JP4198210B2 - Money deposit / withdrawal processing system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a money deposit / withdrawal processing system for depositing and dispensing banknotes and coins at a counter of a financial institution, a transportation facility, or a supermarket.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In bank counters of financial institutions, transportation facilities, or supermarkets, a money deposit / withdrawal processing system that automatically performs deposit / withdrawal processing of banknotes and coins is introduced.
[0003]
The money deposit / withdrawal processing system includes a banknote deposit / withdrawal apparatus for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, a coin deposit / withdrawal apparatus for depositing / withdrawing coins, a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, and the like. And a cash register that allows the coin deposit / withdrawal device to perform deposit / withdrawal processing. This cash register has the function of a POS register at a checkout office such as a supermarket. The Terrars machine is designed to have that function.
[0004]
The banknote deposit / withdrawal device and the coin deposit / withdrawal device generally include a deposit transfer unit that receives deposited coins and feeds them one by one, a deposit identification unit that identifies the transported coins while transporting them, and deposits at the identification unit A denomination storage unit that stores the money identified as acceptable in a denomination and can pay out one by one; and a withdrawal unit that dispenses the denomination from the denomination storage unit so that it can be taken out from the outside. There is a case where the temporary holding part of the deposited money is provided depending on the operation specification of the apparatus and may not be provided.
[0005]
In other words, when used at a checkout office such as a supermarket, there are many operations in which money deposited from a customer is temporarily stored in a position that is visible to the customer until the end of the transaction until the change is paid and approved by the customer. In the case of operation, the storage position functions as a temporary storage unit, and there is no need to return the money when depositing it. It is designed to be stored.
[0006]
On the other hand, when used at a window of a financial institution, the amount of money to be deposited may be large, so the amount of money deposited is identified and counted in the device and the amount deposited is confirmed, and the amount is approved. If it is not approved, it will be returned to the money type storage unit. Therefore, a temporary storage unit for deposited money is always provided in the apparatus.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the case of a money deposit / withdrawal device that does not have a temporary holding part in the device, the clerk confirms the money deposited from the customer, inputs the deposit amount, and throws the change coins according to the entered deposit amount. There is a problem that it may cause a mistake when the amount of deposit is large or counterfeit money is used.
[0008]
On the other hand, in a money deposit / withdrawal apparatus used at a window of a financial institution or the like, deposit processing and withdrawal processing are often performed independently. In other words, there are many cases where the deposit process and the withdrawal process are irrelevant, such as when a deposit process is performed for one customer and then a withdrawal process is performed for another customer. As soon as the deposit is approved, the temporarily held money is stored in the denomination storage unit. Therefore, the transfer amount is key-inputted by the money depositing / withdrawing apparatus having the temporary holding unit as described above, and the amount of money more than the transfer amount is deposited, and the difference between the transfer amount and the deposit amount is used as change. In the case of deposit processing and withdrawal processing as a series of transactions, the withdrawal of change is made if the receipt of money is confirmed and the receipt of money has not been completed, even though the deposit amount has been confirmed. However, the delivery of change to the customer is delayed, and the customer is made to wait as much as that. At the same time, the response time for one customer becomes longer, so there is a problem that traffic congestion occurs at the time of congestion.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In view of the above points, the present invention mechanically identifies the deposited money to determine the deposit amount, and immediately when the deposited amount is confirmed, the fishing money is thrown out and the temporarily held money is stored. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to significantly reduce the waiting time of the customer and shorten the processing time of one transaction.
[0010]
As means for solving the above-described problems, the present invention provides a deposit transfer unit that receives deposited money and feeds it one by one, a deposit identification unit that identifies money fed from the deposit transfer unit, and the deposit identification. A temporary hold unit that can hold all the money identified as depositable at the same time and pay out the temporarily held money one by one; A denomination storage unit that can be dispensed, a deposit conveyance path that conveys money from the deposit transfer unit to each entry portion of the collective temporary storage unit and the denomination storage unit via the deposit identification unit, and A withdrawal part for holding return money returned from the collective temporary holding part and withdrawal money delivered from the denomination storage part so that it can be taken out from the outside, and the withdrawal part from each outlet part of the denomination storage part Withdrawal to transport money to A required deposit amount determination means for determining a required deposit amount such as a road, a sales amount, a transfer amount, etc., and an approval means for performing a deposit approval instruction or a return instruction for the amount of money temporarily held in the collective temporary holding section, Based on the identification by the deposit identification unit, the determination by the required deposit amount determination unit, and the instruction by the approval unit, the deposit transfer unit, the batch temporary storage unit, the money type storage unit, the deposit transport path, And a control means for controlling the withdrawal transport path, wherein the control means transfers money by the deposit transfer section and is identified by the deposit identification section, and only depositable money that can be deposited is provided. Deposit hold processing to temporarily hold in the batch temporary hold section, Necessary fishing based on the comparison between the reserve deposit amount, which is the amount of the deposit money temporarily held in the collective hold unit by the deposit hold processing, and the required deposit amount determined in advance by the required deposit amount determining means. Money from the money type storage Withdrawing process for feeding and transporting to the withdrawal part by the withdrawal transport path, and the deposited money held in the batch temporary storage part are fed one by one to the denomination storing part by the deposit transport path When performing processing related to a series of transactions with the deposit storage processing to be transported and stored, after performing the deposit hold processing, the approval means Against the amount A money deposit / withdrawal processing system configured to execute a control for performing the withdrawal process and the deposit storage process in parallel when a deposit approval instruction is given.
[0012]
The depositing / dispensing device includes the deposit transfer unit, the deposit identification unit, the collective temporary storage unit, the money type storage unit, the deposit transport path, the withdrawal unit, and the withdrawal transport path. It is preferable that the money deposit / withdrawal device is composed of a banknote deposit / withdrawal device and a coin deposit / withdrawal device.
[0013]
The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus has a common configuration for an inlet and an outlet of the collective temporary holding unit and the denomination storing unit, and a part of the depositing conveyance path and a part of the dispensing conveyance path are shared. The collective temporary storage part is arranged in front of the common transport path part, and the denomination storage parts are arranged in the common transport path part in descending order of denomination, and the denomination of the banknotes stored in the collective temporary storage part A denomination confirmation means for confirming that the denomination of the withdrawal banknote to be withdrawn as a change is a lower denomination is provided, and the control means is the denomination of the withdrawal banknote. Is confirmed to be a low denomination, the withdrawal process and the storage process are performed in parallel, and the withdrawal process is performed when it is confirmed that the denomination of the withdrawal banknote is a higher denomination. After performing any one of the storage processing, the other can be performed.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of an embodiment of a money depositing / withdrawing apparatus provided with a money depositing / withdrawing processing system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1, and FIG. 1 schematically shows the flow of each currency of the coin depositing / dispensing apparatus 2 and illustrates the case where these depositing / dispensing apparatuses 1 and 2 are incorporated in the apparatus main body 3 in parallel.
A bill depositing port 4 is provided at the upper front of the billet depositing / dispensing device 1 side of the apparatus main body 3, and a bill dispensing port 5 is provided at a lower position thereof, and an operation key group 6 for input is provided around the depositing port 4. An operation unit 8 including a display unit 7 and the like is disposed. A coin depositing port 9 is provided at the upper front of the apparatus body 3 on the coin depositing / dispensing device 2 side, and a change coin or reject coin dispensing port 10 is provided below the coin depositing port 9. These deposit / withdrawal devices 1 and 2 are connected to the cash register 11 for deposit / withdrawal management.
[0015]
A front door 12 is attached to the front of the apparatus main body 3 so as to be opened laterally, and a key is inserted into the key hole 13 so as to be opened and closed. The cash register 11 includes a card reader 14. The responsibility for handling is clarified through the user's ID card.
[0016]
FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a longitudinal side view of one embodiment of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1, and a depositing / feeding section 15 is provided following the banknote depositing port 4. The feeding section 15 includes a belt 16 that conveys banknotes in the horizontal direction, a reverse roller 17 that is in contact with the upper surface of the belt 16 and separates the banknotes one by one, and a banknote on the upper surface of the conveyor belt 16. In order to prevent the lifting, the front end is constituted by a presser plate 19 and the like which are pivotally supported so as to be lowered toward the back side by the urging of the spring 18. ₁ Is done.
[0017]
A belt so that an identification conveyance path 21 having a deposit identification part 20 for identifying the denomination, correctness, and the like of the deposited banknote following the rear end of the conveyor belt 16 has a U-shape when viewed from the side. The identification conveyance path 21 has an end extending to the center position in the front-rear direction of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1, and continues to the depositing conveyance path 22 arranged in the vertical direction.
[0018]
The lower end of the deposit conveyance path 22 is folded back near the bottom of the apparatus main body 3 and continues to the withdrawal conveyance path 23 extending in the vertical direction in parallel with the conveyance path 22, and the withdrawal conveyance immediately after the folded section. A withdrawal identification unit 24 is provided in the path 23. Above the withdrawal conveyance path 23 constitutes a part of the identification conveyance path 21 between the transfer section 15 and the deposit identification section 20. These transport systems are dedicated motors M ₂ Driven by.
A banknote dispensing unit 25 is disposed at a position directly below the banknote deposit port 4, and a reject box 26 is disposed at a position just below the banknote deposit slot 4. A banknote collection cassette 27 is disposed at a position below the reject box 26. It can be opened and removed.
[0019]
The withdrawal portion 25 has a belt 28 that is a lower running surface at a position that substantially coincides with the level of the upper edge of the opening of the withdrawal opening 5, and a belt 28 stretched between front and rear pulleys, and a position directly below the belt 28. And a receiving plate 30 that moves up and down in a horizontal position via an elevating mechanism 29 that is driven by a driving means such as a solenoid (not shown), and is provided on the receiving plate 30 at the inlet side of the dispensing portion 25. An impeller 31 is provided for scraping off the trailing edge of the banknotes to be fed and allowing the banknotes to be satisfactorily accumulated on the receiving plate 30. Further, rollers 32 and 32 are pivotally supported at front and rear positions of the receiving plate 30 so that a part of the peripheral surface protrudes from the upper surface of the receiving plate 30, and the banknotes are smoothly dispensed by driving the belt 28. A part of the mouth 5 protrudes and can be taken out.
[0020]
The reject box 26 is composed of a tray-like storage cassette having an open upper surface, and can be pulled out by opening the front door 12 of the apparatus body 3.
[0021]
Belts 34 and 35 for feeding the banknotes of the withdrawal part 25 backward to the entrance part of the reject box 26 by switching the switching claw 33 from the entrance side end part position of the belt 28 of the withdrawal part 25. Is provided so that the banknote can be stored in the reject box 26 when the banknote is rejected. The belt 28, the impeller 31 and the like of the dispensing unit 25 are dedicated motors M. ₃ Driven by.
[0022]
On the back side of the apparatus main body 3 with respect to the deposit conveyance path 22, a collective temporary storage unit 36 capable of storing bills and feeding them one by one is set as the uppermost position, and a denomination storage unit 37 ( 10,000 yen banknotes, 38 (5,000 yen banknotes), and 39 (thousand yen banknotes) are provided, and the inlet / outlet part 40 shared by the batch temporary storage part 36 for the banknotes is The banknote inlet 41 of the gold part 25 is positioned so as to face each other with the deposit conveyance path 22 and the withdrawal conveyance path 23 therebetween.
[0023]
Since the collective temporary storage unit 36 and the respective denomination storage units 37, 38, 39 have the same configuration, the outline will be described on behalf of one (collective temporary storage unit 36). A single rotating drum 43 that can rotate forward and backward at a position and on which a banknote is wound is pivotally supported, and two kinds of tapes 44 and 45 are wound around the periphery of the rotating drum 43. One tape 44 is wound around the take-up shaft 48 via a pulley 46 and an intermediate pulley 47 located inside the entrance / exit portion 40 of the housing 42, and the other tape 45 is placed inside the entrance / exit portion 40. It is wound around another winding shaft 51 via a pulley 49 and an intermediate pulley 50 located at the lower part. And each part is a dedicated motor M ₄ Is driven forward and reverse.
[0024]
Therefore, when storing banknotes, the rotary drum 43 rotates forward (rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2) and the banknotes fed from the inlet / outlet section 40 are sandwiched between the tapes 44 and 45, and the peripheral surface of the rotary drum 43 is When the banknote is fed out, the rotary drum 43 is driven in the reverse direction (rotated in the direction opposite to the arrow) to insert the banknote held between the tapes 44 and 45 from between the pulleys 46 and 49. It is sent to the outlet 40.
[0025]
Sensors S and S for detecting the entry and exit of banknotes are disposed on the outside position in the immediate vicinity of the entrance / exit portion 40 with a passage interposed therebetween, and a connector 52 is provided on the housing 42 at a position below the passage S. It is connected to the connector 53 on the machine body 3 side.
[0026]
The batch temporary storage unit 36 and the money type storage units 37, 38, 39 are all dedicated motors M. ₄ , M ₅ , M ₆ , M ₇ , The sensor S, and an independent unit configuration including these control units. Therefore, by connecting with the connectors 52 and 53, conversion with other units is possible. Further, the above-described deposit transfer section 15, bill withdrawal section 25, and collection cassette 27 are also unitized, and are connected by connectors 54, 55, 56 and connectors 57, 58, 59 on the machine body 3 side as described above. ing.
[0027]
The collection cassette 27 is used only for storage. An inlet portion 60 is opened on one upper side, and belts 61 and 62 that are vertically paired are provided inside the collection cassette 27. The pulley shaft is provided with a serrated roller 63 whose peripheral surface is a gear-shaped uneven surface. Further, an impeller 66 having a large number of blades 65 made of a flexible material in the circumferential tangent direction of the drum 64 is provided at a position below the knurled roller 63 so as to be rotatable in the clockwise direction in FIG. The bill is received between the blades 65 and 65, reversed, discharged downward, and accumulated in the collection cassette 27. When the bill is received between the blades 65 and 65, the trailing edge of the bill is curled. In such a case, the trailing edge of the banknote is pushed up by the unevenness of the peripheral surface of the jagged roller 63 so that the leading edge of the next banknote is reliably received between the blades 65 and 65. The belts 61 and 62, the impeller 66 and the like are dedicated motors M. ₈ Driven by. Although the collection cassette 27 is dedicated for storage, it is also possible to use a cassette that is provided with a feeding mechanism for both storage and feeding. In FIG. 2, P indicates a stored banknote.
[0028]
The collective temporary storage unit 36, the input / output ports 40, 40... Of the money type storage units 37, 38, 39, and the inlet 60 of the collection cassette 27 communicate with the deposit conveyance path 22 and the withdrawal conveyance path 23. A switching mechanism 67 is provided for communication.
[0029]
Since the switching mechanism 67 has the same configuration in each of the above portions, one of the deposit conveyance path 22 side will be described with reference to an enlarged view shown in FIG. 3. Pulleys 68 and 69 positioned on the upper and lower portions of the outer surface side of the inlet / outlet portion 40. And pulleys 71 and 72 arranged opposite to the belt 70 extending over the storage portions 36, 37, 38, and 39 so as to constitute the deposit conveyance path 22, with a larger interval than the interval between the pulleys 68 and 69. Further, belts 73 and 74 facing the belt 70 are wound, and a triangular space 75 is formed between the running portions between the pulleys 68 and 71 and 69 and 72 of the belts 73 and 74. An intermediate pulley 76 that is in contact with both belts 73 and 74 is disposed between the belts 73 and 74 at positions close to the pulleys 68 and 69.
[0030]
A switching claw 78 is provided on the shaft 77 of the intermediate pulley 76, and another switching claw 79 is supported and provided by the shaft 80 in the space 75 at a position directly below the pulley 71. .
[0031]
The switching claw 78 has its tip 78a biased toward the bill feeding path as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 due to the weak biasing by the spring 81, and the bill feeding path is always kept open. Therefore, when a banknote is sent in, the banknote itself is moved by pushing the tip 78a of the switching claw 78 against the spring bias, and can pass through the outlet as shown by the arrow.
[0032]
The other switching claw 79 is switched by a solenoid 82, and the details are omitted. However, when a bill is fed, the solenoid 82 is excited and the tip 79a of the switching claw 79 is shown through the transmission mechanism 83. As shown by the dotted line 3, the bill is separated from the belt 73 and guided to the feeding path side as indicated by an arrow A, and when demagnetized, it returns to the position shown by the solid line so that the bill conveyed in the depositing conveyance path 22 is moved straight. It has become. In FIG. 3, reference numerals 84 and 85 denote guide members. Note that the switching mechanism 67 is not limited to the example of FIG. 3 and may be of another configuration as long as it can switch the passage of banknotes if necessary.
[0033]
A pulley 86 is provided between the deposit conveyance path 22 and the withdrawal conveyance path 23 at a position where the withdrawal section 25 and the collective temporary storage section 36 face each other, and the deposit conveyance path 22 and the withdrawal section are located below the pulley 86. A switching claw 87 capable of communicating with the gold conveyance path 23 is provided so as to be swingable by a shaft 88. When the switching claw 87 intersects the deposit conveyance path 22, the position immediately before the withdrawal portion 25 from the deposit conveyance path 22 A return conveyance path 89 that directly leads to the withdrawal conveyance path 23 is formed. This switching claw 87 is switched based on a collective return command for collective temporarily held banknotes and an instruction for storing deposited reject bills in a reject box at the time of depositing by a solenoid or the like (not shown). A switching claw 41a is provided at a position corresponding to the inlet 41 of the dispensing unit 25 immediately above, and the dispensing conveyance path 23 and the dispensing unit 25 are communicated with each other by switching at the time of dispensing.
