JP2726528B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Purpose of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a depositing and dispensing device which is installed in, for example, a mechanized corner of a bank and automatically deposits and withdraws banknotes. It relates to an automatic transaction device.

(Related Art) Conventionally, for example, in a recycle-type automatic transaction apparatus for dispensing deposited banknotes, a receivable but unsuitable ticket or a deposited 5,000-yen ticket is used. The receivable unit, which was taken out from the depositing unit (storage unit) for storing and storing, and the ten thousand yen or 1,000 yen storehouse but was determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal, and the rejecting unit for storing and storing, was taken by the customer to the bill insertion slot. It has a safe deposit box cassette consisting of a collection unit for collecting and storing forgotten tickets.

The deposit safe cassette is divided into a plurality of chambers by a partition plate in the cassette main body, thereby constituting the deposit section, the reject section, and the collection section.

Further, the depositing section, the rejecting section and the collecting section are closed by a single lid so as to be openable and closable, and when removing the bills inserted into the depositing section, the rejecting section and the collecting section, the lid is removed. Each bill was taken out along the partition.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the related art, the depositing unit, the rejecting unit, and the collecting unit are simultaneously formed by simply using one lid.
For opening and closing, for example, there is a problem in that when a customer takes out a banknote that has been left behind in a bill insertion / receipt port from the collection unit and returns it to the user, the banknote in the reject unit is mistakenly taken out.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic transaction apparatus that can reliably remove only collected banknotes when removing the collected banknotes from the collection unit.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has an accumulating / unloading device, and is suitable for dispensing out of deposited banknotes. A deposit banknote storage unit for storing banknotes that do not exist, an inspection unit that inspects banknotes that are discharged to the dispensing port as dispensing banknotes, and a banknote that is determined to be a rejected banknote as a result of inspection by this inspection unit. Reject banknote storage unit,
A collection unit for collecting the forgotten banknotes when the banknotes dispensed to the dispensing port are forgotten, a storage unit for storing the forgotten banknotes collected by the collection unit, and the deposit banknote storage unit An integrated first opening / closing door for integrally configuring the rejected banknote storage section and the storage section, and closing the deposited banknote storage section, the rejected banknote storage section, and the storage section; , And a safe cassette having a second opening / closing door that closes only the reject bill storage unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a depositing banknote storing unit for storing a banknote that is not suitable for dispensing among the banknotes that have been deposited, and is discharged to a dispensing port as a dispensing banknote. An inspection unit for inspecting banknotes, a reject banknote storage unit for storing a banknote determined to be a reject banknote as a result of inspection by the inspection unit, and a case in which a banknote dispensed to the dispensing port is forgotten. A collecting unit for collecting the forgotten bills, a storage unit for storing the forgotten bills collected by the collecting unit, the deposited bill storage unit, the rejected bill storage unit, and the storage unit. An integrated first opening / closing door that closes the deposit banknote storage unit, the rejected banknote storage unit, and the storage unit; and a first opening / closing door that is provided at a position corresponding to the storage unit, and only the storage unit. To take out banknotes Comprising a safe cassette and a second door.

(Operation) When the first opening / closing door is opened and the banknotes in the storage section are taken out, the rejected banknote storage section is closed by the second opening / closing door, and the removal of the banknotes in the rejected banknote storage section is prevented.

In addition, by providing the first opening / closing door with the second opening / closing door that opens and closes only the storage section, it is possible to take out the banknote only from the storage section.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a bill circulation type cash-receipt-and-disbursement device as a bill processing device of the present invention. The depositing and dispensing device 1 includes a substantially L-shaped operation unit 3 on a front surface of a housing 2. A passbook insertion slot 4, a card insertion slot 5, and a slip issuing slot 6 are provided on the vertical board 3a of the operation unit 3. Also, the horizontal operation unit 3b
Is provided with a pay-in / pay-out port 7 which also serves as a pay-in / pay-out port. The pay-in / pay-out port 7 is provided with a door 8 which can be opened and closed. Further, the horizontal device 3b is provided with a CRT display 9 with a built-in touch sensor, which guides the user by displaying operation procedures and other information by illustrations, characters, or disjunctions, and displays the information. The operation is performed by pressing a display portion corresponding to a recitation number, an amount, an account number, or approval or cancellation of a transaction.

A normal reading and printing device (not shown) which receives the normal inserted from the normal insertion slot 4 to read and record the magnetic information and prints the contents of the transaction, and a card insertion slot in the housing 2. A card and a slip processing unit 11a for handling the magnetic card inserted from 5 and issuing a slip to the slip issuing port 6 and creating a copy journal are provided. Further, the housing 2 includes a deposit / withdrawal mechanism 12 and an internal monitor device 11 having a function of returning and retrieving the forgotten bill A, collecting and collecting the forgotten bill, loading, and scrutiny.
c is stored.

Next, the configuration of the deposit and withdrawal mechanism 12 will be described with reference to FIG.

In the drawing, reference numeral 14a denotes an upper unit of the depositing / dispensing mechanism 12, and 14b denotes a lower unit.

A bill taking-in / out device 15 is provided above the front portion (in the direction of the customer service surface) in the upper unit 14a so as to correspond to the deposit / withdrawal port 7.

Further, a loading storage 19 is provided at a rear portion of the upper unit 14a, and forms a loading bill storage unit 23.

On the other hand, in the lower unit 14b, a 10,000 yen storehouse and a 1,000 yen storehouse 17 as storage units are arranged, and as a safe cassette for storing non-conforming banknotes such as 5,000 yen tickets, exclusion tickets, and collection tickets. A safe 18 is provided.

In addition, the above-mentioned 10,000 yen storehouse, 1,000 yen storehouse 17, in-box safe 18, loading room 19
Are the first, second, third, and fourth collecting and unloading devices 24, 25, 2 respectively.
6, 27 are provided, and flaps 315a to 315d for forming the accumulation units 301a to 301d are provided.

In addition, an inspection unit 36 is provided in the upper unit body 14a at a substantially central portion in the front-side vertical direction, and a pay-out temporary accumulation unit 37 and a payment temporary accumulation unit 38 are provided at the upper right side thereof. .

A banknote transport path R is formed in the unit body 14 so that the banknote A can be transported to each section. 39k is provided.

Further, bill passage detectors 40a to 40y are provided at various places in the middle of the bill transport path R, and bill existence detectors (residual check sensors) 41a to 41d, 4 are provided at the respective places where the bills A are accumulated.
57,320a are arranged.

The above-mentioned bill passage detectors 40a to 40y and the bill presence detector 41
Reference numerals a, to 41d, 451, and 320a each indicate a known configuration including a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

Next, the safe 18 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a safe cassette main body. The inside of the cassette main body 51 is divided into three chambers, upper and lower, by two partition plates 52 and 53 as a partition member. Is a reject unit 24, and the lower part is a collection unit 25.

An opening / closing lid 54 as a first opening / closing section is attached to the back surface of the cassette body 51 so as to be openable and closable. When the opening / closing lid 54 is opened, the deposit section 23 and the storage section The collection unit 25 is opened.

The rear part of the reject part 24 is opened and closed by an inner lid 55 as a second opening / closing part. As shown in FIG. 9, the inner lid 55 is
6 and 56, it is rotatably attached to the partition plate 52, and a finger hook 55a is formed at the center of the rotation end. The finger hook 5
5a is in contact with the partition plate 53 by a spring force.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be described. Third
FIG. 4 to FIG. 4 are explanatory diagrams of the deposit operation. When the user presses the display portion corresponding to the deposit from the CRT display unit 9, the main control unit enters a deposit receiving state, and outputs a deposit command to the deposit / withdrawal mechanism 12. Thereby, the depositing / dispensing mechanism 12 opens the door 8 of the depositing / dispensing port 7. Next, the user puts the banknote bundle A into the banknote storage room 454 in a three-dimensional state by mixing denominations front and back, and then closes the door 8. When it is detected that the door 8 is closed, the floor 407 vibrates up and down, and after the banknotes A have been set up, the take-out roller 403 is rotated, and the sheets are taken in one by one from the leading edge. The third paper money A to the the captured as shown in FIG. Is conveyed through the intake conveying path R _1, bill passage detecting 40a
Thus, the number of captured images is counted.

Next, the bill A is guided to the inspection unit 36. Here, the front and back of the bill A are discriminated, and the front note is transported upward through the first gate 39a, and passed through the second gate 39b and the third gate 39c.
Further, the course is changed by the gate 39d in FIG.

The course of the backing ticket is changed by the first gate 39a, the second gate 39b, and the third gate 39c, and is further inverted and accumulated by the fifth gate 39e in the deposit temporary accumulation unit 38 whose course is changed. Thereby, the bills A are stacked with their front and back faces together.

When the bill A is determined to be a ticket to be rejected by the inspection unit 36, the first gate 39a, the second gate 39b,
Withdrawal accumulation section via third gate 39c and fourth gate 39d
It is sent to 37 and collected.

When the banknotes A in the banknote storage room 454 run out, the rejected tickets stored in the payment stacking unit 37 are discharged to the storage room 454 as a bundle, and the door 8 is opened and returned to the user.

When the user presses the confirmation on the CRT display unit 9, the bills A accumulated in the deposit temporary accumulation unit 38 are conveyed as a bundle to the bill storage chamber 454, and are again taken and conveyed.

Again, the taken-in banknote A is inspected by the inspection unit 36 as shown in FIG. 4, and then the transport path R is switched downward by the first gate 39a and transported to the lower unit 14b.

The 10,000-yen ticket whose ticket type has been determined by the inspection unit 36 will be
Is transported horizontally through the 7th gate 39g and the 8th gate
The course is changed by the gate 39h and the accumulation unit 3 of the 10,000 yen storehouse 16
01a.

The course of the ten-yen ticket is changed at the seventh gate 39g through the sixth gate 39f, and is accumulated in the accumulation unit 301b of the thousand-yen store 17.

Old ticket, 5,000 yen ticket and reject ticket are gate 6 39f
The course is changed and the information is accumulated in the storage 22 of the safe 18 via the ninth gate 39i. As described above, when all the banknotes A are accumulated in the accumulation sections 301a and 301b of the safes 16 and 17 and the storage section 22 of the safe 18, the accumulated bills are moved downward by the push plates 309a, 309b and 309c in the safe. To be locked by the flappers 315a to 315c and stored under the flapper 315a to 315c to complete the deposit operation.

 Next, the dispensing operation will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in each safe, the stored bills are pressed downward by the push plates 309a, 309b to release the locks of the flappers 315a, 315b,
Further, the push-in plates 309a, 309b are raised to take out the stored banknotes so as to come into contact with the take-out rollers 304a, 304b, thereby performing a dispensing preparation operation.

Next, the ten thousand yen ticket is extracted from the ten thousand yen bin 16 and the thousand yen ticket is extracted one by one by rotating the take-out rollers 304a and 304b from the thousand yen bin 17, and is conveyed horizontally and forward to be guided to the upper unit 14a. It is transported to the inspection unit 36. The banknotes determined to be genuine by the inspection unit 36 are accumulated in the pay-out temporary accumulation unit via the first gate 39a, the second gate 39b, the third gate 39c, and the fourth gate 39d. The accumulated withdrawal banknotes A remain in a bundle, and are stored in the banknote storage room 45.
It is released to 4, the door 8 is opened and the user is paid. In addition, the banknotes determined by the inspection unit 36 to be unsuitable for dispensing are sent downward through the first gate 39a as indicated by the dashed arrow, and stored in the reject unit 24 of the safe 18.

Next, the deposit return operation will be described with reference to FIG.

In the depositing operation, if a cancel is pressed on the CRT display unit 9 after the banknotes A are accumulated in the depositing temporary accumulation unit 38, the banknotes A
Is released to the bill storage unit 454 as a bundle, and then the door 8 is opened and returned to the user.

Next, the operation of collecting and recovering banknotes will be described with reference to FIG. If the user does not withdraw money after a certain period of time after the door 8 is opened, the door 8 is closed to take in the banknotes A one by one, and the inspection unit 36, the first gate 39a, the 16th gate 39h. , Ninth gate 39i and tenth gate 39j, and the collection section 25 in the safe 18
Will be collected.

Next, a case where the banknotes collected in the storage unit 23, the reject unit 24, and the collection unit 25 of the safe 18 as described above will be described.

In this case, first, the lower unit 14 of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism 12
Remove safe 18 from b. After a while, the opening and closing door 5 of the safe 18
Release 4. As a result, the storage unit 23 and the collection unit 25 are opened, and the banknotes A therein are taken out. At this time, the reject unit 24 is closed by the inner lid 55, and the reject unit
When taking out the bill A from the inside 24, the inside lid 55 is opened to open the reject portion 24, and then the bill A is taken out.

As described above, even if the opening / closing door 54 of the safe 18 is opened, the reject unit 24 is closed by the inner lid 55, so that when the banknote A collected in the collection unit 25 is returned to the user, the banknote A is erroneously returned. The bill A in the reject unit 24 is not taken out.

Therefore, it is possible to reliably take out only the banknote A from the collection unit 25, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a takeout mistake.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, a small lid 61 is attached to the open / close lid 54 so as to be freely opened and closed, and the small lid 61 is recovered by opening the small lid 61. Even when only the storage 25 is opened, the same operation and effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

62 is a keyhole of the opening / closing lid 54 and 63 is the small lid 61
Is the keyhole.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when taking out the banknotes collected in the storage unit, only the banknotes in the storage unit can be reliably taken out, and the mistake in taking out the banknotes can be prevented. Is played.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic transaction apparatus shown partially cut away, and FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a depositing and dispensing mechanism. 3 and 4
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a deposit operation, FIGS. 5 and 6 are explanatory views showing a dispensing operation, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a forgotten collecting operation, FIG. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the inner lid, and FIG. 10 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention. 19 ...... loading box (housing section), 36 ...... inspecting unit, 304d ...... take-out roller (take-out means), R ₅ ...... first transport unit, R ₃ ...... 3
Transport section, R ₄ … intersection, A… banknote, 500… clutch, 23… storage section, 24… reject section, 25… collection section (storage section), 18… safe cassette, 454 ............ Deposit mouth, A
…… Bill notes, 36 …… Inspection unit, 51 …… Cassette body, 52,53
... Partition member, 54 ... Open / close lid (first open / close section), 55 ...
Inner lid (second opening / closing part), 61 ... Small lid body (opening / closing door).

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-62-61192 (JP, A) JP-A-55-104391 (JP, U) JP-A-57-118472 (JP, U)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A depositing banknote storage unit having an accumulating and removing device for storing banknotes that are not suitable for dispensing among the deposited banknotes, and an inspection for inspecting a banknote discharged to a dispensing port as a dispensing banknote. And a reject banknote storage unit that stores a banknote that is determined to be a reject banknote as a result of inspection by the inspection unit, and a banknote that has been dispensed to the dispensing port. And a storage unit for storing the forgotten banknotes collected by the collection unit, and the deposit banknote storage unit, the reject banknote storage unit, and the storage unit are integrally configured to store the deposit banknotes. Unit, the rejected bill storage unit, and an integrated first closing the storage unit
And a safe cassette having a second opening / closing door provided inside the first opening / closing door and closing only the rejected bill storage unit. . 2. A depositing banknote storage unit having an accumulating and removing device for storing banknotes that are not suitable for dispensing among the deposited banknotes, and an inspection for inspecting a banknote discharged to a dispensing port as a dispensing banknote. And a reject banknote storage unit that stores a banknote that is determined to be a reject banknote as a result of inspection by the inspection unit, and a banknote that has been dispensed to the dispensing port. And a storage unit for storing the forgotten banknotes collected by the collection unit, and the deposit banknote storage unit, the reject banknote storage unit, and the storage unit are integrally configured to store the deposit banknotes. Unit, the rejected bill storage unit, and an integrated first closing the storage unit
And a safe cassette provided with a second opening / closing door provided at a position corresponding to the storage section of the first opening / closing door and capable of taking out banknotes only in the storage section. Automatic transaction device characterized by doing.