JPH0581507A - Automatic bill paying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the stoppage of an entire device at the time of the generation of a jam, and to realize the device whose operation rate is high by obtaining a constitution in which the generation of the jam at a certain safe can be limited to the functional down of one part of the device CONSTITUTION:In an automatic paying device having plural safes which house paying each safe 32, 33, and 34 is equipped with bill separating means 42, 43, and 44, bill carrying means 46 and 47, driving means 48, detecting means 49, 56, and 57, reject safe 51, and cash traveling switching means. And also, each safe is equipped with a bill ejecting port having a bill integrating part, and when a bill paying operation can not be performed by a certain safe, the cash paying operation can be performed by an another safe instead of the safe.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote or other financial institution, and to a banknote automatic payment device for automatically paying a banknote of a specified amount in accordance with a customer's operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional side view of a conventional automatic bill payment apparatus capable of paying two kinds of bills.
Is a housing of the apparatus, 2 is a dispensing port provided on the front surface of the housing 1, 3 is a rear door also provided on the back surface of the housing 1, and 4 is a payment mechanism section provided inside the housing 1. Is.

In addition, although not shown, on the front surface of the housing 1, an input operation section composed of a plurality of keys for allowing the customer to perform an operation of inputting a personal identification number, a requested payment amount, etc. A display unit for performing guidance display, information display, etc. is provided, and a voice generator and a card reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as a card R / W) that outputs a voice corresponding to the display of the display unit are provided in the housing 1. , A receipt printer, a power supply mechanism, and a control unit for controlling the entire apparatus.

On the other hand, the payment mechanism section 4 has the following 5 to 1
It has four components. That is, 5 is a shutter provided on the withdrawal port 2 so as to be openable and closable.
A bill collecting stage 6 is arranged in the vicinity of
This stage 6 is usually placed horizontally,
If necessary, it can rotate downward about one end.

Reference numeral 7 is a stacking roller arranged at one end of the stage 6, 8 is a first safe storing bills for withdrawal,
Reference numeral 9 is a second safe in which bills for withdrawal are also stored. Here, the first safe 8 is a safe for 1,000 yen, and the second safe 9 is a safe for 10,000 yen. The rear doors 3 are arranged vertically in two stages so that the rear doors 3 can be opened and pulled out to the rear of the payment mechanism unit 4 to be removed.

Reference numeral 10 is a payout means provided at the bill payout opening of the 1,000 yen safe 8, and 11 is a payout means provided at the bill payout opening of the 10,000 yen safe 9, and both payout means 10 and 11 are provided. A pick-up roller for feeding a bill from the 1,000-yen safe 8 or a 10,000-yen safe 9, a feed roller for feeding the bills fed by the pickup roller to a conveyance path described later, and a case where two or more bills are to be fed. It is composed of a reverse roller or the like which prevents the second and subsequent bills from being fed.

Denoted at 12a, 12b, 12c are conveying paths composed of a conveyor belt and rollers for nipping and conveying banknotes. The feeding means 10 and the accumulating roller 7 are connected by the conveying paths 12a and 12c, and the feeding means. 11 and the accumulating roller 7 are connected by the conveying paths 12b and 12c.

Reference numeral 13 is a reject safe placed directly below the stage 6, and 14 is a full sensor arranged on the opening side of the upper portion of the reject safe 13 for detecting the FULL state of bills. Can be removed from the side of the payment mechanism unit 4, but in actual operation, the removal of the reject safe 13 from the payment mechanism unit 4 is performed by opening the rear door 3 and housing the payment mechanism unit 4. It is supposed to be performed after pulling out to the rear of 1.

Although not shown in the drawings, sensors for monitoring the conveyance state of bills and a discriminating unit for discriminating and denomination of bills are provided on the conveying paths 12a to 12c of the payment mechanism unit 4. , The shutter 5, the stage 6, the feeding means 10 and 11, and the transport paths 12a to 1 based on information from these sensors, a discrimination unit, an operation unit (not shown), and the like.
The operation such as 2c is controlled by a control unit (not shown).

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be briefly described. First, a customer inserts a card from a card insertion slot (not shown) and presses a key on the operation unit to input information such as a personal identification number and a requested payment amount. The bills are separated one by one by the feeding means 10 and 11 and fed out in order, and the fed bills are conveyed by the conveying paths 12a to 12c and accumulated on the stage 6 by the accumulating roller 7.

Then, the banknotes of the amount and the number of sheets requested by the customer are accumulated on the stage 6, and when a receipt on which the details of the transaction are printed is sent from the receipt printing mechanism (not shown) onto the banknotes, the receipt is shown. The shutter 5 is opened by the means not to allow the customer to take out the banknotes on the stage 6 from the dispensing port 2.

On the other hand, if an abnormal conveyance of bills is detected in the conveyance paths 12a to 12c, or if there are bills that cannot be discriminated by denomination or are uncountable, after these abnormal bills are accumulated on the stage 6. The stage 6 rotates downward by means (not shown), and the abnormal bills are dropped and stored in the reject safe 13 together with the normal bills already accumulated.

After that, the stage 6 is returned to the original horizontal posture, the bills are fed out again, conveyed, and accumulated on the stage 6, and the receipt printing mechanism prints the receipt on which the details of the transaction are printed. When sent on the banknote, the customer is paid as described above.

If the customer does not take out the bill even if the shutter 5 is opened, that is, if the customer forgets to take the bill, the shutter 5 is closed after a certain period of time and the stage 6 rotates downward. Then, the forgotten banknotes are stored in the reject safe 13.

[0015]

However, according to the prior art having the above-mentioned structure, the bills separated and sent out from the thousand yen safe 8 and the bills separated and sent out from the ten thousand yen safe 9 are respectively conveyed to the conveying paths 12a and. Since the paper is fed to the conveyance path 12c through the conveyance path 12b, the apparatus must be stopped when, for example, a banknote jam (hereinafter referred to as a jam) occurs on the conveyance path 12c. In addition, the normal transport paths 12a, 12b, 12
Since there is only one power source (for example, a motor) that rotationally drives the conveyor belt and the roller forming c, the common conveyor path 12
Even when a bill is jammed on a conveyance path other than c, for example, 12a or 12b, the apparatus is similarly stopped.

As described above, when a jam occurs, the entire device must be stopped, which causes a great deal of trouble to the customer and causes a decrease in the operating efficiency of the device. In view of the above problems, the present invention obtains a configuration in which the occurrence of a jam in a safe is limited to a partial functional down of the device, prevents the entire device from stopping when a jam occurs, and realizes a device with high operating efficiency. The purpose is to

[0017]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has an independent bill payment function in which safes do not merge with each other, and even if a jam occurs in a safe, other Secure the banknote payment function of the safe and keep the payment operation.

That is, according to the present invention, a plurality of safes for storing dispensed banknotes, a banknote separating means for separating and sending out banknotes from the safe, and a banknote separated and sent out from the banknote separating means are conveyed to a banknote discharge port. Banknote transporting means, drive means for driving the banknote separating means and banknote transporting means, a detecting means provided on the banknote transporting means for detecting double-feeding of banknotes and a size of skew, and payment by the detecting means In a banknote automatic payment device having a plurality of safes for storing payment banknotes, which includes a reject safe that stores the banknotes that have become unusable, and a banknote traveling switching unit that guides the banknotes that cannot be paid to the reject safes, The banknote separating means, the banknote transporting means, the driving means, the detecting means, the reject safe, and the banknote traveling switching means are provided correspondingly to the safe, and
It is characterized in that a banknote outlet having a banknote stacking unit is provided corresponding to each cashbox, and when a banknote payment operation becomes impossible in one cashbox, the banknote payment operation is performed instead from another cashbox. ..

[0019]

With the above-described structure, the present invention stops the payment operation from one safe when the payment operation of the banknote becomes impossible and separates the banknote from another safe by the banknote separating means of the safe. The separated banknotes can be conveyed to the banknote discharging port of the safe by the banknote conveying means, accumulated in the banknote stacking unit of the banknote discharging port, and paid.

[0020]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view taken along the arrow AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing the configuration of the safe of the same embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an external view of the safe. It is a perspective view.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a housing, and inside the housing 20, a 10,000-yen safe 32 for paying a 10,000-yen ticket, a 5,000-yen safe 33 for paying a 5,000-yen ticket, and a 1,000-yen for paying a 1,000-yen ticket. A safe 34 is provided. In addition, banknote outlets 21 and 2 are provided in each safe.
2, 23 are provided on the front, and each banknote outlet 21,
Banknote stacking units 24, 25, 26 for stacking the banknotes discharged in front of 22, 23 and receiving by the customer are provided.
A card read / write printer with the function of reading the transaction card information inserted by the customer on the left side of each safe, writing new data when updating transaction data, and printing transaction details on receipts (Hereinafter C
An RP) 19 is provided, and an insertion opening 27 through which a customer takes in and out a card and discharges a receipt is provided on the front surface. In addition, guidance display and information display of customer's input operation are performed. For example, a display unit 28 including a liquid crystal display or the like, an input operation unit 29 including a plurality of keys for allowing a customer to input a personal identification number, a requested payment amount, and the like,
A control unit 30 and a power supply 31 that control the entire apparatus are provided.

Next, the safe will be described with reference to FIG. Since the 10,000-yen safe 32, the 5,000-yen safe 33, and the 1,000-yen safe 34 all have the same configuration, the 10,000-yen safe 32 is shown here. The banknote 40 stored in the standing state is a stage 41 that is elastically pressed by a spring or the like (not shown).
Thus, the most advanced bill is brought into contact with the picker roller 44. The picker roller 44 has a high friction member on its outer periphery, and is intermittently driven by a motor 45 to feed a bill upward at a constant interval. The bill 40 is fed further upward while the feeding of the two bills is prevented by the feed roller 42 and the reverse roller 43. The banknote 40 is sandwiched between the conveyor belts 46 and 47 suspended by a plurality of pulleys 55 and conveyed to the left. A pulley 55 that suspends the conveyor belts 46 and 47 is rotationally driven by a conveyor motor 48 to drive the conveyor belts 46 and 47. Conveyor belt 46,
An optical transmission sensor 49 for detecting the feeding of two bills and an optical sensor 56 for detecting the skew degree and the length of the bill are provided in the middle of the bill conveyance path constituted by 47.
The banknotes fed by the optical transmission sensor 49 and the optical sensor 56 and the banknotes having a large skewness are stored in the reject box 51 by the blade 50 and are not passed to the customer. The banknotes that have not been fed by two and are within the skewed range are discharged by the discharge port 21 and are stacked in the banknote stacking unit 24.

Reference numeral 57 denotes a traveling sensor provided immediately before the bill ejection opening 21, and the control unit 30 determines that a bill jam occurs when the traveling sensor 57 does not detect a bill although the bill is fed. Further, the control unit 30 counts the detection of the traveling sensor 57 and manages the number of discharged banknotes.

As shown in FIG. 4, a lock 61 is provided at the bottom of the bill outlet 21 and a handle 60 is provided at the top.
It is attached and can be carried. Figure 5
FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing a state of a safe when setting banknotes. In the lower base 53 that constitutes the lower part of the safe, the above-described separation motor 45, transport motor 48, picker roller 44, feed roller 42, reverse roller 43, stage 41, and reject box 51 are provided.
Further, the above-mentioned pulley 55, the conveyor belts 46 and 47, the blade 50, the optical transmission sensor 49, and the optical sensor 56 are provided in the upper base 54 that constitutes the upper part.
A hinge 52 is connected between the lower base 53 and the upper base 54, and the upper base 54 is attached so as to be openable and closable around the hinge 52. Further, the upper base 54 is firmly locked to the lower base by a lock 61 shown in FIG. 4, and is configured to be unlocked before being opened.

Next, the payment operation of the payment machine having the above-mentioned configuration will be described. 6 and 7 are operation flowcharts of this embodiment, FIG. 6 shows a normal transaction, and FIG. 7 shows an operation when a jam occurs. When the customer inputs the payment amount (for example, 55,000 yen) from the input operation unit 29 (SA
1) First, the control unit 30 sends a payment instruction for five ten thousand yen tickets to the ten thousand yen safe 32 (SA2). Picker roller 4
4. The feed roller 42 is rotationally driven, and the bills are separated and sent one by one, and are nipped and conveyed by the conveyance belts 46 and 47 (SA3). If there is no two-sheet feeding and there is skew (SA4), the banknotes are stacked as they are from the banknote discharge port 21 to the stacking unit 24 (SA6). At this time, the traveling sensor 57 causes the control unit to count the discharged banknotes. When two sheets are fed, the sheets are stored in the reject box 51 (SA5), the banknotes are separated again, and when five discharged banknotes are counted, it is determined that five 10,000-yen notes are stacked in the stacking unit 24. After making a determination (SA7), the picker roller 44 and the feed roller 42 of the 10,000 yen safe 32 are stopped from rotating and the operation of separating and sending the 10,000 yen ticket is stopped (SA8).

When the payment of the five ten thousand yen tickets is normally confirmed as described above, an instruction to pay the five thousand yen tickets is sent to the thousand yen safe 34 (SA9), and the accumulating unit as in the ten thousand yen. 5 in 26
When the sheets are accumulated, the separation and sending of the 1,000-yen ticket will be stopped (SA10-10
SA15). The customer receives the banknotes in the stacking units 24 and 26, and the payment operation is completed (SA16).

The above is the description of the operation when the payment operation is normally performed. The operation when a paper jam (banknote jam) occurs will be described below with reference to FIG. For example, 5
If the traveling sensor 57 is not detected after the separating operation during the paying operation of the 10,000 yen ticket in the withdrawal transaction of 15,000 yen, the control unit 30 detects a jam (SB1) and the paper is already accumulated in the accumulating unit 24. If, for example, there are three 10,000-yen tickets, the control unit 30 sends a command to stop the payment operation of the 10,000-yen safe (SB2) and pay the remaining 20,000 yen with 5,000-yen tickets. (SB3), the picker roller 44 and the feed roller 42 of the 5,000 yen safe 33 are rotationally driven, the bills are separated and sent one by one, and are nipped and conveyed by the conveyance belts 46 and 47 (SB
4) Stacked from the bill outlet 22 to the stacking unit 25 (SB
5). When four 5000 yen tickets are accumulated in the accumulation unit 25 (SB
6) The rotations of the picker roller 44 and the feed roller 42 of the 5,000 yen safe 33 are stopped to stop the operation of separating and sending the 10,000 yen ticket (SB7), and the jam processing is ended (SB8). Also, if a 5,000 note is jammed, a 1,000 yen note will be paid instead. If the 1,000-yen ticket is jammed, the payment of the 1,000-yen ticket will be stopped and the remaining 10,000-yen ticket will be paid.

In the present embodiment, the mechanism for taking the bills accumulated in each bill accumulating portion into each safe is not shown, but when the taking-in function is added, it is displayed when a ten thousand yen bill is jammed, for example. If the customer agrees, he presses the confirmation key and pays the 5,000 yen bill instead. If he / she does not understand, the banknotes in the stacking unit are taken into the safe and the card is returned to the customer. After that, the display indicates "Currently payable banknotes are only 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen."

Further, in the present embodiment, a 10,000 yen ticket, a 5,000 yen ticket,
Although the case of handling three denominations of 1,000-yen tickets has been described, all 10,000-yen notes may be used, and in this case, the message as shown above is not necessary and the payment operation of the safe where the jam has occurred is stopped. The bills may be paid again from the safe. Then, when the maintenance staff arrives to remove the jam banknotes and become able to perform the normal operation, the normal transaction can be restored again.

[0030]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a plurality of safes for storing dispensed banknotes, a banknote separating means for separating and transferring banknotes from the safe, and a banknote separated and sent out from the banknote separating means. Banknote transporting means for transporting the
Driving means for driving the bill separating means and bill conveying means, a detecting means provided in the bill conveying means for detecting double-feeding of bills and the size of skew, and bills that cannot be paid by the detecting means. A banknote automatic payment device having a plurality of safes for storing payment banknotes, which includes a reject safe for storing and a banknote traveling switching means for guiding banknotes that have become non-payable to the reject safe. Means, bill conveying means, driving means, detecting means, reject safe and bill traveling switching means are provided correspondingly, and a bill discharge port having a bill stacking portion is provided corresponding to each safe, and a safe deposits bills. When the operation becomes impossible, the banknotes are paid out from the other safes instead, so that the respective safes do not merge with each other. Now has a have function, it is possible to continue the payment operation even jam occurs at some safe securing banknotes payment function of other safe.

As a result, the occurrence of a jam in a safe can be limited to a part of the functions of the device, and the entire device can be prevented from being stopped when a jam occurs, so that a device with high operating efficiency can be realized. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing the safe of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the safe.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a state of the safe when the banknotes are set in the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 320,000 yen safe 33 5,000 yen safe 34 1,000 yen safe 42 Feed roller 43 Reverse roller 44 Picker roller 46,47 Conveyor belt 48 Conveyor motor 49 Optical transmission sensor 50 Blade 51 Reject box 56 Optical sensor 57 Travel sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of safes for storing dispensed banknotes, a banknote separating means for separating and sending out banknotes from the safe, and a banknote conveying means for transferring the banknotes separated and sent out from the banknote separating means to a banknote outlet. Drive means for driving the bill separating means and the bill conveying means, a detecting means provided on the bill conveying means for detecting the feeding of two bills and the size of skew, and the bills that cannot be paid by the detecting means In a banknote automatic payment device having a plurality of safes for storing payment banknotes, which includes a reject safe for storing a banknote, and a banknote traveling switching unit for guiding banknotes that have become non-payable to the reject safe, in each of the safes, A banknote separating means, a banknote transporting means, a driving means, a detecting means, a reject safe and a banknote traveling switching means are provided correspondingly, and each banknote outlet has a banknote stacking unit. Support provided, and when there is safe has become impossible to pay the operation of the bill to,
An automatic bill payment device characterized by performing a bill payment operation instead of another safe.