JP2003208654A - Bill receiving and paying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make effectively usable a specified bill storage for performing the loading or recovering of bills as a bill storage for performing the paying of bills in a bill receiving and paying machine, and to enable a continuous and high-speed loading, recovering or paying of bills. <P>SOLUTION: This bill receiving and paying machine is provided with an inlet and outlet port 2 for putting and receiving bills; a bill judgment part 3 for judging bills; two or more bill storages 6-9 and 8a for housing bills; a normally and reversely carriable annular main carrying passage 5a for carrying bills via the bill judgment part; and connecting carrying passages 5d, 5i and 5j for connecting the inlet and outlet port 2 and the bill storages 6-9 and 8a to the main carrying passage 5a. The two or more bill storages 6-9 and 8a are vertically laminated to constitute a bill storage group, and the specified bill storage 8a is connected to the main carrying passage in parallel and through a unit carrying passage 5a for performing the loading or recovering of bills and a unit carrying passage 5c for performing the paying of bills. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill depositing / dispensing machine, and more particularly to a bill depositing / dispensing machine having an annular transport path for transporting bills via a bill discriminating section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional cash depositing / dispensing apparatus, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-242334 (Prior Art 1), a bill is discriminated from a depositing / dispensing slot for depositing and receiving bills. A discriminating unit, a denomination-type storage for storing banknotes, a batch storage for storing banknotes of multiple denominations at once, a reject cassette for storing rejected banknotes, and a depositing operation and a dispensing operation Occasionally, a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing rejected banknotes, a ring-shaped transport path that allows forward and reverse transport of banknotes via a discrimination unit, a deposit / withdrawal port, a denomination-based storage, a batch storage, a reject cassette and And a banknote transport path connecting the temporary storage section to the annular transport path.

Then, the deposit / withdrawal port is connected to an annular conveying path on one side of the discriminating section through one reciprocating bill conveying path. In addition, the collective storage has two banknote transport paths connected to both sides, and is connected to the annular transport path via the two banknote transport paths. The batch storage section is connected to the annular transport section on the other side of the discrimination section. Further, the reject cassette is connected between the portions of the annular transport path where the denomination-based storage and the collective storage are connected. In addition, the temporary storage unit is connected between a portion of the annular transport unit where the denomination-based storage and the deposit / withdrawal port are connected. Furthermore, the temporary storage unit, the denomination-based storage unit, and the collective storage unit are separately arranged on the left, right, up, and down, and are also arranged together with the discrimination unit in one housing.

Further, as a conventional banknote depositing / dispensing machine, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-110607 (Prior Art 2), a user deposits / dispenses a banknote and deposits / dispenses. Temporary storage for temporarily storing the banknotes
2. Description of the Related Art There is one that is composed of a recycling store for storing bills deposited for each denomination and using them for withdrawal, a deposit box, a reject store, and a bill discriminating unit.

The banknote transport path connects the banknote storages through the banknote discriminator, and stacks the banknote storages such as a recycle bank, a deposit box, and a reject bank on top of each other to set up an installation area. A layout is disclosed that increases the number of units without changing the. In addition, from the perspective of improving crime prevention, the entire device is
In addition to stacking the upper mechanism composed of the bill discriminating unit and each bill storage for storing bills and dividing it into a safe-type lower mechanism housed in a reinforced case, when the number of bill storages of the lower mechanism is large A layout for arranging stacked banknote storage groups in parallel to suppress the height dimension of the entire apparatus to reduce the size is disclosed. Note that an example in which a loading / recovery warehouse is arranged at the bottom of a stack of a recycle warehouse, a safe deposit box, a reject warehouse, etc. is also disclosed.

[0006]

However, in the prior art 1, there is a problem in that the temporary storage section, the denomination-based storage box and the batch storage box are separately arranged on the left, right, up and down, so that the installation area becomes large. It was In addition, since the temporary storage unit, the denomination-based storage unit, and the collective storage unit are arranged together with the discrimination unit in one housing, the entire housing must be a strong and expensive safe type. was there. Furthermore, it is not disclosed that a batch storage for replenishing and collecting banknotes is used for withdrawal,
No consideration was given to the effective use of the bulk storage.

