JP2018097466A - Automatic change deposit/withdrawal machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a duplex type automatic change deposit/withdrawal machine sharing a mechanism for enhancing the capability of dispensing a bill while shortening a user's waiting time.SOLUTION: An automatic change deposit/withdrawal machine with an enclosure having a cash deposit/withdrawal part on both sides comprises: a bill deposit/withdrawal port; a bill temporary storage part for temporarily storing a deposited bill or a bill to be dispensed to the deposit/withdrawal port; a bill individual conveyance part for conveying the bill; and a bill detection part. The enclosure includes: a bill storage part for commonly storing bills deposited respectively from the bill deposit/withdrawal port on both sides; a bill common conveyance part for conveying a bill by a driving part common to the cash deposit/withdrawal parts; and a control part. The control part executes a first export process for exporting the bill from the bill temporary storage part by the bill individual conveyance part on the basis of the detection result of the bill detection part, and a second export process for exporting the bill from the bill temporary storage part by cooperation of the bill individual conveyance part and the bill common conveyance part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic change depositing / dispensing machine that stores inserted banknotes according to the type of banknotes and performs payout using the stored banknotes.

  Automatic change and payment machines installed in vending machines, automatic ticket vending machines, self-service gas stations and supermarkets, etc. have built-in automatic change deposit and withdrawal machines. A banknote storage / discharge device having a plurality of banknote storage chambers is provided.

  Such an automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine conveys and stacks the banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount to the temporary storage unit when dispensing, and transports the accumulated banknotes to the banknote return unit in a bundled state for withdrawal. There is something configured as follows. In such an automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine, when banknotes are conveyed and stacked one by one to the temporary storage unit, if the banknotes are folded and stacked in the temporary storage unit, a stacking jam occurs, and it becomes impossible to withdraw. May cause problems.

In order to avoid such a problem, conventionally, various measures have been made to prevent banknote discharge failure by increasing the banknote discharge force.
For example, when a bill is taken in (or when a bill is released), by providing a push-down mechanism that partially depresses the transport belt of the upper belt transport body, the bill pull-in force (or push-out force) is increased, and bills are not taken in correctly (or An invention of a banknote transport apparatus is disclosed that prevents the discharge failure) and optimizes the transport force of the upper belt transport body when not pressed down in accordance with the feed transport (or stacking). (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-255459

  On the other hand, in recent years, a double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine having a deposit / withdrawal unit for depositing / withdrawing banknotes not only on one side of the apparatus but also on the opposite side is being introduced.

  With such a double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine, for example, in a self-service gas station, it is possible to deposit and withdraw banknotes from the two refueling lanes by installing a device between the two refueling lanes. It becomes. Therefore, in the conventional single-sided automatic change depositing / dispensing machine, it is necessary to install one device for each oil supply lane, whereas in the double-sided automatic change depositing / dispensing device, one device has 2 Since it is possible to cope with deposits and withdrawals from one oil lane, it is possible to reduce the cost required for introducing the equipment.

In addition, the banknote storage unit for storing banknotes, the transport roller and transport belt for transporting banknotes to the banknote storage unit, and the drive motor for rotationally driving the transport roller are separately provided for each deposit / withdrawal unit. In addition, the apparatus can be reduced in size by combining them into one for each deposit / withdrawal unit.
Therefore, it is possible to install a double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine in a narrow space between two oil supply lanes.

  Furthermore, in such a double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine, it is required to reduce costs and save space by sharing a mechanism for increasing the banknote discharge force.

  However, if the mechanism for increasing the banknote discharge force is simply made common, when banknotes are discharged on one side, the transfer roller etc. operates in the banknote discharge direction on the other side, and banknotes can be deposited. Disappear. As a result, the user on the opposite side is kept waiting until the banknotes are discharged on one side, which may worsen the convenience for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and in a double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine, an automatic change deposit / withdrawal mechanism that uses a common mechanism for increasing the paper discharge force while suppressing the waiting time of the user. The purpose is to provide a machine.

  According to this invention, it is an automatic change depositing / dispensing machine provided with a housing having a depositing / dispensing part on both sides, wherein the depositing / dispensing part is deposited from the banknote depositing / dispensing port and the banknote depositing / dispensing port, respectively. A banknote temporary storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes or banknotes to be dispensed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port, a banknote individual transport unit that transports banknotes by a drive unit corresponding to the deposit / withdrawal unit, and the banknote temporary storage A bill detection unit that detects bills stored in the bank, and the housing includes a bill storage unit that commonly stores bills deposited from both sides of the bill deposit / withdrawal port, and a double-sided deposit / withdrawal unit. A banknote common transport section that transports banknotes by a common drive section, and a control section that controls the deposit / withdrawal section, the banknote storage section, and the banknote common transport section, and the control section detects the banknote The banknote deposit / withdrawal port When it is determined that the deposited banknote has not been normally transported into the banknote temporary storage unit, the banknote individual transport unit performs a first unloading process for unloading the banknote from the banknote temporary storage unit, and In the carrying-out process, when it is determined that the banknote has not been normally carried out from the banknote temporary storage unit, the banknote is carried out from the banknote temporary storage unit in cooperation with the banknote individual transport unit and the banknote common transport unit. An automatic change depositing / dispensing machine is provided that performs the second carry-out process.

  According to the automatic change depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention, in the double-sided automatic change depositing / dispensing machine, a mechanism for increasing the discharging power of banknotes is made common while suppressing the waiting time of the user.

It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the double-sided automatic change depositing and dispensing machine of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of the automatic change deposit or withdrawal machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the payment process to the banknote temporary storage part of the automatic change depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the deposit / withdrawal of the banknote when not using a banknote common conveyance roller in the automatic change depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the determination method of the priority which uses the banknote common conveyance roller of the automatic change depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the discharge process from the banknote temporary storage part of the automatic change depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the deposit / withdrawal of a banknote in the case of using a banknote common conveyance roller in the automatic change depositing / withdrawing machine shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the deposit / withdrawal of a banknote in the case of using a banknote common conveyance roller in the double-sided automatic change depositing / withdrawing machine of Embodiment 2 of this invention.

(I) An automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine provided with a housing having a deposit / withdrawal part on both sides, wherein the deposit / withdrawal part is a banknote deposit / withdrawal port and a banknote deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port, or the A banknote temporary storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes to be dispensed to a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, a banknote individual transport unit that transports banknotes by a drive unit corresponding to the deposit / withdrawal unit, and a banknote temporary storage unit A bill detector that detects the bills that have been made, and the housing is common to a bill storage portion that stores bills that are deposited from both sides of the bill deposit / withdrawal port and a deposit / withdrawal portion on both sides. A banknote common transport unit that transports banknotes by a drive unit, and a control unit that controls the deposit / withdrawal unit, the banknote storage unit, and the banknote common transport unit, and the control unit detects the banknote detection unit. Based on the result, it was deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port When it is determined that the bill has not been normally conveyed into the banknote temporary storage unit, the banknote individual transport unit executes a first carry-out process for carrying out the banknote from the banknote temporary storage unit, and the first carry-out process is performed. 2, the banknotes are unloaded from the banknote temporary storage unit by the cooperation of the banknote individual transport unit and the banknote common transport unit. The unloading process is executed.

The “automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine” is provided with a bill storage / discharge device having a plurality of bill storage chambers for storing inserted bills, paying out using the stored bills, and storing bills in denominations. Device. The automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine of this invention may be provided with a coin storing / dispensing device capable of storing and dispensing a plurality of types of coins by denomination.
Note that the present invention is not limited to the case of having both sides (two) of deposit / withdrawal units, and can also be applied to an automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine having three or more deposit / withdrawal units.
The "banknote individual transport section that transports banknotes by a driving section corresponding to the deposit / withdrawal section" is to carry the banknotes of the deposit / withdrawal section on a certain surface independently of the deposit / withdrawal section on the other surface. It is the banknote conveyance part driven individually.
The “drive unit” does not necessarily correspond to a motor. For example, in a mechanism that uses a movable gear to determine whether or not the rotational driving force from one motor is transmitted to each deposit / withdrawal unit, the rotational driving force of the motor is transmitted only to the deposit / withdrawal unit on one side. In this case, it corresponds to the “driving unit corresponding to the deposit / withdrawal unit”.
The “banknote common transport section that transports banknotes by a drive section common to the both-side deposit / withdrawal sections” is a banknote transport section that is driven in common with respect to both-side deposit / withdrawal sections.

  The “banknote individual transport section” of the present invention is realized by the banknote transport rollers 32A, 33A, 32B, 33B, the banknote transport belts 39A, 39B, a motor (not shown), and the like. It is realized by the detection sensors 35A, 35B, 36A, 36B, and the “banknote common transport section” of the present invention is realized by the banknote common transport rollers 38A, 38B, a transport belt and a motor (not shown), and the like.

  Moreover, the automatic change depositing / dispensing machine of this invention may be comprised as follows, and may be combined suitably.

(Ii) An error notification unit that notifies an error is further provided, and when the control unit determines in the second carry-out process that the banknote has not been normally carried out from the temporary storage unit, the control unit notifies the error notification unit. An error may be notified.

  In this way, since the number of error notifications can be reduced as compared with the prior art, an automatic change depositing / dispensing machine that improves user convenience can be realized.

  The “error notification unit” may be a unit that reports an error to a display unit such as a display, or may be a unit that reports an error using a sound generation unit such as a speaker.

(Iii) The banknote common transport unit is opposed to the banknote common transport roller and a banknote common transport roller that is driven to rotate by a drive unit common to the both-side deposit / withdrawal unit and discharges banknotes from the banknote temporary storage unit. A movable plate that is provided at a position and moves toward the banknote common transport roller to bring the banknote into contact with the banknote common transport roller, and the control unit temporarily transfers the banknote in the first carry-out process. When it is determined that the banknote has not been properly carried out from the storage unit, the movable plate is moved toward the banknote common transport roller to bring the banknote into contact with the banknote common transport roller, and then the both-side deposit / withdrawal unit The second carry-out process may be executed by rotationally driving the banknote common transport roller with a common drive unit.

  If it does in this way, the 2nd carrying-out process using a bill common conveyance part can be realized by a simple and cheap mechanism using a conveyance roller and a movable plate.

(Iv) The banknote detection unit includes two or more banknote detection sensors provided at different positions in the banknote transport direction in the banknote temporary storage unit, and all of the two or more banknote detection sensors detect banknotes. When the said control part judges that the said banknote was normally conveyed in the said banknote temporary storage part.

  If it does in this way, it will become possible to detect with a plurality of sensors the occurrence of the trouble that a bent bill enters or a bill is caught in the middle of a conveyance way.

(V) The control unit further includes a priority determining unit that determines whether or not a priority to use the banknote common transport unit with priority is acquired for the deposit / withdrawal unit. In the carry-out process, when it is determined that the banknote has not been normally carried out from the banknote temporary storage unit, when the priority to use the banknote common transport unit is acquired by the priority determination unit, the second The carry-out process may be executed.

  If it does in this way, since each deposit / withdrawal part uses a banknote common conveyance part when the priority which uses a banknote common conveyance part preferentially is given, for example, a banknote is simultaneously received from a double-side deposit / withdrawal part. There is an advantage that banknote discharge processing such as when depositing is performed smoothly.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the following description is an illustration in all the points, Comprising: It should not be interpreted as limiting this invention.

(Embodiment 1)
<About the configuration of the automatic change depositing and dispensing machine 100>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 shown in FIG. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 of the present invention has a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11A, a first coin insertion port 13A, and a coin payout port 14A on one side. The housing (automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine main body) 10 having a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11B, a second coin insertion port 13B, and a coin payout port 14B is provided on the opposite surface.

  Moreover, the automatic change depositing / dispensing machine 100 is provided between the banknote storage part 20 in the housing | casing 10, the banknote conveyance path 40 which conveys a banknote to the banknote storage part 20, the banknote conveyance path 40, and the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 11A. The banknote temporary storage part 30B provided between the banknote temporary storage part 30A, the banknote conveyance path 40, and the banknote depositing / withdrawing port 11B is provided.

  In addition, the automatic change depositing and dispensing machine 100 includes a coin storage unit 50 and a coin transport unit 60A (FIG. 2) that transports coins respectively inserted into the first coin input port 13A and the second coin input port 13B to the coin storage unit 50. And a coin transport unit 60B (see FIG. 2).

  In addition, this automatic change depositing and dispensing machine 100 is provided in the middle of the banknote identification part (banknote identification sensor 41) which identifies the denomination of the banknote conveyed by the banknote conveyance path 40, and a coin conveyance part, and the denomination of a coin Coin identifying unit, banknote identifying unit, banknote storage unit 20, banknote temporary storage unit 30A, banknote temporary storage unit 30B, banknote common transport unit 40, coin identification unit, coin storage unit 50, coin transport unit 60A and coins A control unit 101 connected to the transport unit 60B and the like is further provided.

  The banknote storage unit 20 includes first, second and third banknote storage units 21, 22, and 23 that store a plurality of types of banknotes having different denominations, for example, 10,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, and thousand yen bills. The first banknote storage unit 21 for storing 10,000 yen bills and the second banknote storage chamber 22 for storing 5,000 yen bills have the same size space, and are provided in three upper and lower tiers. Three bill storage part 23 has the widest space.

  The banknote common conveyance part 40 is a conveyance path | route provided with several banknote common conveyance rollers 38A and 38B (refer FIG. 4) etc., and any one of the 1st-3rd banknote accommodating parts 21-23, or a banknote. A transport path switching mechanism that switches the transport path so that the bill is transported to any one of the deposit / withdrawal ports 11A and 11B.

  The control part 101 receives the banknote identification signal from a banknote identification part, and the deposit conveyance command signal which conveys a banknote to any one of the 1st-3rd banknote accommodating parts 21-23 according to a banknote identification signal. To the banknote temporary storage unit 30A, the banknote temporary storage unit 30B, the banknote common transport unit 40, etc. It is comprised so that a payment conveyance command signal may be transmitted to the banknote temporary storage parts 30A and 30B, the banknote common conveyance part 40, etc. so that it may convey to any one of them.

<Flow of deposit processing to the temporary bill storage units 30A and 30B of the automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100>
Next, based on FIGS. 3-5, the flow of the money_receiving | payment process to the banknote temporary storage parts 30A and 30B of the automatic change depositing / withdrawing machine 100 is demonstrated.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of deposit processing to the banknote temporary storage units 30A and 30B of the automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 shows the automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the deposit / withdrawal of the banknote when not using banknote common conveyance roller 38A, 38B, FIG. 5 uses the banknote common conveyance roller 38A, 38B of the automatic change depositing / dispensing machine 100 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the determination method of a priority.

  In the following description, the case where a banknote is deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11A will be described as a representative, but the same applies to the case where a banknote is deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11B.

  In step S101 of FIG. 3, when a banknote is deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11A (step S101), the control unit 101 deposits / withdraws an optical sensor or the like provided in the vicinity of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11A in subsequent step S102. It is determined whether or not the bill sensor 31A has detected the banknote (step S102).

  When the deposit / withdrawal port sensor 31A detects the banknote (when the determination in step S102 is Yes), the control unit 101 conveys the banknote to the temporary banknote storage unit 30A in step S103 (step S103).

As shown in FIG. 4, the banknote temporary storage unit 30 </ b> A includes a storage room for temporarily storing banknotes, a banknote entrance for entering and exiting the banknotes, and a pair of upper and lower banknotes provided at the banknote entrance. Conveying rollers 32A and 33A are provided.
In addition, the broken line BL represents the banknote accommodated in 30 A of banknote temporary storage parts.

