JPH0581512B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention temporarily holds deposited banknotes in an accumulated state, stores the temporarily held banknotes in a type-specific banknote storage unit when the deposit is approved, and temporarily stores the banknotes when the deposit is returned. The present invention relates to a banknote storage device in a circulating banknote input/output machine, which is configured to return a banknote to an operator, and to pay out deposited banknotes stored in a banknote storage section for dispensing among banknote storage sections classified by type at the time of withdrawal.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of machine, deposited banknotes are fed into the transaction opening one by one and identified by an identification unit, and genuine banknotes are collected in a batch of a mixture of multiple denominations and stored in a collective temporary storage unit near the transaction opening. will be temporarily suspended.
When the operator approves the deposit, bills are fed out one by one from the collective temporary storage section and stored in the bill storage section through the identification section or another identification section. In addition, if the operator disapproves the deposit, the money is returned to the operator all at once.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the above-mentioned conventional machines, the operator intends to quickly return deposited banknotes in case of disapproval of deposit. However, as this type of machine has become more widespread, the usage status by operators has also been ascertained, and the results show that there are very few operations by operators to disapprove deposits, and operations to approve deposits account for the majority. are doing.

However, even if the deposit approval operation is performed, it takes a very long time to store the banknotes from the bulk temporary storage section to the banknote storage section, and there is a problem that it is impossible to proceed to the next deposit or withdrawal operation.

In order to solve this problem, we provide temporary storage spaces corresponding to each bill storage section for each denomination.
We have devised a means to temporarily hold banknotes in each temporary holding space. However, this also requires a mechanism for storing banknotes from the temporary holding space into the banknote storage unit when the deposit is approved, and a mechanism for returning the temporarily held banknotes from the temporary holding space to the operator when the deposit is not approved. It is necessary to provide these mechanisms for each temporary holding space.

In this way, with the above means, it is necessary to provide each of the above-mentioned mechanisms for each temporary holding space, which results in the problem that the machine requires a large space and becomes large.

Therefore, the present invention focuses on temporarily storing banknotes using the banknote storage space of the banknote storage unit,
We devised a banknote storage device that can do this.
If this device is obtained, the problems associated with temporary holding of conventional banknote depositing and dispensing machines can be solved by replacing the conventional banknote storage section with this device. That is, in the present invention, the bill storage space of the bill storage section can be used to temporarily store bills.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention,
The deposited banknotes are temporarily held in an accumulated state, and when the deposit is approved, the temporarily held banknotes are stored in the type-specific banknote storage unit, and when the deposit is returned, the temporarily held banknotes are returned to the operator, and when the deposit is returned, the temporarily held banknotes are returned to the type-specific banknote storage unit. In a bill storage device in a circulating bill depositing and dispensing machine, a cradle having an opening at the top and stacking bills is movable up and down so as to feed out deposited bills stored in a bill storage section for withdrawal. A banknote storage section provided in the storage space, and a bill entering the storage space at a height above the top surface of the accumulated banknotes on the pedestal that is lowered to a predetermined position in the storage space by lowering the pedestal, and enter the storage space in the upper area of the storage space. A partition member that forms a temporary holding space; a bill feeding conveyor that is provided on one side above the opening of the storage section and feeds the banknotes into the storage space; and a bill feeding conveyor that is provided in the center area above the opening and that is used when feeding the banknotes. A hard roller that moves to an upper position to guide the fed banknotes and is located at a lower position to feed out the banknotes when paying out the banknotes, and a hard roller that is provided in the other side area above the opening and passes the fed banknotes one by one. A feed roller and a gate roller that form a gate gap are positioned at the advancing position when feeding banknotes,
The leading edge of the fed banknote is locked to prevent the leading edge of the banknote from entering the gate gap, and when the banknote is fed out, the bill is placed in a retreat position to allow the knock roller, feed roller, and gate member to feed the banknote from the gate gap. a locking member for moving the partition material, a partition material control drive section for moving the partition material forward and backward with respect to the storage space and vertical movement within the storage space, a tightening roller position control drive section for moving the tightening roller; It is equipped with a pedestal control drive unit that moves the pedestal up and down, and allows deposited banknotes to be temporarily held at the upper position of the banknote storage section.

[Effect]

When depositing money, the partition material is advanced into the storage space of the bill storage section by the partition material control drive section, and the deposited banknotes are accumulated thereon. At this time, the kicker roller is positioned at an upper position by the kicker roller position control drive section and guided so that the fed banknotes are stacked normally. Furthermore, the locking member is located at the advanced position to prevent the leading edge of the bill from entering between the gates.

When the deposit is approved, the partition material is evacuated outside the storage space of the banknote storage section by the partition material control drive section,
The deposited banknotes placed on the upper surface are transferred onto the stored banknotes on the receiver. Further, in the case of disapproval, the kick roller is positioned at a lower position by the kick roller position control drive section, and the partition material is pressed against the kick roller to feed out the banknote. At this time, the locking member is located at the retracted position to allow the leading edge of the bill to enter between the gates.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional side view of one embodiment of the circulating type deposit/dispensing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. A banknote storage/exit section 3 is disposed at the banknote storage/exit section 3.

The bill receiving and dispensing mechanism 2 has a teller dispensing port 4 at the top of the front side of the machine body 1, a teller receiving port 5 at the bottom thereof, and a customer bill inserting section 6 on the counter side. These constitute the trading account. In the vicinity of this receiving port 5, there is a storage section 7B that stores the inserted banknotes P in a stacked state, and a group of feeding rollers 7A as a feeding means that feeds the banknotes one by one starting from the lowest banknote. A discriminator 9 is equipped with a pay-in banknote loading device 7 for tellers and serves as an identification unit for identifying authenticity, denomination, front and back, fitness, damage, stacking of two banknotes, abnormal conveyance (skewing, etc.) of banknotes P, etc.
A, 9A...
Banknotes P are fed into a banknote in/out conveyance path 8 of the banknote storage/input section 3 inside.

A banknote width adjustment mechanism 10 is provided at the entrance of the identification path 9 to align the banknotes P with one end as a reference. Further, on the downstream side of this identification path 9, there are a reversing mechanism 11 that inverts either the front or back of the banknotes P to align the front and back sides of the banknotes P, and a customer banknote insertion slot 6 into which the customer inserts the banknotes P by depositing or the like. A forgotten banknote storage section 13 is provided near the customer banknote slot 6 to receive banknotes P left behind by the customer.

The conveyance paths between the above-mentioned paths will be explained in accordance with each mode when explaining the operation described later.

The banknote storage/exit section 3 is provided with a bulk drawer frame 14 ₁ at the bottom of the machine body 1 so as to be able to be pulled out to the _position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. A safe drawer frame 14 ₂ is provided on _the bulk drawer frame 14 ₁ so that the drawer can be moved independently so that the safe 15 can be attached to and removed from the frame 14 ₂ . It is provided. The bulk drawer frame drawer opening 16 of this machine body 1 has a door 17 as shown in the third figure.
It is designed to be opened and closed.

The upper part of the safe 15 is designed to be opened and closed by a shutter plate 18, and the safe 15 is inserted from above onto the safe drawer frame ₁₄₂ that has been pulled out as shown in the third figure. By inserting the safe drawer frame 14 ₂ into the solid line position in FIG. 1, the shutter plate 18 is unlocked by a mechanism not shown and manually opened, and the safe drawer frame 1
When the safe drawer frame 14 ₂ is drawn out, the safe drawer frame 14 ₂ can be pulled out by manually closing the shutter plate 18, and when the safe drawer frame 14 ₂ is pulled out, the shutter plate 18 is locked.

Inside the safe 15, there is a first storage section ₃₁ and a second storage section 31.
A storage section ₃₂ and a reject banknote storage section 3C are provided between them.

Further, on the back side of the safe 15 on the bulk drawer frame 14 ₁ , there is a storage section 3 ₄ for ten thousand yen notes as a storage section for each denomination.
A storage section ₃₅ for 1,000 yen notes and a storage section ₃₆ for 5,000 yen notes are arranged in this order.

The first storage section 3 ₁ stores banknotes P to be replenished into the denomination-specific storage sections, and the second storage section 3 ₂ stores collected banknotes P from the denomination-specific storage sections 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ . It is stored in the reject banknote storage section 3.
₃ accepts reject banknotes during replenishment, collection, and withdrawal.

These storage units have an opening 3A at the top for taking in or feeding out banknotes P, and a pedestal 3B whose position is variable according to the amount of stored banknotes P is provided inside, and this pedestal 3B and A partition member 3C for temporarily storing banknotes P is provided between the opening 3A and the partition member 3C so as to be movable up and down and laterally in and out.

The first storage section 3 ₁ , the denomination-specific storage sections 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ ,
Directly above each of the openings 3A of 3 _{and 6} , feeding means 19, 19... that feeds out the banknotes P and feeding means 20, 20... that feeds the banknotes P as part of the banknote in/out conveyance path 8 are provided. The second storage section 3 ₂
and the opening 3A of the reject banknote storage section ₃₃ ,
Directly above the banknote 3A, feeding means 21, 21 as a part of the banknote in/out conveyance path 8 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3b, the opening/closing frame body including the transport path 8 in the upper area of the bulk drawer frame body 14 ₁ is the opening portion of the safe 15 and the openings of the storage units 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 _{6 .} The parts 8a and 8b of the safe 15 are separate parts 8a and 8b, which can be opened and closed by coaxial hinge shafts.
In addition, a portion 8c of the storage portion ₃₂ can be opened and closed separately.

The width adjustment mechanism 10 has an enlarged plane shown in FIG.
As shown on the same side in the figure, a flange 22A with which at least one end of the banknote P can come into contact with one edge in the width direction
a large-diameter flanged rotary drum 22 that is forcibly rotated, and a roller 23 that is disposed along the circumferential surface of the rotary drum 22 and serves as a width-shifting conveyance means that deflects the banknote P toward the flange 22A. 23...
It is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the entrance of the banknote identification path 9, and one edge of the transport width direction of the banknote P is located at a constant position with respect to the discriminator of the banknote identification path 9 with respect to the flange 22A, regardless of the denomination. It is made to face directly.

The width adjustment rollers 23, 23, . . . are rotatably supported by support members 50, 50 fixedly supported on the body 1 side so as to straddle the circumferential surface of the rotary drum 22, one of which is shown in FIG. A fixed shaft 5 is supported on the side surface of a support arm 52 which is swingably supported by a support shaft 54 to a rotation shaft 51 which is provided parallel to the side.
3 and the support shaft 54 of the support arm 52, a spring 55 is applied between the roller 23 and the support shaft 54 of the support arm 52.
It is forced onto the circumferential surface of 2. Also, the support arm 52
A spring 56 is hung between the tip of the rotating shaft 51 and the rotating shaft 51, and the rotating shaft 51 locks one side edge _52a1 of the through hole 52a of the rotating shaft 51 formed in the support arm 52, so that the roller 23 is held at the solid line position in FIG. 6, and when this roller 23 is swung clockwise around the support shaft 54 in FIG. 6 by a bill, the other side edge ₅₂ of the through hole 52a _a2 as rotation axis 51
By locking, its swinging is restricted.

Note that the banknote is attached to the flange 22A in FIG.
The flange 22A is located on the left side with a further interval.
However, the bill moves in an inclined state following the inclination of the roller 23 with respect to the flange 22A, and when the tip of one side edge of the bill comes into contact with the flange 22A, the bill tries to move along the flange 22A, so the roller 23 swings around the support shaft 54, and eventually one side edge of the banknote is fed along the flange 22A, at which time the roller 23 is in the state indicated by the dashed-dotted line in FIG. 6, and the other side edge of the through hole _52a The rotating shaft 51 locks the portion _52a2 , and when a banknote passes, the roller 23 returns to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.

The feeding means 19 includes each storage section 3 ₁ , 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ ,
3 _{and 6} have the same structure, and to explain the denomination storage section 3 _{to 5} as an example, the front part in the banknote feeding direction is shown in FIG. 7 as an enlarged side view and as shown in FIG. A feed roller 19A is supported by the shaft 57 of the feed roller 19A, and the feed roller 19A is provided at a position corresponding to the feed roller 19A in the axial direction, and is supported by the shaft 57 of the feed roller 19A so as to be located at the rear of the feed roller 19A and approximately in the center of the opening 3A in the front and back direction. a kick roller 19B that is pivotally supported by the arm 58, and a gate roller 19 that is attached to the feed roller 19A and creates a gate gap that allows only the banknotes 1 to pass through.
It is composed of C. The entire area in the banknote payout width direction including this gate gap serves as the banknote payout opening of the storage section ₃₅ .

Rollers 59, 59, 59 are coaxially provided between and outside the feed rollers 19A, 19A, and a belt 60, which is disposed on the rollers 59, 59, 59 so as to rise from the vicinity of the gate roller 19C, 60, 60 are in contact, and the banknote P
is guided to the conveyance path 62 from between the guide plates 61, 61.

The hard roller 19B and the rollers 59,5
There is a guide plate 63 fixed to the arm 58 at the part 9..., which moves up and down according to the level of the kick roller 19B, and serves as a guide when the banknote P is fed in from the left side in FIG. 7 and a guide for the fed banknote. That's what I do.

On the entrance side of the storage section ₃₅ , there are a switching claw 64 for diverting banknotes P from the conveyance path 62, a guide plate 65,
65, bill guiding rollers 66, 67, 68, and a guide plate 65'. The bill guiding rollers 67 and 68 form a bill receiving opening of the storage section ₃₅ .

In FIG. 8, on one side in the banknote width direction above the partition member 3C of the storage section ₃₅ , there is a width adjustment guide surface _69a inclined upward and the width adjustment mechanism 10.
A width adjustment guide plate 69 is provided on which a banknote edge regulating surface _69b is formed, which is located slightly inside the inner surface of the flange portion 22A of the rotating drum 22, and is fixed at the solid line position in FIG. 8 on the other side. A guide plate 70 is provided, and one side edge in the width direction of the banknote P in a positional relationship with the flange portion 22A of the rotating drum 22 of the width adjustment mechanism 10 first meets the width adjustment guide surface 69 _{a of the width adjustment guide plate 69.} It descends while being pulled closer by the
When the one side edge of the banknote descends to the banknote one side edge regulating surface 69 _b , the width-aligning action ends, and the banknotes are stacked with one side edge deflected against the banknote one side edge regulating surface 69 _b . In this way, the fixed guide plate 69 constitutes a moving means for positioning one side edge of the banknote P inside the flange portion 22A. Note that the fixed guide plate 70 relative to the width-adjusting guide plate 69 is provided at a position slightly larger than the width of banknotes to be stored, so the position differs depending on the storage parts 3 ₁ to 3 ₆ , and any one of the positions A to D is Selected facilities. Moreover, the storage parts 3 ₁ , 3 ₄ ,
Storage wall 69' below the partition material 3C of 3 ₅ and 3 ₆ ,
70' also has a width adjustment guide plate 69 and a fixed guide plate 70.
It is installed at a position corresponding to the

71 in FIG. 7 indicates that when the banknote P is received and stored, the banknote P is moved between the feed roller 19A and the gate funnel 19.
This is a prevention plate that prevents the paper from entering the gate gap between C and C, and is arranged to be placed in the position shown by the solid line when receiving and storing, and at the position shown by the dashed dot line when being fed out.

Further, the kicker rollers 19B, 19B and the guide plate 63 are moved up and down by the arm 58, and when paying out banknotes, the kicker rollers 19B, 19B are moved to the solid line position in FIG. ), the guide plate 63 is located at the dashed line in the same figure, and when receiving and stacking banknotes, The kicker rollers 19B, 19B and the guide plate 63 are located at the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in the figure.
Note that the kicker rollers 19B, 19B and the guide plate 63 shown by three-dot chain lines in the same figure show their respective lowest positions when the pedestal 3B is lowered immediately after the banknote feeding is finished.

Note that the partition members 3C, 3C... have a retracted position at the height of the insertion position of the partition member 3C as their home position, and the pedestal 3B has a position where the upper surface of the stacked banknotes thereon has descended slightly below the insertion position of the partition member 3C. The fixed position is variable, and at the end of the operation, both the pedestal 3B and the partition member 3C return to their respective fixed positions and stop.

The customer banknote input unit 6 includes a vertical belt 24 placed along one side of the banknotes P to be inserted, a belt 25 having a horizontally extending portion that receives the lower end of the banknote P, and the other side of the banknote P. It has a bill insertion space 27 formed by a presser plate 26 that is placed along the side, and an upper opening 27A of this space 27 is opened and closed by a shutter 28. The customer bill insertion unit 12 is located on the counter side in a bank or the like.

The belt 24 is movable back and forth in the direction of the space 27 by a solenoid or the like via arms 31 and 32 that support the upper and lower pulleys 29 and 30, and the presser plate 26 is also moved away from the space 27 by a solenoid or the like. A plurality of rollers 33, 33... are rotatably attached to this presser plate 26, and these rollers 33, 33...
A part of the peripheral surface of the banknote P is projected into the space 27
We are starting to come into contact with people.

The belt 34 is connected to the retraction limit (first
The lower half of this belt 34 is provided in the vertical direction slightly closer to the space 27 than the position A in the figure.
It directly faces the vertically running portion of the belt 25 that forms the bottom of the belt 7.

Further, in the lower part between the belts 24 and 25, a loading section 35 is provided as a deposited banknote storage and loading device for customers, which takes in banknotes P from the space 27 and stacks them in a standing position. One side of this feeding section 35 is constituted by a belt 36, the other side is provided with press rollers 37, 37..., and the lower part is provided with a feeding means 38, between which there is a bill storage section. is formed. This feeding means 38
is composed of a hard roller 38A that contacts the banknotes P and feeds them one by one, a feed roller 38B provided below the feed roller 38B, and a gate roller 38C that is attached to the feed roller 38B and creates a gate gap through which only one banknote P passes. The bill P is sent out to the conveyance path 40 through this gate gap. Note that the belt 36 is sandwiched between the belts 24 and 25 and presses down the banknotes sent by rollers 37 and 3.
7 and feed it downward, and when it faces the feeding means 38, it stops rotating. After the belt 36 has stopped rotating, it functions as a pressing means for pressing the bill against the kick roller 38A.

A switching member 4 is provided between the lower portions of the belts 24 and 25.
1, and by switching the switching member 41, the banknotes P fed from the denomination storage units 3 ₄ to 3 ₆ are brought into communication with the conveyance path 42 through which the banknotes P are fed into the space 27 .

In addition, a space 2 is provided at the bottom between the belts 25 and 34.
If a customer forgets to take out the banknote P that has been pulled out to the banknote 7, a forgotten banknote storage section 13 is located in which the banknote P is stored. The loading device 7 of the receiving port 5 includes:
As shown in FIG.
A side plate part 7C of the storage part 7B is provided as a banknote width regulating member for regulating the banknote width further inward, and the dimension between it and the opposing side plate part 7D is slightly larger than the width dimension of the maximum width denomination banknote to be processed. and both side plate parts 7C,
Banknotes are stacked and loaded between 7D.

In addition, the customer banknote input unit 6 has an opening 2 at the widthwise side edge of the upper opening 27A in FIG. 10 when viewed from the right side in FIG.
Guide plates 27B and 27C directly below 7A and presser plate 2
Guide plates 27B and 27C located on both sides of the lower area of 6
Guide plate 27B' provided at a position corresponding to
27C', and especially the guide plates 27B, 27B' corresponding to the flange part 22A of the width adjustment mechanism 10,
It is located inside the flange portion 22A in the banknote width direction and functions as a banknote width regulating member. Note that the guide plate 27
C and 27C' are placed at dimensional positions slightly larger than the width dimension of the maximum width denomination banknote to be processed with respect to the guide plates 27B and 27B'. In this way, in the customer banknote input unit 6, the banknotes input into the opening 27A are placed on the belt 24 and the rollers 33, 33, . . . on the presser plate 26.
The opening 27 is conveyed by the belts 24 and 25 and sent to the feeding section 35.
A guide plate 27B is located immediately below A, and one side edge in the width direction of the banknote is regulated and guided by a guide plate 27B' during conveyance, and the banknote is fed into the feeding device 38 while being positioned inside the flange portion 22A.

Next, in the above embodiment, (1) teller side deposit mode, (2) customer side deposit mode, (3) teller side withdrawal processing mode, (4) customer side withdrawal processing mode, (5) weekly processing mode. , (6) replenishment processing mode, and (7) banknote counting mode, the flow of banknotes will be explained with reference to FIGS. 11 to 17 together with their functions.

(1) Deposit mode on the teller side (Figure 11) When the teller makes a deposit, the deposited banknotes are placed in the receiving slot 5.
When the banknotes are placed on the banknotes, one side edge of the banknotes in the width direction is positioned inside the flange part 22A in the banknote width direction by the side plate part 7C, and when the deposit button is operated, the banknotes P are loaded and stacked by the loading means 7. When the bills are conveyed one by one in the direction of the solid line arrow and fed into the width adjustment mechanism 10, one side edge of the banknote is deflected by the flange portion 22A by the width adjustment rollers 23, 23..., and the position of the one side edge of the banknote is determined. The banknotes are sent to the identification path 9, where the authenticity, fitness, front and back, denomination, etc. of the banknotes are identified, and the reversed banknotes are reversed through the reversing path of the reversing mechanism 11, and passed through the conveyance path leading to the storage section. Then, in response to the identification signal from the identification path 9, the genuine banknotes are transferred to the corresponding denomination storage units 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ , and unfit banknotes and genuine overflow banknotes (the storage unit 3
If any of the storage sections ₄ , _3.sub.5 , and _3.6 is full, subsequent genuine bills to be sent to that storage section are respectively sent to the first storage section _3.sub.1 . Bills determined to be unidentifiable in the identification path 9 are returned to the outlet 4 as indicated by the dotted arrow.

At this time, the kicker rollers 19B, 19B, . . . of the storage units 3 ₁ , 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ are at the two-dot chain line position in FIG. 7 and have stopped rotating, and the guide plate 63 is also at the two-dot chain line position in the figure. In addition, the prevention plate 71 is located at the solid line position in the figure, and the feed rollers 19A, 19
Since A and roller 59 are in a stopped rotation state,
The banknotes fed into the storage units 3 ₁ , 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ are guided by the banknote tip guide plates 65 ′, 63 that pass through the rollers 67 , 68 and the hard roller 19B, and are stopped by the prevention plate 71 to reduce their own weight. When the partition material falls, one side edge in the width direction is moved inward from the flange portion 22A by the guide plate 69, and the partition material is inserted into the storage section from the insertion position of the partition material 3C in advance and is at that height position. The banknotes are accepted and accumulated on 3C and temporarily held, and when the approval button is operated with the teller's approval, each partition material 3C, 3C... is removed and the banknotes are transferred to the banknotes on the receivers 3B, 3B... Immediately after, the pedestals 3B, 3B... are lowered and stopped when the upper surfaces of the stacked banknotes placed thereon are located below the insertion positions of the partition members 3C, 3C..., and each temporarily reserved banknote is stored.

Also, if the payment is not approved, each partition material 3C, 3C...
rises and presses the stacked banknotes at the top against the feeding means 19, 19, which descends to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.
Immediately thereafter, the feeding means 19, 19, . . . , which are driven, return both the normal banknotes and the unfit banknotes to the slot 4 through the path indicated by the double arrow. After the feeding operation is completed, each of the partition members 3C, 3C, . . . descends and retreats from the insertion position of the partition member 3C.

(2) Customer side deposit mode (Fig. 12) When a customer deposits money, when the customer inserts the deposited banknotes P all at once into the space 27 of the customer banknote slot 6, the banknotes are separated by the guide plates 27B and 27B'. One side edge in the width direction is positioned inside the flange portion 22A in the width direction of the banknotes, and the belts 24 and 25 rotate to transport the banknotes to the feeding unit 35, from where the banknotes are drawn out one by one by the solid line arrow by the feeding means 38. Through the route, each denomination storage section 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ and the first storage section 3 ₁
It is temporarily held on the partitions 3C, 3C... similar to the teller side deposit mode, and when the customer approves, it is sent to the receivers 3B, 3B as in the above case.
...The temporarily reserved banknotes are stored by being transferred to the top and lowered to a variable fixed position.

If the customer does not approve, each partition material 3 of each storage compartment
C, 3C... rises, and the stacked banknotes above it are transferred to the 7th banknote.
Feeding means 19, 19 that descends to the solid line position in the figure...
, and the prevention plate 71 is positioned at the position indicated by the dashed line in the figure, and the feeding means 1 is driven immediately after that.
9, 19, . . . , both good and unfit bills are returned to the space 27 through the route indicated by the dotted line arrow, and returned to the customer. When the returned banknotes are forgotten, they are stored all at once in the forgotten banknote storage section 13. After that operation, each partition material 3C, 3C... descends inside the storage section,
The partition material 3C is retracted from the insertion position.

(3) Teller-side withdrawal processing mode (Figure 13) When the denomination of banknotes to be withdrawn is selected and a dispensing command is issued, the corresponding denomination-specific storage units 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3
Feeding means 1 for raising the banknotes 3B, 3B, . . . ₆ and lowering the banknotes stacked thereon to the solid line position in FIG.
9, 19..., on the other hand, the prevention plate 71 retreats to the position indicated by the dashed line in the figure, and immediately after that, the feeding means 19,
19... is driven to take out banknotes P one by one,
It is discharged to the discharge port 4 through the path indicated by the solid line arrow.
During that time, the reject banknotes detected by the reject sensor 44 are transferred directly from the roller 43 portion to the reject banknote storage section ₃₃ , and unfit banknotes are transferred to the second banknote.
Sent to storage section 3 ₂ . If unfit banknotes or rejected banknotes merge immediately after passing through the identification path 9, the unfit banknotes are also collected into the reject banknote storage section ₃₃ when the banknotes are abnormally close. After this withdrawal operation is completed, the pedestal 3B is lowered to the variable position, and the pedestal 3B is lowered to the variable position.
The upper surface of the stacked banknotes on B is positioned below the insertion position of the partition member 3C.

(4) Customer-side withdrawal processing mode (Fig. 14) In accordance with the customer's withdrawal instruction, banknotes are taken out from the corresponding denomination-specific storage units 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ as in the teller-side withdrawal processing mode. are each storage section 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3
One side edge in the width direction of the banknote is located inside the flange portion 22A in the width direction of the banknote through the width adjustment guide plate 69 and storage wall 69' of ₆ , and when fed into the width adjustment mechanism 10, the one side edge in the width direction of the banknote is It is deflected by the flange portion 22A and sent to the identification path 9, and is supplied into the space 27 of the customer banknote input unit 12 through the path indicated by the solid arrow. When the customer confirms this, the shutter 28 opens and the banknotes can be taken out. When a bill is left behind, it is stored in the forgotten bill storage section 13 after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

When the above-mentioned withdrawal banknote passes through the identification path 9, the banknote determined to be a damaged banknote is stored in the storage section ₃₂ ,
Further, the banknotes determined to be reject banknotes by the discriminator are sent to the reject banknote storage section ₃₃ through the path indicated by the dotted line arrow, and the reject banknotes identified by the reject sensor 44 pass through the roller 43 and pass through the path indicated by the double arrow. 2 is collected in the storage section 3 ₂ .

(5) Collection processing mode (Fig. 15) When collecting banknotes in the denomination storage units 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ at the end of business hours, etc., each storage unit 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 6 is collected.
3 Raise the receivers 3B, 3B, 3B in ₆ and press the stacked banknotes thereon against the feeding means 19, 19, which lowers them to the position shown in solid line in Fig. 7, while moving the prevention plate 71 to the position shown in dotted chain line in Fig. 7. Immediately after this, the feeding means 19, 19, 19, etc. are driven, and the good bills are sent to the first storage section ₃₁ through the path indicated by the solid line arrow, and the overflow banknotes, including unfit and good notes, are sent to the second storage section. Part 3 ₂
Then, the reject banknotes are collected into the reject banknote storage section ₃₃ , respectively. At this time, the storage section 3 ₁ ,
The 3 ₂ pedestals 3B, 3B are lowered in sequence according to the amount of banknotes fed in, and a storage space is formed above the banknotes in which the banknotes are accumulated. After the collection is completed, the pedestals 3B and 3B of the storage units 3 ₁ and 3 ₂ are lowered to variable fixed positions and stopped. Also, the cradle 3B, 3 of the storage section 3 ₃ , 3 ₄ , 3 ₅
B and 3B have no bills, so they stop at the top of the variable fixed position (solid line position in Figure 7).

In order to move the bill to a checkout office or the like, the door 17 is opened and the safe 15 containing the first and second storage sections 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ and the reject bill storage section 3 ₃ is pulled out.
When the drawer is pulled out, the shutter plate 18 is locked and the inside is sealed, making it easy to carry.

(6) Replenishment processing mode (Fig. 16) When replenishing genuine bills into each denomination storage section 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ , unlock the safe 15, open the shutter plate 18, and close the width guide plate. 69, storage wall 69'
Fill the first storage section ₃₁ with genuine banknotes according to the
Close the shutter plate 18 again, carry it to the fuselage 1, open the door 17, and insert it. At the time of this insertion, the shutter plate 18 is opened and becomes ready for refilling. Next, when a replenishment command is given, the pedestal 3B of the first storage section ₃₁ rises and presses the bill against the payout means 19, which descends to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. On the other hand, the storage part 3
The prevention plate 71 of _{No. 1} is located at the position indicated by the dashed line in the figure.
Immediately after that, the internal banknotes are taken out one by one by the feeding means 19 which is driven, and sent to the respective denomination storage units 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ through the paths indicated by the solid line arrows.
In this case, the partition material 3C of each storage section 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ ,
3C... will be evicted, and Kitsukarolla 19 will be released again.
B, 19B and the guide plate 63 are located at the two-dot chain line position in FIG. 7, and the prevention plate 71 is located at the solid line position in the same figure, and the receivers 3B, 3B... are raised to form an appropriate storage space and the amount of bill feeding is determined. Depending on the pedestal 3B, 3
B... is lowered to maintain an appropriate storage space for stacking banknotes. During the above-mentioned replenishment, the banknotes determined to be damaged banknotes by the discriminator in the identification path 9 are sent to the second storage section ₃₂ through the path indicated by the dotted line arrow, and the banknotes determined to be reject banknotes by the recognition path 9 and the reject sensor. The reject banknotes from 44 are collected into the reject banknote storage section ₃₃ . After this replenishment operation, the pedestals 3B, 3B, . . . of each storage section 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ , 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ descend to variable fixed positions and stop.

(7) Counting mode (Figure 17) To count the number of banknotes, place the banknotes to be counted on the receiving slot 5, and by operating the counting mode button, go through the route indicated by the solid line arrow and enter the identification path 9. They are counted as they pass and are dispensed to the dispensing port 4.
In this case, the banknote determined to be a reject banknote is discharged to the reject port 45 located at the lower part of the receiving port 5. Reject banknotes are distinguished, for example, into unfit banknotes and rejected banknotes as opposed to fit banknotes, or into fit banknotes, unfit banknotes and rejected banknotes, and the like.

Note that one side edge in the banknote width direction in the present invention does not mean one side edge in the longitudinal direction of the banknote, but refers to the transport width direction of the banknote, and when the longitudinal direction of the banknote is the transport direction, the banknote This corresponds to one side edge in the short direction. Further, the bill width regulating member may be installed in the storage section of the deposited bill storage and feeding device, or
It goes without saying that it may be provided on the side of the banknote conveyance path to the device.

In addition, the identification unit of this embodiment uses a completely common identification method for identifying both deposited banknotes and disbursed banknotes. The discriminating element may be used to distinguish deposited banknotes and disbursed banknotes, for example, only at the time of deposit.

Further, in the case where the banknote storage unit for withdrawal of the present invention has a temporary storage unit corresponding to each denomination, the banknote storage unit including the temporary storage unit is treated as the banknote storage unit for withdrawal. In this embodiment, the upper space inside the storage section is shared as a temporary storage space by moving the partition material 3C into and out of the storage section and lowering the cradle, but it is also possible to provide a space exclusively for temporary storage in each storage section. good.
Furthermore, although the bill storage unit for dispensing in this example accepts and dispenses bills through the upper opening, it may also be of a type in which bills are accepted through the upper opening and bills are dispensed from the lower opening. good. In addition, although this embodiment adopts a temporary storage format, it is also possible to not adopt a temporary storage format, that is, to stack and store banknotes directly on the pedestal 3B without providing the partition material 3C in this example.

On the other hand, banknotes may be temporarily reserved in bulk. For example, in FIG. 1, the banknotes inserted into the teller receiving slot 5 are fed in one by one through the feeding means 7, and the genuine banknotes are sent through the identification path 9 to the conveyance path 42 from before the front/back reversing mechanism 11 to the space section 2.
7 will be temporarily put on hold. At the time of stacking, one side edge of the stacked banknotes is positioned inward from the flange portion 22A by the guide plates 27B and 27C. When all the banknotes are temporarily reserved in the space 27, the belt 24 and the rollers 33, 33... of the pressing plate 26 pass through the belt 24 and the belt 25, and then
send to.

When the deposit is approved, the bills are dispensed one by one by the dispensing means 38, and are delivered to each storage section 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ , 3 ₃ , 3 ₄ , 3 through the loop shown by the solid line in FIG.
₅ and 3 ₆ (in this example, they can also be stored in storage sections 3 ₂ and 3 ₃ ). If payment is not approved, transfer route 4
0 directly to the teller payout port 4 and not to the identification path 9. Note that the banknotes dispensed by the dispensing means 38 at the time of this payment approval are also shifted inward from the flange portion 22A by the guide plates 27B and 27C, so that when they reach the width shifting mechanism 10, they are deflected by the flange portion 22A and fed. immediately thereafter, it is sent to the identification path 9.

In this example, each storage section 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ , 3 ₃ , 3
₄ and 3 ₅ do not need to form a temporary holding space above them, and the banknotes sent from the banknote receiving openings of each storage section 3 ₁ , 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , and 3 ₆ are directly transferred to each receiving tray 3B, 3B.
…You just have to let it accumulate upwards. If the bulk temporary holding means does not use the space 27 and is provided at a different location, a member may be provided to position one side edge of the banknotes fed into the bulk temporary holding means inward from the flange portion 22A. Bye.

FIG. 18 shows an example of a control drive unit. When a teller or a customer specifies (1) teller-side deposit mode or (2) customer-side deposit mode using the operation unit 100, the control unit 102 of the control drive unit 101 The partition material motor group 103, which is a partition material control drive unit, is activated to cause each partition material 3C, 3C, . . . to enter the storage portion from the partition material insertion position. The entry into the storage section is detected by the partition material insertion/removal detection sensor group in the detection sensor group 104, and the partition material motor group 103 is stopped and the banknote in/out conveyance path driving motor group 105 is driven to drive the banknote in/out conveyance path. The unloading path 18 is driven.

Specifically, the motor group 105 includes a drive motor for the conveyance path 62 in FIG.
9. It is divided into a group of drive motors for the belt 60 and a group of vertical motors as a position control drive unit for the hard roller 19B, and in the above mode, the conveyance path 6
2 drive motor and banknote guiding rollers 66, 6
7, 68 drive motor is rotated, and the hard roller 1
9B, feed roller 19A, roller 59, and belt 60 drive motors are stopped.

When the banknote receiving and dispensing mechanism 2 is operated in this state, the genuine banknotes among the deposited banknotes are temporarily held on the partitioning material of each storage section.

When the teller or the customer performs a deposit approval operation using the operation unit 100 after all banknotes have been transferred from the transaction opening, the partition material motor group 103 is activated through the control unit 102, and the partition materials 3C, 3C, . . . When the partition material insertion/removal detection sensor group in the detection sensor group 104 detects the withdrawal of each partition material, the partition material motor group 103 is stopped.

On the other hand, the pedestal motor group 106, which is a pedestal control drive unit, is driven through the control unit 102, and the pedestal 3
Lower B and 3B. When the stored banknote top surface detection sensor group in the detection sensor group 104 detects that the top surface of the stacked banknotes placed on the pedestals 3B, 3B... has descended below from the respective partition material insertion positions, the motor group 106 for each pedestal is stopped. let

Further, when the customer or the teller performs an operation to disapprove the deposit, the control unit 102
The partitioning material motor group 103 is driven by the partitioning material motor group 103, and each partitioning material 3C, 3C, .
to rise.

On the other hand, the punching roller 19B is lowered to the feeding position by a part of the vertical motor group of the punching roller 19B. Immediately after that, the hard roller position detection sensor group in the detection sensor group 104 detects the hard roller 1.
9B vertical motor is stopped. Each of the partition members 3C, 3C... presses the stacked banknotes thereon against the hard rollers 19B, 19B... positioned at this feeding position, and when the partition material rise sensor group in the detection sensor group 104 detects this, the partition Material motor group 1
Stop 03.

In addition, the motor for the conveyance path 62 in the banknote in/out conveyance path motor group 105, the hard roller 19B,
Feed roller 19A, roller 59, belt 60
The driving motor group is driven, and the temporarily reserved banknotes are fed out and returned. Note that as the banknotes are fed out, the number of banknotes decreases, and the sensor group 1 detects this decrease.
04 detects and continuously drives the partition material motor group 103 by the control unit 102, and each partition material 3C, 3
C... is gradually raised to press the stacked banknotes against the hard rollers 19B, 19B... with an appropriate pressing force.

When the banknote presence/absence sensor group in the detection sensor group 104 detects the absence of banknotes on the partition material, the partition material motor group 103 is actuated to lower the inside of the storage section and move the partition material out of the insertion position. At that time, detection sensor group 1
The partition material insertion/removal detection sensor group in 04 detects the withdrawal of each partition material and stops the motor group 103.

Further, when the teller or the customer operates the teller-side withdrawal processing mode or the customer-side withdrawal processing mode using the operation unit 100, the pedestal motor group 106 is operated through the control unit 102, and the pedestal motor group 106 is operated through the up and down motor group of the knock roller 19B. The kicker rollers 19B are lowered to the payout position and stopped via the detection sensor group 104, and the receivers 3B, 3B, . At this time, the pedestal rise detection sensor group in the sensor group 104 detects the rise of the pedestal, and causes the control unit 102 to stop the pedestal motor group 106. At that time, the motor group 105
Inside conveyance path 62 drive motor and hard roller 1
9B, the feed roller 19A, the roller 59, and the belt 60 driving motor group are driven, and the banknotes are fed out by the kick rollers 19B, 19B, . . . . When the number of banknotes decreases due to this feeding, the detection sensor group 104 detects this, and the control unit 102 intermittently drives the pedestal motor group 106, so that each pedestal 3B,
3B... is gradually raised to press the stacked banknotes against the hard rollers 19B, 19B... with an appropriate pressing force. When the banknote presence/absence sensor group in the detection sensor group 104 detects the absence of banknotes on each pedestal, the motor group 106
is activated to lower the pedestals 3B, 3B... When the stored banknote detection sensor group in the motor group 104 detects that the upper surface of the stacked banknotes on the pedestal has descended below the partition material insertion position, the motor group 106 is stopped.

When the teller specifies (5) collection processing mode using the operation unit 100, the pedestal motor group 106 of the storage units 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆ operates to press the banknotes on the pedestals against the kick roller 19B. At this time, the hard rollers 19B, 19B... have descended to the feeding position,
It will be paid out in the same way as when withdrawing money.

On the other hand, for the storage units 3 ₁ and 3 ₂ , the pedestal motors are intermittently operated through the detection sensor to lower the pedestals. A space suitable for accumulating collected banknotes is maintained at the upper position of the storage units 3 ₁ and 3 ₂ .

(6) When the replenishment processing mode is designated on the operation unit 100, the pedestal motor of the storage section ₃₁ is driven to raise the pedestal, and the kick roller up and down motor is operated to move the kick roller 19B. Position it at the feeding position. Then, the storage section ₃₁ is brought into the extended state.

In addition, the receivers of the storage units 3 ₂ , 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , and 3 ₆ are located at a position slightly below the partition material insertion position, and the kick roller 19B is located at the raised position to temporarily hold deposits. It will be destroyed. Note that the difference from when the deposit is temporarily suspended is that the partition members 3C, 3C, . . . have not advanced into the storage section.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the upper position of the banknote storage section is used as a temporary storage space, and since the banknote storage device does not require a specially set temporary storage space, it is possible to use a circulating system. When applied to bill depositing and dispensing machines, the space can be significantly reduced and the machine can be prevented from becoming larger. In addition, storage of temporarily suspended banknotes at the time of deposit approval is done by removing the partition material from the storage section, so it can be done in a very short time and can be quickly moved to the next deposit or withdrawal process. effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is an external view of the same, Fig. 3A is a perspective view showing the safe part in the drawn state, Fig. 3B is a perspective view showing the collective drawer frame in the drawn out state, and Fig. 4 is a part of the width adjustment mechanism. FIG. 5 is a side view of the same side, FIG. 6 is an enlarged plan view of a part of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view of the feeding device, and FIG. 8B is a front view in the opposite direction; FIG. 9 is a plan view of the receiving slot; FIG. Figures 17 to 17 are explanatory diagrams showing banknote deposit and withdrawal routes;
FIG. 18 is a block diagram for control driving. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Machine body, 2... Banknote receiving/dispensing mechanism, 3... Bill storage/exiting section, 3 ₁ ... First storage section, 3 ₂ ... Second storage section, 3 ₃ ... Reject bill storage section, 3 ₄ , 3 ₅ , 3 ₆
...Storage section by denomination, 4...Payout port, 5...Receipt port, 7
... Loading means, 7B... Storage section, 7C... Member as bill width regulating member, 10... Width adjustment mechanism, 11... Reversing mechanism, 6... Customer bill slot, 13... Missed bill storage section, 15... Safe , 19, 38... Feeding means, 20, 21... Feeding means, 22A... Flange portion, 22... Rotating drum, 23... Width aligning roller,
27B, 27B'... Guide plate as a banknote width regulating member, 69... Width adjustment guide plate as a banknote moving means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The deposited banknotes are temporarily held in an accumulated state, and when the deposit is approved, the temporarily held banknotes are stored in the type-specific banknote storage unit, and when the deposit is returned, the temporarily held banknotes are returned to the operator, and when the payment is withdrawn, the temporarily held banknotes are stored in the type-specific banknote storage unit. In a banknote storage device in a circulating banknote deposit/dispensing machine that dispenses deposited banknotes stored in a banknote storage section for dispensing in a section, a cradle having an opening at the top and stacking banknotes moves up and down. A banknote storage section provided in a manner that allows the banknotes to enter the storage space at a height above the upper surface of the stacked banknotes on the pedestal that is lowered to a predetermined position in the storage space by lowering the pedestal, and enters into the storage space in an upper area of the storage space. a partition material that forms a temporary holding space;
A bill feeding conveyor is provided on one side above the opening of the storage section and feeds the bills into the storage space, and a bill feeding conveyor is provided in the center area above the opening and moves to an upper position when feeding the bills. to guide,
A feed roller and a gate roller are provided in the other side area above the opening and form a gap between the gates through which the bills are passed one by one. When feeding the bill, it is located at the advanced position, and locks the leading edge of the banknote to prevent the leading edge of the banknote from entering between the gates.When feeding the banknote, it is located at the retreating position, and the front end of the banknote is locked, and the front end of the banknote is prevented from entering between the gates. a locking member that allows the member to feed banknotes from between the gates; a partition control drive unit that allows the partition to move forward and backward with respect to the storage space and to move up and down within the storage space;
A kick roller position control drive unit that moves the kick roller and a pedestal control drive unit that moves the pedestal up and down, so that deposited banknotes can be temporarily held at an upper position of the banknote storage unit. A banknote storage device for a circulating banknote deposit and withdrawal machine.