[0034]
The control unit 90 includes a storage unit 91 that stores the denomination and order of banknotes held by the batch temporary storage unit 36, and transfers the banknotes of the batch temporary storage unit 36 to the denomination storage units 37 to 39. When storing, control is performed to store the banknotes in the corresponding denomination storing unit according to the denomination and order stored in the storage unit 91.
[0035]
In FIG. 2, Δ marks indicate sensors that are provided in each part to detect passage of banknotes and obtain predetermined signals.
[0036]
Since the basic configuration of the coin depositing / dispensing device 2 is the same as that of the bill depositing / dispensing device 1, the configuration will be omitted for the sake of brevity. The coins inserted into 100 are identified by the deposit identifying unit 101 as to denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc., and the coins that are judged to be depositable are temporarily put in a row in order to the collective temporary holding unit 102 consisting of coin passages. Deferred.
[0037]
In the case of storage, the money type storage unit 103 (in the order of 1 yen, 5 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, 500 yen) is arranged through the conveyance path 104 in order of decreasing outer diameter. If there is a surplus, it is withdrawn from the storage unit 103 and stored in the collection cassette 105.
[0038]
In the case of withdrawal, the withdrawal is made through the transport path 106 to the withdrawal unit (withdrawal port 10). Further, when returning from the collective temporary holding unit 102, it is thrown out to the withdrawal unit through the transport path 107, and rejected coins at the time of deposit are also thrown out to the withdrawal unit 10 through the transport path 107. Reference numeral 108 denotes a control unit of the coin deposit / withdrawal apparatus 2.
[0039]
In addition to the card reader 14 described above, the cash registering machine 11 has an operation unit 110 having various key items such as deposit / withdrawal / return / approval including a numeric keypad, a display unit 111 for displaying the amount and status, Based on the operation input at the operation unit 110, necessary deposit amounts such as sales amount and transfer amount are registered, and the control units 90 and 108 of the money deposit / withdrawal device (the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 and the money deposit / withdrawal device 2). And a control unit 112 for issuing various commands such as a deposit command, a change dispensing command, a storage command, a return command, and a collection command. As the control contents of the control unit 112, first, a required deposit amount is determined based on an amount such as a sales amount and a transfer amount input by the operation unit 110, and a deposit instruction is issued to the money deposit / withdrawal device. Based on the deposit instruction, each money depositing / dispensing device feeds the money of the deposit transfer units 15 and 100 and is identified by the deposit identification units 20 and 101, and only the money that can be deposited is temporarily stored in the collective temporary holding units 36 and 102. The denomination and the amount of money temporarily suspended and transmitted to the control unit 112 of the cash registering machine 11 are transmitted. The control unit 112 displays the amount on the display unit 111 and prompts the operator for a deposit approval instruction or a return instruction.
When the operator gives a deposit approval instruction by using the approval key of the operation unit 110, the control unit 112 compares the required deposit amount with the deposit amount, and if there is change, the control unit 112 further withdraws money as the denomination and change of the deposit money. When the denomination of the withdrawal money is compared with a lower denomination, a change dispensing instruction and a temporary storage money storage instruction are simultaneously issued to the money deposit / withdrawal device. In response to the command, the money depositing / withdrawing apparatus pays out the money that is held in the batch temporary holding units 36 and 102 and the withdrawal process for dispensing the necessary change from the money type storage unit and throwing it into the withdrawal units 25 and 10. The storage processing for storing in the type storage units 37, 38, 39, and 103 is performed in parallel.
[0040]
On the other hand, as a result of comparison between the denomination of the deposit money and the denomination of the withdrawal money to be withdrawn as change, if the denomination of the withdrawal money is the higher denomination or the same denomination, the control unit 112 Issues a change / withdrawal command to the money deposit / withdrawal device, and after the money deposit / withdrawal device has completed the change / withdrawal signal and the withdrawal completion signal has been sent, the control unit 112 sends the money to / from the money deposit / withdrawal device. Issue a storage order. In response to the instruction, the money depositing / withdrawing apparatus performs a storing process of storing the money held in the collective temporary holding units 36 and 102 into the money type storing units 37, 38, 39 and 103.
[0041]
If the change dispensing process and the temporarily reserved currency storage process are not performed in parallel, the change withdrawal process may be performed after the temporary reserved currency storage process.
[0042]
As a result of the comparison between the required deposit amount and the deposit amount, if there is no change, the control unit 112 issues a temporary hold currency storage instruction to the money deposit and withdrawal device immediately after the deposit approval instruction, and the temporary hold banknote is stored.
[0043]
When the operator gives a return instruction to the deposit amount, the control unit 112 issues a return instruction to the money depositing / withdrawing apparatus, and the money depositing / withdrawing apparatus receives the return instruction and collectively holds the temporary hold units 36, 102. The temporarily held money held at 1 is returned to the withdrawal units 25 and 10.
[0044]
As described above, the cash register 11 has a required deposit amount determining process for determining a required deposit amount such as a sales amount and a transfer amount, and an approval process for performing a deposit approval instruction or a return instruction for the temporarily held money amount. And a denomination confirmation function that confirms that the denomination of the withdrawal money to be withdrawn as change is lower than the denomination of money held in the lump-sum temporary holding section. The operation unit 110 and the control unit 112 perform the functions as deposit amount determination means, the display unit 111, the operation unit 110 and the control unit 112 perform the functions as approval means, and the control unit 112 as the denomination confirmation means. It is designed to perform that function.
[0045]
Next, the aspect of the effect | action of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 among the said money depositing / withdrawing apparatuses is demonstrated including FIG. 5 (A)-(D).
When depositing banknotes, when the banknotes to be deposited are batch-inserted into the deposit slot 4 and the start button is pressed, the belt 16 and the roller 17 of the deposit transfer section 15 are moved to the motor M. ₁ In addition, the transport system (identification transport path 21, deposit transport path 22, and withdrawal transport path 23) is motor M. ₂ The bills are driven one by one and fed into the deposit transfer unit 15 one by one by the belt 16 and the roller 17, the denomination is identified by the deposit identification unit 20, and the identification result (denomination) and transfer are performed. The orders are stored in the storage unit 91 in association with each other.
[0046]
On the other hand, at the time of batch temporary holding, the switching claw 79 of the switching mechanism 67 of the entrance / exit section 40 of the batch temporary holding section 36 is switched to the position indicated by the chain line in FIG. 3 is sent to the entrance / exit 40 through the path of arrow A, and the motor M ₄ Thus, the tape is wound and stored in a state sandwiched between the tapes 44 and 45 on the peripheral surface of the rotating drum 43 that is normally driven (FIG. 5A).
[0047]
When a change banknote is required for the deposit, when the denomination checking means confirms that the change banknote is a lower-price banknote than the banknote held in the batch temporary storage section 36, as shown in FIG. In addition, the change banknotes are withdrawn from the denomination storage units 38 and 39 to the withdrawal unit 25 for the necessary amount, and at the same time, the temporarily held banknotes are stored in the denomination storage unit 37.
[0048]
In this case, when the banknote deposited and temporarily held is a high denomination of 2 denominations, the required amount is dispensed from the denomination storage unit 39 as shown in FIG. 5C only when the change banknote is a lower denomination. Withdraw money to the gold part 25 and simultaneously store the temporarily held banknotes in the money type storage parts 37 and 38.
[0049]
Since the change claw 78 of the switching mechanism 67 is always open, the change dispensing flow is sent from the downstream of the deposit conveyance path 22 to the withdrawal conveyance path 23 and passes through the withdrawal identification section 24 to the withdrawal section. To 25. The banknotes entered into the withdrawal unit 25 are accumulated on the receiving plate 30. When the predetermined amount is reached, the receiving plate 30 is raised by the elevating mechanism 29, and the upper surface of the banknote is pressed against the lower surface of the belt 28. ₃ Due to the forward rotation of the belt 28, the bill is stopped in a state where the bill protrudes to such an extent that it can be grasped to the dispensing port 5, and the dispensing operation is completed.
The flow of banknotes collectively stored in the batch temporary storage unit 36 to the denomination storage units 37, 38, 39 corresponds to the banknotes by rotating the rotary drum 43 and the tapes 44, 45 one by one. When the switching claw 79 is switched to the denomination storing portion 37 (for 10,000 yen) to be sent as shown by the arrow a in FIG. 3, it is wound and stored on the rotating drum 43 inside. Note that when there are a plurality of temporarily suspended banknotes, the storage unit 91 stores the denominations and the storage order thereof, and is classified and stored in the denomination storage units 37 to 39 based on the storage.
[0050]
In the above operation, if the denomination of the change banknote is larger than the denomination of the deposit banknote by comparing the denomination of the deposited banknote with the change banknote (for example, 12,000 yen is received for 7000 yen sales). Yes, in the case of dispensing 5000 yen change), after the change banknote is thrown out, the temporarily held banknote is stored in the denomination storage unit.
[0051]
Further, when the banknotes collectively held in the batch temporary storage unit 36 are returned, the switching claw 87 swings counterclockwise in FIG. 2 with the shaft 88 as a fulcrum, and the return conveyance path 89 is opened and the batch temporary storage is performed. The banknotes fed out from the section 36 are sent through the return transport path 89 to the withdrawal transport path 23 immediately adjacent to the banknote entrance 41 of the withdrawal section 25, and are removed by switching the switching claw 41a of the entrance 41. The money is directly fed from the money transport path 23 into the withdrawal part 25 without passing through the withdrawal identification part 24, and is withdrawn to the withdrawal port 5 in the same manner as when the banknotes are withdrawn (FIG. 5D). ).
[0052]
Further, when temporarily holding banknotes are returned, they can be returned to the withdrawal unit 25 by following the shortest course from the collective temporary holding unit 36. At this time, they can be returned in a short time, and the transport path is shortened and a jam occurs. Since it does not pass through the easy-to-recognize identification part, the probability of occurrence of trouble such as jam at the time of return is also reduced.
[0053]
In the above operation, the deposited banknotes are identified and collectively stored in the temporary temporary storage unit 36, and if the reserved amount is approved by the approval unit 111 of the cash register 11, the transition to the change dispensing can be immediately performed. At the same time, the batch temporarily held banknotes are stored in the denomination storage units 37 to 39, so that banknote storage processing can be performed in parallel during customer service.
[0054]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to hold the deposit money in the lump-sum temporary holding section immediately after the deposit identification, so that the processing time until the deposit approval is shortened, and the necessary deposit amount of the cash register is required. If the payment process exceeds the required amount determined by the determination unit and the approval unit approves, the classification storage process to the denomination storage part of the lump sum coins will be performed in accordance with the change of the change, so the customer The waiting time is greatly shortened and the processing time of one transaction is shortened, and the effect is extremely large when the window is crowded.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic longitudinal side view showing an embodiment of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is an enlarged view of the switching mechanism in FIG. 2. FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the inside of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
FIGS. 5A to 5D show the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 2, wherein FIG. 5A is when depositing, FIG. 5B and FIG. Is an explanatory diagram when returning.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Banknote deposit and withdrawal device
2 Coin deposit and withdrawal device
3 Device body
4 Banknote deposit port
5 banknote outlet
9 Coin deposit gate
10 coin outlet
11 cash register
15,100 Deposit transfer department
20,101 Deposit identification part
21 Identification transport path
22 Payment transport path
23 Withdrawal transport path
24 Withdrawal identification part
25 bill withdrawal department
26 Reject box
27,105 Collection cassette
33, 40a, 78, 79, 87 Switching claw
36,102 lump sum hold
37-39,103 Money type storage
40 bill entry / exit
41,60 banknote entrance
67 Switching mechanism
89 Return transportation path
90,108 control unit
91 Memory unit
110 Operation part which constitutes a part of required deposit amount determination means and a part of approval means
111 Display part constituting a part of the approval means
112 Control unit (including denomination checking means)

Claims (3)

A deposit transfer section for receiving deposit money and transferring one by one;
A deposit identification unit for identifying money transferred from the deposit transfer unit;
A batch temporary holding unit capable of temporarily holding all the currencies identified as depositable by the deposit identification unit and delivering the temporarily held money one by one;
A denomination storage unit that stores money in denominations and feeds money one by one;
A deposit transport path for transporting money from the deposit transfer section to the respective inlet sections of the collective temporary storage section and the denomination storage section via the deposit identification section;
A withdrawal unit that holds return money returned from the collective temporary storage unit and withdrawal money paid out from the denomination storage unit so that it can be removed from the outside,
A withdrawal transport path for transporting money from each outlet of the denomination storage unit to the withdrawal unit;
Required payment amount determining means for determining the required payment amount such as sales amount, transfer amount,
Approval means for issuing a deposit approval instruction or a return instruction for the amount of money temporarily held in the collective hold section;
Based on the identification by the deposit identification unit, the determination by the required deposit amount determination unit, and the instruction by the approval unit, the deposit transfer unit, the batch temporary storage unit, the money type storage unit, the deposit transport path, A control unit for controlling the dispensing unit and the dispensing conveyance path;
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The control means includes
A deposit holding process in which money is transferred by the deposit transfer unit and identified by the deposit identifying unit, and only depositable money is temporarily held in the batch temporary holding unit;
Necessary fishing based on the comparison between the reserve deposit amount, which is the amount of the deposit money temporarily held in the collective hold unit by the deposit hold processing, and the required deposit amount determined in advance by the required deposit amount determining means. Withdrawing processing for delivering money from the denomination storage unit and transporting it to the withdrawal unit through the withdrawal transport path;
A deposit storage process that feeds the deposited money held in the batch temporary storage unit one by one and transports it to the denomination storage unit through the deposit transport path;
When performing processing related to a series of transactions
After performing the deposit hold processing, when the deposit approval instruction for the hold deposit amount is made by the approval means, it is configured to execute control to perform the withdrawal processing and the deposit storage processing in parallel. A deposit / withdrawal processing system. A money deposit / withdrawal device having the deposit transfer unit, the deposit identification unit, the collective temporary storage unit, the money type storage unit, the deposit transport path, the withdrawal unit, and the withdrawal transport path;
The money deposit / withdrawal processing system according to claim 1, wherein the money deposit / withdrawal apparatus comprises a banknote deposit / withdrawal apparatus and a coin deposit / withdrawal apparatus. A deposit transfer section for receiving deposit money and transferring one by one;
A deposit identification unit for identifying money transferred from the deposit transfer unit;
A batch temporary holding unit capable of temporarily holding all the currencies identified as depositable by the deposit identification unit and delivering the temporarily held money one by one;
A denomination storage unit that stores money in denominations and feeds money one by one;
A deposit transport path for transporting money from the deposit transfer section to the respective inlet sections of the collective temporary storage section and the denomination storage section via the deposit identification section;
A withdrawal unit that holds return money returned from the collective temporary storage unit and withdrawal money paid out from the denomination storage unit so that it can be removed from the outside,
A withdrawal transport path for transporting money from each outlet of the denomination storage unit to the withdrawal unit;
Required payment amount determining means for determining the required payment amount such as sales amount, transfer amount,
Approval means for issuing a deposit approval instruction or a return instruction for the amount of money temporarily held in the collective hold section;
Based on the identification by the deposit identification unit, the determination by the required deposit amount determination unit, and the instruction by the approval unit, the deposit transfer unit, the batch temporary storage unit, the money type storage unit, the deposit transport path, A control unit for controlling the dispensing unit and the dispensing conveyance path;
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The control means includes
After the money is transferred by the deposit transfer section and is identified by the deposit identification section, and only the money that can be deposited is temporarily stored in the batch temporary storage section, a deposit approval instruction is issued by the approval means. The money held in the lump-sum temporary holding unit in parallel with the withdrawal processing of paying out the necessary fishing money from the denomination storage unit and transporting it to the withdrawal unit through the withdrawal transport path Are configured to execute a storing process for feeding out the sheets one by one and transporting them to the denomination storing unit through the deposit transport path and storing them.
A deposit / withdrawal device having the deposit transfer unit, the deposit identification unit, the collective temporary storage unit, the money type storage unit, the deposit transport path, the withdrawal unit, and the withdrawal transport path;
This money deposit / withdrawal device is composed of a bill deposit / withdrawal device and a coin deposit / withdrawal device,
The collective temporary storage part of the banknote deposit / withdrawal processing device and the entrance part and the exit part of the denomination storage part have a common configuration, and a part of the deposit / conveyance path and a part of the withdrawal / conveyance path are shared The collective temporary storage part is arranged in front of the common transport path part, and the denomination storage part is arranged in the common transport path part in descending order of denomination, and the change is made from the denomination of the banknotes stored in the collective temporary storage part. A denomination confirmation unit is provided for confirming that the denomination of the withdrawal banknote to be withdrawn is a lower denomination, and the control unit has a lower denomination for the denomination of the withdrawal banknote. When it is confirmed that it is a seed, the withdrawal process and the storage process are performed in parallel, and when it is confirmed that the denomination of the withdrawal banknote is a higher denomination, the withdrawal process and the storage process are performed. A coin configured to cause one to be performed after the other is performed Receipt and payment processing system.

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