JP2001229430A - Automatic paper money receiving and paying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry on a transaction irrelevantly to an amount-in-hand counting process by a teller after checkup is completed by the automatic checkup function of an automatic paper money receiving and paying device. SOLUTION: When the checkup is performed by the automatic checkup function of the automatic bill receiving and paying device and then the device is shifted into an after-checkup transaction mode, a batch cassette 8 is set at a stack position by closing its temporary holding plate 11. In a transaction in the after-checkup transaction mode, paper monies discriminated as rejected paper monies are stacked on the temporary holding plate 11 according to the discrimination result of a discrimination part 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus which is mounted on an automatic cash transaction apparatus for performing transactions by operation of a customer or the like and which performs depositing and dispensing of banknotes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic teller machine for performing transactions by the operation of a customer or the like is equipped with an automatic bill receiving / dispensing device for depositing / dispensing bills. This bill automatic depositing and dispensing device includes a plurality of denomination cassettes for storing bills by denomination, a banknote cassette for storing bills to be replenished for each denomination cassette, and a bill to be collected from each denomination cassette, A reject cassette for storing reject bills is provided.

[0003] When a cash dispensing device performs a dispensing transaction, the automatic bill dispensing device dispenses bills from each denomination cassette, and as a result of discrimination, sends bills suitable for dispensing to a customer service port and dispenses them. Rejected banknotes that are not suitable for money are stored in a reject cassette, and when banknotes of a denomination specified by the customer are available in the customer service opening, they are immersed in the customer. In such a bill automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus, a scrutiny function is provided to automatically determine the position in the bill automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus, and to confirm whether or not the deposit and withdrawal of the bill has been accurate up to that time. Is common.

[0004] This reconciliation function is to send the bills of the denomination cassette to the batch cassette first to empty the denomination cassette, then return the bills to the denomination cassette, and perform the counting operation at this time for all denomination cassettes. , The amount of bills in the all-kind cassette is counted.
Here, the value of the banknote that was initially present in the automatic banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus is known, and the banknote deposit amount and the banknote withdrawal amount between the start of the transaction and the end of the close examination are also known.

[0005] For this reason, it is possible to determine the value of the banknote in the automatic banknote pay-in / pay-out device at the end of close inspection by the following equation (1). (The amount of bills in the automatic bill dispensing and dispensing device at the end of the scrutiny) = (The amount of bills first in the automatic bill dispensing and dispensing device) + (the amount of bills deposited from the start of the transaction to the end of the scrutiny)- (Payment withdrawal amount from the start of the transaction to the end of close inspection) (1) At the end of close inspection, the banknotes stored in the automatic banknote pay-in / pay-out device are rejected bills stored in the reject cassette besides the denomination cassette I have. Therefore, the following (2)
If the formula is satisfied, it can be confirmed that the bill payment up to that point was accurate. (Result of equation (1)) = (Position of all denomination cassettes counted by close inspection function) + (Position of banknotes in reject cassette) (2) Reject cassette has a function to store banknotes However, since it does not have the function of feeding out the stored bills, the bills stored in the reject cassette cannot be sent to the discriminating unit and counted automatically. Therefore, it is necessary for the attendant to confirm the value of the bill in the reject cassette after the close-up function is completed.

[0006]

When a withdrawal transaction is performed after the close examination function is executed, if there is a rejected bill that is discriminated as not suitable for dispensing among bills fed from the denomination cassette, This is stored in a reject cassette. Then, extra bills are added to the bills stored in the reject cassette at the time of executing the reconciliation function, and when the staff checks the banknotes in the reject cassette, the reconciliation results do not match. For this reason, after executing the scrutiny function, the attendant must immediately check the value of the bills in the reject cassette, and the timing for executing the scrutiny function can be limited. Further, as a result, after executing the scrutinizing function, the withdrawal transaction cannot be executed until the staff confirms the value of the banknote in the reject cassette, so that the customer service is reduced.

[0007] Therefore, it is an object to provide an automatic bill dispensing and dispensing apparatus that enables a transaction to be continued even after execution of a close inspection function, regardless of whether a clerk counts bills in a reject cassette. .

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bill automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus having a banknote storage and a scrutiny function for determining the height of the banknote storage. A bill receiving / dispensing apparatus characterized in that bills unsuitable for dispensing are distinguished and stored before and after the scrutiny. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the bill automatic depositing and dispensing device according to the first aspect, a batch storage for storing bills for replenishing or collecting the bills is provided, which is not suitable for the dispensing. One of the areas for storing bills in a distinguished manner is a partial area of the collective storage, which is a bill automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided at least one banknote storage for storing banknotes for depositing and withdrawing, and a banknote for storing banknotes to be replenished to the banknote storage and banknotes collected from the banknote storage. A storage and a reject storage for storing banknotes that are not suitable for dispensing, and a temporary holding plate that can be opened and closed in the batch storage to store bills separately from the banknotes stored in the batch storage. In the normal transaction mode, the banknotes discriminated to be unsuitable for withdrawal are stored in the reject storage, and the close transaction mode after performing the close mode in which the banknote storage is confirmed is performed. In the automatic bill dispensing and dispensing device, the temporary holding plate is closed, and the bill discriminated as not suitable for dispensing is stored on the temporary holding plate.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic bill dispensing and dispensing apparatus of the third aspect, when the transaction mode after the close examination is released, the bills stored on the temporary holding plate are stored in a reject storage. It is a bill automatic payment device. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the bill automatic depositing / dispensing apparatus according to the third aspect, during the post-scrutiny transaction mode, each time one transaction is completed, the bill stored on the temporary holding plate is returned to the bill storage. This is a bill automatic depositing and dispensing device.

