JPH03225493A - Envelope and single sheet depositor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To use the device for both envelope and check by making an aligning means engage a deposit object with a reference means before the deposit object of a sheet reaches a read means. CONSTITUTION: When a thickness sensor 216 senses that the deposit object is the check, an electronic control means 228 pulls up pinch rollers 56 and 58 and a belt 50 from the belt 44, energizes a solenoid 188 and pulls up an aligning plate 170 to a position for projecting a lug 172 onto the upper surface of a supporting plate 88. Further, the electronic control means 228 starts the operation of an aligning motor 204 and operates a friction roller so as to move the check to a correct alignment position for mounting the long side of the check to the pulled-up lug. Thus, the device is used for both envelope and check.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a deposit device, and more particularly to a deposit device that accepts deposits in the form of sheets and envelopes.

[Conventional technology]

The present invention has application, for example, to a deposit device included in an automatic teller machine (ATM) installed to perform financial transactions such as paying banknotes or accepting deposits at the customer's request. In this kind of ATM operation, the customer (A
The user of the TM inserts the customer identification card into the machine and then inserts certain data (such as the personal identification number, the type of transaction and the amount requested or payable) through a keyboard located in the machine's customer console. The machine processes the transaction, dispenses notes or accepts deposits, and returns the identification card as part of the machine's operation. To deposit money, a user typically inserts an envelope containing money through a deposit slot in the customer console, and the ATM's deposit device transfers the envelope to the machine's container for safekeeping. Moreover, ATM
may have a device for accepting unenveloped sheets, such as checks or payment slips, and may therefore have separate deposit means including separate insertion holes.

Known deposit devices that accept envelopes and sheets are serially numbered,
The device is configured to print information such as deposit time and deposit inspection information. Such known devices also include reading means for reading characters, such as magnetic ink or optical characters, applied to each sheet. The device also includes an alignment mechanism that ensures that each sheet is correctly aligned with the reading means and that the characters on the sheet can be recognized.

The deposit device disclosed in US-A-4,696,426 includes a common insertion hole into which an envelope containing an amount of money and a single sheet, such as a check, can be inserted, and also produces an output indicating whether the deposit is an envelope or a sheet. and thickness sensing means.

Additionally, the device includes transport means for transferring the deposit to a common carriage for both envelopes and sheets. When the thickness sensing means indicates that the deposit is a sheet, the deposit is transferred to the entrance of another reading transport mechanism and proceeds along another reading path. The sheet is aligned and read while it passes through another reading path, and if necessary passes through that reading path several times to be properly aligned and read.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the above-mentioned known techniques, a separate read-transfer path must be provided, thus requiring a large space and complicating the device.

The object of the invention is to provide a deposit device with a common insertion device for receiving envelopes and single sheets, which eliminates the above-mentioned disadvantages.

[Means for solving problems]

This invention solves the above problems as follows. That is, according to the present invention, there is provided a deposit device including a common insertion hole into which both an envelope and a sheet can be inserted, and a thickness sensing means for generating an output indicating whether what is inserted into the insertion hole is an envelope or a sheet. a printing means for printing a date on the deposit along the common feed passage from the insertion hole and a transport means for transferring the deposit to a reading means for reading data from the deposit on a sheet; and a transport means provided in the common feed passage. sheet alignment means for aligning said sheet deposit for readability with respect to said reading means; and operation of said transport means in response to an output of said sensing means before said sheet deposit reaches said reading means. control means for controlling operation of the transport means such that the alignment means operates to bring the deposit into engagement with the reference means while the transport means is blocked.

〔Example〕

The deposit device 10 of FIGS. 1 and 2 is used in an ATM 12 to accept deposits, represented by envelopes containing money or single sheets such as checks or payment slips, through an insertion hole 14 or through a hole 16. is configured to receive monetary payments through.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the single sheet handled by the deposit device 10 is a check. The ATM 12 also has a card insertion hole 18 through which a customer identification card is inserted, a keyboard 20 for typing information such as the type of transaction or amount to be paid, and a CRT screen 22 for displaying user information.
and has.