When the deposit / withdrawal port sensor 31A detects a banknote, the control unit 101 drives the pair of banknote transport rollers 32A and 33A and the belt interlocked with the banknote transport rollers 32A and 33A to rotate in the deposit direction by a motor (not shown) to temporarily store the banknote. The banknote is conveyed to the storage unit 30A.
Thereafter, the control unit 101 performs the determination in step S104 (step S104).

  On the other hand, in step S102, when the deposit / withdrawal port sensor 31A does not detect the banknote (when the determination in step S102 is No), the control unit 101 repeats the determination in step S102 (step S102).

  Next, in step S104, after the deposit / withdrawal port sensor 31A detects the banknote, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the banknote has normally entered the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time. (Step S104).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the banknote temporary storage unit 30A includes banknote transport rollers 32A and 33A, and banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A at the bottom of the storage chamber.

  Here, when viewed from the storage room, when the banknote entrance / exit side (direction) in the banknote transport direction is the front side (front) and the opposite side (direction) is the rear side (rear), the banknote detection sensor 35A, 36A is provided in each of the first half and the second half of the storage room.

  After the deposit / withdrawal port sensor 31A detects the banknote, the control unit 101 detects that the banknote detection sensor 35A, 36A detects the presence of the banknote within the predetermined time. It is determined that the bill has entered normally.

  When the banknote normally enters the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (when the determination in step S104 is Yes), the control unit 101 performs the determination in step S105 (step S105).

On the other hand, when a folded banknote enters or a banknote is caught in the middle of the conveyance path, either one of the banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A or any sensor should not detect the presence of the banknote. There is.
In such a case, the control part 101 determines with the said banknote not having entered into the banknote temporary storage part 30A normally.

  When the banknote does not normally enter the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (when the determination in step S104 is No), the control unit 101 in step S106, the banknote temporary storage unit 30A A bill discharge process is executed (step S106).

  In addition, the detail of the discharge process of the said banknote from 30 A of banknote temporary storage parts is mentioned later in description of FIG. 5 and FIG.

Next, in step S105, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the priority to use the banknote transport path has been obtained (step S105).
In addition, the priority which uses the banknote conveyance path 40 is determined by the priority determination part which is not shown in figure.

Here, based on FIG. 5, the determination method of the priority which uses the banknote conveyance path 40 is demonstrated.
The horizontal axis in FIG. 5 indicates the time axis. When the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11A side is the A side and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11B side is the B side, the priority flag is set to the A side and the B side at a certain time. Indicates to which side it has fallen.

As shown in FIG. 5, the priority determining unit switches the priority flag alternately between the A side and the B side every predetermined period τ (ms). The interval of the period τ is, for example, 10 ms to 2000 ms, preferably 100 ms to 200 ms.
For example, at the time point P1, the priority right flag falls to the A side, and at the time point P2, the priority right flag falls to the B side.

  Here, when the banknote normally enters the temporary banknote storage unit 30A, that is, when both banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A detect the presence of the banknote, the control unit 101 sets the priority flag to the A side. And which side of the B side has fallen.

For example, when the banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A both detect the presence of the banknote as the time P1 in FIG. 5, since the priority flag is collapsed on the A side, the banknote conveyance path 40 on the A side. The priority to use is given.
Therefore, the A side can use the banknote conveyance path 40 immediately.

  On the other hand, when the banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A both detect the presence of the banknote as the time point P2 in FIG. 5, the priority flag is collapsed on the B side. The bill conveyance path 40 cannot be used.

  In this case, when the banknote detection sensors 35B and 36B both detect the presence of banknotes, the priority to use the banknote transport path 40 is given to the B side, and A is used until the use of the banknote transport path 40 by the B side is completed. The banknote transport process on the side is in a standby state.

  On the other hand, if the banknote detection sensors 35B and 36B do not detect the presence of banknotes while the priority flag is tilted to the B side and the priority flag is tilted again to the A side after τms, the A side is the banknote transport path. 40 can be used.

  Thus, since the priority which uses the banknote conveyance path 40 is given to the side where the priority-right flag has fallen, for example, the banknote is discharged when the banknotes are deposited almost simultaneously from the banknote deposit / withdrawal ports 11A and 11B. There is a merit that processing becomes smooth.

  In step S105, when the priority to use the banknote transport path 40 is obtained (when the determination in step S105 is Yes), the control unit 101 ends the depositing process to the banknote temporary storage unit 30A.

  Thereafter, the control unit 101 rotates and drives the banknote common transport roller 38A with a motor (not shown) to transport the banknote in the banknote temporary storage unit 30A to the banknote transport path 40, and then the optical sensor (or the magnetic sensor or both). The banknote identification sensor 41 having a sensor) identifies the denomination of the banknote and, based on the identification result, of the banknote storage section 20, one of the first, second, and third banknote storage sections 21-23. Sort and store.

  On the other hand, in step S105, when the priority to use the banknote transport path 40 cannot be obtained (when the determination in step S105 is No), the control unit 101 proceeds to step S105 until the priority to use the banknote transport path 40 is obtained. The above process is repeated (step S105).

<Flow of Discharge Processing from the Banknote Temporary Storage Unit 30A of the Automatic Change Deposit / withdrawal Machine 100>
Next, based on FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the flow of the discharge process from 30 A of banknote temporary storage parts of the automatic change deposit or withdrawal machine 100 is demonstrated.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the discharge process from the temporary banknote storage unit 30A of the automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 shows the common banknote in the automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the deposit / withdrawal of the banknote in the case of using the conveyance rollers 38A and 38B.

  In the following description, the case of discharging banknotes from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A will be described as a representative, but the same applies to the case of discharging banknotes from the banknote temporary storage unit 30B.

  In step S104 of FIG. 3, when the banknote does not normally enter the temporary banknote storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (when the determination in step S104 of FIG. 3 is No), the control unit 101 A process of discharging the banknote from the storage unit 30A is executed.

  In step S201 in FIG. 6, the control unit 101 rotates the bill transport rollers 32A and 33A and the belt interlocked with the bill transport rollers 32A and 33A in the dispensing direction by a motor (not shown), and the bill from the bill temporary storage unit 30A. (Step S201).

  Next, in step S202, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the banknote has been normally discharged from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (step S202).

  Here, after the banknote discharge process is started, the control unit 101 starts from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A when the banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A do not detect the presence of the banknote within a predetermined time. It is determined that the banknote has been discharged normally.

  When the banknote is normally ejected from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (when the determination in step S202 is Yes), the control unit 101 assumes that the banknote has been returned to the user. End the discharge process.

On the other hand, when a banknote is caught in the middle of the conveyance path, the presence of the banknote is detected by one of the banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A.
In such a case, the control part 101 determines with the said banknote not being normally discharged | emitted from 30 A of banknote temporary storage parts.

  In this case, conventionally, an error is reported and the banknote is manually removed. However, in the present invention, the banknotes are discharged from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A by performing the following steps S203 to S205. I am raising my power.

In step S202, when a banknote is not normally discharged | emitted from 30 A of banknote temporary storage parts within predetermined time (when determination of step S202 is No), the control part 101 is the banknote conveyance path 40 in step S203. It is determined whether or not the priority to use is obtained (step S203).
The priority determination method is as described with reference to FIG.

  When the priority to use the banknote transport path 40 is obtained (when the determination in step S203 is Yes), the control unit 101 pushes up the movable plate 37A to bring the banknote into contact with the banknote common transport roller 38A, thereby transporting the banknote in common. The roller 38A is rotationally driven to try to discharge the banknote from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A (step S204).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the movable plate 37 </ b> A provided at a part of the bottom of the temporary bill storage unit 30 </ b> A is pushed up by a movable unit (not shown), and the bill is pushed against the opposing common bill transport roller 38 </ b> A. After making contact and contact, the banknote common transport roller 38A is rotated by a motor (not shown) to discharge the banknote from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A.

  On the other hand, when the priority to use the banknote transport path 40 cannot be obtained (when the determination in step S203 is No), the control unit 101 repeats the determination in step S203 (step S203).

  Next, in step S205, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the banknote has been normally ejected from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (step S205).

  When the banknote is normally discharged from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (when the determination in step S205 is Yes), the control unit 101 assumes that the banknote has been returned to the user. End the discharge process.

  On the other hand, when the banknote is not normally ejected from the banknote temporary storage unit 30A within a predetermined time (when the determination in step S205 is No), the control unit 101 uses an error notification unit (not shown) in step S206. An error is notified to the user (step S206). Thereafter, the control unit 101 ends the process.

By the way, although the banknote common conveyance roller 38A is rotationally driven by a common motor with the banknote common conveyance roller 38B, in order to reduce cost and save space by making the motor of the banknote conveyance path 40 common. It is.
Since the bill conveyance path 40 has a common motor, the bill common conveyance roller 38B cannot be used while the common bill conveyance roller 38A is being driven to rotate, and vice versa.

  Therefore, when the motor of the banknote transport path 40 is used every time the banknote is discharged, the banknote is discharged because the banknote cannot be discharged on the opposite side while the banknote is being deposited / withdrawn on one side. In the meantime, there is a risk that the user will be kept waiting and the convenience will be worse.

  Therefore, in the present invention, when banknotes are not normally inserted into the banknote temporary storage units 30A and 30B and are not discharged by normal discharge processing (that is, error notification is conventionally performed). Only when the banknote common transport rollers 38A and 38B are driven to rotate by the motor of the banknote transport path 40.

In this way, in the banknote discharge process, the error notification is limited to the case where the use of the banknote common transport rollers 38A and 38B cannot be discharged by the normal discharge process. it can.
Further, in the normal discharge processing, since the banknote common transport rollers 38A and 38B are not used, there is an advantage that the convenience of the user can be enhanced while the banknote discharge auxiliary mechanism is made common.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, an automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the flow of banknote deposit / withdrawal when the common banknote transport rollers 38A, 38B are used in the double-sided automatic change deposit / withdrawal machine 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 8, even if the banknote temporary storage part 30A of the automatic change depositing / dispensing machine 100 which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention is provided with banknote passage sensor 34A between banknote conveyance rollers 32A and 33A, it is. Good.

  If it does in this way, it will become possible to detect more reliably whether a bill entered into the bill temporary storage part 30A normally, or whether a bill was discharged normally from the bill temporary storage part 30A. The same applies to the banknote temporary storage unit 30B.

(Embodiment 3)
In Embodiment 3, when the banknote common conveyance rollers 38A and 38B are rotationally driven by the motor of the banknote conveyance path 40, any of the rollers may be rotationally driven only in the dispensing direction.

  In this way, since the banknote common transport rollers 38A and 38B are used only for banknote discharge processing including normal withdrawal processing, a simple mechanism is sufficient, and cost reduction and space saving can be achieved. It becomes possible.

(Embodiment 4)
In the fourth embodiment, when a plurality of banknotes are collectively collected from the banknote deposit / withdrawal ports 11A and 11B, when only some of the banknotes have not normally entered the temporary banknote storage units 30A and 30B, the control unit 101 is Based on the banknote passage sensors 34A and 34B and the banknote detection sensors 35A, 35B, 36A and 36B, it is determined whether or not banknotes that have not normally entered the banknote temporary storage units 30A and 30B have been discharged normally. Also good.

  For example, when both the banknote passage sensor 34A and the banknote detection sensors 35A and 36A detect banknotes, the control unit 101 determines that some banknotes are not normally conveyed into the banknote temporary storage unit 30A. be able to.

  In this way, even when a plurality of banknotes are collected together from the banknote deposit / withdrawal ports 11A and 11B, the banknotes have normally entered the banknote temporary storage unit 30A, or the banknotes have been normally temporarily stored. It becomes possible to detect with higher accuracy whether or not the portion 30A has been discharged.

(Embodiment 5)
In the fifth embodiment, instead of the movable plates 37A and 37B, a movable movable conveyance roller may be pushed up so that the banknotes are brought into contact with the common banknote conveyance rollers 38A and 38B.

If it does in this way, since a bill can be inserted and conveyed with bill common conveyance rollers 38A and 38B and a movable conveyance roller, it becomes possible to raise the discharge power of a bill further.
The movable conveyance roller may be a roller driven by the banknote common conveyance rollers 38A and 38B, or may be one that increases the banknote discharge force by rotating in the banknote discharge direction by a motor.

  The disclosed embodiments should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

10: Housing, 11A, 11B: Banknote deposit / withdrawal port, 13A, 13B: Coin slot, 14A, 14B: Coin payout port, 20: Banknote storage unit, 21: First banknote storage unit, 22: Second banknote storage , 23: third bill storage unit, 30A, 30B: bill temporary storage unit, 31A, 31B: deposit / withdrawal port sensor, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B: bill transport roller, 34A, 34B: bill passage sensor, 35A, 35B, 36A, 36B: banknote detection sensor, 37A, 37B: movable plate, 38A, 38B: banknote common transport roller, 40: banknote common transport section, 41: banknote identification sensor, 50: coin storage section, 60A, 60B: coin Conveying unit, 100: automatic change depositing and dispensing machine, BL: broken line, τ: cycle

Claims (5)

An automatic change depositing and dispensing machine with a housing having a depositing and dispensing unit on both sides,
Each of the deposit / withdrawal units includes a bill deposit / withdrawal port, a bill temporarily stored for a bill deposited from the bill deposit / withdrawal port or a bill to be dispensed to the bill deposit / withdrawal port, and the deposit / withdrawal unit A banknote individual transport section that transports banknotes by a drive section corresponding to the gold section, and a banknote detection section that detects banknotes stored in the banknote temporary storage section,
The housing includes a banknote storage unit that commonly stores banknotes deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal ports on both sides, and a banknote common transport unit that transports banknotes by a drive unit common to the both sides of the deposit / withdrawal unit. A control unit for controlling the deposit / withdrawal unit, the bill storage unit, and the bill common transport unit,
When the control unit determines that the banknote deposited from the banknote deposit / withdrawal port is not normally transported into the banknote temporary storage unit based on the detection result of the banknote detection unit, the banknote individual transport unit performs the bill processing. When the banknote is temporarily unloaded from the banknote temporary storage unit, the banknote individual transport unit is executed. And an automatic change depositing / dispensing machine for executing a second unloading process for unloading the banknote from the banknote temporary storage unit in cooperation with the banknote common transport unit. An error notification unit for reporting an error;
2. The automatic change deposit / withdrawal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the error notification unit to notify an error when it is determined in the second carry-out process that the banknote has not been normally carried out from the temporary storage unit. Machine. The banknote common transport unit is provided at a position facing the banknote common transport roller and a banknote common transport roller that is driven to rotate by a drive unit common to the both-side deposit / withdrawal unit and discharges banknotes from the banknote temporary storage unit. And a movable plate that moves toward the banknote common transport roller to bring the banknote into contact with the banknote common transport roller,
In the first carry-out process, the control unit moves the movable plate toward the bill common transport roller when determining that the bill is not normally carried out from the bill temporary storage unit, and moves the bill to the bill common conveyance roller. 3. The second carry-out process is executed by rotating the bill-common transport roller with a drive unit common to the both-side deposit / withdrawal unit after contacting the bill-common transport roller. Automatic change deposit and withdrawal machine. The banknote detection unit includes two or more banknote detection sensors provided at different positions in the banknote conveyance direction in the banknote temporary storage unit,
The said control part judges that the said banknote was normally conveyed in the said banknote temporary storage part when all the said 2 or more banknote detection sensors detect a banknote, The any one of Claims 1-3 Automatic change deposit and withdrawal machine. A priority determination unit that determines whether or not the priority to use the banknote common transport unit preferentially has been acquired for the deposit / withdrawal unit,
In the first carry-out process, when the control unit determines that the banknote has not been normally carried out from the banknote temporary storage unit, the priority determination unit gives priority to use the banknote common transport unit. The automatic change depositing / dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second carry-out process is executed when acquired.