The invention of claim 6 provides the above-mentioned claim 3,
In the automatic banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus of 4, or 5, the temporary holding plate is closed in a normal transaction mode, and the banknotes discriminated from the traveling abnormality are stored on the temporary holding plate. Each time one transaction is completed, A bill automatic depositing and dispensing device characterized by returning a bill stored on the temporary holding plate to a bill storage. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the bill automatic depositing / dispensing apparatus according to the third, fourth, fifth or sixth aspect, a bill press is provided in the collective storage to press the bills stored in the collective storage. An automatic bill receiving / dispensing apparatus, wherein an upper surface of a press is used as the temporary holding plate.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a main configuration of a bill automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus of the first embodiment. FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a service port. The customer service day 1 is provided with an openable / closable shutter 1a, and when the customer operates the automatic transaction apparatus to make a transaction, the shutter 1a is opened / closed and a bill is inserted and taken out.

The customer service port 1 takes in a plurality of bills set by the customer at the time of a deposit transaction into the apparatus, takes in a bill to be returned to the customer, and takes in bills to be paid to the customer at the time of withdrawal transaction. Has functions and the like. Reference numeral 2 denotes a front / back inversion mechanism. The front / back reversing mechanism 2 is provided with a switchback path in a part of the transport path so that the front and back of the banknote to be sent to the customer service port 1 at the time of withdrawal transaction can be reversed, so that the front and back of the banknote can be reversed. It is.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a discriminating unit. This discriminating unit 3 detects the authenticity, validity, front and back, double feed, chain, skew, and the like of a bill. 4a to 4c are denomination cassettes. These denomination cassettes 4a to 4c store banknotes in denominations. For example, the denomination cassette 4a is for 1,000-yen banknotes, and the denomination cassettes 4b and 4c are for ten-yen banknotes.

5a is a stage provided on the denomination cassette 4a, 5b is a stage provided on the denomination cassette 4b, 5c
Is a stage provided in the denomination cassette 4c. Each of the stages 5a to 5c can be moved up and down, on which bills are stacked.
6a is a deposit and withdrawal unit provided immediately above the denomination cassette 4a, 6b is a deposit and withdrawal unit provided directly above the denomination cassette 4b, and 6c is a deposit and withdrawal unit provided directly above the denomination cassette 4c. Reference numerals 6a to 6c denote separation / accumulation mechanisms 7a to 7c which are constituted by conveyance rollers and the like and perform separation and feeding and accumulation of bills, a temporary holding plate (not shown) provided on the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c so as to be openable and closable, bills And the like for switching the transport direction of the camera.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a batch cassette. The batch cassette 8 is detachable from the automatic bill dispensing and dispensing device, and is used for replenishing bills in the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c and for collecting bills from the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c. It is. 9 is a stage provided on the batch cassette 8,
The bills to be replenished to the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c and the bills collected from the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c are stacked. This stage can be moved up and down by receiving a driving force of a motor (not shown).

Reference numeral 10 denotes a batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism provided above the batch cassette 8, and reference numeral 11 denotes a temporary holding plate which can be opened and closed on the stage 9 below the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism 10. The configuration around the temporary holding plate 11 will be described below with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 12 denotes a pair of left and right pickup rollers, reference numeral 13 denotes a pair of left and right feed rollers, and reference numeral 14 denotes a separation roller disposed to face the feed roller 13, and these rollers constitute the collective cassette separation / stacking mechanism unit 10.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a bill press for pressing bills on the stage 9. The bill press 15 is movable in a vertical direction, and receives a pushing force by a spring (not shown) when a pushing force is applied. Reference numeral 16 denotes a lift-up lever that holds the bill press 15 in a state of being retracted upward when bills are separated and accumulated, and 17 denotes a motor that drives the lift-up lever 16.

A motor 18 for driving the temporary holding plate 11;
Reference numeral 19 denotes a transmission unit that transmits the driving force of the motor 18 to the temporary holding plate 11. The temporary holding plate 11 receives the driving force of the motor 18, moves in the horizontal direction while being guided by a guide mechanism (not shown), and moves from the position where the stage 9 is closed to the stage 9.
Move to the position to evacuate from above. The state in which the temporary holding plate 11 closes the stage 9 is defined as an accumulation position. When the temporary holding plate 11 is in the stacking position, a space is formed on the temporary holding plate 11, and banknotes can be stacked on the temporary holding plate 11 by the batch cassette separating / stacking mechanism 10.

The temporary holding plate 11 is provided with two studs 11a on each side, and when the temporary holding plate 11 is at the accumulation position, a groove 11b for guiding the vertical movement of each stud 11a is formed. A guide mechanism is provided on the frame of the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism 10 so that the temporary holding plate 11 at the accumulation position can be pushed up by the stage 9 by raising the stage 9. The upper bill is picked up by a pickup roller 12 constituting a batch cassette separation / stacking mechanism unit 10.
, And can be extended.

When the temporary holding plate 11 is at a position where it is retracted from the stage 9, the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism 10
The banknotes can be accumulated on the stage 9 by the above, and the banknotes on the stage 9 can be
It can be fed out by pressing it against the pickup roller 12 constituting the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism section 10. Further, by moving the bill press 15 downward and raising the stage 9, the bills on the stage 9 are pressed by the bill press 15 and the bills can be accumulated in a stable state.

