JP2908545B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention is installed in, for example, a mechanized corner of a bank and the like, and is provided with an automatic depositing and dispensing device for automatically depositing and dispensing banknotes. Related to transaction equipment.

(Prior art) In recent years, cash-receipt / payment devices (ATMs) have responded to changes in the market environment, such as holiday operation on Saturdays and long-time operation on weekdays, as well as the need for improved cash management in the devices. The need for automatic and easy replenishment of media such as banknotes is rapidly increasing.

Conventionally, banknotes are replenished to the deposit / withdrawal device by manually filling cash in a supplementary safe (safe cassette) for replenishment called a loading cabinet and setting the cash in the deposit / withdrawal device.
Since it is not possible to manage which ticket type and how many replenishments are used as a device, these are sequentially loaded into each safe via an inspection device that checks incoming and outgoing bills, and the number of banknotes in each safe is determined. I was letting it.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, conventionally, from a replenishment safe (loading warehouse), via an inspection device used for depositing and withdrawing business,
Since the replenishment method is to load in each safe, deposit and withdrawal operations cannot be performed during replenishment, and it is necessary to temporarily bring down the device, which has been a problem in customer service.

Further, when a trouble such as a jam occurs in the loading conveyance path, the apparatus is stopped for recovery processing, which has been a problem in customer service.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic transaction apparatus capable of replenishing bills (including until the count is determined) while operating customer operations of the apparatus.

[Constitution of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to an automatic transaction device for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, and a plurality of safes capable of inserting and removing the banknotes. A first transport means for transporting deposited banknotes to be stored in the safe or a dispensed banknote taken out of the safe, and a first transport means provided in this transport path for inspecting the transported deposited and dispensed banknotes. And an auxiliary safe for storing banknotes to be replenished to the safe in a stacked state, and receiving and storing the banknotes from one end and taking out the banknotes from the other end to perform parallel processing of receiving and sending out the banknotes. A second transport which is provided so as to connect the entrance and the exit of the auxiliary safe, and which conveys the replenishment bills sent from the other end of the auxiliary safe and returns it to one end of the auxiliary safe so that it can be stored in the auxiliary safe again. Means and this A second inspecting means for previously inspecting counts replenishment bill provided earmarking bill return transport path, a first drive means for driving the first conveying means,
A second drive means for driving the second transport means and a connecting means for selectively connecting the first and second drive means are provided.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the supplementary banknotes stored in the auxiliary safe can be taken out once and stored again, and the supplementary banknotes can be inspected and counted in advance. In this way, as there is a transport path that can determine the count independently as an auxiliary safe,
The banknote count in the auxiliary safe can be determined in parallel with the normal deposit and withdrawal operations, and the deposit and withdrawal operations can be continued without the need to temporarily shut down the device, improving operational efficiency and improving customer service. Become. Also, by selectively connecting the first driving means and the second driving means, even if an abnormality occurs in one of the conveying means, only the other conveying means can be operated. , Operation efficiency can be improved.

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

FIG. 2 shows the appearance of the depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 as an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention, and has the following configuration.

That is, a substantially L-shaped operation unit 3 is formed on the front surface of the housing 2. On the horizontal surface of the operation unit 3, there is provided a banknote depositing / dispensing port 4 which allows a large number of banknotes P to be deposited, transferred and transferred or banknotes P to be dispensed to be inserted or withdrawn at once. The bill receiving / dispensing port 4 is provided with a door 5 that can be opened and closed.

A color CRT display 6 with a built-in touch sensor is provided on the horizontal surface of the operation unit 3. This CRT display section 6
Displays operational procedures and other information on the CRT screen in illustrations, characters or words to guide the user, and in accordance with the display, responds to the PIN, amount, account number, transaction approval, confirmation or cancellation, etc. When a display portion is pressed, a touch sensor (not shown) detects the touch, and a so-called key operation for outputting a corresponding signal to the main control unit 11 described later is performed.

That is, for example, "Please press the transferee name"
Is displayed, and a katakana key for inputting the name of the transferee, an alphanumeric designation key, and a key for supporting the form of the transferee are displayed. The content and display are changed every time the operation of the machine or the state of the step changes.

A card slot 7 for inserting a magnetic card A as a transaction medium in which a personal identification number and account information are recorded, a passbook insertion slot 8 for inserting a passbook B, and coins C are inserted in a vertical plane of the operation unit 3. And a coin change receiving port 10 for receiving a change of the coin C.

