JP2756058B2 - Banknote depositing / dispensing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine capable of easily and reliably managing reject banknotes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine capable of reusing a deposited banknote as a withdrawal banknote, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-184990.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. H10-260, pp. 1 to 3 is known. This banknote pay-in / pay-out device stores the deposited banknotes of which the payment has been confirmed in a receivable / deliverable type deposit stacker through a circulation-type deposit temporary pool section in a denomination mixed state, and further stores the stored banknotes in the deposit stacker. After a cyclical deposit temporary pool section between transactions, etc.
The banknotes are arranged so that they can be distributed by denomination in the denomination-type circulation stacker. It is being used. On the other hand, when dispensing deposited bills from the depositing stacker to the recycle-type stacker by denomination, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine outputs an abnormal traveling ticket determined to be a near-feed, a double-feed, etc. When dispensing the stored banknotes to the cash slot, similarly, an abnormal traveling ticket determined as a near feed, a double feed, or the like is stored in a reject box as a reject banknote.

[0003]

By the way, in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device configured as described above, when distributing the deposited banknotes from the depositing stacker to the denomination circulation type stacker, and dispensing from the denomination circulation type stacker. When dispensing stored banknotes to the mouth, rejected tickets that are running abnormal tickets are collectively stored in a common reject box, so that if there is a rejected banknote during distribution processing, denomination Even if the number of sheets stored in the circulation type stacker can be confirmed by a passage sensor (not shown) in front of each stacker, it is not clear from the removable safe how many bills have actually been fed out, and as a result, In addition, there was a problem that the money on the removable safe side became unknown. That is, once the rejected banknotes determined during the distribution process are stored in the reject box, whether they have been paid out during the distribution process or whether they have been paid out during the withdrawal process As a result, there is a problem in that the total number (total) of the bills fed from the deposit stacker becomes unknown, and the money in the deposit stacker becomes unknown.

[0004] Such a banknote pay-in / pay-out device is often used in a financial institution while being connected to an online system. Therefore, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device must always accurately recognize how much cash is stored (money information). On the other hand, such a banknote pay-in / pay-out device is desired to be capable of loading and recovering banknotes to / from the banknote pay-in / pay-out device with only one cassette from the viewpoint of simplicity and stability in cash management. In order to realize such a system, a configuration in which one cassette is detachable is provided.

[0005] When a structure in which one cassette is attached to and detached from the banknote pay-in / pay-out machine is adopted, it is recognized how much the total amount of money is reduced by, for example, removing the cassette from the body. Therefore, it is necessary to completely understand the information on the amount of money in the cassette itself. On the basis of such a background, when the detachable safe in which the above-mentioned deposited banknotes are stored is a detachable cassette for loading and collecting, the distribution processing from the detachable safe to the recycle stacker by denomination is performed. When a rejected bill is generated, the money in the removable safe becomes unknown, and the removable safe is taken out of the machine unless all banknotes in the removable safe are re-discriminated. There was a problem that it was not possible.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, it is possible to clearly grasp the amount of banknotes in the removable safe, thereby, all the banknotes in the removable safe It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out device capable of immediately taking out the detachable safe from the body without performing the re-discrimination process of the banknotes.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bill storage unit for discriminating banknotes received from a deposit port by a discrimination unit and storing only acceptable banknotes based on the discrimination results. And a depositing system having a denomination stacker in which bills are stored for each denomination, and after discriminating the bills in the denomination stacker by the dispensing discrimination unit, only bills that can be dispensed from the dispensing port. A banknote that has a dispensing system for dispensing, and at the time of distribution, the banknotes in the banknote storage unit are discriminated by the discrimination unit of the depositing system, and then only the distributable banknotes are guided to the denomination stacking unit of the dispensing system. A depositing and dispensing machine, wherein the depositing system and
Are gold system is available independently, the deposit system, the first reject box for storing bills which are a distributed not at the time of distribution as a reject banknote provided on the dispensing system, the dispensing There is provided a second reject box for storing bills which are not allowed to be dispensed at the time as reject bills, and the bill storage section and the first reject box of the depositing system are provided so as to be detachable from the machine body.

[0008] In the second invention, there is provided a counting means for counting the amount of deposited banknotes to be deposited in the dispensing type denomination stacker.

[0009]

According to the present invention, after the bills in the banknote storage unit in the depositing system are distinguished by the discriminating unit, only the acceptable bills are guided to the denomination-type denomination stacker in the distribution process. The banknotes that are not allowed to be distributed are stored as rejected banknotes in the first reject box of the deposit system, while the banknotes in the denomination stacker are determined,
At the time of withdrawal processing in which only withdrawable banknotes are dispensed,
The banknote which is determined to be dispensable by the discriminating unit is stored as a reject banknote in a second reject box of a dispensing system. That is, when distributing banknotes from the deposit-type banknote storage unit to the withdrawal-type denomination stacker, the reject banknotes detected by the discriminating unit are separated from the withdrawal-type second reject box by the remittance system. Of the banknote storage unit and the first reject box before the distribution process.
Subtracting the withdrawal amount of the banknotes (the amount of money (deposited amount) deposited in the denomination stacker) during the distribution process from the amount of the banknotes in the reject box, the banknote storage unit and the first reject box after the distribution process. It is possible to ascertain the amount of banknotes inside the banknote, and it is possible to extract the banknote storage unit and the first reject box from the machine at any time except during the payment processing or the payment processing.