The batch cassette 8 is provided with a partition plate for storing the collected bills, and a mechanism for reloading the bills on the partition plate on the stage 9.
A first-type reject bill storage unit 20 is provided for storing reject bills discriminated from double feeding or skew feeding at the time of replenishment. 21 is a reject cassette. The reject cassette 21 can be attached to and detached from the automatic bill dispensing and dispensing device, and can be deposited by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of a deposit transaction with the second type reject bill storage unit 22 for storing a bill left behind by the customer. Bills identified as non-reusable
And a third-type reject banknote storage unit 23 for directly storing the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination unit 3 as dispensable at the time of the dispensing transaction.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a transport path for transporting bills. A blade (not shown) is provided at a branch portion for switching the bill transport direction, and bills can be transported in the directions indicated by arrows in each branch portion. . Explaining the outline of the flow of bills, at the time of a deposit transaction, bills set in the customer service port 1 pass through the front / back reversing mechanism unit 2 and are sent to the discrimination unit 3. The bills that have passed through the discriminating unit 3 are discriminated there, and among the bills suitable for depositing, reusable bills are sent to the depositing / dispensing units 6a to 6c of the respective denomination cassettes 4a to 4c according to the denomination, Non-reusable bills are stored in each deposit / withdrawal unit 6a
6C, the bill is fed into the third type reject bill storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21, and bills that are not suitable for deposit are fed into the customer service opening 1.

At the time of withdrawal transaction, bills are paid out from the respective denomination cassettes 4a to 4c by the deposit / withdrawal units 6a to 6c in accordance with the denomination amount designated by the customer, and sent to the discrimination section 3. The bill passing through the discriminating section 3 is discriminated there, and the bill suitable for withdrawal is sent to the front / back reversing mechanism section 2,
The bills discriminated from the back side pass through the switchback path so that the front and back sides are aligned and accumulated in the customer service opening 1. Banknotes that are not suitable for dispensing are sent to the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21.

At the time of replenishment, the banknotes on the stage 9 of the batch cassette 8 are fed out by the batch cassette separation / stacking mechanism 10 and sent to the discrimination section 3. The bills that have passed through the discriminating unit 3 are discriminated there, and bills suitable for withdrawal are sent to the deposit / withdrawal units 6a to 6c of each of the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c according to the denomination, and the reject bills are withdrawn to the respective deposit / withdrawal units. 6a ~
After passing through 6c, it is fed into the first type reject bill storage unit 20 of the batch cassette 8.

At the time of collection, each of the denomination cassettes 4a-4
The bill is paid out from c by the depositing / dispensing units 6 a to 6 c and sent to the discrimination unit 3. The bills that have passed through the discriminating section 3 are discriminated there, countable bills are fed on a partition plate (not shown) provided below in the batch cassette 8, and rejected bills are first-type rejected bill storage sections 20.
Send to

In the normal transaction mode, in the dispensing transaction or the like, among the banknotes fed from the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c, the banknotes discriminated from the reject banknotes unsuitable for dispensing are rejected as described above. Of the third kind rejected bill storage unit 23. A rejected banknote is a banknote whose denomination cannot be identified by authenticity discrimination,
It is a banknote that is torn or dirty in discriminating against damage, and a banknote that has caused conveyance failure such as double feeding, chaining, skew, etc. in discriminating running conditions. The banknote that has caused the conveyance failure is called a running reject banknote.

Next, the scrutiny function will be described. When the inspection mode is entered, first, the temporary holding plate 1
After confirming that the bill press 1 and the bill press 15 are in the retracted positions, the stage 9 is raised to a predetermined position, and the banknotes can be stacked on the stage 9 by the batch cassette separation / stacking mechanism 10. If the temporary holding plate 11 has not been retracted, the temporary holding plate 11 is retracted by the motor 18 to a position where the upper part of the stage 9 is released, and the bill press 1 is retracted.
If 5 has not been retracted, the bill press 15 is raised and held by the motor 17.

Next, one of the plurality of denomination cassettes,
For example, the stage 5a of the denomination cassette 4a is raised, and the banknotes on the stage 5a are set in a state where the bills can be fed out by the separation / collection mechanism 7a of the deposit / withdrawal unit 6a. Then, the bills in the denomination cassette 4a are fed out one by one to the transport path 24 by the separating / accumulating mechanism section 7a. The bills fed out to the transport path 24 are sent to the discriminating unit 3, and the bills that can be discriminated by a genuine bill whose dirt or damage is less than a specified value and that no conveyance failure has occurred, that is, bills that can be counted, are separated into batch cassettes. Stacking is performed on the stage 9 by the stacking mechanism 10.
The banknote that could not be discriminated is the third banknote in the reject cassette 21.
It is stored in the seed reject banknote storage unit 23. This operation is performed until the denomination cassette 4a becomes empty. When the denomination cassette 4a becomes empty, the operation is stopped.

Next, the stage 9 is raised, and the bills on the stage 9 are pressed against the pickup roller 12 constituting the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism section 10, and the pickup roller 12 and the feed roller 13 are rotated, whereby
The banknotes on the stage 9 are fed out to the transport path 24 one by one. In addition, as a device for feeding a bill at a predetermined interval, for example, the pickup roller 12 is provided with a high friction member in a part thereof, and the bill is only when the bill is in contact with the high friction member. Is fed out, and the bills are not fed out when they are in contact with each other, so that the interval between the fed bills is widened. Further, as a device for feeding out the banknotes one by one, a separation roller 14 is disposed opposite to the feeding roller 13 and the separation roller 14 is rotatable only in the banknote storage direction, whereby the first and subsequent banknotes are fed. Is stopped by the separation roller 14.

