JP2011039593A - Money handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money handling device that prevents miscalculation. <P>SOLUTION: The money handling device which performs a predetermined transaction for a user based on money includes: an accepting unit for accepting money; a conveying unit for conveying money from an upstream section to convey the money accepted to a plurality of downstream sections to receive the money; a plurality of switching units provided at the conveying unit for switching the money conveying direction from the upstream section to either of the downstream sections; and a control unit which operates the switching units from the upstream side to the downstream side to switch the money conveying direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a money handling apparatus, and more particularly, to a technique for conveying coins in an automatic cash handling apparatus, an automatic exchange apparatus, a change machine, or the like in a financial institution or the like.

  In financial institutions such as banks, an automatic cash transaction apparatus (hereinafter referred to as ATM: Automated-Teller Machine) that automatically deposits and withdraws cash is installed, and deposits and withdrawals of coins are performed inside the ATM. A coin deposit / withdrawal mechanism is installed.

  The coin deposit / withdrawal mechanism stores a plurality of coins that are put together by the user in the storage unit, and dispenses a specified amount of coins from the coins stored in the storage unit. The coins are refluxed.

  In a conventional coin deposit / withdrawal mechanism, a temporary storage unit is provided for transporting deposited coins and temporarily stacking coins counted through an identification unit. In addition, the temporary storage unit has a transport path that allows coins to fall in the direction of gravity and pass through it from the viewpoint of downsizing the device and reducing the number of parts. It is commonly used when performing a plurality of operations such as a replenishment process for taking in, a scrutinizing and collecting process for counting coins in the apparatus, and a collecting process for storing coins that have been rejected by the identification unit during operation.

  In the conveyance path, a plurality of passage distribution mechanisms (flappers) that switch the path to the conveyance destination according to the operation described above are arranged from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyance path. When controlling this flapper, a plurality of flappers are simultaneously returned to their original positions, and the return operation is that the last coin that was in the transport source has been normally accumulated in the transport destination after passing through the identification unit. It is considered and done. As a technique for controlling the operation of such a flapper, for example, there are techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.

JP 2007-94927 A JP 2002-329233 A

  However, although the techniques described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 disclose a technique for controlling the operation of the flapper to switch the conveyance path, the order in which the switching is performed is disclosed. It is assumed that the last coin that was at the transport source of the transport path has been normally accumulated at the transport destination after passing through the identification unit, and the plurality of flappers provided from the upstream side to the downstream side are It is returned to the position.

  Therefore, for example, when a deformed coin or a coin to which foreign matter adheres stays between the upstream flapper and the downstream flapper, the vibration of the flapper when the downstream flapper returns to the original position, etc. The accumulated coin passes through the downstream flapper returned to its original position, and the coin is transported to a transport destination that should not be transported, which may cause trouble in subsequent operations. There was a problem.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above, Comprising: It aims at providing the money handling apparatus which can suppress miscalculation trouble.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a money handling apparatus according to the present invention is a money handling apparatus that performs a predetermined transaction using money with a user, and a receiving unit that receives the money; A transport unit that transports the money from an upstream part that is a transport source of the accepted money to a plurality of downstream parts that are transport destinations of the money; A plurality of switching units that switch the money conveyance direction, and a control unit that operates the switching unit in order from the upstream side to the downstream side to switch the money conveyance direction. It is characterized by that.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the money handling apparatus which can suppress miscalculation trouble can be provided.

It is the figure which showed the external appearance of ATM concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the coin processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of the controller shown in FIG. 1, and each part. It is a figure which shows the conveyance path | route of the coin in a coin processing apparatus, when performing a close examination process. In the case of performing a replenishment process, it is a figure which shows the conveyance path | route of the coin in a coin processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the conveyance path | route of the coin in a coin processing apparatus, when performing a collection | recovery process. It is a figure which shows the path | route of the coin conveyed through a temporary storage part and a return conveyance part. It is a figure which shows the example of operation | movement of the flapper provided on the conveyance path. FIG. 9 is a diagram when the conveyance path illustrated in FIG. 8 is viewed from the direction of an arrow A. It is a figure which shows a mode that the 1st flapper shown in FIG. 8, the 2nd flapper, and the 3rd flapper are controlled. It is a figure at the time of seeing the conveyance path shown in FIG. 10 from the direction of arrow A '.

