JPH028343B2 - - Google Patents

Description

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

(b) Conventional technology In the case of the above-mentioned automatic deposit/payment machine or deposit/withdrawal machine, when the storage box for each denomination is full of banknotes, it is no longer possible to store banknotes to be accepted, so the banknotes must be collected. Must.

Also, if there is a shortage of banknotes in each denomination storage box,
Even during business hours, the machine is stopped, the storage box is removed, and banknotes are loaded into it to continue transactions.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention When collecting the full banknotes mentioned above, it is conceivable to provide a separate collection box exclusively for collection and collect the banknotes there.

However, once the banknotes are collected in the collection box, they can no longer be used as withdrawal banknotes, and therefore, the banknotes are not circulated, resulting in a problem that the efficiency of banknote operation is reduced accordingly.

On the other hand, if the apparatus is stopped and refilled with banknotes based on the shortage of stored banknotes in each denomination storage box, replenishment operations will be required several times a day, resulting in a problem that the operating rate of the apparatus will decrease.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem of decreased operation rate, if the storage capacity of the storage box is configured to be enough to secure the daily transaction volume, the storage box becomes larger in weight and shape, and furthermore, the denomination Since a storage box is required for each device, the large size of these storage boxes results in an increase in the size of the main body of the device, creating a new problem that makes transportation and handling inconvenient.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that is capable of collecting and replenishing banknotes and reusing banknotes while minimizing a decrease in the operating rate of the device and an increase in the size of the device. shall be.

(d) Means for Solving Problems This invention stores received banknotes in denomination storage boxes provided for each denomination via a conveyance system, and stores the banknotes in these denomination storage boxes. A circulating deposit/withdrawal device for dispensing banknotes, in which a storage box capable of storing and dispensing banknotes of each denomination is removably connected to the storage box for each denomination via a return conveyance system, A fullness detection means is provided for detecting the fullness of stored banknotes in each denomination storage box and outputting a full signal indicating that the banknotes are full, and detecting a set need for replenishment of stored banknotes in each denomination storage box to detect banknotes. A replenishment detection means for outputting a replenishment signal indicating that replenishment is required is provided, a discrimination means for discriminating the denomination of the banknote is interposed between the removable storage box and each denomination-specific storage box, and the fullness detection means is provided. A collection process of dispensing a predetermined amount of banknotes from the full denomination storage box and collecting them in the removable storage box in response to a full signal output by the replenishment detection means; Then, the banknotes are fed out from the removable storage box, and based on the discrimination by the identification means, the banknotes that require replenishment are stored in the denomination storage box that requires replenishment, and the banknotes that do not require replenishment are returned to the removable storage box. The present invention is characterized in that it is a circulation type depositing and dispensing device that is provided with a control means for executing and controlling storage and replenishment processing.

(E) Effect In the circulating deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention, when the stored banknotes in the denomination storage box become full, the fullness detection means outputs a full signal, and the control means removes the stored banknotes from the full denomination storage box. A collection process is executed in which a fixed amount of banknotes is dispensed and collected in a removable storage box.

Furthermore, when the number of banknotes stored in the denomination storage box decreases to an amount that requires replenishment, the replenishment detection means outputs a replenishment signal, and the control means feeds out the banknotes from the removable storage box and replenishes the denominations. A replenishment process is executed in which the banknotes of the following denominations are stored in denomination-specific storage boxes that require replenishment, and banknotes of other denominations are returned and stored in removable storage boxes.

(f) Effects of the Invention As a result of the above, according to the present invention, banknotes can be automatically collected and replenished, so there is less need to stop the device main body, and the operating rate of the device main body can be improved.

Furthermore, the banknotes collected when the bank is full can be reused as replenishment banknotes, improving the efficiency of banknote management.

Furthermore, since banknotes can be automatically collected and refilled, the storage boxes for each denomination need only have a small capacity, which allows them to be made compact, and only one removable storage box needs to be large. It is possible to avoid increasing the size of the device as much as possible.

Further, since only one removable storage box is handled, handling is much easier than when handling storage boxes for each denomination by attaching and removing them.

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

The drawing shows an automatic deposit/payment machine used in banking operations, and in FIG. 1, this automatic deposit/payment machine processes deposit transactions and payment transactions;
The circulating deposit/withdrawal device is configured to circulate deposited banknotes of each denomination accepted during deposit transactions as withdrawn banknotes during payment transactions.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an operation procedure display that sequentially displays the operation procedure, and the customer operates according to the displayed procedure. 2
is a card insertion slot, and a card reader is provided inside, and card data is read by inserting a card given to a customer into this slot. In addition,
A passbook may be used in place of or in addition to the card.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a receipt discharge port, which is provided with a slip issuing device therein, and issues and discharges a sheet on which transaction details are printed at the time of a deposit transaction or a payment transaction.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an amount display that displays the amount at the time of deposit transaction or payment transaction. Reference numeral 5 denotes an amount and number of coins display, which displays the number of coins of each denomination inserted at the time of deposit transaction.

6 is a deposit key, and 7 is a payment key, which respectively designate a deposit transaction and a payment transaction.

Number 8 is the numeric keypad, and you enter numbers such as your password and payment amount. 9 is a denomination key, which specifies the denomination at the time of payment.

10 is a confirmation key, which is operated when the deposit transaction is approved without canceling the transaction. Reference numeral 11 denotes a cancellation key, which is operated to cancel the above-described deposit transaction.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a deposit slot into which banknotes are deposited during a deposit transaction. Reference numeral 13 denotes a withdrawal port, which returns the banknotes when the banknotes inserted during a deposit transaction are determined to be defective banknotes, when the cancel key 11 is pressed, and discharges banknotes fed out as payment banknotes during a payment transaction. .

In the automatic deposit/payment machine configured as described above, the user first operates the deposit key 6 or the payment key 7 to specify a transaction, then inserts the card into the card slot 2 and enters the PIN number using the numeric keypad 8. Depending on the situation, the correspondence between the card and the customer is checked. In addition,
This check is not necessarily necessary for deposits.

In the case of a deposit transaction, deposited banknotes are inserted into the deposit slot 12, and the banknotes are taken in one by one to determine the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes. Defective banknotes are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned.

The amount of accepted normal banknotes and the number of each denomination are displayed on the amount display 4 and amount number display 5, respectively, and if the customer confirms that it is OK, the transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10. Then, the card is returned and a receipt is ejected from the receipt ejection port 3.

When the cancel key 11 is pressed, the transaction is canceled and the accepted banknotes are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned. In addition, in this case, the returned banknotes will be different from the banknotes at the time of insertion, but
This will become clear later in the explanation.

In the case of a payment transaction, the requested payment amount and each denomination are entered using the numeric keypad 8 and the denomination key 9, and these amounts and the number of coins of each denomination are displayed on the amount display 4 and the number of denominations display. 5 is displayed, and if the customer confirms that it is OK, the transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10, the payment bill is discharged to the withdrawal port 13, the card is returned, and the transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10.
A receipt will be issued.

FIG. 2 shows the circulation-type deposit/withdrawal device configured inside the deposit port 12 and the withdrawal port 13 described above, and the receiving section 14 is configured below the deposit port 12, and one side of the deposited banknotes. An eccentric roller 15 and a take-in roller 16 are provided below the eccentric roller 15 facing one surface, a holding plate 17 is provided facing the other surface, and a bottom plate 18 is provided on the bottom surface.
have.

The presser plate 17 presses the bill 19 toward the rollers 15 and 16, but when accepting the bill 19, it is retracted by a suitable cam mechanism to enable acceptance. Then, by detecting acceptance of the banknote 19, it is brought into the pressing position.

A friction roller 20 is provided opposite to the above-mentioned take-in roller 16, and the above-mentioned eccentric roller 15 is rotated to take in the banknotes 19, which have been loosened, one by one as the take-in roller 16 rotates.

In addition, 21 in the figure is the intake empty sensor, and the intake part 1
It is detected that four banknotes 19 are taken in one after another and become empty.

The banknotes taken in by the above-mentioned take-in roller 16 are conveyed by first conveyor belts 22, 22 which are conveyed at a conveyance speed faster than this take-in speed.

A length abnormality detector 23 and a double stack detector 24 are provided in the conveyance path of the first conveyor belts 22, 22. It measures the time and checks whether two banknotes have been taken out. The detector 24 also checks the weight of two or more banknotes by passing the banknote between a cam and a roller which forms a gap between the cam and a roller that is one-and-a-half the thickness of the banknote. Note that this configuration itself is well known.

The banknote discriminating unit 25 is constituted by, for example, a magnetic bed, and reads the printed pattern of the banknote to determine authenticity and denomination.

The banknotes read by the above-mentioned banknote discriminating section 25 are
The distribution section 2 is connected to the conveyor path formed by the conveyor belts 26, 26, the drum 27, and the third conveyor belt 28.
9.

The above-mentioned distribution section 29 includes fourth and fifth conveyor belts 3.
0, 31, and sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth conveyor belts 32, 3 that are in contact with these belts 30, 31.
3, 34, 35, and distribution plates 36A, 36B, 3
6C, 36D, and distribution plates 36A to 36D.
The sorting operation is performed based on the determination result of the banknote discriminating section 25 described above. Note that this operation is performed by an appropriate solenoid.

The denominations of banknotes handled by this deposit/withdrawal device are A, B,
The three denominations A, B, and C are mixed as D.

The aforementioned distribution board 36A displays denomination A, the distribution board 36B displays denomination B, and the distribution board C displays denomination C.
The distribution board 36D is for the above-mentioned denominations A, B, and C, and each distribution board 36A to
36C performs a sorting operation on the banknotes that were not sorted.

The aforementioned conveyor belts 30 to 35 convey banknotes for the aforementioned distribution process.

The conveyance end portions of the fifth conveyor belt 31 and the ninth conveyor belt 35 are connected to the discharge section 37, and defective banknotes determined to be counterfeit by the banknote discrimination section 25 described above are conveyed to the discharge section 37 without being sorted. .

One pool portions 38A to 38D are provided on the distribution direction side of each of the aforementioned distribution plates 36A to 36D,
Banknotes of denominations sorted by each sorting board 36A to 36D are once pooled.

In addition, 39 in the figure is a guide roller.

The above-mentioned discharge section 37 is constructed below the dispensing port 13, and has a movable bottom plate 40, a capstan 41 and a pinch roller 42 arranged oppositely to the upper surface of the movable bottom plate 40. The pinch roller 42 is connected to the capstan 41 by an appropriate solenoid. It is provided to be transferred to the side and pressed.

The above-mentioned capstan 41 and pinch roller 42 are usually separated, and the dispensed banknotes and returned banknotes are fed between them, and when the banknotes are ejected, the pinch rollers 42 move and pinch the banknotes, and the capstan 41 rotates in the ejecting direction. By doing so, the banknotes are released.

The above-mentioned movable bottom plate 40 is provided to open by swinging downward using its left end as a fulcrum,
It is opened and closed by an appropriate solenoid. A recovery conveyance path is formed in the lower part of the movable bottom plate 40 by the tenth conveyance belt 43 that is in contact with the ninth conveyance belt 35, and when collecting the banknotes on the movable bottom plate 40,
The movable bottom plate 40 is opened and the banknotes are placed on the belts 35, 4.
3 and once collected in the pool section 38D.

Each of the above-mentioned pool parts 38A to 38D is formed into a box shape with an open top surface, and the bottom part is provided to open and close downward, and is opened and closed by an appropriate solenoid to move the pooled banknotes downward. can be supplied.

The lower part of each pool part 38A-38D has storage boxes 44A-44D for storing banknotes from each upper stage, and the storage boxes 44A-44C are separated by denomination for storing the corresponding denominations A, B, and C, respectively. The storage box 44D is a storage box that is fixed to the device, and the storage box 44D is a bulk storage box that stores mixed denominations D all at once. The storage capacity is larger than that of the boxes 44A to 44C. Note that if the banknotes to be stored in the storage box 44D are stacked together for each denomination, when sorting and storing the banknotes into the storage boxes 44A to 44C by denomination,
This is preferable because the number of operations of the distribution plates 36A to 36C is reduced.

Note that the means for storing banknotes in each storage box 44 will become clear from the description below.

The lower part of the storage boxes 44A to 44D constitutes a feeding section 45 for feeding out banknotes, and the lower surface of each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D has feeding rollers 46A to 46D, respectively.
The banknotes are fed out by being rotated.

In addition, 47... is an eccentric roller that loosens the weight of each stored banknote, and 48... is a friction roller that is in contact with each of the feeding rollers 46A to 4D.

The above-mentioned feeding section 45 includes an eleventh conveyor belt 49 and twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth conveyor belts 5 that are in contact with the eleventh conveyor belt 49.
0, 51, 52, and the third conveyor belt 28 mentioned above.
It has a conveyance path, and conveys the banknotes paid out from each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D, and is conveyed to the discharge section 37 using the conveyance path of the sorting section 29.

Each storage box 44 is placed in the conveyance path of the above-mentioned feeding section 45.
Length abnormality detectors 53A to 53D that detect the length of bills fed out from A to 44D, and a double weight detector 54 that detects the weight of two bills fed out.
In addition, a banknote review section 55 is provided in the portion of the drum 27 mentioned above.

The above-mentioned length abnormality detectors 53A to 53D are composed of photoelectric sensors, and the double overlap detector 54 is constructed in the same manner as the above-described detector 24.

Note that, like the double-sheet overlap detector 54, only one length abnormality detector may be provided on the common transfer path. The banknote review unit 55 is comprised of, for example, a magnetic head or a photoelectric head, and reads the printed pattern of the dispensed banknote to review the denomination.

In addition, if the dispensed banknotes are taken out twice or the bill is paid out incorrectly, the sorting plate 36D
is moved and once collected in the pool section 38D.

In the storage boxes 44A to 44D described above, 56A
- 56D are storage box full sensors that detect the fullness of banknotes stored in each storage box; 57A to 57D are storage box remaining sensors that detect the amount of banknotes stored in each storage box; 58A; ~58D is a storage box empty sensor that detects whether each storage box is empty.

In addition, the storage box full sensors 56A to 56C described above
If the amount of banknotes used varies depending on the frequency of use of each denomination, the detection position can be freely set depending on the frequency of use.

In addition, 59A to 59D in the pool parts 38A to 38D mentioned above are pool part empty sensors,
Each time it is detected that the pool section is empty.

And each of the above-mentioned sensors 56, 57, 58, 59
is composed of a photoelectric sensor, but a micro switch or the like may also be used.

FIG. 3 shows the means for attaching and detaching the bulk storage box 44D, and in FIG. is an inclined long hole locking hole 6
1 and 61 at positions corresponding to the above-mentioned locking pins 60 and 60, and by engaging and mounting these, the storage box 44D can be moved from the lateral direction without being temporarily obstructed by the pool portion 38D. , can be attached to the feeding section 45.

FIG. 3B shows another means, in which a locking pin 60 is provided at the lower part of the device body and a stopper 62 is provided at the upper part, and a locking hole 61 is provided at one side of the lower part of the side surface of the storage box 44D.
At the time of mounting, the storage box 44D is tilted so that the locking hole 61 engages with the locking pin 60, and then the storage box 44D is mounted by rotating and supporting it with the stopper 62. be able to.

FIG. 3C shows still another means, in which a feeding roller 46D, an eccentric roller 47, and a friction roller 48 are constructed in the storage box 44D. According to this, the storage box 44D can be attached to the main body of the apparatus by sliding it horizontally and laterally. Note that power is transmitted to the feeding roller 46D from the device main body side through gear engagement.

The storage box 44D attached to the main body of the apparatus may be temporarily fixed to the main body of the apparatus using screws or a latch mechanism.

4 and 5 show one storage box 44 in which banknotes can be circulated. Since each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D has the same configuration, one of them will be explained, and since the pool parts 38A to 38D also have the same configuration, one of them will be explained in connection. Note that storage mechanisms capable of circulating banknotes are known per se, and therefore various circulation mechanisms other than this embodiment may be employed.

Now, once the bottom plates 63, 63 of the pool part 38 are
It is divided into two parts, with the left and right sides opening downward.
These openings and closings are performed by a suitable solenoid or cam drive mechanism. In addition, each of the bottom plates 63, 63 has a comb-like shape, and when opened, is provided so that it extends outside the side wall using a notch (not shown) formed in the side wall of the lower storage box 44. ,
As a result, when the bottom plates 63, 63 are opened, the banknotes once pooled in the pool part 38 are dropped in a state where they are still weighed down.

The storage box 44 is provided to store banknotes in an inclined manner so that the edge of the banknotes to be fed out is slanted downward, and inside thereof there is a support lever 64 on the side in the above-mentioned inclination direction, and a presser lever opposite thereto. The lever 65 is pushed in.

The above-mentioned support lever 64 and presser lever 65 are both formed as a left and right pair, and are inserted into the interior through a long hole so as to be able to move up and down.

The support lever 64 has its base end fixed to a shaft 66 that is supported by a movable frame 69 that moves up and down.A pinion 67 is fixed to this shaft 66, and when the pinion 67 is rotated in forward and reverse directions, The above-mentioned support lever 64 is then moved between a supporting position within the storage box 44 and an external position outside the storage box 44.

A rack 68 is detachably attached to the pinion 67 using an appropriate solenoid, and with the rack 68 engaged with the pinion 67, the pinion 67 rotates in the forward and reverse directions by vertical movement of the movable frame 69. be done.

The above-mentioned movable frame 69 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 70, and a belt 72 driven by a forward/reverse motor 71 is fixed. It is done.

The switches 73 and 74 act on the movable frame 69, and the switch 73 detects the upper limit and the switch 74 detects the lower limit to control the motor 71 mentioned above.

The aforementioned presser lever 65 is fixed to a holding frame 75, and this holding frame 75 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 76, and a spring 77 is locked to this holding frame 75 to urge it downward. has been done.

And the protruding end 7 formed on the above-mentioned holding frame 75
8 is locked onto the upper surface of the protruding end 76 of the movable frame 69, and its downward movement by the spring 77 is restricted.

Therefore, when the movable frame 69 is moved down, the holding frame 7
5 is moved downward by the acting force of the spring 77, and when the presser lever 65 of the holding frame 75 comes into contact with the upper surface of the stored banknotes during the downward movement, the holding frame 75 is prevented from moving downward and separates from the movable frame 69.

The switch 80 detects the above-mentioned separation, and based on this detection signal, the above-mentioned rack 68
is manipulated.

That is, when receiving banknotes from the pool portion 38 into the storage box 44, the support lever 64 and the presser lever 65 are in the upper position, and once the banknotes are received in the storage box 44 from the pool portion 38,
Accepts banknotes from 8. At this time, the bill is received in an inclined manner, and the lower edge of the inclination is supported by the support lever 64.

When the motor 71 rotates normally and the movable frame 69 moves downward, the support lever 64 moves downward, and the presser lever 65 also moves downward, so that the banknotes are stored in the storage box 44.

When the presser lever 65 comes into contact with the upper surface of the banknotes already stored, its downward movement is blocked, and the protruding end 79 of the movable frame 69 separates from the protruding end 78 of the holding frame 75, which is detected by the switch 80 and the Based on the signal, the rack 68 is moved into contact with the pinion 67.

After the above-mentioned signal is output, the movable frame 69 is moved down for a period of time set by an appropriate timer. Because the pinion 67 is rotated by this downward movement, the support lever 64
exits outside the side wall, maintains exit, and enters rack 68.
is separated from the pinion 67.

Therefore, the banknotes supported by the support lever 64 are placed on top of the stored banknotes.

After that, the motor 7 is reversely rotated for a certain period of time, and the movable frame 6
9 is moved upward, thereby the presser lever 65 is moved upward and the covered banknote is slid to the lower part.Furthermore, the motor 71 is reversed for a certain period of time and the movable frame 69 is moved downward and the banknote is now stored. Press down on the top of the banknote.

This pressed position becomes the banknote feeding position.

In order to reach the storage position above this feeding position, the movable frame 69 moves upward by first reversing the motor 71, and the holding frame 75 moves upward accordingly, so that the support lever 64 and the presser lever are moved upward. 65 moves upward.

When the switch 73 detects the upward movement of the movable frame 69, the rack 68 moves the pinion 6 based on the signal.
7 and is continuously moved upward for a set time after the signal is output, the support lever 64 is moved to the storage box 44.
The rack 68 is released.

As a result, the support lever 64 and the presser lever 65 are placed in the retracted position.

FIG. 6 shows a control circuit, and a control section 81 not only controls the driving of each circuit device but also performs arithmetic processing. The control unit 81 is composed of, for example, a well-known microprocessor controlled by a program (not shown), and is appropriately connected to various input/output devices via a bus or the like.

The start-of-work setting switch 82 is operated by an employee when starting the automatic deposit/payment machine, and the switch signal causes the banknotes stored in the bulk storage box 44D to be transferred to the empty denomination-specific storage boxes 44A to 44C. The relocation work will be carried out.

The end-of-day setting switch 83 is operated by an employee when closing the automatic deposit/payment machine, and in response to this switch signal, banknotes of each denomination stored in each denomination storage box 44A to 44C are collectively stored in the storage box. 44D
Work will be carried out to move it to. These switches 82 and 83 are provided in the main body of the device.

The keyboard 84 has a numeric keypad 8 and a denomination key 9
It is composed of. The take-in drive circuit 85 drives and controls the eccentric roller 15 and the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 14 .

The conveyor drive circuit 86 connects each conveyor belt 22, 26,
28, 30-35, 43, 49-52 are driven and controlled. The discharge drive circuit 87 controls the driving of the capstan 41 of the discharge section 37 and the swinging drive of the pinch roller 42.

When an abnormality occurs in the device, the supervisory control circuit 88
Alternatively, various notifications such as when the bulk storage box 44D becomes full and needs to be replaced are sent to the staff. Incidentally, the alarm is appropriately issued on the main body of the apparatus or on the remote monitor.

The data memory 89 stores input/output data as shown in FIG. In addition, area 98
Once the specified pool number is a constant, it may be stored in the program memory.

The distribution control circuit 90 connects the distribution plates 36A to 36D.
control the distribution. The pool section control circuit 91 once controls the opening and closing of the bottom plates 63 of the pool sections 38A to 38D. The feeding control circuit 92 is connected to the feeding section 45.
The feed rollers 46A to 46D and the eccentric roller 47 are driven and controlled.

FIG. 7 shows the input/output data area of the data memory 89. The pool number area 93 temporarily stores the number of coins of each denomination to be pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38D, respectively. When bills are paid out to each denomination storage box 44A to 44C, each pool part 38A to 3
8D is the number of coins to be pooled, and at the end of the day, the bulk storage box 44D is stored from each denomination storage box 44A to 44C.
This is the number of banknotes that are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D when banknotes are collected.

The deposit number area 94 stores the number of coins of each denomination deposited during a deposit transaction, and the deposit amount area 9
5 stores the deposit amount.

The payment setting number area 96 stores the number of coins of each denomination requested at the time of payment transaction, and the payment amount area 9
7 stores the payment amount.

Once, the pool specified number area 98 stores the setting value of the maximum number of sheets pooled by each of the pool sections 38A to 38D, and this setting value is set to 100, for example.
When set to 1, each pool section 38A to 38
By pooling 100 banknotes in D,
The pool section once operates to store the banknotes in the storage box 44.

The remaining denomination area 99 is a storage box 44A for each denomination.
The storage box remaining sensors 57A to 57C of the storage box 44C output a remaining amount signal to store (for example, set a flag) that the banknotes of each denomination are insufficient and need to be replenished.

Next, the deposit/withdrawal processing operation of the automatic deposit/pay machine configured as described above will be explained.

This automatic deposit/payment machine performs five processes as shown in FIG.
Store the required number of banknotes for each denomination.

The second process is for closing the business, and when closing or discontinuing operation, the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44 are
The banknotes are collected from C into the bulk storage box 44D and removed.

The third process is the processing of deposit transactions, in which banknotes inserted for deposit are sorted into storage boxes 44A for each denomination.
~Store in 44C.

The fourth process is a payment transaction, in which banknotes corresponding to the requested payment amount are dispensed from the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C.

The fifth is a replenishment process for paid banknotes, and the denomination-specific storage boxes 44A to 44C output a signal of the remaining amount of stored banknotes.
Bills are replenished from the bulk storage box 44D.

During standby, the control unit 81 repeatedly scans to see which of these processes is requested. Note that the start of work, end of work, deposit, and payment are set by a start setting switch 82, an end of work setting switch 83, respectively.
The determination is made by detecting that the deposit key 6 and the payment key 7 are turned on. Furthermore, for replenishment, the storage box remaining sensors 57A, 57B, and 57C are scanned to determine whether or not these sensors detect that there are no banknotes.

Referring to FIG. 9, the above-mentioned start-up process will be described. At the end of the day, the automatic deposit/pay machine collects all the banknotes stored therein. For this reason, it is considered normal that there are no banknotes inside the device at the start of business.

To prepare the equipment for each denomination, there is a bulk storage box 4 for stubs.
Necessary numbers of denominations A, B, and C are collectively stored in the box 44D, and this collective storage box 44D is loaded into a predetermined position of the feeding section 45.

Then, by operating the start-of-work setting switch 82, the user inputs that it is the start-of-work processing.

First, it is checked whether the pool sections 38A to 38D are empty and whether the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C are empty based on the output signals of the pool section empty sensors 59A to 59D and the storage box empty sensors 58A to 58C, If a signal detecting the presence of banknotes is output, this indicates that banknotes from the previous end of the work day remain, so the supervisory control circuit 88 notifies the staff in order to stop the operation of the device and remove them. do.

The above-mentioned temporary pool section 38 and denomination storage box 4
When 4A to 44C are empty, the transport drive circuit 86
Each conveyor belt is driven to prepare for conveyance, and the feed-out control circuit 92 drives the feed-out roller 46D of the bulk storage box 44D.
One banknote D is fed out and once transported to the pool section 38 side.

The length abnormality detector 53D checks to see if two bills have been taken out, and the detector 54 detects if two bills are stacked.
The banknote re-examination section 55 re-examines the denomination.

If an abnormality is found in the above-mentioned check and recheck, the sorting control circuit 90 drives the sorting plate 36D to sort and collect the abnormally fed bills in a batch into the pool section 38D, and stores them in the area 93 of the data memory 89. The number of coins is stored in the lump sum denomination D.

If there are no abnormalities in the above-mentioned check and re-examination,
At the beginning of dispensing loaded banknotes, each denomination storage box 44A to 44C is not full of banknotes, so
The pool portions 38A to 38C corresponding to the denomination
will be pooled.

For example, when the banknote review unit 55 determines that the banknote is denomination A, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plate 36A to distribute the banknote, and the denomination A is temporarily pooled in the pool unit 38A.

Since the pool amount of banknotes in each of the pool sections 38A to 38D is set to 100, it is checked whether this specified number of banknotes has been reached, and if the above-mentioned number has not been reached, the next banknote is dispensed. It will be done.

The above-mentioned bill feeding is repeated,
Furthermore, this is done for each denomination A, B, and C. Once one of the pools 38A to 38C reaches the specified number of bills, the feeding of the bulk storage box 44D is temporarily stopped, and the pooled banknotes are stored in the storage boxes 44A to 38C.
It is stored in 44C. Also, at this time, the pool number of coins of the corresponding denomination in area 93 of data memory 89 is cleared to zero.

For example, once the pool portion 38A reaches a specified number of coins, the feeding of the bulk storage box 44D is stopped, and the bottom plates 63, 63 of the pool portion 38A are once opened to transfer the pooled denominations of denomination A to the denomination-specific storage box 44A.
and store it in preparation for the next pool.

When each denomination of banknotes is sequentially stored and the corresponding denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C are full,
Since a signal is output from the storage box full sensors 56A to 56C of the storage box, banknotes of the same denomination that are subsequently dispensed based on this signal are placed in the storage box 44.
D is temporarily collected in the pool section 38D. However, if the amount of banknotes of each denomination initially stored in the collective storage box 44D is made smaller than the full amount of each denomination storage box, such collection is not necessary.

Then, banknotes are loaded into each denomination storage box 44A to 44C, and the storage box empty sensor 5 of the bulk storage box 44D
By outputting a signal from 8D, dispensing of banknotes from the bulk storage box 44D is stopped, and the operation of the start-up process is completed. Also, at this time, once the pool section 38
If there are banknotes, they are stored in the storage boxes 44 for each denomination, and are stored in the area 93 of the memory 89.
Once the number of pools is cleared to 0, respectively.
At this time, it is preferable to have the supervisory control circuit 88 notify the staff that the start-up process has been completed normally.

Next, the end-of-day processing will be described with reference to FIG. 10. This processing collects the banknotes once pooled in the pool 38 and the banknotes stored in the respective denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C into the storage box 44D, This is the work to remove.

When the end-of-work setting switch 83 is operated by an employee, the end-of-work processing is input, and the conveyance drive circuit 86 drives each conveyance belt to prepare for conveyance.

By the way, when the last deposit process is performed, the deposited banknotes remain in the pool sections 38A, 38B, and 38C, so first, the pool section empty sensors 59A, 59B, and 59C are checked.
It is once detected whether or not there are any pooled banknotes remaining, and if there are any pooled banknotes left, they are stored in the storage box for each denomination.

On the other hand, while the automatic deposit/payment machine is in operation, banknotes are deposited through deposit transactions, and these deposited banknotes are sorted by denomination and stored in storage boxes 44A to 44C for each denomination. is bulk storage box 4
Collected by 4D.

For this purpose, whether or not the collective storage box 44D is full is then checked based on the output of the storage box full sensor 56D.

When the storage box 44D described above is full or becomes full during collection, the staff is notified and replaced with an empty bulk storage box 44D.

The banknotes stored in the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C are collected in the order of denomination C, denomination B, and denomination A.

That is, the distribution control circuit 90 controls the distribution board 36
D is distributed and driven to once prepare for reception at the pool section 38D, and then whether or not the denomination-specific storage box 44C is empty is checked based on the output of the storage box empty sensor 57C.

Next, when the storage box 44C is not empty, the payout control circuit 92 drives the payout roller 46C, and one banknote of denomination C from the denomination storage box 44C is fed out and pooled in a batch in the pool section 38D.

Such dispensing is performed sequentially, and the banknotes are temporarily transferred to the pool section 38D in response to a reconsideration signal from the banknote reconsideration section 55.
The number of coins to be pooled is counted, and this count value is stored in the lump sum denomination D in area 93 of data memory 89.
are updated and stored sequentially.

Once the number of banknotes pooled in the pool portion 38D reaches the specified number of 100, the feed control circuit 92 temporarily stops driving the feed roller 46C to stop feeding out the banknotes, and then temporarily controls the pool portion. The circuit 91 once drives the pool portion 38D to store the pooled banknotes in the bulk storage box 44D.

The count value stored in the batch denomination D of the area 93 of the data memory 89 is also cleared to zero.

When the storage box empty sensor 58 detects that the storage box 44C for each denomination is empty after repeated storage of the specified number of sheets, the feeding control circuit 9
2 stops driving the feeding roller 46C, and the pool section control circuit 91 once drives the pool section 38D to collectively store the banknotes pooled therein in the storage box 44D. And the count value of lump sum denomination D stored in area 93 of data memory 89 is also 0.
Clear to.

When the collection of denomination C is completed as described above, collection of denominations B and A is performed in the same manner.

When the storage box full sensor 56D detects that the bulk storage box 44D becomes full during collection, the staff is notified and the bulk storage box 44D is replaced with an empty storage box 44D, and the collection operation continues.

Once all the banknotes in the pool parts 38A to 38C and denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C are stored in the storage box 4
When the work is collected at 4D, the distribution control circuit 90 turns off the drive of the distribution plate 36D and ends the end-of-work processing operation. Also, at this time, it is preferable to clear the data memory 89 except for the area 98, and to notify the staff by the supervisory control circuit 88 that the end-of-day processing has been completed normally.

In addition, in the above, when the storage box of denomination C or B becomes empty, if the banknotes in the pool part of D do not reach the specified number, the banknotes in the pool part of D are temporarily transferred to the storage box 44D. It is not necessary to store the banknotes each time.In the case of the last denomination A, all banknotes in the pool section 38D need only be stored once in the storage box 44D.

Next, the deposit processing will be described with reference to FIG. 11. In the deposit processing, the fact that it is a deposit transaction is input by operating the deposit key 6, and then the card is inserted.

In the case of deposit processing, the inserted banknotes are once pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38C or 38D for each denomination, and this pool state and the number of banknotes in area 93 are maintained until the next transaction (deposit or payment). At the start (for example, when entering a key or inserting a card), the cards are stored in the storage box, and the number of sheets in the area 93 is also cleared to zero. This is to confirm the banknotes inserted in case there is a financial dispute with a customer.

Therefore, in the initial stage of deposit processing, the pool section 38
The pool empty sensor 59A~ checks whether there are banknotes in the previous pool pooled in A~38D.
59D. Once there are banknotes left in the pool, the supervisory control circuit 88 issues an alarm to the attendant. As a result, the staff member temporarily removes the banknotes from the pool section and performs the restart process.

Once no banknotes remain in the pool, acceptance of deposited banknotes is permitted, and the deposited banknotes are deposited into the deposit slot 12 all at once.

Next, the take-in drive circuit 85 drives the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 14, and the conveyance drive circuit 86 drives each conveyance belt to take in banknotes.

The length abnormality detector 23 takes out two bills, the double-bill weight detector 24 checks the double-bill weight, and the bill discriminator 25 determines the authenticity and denomination of the bills. .

If an abnormality is found through these checks and discrimination, the abnormal banknote is transferred to the movable bottom plate 4 of the discharge section 37.
0, and then the release drive circuit 87
drives the capstan 41 and pinch roller 42 of the discharge section 37 to discharge the abnormal banknote.

When the above-mentioned abnormal banknote is inserted after being checked by the customer, the deposit is accepted again, and when the abnormal banknote is not inserted again, the deposit transaction is terminated as an abnormality.

When the deposit banknotes are normally taken in and the banknote determination is also normal, each denomination is counted based on the signal indicating the denomination of the banknote discriminator 25, and this count value is stored in the data memory 89. The denominations A, B, and C are stored in area 94, and the total amount is stored in area 95.

Next, storage boxes 44A to 44C by denomination of the corresponding denomination
The storage box full sensors 54A to 54C check whether the storage box is full or not.
Check based on the output of

When the storage boxes 44A to 44C of the corresponding denomination are full, the denominations are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D.
For this purpose, the distribution control circuit 90 uses the distribution plate 36D.
is driven to distribute the banknotes, and the banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D.

If the storage boxes 44A to 44C for the corresponding denomination are not full, the pool section 38 corresponding to the denomination
Pool A to 38C. For this purpose, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plates 36A to 36C to distribute and temporarily pool the corresponding denominations in the pool section. The numbers once pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38D are stored in the area 93, respectively.

Once such intake and pooling are repeated and the intake empty sensor 21 detects that the intake section 14 is empty, the intake drive control circuit 8
5 stops the driving of the intake section 14.

Next, it is checked whether the transaction is successful or not, and the transaction is completed when the customer presses the confirmation key 10, and after communication with the center, the deposit transaction process is completed.

At this time, cards are returned and receipts are issued and released. In addition, the data memory 89
Areas 94 and 95 are cleared to 0.

If the customer presses the cancellation key 11 during the above check, or if there is a malfunction on the device side that makes it impossible to issue a slip, or if there is a cancellation instruction from the center (for example, there is no corresponding account), the transaction will be deemed unsuccessful. Deposit banknotes will eventually be returned.

These banknotes are not returned to the banknotes that were once pooled in the pool section 38, but to the storage boxes 44A to 44C for each denomination.
This is done by dispensing the banknotes stored in the banknotes, and this banknote dispensing is performed based on the data on the deposit amount and the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in areas 94 and 95 of the data memory 89, and the payment transaction described later is performed. Processing is done in the same way.

Next, the payment process will be described with reference to FIG. and the correspondence will be checked.

Next, the customer uses the keyboard 84 to specify the denominations A, B, and C for the billed amount, and the number of sheets and amount for each of these denominations are stored in areas 96 and 94 of the data memory 89, and Through communication with the center, instructions are given from the center as to whether or not the payment transaction is possible. When a payment transaction is possible, the conveyor drive circuit 86 drives each conveyor belt to prepare for conveyance, and the feed control circuit 92 sequentially feeds denominations B and C from denomination A based on the data on the number of denominations described above. Drives delivery rollers 46A to 46C.

For example, when denomination A is specified, the dispensing roller 46A is driven and bills of denomination A are dispensed from the denomination storage box 44A, and it is determined whether the dispensing is normal or not.
This is checked by the length abnormality detector 53A and the double overlap detector 54.

When two bills are taken out or two bills are piled up in this check, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plate 36A to temporarily pool the dispensed bills in the pool section 38A. That is, since it is known that the dispensed bill is of denomination A, it is returned to the original storage box 44A.

When the banknotes are fed normally, the banknote review unit 55
The denomination is then re-examined by the bank and checked to see if it is denomination A. At this time, it may be judged as another denomination,
If the reading is defective, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plate 36D to distribute the bills, and the dispensed banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool portion 38D and collected.

When the dispensing and re-counting of denomination A is normal, the dispensing banknotes are temporarily pooled in the dispensing section 37, and the number of dispensing bills is stored in area 9 of the data memory 89.
It is subtracted from the denomination A stored in 6.

In this way, denomination A is paid out sequentially,
When the specified number of sheets of denomination A in the above-mentioned area 96 becomes zero, the feeding control circuit 92 stops driving the feeding roller 46A, and then sequentially feeds denominations B and C of the specified number of sheets in the same manner as described above. A payout is performed.

When the designated number of bills of each denomination is dispensed, that is, when the designated number of bills of each denomination stored in area 96 of data memory 89 becomes zero, a check is made to see if the discharge of the dispensed bills is correct.

When an abnormality occurs in other mechanical parts such as a slip issuing machine or a passbook printer, discharging becomes impossible, and the dispensed bills are collectively collected in the storage box 44D.

For this purpose, the movable bottom part 40 of the discharge part 37 is opened and the banknotes are once pooled in the pool part 38D, and then the pool part control circuit 91 is once released into the pool part 38D.
8D is driven to collect the banknotes in the bulk storage box 44D.

Of course, the banknotes collected in the bulk storage box 44D are used again as fed banknotes.

When the dispensed banknotes may be discharged, the discharge drive circuit 87 drives the capstan 41 and the pinch roller 42 of the discharge unit 37 to discharge the banknotes pooled in the discharge unit 37 to the dispensing port 13. Finish the payment process.

In addition, in the case of bulk return during deposit processing, the customer must press the confirmation key 10 after counting and checking the returned banknotes.
If the return operation is ended by pressing , troubles that occur when returning items all at once can be prevented.

At this time, the card is returned and a receipt is issued and released, and areas 96 and 97 of the data memory 89 are also cleared to 0.

Next, the banknote replenishment process will be described with reference to FIG. 13. When the banknotes stored in each denomination storage box 44A to 44C become low, the storage box remaining sensor 57A is activated.
~57C outputs a low balance signal, the control unit 81 detects this in the standby routine, sets this data as a low balance flag in the corresponding denomination in area 99 of the data memory 89, and performs bulk storage based on this flag. Banknotes of the corresponding denomination are replenished from the box 44D.

This replenishment is continued until the storage boxes 44A to 44C are full.

After setting the remaining amount flag in area 99, first, it is checked whether each of the pool sections 38A to 38D is empty based on the output of the pool section empty sensors 59A to 59D, and if there is a pool section that is being pooled, , the pool section control circuit 91 once operates the pool sections 38A to 38D to remove the storage box 44.
After storing the pool banknotes in A to 44D, a replenishment operation is performed.

Note that the replenishment process is basically the same as the start-up process. The difference is that the denominations are stored only in the storage box for denominations with a low balance, and that when the bulk storage box 44D becomes empty midway through, the operation is stopped.

Next, the conveyance drive circuit 87 drives each conveyor belt to prepare for conveyance, and the feed control circuit 92 drives the feed roller 46D to prepare the bulk storage box 44D.
Pay out more banknotes.

The above-mentioned bulk storage box 44D is a storage box 44 for each denomination.
Since the overflow banknotes are stored when A to 44C are full, banknotes of each denomination A, B, and C are stored in a mixed state. For this purpose, it is necessary to determine the denomination of the dispensed banknotes.

The length abnormality detector 53D detects when two bills are taken out, and when two bills overlap, the length abnormality detector 53D detects the length of the bills.
The two pieces of banknotes are each checked to see if they weigh each other.
Furthermore, the denomination is determined by the banknote review section 55.

If there is an abnormal dispensing or reconsideration abnormality, the sorting control circuit 90 drives the sorting plate 36D to sort and collect the above-mentioned banknotes in a batch into the pool section 38D, and collects the banknotes in the area 99 of the data memory 89 that are of denomination A.
When the depletion flag is set for denomination A, the sorting plate 36A is driven to sort and the banknotes of denomination A are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38A.

Such discriminating and dispensing of denomination A is performed in the same way for denominations B and C, and once the number of pools in pool sections 38A to 38C and 38D is determined by denominations A to C and denominations in area 93 of data memory 89. All data is stored in D. It should be noted that denominations whose remaining balance flags are still reset do not need to be replenished, so they are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D.

For example, when the number of denomination A pools reaches the specified number of 100 coins, the dispensing control circuit 92 controls the dispensing roller 4
6D is stopped to temporarily stop feeding, and the pool unit control circuit 91 once drives the pool unit 38A to store the pooled banknotes of denomination A in the denomination storage box 44A.

To check the number of pools mentioned above, please check the pool section 38.
This is also done for D, and when the number of pooled sheets also reaches the specified number, they are stored in the bulk storage box 44D. When storing these items, the number of sheets in the area 93 is cleared to 0.

Such replenishment is repeated. For example, when the storage box full sensor 56A detects that the storage box is full, the distribution control circuit 90 stops the distribution drive of the distribution plate 36A, and the denomination A in the area 99 is
The flag is reset, and the distribution plate 36D is driven to distribute the subsequent denominations A so that they are temporarily collected in the pool section 38D.

Banknotes for denominations B and C are also replenished in the same manner as described above.

When the denomination that outputs the remaining amount signal is refilled until it is full, all remaining amount flags in area 99 are reset, so the feeding control circuit 92 stops driving the feeding roller 46D and ends the replenishment process. do.

Note that during the replenishment process, if the amount of stored banknotes in the bulk storage box 44D becomes low, or if the storage box of the remaining denomination is not full despite the repeated feeding of stored banknotes, the monitoring control circuit 88 is activated. A staff member is notified through the system, and the bulk storage box 44D is replaced.

The replenishment process may be performed not by detecting the amount of banknotes left but by detecting when the banknotes have run out. In this case,
Signals from empty sensors 58A to 58C are used instead of storage box remaining sensors 57A to 57C.

Further, the replenishment process is executed after the start-of-work process and before the end-of-work process. For this purpose, it is preferable to make it possible to set flags indicating completion of start-up processing and completion of end-of-work processing, and to perform replenishment under the conditions that the start-up processing completion flag is set and the end-of-work processing completion flag is reset.

Note that in the above embodiment, once the pool part 38
is provided directly at the internal upper end of each storage box 44, and if this pool section is provided so that it can be lowered continuously or intermittently depending on the number of pools, each storage box can be When loading banknotes into denomination storage boxes, or when collecting banknotes from each denomination storage box to a bulk storage box at the end of a working day, banknotes can be fed out continuously without having to temporarily stop, making it possible to quickly dispense banknotes. Can be stored.

The number of banknotes to be loaded into each denomination storage box at the time of starting processing may be stored in the memory for each denomination, and the number of banknotes may be counted at the time of loading banknotes and loaded until the set number is reached. In this case, the initially loaded number of sheets can be freely changed by rewriting the set number of sheets data in the memory.

Each denomination storage box may be fixed to the main body of the device, or may be a removable cartridge.

Detection of fullness or low number of sheets (or out of each storage box) may be performed by counting the number of stored sheets and comparing this counted number with a set number of full sheets or low number of sheets (or number of sheets torn = 0 sheets). . In this case, the number of sheets stored is + and the number of sheets fed is -, and the number can be added or subtracted.

Fraudulent banknotes due to deposits or banknotes which cannot be used as withdrawal banknotes due to damage may be collected separately from the bulk storage box, thereby preventing them from being used as circulating banknotes.

A well-known impeller may be used in the pool portion 38 to ensure more reliable stacking.

If the start-up process and the end-of-work process are to be performed at fixed times, a clock device may be provided to automatically perform the work. In addition, when collecting banknotes due to failure of the printing unit or transmission unit, or loading banknotes upon recovery from failure, these correspond to the end of work and the start of work, respectively, in the present invention.

In the above embodiment, an automatic deposit machine and a payment machine operated by a customer were described, but this invention
It goes without saying that this applies to operating deposit and withdrawal machines.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic deposit/payment machine, Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, and Fig. 3 A to C show attachment and detachment of the storage box. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of the storage box, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, FIG. 6 is a control circuit block diagram of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, and FIG. 7 is an explanation of the data memory area. Figure 8 is a flowchart of automatic deposit/payment machine processing operation during standby, Figure 9
10 is a flowchart of end-of-day processing, FIG. 11 is a flowchart of deposit processing, FIG. 12 is a flowchart of payment processing, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart of replenishment processing. 12...Deposit port, 13...Payment port, 14...Intake unit, 19...Banknote, 25...Banknote discrimination unit, 29
...Distribution section, 37...Discharge section, 44A to 44C...
...Storage box by denomination, 44D...Bulk storage box, 55...
...Banknote review section, 55A to 55C...Storage box full sensor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A circulating system in which accepted deposited banknotes are stored in denomination-specific storage boxes provided for each denomination via a conveyance system, and banknotes in these denomination-specific storage boxes are fed out as disbursed banknotes. The deposit/withdrawal device is a storage box capable of storing and dispensing banknotes of each denomination, and is removably connected to the storage box for each denomination via a return conveyance system, and A fullness detection means is provided for detecting the fullness of stored banknotes and outputting a full signal indicating that the banknotes are full, and detecting a set need for replenishment of the stored banknotes in each denomination storage box and outputting a replenishment signal indicating that banknotes need to be replenished. A replenishment detection means is provided, and a discrimination means for discriminating the denomination of banknotes is interposed between the removable storage box and each of the storage boxes for each denomination, and the discrimination means responds to the fullness signal outputted by the fullness detection means. a collection process of dispensing a predetermined amount of banknotes from the full denomination storage box and collecting them in the removable storage box; Execution control of replenishment processing in which banknotes are dispensed and, based on the discrimination by the discrimination means, banknotes that require replenishment are stored in denomination-specific storage boxes that require replenishment, and banknotes that do not require replenishment are returned and stored in removable storage boxes. A circulating deposit/withdrawal device equipped with a control means.