Also, as shown in FIG. 3, a main control unit 11 for controlling the whole, a card A inserted from the card insertion slot 7 is received in the housing 2, and a password is received from a magnetic stripe on the card A. A magnetic card reader unit 12 for receiving account information such as an account number, a passbook printing unit 13 for reading the magnetic stripe portion of the passbook B inserted from the passbook insertion slot 8 and recording the transaction contents on the passbook B and journal paper (not shown). Is provided.

Further, a deposit / withdrawal unit 14 that receives the bill P inserted into the bill deposit / dispense port 4 and pays out a designated amount of bill P to the bill deposit / dispense port 4, and coins C inserted into the coin insertion slot 9. And a coin receiving / dispensing unit 15 for paying out the specified amount of coins C to the coin receiving slot 9, a customer service unit 16 constituted by the CRT display unit 5, and a voice guidance for providing voice guidance to a customer by a speaker (not shown). Unit 1
7. A staff operation unit 18 having an internal monitor for the staff is provided.

Further, information of a financial institution necessary for the transfer transaction, for example, a floppy disk 19 as a data file in which bank names and branch names are recorded in the order of the Japanese syllabary, data between the main control unit 11 and a host computer (sensor) not shown A transmission control unit 20 for controlling transmission and a power supply unit 21 are provided.

Further, the main control unit 11 is connected to a remote monitor 22 for staff provided outside.

The clerk operation unit 18 and the remote monitor 22 instruct local processing (inspection processing for inspecting the internal state of the apparatus) such as detection of a position, replacement of a safe, and replenishment of a journal.

Next, the configuration of the deposit and withdrawal unit 14 will be described with reference to FIG.

The depositing / dispensing unit 14 is roughly composed of an upper unit 30 and a lower unit 31.

 First, the configuration of the upper unit 30 will be described.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out port 4 is provided above the upper unit 30 in the direction of the customer service surface (leftward in the figure).

Below the bill receiving / dispensing slot 4, a bill storing chamber 32 capable of collectively storing the bills P is formed. This bill storage room
A take-out device 34 for taking out the banknotes P in the banknote accommodation chamber 32 one by one via a take-out roller 33 is provided below the front part of the banknote 32. One wall surface of the bill accommodating chamber 32 is constituted by a backup body 35 movable in a direction of coming and going with respect to the other wall surface, so that the capacity thereof can be changed. Is urged toward the take-out roller 33 side.

A first bill as a first inspection means for discriminating a bill type, authenticity, overlapped conveyance, front and back, damage, and the like of the bill P is provided below the upper unit 30 in the customer service direction (left direction in the figure). An inspection device 36 is provided, and a control unit 37 is provided on the rear side of the first banknote inspection device 36, that is, at the center in the front-rear direction of the upper unit 30.

Above the control unit 37, there is provided a depositing temporary accumulating device 39 for temporarily accumulating the deposited banknotes P in the depositing temporary accumulating unit 38 in a state where the front and back sides are aligned.

Further, a dispensing device which is located between the depositing temporary accumulating device 39 and the bill accommodating chamber 32 and temporarily accumulates the bills P to be paid to the customer at the time of dispensing in the dispensing temporary accumulating unit 40 and then discharges the bills P to the bill accommodating chamber 32. A temporary integration device 41 is provided.

 Next, the configuration of the lower unit 31 will be described.

In the center of the lower unit 31 in the front-rear direction, the first safe 50, the second safe 51,
A third safe 52 is located.

Of these, the first safe 50 and the second safe 51 are a 10,000 yen banknote for 10,000 yen banknotes, and the remaining third safe 52 is a 1,000 yen banknote for 1,000 yen banknotes. I have.

Each safe 50-52 has a bill taking-in means 53 at its upper end.
And a banknote take-out means 54, which stores the banknotes P deposited by the customer, and which is used as a recycle box to be taken out of the banknotes at the time of withdrawal and paid to the customer.

In addition, the customer service surface direction in the lower unit 31 (left direction in the figure)
In addition, a main motor M as a driving source and a driving force transmission for transmitting the driving force of the main motor 55 to driven parts such as a conveyor belt and rollers, which will be described later, are provided. At the lower part (right direction in the figure), three storage-type safes 60, 61, and 62 are vertically arranged.

These safes 60 to 62 are made into cassettes and the safe cassette 63
And can be taken out integrally.