  Embodiments of a money handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the case where the money handling apparatus is applied to a coin processing apparatus is described, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of an automatic teller machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM: Automated-Teller Machine) 1000 according to the present embodiment. The ATM 1000 is installed in a financial institution or the like, and performs various transactions such as deposit and withdrawal of money by user operation.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the ATM 1000 includes an operation unit 101, a card statement handling unit 102, a passbook handling unit 103, a banknote handling unit 104, and a coin processing device 105.

  The operation unit 101 includes a touch panel including a display unit and an input unit. The operation unit 101 displays an operation guide (guidance) related to a transaction, an input deposit amount, a withdrawal amount, etc., specifies a type of transaction to be started (for example, deposit or withdrawal), a deposit amount or a withdrawal amount, etc. Etc. are received.

  The card specification handling unit 102 includes a card mechanism unit (not shown) and a specification mechanism unit (not shown).

  The card mechanism unit accepts insertion of a cash card used when a user conducts a transaction with the ATM 1000, or discharges the inserted cash card. Further, the statement mechanism unit prints the transaction contents (for example, the deposit amount) on the statement slip and discharges the printed statement slip.

  The passbook handling unit 103 accepts insertion of a passbook to be used when a user makes a transaction with the ATM 1000, prints the transaction details (for example, the deposit amount) on a predetermined page of the passbook, and the transaction ends. If you do so, the printed passbook is discharged.

  The banknote handling unit 104 is configured to include a banknote deposit / withdrawal port for taking out and receiving banknotes traded by a user and a storage for storing banknotes. The banknote handling unit 104 determines whether the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port are authentic and stores them in the storage, or stores them in the storage according to the amount of money input from the operation unit 101. The bills are fed out and discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port.

  The coin processing device 105 counts and stores coins inserted by the user, or pays out the coins stored in the storage according to the amount of money input from the input unit of the operation unit 101. It is discharged into the mouth.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of the coin processing device 105. As shown in FIG. 2, the coin processing device 105 includes a shutter 1, a deposit / withdrawal port 2, a feeding unit 3, a coin identifying unit 4, a temporary holding unit 5, a return transport unit 6, and a withdrawal transport unit. 7, a deposit transport unit 8, a money type stacker 9, a lateral transport unit 10, a withdrawal discrimination sensor 11, an operation cartridge 12, a vertical transport unit 13, a batch stacker 14, a storage cartridge 15, The forgotten reject store 16, the operation reject store 17, and the controller 100 are included.

  When the operation unit 101 accepts a specified transaction type, a numerical value such as a deposit amount, or a designation to end the transaction, the shutter 1 opens or closes the deposit / withdrawal port 3 according to an instruction from the controller 100. Close.

  The deposit / withdrawal port 2 accepts coins inserted by the user and temporarily holds the accepted coins. The lower part of the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is opened and closed by an instruction from the controller 100, and the temporarily held coins can be discharged to the feeding unit 3.

  For example, when the operation unit 101 receives designation of the type of transaction, the feeding unit 3 separates the coins discharged from the deposit / withdrawal port 2 into one coin at a time, and separates the separated coins into the coin identification unit 4. Send it out. The conveyance to the coin identifying unit 4 is also performed when performing a scrutiny process, a replenishment process, or a collection process, which will be described later.

  The coin identifying unit 4 determines the denomination of the coin sent out by the feeding unit 3, and identifies the authenticity of the determined coin. When the coin identifying unit 4 determines that the coin conveyed from the feeding unit 3 is a true coin, the coin identifying unit 4 outputs the true coin to the temporary storage unit 5 and when determining that the coin is a false coin, The false coin is output to the return conveyance unit 6.

  Moreover, the coin identification part 4 determines the authenticity of a coin, outputs a true coin to the temporary storage part 5, and after that, a true coin passes the payment | withdrawal conveyance part 7 and the deposit / withdrawal port 2, and again is a delivery part. 3, the denomination of the sent true coin is determined, and the determined denomination coin is conveyed to the deposit conveyance unit 8.

  The temporary holding unit 5 temporarily stores the true coins output from the coin identifying unit 4, and transports the temporarily stored coins to the dispensing transport unit 7 and the collection cartridge 15 when a certain time has elapsed. To do.

  The return conveyance unit 6 discharges the false coins output from the coin identification unit 4 to the withdrawal conveyance unit 7, the collective stacker 14, the collection cartridge 15, or the like. The return conveyance unit 6 sequentially discharges the false coins to the respective units each time the false coins are output from the coin identification unit 4.

  The temporary holding unit 5 and the return conveyance unit 6 are provided with a plurality of flappers, and as will be described later, the coins conveyed can be conveyed to the above-described units under the control of the controller 100. ing. Specific flapper control will be described later.

  When the true coins are discharged from the temporary storage unit 5 or the false coins are discharged from the return transport unit 6, the withdrawal transport unit 7 separates the discharged true coins and false coins into one coin at a time. The separated coins are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 3. Further, the dispensing transport unit 7 separates the coins transported from the lateral transport unit 10 into one coin at a time, and transports the separated coins to the deposit / withdrawal port 3.

  The deposit conveyance unit 8 conveys the true coins conveyed from the coin identification unit 4 to the denomination stacker 9. The deposit conveyance unit 8 is provided with a conveyance path (not shown) for storing the coins conveyed from the coin identification unit 4 for each denomination in the denomination stacker 9 for each denomination. Therefore, when the coin identifying unit 4 determines the denomination of the coin, the coin is output to the determined denomination transport path.

  The denomination stacker 9 stores coins for each denomination. Each coin stored in the denomination stacker 9 is output to the lateral conveyance unit 10 in accordance with an instruction from the controller 100.

  The horizontal conveyance unit 10 conveys coins output from the money type stacker 9 to the withdrawal conveyance unit 7.

  The withdrawal discrimination sensor 11 discriminates the denomination of the coin conveyed by the withdrawal transport unit 7 to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and detects whether or not the coin has passed.

  The operation cartridge 12 is a box or the like for stocking coins to be replenished in advance when coins are not stored in the denomination stacker 9. The coin C inserted from the deposit / withdrawal port 2 is conveyed to the operation cartridge 12 (coin C ′) through the above-described units in the coin processing apparatus 105.

  The vertical conveyance unit 13 conveys coins stocked in the operation cartridge 12 to the withdrawal conveyance unit 7.

  The batch stacker 14 cannot be stored in the denomination stacker 9 or the temporary storage unit 5 because the number of coins stored in the denomination stacker 9 or the number of coins stored in the temporary storage unit 5 exceeds a predetermined number. In some cases, it is a box for stocking excess coins.

  The collection cartridge 15 stores the false coin when the coin identifying unit 4 determines whether the coin is true or false.

  The forgotten reject box 16 stores the coins when the user forgets to remove the coins discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 when the withdrawal / conveyance unit 7 transports the coins to the deposit / withdrawal port 2. Is.

  The operation reject box 17 stores coins that are determined to be fake coins by the coin identification unit 4 when processing such as coin replenishment is executed.

  The controller 100 includes a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the operation of each unit of the above-described coin processing device 105. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the main part of each of the controller 100 shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the controller 100 controls the operation of each unit described above in response to an instruction from the operation unit 101. At that time, the controller 100 accesses the memory 58 as necessary, and stores the operation state of each unit (for example, the direction of the flapper of the temporary storage unit 5 or the return transport unit 6).

  As described above, each part of the coin processing device 105 is operated under the control of the controller 100, but in the following, as an example of processing when coins are conveyed, a scrutiny process, a replenishment process, The collection process will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a coin transport path in the coin processing apparatus 105 when performing a scrutiny process. Here, the scrutiny processing is to count the number of coins stored in the stacking unit of the denomination stacker 9 and the collective stacker 14 and store it in the operation cartridge 12 to count the number of coins in the coin processing apparatus 105. It is processing to do.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the scrutiny process of the denomination stacker 9, coins are fed out from the denomination stacker 9 one by one in accordance with an instruction from the controller 100. The fed coins are conveyed to the withdrawal conveyance unit 4 via the horizontal conveyance unit 10. Thereafter, the coins that pass through the withdrawal discrimination sensor 11 one by one and pass through the withdrawal discrimination sensor 11 are discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 2.

  Thereafter, the coins discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 3 and then conveyed to the coin identifying unit 4. Then, the coin identifying unit 4 determines the authenticity, denomination, number, etc. of the coins, and the coins identified by the coin identifying unit 4 are stored in the operation cartridge 12 through the temporary storage unit 2.

  In the scrutiny process of the batch stacker 14, first, coins in the batch stacker 14 are transported one by one from the batch stacker 14 to the withdrawal transport unit 4 by the vertical transport unit 9. After that, it is transported to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 by the dispensing transport unit 4 via the coin identifying unit 4 and performs the same processing as the scrutiny processing of the denomination stacker 9. Next, the case where the replenishment process is performed will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a coin transport path in the coin processing apparatus 105 when the replenishment process is performed. Here, the replenishment process is an operation of storing coins for operation in a stacker in the apparatus. Normally, the replenishment process is an operation of storing from the operation cartridge 12 into the money stacker 9, but when the storage capacity of the money stacker 9 is full, the replenishment process passes through the temporary storage unit 5 and puts coins into the batch stacker 14. May be stored.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the replenishment process, coins are fed from the operation cartridge 12 to the vertical conveyance unit 9 and conveyed one by one to the withdrawal conveyance unit 4 in accordance with an instruction from the controller 100. Thereafter, similarly to the above-described scrutinization processing, the sheets pass through the withdrawal discrimination sensor 11 one by one and are discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 2.

  Then, the coins discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are separated one by one by the feeding unit 3 and then conveyed to the coin identifying unit 4. Then, the coin identifying unit 4 determines the authenticity, denomination, number, etc. of the coins, and the coins identified by the coin identifying unit 4 pass through the temporary storage unit 5 and are stored in the collective stacker 14. Subsequently, the collection process will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a coin conveyance path in the coin processing apparatus 105 when the collection process is performed. Here, the collection process is an operation of storing the coins, which are determined to be rejected by the coin identifying unit 4 during operation, in the operation reject box 17 of the recovery cartridge 15, and performs the same storage operation in several transactions. In the following description, the operation of storing rejected coins when depositing and storing the received coins in the denomination stacker 9 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the collection process, in accordance with an instruction from the controller 100, the coins C inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2 from the user are separated one by one by the feeding unit 3 and conveyed to the coin identifying unit 4. When the coin identifying unit 4 identifies the coin, the identified coin is transported to the temporary storage unit 5, and the coin of the temporary storage unit 5 is transported to the withdrawal transport unit 7.

  Thereafter, similarly to the above-described scrutiny processing and replenishment processing, the paper is passed through the withdrawal discrimination sensor 11 one by one and discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 2. And the coin discharged | emitted by the deposit or withdrawal port 2 is isolate | separated one by one in the delivery part 3, the separated coin is conveyed to the coin identification part 4, and the coin identification part 4 is the authenticity of a coin, denomination, The number of sheets is determined.

  Then, the coins determined to be genuine by the coin identifying unit 4 are transported to the deposit transport unit 8 and stored in the denomination stacker 9 for each denomination. The coins that are determined to be rejected by the coin identifying unit 4 are transported again to the temporary holding unit 5 and then stored in the operation reject box 17 of the recovery cartridge 15.

  Thus, when performing a plurality of processes such as the above-described scrutiny process, a part of the coin processing device 105 such as the temporary holding unit 5 is used in common. Therefore, if the plurality of flappers provided in the temporary holding unit 5 and the return conveyance unit 6 described above are not correctly controlled, for example, when a scrutiny process is performed and coins are retained on the conveyance path for some reason, When the replenishment process or the recovery process is performed, the staying coins that should not be replenished or recovered are also replenished or recovered, resulting in an impediment. Therefore, hereinafter, control of the flapper provided on such a conveyance path will be described.

  In the following description, the flapper is described as being provided in the temporary holding unit 5 and the return conveyance unit 6, but is not limited to these parts, and the flapper is provided in a part serving as a coin conveyance path. In the case where various coins are processed, any transfer path can be used in common.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a path of coins that are transported through the temporary storage unit 5 and the return transport unit 6. As shown in FIG. 7, a first transport path entrance 30 for receiving coins is provided at the top of the temporary storage section 5, and a second transport path entrance 31 is provided at the top of the return transport section 6.

  The temporary holding unit 5 and the return conveyance unit 6 have a configuration branched in four directions at the lower part thereof, and have four conveyance outlets. Specifically, a scrutinization outlet 32 that allows coins to pass when scrutiny processing is performed, a replenishment outlet 33 that allows coins to pass when replenishment processing is performed, and a coin that passes coins when recovery processing is performed And a recovery outlet 34 for allowing the user to pass the coins forgotten by withdrawal.

  As described above, the temporary holding unit 5 and the return conveyance unit 6 are commonly used when performing a plurality of processes, and the coins received at the first conveyance path entrance 30 or the second conveyance path entrance 31 are caused by their own weight. It is dropped and transported. The first transport path entrance 30 is a path through which coins deposited mainly by the user pass, and the second transport path entrance 31 is mainly used as a coin path from the batch stacker 14 of the scrutiny processing to the operation cartridge 12. used.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the flapper provided on the conveyance path described above. FIG. 9 is a diagram when the conveyance path shown in FIG. 8 is viewed from the direction of arrow A. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a flapper is provided from the upstream side to the downstream side at the branch point on the conveyance path through which the coin passes, and the conveyance destination of the coin is switched according to an instruction from the controller 100.

  Specifically, the temporary holding unit 5 and the return conveyance unit 6 are provided with a first flapper 36, a second flapper 37, a third flapper 38, and a fourth flapper 39. Each flapper is connected to an actuator (not shown), and when the actuator is in an ON state or an OFF state, the flapper rotates around the rotation fulcrum axis P to connect the passages. Note that the actuator transitions to an ON state or an OFF state in accordance with an instruction from the controller 100.

  The first flapper 36 switches the direction of the dispensing transport unit 7 and the direction of the batch stacker 14, the recovery cartridge 15, and the operation cartridge 12 that are storage units. The second flapper 37 switches the direction of the batch stacker 14 and the direction of the operation cartridge 12.

  The third flapper 38 switches the direction of the operation cartridge 12 and the direction of the reject storage 16 that is left behind. The fourth flapper 39 switches between the direction of the batch stacker 12 and the direction of the operation reject box 17.

  Next, the operation of each flapper described above will be described. In the following description, the operation of the flapper when the scrutiny process is performed is described, but the present invention can also be applied to processes other than the scrutiny process such as the replenishment process described above.

  First, in the scrutiny process, the coins stored in the batch stacker 14 are stored in the operation cartridge 12 according to the procedure shown in FIG. At that time, the coins to be transported are transported while being sandwiched one by one by a thickness width of the coins on a pair of transport belts (not shown) until the coins are passed from the collective stacker 14 to the coin identifying unit 4.

  At this time, the number of coins fed out from the batch stacker 14 is stored in the memory 58 in advance, and the number of coins stored in the memory 58 is compared with the number of coins that have passed through the coin identification unit 4. , Managing the increase and decrease.

  The coin that has passed through the coin identification unit 4 enters the temporary storage unit 5 from the second conveyance path entrance 31 shown in FIG. 7, and then falls in the direction of gravity by its own weight and is conveyed to the scrutinization outlet 32. The flappers that pass during the scrutiny processing are the first flapper 36, the second flapper 37, and the third flapper 38 shown in FIG. 8, and the position of each flapper is controlled in order from upstream to downstream during the coin conveyance.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how the first flapper 36, the second flapper 37, and the third flapper 38 shown in FIG. 8 are controlled. FIG. 11 is a view of the conveyance path shown in FIG. 10 when viewed from the direction of the arrow A ′. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the first flapper 36 and the third flapper 38 rotate so as to be in the ON state around the rotation fulcrum axis P when the actuator (not shown) is in the ON state. The second flapper 37 rotates about the rotation fulcrum axis P so as to be in the OFF state (that is, the original position).

  Then, when the actuator (not shown) is turned off after completion of the scrutiny processing, the first flapper 36 and the third flapper 38 are returned to their original positions by turning off the actuator.

  Regarding the timing at which each flapper returns to the original position, the controller 100 counts the time during which the last coin stored in the batch stacker 14 is correctly accumulated in the operation cartridge 12 after passing through the coin identifying unit 4. This is performed after determining that all the coins stored in the batch stacker 14 have been conveyed to the operation cartridge 12 after the set time has elapsed.

  The order in which each flapper returns to the original position is performed in the order from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path, the first flapper 36 is returned first, and then the third flapper 38 is returned.

  Note that the time for each flapper to return to the original position is the positional relationship between the coin identification unit 4 and the flapper, the positional relationship between the flapper and the flapper, and the variation in the coin conveyance speed and the response speed of each flapper, etc. Is calculated based on

  For example, if the positions of the flapper located upstream of the transport path and the flapper located downstream are relatively close, the upstream flapper returns to the original position even when the coin transport speed is slow. If the interval between the start time and the time when the downstream flapper starts to return to the original position is shortened, or if the coin transport speed is relatively fast, the flapper located downstream of the transport path Even when the position of the flapper to be operated is far, the interval between the time when the upstream flapper starts returning to the original position and the time when the downstream flapper starts returning to the original position is shortened.

  The return start time of the first flapper 36 is set after the time required for the last coin to pass through the first flapper 36 after passing through the coin identifying unit 4, and the return of the third flapper 38. The start time is set after the time necessary for the last coin to pass through the third flapper 38 after passing through the first flapper 36 so that the coin is transported to the target transport destination. The operation of each flapper is controlled.

  In this way, in the coin processing device 105 that performs a predetermined transaction using money with the user, the deposit / withdrawal port 2 accepts the coin, and each unit such as the temporary holding unit 5 and the return transport unit 6 is accepted. A plurality of coins are transported from an upstream part which is a transport source of coins to a plurality of downstream parts which are transport destinations of coins, and each part is provided, and a plurality of coins are switched from one upstream part to another downstream part. Since the flapper 36 and the controller 100 operate the flapper 36 and the like in order from the upstream side to the downstream side to switch the coin conveyance direction, it is possible to suppress miscalculation troubles.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operations of the plurality of flappers provided in the temporary storage unit 5 and the return conveyance unit 6 have been described in the case where the coin to be conveyed falls due to its own weight. However, this is not limited to the case where the coin falls due to its own weight. For example, even when the entrance and exit of a transport path that transports coins horizontally are connected to a plurality of other transport paths, It is also possible to provide the above-described flapper at the branch point between the exit of the transport path for transporting and the entrance of the other transport path, and to control the operation in order from upstream to downstream.

  In addition, the control of the flapper described above is not limited to the coin processing device, for example, a change machine for exchanging banknotes into coins, medals other than coins, banknotes, securities, etc. When carrying out the process of carrying from one position to another position, any apparatus that uses a common conveyance path can be applied.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1000 ... ATM, 101 ... Operation part, 102 ... Card statement handling part, 103 ... Passbook handling part, 104 ... Banknote handling part, 105 ... Coin processing apparatus, 1 ... Shutter, 2 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 3 ... Feeding part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Coin identification part, 5 ... Temporary reservation part, 6 ... Return conveyance part, 7 ... Discharge conveyance part, 8 ... Deposit conveyance part, 9 ... Money-type stacker, 10 ... Lateral conveyance part, 11 ... Withdrawal discrimination sensor, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Operation cartridge, 13 ... Vertical conveyance part, 14 ... Collective stacker, 15 ... Collection | recovery cartridge, 16 ... Forgetting rejection warehouse, 17 ... Operation rejection warehouse, 36 ... 1st flapper, 37 ... 2nd flapper, 38 ... 3rd Flapper, 39 ... 4th flapper, 58 ... Memory, 100 ... Controller, C (C ') ... Coin.

Claims (4)

A currency handling apparatus that performs predetermined transactions using money with a user,
A receiving unit for receiving the money;
A transport unit that transports the money from an upstream part that is the transport source of the accepted money to a plurality of downstream parts that are transport destinations of the money;
A plurality of switching units that are provided in the transport unit and switch the transport direction of the money from the upstream unit to any of the downstream units;
A control unit that operates the switching unit in order from the upstream side to the downstream side to switch the transport direction of the money;
A currency handling apparatus comprising: The control unit performs a plurality of processes for the predetermined transaction, and when one process is completed, the control unit starts from the switched switching unit in the order from the upstream unit side to the downstream unit side. Control to switch to the position of
The money handling apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit controls to switch the switching unit on the downstream side when a predetermined time has elapsed after switching the switching unit on the upstream side.
The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The control unit is configured to switch the switching unit on the downstream side after the time for the money to pass between the switching unit on the upstream side and the switching unit on the downstream side. To control,
The money handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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