JP2000357257A - Paper money handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an inexpensive and high-reliability paper money handling device capable of paper money circulation, which has a loading/recovery cassette and a reject cassette easily attached and detached when being mounted on an automatic cash handling device to be maintained from the customer face side. SOLUTION: The paper money handling device 4 mounted on an automatic transaction machine 1 is comprised of a payment/reception hole 21, a discrimination part 22, storage boxes 23a and 23b, a loading/recovery cassette 24, a reject cassette 25, a temporary storage box 26, and a carrying line 27 which connects them to receive and deliver paper money and can carry paper money in one direction. The attachable/detachable loading/recovery cassette 24 and reject cassette 25 are connected to the carrying line 27 so that they may be arranged on the customer face side. If carrying routes cross because of the carrying line layout constitution at the time of sending paper money to a prescribed part, sending of paper money from the sending source is temporarily interrupted and paper money in course of carrying is let go, and repeat of this operation is controlled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic cash handling apparatus (for example, an AT used in a financial institution, etc.) for a general user to directly deposit and withdraw cash using a card or a passbook.
In particular, the present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus used for an automatic cash handling apparatus of a type that is maintained from the front side of the apparatus, that is, from the customer service side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automatic cash handling apparatuses are roughly classified into two types, one that is maintained from the rear of the apparatus (the side opposite to the customer service surface) and one that is maintained from the customer service surface side. Equipment that is maintained from the rear of the equipment has the advantage that the number of times and time required to bring down the equipment can be reduced because media can be added from the rear of the equipment, but a work area for maintenance is required behind the equipment. There is a disadvantage that it is.

On the other hand, an apparatus to be maintained from the customer service side has a disadvantage that the apparatus must be downed every time the work is performed in order to work from the service side during maintenance.
Since there is no need to provide a dedicated work area for maintenance, there is an advantage that the device installation area can be reduced. Various types of financial institutions use the above two types in consideration of the size of the installation location, the transaction volume, and the like.

[0004] In response to the above two types of automatic cash handling apparatus, there is also a bill handling apparatus mounted on such an automatic cash handling apparatus. There are two types, one in which the reject cassette can be attached and detached from the back of the device and the other in which it can be attached and detached from the customer service side.

[0005] Conventionally, as a bill handling apparatus in which a loading / collecting cassette and a reject cassette can be attached and detached on the customer service side, there is one described in, for example, JP-A-5-46844. Here, only the loading / collecting cassette is arranged on the customer side, and the reject cassette is arranged on the side opposite to the customer side. Further, as an example in which a loading / collecting cassette and a reject cassette are arranged on the customer side, there is one described in, for example, JP-A-9-198548. However, in this case, the loading / recovery cassette and the reject cassette are arranged on the customer side by using a transport path capable of forward and reverse transport.

[0006]

Among the examples shown as the above prior art, the one described in the former publication is
Since the reject cassette is arranged on the opposite side to the customer service surface, when removing the reject cassette, the banknote handling device needs to be pulled out from the automatic transaction device to the customer service surface once, and the operability when attaching and removing the reject cassette is poor. In the latter publication, the bill transport path is constituted by a transport path capable of forward and reverse transport. In general, a forward / reverse transport path needs to separately configure bill guides corresponding to transport in the forward and reverse directions, and such a transport guide is difficult to configure due to mounting problems. However, there is a problem in that paper money jams are more likely to occur in one direction than in the conveyance path, and the cost increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a highly reliable and easy-to-removable loading / collecting cassette and a reject cassette in a state where the loading / collecting cassette is mounted on an automatic cash handling apparatus maintained from the customer service side. An object of the present invention is to provide a bill handling device capable of returning bills.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cash outlet, a discriminator, at least one storage, a loading / collecting cassette, a reject cassette, and a temporary storage. And a transport path for connecting these and transferring the bills. The loading / collecting cassette and the reject cassette are arranged so as to be detachable from the customer service side, and the transport path is configured to transport bills in one direction. It is characterized by being composed of roads.