[0010]

1 to 14 show a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 in FIG. This machine body 100 is provided at a front portion thereof, and is provided with a deposit port 2 for separating inserted bills one by one and carrying them out toward a deposit route 1, and a deposit port 2 provided in the middle of the deposit route 1. A discriminating unit 3 for discriminating the authenticity, correctness, near feed, double feed, denomination, etc. of the banknotes carried out from the banknote, and a deposit provided at the end of the deposit route 1 and below the deposit port 2. A storage route having a reject port 4 and a sorting fork 5 at the branching portion, which is provided behind the discriminating portion 3 and is branched so as to branch from the middle of the depositing route 1 and distributes the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating portion 3. 6 and storage route 6
And a depositing stacker 7 for storing the bills conveyed by the system. In the following description, near-feed, double-feed, and skew of banknotes will be referred to as “abnormal traveling tickets”.

The depositing stacker 7 accepts and stores bills such as genuine bills conveyed via the depositing route 1 as depositing bills, and uses the depositing bills as dispensing bills in the denomination stackers 29 to 31 described later. It is to be stored. The depositing stacker 7 is provided integrally with a first reject box 16 to be described later and constitutes a detachable safe 101. The specific constitution will be described later.

Further, the machine body 100 is provided so as to merge with the depositing route 1, and is provided so as to branch out from the depositing route 1, and to a dispensing route 8 which conveys the bills dispensed from the depositing stacker 7. A first distribution route 10 that guides the bills conveyed via the delivery route 8 by the sorting fork 9 provided at the branch portion to the discrimination portion 3, and a payment route 1 located behind the discrimination portion 3 And a second distribution route 12 having a distribution fork 11 at a branch portion for distributing banknotes sequentially passing through the payout route 8 and the first distribution route 10. The route 12 is connected to the withdrawal route 13. In addition, the rejected banknotes, which are the banknotes fed from the depositing stacker 7 and are discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 from the abnormal traveling tickets, etc., are placed on the payment route 1 located between the second distribution route 12 and the payout route 8. A sorting fork 14 for sorting and a first reject route 15 for transporting the bills sorted by the sorting fork 14 are provided, and a first reject box 16 for storing reject bills is provided at an end of the reject route 15. It is composed of The first reject box 16 is provided integrally with the depositing stacker 7 to constitute a detachable safe 101, which is attached to and detached from the machine 100.

The dispensing route 13 includes a reject route 20, a storage route 21A,
23A, and these reject routes 2
The bills are sorted to the second reject box 28 and the denomination stackers 29 to 31 by the sorting forks 24 to 27 provided at the branch portions of the storage routes 21A to 23A. The sorting forks 25 to 27, for example, guide the banknotes discriminated from the thousands in the discrimination unit 3 to the denomination stacker 29, and guide the banknotes discriminated from the 5,000 to the denomination stacker 30,
The banknotes discriminated from the banknotes are guided to the denomination stacker 31, and the sorting fork 24 is configured to transfer the rejected banknotes discriminated from the abnormal withdrawal ticket and the like in the withdrawal discriminating unit 32 described later to the second reject box. 28.

The denomination stackers 29 to 31 receive and store the bills conveyed through the dispensing route 13 and the storing routes 21A to 23A, and dispose the stored bills as dispensing bills through the payout routes 21B to 23B. The money is paid out to the money route 13 (details will be described later). Further, counting sensors 21C to 23C (not shown for 22C and 23C) are provided in the middle of the storage routes 21A to 23A for storing banknotes in the denomination stackers 29 to 31. These counting sensors 21C to 23C are used. , The number of banknotes deposited in the denomination stackers 29 to 31 is detected.
The counting results of 1 to 23C are stored in a storage means indicated by reference numeral 90 in FIG.

In the middle of the withdrawal route 13,
At the rear side of the denomination stackers 29 to 31, there is provided a withdrawal determination unit 32 for determining whether or not the bill is an abnormal traveling ticket, whether or not the bill is a different denomination ticket other than the withdrawal denomination, and the like. A sorting fork 33 for sorting rejected banknotes determined as abnormal running tickets, different types of tickets, and the like based on the determination result of the payment determination unit 32 is provided behind the payment determination unit 32. Then, the rejected banknotes sorted by the sorting fork 33 are, as described above, rejected routes 34,
It is stored in the second reject box 28 via the dispensing route 13, the distribution fork 24, and the reject route 20. On the other hand, at the end of the withdrawal route 13 and above the deposit port 2, the denomination stacker 2
A dispensing port 35 for dispensing bills fed from 9 to 31 is provided, and in the middle of the dispensing route 13 located on the front side of the dispensing port 35, via the dispensing route 13. A sorting fork 36 and a collection route 37 for sending the bills conveyed to the deposit route 1 are provided.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device configured as described above, the depositing route 1, the depositing port 2, the discriminating section 3, the depositing reject port 4, the sorting fork 5, the storing route 6, the feeding route 8, the sorting route, and the like. The fork 9, the first distribution route 10, the reject route 15, and the detachable safe 101 including the deposit cassette 7 and the first reject box 16 constitute a deposit system N1 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device, while the dispensing route 1 is provided.
3, reject route 20, storage route 21A-23
A, feeding routes 21B to 23B, counting sensors 21C to 2
3C, sorting forks 25-27, second reject box 28, denomination stackers 29-31, withdrawal determination unit 32,
Distributing fork 33, reject route 34, withdrawal port 35
This constitutes the dispensing system S of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

Next, the configuration of the deposit stacker 7 will be described with reference to FIG. This depositing stacker 7 is a unit in which a depositing temporary pool section 40 and a cassette main body 41 are integrated, and two elevator means 42 and 43 are provided in the cassette main body 41 located below. The elevator means 42 located above forms a deposit temporary pool section 40 on which deposit bills are accumulated, is capable of moving up and down in the directions of arrows ab, and is horizontal in the directions of arrows cd. It is configured to be movable and retreats from the inside of the cassette body 41 to the outside when it moves in the direction of arrow d, and the deposited banknotes accumulated on its upper surface are dropped downward. The elevator means 43 located below is provided so as to be able to move up and down in the directions of arrows ab, and the storage section 4 of the cassette body 41 is provided on the upper surface thereof.
4, when the elevator means 42 retreats in the direction of arrow d, it comes into contact with the right wall portion of the cassette body 41 in the drawing, so that the deposited banknotes dropped from the elevator means 42 ( (Payment-confirmed bill) is placed in the storage section 44 on the upper surface thereof. In this embodiment, the elevator means 42, 43 are moved in the directions of arrows ab and cd,
The detailed description of the driving means for driving in the direction is omitted.

A feeding mechanism 45 is provided above the cassette body 41. The feeding mechanism 45 includes a take-in roller 46, a take-out / feed roller 47,
Feed rollers 48 and 49 driven by
A separation roller 50 that regulates the overlap of the bills fed by the take-in / feed-out roller 47 and that is rotated in a direction opposite to the direction in which the take-in / feed-out roller 47 feeds out the banknote;
Ejection roller 51 that takes in banknotes and feeds them to the feed-out roller 47 side
It is composed of

As shown in FIG. 1, a storage route 6 for receiving bills and a payout route 8 for paying out bills are connected between the depositing route 1 and the cassette body 41, respectively. The storage route 6 is further branched into storage routes 6A and 6B. These storage routes 6
A and 6B are provided with a sorting fork 52 at a branch portion thereof, and the sorting fork 52 sorts front bills among the deposited bills into the storage route 6A based on the discrimination result of the discriminating section 3, and From the take-in / feed-out roller 47 side, the banknotes are stored in the temporary deposit pool section 40, and the back banknotes are sorted to the storage route 6B, and the temporary deposit pool section 4 from the take-up roller 46 side.
The banknotes are stored in the banknote 0 and the front and back of the banknotes are sorted by such banknote reversal. That is, the feeding / storing mechanism 45 provided in the temporary pool section 40 also functions as a front / back reversing mechanism. In addition, the taking-in roller 4 when functioning as the front / back reversing mechanism as described above.
6 rotates in the direction of arrow e, and
Is in the direction of arrow f.

In the depositing stacker 7 configured as described above, as shown in FIG.
When the banknotes are stored in the lower elevator means 43
Is lowered to the bottom of the cassette body 41, and in this state,
The upper elevator means 42 is arranged at a position above the cassette main body 41, and is gradually lowered in accordance with the number of bills fed onto the elevator means 42. From this state, when performing a batch return of the deposited banknotes in accordance with an instruction from an operation panel (not shown) of the depositor, FIG.
The upper elevator means 42 is further moved upward from the position, and the bill is pressed against the ejection roller 51 above the cassette body 41. In a state where the bill is pressed by the ejection roller 51, the ejection roller 51 and the take-in / feed-out roller are pressed. 47 is rotated in the direction of arrow e, and the separation roller 50 is rotated in the direction of arrow e, so that the banknotes in the deposit temporary pool section 40 are fed out one by one to the feeding route 8. In this way, the bills in the deposit temporary pool section 40 are transferred to the payout storage mechanism 4.
5 as the number of banknotes in the deposit temporary pool section 40 decreases, the upper elevator means 4 gradually increases.
2 is to be raised.

In addition, from the state shown in FIG. 2, the depositor temporary pool unit 4 is operated by an instruction from the operation panel (not shown) by the depositor.
When the deposit of the banknotes stored in the banknote 0 is confirmed, the lower elevator means 43 ascends to reduce the interval with the temporary pool section 40 to a minimum, and then the upper elevator means 42 moves from the cassette body 41 in the direction of arrow d. The bills dropped from the upper elevator means 42 are supported by the lower elevator means 43. Thereafter, the lower elevator means 43 descends to the bottom of the cassette main body 41, and the upper elevator means 42 which has been retracted to the outside moves in the direction of arrow c in the state where the lower elevator means 43 is in the cassette main body 41, and again moves the cassette. It penetrates into the main body 41 to prepare for the next payment processing.

On the other hand, when the banknotes in the storage section 44 of the cassette body 41 are to be fed out from the feeding route 8, the upper elevator means 42 is retracted from the cassette body 41 in the direction of arrow d, and then the lower elevator means 43 is raised. do it,
The bills placed in the storage section 44 on the upper surface are pressed by the upper ejection roller 51, and in a state of being pushed by the ejection roller 51, the ejection roller 51 and the take-in / feed-out roller 47 are pressed.
Are rotated in the direction of arrow e, and the separation roller 50 is also rotated in the direction of arrow e, so that the banknotes are fed one by one to the feeding route 8. Note that, as the bills in the storage section 44 are fed out by the feeding storage mechanism 45 and the bills in the storage section 44 decrease,
The lower elevator means 43 is gradually raised. When the feeding of the bills from the storage section 44 of the cassette body 41 is completed, the lower elevator means 43 descends to the bottom of the cassette body 41, and the upper elevator means 42 returns to the inside of the cassette body 41. .

Next, the structure of the money type stackers 29 to 31 will be described with reference to FIG. Since the configurations of the denomination stackers 29 to 31 are the same, the denomination stacker 2
9 will be described as an example. The denomination stacker 29 is provided on the stacker body 53 so as to be able to move up and down in the directions of arrows ab.
Further, it has an elevator means 54 on which bills are stacked in an upper state, and a driving means for moving the elevator means 54 up and down. However, since this driving means is the same as the conventional one, description thereof will be omitted.

Further, at the upper part of the stacker main body 53, there is provided a feeding and storing mechanism 55, and the feeding and storing mechanism 55 is provided.
Are a forward / reverse rotatable take-in / feed-out roller 56, a kick-out roller 57 for sending out banknotes to the side of the take-out / feed-out roller 56, a feed roller 58 driven by the take-in / feed-out roller 56, And a separation roller 59 that rotates in the opposite direction to regulate feeding of two bills.
That is, the feeding / storing mechanism 55 shown in FIG. 3 is the same as the feeding / storing mechanism 45 shown in FIG. 2 except that the intake roller 46 and the feed roller 49 driven by the intake roller 46 are removed. It is.

At the point of contact between the take-in / feed-out roller 56 and the feed roller 58, a storage route 21A branched from the pay-out route 13 and a pay-out route 21B joining the pay-out route 13 are provided.
Are connected to each other, and the storage route 21A and the delivery route 21B are provided so as to merge.
In addition, the banknotes fed through the storage route 21A are guided between the take-in / feed-out roller 56 and the feed roller 58, and the take-in / feed-out roller 56 and the feed roller 58 are provided at the branch portions of the routes 21A and 21B. The banknotes in the stacker body 53 sent out from the feeding route 21B
Guide switching means (not shown) for guiding to the side is provided.

In the denomination stacker 29 configured as described above, when the banknotes are stored in the stacker main body 53, the take-in / feed-out roller 56 is moved in a state where the elevator means 54 is arranged at the upper position. By being rotated in the direction of arrow f, the bills conveyed via the withdrawal route 13 and the storage route 21A are placed on the elevator means 54, and the number of bills sent onto the elevator means 54 is reduced. Accordingly, the elevator means 54 is gradually lowered. On the other hand, when paying out bills from the stacker main body 53, the elevator means 54 rises, and the stacked bills placed on the elevator means 54 are pressed by the ejection roller 57, and are pushed by the ejection roller 57. In this state, the ejection roller 57, the take-in / feed-out roller 56, and the separation roller 59 are rotated in the direction of arrow e, so that the banknotes on the elevator means 54 pass through the pay-out route 21B to the withdrawal route 13. Conveyed one by one. When the bills are fed by the feeding / storing mechanism 55 and the number of bills in the stacker main body 53 decreases, the upper elevator means 54 is raised in accordance with the amount of decrease of the bills.

Next, various processing modes using the above-described banknote depositing / dispensing machine will be described with reference to FIGS. The following processing is performed by the control means indicated by reference numeral 60 in FIG. (1) Deposit Counting Process (see FIG. 4) In the deposit counting process, the bills inserted into the depositing port 2 are taken into the body 100 via the depositing route 1 and the authenticity of the bills is checked by the discrimination unit 3 to determine whether the bills are true or false. , Denominations, abnormal running tickets, etc., and as a result of the discrimination, counterfeit and abnormal running banknotes are sorted to the deposit reject port 4, and other genuine bills and unfit bills are passed through the storing route 6 to the deposit stacker 7. Is stored in the deposit temporary pool section 40. In addition, the distribution fork 5
The banknotes whose front and back are aligned by the sorting operation of 2 are stored. Then, the transfer of the bills from the deposit port 2 to the deposit temporary pool section 40 is completed. After that, when the depositor presses the confirmation key in the operation panel (not shown) and the deposit is confirmed, the next step is performed. (2) Payment storage processing method A, (3) Payment storage processing method B).

(2) Receipt storage method A (see FIG. 5) This deposit storage method A is performed between transactions and when none of the denomination stackers 29 to 31 is full. The banknotes (generative bills and unfit bills accumulated in the temporary deposit pool section 40 in the (1) deposit counting process) stored in the temporary deposit pool section 40 in the cassette body 41 are paid out, and the payout route 8 and the payment route 1 are provided. The banknotes sent to the discriminating unit 3 via the first distribution route 10 and the depositing route 1 sequentially are sent to the discriminating unit 3, and the banknotes discriminated from the genuine bill by the discriminating unit 3 are sequentially transmitted via the second distribution route 12 and the dispensing route 13 The rejected bills discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 from the damaged bills and the traveling abnormalities are sequentially stored in the discriminating units 3 through the depositing route 1 and the rejecting route 15 in the first reject box. To be stored in the box 16. In addition, the method A of the deposit storage processing is performed by the counting sensors 21C to 23C.
If it is detected that any one of the denomination stackers 29 to 31 is full based on the count in
It is being discontinued.

(3) Method B of deposit storage processing (see FIG. 6) In the method B of deposit storage processing, an instruction for the next transaction processing at the deposit port 2 is given, This is a process performed when any one of them is full, and the banknotes in the deposit temporary pool section 40 in the deposit stacker 7 are dropped and stored in the lower storage section 44. Note that the method B of the deposit storage processing is based on the fact that the instruction of the next transaction processing at the deposit port 2 is issued during the method A of the deposit storage processing or based on the counting by the counting sensors 21C to 23C. When any one of the denomination stackers 29 to 31 detects a stacker full, the stacker is immediately executed.

(4) Dispensing Process (See FIG. 7) This dispensing process is performed when a dispensing instruction is issued from an operation panel (not shown). The banknotes of the corresponding denomination are paid out one by one, conveyed through the dispensing route 13, and discharged to the dispensing port 35. It should be noted that the withdrawal judging section 35 causes a running abnormality (near feed, double feed, skew) or
A rejected banknote discriminated from a different denomination (other than the withdrawal denomination) is a reject route 3 branched from the withdrawal route 13.
After passing through 4 and 20, it is stored in the second reject box 28. The dispensing process is terminated when the banknote corresponding to the dispensed instruction amount is dispensed from the denomination stackers 29 to 31 based on the determination result of the dispensing determination unit 32.
Here, the dispensing system S during the dispensing process shown in FIG.
The payment system N1 at the time of the payment counting process shown in FIG.
4 and FIG. 7, as shown in FIG.
It can be used.

(5) Safe Loading Process (I) (Refer to FIG. 8) The safe loading process (I) is a process that is performed, for example, before work, and is a detachable safe in which bills loaded in the deposit stacker 7 are stored. The setting is performed after the 101 is set on the machine body 100. More specifically, the safe loading process (I) pays out the banknotes (banknotes stored in the storage section 44 of the cassette main body 41) fed from the deposit stacker 7 loaded in the machine body 100, The bill is discriminated as a genuine bill by the discriminating unit 3 through the second distributing route 12 and the dispensing route 13 sequentially through the depositing route 1, the first distribution route 10, and the depositing route 1. Then, the rejected bills discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 from the damaged or unusual travel tickets are sequentially passed through the second distribution route 12 and the withdrawal route 13 in the stackers 29 to 31 according to the denominations. Then, the money is dispensed from the dispensing port 35 as it is. During the safe loading process (I), if it is detected based on the counting results of the counting sensors 21C to 23C that the inside of the denomination stackers 29 to 31 is full, the overflowed denominations Is not stored in the denomination stackers 29 to 31, and is transported to the dispensing port 35 as it is. The safe loading process (I) is performed until the banknotes in the deposit stacker 7 become empty.

(6) Safe Loading Process (II) (Refer to FIG. 9) This is a process for loading and retrying the bills discharged to the dispensing port 35 in the safe loading process (I) described above. Specifically, when there is a banknote to be returned in the dispensing port 35, the banknote is taken out from the dispensing port 35 and inserted into the deposit port 2 (the bills from the dispensing port 35 to the deposit port 2). The input is performed by the operator), and the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 2 are transferred to the deposit route 1
And then re-acquired into the machine body 100 via the discriminating unit 3 to discriminate the authenticity, validity, denomination, denomination of the banknote, abnormal traveling ticket, and the like, and based on the result of the discrimination, the damaged and abnormal traveling ticket are rejected. Sorted to mouth 4 and other bills are distributed to second distribution route 1
2. Deposit route 13 in order, stacker 2 by money
9 to 31 are sorted and stored by denomination. On the other hand, based on the counting results of the counting sensors 21C to 23C, when it is detected that the inside of the denomination stackers 29 to 31 is full, the banknotes of the denomination overflowing are not the denomination stackers 29 to 31, It is sorted and stored in the storage section 44 of the deposit stacker 7.

(7) Safe Collection Process (See FIG. 10) This safe collection process is, for example, a process performed after the end of business, and the banknotes in the denomination stackers 29 to 31 are output for each denomination stacker 29 to 31. The banknotes are fed out one by one to the money route 13 and transported, and the bills are guided to the money receiving route 1 via the collection route 37, and are discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 in the middle of the money receiving route 1. Is stored in the storage section 44 of the deposit stacker 7, while an abnormal traveling ticket and a different kind of denomination ticket (for example, during the operation of paying out bills from the ten thousand stacker,
In the case where the ticket is discriminated), it is stored in the second reject box 28 via the second distribution route 12, the dispensing route 13, and the reject route 20. This safe collection process is performed until all the denomination stackers 29 to 31 are empty.

(8) Safe Replenishment Process (Refer to FIG. 11) This safe replenishment process is performed between transactions, and the banknotes stored in the storage section 44 of the deposit stacker 7 are sorted by denomination stackers 29 to The replenishment process is carried out to 31 and is substantially the same as the above-described method A of the deposit storage process.
Note that this safe replenishment process is slightly different from the deposit storage process A in that the deposit storage process A pays out the banknotes in the deposit temporary pool section 40 of the deposit stacker 7, whereas the safe deposit process is performed. In the replenishment process, bills in the storage section 44 of the deposit stacker 7 are paid out.

(9) Deposit Port Replenishment Process (I) (see FIG. 12) In this deposit port replenishment process (I), replenishment from the deposit port 2 to the temporary deposit pool section 40 of the deposit stacker 7 is performed between transactions. The process is the same as the above-described deposit counting process (1), except that the banknotes overflowing from the damaged and denominated stackers 29 to 31 are returned to the deposit reject port 4. That is, in this replenishment mouth replenishment process, based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 3, the damaged banknote, the abnormal running ticket, and the overflow banknote of the stackers 29 to 31 by denomination are distributed to the rejection port 4, and other normal banknotes are It is stored in the depositing temporary pool section 40 of the depositing stacker 7 via the storing route 6. Then, the transfer of the bills from the deposit port 2 to the deposit temporary pool section 40 is completed. After that, when the depositor presses the confirmation key in the operation panel (not shown) and the deposit is confirmed, the next step is performed. The process moves to (10) Deposit opening replenishment process (II).

(10) Deposit Port Replenishment Process (II) (Refer to FIG. 13) In the deposit port replenishment process (II), the deposit temporary pool section 4 of the deposit stacker 7 is executed by the above-described deposit port replenishment process (I).
This is a process for replenishing the replenished banknotes stored in No. 0 to the denomination stackers 29 to 31, and the operation is substantially the same as the system A of the deposit storage process. However, in this deposit port replenishment processing (II), unlike the deposit storage processing method A, the damaged bill has been returned to the deposit reject port 4 in the preceding deposit port replenishment processing (I). In the middle, the discriminating unit 3 does not discriminate the damaged bill. In other words, it is possible to prevent unfit bills from being mixed into the denomination stackers 29 to 31 from the deposit temporary pool unit 40 of the deposit stacker 7.

(11) Lump-sum payment return process (see FIG. 14) This lump-sum payment return process consists of (1) deposit counting process, and (9) deposit-port replenishment process (II). After the transfer of the bills to the unit 40 is completed, the process is performed when the depositor does not press the confirmation key in the operation panel (not shown) and the deposit is not determined (the cancel key is pressed). The banknotes stored in the deposit temporary pool section 40 are fed out one by one, and are discharged to the deposit reject port 4 through the payout route 8 and the deposit route 1.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first embodiment, which performs the above-described processing, the banknote pay-in / pay-out processing shown in FIG. When a near-feed or double-feed running abnormal ticket and an unfit bill are detected from the banknotes dispensed from the stacker 7, the running abnormal ticket and the damaged bill are detected by the first reject box 16 of the depositing system N1. On the other hand, in the dispensing process shown in FIG. 7, the banknotes dispensed from the denomination stackers 29 to 31 are discriminated from abnormal running tickets and different kinds (other than the dispensing kinds). The stored bills are stored in the second reject box 28, so that the following operational effects can be obtained.

That is, the deposit stacker 7 in the deposit system N1
When distributing the bills into the denomination stackers 29 to 31 of the dispensing system S, the rejected banknotes detected by the discrimination unit 3 are received separately from the second reject box 28 of the dispensing system S. First reject box 16 of system N1
The banknotes in the deposit stacker 7 and the first reject box 16 before the distribution process are
By subtracting the withdrawal amount of the banknotes (the amount of money (deposit amount) in the denomination stackers 29 to 31 stored in the storage means 90) at the time of the distribution process, the deposit stacker 7 and the first reject box after the distribution process. It is possible to ascertain the amount of banknotes in the banknote 16. Moreover, during the payment counting process
Deposit system N1 and withdrawal system S at the time of withdrawal processing,
Deposits are counted because they can be used independently
Processing and withdrawal processing can be performed simultaneously in parallel
You.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the second embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to portions having the same configuration as the first embodiment, and the detailed description is omitted. The difference between the banknote pay-in / pay-out machine shown in the second embodiment and the banknote pay-in / pay-out machine shown in the first embodiment is that the banknote receiving / paying machine shown in FIG. 15 and FIG.
Is not provided integrally with the cassette main body 41 but is provided independently.

The schematic structure of the independent deposit temporary pool section 61 will be described with reference to FIG. This temporary deposit pool section 61 is similar to the temporary deposit pool section 40 shown in FIG. That is, in FIG. 2, the lower elevator means 43 is removed, and the capacity of the cassette main body 41 is slightly reduced. Further, the elevator means 43 is omitted in the deposit temporary pool section 61, and an elevator means 42 is provided. The elevator means 42 is moved up and down in the direction of arrow ab (similar to the direction of arrow ab in FIG. 2). But does not move in the direction of the arrow cd.

In the second embodiment, a depositing stacker 62 is provided integrally with the first reject box 16, and a sorting fork 63 and a storage route 65 for distributing and depositing banknotes to the depositing stacker 62; Stacker 6
A delivery route 64 for dispensing the bills in 2 is provided. Note that the deposit stacker 62 is the same as that shown in FIG.
, And is attached to and detached from the machine body 100 together with the first reject box 16. The depositing stacker 62 is integrated with the first reject box 16 to constitute a detachable safe 102 that can be detachably attached to the machine body 100. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the first embodiment and the banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the second embodiment are different in the depositing stacker 7, the depositing temporary pool section 61, and the depositing stacker 62. In terms of management, in the second embodiment, the deposit temporary pool section 61, the deposit stacker 62, the first reject box 1
6 is collectively managed as a deposit system, and is the same as in the first embodiment.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment, the depositing route 1, the depositing port 2, the discriminating section 3, the depositing reject port 4, the sorting fork 5, the storing route 6, the feeding route 8, and the sorting fork. 9, a first distribution route 10, a reject route 15, a deposit temporary pool section 61, and a detachable safe 102 including a deposit cassette 62 and a first reject box 16, constitute a deposit system N2 of a bill depositing and dispensing machine. The dispensing system S is the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, various processing modes using the above-described banknote depositing / dispensing machine will be described with reference to FIGS. The following processing is performed by a control unit indicated by reference numeral 66 in each figure. (1) Deposit Counting Process (See FIG. 17) This deposit counting process is the same as (1) deposit counting process of the first embodiment. In, banknotes other than the banknotes discriminated as counterfeit and abnormally run banknotes (that is, genuine and unfit banknotes) are stored in the deposit temporary pool unit 61 via the storage route 6. Then, the transfer of the banknote from the deposit port 2 to the deposit temporary pool section 61 is completed. After that, the depositor presses the confirmation key in the operation panel (not shown), and if the deposit is confirmed, the next deposit is made. ((2) Deposit storage processing method A, (3) Deposit storage processing method B).

(2) Method A of Deposit Storage Process (See FIG. 18) In this deposit storage process (method A), the deposit is confirmed (confirmed) after the process of counting the deposit of banknotes from the deposit port 2 to the deposit temporary pool section 61. Key is pressed), and the banknotes (genuine bills and unfit bills) stored in the deposit temporary pool section 61 are sent to the discrimination section 3 on condition that the withdrawal processing is not performed at that time. According to the result of the discrimination, the banknotes discriminated from the genuine notes are stored in the denomination stackers 29 to 31,
Banknotes discriminated from spoiled notes, and stackers 29-31 by denomination
Is full, the overflow denomination of the denominated denomination is stored in the deposit stacker 62, and the banknote discriminated from the abnormal traveling ticket is stored in the first reject box 16 of the deposit stacker 62.

(3) Deposit Receiving Processing Method B (See FIG. 19) In this deposit storing processing (method B), the deposit is determined (confirmed) after the processing of counting the deposit of banknotes from the deposit port 2 to the deposit temporary pool unit 61. When the key is pressed), the money type stacker 29
This is a process that is performed when the dispensing process is performed from the to the dispensing port 35 to the dispensing port 35, and the banknotes stored in the depositing temporary pool unit 61 are transferred to the depositing stacker 62 or the first reject through the discrimination unit 3. It is stored in the box 16. In this case, the bill discriminated by the discriminating unit 3 from the genuine bill and the unfit bill is stored in the deposit stacker 62, and the bill discriminated from the abnormal traveling ticket is stored in the first reject box 16 of the deposit stacker 62.

(4) Batch A Return Process A (see FIG. 20) This batch return process (scheme A) is a process of counting bills from the deposit port 2 to the deposit temporary pool unit 61 after the receipt counting process. After the processing, the payment is not confirmed (the confirmation key is pressed), and the processing is performed when the cancel key is pressed. In this method, the operator himself directly removes the bills stored in the payment temporary pool unit 61. In addition, the body 100 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine
A front door (not shown) is provided on the front side of the vehicle, and the deposit temporary pool section 61 is structured so that stored bills can be taken out from the outside. In such a payment batch return process (method A), an effect is obtained that the time required for returning the deposited banknotes from the deposit port 2 to the deposit temporary pool unit 61 can be reduced.

(5) Batch B Return Process (see FIG. 21) In this batch return process (B), after the payment counting process is completed, the bills are counted from the deposit port 2 to the payment temporary pool unit 61. After the processing, the payment is not confirmed (the confirmation key is pressed), and the processing is performed when the cancel key is pressed. As in the case of the (11) collective payment return processing of the first embodiment, the payment is stored in the payment temporary pool unit 61. The banknote is discharged to the deposit reject port 4 through the payout route 8 and the deposit route 1.

(6) Withdrawal Processing (See FIG. 22) This withdrawal processing is the same processing as (4) withdrawal processing of the first embodiment, and is performed by a withdrawal instruction from an operation panel (not shown). The banknotes are fed from the money type stackers 29 to 31 to the withdrawal route 13 and running abnormalities (near feed, double feed, skew) based on the determination result of the withdrawal determination unit 35.
Alternatively, reject bills discriminated from different kinds (other than withdrawal kinds) are stored in the second reject box 28, and the other bills are paid out from the outlet 35. Where this
The dispensing system S during the dispensing process shown in FIG.
The deposit system N2 during the deposit counting process shown in FIG.
And as is clear from FIG.
It can be used.

(7) Safe loading process (I) (see FIG. 23) This safe loading process (I) is performed, for example, similarly to (5) Safe loading process (I) (see FIG. 8) of the first embodiment. This processing is performed before the work, and is performed after the deposit stacker 62 in which the loaded bills for loading into the denomination stackers 29 to 31 are stored is set in the machine body 100. Specifically, the deposit is performed. The bills in the stacker 62 are fed out, and the bills discriminated from the genuine bills in the discrimination unit 3 are stacked by denomination stackers 29 to 31.
The discriminating unit 3 causes the discriminating unit 3 to dispose of the damaged or running abnormal ticket through the dispensing port 35. During the safe loading process (I), the counting sensor 21
Based on the counting result of C to 23C, the stacker 29 according to the money type
If it is detected that the inside of 31 is full, the denominated banknotes of the denomination are stacked by denomination stackers 29 to 31.
And is conveyed to the dispensing port 35 as it is.

(8) Safe Loading Process (II) (See FIG. 24) This safe loading process (II) is executed in the same manner as (6) Safe loading process (II) (see FIG. 9) of the first embodiment. This is a process for loading and retrying the bills discharged to the spout 35. The banknotes inserted into the deposit port 2 from the payout port 35 are taken into the deposit route 1 and discriminated by the discriminating unit 3, and the discrimination result is obtained. Based on this, the banknotes of the denomination that have not overflowed are distributed to the denomination stackers 29 to 31, the banknotes of the denomination that have overflowed are distributed to the deposit stacker 62, and the damaged and running abnormal tickets are distributed to the deposit reject port 4.

(9) Safe Collection Process (See FIG. 25) This safe collection process is, for example, a process performed after the end of work, like (7) Safe Collection Process (see FIG. 10) of the first embodiment. Among the banknotes fed from the denomination stackers 29 to 31, genuine notes are collected in the deposit stacker 62, while
An abnormal traveling ticket and a different denomination ticket (for example, when a 1,000 note is discriminated during the operation of dispensing bills from the ten-note stacker) are stored in the second reject box 28 of the dispensing system S.

(10) Safe Replenishment Process (See FIG. 26) This safe replenishment process is similar to the safe replenishment process (8) of the first embodiment (see FIG. 11). The replenishment processing is performed on the denomination stackers 29 to 31. Based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 3, the genuine bills are sorted and stored in the denomination stackers 29 to 31, and the damaged and running abnormal tickets are stored in the first reject box. Store in No. 16.

(11) Deposit Port Replenishment Process (I) (See FIG. 27) The deposit port replenishment process (I) is the same as the (1) deposit counting process (see FIG. 17) of the present embodiment. However, unlike this (1) deposit counting process, of the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 3, only the genuine bill is stored in the deposit temporary pooling unit 61, and other unfit bills, counterfeit bills, and abnormal travel bills are stored. The banknote that has been determined is guided to the deposit reject port 4. In the deposit mouth replenishment process (I), even among the genuine bills, the denomination-specific stacker 29 is used.
The banknotes of the denominations in which the banknotes are full are guided to the deposit reject port 4 without being stored in the deposit temporary pool section 61.

(12) Deposit Port Replenishment Process (II) (Refer to FIG. 28) This deposit port replenishment process (II) is the same as the (A) deposit storage process method A (see FIG. 18) of the present embodiment. However, unlike the method A of the deposit storage processing, among the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating unit 3, only the genuine bill is denominated in the stacker 29 by denomination.
The banknotes stored in the banknotes No. to No. 31 and other banknotes determined to be unfit and running abnormal tickets are guided to the first reject box 16.

In the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the second embodiment, which performs the above-described processing, FIG.
26, and shown in FIG. 26 as safe replenishment processing.
In the so-called distribution process shown as the deposit opening replenishment process (II) in FIG. 28, the deposit temporary pool unit 61 of the deposit system N2.
Alternatively, from the banknotes withdrawn from the deposit stacker 62,
When the near-feed and double-feed running abnormal tickets and damaged tickets are detected, these running abnormal tickets and damaged tickets are stored in the first reject box 16 of the depositing system N2. In the dispensing process shown, the banknotes dispensed from the denomination stackers 29 to 31 were discriminated from the near-feed, double-feed running abnormal ticket, and different denomination (other than the denomination denomination). Since the bills are stored in the second reject box 28 of the dispensing system S, the following effects can be obtained.

That is, when distributing bills from the deposit temporary pool section 61 or the deposit stacker 62 in the deposit system N2 to the denomination stackers 29 to 31 of the dispensing system S,
Since the rejected banknotes detected by the discriminating unit 3 are stored in the first reject box 16 of the depositing system N2 different from the second reject box 28 of the dispensing system S, the deposit temporary pool unit before the distribution process is performed. 61 and a depositing stacker 62,
Subtracting the withdrawal amount of the banknotes (the amount of money (the amount of money deposited in the stacking units 29 to 31 stored in the storage unit 90) stored in the storage means 90) from the amount of the banknotes in the first reject box 16 at the time of the distribution process. , Temporary distribution pool part 6 after distribution processing
1 and deposit stacker 62, first reject box 16
The amount of banknotes inside, and as a result,
In particular, at the time of payment processing or withdrawal processing, the removable safe 102 can be withdrawn from the machine 100 at any time,
The effect that efficient operation becomes possible compared with the conventional banknote pay-in / pay-out device is obtained.

[0058]

As described above, in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the present invention, when a banknote is distributed from the banknote storage unit of the depositing system to the stacker of the denomination type, the rejected banknote detected by the discriminating unit. Is stored in the first reject box of the depositing system different from the second reject box of the dispensing system, so that the distribution of the bills in the banknote storage unit and the banknotes in the first reject box before the distribution process is performed. By subtracting the withdrawal amount of banknotes before the processing (the amount of banknotes stored in the denomination stacker (storage amount)), it is possible to grasp the amount of the banknotes in the banknote storage unit and the first reject box after the distribution processing. In particular, the bill storage unit can be withdrawn from the machine at any time except during the deposit processing and the withdrawal processing, and the effect that the banknote depositing / dispensing machine can be efficiently operated can be obtained. Moreover, the deposit and withdrawal systems are independent of each other.
These can be used simultaneously since they can be used upright
By doing so, payment processing and payment processing can be performed in parallel.
And the processing efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a banknote pay-in / pay-out device of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a depositing stacker 7 integrated with a depositing temporary pool unit 40 incorporated in a bill depositing and dispensing machine.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a plurality of denomination stackers incorporated in a banknote pay-in / pay-out device and a deposit stacker 62 stacker of a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation of a deposit counting process performed by the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation of a method A of a deposit storage process performed by the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a system B of a deposit storage process performed by the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation of a dispensing process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation of a safe loading process (I) performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an operation of a safe loading process (II) performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation of a safe collection process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a view showing an operation of a safe replenishment process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an operation of a deposit opening replenishment process (I) performed by the bill depositing and dispensing machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an operation of a deposit opening replenishment process (II) performed by the bill depositing and dispensing machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an operation of a collective payment return process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a banknote pay-in / pay-out device of a second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram of a deposit temporary pool unit 61 incorporated in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an operation of a deposit counting process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a system A of a deposit storage process performed by the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine of the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an operation of a system B of a deposit storage process performed by the banknote deposit and withdrawal machine of the second embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an operation of a system A of a collective payment return process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an operation of a system B of a collective payment return process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an operation of a dispensing process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a view showing an operation of a safe loading process (I) performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an operation of a safe loading process (II) performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a view showing the operation of safe collection processing performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a view showing the operation of a safe replenishment process performed by the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an operation of a deposit opening replenishment process (I) performed by the bill depositing and dispensing machine of the second embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an operation of a deposit opening replenishment process (II) performed by the bill depositing and dispensing machine of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Deposit route 2 Deposit port 3 Discrimination part 4 Deposit reject port 7 Deposit stacker (banknote storage part) 10 1st distribution route 12 2nd distribution route 13 Deposit route 16 1st reject box 21C Counting sensor (counting means) 28 2nd Reject box 29 Denomination stacker 30 Denomination stacker 31 Denomination stacker 32 Deposit discrimination unit 35 Dispensing port 60 Control means 61 Deposit temporary pool unit (banknote storage unit) 62 Deposit stacker (banknote storage unit) 66 Control unit 90 Storage unit 100 Airframe 101 Removable safe 102 Removable safe N1 Deposit system of banknote depositing and dispensing machine N2 Deposit system of banknote depositing and dispensing machine S Depositing system of banknote depositing and dispensing machine

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. A billing system having a bill storage unit for distinguishing bills received from a deposit opening at a discrimination unit and sorting and storing only acceptable bills based on the discrimination result, and bills for each denomination. A dispensing system that has a denomination stacker, and that discriminates banknotes in the denomination stacker by the dispensing discrimination unit, and then sorts only dispensable banknotes and dispenses them from the dispensing port. in the bills in the bill storage portion, after discrimination by discriminating section of the deposit system, a dispensable banknotes only the bill depositing and dispensing machine to be guided by the denomination stacker dispensing system, leaving the said payment system Can be used independently with each other
The depositing system is provided with a first reject box for storing bills that are not distributable at the time of dispensing as reject bills, and the dispensing system is dispensable when dispensing. A second reject box for storing the rejected banknotes as reject banknotes, and the banknote depositing unit and the first reject box of the depositing system are provided detachably with respect to the machine body. . 2. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to claim 1, further comprising a counting means for counting the amount of the banknotes to be deposited in the deposit type denomination stacker.