In FIG. 2, the deposit device 10 has a support framework 23,
It is a safe 26 in the front wall 28 in which an insertion hole 14 is provided.
It has side walls 24°25 attached to. Insertion hole 1
4 is normally closed by a shutter 30 connected by an actuation mechanism 32 to an armature 34 of a solenoid 36.

When the solenoid 36 is energized, the shaft 30 is opened from the closed position shown in FIG. 2 to allow the insertion of a deposit into the deposit device through the hole 14.

Also in Figure 8, the deposit bag? &10 is an optical reading head 40 and an ink jet printer 42 from the insertion hole 14.
and a transport mechanism 38 for transferring the deposit thereinto. The transport mechanism 38 consists of two pairs of lower endless belts 44.46 and two upper endless belts 50.46 passing through pulleys 48 having a fixed axis of rotation.
Contains 52. Belt 50 is co-attached to bells 44, 46 and belt 52 is co-attached to belt 46. The two pulleys 48 for belt 44 and the two pulleys 48 for belt 46 are drive pulleys that drive belt 44.46.

Each belt 50 has a pulley 54 and a pinch roller 56.5.
8, the boo IJ 54 has a fixed axis of rotation and the pinch rollers 56, 58 have movable axes of rotation. Pinch roller 56 is mounted on a pair of generally U-shaped support members 62 that are rotatably mounted on shafts 64 extending between side walls 24 and 25 of skeleton 23, and are rotatably mounted on shafts 60 that extend therebetween. Installed. Similarly, pinch roller 58 is connected to shaft 7
The shaft 66 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 66 that is mounted on a pair of generally U-shaped support members 68 that are rotatably mounted on the shaft. The tension spring 72 is connected to the support member 6 as shown in FIG.
2.68, thereby biasing the support member 62 and pinch roller 56 assembly in a counterclockwise direction (in FIG. 2) about axis 64,
8 and pinch roller 58 is biased clockwise about axis 70. As a result, belt 5
0 is conveyed between belts 44 and 4 in order to sandwich the deposit between belts 50 and 44 and between belts 50 and 46.
6 is resiliently engaged with the left portion.

Each belt 52 passes around pinch rollers 74,75. Pinch roller 74 is mounted on a shaft 76 that is mounted on a pair of generally shaped support members 78 that are rotatably mounted on shaft 80 , and pinch roller 75 is mounted on shaft 84 .
It is attached to a pair of generally shaped support members 82 which are rotatably attached to. Tension spring 86 biases pinch roller 74 and support member 78 and pinch roller 75 and support member 82 assemblies counterclockwise and clockwise, respectively, so that belt 52 is resiliently aligned with belt 46. Contact and transfer deposits between them.

The support belt 88 extends directly below the upper part of the belt 44, and extends from the lower end of the insertion hole 14 to the right end belt 48 (FIG. 2) on which the belt 44 is hung. The second support plate 90 extends between the pair of pulleys 48 on which the belt 46 is placed, and extends to just below the top of the belt 46 . A branch gate 92 (not shown in FIG. 2) of FIGS. 3 and 4 is fixed to a shaft 96 and has a flat top surface 94 and is connected to the right end of belt 44 and
The shaft 96 is rotatably attached to the skeleton 23. Normally, branch gate 92 is held in a closed position as shown in FIG.
44.Aligned with the top of 46. One end of arm 98 is fixed to shaft 96.

A lug 100 formed on one end of arm 98 remote from gate 92 connects armature 104 of solenoid 106.
The armature 104 is secured to a plate 108 on which the read head 40 is mounted, held by a weak spring 101 in contact with a cam roll 102 which is rotatably mounted. While the solenoid 106 is in the de-energized state, a pair of rollers 110 mounted on the lower end of the plate 108 are in rotational contact with the top of one of the belts 46 (or as the check is transferred in the transport mechanism 38). ), the rollers 110 operate to move the read head a predetermined distance from the top surface of the check being read by the read head 40. When solenoid 106 is energized,
The plate 108 and read head 40 assembly is raised from the belt 46 to the position shown in FIG. at the same time,
The branch gate 92 and arm 98 assembly is forced to rotate counterclockwise (in FIGS. 3 and 4) by the action of spring 101 relative to the open position shown in FIG. When solenoid 106 is deenergized, branch gate 92 .
Plate 108 and read head 40 are returned to the position of FIG. 3 by the action of a spring attached to plate 108.

The branching gate 92, in its open position, branches the check to a second transport mechanism 111 below the transport mechanism 38, which mechanism 111 has two co-guide means 112. extending downwardly and away from the branching gate 92. 114 included.

Guide means 114 includes a curved upper portion 116 that lies directly below gate 92 when gate 92 is in the closed position. The guide means 114 also includes a middle part 118 extending parallel to the guide means 112 and a lower part 12 extending obliquely from the guide means 112.
Including 0. Branch gate 1 attached to shaft 124
22 (not shown in FIG. 2) is part 1 of the guide means 114.
20 and an adjacent portion of the guide means 112. Each guide means 112, 114 is two separate parts arranged laterally.
2 and between the two parts of the guide means 114. One end of the link member 126 is connected to the branch gate 122, and the other end is fixed to the armature 128 of the solenoid 130. When the solenoid 130 is not energized, the branch gate 122 is held by a spring 132 in the position shown in solid line in FIG. 5, and the left guide surface 134 of the branch gate 122 extends parallel to the guide means 112.

When solenoid 130 is energized, branch gate 122
Position 1 shown by the dashed line in FIG.
Rotate to 22'. The right guide surface 136 of the gate 122 extends parallel to the portion 120 of the guide means 114.

Two containers 138, 140 (FIG. 2) are mounted within the safe 26 below the guide means 112, 114.

Each container 138, 140 is provided with an aperture 142 in its upper part, the apertures 142 of the two containers 138, 140 being located directly below the lower end of the guide means 112, 114, respectively. A pair of cooperative feed rollers 144 are shown in FIGS.
As can be seen, it is included in the transport mechanism 111 and in the guide means 112, 114. The feed roller 144 is branched to the transport mechanism 111 and
The check passes through the ink jet printer 145 (FIG. 2), after which the check passes through the branch gate 12.
2, the container 1 through the respective opening 142.
38.140 will be sent to the selected one. The next container 146 (FIG. 2) is located at the right end of the transport mechanism 38 (
(in FIG. 2) in the safe 26 below. Transport mechanism 38 inserts the deposit, which may be an envelope containing money, through an opening 148 in the top of container 146.

A main drive motor 150 is attached to the skeleton 23, and the motor 150 drives the bell 1-44, 46 and feed roller 144 via a transmission means (not shown). Belt 50.52 is driven by frictional contact between it and belt 44.46. A timing disk (not shown) is attached to the drive shaft 151 of the motor 150. The timing disk operates in conjunction with a sensor 152 (FIG. 10) that generates a series of timing pulses while the motor 150 is operating.

FIG. 6 shows a mechanism 153 (not shown in FIG. 2) that raises pinch rollers 56.58 away from belt 44.46 in response to energization of solenoid 154. For simplicity of illustration, the support members 62, 68 near the side wall 25 have been omitted from FIG. The mechanisms 153 each have two belts 50.
It includes two levers 156.degree. 158 located therebetween and mounted on an axle 64.70. Lever 156 has a protrusion 159 arranged to engage a shaft 160 extending between two support members 62 . A portion of the lever 156 remote from the protrusion 159 is connected to one end of a ring member 162, and the other end is fixed to the armature 163 of the solenoid 154.

The lever 158 has a shaft 165 extending between the two support members 68.
It has protrusions 164 arranged to engage with. Protrusion 16
A portion of the lever 158 remote from the frame 23 is connected to one end of a link member 166 attached to a shaft 168 fixed to the skeleton 23, and the other end of the link member 166 is rotatably attached to the link member 162. Usually solenoid 154
is in an unenergized state as described above, and bell 1-
50 spring 72 (Fig. 2) causes the belt 44.4
6 are held by pinch rollers 56, 58 in resilient contact. In FIG. 6, solenoid 154
When energized, link member 162 and armature 163 are moved from left to right to rotate lever 156 clockwise and rotate support member 62 clockwise when projection 159 and shaft 160 come into contact. Rotate.