Further, the bills being transported, which are transported from any one of the storage, the loading / collecting cassette, the reject cassette and the temporary storage, do not collide with the bills newly transported from these transports. Control, specifically, it detects the position of the banknotes being conveyed sent from these conveyance sources, and may collide with the banknotes being conveyed when the banknotes are newly sent from the conveyance source. Sometimes, the sending of banknotes from the source is temporarily suspended,
When the transport of the banknotes being transported is completed and there is no longer a possibility of collision, the banknotes are controlled so as to restart the delivery of the banknotes from the transport source.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an automatic transaction apparatus 1 in which a bill handling apparatus 4 according to the present invention is incorporated. As shown in FIG.
Is a card processing unit 2 that processes a user's card, prints and releases a transaction statement, a passbook processing unit 3 that processes a passbook,
It is composed of a bill handling device 4 (shown by a broken line) for processing bills, a customer operation unit 5 for displaying / inputting the details of a transaction, and a main control unit 6 (shown by a broken line) for controlling the entire device. Cash can be directly input and output by operation.

On the front surface of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, maintenance doors 7a and 7b are provided, and the card processing section 2, the passbook processing section 3, and the bill handling apparatus 4 are transported by a transport mechanism including rails (not shown). It can be individually pulled out to the front of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and maintenance such as replenishment of a medium and removal of a medium jam can be easily performed.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a side view showing details of a bill handling apparatus 4 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the bill handling apparatus 4 includes a deposit / withdrawal port 21 for accepting and paying out bills, a discriminating unit 22 for discriminating the denomination and authenticity of bills and counting the number of bills, and accepting and discriminating bills. And two storages 23a and 23b (two storages are shown, but not limited to two storages) assigned to each denomination for sending out the payout bills, and bills are stored in the storages 23a and 23b. Loading or the storage 23
a, loading / collecting cassette 2 for collecting bills from 23b
4, a reject cassette 25 for storing bills and the like that are not suitable for dispensing, a temporary storage 26 for temporarily storing accepted bills until the transaction is confirmed, a transport path 27 for transporting bills,
The control unit 28 controls the bill handling device 4.

The operation of each component will be specifically described below. The deposit / withdrawal port 21 pushes the received banknote 21a against the pickup roller 21c by a push plate 21b operated by a drive source (not shown), and is fed by rotating the pickup roller 21c by a drive source (not shown), and further rotated by a drive source (not shown). Feed roller 21d
To the transport path 27. The gate roller 21e is
It is arranged so as to face the vicinity of the feed roller 21d and does not rotate. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the bills from being overlapped and sent out due to the overlapped bills being squeezed by the gate roller 21e, and the bills can be sent out to the transport path 27 one by one. Also, the transport path 27
Are sent by the sheet rollers 21f, and can be stacked one by one. At this time, the push plate 21b is controlled so as to move to a position that does not hinder the accumulation of bills.

Further, the deposit / withdrawal port 21 is provided with a deposit reject storage section 21g so that a reject bill generated at the time of deposit can be returned to the customer. The discrimination unit 22 determines the denomination, authenticity, torn, or the like of the bill by a sensor (not shown), and counts the number of passing bills. In addition, an encoder linked to the feeding of the transport path 27 is provided, and thereby, the position of the bill on the transport path is detected.

The storage units 23a and 23b are provided with stages 23e and 23f for placing bills 23c and 23d which move up and down by a driving source (not shown),
3g and 23h, feed rollers 23i and 23j, and gate rollers 23k and 23l. In the case of sending out bills, the stages 23e and 23f are raised, the bills are pressed against the pickup rollers 23g and 23h, and the same operation as described in the deposit and withdrawal port 21 is performed so that the bills 23c and 23d are conveyed one by one. To send out.
When bills are sent from the transport path 27, the stages 23e and 23f are operated such that the upper ends of the bills on the stages 23e and 23f are maintained at a position where the bills are easily accumulated. The sent bills are the sheet rollers 23m and 23n.
It is scraped off and stacked one by one on the stage.

The temporary storage 26 is composed of a separator 26a which is retracted / returned by being moved up and down by a drive source (not shown), a pickup roller 26b, a feed roller 26c, and a gate roller 26d.

When sending bills, the separator 26a
And press the bill against the pickup roller 26b,
By performing the same operation as the cash slot 21, the bill 26
e to the transport path one by one. Further, when bills are sent from the transport path 27, the bills on the separator 26a operate to maintain a position where bills are easily accumulated, and the sent bills are scraped off by the sheet rollers 26f to be separated by the separators 26a. The sheets are stacked one by one.

The loading / collecting cassette 24 has a stage 24a which is driven up and down from a drive source (not shown) of the bill transaction apparatus main body 4 via a coupling. The upper portion of the loading / collecting cassette 24 is open when the loading / collecting cassette 24 is mounted on the bill handling device 4. Banknote 24
When sending c, the separator 26 of the temporary storage 26
a is retracted to the position 26a-1. Next, the stage 24a of the loading / collecting cassette 24 is pushed up, and
The bills 24c on 4a are pressed against the pickup rollers 26b of the temporary storage 26 and are sent out from the temporary storage 26 to the transport path 27 one by one. When bills are sent from the transport path 27, the stage 24a is operated so that the upper end of the bills on the stage 24a is kept at a position where the bills are easily accumulated. The sent banknotes are scraped off by the sheet rollers 26f and stacked one by one on the stage 24a.

Further, the loading / collecting cassette 24 is provided with a box-shaped reject storage portion 24b capable of storing bills, and can store bills sent from the transport path 27. Further, the loading / collecting cassette 24 is detachable from the bill handling device main body 4 by a detaching mechanism (not shown) of the bill handling device main body 4. The reject cassette 25 has a box shape, and can store bills sent from the transport path 27. Also, the reject cassette 25
Is detachable from the banknote handling apparatus main body 4 by an unillustrated attachment / detachment mechanism of the banknote handling apparatus main body 4.

The transport path 27 transports the banknotes by holding the banknotes between a number of rollers 27a and a belt 27b wound around the rollers, and rotating the rollers 27a by a driving source (not shown). The transport path 27 has a gate 27c at each branch point. The gate 27c is switched by a driving source (not shown). The banknotes are sorted by the gate 27c. Further, the position of the bill is detected by detecting that the bill blocks light with a bill passing sensor, which is a pair of a light emitting element and a light receiving element (not shown).

Next, the control relationship of the bill handling device 4 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the control relationship of the banknote handling device 4. In the figure, a main control unit 6 controls the entire operation of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 and is connected to the customer operation unit 5 and the control unit 28 of the banknote handling apparatus 4. Main controller 6
Although the card processing unit 2 and the passbook processing unit 3 are connected in the same manner, they are not shown because they are not directly related to the present invention.

The control unit 28 operates a control circuit 31 for controlling the entire operation of the bill handling apparatus 4, a plurality of motors 32 for driving a pickup roller, a stage, a gate, etc., a driving source such as a solenoid 33, and a sensor 34. The control circuit 31 includes a drive circuit 35 for controlling the control circuit 31 and the drive circuit 35. The control circuit 31 transmits an instruction to the drive circuit 35 through the interface circuit 36 to perform an operation according to the contents of the transaction in accordance with a command from the main control unit 6 to operate each drive source to send out, accumulate, and convey bills. Is performed.

Next, the operation for each transaction in the first embodiment will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. <Loading Operation> FIG. 4 is a side view of the bill handling apparatus 4 for explaining the loading operation in the present embodiment. In the figure, the bill 24c to be loaded is set in the loading / collection cassette 24 with the denomination mixed, and is attached to the bill handling device 4. Next, the separator 26a of the temporary storage 26 is
Evacuate to the position of -1. Next, the stage 24a is raised, and the bills in the loading / collecting cassette 24 are temporarily stored in the storage 2.
The sheet is fed one by one from 6 and sent to the transport path 27. The gate 27c-6 is switched, and the bill is transported along the transport route 27-41 and sent to the discrimination unit 22. The bill is discriminated by the discrimination unit 22,
Perform counting.