The upper safe 60 is 5,000 yen at the time of deposit and 5,000 yen / lost bill storage for storing damaged tickets, and the middle safe 61 is a forgotten storage for storing banknotes forgotten by customers. The safe 62 is a reject storage for storing rejected bills (excluded bills) at the time of withdrawal and deposit (after confirmation).

Above the safe cassette 63, an auxiliary safe (loading / transfer box) 65 is provided so as to extend to the upper unit 32 as well. As will be described later, the banknote P
It can be stored and taken out at the same time, and can be used as a storage for replenishing recycled bills,
It is used as a transfer warehouse for temporarily transferring the banknotes P in the safes 50, 51, 52 during the allocation process.

Further, in the vicinity of the auxiliary safe 65 and in the lower unit 31, a second bill as a second inspection means for discriminating the bill type, authenticity, overlapped transport, fitness, front / back, damage, etc. of the bill P is provided. An inspection device 66 is provided.

In the upper unit 30 and the lower unit 31,
A plurality of conveyor belts and rollers or the like have been provided, with a plurality of paper money transport path R ₁ to R ₁₉ are formed, the banknote P
70 as sorting means for sorting the transport direction of the paper and optical bill detecting means 71 for detecting passage and remaining of bills
... are arranged.

Next, the configuration and operation of the auxiliary safe (loading storage) 65 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the basic configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG.

The safe cassette body 80 includes an outer housing 82 having a lid 81 and an inner housing 84 forming a bill storage chamber 83, a bill inlet 85 on one side at the upper end, and one side on the lower side. A bill outlet 86 is formed.

In the vicinity of the bill outlet 85 is adapted to feed a horizontal state banknote P take-roller 87 is carried out via the transfer path R ₁₈ have been disposed in the bill storage compartment 83.

A feed roller 88 and a take-out roller
A single sheet take-out means 91 comprising a separation roller 90 and the like is provided, and a hopper section 83a formed at a lower portion in the bill storage chamber 83.
Are sequentially taken out one by one from the lowermost one in a horizontal state.

Further, a pusher 95 is disposed in the upper part of the bill storage chamber 83 so as to be movable up and down, and the separators 96 and 96, the shutters 97 and 97, and the lifters 98 and 98 are interposed in the bill storage chamber 83. , Are arranged.

The separators 96, 96, the shutters 97, 97, and the lifters 98, 98 are guided by guide shafts 99, 99 provided between the outer casing 82 and the inner casing 84 and whose vertical direction is the length direction. The bill storage chamber 83 can be moved up and down and around the guide shafts 99, 99 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
It is configured to be able to rotate and displace to the position retracted from.

Further, a first stopper 100 that can be retracted from the bill storage chamber 83 by being rotated is provided slightly above the bill storage chamber 83.
, And a second stopper 101 are provided, and a backup 102 which is rotatable and retractable from the bill storage chamber 83 is provided below the bill storage chamber 83.

In the upper part of the safe cassette body 80, a bill storage unit 10 is provided.
3 are formed.

Next, the operation of storing the banknote P in the auxiliary safe 65 and the operation of taking out the banknote P from the auxiliary safe 65 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 7A, the bill P sent to the auxiliary safe 65 is taken into the upper part of the bill storage chamber 83 via the take-in roller 87, and is placed horizontally on the separator 96. Be accumulated.

Then, the separators 96 are sequentially lowered in accordance with the number of stacked banknotes P, and when about 200 sheets (soft count) are stacked on the separators 96, as shown in FIG. Descend to near 100.

In this state, the entry of the temporary banknotes P is stopped, and as shown in FIG.
The bill P moves between the second stopper 100 and the second stopper 101, and is supported by the first stopper 100.

Next, as shown in FIG.
The shutter 97 and the shutter 97 are simultaneously rotated about the guide shaft 99 as a rotation center, and are retracted from the bill storage chamber 83 (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6).

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7 (e), the pusher 95 descends, pushes the bill P to the lower side of the second stopper 101, and moves it onto the lifter 98.

At this time, the first and second stoppers 100 and 101 are pushed by the bill P, and once escaped to the vertical position (retreat position) by the action of a spring member (not shown), then return to the horizontal position from the vertical position again. The first and second pushers 95
Notches are formed in portions facing the stoppers 100 and 101, so that they do not interfere with each other.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7 (f), the pusher 95 is raised to return to the original standby position, and the separator 96 and the shutter 97 are moved to the position interposed in the bill storage chamber 83 (solid line position in FIG. 6). Return to). Thereafter, the separator 96 moves to an upper position indicated by a two-dot chain line.