The bills fed from the stage 9 by the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism section 10 are sent to the discriminating section 3, and the discriminated bills are sent to the deposit / withdrawal unit 6a, and the bills are sent to the stage 5a by the separating / accumulating mechanism section 7a. To accumulate. Banknotes that could not be discriminated are rejected in cassette 21
In the third type reject banknote storage unit 23. This operation is performed until the collective cassette 8 becomes empty, and when the collective cassette 8 becomes empty, the operation is stopped.

By this operation, all the banknotes in the denomination cassette 4a pass through the discrimination unit 3, so that the denomination cassette 4a
It is possible to count the value of the banknotes in a. Thereafter, the same processing is sequentially performed on the denomination cassettes 4b and 4c, and the banknotes in all the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c are counted. Next, processing after the close inspection mode will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment, and shows the flow of processing after the close inspection mode. FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 are explanatory diagrams showing the flow of banknotes after the scrutiny mode, and show the flow of banknotes after the scrutiny mode in the first embodiment. When the above-described detailed inspection mode is completed (SA1), the reject cassette 2 is
Until the value of the banknote in the first type 3 reject banknote storage unit 23 is confirmed, the mode shifts to the post-scrutiny transaction mode (SA
2).

In the post-examination transaction mode, the temporary holding plate 11 is set to the accumulation position by the motor 18. Further, the bill press 15 holds the state raised by the motor 17, and makes the state in which the banknotes can be accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 by the batch cassette separation and accumulation mechanism unit 10 (SA3). After shifting to the post-examination transaction mode, the customer waits for a transaction.

For example, assume that a withdrawal transaction is performed (SA
4). At this time, assuming that the money is to be dispensed from the denomination cassette 4a, the bills fed from the denomination cassette 4a are sent to the discrimination unit 3 and the discrimination result (SA
5), the bill suitable for withdrawal is sent to the customer service port 1 as shown in FIG. 4 (SA6). On the other hand, reject bills that are not suitable for dispensing are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 by the batch cassette separation / accumulation mechanism 10 as shown in FIG. 5 (SA7). When the bill sent to the customer service opening 1 reaches the amount requested by the customer, as shown in FIG. 6, the shutter 1a is opened and the bill is passed to the customer (SA8). When the customer receives the bill, the shutter 1a is closed to end the withdrawal transaction (S
A9).

After the reconciliation mode, until the staff confirms the value of the banknotes in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21, the transaction is performed in the above-described reconsideration transaction mode. Are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 and the reject cassette 21
The banknotes are prevented from being fed into the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the first embodiment.

Then, the reject cassette 2 is
When the value of the banknote in the first third-type reject banknote storage unit 23 is confirmed, the transaction mode after close examination is released (SA1).
0). When the transaction mode is released after the close examination, the temporary holding plate 11 is pushed up by the stage 9 by raising the stage 9, and the bills on the temporary holding plate 11 are pressed against the pickup roller 12 constituting the batch cassette separation and accumulation mechanism unit 10. . Then, by rotating the pickup roller 12 and the payout roller 13, as shown in FIG. 7, the bills on the temporary holding plate 11 are fed out one by one to the transport path 24, and the third kind reject bill storage unit of the reject cassette 21 is provided. 23 and stored (SA10).

When all the banknotes on the temporary holding plate 11 have been paid out, the stage 9 is lowered and the temporary holding plate 11 is retracted by the motor 18. Thereafter, the mode shifts to the normal transaction mode (SA12), and the rejected bill is stored in the third type rejected bill storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21. Then, in the next scrutiny, the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 including the reject banknote once stored on the temporary holding plate 11 in the transaction mode after the previous scrutiny.
The staff will check the value of the bills inside.

In this case, if only the portion of the batch cassette 8 for storing the banknotes below the batch cassette separation / accumulation mechanism section 10 and the temporary holding plate 11 can be attached to and detached from the automatic banknote pay-in / pay-out device, after the close inspection, Even if the batch cassette 8 is removed during the transaction mode, the rejected bills remain in the bill automatic depositing and dispensing device and are not carried away. In the above-described first embodiment, an example has been described in which the withdrawal transaction is performed during the post-scrutiny transaction mode. However, it is also possible to perform a deposit transaction.

That is, when a deposit transaction occurs after the mode is shifted to the post-examination transaction mode, the banknotes set and received by the customer in the customer service port 1 are separated and sent out to the discriminating section 3, and the banknotes discriminated as suitable for the deposit are discarded. Are stacked on a temporary holding plate (not shown) of the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c. At this time, the 1,000-yen bill suitable for depositing and dispensing is stored in the denomination cassette 4a.
Banknotes which are suitable for depositing and suitable for withdrawal are accumulated on the temporary holding plate of the denomination cassette 4b, and rejected banknotes which are suitable for deposit but not suitable for withdrawal are denominated. The sheets are accumulated on the temporary holding plate of the cassette 4c.

The banknotes that have been discriminated to be unsuitable for payment are sent to the customer service port 1 and stacked in a state where they are distinguished from the banknotes set by the customer. When all the bills set in the customer service opening 1 by the customer are sorted according to the result of the discrimination, the customer is asked to confirm the amount, and if the customer cancels the transaction at this stage, the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c are temporarily held. All bills on the board are sent to the customer service port 1 and returned to the customer. When the customer confirms and continues the transaction, the cassettes 4a and 4
Open the temporary holding plate of b and store the 1,000-yen banknote suitable for depositing and withdrawal in the denomination cassette 4a, and the ten thousand banknote suitable for depositing and withdrawal in the denomination cassette 4b. I do.

On the other hand, banknotes on the temporary holding plate of the denomination cassette 4c, that is, banknotes suitable for depositing but not for dispensing, are separated and fed to the transport path 24.
It is accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 of the batch cassette 8. As described above, in the deposit transaction, in the post-scrutiny transaction mode, if a rejected banknote that is suitable for deposit but not suitable for withdrawal is generated, after the customer confirms the deposit amount, this is placed on the temporary holding plate 11. The banknotes are accumulated so that the banknotes are not fed into the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21.

As described above, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the automatic banknote pay-in / pay-out device shifts to the post-examination transaction mode after the execution of the inspection mode. Therefore, even if a rejected banknote is generated in the transaction after the scrutiny and before the clerk checks the value of the banknote in the reject cassette 21, the rejected banknote is stored separately from the rejected banknote generated before the scrutiny is performed, and rejected. Does not fit in cassette. Therefore, when the staff checks the height of the banknotes in the reject cassette 21, no extra banknotes enter and the scrutiny results do not match. Therefore, there is no need to confirm the value of the banknote in the reject cassette 21 immediately after the close inspection mode, and it is possible to accept a transaction by the customer. In the present embodiment, the rejected banknotes in the post-scrutiny transaction mode are stored on the temporary holding plate 11 above the batch cassette 8, but the present invention is not limited to this. If the batch cassette 8 is empty, it may be on a partition plate (not shown) provided below the batch cassette 8, or may be in any area as long as it can be stored separately.

Further, since the staff only needs to check the position of the reject cassette 21, only the reject cassette 21 can be used. Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Note that, in the second embodiment, the configuration of the automatic bill receiving / dispensing apparatus is the same as that described in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the operation of the second embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals. Processing until the close mode is ended is the first
This is the same as the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment, and shows the flow of processing after the close inspection mode. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes after the scrutiny mode, showing the flow of banknotes after the scrutiny mode in the second embodiment. When the scrutiny mode ends (SB
1) The system shifts to the post-scrutiny transaction mode until the staff confirms the value of the banknote in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21 (SB2).

In the post-examination transaction mode, the temporary holding plate 11 is set to the accumulation position by the motor 18. Further, the bill press 15 holds the state raised by the motor 17, and makes the state in which bills can be accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 by the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism unit 10 (SB3). After shifting to the post-examination transaction mode, the customer waits for a transaction.

For example, assume that a withdrawal transaction is performed (SB
4). At this time, assuming that the money is to be withdrawn from the denomination cassette 4a, the bills fed from the denomination cassette 4a are sent to the discrimination unit 3 and the discrimination result (SB
5), the bill suitable for withdrawal is sent to the customer service port 1 as shown in FIG. 4 (SB6). On the other hand, reject bills that are not suitable for dispensing are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 by the batch cassette separation / accumulation mechanism unit 10 as shown in FIG. 5 (SB7). When the bill sent to the customer service opening 1 reaches the amount requested by the customer, as shown in FIG. 6, the shutter 1a is opened and the bill is immersed in the customer (SB8). When the customer receives the bill, the shutter 1a is closed to end the withdrawal transaction (S
B9).

When one transaction is completed, the temporary holding plate 11 is pushed up by the stage 9 by raising the stage 9, and the bills on the temporary holding plate 11 are transferred to the pickup roller 12 constituting the batch cassette separating / stacking mechanism 10. Press. Then, by rotating the pickup roller 12 and the feeding roller 13, as shown in FIG. 9, the banknotes on the temporary holding plate 11 are fed one by one to the transport path 24, and returned to the denomination cassette 4a as the feeding source ( SB1
0). The banknotes stored in the denomination cassette are discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of replenishment or deposit transaction,
Generally, it is considered that there are no counterfeit or unfit notes. for that reason,
Even if the banknote is discriminated from the rejected banknote during the withdrawal transaction, it may be discriminated as a normal banknote if the banknote is returned to the denomination cassette and dispensed again. Therefore, in the second embodiment, in the post-scrutiny transaction mode, the temporary holding plate 1 that allows the rejected bill to be fed back to the denomination cassette again.
1 and is returned to the original cassette by denomination. When the banknotes on the temporary holding plate 11 are returned to the denomination cassette at the end of one transaction, the banknotes are returned to the payout source without performing discrimination. This is a process for reducing the processing time, but there is no problem because the discrimination is performed at the next payment.

After the reconciliation mode, until the staff confirms the value of the banknote in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21, the transaction is performed in the above-described reconsideration transaction mode. The third reject banknote of the reject cassette 21 is collected by temporarily accumulating the banknote on the temporary holding plate 11 and returning the banknote on the temporary holding plate 11 to the original denomination cassette at the end of each transaction. The bill is prevented from being fed into the storage section 23.

Then, the reject cassette 2 is
When the value of the banknote in the first third-type reject banknote storage unit 23 is confirmed, the post-scrutiny transaction mode is released (SB1).
1). When the transaction mode after the close examination is released, the temporary holding plate 11 is retracted by the motor 18. Thereafter, the mode is shifted to the normal transaction mode (SB12), and the rejected bill is stored in the third type rejected bill storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21. Then, in the next scrutiny, the attendant checks the value of the bills in the third type reject bill storage unit 23 including the reject bills once stored on the temporary holding plate 11 in the transaction mode after the previous scrutiny. .

As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, similarly to the first embodiment, after the execution of the scrutiny mode, before the clerk checks the value of the bills in the reject cassette 21. Even if there is a transaction such as withdrawal, and the rejected bill is generated, the apparatus shifts to the transaction mode after close inspection, and the bill is not stored in the reject cassette. When the check is made, there is no extra bill inserted and the scrutiny results do not match. Then, in the post-examination transaction mode in the second embodiment, every time one transaction is completed, the stored reject banknotes on the temporary holding plate 11 are returned to the original denomination cassette, so that at the time of the next withdrawal transaction, If the discrimination is performed again and the bill is normal, the bill can be paid, and the waste of the bill can be eliminated.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 10 is a main part configuration diagram of a bill automatic depositing / dispensing apparatus showing a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 (a) is a plan view of a collective cassette separating / accumulating mechanism, and FIG. 10 (b) is a collective cassette. It is a side view of a separation accumulation mechanism part. In the third embodiment, the entire configuration of the automatic bill dispensing and dispensing apparatus is substantially the same as that described in FIG. 1, but the temporary holding plate is not provided in the batch cassette, and the temporary holding plate is used by the bill press and the stage. Is different.

In FIG. 10, reference numeral 25 denotes a bill press. The bill press 25 is retracted upward when the bills are separated and accumulated by the motor 17 rotating the lift-up lever 16, as in the configuration described with reference to FIG. 2. The bill press 25 is provided with a notch 26 to avoid the pickup roller 12 and the feeding roller 13 when the bill press 25 is retracted upward.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a stage provided on the batch cassette 8, which stacks bills to be replenished to the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c and bills collected from the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c. This stage can be moved up and down by receiving a driving force of a motor (not shown). Reference numeral 28 denotes a convex portion provided on the upper surface of the stage 27. The convex portion 28
Has a shape corresponding to the notch 26 of FIG. FIG. 11 shows FIG.
When the stage 27 is raised in a state where the bill press 25 is lowered by the motor 17 in the AA cross-sectional view of 0, the convex portion 28 of the stage 27 fits into the notch 26 of the bill press 25. At this time, the shape of the convex portion 28 is determined so that the upper surface of the bill press 25 becomes a flat surface without irregularities as shown in FIG. Thereby, bills can be stacked using the upper surface of the bill press 25 as a temporary holding plate.

Since the bill press 25 also has a function of pressing bills on the stage 27, the bill press 25
Forms both the upper surface and the lower surface in a planar shape. For this reason,
It is formed of a thin plate that can maintain its own strength. Here, the strength required for the bill press 25 is supported by the stage 27 from below when used as a temporary holding plate, so that the strength for stacking bills alone is not required. When pressing down, it is only necessary to have a strength that does not deform.

The bill press 25 is provided with a stud 29. The stud 29 is slidably fitted in a vertically elongated guide (not shown), so that the stud 29 can be moved up and down. And building press 25
The stud 29 is placed on the lift-up lever 16 to receive the driving force of the motor 17 via the lift-up lever 16 and can move up and down.
When the bill press 25 is lifted, the lift is raised by the lift-up lever 16, and when the bill press 25 is lowered, it falls by its own weight and the force of a spring (not shown).
For this reason, when the building press 25 is in the lowered position,
The position of the bill press 25 can be adjusted by pushing up the bill press 25 on the stage 27 irrespective of the driving force of the motor 17.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment, and shows the flow of processing after the close inspection mode. The processing until the close mode is completed is the same as that of the first embodiment. When the scrutiny mode ends (S
C1) The mode is shifted to the post-scrutiny transaction mode until the staff confirms the value of the banknote in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21 (SC2).

In the post-examination transaction mode, the bill press 25 is lowered by the motor 17 and the stage 27 is raised by a motor (not shown) to
7 is fitted into the notch 26 of the bill press 25, and furthermore, the bill press 25 is pushed up by a predetermined amount on the stage 27, thereby setting the bill press 25 to an accumulation position where bills can be accumulated on the upper surface thereof ( SC3).

After shifting to the post-examination transaction mode, the customer waits for a transaction. For example, it is assumed that a withdrawal transaction is performed (SC4). At this time, assuming that the money is to be dispensed from the denomination cassette 4a, the bills fed from the denomination cassette 4a are sent to the discrimination section 3, and the discrimination result (SC5), the bill suitable for dispensing is sent to the customer service port 1. It is sent (SC6). On the other hand, reject bills that are not suitable for withdrawal are accumulated on the bill press 25 by the batch cassette separation / accumulation mechanism 10 (SC7). Here, when the bill press 25 is in the stacking position to use the upper surface of the bill press 25 as a temporary holding plate, the bill press 25
By inserting the convex portion 28 of the stage 27 into the notch 26, the upper surface of the bill press 25 is made flat, so that the bill is fed onto the bill press 25 by the feeding roller 13 of the batch cassette separation / stacking mechanism 10. When releasing
The discharged bill is prevented from being caught by the notch 26 of the bill press 25 and causing a stacking failure.