Next, the bills discriminated and counted by the discriminating section 22 are sorted by the gate 27c-1 into reject bills and other bills. Rejected banknotes are at gate 27c-
After being sorted at 1, the sheet is sent to the reject storage section 24b of the loading / collecting cassette 24 through the transport route 27-42. Other bills pass through the transport routes 27-43, are sorted by denomination by the gate, and are sent to the storage for each denomination. After all bills have been sent to the storage, the separator 26a-1 is returned to the position of 26a.

<Payment Operation> FIG. 5 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus 4 for explaining the payment operation. First, according to the designated denomination, the bills 23 c and 23 d are fed out in order of the storage 23 a and the storage 23 b and sent out to the transport path 27. The sent banknotes are sorted by the gate 27c-6, passed through the transport route 27-51, sent to the discriminating unit 22, and discriminated and counted. The bills determined and counted by the discriminating unit 22 are sorted by the gate 27c-1, pass through the transport route 27-52, and are further sorted by the gate 27c-3. That is, the bill to be dispensed is the deposit and withdrawal port 2
The rejected banknote is sent to the reject cassette 25 through the transport route 27-53 at the gate.

<Payment Operation> FIG. 6 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus 4 for explaining the payment operation. Accepted banknote 2
1a is sent out from the deposit / withdrawal port 21 and then the gate 27 is
It is sorted at c-5 and sent to the discrimination unit 22 through the transport route 27-61. The bills determined and counted by the discriminating unit 22 are sorted into rejected bills and other bills by the gate 27c-1. The rejected banknotes will be
After being sorted by c-1, it is sorted by the gate 27c-3 through the transport route 27-62, sent to the deposit reject storage unit 21g of the deposit and withdrawal port 21, and returned to the customer. Other banknotes are sorted at the gate 27c-1, pass through the transport route 27-63, and are temporarily stored in the temporary storage 26.
And is accumulated on the separator 26a.

Next, the customer checks the deposit amount displayed on the customer operation unit 5 of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and if the confirmation button is pressed, it is assumed that the transaction has been completed and the following processing is performed.
The banknote 26e in the temporary storage 26 is fed out and sent out to the transport path 27, and is sent to the discriminating unit 22 through the transport routes 27-64. The bills determined and counted by the discriminating unit 22 are sorted into rejected bills and other bills by the gate 27c-1. The rejected bills are transported along the transport route 27-65.
And is sent to the reject cassette 25. Other bills are sorted by denomination along the transport route 27-66, and are accumulated in the storages 23a and 23b for each denomination.

<Recovery Operation> FIG. 7 is a side view of the bill handling apparatus 4 for explaining the recovery operation. First, the separator 26a of the temporary storage 26 is retracted to the position 26a-1. Next, bills 23c, 2 are stored in storages 23a, 23b.
3d is fed out and sent to the transport path 27. The sent banknote passes through the transport route 27-71, is sent to the temporary storage 26, and is loaded via the temporary storage 26 into the loading / collecting cassette 2.
4 are integrated on the stage 24a. After all bills have been sent to the loading / collecting cassette 24, the separator is
Return to position a.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is a side view showing details of the banknote handling apparatus 4 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the transport path 27 is simplified by omitting parts 27-81 and 27-82 (shown by broken lines in the figure) of the transport path 27 from the above-described embodiment. Each configuration (payment / payment port 21, discrimination unit 2
2, storages 23a and 23b, loading / collecting cassette 24,
Reject cassette 25, temporary storage 26, transport path 27
The role, configuration, and operation of the control unit 28) of the bill handling apparatus are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

Next, the operation for each transaction of this embodiment will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. <Loading Operation> FIG. 9 is a side view of the bill handling apparatus 4 for explaining the loading operation of the present embodiment. Banknote 2 to be loaded
4c is set in the loading / collecting cassette 24 with the denomination mixed and mounted on the bill handling device 4. Next, the separator of the temporary storage 26 is retracted to the position 26a-1. The stage 24a is raised, and the banknotes 24c in the loading / collecting cassette 24 are fed out of the temporary storage 26 one by one and sent out to the transport path 27.

The bills sent to the transport path 27 are sent to the discriminating section 22 through the gate 27c-6, where they are discriminated and counted. The bills discriminated and counted by the discrimination unit 22 pass through the illustrated transport route, and bills other than reject bills are sorted by denomination and sent to the storages 23a and 23b for each denomination. When a rejected bill is generated, the delivery of the bill from the loading / collecting cassette 24 is temporarily stopped, and the gate 2
7c-4 and 27c-6 are switched, and the reject bill is sent to the reject storage portion 24b of the loading / collecting cassette 24 via the transport route 27-92 (broken line). Thereafter, the delivery from the loading / collecting cassette 24 is restarted, and the above-described processing is repeated. With the above control, it is possible to prevent collision between the rejected bill and the bill sent out from the loading / collecting unit 4 by using a simple and inexpensive transport path capable of transporting the transport path in one direction. .

Next, the control flow of this operation will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining control during the loading operation. First, the separator is retracted to the position 26a-1 (step 10-1).
Next, the conveyance path control is started (step 10-2). Here, the transport control refers to a control that activates a transport path, switches each gate according to the discrimination result, and transports a banknote in a desired transport route.

Next, the feeding of bills from the loading / collecting cassette 24 is started (step 10-3). Identification unit 22
To discriminate whether it is a rejected banknote (step 10-
4), check (step 10-5). If a rejected bill is generated, the delivery of the bill from the loading / collecting cassette 24 is temporarily stopped (step 10-6), and the transfer of the rejected bill to the reject storage portion 24b of the loading / collecting cassette 24 is waited for (step 10-6). 10-7).
When the transport of the rejected bill is completed, the delivery of the bill from the loading / collecting cassette 24 is started again (step 10-8).

Next, it is checked whether the loading / collecting cassette 24 is empty (step 10-9). Loading / collecting cassette 2
If 4 is empty, the feeding of the banknotes is stopped (step 10-10), the banknotes on the transport path are transported to a predetermined portion (step 10-11), and the loading operation process is terminated. The loading operation is performed as described above.

<Payment Operation> FIG. 11 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus 4 for explaining the payment operation. First, according to the designated denomination, the banknotes are fed out to the feeding path 27 in the order of the storage box 23a and the storage box 23b. The sent banknotes are sorted by the gate 27c-6 and are conveyed to the transport route 27.
It is sent to the discrimination unit 22 through -111. Next, after being discriminated and counted by the discriminating unit, the bill is dispensed by the gate 27c-1 into a bill to be dispensed and a reject bill.

The bills to be dispensed are transferred along the transport route 27-11.
2 to the deposit / withdrawal port 21. When a reject banknote (withdrawal is impossible) occurs, the sending of the banknote from the storages 23a and 23b is temporarily stopped, and the reject banknote on the transport path is sent to the reject cassette 25 via the transport route 27-113 during that time. . When there are no more rejected bills on the transport path, the delivery from the storages 23a and 23b is restarted, and the above-described processing is repeated. With the above control,
By using an inexpensive transport path that has a simple structure capable of transporting the transport path in one direction, it is possible to prevent collision between the rejected banknote and the banknotes sent out from the storages 23a and 23b.

Next, the control flow of this operation will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining control during the dispensing operation. First, the conveyance path control is started (step 12-1). The feeding of bills from the storages 23a and 23b is started (step 12-2). The discriminating unit 22 discriminates whether the bill is a reject bill (step 1).
2-3), check (step 12-4). When a rejected bill is generated, the feeding of the bills from the storages 23a and 23b is stopped (step 12-5), and the transfer of the rejected bill to the reject cassette 25 is waited for (step 12-6). When the transport of the rejected bills is completed, the delivery of the bills from the storages 23a and 23b is restarted (step 12-7).

