JP2776685B2 - In / out guidance instruction device in banknote handling 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 handling machine,
In particular, the present invention relates to an in-and-out guidance instruction device in a bill processing machine that issues a guidance instruction to a teller when a teller takes in and out a bill from a payout port or an insertion slot of the bill processing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, in a financial institution, a payout guide device incorporated in a bill dispensing machine (bill processing machine) shared by two tellers has been proposed, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-47712. There is something. This dispensing guide instruction device has a configuration in which a guide instruction plate that can freely protrude forward is provided at the left and right positions across the dispensing port of the bill dispensing machine, and the bill discharged to the dispensing port is dispensed by either the right or left teller. One (for example, right) to clearly distinguish between banknotes based on the directive
If the bill based on the teller's withdrawal command is discharged to the payout slot, the other (left) teller-side guidance indicator is projected forward to prohibit the removal of the other (left) teller. I was trying to do it.

[0003]

By the way, the aforementioned dispensing guide device of the prior art is provided in a banknote dispensing machine. However, in today's financial institutions, a banknote having not only a dispensing function but also a depositing function. Banking machines are often used. Further, among the banknote pay-in / pay-out machines, those in which a banknote is processed simultaneously with a circulation system (a system in which a received banknote can be reused as a banknote to be banked) are mainly used. Since the banknote pay-in / pay-out device capable of simultaneously performing the banknote pay-in / pay-out process has to perform banknote pay-in / out at the same time, a payout port and an insertion port are usually provided individually. In the case where the above-mentioned guide indicating device is incorporated in such a banknote pay-in / pay-out device, a total of four pay-in / out guide indicating devices must be provided at the left and right positions of the payout port and the insertion slot, respectively. In the case where a large number of the in-and-out guidance instruction devices are provided in the payout opening and the insertion port in this manner, it is difficult for the teller to instantly recognize the bill by merely protruding the guidance instruction plate forward, or the banknote may be mistakenly taken out,
It could be thrown in.

[0004] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention solves the above problem by coloring the left and right side surfaces of the guidance instruction plate of the in / out guidance instruction device into a color for displaying permission and a color for displaying prohibition. It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-and-out guidance instruction device in a banknote handling machine that can instantaneously determine whether the product is ejected or inserted.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is shared by two tellers, and has a payout port and an input port separately. Or according to the deposit instruction, in a banknote processing machine that discharges a banknote to a payout port or takes in a banknote inserted into an input port, at the left and right ends of the payout port and the input port, to the outside of the machine. When one teller instructs withdrawal or deposit, the guide instruction plate on the other teller side is protruded out of the machine, and provided at the left end of the payout port and the insertion port. The left side surface of the guide instruction plate and the right side surface of the guide instruction plate provided at the right end of the payout port and the insertion port are provided with the payout port and the first color that prohibit taking out or inserting a bill. Left end of inlet The right side surface of the provided guidance instruction plate and the left side surface of the guidance instruction plate provided at the right end of the payout opening and the insertion port are respectively color-coded with a second color permitting removal or insertion of bills. It is characterized by the following.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the dispensing is instructed by the left-side teller, the guide indicating plate provided at the right end of the payout port is protruded outside the machine to permit the bill to be taken out. Is displayed on the left-side teller and the first color that prohibits the removal of banknotes is displayed on the right-side teller. Conversely, when dispensing is instructed by the right-side teller, it is provided at the left end of the payout slot. The guided instruction plate protrudes out of the machine, and the second color for permitting the removal of bills is displayed on the right teller and the first color for inhibiting the removal of bills is displayed on the left teller. When the deposit is instructed by the left teller, the guide indicator plate provided at the right end of the insertion slot is protruded out of the machine, and the second color for permitting the insertion of the bill is displayed on the left teller again. The first color to prohibit the input is displayed on the right teller, and conversely, when a deposit is instructed by the right teller, the guide indicator plate provided at the left end of the input port is protruded out of the machine. Second to allow the insertion of bills
Is displayed on the right-side teller, and the first color for inhibiting the insertion of bills is displayed on the left-side teller. This makes it possible to clearly indicate to the teller whether the removal of the bill from the payout port or the insertion of the bill into the insertion port is permitted or prohibited.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view of a transaction port mechanism 2 of a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine 1 (a banknote processing machine) according to the present embodiment, which is installed and shared between two tellers, and particularly in FIG. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the machine 1 is placed in the withdrawal occupation state by the teller on the left side. FIG. 2 is also an external view of the transaction port mechanism 2 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 as in FIG. A state in which the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 is placed in a deposit occupying state by a left teller and further in a dispensing occupying state by a right teller is shown. Note that the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 referred to in the present embodiment is a circulation type (a method in which a deposited banknote can be reused as a withdrawal banknote) and can simultaneously perform deposit / withdrawal processing,
The construction is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 3-1688 previously proposed by the present applicant.
No. 91.

The structure of the transaction port mechanism 2 will be described.
The transaction port mechanism 2 is provided above the front of the body of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 and includes a payout port 3 located above the machine body and an insertion port 4 located below the payout port 3. A shutter 3A is provided to prevent bills discharged one by one into the payout slot 3 from jumping out of the machine as in the related art. The shutter 3A normally closes the front of the payout port 3, but when all the dispensed bills are discharged into the payout port 3 and urges the teller to take it out, the shutter 3A is driven to rotate by driving means (not shown). Thus, the front of the payout opening 3 is opened. A discharge port 4A similar to the conventional one is provided at the innermost part 2 of the input port 4, and a mounting plate 4C which is inclined downward toward the discharge port 4A side is provided in front of the discharge port 4A. In the cutout 4D formed in 4C, a part of the bills protrudes from the mounting plate 4C and the bills loaded on the mounting plate 4C are fed one by one into the feeding port 4A. A roller 4B is provided. The payout port 3 and the insertion port 4 are respectively connected to a delivery path (not shown) and a delivery path (not shown) in the machine.

The deposit / withdrawal guidance instructing device 5 comprises a withdrawal guidance instructing means 5A and a deposit guidance instructing means 5B, which are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the payout port 3 and the input port 4 is provided at each of the left and right ends, and each of the payout guide instruction plates 5A-1 is provided.
And a payment guide instruction plate 5B-1. Driving means (not shown) for projecting the payment guide plate 5A-1 and the payment guide plate 5B-1 out of the machine or taking them into the machine.
For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-547 proposed by the present applicant earlier
No. 12 or Japanese Patent Application No. 2-416894.

[0010] Both sides of the dispensing guide indicating plate 5A-1 and the depositing guide indicating plate 5B-1 are color-coded into a color for displaying permission and a color for displaying prohibition. The left side face of the withdrawal guide instruction plate 5A-1 and the deposit guide instruction plate 5B-1 located on the left side of the left 4 is the left teller prohibited side surface 6.
The color for displaying the prohibition, for example, red, and the right side behind it is the right teller permission side 9 and the color for displaying the permission,
For example, each of the payout ports 3 is colored green.
Dispensing guidance indicating plate 5A-1 located on the right side of slot 4
The right side surface of the deposit guide plate 5B-1 is a right teller prohibition side surface 8 and a color for displaying prohibition, for example, red, and the left side behind it is a left teller permission side surface 7 for displaying a permission, for example. Each color is green. Note that both sides of the dispensing guide instruction plate 5A-1 and the deposit guide instruction plate 5B-1 are driven by the driving means to drive the dispensing guide instruction plate 5A-1 and the deposit guide instruction plate 5B-1. Only when it protrudes outside, it can be seen by two tellers sharing the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1.

Next, the above-described banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 of the present embodiment.
The operation of the in / out guidance instruction device 5 will be described. For example, a case where only the left teller instructs the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 via a console (not shown) (not shown) will be described with reference to FIG. After being dispensed, bills are fed out one by one from a denomination stack (not shown) in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1, and are conveyed to the payout port 3 by a dispensing conveyance path. When the bill corresponding to the withdrawal instruction amount of the left teller is discharged into the payout port 3, the shutter 3A in front of the payout port 3 is driven by driving means (not shown) to open the payout port 3.
At the same time, the dispensing guide indicating means 5A located at the right end of the payout opening 3 is driven by the driving means (not shown), and the dispensing guide indicating plate 5A-1 inside projects out of the machine (FIG. 1).
State). Thereafter, in order to allow the left teller to take out the bills to be dispensed from the inside of the payout port 3, when viewing the payout port 3 side, the left teller permission side surface 7 (see FIG. The green color (permitted color) on the left side) can be checked instantaneously, so that the left teller can take out the banknote with ease, and the right teller can not use the right teller on the dispensing guidance instruction plate 5A-1. Since the side face 8 can be confirmed instantaneously, there is no possibility that the right teller accidentally removes the bill dispensed by the left teller. When the bill is taken out by the left teller, the dispensing guide instruction plate 5A-1 is taken into the machine again.

Next, as another operation example, the teller on the left side instructs the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1 via a console (not shown) (not shown), and the teller on the right side performs an operation (not shown). The case of instructing withdrawal via a desk (for the right teller) will be described with reference to FIG. 2. When a deposit instruction is issued from the left teller, a deposit guide instruction immediately located at the right end of the slot 4 is provided. The means 5B is driven by a driving means (not shown), and the payment guide instruction plate 5B-1 inside the means 5B projects outside the machine (the state shown in FIG. 2). When the left-side teller presses a start key (not shown), the ejection roller 4B is driven, and the deposited bills on the placing plate 4C are fed one by one to the outlet 4.
Via A, it is sent into the money transfer path inside the machine. The bills fed into the deposit transport path are stored in the denomination stacking section after the denomination is discriminated. When all the deposited banknotes are stored in the denomination stack, the deposit guide plate 5B-
1 will be taken into the cabin again. In addition, in parallel with the payment processing of the left teller, the payment processing of the right teller is also performed. That is, when a withdrawal instruction is issued from the right teller, bills are fed out one by one from a denomination stacking unit (not shown) in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1, and are conveyed to the payout port 3 by a withdrawal conveyance path. Is done. If a bill corresponding to the withdrawal instruction amount of the right teller is discharged into the payout port 3, the shutter 3A in front of the payout port 3 is driven by driving means (not shown).
And the payout opening 3 is opened. At the same time, the dispensing guide indicating means 5A located at the left end of the payout opening 3 is driven by a driving means (not shown), and the dispensing guide indicating plate 5A-1 inside the dispensing guide indicating plate 5A protrudes outside the machine (see FIG. 1). State shown).
Thereafter, when the bill is taken out by the right teller, the dispensing guide instruction plate 5A-1 is taken into the machine again.

As described above, when the teller on the left side instructs to deposit a bill, the deposit guide plate 5B-1 at the right end of the slot 4 protrudes, and when the teller on the right side instructs dispensing of a bill, Is a withdrawal guide plate 5A-1 at the left end of the payout opening 3.
When the teller on the left side is visually inspected on the side of the insertion port 4 so that the teller on the left side inserts the bill into the insertion port 4, the green ( The right teller can instantly check the right teller-inhibited side face 8 of the payment guide instruction plate 5B-1 while the left teller can insert bills with ease. Therefore, there is no possibility that the right teller mistakenly inserts the deposited bill into the slot 4 occupied by the left teller. Furthermore, in order for the teller on the right side to take out the bill to be dispensed from the inside of the payout slot 3,
When the payout exit 3 side is visually observed, the withdrawal guidance instruction plate 5A on the left side
Green color (permitted color) on the right tailer permission side 9 (left side) of 1
Can be checked instantaneously, so that the right-side teller can take out the banknote with ease, and the left-side teller can use the left-teller prohibition side face 6 of the withdrawal guide plate 5A-1.
Can be checked instantaneously, so that there is no danger that the left-side teller mistakenly removes the bill dispensed by the right-side teller. .

In this embodiment, the dispensing guidance indicating plate 5
As a specific color coding method of both sides of the A-1 and the deposit guide plate 5B-1, the two guide plates 5A-1, 5B-
Color (green) to indicate permission on both sides 6, 7, 8, 9 of 1
And a paint of a color indicating prohibition (red) may be applied, or a color-coded tape may be applied to both side surfaces 6, 7, 8, 9 of both guide indicating plates 5A-1, 5B-1. You may make it stick.

Further, in the present embodiment, the color for displaying the permission is unified to one color (green) for the payout port 3 side and the input port 4 side, but it is not always necessary to unify it to one color. For example, in the case of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 1, which is color-coded by a display lamp of a payment system and a display lamp of a payment system, the color for displaying permission is divided into the payout port 3 side and the insertion port 4 side. You may color-code according to the color of the said lamp. In addition,
The color for displaying permission and the color for displaying prohibition are not necessarily limited to green and red, and may be any color.

In this embodiment, the description has been given only of the case where the in-and-out guide instruction device is incorporated in the banknote pay-in / pay-out device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Banknote depositing and dispensing machine 2
The present invention can be applied to any banknote processing machine shared by human tellers.

[0017]

As described above, in the present invention,
At the left and right ends of the payout port and the insertion port of the banknote handling machine shared by two tellers, a guide indicator plate that can protrude outside the machine is provided, and when one teller instructs withdrawal or deposit,
The other teller-side guide indicating plate is protruded outside the machine, and a left side surface of the guide indicating plate provided at the left end of the payout port and the input port, and a right end of the payout port and the input port are provided. The right side of the guide indicating plate provided in the left end portion of the payout port and the insertion slot is a first color that prohibits the removal or insertion of bills.
Since the left side of the guide indicating plate provided at the right end of the payout port and the insertion port is color-coded with the second color permitting takeout or insertion of the bill, the teller can use the bill from the payout port. It is possible to instantly check the quality of the removal of the bill or the insertion of the bill into the insertion slot, and the teller on the opposite side to the teller instructing withdrawal or deposit, mistakenly removes the withdrawal bill from the payout port, There is no risk of depositing bills into the slot, and two tellers
The two bill processing machines can be shared efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a state in which a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to an embodiment of the present invention is placed in a withdrawal occupation state by a left teller.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing a state in which the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the embodiment of the present invention is placed in a deposit-occupied state by a left teller, and further placed in a deposit-occupied state by a right teller.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote pay-in / pay-out machine (banknote processing machine) 3 Payout port 4 Slot 5 In / out guide instruction | instruction apparatus 5A Outgoing payment instruction | indication means 5B Incoming guide | instruction instruction | indication means 5A-1 Withdrawal guidance instruction | indication board 5B-1 Payment guidance instruction | indication board

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A teller which is shared by two tellers, has a payout port and an input port separately, and discharges bills to a payout port in accordance with a withdrawal instruction or a deposit instruction of one of the tellers. Alternatively, in a banknote handling machine that takes in the bills inserted into the insertion slot into the machine, guide guide plates are provided at the left and right end portions of the payout port and the insertion port so as to be able to protrude outside the machine, and one of the tellers is turned out. When instructing gold or deposit, the other teller-side guide indicating plate is protruded out of the machine, and the left side surface of the guide indicating plate provided at the left end of the payout port and the input port, and the payout port and the input port. The right side of the guide indicator provided at the right end of the mouth is a first color that prohibits the removal or insertion of bills, and the right side of the guide indicator provided at the left end of the payout slot and the slot. Plane and the payout exit and And a left side surface of the guide instruction plate provided at the right end of the insertion slot is color-coded with a second color permitting take-out or insertion of a bill.