When the bill sent to the customer service opening 1 reaches the amount requested by the customer, the shutter 1a is opened and the bill is delivered to the customer (SC8). When the customer receives the bill, the shutter 1a
Is closed to end the withdrawal transaction (SC9). When one transaction is completed, the stage 27 is raised to raise the building press 25 by the stage 27, and the building press 2
The banknote 5 is pressed against the pickup roller 12 laying over the batch cassette separation / stacking mechanism 10. Then, by rotating the pickup roller 12 and the feeding roller 13, the bills on the bill press 25 are transported one by one on the transport path 24.
And returns to the denomination cassette 4a, which is the payout source (SC10). Since the notch 26 of the bill press 25 is provided so as to avoid the pickup roller 12, the bill press 25 does not exist below the pickup roller 12, and the bill press 25 alone presses a bill against the pickup roller 12. Can not. Then, the projection 28 of the stage 27 fits into the notch 26, and as shown in FIG.
5 can be pressed against the pickup roller 12, and the bill on the bill press 25 can be fed out by the pickup roller 12.

The banknotes stored in the denomination cassette are discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 at the time of replenishment or payment transaction, and it is generally considered that there are no counterfeit or unfit bills. Therefore, even if the banknote is discriminated from the rejected banknote during the dispensing transaction, it may be discriminated as a normal banknote if the banknote is returned to the denomination cassette and dispensed again. Therefore, in the third embodiment, in the post-scrutiny transaction mode, the rejected banknote is stored on the bill press 25 that can be fed out to the denomination cassette again, so that it is returned to the denomination-specific cassette. It was done. When the bill on the bill press 25 is returned to the denomination cassette at the end of one transaction, discrimination is not performed and the bill is returned to the source.
This is a process for reducing the processing time, but there is no problem because the discrimination is performed at the next payment.

After the scrutiny mode, until the staff confirms the value of the banknotes in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21, transactions are performed in the above-described scrutiny transaction mode. This is once accumulated on the bill press 25, and every time one transaction is completed, the bill on the bill press 25 is fed back to the original denomination cassette, so that the third kind reject bill storage unit of the reject cassette 21 is stored. 23 so that bills are not sent.

Then, the reject cassette 2 is
When the value of the banknote in the first type 3 reject banknote storage unit 23 is confirmed, the transaction mode after close examination is released (SC1).
1). When the transaction mode is released after the close inspection, the stage 27 is lowered to a predetermined position, and the bill press 25 is raised by the motor 17 to maintain the state. Thereafter, the mode is shifted to the normal transaction mode (SC12), and the rejected banknote is stored in the third type rejected banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21. Then, in the next scrutiny, the attendant checks the value of the banknotes in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 including the reject banknotes once stored on the bill press 25 in the transaction mode after the previous scrutiny.

As described above, in the third embodiment of the present invention, as in the first embodiment, after the execution of the scrutiny mode, before the clerk checks the value of the banknote in the reject cassette 21. Even if there is a transaction such as withdrawal, and the rejected bill is generated, the apparatus shifts to the transaction mode after close inspection, and the bill is not stored in the reject cassette. When the check is made, there is no extra bill inserted and the scrutiny results do not match. In the post-examination transaction mode in the third embodiment, the bill press 2 of the collective cassette 8 is used as a place for storing reject bills.
Since the temporary storage plate 5 can be used as a temporary storage plate, there is no need to separately provide the temporary storage plate and a mechanism for driving the temporary storage plate in the batch cassette 8, and an inexpensive apparatus can be provided. In the third embodiment, in the post-examination transaction mode, the rejected banknote on the bill press 25 is paid out and returned to the original source for each transaction, as in the second embodiment. As described in the embodiment, when canceling the post-scrutiny transaction mode, the reject banknotes on the bill press 25 may be collectively stored in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the fourth embodiment, the horizontal structure of the automatic banknote pay-in / pay-out device is the same as that described in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth embodiment, and FIGS. 14 and 15 are explanatory diagrams showing the flow of banknotes in the fourth embodiment.

In the fourth embodiment, the batch cassette 8
By using the temporary holding plate 11 provided in the above, the use efficiency of the bill in the normal transaction mode is improved. During the normal transaction mode (SD1), when the withdrawal transaction is selected by the customer (SD2), the temporary holding plate 11 is set to the accumulation position by the motor 18. Further, the bill press 15 holds the state of being raised by the motor 17 so that the batch cassette separating / accumulating mechanism 10 can accumulate bills on the temporary holding plate 11 (SD3).

First, assuming that the money is to be withdrawn from the denomination cassette 4a, the bills fed from the denomination cassette 4a are sent to the discrimination section 3 and the discrimination result (SD
4) The bill suitable for withdrawal is sent to the customer service port 1 as shown in FIG. 4 (SD5). On the other hand, rejected banknotes that are not suitable for dispensing and that have been discriminated from running rejects are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 by the batch cassette separation and accumulation mechanism unit 10 as shown in FIG. 5 (SD6). .
In addition, the banknotes that are reject banknotes and are discriminated from true / false rejects are stored in the third type reject banknote storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21 as shown in FIG. 14 (SD7).

The reason for separating the traveling reject banknote from the true / false rejection banknote is that the traveling reject banknote itself has no defects such as tears, and if it is separated and fed again, it may become a normal banknote. The traveling reject bills are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 from which the stored bills can be fed out. When the bill sent to the customer service opening 1 reaches the amount requested by the customer, as shown in FIG. 6, the shutter 1a is opened and the bill is passed to the customer (SD8). When the customer receives the bill, the shutter 1a is closed and the dispensing transaction ends (SD9).

