JP2007156819A - Unified recovery warehouse - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a unified recovery warehouse to be miniaturized with a simple structure by connecting and unifying a multi-storage part which stores things other than a regular bank bill on a bill storage part which stores the regular bank bill and arranging an insert slot at a front door of the multi-storage part so that the multi-storage part is attached to the change processor so as to be located just under the depositing and dispensing opening and enable it to easily check a bank bill, a coin, a foreign substance etc. collected in reviewing the cash in a short period. <P>SOLUTION: A unified recovery warehouse is formed by unifying a bill storage part which is attached to a change processor and stores a regular bank bill recovered from inside of the change processor and a multi-storage part which stores things other than the regular bank bill. The change processor is equipped with a depositing and dispensing opening 15 which performs depositing and dispensing of the bank bill. The multi-storage part is arranged on the bill storage section and the multi-storage part is attached to the change processor so as to be located just under the depositing and dispensing opening 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a unified collection warehouse.

  Conventionally, cashiers at cash register settlements in stores such as supermarkets, convenience stores, discount shops, gas stations, etc., change money in register machines such as POS (Point of Sales) registers in order to manage change reserves required for cash sales. A processing device is attached (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing a configuration of a conventional change processing apparatus.

  As shown in the figure, the change processing apparatus 101 deposits a deposited banknote received from a customer, and recognizes a slot 102 for dispensing the changed banknote, a banknote recognition for recognizing the deposited banknote and the banknote to be dispensed. An outer shape check unit 103 as a unit, a banknote storage unit 104 for collecting banknotes inside the change processing apparatus 101, a reject storage unit 105 for storing foreign matter inserted into the insertion port 102, and a banknote transport A first conveyor belt 106 is provided.

  Then, the bottom surface of the insertion port 102 opened upward is formed on the outer peripheral upper surface of the insertion belt 107, and the inserted banknote is conveyed toward the first conveyance belt 106. In addition, a feeding roller 108 is disposed in the middle of the outer peripheral upper surface of the feeding belt 107 so as to separate the conveyed banknotes one by one and send them out to the first conveying belt 106.

  Furthermore, a conveyance path guide plate 110 is provided on the lower surface of the outer periphery of the first conveyance belt 106 so that banknotes fed one by one from the input belt 107 are transferred to the upper surface of the conveyance path guide plate 110. And is conveyed to the second conveyor belt 111 while being shifted to the right side. The outer shape check unit 103 and the exclusion mechanism 112 are provided in the conveyance path to the second conveyance belt 111.

  Here, the outer shape check unit 103 includes, for example, a light receiving power generation element, estimates the outer dimension of the bill by comparing the amount of light blocked by the outer shape of the bill to be conveyed and a specified value, and determines the denomination. To do.

  The exclusion mechanism 112 includes a reject port 113 formed in the transport path guide plate 110 between the outer shape check unit 103 and the second transport belt 111, and a reject shutter that opens and closes the reject port 113. 114 and a reject solenoid 115 for controlling the opening / closing operation of the reject shutter 114. A reject storage unit 105 is disposed below the reject port 113, and foreign substances such as fake banknotes dropped from the reject port 113, overflowed banknotes, and the like are stored in the reject storage unit 105.

The reject storage unit 105 is configured as a drawer type as a drawer, and a bill storage unit 104 is formed in front of the reject storage unit 105. That is, when this drawer is pulled out, the banknote storage unit 104 in which banknotes are stored and the reject storage unit 105 in which banknotes and foreign substances are mixed are opened. Thereby, a foreign material can be collect | recovered with a banknote.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-134532

  However, in the conventional change processing apparatus, the reject storage unit 105 that collects foreign matters and the like is disposed away from the insertion port 102, so that the structure becomes complicated. Moreover, since the reject storage part 105 and the banknote storage part 104 are arrange | positioned along with front and back, the whole storage part will enlarge.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and connects and integrates a multi-accommodating unit that accommodates things other than regular bills on a bill-accommodating unit that accommodates regular bills. An insertion port is disposed on the front door of the unit, and the multi-storage unit is mounted on the change processing device so as to be positioned directly below the deposit / withdrawal port, so that the structure is simple and can be miniaturized, It aims at providing the unified collection | recovery box which can perform the check of the banknote, coin, foreign material, etc. which were collect | recovered at the time of cash scrutiny easily in a short time.

  Therefore, in the unified collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber of this invention, it is equipped with the banknote accommodating part which accommodates the regular banknote with which the change processing apparatus was mounted | worn and collect | recovered from this change processing apparatus, and the multi-storing thing other than a regular banknote. It is a unified collection container integrated with a storage unit, wherein the change processing device includes a deposit / withdrawal port for depositing and dispensing banknotes, and the multi-storage unit is disposed on the banknote storage unit. The multi storage unit is attached to the change processing apparatus so as to be positioned directly below the deposit / withdrawal port.

  In another unified collection store of the present invention, it further has a lockable collection store door covering the front sides of the bill storage unit and the multi store unit, and the collection store door is properly positioned at the position of the multi store unit. It is provided with an insertion slot for inserting other than the bill.

  In still another unified collection store of the present invention, the collection store door is further mounted at a position that becomes a part of the front surface of the change processing apparatus.

  In still another unified collection store of the present invention, the multi-storage unit further comprises a gate that can be opened and closed on the ceiling unit when the unified collection store is mounted on a change processing apparatus, and the deposit / withdrawal unit is provided. Anything other than the regular banknotes inserted into the mouth falls through the gate and is stored in the multi-storage unit.

  According to the present invention, the unified collection box connects and integrates a multi-storage unit that stores non-normal banknotes on a banknote storage unit that stores normal banknotes. An insertion port is provided in the front door, and the multi storage unit is attached to the change processing apparatus so as to be positioned directly below the deposit / withdrawal port. As a result, the structure is simple, the size can be reduced, and bills, coins, foreign matters, etc. collected at the time of cash scrutiny can be checked easily and in a short time.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the change machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a change machine having a bill change machine 11 and a coin change machine 12 as a change processing apparatus, and is attached to a POS register 13. The POS register 13 is disposed in a cash register settlement area in a store. When a customer who visits the store purchases goods or services sold in the store and settles the price, the cashier such as a cashier in the store performs the settlement. The device is operated by a staff member who conducts business, inputs the price as the sales amount of goods and services, totals the total sales amount, and stores the cash received from the customer as the price.

  The POS register 13 functions as a POS terminal in a so-called POS system, and inputs not only sales amount but also sales information such as product items for each product and service purchased by the customer. A host computer (not shown) is connected to the POS register 13 via a communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), and the sales information and the sales amount each time the sales information and the sales amount are input to the POS register 13. The amount is collected, and the sales information and the sales amount as a whole store are totaled. Instead of the POS register 13, a normal register machine not incorporated in the POS system can be used.

  Further, the store is, for example, a convenience store, a supermarket, a discount shop, a department store, a restaurant, a coffee shop, a gas station, etc. It may be a store. When the customer of the store performs checkout at the checkout checkout site, the store staff operates an input device such as a barcode reading device (not shown) attached to the POS register 13 to obtain a product purchased by the customer. When registered in the POS register 13, the total amount of products and services purchased by the customer is displayed on a display device (not shown). Subsequently, the attendant communicates the displayed total amount to the customer and receives cash from the customer. Then, after confirming that the received cash is normal, the cash amount received, that is, the received amount is input to the POS register 13 while the cash is held in a place visible to the customer. Thereby, the POS register 13 calculates a change amount from the total amount and the input received amount.

  Here, when change is required, a withdrawal instruction is issued from the POS register 13 to the change machine 10, and change is withdrawn by the bill change machine 11 and the coin change machine 12. When the clerk hands the changed change to the customer, the settlement process with the customer is completed, and the customer leaves the cashier settlement area. Further, the clerk sorts the money received from the customer into banknotes 60 and coins, which will be described later, and inserts them into the banknote change machine 11 and the coin change machine 12, respectively, and deposits them.

  Then, the coin change machine 12 is rejected after being recognized as being unacceptable, and a coin deposit port 14 for inserting and depositing coins received from a customer, a coin dispensing port 18 for dispensing coins to be paid to the customer as change. A reject unit 20 for storing coins. The banknote change machine 11 is housed in the deposit / withdrawal port 15 for depositing a banknote 60 received from a customer or paying out a banknote 60 to be paid to the customer for withdrawal, and the banknote change machine 11. It has the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 26 as a unified collection store | warehouse | chamber which collect | recovers and stores the banknote 60 currently stored. In addition, the change machine 10 has an operation display unit 17 for an attendant to operate. The operation display unit 17 includes an input unit including a keyboard, a touch panel, a switch, and the like including keys for inputting a collection instruction or a replenishment instruction by a staff member when the banknote 60 is collected or replenished, a CRT, a liquid crystal A display unit including a display, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display, and the like is provided. Reference numeral 19 denotes a switch key for pulling out the main body of the banknote change machine 11 and the collection box 26 from the banknote change machine 11 in the maintenance mode, and enabling the banknote change machine 11 in the operation mode.

  Next, the structure of the banknote change machine 11 will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a banknote change machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing main components of the banknote change machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the bill change machine 11 includes a deposit / withdrawal port 15 and a bill 60 functioning as a deposit port for depositing a bill 60 received from a customer and a withdrawal port for dispensing a bill as change. A banknote recognition unit 22 as a recognition unit to recognize, a first denomination storage 24 as a denomination storage for storing banknotes 60 such as a thousand yen voucher, and a denomination storage for storing banknotes 60 such as a 5,000 yen voucher. As a second denomination storage unit 25, a recovery unit 26 for recovering the internal banknote 60 in the banknote change machine 11, and a banknote transport path 23 for transporting the banknote 60.

  And the said collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 26 is connected on the banknote collection | recovery part 27 as a banknote storage part arrange | positioned directly under the said deposit / withdrawal port 15, and this banknote collection | recovery part 27 for the fall accumulation of a foreign material And a multi-recovery unit 28 as a multi-storage unit integrated. In addition, the said banknote collection part 27 accommodates the regular banknote 60, and the said multi collection | recovery part 28 accommodates things other than the regular banknote 60, such as a coin and a foreign material. Further, the top wall of the collection box 26, that is, the ceiling of the multi-collection unit 28 is shown in FIG. 4 when the collection box 26 is set in the banknote change machine 11 due to falling and accumulation of coins, foreign matters, and the like. An openable / closable gate 51 is opened, and a gate opening / closing mechanism (not shown) for closing the gate 51 when the collection box 26 is pulled out of the bill change machine 11 is provided.

  Moreover, in order to take out other than the regular banknotes 60 collected and stored in the banknote collection unit 27 and the regular banknotes 60 collected and stored in the multi-collection unit 28 on the front surface of the collection box 26. A lockable collection door 29 with a key is attached. The collection door 29 has an insertion port provided with a mechanism (not shown) that can only insert foreign matter that cannot be taken into the bill change machine 11, such as deformed coins, damaged bills, etc., into the multi-collection unit 28. The cash insertion slot 30 is provided. In order to make the cash insertion slot 30 valid, the collection door 29 becomes a part of the front surface of the banknote change machine 11 when the collection box 26 is attached to the banknote change machine 11. It is desirable that

  A more detailed configuration of the bill change machine 11 is as shown in FIG. In this case, when the banknote 60 received from the customer is deposited from the deposit / withdrawal port 15, the banknote 60 is transported along the banknote transport path 23 by a transport roller, a transport belt, etc. (not shown) and recognized by the banknote recognition unit 22. Depending on the denomination, the money is stored in the first money type storage 24 or the second money type storage 25. The first denomination storage unit 24 and the second denomination storage unit 25 can store and store banknotes 60 from above, and can take out the banknotes 60 from above. It has become.

  A gate 51, a feed roller 33, and a separation roller 34 are disposed at the deposit / withdrawal port 15 located immediately above the collection box 26. Since the gate 51 is open when the collection box 26 is set in the banknote change machine 11, the foreign matter thrown into the deposit / withdrawal port 15 can enter the gate 51 disposed at the bottom of the deposit / withdrawal port 15. It passes and falls and is stored in the multi-recovery unit 28. Further, the feed roller 33 and the separation roller 34 constitute a separation gate portion for separating the bills 60 set in the deposit / withdrawal port 15 one by one and feeding them into the bill conveyance path 23, and are in pressure contact with each other. It arrange | positions so that it may oppose.

  Further, a feed roller 39 and a separation roller 40 are disposed at the entrance of the first denomination storage 24. The feed roller 39 and the separation roller 40 constitute a separation gate part for separating the banknotes 60 stored in the first denomination storage 24 one by one and feeding them into the banknote transport path 23, and are in pressure contact with each other. It is arranged to do. Similarly, a feed roller 36 and a separation roller 37 are disposed at the entrance of the second money type storage 25. The feed roller 36 and the separation roller 37 constitute a separation gate part for separating the banknotes 60 stored in the second denomination storage unit 25 one by one and feeding them into the banknote transport path 23, and are pressed against each other. It is arranged to do.

  In addition, since the separation roller 34, the separation roller 37, and the separation roller 40 rotate during the accumulation of the banknotes 60, as shown in FIG. 4, the elongated rubber member is radially extended by the centrifugal force so that no jam occurs. In addition, the operation is performed such that the rear end portion of the stacked banknotes 60 is struck and submerged.

  Reference numeral 49 denotes a transport direction switching mechanism for distributing the banknote 60 separated and transported from the deposit / withdrawal port 15 and whose denomination is determined by the banknote recognition unit 22 to the first denomination storage box 24 and others. . And 48 is the withdrawal banknotes withdrawn as change, and the banknote recognition unit 22 is recirculated, that is, 5,000 yen, thousand yen, and other denominations that cannot be recycled. Reference numeral 60 denotes a conveyance direction switching mechanism for distributing a banknote 60 in which a conveyance abnormality has occurred and a deposit-rejected banknote such as an unrecognizable banknote 60.

  Since the banknote transport path 23 is a bidirectional transport path, the banknote 60 is always transported bidirectionally through the same banknote transport path 23 when depositing, replenishing, dispensing, and collecting. Thereby, a simple conveyance system can be obtained. Moreover, the banknote recognition part 22 detects the money type and state (presence / absence of double feed, skew feeding, chain, etc.) of the banknote 60 conveyed bidirectionally at the time of deposit, replenishment, withdrawal and collection. Be able to.

  Reference numerals 40 and 45 denote sensors for detecting the tagging and separation of the separated banknotes 60 and the separation running state, and reference numeral 42 denotes a sensor for recognition processing. Further, 41 and 43 are timing trigger sensors for switching the transport direction switching mechanism 49 and the transport direction switching mechanism 48 based on the information of the banknote recognition unit 22, respectively. Reference numeral 46 denotes a passage confirmation sensor for collected banknotes.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote change machine 11 of the said structure is demonstrated. First, an operation for storing a foreign object during the entire operation of the deposit transaction process in the cashier settlement area will be described.

  First, a customer who visits a store purchases goods and services sold at the store, and pays the price at the cash register settlement. In this case, the store clerk operates an input device such as a barcode reader to register the product purchased by the customer in the POS register 13. Then, the total amount of products purchased by the customer is displayed on the display device of the POS register 13. Subsequently, the attendant communicates the displayed total amount to the customer and receives cash from the customer. Then, after confirming that the received cash is normal, the cash amount received, that is, the received amount is input to the POS register 13 while the cash is held in a place visible to the customer.

  Thereby, the POS register 13 calculates a change amount from the total amount and the input received amount. Here, when change is required, a withdrawal instruction is issued from the POS register 13 to the change machine 10, and the change machine 10 makes a change. Then, when the clerk hands the changed change to the customer, the settlement process with the customer is completed. Then, the customer leaves the cashier checkout.

  On the other hand, the clerk sorts the cash received from the customer and kept in a place where the customer can see into the bill 60 and the coin, and throws the bill 60 into the deposit / withdrawal port 15 of the bill change machine 11 to collect the coin. Is inserted into the coin deposit port 14 of the coin change machine 12.

  At this time, a clip, a piece of paper, or other foreign matter may be thrown into the deposit / withdrawal port 15 due to carelessness of the attendant or foreign matter mixed in between the bundles of inserted bills 60. Then, the foreign matter thrown into the deposit / withdrawal port 15 is guided to the gate 51 disposed at the bottom of the deposit / withdrawal port 15 in the process of taking in the banknote 60 from the deposit / withdrawal port 15. And is collected and collected in the multi-recovery unit 28 of the collection store 26 located just below the deposit / withdrawal port 15.

  Next, the operation | movement which collect | recovers a banknote which cannot be taken in is demonstrated.

  The banknotes 60 received from the customer at the cash register settlement are inevitably mixed with banknotes that are not regular banknotes 60 such as damaged banknotes, that is, banknotes that cannot be captured. Further, the banknotes 60 removed due to the occurrence of an abnormality in the banknote change machine 11, that is, jammed banknotes, etc. are also handled as non-capable banknotes. Since the banknotes that cannot be taken in cannot be taken into the banknote change machine 11, they are inserted from the cash insertion slot 30 provided in the collection door 29 by the clerk at the cashier settlement area and stored in the multi-recovery unit 28. And stored. A deformed coin or the like included in a coin received from a customer is also inserted from the cash insertion slot 30 as a bill that cannot be taken in, and is stored and stored in the multi-recovery unit 28.

  Next, the operation | movement which collect | recovers the banknote 60 is demonstrated.

  When collecting the banknotes in the banknote change machine 11 such as after the store is closed, the collection operation is executed by the operation of the staff in the store. In this case, when a collection instruction is issued to the banknote change machine 11 from a device control unit (not shown), the banknote 60 is taken out from the first denomination storage unit 24 and the second denomination storage unit 25, and Transported through. Since the banknote transport path 23 is a two-way transport path, the banknote 60 is transported through the banknote transport path 23 at the time of collection as in the case of depositing. The banknote 60 passes through a transport direction switching mechanism 48 disposed in the banknote transport path 23 and is stored and accumulated in the banknote recovery unit 27 of the recovery box 26. Subsequently, when the accumulation of the bills 60 is completed, the gate 51 disposed at the bottom of the deposit / withdrawal port 15 is closed, and the collection box 26 can be extracted from the bill change machine 11.

  Next, an operation for taking out the collected material will be described.

  The collection box 26 that the clerk withdraws from the bill change machine 11 is handed over to a person in charge such as a cash manager who has the authority to unlock the key of the collection box door 29, and the person in charge opens the collection box door 29. . And if this collection | recovery storage door 29 is opened, the thing other than the regular banknote 60 accommodated in the multi collection | recovery part 28 and the banknote collection part 27 and the regular banknote 60 can be collect | recovered at once. In this case, from the multi-collection unit 28, foreign materials such as collected clips, coins, deformed coins that could not be taken into the bill changer 11, damaged bills, jammed bills and other regular bills 60. Is taken out. Further, from the banknote collection unit 27, regular banknotes 60 collected from the first money type storage 24 and the second money type storage 25 are taken out.

  And the banknote 60 taken out from the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 26 is collated with the data of the POS register | resistor 13 as apparatus cash together with the coin taken out from the coin collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber which is not illustrated of the coin change machine 12, and is scrutinized.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the collection box 26 is integrated by connecting the multi-collection unit 28 that stores items other than the regular banknote 60 on the banknote storage unit 27 that stores the regular banknote 60. ing. And the said collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 26 is arrange | positioned in the front surface of the banknote change machine 11, and the multi collection | recovery part 28 is located directly under the deposit or withdrawal port 15. FIG. Therefore, the regular banknote 60 thrown into the banknote change machine 11 and things other than the regular banknote 60 can be collected at a time. Moreover, the structure of the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 26 is simple, and the collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 26 can be reduced in size. Furthermore, it is possible to collect non-capable banknotes that cannot be captured in the banknote change machine 11, such as deformed coins and damaged banknotes. Thereby, the efficiency of the operation | movement which collect | recovers the banknotes 60 can be made high. Furthermore, since the amount of money in the banknote change machine 11 is not distributed to a plurality of collection devices, the efficiency of the examination of the banknote 60 in the banknote change machine 11 can be increased.

  Further, in the present embodiment, an example applied to a banknote unit of a change machine that connects to a POS register or the like used at a cashier settlement counter in a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket and performs banknote deposit and withdrawal processing. As described above, the present invention can also be applied to a terminal used by a bank employee such as an automatic cash dispenser (a window terminal) used at a window of a financial institution such as a bank.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can change variously based on the meaning of this invention, and does not exclude them from the scope of the present invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the banknote change machine in embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the structure of the conventional change processing apparatus. It is a perspective view of a change machine in an embodiment of the invention. It is the schematic which shows the main components of the banknote change machine in embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Banknote change machine 12 Coin change machine 15 Deposit / withdrawal port 26 Collection | recovery store | warehouse 27 Banknote collection | recovery part 28 Multi collection | recovery part 29 Collection | recovery store door 30 Cash insertion slot 51 Gate 60 Banknote

Claims (4)

(A) A unified banknote storage unit that is attached to a change processing apparatus and stores regular banknotes collected from the change processing apparatus and a multi-storage unit that stores non-regular banknotes. A collection bin,
(B) The change processing apparatus includes a deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / withdrawing banknotes,
(C) The multi-storage unit is disposed on the banknote storage unit,
(D) The unified collection store, wherein the multi storage unit is attached to the change processing apparatus so that the multi storage unit is positioned directly below the deposit / withdrawal port. (A) a lockable collection door that covers the front surfaces of the banknote storage unit and the multi-storage unit;
(B) The unified collection warehouse according to claim 1, wherein the collection door includes an insertion port for inserting a thing other than a regular banknote at the position of the multi-housing unit. The unified collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber of Claim 2 with which the said collection | recovery store door is mounted | worn with the position used as a part of front surface of the said change processing apparatus. (A) The multi-storage unit includes a gate that can be opened and closed when the unified collection store is attached to a change processing apparatus, and the ceiling unit includes a gate that can be opened and closed.
(B) The unified collection | recovery box of Claim 1 in which things other than the regular banknote thrown into the said deposit / withdrawal slot fall through the said gate, and are accommodated in the said multi accommodating part.

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