Thereby, the storing operation of the bill P in the bill storage chamber 83 is completed.

The operations of (a) to (f) of FIG. 7 are repeated to enable about 1800 banknotes P (about 250 mm) to be stacked on the lifter 98.

During this time, the hopper 83a in the lower part of the bill storage chamber 83
In FIG. 7 (g), when there is a dispensing bill P as indicated by a two-dot chain line, the bill P can be taken out at an appropriate time. When the remaining number of banknotes P in the hop section 83a reaches about 200 (or height detection), the backup 102 automatically pushes the banknotes in the hopper section 83a from the retracted position (solid line position) (two-dot chain line). Position).

Next, when the banknotes P in the hopper 83a run out, the backup 102 returns to the retracted position (solid line position), as shown in FIG. Descend as shown. Then, the banknotes P on the tough 98 are fed by the feed rollers 88 of the one sheet take-out means 91 of the hopper 83a.
And the take-out roller 89.

Thereafter, the tough 98 rotates about the guide shaft 99 as a rotation center, and once moves up to the position retracted from the bill storage chamber 83, ascends, and again as shown in FIG. 7 (j). It returns to the position interposed in the storage room 83.

Then, the storing operation and the extracting operation of the banknote P can be performed.

 Next, various processing operations will be described.

FIGS. 8A and 8B show the flow of banknotes during a deposit transaction.

First, FIG. 8 A Oite, when inserted from the bill receiving and dispensing opening 4 in the banknote storage chamber 32, the bill AP, as shown by the solid line arrow, is successively conveyed to the bill feeding path R ₁ to R _4, deposit It is led to the temporary accumulation device 39. Thereafter, the integrated temporary bill transport path R ₅ or R ₆ to selectively deposit the temporary collection unit 38 in a state of selection of front and back are distributed deposit temporary stacking device 39.

At this time, rejected bills P that have not been read by the first paper money inspecting device 36 provided in the bill transport path R _2, as indicated by broken line arrows, guide the bill conveyance path R ₆ to dispensing temporary stacking section 40 after being integrated with him, banknote storage chamber via the paper money transport path R ₇
At the same time, it is returned to 32 and the door 5 is opened to have the customer re-enter.

When all the deposit / withdrawal bills P have been read, the deposit amount is displayed on the CRT display unit 6.

The customer confirms the amount and, if correct, presses the [confirm] button on the CRT display section 6 with a built-in touch sensor.

When this [confirmation] button is pressed, the banknotes P in the deposit temporary accumulation section 38 are taken out one by one as shown by solid arrows in FIG. _8B , and the banknote transport paths R ₈ , R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₉ , are sequentially conveyed.

Then, the 10,000-yen banknote P and the 1,000-yen banknote P are
_It is guided to the ₁₀ side and stored in a first safe (10,000 yen store) 50 or a second safe (10,000 yen store) 51, and a third safe (1,000 yen store).

In addition, 5,000 yen and damaged tickets and reject bills P
It is guided to the paper money transport path R ₁₁ side.

Then, the 5,000 yen and the damaged ticket P are stored in the safe at the top of the safe cassette 63 (5,000 yen / unfitted note storage), as indicated by the dashed arrow.
Housed in 60. Further, the rejected banknote P is stored in a safe (reject storage) 62 at the lower stage of the safe cassette 63, as indicated by a two-dot chain line arrow.

 FIG. 9 shows the flow of banknotes during a withdrawal transaction.

The amount requested by the customer is taken out from the first safe (10,000 yen store) 50 or the second safe (10,000 yen store) 51, and the third safe (1,000 yen store) 52, and the bill transport paths R ₁₀ , R ₁₅ , R ₂ , R ₃ , R ₄ , and R ₆ are sequentially conveyed, guided to the dispensing temporary accumulating device 41, and temporarily accumulated in the dispensing temporary accumulating unit 40. After integration, along with back collectively banknote storage chamber 32 via the paper money transport path R _7, paying customers by opening the door 5.

On the other hand, the rejected banknotes P are stored in a safe (reject storage) 62 at the lower stage of the safe cassette 63, as indicated by a two-dot chain line arrow.

