JPH0230549B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an automatic currency transaction device, such as an automatic deposit machine, that has both a deposit function and a withdrawal function.

(Prior Art) In recent years, automatic currency transaction devices such as automatic deposit machines have been developed and put into practical use in order to save labor in bank counter operations.

Conventionally, in this type of device, when withdrawing money, the banknotes stored in the withdrawal box are taken out and paid, and when making a deposit, the accepted banknotes are stored in a deposit box separate from the withdrawal box. Each department was independent.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, with such a conventional configuration, there are several thousand banknotes for each denomination in the device during operation, and the banknotes deposited are also similar. For banks, this results in the same result as a large number of banknotes being unnecessarily idle in the machine while the machine is in operation, which is extremely inefficient in the use of banknotes. In addition, there is a problem in that a large number of banknotes must be counted, and the burden of setting the banknotes at the start of operation of the device and sorting the banknotes at the end of operation is large.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enable deposited banknotes to be used as withdrawal banknotes, to minimize the total number of banknotes in the device, and to This system improves the efficiency of banknote usage and reduces the amount of banknotes to be counted, reducing the burden of storing and organizing banknotes at the start and end of operation. The present invention aims to provide an automatic currency transaction device that is simple and can reduce costs.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a banknote receiving section that accepts banknotes for deposit that are inserted all at once, and a banknote receiving section that sequentially receives banknotes in the banknote receiving section. A taking-in conveying means takes in and conveys it, a banknote inspection device inspects banknotes for deposit that are taken in and conveyed by the taking-in conveyance means, and a banknote is judged to be a genuine banknote based on the inspection result of the banknote inspection device. a sorting device that sorts the fit notes into denominations and rejected notes, and then sorts the fit notes by denomination; a temporary accumulation unit for a plurality of fit notes at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates the fit notes sorted by the sorting device; There is a temporary accumulation section for excluded notes at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates excluded notes, and banknotes for withdrawal are stored in advance in a banknote storage chamber, and the banknotes in this banknote storage chamber are taken out one by one by a take-out device. A plurality of safes that can be taken out, a banknote inspection device that inspects banknotes for withdrawal taken out from these safes, and a banknote inspection device that inspects banknotes for withdrawal as genuine notes based on the inspection results of this banknote inspection device. a sorting device for sorting into rejected tickets such as stacking, a temporary stacking section for good notes at the time of withdrawal, which temporarily accumulates good notes sorted by this sorting device; a collection warehouse for collecting rejected banknotes among the sorted banknotes for withdrawal, and a conveying means for conveying the banknotes for withdrawal accumulated in the temporary accumulation section for genuine banknotes at the time of withdrawal to a withdrawal port; and a transfer device for transferring the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation section for regular notes at the time of deposit into the banknote storage chamber of the safe section where banknotes for withdrawal of the same denomination are stored. , a temporary accumulation section for valid notes at the time of withdrawal, which allows the withdrawn banknotes to be used as banknotes for withdrawal, and temporarily accumulates the valid notes at the time of withdrawal, and a temporary accumulation section for the valid banknotes at the time of withdrawal, and a temporary accumulation section for the rejected banknotes at the time of deposit. The same temporary stacking section is used in common for the temporary stacking section for rejected tickets at the time of deposit.

(Function) In other words, since the present invention enables deposited banknotes to be used as withdrawal banknotes,
The total number of banknotes in the device can be reduced as much as possible, improving the efficiency of banknote use and reducing the amount to be counted, reducing the burden of storing and organizing banknotes at the start and end of operation.

In addition, we have provided a temporary stacking section for a plurality of valid notes at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates valid notes sorted by denomination, as well as a temporary stacking section for rejected tickets at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates rejected notes. Even if the transaction is unsuccessful, the bank note inserted by the customer can be returned, so the customer does not feel uneasy, and there is no problem with counting as the device can just return it.

In addition, the same temporary accumulation section is used as a temporary accumulation section for valid notes at the time of withdrawal, which temporarily accumulates the valid notes at the time of withdrawal, and a temporary accumulation section for excluded tickets at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates the excluded tickets at the time of deposit. Because of this configuration, the configuration can be simplified and costs can be reduced compared to those that are provided separately.

Further, since the rejected banknotes for withdrawal are collected in the collection warehouse, it is possible to easily handle the rejected banknotes for withdrawal.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to an example shown in FIGS. 1 to 10. Reference numeral 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a housing of an automatic teller machine as an automatic currency transaction device, and a customer service section 2 is formed on the front side of the housing 1 as shown in FIG. There is. The customer service section 2 has a horizontal operation panel 2a formed approximately in the vertical center of the housing 1, and a vertical operation panel 2b rising along the rear edge of the horizontal operation panel 2a. The horizontal operation panel 2a has a keyboard 3,
A CRT display 4, and a deposit/withdrawal port 6 which doubles as a deposit/withdrawal port and is opened/closed by a lid 5.
Further, a card insertion slot 7 and a bankbook insertion slot 8 are respectively arranged on the vertical operation panel 2b.

Also, inside the housing 1, there is a card reader (not shown) that reads information on the ID card inserted through the card insertion slot 7, and a card reader (not shown) that reads the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot 8, and records transaction details in the passbook. A bankbook reading/printing device (not shown) for recording information, and a deposit/withdrawal device 9 for depositing/withdrawing money are housed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 9 consists of a banknote processing section 10 and a safe unit section 11, with the banknote processing section 10 at the upper stage and the safe unit section 1 at the lower stage.
1 is arranged.

The banknote processing section 10 has the following configuration. That is, a banknote receiving section 12 is formed opposite to the deposit/withdrawal port 6 . The bottom surface of the banknote receiving section 12 is inclined with the front side (the left side in the state of FIG. 2) being the inclined lower end, and a take-in roller 13 is provided on the upper surface of this inclined lower end side. The taking-in roller 13 takes in the banknotes P at the end of the banknote receiving section 12 diagonally downward one after another, and further transfers the banknotes P to the transfer roller pair 14 and the first and second endless banknotes. The paper is fed into a first conveyance path 19 via an intake conveyance path 17 formed by the mutually opposing surfaces of the conveyor belts 15 and 16. This first conveyance path 18 is connected to the first endless conveyor belt 15, and third and fourth conveyor belts which are stretched so as to partially touch the rising portion and horizontal lower surface of the first endless conveyor belt 15, respectively. , fifth, sixth, and seventh endless conveyor belts 19, 2
0, 21, 22, and 23 are formed by mutually opposing surface portions. This first conveyance path 18
A banknote inspection device 24 is disposed at the rising end of the banknote, and first, second, third, fourth temporary accumulation sections 25, 26, 27,
28 and a collection warehouse 29 are arranged in this order. The banknote inspection device 24 includes a thickness detection section 30, a magnetic detection section 31, and a width/length detection section (not shown).
The structure has the following features.

Further, in the horizontal part of the first conveyance path 18, there is provided a sorting device that selectively guides the banknotes P that have passed through the banknote inspection device 24 to the first to fourth temporary accumulations 25 to 28. First, second, third, and fourth sorting gates 32, 33, 34, and 35, and a guide plate 36 that guides the banknotes P that have reached the end of the first conveyance path 18 to the collection warehouse 29 are arranged. It is set up.

Furthermore, the temporary accumulation parts 25, 26, 27, 2
A return path 37 is formed along the lower surface side of the return path 37, and a starting end is connected to the terminal end of the return path 37, and a return path 37 rises up to surround the back of the collection warehouse 29 and extends to the front side. a second banknote with its terminal end facing diagonally above the banknote receiving section 12.
A transport path 38 is formed.

The return path 37 is located between the mutually opposing surfaces of the eighth endless conveyor belt 39 and the ninth endless conveyor belt 40.
Mutually opposing surfaces of the ten endless conveyor belts 41 and the eleventh endless conveyor belt 42, the twelfth endless conveyor belt 4
3 and the 13th endless conveyor belt 44, and the first, second, and third temporary accumulation portions 2.
It is formed by the upper surfaces of shutters 45... disposed opposite the respective outlets 5, 26, 27. Further, the second conveyance path 38 includes a fourteenth endless conveyor belt 46 and the first endless conveyor belt 15,
No. 15 was installed with a part of it in contact with these.
The endless conveyor belt 47 is formed by mutually opposing surfaces of the conveyor belt 47 .

Further, in the vicinity of the end of the second conveyance path 38, that is, in the rear part of the banknote receiving section 12, banknotes P carried out from the second conveyance path 38 are once received in a slightly inclined standing position. A temporary receiving section 49 is formed for transferring banknotes to the bank note receiving section 12 later when the movable plate 48 is moved up.

Further, the temporary accumulation parts 25, 26, 27, 28
These are respectively an impeller 50, a gate 51 which also serves as a pedestal for supporting the lower end surface of banknotes P... which are sequentially supplied via this impeller 50, and a banknote whose lower end is supported by this gate 51. A guide plate 52 supporting the banknotes P in a substantially upright position, and a guide plate 52 which is provided substantially perpendicular to the guide surface of the guide plate 52 and nested therein, and which pushes down the upper end surface of the banknotes P when the gate 51 is opened. It has a configuration including a push plate 53. Further, an arrangement device 54 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) that aligns both end surfaces in the longitudinal direction along the discharge direction of the banknotes P... accumulated in the temporary accumulation sections 25, 26, 27, 28 having such a configuration is provided. (described later based on the figure) are respectively arranged.

Further, the first, second, and third temporary accumulation sections 2
At the position facing the exits of 5, 26, and 27, there is a housing 1.
A carry-out mechanism 55 for carrying out temporarily accumulated banknotes P is disposed on the side of the safe unit 11 provided at the inner lower part. Each of these delivery mechanisms 55 is composed of a support belt 56 and a presser belt 57 that can move toward and away from the support belt 56, and is configured to clamp and transport the banknotes P in a bundle.

Next, the configuration of the safe unit section 11 will be explained. A drawer rail 58 is laid at the inner bottom of the housing 1, and a safe unit 59 is mounted on the drawer rail 58 so as to be slidable in the front and back direction via the drawer rail 58. . The safe unit 59 can be pulled out to the front side of the housing 1 by opening the front door 1a of the housing 1, and to the rear side of the housing 1 by opening the rear door 1b.

The safe unit 59 has the following configuration. That is, in the upper part, there are receiving openings 60, 6 facing the unloading mechanism 55 of the banknote processing section 10.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd safes 6 facing 1 and 62
3, 64, and 65 are arranged in parallel. The first safe section 63 sequentially removes banknotes P from the endmost part in the banknote storage chamber 66 by a takeout roller 67 serving as a takeout device.
Banknotes P... are configured to be taken out one by one, and the banknotes P sent into the receiving port 60 through the delivery mechanism 55 are transferred through a transfer device 68 (described later based on FIGS. 5 and 6). The banknotes can be transferred into the banknote storage chamber 66 and used as banknotes for withdrawal. In addition, the third safe section 6
5 also has the same configuration as this first safe section 63. Further, the second safe section 64 formed corresponding to the second temporary accumulation section 26 simply pushes the banknotes P in the receiving opening 61 through the pushing mechanism 69 against the urging force of the backup body 70. It is configured to be pushed into the banknote storage chamber 71.

In addition, in the first and third safe sections 63 and 65, banknotes P in the banknote storage chamber 66, respectively.
. . is pressed in the direction toward the extraction section through the backup body 72 to constantly obtain an accumulated pressure suitable for extraction. 73 is a take-out pressure detection switch.

Furthermore, the safe unit 59 has the first and third boxes.
A supply conveyance path 74 is formed for feeding banknotes P taken out from the safes 63 and 65 into the first conveyance path 18 of the banknote processing section 10. This supply conveyance path 74 is connected to a 16th endless conveyor belt 75 stretched along the back, bottom and front surfaces of the safe unit 59, and partly in contact with the 16th endless conveyor belt 75. It is formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the 17th and 18th endless conveyor belts 76 and 77.

Next, based on FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the temporary accumulation sections 25, 26, 27,
The arrangement device 54 that arranges the banknotes P... accumulated in the banks 28 will be explained. That is, the temporary accumulation section 25,
26, 27, and 28, banknotes P... are stacked in an inclined state with one end in the transverse direction being the lower end of the inclination, and arrangement plates 78a and 78b are arranged opposite to both ends in the longitudinal direction, respectively. ing. These arrangement plates 78a..., 78b... face the temporary accumulation parts 25, 26, 27, 28 through opening windows 81... formed in both the left and right frames 79, 80, and their lower ends are connected to the shaft 82, The structure is fixed at 82. Shaft 8 above
2 and 82 have bearing devices 83 and 83 at both ends, respectively.
The arrangement plates 78a..., 78b... are rotatably supported by a shaft, and are repeatedly rotated in both forward and reverse directions by a mechanism to be described later, thereby swinging the arrangement plates 78a..., 78b.... That is, an arm 84 is attached to one end of one shaft 82, and the free end of this arm 84 is connected via a link 85 to an eccentric rotating portion of an eccentric cam 87 that rotates using a motor 86 as a drive source. , the rotational movement of the motor 86 is converted into a repetitive rotational movement of the shaft 82. Furthermore, arms 88 are attached to the rear end of one shaft 82 and the rear end of the other shaft 82, respectively.
The free ends of the shafts 8 and 88 are connected to each other by a connecting rod 89, so that the repeated rotational movement of one shaft 82 is transmitted to the other shaft 82 so that they rotate simultaneously. When the motor 86 is driven, the assortment plates 78a and 78b simultaneously swing as shown in FIG. Both end surfaces in the longitudinal direction of the bank notes P are aligned along the take-out direction.

Further, a transfer device 6 that transfers banknotes P... deposited based on FIG. 5 and FIG.
The configuration of No. 8 will be explained. Transfer devices 68, 68 provided in the first safe section 63 and the third safe section 65
Since the configurations are the same except for the direction in which they are arranged, only the one on the third safe section 65 side will be described here. That is, the receiving opening 62, which receives banknotes P in a standing position, which are carried out in a bundle via the carryout mechanism 55, is a pair of receivers having a U-shaped cross section that supports both ends of the banknotes P in the longitudinal direction. It is composed of metal fittings 90, 90. These receiving fittings 90, 90 are each attached via a holder 91 to a vertically movable block 94 held movably up and down by a guide shaft 92 provided parallel and perpendicularly, and a lead screw 93. When the lead screw 93 is driven in the forward or reverse direction by the motor 95, the receiving fitting 90 is raised or lowered. Further, the pair of banknote holding mechanisms 96a and 96b having the receiving metal fittings 90 and 90 are supported by a pair of guide shafts 97 and 97, respectively, so that they can reciprocate along the banknote accumulation direction in the banknote storage chamber 66. It is mounted on first and second horizontally movable blocks 98a and 98b. The first horizontally movable block 98a is connected to drive pulleys 99 disposed at both ends of the guide shaft 97.
The second horizontally movable block 98b is connected to the middle part of the first timing belt 101, which is stretched between the first timing belt 101 and the driven pulley 100. It is connected to the middle part of the second timing belt 103 which is stretched through belts 102 and 102 (only one is shown). Furthermore, these first and second timing belts 101 and 103
The driven pulleys 100 and 102, on which the drive pulleys 100 and 102 are hung, are attached to both ends of a rotating shaft 104 which is rotatably supported by a bearing device (not shown), so that they interlock with each other. The drive pulley 99 is driven by a motor 105 in the forward or reverse direction of the first and second timing belts 1.
01 and 103 move simultaneously at the same speed and in the same direction, and the first and second banknote holding mechanisms 96a and 96b are mounted.
Horizontally movable blocks 98a, 98b move forward or backward.

Also, between the movement path of the first horizontal movable block 98a and the movement path of the second horizontal movable block 98b, there is a third horizontal movable block guided so as to be reciprocally movable via guide shafts 106, 106. 98c is provided, and this third horizontal movable block 98c is provided with a banknote P in the banknote storage chamber 66.
The backup body 7 that presses ... in the removal direction side
2 is installed. The backup mechanism 107 is connected to the holder 10.
a guide shaft 109 provided parallel to and perpendicular to the lead screw 1 through the guide shaft 109;
The back up body 72 is attached to a vertically movable block 111 which is held movable up and down by a motor 10, and when the lead screw 110 is driven in the forward or reverse direction by the motor 112, The backup body 72 is designed to rise or fall.

Further, the third horizontally movable block 98c equipped with the backup mechanism 107 is located halfway between the third timing belt 115, which is stretched between the drive pulley 113 and the driven pulley 114, which are disposed at both ends of the guide shaft 106. It is connected to the section. The driven pulley 114 is rotatably attached to the intermediate portion of the rotating shaft 104 via a bearing 116. By driving the drive pulley 113 in the forward or reverse direction by the motor 117, the third horizontal movable block 98c moves forward or backward.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6A, the unloading mechanism 55
The banknotes P... sent in through the banknotes P are inserted into the receiving fittings 90, 90 forming the receiving openings 62 of the banknote holding mechanisms 96a, 96b, which are previously at the upper limit position, and both ends thereof are held. When the holding of the bank note P by the receiving fittings 90, 90 is completed in this way, the first and second horizontally movable blocks 98a, 98b equipped with the bank note holding mechanisms 96a, 96b simultaneously move forward and hold the bank note P. The banknotes P... are transferred to the back side of the banknote storage chamber 66, and the banknotes P stored in the banknote storage chamber 66 are transferred to the end surfaces of the receiving metal fittings 90, 90 in the moving direction as shown in FIG. …
Press the back side, that is, both longitudinal ends on the side opposite to the extraction direction. At this time, the receiving metal fittings 90, 90
With the pressing operation, the accumulation pressure of the banknotes P stored in the banknote storage chamber 66 increases, and the pressure detection switch 118 installed in parallel with the ejection pressure detection switch 73 is turned on, and the banknotes are held. Mechanism 96a, 9
First and second horizontal movable blocks 9 equipped with 6b
The motor 105, which is the drive source for the motors 8a and 98b, stops.

Next, the motor 112 of the backup mechanism 107 that backs up the banknotes P in the banknote storage chamber 66 is reversed to lower the backup body 72, and as shown in FIG. It can be retracted to the lower surface side of the banknote receiving surface 66a of 66. Next, the motor 117, which is the drive source of the third horizontally movable block 98c equipped with the backup mechanism 107, is reversely rotated for a predetermined period of time, so that the backup body 72 is moved backward, and the receiving metal fitting 9
Move to a position where it completely passes under the bank note P... held by 0,90. Then, the motor 112 rotates in the forward direction and the backup body 72 rises, and as shown in FIG. Opposing the central part in the longitudinal direction. At this time, the motor 105 rotates slightly in the opposite direction to move the first and second horizontally movable blocks 98a and 98 on which the banknote holding mechanisms 96a and 96b are mounted.
b moves back a little and turns the pressure detection switch 118 "off".

Next, the back-up body 72 advances and pushes the longitudinal center portion of the bank note P, which is held at both ends by the receiving metal fittings 90, 90, from the back side, and is stored in the bank note storage chamber 66. Bank note P
Press the pressure detection switch 11 on the back side of...
When 8 is turned "on" again, its movement is stopped.

When the pressing operation of the banknotes P held by the receiving fittings 90, 90 by the back-up body 72 is completed in this way, the banknote holding mechanisms 96a, 96b
The motors 95, 95 rotate in the opposite direction, and the receiving metal fittings 90, 90 are lowered and drawn into the lower surface side of the banknote receiving surface 66a of the banknote storage chamber 66, as shown in FIG. 9E. After that, due to the reverse rotation of the motor 105,
The first and second horizontally movable blocks 98a and 98b move backward, and the receiving fittings 90 and 90 become in a state corresponding to the carrying-out mechanism 55. Next, at this position, motor 9
5 and 95 rotate in the forward direction and the receiving metal fittings 90 and 90
increases, and as shown in Figure 6, the subsequent bank note P
... is placed on standby as acceptable.

After this, the motor 117 rotates a little in the opposite direction, causing the backup body 72 to move back a little and the pressure detection switch 118 to be in the "off" state.

With the above steps, the operation of storing the deposited banknotes P into the banknote storage chamber 66 for storing the withdrawal banknotes P is completed.

Note that the withdrawal pressure detection switch 73 is adapted to operate at a pressure weaker than the pressure detected by the pressure detection switch 118, and the banknote storage chamber 66
In other words, the backup body 72 and the take-out roller 67
The motor 117 is driven in the forward direction when the accumulated pressure of banknotes P between the banknotes P... becomes less than the best take-out pressure, and is stopped when the best take-out pressure is reached. The backup body 72 is intermittently moved to a state commensurate with the amount of banknotes P to be taken out from the banknote storage chamber 66, so that good banknotes can always be taken out.