When one transaction is completed, the temporary holding plate 11 is pushed up by the stage 9 by raising the stage 9, and the bills on the temporary holding plate 11 are transferred to the pickup roller 12 constituting the batch cassette separating / stacking mechanism 10. Press. Then, by rotating the pickup roller 12 and the feeding roller 13, the banknotes on the temporary holding plate 11 are fed one by one to the transport path 24 as shown in FIG.
It is sent to the discrimination unit 3 (SD10). Then, the discrimination result (SD11), the denomination cassettes 4a to 4c according to the denomination,
(SD12). The bill re-discriminated from the travel reject by this discrimination may be stored in the third type reject bill storage unit 23 of the reject cassette 21 because the bill itself may have a factor causing the travel reject (SD7). ).

As described above, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the traveling reject bills are temporarily accumulated on the temporary holding plate 11 of the batch cassette 8, and after the transaction, the bills on the temporary holding plate 11 Since the bills are separated and fed out again and discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 and the bills which have not caused the traveling rejection are returned to the denomination cassette according to the denomination,
Banknotes that should not be stored can be prevented from being stored in the reject cassette 21, and the usage efficiency of the banknotes can be improved, and the capacity of the reject cassette 21 can be reduced.

The present invention is applicable to a banknote automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus mounted on an automatic cash transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution such as a bank, and there is an example in which cash is paid out at a convenience store or the like. The present invention can also be applied to a bill automatic depositing and dispensing device mounted on an automatic teller machine used in such a financial institution. In the present invention, the apparatus is configured such that the batch cassette is emptied on the stage, the rejected bills are temporarily accumulated on the stage, and the bills are separated again after the transaction is completed and returned to the denomination cassette. Although the above-mentioned problem can be solved, the present invention is configured as shown in the above-described first to fourth embodiments, and when a jam or the like occurs in the batch cassette after the automatic inspection, Since the jammed cassettes are not removed from the apparatus while the jammed banknotes are kept in the grouped cassettes, there is an effect that bills that should be in the apparatus are not separated.

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As described above, the automatic banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the present invention is provided with a temporary holding plate so as to be openable and closable in the collective storage, and is discriminated as not suitable for withdrawal in the normal transaction mode. The banknotes are stored in the reject storage, and in the post-examination transaction mode after performing the inspection mode for determining the amount of money in the banknote storage, the temporary holding plate is closed and discriminated as not suitable for withdrawal. The banknotes stored in the reject storage at the time of executing the scrutiny mode are mixed with the rejected banknotes generated in the transaction performed after the scrutiny mode is executed, I will not do it. Therefore, after executing the scrutiny mode, the clerk does not need to immediately count the amount of bills in the reject storage, so that the timing for executing the scrutiny mode can be freely selected. Regardless of the processing of counting bills in the storage,
Since the transaction can be continued, customer service can be improved without waiting for the customer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote automatic depositing / dispensing apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main part configuration diagram of a banknote automatic depositing and dispensing device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes after a close inspection mode.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes after a close inspection mode.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes after a close inspection mode.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of banknotes after a close inspection mode.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes after the close inspection mode.

FIG. 10 is a main part configuration diagram of a bill automatic depositing / dispensing apparatus showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4a to 4c Denomination cassette 8 Batch cassette 11 Temporary holding plate 21 Reject cassette

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Yokokawa 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3E040 AA01 BA08 CA16 FA03 FA04 FA05 FC03 FC05 FD01 FF09

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A banknote storage and an automatic banknote depositing / dispensing device having a scrutiny function for determining the height of the banknote storage, wherein bills unsuitable for dispensing are stored separately before and after the scrutiny. A bill automatic depositing and dispensing device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. A bill automatic depositing and dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a batch storage for storing bills for replenishing or collecting the bills, wherein the banknotes unsuitable for dispensing are provided. An automatic banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus, wherein one of the areas to be stored separately is a partial area of the collective storage. 3. At least one banknote storage for storing banknotes for depositing and withdrawing, a batch storage for storing banknotes to be replenished to the banknote storage and banknotes collected from the banknote storage, A reject storage for storing banknotes unsuitable for gold is provided, and a temporary holding plate is provided in the collective storage so as to be openable and closable so as to store the banknotes separately from the banknotes stored in the collective storage. In the transaction mode, banknotes that have been discriminated to be unsuitable for withdrawal are stored in the reject storage, and in the post-delivery transaction mode after performing the scrutiny mode to determine the amount of money in the banknote storage, the temporary hold is performed. A bill automatic depositing and dispensing device, wherein a bill is discriminated to be unsuitable for dispensing by closing the plate and the bill is stored on the temporary retaining plate. 4. The automatic bill dispensing and dispensing device according to claim 3, wherein when the transaction mode after close examination is released, the bills stored on the temporary holding plate are stored in a reject storage. 5. The automatic bill dispensing and dispensing device according to claim 3, wherein during the post-scrutiny transaction mode, each time one transaction is completed, the bills stored on the temporary holding plate are returned to the bill storage. . 6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the temporary holding plate is closed in a normal transaction mode, and the banknotes discriminated as running abnormalities are stored on the temporary holding plate. A bill automatic depositing and dispensing device characterized by returning a bill stored on the temporary holding plate to a bill storage. 7. The collective storage according to claim 3, wherein the collective storage is provided with a bill press for holding bills stored in the collective storage, and an upper surface of the bill press is provided.
A bill automatic depositing and dispensing device, which is used as the temporary holding plate.