At the time of dispensing and depositing operations, if there is a banknote P in the banknote storage chamber 32 even after a certain period of time, it is determined that "forgot". After the door 5 is closed, the bills P in the bill storage chamber 32 are sequentially taken in one by one by the take-out roller 33, and the bill transport path is
_{R 1, R 2, R 9} , R 11, and sequentially conveyed safe cassettes R ₁₃
Collected in the middle safe 63 (forgotten storage) 61.

FIG. 10 shows the flow of bills at the time of replenishment when the number of bills to be dispensed is low.

The banknotes P of the auxiliary safe 65, one by one taken out from the lower side, Komu sent to the bill feeding path R _16. And the bill transport path R
Denominations such checks at the second bill inspection device 44 provided in the _16, the first safe sequentially via the paper money transport path R ₁₇ and R ₁₀ (thousand yen box) 50, a second safe ( Banknotes are replenished to the ten-yen storeroom 51 and the third safe (thousand-yen storehouse) 52. At this time, it rejected bills P generated takes into banknote storing portion 103 formed in an upper portion of the auxiliary safe 65 via the paper money transport path R _18.

Next, referring to FIG. 11, a flow of banknotes in the case where the number of banknotes to be replenished in the auxiliary safe to be refilled to the safes 50, 51, 52 is preliminarily inspected and counted will be described.

First, during normal customer operations, for example, during withdrawal processing,
As described above, the processing is performed along the path indicated by the broken arrow.

On the other hand, in the auxiliary safe 65 is fed banknotes P packed in manually in the auxiliary safe 65 is taken out one by one from the outlet 86 of the lower to the bill transport path R _16.

Then, the back upward as shown by a solid line and arrows via the paper money transport path R ₁₆ and auxiliary bill return transport path R ₂₀ consisting of R _18, in this conveyance developing, the second paper money inspecting device 66 Discrimination of the bill type, true / false, stacked conveyance, correct / incorrect, front / back, etc. of the banknote P is performed.

And the banknote P judged to be able to withdraw to the customer
Is returned to the banknote storage room 83 of the auxiliary safe 65 from the banknote inlet 85 again. In addition, the rejected bills, the damaged bills, and the like are stored in the bill storage room 10
Put in 3.

Although the banknote P packed by hand does not recognize the denomination, the number of sheets, and the like as a device, the banknote P once detected by the second banknote inspection device 66 is recognized as these data and becomes management cash. . Therefore, the banknote P can be used as a banknote service from the auxiliary safe 65 as a banknote for customers.

As shown in FIG. 12, the flow of banknotes in the normal deposit / withdrawal business (broken line arrow path) does not intersect with the flow of banknotes at the time of inspection of replenishment banknotes (solid line arrow path). You can do it.

Next, each transport path in the above-described banknote depositing / dispensing unit 14
The driving mechanism of R _{1 to} R ₁₉ will be described.

The driving force of the main motor M in the lower unit 31 is a belt
B _1, the gear G _1, belt B _2, is transmitted to the gear G ₅ of the upper unit 14 via a gear _{G 2, G 3, G 4} . Gear G ₅ is gear G _6, G _7, the belt
Driving the gear G ₈ through B _3. Gear _{G 5, G 6, G 7} , G 8 drives the conveyance path R _1.

Gear G ₈ is a gear G ₉ drives the gear G ₉ via the belt B ₇ operates the conveyance path R ₁₂ drives the gear G _10.

Conveying path by driving the gear G ₁₁ gear G ₁₀ via the belt B ₅
To drive the R _2. The gear G ₁₁ is gear G _12, via the belt B ₆ drives the gear G13 for driving the conveyance path R _4.

With gear G ₁₃ drives the pulley 105 of the electromagnetic clutch 104 via the belt B _7, this pulley and gear provided coaxially through the clutch is belt B ₈ are connected, ON clutch 104 / is adapted to selectively transmit the driving force of the gear G ₁₃ to the gear G ₁₄ by OFF. Gear G ₁₄
By gears G ₁₈ belt B _9, drives the gear G _16, G _17, the gear G ₁₉ through the gear G ₁₈ further drives the belt B _10, gears G _20, G ₂₁ transport path R ₁₈ drives the .

Furthermore the above-mentioned belt B ₂ drives the gear G _23, G _24, the transport path R ₁₀ drives the gear G ₂₅ to G ₃₂ through the belt B _11.

Further ,, gear G ₃₂ is a gear G _33, a gear G ₃₄ through the belt B ₁₂
To drive the conveyance path R ₁₀ drives the G _37.

