JPH0114626B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Industrial Application Field This invention is applicable to deposited banknotes inserted for deposit (deposit), such as automatic deposit/payment machines or deposit/withdrawal machines in banking business. The present invention relates to a circulation depositing and dispensing device that stores banknotes in denomination storage boxes provided for each denomination and dispenses the banknotes in these storage boxes as withdrawal banknotes for payment (withdrawal).

(B) Prior Art Conventionally, as the above-mentioned circulating deposit/withdrawal device, there is, for example, a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 136690/1983.

In the case of deposit, this device inserts banknotes one by one and identifies them, returns poorly recognized banknotes to the input slot, and pools normal banknotes in a banknote holding section. After this is established, the device detects the degree of fatigue of the pooled banknotes, stores usable banknotes in a storage section and circulates them, and collects defective banknotes in a collection box.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional device, the banknotes are inserted one by one, so the deposit operation takes time, and furthermore, the banknotes that have been inserted are not placed in the banknote holding section all at once. Since they are pooled, it takes time to sort them by denomination and store them in storage boxes for each denomination.
This has the problem that the processing time is long.

As a device to solve this problem,
No. 144796 discloses a device.

When depositing, this device inserts all banknotes into the input slot, identifies the inserted bills one by one, returns poorly identified bills to a dedicated return slot, and stores normal bills in storage boxes for different denominations. This is a device that temporarily pools banknotes in a pool section formed for each banknote, and stores the pooled banknotes in a denomination storage box after a transaction is completed.

With this device, processing time is reduced, so
Although the above-mentioned problem is solved, by providing a dedicated return slot for returns, there is a problem that the customer may mistake it for a withdrawal slot and misoperate it. When the box is full,
Since deposit processing is no longer possible, deposit transactions must be canceled and waiting for collection processing by the staff, and during this time the device can only be used for payment transactions, reducing the device's operating rate and causing inconvenience to customers. It has some problems.

This invention shortens the deposit processing time by providing a pool section in each denomination storage box.
In addition, bills can be returned using the withdrawal port, and even if the denomination storage box is full, the machine can be stopped by dispensing a predetermined amount of bills into the collection box. The purpose is to provide a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that allows continuous transactions.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems This invention distinguishes the denomination of deposited banknotes received in a deposit slot using a discriminating means provided in the conveyance path, and handles each denomination along the conveyance path. The banknotes are stored by denomination in each of the plurality of denomination storage boxes through the distribution control of the sorting means based on the denomination discrimination, and the banknotes stored in each denomination storage box are delivered as dispensing banknotes via a feeding path. The circulating deposit/withdrawal device discharges banknotes to a withdrawal port, and is provided with a pool portion for temporarily pooling deposited banknotes on the storage side of each denomination storage box, and detects when each denomination storage box is full of stored banknotes. A collection box for collecting banknotes is provided along the transport path, and a collection side of the collection box and a payout side of each denomination storage box are connected via the transport path and the sorting means. Then, in response to the detection means detecting that the denomination storage box is full, a predetermined amount of banknotes is delivered from the denomination storage box and is controlled to be collected into the collection box via the conveyance path and the sorting means. The present invention is characterized by being a circulating deposit/withdrawal device equipped with a collection control means.

(E) Function The circulating deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention distinguishes the deposited banknotes received in the deposit slot, and then temporarily pools normal banknotes in the denomination storage box for each denomination.

Therefore, it becomes possible to return banknotes that have been incorrectly identified to the withdrawal port.

Further, the deposited banknotes once pooled in the pool section are stored in the denomination-specific storage box, for example, at the beginning of the next customer's operation.

If the detection means of the denomination-specific storage box detects that it is full at the time of storage, the denomination-specific storage box will be filled, for example, until the detection means no longer detects that it is full, or a predetermined number of coins that will eliminate the fullness. A predetermined amount of banknotes, such as a banknote, is dispensed, and the dispensed banknotes are stored in a collection box to eliminate the fullness of the denomination storage boxes.

In addition, for withdrawal, a predetermined amount of withdrawal banknotes is dispensed from each denomination storage box and discharged into the withdrawal port.

(F) Effects of the Invention As a result of the above, according to the present invention, the deposit processing time is significantly shortened, the withdrawal port can be used as the return port for returned banknotes, and there is only one banknote discharge port. Misoperations by customers can be prevented.

Moreover, when the storage box for each denomination becomes full, the banknotes are fed out from the storage box and stored in the collection box, which immediately eliminates the fullness, reducing the operating rate of the device and causing inconvenience to customers. This has the effect of improving serviceability without making people feel uncomfortable.

(g) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a circulating deposit/withdrawal device for an automatic deposit/payment machine used in banking operations. The deposited banknotes are circulated and used as banknotes for withdrawal.

In FIG. 1, the denominations of banknotes 1 handled by this circulation depositing and dispensing device are A denomination, for example, a ten thousand yen bill, B denomination, for example, a thousand yen bill, and C denomination, for example, a five thousand yen bill. Note that the mixed denomination of these denominations A, B, and C is designated as D.

The above-mentioned circulating deposit/withdrawal device has a storage box 2 that stores four banknotes, 2A and 2B are denomination-specific storage boxes that store denominations A and B, respectively, and 2C is a denomination storage box that stores denominations A and B, respectively. It is a bulk storage box that stores denominations D, and 2D is a storage box that stores denominations A, B, and C.
This is a collection storage box that collects overflow.

Note that the bulk storage box 2C described above is removably installed on the main body of the device using an attachment/detachment means described later, and the other storage boxes 2A, 2B, and 2D are provided in a fixed manner, but these may also be installed removably. good.

The deposit slot 3 is used to insert banknotes for deposit, and has a banknote receiving section inside. This take-in section has an eccentric roller 4 facing one side of the banknotes 1 to be thrown in, a take-in roller 5 below the eccentric roller 4, a presser plate 6 facing the other side, and a presser plate 6 on the bottom side. has a bottom plate 7.

The above-mentioned presser plate 6 presses the bill 1 toward the rollers 4 and 5, but when accepting the bill 1, it is retracted by an appropriate cam mechanism to enable acceptance. Then, by detecting acceptance of the bill 1, it is returned to the pressing position.

Note that 8 is a friction roller.

The eccentric roller 4 and the take-in roller 5 mentioned above are driven and controlled by an appropriate drive source, and the eccentric roller 4 imparts vibration by being rotated, and the take-in roller 5
Together with the friction roller 8, the banknotes 1 are taken into the interior one by one.

In addition, 65 is a take-in empty sensor, which is constituted by a photoelectric sensor, and detects the insertion of banknotes 1 into the deposit slot 3 and detects that the banknotes 1 have disappeared and become empty due to the take-in.

First and second conveyance belts 9 and 10 are disposed opposite to each other after the aforementioned take-in roller 5, and these conveyor belts 9 and 10 convey the banknotes at a speed faster than the take-in speed of the take-in roller 5.

A length abnormality detector 11 and a double-bill overlap detector 12 are provided in the conveyance path of the conveyor belts 9 and 10, and the detector 11 is constituted by a photoelectric sensor, and measures the passage time of the banknotes and detects the second. The detector 12 is composed of a cam and a roller with a gap of one and a half the thickness of the banknote, and the detector 12 is configured by a cam and a roller with a gap of one and a half the thickness of the banknote. Check if there are two bills stacked on top of each other. Note that this configuration itself is well known.

Third and fourth conveyor belts 13 and 14 are provided oppositely behind the first and second conveyor belts 9 and 10, and a banknote discriminator 15 is provided in the conveyance path of these conveyor belts 13 and 14. This bill discriminating section 1 is provided.
Reference numeral 5 is composed of a magnetic head, for example, and reads the printed pattern of the banknote to determine authenticity and denomination.

The conveyance rear end side of the third conveyor belt 13 mentioned above faces the bulk storage box 2C side, and the auxiliary belt 1 is attached to this part.
A third sorting plate 17C is provided at the branch point with the fourth conveyor belt 14, and when the third sorting plate 17C is driven to sort, denominations C or mixed denominations D are sorted into the storage box 2C side, and the sorted banknotes are temporarily stored in the pool frame 18C.
will be pooled.

The auxiliary belt 1 is attached to the fourth conveyor belt 14 described above.
9, the fifth conveyance belt 20 and the sixth conveyance belt 21 are provided oppositely, and these belts and the fourth distribution plate 17D constitute a return conveyance path. When the banknote discriminating unit 15 has a reading failure, this return conveyance path is used to carry back the banknotes and reread them.
It is also used when collecting banknotes D into the bulk storage box 2C.

The aforementioned fourth conveyance plate 17D is normally located at the denomination sorting position and is driven to sort during return conveyance to form a return conveyance path.

A second distribution plate 17B, a first distribution plate 17A, guide rollers 22, 22, and seventh and eighth conveyance belts 23, 24 are provided at the rear of the portion where the third and fifth conveyor belts 13, 20 contact. The second distribution plate 17B and the first distribution plate 17A are driven to distribute denominations B and A, respectively.
Then, these sorted banknotes are transferred to the corresponding pool frames 18B, 1 via guide rollers 25...
Pooled to 8A.

Further, the conveyance rear ends of the seventh and eighth conveyor belts 23 and 24 are provided so as to once face the pool frame 18D, and convey payout banknotes, collected banknotes, return banknotes, and the like.

Once above the pool frame 18D is the withdrawal port 2.
6 is formed, and once this pool frame 18D is provided so as to be moved up and down between the above-mentioned withdrawal port 26 and the lower bill receiving position by an appropriate lift mechanism, the dispensed bills and returned bills are discharged. At this time, the banknotes are moved upward toward the payout port 26 side to allow bills to be taken out.

At the bottom of each of the storage boxes 2A to 2D, there is a feeding roller 27 for feeding out the stored banknotes, and by controlling the rotation of this roller, the banknotes stored in each of the storage boxes 2A to 2D are It is brought out.

Incidentally, 28... is an eccentric roller that applies vibration to the banknotes to loosen the overlap, and 29... is a friction roller that works together with the feeding roller 27 to separate and feed out the banknotes one by one.

At the bottom of the storage boxes 2A, 2B, and 2D mentioned above, there is a ninth
A conveyance belt 30 is provided, and a tenth conveyance belt 31 is provided opposite to the conveyance start end of this belt 30 to convey banknotes paid out from the storage box 2D.

An eleventh conveyor belt 32 is provided opposite to the intermediate portion of the ninth conveyor belt 30, and an auxiliary belt 33 is provided oppositely to this belt 32.
Conveys banknotes that are dispensed from the machine.

At the conveyance rear end of the ninth conveyor belt 30 described above, there is a fifth belt.
The lower end portions of the conveyor belt 20 are provided opposite to each other, and an auxiliary belt 34 is provided oppositely to the back side of the belt 20 to convey banknotes paid out from the storage box 2B.

A twelfth conveyor belt 35 is provided opposite to the fifth conveyor belt 20, and a thirteenth conveyor belt 36 is provided oppositely to the lower end back side of this belt 35.
Conveys banknotes that are dispensed from the machine.

The banknotes of each denomination dispensed from each of the storage boxes 2A to 2D are conveyed upward by the fifth and twelfth conveyor belts 20, 35, and the fourth and fifth conveyor belts 14, 20 are arranged opposite to each other. It is supplied to the designated parts for distribution, release, or collection.

A banknote review unit 37 and a double-bill overlap detector 3 are installed in the opposing portions of the fifth and twelfth conveyor belts 20 and 35.
The banknote revalidation section 37 is configured with, for example, a magnetic head or a photoelectric head, and reconsiderates the denomination by reading the printed pattern of the dispensed banknote. It is configured similarly to the sheet overlap detector 12.

Length abnormality detectors 39A to 39D, which detect when two bills are taken out and also serve to count the number of bills dispensed, are provided on the path of bills dispensed from each storage box 2A to 2D. It is configured similarly to the length abnormality detector 11 described above.

Each of the aforementioned pool frames 18A to 18D is provided with a pool counting sensor 40A to 40D, which counts the number of banknotes pooled in each pool frame.

In addition, each storage box 2A to 2D has a full sensor 41A.
-41D, remaining amount sensors 42A-42D, and empty sensors 43A-43D are provided to detect whether the stored banknotes are full, low, or empty, respectively.

