like. When the roads cross (overlap), it is possible to solve the problem by storing predetermined sheets in a temporary storage and dividing them.

FIG. 10 shows a banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 according to a third embodiment.
b. As shown in the figure, one reject box 9 and one safe 6, 6
One recycle box 8 and one loading / collection box 12 are arranged in this order. This differs from the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 not only in the number and arrangement of the units, but also in the control of the transport of bills to the transport path 5b. That is, in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device shown in FIG. 3, the banknotes conveyed from the cash-in / pay-out port are controlled to be conveyed counterclockwise. However, in the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. Is conveyed and controlled. Further, the deposited banknote discriminating unit 3 and the temporary storage 4 are arranged in this order on the downstream side of each safe, and there is no dispensing banknote discriminating unit 10 described in the first embodiment. The bills to be discriminated, the discrimination, the overlap, and the like are all checked by the deposited bill discriminating unit 3.

In the third embodiment, the deposit and withdrawal port 2
When the bill is received from the banknote b, the bill passes clockwise in the transport path near each safe (9, 6, 8, 12), is discriminated by the deposited bill discriminating section 3, and is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4. After the transaction is completed, it is stored again in the deposit safe 6 or the recycle box 8 through the vicinity of the deposit / withdrawal port 2b. Note that the banknote determined to be a rejected banknote at the time of deposit is held in a transport path 5b (solid line shown) between the temporary storage 4 and the deposit / withdrawal port 2b. When the user selects the withdrawal transaction, the banknotes are fed from the recycle box 8 to the transport path 5b, and the discrimination unit 3 checks the overlap of the banknotes and the like, and then pays out the banknotes to the deposit / withdrawal port 2b. As described above, in the third embodiment, it is not necessary to particularly provide the dispensing banknote discriminating unit 10 shown in the first embodiment, and the dispensing banknote discriminating unit 3 discriminates the denomination and the number of sheets even when dispensing. This is advantageous in terms of cost and performance. Also,
Since the depositing / dispensing port 2b is also separated and a stacking mechanism is integrated, the number of parts is reduced and the system is simplified, which is advantageous in cost.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1c according to the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 11 is different from the second embodiment in that the lower part of the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 2 of the upstream main transport path 59 in the bill transport path 5c. The difference is that there is no transport path. The transport path is a transport path that does not pass in the depositing / dispensing operation but passes only in the loading and scrutinizing operation. According to the present embodiment, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1c that does not perform the loading and scrutinizing operation is cost-effective. This is advantageous.

FIG. 12 shows a banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 according to a fifth embodiment.
d. The feature of the present embodiment is that each banknote storage section of two inboxes 6, three outboxes 7, and one reject box 9 is divided into other units as one unit (block unit), and banknotes are separated. The structure which arrange | positions below the cash-receipt-and-disbursement machine 1d is adopted. In addition, deposit and withdrawal port 2
“d” separately configures a deposit port for a user to insert a bill and a dispensing port for removing a bill. As shown in the figure, the banknote storage units are divided into two groups of front and rear (left and right in the figure) of the banknote storage unit 7 and the input bank 6 and the reject box 9 group with the conveyance path interposed therebetween, so that the overall height is increased. The size can be suppressed and the size can be further reduced.

The bill deposited from the deposit port of the deposit / withdrawal port 2d is discriminated by the downstream bill discriminating section 3, and the bill judged as the rejected bill is immediately returned to the withdrawal port of the deposit / withdrawal port 2d. The bill discriminated as a bill is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 by the transport path 5d. Thereafter, after the payment transaction is completed, the banknote is conveyed to the unit of the banknote storage unit arranged below the apparatus, and stored in the deposit safe 6. On the other hand, when the withdrawal transaction is selected, the banknotes are fed from the withdrawal safe 7, and are discriminated by the banknote discriminating section 3 located downstream, and then the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is set.
The bill is dispensed to the dispensing port d, and the bills for which the discrimination unit 3 has determined the overlap of the bills and the like are stored in the reject storage 9. As described above, since the discriminating unit 3 discriminates between the deposited banknote and the dispensed banknote, it is not necessary to separately provide the above-described discriminating-dedicated discriminating unit 10. Although the road 5d is slightly complicated, it is effective in terms of cost and performance. As is apparent from FIG. 12, there is one transport path 5d between the safe group (entrance side) and the safe group (outside safe side), and a transport path for transporting bills from the top to the bottom of the device. And one in front of the exit safe 7 on the front side of the apparatus, and is separated into a transport path for transporting banknotes from below the apparatus upward, so that the configuration is simple. Therefore, it is easy to replace each safe. Although the description is omitted, it goes without saying that the control for transporting the bills and the control for discriminating the bills are controlled by the control unit 11d (the control performed by the control unit is the same for all of the present specification). .