Next, the operation of the automated teller machine having the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. First, the withdrawal operation will be explained based on FIG. For example, assume that two denominations of banknotes P are used for withdrawal, and the banknotes P are 1,000 yen note Pa and 10,000 yen note Pb.
Thousand yen notes Pa... are set in advance in the banknote storage chamber 66 of the third safe section 65, and million yen notes Pb... are set in advance in the banknote storage chamber 66 of the third safe section 65. Here, for example, 5
Assuming that banknotes Pa and Pb of 4,000 yen are to be withdrawn, first, five 10,000 yen banknotes Pb are intermittently taken out by the action of the take-out roller 67 and transferred to the supply conveyance path 74.
The banknotes are transferred from the safe unit section 11 to the first conveyance path 18 of the banknote processing section 10. Then, the banknote inspection device 24 installed in the middle of this first conveyance path 18 inspects the size of the 10,000 yen note Pb, presence or absence of a stacked conveyance path, authenticity, etc., and the banknote is passed based on the inspection results. The items are sorted by the fourth sorting gate 35 and accumulated in the fourth temporary accumulation section 28 via the impeller 50. At this time, if there are ten thousand yen bills Pb' that are rejected as a result of the inspection, they are again taken out by the take-out roller 67 and stacked in the fourth temporary stacking section 28 in the same manner as the number of rejected bills. Incidentally, the rejected ten thousand yen note Pb' is conveyed as it is along the first conveyance path 18 to the terminal end and is collected in the collection warehouse 29. This completes the operation for taking out the ten thousand yen notes Pb..., and then the four thousand yen notes Pa are intermittently taken out from the bank note storage chamber 66 of the first safe section 63 via the supply conveyance path 74. It is delivered to the processing unit 10. Then, it is stacked on top of the ten thousand yen note Pb in the fourth temporary accumulation 28 without undergoing the same processing as in the case of the ten thousand yen note Pb.

In this way, the banknotes Pa..., Pb... of 54,000 yen accumulated in the fourth temporary accumulation section 28 are processed by the above-mentioned arrangement device 54 described based on FIGS. 3 and 4. Both end surfaces along the take-out direction are aligned, and then the gate 51 is opened as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the push plate 53 is lowered and pushed out, passing through the second conveyance path 38 to the temporary receiving section 49.
It will be transported to Furthermore, these banknotes Pa…,Pb
... are fed into the banknote receiving section 12 by the rotational movement of the movable plate 48, and the customer is prompted to take them out by automatically opening the lid 5, and the banknotes Pa..., Pb... will be extracted. (In Figure 7 above, the flow of banknotes for withdrawal that passed the inspection result is shown by solid line arrows, and the flow of banknotes for withdrawal for which inspection result failed was shown by dashed line arrows.) Next Next, the operation of depositing money will be explained based on FIGS. 8 to 10. For example, in the case of deposit, 4
It is assumed that banknotes P of denominations P... are handled, and the banknotes P... are 500 yen notes, 1000 yen notes, 5000 yen notes, and 10,000 yen notes. First, when the customer operates according to the operation guide, the lid body 5 automatically opens and the deposit/withdrawal port 6 is opened. Customers can use banknotes P...
After inserting banknotes P into the deposit/withdrawal slot 6 at once, when the lid 5 is manually closed as a signal to finish inserting banknotes, the taking-in roller 13 rotates intermittently, and the inserted banknotes P held in the banknote receiving section 12 are rotated intermittently. ...is taken in intermittently one by one. The taken-in banknotes P... are sent to the first conveyance path 18 which is also the conveyance path at the time of withdrawal through the transfer roller pair 14 and the take-in conveyance path 17, and are passed through the banknote inspection device 24 to the banknote inspection device 24. The authenticity of the tickets P..., whether or not they have been conveyed in duplicate, their size, etc. are inspected. Among the banknotes P determined to be genuine based on the inspection results, the thousand yen notes Pa are stored in the first temporary storage section 2.
5, banknotes that are handled in small numbers such as 500 yen notes Pc and 5000 yen notes Pd are stored in the first temporary storage section 26, and 10,000 yen notes are stored in the first temporary storage section 26.
Pb... is stored in the third temporary stacking section 27, and banknotes Pa', Pb', Pc', etc., which have been conveyed with a large bend or are conveyed in piles when the inspection result is rejected.
Pd' is sorted and accumulated in the fourth temporary accumulation section 28 by sorting gates 32, 33, 34, and 35, respectively, and arranged by an arrangement device 54.

In addition, if the inspection result fails, the fourth temporary storage section 2
The excluded tickets Pa′, Pb′, Pc′, Pd′ accumulated in 8 are
Similar to the above-mentioned withdrawal banknotes, they are sent to the temporary receiving section 49 through the second conveyance path 38 and then returned to the banknote receiving section 1 again.
Thereafter, unlike when dispensing money, the money is taken in one by one again by the taking-in roller 13, inspected, and stacked according to each denomination type.

(In FIG. 8, the flow of deposit banknotes that passed the inspection result is shown by the solid line arrow, and the flow of deposit banknotes that failed the inspection result is shown by the dashed line arrow.) Bank note Pa′, which cannot be passed no matter what.
Pb′, Pc′, Pd′ For example, if the ticket is extremely dirty, torn, or of a different type, the above-mentioned reprocessing is required.
After being repeated ~3 times, the banknote is returned to the banknote receiving section 12, and the lid 5 is automatically opened to prompt the customer to take it out, and then the banknote is returned to the customer.

Next, when the customer confirms the deposited amount and inputs that fact, that is, presses the approval button, the gate 51 at each exit of the first, second, and third temporary accumulation sections 25, 26, 27... As it opens, the push plate 53 descends to remove the accumulated 1,000 yen notes Pa..., 500 yen notes Pc..., 5,000 yen notes Pd..., and 10,000 yen notes Pb... from the temporary accumulation parts 25, 26, 27. The bundles are pushed out and sent to the safe section 1 via the delivery mechanism 55.
Exported to 0. The 1,000-yen note Pa... is placed in the receiving port 60 of the first safe section 63, and the 500-yen note Pc... and the 5,000-yen note Pd... are placed in the receiving port 61 of the second safe section 64.
Furthermore, the ten thousand yen notes Pb... are stored in the receiving opening 62 of the third safe section 65 all at once. Then,
Thousand yen notes Pa... and ten thousand yen notes Pb... are transferred into the banknote storage chambers 66, 66 to be used as banknotes for withdrawal by the transfer device 68 described above based on FIGS. 5 and 6. 500 yen notes that are stored in , and are not eligible for withdrawal.
Pc..., 5,000 yen note Pd... are stored in the banknote storage chamber 71 by the pushing mechanism 69, and the deposit operation is completed.

(In Figure 9 above, the flow of banknotes stored in the safe is shown by solid line arrows, and the flow of returned banknotes is shown by broken line arrows.) In addition, during the deposit, when confirming the amount, the user If the disapproval is rejected, that is, the disapproval button is pressed, the shutters 45 move to a position where they close the receiving opening of the unloading mechanism 55, and the exits of the first, second, and third temporary accumulation sections 25, 26, and 27 are moved. The gates 51 provided at the gates are opened in order. and,
As mentioned above, the banknotes Pa..., Pc..., Pd..., Pb... temporarily accumulated in the temporary accumulation sections 25, 26, 27
is sent out and returned to the banknote receiving section 12 via the return path 37 and the second conveyance path 38, and the lid 5 opens to prompt the customer to take out the banknote, completing the return operation.

(In FIG. 10, the flow of banknotes based on the customer's return request is shown by solid line arrows.) In addition, in the above deposit operation and the above withdrawal operation, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation sections 25, 26, 27 are Since both ends of the banknotes P along the withdrawal direction are arranged by the arrangement device 54, the banknote receiving section 12 and the safe sections 63, 64, which are set to have a width slightly wider than the width of the banknote P, are arranged by the arrangement device 54. , 65 to the receiving ports 60, 61, 62 without jamming, etc., and post-processing such as retaking and storing in the banknote storage chambers 66, 71 can be performed reliably. .

In addition, the safe 11 housed in the lower part of the housing 1 can be pulled out from either the front door 1a side or the rear door 1b side as needed, so it can be used regardless of the installation configuration of the device, ie, external wall type or lobby type. Maintenance operations such as loading and unloading banknotes P can be performed from the front or rear side without any need for maintenance. Further, the upper lids of the banknote storage chambers 66, 71, 66 of the safe unit section 11 can be opened and closed, so that banknotes P can be easily taken in and taken out from the top side.

In the above-described embodiment, the deposit port and the withdrawal port are both used, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. The route 120 is branched, and a distribution gate 121 is provided at this branching point, and banknotes P for withdrawal at the time of withdrawal and banknotes P for return at the time of deposit are carried out to a withdrawal port 123 separate from the depositing port 122. This may make the handling of banknotes P easier to understand.

In addition, a banknote direction conversion device that can selectively operate is provided downstream of the banknote inspection device 24, so that the front and back directions of the banknotes P are kept constant so that the banknotes P are oriented in the same direction at the time of withdrawal. It is also possible to do so.

In addition, four types of banknotes are handled when depositing, and two types of banknotes are handled when withdrawing money.
This consideration is to reduce the number of parts, and compatibility with multiple denominations can be easily realized by adding each part.

Furthermore, although the banknotes for deposits and banknotes for withdrawals are inspected by the same banknote inspection device 24, they may be inspected by separate banknote inspection devices.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention enables deposited banknotes to be used as banknotes for withdrawal, so the total number of banknotes in the device can be minimized.
The utilization efficiency of banknotes is improved, and the amount of calculations is reduced, so that the burden of storing and organizing banknotes at the start and end of operation, etc. can be reduced.

In addition, we have provided a temporary accumulation section for a plurality of valid notes at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates valid notes sorted by denomination, as well as a temporary accumulation section for rejected notes at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates rejected notes. Even if the transaction is unsuccessful, the bank note inserted by the customer can be returned, so the customer does not feel uneasy, and the device can simply return the banknote as is, and there is no problem with counting.

In addition, the temporary accumulation section for valid notes at the time of withdrawal, which temporarily accumulates the valid notes at the time of withdrawal, and the temporary accumulation section for excluded tickets at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates the excluded tickets at the time of deposit, are shared in the same temporary accumulation section. Since the configuration is such that the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced compared to the configuration where each is provided separately.

Further, since the rejected banknotes for withdrawal are collected in the collection warehouse, there is an effect that the rejected banknotes for withdrawal can be easily handled.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the same main part, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a banknote arrangement device in a temporary stacking section of the embodiment, Figure 4 is a longitudinal side view, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the delivery device that replenishes the back side of withdrawal banknotes with deposited banknotes, and Figures 6A to 6F show the operation of the delivery device. An explanatory diagram showing the state, Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes at the time of withdrawal, Figs.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes at the time of deposit, and FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional side view showing a modification of the present invention. 6... Deposit/withdrawal port, 9... Deposit/withdrawal mechanism, 10... Bank note processing section, 11... Safe unit section, 12... Bank note receiving section, 24... Bank note inspection device, 25-28... Temporary accumulation section, 29... Collection Warehouse, 32-35... Sorting device, P
...bank note, Pa...1,000 yen note, Pa'...excluded ticket of 1,000 yen note,
Pb...10,000 yen note, Pb'...10,000 yen note exclusion ticket, Pc...500 yen note, Pc'...500 yen note exclusion ticket, Pd...5000 yen note,
Pd′...Exclusion ticket of 5,000 yen note.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote receiving section that accepts banknotes for deposit that are input in bulk, a receiving and conveying means that sequentially takes in and conveys banknotes from this banknote receiving section, and a banknote that is taken and conveyed by this receiving and conveying means. a banknote inspection device for inspecting banknotes for deposit; and a sorting device for classifying banknotes into normal notes and rejected notes based on the inspection results of the banknote inspection device, and sorting the normal notes into denominations. , a temporary stacking section for a plurality of regular bills at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates the regular bills sorted by the sorting device, a temporary stacking section for rejected tickets at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates the rejected tickets; A plurality of safe sections in which banknotes are stored in advance in a banknote storage chamber and banknotes in the banknote storage chamber can be taken out one by one by a take-out device, and banknotes for withdrawal taken out from these safe sections. A banknote inspection device that performs inspection, a sorting device that sorts banknotes for withdrawal into regular notes and rejected notes such as overlapped notes based on the inspection results of this banknote inspection device, and a sorting device that uses this sorting device. a temporary collection section for correct banknotes at the time of withdrawal, which temporarily accumulates the correct banknotes sorted by the above-mentioned sorting device; A conveyance means for transporting the banknotes for withdrawal accumulated in the temporary accumulation section for genuine notes at the time of withdrawal to the withdrawal port, and a means for conveying the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation section for genuine notes at the time of deposit for the same amount. It is equipped with a transfer device that transfers banknotes for withdrawal into the banknote storage chamber of the safe section in which banknotes for withdrawal are stored, and allows deposited banknotes to be used as banknotes for withdrawal as well as for withdrawal. A configuration in which the same temporary accumulation section is used as a temporary accumulation section for regular bills at the time of withdrawal, which temporarily accumulates the proper bills at the time of withdrawal, and a temporary accumulation section for excluded tickets at the time of deposit, which temporarily accumulates the excluded tickets at the time of deposit. An automatic currency transaction device characterized by: