JPH11195159A - Device for inputting and outputting paper money - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain compact mounting by providing a temporary holding and both face inverting part, and always smoothly and accurately operating housing paper money in a housing storage for each denomination by temporarily holding paper money in the temporary holding and both face inverting part without necessitating any temporarily holding board on the housing storage for each denomination. SOLUTION: This is a cash inputting and outputting device equipped with a service part 10 for allowing a customer to input and output paper money, paper money discriminating part 13, housing storage 17, 18, and 19 for housing and carrying paper money, and end batch cassette 20. This device is provided with a temporary holding and both face inverting part 12 for operating the both face inversion and temporary holding of paper money, and a control part 59 for judging the possibility/impossibility of automatic restoration from an error code indicating the device state when the device stops and a pre- transaction code indicating the device state in the past, and operating the automatic restoring operation only when the possibility of the automatic restoration is judged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote pay-in / pay-out device, for example, an automatic machine corner in a financial institution such as a bank, an automatic machine corner in a securities, insurance, credit company, etc., and an unmanned machine such as consumer finance. The present invention relates to a banknote pay-in / pay-out device in an automatic transaction device installed at a terminal corner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional example will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, a banknote deposit and withdrawal device (Cash Counter Auto Depositor,
Hereinafter, an automatic transaction apparatus equipped with a CCAD will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus. FIG. 4 (a) is a view from the customer service side, and FIG. 4 (b) is a view from the back. Is shown.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 3 denotes a card reader / writer (hereinafter abbreviated as a card reader / writer) which reads and writes magnetic stripe data on a card inserted by a customer and prints transaction contents on a receipt or the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a passbook entry machine that performs processing such as identification of a passbook inserted by a customer and printing of transaction contents.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a customer operation display unit (hereinafter, abbreviated as a customer operation unit), which includes various operation keys for the customer to input transaction items, input a desired withdrawal amount, a personal identification number, and cancel, confirm, and the like. And a display unit such as a CRT for displaying an input amount by the operation keys, illustrations for operation guidance, and characters.
Reference numeral 6 denotes an operation key (not shown) for inputting data for the staff of the financial institution to perform processing such as loading, replenishment, and collection of bills, input data from the operation key, a processing result, and the like to display the staff. An internal operation unit consisting of a guiding unit
The internal operation unit 6 is provided inside the back door 1a of the automatic transaction device.

[0005] Reference numeral 7 denotes a control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus. As shown in FIG. 5, a CCAD, a card reader / writer unit 3, a passbook entry unit 4, a customer operation display unit 5, and an internal operation unit 6 are connected to the control unit 7. The control unit 7 performs these controls and performs various arithmetic processing and data storage as necessary.

FIG. 15 is a schematic side view of a conventional example, showing the internal structure of a conventional CCAD, and FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a main part thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 108 denotes a rotatable customer service unit provided at the upper part on the front side of the CCAD, for allowing a customer to insert a bill, return a bill to the customer, and withdraw money.

[0007] The customer service section 108 will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 17A to 17C show the customer service unit 108.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the configuration and operation of the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the customer service unit 108 is composed of a pair of bill guides 109 provided so as to face each other at a fixed interval, and a separation mechanism 110 for separating bills between the bill guides 109 one by one. The entire structure is rotated by a motor or the like (not shown), and a shutter 111 that can be opened and closed is provided above.

The customer service unit 108 opens the shutter 111 and waits for the customer to set a deposit bill between the bill guides 109, or a deposit / withdrawal position (a) for paying a deposit bill to the customer. After being inserted, the shutter 111 is closed to separate the bills one by one and send them into the apparatus (b), a receiving position (b) for receiving bills collectively from the front / back reversing unit described later.
The banknote guide 109 is controlled based on the signals from the position detectors, not shown, including light-emitting and light-receiving elements arranged at these positions so that the angle of the banknote guide 109 changes to these three positions.

Returning to the description of FIG. The customer service section 10
On the lower left side of 8, a discriminating unit 113 provided for discriminating banknote authenticity, denomination, damage, front and back, and detecting the presence or absence of abnormal running such as double running or skewing is arranged. I have. A reverse side 112 is provided on the left side of the customer service section 108, and the banknote discriminated from the back side by the discriminating section 113 is reversed by the front / back reverse section 112 to be aligned with the front side.

Reference numeral 115 denotes a collective storage (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a collective cassette). The collective cassette 115 is disposed on the front side (rear side of the CADD) in the direction in which the CADD is removed, and as shown in FIG. The front side has a bill entry / exit door 115a and a rejected bill extraction door 115b that can be opened by the inspection key.

Reference numeral 116 denotes a reject storage box (hereinafter, referred to as a reject cassette) for storing reject banknotes mainly at the time of withdrawal transaction, which is similarly disposed behind the CCAD. The reject cassette 116 is located immediately below the batch cassette 115. I have. Here, the internal structure of the batch cassette 115 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIGS. 18 (a) and 18 (b) are schematic side views showing the internal structure of a conventional batch cassette. FIG. 18 (a) shows a state in which bills are fed out, and FIG. Indicates the status. Reference numeral 117 denotes a batch storage unit serving as a first storage unit for collectively storing banknotes of each denomination at the time of loading, replenishing, and collecting banknotes. Reference numeral 118 denotes a banknote stacking stage provided in the batch storage unit. Reference numeral 119 denotes a partition plate for stacking and storing collected bills when collecting bills.

The stage 118 is rotated and moved up and down by five motors (not shown) at five positions E, F, G, H and I shown in FIG. 18B. It is controlled based on a detection signal of a detector comprising a light emitting and a light receiving element that does not emit light. The position I is the home position of the stage 118.

Reference numeral 120 denotes a clamp lever for clamping collected bills. The clamp lever 120 is rotated and moved up and down at four positions A, B, C, and D by a motor (not shown). In the same manner as described above, control is performed based on a detection signal of a detector including light emitting and light receiving elements (not shown) provided at each position.

The stage 118 and the clamp lever 120
The detailed operation will be described later when describing the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus. 121 is a partition plate 11 at the time of bill collection.
9 is a collected banknote stacking unit as a first stacking unit for stacking banknotes on the stack 9. Reference numeral 122 denotes a bill feeding unit as a feeding means provided on the upper part of the batch storage unit 117. The bill feeding unit 122 separates banknotes on the stage 118 one by one from the upper side and feeds the banknotes to a transport path to be described later when loading and replenishing banknotes. Things.

Reference numeral 123 denotes a bill that is discriminated by the discriminating unit 113 from bills fed from the feeding means 122 at the time of bill loading and replenishment, which are discriminated as improper bills, denominations unknown, or abnormal running or the like, and cannot be loaded or replenished. In the loading / replenishment reject banknote storage unit serving as a second storage unit for storing as a reject banknote, the loading / replenishment reject banknote storage unit 123 is provided.
Is located below the batch storage section 117, and
19 separates from the batch storage section 117.

Reference numeral 124 denotes a loading / replenishing reject banknote stacking unit as second stacking means for taking in and stacking the banknotes into the loading / refilling reject banknote storage unit 123. 125a is an end detector for detecting the end of the banknote in the collective storage unit 117, 125b is a near-end detector, 125c is a full detector for detecting the fullness of the banknote in the collective storage unit 117, and 126 is loading A replenishment reject is a full detector for detecting a full bill in the bill storage unit 123, and each of these detectors is configured by a light emitting and a light receiving element.

Here, the description returns to FIG. The reject cassette 116 includes a forgotten banknote storage unit 127 for storing a customer's forgotten banknotes, and a discriminating unit 113 at the time of deposit processing.
A bill that is genuine and can be paid for, but is unsuitable for reusing as a withdrawal note. And a rejected banknote storage unit 128 for storing the withdrawn rejection banknote.
The rejected banknote stacking unit 129 is provided for collecting and collecting the banknotes that have been left behind in the stack 27, and the rejected banknote stacking unit 130 for storing the damaged and rejected banknotes in the rejected banknote storage unit 128 and stacking them.

Reference numeral 131 denotes a full detector for detecting the fullness of the banknotes in the forgotten banknote storage unit 127, and 132 denotes a full detector for detecting the fullness of the banknotes in the reject banknote storage unit 128. Are also composed of light emitting and light receiving elements, respectively. 133, 134, 135 are denomination storage boxes (hereinafter referred to as denomination cassettes) for storing and dispensing bills used for transactions with customers, and these denomination cassettes 133, 134, 135 are arranged on the bottom side of the CCAD. In this embodiment, 133 is a 1,000-yen ticket cassette, 134
And 135 are set as a 10,000-yen ticket cassette.

It should be noted that the reason why two of 134 and 135 are set as a voucher cassette is that the transaction amount of the voucher is usually larger than that of the 1,000 yen voucher in the transaction with the customer. 13
6, 137, 138 are the above-mentioned denomination cassettes 133, 13;
4,135, the uppermost banknotes on the respective stages 136,137,138 are moved up and down by moving means (not shown). Is controlled.

Reference numeral 153 denotes the denomination cassettes 133, 13
The deposit / withdrawal unit 153 is disposed above the coin type cassettes 133, 1
The denomination banknote temporary holding plates 142, 143, and 144 disposed immediately above 34 and 135, and the banknotes sent through the discriminating unit 113 are taken in, and each denomination banknote temporary holding plate 1 is received.
42, 143, 144, denomination-type banknote stackers 139, 140, 141, and the stages 136, 13
7,138 or denomination banknote temporary holding plates 142,14
The denomination banknote separation mechanism 145, 146, 147 has a denomination banknote separation mechanism 145, 146, 147 that separates and extracts the banknotes on the top and bottom of the denomination banknotes 3, 144 from the top.
3, 144 can be retracted in the direction of arrow J by a motor (not shown).

148a, 149a, 150a are end detectors for detecting the end of bills in the denomination cassettes 133, 134, 135, and 148b, 149b, 1
50b is a near-end detector for detecting the near-end of a bill, and 148c, 149c, and 150c are full detectors for detecting a full bill. These are constituted by light-emitting and light-receiving elements, respectively.

Reference numeral 151 denotes the customer service unit 108, the front / back inversion unit 1
12, a discriminating unit 113, a batch cassette 115, a reject cassette 116, and a transport path for transporting bills by connecting between the depositing / dispensing unit 153. Reference numerals 114a to 114j are switching blades for switching the transport direction of bills on this transport path. The blades 114a to 114j are connected to the discriminating unit 1
13 and is operated by a magnet (not shown) based on the discrimination result or the like.

Reference numeral 152 denotes an internal door provided so as to close the open rear surface of the CCAD, that is, a part of the extraction surface of the batch cassette 115 and the reject cassette 116. Batch cassette 115 without pulling out
The internal door 152 is disposed at a position facing the rejected banknote take-out door 115b so as not to hinder the opening and closing of the banknote entry / exit door 115a of the collective storage 115, and is used for rejected banknote take-out. Door 1
The opening 15b has a cutout portion 152a larger than the rejected banknote take-out door 115b as shown in FIG. 2, for example, as shown in FIG.

By removing the batch cassette 115, the reject cassette 116 and the denomination cassettes 133, 134 and 135 can be removed. Then, the batch cassette 115, the reject cassette 116, and the denomination cassettes 133, 1
34 and 135 are provided with a common lock. By using an audit key, the lid of the cassette can be opened to store and remove banknotes.

In the CCAD, a plurality of independent motors (not shown) are mounted as power sources for separating, accumulating, and transporting banknotes, in addition to the motor for rotating the customer service unit 108, and rotating the same. A power transmission mechanism for transmitting power to each section is arranged. Next, the operation of the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 23 together with FIGS. 4 and 15 to 18.

FIGS. 19 to 23 are schematic side views showing the operation of the conventional example. FIG. 19 shows a state of loading a banknote, FIG. 20 shows a state of a deposit transaction, FIG. 21 shows a state of a dispensing transaction, FIG. FIG.
Indicates the time of bill collection. <Bill Loading> First, at the start of operation of the automatic transaction apparatus, the attendant transports the batch cassette 115 and the reject cassette 116 from the original to the automatic transaction apparatus.

At this time, the reject cassette 116 is empty, but the
The banknotes of the respective denominations required for the transaction in the original are stored in advance. When transported to the automatic transaction apparatus, the staff opens the rear door 1a shown in FIG. 4, opens the cassette mounting / dismounting door 152 of the CCAD, and sets the batch cassette 115 and the reject cassette 116.

Thereafter, the attendant closes the cassette mounting / dismounting door 152 of the CCAD, and inputs a bill loading instruction using the operation keys of the internal operation unit 6. The control unit 7 receives this input,
A command to start the loading operation is transmitted to the CAD, and the CADD switches the internal state to the loading mode upon receiving the command to start the loading operation, and
It is confirmed that the end detector 125a of No. 7 has not detected the end, that is, that the bill to be loaded is stored in the collective storage section 117.

If the end is detected, a response is returned with data indicating that operation is not possible, and a response is returned. This process is stopped. However, if it is confirmed that the end has not been detected, the CCAD starts the bill loading operation. I do. Hereinafter, the operation of the CCAD will be described with reference to FIG. By operating the bill feeding unit 122, the bills deposited on the stage 118 are separated and fed one by one from the top, and are conveyed by the conveyance path 151 as shown by the arrow in FIG. 19 and sent to the discrimination unit 113.

The discriminating section 113 sequentially discriminates the fed banknotes for authenticity, denomination, discrimination, and damage, and detects the presence or absence of abnormal running and sends the bills backward. Of the bills sent out, bills that can be loaded for dispensing with genuine 1,000-yen bills, that is, bills that have been discriminated to be able to be loaded by the discriminating unit 113, are operated by the switching blade 114h, and denominated bill stacking unit. 139, and is directly accumulated on the stage 136 of the denomination cassette 133.

The banknotes which can be loaded for dispensing with the genuine ten thousand yen note are sent to the denomination banknote stacking unit 140 or 141 by operating the switching blade 114i or 114j, and the stage 137 or 1 of the denomination cassette 134 or 135 is transferred.
38 directly. This operation is repeated until the bills set on the stage 118 are exhausted and the end detector 125a detects the bills.
If any one of 137 and 138 reaches the hold allowable value (for example, 100), the bill feeding unit 12
2 is interrupted, the stage of the cassette which has reached the hold allowance is lowered by a motor (not shown) by an amount corresponding to the hold allowance, and when the stage is lowered, the bill feeding unit 1 is lowered.
22 is operated again to repeat the bill loading operation.

When the banknotes on the stage 118 of the batch cassette 115 are exhausted and the end detector 125a detects the end, the banknote feeding section 122 is stopped, and when the last banknote arrives at the denomination cassette, the conveyance operation by the conveyance path 151 is also stopped. I do. Finally, cassettes 133, 134, 1
The 35 stages 136, 137, and 138 are lowered simultaneously, and the bills accumulated on the stages 136, 137, and 138 are stored in the denomination cassettes 133, 134, and 135, and the bill loading operation ends.

In the bill loading operation, the discriminating section 1
The banknotes discriminated as counterfeit or unknown by 13 or banknotes in which abnormal running has been detected, that is, banknotes discriminated as unloadable by the discrimination unit 113, are the switching blades 114e and 114f.
Is operated and fed as a loaded / supplied rejected banknote to the loaded / supplied rejected banknote stacking unit 124 to be stacked.

During the bill loading operation, the denomination cassette 13
When the full detectors 149c and 150c of the 4,135 or the full detector 148c of the denomination cassette 133 detect the full state, the switching blade 114e is operated to feed the collected banknotes to the collecting banknote stacking unit 121 and to stack them on the partition plate 119. . The CCAD adds the counted number loaded for each denomination to the response of the bill loading end and returns it to the control unit 7. The control unit 7 stores the counted number data of the denomination in a predetermined storage unit.

Further, the processing result of the bill loading is displayed on the display unit of the internal operation unit 6 to the attendant, so that the attendant confirms the completion of the loading, closes the rear door 1a, and is ready to make a transaction with the customer. State. By the way, during the loading of the bills into the above-mentioned denomination cassettes 133 to 135, the full detector 126
Detects the full loading / replenishment reject banknote in the loading / replenishment reject banknote storage unit 123 and displays a message to that effect on the internal display unit 6 or the loading / replenishment rejection for some reason after loading the banknote. Bill storage unit 1
When it is desired to take out the loaded / supplied reject banknotes in 23, the loaded / supplied rejected banknotes are taken out as follows.

The attendant uses a not-shown inspection key to load / refill the batch cassette 115 and reject the bill removing door 11.
5b is opened as shown in FIG. In this case, CCAD
Since the cassette mounting / dismounting door 152 is provided with the notch 152b as described above, this notch 15
With 2b, only the loading / supplying reject banknote removal door 115b can be opened without opening the cassette mounting / dismounting door 152.

In this way, the clerk opens the loading / replenishment reject bill removal door 115b, removes the loading / replenishment reject bill in the loading / replenishment reject bill storage unit 123, and then removes the loading / supplement reject bill. The door 115b is closed and locked. <Payment Transaction> When the customer presses the payment transaction key on the customer operation display section 5 and inserts a card (not shown) into the card insertion slot or passbook passbook insertion slot, the connection between the control section 7 of the automatic transaction apparatus and the center not shown. When the predetermined communication is performed and it is confirmed that there is no problem, the control unit 7 transmits a command for starting the deposit processing to the CCAD.

When the CCAD receives the deposit processing start command, it switches the internal state to the deposit mode, opens the shutter 111 shown in FIG. 17, and waits for the customer to set the bill between the bill guides 109 of the customer service unit 108. At this time,
The customer service section 108 is in the deposit / withdrawal position shown in FIG.

When the customer inserts and sets a bill and the sensor (not shown) detects the bill, the shutter 111 is closed and data indicating that a bill is present is added to the state sense command periodically transmitted from the control unit 7. To send back a response. Next, the control unit 7 transmits a CCAD deposit count command to instruct the counting of the bills set between the bill guides 109.

Hereinafter, the CADC processing procedure will be described with reference to FIG. The customer service unit 108 is brought into a separating position by a motor (not shown) as shown in FIG. 17B, and the bills between the bill guides 109 are separated one by one by a separating mechanism 110.
To the transport path 151 to be taken in.
1 and sequentially conveyed to the discrimination section 113.

The discriminating section 113 discriminates the authenticity, denomination, and damage of the conveyed banknotes, detects the presence or absence of abnormal running, and sends the banknotes backward. The banknote that is genuine and discriminated from the genuine note by the discriminating unit 113 is sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 153 by operating the switching blade 114c. Of the banknotes sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 153, the one-thousand-yen note is sent to the denomination-specific banknote stacking unit 139 by operating the switching blade 114h, and is stacked on the denomination-specific banknote temporary holding plate 142.

Similarly, the ten-thousand-yen ticket is sent to the denomination banknote stacking unit 140 by operating the switching blade 114i, and is stacked on the denomination banknote temporary holding plate 143. In addition, since the banknotes that are genuine but have been discriminated as unfit banknotes, or banknotes that have been discriminated as 5,000 yen notes that are not deemed to be circulated, are not reused for dispensing, the switching blade 114j is operated as a reject banknote. Then, it is sent to the denomination-specific banknote stacking unit 141 and is stacked on the denomination-specific banknote temporary holding plate 144.

On the other hand, bills discriminated from counterfeit bills or bills in which abnormal conveyance has been detected are conveyed to the front / back reversing unit 112 by the conveyance path 151 and are stacked one by one. At this time, the customer service unit 108 is changed to the receiving position shown in FIG.
Upon completion of the deposit counting process of the bills set by the customer between the bill guides 8 of 8, the bills accumulated in the front / back reversing unit 112 are sent to the bill guide 109 of the customer service unit 108.

Thereafter, the customer service opening 8 is returned to the deposit / withdrawal position, the shutter 111 is opened, and the bill guide 109 is opened.
After returning the intervening bill to the customer, the shutter 111 is closed. Then, the CCAD adds and returns the number data counted for each denomination to the control unit 7 in response to the end of the counting of payment into bills for reuse and bills for non-reuse.

The control unit 7 receives the data, calculates the amount of the denomination and the total amount, displays it on the display unit of the customer operation display unit 5, and counts this data as a deposit count. It is stored in the storage unit. The customer checks the amount displayed on the display unit, and checks the customer operation display unit 5
Is pressed, the CCAD receives a command from the control unit 7 and first retreats the denomination-type banknote temporary holding plates 142 and 143 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 153 in the arrow J direction. The bills accumulated on 142 and 143 are stored in denomination cassettes 133 and 134, respectively.

Next, the denomination-specific banknote separation mechanism 147 is driven to separate the damaged and 5,000-yen notes stacked on the denomination-specific banknote temporary holding plate 144 one by one, and the transport path 151 is separated.
And transported to the discrimination unit 113. By operating the switching blades 114c and 114g, the discriminating unit 113 is operated.
Is sent to the reject banknote stacking unit 130 of the reject cassette 116, and is stacked in the reject banknote storage unit 128.

Then, the card and the passbook are returned to the customer, a receipt on which the details of the transaction are printed is issued, and the processing of the deposit transaction is completed. <Payout transaction> After the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key of the customer operation display section 5, inserts the card into the card slot, and enters a password, a predetermined communication between the control section 7 and the center is established. Is performed, and if it is confirmed that there is no problem, the control unit 7
A command for starting the dispensing process is transmitted to the AD.

When the CCAD receives the command to start the dispensing process, it switches the internal state to the dispensing mode and waits for the instruction of the denomination and the number of bills to be dispensed. Here, when the customer inputs, for example, an amount of 50,000 thousand, whether the end detectors 149c and 150c of the denomination cassettes 134 and 135 and the end detector 148c of the denomination cassette 133 detect the end. Check if it is.

At this time, the end detectors 149c, 150
c, or if the end detector 148c detects the end, the CCAD sends back a response to the control unit 7 with data indicating that withdrawal is impossible, whereby the control unit 7 displays the display of the customer operation display unit 5. , And display a transaction not allowed
Return the card to the customer and cancel the transaction. Then, a notifying unit (not shown) prompts the attendant to replenish the missing bill. The replenishment of the bill will be described later.

If the above-mentioned end detection does not apply, a dispensing process is performed. Hereinafter, the dispensing processing operation will be described with reference to FIG. First, the denomination banknote separation mechanism 146 or the denomination banknote separation mechanism 147 operates to operate the denomination cassette 1
The m-yen banknotes are fed from 34 or 135, and the fed bills are conveyed to the discriminating section 113 through the conveying path 151 as shown by the arrow in FIG.

The discriminating section 113 discriminates between denominations, front and back, and damages by detecting the presence / absence of abnormal running. If the denomination is not abnormal as specified, the switching gate 114c is actuated to convey. The paper is conveyed to the front / back inversion unit 112 by the path 151. Then, based on the result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 113, the switching blade 114 a is operated, and the front and back are collected one by one and are accumulated in the front and back reversing unit 112.

On the other hand, the bill discriminated by the discriminating unit 113 from the damaged banknote or the banknote whose abnormal running is detected is operated as the reject banknote by operating the switching blades 114c and 114g to reject the banknote stacking unit 1 of the reject cassette 116.
30 and is accumulated in the reject bill storage unit 128.
In this way, the dispensing, discrimination, and accumulation of the ten thousand yen ticket are repeated until the required number of sheets is accumulated in the front / back inversion unit 112.

After the m number of ten thousand yen notes are accumulated in the front / back reversing unit 112, next, the payout discrimination of n 1,000 yen coins from the denomination cassette 133 and the accumulation in the front / back inversion unit 112 are performed in the same manner.
As a result, the designated denomination and designated number of banknote front / back reversing unit 112
When the customer is integrated, the customer service unit 108 is changed to a receiving position by a motor (not shown),
Is sent between the bill guide 109 of the customer service section 108 and the receipt printed with the dispensed bills accumulated in the customer and the transaction contents.

After that, the customer service unit 108 is changed to a deposit / withdrawal position by a motor (not shown), the shutter 111 is opened to pay a bill together with a receipt to the customer, and the shutter 111 is closed. Then, the card is returned to the customer, and the processing of the withdrawal transaction ends. When the dispensing process is completed in this way, the CCAD adds the data of the dispensing type and the number thereof to the response to the end of the process and returns it to the control unit 7. The control unit 7 receives this and counts it as the dispensing number. And stored in a predetermined storage unit (not shown).

If the customer forgets to take the bills, the separating mechanism 110 re-separates the bills and sends them to the transport path 151 one by one.
By operating 4c, 114d, and 114g, the reject cassette 7 is fed into the forgotten banknote stacking unit 129, and is stacked in the forgotten banknote storage unit 127. <Bill replenishment> End detector 148 provided in CCAD
a, 149a, 150a detect the end,
Alternatively, near-end detectors 148b, 149b, 150
When the near end is detected by b, the automatic transaction apparatus sends a notification to the attendant to urge the banknote replenishment. At the same time, the denomination data of the shortage bill to be replenished is also notified.

With this, the clerk replenishes the bills. The processing will be described with reference to FIG. First, the clerk carries the banknote of the denomination data from the original side to the automatic transaction apparatus, and FIG.
Open the back door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus shown in FIG. At this time, the batch storage unit 117 in the batch cassette 115 is in an empty state or in a state where bills of a denomination different from the denomination to be replenished are accumulated on the stage 118.
Reference numeral 18 denotes a position E shown in FIG. 18 or a position between the position E and the position I which is a home position.

When the clerk opens the back door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus as described above, the open state is detected by the control unit by a signal from a detector (not shown).
Sends a command to the CCAD to return the stage 118 to the position of I, that is, the home position.
8 is moved to the I position.

Thereafter, the staff uses the inspection key to open the batch cassette 115 with the bill entry / exit door 115a as shown, and places the bill carried from the original on the stage 118. Then, after closing the bill entry / exit door 115a,
A bill replenishment instruction is input using the operation keys of the internal operation unit 6.

Since the bill replenishment processing operation is performed in the same manner as the bill loading operation described with reference to FIG. 19, the description of the replenishment processing operation itself is omitted here. The operation when the type cassette 133, 134, or 135 becomes full will be described with reference to FIG. 18 and FIG. First, in FIG. 22, when the full detectors 148c, 149c, and 150c of the denomination cassettes 133, 134, and 135 detect the full state, the banknote feeding unit 122 separates and feeds the banknotes one by one, and passes the banknotes passed through the discrimination unit 113. , Switching blade 114e
Is operated and sent to the collected banknote stacking unit 121, and the partition plate 1
19 on top.

At this time, the discriminating section 113 counts the bills accumulated on the partition plate 119, and stops the bill feeding section 122 once when the number reaches the predetermined accumulation allowable value (for example, 100). Next, the clamp lever 120 is rotated by a motor (not shown) so as to close from the position A to the position B, and the bills accumulated on the partition plate 119 are clamped.

Next, the clamp lever 120 is driven by the motor.
Is raised from the position B to the position C, and the banknote is lifted. As a result, the banknotes can be fed again onto the partition plate 119, so that the banknote payout unit 122 feeds out the banknotes on the stage 118 one by one again, and passes through the discrimination unit 113 until the stackable value is reached. Stacked on the partition plate 119.

Then, when the accumulation allowable value is reached, the bill feeding section 122 is stopped again, and the clamp lever 120 located at the position C is rotated by the motor so as to be opened by the motor to the position D, as described above. The clamped and raised bills are then dropped on the bills stacked on the partition 119. Subsequently, the clamp lever 120 at the position D is lowered by the motor to return it to the position A, and the motor is rotated so as to close from the position A to the position B.
After re-clamping the bills accumulated on the upper side, the clamp lever 120 is raised again from the position B to the position C to lift the bills on the partition plate 119, and the bills are fed by the bill feeding unit 122.

The above operation is repeated until the end detector 125a of the batch storage section 117 detects the end of the bill.
When the end detector 125a detects the end of the bill, the bill feeding unit 122 is stopped, and the clamp lever 120 clamps and lifts the bill to the position C, and the stage 118
Is rotated from a position E to a position F by a motor (not shown), and then lowered from a position F to a position G by a motor (not shown).

Next, the stage 118 is rotated from the G position to the H position by the motor.
Here, when the clamp lever 120 is rotated and opened from the position C to the position D by the motor, the bills lifted by the clamp lever 120 are moved to the stage 118.
Ride on.

Thereafter, the stage 118 is driven by the motor.
Lifts the banknote from the H position to the I position. By the above operation, the banknotes fed from the collective storage unit 117 can be stored again in the collective storage unit 117 via the discrimination unit 113. The bills are later loaded into the denomination cassettes 133, 134, 135 as necessary.
Will be replenished.

At the time of bill replenishment, the full detector 126 detects the fullness of the loaded / supplied rejected bill in the loaded / supplied rejected bill storage unit 123, and the wording or the like is displayed on the internal display unit 6. When the bill is loaded, or when it is desired to take out the loaded / supplied reject bill in the loaded / supplied reject bill storage unit 123 for some reason after loading the bill, the loading / supply rejected bill removal door 115b is opened in the same manner as when loading the bill. Can be taken out. <Bill collection> At the time of scrutiny, the attendant asked the back door 1a of the automatic transaction device.
Is opened, and a collection instruction is input using the operation keys of the internal operation section 6, and the control section 7 receives this input and transmits a command for instructing the CCAD to start a collection operation.

When the CCAD receives the command for starting the collection operation, it switches the internal state to the collection mode, and the end of all the denomination cassettes 133, 134, and 135 is not detected, that is, the banknote to be collected is the denomination cassette 133. , 134, and 135. If all of the denomination cassettes 133, 134, and 135 have been detected as end, the CCAD adds inoperable data to the response and returns it to the control unit 7, and the process is stopped.

When it is confirmed that the end is not detected in any one of the denomination cassettes, the CCAD starts the collecting operation. The bill collecting operation is described below with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. First, the denomination-specific banknote separation mechanism 147 is activated to separate and feed out the banknotes stored in the denomination-specific cassette 135 one by one in order from the top, and as shown by an arrow in FIG. Transport to

The discriminating section 113 discriminates the denomination of the conveyed bills, detects the presence or absence of abnormal running, and sends out the bills backward. Then, the banknotes whose abnormal traveling is detected by the discriminating unit 113 are sent to the rejected banknote accumulating unit 130 by operating the switching blade 114g, and are accumulated in the rejected banknote storing unit 128.

As a result of the discrimination, the normal bill is changed to the switching blade 11.
4e is operated to feed the collected banknotes to the collecting banknote stacking unit 121, and the banknotes are sequentially stacked on the partition plate 119. This operation is repeated until there are no more banknotes set in the denomination cassette 135. However, if the number of stacked sheets on the partition plate 119 reaches the allowable stacking value, the operation of the denominated banknote separation mechanism 147 is interrupted. The operation of FIG. 18 described at the time of the replenishment operation is performed.

The end detector 15 of the denomination cassette 135
When 0a detects the end, the next is the money type cassette 134.
The stored banknotes are paid out from and stored in the rejected banknote storage unit 128 or the partition 119 in the same manner as described above. Similarly, the end detector 149 of the denomination cassette 134
When a detects the end, subsequently, the denomination cassette 133
From the rejected bill storage unit 128
Alternatively, they are sequentially accumulated on the partition plate 119.

Thus, each of the denomination cassettes 135, 13
The 4,133 million-yen note bills and 1,000-yen note bills are accumulated while being counted on the partition plate 119 of the collective storage unit 117 in order. During the collecting operation described above, the discriminating unit 113 always keeps the collective storage unit 117.
When the number of bills sent to the storage unit is counted and the storage amount is reached, the collection operation is interrupted and the counted number data is transmitted to the control unit 7.
Return to.

The control section 7 receives this and displays "batch cassette full" on the display section of the internal operation section 6 to instruct collection of the bills stored in the batch cassette. Note that the allowable storage amount of the collected bills in the collective storage unit 117 varies depending on the amount of stacked bills on the stage 118. Therefore, prior to the bill collection process, the height of the stage 118 is detected by a detector (not shown). The amount of deposited banknotes on the stage 118 is obtained by the arithmetic means of the control unit 7 by using
This is subtracted from the storage amount of No. 7 to obtain an allowable storage amount of the collected bills.

When the batch storage section 117 becomes full, the staff opens the cassette mounting / dismounting door 152 on the rear surface of the CCAD, pulls out the batch cassette 115, opens the cover of the batch cassette 115 using the audit key, and opens the batch storage section 117. Take out all the banknotes. Then, the lid is closed again, the batch cassette 115 is set again in the CCAD, the cassette mounting door 152 is closed, and the collecting operation is restarted.

As described above, the denomination cassette 135,
The collection operation is performed until all of 134 and 133 detect the end, and when the last banknote arrives at the collective storage unit 117, the conveyance operation by the conveyance path 151 is stopped, and the collection operation ends. The CCAD that has completed this collection process returns the response to the end of collection with the counted number data collected for each denomination to the control unit 7, and in response, the control unit 7 counts the number of collected items and stores it in a storage (not shown). Store in the department.

When the CCAD banknote collection process is completed, the attendant opens the CCAD cassette attachment / detachment door 152,
The batch cassette 115 and the reject cassette 116 are pulled out and transported to the place where the close inspection is performed. The above is a normal bill collection process at the time of close inspection. However, when it is necessary to collect bills from the collective storage unit 117 from the collective cassette 115 for some reason during operation of the apparatus, the same as when replenishing bills described above. The bill input / output door 115a of the batch cassette 115 is opened by the inspection key, and the stage 11 is opened.
It is also possible to directly pull out the banknote on the banknote 8 by hand. In this case, the number of denominations of the extracted banknote is input by key operation of the internal operation unit 6 and stored in the storage unit of the control unit 7. I just need.

As described above, in addition to returning the stage 118 of the batch cassette 115 to the home position when the back door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus is opened at the time of bill replenishment, the bill entry / exit door 115a of the batch cassette 115 It is also possible to return the stage 118 to the home position when is opened by the inspection key, or it may be supported and returned by the operation key of the internal operation unit 6.

Further, if the raising operation of the stage 118 is performed by using a spring means, it is not necessary to return the stage 118 to the home position. It is also possible to put on.

[0080]

However, in the apparatus having the above-described structure, the bills become free when the bills accumulated on the temporary holding plate are stored in the storage box. There was a problem that bills stood. In addition, when the banknotes accumulated in the front and back reversing section are bundled and conveyed to the customer service section and sent out, not all of the banknotes can be conveyed to the customer service section and may enter the gap between the bundle conveyance jam and the module of the banknote and lose it. However, there is a problem that, in rare cases, a cash accident occurs due to a residual due to a transport error.

Further, the method of dispensing banknotes accumulated in the front / back reversing section to the customer service section by bundle transport has a problem that processing speed is high. Further, in the conventional apparatus, when a bill jam or an unmanaged error occurs during bill conveyance, an automatic recovery operation is performed. The automatic recovery operation is
This means that bills are returned by operating and rotating the transport system in a direction opposite to the transport direction. For this reason, there is a possibility that, although rare, a secondary obstacle such as a shortage of the conveyor belt or a deformation of parts may occur due to a paper jam.

In a conventional apparatus, a bill inserted by a customer, for example, a bill having two folded folds, a bill having four folded folds, or a long U
There is a problem in that a curled banknote or the like is inserted as it is, and after receiving and separating in a customer service section, jams and corner breaks are induced in a transport system.

[0083]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a customer service unit for a customer to deposit and withdraw bills, a discriminating unit for recognizing the denomination, number, and state of bills, and a storage for storing and feeding bills. When,
In a banknote depositing and dispensing device having a batch cassette for replenishing banknotes in the storage and a transport path for transporting banknotes,
It is characterized by providing a temporary reversing front and back reversing unit integrating a front and back reversing unit for reversing and reversing banknotes and a temporary reserving unit capable of separating and accumulating banknotes one by one.