Further, the prior art 2 does not disclose performing the withdrawal using the collective storage for replenishing and collecting banknotes, and it is considered to effectively utilize the collective storage. There wasn't.

It is an object of the present invention that a specific banknote storage box having a small installation area for loading and collecting can be effectively utilized as a banknote storage box for withdrawing money, and continuous and high-speed loading, collecting and discharging. It is to provide a banknote depositing / dispensing machine capable of receiving money.

The present invention is not limited to such an object, and objects and advantages other than the above will be apparent from the following description.

[0010]

A banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object stores a banknote in a banknote depositing / dispensing slot for depositing / receiving a banknote, a banknote discriminating section for discriminating a banknote. A plurality of banknote storages, a ring-shaped main transport path capable of forward and reverse transports for transporting banknotes through the banknote discriminating unit, and a connection for connecting the deposit / withdrawal port and the banknote storage to the main transport path In a banknote depositing / dispensing machine provided with a transport path, the plurality of banknote storages constitutes a banknote storage group stacked vertically, and a specific banknote storage in the banknote storage is loaded with banknotes. That is, the unit transport path for collecting, collecting, etc. and the unit transport path for dispensing banknotes are connected in parallel to the main transport path.

Other means of the present invention will be clarified from the following description.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A plurality of embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the second and subsequent embodiments, a part of the configuration common to the first embodiment will be omitted, and redundant description will be omitted. The same reference numerals in the drawings of each embodiment indicate the same or equivalent parts.

FIG. 1 shows a bill depositing / dispensing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
4 to FIG.

First, the overall construction of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a bill depositing / dispensing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The banknote depositing / dispensing machine includes a card / details slip processing mechanism 102 and a passbook processing mechanism 103 arranged side by side in an upper part of a casing 101, and a banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 and a main body control arranged in a lower part of the casing 101. And a unit 106. The card / detailed slip processing mechanism 102 communicates with a card slot 102a provided on the front cover 101b of the housing 101 and processes a user's card. The passbook processing mechanism 103 communicates with a passbook slot 103a provided on the front cover 101b and processes a user's passbook. The card slot 102a and the passbook slot 103a are juxtaposed on the front surface of the front cover 101b. Further, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 communicates with a depositing / dispensing port 2 provided on a flat surface portion of the front cover 101b to process bills. The main body control unit 106 controls the entire bill depositing / dispensing machine. A user operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting transaction details is provided on the plane portion of the front cover 101b.

Next, the control relationship of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Figure 2
1 is a block diagram showing a configuration relating to overall control of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration relating to control of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the card / details slip processing mechanism 102, the passbook processing mechanism 103, the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 1 and the user operation unit 105 are connected to the main body control unit 106 via a bus 106a. The necessary operation is performed under the control of the main body control unit 106. In addition to the above, the main body control unit 106 includes an interface unit 106b,
Both the staff operation unit 106c and the external storage device 106d are on the bus 1
It is connected by 06a and exchanges necessary data. In addition, 101d shown in FIG.
Is a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the above-mentioned mechanisms and components.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 10 of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 is connected to the main body control unit 106 via a bus 106a, and is used for commands from the main body control unit 106 and for detecting the state of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1. Accordingly, the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 is controlled, and the state of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 is sent to the main body controller 106 as necessary. The control unit 10 includes, in the banknote depositing / dispensing mechanism 1, each banknote storage box that stores banknotes (temporary storage box 4, collective storage box 8a, deposit box 6, exit box 7, banknote storage / ejection box 8, and reject storage box). 9), the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the bill discriminating unit 3, the main conveyance path 5a, and the connection conveyance paths 5d, 5
It is connected to drive motors such as i and 5j, electromagnetic solenoids, and sensors. The control unit 10 drives and controls the actuator while monitoring the state with a sensor according to a transaction or the like.

Next, the structure of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing mechanism in the bill depositing / dispensing machine of FIG. 1.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 1 includes a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2, a banknote discriminating section 3, a temporary storage box 4, a deposit box 6, an output box 7, a plurality of banknote storage / ejection boxes 8, a reject bank 9, and a batch bank 8a. An annular main transport path 5a, connection transport paths 5d, 5i, 5j and a control unit 10 are provided.

The temporary storage 4 temporarily stores the deposited banknotes before the transaction is completed. The deposit box 6 stores bills for which deposit transactions have been completed. The deposit box 7 is for storing banknotes for dispensing. Banknote storage and release box 8
Is a storage room for both deposit and withdrawal. The reject storage 9 stores the deposited banknotes that are not stored in the deposit box and the banknotes that are not dispensed among the banknotes delivered from the deposit box. In other words, it stores the banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 3. is there. The collective storage 8a functions as a specific banknote storage among a plurality of banknote storages, and performs banknote loading, replenishment, recovery, scrutiny, and the like on each banknote storage 6-8. Withdrawal is made to the deposit / withdrawal port. In addition, the number of each banknote storage can be arbitrarily changed according to the purpose.

The depositing / dispensing port 2 is used by a user to deposit and withdraw bills, and has a depositing portion formed on one side inside and a dispensing portion formed on the other side inside. The bill discriminating unit 3 discriminates bills passing through. The main transport path 5a is for transporting banknotes, is formed in an annular shape passing through the banknote discriminating section 3, and is configured to be capable of forward and reverse transport. The connection transfer path 5d is for transferring banknotes, and includes an input safe box 6, an output safe box 7, a banknote storage / discharge box 8, and a batch storage box 8
a, and the reject storage 9 and the main transport path 5a are connected. The connection conveyance path 5i conveys banknotes,
One side of the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is connected to the main transport path 5a. The connection transport path 5i is capable of transporting banknotes from one side of the deposit / withdrawal port 2 to the main transport path 5a. The connection conveyance path 5j conveys banknotes, and connects the other side of the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and the main conveyance path 5a. The temporary storage 4 is connected in the middle of the connection conveyance path 5j. Connected transport path 5j
The main transport path 5a to the part to which the temporary storage 4 is connected can be forward / reverse transported, and the temporary storage 4 to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 can be transported to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 side.
The connection conveyance paths 5i and 5j are connected to both sides of the bill discriminating unit 3.

The bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 is divided into an upper mechanism 1a and a lower mechanism 1b. The upper mechanism 1a is composed of a deposit / withdrawal port 2, a bill discriminating section 3, a temporary storage 4, and connection conveyance paths 5i, 5j. The lower mechanism 1b is composed of a collective storage box 8a, an input safe box 6, an outgoing safe box 7, a bill storage / eject storage box 8, a reject storage box 9 and a connection conveyance path 5d. The lower mechanism 1b is formed of a strong-type casing having high strength. The upper mechanism 1a and the lower mechanism 1b are connected via an annular main transport path 5a.

The batch storage box 8a is arranged at the top of the banknote storage boxes 6 to 9 stacked in a single row in the lower mechanism 1b. By the uppermost arrangement of this collective storage 8a,
It is possible to transfer bills between the batch storage 8a and the bill storages arranged therebelow via the bill discriminating unit 3, and it is possible to shorten the unit transport paths 5b and 5c. The processing by 8a can be performed at high speed. The collective storage 8a is connected to a unit transport path 5b connected to the main transport path 5a and a unit transport path 5c connected to the main transport path 5a. The connection with the two unit transport units 5b and 5c in the collective storage case 8a is performed via the same storage discharge unit 80. In addition, one system 5c of the unit transport path is configured to be shared with a part of the connection transport path 5d of each of the banknote storage boxes 6 to 9 stacked below the collective storage box 8a. by this,
Compared to the prior art 1 having an independent storage section and discharge section, the connection structure with the unit transport paths 5b, 5c becomes simpler and a large storage space in the collective storage 8a can be secured. The first connected to the collective storage 8a
The system unit transport path 5b and the second system unit transport path 5c are transported in opposite directions, and are selectively connected to the storage / discharge unit 80. By this, the drive of the unit transport paths 5b, 5c, the main transport path 5a, and the connection transport paths 5d, 5j can be shared by one system,
The drive system can be simplified.

The storage / discharge section 80 of the collective storage 8a includes a stack feed roller 81, a pickup roller, and
It is composed of a gate roller that rotates in the stack direction but does not rotate in the payout direction, a brush roller 82 in which elastic members are radially arranged, and a separation / stack guide 83 that moves during separation and during stacking. As a result, the storage / discharge unit 80 constitutes a stack / separation mechanism.

Next, the operation of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

At the time of deposit transaction, the banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are separated one by one, guided to the main transport path 5a through the connection transport path 5i, and the banknote discriminating section 3 determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknote. It is determined and temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 through the connection conveyance path 5j. However, the banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 3 or the banknotes whose inclination or interval is abnormal are connected to the conveyance path 5j.
It is directly conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and returned to the user as a deposit reject bill.

After the deposit transaction is completed, the banknotes are temporarily stored in the storage 4
To the main conveyance path 5a through the connection conveyance path 5j, the denomination and authenticity are determined again by the bill discriminating unit 3, and any one of the deposit box 6, the bill storage / ejection box 8 and the reject box 9 is passed through the connection conveyance path 5d. To store.

At the time of withdrawal, the withdrawal banknotes from the cashbox of each denomination of the withdrawal safe 7 and the banknote storage / delivery box 8 are delivered to the main transfer path 5a through the connection transfer path 5d in a predetermined number, and the banknote discriminating section 3 discriminates them. Then, it is carried out to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 through the connection conveyance path 5j and paid to the user. Further, when paying out from the batch storage box 8a, the unit transport path 5c is selected, and the banknotes in the batch storage box 8a are delivered from the storage discharging section 80 to the main transport path 5a through the unit transport path 5c. The money is dispensed in the same manner as the banknotes delivered from the deposit box 7 and the banknote storage / delivery box 8. When a withdrawal reject occurs, the banknote is stored in the reject box 9, and the shortfall banknote is added and fed out.

Withdrawal from the batch storage box 8a will be described more specifically. In this embodiment, a plurality of banknote storages 6-8 of different denominations are mounted in addition to the batch storage 8a.
The banknote storages 6 to 8 other than the batch storage 8a correspond to the withdrawal requests up to that number of denominations, and for the further withdrawal requests, the batches normally operated in an empty state. Storage 8a
We have adopted an operation mode that can respond to demand for withdrawals exceeding the number of banknote storage by utilizing. Before operating the device, the deficient denomination is stored in the temporary storage 4 (for example, 200
Only), for example, 100 pieces of A denomination in the batch storage box 8a,
It is loaded by hand so that 100 pieces of B denominations are delivered in order.
After that, if necessary, all the banknotes can be subjected to the above-described detailed examination operation with the temporary storage 4 to determine the banknote amount of the A denomination and the B denomination. During the operation of the apparatus, a normal withdrawal operation may be performed from the collective storage 8a in response to a withdrawal request for the A denomination. In response to the withdrawal request for the B denomination, the A denomination that is paid out in advance is stored in the temporary storage 4, and then a predetermined number of B denominations are withdrawn. By this operation, in the present embodiment, it becomes possible to meet withdrawal requests for denominations more than the number of banknote storages for each denomination. Further, in the present embodiment, since the combination of each banknote storage can be arbitrarily selected, it is also possible to load the C-denomination and the D-denomination in the deposit box 7 as in the case of the collective storage 8a. . In this case, the number of denominations of the dispensed bill can be further increased.

Next, the banknote storage box 8a to the banknote storage boxes 6-
The loading of banknotes into 8 will be described. Banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 1
Before the operation of, the banknote storages 6 to 9 and 8a are usually empty. The clerk first pulls out the empty batch storage box 8a from the lower mechanism 1b and manually packs a predetermined number of predetermined denominations or a predetermined number of denominations mixed with each other. The batch storage box 8a is mounted on the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 1, and the automatic loading of the banknote storage boxes 6-8 is started. In the case of this automatic loading, the unit transport path 5b is selected.

When the automatic loading is started, the collective storage 8a
The banknotes fed out from are joined to the annular main transport path 5a via the unit transport path 5b. The banknotes whose denomination and authenticity are judged by the banknote discriminating unit 3 are loaded into the predetermined banknote storages 6 to 8 from the main conveyance path 5a via the connection conveyance path 5d. By repeating the above operation, the loading operation is completed, and the amount of money loaded into each bill storage case 6-8 is fixed.

Note that when the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 is in operation, the bill replenishing operation from the batch storage box 8a to the respective bill storage boxes 6-8 is also performed in the same manner as the loading operation.

When a reject ticket is detected during the loading or replenishing operation, the normal ticket delivered prior to the reject ticket is stored in the predetermined banknote storage boxes 6 to 8 and only the reject ticket is branched and conveyed. Stored in the loading reject box 8b through the path 5k. Normal bills existing in the downstream of the reject bill are then stored in the predetermined bill storage boxes 6 to 8.

Next, from the banknote storages 6 to 8 to the batch storage 8
Collection of banknotes to a will be described. The clerk first attaches the empty collective storage 8a to the lower mechanism 1b, and the collection operation is started. When the collecting operation is started, for example, the bills fed from the bill storage / delivery box 8 merge with the annular main transport path 5a via the connection transport path 5d. Banknotes that have been conveyed through the main conveyance path 5a and whose denomination and authenticity have been judged by the bill judgment unit 3 are conveyed through the conveyance path 5a, and further through the unit conveyance path 5b, so that they are collectively stored. The amount of money to be collected is fixed as well as being collected in the warehouse 8a. After that, the banknotes from the other banknote storages 6 to 8 are also sequentially collected in the same manner, the total amount of money collected from the lower mechanism 1b is fixed, and the collecting operation is completed. If a reject ticket is detected during this collecting operation, it is stored in the reject box 9.

Next, the automatic scrutiny for determining the banknote inventory of the entire lower mechanism 1b will be described. An empty collective storage 8a is attached to the lower mechanism 1b by an attendant, and automatic scrutiny is started. All the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 6 to 8 to be scrutinized are collected in the batch storage 8a, and then loaded into the original banknote storage again. At this time, the bill discriminating unit 3 determines the denomination and authenticity of the bill, and the bill amount in the bill storage is determined. By repeating the automatic scrutiny for all banknote storages, the total banknote inventory in the lower mechanism 1b is determined, and the scrutiny operation is completed. The detailed inspection operation can be executed by combining the loading operation and the recovery operation described above.
The handling of reject tickets is also the same.

According to this embodiment described above, a specific banknote storage box for loading and collecting can be effectively utilized as a banknote storage box for dispensing, and continuous and high-speed loading, collection and dispensing are performed. It is possible to provide a bill depositing / dispensing machine capable of

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view showing the configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism in the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the second embodiment of the present invention.

In this second embodiment, the lower mechanism 1 in the housing
In b, a collective storage 8a and a plurality of banknote storage and release storages 8
The deposit box 6, and the deposit box 7 are stacked in parallel. Specifically, the deposit box 6 and the two storage / discharging boxes 8 are stacked on the front side, and the deposit box 7, the storage / discharging boxes 8 and the collective storage box 8a are stacked on the rear side. Further, the two reject storages 9 are vertically stacked and arranged on the rear side of the upper mechanism 1a and on the upper side of the lower mechanism 1b. Rejected banknotes are sorted and stored in the two reject boxes 9 according to the purpose.

Next, the operation of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of the transport path of the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a different operation explanatory view of the transport path of the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism of FIG.

At the time of a deposit transaction, the banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are separated one by one, guided to the main transport path 5a through the connection transport path 5i, and the banknote discriminating section 3 determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknote. Then, it is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 through the connection conveyance path 5j. However, the banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 3 or the banknotes whose inclination or interval is abnormal are connected to the conveyance path 5j.
It is directly conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and returned to the user as a deposit reject bill.

After the deposit transaction is completed, the bills are temporarily stored in the storage 4
To the main conveyance path 5a through the connection conveyance path 5j, the denomination and authenticity are determined again by the bill discriminating unit 3, and any one of the deposit box 6, the bill storage / ejection box 8 and the reject box 9 is passed through the connection conveyance path 5d. To store.

At the time of withdrawal, the withdrawal banknotes from the cashbox of each denomination of the withdrawal safe 7 and the banknote storage / ejection box 8 are delivered to the main transfer path 5a through the connection transfer path 5d by a predetermined number, and the banknote discriminating section 3 discriminates them. Then, it is carried out to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 through the connection conveyance path 5j and paid to the user. Further, when paying out from the batch storage box 8a, the unit transport path 5c is selected, and the banknotes in the batch storage box 8a are delivered from the storage discharging section 80 to the main transport path 5a through the unit transport path 5c. The money is dispensed in the same manner as the banknotes delivered from the deposit box 7 and the banknote storage / delivery box 8. When a withdrawal reject occurs, the banknote is stored in the reject box 9, and the shortfall banknote is added and fed out.

Next, the banknote storage box 8a to each banknote storage box 6-
The loading of banknotes into 8 will be described. Banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 1
Before the operation of, the banknote storages 6 to 9 and 8a are usually empty. The clerk first pulls out the empty batch storage box 8a from the lower mechanism 1b and manually packs a predetermined number of predetermined denominations or a predetermined number of denominations mixed with each other. The batch storage box 8a is mounted on the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 1, and the automatic loading of the banknote storage boxes 6-8 is started. In the case of this automatic loading, the unit transport path 5b is selected.

When the automatic loading is started, as shown in FIG.
The unit transport paths 5b and 5c and the connection transport path 5d,
5a₁~ 5a₃Is indicated by each arrow by a motor (not shown)
Driven in the direction shown. Also, the gates 50a-50h
Switching is controlled as necessary. Gates 50a, 50b
Is switched to the state of the bold line, and it is pulled from the batch storage 8a.
The issued banknotes pass through the unit transport path 5b and form an annular message.
In-carrying path 5a₁To join. Money of the bill in the bill discriminating unit 3
The banknotes of which the type and authenticity are determined are the main transport path 5a. ₃Via
When it is transported, the gate 50d or
50e is switched to the state of thin line, and gate 5
Banknotes transported by switching between 0f, 50g, and 50h
Are loaded in predetermined bill storage boxes 6 to 8. Note that the loading paper
If the bill passes through the unit transport path 5c, the gate 50
c is held in a thick line state. Repeat the above operation
The loading operation is completed by returning the bills to each bill storage box 6
The loading amount for ~ 8 is fixed.

Note that when the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism 1 is in operation, the replenishment operation of bills from the batch storage 8a to the bill storages 6 to 8 is also performed in the same manner as the loading operation.

When a reject ticket is detected during the loading or replenishing operation, the bill feeding from the batch storage box 8a is immediately stopped. The normal ticket delivered prior to the reject ticket is stored in the predetermined banknote storages 6 to 8, and the gates 50b, 50d, 50e are switched immediately before the reject ticket reaches the gate 50e, and only the reject ticket is stored. The main conveyance paths 5a ₃ , 5a ₂ , 5a ₁ are conveyed in this order. After that, the reject ticket is sent to the branch conveyance path 5k shown by the broken line in FIG. 5, and is stored in the loading reject store 8b. The normal ticket existing in the downstream of the reject ticket is stored in the predetermined banknote storage boxes 6 to 8 by switching the gates 50d and 50e to the loading or replenishing mode immediately after the reject ticket has passed.

Next, from the bill storages 6 to 8 to the batch storage 8
Collection of banknotes to a will be described. The clerk first attaches the empty collective storage 8a to the lower mechanism 1b, and the collection operation is started.

When the collecting operation is started, as shown in FIG. 7, the unit transport paths 5b and 5c and the connection transport path 5d,
5a ₁ to 5 A ₃ is driven in the direction indicated by the arrow by a motor. Further, the gates 50a to 50h are also switch-controlled as needed.

As an example thereof, a case will be described in which the banknotes stored in the banknote storage / discharge box 8 arranged immediately below the batch storage box 8a are collected in the batch storage box 8a. Gate 5
0a and 50b are switched to the state of the thick line, and the bills fed from the bill storage / delivery box 8 are gates 50f, 50c,
By switching between 50d and 50e, they merge into the annular main transport path 5a ₃ via the connection transport path 5d. The banknotes that have been conveyed through the main conveyance path 5a ₃ and whose denomination and authenticity have been judged by the banknote discrimination section 3 are conveyed through the main conveyance path 5a ₁ and further through the unit conveyance path 5b. ,
The amount of money collected is fixed as well as collected in the collective storage 8a. After that, the banknotes from the other banknote storages 6 to 8 are also sequentially collected in the same manner, the total amount of money collected from the lower mechanism 1b is fixed, and the collecting operation is completed.

If a reject ticket is detected during the collecting operation, the reject ticket is temporarily stored in the temporary storage box 4 and, thereafter, as shown in FIG.
It is stored in any one of the plurality of reject storages 9 shown in FIG.

Next, an automatic scrutiny for determining the banknote inventory amount of the entire lower mechanism 1b will be described. An empty collective storage 8a is attached to the lower mechanism 1b by an attendant, and automatic scrutiny is started. All the banknotes stored in the banknote storages 6 to 8 to be scrutinized are collected in the batch storage 8a, and then loaded into the original banknote storage again. At this time, the bill discriminating unit 3 determines the denomination and authenticity of the bill, and the bill amount in the bill storage is determined. By repeating the automatic scrutiny for all the bill storage boxes 6 to 8, the total bill amount in the lower mechanism 1b is determined, and the scrutiny operation is completed. The detailed inspection operation can be executed by combining the loading operation and the recovery operation described above. The handling of reject tickets is also the same.

According to the second embodiment, even if the number of denominations to be handled increases, the height of the entire apparatus can be limited, downsizing can be achieved, and a highly functional banknote depositing / dispensing machine can be provided.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a side view showing the configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism in the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the third embodiment of the present invention.

In the third embodiment, the form of the stacked banknote storage in the lower mechanism 1b is changed from the parallel arrangement to the facing arrangement. By consolidating the unit transport paths 5b and 5c that branch from the main transport path 5a or join the main transport path 5a and the connection transport path 5d of each of the banknote storages 6 to 8 into one location (central portion), It is possible to simplify.
Each of the banknote storages shown in FIGS. 4 to 8 has a configuration capable of storing / delivering banknotes, and the batch storage 8a.
In any case, the bills are exchanged between the bills and the other bill storages via the bill discriminating unit 3. Therefore, it is possible to continuously perform the operations of loading, replenishing, collecting, and scrutinizing the bills in all the bill storages in the lower mechanism 1b.

According to the third embodiment, a simple conveying path can be used, and even if the number of denominations to be handled increases, the height of the entire device can be limited and miniaturization can be achieved, and a highly functional bill input / output device can be used. We can provide a money machine.

[0057]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively use a specific banknote storage box for loading and collecting as a banknote storage box for withdrawal, and to continuously and at high speed. It is possible to obtain a bill depositing / dispensing machine that can be loaded, collected, and withdrawn.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration relating to overall control of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration relating to control of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism of FIG. 1.

4 is a side view showing a configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing mechanism in the bill depositing / dispensing machine of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing mechanism in the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of a conveyance path of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism of FIG.

7A and 7B are explanatory views of different operations of the conveyance path of the bill depositing / dispensing mechanism of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing mechanism in a bill depositing / dispensing machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Banknote depositing / dispensing machine mechanism, 1a ... Upper mechanism, 1b ... Lower mechanism, 2 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 3 ... Banknote discriminating section, 4 ... Temporary storage,
5 ... conveying path, 5a ... main conveying path, 5b ... unit conveying path, 5b, 5c ... unit conveying path, 5d, 5i, 5j ...
Connection transport path, 5k ... Branch transport path, 6 ... Input safe box, 7 ... Exit safe box, 8 ... Storage / eject storage box, 8a ... Collective storage box, 8b ... Loading reject storage box, 9 ... Reject storage box, 80 ... Storage / discharge section.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A deposit / withdrawal port for inserting and receiving banknotes, a banknote discriminating section for discriminating banknotes, a plurality of banknote storages for storing banknotes, and a banknote for conveying banknotes through the banknote discriminating section. In a banknote depositing / dispensing machine provided with an annular main transport path capable of reverse transport, and a connection transport path connecting the deposit / withdrawal port and the banknote storage to the main transport path, In addition to constituting a banknote storage group stacked in the direction, a specific banknote storage box in the banknote storage box has a unit transport path for loading and collecting banknotes and a unit transport path for dispensing banknotes. A bill depositing / dispensing machine, which is connected in parallel to the main transport path. 2. The specific banknote storage box according to claim 1, wherein the specific banknote storage box has one storage discharge section, and the two unit transport paths are selectively connected via the storage discharge section. A banknote deposit / withdrawal machine characterized by the above. 3. A deposit / withdrawal port for inserting and receiving bills, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, a plurality of bill storages for storing bills, and a ring for conveying bills via the bill discriminating unit. In a banknote depositing / dispensing machine having a main transport path and a connection transport path connecting the deposit / withdrawal port and the banknote storage to the main transport path, the deposit / withdrawal port, the bill discriminating unit and the bill are A temporary storage for temporary storage is arranged in the upper mechanism, the plurality of banknote storages are arranged in a single row or in parallel in the lower mechanism, and the upper mechanism and the lower mechanism are arranged via the annular main transport path. A specific banknote storage in the banknote storage is connected to the main transfer path via a unit transfer path for loading and collecting banknotes and a unit transfer path for dispensing banknotes in parallel. Banknotes characterized by Gold machine. 4. The banknote deposit / withdrawal according to claim 1, wherein the specific banknote storage is located at an uppermost position of the plurality of banknote storages which are vertically stacked. Machine. 5. The unit conveyance path according to claim 1, wherein one of the unit conveyance paths connected to the specific banknote storage is one of the connection transfer paths of banknote storages other than the specific banknote storage. A bill depositing / dispensing machine that is shared with a part. 6. A bill depositing / dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the two unit transport paths connected to the specific bill storage are driven in opposite directions to each other. 7. A bill deposit / withdrawal port for depositing and receiving bills, a bill discriminating section for discriminating bills, a bill storage for storing bills, and a batch storage for loading and collecting bills. A temporary storage for temporarily storing banknotes, an annular main transport path that allows forward and reverse transport through the banknote discriminating unit, the deposit / withdrawal port, the banknote storage and the batch storage as the main transport path. In a banknote depositing / dispensing machine having a connection conveying path connected to, the depositing / dispensing port is arranged in parallel with the depositing side connecting conveying path and the dispensing side connecting conveying path, and the both sides of the bill discriminating section are connected to each other. Connected to the main transport path, the batch storage is connected via the two unit transport paths parallel to the main transport path, and is arranged vertically stacked with the banknote storage, the temporary storage is Connected in the middle of the withdrawal side connection transfer path Bill depositing and dispensing machine which is characterized. 8. A deposit / withdrawal slot for inserting and receiving banknotes, a banknote discriminating section for discriminating banknotes, a banknote storage box for storing transaction banknotes, a batch storage box for loading and collecting banknotes, and a reject. Connected to the main transport path is a loading reject warehouse that stores the bills, a main transport path that allows circular forward and reverse transport that passes through the bill discriminating unit, the deposit / withdrawal port, the bill storage bin, and the batch storage bin. In the banknote depositing / dispensing machine provided with a connection transport path, the depositing / dispensing port is arranged in parallel with the depositing side connecting transporting path and the dispensing side connecting transporting path, and the main transporting portions on both sides of the bill discriminating unit are connected. The batch storage has a withdrawal function and is connected to the main transport path through a unit transport path for loading and collecting banknotes and a unit transport path for dispensing banknotes in parallel. With the connection It is arranged in a vertically stacked manner with a bill storage box, and the loading reject box is connected to the main transfer path on the payout side connection transfer path side from the connection part of the unit transfer path to the main transfer path. A banknote deposit / withdrawal machine.