At the same time, link member 166 rotates clockwise about shaft 168, causing counterclockwise rotation of lever 158;
Thereafter, the support member 68 is rotated counterclockwise to bring the protrusion 164 into contact with the shaft 165.

Thus, when solenoid 154 is energized, its action pulls pinch rollers 56, 58 away from belt 44, 46 against the force of spring 72 (FIG. 2). belt 5
0 is extendable and under tension, so that when the pinch rollers 56,58 are pulled up, the belt 50 is pulled up by the belt 44.
．． It will be pulled up away from 46.

FIG. 2.7.8 shows an alignment member in the form of a plate 170 having two upper alignment lugs 172. FIG. Plate 170 is attached to a pair of arms 174, 176 that extend parallel to each other and each have a corresponding end connected to plate 170. Board 170
One end of arm 174 that is not connected to arm 176
a stand 182 which is also fixed to the wall 24 at an intermediate position;
mounted on. Arm 1 not connected to plate 170
One end of 76 is rotatably connected to one end of link member 184, and the other end is rotatably connected to armature 186 of solenoid 188. When the solenoid 188 is in the de-energized state, the ends of the lugs 172 are respectively disposed in two armatures 190 formed in the support plate 88 and directly below the top surface of the plate 88 . The armature 190 (FIG. 8) is attached to the belt 4 near the side wall 24.
It is placed near one end of 4. When the solenoid 188 is energized, the link member 184 moves down and the arm 17
4,176 clockwise around studs 178,182 (FIG. 7). This rotation of the arms 174, 176 raises the plate 170 to a position 172 in which the lug 172 projects above the support plate 88 as shown in dashed lines in FIG.
’.

When lug 172 is in position 172', it is a check 192 (FIG. 8) that has been inserted into deposit device 10 as a deposit.
act as an alignment surface for When solenoid 188 is not energized, plate 170 returns to the position of FIG. 7 under the force of spring 194.

The alignment member represented by plate 170 includes a pair of friction rollers 19
6 (not shown in Figure 2).

The roller 196 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 198 extending between a first small bracket 200 (not shown in FIG. 8) fixed to the lower side of the support plate 88 and a second large bracket 202. Fixed.

Electric motor 204 is attached to bracket 202.

The motor 204 drives the shaft 198 via a pulley 205 and a belt 206, and one of the pulleys 205 is fixed to a portion of the shaft 198 that projects above the bracket 202. A timing disk 207 (FIG. 9) is attached to the drive shaft 208 of the motor 204. Timing disk 207 works in conjunction with sensor 209 to generate an output pulse for each rotation of friction roller 196.

Friction roller 196 has a D-shaped outer shape and is typically driven by motor 20.
4 is in an inactive state, and the flat portion 210 on the outer periphery of each roller 196 is located on the underside of the support plate 88 (FIG. 8).

9) and below it. The rollers 196 cooperate with two holes 212 formed in the support plate 88, respectively, so that when the rollers 196 are rotated from the normal position by the motor 204, the curved portion 214 of the outer circumference of the roller 196 forms a portion 214' (FIG. 8). and indicated by the dashed-dotted line in Figure 9)
It can protrude above the upper surface of the plate 88 indicated by . motor 2
04 is activated and the check 192 is placed on the belt 44 above the friction roller 196, the solenoid 198 is energized and the check 192 is moved from left to right in FIG. The check 192 is then lifted and conveyed by rollers 196 to bring one of the long sides of the check 192 into contact with the lug 172 in the raised portion 172'. When the check 192 is placed in the above condition with the long side of the check 192 in contact with the lug 172, the check 192 is properly aligned with the read head 40 and printer 42 (FIG. 2) and the appropriate position for the check 192 is placed. Read and write operations can be performed.

The deposit thickness sensing means 216 of FIG. 2 is located between the shutter actuation mechanism 32 and the pinch roller 56. The sensing means 216 is of a known type, and the light emitted from the light emitter passes through the deposit and receives the heat.

Based on the amount of light that reaches the , an output is generated indicating whether it is a deposit powered check or an envelope that has been inserted. Furthermore, along the feed path of the trunboat mechanism 38, the light is transmitted to the sensing means 218, 22.
0.222 is arranged, and the arrow sensing means 218 is aligned with the alignment plate 170.
and the right pulley 48, and the sensing means 220 is located at the N of the right pulley 48.
It is placed in the center of the pair of pinch-rollers 74.75. The intelligence means 222 is placed at the right end of the transport mechanism 38. Sensing means 218 senses the edge of the envelope or check, and sensing means 220 senses the leading edge of the check. Sensing means 222 indicates when the envelope container 146 has failed and the envelope has failed to enter the container 146 from the transport mechanism 38. The transport mechanism 111 further includes two light sensing means 2.
24 and 226 are crowned. A sensing means 224 is provided between the top feed roller 144 and the printer 145. A sensing means 226 is located near the lower end of the guide means 112, 114 as the check falls from the transport mechanism 111 into the container 138 or 140. container by sensing when it fails. 1 of 138,140
Let me know when someone has died.

The operation of the deposit device 10 will be explained in a tenth section. When the customer inserts appropriate data from the keyboard 20 and enters a deposit transaction according to the customer's request, the electronic control means 228 of the ATM 12 energizes the solenoid 36 to open the shaft 30 and cause the main motor 15 to open.
Start operation 0.

When the main motor 150 starts operating, all solenoids 106, 130, 154, 188 are not energized;
Motor 204 associated with roller 196 is not operating.

There, the customer must deposit a deposit (an envelope containing money or a check).
is inserted through the insertion hole 14 until it reaches the nip of the feed belt 44.50, and when the deposit is captured by the bell) 44.50, it is fed from the insertion hole 14 from left to right in FIG. If it is a check, the customer inserts the check face up into the insertion hole 14 with the short side first and the long side to the right (as seen in Figure 1). Before the deposit reaches the nip of belt 44,50, thickness sensing means 216 sends a signal to electronic control means 228 indicating whether the deposit is a check or an envelope.

When the thickness sensing means 216 indicates that the deposit is an envelope, the solenoid 154 (FIG. 6) remains de-energized, causing first the heald 44.50 and then the bell 46.
．． 50, and finally belts 46.52 transfer the envelopes from the insertion hole 4 to the container 146 without interrupting them. The pinch rollers 56.5B and 74.75 are elastically attached, so that the pinch rollers 56.5B and 74.75 have a thickness of 1 mm that can be passed between the belts.
．． Envelopes up to 25 centimeters long can contain money. When the thickness sensing means 216 senses that the deposit is an envelope, the control means 228 energizes the read head solenoid 106 (FIG. 3) so that the read head 40
from the belt 46 to the position shown in Figure 4, and remove the envelope (No.
230) in the figure allows free passage under the print head 40. At the same time, read head 40 is lifted off belt 46 and branch gate 92 and arm 98 assembly is rotated counterclockwise (FIG. 4) by the force of spring 101. However, since spring 101 is just a light spring, as the envelope approaches gate 92, it forces gate 92 into the closed position of FIG. The envelope then passes through gate 92 and into the nip of belt 46.50.

While the envelope 230 (FIG. 4) is being fed through the belt 46.50 and passing past the printer 42, the electronic control means 228 causes the printer 42 to insert the amount of money enclosed (which the customer has inserted from the keyboard) into the bottom of the envelope. ), date and time, etc. Sensing means 218 sends a pulse to electronic control means 228 in response to sensing the envelope leading edge, which then counts timing pulses provided by main motor timing disk sensor 152 until this count reaches a predetermined number. When this is reached, the printer 42 is caused to start operating.

Envelope container full sensing means 222 is mounted near the right end of transport mechanism 38 (FIG. 2). A signal "container full" is sent from the sensing means 222 to the electronic control means.
In response to sending container 1, the electronic control means
46 provides a negative signal and shuts off operation of the deposit device 10 until the container 146 is empty.

If container 146 is not empty, the envelope is in container 1.
46, the electronic control means 228 returns the deposit device 10 to a stationary state, stops the operation of the main motor 150, and closes the shutter solenoid 36 and the read head solenoid 1.
Remove the bias from 06 and prepare to insert the next envelope. When the solenoid 36.106 is deenergized, the spring returns the shaft 30 to the closed position and the spring returns the read head 40 and branch gate 92 to the position of FIG.

When the thickness sensor 216 detects that the deposit is a check,
Electronic control means 228 stops main motor 150 in response to sensing means 218 sensing the leading edge of the check.

At this time, the check is on the friction roller 196 (FIGS. 8 and 9). Electronic control means 228 then lifts pinch rollers 56, 5B and bell 50 from belt 44 and energizes solenoid 188 (FIG. 7) to
Aligning plate 1 until the lug 172 is protruded above the top surface of
Raise 70. Additionally, the electronic control means 228 initiates operation of the alignment motor 204 to move the check 192 to the correct alignment position such that the long side of the check rests against the raised lug 172' as shown in FIG. The friction roller 196 is operated to do so. After a number of rotations of the shaft 208 of the motor 204, the electronic control means 228 stops the operation of the motor 204 and a predetermined number of pulses are provided to the electronic control means 228 from the sensor 209 (FIG. 9). Friction roller 196
returns to its home position again, and the flat portion 210 of its outer periphery is placed directly below and parallel to the lower side of the support plate 88. Pinch roller 56°58 and belt 50 are belt 4
4, it releases the belt 50 from the check and ensures perfect alignment of the check.

After the checks are properly aligned, electronic control means 228 de-energizes solenoid 154 and aligns belt 50 with belt 44.
, the main drive motor 150 begins to rotate, and the check is inserted into the transport mechanism 38 through the insertion hole 14 .
to the end of the transport mechanism 38 near the container 146. At this time, solenoid 106
remains unenergized, branch gate 92 is in its closed position (FIG. 3), and roller 110 associated with read head 40 is in rotational contact with the top of belt 46. During this feed, the check is passed under an optical read head 40 and past a printer 42. As the check passes under the read head 40, the rollers 110 hold the bottom edge of the read head 40 the correct distance from the surface of the check to ensure proper reading and ensure that the read head 40 is not preprinted. Optical E
l 3B character is read and a signal representing that character is supplied to the electronic control means 22B. Based on the signals provided by read head 40, electronic control means 228 determines whether a valid read has been taken. That is, it is E
l To check whether the 3B character was read effectively.

Transfer of the check continues until sensing means 220 senses the leading edge of the check. In response to sensing the leading edge by the sensing means 220 and timing pulses provided by the main motor timing disc sensor 152 to the electronic control means 228, the electronic control means detects when the tail end of the check is in the vicinity of the printer 42. When this happens, the operation of the main motor 150 is stopped.

For example, if the customer inserts the check face down into the insertion hole 14 or inserts the check left side first and the electronic control means determines that the reading is invalid, the electronic control means 228 The main motor 150 is operated with reverse sensing and the branch gate 92 remains in the closed position, returning the check to the customer. The customer is given the opportunity to change the direction of the check and reinsert it into the insertion hole 14.

When the electronic control means 228 determines that a valid reading has been taken, the electronic control means operates the main motor 150 in reverse sensing. However, at this time, control means 228 energizes solenoid 106 to rotate branch gate 92 and move it to its open position as shown in FIG. Therefore, the check is
It is branched into the transport mechanism by a branch gate 92 and inserted between the upper ends of the guide means 112, 114 for further feeding by a feed roller 144. While the check is moving toward the branch gate 92, the electronic control means 228 causes the printer 42 to print data such as date and time on the underside of the check.

After the check is forked into the transport mechanism 111, the leading edge of the check is sensed by the sensing means 224. Sensing by sensing means and main motor timing disk sensor 15
2 to the electronic control means 228, the electronic control means 228 controls the printer to print data, such as the amount of money inserted by the customer from the keyboard 20, on the face of the check. The check of transport mechanism 111 is lower branching game 1-122 (Figure 5)
The electronic control means 228 causes the two containers 1 to
38 or 140. Decide which one to put the check in. This determination is based on certain characters read by optical read head 40, such as a bank branch number. When the electronic control means 228 determines that a check is to be fed into the container 138, the solenoid 130 (FIG. 5) remains unenergized and the check is placed between the guide means 112 and the left guide surface 134 of the branch gate 122. Appropriate feed/
Rollers 144 feed containers 138 through respective openings 142 . When the electronic control means decides to supply the check to the container 140, the electronic control means 2
28 energizes the solenoid 130 to rotate the branch gate 122 to the position 122' shown in dashed lines in FIG. The check is then fed by a suitable feed roller 144 between the right guide surface 136 of the branch gate 122 and the lower part 120 of the guide means 114 and transferred through the respective opening 142 into the container 1.40.

Sensing means 226 for detecting whether the containers 138, 140 are full are provided at the lower ends of the guide means 112, 114. The electronic control means 228 is responsive to receiving the container full signal from the sensing means 226 to control the container 13.
8,140 is negative, indicating that the operation of the deposit device 10 is to be stopped until it is empty.

If neither of the containers 138, 140 is full, after placing the check in the appropriate container 138, 140, the electronic control means 228 returns the deposit device 10 to its resting state,
The main motor 150 is stopped and the solenoids 36, 106, 1
30 (if container 140 is selected) and 188
When the solenoid 188 is deenergized, preparations are made to receive the next deposit.
0 returns to the home position shown in FIG.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The deposit device explained above has a simple structure with read head 4
0 and printer 42, which has the advantage of providing a common transport mechanism 38 that can be used for both envelopes and checks. The use of a common transport mechanism makes room for a second transport 111 in a selected one of the two check containers 138, 140 to feed the checks through a second printer 145. did it. The use of two printers 42, 145 serves to print on both sides of the check to aid in its checking. Additionally, two check containers 138,
140 and a separate container 146 for envelopes facilitates their handling after they are removed from the deposit device 10.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ATM having a deposit device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the deposit device with some parts omitted for clarity, and FIG. 3 is an ATM used in this deposit device. Figure 4 is an elevational view of the upper transfer (branch) gate in the closed state; Figure 4 is the same elevation as Figure 3 of the branch gate in the open state; Figure 5 is the lower FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the branch gate; FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the mechanism for lifting the pinch rollers on which the upper pair of feed belts of the depositing device, separated from the lower two pairs of feed belts, are hooked; FIG. , an elevational view of the alignment plate mechanism included in the deposit device, FIG. 8 taken from line 8--8 of FIG. 2 to show the friction roll and drive mechanism associated with the alignment plate mechanism of FIG. FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional side elevational view of the friction roll and drive mechanism of FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the electrical connections of the deposit device. be. In the figure, 10... Deposit device, 12... ATM, 14...
...Insertion hole, 18...Card insertion hole, 20...Keyboard, 22...CRT screen, 23...Support frame, 26...Safe, 30...Shutter, 38...
・Transport mechanism, 40... optical reading head, 4
2...Printer, 44.46, 50.52...Belt.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Common insertion hole into which both envelopes and sheets can be inserted (
14) and thickness sensing means (216) for producing an output indicative of whether something inserted into the insertion hole is an envelope or a sheet, the depositing device comprising: transport means (42) for transferring the deposit to a printing means (42) for printing a date on the deposit and a reading means (40) for reading data from the deposit on a sheet;
38), a sheet aligning means (196) provided in the common feed path and arranging the deposited sheets so that they can be read by the reading means (40), and the deposited sheets reaching the reading means (40); before the sensing means (21
In response to the output of step 6), the operation of the transport means is interrupted while the alignment means moves the deposit into the reference means (
control means (228) for controlling operation of said transport means (38) to operate into engagement with said transport means (170);
).