Further, the denomination storage boxes 2A and 2B are provided with weight reduction sensors 66A and 66B, and when the fullness sensors 41A and 41B detect that the banknotes are full and storage of banknotes is no longer possible, the sensors 66A and 66B are installed in the storage boxes 2A and 2B. The stored banknotes are fed out to reduce the stored amount, and the limit of reduction at this time is detected. Note that this amount can be arbitrarily set as necessary.

And each of the above-mentioned sensors 40, 41, 42, 4
3 and 66 are constituted by, for example, photoelectric sensors.

FIG. 2 shows the means for attaching and detaching the bulk storage box 2C, and in FIG. are oblique oblong locking holes 45, 4.
5 is provided at a position corresponding to the above-mentioned locking pin 44,
By engaging and mounting these, the storage box 2C can be mounted from the rear of the main body without being obstructed by the pool frame 18C.

FIG. 2B shows another attachment/detachment means, in which a locking pin 44 is provided at the bottom of the device body and a stopper 46 is provided at the top, and a locking hole 45 is provided at one side of the bottom of the side of the storage box 2C. When installing, the storage box 2C is installed from the rear of the main body by tilting the storage box 2C so that the locking hole 45 engages the locking pin 44, then rotating it and supporting it with the stopper 46. Can be done.

FIG. 2C shows yet another attachment/detachment means; in this case, the storage box 2C includes a feeding roller, an eccentric roller,
It constitutes a friction roller 29. according to this,
Since the storage box 2C can be slid horizontally,
It can be easily installed from the rear of the main unit. Note that power is transmitted to the feeding roller 27 from the main body side through gear engagement.

3 and 4 show one of the storage boxes 2 in which banknotes can be circulated.

Each of the storage boxes 2A to 2D has the same configuration, so one of them will be explained. Also, since the pool frames 18A to 18D have the same configuration except for the vertical movement configuration of 18D, one of them will be explained in connection with the other pool frames.

Note that storage mechanisms capable of circulating banknotes are known per se, and therefore various circulation mechanisms other than this embodiment may be employed.

Once the bottom plates 47, 47 of the pool frame 18 are configured into two parts, the left and right sides are opened downward,
These openings and closings are performed by a suitable solenoid or cam drive mechanism. Moreover, each of the bottom plates 47, 47 is formed in a comb-like shape, and when opened, is provided so as to come out of the side wall using a notch (not shown) formed in the side wall of the lower storage box 2.
As a result, the banknotes once pooled in the pool frame 18 are dropped in an overlapping state by opening the bottom plates 47, 47.

The storage box 2 stores banknotes 1 in an inclined manner so that the edge of the banknotes 1 to be fed out slopes downward, and inside there is a support lever 48 on the side in the above-mentioned slope direction, and a presser lever 49 opposite thereto. and is intruding.

The above-mentioned support lever 48 and presser lever 49 are both formed as a pair on the left and right, and are inserted into the interior through a long hole so as to be movable up and down.

The support lever 48 has its base end fixed to a shaft 51 supported by a movable frame 50 that moves up and down, and a pinion 52 is fixed to this shaft 51, and this pinion 52 is rotated in forward and reverse directions. As a result, the aforementioned supporting lever 48 can be moved between a supporting position within the storage box 2 and a position outside the storage box 2.

A rack 53 is detachably attached to the pinion 52 by means of an appropriate solenoid (not shown), and when the rack 53 is engaged with the pinion 52, the pinion 53 is moved up and down by the vertical movement of the movable frame 50.
2 is rotated forward and backward.

The above-mentioned movable frame 50 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 54, and a belt 56 driven by a forward/reverse motor 55 is fixed. It is done.

The switches 57 and 58 act on the movable frame 50, and the switch 57 detects the upper limit and the switch 58 detects the lower limit to control the motor 55 mentioned above.

The aforementioned presser lever 49 is fixed to a holding frame 59, and this holding frame 59 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 60, and a spring 61 is locked to this holding frame 59 to urge it downward. has been done.

The protruding end 6 formed on the above-mentioned holding frame 59
2 is locked onto the upper surface of the protruding end 63 of the movable frame 50, and its downward movement by the spring 61 is restricted.

Therefore, when the movable frame 50 is moved down, the holding frame 5
9 is moved downward by the acting force of the spring 61, and when the presser lever 49 of the holding frame 59 comes into contact with the upper surface of the stored bill during the downward movement, the holding frame 59 is prevented from moving downward and separates from the movable frame 50.

The switch 64 detects the above-mentioned separation, and based on this detection signal, the above-mentioned rack 53
is manipulated.

That is, once the banknotes are received from the pool frame 18 into the storage box 2, the support lever 48 and the presser lever 49 are in the upper position, and once the banknotes are received from the pool frame 18.
accept banknotes from At this time, the bill is received in an inclined manner, and the lower edge of the inclination is supported by the support lever 48.

When the motor 55 rotates normally and the movable frame 50 moves downward, the support lever 48 moves downward, and the presser lever 49 also moves downward, so that the banknotes are stored in the storage box 2.

When the presser lever 49 comes into contact with the upper surface of the already stored banknotes, its downward movement is blocked, and the protruding end 63 of the movable frame 50 separates from the protruding end 62 of the holding frame 59, which is detected by the switch 64 and the Based on the signal, the rack 53 is moved into contact with the pinion 52.

After the above-mentioned signal is output, the movable frame 50 is moved down for a period of time set by an appropriate timer. Because the pinion 52 is rotated by this downward movement, the support lever 48
exits outside the side wall, maintains exit, and enters rack 53.
is separated from the pinion 52.

Therefore, the banknotes supported by the support lever 48 are placed on top of the stored banknotes.

Thereafter, the motor 55 is reversed for a certain period of time, and the movable frame 50 is moved upward, whereby the presser lever 49 is moved upward, and the covered bill is slid to the lower part, and the motor 55 is further reversed for a certain period of time. The movable frame 50 moves downward to press down on the top surface of the banknotes that have just been stored.

This pressed position becomes the banknote feeding position.

In order to reach the storage position above this feeding position, the movable frame 50 moves upward by first reversing the motor 55, and the holding frame 59 also moves upward accordingly, so that the support lever 48 and presser lever 49 moves upward.

When the switch 57 detects the upward movement of the movable frame 50, the rack 53 moves the pinion 5 based on the signal.
2 and is continuously moved upward for a set time after the signal is output, the support lever 48 enters into the storage box 2 and the rack 53 is released.

As a result, the support lever 48 and the presser lever 49 are placed in the retracted position.

When the storage boxes 2A and 2B for each denomination described above become full due to storage of deposited banknotes, the fullness sensors 41A and 4
The stored banknotes are fed out based on the detection signal of 1B,
The weight is reduced to the positions of weight loss sensors 66A and 66B. This reduction processing is to enable the storage boxes 2A and 2B to accept deposited banknotes at all times.
The dispensed banknotes are collected in the collection storage box 2D.

FIG. 5 shows a control circuit for carrying out the above-mentioned weight reduction process, and the point in time when the fullness sensors 41A, 41B output detection signals is once the pool frame 18 is reached.
This is the time when the pooled banknotes A and 18B are stored in the corresponding denomination storage boxes 2A and 2B, and this storage time is at the beginning of the deposit transaction process. Therefore, the reduction processing is put on standby until this transaction is completed, and is performed based on a deposit completion signal when this transaction is completed, that is, when the deposit processing is completed.

That is, at the time when the deposit completion signal is output, the AND gates 67A, 67B are activated by the full sensors 41A, 4.
When the flip-flop 1B is outputting a full detection signal, the flip-flops 68A and 68B are set, and the set outputs drive each conveyor belt, and if the set output is from the flip-flop 68A, the A denomination feeding unit 69A The feeding roller 27 of the storage box 2A is driven to feed out the bill of denomination A, and if the set output is from the flip-flop 68B, the feeding roller 27 of the storage box 2B is driven by the B denomination feeding section 69B to pay out the banknote of denomination B. pay out banknotes.

Note that the dispensed banknotes are once collected into the collection storage box 2D via the pool frame 18D.

The weight loss sensors 66A and 66B stop outputting when the amount of stored banknotes decreases below this detection position. At the falling point of this output, the falling differentiation circuit 70
A, 70B produce an output, AND gates 71A,
71B opens the gate and flip-flops 68
A and 68B are reset, and the feeding of each banknote is stopped.

Note that when the fullness sensors 41A and 41B detect fullness at the same time, one may prohibit the other and one may be configured to perform the weight reduction process preferentially.

To explain the operation of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device configured in this way, first, when loading bills of each denomination A, B, and C into the device at the start of business, the necessary number of bills of each denomination is stored in the bulk storage box 2C in advance. do. Note that this storage may be a mixture of each denomination or a block of each denomination.

When the bulk storage box 2C containing banknotes is installed in the main body of the device, the other storage boxes 2A, 2B, 2 are attached at the front.
After confirming that the pool frames 18A to 18D are empty, the bulk storage box 2C is installed from the rear of the device body.

Each conveyance belt is driven in the conveyance direction by an appropriate drive source, and the payout roller 27 of the bulk storage box 2C is driven to feed out the stored banknotes, and the number of bills fed out is determined based on the detector 39C.

A length abnormality detector 39C checks whether two bills have been taken out, a double-bill overlap detector 38 checks whether two bills are stacked, and a banknote review unit 37 determines the denomination.

When an abnormality is detected in the above-mentioned detectors 38 and 37, or when a revalidation failure occurs in the banknote reconsideration section 37, the banknotes are temporarily removed from the pool frame 1 in order to be collected in the collection storage box 2D.
Pooled to 8D. In this case, the pool frame 18 should be temporarily collected in the bulk storage box 2C and fed out again.
It may be pooled to C.

When the banknotes are normally dispensed and normally re-examined to determine the denomination, they are sorted into the denomination storage boxes 2A, 2B, and 2C based on the determination.

In other words, if the dispensed bill is of denomination A, the first sorting plate 17A is driven to sort it and the bill is sorted into the storage box 2A.
It is temporarily pooled in the pool frame 18A to be stored in the
If the denomination is B, the second sorting plate 17B is driven to sort and temporarily move the pool frame 18 to store it in the storage box 2B.
Pooled to B.

However, denomination C is stored in the bulk storage box 2C. For this purpose, the fourth sorting plate 17D and the third sorting plate 17C are driven to sort, and the banknotes of denomination C are once pooled in the pool frame 18C via the return conveyance path by the fourth conveyor belt 14.

The number of sheets pooled in each pool frame 18A to 18D is counted based on the pool counting sensors 40A to 40D, and when the number of sheets in each pool reaches the pool limit, dispensing from the bulk storage box 2C is temporarily stopped and the pool is closed. After storing the banknotes in the storage boxes 2A to 2D, the banknotes are fed out again.

In this way, banknotes of denominations A, B, and C are stored in the storage boxes 2A, 2B, and 2C.

In addition, when denomination C is first loaded into the bulk storage box 2C, if the banknote block of denomination C is loaded in the top row, banknotes can only be dispensed from the denomination storage boxes 2A and 2B from the bulk storage box 2C. nothing.

In addition, each denomination A preloaded in the bulk storage box 2C,
If the number of coins B is larger than the set number of coins to be stored as reserves in the denomination storage boxes 2A and 2B, the set number of coins is dispensed and stored in each denomination storage box 2A and 2B, and then the remaining denominations A and B are dispensed. It is sufficient to store the banknotes in the bulk storage box 2C again, place the block of denomination C at the bottom, and finish feeding.

Next, I will explain the withdrawal process of dispensing banknotes for payment.This dispensing process is based on the input payment amount and designated denomination, and the denomination is transferred from each denomination storage box 2A, 2B and the bulk storage box 2C. A predetermined number of banknotes A, B, and C are dispensed.

That is, each feeding roller 27 is driven for each denomination and sequentially feeds out the banknotes one by one, and the fed out banknotes are detected by the respective length abnormality detectors 39A to 39C.
The banknotes are each counted, a check is made to see if two bills have been taken out, a double-bill overlap detector 38 is used to check for double-bills, and a banknote review unit 37 is used to re-check the denomination.

The dispensed banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool frame 18D, but if abnormal dispensing is detected during the above-mentioned check while dispensing a predetermined number of bills, dispensing is stopped and the bills in the pool frame 18D are temporarily collected and stored. It is collected into the box 2D and fed out again from the beginning.

When a predetermined number of bills are normally dispensed, the pool frame 18D is once raised, the dispensed banknotes are placed in the payout port 26, and taken out, and then the pool frame 18D is temporarily returned to its original position.

In addition, when paying out banknotes from each of the storage boxes 2A to 2C described above, for example, when denomination A is being fed out from the storage box 2A, if two sheets are taken out or two sheets are overlapped, the current banknote is used as the original. It is also possible to temporarily pool it in the pool frame 18A in order to collect it in the storage box 2A. This is because the banknotes in the storage box 2A are of denomination A, so it is known that the banknotes are of denomination A even if the banknotes are abnormally dispensed. Of course, the same applies to the other storage boxes 2B and 2C.

Next, the process of depositing banknotes for deposit will be described. The banknotes 1 for deposit are inserted into the deposit slot 3. When the empty sensor 65 detects the insertion of the banknote 1, the take-in roller 5 is driven and the banknote 1 is loaded.
is taken inside.

The length abnormality detector 11 counts the number of accepted banknotes and checks whether two banknotes have been taken in. The double-overlap detector 12 checks whether there are two overlapping banknotes, and the banknote discriminator 15 determines the authenticity of the banknotes. Performs false discrimination and denomination discrimination.

If an abnormality is found in the above-mentioned check, each distribution plate 17A to 17D is not operated. Abnormal banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool frame 18D and transferred to the withdrawal port 2.
It will be returned from 6.

Further, even when the banknote discriminator 15 determines that the banknote is defective, the banknote is once pooled in the pool frame 18D and returned. However, if it is determined that the reading is defective, the fourth sorting plate 17D is driven to sort and reread the banknotes via the return conveyance path.

When the banknotes are taken in normally and the denomination of the banknotes is determined, each storage box 2 is
It is distributed according to A, 2B, and 2C.

That is, if the denomination is A, the first distribution board 17A is driven to distribute and the money is once pooled in the pool frame 18A, and if the denomination is B, the second distribution board 17B is driven to distribute and the money is once pooled in the pool frame 18B. If it is type C, the third sorting plate 17C is driven to sort and temporarily pool it in the pool frame 18C.

This pool state is maintained until the next deposit processing, at which time the pooled banknotes are stored in each of the storage boxes 2A to 2C by detecting the initial stage of the process, for example, when deposited banknotes are inserted.

As a result, denominations A and B are stored in the denomination-specific storage boxes 2A and 2B, respectively, and denomination C is stored in the collective storage box 2C.

Next, the reduction processing when the storage box 2A by denomination is full will be explained. At the beginning of the deposit processing, the banknotes once pooled in the pool frame 18A are dropped and stored in the lower storage box 2A. When the fullness sensor 41A detects fullness due to this storage, the reduction processing is put on standby until this deposit processing is completed.
The flip-flop 68A is set by outputting a signal indicating the completion of deposit.

Each conveyor belt is driven by this set output,
In addition, by controlling the A denomination feeding section 69A, the storage box 2
The A payout roller 27 is driven, and the stored banknotes are fed out and once conveyed to the pool frame 18D.

The number of banknotes to be pooled is determined by the pool counting sensor 4.
The banknotes are counted based on 0D, and when the pool limit number is reached, the feeding is temporarily stopped, the pooled banknotes are stored in the collection storage box 2D, and then the banknotes are fed out again.

When the above-described weight reduction processing is performed sequentially and the amount of stored banknotes reaches the position of the weight reduction sensor 66A,
As the sensor 66A falls, the flip-flop 68A is reset to stop feeding and conveyance, and the pooled banknotes in the pool frame 18D are also collected into the storage box 2D, completing the weight reduction process.

The weight reduction process when the money type storage box 2B is full is also performed in accordance with the above-described operation.

Next, to explain the banknote collection process at the end of the workday, the denomination storage boxes 2A, 2B and the collection storage box 2
The banknotes stored in D are collected in a bulk storage box 2C.

First, after the banknotes pooled in each pool frame 18A to 18D are dropped,
The feeding roller 27 of the storage box 2B and each conveyor belt are driven to feed out the denomination B, and the banknotes are fed out.

The third and fourth sorting plates 17C and 17D are driven to sort, and the fed bills are temporarily transferred to the pool frame 18C.
The data are pooled into a pool counting sensor 40C. When the number of sheets in this pool reaches the pool limit, the payout is temporarily stopped and the pool frame 18 is temporarily stopped.
The banknotes in C are stored in the bulk storage box 2C, and the banknotes are fed out again.

When the collection of denominations B is completed in sequence, the denomination storage box 2 is then collected in the same manner.
The denomination A of A is collected, and the mixed denomination D of the collection storage box 2D is collected into the collective storage box 2C.

Note that when the fullness sensor 41C detects that the stored banknotes are full during the collection described above, the collection process is temporarily stopped, the bulk storage box 2C is removed, and a new empty bulk storage box 2C is installed. After that, the banknotes are collected again.

When all the banknotes in the storage boxes 2A, 2B, and 2D are collectively collected into the storage box 2C, the storage box 2C is removed.

Note that empty sensors 43A, 43B, and 43D detect that the storage boxes 2A, 2B, and 2D are empty.

FIG. 6 shows another means for the above-mentioned weight reduction process.
In this example, the number of sheets to be reduced is set to a predetermined number, this number is counted by the counter 72, and the weight reduction process is stopped when the count is increased.

That is, although FIG. 6 only shows the storage box 2A, if the fullness sensor 41A detects fullness and outputs a signal at the time when the deposit completion signal is output, the flip-flop 68A is set, and this set signal is output. The weight reduction process is performed in .

When bills are paid out through the above-described process, they are detected by the detector 39A and counted by the counter 72A via the AND gate 71A. When the count reaches a predetermined number of sheets to be reduced, the flip-flop 68A is reset due to the time-up, and the reduction process is completed.

Note that the process for reducing the size of the storage box 2B is also performed in accordance with the above-described configuration.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the denomination-specific storage boxes 2A, 2
B and the other storage boxes 2C and 2D are full-full detection without using sensors.
Alternatively, the number of sheets remaining in the storage box 2 may be counted, and the fullness may be detected based on this number of remaining sheets.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of the mechanism of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, Fig. 2 A-C is a schematic side view showing the means for attaching and detaching the bulk storage box, and Fig. 3 is the storage box. Figure 4 is its front view, Figure 5 is its cross-sectional side view, and Figure 5 is its front view.
The figure is a block diagram of a control circuit for the weight loss process, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control circuit for another means of the weight loss process. 1...Banknotes, 2A, 2B...Storage box by denomination, 2C...
Bulk storage box, 2D...Collection storage box, 3...Deposit slot, 5
...Take-in roller, 15...Banknote discriminator, 26...Payment port, 27...Feeding roller, 41A, 41B...Full sensor, 66A, 66B...Reduction sensor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The denomination of deposited banknotes received in a deposit slot is determined by a discriminating means provided in a conveyance path, and a plurality of storage boxes corresponding to each denomination are placed along the conveyance path. A circulation type in which banknotes are stored by denomination through distribution control of a sorting means based on denomination discrimination, and the banknotes stored in each denomination storage box are discharged as dispensing banknotes to a dispensing port via a feeding path. The depositing and dispensing device is provided with a pool section for once pooling deposited banknotes on the storage side of each denomination storage box, and a detection means for detecting whether the stored banknotes are full in each denomination storage box, and the transport A collection box for collecting banknotes is installed along the path, and the collection side of the collection box and the delivery side of the storage boxes for each denomination are connected via the transport path and the sorting means, and the detection means is configured to detect banknotes for each denomination. A circulation type system comprising a collection control means for feeding out a predetermined amount of banknotes from the storage box for each denomination in response to detecting that the storage box is full and controlling the collection of banknotes into the collection box via the conveyance path and the sorting means. Deposit/withdrawal device.