Further, the temporary holding section of the temporary holding front / back reversing section is constituted by a stage and a stopper provided on the transport path, the stage can be moved up and down, and the stopper takes a position for blocking or opening the transport path. The banknotes can be temporarily held by lowering the stage and blocking the transport path with a stopper, and the transport path can be formed by raising the stage and opening the stopper.

Further, when the device is stopped, it is determined whether or not automatic recovery is possible from the error code indicating the status of the device at the time of the stop and the previous transaction code indicating the status of the device in the past. A control unit is provided for controlling the automatic recovery operation only when the operation is performed. In addition, a bill straightening mechanism for smoothing bills is provided in the vicinity of the customer service unit, and when a bill is conveyed from the inside of the device to the customer service unit and when a bill is conveyed from the customer service unit to the inside of the device, the bill is used as the bill. It is characterized in that a control unit for performing control so as to pass through the leveling mechanism is provided.

[0086]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an automatic transaction apparatus equipped with a banknote pay-in / pay-out device (hereinafter referred to as CCAD) according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus. FIG. 4 (a) is a view from the customer service side, and FIG. 4 (b) is a view from the back.

In FIG. 4, 1 is an automatic transaction device,
2 indicates CCAD. Reference numeral 3 denotes a card reader / writer (hereinafter abbreviated as a card reader / writer) which reads and writes magnetic stripe data on a card inserted by a customer and prints transaction details on a receipt or the like. This is a passbook entry machine that performs processing such as identification of the passed passbook and printing of transaction contents.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a customer operation display section, which includes various operation keys for the customer to input transaction items, input a desired withdrawal amount, a password, and cancel / confirm. LC that displays illustrations and characters for operation guidance
A display unit such as D or CRT is provided. Reference numeral 6 denotes an operation key (not shown) for inputting data for the staff of the financial institution to perform processing such as loading, replenishment, and collection of bills, input data from the operation key, a processing result, and the like to display the staff. An internal operation unit composed of a display unit for guiding
Is provided inside the back door 1a of the automatic transaction device.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a control unit of the automatic transaction device. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 7 includes a CCAD 2, a card reader / writer unit 3, a passbook entry unit 4, a customer operation display unit 5, and an internal operation unit 6. The control unit 7 performs these controls, and performs various arithmetic processing, data storage, and the like as necessary.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment and schematically shows the internal structure of the apparatus. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a customer service unit provided on the upper front side of the CCAD, and serves as an input / reception port for receiving, returning, and withdrawing money from customers. Reference numeral 10a denotes a customer service opening for receiving, returning, and withdrawing money from the customer. Reference numeral 10b denotes a payment rejecting unit that accumulates rejected bills that have been discriminated as being unpayable or unreceivable by a discrimination unit described later. The banknotes arranged in the section 10 and accumulated here are sent again to the separation / accumulation section and can be separated again.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a separating / stacking unit for separating bills set in the customer service port 10 one by one and feeding them into the apparatus, and conversely for stacking bills sent from the apparatus. And includes, for example, a pickup roller, a feed roller, a reverse roller, and an accumulation roller. Reference numeral 56 denotes an accumulation mechanism for accumulating bills in the deposit reject unit 10b, and is composed of a roller, a belt, and the like.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a banknote leveling mechanism, which has a roller for flattening the banknotes for bending and curling. By winding the banknotes in two directions along an S-shaped route, the banknotes can be broken and curled. I have. This banknote leveling mechanism 11
Can be rotated forward and backward by a motor. Numeral 12 denotes a temporary reversing front and back reversing unit, which is composed of a front and back reversing unit 58 for reversing and aligning the front and back of banknotes, and a temporary storing unit 57 for temporarily accumulating deposited banknotes. 5
Reference numeral 7a denotes a feeding storage unit, 57b denotes a stage, and 5
7c denotes a stopper. The stage 57b can be moved up and down, and for illustration, both the upper position and the lower position are shown in the figure. The stopper 57c can be set in a horizontal position and a vertical position in which the stopper 57c is turned vertically from the horizontal position in the clockwise direction in FIG. For illustration, both positions are shown in the figure.

By setting the stage 57b to the upper position and the stopper 57c to the horizontal position, this portion becomes a straight conveyance path, and can convey bills. Also,
The stage 57b is lowered to the lower position, and the stopper 57c
, A temporary holding portion 57 for temporarily accumulating banknotes can be formed. At the time of payment, the bills can be stacked one by one in the temporary storage unit 57 by the feeding storage unit 57a, and the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 57 can be separated and fed one by one.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a discriminating unit arranged at a predetermined position in the apparatus, which is a discriminating function necessary for banknote depositing / dispensing processing such as authenticity, denomination, damage, double feeding, and skew of a banknote and counting. It has functions and the like. Reference numerals 14, 15, and 16 denote cash-receipt-and-disbursement units, and denomination-type storages 17, 18, and 19 are arranged below them in correspondence with each other. For example, 17 serves as a 10,000 yen note storage for storing 10,000 yen banknotes, 18 serves as a 1,000 yen ticket storage for storing 1,000 yen banknotes, and 19 serves as recycling for unfit, 5,000, old, and withdrawal bills. It acts as a recirculating mixed storage for storing possible reject tickets and recyclable storage reject tickets after payment is confirmed. These storages 17, 18, and 19 are arranged side by side in the left and right direction on the lower side in the apparatus so that they can be integrally taken out as needed.

[0095] Here, the denomination storages 17, 18,
Although 19 is allocated as described above, the order can be changed and used. For example, 17 and 18 can be used as a 10,000-yen ticket storage, and 19 can be used as a 1000-yen ticket storage unit. It is possible. In a normal customer transaction, since the transaction amount of a 10,000 yen ticket is larger than that of a 1,000 yen ticket, 17 and 18 may be set as a 10,000 yen ticket storage unit and 19 may be set as a 1,000 yen ticket storage unit. The means for making the denomination setting variable can be set by software or can be set by hardware (for example, individually set by a slide switch (not shown) or the like).

Reference numerals 50, 51, and 52 denote feeding / accumulating units by type, which are constituted by, for example, a pickup roller, a feed roller, a reverse roller, and an accumulation roller.
The denomination-specific payout accumulation unit 50 accumulates the ten thousand yen banknotes from the temporary storage unit 57 of the temporary storage front and back reversing unit 12 one by one in the denomination storage 17 after the payment is determined, and stores the ten thousand yen in the denomination storage 17. Separate bills one by one and pay out.

After the payment is confirmed, the denomination payout stacking section 51 accumulates one thousand yen banknotes one by one from the temporary storage section 57 of the temporary storage front-back reversing section 12 one by one into the denomination storage 18. Separate the 1000 yen bills inside and feed them out. After the payment is confirmed, the denomination-specific payout accumulation unit 52 returns the unfit, 5,000, old, and
Rejected banknotes after withdrawal / payment confirmation are discriminated as having slight tears or tape stuck, or abnormal running such as slight skew, double feeding, chaining, or banknote running interval abnormalities are stored in the denomination storage 19. From the denomination storage 19,
The bills in the above state are separated and fed one by one.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a collective storage (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a collective cassette), which is disposed on the front side (rear side of the CCAD 2) in the direction in which the CCAD 2 is extracted. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of the CCAD according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the batch cassette 20 includes a bill depositing / dispensing door 20a and a reject bill extracting door 20b on the front side in the removing direction. ing. The bill deposit / withdrawal door 20a and the reject bill withdrawal door 20b can be opened using an inspection key.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of the batch cassette according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 (a) shows a state where bills are fed out, and FIG. Indicates the state of time. 62 is for loading and replenishing bills,
And a collective storage unit as a first storage unit for collectively storing banknotes of each denomination at the time of collection, 60 indicates a banknote stacking stage provided in the collective storage unit, and 66 indicates a banknote collection stage. 3 shows a partition plate for stacking and storing collected bills.

The stage 60 is located at E, shown in FIG.
The motor is rotated and moved up and down at five positions F, G, H, and I by a motor or the like (not shown), and the operation is controlled based on a detection signal of a detector (not shown) including a light emitting and light receiving element provided at each position. Is done. The position I is the home position of the stage 60.

Reference numeral 61 denotes a clamp lever for clamping collected bills. The clamp lever 61 is rotated and moved up and down to four positions A, B, C and D by a motor (not shown).
In the same manner as described above, control is performed based on a detection signal of a detector including light emitting and light receiving elements (not shown) provided at each position.

The detailed operation of the stage 60 and the clamp lever 61 will be described later when the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus is described. Reference numeral 46 denotes a collected bill accumulation unit as first accumulation means for accumulating bills on the partition plate 66 at the time of bill collection. Reference numeral 45 denotes a bill feeding section as a feeding means provided above the batch storage section 62. The bill feeding section 45 separates banknotes on the stage 60 one by one from the upper side and feeds them to a transport path described later when loading and refilling banknotes. Things.

Reference numeral 64 designates the loading / replenishing of the banknotes fed out of the feeding means 45 at the time of loading / replenishing the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating section 13 as counterfeit bills, denominations unknown or abnormal running, etc. In the loading / replenishment reject banknote storage section serving as a second storage section for storing as a reject banknote, the loading / replenishment reject banknote storage section 64 is located below the batch storage section 62 and is collectively stored by the partition plate 66. 62.

Reference numeral 47 denotes a loading / replenishing reject banknote stacking unit as second stacking means for taking in the banknotes into the loading / refilling reject banknote storage unit 64 and stacking them. 2
0d is an end detector for detecting the end of the banknote in the collective storage section 62, 20f is a full detector for detecting the fullness of the banknote in the collective storage section 62, and 20e is a loading / replenishing reject banknote storage section 64. Are full detectors for detecting the fullness of the bills, and each of these detectors is constituted by a light emitting and a light receiving element.

Returning to the description of FIG. Reference numeral 21 denotes a reject storage box (hereinafter, referred to as a reject cassette) for storing rejected banknotes that cannot be recirculated and are settled, dispensed, and paid. This reject cassette 2
Reference numeral 1 denotes a forgotten bill stacking unit 48, which is disposed between the denomination storage 19 and the collective cassette 20, accumulates the forgotten bills of the customer in the forgotten bill storage unit 21a, and a depositable bill. Is determined to cause a transport failure in recirculation / collection into a batch cassette,
Rejected banknotes after payment / payment is confirmed, or banknotes that are determined to be unable to be collected in the recirculation mixed storage 19
The rejected banknote stacking unit 49 is provided to be stacked in the rejected banknote storage unit 21b.

If the money type storage 19 is not used as a recirculation mixed storage, for example, if 17 and 18 are set as a 10,000-yen ticket storage and 19 is set as a 1000-yen ticket storage, the condition changes. Genuine bills that can be deposited by the discrimination unit 13 but are unsuitable for reuse for withdrawal (those with tears, tape stuck, etc.), abnormal running (skew, double feed, chain, bill running) All of which, for example, an abnormal interval is detected) are stored in the rejected bill storage unit 21b.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a transport path composed of a belt for pinching and transporting the banknotes, rollers for supporting and rotating the belt, and the like.
1. Temporary reversal front / back reverse unit 12, discrimination unit 13, deposit / withdrawal unit 1
The transport path is a bidirectional transport path that connects all the modules of 4, 15, 16, the batch cassette 20, and the reject cassette 21.

That is, the transport path 8 is provided between the temporary holding front / back reversing unit 12 and the batch cassette 20, between the bill normalizing mechanism 11 and the discriminating unit 13, between the discriminating unit 13 and the reject cassette 21,
Between the collective cassette 20 and the discriminating unit 13, between the collective cassette 20 and the reject cassette 21, each type of deposit and withdrawal unit 14-1
6, between the reject cassette 21, the discriminating unit 13 and the customer service unit 1
Each component, such as between 0 and the money type deposit / withdrawal units 14 to 16, is connected.

Furthermore, all of these transport paths 8 are bidirectional transport paths that can reciprocate on the same transport path. When a transport jam occurs in one direction, if the conditions described below are met, By changing the transport direction in the opposite direction, the jam bill can be automatically removed. Reference numeral 9 denotes a rotatable switching blade for switching the direction in which the banknotes are transported. The customer service unit 10, the banknote leveling mechanism 11, and the temporary holding front / back reversing unit 1
2. It functions as a transport direction switch for separating the transport path between all the modules of the discrimination unit 13, the deposit / withdrawal unit 16, the batch cassette 20, and the reject cassette 21.

The switching blade 9a is connected to the bill
From the temporary holding front / back reversing section 12 and the discriminating section 13, and the switching blade 9 b is moved from the conveyance path to the front / back reversing mechanism 58.
The switching blade 9c separates the route 12b and the non-reversing route 12a of the front / back reversing mechanism 58, the switching blade 9d separates the batch cassette 20 and the direction of the temporarily reserved front / back reversing unit 12, The switching blade 9e rejects the banknotes from the batch cassette 20 or the temporarily held front / back reversing unit 12 into the reject cassette 21.
Or, the switching blade 9f cuts the banknote from the discriminating unit 13 toward the batch cassette 20, the temporary reversing front and back reversing unit 12 or the reject cassette 21, and the switching blade 9g switches the banknote from the discriminating unit 13 and the temporary reversing front and back. The switching blade 9h is divided into the direction of the reject cassette 21 and the direction of another conveyance path,
The switching blade 9i divides the conveyance path, the switching blade 9j divides the reject cassette 21 into the forgotten banknote storage section 48 and the conveyance path, and the switching blade 9k switches the reject cassette 21 toward the reject banknote storage section 49 and the conveyance path. The switching blade 9l is divided into the collected banknote stacking unit 46 of the batch cassette 20 and the loading / replenishing reject banknote stacking unit 47 of the batch cassette 20.
The switching blade 9m divides the transport path, the switching blade 9n divides the banknote from the discriminating unit 13 into two transport paths, and the switching blade 9p divides the banknote from the discriminating unit 13 into the customer service unit 10 and the denomination / dispensing unit. The switching blade 9q is divided into the direction of the deposit and withdrawal unit 14 and the transport path.
The switching blade 9r is divided into the depositing / dispensing section 15 and the transport path,
The switching blade 9s divides into the depositing / dispensing section 16 and the transport path.

The transport system is driven by a motor or the like.
For example, a transport system (hereinafter, referred to as an upper transport system) between the temporary holding front / back reversing unit 12, the discriminating unit 13, the customer service unit 10, and the banknote feeding unit 45 of the batch cassette is driven by an upper transport system drive motor. Cassette 20, money storage 14 ~
The transport system (hereinafter, referred to as a lower transport path) connected to the reject cassette 21 up to 16 is driven by a lower transport system drive motor. The upper transfer system motor and the lower transfer system motor can be independently rotated forward and backward.

Reference numeral 59 denotes a power supply / control unit, which is arranged at a predetermined position in the apparatus, for example, on the back side on the bottom plate, and is configured by a control circuit for supplying various power supplies necessary for the operation of the entire apparatus. Here, the control circuit includes a microcomputer (MPU) (not shown) and a read-only memory (RO) storing a program of the microcomputer at its core.
M), a power-backed random access memory (RAM) for storing various maintenance and security information such as control information, transaction history information and operation log, and a rewritable nonvolatile memory (EEPROM). 10, banknote smoothing mechanism 11, temporary reversing front / back reversing unit 12, discriminating unit 13, denomination / dispensing unit 14,1
5, 16; batch cassette 20, reject cassette 21
Based on information from a detector (sensor) (not shown) that monitors the state of the transport paths 26 to 44 and the like and instructions from operation buttons (not shown) and an online terminal device connected online, the above-described mechanism units are used. The power source such as various motors and solenoids (not shown) corresponding to the above is driven to perform processing operations such as deposit, withdrawal, automatic replenishment, collection, counting, etc., which will be described later, and monitor the operation, and according to the operation result. It has a function of calculating and storing the number of bills stored and withdrawn.

The operation of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 and FIGS. 6 to 14. 6 to 14 are schematic side views showing the operation of the embodiment,
This is for describing each processing mode in AD2. Fig. 6 shows the bill loading and replenishment / replenishment rejection.
FIG. 7 is before payment is confirmed (payment transaction), FIG. 8 is when payment is rejected (payment transaction), FIG. 9 is when payment is confirmed (payment transaction), FIG. 10 is when payment is canceled (payment transaction), and FIG. 11 is withdrawal FIG. 12 shows the time of (withdrawal transaction), FIG. 12 shows the time of forgetting capture (withdrawal transaction), FIG. 13 shows the time of collection / collection rejection (collection operation), and FIG. 14 shows the time of counting / counting rejection (counting operation). . <Bill Loading> First, at the start of the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, the attendant transports the batch cassette 20 and the reject cassette 21 from the original to the automatic transaction apparatus 1. At this time, the reject cassette 21 is empty, but banknotes of respective denominations required for transactions in the original side are stored in the collective storage section 62 of the collective cassette 20 in advance.

When transported to the automatic transaction apparatus 1, the attendant opens the rear door 1a shown in FIG. 4, further opens the cassette attaching / detaching door 23 of the CCAD 2, sets the batch cassette 20, and pulls out the CCAD 2 main body from the automatic transaction apparatus 1. The reject cassette 21 from the side. Then, C
The CAD 2 main body is housed in the automatic transaction apparatus 1, the cassette attaching / detaching door 23 is closed, and a bill loading instruction is performed by the operation keys of the internal operation unit 6.

The control unit 7 receives this input and receives the CCAD2
Sends a command to start the loading operation to
When the CAD 2 receives this loading operation start command, the CAD 2 switches the internal state to the loading mode, and
Is not detected by the end detector 20d, that is, it is confirmed that the bill to be loaded is loaded in the batch cassette storage unit 20.

If the end is detected, a response is returned with data indicating that the operation is not possible, and a response is returned. This process is stopped. However, if it is confirmed that the end is not detected, the CCAD 2 starts the bill loading operation. I do. Below, CCAD
Operation 2 will be described with reference to FIG. By operating the bill feeding unit 45, the bills deposited on the stage 60 are separated and fed one by one in order from the top, and are conveyed by the conveyance path 8 as indicated by the arrow shown in FIG. The discriminating unit 13 sequentially determines the authenticity, denomination, discrimination, and fitness of the fed banknotes, detects the presence or absence of abnormal running, and sends the banknotes backward.

Of the bills sent out, bills which can be loaded for dispensing with genuine 1,000-yen bills, ie, the discrimination unit 1
The bills identified as reloadable in 3 are sent to the denomination stacking unit 15 by operating the switching blade 9r, and the denomination storage 1
8 directly on the stage 18a. Banknotes that can be loaded for dispensing with a genuine ten thousand note, that is, banknotes that are discriminated to be reloadable by the discriminating unit 13 are sent to the denomination depositing / dispensing unit 14 by operating the switching blade 9q and stored in the denomination storage. 17 directly on the stage 17a.

This operation is repeated until the bills set on the stage 60 are exhausted and the end detector 20d detects them. ), The switching blades 9q, 9r, and 9s cause the transfer path 8 to move.
Is switched and sent to the deposit / withdrawal section 16 and directly accumulated on the stage 19a of the denomination storage 19.

When the banknotes on the stage 60 of the batch cassette 20 are exhausted and the end detector 20d detects the end,
The bill feeding unit 45 is stopped, and when the last bill arrives at the denomination / dispensing unit, the transport operation by the upper transport system and the lower transport system is also stopped. Finally, stages 17a, 18a, 1
9a is lowered simultaneously, and the stages 17a, 18a, 19
Banknotes accumulated on a are denominated storages 17, 18, 19
And the bill loading operation ends.

In the bill loading operation, the discriminating section 1
The banknotes discriminated as counterfeit or unknown in denomination or banknotes in which abnormal running has been detected, that is, the banknotes discriminated as being unloadable by the discrimination unit 13 are the switching blades 9m, 9i, 9j, 9
k, 9l are operated to be fed into the loading / supplementary reject banknote accumulating unit 64 as a loading / supply rejecting banknote and accumulated in the loading / supplying rejection banknote storage unit 64.

During the bill loading operation, the denomination storage 1
If the full detectors 17b, 18b, 19b of 7, 18, 19 detect full, the switching blades 9m, 9i, 9
By actuating j, 9k, 9l, it is sent to the collected banknote stacking section 46 and is stacked on the partition plate 66. The CCAD 2 adds the counted number loaded for each denomination to the response of the bill loading end and returns it to the control unit 7, and the control unit 7 stores the counted number data for the denomination in a predetermined storage unit.

Further, the processing result of the bill loading is displayed on the display unit of the internal operation unit 6 to the attendant, so that the attendant confirms the completion of the loading, and closes the rear door 1a to enable the transaction with the customer. State. By the way, during the loading of the bills into the above-mentioned money-type depositing / dispensing units 14, 15, 16, the full detector 20 is set.
e detects the full of the loading / replenishing reject banknote, and the wording or the like is displayed on the internal display unit 6, or the loading / replenishment in the loading / replenishing reject banknote storing unit 64 for some reason after loading the banknote. When the reject bill is to be taken out, the loading / replenishment reject bill is taken out as follows.

The attendant uses the inspection key (not shown) to load / reload the batch cassette 20 and reject the bill removing door 20b.
Is opened as shown in FIG. In this case, since the cassette attaching / detaching door 23 of the CCAD 2 is provided with the cutout portion 23b, the cutout portion 23b opens only the loading / supplement reject banknote takeout door 20b without opening the cassette attaching / detaching door 23. be able to.

In this way, the clerk opens the loading / replenishment reject bill removal door 20b, removes the loading / replenishment reject bill in the loading / replenishment reject bill storage unit 64, and then removes the loading / supplement reject bill. The door 20b is closed and locked. <Payment Transaction> When the customer presses the receipt transaction key on the customer operation display section 5 and inserts a card (not shown) into the card slot or passbook passbook insertion slot, the control section 7 of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 and the center (not shown) are connected. When predetermined communication is performed between the devices and it is confirmed that there is no problem, the control unit 7 transmits a command for starting a deposit processing to the CCAD 2.

When the CCAD 2 receives the deposit processing start command, it switches the internal state to the deposit mode, opens the shutter 10 e shown in FIG. 7 and waits for the customer to set the bill between the bill guides of the customer service section 10. At this time, when the customer inserts and sets the bill and the sensor (not shown) detects the bill, the shutter 10e closes, and the data indicating that the bill is set is added to the state sense command periodically transmitted from the control unit 7. To send back a response.

Next, the control unit 7 transmits a deposit count command to the CCAD 2 and instructs the counting of bills set in the customer service unit 10. Hereinafter, the processing procedure of CCAD2 is shown in FIG.
Will be described based on FIG. First, at the time of depositing, the temporarily reversing front / back reversing unit 12 lowers the stage 57 to a stacking position by a stage motor (not shown), and rotates the bill stopper 57c in a clockwise direction (direction a) by a solenoid (not shown). To prevent the banknote from jumping out to the transport path 8. As a result, a temporary holding section 57 is formed in the temporary holding front / back reversing section 12.

After this operation is completed, all the transport motors start rotating in the direction of transporting the bill in the direction of the arrow. Next, the customer service unit 10 moves the stage 10c to the left, and separates and accumulates the bills between the bill guides one by one.
Thus, the bills are sequentially conveyed from the bill straightening mechanism 11 to the discrimination unit 13 via the conveyance path 8. The discriminating unit 13 discriminates the authenticity, denomination, and fitness of the conveyed banknotes, detects the presence or absence of abnormal running, and sends the banknotes backward. The banknotes that are both genuine and discriminated by the discriminating unit 13 are switched blades 9q and 9
r, 9s, 9m, 9h, 9g, 9e, 9c are operated and transported, and are accumulated on the stage 57b of the temporary holding front / back reversing unit 12.

On the other hand, bills discriminated from counterfeit bills or bills in which abnormal conveyance has been detected are conveyed to the customer service section 10 by operating the switching blade 9p, and are returned into the customer service section 10 one by one as deposit reject bills. Be accumulated. The arrow in FIG. 8 indicates the banknote transport route at the time of this payment rejection. In this manner, the final bill of the customer service unit 10 is separated, and after it is determined that the bill is empty by the end detector 10d, the bills accumulated in the deposit rejecting unit 10c once pass through the stage 10b. It is moved down to the separation / accumulation unit 55 side again to perform re-separation. The bills separated here are divided into bills discriminated from genuine bills, bills discriminated from counterfeit bills, and bills for which abnormal conveyance has been detected, and repeated until the last bill is separated. Here, the bills accumulated in the deposit reject unit 10b are released by a shutter 10e.
And return it as a bill that could not be discriminated by the customer. After the customer takes out the bill, the shutter 10e is closed.

Then, the CCAD 2 returns the response of the payment counting end to the control section 7 with the number data counted for each denomination added. The control unit 7 receives this data, calculates the amount of the denomination and the total amount, and
And the data is counted as a deposit count and stored in a predetermined storage unit (not shown).

The operation at the time of payment confirmation will be described below with reference to FIG. When the customer checks the amount displayed on the display unit and presses the confirmation key on the customer operation display unit 5, the CCA
D2 receives the command from the control unit 7 and first separates the confirmed banknotes accumulated on the stage 57b of the temporary holding front / back reversing unit 12 one by one by the feeding / accumulating unit 57a, and switching blades 9b, 9c, 9d. , 9e, 9f, 9n, 9p,
9q, 9r, 9s, 9m, 9i, 9j, 9k, non-reversal route 12a of temporary reversing front and back reversing unit 12, and discrimination unit 13
Is sent to the remittance bill storage unit 49 of the reject cassette 21 or the remittance / receipt / payment unit 14, 15, 16 by denomination.

At this time, the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 13 as recyclable with a 10,000-yen ticket are directly accumulated on the stage 17a from the denomination / withdrawal unit 14 by denomination, stored in the storage 17 and re-used with the 1,000-yen ticket. The recyclable banknotes are directly accumulated on the stage 18 a from the denomination / dispensing unit 15 and stored in the storage 18. Other than these, for example, slightly skewed banknotes, multi-feed banknotes,
Banknotes that can be accumulated, such as chained, abnormal banknotes approaching the banknote interval, are directly accumulated on the stage 19a from the denomination / dispensing unit 16 and stored in the storage 19 in a mixed manner. The banknotes determined to have a stacking failure are stored in the rejected banknote stacking unit 4 of the reject cassette 21.
9 and is accumulated in the reject bill storage unit 21b.

Hereinafter, the operation at the time of payment cancellation will be described with reference to FIG. When the customer confirms the amount displayed on the display unit and presses the cancel key of the customer operation display unit 5, the CC
AD2 receives the command from the control unit 7, and first,
The confirmed deposit cancellation bills accumulated on the stage 57b of the temporary holding front / back reversing unit 12 are separated one by one by the feeding accumulating unit 57a, and the switching blades 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e,
9g, 9h, 9m, 9s, 9r, 9q, 9p, the non-reversal route 12a of the temporary reversing front and back reversing unit 12, the discrimination unit 13,
The paper money is sent to the customer service section 10 via the bill leveling mechanism 11. At this time, the banknote is not discriminated at all, and only the number of bills to be paid out is checked. That is, the temporary hold front / back reversing unit 12
This is a level for confirming only that all the banknotes are transported and returned to the customer service section 10 and no banknotes remain in the transport path.

After the payment is confirmed or the payment is canceled, the card and the passbook are returned to the customer. At the time of the payment confirmation transaction, a receipt on which the transaction details are printed or a passbook entry is performed to process the payment transaction. finish. <Payout transaction> After the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key of the customer operation display section 5, inserts the card into the card slot, and enters a password, a predetermined communication between the control section 7 and the center is established. Is performed, and if it is confirmed that there is no problem, the control unit 7
A command for starting the dispensing process is transmitted to AD2.

When the CCAD 2 receives the command for starting the dispensing process, it switches the internal state to the dispensing mode and waits for the instruction of the denomination and the number of bills to be dispensed. Here, when the customer inputs, for example, a money amount of 50,000 thousand, first, the end detectors 17b, 18b, 1 of the denomination-type storages 17, 18, 19 are first received.
Check whether 9b has detected the end.

At this time, if the end of the denomination to be dispensed has been detected, the CCAD 2 sends back a response to the control unit 7 with data indicating that dispensation is not possible. The display of the unit 5 displays that the transaction of the denomination is not possible, displays the tradeable bill, and shifts to the degenerate transaction mode. That is, the payable amount is displayed on the display unit of the customer operation display unit 5, and the customer is asked to pay the payable amount or cancel the withdrawal transaction. Note that since no withdrawal is possible for both denominations when no withdrawal is possible, a display indicating that withdrawal transaction is not possible is displayed on the display section of the customer operation display section 5, and the card or passbook is returned to the customer. Stop trading.

Then, a clerk is urged to replenish the missing bill by a not-shown notifying means. The replenishment of the bill will be described later. If the above-mentioned end detection does not apply, a withdrawal process is performed. Hereinafter, the dispensing processing operation will be described with reference to FIGS. First, when the denominations of the denomination / withdrawal units 14, 15, and 16 are set to one denomination, the denomination / withdrawal units 14, 15, and 16 are activated to activate the denomination storage 17,
From 18 and 19, the amount designated by the customer is transported. The m-thousand-yen ticket is paid out from the denomination-specific storage 17 and the n-thousand-yen ticket is paid out from the denomination / withdrawal unit 18.

When 17 and 18 are assigned to the 10,000 yen note storage and 19 is assigned to the 1000 yen ticket storage, the 10,000 yen note is stored in the denomination-type storages 17 and 18 from the end not detected.
Pay out, and pay out n-thousand-yen coins from the money type storage 19. The fed-out banknote is conveyed to the discriminating unit 13 via the switching blades 9s, 9r, 9q, 9p, as shown by arrows in FIG.

The discriminating section 13 discriminates the denomination, front and back, and damage, and detects the presence or absence of abnormal traveling. If the designated denomination is not abnormal traveling, the switching blades 9n and 9f are used.
To activate the non-reversal route 1
2a, transport to the reversing route 12b. Then, the switching blades 9c, 9c are determined based on the front / back discrimination result of the discrimination unit 13.
b and the front / back reversing mechanism 58 are operated to align the front and back one by one, and the separation / accumulation unit 55
, And are stacked one by one in the customer service port 10.

On the other hand, the bill discriminated by the discriminating section 13 from the damaged bill or the bill whose abnormal running has been detected is regarded as a withdrawal reject bill as switching blades 9f, 9g, 9h, 9i, 9j.
Is operated to feed into the reject stacking unit 49 in the reject cassette 21 and stack in the reject banknote storage unit 21b. In this way, the payout is repeated until the required number of sheets is accumulated in the customer service section 10, and the discrimination and accumulation are repeated.

[0140] When m number of ten thousand notes are accumulated in the customer service section 10, the money type deposit / withdrawal section 15 next proceeds to the money type storage 1
The n-thousand eight-yen ticket is paid out, and discrimination and accumulation in the customer service section 10 are performed in the same manner. If 19 is assigned as a 1,000-yen ticket storage, the money will be paid out from the corresponding denomination acquisition money unit 16. Thereby, the designated denomination and the designated number of bills are accumulated in the customer service unit 10.

Thereafter, the customer opens the shutter 10e of the customer service section 10, pays bills to the customer, closes the shutter 10e, returns the card and the passbook, and issues a receipt on which the details of the transaction are printed, or writes the passbook book. Then, the processing of the withdrawal transaction is completed. When the dispensing process is completed, the CCAD 2 adds the data of the dispensing type and the number thereof to the response to the end of the process and returns it to the control unit 7. The control unit 7 receives the data and counts the number as the dispensing number. And stored in a predetermined storage unit (not shown).

If the customer forgets to take the bill, the separating / accumulating unit 55 separates the bill in the customer service unit 10 again as shown by an arrow in FIG.
To the switching blades 9a, 9n, 9p,
9q, 9r, 9s, 9m, 9i, 9j are operated, conveyed to the forgotten banknote stacking section 48 of the reject cassette 21 via the banknote straightening mechanism 11, and the discriminating section 13, and are stacked in the forgotten banknote storing section 21a. . <Bill replenishment> End detector 14 provided in CCAD2
The end is detected by b, 15b, 16b, or the near end of each denomination deposit / withdrawal unit is detected by an encoder counter (not shown). Based on this, a message prompting the attendant from the automatic transaction apparatus 1 to replenish bills is issued. Done. At the same time, denomination data of a deficit bill to be replenished in the denomination / dispensing section by denomination is also notified.

Thus, the clerk replenishes the bills. The processing will be described with reference to FIG. First, the clerk carries the banknote of the denomination data from the original to the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and opens the back door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus shown in FIG. At this time, the batch storage section 62 in the batch cassette 20 is in an empty state or in a state where bills of a denomination different from the denomination to be replenished are accumulated on the stage 60. The position or the position between the position E and the position I which is the home position.

Then, when the attendant opens the back door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus as described above, the open state is detected by the control unit by a signal from a detector (not shown).
Sends a command to the CCAD 2 to return the stage 60 to the position of I, that is, the home position.
To the position I.

Thereafter, the attendant opens the bill entry / exit door 20a of the batch cassette 20 using the inspection key and places the bill carried from the original on the stage 60. After closing the bill entry / exit door 20a, a bill replenishment instruction is input using the operation keys of the internal operation unit 6. Since the bill replenishment processing operation is performed in the same manner as the bill loading operation described above, the description of the replenishment processing operation itself is omitted here, and the denomination storages 17, 18, and 19 are full by the bill replenishment. The case will be described.

When the full detectors 17b, 18b, and 19b of the denomination storages 17, 18, and 19 detect that the bills are full, the bills fed from the bill feeding section 45 are passed through the switching blade 9
d, 9e, 9f, 9n, discriminator 13, switching blade 9p
And the switching blades 9q, 9r, and 9s are operated to switch the transport path in a direction such that no banknotes are accumulated in the fully detected denomination storage, and further, the switching blades 9m, 9i, and 9j. , 9k, and 9l, and is fed to the collection banknote stacking unit 46, where the banknotes are stacked on the partition plate 66.

At this time, the discriminating section 13 counts the bills accumulated on the partition plate 66, and temporarily stops the bill feeding section 45 when a predetermined accumulation allowable value (for example, 100) is reached. Next, the clamp lever 61 is rotated by a motor (not shown) so as to close from the position A to the position B, and the bills accumulated on the partition plate 66 are clamped.

Next, the bill is lifted by raising the clamp lever 61 from the position B to the position C by the motor. As a result, the bill can be fed again onto the partition plate 66, so that the bill feeding unit 45
Are fed out one by one again on the stage 60, and are stacked on the partition plate 66 via the discrimination unit 13 until the stacking allowable value is reached.

Then, when the accumulation allowable value is reached, the bill feeding section 45 is stopped again, and the clamp lever 61 at the position C is rotated by the motor so as to be opened by the motor to the position D, thereby as described above. The bills clamped and lifted are then dropped on the bills stacked on the partition plate 66. Subsequently, the motor lowers the clamp lever 61 at the position D to return it to the position A, and further performs a rotating operation so as to close from the position A to the position B, whereby the banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 66 Is clamped again, the clamp lever 61 is raised again from the position B to the position C, the bill on the partition plate 66 is lifted, and the bill is fed by the bill feeding unit 45.

The above operation is repeated until the end detector 20d of the collective storage section 62 detects the end of the bill. When the end detector 20d detects the end of the bill, the bill feeding unit 45 is stopped, the clamp lever 61 clamps and raises the bill to the position C, and the stage 60 is rotated from the position E to the position F by a motor (not shown). Then, the motor is lowered from the F position to the G position by a motor (not shown).

Next, the stage 60 is driven by
From the position to the H position. Here, when the clamp lever 61 is rotated and opened from the position C to the position D by the motor, the banknote lifted by the clamp lever 61 is placed on the stage 60.

Thereafter, the stage 60 is raised from the H position to the I position by the motor to lift the bill. The banknotes fed out of the collective storage unit 62 by the above operation pass through the discrimination unit 13 and are returned to the collective storage unit 6 again.
2 is stored. These bills are later replenished to the denomination storages 17, 18, 19 as needed.

At the time of bill replenishment, the full detector 20e detects the fullness of the loaded / supplied reject bill in the loaded / rejected bill storage unit 64, and a message to that effect is displayed on the internal display unit 6. When the bill is loaded or when it is desired to take out the loaded / supplied rejected bill for some reason after loading the bill, the loading / supplemented rejected bill removing door 20b can be opened and taken out in the same manner as when loading the bill. <Bill collection> At the time of scrutiny, the clerk at the back door 1
When a is opened and a collection instruction is input using the operation keys of the internal operation unit 6, the control unit 7 receives this input and transmits a command for instructing the CCAD 2 to start a collection operation.

When the CCAD 2 receives the command to start the collection operation, the internal state is switched to the collection mode, and the end of all the denomination storages 17, 18, and 19 is not detected, that is, the banknote to be collected is the denomination storage. 17,
Confirm that it exists in any of 18 and 19. If all of the money type storages 17, 18, and 19 have been detected as end, the CCAD 2 adds inoperable data to the response and returns it to the control unit 7 to stop the processing.

Upon confirming that the end has not been detected in any one of the money-type depositing / dispensing units, the CCAD 2 starts the collecting operation. The bill collecting operation is described below with reference to FIG.
3 will be described. First, the denomination-specific payout stacking unit 52 is operated to separate and feed out the banknotes stored in the denomination-specific storage 19 one by one from the upper side, and as shown by arrows in FIG. , 9q, 9p to the discrimination unit 13.

The discriminating section 13 discriminates the denomination of the conveyed bills, detects the presence or absence of abnormal running of the bills, and sends the bills backward. Then, the banknotes in which the abnormal traveling is detected by the discriminating unit 13 are the switching blades 9n, 9f, 9g, 9
By operating h, 9i, 9j, 9k, it is sent to the reject banknote stacking unit 49 of the reject cassette 21 and is stacked in the reject banknote storage unit 21b.

As a result of the discrimination, the normal bill is transferred to the switching blade 9.
By operating n, 9f, 9g, 9h, 9i, 9j, 9k, 9l, the bills are sent to the collection banknote collecting section 46 and collected on the partition plate 66. This operation is repeated until the bills set in the denomination storage 19 are exhausted.
When the number of stacked sheets on the sheet No. 6 has reached the allowable stacking value, the operation of the denomination payout stacking section 52 is interrupted, and the operation of FIG.

When the end detector 19c of the denomination-specific storage 19 detects the end, next, the stored banknotes are fed out from the denomination-specific storage 18, and the rejected
b or on the partition 66 sequentially. Similarly, when the end detector 18c of the denomination storage 18 detects the end, subsequently, the stored banknotes are fed out from the denomination storage 17, and
The banknotes are sequentially stacked on the reject bill storage unit 21b or the partition plate 66.

In this way, the storages 17, 18, and 1 for each denomination are described.
Nine thousand-yen note bills and nine-thousand-note bills are accumulated while counting on the partition plate 66 of the collective storage section 62 in order. During the above-described collecting operation, the discriminating unit 13 always counts the bills fed into the collective cassette 20, and when the storage amount has been reached, the collecting operation is interrupted and the counted number data is returned to the control unit 7.

The control section 7 receives this and displays "Batch cassette full" on the display section of the internal operation section 6, and displays the batch cassette 2
It instructs the collection of the bill stored in 0. The allowable storage amount of the collected bills in the batch cassette 20 is determined by the stage 60
Since the amount differs depending on the amount of the stacked banknotes above, the height of the stage 60 is detected by a detector (not shown) prior to the banknote collection process, and thereby the amount of the stacked banknotes on the stage 60 is obtained by the calculating means of the control unit 7. , And a batch cassette 20
This is subtracted from the storage amount of the banknote to obtain the storage allowable amount of the collected bills.

When the batch cassette 20 becomes full, the attendant opens the cassette mounting / dismounting door 23 on the rear surface of the CCAD 2 and pulls out the batch cassette 20, opens the door 20b of the batch cassette 20 using the audit key, and sets the batch storage section 62. Take out all the bills inside. Then, the door 20b is closed again,
The batch cassette 20 is set in the CCAD 2 again, the cassette mounting / dismounting door 23 is closed, and the collecting operation is restarted.

As described above, the denomination-type storages 17, 1
The collecting operation is performed until all of the sheets 8 and 19 detect the end. When the last banknote arrives at the batch cassette 20, the conveying operation by the upper conveying system and the lower conveying system is stopped, and the collecting operation ends. The CCAD 2 that has completed the collection process returns the response to the end of the collection with the counted number data collected for each denomination and returns it to the control unit 7. Store in the department.

When the banknote collection process of CCAD2 is completed, the staff opens the cassette attaching / detaching door 23 of CCAD2, takes out the batch cassette 20, pulls out the CCAD2, pulls out the reject cassette 21, and transports it to the original side for close inspection. I do. The above is a normal bill collection process at the time of close inspection. However, when it is necessary to collect bills from the collective storage unit 62 of the collective cassette 20 for some reason during operation of the apparatus, similar to the above-described bill replenishment, It is also possible to open the bill entry / exit door 20b of the batch cassette 20 with the audit key and directly remove the bill on the stage 60 by hand. In this case, the number of denominations of the removed bill is determined by key operation of the internal operation unit 6. , And may be stored in the storage unit of the control unit 7.

In the above example, the stage 60 of the batch cassette 20 is returned to the home position when the back door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is opened at the time of bill replenishment. When the door 20a is opened by the inspection key, the stage 20 can be returned to the home position. Alternatively, the stage 20 may be returned by instructing the operation key of the internal operation unit 6.

Further, if the raising operation of the stage 60 is performed by using spring means, it is not necessary to return the stage 60 to the home position. The stage 60 is pushed down by hand and bills for replenishment are placed on the stage 60. It is also possible to put on. <Bill counting> Next, the counting process will be described with reference to FIG.

The attendant carries the batch cassette 20 in which the banknotes are set at the start of business to the automatic transaction apparatus 1 from the original side, opens the rear door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 shown in FIG. Then, the batch cassette 20 is set in the CCAD 2, the batch detachable door 23 is closed, and the CCAD 2 is set in the automatic transaction apparatus 1. Then, the attendant closes the back door 1a of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 and inputs a bill counting instruction using the operation keys of the internal operation unit 6.

The processing operation of this bill counting process is performed through the same route as the above-mentioned bill loading operation, and therefore, the description of the loading processing operation itself is omitted here. The transport path is switched in a direction such that bills are not accumulated in the denomination storages 17, 18, and 19, and the switching blades 9m, 9i, 9j, and 9 are switched.
The bills are sent to the collected banknote stacking unit 46 via k and 9l, and are stacked on the partition plate 66.

At this time, the discriminating section 13 counts the bills accumulated on the partition plate 66, and temporarily stops the bill feeding section 45 when a predetermined accumulation allowable value (eg, 100) is reached. Next, the clamp lever 61 is rotated by a motor (not shown) so as to close from the position A to the position B, and the bills accumulated on the partition plate 66 are clamped.

Next, the bill is lifted by raising the clamp lever 61 from the position B to the position C by the motor. As a result, the bill can be fed again onto the partition plate 66, so that the bill feeding unit 45
Are fed out one by one again on the stage 60, and are stacked on the partition plate 66 via the discrimination unit 13 until the stacking allowable value is reached.

[0170] Then, when the accumulation allowable value is reached, the bill feeding section 45 is stopped again, and the clamp lever 61 in the C position is rotated by a motor so as to be opened by the motor to be in the D position, as described above. The bills clamped and lifted are then dropped on the bills stacked on the partition plate 66. Subsequently, the motor lowers the clamp lever 61 at the position D to return it to the position A, and further performs a rotating operation so as to close from the position A to the position B, whereby the banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 66 Is clamped again, the clamp lever 61 is raised again from the position B to the position C, the bill on the partition plate 66 is lifted, and the bill is fed by the bill feeding unit 45.

The above operation is repeated until the end detector 20d of the collective storage section 62 detects the end of the bill. When the end detector 20d detects the end of the bill, the bill feeding unit 45 is stopped, the clamp lever 61 clamps and raises the bill to the position C, and the stage 60 is rotated from the position E to the position F by a motor (not shown). Then, the motor is lowered from the F position to the G position by a motor (not shown).

At this stage, the counting operation is completed. Next, the stage 60 is rotated from the G position to the H position by the motor. Here the clamp lever 61
Is rotated by the motor from the position C to the position D, and the banknote lifted by the clamp lever 61 rides on the stage 60.

Thereafter, the stage 60 is raised from the H position to the I position by the motor to lift the bill. The banknotes fed from the collective storage section 62 by the above operation are stored after the circulation count. In addition, here, it has been described that the staff performs the bill setting clock count at the start of business, but when the staff performs bill replenishment, the staff performs counting before replenishment, or at the end of work, the staff performs the examination after collecting the banknotes in CCAD2. May be counted. Besides this,
In any case, when it does not hinder the operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, counting can be performed by a clerk, and remote counting can be automatically performed from a source or a system sensor. The operation is the same as that described above. <Automatic recovery operation>
The description will be made separately for each case of depositing, dispensing, forgetting to take in, collecting, and counting.

(Automatic Recovery at Payment) First, automatic recovery at the time of payment processing operation will be described. If the machine is stopped during the above-described depositing operation process due to some cause, for example, a paper jam, the control unit 7 of the CCAD 2 determines the error based on the error code indicating the situation at that time and the previous transaction code indicating the content of the previous transaction operation. Judge whether the automatic recovery is possible or not. When the automatic recovery is possible, the automatic recovery operation is performed, and when the automatic recovery is not possible, it is treated as an operator call for calling a staff member. That is, if the error is determined to be obvious mechanical or electrical failure or damage, automatic recovery is not performed.

For example, when an error occurs irregularly, it can be estimated that the cause of the error is due to the state of the banknote, except for an error caused by catastrophic damage such as running out of the conveyor belt. In this case, it has been confirmed that basically all automatic recovery is possible. On the other hand, when the same error code occurs frequently, it is possible to presume that the cause of the error code is not a banknote, but a simple paper jam, and it is determined that automatic recovery is impossible. In this case, the control unit 7 reports to the center (not shown) as trouble occurrence notice information unique to each device, so that it becomes a reference material as regular maintenance information.

When it is determined that the automatic recovery is possible, the control unit of the online terminal device (not shown) issues an instruction for the automatic recovery operation to the control unit 7 of the CCAD 2 and receives the instruction to receive the instruction.
Prompts an operation of a return instruction to instruct the customer service unit 10 to return the banknote between the stage 57b of the temporarily reserved front and back reversing unit 12 to the customer service unit 10. In FIG. 7, a direction opposite to the transport direction indicated by an arrow from the customer service unit 10 to the temporary holding front / back reverse unit 12 is shown.
In the direction opposite to the transport direction indicated by the arrow to
Separation / accumulation section 55 of customer service section 10, banknote leveling mechanism 11,
The discriminating unit 13 and the temporarily reversing front / back reversing unit 12 are driven.
By this reverse transport operation, the bill that has caused a bill jam or the like is removed.

Then, all the banknotes remaining on the stage 57b of the temporarily reversing front / back reversing unit 12 are fed to the customer service unit 10 and accumulated in the same manner as in the payment canceling operation. Then, the control unit 7 of the CCAD 2 transmits the completion of the automatic recovery operation to the control unit of the online terminal device (not shown) so as to return the transaction to the initial state. The control unit of the apparatus prompts to return all information to the state before the current transaction except for the operation log and the maintenance information.

(Automatic recovery at the time of dispensing) The automatic recovery operation at the time of the dispensing processing operation will be described with reference to FIG. When the apparatus is stopped, first, as in the case of the above-described payment, it is determined whether or not automatic recovery is possible, and an automatic recovery operation is performed only when automatic recovery is possible. The control unit of the online terminal device (not shown) issues an instruction for an automatic recovery operation to the control unit 7 of the CCAD 2, and in response to this, the control unit 7 sends the reject accumulation unit 4 of the reject cassette 21 from the customer service unit 10 accompanying the automatic recovery.
9 and a return instruction from the transport path 28 to the respective denomination storages 17, 18, 19 are prompted.

The transport path is driven in a direction opposite to the transport direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 11 to remove the bill that has caused a bill jam or the like. Then, the temporary holding front / back reversing section 12, the banknote leveling mechanism 11, the discriminating section 13, and all the banknotes present in the transport path 8 in the vicinity thereof are stored in the denomination storages 17, 18,
Release to 19. In the case of withdrawal, banknote jam occurs because a plurality of denominations are not conveyed on the conveyance path 8 in a mixed manner, for example, a 1000-yen ticket is conveyed after the conveyance of a 10,000-yen ticket is completed. At times, the banknotes being transported to any of the corresponding denomination storages 17, 18, 19 can be correctly returned.

For the bills conveyed in the direction of the reject cassette 21, the corresponding conveyance system is stopped during the operation, and after the operation is completed, the temporary holding reversing section 12 and the bill normalizing mechanism 11 are operated. After being driven in the direction of the customer service section 10, the banknotes accumulated in the service port 10 are
The paper is sent to the rejected banknote stacking unit 49 in the reject cassette 21 via the banknote leveling mechanism 11 and the temporary holding front / back reversing unit 12, and is stacked in the rejected banknote storage unit 21b.

The control unit 7 of the CCAD 2 transmits the completion of the automatic recovery operation to the control unit of the online terminal device (not shown), and then matches the data as described above. (Automatic recovery at the time of forgetting capture) Automatic recovery at the time of forgetting capture operation will be described with reference to FIG. When the apparatus is stopped, first, as in the case of the above-described payment, it is determined whether or not automatic recovery is possible, and an automatic recovery operation is performed only when automatic recovery is possible.

The control unit of the online terminal device not shown is C
An instruction for an automatic recovery operation is issued to the control unit 7 of the CAD 2, and in response to this, the control unit 7 prompts a reject instruction from the customer service unit 10 to the reject accumulation unit 49 of the reject cassette 21 due to the automatic recovery. The transport path is driven in a direction opposite to the transport direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 12 to remove the banknote that has caused a paper jam or the like. At this time, the discriminating unit 13 and the bill sorting mechanism 11
And all the banknotes present in the peripheral transport path 8 are discharged to the customer service section 10.

Thereafter, the bills accumulated in the customer service section 10 are
It is sent to the forgotten banknote stacking unit 48 in the reject cassette 21 and is stacked in the forgotten banknote storage unit 21b. C
The control unit 7 of the CAD 2 transmits the completion of the automatic recovery operation to the control unit of the online terminal device (not shown) and then matches the data as described above. (Automatic recovery at the time of replenishment) The automatic recovery operation at the time of the replenishment processing operation will be described with reference to FIG.

When the device is stopped, first, as in the case of the above-mentioned deposit, it is determined whether or not automatic recovery is possible, and an automatic recovery operation is performed only when automatic recovery is possible. The control unit of the online terminal device (not shown) issues an instruction for an automatic recovery operation to the control unit 7 of the CCAD 2, and in response thereto, the control unit 7 causes the collected banknote accumulation unit 46 and the reject accumulation unit 47 of the batch cassette 20 to be automatically restored. And deposit / withdrawal unit 1 for each denomination
4, 15 and 16 to the banknote feeding unit 45 of the batch cassette 20
The operation of instructing the accumulation of the intervening bills to the customer service unit 10 is prompted.

The transport path is driven in the direction opposite to the transport direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 6 to remove the banknote that has caused a paper jam or the like, and discharge all the banknotes to the customer service section 10. After that, all the banknotes accumulated in the customer service section 10 are transferred to each denomination deposit / withdrawal section 1.
4, 15 and 16, the collected bill stacking unit 4 of the batch cassette 20
6. It is fed to the loading / replenishment reject banknote stacking unit 47 and stacked.

The control unit 7 of the CCAD 2 transmits the completion of the automatic recovery operation to the control unit of the online terminal device (not shown), and then matches the data as described above. (Automatic recovery at recovery) The automatic recovery operation at the time of the recovery processing operation will be described with reference to FIG. When the apparatus is stopped, first, as in the case of the above-described payment, it is determined whether or not automatic recovery is possible, and an automatic recovery operation is performed only when automatic recovery is possible.

The control unit of the online terminal device (not shown) is C
An instruction for an automatic recovery operation is issued to the control unit 7 of the CAD 2, and in response to this, the control unit 7 issues an instruction for an automatic recovery operation.
1 and a transport path from the reject accumulating unit 49 to the collected banknote accumulating unit 46 in the batch cassette 20 and the denomination storage 17,
Banknotes 18, 18, and 19 for bills up to 18, 19
Prompt return instructions to return to.

The transport path is driven in a direction opposite to the transport direction indicated by the arrow in FIG.
It is conveyed in the direction of each denomination storage 17, 18, 19 and removed. At this time, all the banknotes existing in the discrimination unit 13 and the transport path 8 are discharged to the denomination storages 17, 18, and 19. In addition, since a plurality of denominations are prevented from being mixedly transported on the transport path 8, even when a banknote jam occurs, the banknotes being transported to any of the corresponding denomination storages 17, 18, and 19 are being transported. Banknotes can be returned correctly.

Thereafter, the operation returns to the collecting operation, and the banknotes accumulated in the respective denomination storages 17, 18, 19 are stored in the collective cassette 2.
The paper money is accumulated and stored in the direction of the collected paper money accumulation unit 46 in the direction 0 or in the direction of the reject storage in the reject cassette 21.
The control unit 7 of the CCAD 2 transmits the completion of the automatic recovery operation to the control unit of the online terminal device (not shown),
Data matching is performed as described above.

(Automatic recovery during counting operation) The automatic recovery operation during the counting operation will be described with reference to FIG. When the apparatus is stopped, first, as in the case of the above-described payment, it is determined whether or not automatic recovery is possible, and an automatic recovery operation is performed only when automatic recovery is possible. The control unit of the online terminal device (not shown) issues an instruction for an automatic recovery operation to the control unit 7 of the CCAD 2, and in response to this, the control unit 7 causes the forgotten banknote stacking unit 48 and the reject banknote stacking unit of the reject cassette 21 to be automatically recovered. Section 49 and bill feeding section 4 of batch cassette 20
The user is urged to perform an accumulation instruction to the customer service section 10 between the five.

The transport path is driven in a direction opposite to the transport direction indicated by the arrow in FIG.
It is transported to the customer service section 10 and removed. After this, the customer service department 10
All the banknotes accumulated in the batch cassette 20 are fed out to the collection banknote stacking unit 46 and the loading / replenishing reject banknote stacking unit 47 of the batch cassette 20 and are stacked. The control unit 7 of the CCAD 2 transmits the completion of the automatic recovery operation to the control unit of the online terminal device (not shown), and then matches the data as described above.

Note that the storages 17, 18, and 19 may be assigned other than the above-mentioned allocation, and can be processed in the same manner when using foreign bills. In addition to a customer-operated automatic transaction device, the present invention can also be used for a teller banknote depositing / dispensing machine installed at a bank counter or the like. The above-described banknote leveling mechanism may include a heat roller, and the banknote may be leveled by heating the banknote with the heat roller.

[0193]

As described in detail above, the provision of the temporary holding reversing section enables the compact mounting and the downsizing of the apparatus. In addition, there is no need to provide a temporary holding plate on the denomination storage, and since the temporary storage is temporarily stored in the reversing part, the bill can be stored in the denomination storage smoothly and accurately at all times. Having.

Further, by judging whether or not automatic recovery can be performed when the apparatus is stopped, appropriate measures can be taken according to the state of the apparatus, and the operation rate of the apparatus can be improved. In addition, by providing a bill leveling mechanism near the customer service area,
When the banknote passes through the vicinity of the customer service section, it is possible to execute the banknote straightening without loss of time, which has an effect of reducing the occurrence rate of the banknote jam or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of the CCAD according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing an internal configuration of the batch cassette according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the automatic transaction apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an automatic transaction device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (note loading / supplement / supplement rejection).

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (payment transaction-before payment is confirmed).

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (payment transaction—payment rejection).

FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (payment transaction-payment confirmation).

FIG. 10 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (payment transaction-cancellation cancellation).

FIG. 11 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (withdrawal transaction).

FIG. 12 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (taken in by forgetting).

FIG. 13 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (collection
Collection rejection)

FIG. 14 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the embodiment (counting
Count reject)

FIG. 15 is a schematic side view of a conventional example.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional example.

FIG. 17 is a schematic side view of a service section of a conventional example.

FIG. 18 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of a conventional batch cassette.

FIG. 19 is a schematic side view showing the operation of a conventional example (banknote loading).

FIG. 20 is a schematic side view showing the operation of a conventional example (payment transaction).

FIG. 21 is a schematic side view showing the operation of a conventional example (withdrawal transaction).

FIG. 22 is a schematic side view showing the operation of a conventional example (note replenishment).

FIG. 23 is a schematic side view showing the operation of a conventional example (bill collection).

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 8 transport path 10 customer service section 11 banknote leveling mechanism 12 temporary reversal section 17, 18, 19 storage 20 batch cassette 57b stage 57c stopper 59 control section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A customer service unit for a customer to deposit and withdraw bills, a discriminating unit for recognizing the denomination, number, and state of bills, a storage unit for storing and feeding bills, and storing a bill in the storage unit. In a banknote pay-in / pay-out device having a batch cassette for replenishment and a transport path for transporting banknotes, a front / back reversing unit for reversing the front and back of banknotes and a temporary holding unit capable of separating and accumulating banknotes one by one. A banknote pay-in / pay-out device, characterized in that a temporary reversal front / back reversing section is provided. 2. The temporary holding unit according to claim 1, wherein the temporary holding unit of the temporary holding front / back reversing unit comprises a stage and a stopper provided on the transport path, wherein the stage is vertically movable, and the stopper is a position blocking the transport path. Or take the position to open, lower the stage and block the transport path with the stopper to temporarily hold banknotes, and raise the stage to open the stopper to make it a transport path. Banknote deposit and withdrawal device. 3. A customer service unit for a customer to deposit and withdraw bills, a discriminating unit for recognizing the denomination, number, and state of bills, a storage unit for storing and feeding bills, and storing a bill in the storage unit. In a banknote pay-in / pay-out device having a batch cassette for replenishment and a transport path for transporting banknotes, when the device is stopped, an error code indicating a status of the device at the time of the stop and a status indicating a past status of the device. A bill receiving / dispensing apparatus, comprising: a control unit that determines whether or not automatic recovery is possible from a transaction code and performs an automatic recovery operation only when it is determined that automatic recovery is possible. 4. A customer service unit for a customer to deposit and withdraw bills, a discriminating unit for recognizing the denomination, number, and state of bills, a storage unit for storing and feeding bills, and storing a bill in the storage unit. In a banknote pay-in / pay-out device having a batch cassette for replenishment and a transport path for transporting banknotes, a banknote leveling mechanism for leveling banknotes is provided in the vicinity of a customer service unit, and when the banknotes are transported from inside the device to the customer service unit. And a control unit that controls the bill to pass through the bill straightening mechanism when the bill is conveyed from the customer service unit to the inside of the device.