JP4206242B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, there has been an increase in the handling of foreign banknotes in Japan and the need for automatic cash transaction equipment outside the country. In connection with this, the automatic teller machine is required to handle not only Japanese yen banknotes but also foreign banknotes, and an increase in the number of denominations to be handled is required. Also, the denominations handled are likely to change in the future.
[0003]
As a conventional technique corresponding to the case where the number of denominations handled increases as described above, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a storage unit for taking in and out banknotes is divided into an existing storage side and a next storage side, and payment is made. The banknote of the denominated banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary retracting means while another banknote of another denomination is stored in the already stored side, and the banknote temporarily stored in the temporary retracting means is then stored. A bill processing device is disclosed in which two denominations are stored separately in one storage unit by storing in the storage side.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-32831 A (first page)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 always requires temporary retracting means as described above when storing two denominations separately in one storage unit, the entire apparatus becomes larger accordingly. I must. In addition, in order to put together a newly-deposited banknote of a denomination and a banknote of the same denomination already stored in the storage unit, the banknote already stored in the storage unit is also stored every time a deposit is made. Since all must be transported and stored in the temporary retracting means, there is a problem that the deposit processing time increases as the number of stored sheets increases.
[0006]
In addition, when two denominations are stored separately in one storage unit, the case where these two types of bill sizes are different is not considered.
[0007]
An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized multi-denomination banknote handling apparatus that can handle a large number of denominations and can easily change the number of denominations.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The purpose is to store banknotes that are fed out by a user and that deposits / withdraws the banknotes that are given to the user, and a banknote storage / release box that stores and / or discharges banknotes. In a bill handling apparatus having a placement section, a deposit / withdrawal port, and a transport path for connecting bills and transporting banknotes, a plurality of branches from the transport path and connected to the storage group placement section The banknote storage / release storage provided in the storage group arranging section is divided into two in the left-right direction to form a plurality, and the internal transfer connected to the branch transfer path or the other banknote storage / release storage This is achieved by providing the banknote storage / release box having a path and having a dimension to be connected to one of the branch conveyance paths in the storage group arrangement portion .
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied. Card / detail slip processing that processes a user's card in communication with a card slot 102a provided on the upper front plate 101b of the housing 101, and prints and releases a transaction statement on the upper portion of the main body housing 101 of the apparatus. A mechanism 102 and a passbook processing mechanism 103 that communicates with the passbook slot 103a and processes the passbook of the user are provided.
[0011]
In addition, a bill handling apparatus 1 for processing bills provided with a deposit / withdrawal port 2 is provided at the bottom of the main body casing 101, and a customer operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting transaction contents is provided in the middle portion. . Reference numeral 106 denotes a main body control unit that controls the entire automatic teller machine.
[0012]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the control relationship of this apparatus. The card / detail slip processing mechanism 102, the passbook processing mechanism 103, the banknote handling device 1 and the customer operation unit 105 provided in the main body housing 101 are connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 106a. Perform the necessary operations under the control of In addition to the above, the main body control unit 106 is also connected to the interface unit 106b, the clerk operation unit 106c, and the external storage device 106d via the bus 106a, and exchanges necessary data. In addition, 101d shown in FIG. 2 is a power supply part which supplies electric power to said each mechanism and component.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 10 is connected to a main body control unit 106 of the apparatus via a bus 106 a, and controls the banknote handling device 1 according to a command from the main body control unit 106 and a state detection of the banknote handling device 1. I do. Moreover, the state of the banknote handling apparatus 1 is sent to the main body control part 106 as needed.
[0014]
FIG. 4 is a side view showing the configuration of the bill handling apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied. The banknote handling apparatus 1 mainly includes a deposit / withdrawal port 2, a banknote discriminating unit 3 for discriminating banknotes, a temporary storage 4 for temporarily storing received banknotes until the transaction is completed, and banknotes stored in the banknote handling apparatus. It comprises a banknote storage and discharge box 8 that performs either or both of banknote storage and discharge, a transport path 5, and branch transport paths 5a and 5b. Note that the banknote storage / release box 8 stores received banknotes, stores unusable banknotes and banknotes that the user forgets to collect, and stores and collects banknotes from other banknote storage / release boxes 8. It has functions such as the release of banknotes and the release for loading banknotes into other banknote storage / release boxes 8, and performs any of these operations according to the application.
[0015]
In addition, the part by which the banknote storage discharge | emission warehouse 8 is arrange | positioned by the upper part comprised from the deposit or withdrawal port 2, the banknote discrimination | determination part 3, and the conveyance path 5 which connects the temporary storage 4 and branch conveyance paths 5a and 5b. Connected. The said part is a storage group arrangement | positioning part in which a some storage is arrange | positioned, and the banknote handled with the banknote handling apparatus 1 is stored.
[0016]
Next, operation | movement of the banknote handling apparatus 1 is demonstrated.
FIG. 10 shows a flow chart at the time of deposit transaction. At the time of deposit transaction, the banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are separated one by one, the banknote discrimination unit 3 determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknotes, and is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4. At this time, banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 3 or banknotes having an abnormal inclination or interval are directly conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and returned to the user. After the deposit transaction is established, the banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage box 4, checked again by the banknote determination unit 3, and then stored in the corresponding banknote discharge box 8 by switching the gate 11.
[0017]
At the time of withdrawal, a predetermined number of dispensed banknotes are paid out from the corresponding banknote storage / release box 8, determined by the banknote determination unit 3, and conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 to be paid to the user. When an unusable banknote is found during the withdrawal operation, the banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 and a new banknote is fed out from the banknote storage discharge box 8. Thereafter, unusable banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage box 4 and conveyed and stored in a banknote storage / release box 8 that stores unusable banknotes.
[0018]
Next, the structure of the banknote storage discharge box 8 is demonstrated using FIGS.
The bill storage / discharge box 8 includes a transport belt 814 suspended from an upper pulley 817 and a lower pulley 818, a guide 815, and a transport roller 816 that is driven to rotate. That is, the banknote storage / release box 8 has an internal path constituted by a conveyance belt 814, a guide 815, and a conveyance roller 816. This internal conveyance path penetrates from the upper part to the lower part of the banknote storage / release box 8 in FIG. 5, and is branched to the inside of the banknote storage / release box 8 at the position of the switching gate 822. The upper gear 819 is fixed coaxially with the upper pulley 817, and the lower gear 820 is fixed coaxially with the lower pulley 818. The connecting gear 821 is connected to the upper gear 817. In this example, the connecting gear 821 is provided in the banknote storage / release box 8, but it may be provided in the banknote handling apparatus 1.
[0019]
The banknote storage / release box 8 is the same as the stack / feed roller 801, the pickup roller 811, the backup roller 802 that rotates in a driven manner, the gate roller 803 that rotates in the storage direction and does not rotate in the feeding direction, and the gate roller 803. A brush roller 804 on which a flexible pushing member is radially disposed on a shaft, a separation / stack guide 805 whose position changes between separation and stacking, and transmission sensors (banknote residual detection sensors) 888a and 888b. It has an intake and discharge port consisting of Note that the brush roller 804 has a sheet only for half a circle in order to realize a bill discharge operation described later. The pickup roller 811 is driven in synchronization with the stack / feed roller 801, and the brush roller 804 is driven in reverse rotation with respect to the stack / feed roller 801, so that the drive source is shared. Note that the brush roller 804 is connected to the stack / feed roller 801 via a one-way clutch, and the brush roller 804 does not rotate when a bill is released.
[0020]
Further, the bill storage / release box 8 includes a bottom plate 808, a bottom flat belt 807 suspended above the bottom plate 808 so as to support the bottom surface of the bill, a push plate 806, a separation / stack guide 805, and a stopper 810 (top plate). ) And a bill storage space constituted by the side wall 813. The stopper 810 regulates the upper end of the bill, and can be adjusted in the vertical direction integrally with the upper bill support member 812 according to the size of the bill. Further, the attachment position of the side wall 813 can also be set according to the size of the bill.
[0021]
Furthermore, the upper banknote support member 812 is disposed so as to be intricate with the upper part of the separation / stack guide 805, and the lower banknote support member 809 is disposed in the vicinity of the gate roller 803. The upper banknote support member 812 and the lower banknote support member have a structure that rotates in the stacking direction of banknotes in conjunction with the push plate 806 and the bottom belt 807 by a driving source (not shown). However, the upper banknote support member 812 is connected to the push plate 806 and the bottom belt 807 via a one-way clutch, and the upper banknote support member 812 rotates freely when the banknote is released.
[0022]
Next, the bill storage operation of the bill storage / release box 8 will be described with reference to FIG.
The banknotes stored in the banknote storage / release box 8 are taken in from the upper part of the banknote storage / release box 8 in FIG. 5, and are sandwiched between the transport belt 814 driven by a driving source (not shown) and the driven transport roller 816. Transport. When the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage / release box 8, the switching gate 822 is fixed at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 5 using a driving source (not shown), and the stack feed roller 801 and the backup are rotated by a driving motor (not shown). A bill is guided between the rollers 802. Subsequently, the banknote is conveyed between the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 rotating in the stacking direction, and taken into the banknote storage / release box 8 along the separation / stack guide 805. When taking in the banknote, the brush roller 804 scrapes the lower end of the banknote in the stacking direction to prevent interference with the banknote subsequently taken in.
[0023]
The light from the transmission sensors 888a and 888b is shielded by the banknotes taken in. However, since the brush roller 804 can scrape the banknotes within a small amount of the banknotes taken in, the light shielding can be avoided in a short time. . However, if the banknotes are continuously taken in, the brush roller 804 cannot scrape the banknotes, so that the light shielding time of the transmission sensors 888a and 888b becomes long. When the light shielding time of the transmission sensors 888a and 888b exceeds a predetermined time, the push plate 806 and the bottom belt 807 are integrally operated by a driving source (not shown) to separate stored bills and stack guides Carry away from 805. By this operation, the taken banknote and the stored banknote do not interfere with each other.
[0024]
Further, at this time, the upper banknote support member 812 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 5 and the lower banknote support member 809 rotates clockwise and supports the upper and lower ends of the stored banknotes, thereby maintaining the standing state of the banknotes. To do.
[0025]
Next, the banknote discharge | release operation | movement of the banknote storage discharge box 8 is described using FIG. As described above, the brush roller 804 has a sheet only for about a half circumference. When discharging the bill, the brush roller 804 is stopped and held at a phase where the sheet does not protrude so as not to disturb the separation of the bill. Since the brush roller 804 is connected to the stack / feed roller 801 via a one-way clutch, the brush roller 804 does not rotate when a bill is released.
[0026]
Subsequently, the separation / stack guide 805 is moved to a position indicated by a two-dot chain line 805a, and the pressing plate 806 and the bottom belt 807 are moved together by a driving source outside the safe (not shown), and a predetermined pressing force is applied to the pickup roller 811. The stored banknote is moved until pressure is applied. Subsequently, the banknotes pressed against the pickup roller 811 are separated one by one by a pickup roller 811 that is rotated by a driving source (not shown) outside the safe. At that time, the banknotes are conveyed out of the banknote storage and discharge box 8 by the stack / feed roller 801 while the gate roller 803 that does not rotate in the feeding direction is prevented from being fed by the built-in one-way clutch. While the bills are being separated and conveyed, the pressing plate 806 and the bottom belt 807 continue to move while being controlled so that a predetermined pressing force is applied to the pickup roller 811. In this way, the banknotes separated one by one and transported between the stack / feed roller 801 and the backup roller 802 are guided to the upper part of the banknote storage / release box 8 in FIG. And the conveying roller 816 to carry out to the upper part of the banknote storage / discharge box 8.
[0027]
Note that the banknotes taken in from the upper part of the banknote storage / release box 8 in FIG. 5 and transported while being sandwiched between the transport belt 814 and the driven transport roller 816 are not stored in the banknote storage / release box 8 in FIG. 5. When transporting to the lower part, the switching gate 822 is fixed to the position of the dotted line in FIG. 5 using the drive source which is not illustrated, and a banknote is conveyed to the lower part.
[0028]
Further, when the banknotes taken in from the lower part of the banknote storage / release box 8 in FIG. 5 are carried out to the upper part, the switching gate 822 is fixed at the position of the dotted line in FIG. A banknote is nipped by the belt 814 and the driven conveyance roller 816 and conveyed to the upper part.
[0029]
That is, the internal conveyance path provided in the banknote storage and discharge box 8 can transfer banknotes in both directions, and can store and discharge banknotes.
[0030]
FIG. 8 shows banknote storage / release boxes 8a and 8b having functions equivalent to those of the banknote storage / release box 8 shown in FIG. The banknote storage / release boxes 8a and 8b have the same functions as the banknote storage / release box 8 except for the banknote storage capacity.
[0031]
In FIG. 9, the banknote handling apparatus 1 provided with the banknote storage discharge box 8 and the banknote storage discharge boxes 8a and 8b is shown. The banknote handling apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 9 is obtained by replacing the upper two banknote storage / release boxes 8 with the banknote storage / release boxes 8a and 8b.
[0032]
In the case of the banknote handling apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 9, the internal conveyance path in the two banknote storage / release boxes 8a on the right side in FIG. 9 and the internal conveyance path in the two banknote storage / release boxes 8 are connected to the branch conveyance path 5a. The internal conveyance path in the two banknote storage / release box 8b on the left side in FIG. 9 is connected to the branch conveyance path 5b.
[0033]
Further, the coupling gears 821 of the banknote storage / release box 8 and the banknote storage / release boxes 8a, 8b are connected to the banknote storage / release box 8 located at the upper part or the lower connection gear 820 of the banknote storage / release boxes 8a, 8b. The drive source is shared by connecting the connecting gear 821 of the highest banknote storage / release box 8a, 8b to a drive source (not shown).
[0034]
When the clerk attaches each banknote storage / release box 8, 8 a, 8 b to the banknote handling apparatus 1, the number of the banknote storage / release boxes 8, 8 a, 8 b and the respective stored banknotes are input through the clerk operation unit 106 c. The bill handling apparatus 1 can recognize the bill storage / release boxes 8, 8a, 8b corresponding to the bills handled.
[0035]
That is, the clerk operates the clerk operation unit 106c to input the number of banknote storage / release boxes mounted on the banknote handling apparatus 1 and the banknotes stored in each banknote storage / release box, and the input information is sent to the bus 106a. To the main body control unit 106. The main body control unit 106 transmits the input information to the control unit 10 provided in the banknote handling apparatus 1, and the control unit 10 is stored in the number of banknote storage / release boxes and each banknote storage / release box. Recognize banknotes. The control part 10 controls operation | movement of each component of the banknote handling apparatus 1 based on such information. Hereinafter, operation | movement of the banknote handling apparatus 1 at the time of deposit transaction and withdrawal transaction is demonstrated.
[0036]
At the time of deposit transaction, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, the bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2 are separated one by one, the bill discriminating unit 3 determines the denomination and authenticity of the bill, and the temporary storage 4 Storing it once. At this time, banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 3 or banknotes having an abnormal inclination or interval are directly conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 and returned to the user. After the deposit transaction is established, the banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage box 4 and the state of the banknotes is confirmed again by the banknote discriminating unit 3, and then the corresponding banknote storage / release box 8 or 8a or 8b is switched by switching the gate 11. Store.
[0037]
At the time of withdrawal, a predetermined number of dispensed banknotes are paid out from the corresponding banknote storage / release box 8, 8 a, or 8 b, determined by the banknote determination unit 3, and conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 2 to be paid to the user. When an unusable banknote is found during the withdrawal operation, the banknote is temporarily stored in the temporary storage 4 and a new banknote is taken out from the banknote storage / release box 8 or 8a or 8b. Thereafter, the unusable banknotes are taken out from the temporary storage box 4 and conveyed and stored in the banknote storage / release box 8 or 8a or 8b for storing unusable banknotes.
[0038]
By setting it as such a structure, the number of the denominations handled without changing the magnitude | size of the banknote handling apparatus 1 can be changed.
[0039]
In addition, although the banknote handling apparatus 1 which combined two banknote storage discharge boxes 8, two banknote storage discharge boxes 8a, and two banknote storage discharge boxes 8b was shown as an example in FIG. Other combinations can be adopted by expanding the number of stages and the number of rows or changing the dimensional ratio of the banknote storage / release box 8 and the banknote storage / release boxes 8a and 8b in the banknote storage direction.
[0040]
Moreover, although this example demonstrated the banknote handling apparatus 1 provided with the banknote storage discharge | emission warehouse 8 which stores a banknote in a standing position, the banknote handling apparatus 1 provided with the banknote storage discharge | emission warehouse 8 which stores a banknote in a horizontal attitude | position. But it does n’t matter.
[0041]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the small number of banknote handling apparatus corresponding to multiple denominations which can change the number of denominations easily can be implement | achieved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an automatic teller machine according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control relationship of the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control relationship of the banknote handling apparatus of the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus of the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a side view of the banknote storage / release box of the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a side view of the banknote storage / release box of the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a top view of the banknote storage / release box of the present embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a side view of the banknote storage / release box of the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a side view of the banknote handling apparatus of the present embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote handling apparatus, 2 ... Deposit / withdrawal port, 3 ... Bill discriminating part, 4 ... Temporary storage, 5 ... Conveyance path, 5a, 5b ... Branch conveyance path, 8, 8a ... Banknote storage discharge box, 814 ... For conveyance Belt, 815 ... Guide, 816 ... Roller for conveyance, 817 ... Upper pulley, 818 ... Lower pulley, 819 ... Upper gear, 820 ... Lower gear, 821 ... Connection gear, 822 ... Switching gate.

Claims (4)

A storage group group placement unit in which a banknote that is fed out by a user and that stores a banknote to be provided to the user, and a banknote storage and discharge box that stores and / or discharges banknotes are disposed. In the banknote handling apparatus which has the conveyance path which ties a part of the deposit / withdrawal port and the storage group and conveys a banknote,
A branch conveyance path that branches into a plurality from the conveyance path and connects to the storage group arrangement portion;
The banknote storage / discharging storage provided in the storage group arranging section is divided into two in the left-right direction, and has a plurality, and has an internal conveyance path connected to the branch conveyance path or the other banknote storage / release storage,
Bill handling apparatus wherein the storage case group locating unit, characterized in Rukoto with the banknote storage discharge box having dimensions that connects to one of the branch conveying path. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the internal transport path is a bidirectional transport path that transports bills in both directions . A clerk operation unit operated by a clerk, and a main body control unit connected to the clerk operation unit via a bus,
2. The banknote according to claim 1, wherein the clerk operation unit inputs a number of banknote storage and discharge boxes mounted on a banknote handling device and a type of banknote stored in each of the banknote storage and discharge boxes. Handling equipment. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a control unit that controls the operation of each component, wherein the control unit controls each component based on information input from the clerk operation unit. .

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