Next, it is checked whether or not the designated number has been dispensed (step 12-8). When the designated number has been dispensed (Step 12-8: Y), the banknotes are stopped from being sent out (Step 12-9), and the banknotes on the transport path are transported to a predetermined portion (such as the deposit / withdrawal port 21). Waiting (step 12-10), and terminates the dispensing operation process. The dispensing operation is performed as described above.

<Payment Operation> FIG. 13 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus 4 for explaining the payment operation. The received bills 21a are sent out from the deposit / withdrawal port 21 and sent to the discrimination unit 22, where they are discriminated and counted. The bills determined and counted by the discriminating unit 22 are sorted into rejected bills and other bills by the gate 27c-1. The reject bill is sent to the deposit reject storage unit 21g through the transport route 27-132 and returned to the customer. Other bills are sent to the temporary storage 26 through the transport routes 27-133, and are accumulated on the separator 26a.

Next, the customer confirms the deposit amount displayed on the customer operation section 5 and presses the confirmation button to deem that the transaction has been established and performs the following processing. Temporary storage 26
The banknotes 26e accumulated in are sent out to the transport path 27 and sent to the discrimination section 22, where they are discriminated and counted. Banknotes other than rejected banknotes are transported along the transport route 27-1.
34, through the transport route 27-135, sorted by denomination, and sent to the storages 23a, 23b for each denomination. When a rejected bill is generated, the delivery of the bill from the temporary storage 26 is temporarily stopped, and during that time, the rejected bill on the transport path is sent to the reject cassette 25 through the transport route 27-136. When there are no more rejected bills on the transport path, the delivery from the temporary storage 26 is resumed,
The above processing is repeated. By the above control, the transport path is set to 1
Using a simple and inexpensive transport path
It is possible to prevent a collision between the rejected bill and the bill sent out from the temporary storage 26.

Next, the control flow of this operation will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the control during the deposit operation. First, the conveyance path control is started (step 14-1). Delivery of the bill is started from the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (step 14-2). Identification section 2
In step 2, discrimination processing is performed to determine whether the bill is a reject bill (step 14).
-3), the gate is controlled by the transport control according to the discrimination result, and the rejected banknote is sent to the reject storage section 21g of the deposit / withdrawal port 21, and the other banknotes are sent to the temporary storage 26, respectively. It is checked whether the deposit and withdrawal port 21 is empty (Step 14-4), and if it is empty, sending out of the banknote from the deposit and withdrawal port 21 is stopped (Step 14-5). After returning the bills in the reject storage unit, the process waits for the customer to press the confirmation button of the operation unit 5 (step 14-6).

When the confirmation button is pressed, the temporary storage 2
The banknotes are sent out from step 6 (step 14-).
7). The discrimination unit 22 discriminates whether the bill is a reject bill (step 14-8) and checks it (step 14-).
9). Banknotes other than reject banknotes are stored in storages 23 for each denomination.
a, 23b. When a reject bill is generated, the sending of the bill from the temporary storage 26 is temporarily stopped (step 14-10), and the transfer of the reject bill to the reject cassette 25 is waited for (step 14-11). When the transport of the rejected banknotes is completed (when there are no rejected banknotes on the transport path where a collision may occur), the delivery of the banknotes from the temporary storage 26 is restarted (step 14-12).

Next, it is checked whether or not the temporary storage 26 is empty (step 14-13). If the temporary storage 26 is empty, stop sending out banknotes (step 14-14),
It waits for the bill on the transport path to be transported to a predetermined portion (step 14-15), and ends the deposit operation process. The depositing operation is performed as described above.

<Recovery Operation> FIG. 15 is a side view of the bill handling apparatus 4 for explaining the recovery operation. First, the separator of the temporary storage 26 is retracted to the position 26a-1. Then, the banknotes are sent out from the storages 23a and 23b,
The transport route 27-151 is transported. Point 27 at which the leading banknote being transported is sent from storage 23a to the transport path
When a certain distance from -152 is reached, the storages 23a, 23
The delivery from b is temporarily stopped.

Here, a fixed distance (feeding stop distance)
Is represented by the following equation. "Constant distance (delivery stop distance)" = "standard bill interval (normal bill interval for transport, sending, and feeding)"
+ "Time required to stop feeding" x "Transport speed"

The position of the banknote on the transport path is determined by detecting the banknote by the banknote passage sensor of the discriminating unit 22 and counting the value of the encoder starting from the detection of the banknote. Can be "Discharge stop distance" = "Conveyance path length from the bill passing sensor of the discriminating section to the point where the first storage (23a) is sent out"-"Counter value of encoder of leading bill" x
"Distance to send bills per encoder counter"

While the delivery from the storage is stopped, the bills on the transport path are sent to the temporary storage 26 through the transport routes 27-153, and further, the loading / collecting cassette 24 is transferred through the temporary storage 26. On the stage 24a. Next, the last bill on conveyance is point 27-1.
When the number exceeds 54, the feeding from the storages 23a and 23b is restarted, and the above-described processing is repeated until the storages 23a and 23b become empty. After all bills have been sent to the loading / collecting cassette 24, the separator is restored to the position 26a.

Next, the control flow of this operation will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining control during the collection operation. First, the separator 26a
-1 (step 16-1). next,
The transfer control is started (step 16-2). Next, bills are sent out from the storages 23a and 23b (step 16-).
3).

The discrimination unit 22 detects whether the leading banknote that has been sent has reached the sending stop distance (step 16-).
4), check (step 16-5). When the delivery stop distance is reached (Step 16-5: Y), the storage 23
The delivery of the bills from the a and 23b is temporarily stopped (step 16-6), and the bills on the transport path are set in the loading / collecting cassette 2
Waiting for transport to step S4 (step 16-7).

Loading / collecting cassette 24 for bills on transport path
When the transport to the banknotes is completed, the delivery of the banknotes from the storages 23a and 23b is restarted (step 16-8). next,
It is checked whether the storages 23a and 23b are empty (step 1).
6-9). If the storages 23a and 23b are empty, the banknotes are stopped from being sent out (step 16-10), and wait for all the banknotes on the transport path to be transported to the loading / collecting cassette 24.
(Step 16-11), the collection operation process ends. The collecting operation is performed as described above.

As described above, even if the loading / collecting cassette and the reject cassette are arranged on the customer service surface side and the transport path is configured to be a transport path for transporting in one direction, all necessary components for the bill handling apparatus are used. Transaction can be realized.

By employing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention described above, the following effects can be obtained. (1) Since both the loading / collecting cassette and the reject cassette are arranged on the customer service side, if the door on the customer service side of the automatic transaction device is opened, the bill handling device can be connected to the loading / collecting cassette without being pulled out from the automatic transaction device. The reject cassette can be removed.

(2) Since the transport path connecting the depositing / dispensing port and the like is a transport path capable of transporting in one direction, the configuration of a transport guide for bills and the like is simplified, and highly reliable transport performance is achieved. be able to. (3) Further, since control means is provided for repeating the operation of stopping sending out bills immediately before the bills join the sending source and restarting sending out of bills after the bills on the transport path are sent to the destination. In addition, since a transport route in a loop can be used so that the transported banknotes merge with the sender, the degree of freedom of the transport path layout can be increased.

(4) Further, it is possible to omit a bypass conveyance path necessary for avoiding merging of the bills and a means for switching the bills to be guided to the bypass conveyance path. Therefore, the number of mechanical parts is reduced, reliability is high,
A low-cost transport path can be provided.

[0055]

According to the present invention, the loading / collecting cassette and the reject cassette are removably arranged on the customer service side, so that the loading / collecting cassette and the reject cassette are loaded / unloaded in the automatic cash handling apparatus.
The collection cassette and the reject cassette can be attached and detached, and the use of a transport path that transports all in one direction as the transport path makes it possible to realize an inexpensive and highly reliable recyclable bill handling apparatus. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an automatic transaction apparatus in which a bill handling apparatus according to the present invention is incorporated.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing details of the bill handling device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a control relationship of the bill handling apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the bill handling device for explaining a loading operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the bill handling device for explaining a dispensing operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the bill handling device for explaining a deposit operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the banknote handling device for explaining a collecting operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing details of a banknote handling apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a bill handling device for explaining a loading operation according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating control during a loading operation according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a side view of a bill handling device for explaining a dispensing operation according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining control during a dispensing operation according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a side view of a bill handling device for explaining a deposit operation according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating control during a deposit operation according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus for explaining a collecting operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating control during a collection operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... Automatic transaction device, 2 ... Card processing unit, 3 ... Passbook processing unit, 4 ... Banknote handling device, 5 ... Customer operation unit, 6 ... Main control unit, 7a, 7b ... Maintenance door, 21 ... Deposit and withdrawal port, 21a ...
Banknotes, 21b: pressing plate, 21c: pickup roller, 2
1d: feed roller, 21f: sheet roller, 21g
… Deposit reject storage unit, 22… Discrimination unit, 23a, 23
b: storage, 23c, 23d: banknote, 2e, 23f: stage, 23g, 23h: pickup roller, 23
i, 23j: feed roller, 23k, 23l: gate roller, 23m, 23n: sheet roller, 24: loading /
Collection cassette, 24a: Stage, 24b: Reject storage unit, 25: Reject cassette, 26: Temporary storage, 26a, 26a-1: Separator, 26b: Pickup roller, 26c: Feed roller, 26d: Gate roller, 26f: Sheet Roller, 27: transport path, 27
a: roller, 27b: belt, 27c, 27c-1 to 2
7c-6: gate, 27-41 to 27-154: transport route, 28: control unit, 31: control circuit, 32: motor,
33: solenoid, 34: sensor, 35: drive circuit, 3
6. Interface circuit.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kunihisa Matsuura 1st Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inside the Information Technology Division of Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd. Information Equipment Division (72) Inventor Minoru Kadowaki 1 Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Prefecture F-term in Information Equipment Division, Hitachi, Ltd.F-term (reference) FB02 FC03 FC04 FC05 FC07 FG03 FG05 FG06 FG07 FG08 FG11 FL01 5B055 BB03 BB19 GG04 GG08 GG17

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A depositing / dispensing port for accepting and paying out bills, a discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination and authenticity of bills and counting the number of bills, and at least one for accommodating the accepted and discriminated bills and sending out payout bills. Two storages, a loading / recovery cassette for loading and recovering banknotes from the storage, a reject cassette for storing banknotes unsuitable for dispensing, and temporarily storing the received banknotes until transaction is confirmed. A banknote having a temporary storage for storing, a transfer path for connecting and receiving the deposit and withdrawal port, the discriminating unit, the storage, the loading / recovering cassette, the reject cassette, and the temporary storage, and transferring the banknote. A handling device, wherein the loading / collecting cassette and the reject cassette are arranged so as to be attachable / detachable to / from a customer service side, and a transport for transporting bills in one direction through the transport path. Bill handling apparatus, characterized in that it consists of a road. 2. The transport path forms a loop, and the transported banknotes sent out from one of the storage, the loading / recovering cassette, the reject cassette, and the temporary storage are connected to the banknote. 2. The bill handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling a bill to be newly fed from a transport source so as not to cause a collision. 3. The transport means detects a position of a banknote being transported, which is transported from any one of the storage, the loading / collecting cassette, the reject cassette, and the temporary storage, and performs the transport. When there is a risk of collision between the bill and the bill being transported when the bill is newly delivered from the original, temporarily suspending delivery of the bill from the transport source, and when the fear of the collision disappears, A bill handling device, which controls so as to restart sending of bills from the transport source.