Here, the types of bills to be deposited will be described. In the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 12, since there are only two deposit boxes 6, it is conceivable that only two kinds of banknotes are handled for deposit. However, if banknotes with a high circulation rate are allocated to these two safes and stored, and other banknotes with a low circulation rate are allocated and stored in the reject storage 9, various types of banknotes can be stored in the reject storage 9. However, it is possible to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1d that can handle three, four, or even more types of banknotes. These features are not limited to the fifth embodiment, but can be applied to all of the above-described embodiments to the following embodiments.

FIG. 13 is a modified example of the configuration shown in FIG. 12, and shows a banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1e according to a sixth embodiment. In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, a safe group for storing bills is divided into other blocks as one block and arranged below the apparatus. In this way, the number of safes can be changed, and even if the external dimensions change, they can be replaced as safe group blocks. The feature of the present embodiment lies particularly in the arrangement of the safe group. As is apparent from the figure, the transport path 5e is folded back at the center of the apparatus, and the reject store 9, the dispensed bill discriminating unit 10, and the recycle store 8 are disposed forward of the apparatus with the transfer path 5e as a boundary. Three outgoing safes 7 and incoming safes 6 are arranged at the rear of the device. With this arrangement, each safe can be easily replaced not only from the back of the device but also from the front of the device. The deposit / withdrawal port 2e is configured so as to serve both as a deposit port and a withdrawal port.
, The bills stored in the deposit safe 7 or the recycle box 8 and fed out from the exit safe 7 or the recycle box 8 are discriminated by the dispensing bill discriminating section 10. Further, as described above, in the present embodiment, the number of safes to be mounted is increased without increasing the overall height dimension by arranging the incoming safe 6, the outgoing safe 7, and the reject store 9 in two rows before and after. It can improve the function.

FIG. 14 shows a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine 1 according to a seventh embodiment.
f, a safe group for storing bills is arranged below the apparatus as one block as described above. In this block, a bank safe 7, a bank safe 6, a banknote discriminating unit 10, and a reject box 9 are sequentially stacked in a horizontal shape from the upper side of the apparatus. Since the lower part corresponding to the section is recessed from the deposit / withdrawal port 2f, the operability is good for the user. Banknotes deposited from the deposit / withdrawal port 2f are determined by the deposited banknote discriminating unit 3, and banknotes fed from the deposit safe 7 are determined by the dispensed banknote discriminating unit 10,
When the overlap of bills is checked by the discriminating unit 10 at the time of dispensing, the bills are stored in the reject storage 9 and the dispensed bills are fed out again from the dispensing safe 7 to the transport path 5f and transported.
Payment is made to the deposit / withdrawal port 2f. Further, by implementing the illustrated embodiment, it is possible to reduce the size of the device as a small-scale device having about four or less safes.

FIG. 15 shows a banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 of the eighth embodiment.
g, and the safe group is arranged below the apparatus as one block as described above. This group of safes is a safe in which the mounting of rollers and the like is changed so that three recycling boxes 8g and one reject box 9g are stacked so that the stacking direction of banknotes is vertical. They are mounted side by side in the horizontal direction. The present embodiment is effective for an apparatus for handling recyclable bills, and can realize both height and depth and downsizing. It should be noted that the banknotes dispensed from the recycle box 8g are discriminated by the discrimination unit 10 as to their overlap and the like, and when rejected, are stored in the reject box 9g.
The other features are substantially the same as those already described, and are not described here.

As described above, in the fourth to eighth embodiments, the loading / recovery storage 12 is not mounted, and the bill transport path 5 is used for depositing / dispensing, with priority given to low cost and miniaturization. Since it is through the opening 2, it cannot be loaded, collected, inspected, etc. because it is not a simple annular configuration. However, as in the first embodiment, the transfer path is connected annularly below the depositing and dispensing port, and the loading / collecting box is connected. Is added, a banknote pay-in / pay-out device that can be loaded, collected, and inspected can be obtained.

In any of the second to eighth embodiments, as in the first embodiment described above, it is possible to change the setting of the total number of safes and the setting of the number distribution of individual safes. It is possible to realize an easy general-purpose configuration and a configuration in which banknotes to be handled have general versatility.

In the fifth to eighth embodiments, the safe portion and the other portion can be divided into upper and lower portions, and it is necessary to surround the cash storage portion with a more rigid housing than the main body housing from the viewpoint of security. In that case, only the lower safe part needs to be enclosed.

In all of the above embodiments, the temporary storage 4 for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes is mounted.
Even if the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism is configured so as to have no banknote, it is possible to store the deposited banknote directly in the recycle box 8 based on the judgment result of the banknote discriminating section 3 and to pay it out from the recycle box 8 when it is necessary to cancel and return it. , A similar deposit and withdrawal function is obtained.

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According to the present invention, the total number of safes in an incoming safe, outgoing safe, recycle store, reject store, loading / collecting store,
The number of each safe can be arbitrarily changed.

The presence / absence of a bill discriminating unit and a temporary storage is variable, and selection of a deposit machine handling only deposits, a dispensing machine dealing only withdrawals, a depositing / dispensing machine dealing with deposits and withdrawals, and each transaction It is possible to provide a highly versatile banknote pay-in / pay-out device which can easily cope with the selection of the number of denominations and the selection of the recycling of each denomination.

Further, it is possible to select a minimum configuration for satisfying a desired function, and to provide a simple, small-sized, low-cost banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

Further, in operation of the safe and the transport path, it is possible to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out device with good operability for staff and maintenance staff in handling the safe and operating in the event of an abnormality such as a jam.

Further, it is possible to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out device which handles not only Japanese yen banknotes but also foreign banknotes having different sizes in common.

Further, by mounting a plurality of recycle boxes and loading / collecting boxes, labor savings such as bill loading, collection, and scrutiny of the amount of money can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an embodiment of an automatic cash transaction apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control relationship of the automatic teller machine;

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of an inbox.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a safe.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a recycle warehouse.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the unit transport path.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a control relationship of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing a seventh embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing the eighth embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote pay-in / pay-out machine 2 ... Deposit and withdrawal port 3 ... Deposited banknote discriminating part 4 ... Temporary storage 5 ... Transport path 6 ... Safe deposit box 7 ... Dispensing safe 8 ... Recycled warehouse 9 ... Rejected warehouse 10 ... Dispensed banknote discriminating part 11 … Control unit

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[Claims] 1. A sheet handling apparatus for handling sheets, comprising: a discriminating section for discriminating the sheets; and a transport path for transporting the sheets through the discriminating section. Has a plurality of storages for storing or storing paper sheets, and a main transport path for transporting the paper sheets in one direction through the determination unit, The sheets fed from each of the mouth or the storage are joined to the main transport path through unit independent transport paths to the main transport path, respectively, and are fed out, and the mouth or the storage is The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the individually stored paper sheets are diverged from the main transport path from independent branch points and accumulated. 2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets inserted from the mouth, and wherein the main transport path is again moved from a feeding portion of the mouth. The paper sheets are transported in one direction so as to return to the stacking portion of the mouth, and further,
Divided into an upstream transport path from the mouth to the temporary storage and a downstream transport path from the temporary storage to the mouth, and consolidation of paper sheets into the main transport path or paper from the main transport path A sheet handling apparatus, wherein a branch of leaves is provided in the downstream transport path. 3. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets inserted from the mouth, and the upstream transport path and the downstream transport path are independently transported. A driving unit that is driven by driving, the papers conveyed from the mouth are stored in the temporary storage according to the determination result of the determination unit, and the papers determined to be normal are determined to be rejected. The sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the driven sheet is stored in the downstream transport path by being driven or stopped by the driving unit. 4. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper conveyed from the mouth, wherein the temporary storage is configured to be capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation. The paper sheet handling apparatus is characterized in that the paper sheet handling apparatus is rotated forward and stored in the order in which it is transported to the temporary storage, and reversely transported to the transport path in the reverse order of the storage order. 5. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of storages can be arranged in any combination. 6. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets inserted from the mouth, wherein the storage is stacked on a rear surface of the apparatus. Wherein the mouth and the temporary storage are arranged in front of the apparatus. 7. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the storages are configured to be arbitrarily changeable.
A sheet handling apparatus characterized in that the sheet handling apparatus is detachable from a rear surface thereof. 8. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage box has a recycle box for storing paper sheets transported from the mouth and transporting the paper sheets to the mouth.
A paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the recycle box stores the paper sheets with the lower ends thereof aligned, and feeds the stored paper sheets to the transport path while holding the lower ends of the stored paper sheets. 9. A sheet handling apparatus having a discriminating unit for discriminating a sheet and handling the sheet, comprising: an opening for inserting or discharging the sheet; and a storage box for storing the sheet. And a main transport path for transporting paper sheets in one direction in a circular manner so as to pass through the determination unit and return to the determination unit again, and the paper fed out from each of the mouth and the storage box. Kind
Each of the outlets and each of the storages is connected to the main transport path from each of the feeding sections through the individually independent transport paths from the main transport path to the main transport path via branch points that are individually independent from the main transport path. A paper sheet handling device, wherein paper sheets are stored in the paper sheet. 10. The sheet handling apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the main transport path allows the sheet passing through the discriminating section to pass through a branching point and a junction of the storage, and then the main transport path passes through the junction. A sheet handling apparatus characterized in that the sheet is conveyed so as to pass through a junction with a mouth and a junction and return to the discriminating section again. 11. A paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said storage is disposed on a rear surface of said apparatus and is detachable. 12. A mouth for feeding or discharging paper sheets, a discriminating section for discriminating the paper sheets, a transport path for passing the paper sheets through the discriminating section, and a plurality of paper sheets for storing the paper sheets. A storage box, wherein each of the storage boxes can be arbitrarily selected and combined with respect to the transport path, and each of the storage boxes is interchangeable and detachable. Handling equipment. 13. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the storages are sequentially stacked and arranged on the rear side of the paper sheet handling apparatus. 14. A mouth for feeding or discharging paper sheets, a discriminating section for discriminating the paper sheets, a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets inserted from the mouth, And a transport path for transporting the paper sheets, wherein the temporary storage includes a rotating drum, and sequentially winds and stores the paper sheets transported from the determination unit around the rotating drum, and after a predetermined transaction is established, A sheet handling apparatus, wherein the rotating drum is rotated in a reverse direction to feed the wound sheets to the transport path. 15. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a storage box for storing paper sheets conveyed from said mouth or for storing paper sheets conveyed to said mouth. A paper sheet handling device, wherein the device is disposed behind the device, the mouth and the temporary storage are disposed on the front side of the device, and the port is disposed above the temporary storage. 16. A paper sheet handling apparatus having a recycle box for storing inserted paper sheets and feeding out the sheets one by one at the time of discharge, wherein the recycle box stores the paper sheets. Release the paper sheets upward from below in the storage space, and discharge the paper sheets downward in the storage space when feeding out the paper sheets, and
A sheet handling apparatus, wherein sheets to be stored are stacked in a horizontal direction. 17. A sheet handling apparatus for handling sheets, comprising: an opening for taking in or discharging sheets; a discriminating unit for discriminating the sheets; A first transport unit that passes therethrough, a plurality of paper sheet storage units that are arranged with respect to the first transport unit and store paper sheets, the paper sheet storage unit and the first paper storage unit;
A second means for independently connecting paper means and transporting paper sheets independently
Transport means, wherein the first transport means transports the paper sheets in one direction in an annular manner so as to return the paper sheets to the place again when the paper sheets are transported from a certain place. Paper handling equipment. 18. A paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said first transport means includes a plurality of transport means and is operated by drive means which are independently driven. Handling equipment. 19. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the paper sheets conveyed from the mouth, and wherein the first conveyance unit is configured to execute the discrimination unit from the mouth. And upstream transport means to reach the temporary storage section via the storage section, and downstream transport means to reach the mouth from the temporary storage section, and when the sheet is transported from the mouth, the discriminating section corrects the sheet. A paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the paper sheet determined to be a ticket is stored in the temporary storage unit, and the paper sheet determined to be rejected by the determination unit is stored in the downstream transport unit. 20. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the paper sheets conveyed from the mouth, wherein the temporary storage unit rotates forward or backward. And rotating the rotating body in the forward direction to store the sheets from the first conveying means in order, and rotating the rotating body in the reverse direction to feed out the stored sheets to the first conveying means in the reverse order. Paper handling equipment characterized by the following. 21. A paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said plurality of paper sheet storage sections are stacked and arranged behind said apparatus. 22. A sheet handling apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said plurality of sheet storage sections have interchangeability which are interchangeable with each other.