Further, the conveyance path R ₅ is a gear G ₃₈ belt B _13, is driven by a gear G _39, the transport path R ₆ is driven by a gear _{G 40, G 41, G 42} , G 43. Further conveyance path R ₇ is driven by a gear _{G 44, G 45, G 46} , G 47, the transport path R _9, R _17, R ₁₉ is driven by a gear G _48, G _49.

As described above, the motor M includes the first transporting means 200 (R _{1 to} R ₁₅ ) for performing deposit / withdrawal transactions and the second transporting means 201 (R ₁₆ , R ₁₈ ) for determining and counting the bills in the auxiliary safe 65. Drive.

However, the first transporting means 200
And a second drive mechanism 203 for driving the second transport means 201 are selectively connected.

Therefore, when a jam (clogging) or the like occurs in the second transport unit 201, the main control unit 11 turns off the clutch 104 and controls the deposit / withdrawal unit 14 so that power is not transmitted to the second transport unit. .

The internal monitor 18 is provided with a switch for turning on / off the clutch 104. When the auxiliary safe 65 is attached / detached, this switch is turned off and detached / attached while the second transport means 201 is not driven.

Therefore, the auxiliary safe 65 can be attached and detached even during a deposit / withdrawal transaction.

As described above, the auxiliary cash box 65
It is possible to determine the count of the banknotes P in the banknotes, and the depositing / dispensing business can be continued without temporarily bringing down the device, thereby improving the operation efficiency and the customer service. In addition, the banknotes P can be replenished without stopping, and even if the banknotes P run short during the operation of the apparatus, it is possible to directly withdraw money from the auxiliary safe 65, thereby further improving the operation efficiency.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the supplementary banknotes stored in the auxiliary safe can be once taken out and stored again, and the supplementary banknotes can be inspected and counted in advance.
In this way, the secondary count can be determined independently as an auxiliary safe.
With the transfer means, the banknotes in the auxiliary safe can be counted and confirmed in parallel with the normal deposit and withdrawal operations while the deposit and withdrawal operations are continued without temporarily bringing down the device. Improve customer service. In addition, since the second transporting means can be selectively driven, a deposit / withdrawal transaction can be performed even when an abnormality occurs in the second transporting means or when the auxiliary safe is replaced, so that the operation efficiency can be improved. To play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a sectional view showing a driving mechanism of the depositing / dispensing unit 14, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the entire depositing / dispensing apparatus, FIG. 3 is a structural view of the depositing / dispensing apparatus, and FIG. , FIG. 5 is a front view showing a schematic structure of the auxiliary safe, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an internal mechanism of the auxiliary safe, FIG. 7 is a view showing an operation state of the auxiliary safe, and FIG. Diagram showing the flow of ninth
Figure shows the flow of banknotes at the time of dispensing, Figure 10 shows the flow of banknotes at the time of loading, Figure 11 shows the flow of banknotes at the time of checking the count of banknotes in the auxiliary safe, Figure 12 It is a figure showing the flow of a bill for explaining parallel processing. 36 ... first inspection means, 50, 51, 52 ... safe, 65 ... auxiliary safe, 66 ... second inspection means, 85 ... bill inlet, 86 ...
... bill outlet, R ₂₀ ...... supplemented bill return transport path, 202 ......
First driving mechanism, 203 ...... second driving mechanism, M ...... motor, P ...... _{banknotes, R 1, R 2, R} 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8, R ₉ , R ₁₀ ,
R ₁₁ , R ₁₂ , R ₁₃ , R ₁₄ , R ₁₅ ... First transport means, R ₁₆ , R _18.
Second transport means.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic transaction apparatus for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, comprising: a plurality of safes capable of receiving and disposing of the banknotes; and transporting deposited banknotes to be stored in these safes or withdrawal banknotes taken out of the safe. A first transporting means, a first inspecting means provided in the transporting path for inspecting incoming and outgoing bills, and a banknote for storing replenishing banknotes to be replenished to the safe in a stacked state; An auxiliary safe that receives and stores paper money from one end and takes out from the other end to perform parallel processing of receipt and delivery of banknotes, and is provided so as to connect the entrance and exit of this auxiliary safe from the other end of the auxiliary safe. Second transport means for transporting the refilled banknotes sent out and returning them to one end of the auxiliary safe so that they can be stored again in the auxiliary safe; Second appreciation Means, first driving means for driving the first conveying means, second driving means for driving the second conveying means, and connection for selectively connecting the first and second driving means. Means, and an automatic transaction device comprising: