JPH02150985A - Automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cancel the shortage of paper money for dispensing in a transaction device main body, and to continuously operate the main body by carrying the paper money held in an auxiliary cash box toward the transaction device main body,and directly supplementing the paper money for the dispensing cash box for the transaction device main body. CONSTITUTION:In an auxiliary cash box 900, a paper money output port ra is formed according to an inserting port Ra of a lower part device 14b, the paper money can be carried to a dispensing/receiving mechanism 12 side, and a distributing gate 901 using a rotary solenoid as a driving force is provided at the branching part between the output port ra and an auxiliary cash box 940. Further, in the device 900, a paper money passage detector and a paper money presence/absence detector 903 consisting of light emitting elements and light receiving elements are respectively provided. In addition, in the device 900, a power source 960 and a control circuit 970 are mounted, they can be separated from the mechanism 12 and independently operated. Thus, the paper money can be charged and supplemented into a cash box 16.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is applicable to automatic deposit/withdrawal devices installed in, for example, mechanized corners of banks, which automatically deposit and withdraw banknotes. Relating to trading devices.

(Prior art) In recent years, deposit and withdrawal devices (ATM-Automated
Tellers Machine (Tellers Machine) is installed in the mechanized corners of banks and other financial institutions, and allows customers (users) to automatically perform transactions such as cash withdrawals (withdrawals) or deposits (deposits) using cards or passbooks. ) It can be operated by oneself, and can be operated for extended hours even after financial institutions have closed, and can also be operated unmanned by installing it inside department stores or in front of stations, and even on holidays. The number of units installed is likely to increase in the future, as they can also be used for holiday operations.

Against this background, improving the efficiency of operating funds for deposit and withdrawal devices, along with streamlining and rationalizing personnel, has become an important issue for banks and other financial institutions. In order to improve the efficiency of operating funds, which is one of these issues, automatic banknote circulation type (recycling type) depositing and dispensing devices have been developed that use deposited banknotes as banknotes for withdrawal.

By the way, when the above-mentioned deposit/withdrawal machines are operated unmanned or on holidays, staff (such as bank staff) are usually not stationed or patrolling the locations where these deposit/withdrawal machines are installed, as part of efforts to improve the efficiency and rationalization of personnel. becomes. Therefore, even if there is a shortage of banknotes for withdrawal during operation, banknotes will not be replenished. For this reason, there was a problem in that a depositing and dispensing device that ran out of bills for dispensing halfway could no longer be operated continuously.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in conventional deposit/withdrawal devices, if there is a shortage of banknotes for withdrawal during unmanned or holiday operation,
There was a problem that it became impossible to continue operating the deposit/withdrawal device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic transaction device that eliminates the shortage of banknotes for withdrawal in the transaction device main body and enables continuous operation of the transaction device main body.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The automatic transaction device of the present invention, which dispenses banknotes, has a withdrawal box that stores bills for withdrawal, and a banknote that is stored in the withdrawal box. a transaction device main body comprising a dispensing means for taking out banknotes and dispensing them from a dispensing port; a hopper section detachably provided on the transaction device main body into which replenishment banknotes are input; a conveyance means for conveying replenishment banknotes, an inspection means for inspecting the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance means, an auxiliary safe for storing banknotes judged as suitable for withdrawal by the inspection means, and the inspection means. an excluded banknote storage unit that stores banknotes that have been identified as unsuitable for withdrawal; and an auxiliary unit device having means for directly replenishing banknotes.

(Function) With the above-described configuration, in order to prevent the main body of the transaction device from running out of banknotes for withdrawal, the present invention stores banknotes that are not suitable for withdrawal among the replenishment banknotes that are inserted into the rejected banknote storage section. Banknotes suitable for withdrawal are stored in an auxiliary safe, and the money withdrawal box is replenished from the auxiliary safe as necessary.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 13 shows a banknote circulation type depositing and dispensing device as an automatic transaction device according to the present invention.

This deposit/withdrawal device 1 includes an abbreviated operation panel section 3 on the front surface of a housing 2. A passbook insertion slot 4, a card insertion slot 5, and a slip issuing slot 6 are arranged on the vertical operation surface 3a of the operation panel section 3.

Further, the horizontal operation surface 3b is provided with a deposit/withdrawal lower that serves as both a deposit and withdrawal port, and a door 8 that can be opened and closed is provided on this deposit/withdrawal lower.

Further, the horizontal operation surface 3b is provided with a CR7 display section 9 with a built-in touch sensor, which guides the user by displaying operating procedures and other information in the form of illustrations, characters, or words. A so-called input operation is performed by pressing a display area corresponding to a number, amount, account number, approval or cancellation of a transaction, etc.

Additionally, inside the housing 2, there is a passbook reading/printing device (not shown) that accepts a passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot 4, reads and records its magnetic information, and prints transaction details, and a card insertion device. A card/slip processing unit device 11 is provided which handles magnetic cards inserted through the slot 5, issues slips to the slip issuing port 6, and creates a copy journal. Further, the housing 2 houses a deposit/withdrawal mechanism (transaction device main body) 12 having functions such as deposit/withdrawal of banknotes, collection of forgotten banknotes, loading, and examination functions, an internal monitor device 13, and the like.

FIG. 14 shows the configuration of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12. In the figure, 14a is an upper unit of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12, and 14b is a lower unit.

Further, 900 is an auxiliary safe unit device (auxiliary unit device) as an option (additional unit) of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12. This auxiliary unit device 900 will be described later.

In FIG. 14, the front surface inside the upper unit 14a (
At the upper part (in the direction of the customer service surface), a banknote taking in and taking out device 15 is provided corresponding to the money depositing and dispensing lower. This bill taking in and taking out device 15 includes a taking in roller 403, a floor 407,
It is composed of a banknote storage chamber 454 and the like. Also,
A fourth safe 19 serving as a loading storage is provided at the rear of the upper unit 14a, and constitutes a loaded banknote storage section 23.

On the other hand, in the lower unit 14b, for example, there is a first safe 16 as a million yen safe, and a second safe 1 as a thousand yen safe.
7 are arranged, each of which constitutes a banknote storage section 20, 21, and a third safe 18 as a deposit box for storing non-conforming banknotes such as egg rolls, rejection tickets, collection tickets, etc. A banknote storage section 22 and a stacking section 1 are provided.
8a1 collection box 18b is configured. In addition, each of the safes 16, 17, 18, and 19 has a number 1.
Second. Third. Fourth accumulation and extraction device 24゜25.26.2
7 is provided, and space portions 301a and 301 serve as stacking portions capable of stacking, for example, 100 banknotes.
b, 301c.

flaps 315a for forming 301d, respectively;
315b, 315c, and 315d are provided, respectively. The above-mentioned accumulation and take-out devices 24°25, 26, and 27 have take-out rollers 304a, 304b, 304c, and 30, respectively.
4d, elevators 305a, 305b, 305c, 3
05d.

It is composed of push plates 309a, 309b, 309c, 309d, etc.

Furthermore, an inspection section 36 is provided at approximately the center of the upper unit 14a in the front vertical direction, and
On the right side thereof, a withdrawal time accumulation section 37 and a deposit time accumulation section 38 are provided.

In the units 14a and 14b, there is a banknote conveyance path R.
(R1-R8) are formed so that banknotes A can be conveyed to each section, and the distribution section is operated by a rotary solenoid (not shown) as a driving source at the branch section.
9a to 3'l are arranged. Furthermore, banknote conveyance path R
There are banknote passing detectors 40a to 40w at various locations along the way, and banknote presence/absence detectors (residual check sensors) 41a to 41d, 45 are installed at each stacking point where banknotes A... are accumulated.
7 is arranged. The bill passing detectors 40a to 40w and the bill presence/absence detectors 41a to 41d,
457 is a well-known structure consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

Furthermore, a carry-in port Ra is opened at the rear of the lower unit 14b, through which banknotes from the auxiliary safe unit device 900 can be transported into the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12.

Here, the operation in the above configuration (flow of banknotes)
I will explain about it.

FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are diagrams showing the flow of banknotes related to the deposit operation.

That is, when the user presses, for example, the display portion of the CR7 display section 9 corresponding to deposit, the door body 8 of the deposit/withdrawal lower is opened. In this state, the user places the banknotes A in a batch with both front and back denominations in the banknote storage chamber 455 in a standing position.
put it into. Then, when the door 8 is closed and it is detected that this door 8% is closed, the floor 407 vibrates up and down to align the banknotes A, and then the take-in roller 403 rotates to move the banknotes A to the frontmost one. It is taken one by one from the object. As shown in FIG. 15, the banknotes A taken in by the taking-in roller 403 are conveyed through the banknote transport path R1, and the number of bills taken in is counted by the banknote passage detector 40a.

Further, the banknote A is guided to the inspection section 36, where the gold 8 (bill type), authenticity, and front and back sides of the banknote A are determined (discriminated).

Then, the banknotes A, which are conveyed through the banknote conveyance path R2 and determined by the above-mentioned inspection section 36 to be front bills, are conveyed upward through the gate 39a for the first sorting, and then conveyed upward through the gate 39a for the second sorting. The third distribution passes through gates 39b and 39c, and the fourth distribution changes its course at gate 39d and is accumulated in the deposit-time accumulation section 38.

Banknote A, which was determined to be a back note, is the first. The second distribution is gate 3
9a and 39b, the path of the third distribution is changed at a gate 39c, and the path of the fifth distribution is changed at a gate 39e, and is reversed and accumulated in the deposit-time accumulation section 38. Thereby, the banknotes A are stacked in the stacking section 38 with their front and back sides aligned.

On the other hand, the banknotes (rejected banknotes) A that are determined by the inspection unit 36 to be rejected (counterfeit banknotes, banknotes that cannot be inspected, etc.) are the first banknotes. Second. The third and fourth □ allocations are sent to the withdrawal-time accumulation section 37 via gates 39a, 39b, 39c and 39d, and accumulated there. These withdrawal-time accumulating portions 37 and JECT tickets A are collected in the banknote storage chamber 4.
When the banknotes A in 54 run out, they are released into the storage chamber 454 as a bundle, and returned to the user by opening the door 8.

The banknotes A accumulated in the deposit-time accumulation section 38 are the 16th
As shown in the figure, when the user inputs confirmation from the CR7 display section 9, the bundle is conveyed to the banknote storage chamber 454, where it is taken in and conveyed again. Then, the taken banknotes A are again inspected by the inspection section 36, and then the first distribution is transferred to the lower unit 14b with the conveyance path R switched downward by the gate 39a.

The 10,000 yen note determined by the ticket type by the inspection section 36 is classified into 11th degree and 6th degree.
The seventh sort is horizontally conveyed to the gate 39 via 39f and 39g, and the eighth sort is further diverted by the gate 39h and accumulated in the accumulation section 301a of the 10,000 yen store 16.

For the seventh sorting, the thousand yen notes are changed course at the gate 39g and are accumulated in the accumulation section 301b of the thousand yen store 17.

The old 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen tickets, the same volume of eggs, and the rejected tickets will be distributed in the 6th round.
．． The 10th allocation is game) 39i.

39j, and are accumulated in the accumulation section 18a of the deposit box 18.

As described above, all banknotes A are stored in each safe 16.17.
．． 18 accumulation sections 301a, 301b.

Once accumulated in banknote 18a, banknotes A in safe 16, 17 are pushed downward by push plates 309a, 309b, are locked by flappers 315a, 315b, and are stored under them, completing the deposit operation.

Further, when a disapproval is input while the banknotes A are accumulated in the deposit-time accumulation unit 38, the banknotes A in the deposit-time accumulation unit 38 are returned to the banknote storage chamber 454, and the door 8 is removed. It will be returned to the user. And bill storage room 45
When the banknote A is removed from the banknote 4, the door 8 is closed.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the flow of banknotes during the withdrawal operation.

That is, a withdrawal transaction is first selected, and then the withdrawal amount is input. Then, in each safe 16, 17, the push plates 309a, 309b push the stored banknotes A downward to release the flappers 315a, 315b, and then the elevator 305a.

The roller 304 raises the roller 305b and takes out the stored banknotes.
Preparation operations for withdrawal are performed in such a manner that they are brought into contact with a and 304b.

In this case, 10,000 yen bills are taken out from the 10,000 yen store 16, and 1,000 yen bills are taken out from the 1,000 yen store 17 one by one by rotating take-out rollers 304a and 304b, respectively. The 10,000 yen notes and 1,000 yen notes taken out are then counted, and
It is transported horizontally forward, guided to the upper unit 14a, and transported to the inspection section 36. The banknotes A that are determined to be genuine by the inspection unit 36 are first sorted through gate 39a, second sorted through gate 39b1, third sorted through gate 39C1, and fourth sorted through gate 39d. The money is accumulated in the withdrawal-time accumulation section 37 via the withdrawal-time accumulation unit 37. In this way, when the banknotes A reach the withdrawal amount, the withdrawal of the banknotes A is stopped, and the withdrawal banknotes A accumulated in the withdrawal time stacking section 37 are discharged as a bundle into the banknote storage chamber 454.
The door 8 is opened and the money is dispensed to the user. Then, when the user removes the banknote A, the door 8 is closed and the withdrawal transaction is completed.

Note that the banknotes (rejected banknotes) A that are determined by the inspection unit 36 to be unsuitable for dispensing are first distributed to the gate 39a.
is sent to the lower unit 14b via. Then, as shown by the broken line in the figure, the 11th degree, the 6th degree, and the 6th degree. The 9th and 10th distribution is gate 39k.

39f, 39i, and 39j to the accumulation section 18a of the deposit box 18, where they are accumulated.

Next, the flow of banknotes related to the deposit return operation will be explained based on FIG. 18.

That is, in the depositing operation, if a cancellation is input from the CRT display section 9 after the banknotes A are accumulated in the deposit-time accumulation section 38, the banknotes A are transferred to the banknote storage section 454 as a bundle.
released into the Thereafter, the banknote A is returned to the user by opening the door 8.

FIG. 19 shows the flow of banknotes in the operation of collecting forgotten banknotes.

That is, if the user does not take out the withdrawal banknote A even after a certain period of time with the door 8 open, first open the door 8.
Close. Then, the banknotes A are taken in one by one, and the taken banknotes A are sent to the inspection section 36, and the first sort is sent to the gate 39a.
The 11th allocation goes to gate 39 1 The 6th allocation goes to gate 39
f, the 9th distribution goes through the gate 3911 and the 10th distribution goes through the gate 39j to the collection box 18 in the deposit box 18.
The daily income is b.

Next, with reference to FIG. 20, the flow of banknotes related to the banknote loading (replenishment) operation will be described.

For example, when a banknote loading mode is selected by an attendant in a state where banknotes A for loading are set in the loading warehouse 19, the loading operation of banknotes A is started.

That is, the banknote A is taken out by the take-out roller 304d of the loading warehouse 19.
The second sort is taken out one by one by the gate 39b1.
3rd distribution is gate 39c1 5th distribution is gate 39e
The coins are conveyed through the passageway and guided to the inspection section 36, where the denomination and the like are discriminated. The banknotes A that have been verified by the verification unit 36 are transported downward through the gate 39a in the first division, and further sent to the gate 39 in the eleventh division and through the gate 39f in the sixth division. . In this case, the 7th sorting of 1,000 yen notes is changed direction at gate 39g and is accumulated in the stacking section 301b of the 1,000 yen store 17, and the 7th sorting of 10,000 yen notes is at gate 39g.
9g, the eighth sort is changed direction at the gate 39h, is accumulated in the accumulation section 301a of the million yen warehouse 16, and is pushed and stored in each bill storage section 20.21.

Furthermore, banknotes A that are judged to be rejected by the inspection unit 36 at the time of loading are sorted upward at the gate 39a for the first sorting, at the gate 39b for the second sorting, and at the gate 39c for the third sorting. The money is accumulated in the withdrawal-time accumulation section 37 via the withdrawal-time accumulation unit 37. At this time, the second sorting ticket taken out from the loading warehouse 19 is the ticket (loading field) that has passed through the gate 39b, and the direct ticket is the second sorting ticket.
The third distribution overlaps in the transport path R4 between the gate 39b and the third distribution gate 39c. For this reason, when a rejected ticket is generated, there is a method of immediately interrupting the extraction and restarting the extraction after the rejected ticket has passed through the conveyance path R4, or a method is adopted in which the extracted ticket (loading area) is overlapped with the rejected ticket. A method is adopted in which the rejected tickets and the overlapping loading fields are transported together in the dispensing time accumulation section 37.

Then, when the banknotes A in the loading warehouse 19 run out, the loading operation is ended.

On the other hand, when a reject ticket is generated, as shown in FIG. After being differentiated by the denomination, the denomination-differentiated notes are first sorted through the gate 39a to the lower unit 14b, and then sent to the respective safes 16 for each denomination.
．． It is stored in 17.

In addition, the tickets rejected again are guided upward by the gate 39a for the first sorting, and guided upward by the gate 39b for the second sorting.
The direction is changed and stored in the empty loading warehouse 19.

In addition, in the above embodiment, in the loading operation, the loading storage 19
Although the banknotes A are loaded only from the inside, it is also possible to load the banknotes by setting them in the banknote storage section 22 of the deposit box 18.

Next, the flow of banknotes during the inspection operation will be explained based on FIG. 22.

That is, banknotes A taken out from the 10,000 yen storage 16 or the 1,000 yen storage 17 are conveyed to the upper unit 14a, and are passed to the inspection section 36.
The first distribution is divided into gates 39°a and 2nd
The direction of the distribution is changed at the gate 39b, and the loading warehouse 19
stored inside.

In the above-mentioned inspection section 36, when a pasted ticket that cannot be discriminated is generated, the first sorted ticket is conveyed downward through the gate 39a, the eleventh sorted ticket is sent to the gate 39, and the sixth sorted ticket is sent to the gate 39f1. The 9th distribution is gate 39i, the 10th
The allocation is made to the collection section 18 of the deposit box 18 via the gate 39j.
It is accumulated in a.

In addition, the first safe 16 is used as a 10,000 yen safe, the second safe 17 is used as a 1,000 yen safe, the bill storage section 22 of the third safe 18 is used as a deposit box, and the fourth safe 19 is used as a loading box. Although the case has been described above, the first safe 16 can be used as a thousand yen box or a safe for storing banknotes other than the above-mentioned bill types, and the second safe 17 can also be used as a 1000-yen box or a safe for storing banknotes other than the above-mentioned banknotes. It can also be used as a safe to store. Furthermore, especially when operating the deposit/withdrawal device 1 on holidays, by storing bills for withdrawal or replenishment in the bill storage section 22 of the third safe 18 and the fourth safe 19, It is also possible to use these safes 18 and 19 as cash withdrawal boxes.

Next, with reference to FIG. 14, the auxiliary safe unit device 90
The configuration of 0 will be explained.

The auxiliary safe unit device 900 includes a hopper section 910 for an attendant to set banknotes from the rear, a validating device 920 for inspecting and discriminating banknotes, and a banknote that is determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal by the validating device 920. an auxiliary safe 940 that stores banknotes determined to be suitable for withdrawal through inspection;
An operation panel 950 operated by a staff member, this unit device 9
Power supply 960 and control circuit 970 for operating 00
It is composed of etc.

The hopper section 910 includes a take-in roller 911, a feed roller 912, a gate roller 913, and a backup mechanism 914 that moves up and down to press the banknotes against each of the rollers 911, 912, and 913.
The banknotes in the bundle are separated one by one from the bottom and transferred to the conveyance path "1".
It is designed to be supplied to This hopper section 910 has a door 915, and this door 915 is provided with a key 916. Therefore, when setting banknotes in the hopper section 910, the key 916 is removed and the door 915 is opened. Furthermore, by closing the door 915 and locking the door 916 while banknotes are still set in the hopper section 910, the hopper section 910 can be used as a storage such as a safe. As a result, if you close the door 915 and lock the door 916 after setting the banknotes,
It is safe even if the clerk leaves the deposit/withdrawal device 1 before the loading of the set banknotes is completed.

The above-mentioned inspection device 920 discriminates whether the banknotes conveyed through the above-mentioned conveyance path r1 are suitable for withdrawal based on their thickness, shape, etc., for example.

In this case, setting the banknotes to the hopper section 910 is a
Therefore, it is possible to minimize the number of factors for identification, since non-conforming banknotes with high stickiness such as counterfeit banknotes and damaged banknotes are rarely set.

The reject accumulating unit 930 distinguishes among the banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path "2" by the inspection device 920, the banknotes which are unsuitable for dispensing such as counterfeit banknotes or damaged banknotes, and the banknotes which cannot be inspected due to duplicates, etc. A gate 931 is used to sort rejected banknotes (rejected banknotes), and a collection box 932 is used to collect rejected banknotes that are sorted by the gate 931. Similarly, it has a door 933, and this door 933
A key 934 is provided. Therefore, when taking in banknotes from the hopper section 910, by keeping the door 933 open, an attendant can take rejected bills into the hopper section 910.
It is now possible to reset it to 10 or return it to the account.

Furthermore, by locking the door 934 with the door 933 closed, it can also be used as a storage, and rejected tickets can be stored safely.

The auxiliary safe 940 is the safe 16° 17 of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12.
19, and can be installed behind the auxiliary safe unit device 900. Further, the auxiliary safe 940 is provided with a stacking/retrieval device 941, and a flap 94 for forming a space 942 as a stacking section in which, for example, 100 banknotes can be stacked.
3 is provided. The accumulation and takeout device 941 is composed of a takeout roller 944, an elevator 945, a push plate 946, and the like. As will be described later, this auxiliary safe 940 can be used to temporarily store banknotes when replenishing each safe 16, 17 of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 with banknotes, or to store banknotes of - denominations. It can also be used, for example, as a second million yen storage (or thousand yen storage, etc.) to increase the storage capacity for banknotes.

On the other hand, the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is formed with a banknote exit port RA corresponding to the transport port Ra of the lower unit 14b, so that banknotes can be transported to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 side. A gate 901 for sorting is provided at the branching point between the banknote exit ra and the auxiliary safe 940, which is driven by a rotary solenoid (not shown). Further, inside the auxiliary safe unit device 900, a bill passage detector consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element, a bill non-detector (remaining check sensor) 903, etc. are arranged at various locations.

Further, the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is equipped with a power source 960 and a control circuit 970, and can be operated independently from the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12. That is, when setting banknotes in, for example, the safe 16 of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12, the safe 16 is installed in place of the auxiliary safe 940 of the auxiliary safe unit device 900, and in this state, the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is operated independently. This allows the safe 16 to be loaded and replenished with banknotes.

FIG. 23 is a diagram shown to explain how the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 and the auxiliary safe unit device 900 are attached to the housing 2.

That is, the upper unit 14a of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 is connected to the inside of the housing 2 by the slide rail a, and the lower unit 14b is connected to the inside of the housing 2 by the slide rail b.
is fixed and held on the inner wall 2c of. Further, a gap d is maintained between the upper unit 14a and the lower unit 14b. Further, rollers 61, 61 are attached to the lower surface of the upper unit 14a.
．． 61 maintains the gap d and rolls into contact with the upper surface of the lower unit 14b, so that the gap d is small (and does not become small). Note that G in the figure is an upper and lower connecting gear, and this is a gear that connects the lower unit 14b. The conveyance system is driven by transmitting the power of a drive motor (not shown) provided in the upper unit 14a to the upper unit 14a.

In this way, the upper unit 14a and the lower unit 1
Since the slide rail 4b is held by the slide rails a or b, it can be moved forward or backward of the housing 2 as required. That is, the housing 2 includes a first
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 23, doors 2a and 2b are provided at the front and rear so as to be openable and closable, respectively, so that the units 14a and 14b can be pulled out forward or backward.

On the other hand, the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is housed in the rear space of the units 14a and 141. In this case, the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is
Unlike the upper unit 14a and the lower unit 14b, they are not held by slide rails a or b with respect to the housing 2, but can be moved freely by casters 902, 902, for example, and can easily be used as an independent unit device. It can be done. Therefore, in a mechanized corner of a bank or the like where a plurality of deposit/withdrawal devices 1 are lined up, by sequentially connecting the auxiliary safe unit devices 900, one auxiliary safe unit device 900 can handle banknotes for a plurality of deposit/withdrawal devices 1. can be loaded and refilled.

FIG. 24 shows the operation panel 950 of the auxiliary safe unit device 900. This operation panel 950 includes
A take-in start switch 951 instructs to start taking in the banknotes set in the hopper section 910, and when the banknotes are completely taken in, the total number of bills set in the hopper part 910, which is the sum of the number of bills taken in and the number of rejected bills, is set in the hopper part 910. A confirmation switch 952 that is operated to check whether the number of banknotes matches the number of banknotes, a reset switch 953 that is used to reset the count value up to that point when banknote loading is stopped due to a jam, etc., and this auxiliary safe unit device. a selection switch 954 for selecting whether to operate the banknotes 900 by online connection with the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 or independently; a display section for displaying the number of banknotes taken in by operating the confirmation switch 952, for example, on a 7-segment display; 95
5, and an indicator 956 for notifying the occurrence of a jam.

FIG. 1 is for explaining an electric circuit.

That is, the main control section 150 controls the entire deposit/withdrawal device 1, and the main control section 150 includes a deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section 151, a storage section 152, an operation panel section/internal monitor device control section 153, and a card/withdrawal device control section 151. Slip processing control section 154, inspection control section 155, bankbook reading/printing control section 156, communication control section 1
58, a remote monitor input/output control section 159, etc. are connected.

The storage unit 152 is composed of, for example, a ROM (read-only memory), and is configured to store control programs and the like.

The inspection control section 155 controls the inspection section 36.

The operation panel section/internal monitor device control section 153 controls the operation panel section 3 and the internal monitor device 13.

The card/slip processing control section 154 controls the card/slip processing unit device 11.

The bankbook reading/printing control unit 156 is connected to the bankbook insertion slot 4.
It reads the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted into the passbook and controls the passbook reading/printing device 157 that records transaction details in the passbook and journal.

The deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section 151 controls the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 in response to signals from the main control section 150 and signals from the inspection control section 155. The deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section 151 also includes the auxiliary safe unit device 900.
Auxiliary safe unit device control section (control circuit) 9 that controls
70 can be connected.

The main control unit 150 responds to signals from each detector in the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 obtained via the deposit/withdrawal mechanism control unit 151 and signals obtained from the inspection unit 36 via the inspection control unit 155. The auxiliary safe 940 counts the number of sheets stored in each storage section 21, 22, and 23, or in response to signals from each detector in the auxiliary safe unit device 900 obtained via the auxiliary safe unit device control section 970. It counts the number of stored coins, the number of stored coins for each denomination, the number of loaded coins, the number of inspected coins, etc.
It is used to store and manage banknotes. Further, the main control section 150 controls a remote monitor device 175 provided at a location apart from the deposit/withdrawal device 1 by means of a remote monitor output control section 159 . Further, the main control section 150 is configured to perform data transmission with a central processing unit (not shown) through a communication control section 158.

Normally, when the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is operated independently, the auxiliary safe unit device control section 970 controls the auxiliary safe according to a signal from an inspection control section (not shown) that controls the inspection device 920, for example. Unit device 900
It also controls the auxiliary safe unit device 90.
0 is connected to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12, the auxiliary safe unit device 900 may It controls the

FIG. 2 shows an auxiliary safe unit device 90 in the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12.
The configuration of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section 151 and the auxiliary safe unit device control section 970 is shown by taking as an example the case where 0 is connected.

The deposit/withdrawal mechanism control unit 151 is a CPU that controls the entire system.
(Central Processing Unit) 151a, ROM (Read Only Memory) 151b in which control programs and the like are stored.

A RAM (Random Access Memory) 151c that manages the amount of banknotes in each safe 16, 17, 18, 19 by denomination, an interface 151 d that enables data communication with the main control unit 150, An interface 151e that enables data communication with the auxiliary safe unit device control section 970, and a human output boat 15
1f, and an interface 151g that enables data communication with the inspection control section 155.

Bill passing detectors 40a to 40w and bill presence/absence detectors 41a to 41d, 457, etc. are connected to the single port 151fa of the input/output port 151f, and detection signals from these detectors are supplied. There is.

The output port 151fb of the input/output port 151f is connected to a conveyance driver 151h that drives the conveyance system such as the banknote conveyance path R and the sorting gates 39a to B'l, and a banknote take-in/out device 15 of the deposit/withdrawal lower. Driver 1 to drive
51i% Safe driver 1 that drives the collection/retrieval device 24゜25.26.27 of each safe 16, 17, 18, 19, etc.
51j, etc. are connected to each other.

On the other hand, the auxiliary safe unit device control section 970 includes a CPU 970a that controls the entire system, a ROM 970b that stores control programs, etc., a RAM 970c that manages the inventory of banknotes in the auxiliary safe 940, the operation panel 950, the input/output An interface 970e that enables data communication with the metal mechanism control unit 151, an input/output port 970f, and an inspection control unit (not shown) that controls the inspection device 920. An interface 970g and the like are connected thereto.

A bill passage detector, a bill presence/absence detector 903, and the like are connected to the input port 970fa of the human output port 970f, and detection signals from these detectors are supplied.

Output port 970f b of the above input/output port 970f
The transport paths rl, r2 and distribution are game) 901, 931
A transport driver 970h that drives the transport system, etc., a driver 970 that drives the rollers 911, 912, 913 of the hopper section 910, the backup mechanism 914, etc.
A safe driver 970j and the like that drive the accumulation/retrieval device 941 of the IS auxiliary safe 940 and the like are respectively connected.

FIG. 3 shows the RAMI 5 of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section 151.
This shows an example of the configuration of the storage area in 1c. For example, the number of deposited banknotes, the number of replenishment banknotes, the number of loaded banknotes, the number of disbursed banknotes, the number of partially sucked up banknotes, and the number of scrutinized banknotes are stored for each denomination. Memory area, deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12
A current high memory area where the number of banknotes stored in each safe 16°17, 18, 19 and the number of banknotes of each denomination existing in the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 (including rejected bills) is stored; , a transaction memory area in which the number of banknotes by denomination due to replenishment, loading, withdrawal, and partial withdrawal are stored for each transaction; and the denomination and number of banknotes stored in the auxiliary safe 940 are stored. A set value memory area is provided in which information such as the next near end, the second near end, the maximum number of coins to be paid, etc. are stored for each denomination.

In addition, the data stored in the above-mentioned auxiliary safe memory area (
By setting the selection switch 954 to the "connection" side, the amount of banknotes stored in the auxiliary safe 940 can be changed to the data in the current high memory area (the amount of banknotes stored in the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 that matches the denomination). is added to the amount of banknotes held in
It is managed by the person withdrawal mechanism 12 side.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a case where the deposit/withdrawal device 1 is operated on holidays, for example, will be described with the auxiliary safe unit device 900 configured as described above connected to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12. When operating on holidays, store the safe (
16 (10,000 yen pressure) is filled with 10,000 yen notes, and safe 17 (1,000 yen safe) is filled with 1,000 yen notes, and furthermore, since the number of 10,000 yen notes to be paid out is overwhelmingly greater than that of 1,000 yen notes. , for example, the banknote storage section (deposit box) 22 of the safe 18, the safe (loading box) 19, and the hopper section 910 of the auxiliary safe unit device 900.
, and the auxiliary safe 940 are filled with ten thousand yen notes.

However, if withdrawal processing is selected during holiday driving, the first
In the same way as the withdrawal process shown in Figure 7, the 10,000 yen note is placed in the safe 16.
In addition, one thousand yen note is taken out from the safe 17, and the taken out ten thousand yen note and one thousand yen note are each guided from the lower unit 14b to the upper unit 14a. Then, the banknotes that are determined to be genuine by the inspection unit 36 are
゜Second. The third and fourth distributions are at the gate 39a.

Withdrawal via 39b, 39C and 39d - time accumulation section 3
After being accumulated in banknotes 7, withdrawal banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount are paid out to the user from the deposit/withdrawal lower via the bill storage chamber 454.

Incidentally, if the inspecting section 36 determines that the ticket is not suitable for payout, the same goes for the first ticket. 11th, 6th. The ninth and tenth distributions are to gates 39a, 39 and 39f.
, 39i and 39j to the storage section 18a of the safe 18.
and is collected here.

Furthermore, when the deposit processing is selected during holiday driving, the bills inserted into the bill storage chamber 454 by the user are taken in one by one in the same manner as the deposit processing shown in FIGS. 15 and 16. It is discriminated by the inspection section 36. Then, the banknotes that are determined to be face tickets are the first banknotes. Second. Third. The fourth allocation is gate 39a.

39b, 39c, and 39d, the banknotes that are determined to be back notes are stored in the deposit-time accumulation unit 38, and the banknotes that are determined to be back notes are stored in the first banknote. 2nd, 3rd. The fifth distribution is to gates 39a and 39b.

The money is reversed and accumulated in the deposit-time accumulation section 38 via 39c and 39e.

In this state, upon input of confirmation by the user, the banknotes in the deposit-time accumulation unit 38 are taken in again via the banknote storage chamber 454, and inspected by the inspection unit 36, and the 10,000 yen notes are sorted. The 1,000-yen notes are sorted into the stacking section 301a of the safe 16 via the gate 39 and 39f, 39g, and 39h, and the 1,000-yen notes are stacked at the stacking section 301b of the safe 17 via the gate 39g.

In addition, old 10,000 yen notes and 1,000 yen notes, eggs of the same size, etc. are sorted and accumulated in the accumulation section 18a of the safe 18 via gates 39f, 39i, and 39j.

On the other hand, tickets that are determined to be rejected by the inspection section 36 or are rejected are distributed to gates 39a, 39b, and 39.
9c and 39d, the bills are accumulated in the withdrawal-time accumulation section 37, and then returned to the user from the bill storage chamber 454.

Further, if a disapproval is input while the banknotes are accumulated in the deposit-time accumulation unit 38, as shown in FIG. 18,
The banknotes in the deposit-time accumulation section 38 are returned to the user via the banknote storage chamber 454.

Furthermore, banknotes forgotten during the withdrawal process will be
As shown in FIG. 9, the banknotes are taken in from the banknote storage chamber 454,
It is collected in the collection box 18b of the safe 18.

As described above, when the deposited banknotes are also used as the withdrawn banknotes to perform the withdrawal process, for example, if the ten thousand yen note in the safe 16 becomes empty (end state), the banknote storage section of the safe 18 22, 10,000 yen notes will be paid out. That is,
As shown in FIG. 5, the ten thousand yen notes taken out from the banknote storage section 22 are sorted into gates 39, 39f, 39g, and 39h.
is guided to the upper unit 14a via. Then, the banknotes determined to be genuine by the inspection unit 36 are sorted through the gates 39'a, 39b, 39c, and 39d, and are accumulated in the withdrawal-time accumulation unit 37, after which they are distributed according to the withdrawal amount. Withdrawal banknotes are paid out to the user from the deposit/withdrawal lower via the banknote storage chamber 454.

Further, the rejected tickets are controlled so as not to overlap with the above-mentioned withdrawn banknotes, and are distributed at the gate 39a.

39, and are accumulated in the accumulation section 18a of the safe 18 via 39f, 39i, and 39j.

On the other hand, when the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 is configured to pay out ten thousand yen notes from the banknote storage section 22 of the safe 18, during the withdrawal process, etc. 10,000 yen notes will be replenished from 19. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the ten thousand yen bills in the safe 19 are taken out one by one, and the sorting is led to the inspection section 36 via gates 39b, 39c, and 39e. The 10,000 yen notes that are determined to be suitable for withdrawal are distributed to gates 39a and 39k.

Accumulating section 30 of safe 16 via 39f, 39g, 39h
After being accumulated in banknote 1a, the banknotes are pushed into the banknote storage section 20 and stored.

Further, the rejected bills are controlled so as not to overlap with the above-mentioned supplementary bills, and are sorted through the gate 39a.

The money is accumulated in the withdrawal-time accumulation section 37 via 39b, 39c, and 39d. After the above replenishment process is completed,
The bills are carried from the withdrawal-time accumulation section 37 to the banknote storage chamber 454, and after being discriminated again by the inspection section 36, the bills whose denominations have been determined are stored in the safe 1β as described above.

Furthermore, tickets that have been rejected again are distributed to gates 39a and 39, gates 39f and 39i, for example.

39j, and are accumulated in the accumulation section 18a of the safe 18.

Note that when the 1,000 yen notes in the safe 17 become empty (end state), the deposit/withdrawal device 1 will no longer pay out 1,000 yen notes.

In this way, when the replenishment of 10,000 yen notes from the safe 19 to the safe 16 is completed and the safe 16 is full of 10,000 yen notes, the 10,000 yen notes in the banknote storage section 22 of the safe 18 are Once empty, the safe 16 dispenses banknotes as described above.

On the other hand, when the safe 19 becomes empty or becomes low due to the replenishment of ten thousand yen notes from the safe 19 to the safe 16, and the safe 19 is in a first or second near-end state (unprecedented), the above-mentioned safe 1
9, the auxiliary safe 94 of the auxiliary safe unit device 900
Starting from 0, 10,000 yen notes will be replenished. That is, as shown in FIG.
44, the banknotes are taken out one by one, and the sorted banknotes are guided into the lower unit 14b of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 from the entrance Ra through the gate 901 and the banknote exit ``a''.

The ten thousand yen notes guided into the lower unit 14b are distributed to gates 39, 39a and 39b, for example.

It is sent to the inspection section 36 via 39c and 39e.

The 10,000 yen notes determined by the inspection unit 36 to be suitable for withdrawal are distributed to the gate 39a in such a way that they do not overlap with banknotes from the auxiliary safe 940.

39b, the banknotes are accumulated in the accumulation section 301d of the safe 19, and then pushed into the bill storage section 23.

Further, tickets rejected by the inspection section 36 are sorted out to gates 39a and 39k, for example.

Accumulating section 18 of safe 18 via 39f, 39i, 39j
It is accumulated at a.

When the storage amount of 10,000 yen notes in the auxiliary safe 940 decreases due to the replenishment of 10,000 yen notes from the auxiliary safe 940 to the safe 19, the 10,000 yen notes set in the hopper section 910 are taken out and stored in the auxiliary safe 940. It will be stored. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the ten thousand yen notes set in the hopper section 910 are taken out one by one by a take-in roller 911 or the like.
It is sent to the inspection device 920 via the conveyance path r1. and,
The ten thousand yen notes whose denominations have been determined by the inspection device 920 are stacked in the stacking section 942 of the auxiliary safe 940 via the transport path r2 and the sorting gates 931 and 901, and are then pushed and stored under the flap 943. Ru.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the tickets rejected by the inspection device 920 are sent to a reject accumulation section 930 via a gate 931, where they are accumulated.

In this way, the ten thousand yen notes stored in the auxiliary safe 940 are sent to the safe 16 via the safe 19 as described above, and then
It will be taken out from this safe 16 and paid out to the user. That is, in this embodiment, first the safe 16
10,000 yen notes are paid out from inside, and when the 10,000 yen notes in the safe 16 are exhausted, 10,000 yen notes are paid out from the banknote storage section 22 of the safe 18.

In addition, the empty safe 16 is replenished with ten thousand yen notes in the safe 19, and the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is added to the safe 19.
The auxiliary safe 940 is replenished with ten thousand yen notes, and the hopper section 910 is replenished with ten thousand yen notes. Then, the withdrawal from the safe 16, the safe 19
By repeating the replenishment operation from the safe 16 to the safe 16 and the replenishment operation from the auxiliary safe 940 to the safe 19, the hoppers of the safe 16, the banknote storage section 22 of the safe 18, the safe 19, and the auxiliary safe unit device 900 are finally filled. All ten thousand yen notes stored in the section 910 and the auxiliary safe 940 are dispensed. Therefore, it is possible to withdraw a large amount of banknotes using one deposit/withdrawal device 1.

Note that the transfer (replenishment) of banknotes from one safe to another is carried out while waiting for a user so as not to interfere with the banknote withdrawal and deposit processing. When replenishing the safe on the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 side with banknotes, the operation is controlled by the deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section 151.

As described above, the storage capacity of banknotes can be easily increased so that there is no shortage of banknotes for withdrawal. Therefore, even if the deposit/withdrawal device is operated unmanned or on holidays, there will be a shortage of banknotes for withdrawal in a short period of time, and no more banknotes will be available.
It is possible to eliminate the problem of not being able to continue operating the deposit/withdrawal device.

Furthermore, since the auxiliary safe unit device can be operated independently, it is possible to automatically replenish the safe of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism through independent operation, thereby reducing the effort required for banknote loading processing.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the safe 16 is a 10,000 yen deposit box,
The explanation has been given using an example in which the safe 17 is a thousand yen box and ten thousand yen notes are refilled only to the safe 16, but the invention is not limited to this.For example, the safe 16.
17 can be refilled with 10,000 yen notes, or safes 16 and 17 can be used as 1,000 yen safes, and these safes 16 and 17 can be refilled with 1,000 yen notes, or can handle 5,000 yen notes. Applicable.

Further, in the above embodiment, the auxiliary safe unit device 900 is used as a storage for temporarily storing banknotes when replenishing the safe 19 of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 with banknotes, but the following usage is also possible. can. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the denomination is determined by the inspection device 920 and
The banknotes stored therein are inspected by the inspection section 3 of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12.
It is also possible to replenish the banknotes in the safe 16 (or the banknote storage section 22 of the safe 17 or 18) without storing them in the safe 19 via the banknote 6.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the banknotes whose denomination has been determined by the validating device 920 and stored in the auxiliary safe 940 are sent to the withdrawal-time accumulation unit 37 via the validating unit 36, for example, and the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage unit 37. Payments can also be made to the user from the deposit/withdrawal lower via the room 454.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 12, the banknotes taken in from the hopper section 910 are checked in the banknote storage section 22 of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 in the safe 16 (or the banknote 17, the banknote storage section 22 of the safe 18, It is also possible to replenish the safe 19) directly.

Further, it is also possible to send the banknotes taken in from the hopper unit 910 to the payout/time accumulation unit 37 via the inspection unit 36, for example, and pay them out to the user from the deposit/withdrawal lower via the banknote storage chamber 454. .

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, an automatic transaction device is provided which eliminates the shortage of banknotes for withdrawal in the transaction device main body and enables continuous operation of the transaction device main body. Can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an electric circuit, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the storage area in the RAM of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism control unit,
Fig. 4 is a diagram shown to explain the case where all the devices are operated on holidays, Fig. 5 is a diagram shown to explain the withdrawal operation from the deposit box during holiday operation, and Fig. 6 is A diagram shown to explain the operation of replenishing banknotes from the loading warehouse to the million yen warehouse,
FIG. 7 is a diagram shown to explain the operation of replenishing banknotes from the auxiliary safe to the loading warehouse, FIG. 8 is a diagram shown to explain the operation of replenishing banknotes from the hopper section to the auxiliary safe, and FIG. A diagram shown to explain the rejection process in the operation of replenishing banknotes from the hopper section to the auxiliary safe, FIG. 10 is a view shown to explain the operation of replenishing banknotes from the auxiliary safe to each safe,
FIG. 11 is a diagram shown to explain the processing for dispensing banknotes from the auxiliary safe, and FIG. Figure 13 is a partially cutaway external perspective view of the deposit/withdrawal device;
FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing the configuration of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism and the auxiliary safe unit device; FIGS. 15 and 16 are diagrams shown to explain the deposit processing of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism;
Figure 7 is a diagram shown to explain the withdrawal process of the deposit and withdrawal mechanism.
Figure 18 is a diagram shown to explain the deposit return process of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism, Figure 19 is a diagram shown to explain the forgotten deposit collection process of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism, and Figures 20 and 21 are the figures shown to explain the deposit/withdrawal mechanism's deposit/withdrawal mechanism. Fig. 22 is a diagram shown to explain the detailed processing of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism, and Fig. 23 shows the state in which the deposit/withdrawal mechanism and the auxiliary safe unit are attached to the housing. The figure shown in FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the operation panel of the auxiliary safe unit device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Deposit/withdrawal device, 7... Deposit/withdrawal port, 12... Deposit/withdrawal mechanism, 14a... Upper unit, 14b... Lower unit, 16.17.18.19... Safe, 36
... Inspection section, 150... Main control section, 151... Deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section, 155... Inspection control section, 900...
- Auxiliary safe unit device, 910... hopper section, 92
0... Inspection device, 930... Reject accumulation section, 94
0...Auxiliary safe, 950...Operation panel, 970.
...Auxiliary safe unit device control section (control circuit). Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue ~ revengelr: Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An automatic transaction device for dispensing banknotes, comprising a dispensing box for storing bills for dispensing, and a dispensing means for taking out the banknotes stored in the dispensing box and dispensing them from a dispensing port. a transaction device main body; a hopper portion which is detachably provided on the transaction device main body and into which replenishment banknotes are thrown; a conveying means for conveying the replenishment banknotes placed in the hopper portion; an auxiliary safe for storing banknotes judged as suitable for withdrawal by the examination means; and an exclusion banknote storage for storing banknotes judged as unsuitable for withdrawal by the examination means. and an auxiliary unit device comprising a means for transporting banknotes stored in the auxiliary safe toward the transaction device main body and directly replenishing banknotes to the cash withdrawal box of the transaction device main body. An automatic transaction device characterized by: