JPH0575873U - Banknote automatic payment device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Various operating modes are possible without increasing the size of the safe or the safe mounting part, and the number of banknote loadings and the number of operation stoppages of the device due to loading work are reduced to improve the work efficiency of staff. It also makes it possible to improve service to customers. [Structure] The width between a pair of banknote guides 51a and 51b arranged so as to face each other so as to form a side surface of a banknote storage space,
One bill guide 51b is supported by being engaged with the three-stage groove portions 53a, 53b, 53c provided on the protrusion 52. Then, the bill guide 51b engages with any of the groove portions 53a, 53b, 53c to guide the bill to a width corresponding to the size of the denomination to be stored. Each denomination of ticket and 10,000 yen ticket can be stored. Furthermore, this banknote storage safe 1
9, a dip switch 56 for inputting the denomination information of the stored bills 39, and the control so that the denomination information is transmitted to the control unit 34 on the main body side when the bill storage safe is mounted in the safe mounting portion. A connector 25 is provided as a connecting means for electrically connecting the section 34 and the bill storage safe 19.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a banknote automatic payment apparatus which is installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank and automatically processes a paper payment transaction by a customer operation.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 FIG. 12 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of a conventional automatic bill payment apparatus, showing an example of an apparatus capable of paying two kinds of bills, for example, 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen notes. In the figure, 1 is a housing on the side of the main body of the apparatus, 2 is a banknote dispensing port arranged in front of the housing 1, 3 is a rear door provided on the rear side of the housing 1 so as to be openable and closable, 4 Is a payment mechanism unit provided inside the housing 1. In addition, although not shown, on the front surface of the housing 1, a customer operation unit including a plurality of keys for allowing the customer to perform an operation of inputting a password, a requested payment amount, and the like, a guidance of the customer's input operation A display unit for displaying and displaying information is provided, and a voice generator, a card reader / writer, a receipt printer, a power supply mechanism, which outputs a voice corresponding to the display of the display unit, is provided in the housing 1. , And a control unit for controlling the entire device.

On the other hand, the payment mechanism unit 4 includes each of the following 5 to 14 constituent elements. That is, 5 is a shutter provided for opening and closing the dispensing port 2, and 6 is a banknote collecting stage arranged below the shutter 5 for aligning banknotes when banknotes are paid to a customer. It is normally held in a horizontal state, and is pivoted downward around one end as needed. Reference numeral 7 is a bill collecting roller for collecting bills on the stage 6.

Reference numerals 8 and 9 are first and second safes as banknote storage safes which are arranged vertically in two stages at the rear of the payment mechanism unit 4. These safes 8 and 9 are for withdrawal. The banknotes of the two denominations are stored, and after opening the rear door 3 of the housing 1, the banknotes can be pulled out from the payment mechanism unit 4 and removed. In addition, here, the first safe 8 located in the upper row is a safe for 1,000 yen tickets that stores 1,000 yen tickets, and the second safe 9 located in the lower row is a safe for 10,000 yen tickets that stores 10,000 yen tickets. And

Numeral 10 is a payout means provided at the bill payout opening of the 1,000-yen note safe 8, and 11 is a payout means provided at the papernote payout opening of the 10,000-yen note safe 9, which are both safes 8 and 9. A pickup roller for feeding the bills from inside, a feed roller for feeding the bills fed by the pickup roller to a conveyance path described later, and when two or more bills are to be fed, It is composed of a reverse roller and the like that prevents the delivery.

Reference numerals 12a, 12b, and 12c are conveying paths for sandwiching and conveying the bills fed out from the 1,000-yen bank safe 8 or the 10,000-yen bank safe 9 by the feeding means 10 or 11 from both sides, and facing pressure contact. It is composed of a plurality of pairs of rollers and a plurality of belts stretched over the rollers. Reference numeral 13 is a reject safe arranged directly below the stage 6, and 14 is a full sensor for detecting the full state of the bills in the reject safe 13, which is arranged on the opening side of the upper part of the reject safe 13. Further, the reject safe 13 has a structure that can be attached and detached from the side of the payment mechanism 4.

Although not shown, a sensor for monitoring the conveyance state of the bills and a discrimination section for discriminating and denomination of the bills are provided on the conveyance paths 12a to 12c. The operations of the shutter 5, the stage 6, the feeding means 10, 11 and the conveying paths 12a to 12c are controlled by a control unit (not shown) based on information from the discriminating unit, the discriminating unit, and the customer operating unit (not shown). ing.

Next, a payment processing operation in the automatic banknote payment apparatus including the banknote storage safe having the above-described configuration will be briefly described. First, a customer inserts a card from a card insertion slot (not shown) and presses a key on the customer operation unit to input information such as a personal identification number and a requested payment amount, and then the feeding means 10 and 11 are driven by an instruction from the control unit. The banknotes 8 for thousand yen tickets and the banknote 9 for million yen tickets 9 separate banknotes of denominations corresponding to the amount of money requested by the customer, and feed them out to the predetermined number of conveyance paths 12a to 12c. The bills thus fed out are conveyed through the respective conveying paths 12a to 12c, and are accumulated on the stage 6 via the accumulating roller 7.

While the stacking process is being carried out from the bill payout, a receipt printing mechanism (not shown) prints the transaction contents, and when printing is completed, the receipt is cut into a predetermined size, The bills are accumulated on the banknotes on the stage 6 via the receipt transfer path. After that, the shutter 5 is opened by a means (not shown), and at the same time, the display unit and the voice generator display or speak a guide for prompting the customer to receive the bill, thereby causing the customer to take out the bill from the dispensing port 2.

When the customer puts his / her hand into the dispensing port 2 through the shutter 5 opened by being prompted by this operation guide and takes out the bills and receipts accumulated on the stage 6, a sensor (not shown) Upon detection, the shutter 5 is closed and the bill payment process ends. Note that during the payment process described above, for example, bills fed out from the 1,000-yen bank safe 8 or the 10,000-yen bank safe 9 are treated as damaged or counterfeit by a sensor (not shown) disposed in the middle of the transport paths 12a to 12c. If an abnormal bill such as a skew or skew is detected, all the bills are accumulated on the stage 6, and the bill is not paid to the customer. At the same time, the bills are taken into the reject safe 13, and the bill payment process is repeated until all normal bills are collected.

When the shutter 5 is opened after the stacking is completed on the stage 6, but the customer forgets to pick up the bill, the stage 6 is rotated as in the case of the abnormal bill. The moved bills are stored in the reject safe 13 and the processing is ended. Here, the schematic internal structure of the banknote storage safe will be described with reference to FIG. 13, taking the safe 8 for 1,000 yen tickets as an example.

FIG. 13 is an overall perspective view for explaining the structure of the banknote storage safe. In the figure, reference numeral 8 denotes the above-mentioned safe for 1,000-yen tickets, and the safes 8 for 1,000-yen tickets are provided on both sides of the safe. A guide rail 15 is provided which serves as a guide when it is housed in the mechanism section 4. The guide rail 15 has different mounting positions for the 1,000 yen ticket safe 8 and the 10,000 yen ticket safe 9. By making the mounting position different, erroneous mounting on the payment mechanism unit 4 is prevented. That is, for example, even if the 1,000-yen ticket safe 8 is mounted on the mounting location of the 10,000-yen bank safe 9, the guide rails 15 do not coincide with each other. The coin ticket safe 8 cannot be installed. Although not shown, a guide rail that engages with the guide rail 15 is also provided on the payment mechanism 4 side.

Reference numeral 16 is a door provided on the upper surface of the 1,000 yen ticket safe 8, which has a structure that opens and closes by sliding in the horizontal direction. When mounted inside, it is opened by means not shown. Reference numeral 17 denotes a pair of banknote guides provided along both inner sides of the safe 8 for 1,000-yen tickets. The banknote guides 17 are arranged at intervals according to the longitudinal size of the banknotes stored in each safe. is doing. That is, the interval between the banknote guides 17 in the 1,000-yen note safe 8 is arranged to have a width corresponding to the length of the 1,000-yen note, and the interval between the banknote guides 17 in the 10,000-yen note safe 9 is the width of the 1,000-yen note. By arranging it in a width corresponding to the length of a longer ten thousand yen ticket, the ten thousand yen safe 8 cannot be stored by mistake.

As described above, in the conventional banknote storage safe, by changing the position of the guide rails provided on the side surface of the safe or by changing the width of the banknote guide in the safe, depending on the denomination to be stored. The vault was dedicated to each denomination, and the mounting location in the payment mechanism unit 4 was also dedicated to prevent erroneous storage of denominations and erroneous mounting of the vault.

[0015]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the above-mentioned conventional technique has the following problems. That is, according to the conventional example, the 1,000-yen ticket safe can store only the 1,000-yen ticket, the 10,000-yen ticket safe can store only the 10,000-yen ticket, and each safe can be installed only at a predetermined mounting position. When handling different denominations, it is necessary to prepare a dedicated banknote storage safe box for each.

Although the automatic bill payment apparatus equipped with a plurality of kinds of safes can handle two kinds of denominations, in consideration of the contents of the business of the installed store and the improvement of customer service, For example, if the payment is limited to 10,000-yen tickets, only the 10,000-yen ticket safe will be used effectively. In other words, it is sufficient to store and operate 10,000-yen tickets in the 10,000-yen ticket safe, but the 1,000-yen ticket safe does not, or does not, store 1,000-yen tickets in the safe. However, since it is not operated at all, the installation space for this 1,000 yen ticket safe 8 is completely wasted space.

Furthermore, since only one 10,000-yen ticket safe can be operated, the banknotes in the safe can be easily fed out and become empty, and the number of times the banknotes can be loaded increases, resulting in an increase in staff work efficiency. However, there is a problem in that the operation rate of the device is lowered. Regarding the above problem, there are means such as increasing the number of bills to be loaded to increase the capacity of the safe and increasing the number of safe mounting parts. However, all of them have the problem of increasing the size of the entire device, which is an effective means. It cannot be said that.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and enables various operating modes without enlarging a safe or a safe mounting portion, and an apparatus for loading banknotes. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic bill payment apparatus that can reduce the number of times the operation of the banknote is stopped and improve the work efficiency of staff at financial institutions and the service to customers.

[0019]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a banknote storage space for storing a large number of banknotes, in which both side surfaces of the banknote storage space are configured by a pair of banknote guides, and the banknotes can be drawn out one by one from the banknote storage space. A plurality of storage safes are mounted in the safe mounting part of the housing, and when a payment request is received by a customer operation, a banknote automatic payout is paid out to the customer by sequentially paying out the banknotes corresponding to the requested amount from each of the banknote storage safes under the control of the control part. In the payment device, at least one of the pair of bill guides is engaged by a protrusion provided with a plurality of grooves so that the gap between the bill guide and the opposite bill guide can be changed in a plurality of steps. The banknotes of all denominations are collected by engaging the supporting banknotes in a movable structure and engaging the banknotes with this movable structure in the grooves corresponding to the size of the banknotes to be stored. Possible to be.

Further, in this bill storage safe, input means for inputting denomination information of the bills stored in the bill storage space, and when the bill storage safe is mounted in the housing, the denomination information is stored in the housing side. A connection means for electrically connecting the control section and the bill storage safe is provided so as to be transmitted to the provided control section. Further, instead of the input means for inputting the denomination information of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage safe, a detection means for detecting which groove of the projecting part the banknote guide having a movable structure is engaged is provided. The detection result is provided to the control unit.

[0021]

[Action]

 When storing a banknote with the above-described configuration, first, the movable-side banknote guide is placed in a groove portion of a plurality of stages formed on the protrusion that corresponds to the denomination of the banknote to be stored. To set the bill guide interval. Then, a large number of banknotes of a denomination corresponding to the set interval are stored and set, and then the denomination information of the stored banknotes is input by the input means provided in the money storage safe. Further, when the detecting means is provided in the groove of the protrusion instead of the input means, the detecting means detects the bill guide having the movable structure, so that the denomination information can be detected without inputting. ..

The banknote storage safe in which the banknotes have been set is attached to the safe mounting section of the main body side housing, and the banknote storage safe and the main body side control section are connected by the connecting means. Through this connecting means, the denomination information input from the input means or the denomination information detected by the detecting means is transmitted to the control unit on the main body side. As a result, the control unit can recognize the denominations in all the attached banknote storage safes, and when a payment request is received from the customer, each banknote storage safe that stores the applicable denominations will receive the requested amount of money. It controls the payment processing of the corresponding bills.

[0023]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the inside of a banknote storage safe used in the automatic banknote payment apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing a schematic structure of the banknote automatic payment apparatus equipped with a plurality of customers of the banknote storage safe. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

First, in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a schematic structure of the automatic bill payment apparatus will be described. 18 is a housing of the automatic bill payment apparatus, and 19, 20, 21 are vertically arranged on the upper right side of the front of the housing 18. The banknote storage safes are arranged in three stages, and each of these banknote storage safes 19, 20, 21 has banknote outlets 22, 23, 24 for payment processing on the front side, and is shown in FIG. As described above, the back side has connectors 26 as connecting means for fitting and connecting with the respective connectors 25 provided on the housing 18 side of the main body of the apparatus to secure the connection with the control unit described later.

Reference numerals 27, 28, and 29 are banknote stacking units arranged in front of the banknote outlets 22, 23, and 24. The banknotes discharged from the banknote outlets 22, 23, and 24 are delivered to customers. Collect to receive. A card handling section 30 for handling cards is arranged on the upper left side of the front of the housing 18. The card handling section 30 has a function of reading magnetic information of a card inserted by a customer and a new function for executing the function. It has a function to write updated information on transaction details and a function to print transaction details on receipt paper. Reference numeral 31 is a card insertion port for inserting a card into the card handling section 30.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a display unit disposed below the card insertion slot 31 and is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and performs guidance display and information display of the input operation by the customer. Reference numeral 33 denotes a customer operation unit composed of a plurality of keys. When the customer presses this key, the customer can input a personal identification number, a required payment amount, and the like. Reference numeral 34 denotes a control unit arranged in the lower portion of the housing 18, which controls the above-mentioned components and the entire apparatus. Further, 35 is a power source arranged next to the control unit 34.

Next, the structure of the plurality of banknote storage safes provided in the above-described automatic banknote payment apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4 to 7. 4 is an external perspective view of the banknote storage safe, FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the banknote storage safe with the upper cover closed, and FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the banknote storage safe with the upper cover open. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a DIP switch.

In FIGS. 1 and 4 to 7, reference numeral 36 is a lower base of a banknote storage safe, 37 is an upper base provided so as to cover the lower base 36, and these are connected by a hinge 38 on the back surface side. However, the upper base 37 has a structure that can be opened and closed by rotating around the hinge 38 as a fulcrum. A large number of banknotes 39 are stored in the lower base 36 in an upright position. The banknotes 39 are always elastically pressed toward the rear of the safe by elastic means such as a spring (not shown). The last one of the stages 40 is stored by the stage 40 in contact with the picker roller 41 which is arranged oppositely. The picker roller 41 has a high friction member on the outer circumference, is intermittently rotated by a motor 42, and feeds the bill 39 upward at a constant interval.

Reference numeral 43 is a feed roller arranged above the picker roller 41, and 44 is a reverse roller which is in pressure contact with the feed roller, and is rotated by the picker roller 41 by rotating in the direction of the arrow in the figure. The banknotes 39 are fed one by one to the transport path 45 while preventing double feeding of the banknotes 39. The conveying path 45 is composed of a plurality of rollers arranged on both the bases 36 and 37 and a pair of belts stretched over the rollers, and extends from the back of the safe to the front of the paper ejection port 22 on the front. is doing. Reference numeral 46 denotes a motor that drives a plurality of rollers that compose the conveyance path 45. By driving the motor 46, a belt stretched over the rollers rotates to drive the conveyance path 45 to release the bills. The bill is conveyed to the exit 22.

Reference numerals 47 a and 47 b denote a transmission sensor and an optical sensor as a detection means provided at a predetermined position on the conveyance path 45. The transmission sensor 47 a double feeds the bill 39 conveyed on the conveyance path 45. In addition, the optical sensor 47b detects the length of the bill, the degree of skew, and the like. Reference numeral 48 is a denomination discriminating sensor, which is also arranged in the middle of the conveyance path 45, and discriminates the denominations of the bills delivered from the respective bill storage safes 19, 20, 21 and conveyed on the conveyance passage 45.

Reference numeral 49 denotes a blade located on the terminal end side of the conveyance path 45, that is, on the banknote ejection port 22 side, and the transmission sensor 47a and the optical sensor 47b detect that the double feed or the skew is within a predetermined range or more. If the denomination discriminated by the denomination discrimination sensor 48 does not match the denomination designated by the control unit 34, it is rotated and conveyed. The banknotes 39 that have been received are guided to the reject safe 50 located below the blade 49 without moving into the banknote outlet 22.

Reference numerals 51a and 51b are a pair of banknote guides for guiding the banknote 39 to the banknote storage position according to the size of the banknote 39 in the longitudinal direction, one of which is fixed and the other of which is movable. Reference numeral 52 denotes a protrusion that supports the movable banknote guide 51b. The protrusion 52 forms a storage space for the paper 39 as shown in FIG. 1 when the safe with the upper base 37 opened is viewed from above. It is provided at both ends in the front-rear direction. The protrusion 52 has groove portions 53a, 53b, 53c capable of changing the width direction of the storage space in three steps, and these groove portions 53a, 53b, 53c are provided on the working side. By inserting and engaging the bill guide 51b, the bill guide 51b is supported in an upright position.

The banknote guide 51b can be engaged with any of the grooves of the three-stage groove portions 53a to 53c, and the storage position is guided according to the denomination of the banknote to be stored depending on the engagement position. ing. That is, if the banknote guide 51b is engaged with the innermost groove 53a, the smallest 1,000-yen note, if it is engaged with the central groove 53b, the medium-sized 5,000-yen note, and the outermost groove 53c. The largest 10,000-yen note can be accommodated between the banknote guides 51a and 51b facing each other.

Reference numeral 54 is a lock arranged below the banknote outlet 22. The lock 54 firmly locks the upper base 37 and the lower base 36. Reference numeral 55 denotes a handle located on the upper surface of the safe in which the upper base 37 is closed, and the handle 55 allows the safe to be carried. Reference numeral 56 is a dip switch provided on the lower front side of the lower base 36, and is operated after the paper money is set to input denomination information corresponding to the denomination stored and set in the safe.

As shown in FIG. 7, the dip switch 56 has a 4-digit switch section 56a, and the display on the switch section 56a is “0” is low and “1” is high, for example, When a 1,000-yen ticket is set, the switch portion 56a is operated to set the display to "0001", a 5,000-yen ticket to "0010", and a 10,000-yen ticket to "0011". This allows the denomination information of the banknotes stored in the safe to be entered.

Hereinafter, a procedure for storing bills in the bill storage safe having the above-described configuration and a procedure up to the startup of the bill automatic payment device will be described. Each of the banknote storage safes 19, 20, and 21 has a structure capable of storing banknotes of any denomination as described above, and therefore, the banknote guide 51b corresponding to the size of the banknote of the denomination to be stored. Should be engaged with one of the predetermined groove portions 53a, 53b, 53c. For example, when storing a 1,000-yen ticket, first, the lock 54 is unlocked by a key (not shown) to open the upper base 37. The stage 40 for pressing the bills to the picker roller 41 side is fixed to the reject safe 50 side on the opposite side, and a bill storage space is secured between the stage 40 and the opposite picker roller 41.

After that, the movable banknote guide 51b is engaged with the innermost groove portion 53a to secure an interval corresponding to the length of the 1,000-yen note with the banknote guide 51a, and then a predetermined number of 1,000-yen yen. The banknote bills 39 are stored in an upright position as shown in FIG. Then, when the fixing of the stage 40 is released, the stage 40 presses the bill 39 to the picker roller 41 side by its elastic force, and the setting of the bill 39 is completed.

Then, after closing the upper base 37 and locking the lock 54, the denomination of which banknote is stored in the safe is input by operating the dip switch 56. Here, since a 1000-yen ticket is stored, "0001" is input. Similarly, required denominations, for example, 5,000-yen and 10,000-yen notes are stored, and denomination information corresponding to each is input from the DIP switch 56. It is not necessary to store all the denominations of the stored banknotes as described above, but the banknotes may be only 10,000-yen notes, or 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen notes, depending on the most efficient operation mode. can do. At this time, the denominations that can be used will be displayed on the display unit to inform the customer.

As a result, the preparations for the respective safes are completed. Therefore, the safes are inserted from the back side into the predetermined housing mounting positions in the housing 18 on the main body side and mounted, and the back side of the banknote storage safes 19, 20, 21 are mounted. The connectors 26 attached to the housing 18 and the recessed connector 25 provided on the housing 18 side are joined together. In addition, inside the connector 26, there are a connection code for transmitting start / stop to the actuator to the separating / feeding motor 42, the carrying motor 46, and the blade 49 in the safe, and detection of conveyance abnormality and denomination discrimination. Although not shown, codes for transmitting the detection information of each of the plurality of sensors 47a, 47b, 48 to be executed are collected by laying in a safe.

After the connectors 25 of the banknote storage safes 19, 20, 21 mounted on the housing 18 and the connectors 26 on the housing 18 side are coupled in this way, a switch (not shown) of the power supply 35 in the housing 18 When is turned on, electricity is transmitted to the actuators and the like in each safe through the above-mentioned connectors 25 and 26, whereby the denomination information input from the dip switch 56 is sent to the control unit 34 on the main body side. Be done.

As a result, the automatic bill payment apparatus obtains the denomination information of the bills stored in the attached safe, and when the customer makes a payment request, the control unit 34 determines the denomination information based on the denomination information. As a result, bills are paid out to the bill storage safes 19, 20, 21. For example, when the banknote storage safes 19, 20 and 21 are sequentially made into 1,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 10,000-yen notes from the top as shown in FIG. 2, the customer needs to pay 57,000 yen. When requested, the control unit 34 instructs each of the banknote storage safes 19, 20, 21 to perform a payment operation based on the transmitted denomination information, and a 10,000-yen note is paid from the bottommost banknote storage safe 21. Five banknotes, one 5000-yen note from the banknote storage safe 20 in the middle tier, and two 1,000-yen notes from the banknote storage vault 19 in the uppermost tier are driven by the internal banknote payout and transport mechanism to release the banknotes. Discharge to the outlets 22, 23, 24.

By the way, in the case where the contents of the middle banknote storage safe 20 storing the 5,000 yen bills are empty during this processing, the control unit 34 causes the paper equivalent to 5,000 yen. Control the money to be paid out from another safe. In other words, since the control unit 34 knows which denomination of banknotes is stored in each banknote storage safe in the upper, middle, and lower three stages, the 1,000-yen banknotes can be paid out as an alternative to the 5,000-yen banknotes. Can be controlled. Therefore, it is possible to make a payment request by instructing the top banknote storage safe 19 to release seven 1,000-yen notes.

If double conveyance, skew feeding, etc. are detected by the transmission sensor 47a and the optical sensor 47b during the payment operation, the blade 49 rotates to store the bill in the reject safe 50. Then, the feeding and conveying operations are repeated until the normal banknotes are collected. Furthermore, if the denomination instructed to be paid out by the instruction of the control unit 34 and the denomination actually paid out do not match the result determined by the denomination determination sensor 48, the same as at the time of occurrence of abnormal conveyance described above. The blade 49 rotates and is stored in the reject safe 50.

The discrepancy between the denomination information obtained by the control unit 34 and the denomination of the bill actually fed out and discriminated by the denomination discrimination sensor 48 may be erroneous in, for example, a safe for 10,000-yen notes. There may be cases where 1000-yen bills are mixed and stored, or the bill guide 51b is engaged with the outermost groove portion 53c corresponding to a 10,000-yen bill, but the actually stored bills are 5,000-yen bills. Conceivable. However, even if a bill different from the denomination input by the DIP switch 56 is stored, the dispensed bill is always discriminated by the denomination sensor 48. I will not be told. If all the stored banknotes have a denomination different from the denomination information of the DIP switch 56, all the banknotes fed out of the vault will be stored in the reject vault 50. For a safe that has been rejected a predetermined number of times, for example, 10 times, the control unit 34 should be provided with a temporary stop control function for temporarily stopping the operation of the device by judging that it is a setting error by a clerk or the like. To do. This makes it possible to process payments in response to payment requests from customers.

At the time of discharging the banknote, the customer is instructed via the display unit 32 that “50,000 yen from the bottom mouth, 5,000 yen from the center mouth, and 2,000 yen from the top mouth. Will be released. ”It is possible to prevent the customer from forgetting to collect cash, and if the denomination information entered with the DIP switch 56 is displayed with, for example, an LED. By checking the DIP switch 56 at a glance, the clerk can easily identify which denomination of banknote is stored in which vault.

Next, another embodiment will be described in which a detecting means is provided as means for recognizing the denomination information of the stored banknotes from the banknote storage safe in the banknote automatic payment device that performs the above-described payment processing. FIG. 8 is a plan view of a safe showing another embodiment, showing a state in which the upper base is opened. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of FIG. 8, FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of the protrusion that engages the bill guide, and FIG. 11 is a front view of FIG. The configuration of the other embodiment is substantially the same as the above-described embodiment except the structure of the protrusion that supports the banknote guide 51b, and therefore the description thereof is omitted here and the following description is the same. The description will be given with reference numerals.

Reference numeral 57 denotes a protrusion that supports the bill guide 51b having a movable structure, and is arranged at two positions on both ends in the front-rear direction corresponding to the bill storage space. Like the above-mentioned embodiment, the protruding portion 57 has grooves 58a, 58b, 58c so that the width direction of the bill storage space can be changed in three steps according to the longitudinal size of the stored bills. It has a structure.

Reference numerals 59a, 59b, and 59c are guide detection sensors provided for the respective groove portions 58a, 58b, and 58c of the protrusion 57. The guide detection sensors 59a, 59b, and 59c are composed of photocouplers and the like, and are provided in the groove portions 58a, 58b, and 58c. It is detected whether or not 51b is engaged. The controller 34 recognizes the denomination of the banknote by checking which groove 58a, 58b, 58c is engaged with the banknote guide 51b from the detection signals of the guide detection sensors 59a, 59b, 59c. It is supposed to do.

These guide detection sensors 59a, 59b, 59c are formed in a shape having a concave groove in the center as shown in FIG. 10, and the center of the groove is formed in each groove portion 58a, 58b of the protrusion 57. , 58c are arranged so as to be on the same straight line as the center, thereby forming part of the groove portions 58a, 58b, 58c. Then, the detection signals of the guide detection sensors 59a, 59b, 59c are collected in the connector 26 by the connection cord and transmitted to the control unit 34 via the connector 25 on the main body side. Further, reference numeral 60 is a mounting table for supporting the stored bills on the bottom surface thereof.

The procedure for storing banknotes in the banknote storage safe having the above-described configuration is almost the same as that of the above-described embodiment, but here, the denomination of the banknote stored in each safe is the banknote guide 51b. The guide detection sensors 59a, 59b, 59c detect the presence or absence of the bill guide 51b by engaging with any of the groove portions 58a, 58b, 58c of the portion 57, so that the denomination information can be obtained by the dip switch 56. Even if you don't enter, the denomination information of the stored banknotes will be automatically recognized if this money box is installed in the banknote automatic payment device.

That is, the denomination information is surely transmitted to the control unit 34 without inputting the stored denomination information. Therefore, the control unit 34 performs the payment process in response to the payment request from the customer based on the denomination information based on the detection result from the guide detection sensors 59a, 59b, 59c provided in the banknote storage safes 19, 20, 21. The operation is instructed to each paper money storage safe 19, 20, 21.

Since the following bill payment processing operation is the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here. In the other embodiments described above, the photo-coupler is used as the detecting means, but the photo-coupler is not limited to the photo-coupler as long as it is a detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a banknote guide. Although the structure in which six detection means are provided in all of the formed six groove portions has been described, three detection means may be provided in only one of the protrusions 57.

In both of the above-described embodiments, the separating and feeding means for separating and feeding the bill from the bill storage space, the conveying means for conveying the bill to the bill discharge port, the reject safe, and the traveling direction switching means for guiding the reject safe. The detection means for detecting whether or not payment is possible has a structure provided in the banknote storage safe, but of course, these are not a problem even if they are provided on the device housing side outside the money storage. It is only necessary to have a structure that can hold the bill guide that can change the width of the bill storage space and the denomination information based on the engagement position of the bill guide.

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[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, a banknote storage space for storing a large number of banknotes is configured by a pair of banknote guides on both sides of the banknote storage space so that the banknotes can be fed out one by one from the banknote storage space. A plurality of storage safes are mounted in the safe mounting part of the housing, and when a payment request is received by a customer operation, the banknotes corresponding to the requested amount are sequentially paid out from each banknote storage bank under the control of the control part, and the banknotes to be paid to the customer. In the automatic payment device, at least one of the pair of bill guides is provided with a plurality of groove portions so that the gap between the bill guide and the opposite bill guide can be changed in a plurality of steps. The bill guide of this movable structure is engaged with and supported by a groove structure corresponding to the size of the banknote to be stored to store all types of banknotes. And ability.

Then, input means for inputting denomination information of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage space to the banknote storage safe, and the denomination information on the housing side when the banknote storage safe is attached to the housing. Connection means for electrically connecting the control section and the banknote storage safe are provided so as to be transmitted to the provided control section, and the input means is replaced by a banknote guide having a movable structure. A detection means for detecting which groove of the part is engaged is provided, and the detection result is transmitted to the control part so that the denomination information can be recognized.

Therefore, the banknote storage safe can store all denominations simply by changing the engagement position of the banknote guide, and the stored denomination information is the information from the input means or the detection means provided in the groove. Thus, the safe can be mounted on the main body side and transmitted to the control unit. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare a safe with a different structure for each denomination as in the past, and it is possible to mount any vault at any mounting position, and it is not necessary to make the mounting position correspond to the denomination. Therefore, the operation at the time of mounting becomes easy.

Further, when it is desired to limit the handling banknotes to only a single denomination without handling a plurality of denominations, all the safes are set to have the same denomination, and the banknotes are attached to each safe mounting portion. If this is the case, various types of operation that are most suitable for each situation are possible, such as an operation mode that targets only highly-used denominations such as 10,000-yen tickets.

As a result, even if one of the installed safes becomes empty, the payment process continues from another safe, or a failure occurs in one of the safes. In this case, other safes can be used, so the number of bills stored by the same denomination can be increased without increasing the size of the device, and the number of banknotes loaded by the clerk as well as the device can be moved by this loading operation. It is possible to improve the service to customers by reducing the time to stop.

Further, when the denomination information is judged by detecting the engaging position of the bill guide having the operating structure by the detecting means and transmitted to the control section, it is actually necessary to use an input means such as a dip switch. There is no mistake in inputting the denomination information or the denomination information stored in the banknotes stored in, and forgetting to enter the denomination information at all, and more reliable denomination information can be obtained. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a banknote storage safe installed in a banknote automatic payment device as viewed from above.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an automatic bill payment device equipped with the bill storage safe shown in FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of a banknote storage safe.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the banknote storage safe with the upper cover closed.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the banknote storage safe with the upper cover opened.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a DIP switch.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a banknote storage safe showing another embodiment.

9 is a cross-sectional view of the main parts of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a protrusion that engages a bill guide.

11 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a schematic side sectional view showing an internal structure of a conventional automatic bill payment apparatus.

FIG. 13 is an overall perspective view illustrating a structure of a banknote storage safe.

[Explanation of symbols]

 18 Housing 19 Banknote Storage Safe 20 Banknote Storage Safe 21 Banknote Storage Safe 25 Connector 26 Connector 34 Controller 51b Banknote Guide 52 Projection 53a Groove 53b Groove 53c Groove 56 DIP Switch 57 Projection 58a Groove 58b Groove 58c Groove 59a Guide Sensor 59b guide detection sensor 59c guide detection sensor

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A banknote safe in which a banknote storage space for storing a large number of banknotes is constructed by a pair of banknote guides on both sides of the banknote storage space so that the banknotes can be delivered one by one from the banknote storage space. In a bill automatic payment device in which a plurality of bills are loaded in a loading unit and a payment request is received by a customer operation, a bill corresponding to the requested amount is sequentially paid out from each of the bill storage safes and paid to a customer by the control of the control unit, the pair of bills. At least one of the guides is engaged and supported by a projection portion provided with a plurality of groove portions so that the interval between the other banknote guide facing the other can be changed in a plurality of preset steps to form a movable structure. By making the banknote guide having a movable structure engage with the groove corresponding to the size of the banknote to be stored, all banknotes of all denominations can be stored. Input means for inputting denomination information of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage space to the deposit box, and transmitting the denomination information to the control unit provided on the case side when the banknote storage safe is attached to the case As described above, the automatic bill payment apparatus is provided with a connection means for electrically connecting the control unit and the bill storage safe. 2. The automatic bill payment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a bill guide having a movable structure is provided in which groove of the protrusion instead of the input means for inputting denomination information of the bill stored in the bill storage safe. A bill automatic payment device characterized in that detection means for detecting whether they are engaged is provided and the detection result is transmitted to the control portion.