JPH0198096A - Incoming/outgoing processor for paper money - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To maintain a high operating rate of the processing unit by using a money receiving path and a money paying path provided independently so as to use them respectively depending on a transaction type so as to allow the transaction even when a carrying fault takes place. CONSTITUTION: A money receiving path 17 corresponding to a money receiving port 15 and a money paying path 18 corresponding to a money paying port 16 are configured separately as independent carrying paths and they are driven independently of each other. Thus, continuous money receiving transaction and continuous money paying transaction are conducted and when both the transactions are conducted in duplicate, both the transaction operations are allowed for parallel processing. Even when a carrying fault takes place on the occurrence of a jamming or the like, only one carrying path is stopped but the other path is used as it is and then the operating rate of the processing unit is surely improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device for depositing and dispensing money at a bank counter, for example, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device for depositing and dispensing money at a bank counter, and more specifically, to The present invention relates to a banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device in which transaction performance is improved by independently driving the banknotes.

(B) Background of the Invention In general, this type of deposit/withdrawal processing device has a circulating processing structure in which deposited banknotes are taken in and stored in an internal safe, and the banknotes are fed out from the safe and withdrawn. It is provided.

For example, in the case of a processing device that is shared by two clerks in counter operations at a bank, etc., if a transaction is being performed by one clerk, the next transaction will be processed until the second transaction is completed. I couldn't do it.

In addition, if there is a transportation problem such as a jam occurring on the deposit/withdrawal transportation route, the system will immediately go down and transactions will be suspended, and transactions will not be possible until the system is restored, leading to a decline in operating rates and congestion. .

(c) Purpose of the Invention This invention prevents the device from going down even if a conveyance failure occurs.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device capable of maintaining a high operating rate that allows transactions at all times.

(d) Structure of the Invention The present invention is a banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device that discriminates deposited banknotes in a discrimination section, stores them in an internal denomination-specific safe, and dispenses the banknotes from the denomination-specific safe. A deposit/withdrawal transport processing group comprising a bill depositing port for depositing/returning the bills, a bill dispensing port for withdrawing bills, and a store section for temporarily storing deposited bills is arranged in the upper part. and a deposit route connecting the banknote deposit slot and the safe group; Dispensing paths connecting the safe group and the banknote dispensing port are configured independently, and a depositing system driving section that drives the depositing path and a dispensing system driving section that drives the dispensing path are independently provided. It is characterized by being a deposit/withdrawal processing device for banknotes.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, transactions are carried out independently depending on each transaction, using both the independently provided deposit route and withdrawal route. If an abnormality occurs during this transaction, either the depositing route or the dispensing route corresponding to this transaction is stopped, and the other conveyance route is allowed to continue operating, allowing it to continue operating.

(F) Effect of the invention Therefore, even if a conveyance failure occurs due to a jam, etc., the transaction via one conveyance route will only be stopped.
Transactions via the other transport route can be used as is, and the operating rate of the device can be reliably improved.

As a result, it is possible to maintain a high operating rate that allows one-sided transactions at all times, to have a high transaction capacity that avoids recovery time due to equipment failure, and to prevent customer congestion.

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

The drawing shows a banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device which is shared by two staff members and is held on both sides. In FIGS. A deposit/withdrawal conveyance processing group 13 is provided for holding and conveying banknotes 12, and a cartridge group 14 for storing and feeding banknotes 12 is provided at the bottom, so that the upper and lower parts of the main body 11 of the apparatus are separated into a conveyance system and a storage system. are doing.

The above-mentioned deposit/withdrawal transport processing group 13 has a deposit port 15 exclusively for deposits on the front upper surface of the device main body 11, and a separate withdrawal port 016 exclusively for withdrawals on the front side surface. The banknotes 12 . The money is withdrawn to the withdrawal port 16 via the withdrawal port 16.

Then, the banknotes 12 ... inserted into the deposit slot 15 are guided to the discrimination section 19 disposed at an upper intermediate position via the first conveyance path L1 constituting the deposit path 17, and from there to the second
Conveyance path L2, third conveyance path L3, and fourth conveyance path L
4, the first store section 20 disposed at the upper rear position
The banknotes 12 that have been configured to be conveyed to the above-mentioned discriminating section 19 and that have been judged poorly by the discriminating section 19 are disposed above the discriminating section 19 via the fifth conveying path L5 connected to the rear stage of the first store section 20. The deposit is transferred to the deposit return pool section 21 for processing.

A sixth conveyance path L6 is connected to the exit side of the above-mentioned deposit return pool section 21, and connected to the deposit port 15 via one of the seventh conveyance paths L7 branched from this, and these conveyance paths L
6. The banknotes 12 that have been pooled are collectively conveyed to the original deposit 015 side via L7. Also, via the other branched eighth transport path L8,
For storage, it is conveyed (connected) in a circular manner to the first conveyance path L1 described above.

The above-mentioned third conveyance path L3 includes a bill reversing mechanism 22.
is connected, which is disposed at a rear position of the above-mentioned discriminating section 19, and only when the discriminating section 19 determines that the reverse side of the banknote is being conveyed, the reverse side banknote is reversed by the above-mentioned reversing mechanism 22. , the banknotes are transported to the lower cartridge group 14 with their front and back sides aligned. Further, banknotes with the front side facing forward are transferred from the third conveyance path L3 to the lower cartridge group 14 via the ninth conveyance path L9 while maintaining the front side conveyance state.
The 10th to 131111 transport routes are connected continuously through the front-back reversing mechanism 22 and the 9th transport route L9, and the deposits guided to these transport routes 110-113 are Banknotes are stored and collected in first to fourth cartridges 01 to C4 arranged in parallel at the bottom.

On this cartridge group 14 side, a first cartridge C1 is located at a position corresponding to the tenth transport path L10 described above.
are arranged opposite each other, and banknotes, for example, 5,000 yen bills, conveyed from this tenth conveyance path L10 are placed in this first cartridge C.
1. Store and process.

Similarly, a second cartridge C2 for storing 1,000 yen bills is installed in a position corresponding to the 11th W1 feeding path Lll,
Similarly, the 121st! At a position corresponding to the I2 transport path L12, a third cartridge C3 for storing ten thousand yen cylinders is installed oppositely, and at a position corresponding to the thirteenth transport path L13, a fourth cartridge C3 for collecting dispensing error banknotes, defective banknotes, etc. Cartridges C4 are arranged oppositely, and banknotes conveyed from each of the conveyance paths 110 to 113 are transferred to the corresponding first to fourth cartridges 01 to C4.
4. It is configured to be stored and processed.

In addition, when dispensing from each cartridge 01 to C4, in addition to taking in the banknotes 12 in each cartridge 01 to C4 via the first to fourth take-in and dispensing control mechanisms 23 to 26,
It is configured to be delivered to the respective corresponding transport paths 110 to 113.

In this case, each of the cartridges 01 to C4 is equipped with a second store section 27 at the front stage of the storage section, and these second store sections 27 move forward and backward with respect to the internal space at the front stage of the storage section. A separator 28 is provided to divide the interior of the cartridge into upper and lower chambers, and the upper chamber of the divided chamber is provided in the second store section 27, and the upper chamber is provided in the storage section, and the upper chamber is provided in the storage section. (The banknotes 12 by denomination are stored in the second store section 27 for each denomination...
When there is no need to return the items, the partitioning operation of the separator 28 is released and the items are stacked and stored inside the lower chamber side.

This second store section 27 is not formed when a deposit is made from the first store section 20 in a one-person money transaction, but is formed only during continuous deposit transactions. This means that in the case of continuous deposit transactions where deposits and deposits continue, the banknotes deposited consecutively from the second time onwards will be
It is transported to this second store section 27. Thereby, unlike the banknotes stored in the first storage section 20, the banknotes stored here are located in the cartridge and can be stored immediately without carrying out the transportation and storage operation.

In this way, the formation of the second store section 27 enables continuous deposit processing, and the bills stored here can be dropped and stored under this cartridge for a short time by simply moving the separator 28 backward when deposit is confirmed. can be stored efficiently. At this time, if the deposit is canceled, the deposited banknotes for one stored transaction are dispensed from the second store section 27 and returned.

The 14th!112nd feeding path L14 is connected to the 13th feeding path L13 on the downstream side of the cartridge, and the dispensing port 16 is connected to the 15th feeding path 115 which is branched from this.
It is connected to the above-mentioned first transport route L1 in a circulation manner via the 16th W1 transport route 116 that branches to the other side.

Further, a two-copy detector 29 is installed on the downstream side of the twelfth conveyance path L12, and detects two-copy dispensing at the time of dispensing.
When the sheet is detected to be ejected, it is collected into the fourth cartridge C4.

At each branch of the above-mentioned transport routes L1 to 116, a distribution plate 30 and a transport guide member (not shown) are arranged.
These distributions are based on the function of the board 30... and the deposit slot 15.
From → L1 → 19 → L2 → L3 → L4 → 20 → L5 → L
6→L8→L1→19→L2→L3→L9 (22)→
The deposit route 17 is a conveyance system via a series of codes L10 to L13→C1 to C4.

Similarly, the distribution of the plate 30... is based on the action, and from each cartridge C1 to C4, →L 10-+ L 11
→L12→L13→L14→L15→The dispensing route 18 is a conveyance system via a series of codes of the dispensing port 16.

In this case, the depositing route 17 corresponding to the depositing port 15 and the dispensing route 18 corresponding to the dispensing port 16 are separately configured to have independent transport routes, and are provided so that they can each be driven independently. . Therefore, not only can continuous deposit transactions and continuous withdrawal transactions be performed, but when these two transactions overlap,
It is possible to allow both trading operations at the same time and process them in parallel.
Furthermore, even if there is a transport failure due to a jam or the like, only one transport route is stopped, and the other transport route can be used as is, thereby reliably improving the operating rate of the apparatus.

In addition, by separating the withdrawal processing group 13 of the transportation system and the cartridge group 14 of the storage case into upper and lower parts,
Mutual interference can be avoided and the internal mechanism can be simplified, and areas where conveyance problems such as jams occur can be identified on the upper side, making management easier.

The first cartridge C1 mentioned above is set to store 5,000 yen bills, the second cartridge 02 is set to store 1,000 yen bills, the third cartridge C3 is set to store 10,000 yen bills, and the fourth cartridge C4 is set to store 1,000 yen bills. This WJB is designed exclusively for attaching and detaching various banknotes such as 1,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, and 10,000 yen holes.
The fourth cartridge C4 exclusively for 'J is located in a position where it can be easily attached and detached, and when the cartridge is initially set and removed after operation, banknotes of all denominations are stored in this fourth cartridge C4 at once. It can be attached and detached via two cartridges C4.

This makes it possible to effectively utilize one cartridge and omit the work of attaching and detaching other cartridges to and from the apparatus main body 11, improving the handling and management of banknotes and reducing staff work.

FIG. 3 shows a control circuit block diagram of the banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device, in which the CPU 31 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 32, and stores the controlled input/output data in the RAM 33.

The main motor 34 drives and controls each conveyance path of the deposit path 17 and the withdrawal path 18 based on input information from the CPU 31, and the sensor S is disposed in front of each cartridge 01 to C4, Manage the status of entry and exit.

Next, the processing operation when this banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device is used with two staff members sandwiching it from both sides will be described with reference to the flowchart in Fig. 4 and the processing route diagrams in Figs. 5 to 7. explain.

In the first step 41, when it is detected that the banknote 12 has been inserted into the deposit 015 by one of the clerk's operations, the first step 41
The temporary storage status of the banknotes that were previously deposited into the store section 20 is checked, and if the banknotes are not stored there, in a second step 42, the deposited banknotes are temporarily stored as shown in the bold solid line in FIG. As shown, from deposit port 15→
The banknotes are temporarily stored in the first store section 20 via the deposit route 17 of L1 → 19 → L2 → L3 → L4, and if there are any banknotes that are judged poorly by the validation unit 19, they are sent to the deposit return pool unit as shown by the broken line. After being pooled in step 21, the funds are returned all at once to the deposit port 15, and the funds are then re-identified and deposited. If there is a cancellation of the deposit during this transaction, the first store section 20
The banknotes temporarily stored are returned to the deposit slot 15 all at once. On the other hand, in the third step 43, it is determined that there is no abnormality such as transportation failure during this transaction, and in the fourth step 44, it is determined that the banknote is normal.
If the deposit transaction is not canceled and the deposit is confirmed, in the fifth step 45, when the device is in the dawning state, the sixth step
As shown by the thick solid line in the figure, the deposited banknotes are fed out from this first store section 20, L5 → L6 → L8 → L1 → 19 → L
2 → L3 → L9 (22) → L10 → 111 → L12
→ The money is stored in the cartridges 01 to C3 for each denomination via the storage part of the deposit path 17 of 113. At this time, if there are banknotes that have been judged incorrectly, they are stored in the fourth cartridge C4 for collection.

At this time, at the sixth step 46, no abnormality was found, and at the seventh step 47, while this smooth storage operation was being performed, at the eighth step 48, no abnormality was found, and at the ninth step 49, the following When there is a command for a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction, in a tenth step 50, the storage operation from the first store section 20 is temporarily suspended, and priority is given to the deposit transaction, withdrawal transaction, or parallel deposit and withdrawal transaction. , if these transactions are not consecutive, in an eleventh step 51, all banknotes stored in the first store section 20 are stored in the cartridge until the end.

By the way, if the previously deposited banknotes are stored in the first storage section 20 in the first step 41 described above, then in the twelfth step 52, it is determined whether or not the withdrawal process is in progress, and whether or not the withdrawal process is in progress is determined. If not, the second storage section 2 in the cartridge
Since temporary sudoor is possible at 7, at the 13th step 53,
The separator 28 of each cartridge is turned on to form a second store section 27 in the front stage of the storage section of the cartridge, and the banknotes 12 conveyed from the deposit port 15 are stored in the second store section 27 at L1. →19→shi2→L3→L9(
22) → L10 → 111 → L12 → L13 The banknotes are continuously stored through the continuous deposit path section, and if there are damaged bills, etc., they are stored in the fourth cartridge C4 for collection. At this point, if there are any banknotes that have been judged incorrectly by the judging section 19, they are pooled -H in a deposit return pool section 21, and then returned all at once to the deposit port 15, re-discriminated, and deposited. If the deposit is canceled, the banknotes temporarily stored in the second store section 27 are fed out and returned to the deposit slot 15 all at once. And the first
If, in the fourth step 54, no abnormality in conveyance is detected, and in the fifteenth step 55, it is determined that the bill is normal, and the deposit is confirmed without being canceled, then in the sixteenth step 56, the separator of each cartridge is removed. 2
8... is turned OFF and moved backward, the deposited banknotes stored on the separator 28 are stacked and stored in the lower storage part in the cartridge.

By the way, in the above-mentioned third step 43, if a conveyance abnormality due to a jam or the like is detected in the deposit route 17, in the 17th step 57, the deposit system driving section is stopped to cancel the deposit transaction, and the abnormality is detected. Inform the staff of this matter. As a result, the clerk confirms that the banknotes are not being withdrawn in an 18th step 58, performs recovery processing to remove the jammed banknotes in a 19th step 59, and completes this recovery work in a 20th step 60. Until completion, in the twenty-first step 61, the deposit route 17 is stopped, and only the withdrawal route 18 is allowed to operate, allowing only this withdrawal transaction. Once the restoration work is completed, both transactions will be permitted.

Further, if an abnormality such as occurrence of a jam is detected in the sixth step 46, the eighth step 48, and the fourteenth step 54, the entire conveyance system is stopped in the 22nd step 62, and the 23rd step
At Step 63.64, the same restoration process as in Step 59.60 of the above-mentioned 19th and 20th is performed by the staff.

If a withdrawal transaction signal is input, it is confirmed in a 25th step 65 that a continuous deposit transaction using the second store section 27 is not in progress, and in a 26th step 66 a thick solid line is shown in FIG. As shown, bills are fed out from a cartridge of a predetermined denomination that corresponds to withdrawal, and the steps are 110→L11→L12→
The money is withdrawn to the withdrawal port 16 via the withdrawal route 18 of L13→L14→L15. At this time, if no transport abnormality is found in the 27th step 67, the withdrawal is completed and the process jumps to the 6th step 46. However, if an abnormality is detected, in step 68, the withdrawal system drive section is stopped, the withdrawal transaction is stopped, and the staff is notified of this abnormality.

As a result, the staff member confirms that the storing operation from the first store section 20 is not in progress at the twenty-ninth step 69, and the staff performs restoration processing of the dispensing system transport route from the twenty-third step 63 onward.

As mentioned above, transactions are carried out independently according to each transaction using both the independently established deposit route and withdrawal route, and even if a conveyance failure occurs due to a jam etc. during this transaction, By simply stopping transactions in one transport system, transactions in the other transport system can be used as is, and the operating rate of the device can be reliably improved.

As a result, it is possible to maintain a high operating rate that allows one-sided transactions at all times, to have a high transaction capacity that avoids recovery waiting time due to equipment failure, and to prevent customer congestion.

In the correspondence between this invention and the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment, the banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device of this invention corresponds to the device main body 11 of the embodiment, and similarly, the safe group corresponds to the cartridge group 14. The bill depositing port corresponds to the depositing port 15, the bill dispensing port corresponds to the dispensing port 16, and the depositing system drive section and the dispensing system drive section are driven and controlled by the CPU 31 and the main motor 34. Although the safes correspond to the first to 16th transport paths L1 to 116 and the first to fourth cartridges C1 to C4, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device, and FIG. 3 is a control circuit of the banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device. A block diagram, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the bill depositing and dispensing processing device, FIGS. Deposit route diagram; Figure 6 is a storage route diagram for deposit transactions; Figure 7 is a withdrawal route diagram for continuous withdrawal transactions. 11...Device body 12...Banknote 13...
・Deposit/withdrawal transport processing group 14...Cartridge group 15...
・Deposit port 16... Withdrawal port 17... Deposit route 18... Withdrawal route 19... Identification department
20...First store section 27...Second store section
31...-cpu34...Main motor C1 to C4
...Cartridges 11 to 116...1st to 16th transport paths 11...Device main body 20...1st slot 1-Aja 11...Device main body 11-...Saving main body

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A banknote deposit/withdrawal processing device which processes the deposited banknotes in a discrimination section, stores them in an internal denomination-specific safe, and dispenses the banknotes from the denomination-specific safe. A deposit/withdrawal transport processing group is provided in the upper part, which includes a bill depositing port for accepting the deposit and return of the bills, a bill dispensing port for withdrawing the bills, and a store section for temporarily storing the deposited bills; At the bottom, there is provided a group of safes including safes for different denominations which are allowed to be stored and withdrawn from the deposit/withdrawal transport processing group for circulation use, and a deposit route connecting the banknote deposit slot and the safe group is provided. The banknote dispensing route connected to the banknote dispensing port is configured independently, and a depositing system drive unit that drives the depositing route and a dispensing system drive unit that drives the dispensing route are independently provided. Deposit and withdrawal processing equipment.