JP2006209274A - Bill depositing/dispensing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an access port for a bill depositing/dispensing machine that keeps bills in the access port within view even if the mounting position of the access port is high. <P>SOLUTION: For keeping bills in the access port within view even if the mounting position of the access port is high, a hinged door for opening the access port in front side and upside of the bills is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote depositing / dispensing machine (for example, an automatic cash transaction apparatus used in a financial institution or the like) in which a general user deposits / withdraws cash directly using a card, a passbook, or the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a banknote deposit / withdrawal machine mounted on an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution, for example, is used for depositing / withdrawing a banknote that a user inserts a banknote, pays out the inserted banknote, and stores a banknote to be released to the user. A bill discriminating unit for discriminating a bill, a bill transport path for passing the bill through the bill discriminating unit, a temporary storage for temporarily storing the deposited bill, and a safe for storing the deposited bill And a withdrawal vault for delivering banknotes for withdrawal, a recycle box for storing and delivering banknotes for both deposit and withdrawal, and a banknote for deposits that are not stored in the deposit safe and the recycle bin and banknotes that are not dispensed from the vault The unit is configured by combining each unit such as a reject storehouse for storing the bills and a banknote to be replenished to the recycle storehouse, and a loading / collecting storehouse for storing banknotes collected from the recycle storehouse.

  The deposit / withdrawal port applied to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine as described above has a storage space for storing banknotes and an open / close door (shutter) for partitioning the storage space from the outside. And as a structure of the storage space in a deposit / withdrawal port, it can be divided into the type which inserts a banknote from the upper direction in the type inserted in the depth direction in a horizontal direction, and a standing position. The horizontal insertion type has few restrictions on the height position of the deposit / withdrawal port, but when there are many bills to be inserted, both sides of the bills hang down, so the operability is poor, so it is not suitable for automatic cash transaction equipment. There are many types that are inserted from above in a standing state.

  Further, as described in Patent Document 1, the deposit / withdrawal port in which banknotes are stored in a standing position has a form in which the shutter is inclined so that it is substantially horizontal or the front side is lowered, and slides in the horizontal direction. Released.

  However, with a deposit / withdrawal port with a shutter that is substantially horizontal or slightly inclined in this way, it becomes difficult to insert banknotes and it becomes difficult to see banknotes when the mounting position is high, so the number of storage shelves such as safe deposit boxes and recycle bins is small. It was restricted.

JP 2000-172946 A

  In the automatic teller machine, the depositing / withdrawing processing unit stores banknotes in a standing position, so the shutter of the depositing / dispensing port is configured to be almost horizontal or slightly inclined, and the shutter slides to the back side. And released. However, if the shutter is slid and opened, a large amount of rain may enter the inlet. Also, it is easy to line up and set, and it is necessary to install the deposit / withdrawal port at a height of about 1 meter from the ground in order to make it easy to see the banknotes withdrawn / withdrawn. The number of storage shelves was limited.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a system that is excellent in insertion of a large number of sheets, is easy to see, and has little rain entry in an outdoor environment.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, an opening / closing door (shutter) that opens the front and upper side of the banknote in the deposit / withdrawal slot so that the banknote in the deposit / withdrawal slot does not become difficult to see even if the mounting position of the deposit / withdrawal slot becomes high. ).

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a banknote depositing / dispensing machine that reduces height restrictions and has little rain in an outdoor environment at a depositing / dispensing port that is inserted in a standing position excellent for inserting a large number of sheets. .

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, it is needless to say that the present invention can be implemented by being appropriately applied without being limited to only the present embodiment.

  An automatic cash transaction apparatus is generally installed in a store such as a financial institution or in a convenience store and automatically performs a transaction desired by a user, and is also referred to as ATM.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an automatic teller machine. The main body housing of the automatic teller machine 101 is provided with a front face portion 101a which is a user operation surface. A card / detail slip processing mechanism (also simply referred to as a medium handling mechanism or a statement slip handling mechanism) 102 that communicates with the card slot 102a, processes a user's card, and prints and releases a transaction statement slip is provided on the front face portion 101a. And a customer operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting the contents of the transaction.

  Moreover, the automatic teller machine 101 is equipped with the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 1 which processes a banknote, and can be opened and closed to the below-mentioned depositing / withdrawing port 20 which a user inserts / withdraws a banknote to the upper inclined front board 101b. A shutter 20a is provided. Moreover, the banknote storage part of the lower part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 1 is enclosed by the safe housing | casing 106 comprised with the thick iron plate of tens of mm different from an apparatus housing | casing. The device housing also has a robust housing structure, but the safe housing 106 has a more robust structure and enhances security. This automatic teller machine 101 uses a card, a banknote, and a statement slip as a medium, and performs transaction processing such as user deposit, payment, and transfer.

  FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing the control relationship of this apparatus. As described above, the card / detail slip processing mechanism 102, the bill depositing / dispensing machine 1 and the customer operation unit 105 stored in the automatic teller machine 101 are connected to the main body control unit 107 via a bus (arrow in the figure). And performs necessary operations under the control of the main body control unit 107. The main body control unit 107 is composed of a hardware CPU, memory, and various software programs, and is a unit that controls and processes each unit (also referred to as mechanism, function, means). In addition, an interface unit 107b for connecting to a host, a portable terminal, etc., a clerk operation unit 107c operated and used by a clerk when maintaining an ATM, and an external storage device 107d for storing a user's transaction history, etc. are also on the bus. It is connected and sends and receives necessary data. Since the customer operation unit in FIG. 1 and the clerk operation unit in FIG. 2 may be used together, it is also referred to as an operation unit. In addition, 101e shown in FIG. 2 is a power supply part which supplies electric power to said each mechanism and component.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 according to the present invention in the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. In addition, since the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 1 is a unit that handles banknotes, it is also called a banknote handling apparatus.
The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 includes a depositing / dispensing port 20 through which a user inserts and removes banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit 30 that discriminates banknotes, and a temporary storage 40 that temporarily stores the deposited banknotes until the transaction is established. A deposit box 60 for storing banknotes for which transactions have been made at the time of deposit, a deposit box 70 for storing banknotes for withdrawal, two recycle boxes 80 for both deposit and withdrawal, and a recycle box 8 is equipped with a loading / recovery box (cassette) 81 for storing banknotes to be replenished in 8 and banknotes collected from the recycling box. And the banknote conveyance path 50 which conveys a banknote through the banknote discrimination | determination part 30, the depositing / dispensing port 20, the temporary storage 40, the safe deposit box 60, the safe deposit box 70, the recycle box 80, and the loading / collection box 81, FIG. And a control unit shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 35 is connected to the main body control unit 107 of the apparatus via a bus 107 a, and the banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the command from the main body control unit 107 and the state detection of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1. 1 is sent, and the state of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 is sent to the main body control unit 107 as necessary. In the bill depositing / dispensing machine 1, each unit (the deposit / withdrawal port 20, the bill discriminating unit 30, the temporary storage 40, the bill transport path 50, the deposit safe 60, the withdrawal safe 70, the recycle store 80, the loading / recovery store 81). The actuator is connected to a drive motor, an electromagnetic solenoid, and a sensor, and the actuator is driven and controlled while monitoring the state of the sensor according to the transaction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 includes an upper transport mechanism 1 a including a depositing / dispensing port 20, a bill discriminating unit 30, a temporary storage 40, and a bill transporting path 50, a deposit box 60, It is comprised from the lower banknote mechanism 1b comprised from the safe 70, the recycle store | warehouse | chamber 80, the loading / recovery store | warehouse | chamber 81, and the conveyance path 90 distribute | arranged to the front of each storage. Further, the lower banknote mechanism 1b is mounted in a safe casing 106 formed of a thick iron plate of about 50 mm, and the transport path between the upper transport mechanism 1a and the lower banknote mechanism 1b has a linear shape. They are connected by a conveyance path 540.
The connecting conveyance path 540 having a linear shape is provided at a position where the conveyance path 501i of the upper conveyance mechanism 1a of the upper surface iron plate of the safe housing 106 surrounding the lower banknote mechanism 1b and the conveyance path 901a of the lower banknote mechanism 1b are connected. A connecting conveyance path 540 having a linear shape is fixed to a slit formed in the upper iron plate. The drive source (motor) of the transport path may be provided separately for the transport path of the upper transport mechanism and the transport path of the lower bill mechanism, but a single drive source is used and the driving force is transferred between the transport paths 540-901a. You may make it transmit with the provided gear.
Moreover, the banknote conveyance path 50 passes the banknote discrimination | determination part 30 bidirectionally, and goes through the conveyance path shown by arrow 501a-501h and 901a-901e, and the deposit / withdrawal port 20, temporary storage 40, safe deposit box 60, A safe box 70, a recycle box 80, and a loading / recovery box 81 are connected. Among each arrow, a one-way arrow is a one-way banknote transport path in which banknotes are transported only in the direction of the arrow, and a bidirectional arrow is a two-way transport path in which banknotes are switched to either one for each transaction operation. It is. Furthermore, there are switching gates 502 and 503 and five locations 902 at the branch point of the banknote transport path 50, and the banknote transport direction is switched as indicated by symbols a and b for each transaction operation.

With the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration, a depositing / withdrawing operation by a user and a loading / collecting operation by an attendant are performed. Each operation, process, and the like are controlled by a control unit 35 including a CPU and a memory.
During the depositing operation, the bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 20 are separated one by one and the bill discriminating unit 30 determines the denomination and authenticity of the bills. The banknotes determined by the banknote determination unit 30 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage 40 by switching the switching gate 503. A banknote that cannot be determined by the determination of the banknote determination unit 30, a banknote that is tilted, or an abnormal interval between banknotes (for example, overlapping banknotes) is determined as a banknote to be rejected (hereinafter, reject banknote). Is done. The rejected banknote is not taken into the temporary storage 40 but is switched to the deposit / withdrawal port 20 by switching the switching gate 503 and stored. The reject banknote returned to the deposit / withdrawal port is returned to the user.
When the transaction is confirmed, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage 40 are sent out in the reverse order to the storage order and in the reverse direction to the temporary storage, and pass through the banknote determination unit 30. And the banknote which currency | cured this discrimination | determination part 30 switches designation | designated by switching the switching gate 502 to the 502a direction, and switching the switching gate 903 in any one of the safe 60, the recycle store | warehouse | chamber 80, and the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 90 in the direction of 903b. Stored in the storage. This completes the depositing operation.

  Next, the operation at the time of a withdrawal transaction will be described. In the withdrawal process, first, a predetermined number of banknotes are fed out from the safes for each denomination of the withdrawal bank 70 and the recycle box 80 and supplied to the banknote discrimination unit 30. In the banknote discrimination | determination part 30, a denomination is discriminate | determined. Then, the switching gate 503 is switched so that the banknote is stored on the deposit / withdrawal port side, and the banknote that has passed through the determination unit is stored in the deposit / withdrawal port 20, and then the gate on the upper surface of the slot 20a is opened to allow the user to To be able to take. The withdrawal process ends when the user receives the banknote in the storage unit.

Next, the operation of loading banknotes into the recycle box or collecting the banknotes in the recycle box will be described. Loading and recovery can be realized by transporting banknotes between the loading / recovery store 81, the temporary storage store 40, and the recycle store 80. First, the loading operation is an operation in which banknotes are collectively set in the loading / recovery box 81 and automatically stored in the recycling box 80 in the apparatus. The collection operation is an operation for automatically collecting and storing a predetermined number of sheets from the recycle store 80 to the load / recover store 81 when the recycle store 80 is full. The collection is an operation of moving along the reverse route to the loading operation.
The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 having the above configuration is mounted inside the right side of the automatic teller machine 101 as shown in FIG.

  With respect to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 shown in FIG. 3, when the banknote storage such as the withdrawal bank 70 and the recycle box 80 constituting the lower banknote mechanism 1b is increased, the rear part 1b of the upper transport unit becomes higher, and the banknote depositing / dispensing port 1 The visibility of certain deposited or withdrawn banknotes is reduced. FIG. 5 shows the relationship with the user's line of sight when six banknote storages are used. Normally, the shutter is on a flat surface. However, by adopting a structure in which the shutter 21 is also opened and closed on the front side (user side) as shown in the drawing, even when the height of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 increases, Confirmation of banknotes in the mouthpiece 20, that is, deterioration of visibility can be prevented. In addition, the storage space in the deposit / withdrawal port is configured so that the banknote is in a standing state as illustrated.

Next, examples of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
6 and 7 show a state in which the shutter 21 of the deposit / withdrawal port is opened. As the shutter structure, it is desirable that the angle between the upper side (first surface) and the front side (second surface) on the user side is about 110 degrees (see FIG. 7). This is because the upper surface is originally inclined so that the user can easily confirm the banknote at the deposit / withdrawal port. The angle between the first surface and the second surface is preferably 90 degrees or more in the surface of the storage space. At the time of deposit transaction, as shown in FIG. 7, when a user deposits a bill, the shutter 21 is rotated around the fulcrum 202 by the shutter drive motor 201 and opened before the deposit / withdrawal port 20 is opened. A bill 210 is inserted between the plate 204 and the push plate 203. After the bill is inserted, the removal sensor 211 confirms that the user's hand has been removed, and performs a closing operation. The front guide plate 207 falls to the near side when the shutter is opened (FIG. 7) and rises when the shutter is closed to prevent the upper end of the bill from falling (FIGS. 8 and 9). In FIG. 6, the front guide plate 207 is tilted so that the user can improve the visibility of the banknote in the standing position. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the sensors 211 are installed at the four corners of the deposit / withdrawal port, and can be widely detected by installing them in the diagonal direction of the open surface.
Next, before the deposited banknote is pushed out toward the front plate 204 during the feeding operation, the push plate 203 is moved back and forth several times to align the banknotes, and the push plate 203 is pushed toward the front plate 204 as shown in FIG. The feed roller 206 is fed into the apparatus by the rotation operation. Thus, the lower part of the deposit / withdrawal port is provided with a feeding mechanism for feeding out the banknotes standing in the storage space into the apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the banknotes withdrawn from the apparatus are accumulated in the space between the push plate 203 and the rear plate 205 by the accumulation mechanism, and then the front guide plate 207 is on the near side simultaneously with the shutter 21 being half open. Will fall ready to take out. When it is detected that the user's hand is approaching, the shutter is fully opened as shown in FIG. 10, and the user can easily take out the banknote. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the sensor 211 may be detected by keeping the shutter 21 in a half-open state so that the sensor 211 touches the user's eyes and the hand blocks the optical axis of the sensor 211. . The banknote residual sensors 212 and 213 detect the absence of the banknote 210 in the deposit / withdrawal port, and the withdrawal sensor 211 confirms that the user's hand has been removed, and performs a closing operation. Since the sensors 211, 212, and 213 are basically sensors that detect the presence or absence of banknotes in the storage space, they are also referred to as banknote detection sensors.

  As described above, according to the present invention, even when the deposit / withdrawal port is mounted at a high position as in the case where the number of banknote storages constituting the lower banknote mechanism is increased, the cash automatic having good operability for the user. There is an effect that a transaction device can be constituted. Naturally, since the banknotes are kept in a standing state, the gravity of the banknotes makes it easy for a large number of banknotes to be aligned downward. Easy to get good performance. And it will operate for the user in the state in which the denomination of the front (front or back) of a bill is easy to see. Moreover, even if it is installed outdoors where rain falls or the like, even if the shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port is in an open state, the shutter covers the upper portion, so that it is difficult for rain to enter, and adhesion of moisture to banknotes and equipment can be prevented.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the Example of the automatic teller machine to which the 1st Example of this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the control relationship of the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a side view which shows the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine which concerns on an Example at this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the control relationship of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a side view which shows the Example of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine which concerns on this invention. 1 is a perspective view of a deposit / withdrawal port according to an embodiment of the present invention. Side view of deposit / withdrawal port according to an embodiment of the present invention (when depositing) Side view of deposit / withdrawal port according to an embodiment of the present invention (when paying out) Side view of deposit / withdrawal port according to the embodiment of the present invention (when waiting for withdrawal) Side view of deposit / withdrawal port according to an embodiment of the present invention (withdrawal)

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, 1a: Upper conveyance mechanism, 1b: Lower bill mechanism, 20: Deposit / withdrawal port, 20a: Bill slot, 30: Bill discriminating unit, 35: Control unit, 40: Temporary storage, 50, 51 : Banknote transport path, 60: Safe deposit box, 70: Safe deposit box, 80: Recycle box, 65: Reject box, 81: Loading / collecting box, 90, 91: Opening / closing transport path, 101: Main body of automatic teller machine (housing) ), 101a: front plate, 101b: device casing, 106: safe casing, 201: shutter drive motor, 202: fulcrum, 203: push plate, 204: front plate, 205 rear plate, 206; feed roller, 207: Front guide plate, 210: bill, 211: sampling sensor, 213-214: residual sensor, 501a-501h, 901a-901e: bill transport path, 502-503, 902: switching gate

Claims (8)

Deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, storage space for storing banknotes deposited or withdrawn in the deposit / withdrawal port in a standing position, and opening / closing for opening / closing the deposit / withdrawal port In a banknote depositing and dispensing machine having a door and a control unit that performs opening and closing control of the opening and closing door,
The door is composed of a first surface that surrounds the storage space at the top and a second surface that surrounds the storage space at the front, and is used for the deposit or withdrawal transaction centering on a rotation fulcrum installed at the deposit / withdrawal port. A banknote depositing and dispensing machine that opens and closes accordingly. In the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1,
The storage space is composed of a front plate, a push plate, and a rear plate. When depositing, the front plate and the push plate keep the banknote standing, and when dispensing, the rear plate and the push plate. A banknote depositing and dispensing machine characterized by maintaining a standing state of the banknote. In the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 2,
Below the storage space, a feeding mechanism for feeding the bills kept in a standing position by the front plate and the push plate into the apparatus, and a stacking mechanism for collecting the bills between the rear plate and the push plate A bill depositing / dispensing machine characterized by comprising: In the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1,
A bill depositing / dispensing machine comprising a front guide plate that presses an upper end of a bill in the storage space when the opening / closing door is closed and falls down when opened. In the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1,
A bill depositing / dispensing machine having a detection sensor that is mounted in a diagonal direction on the upper side of the storage space and detects a bill or a user's hand. In the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1,
The banknote depositing and dispensing machine characterized in that the first surface and the second surface are at an angle of 90 degrees to 180 degrees on the surface of the storage space. In the banknote depositing and dispensing machine that deposits and withdraws banknotes,
A deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, an opening / closing door for opening / closing the deposit / withdrawal port, and a control unit for controlling opening / closing of the opening / closing door,
The banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the control unit holds the open / close door in a half-opened state after collecting the banknotes in the storage space when dispensing. In the bill depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 7,
The banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein when the user's hand is detected in a state where the opening / closing door is in a half-open state, the control unit fully opens the opening / closing door.

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