JPH06187538A - Paper money receiving and dispensing method and machine therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a paper money receiving and dispensing method and machine therefor which can perform reception and dispensing of paper money which can deal with the operation in the case of the processing of one of both input and output operations is larger than the other in addition to the parallel function of the reception and dispensing. CONSTITUTION:A circulating type paper money reception/dispensing method contains the each denomination paper money storing parts 171-174 which store the receiving paper money for each denomination and also dispenses the stored paper money. An auxiliary paper money storing part 16 is provided to store the paper money in addition to the parts 171-174 and also to draw out the stored paper money for each sheet. The part 16 is used to collectively store the input paper money and at the same time the paper money are dispensed from the parts 171-174. Furthermore a parallel processing mode where the paper money stored in the part 16 are distributed to the parts 171-174 in the intervals of transactions and a large quantity processing mode where the part 16 is used as an each denomination paper money storing part to increase the quantity of stored paper money are selectively applied.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing method and a depositing / dispensing machine in which an employee makes a deposit / withdrawal transaction at a bank counter or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, at a counter of a financial institution such as a bank, one bill depositing / dispensing machine is installed between two employees as shown as an application example of the present invention in FIG. It is supposed to do.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 1-94496 discloses a banknote depositing / dispensing machine in which the other operator can perform the withdrawal process even while the one operator is performing the depositing process. ing. In addition to the denomination-based banknote storage unit, a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the deposited banknotes in a lump is provided, and a deposit path leading from the deposit port to the denomination-based banknote storage unit via the temporary holding unit, and a denomination-based banknote. The withdrawal path leading from the storage section to the withdrawal port is provided independently. Therefore, even in the middle of the deposit process, the deposited banknotes can be retracted to the temporary holding section, the dispensed banknotes can be dispensed from the banknote type bill storage section, and the dispensing process can be performed in parallel.

[0004]

However, there may be a situation where there are many withdrawal processes (or deposit processes) depending on installation conditions or time zones inside a bank or the like. In such a usage situation, the parallel processing capability of deposit and withdrawal is not required, but rather it is desired to have a function of storing a large amount of banknotes for withdrawal (or storing a large amount of deposited banknotes). . However, in the above-mentioned conventional banknote pay-in / pay-out device, not only the parallel processing function is not utilized, but also the temporary holding section and its related mechanism occupy a wasteful space.

To address this problem, it is conceivable to prepare and selectively install both the above model having the parallel processing function and the old model not having the parallel processing function. Producing and preparing is not good in production efficiency, and it cannot cope with changes in usage conditions or changes after installation.

In view of this, the present invention has a single model, but has a parallel processing function and can increase the storage amount of banknotes when there is a large amount of processing for either deposit or withdrawal. The purpose is to provide a money method and a depositing / dispensing machine.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As means for solving the above problems of the prior art, the present invention stores a plurality of denomination-type banknotes for storing deposited banknotes by denomination and dispensing stored banknotes. In a circulation type banknote deposit / withdrawal method having a section, the banknotes are accumulated and stored separately from the banknote type banknote storage section, and an auxiliary banknote storage section having a function of feeding out the stored banknotes one by one is provided. Uses the banknote storage unit as a batch storage unit for deposited banknotes and concurrently withdraws money from the denomination-based banknote storage unit, and separately conveys the banknotes in the auxiliary banknote storage unit to the denomination-based banknote storage unit between transactions. The deposit / withdrawal method and the method for selectively performing the parallel processing mode and the large-volume processing mode in which the auxiliary bill storage unit is used as one of the denomination-based bill storage units and the storage amount of bills is increased. Providing of depositing and dispensing machine.

[0008]

When the parallel processing function is desired, when the parallel processing mode is set, the deposited banknotes are once stored in the auxiliary banknote storage unit once, and if there is a request for withdrawal during this time, the banknote storage unit of the denomination type is used. Withdrawal of the dispensed banknote is performed.
Thereafter, in between the transactions, the deposited banknotes stored in the auxiliary banknote storage section are sorted and stored in the denomination-based banknote storage section.

When the parallel processing function is not desired, the large processing mode is set. The auxiliary bill storage unit is caused to act as one of the denomination-based storage units to store a bill of a predetermined denomination and to dispense it as a dispensed bill when dispensing.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a banknote depositing / dispensing machine used for carrying out the present invention. A deposit port 2 into which an operator deposits deposited banknotes is opened at the upper front portion of the machine body 1. A dispensing port 3 for dispensing dispensed bills is opened below. The operation portions 4 and 4 are provided on both sides of the deposit port 2 and the operation buttons 4 and 4 have a deposit button 6 for depositing, a dispense button 7 for depositing, and a deposit. An approval button 8 for approving, a return button 9 for instructing the return of the deposited banknote without approving the deposit, and a display device 5 for displaying the total deposit amount are provided. A power switch 10 and a mode selection switch 11 for selecting a processing mode are provided on each side surface of the machine body 1.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of the internal construction of the above-mentioned bill depositing / dispensing machine. At the lower surface of the deposit port 2, there is provided a feeding means 12 for feeding out the inserted bills one by one, and the upper rear portion thereof. A deposit reject port 13 is provided in which the banknotes returned from inside the machine body 1 are placed. The withdrawal port 3 is opened below the withdrawal port 2. In addition, a deposited bill identifying unit 14, a front / back reversing unit 15, and an auxiliary bill storage unit 16 are disposed above the inside of the machine body 1, and the first to first are provided in the lower portion.
Fourth banknote storage unit 17 ₁ , 17 ₂ , 17 ₃ , 17 ₄ , 1
The individual withdrawal reject bill storage unit 18 and the withdrawal bill identification unit 19 are arranged.

[0013] Each banknote storage portion 17 _{1-17 4} and the auxiliary banknote storing section 16, each have a feeding mechanism unwinding one by one while housed in the integrated state accepting bills, the first bill accommodating unit 17 Except for each storage 17 _{2 to} 17
₄ and one side of the upper portion of the auxiliary bill storage unit 16 that temporarily holds bills by projecting into the storage unit and temporarily holding bills 20, 20.
It has ... Further, the lower portion 1a including these storages 17 _{1 to} 17 ₄ can be pulled out to the front of the machine body 1, and bills can be directly inserted into and output from the first and second bill storages 17 ₁ and 17 ₂ . Gold reject banknote storage 18
It is possible to collect directly from.

FIG. 3 shows the installation state of the bill depositing / dispensing machine. Desks 21, 21 are arranged on both sides of the bill depositing / dispensing machine, and the respective desks 21, 21 are arranged.
The Terras machines 22, 22 are placed on the above. The two tellers machines 22 and 22 are electrically connected to the bill depositing / dispensing machine, and the bill depositing / dispensing machine can be operated by the tellers machines 22 and 22.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, the operation in the case of selecting the parallel processing mode corresponding to the usage situation in which both the depositing process and the dispensing process of banknotes are frequently performed will be described.

In this case, the parallel processing mode is selected by the mode selection switch 11. As a result, the auxiliary bill storage unit 16 is set as a temporary holding unit for deposited bills.

When the operator sets the banknotes in the deposit port 2 and presses the deposit button 6 of the operation unit 4, the feeding means 12 is activated to take in the banknotes one by one into the machine body 1. The bills thus taken in pass through the deposited bill discriminating unit 14, and the authenticity, denomination and front and back of the bills are discriminated. Banknotes that have been identified as banknotes that are not to be processed (forgery, foreign banknotes, etc.) or banknotes that are difficult to identify due to severe pain are the deposit reject port 13
Will be transported to and returned to. Further, the banknotes that are identified as normal are front and back aligned by the front and back reversing unit 15, and are temporarily stored in a batch in the auxiliary banknote storage unit 16 which is a temporary storage unit for deposited banknotes (FIG. 4A). At this time, the total amount of the banknotes temporarily held is displayed on the display unit 5 and the tellers machine 22.
, And wait for the operator's instruction. When the return button 9 is pressed because the operator cannot approve it, the auxiliary bill storage unit 1
The banknotes temporarily held in the bank 6 are delivered one by one, transported to the deposit reject port 13 and returned (FIG. 4).
(B)). When the approval button 8 is pressed to approve, the temporarily held banknotes are fed out one by one, and the second, third, and fourth banknote storage units 17 ₂ , 17 ₃ , 17 depending on the denomination.
It is housed in the ₄ (FIG. 4 (C)).

On the other hand, in the case of performing the withdrawal process, after the operator presses the withdrawal button 6, the denomination and the number of banknotes to be withdrawn by the tellers machine 22 are designated, and the second to fourth steps are performed in advance. The banknotes loaded into the banknote storage units 17 _{2 to} 17 _{4 according} to denomination are fed out. The bills that have been paid out are
If the bill passes through the dispensed bill identifying unit 19 and is determined to be normal, the bill is conveyed to the dispense port 3. At this time, banknotes that are severely painful and cannot be identified, and banknotes that are stored in the banknote storage units of different denominations due to loading errors are branched downward from the middle of transportation and are then transferred to the withdrawal reject banknote storage unit 18. It is sent (Fig. 4 (A)).

Even during the deposit process, the deposited banknotes are transferred from the auxiliary banknote storage unit 16 to the second to fourth banknote storage units 17 ₂ to.
Withdrawal processing can be performed in parallel until the circulation processing to 17 ₄ is started. As a result, it is possible to efficiently deal with the usage situation in which both the deposit process and the dispense process are frequently performed.

[0021] Next a description will be given of the operation in the case of selecting a large processing mode using the auxiliary banknote storing section 16 similarly to the second to fourth bill accommodating section 17 _{2-17 4} as banknote storing portion of the denomination.

In this case, the large amount processing mode is selected by the mode selection button 11. Thereby, the auxiliary bill storage unit 16 is set as a bill storage unit for each denomination. As an example, the auxiliary bill storage unit 16 is set for 5,000 yen bills, the second and third bill storage units 17 ₂ and 17 ₃ are for 10,000 yen bills, and the fourth bill storage unit 17 _{4 is} for 1,000 yen bills. It is used as a storage part for.

When the operator sets the bills in the deposit port 2 and presses the deposit button 6 of the operation unit 4, the feeding means 12 is activated to take the bills one by one into the machine body 1. The bills thus taken in pass through the deposited bill discriminating unit 14, and the authenticity, denomination and front and back of the bills are discriminated. Banknotes that have been identified as banknotes that are not to be processed (forgery, foreign banknotes, etc.), or banknotes that are severely painful and difficult to identify, are accepted by the deposit reject port 1
It is transported to 3 and returned. At this time, each banknote storage unit 17
_{2-17 4} and the auxiliary banknote storing section 16 is pending plate 20, 20 is projected temporarily banknotes that are determined to be normal by the deposited paper identification unit 14, banknote storing unit corresponding to the denomination ( 2nd, 3rd, 4th storage parts 17 ₂ , 17 ₃ ,
17 ₄ and the temporary holding plate 20 in the auxiliary bill storage unit 16,
20 ... Temporarily suspended above (FIG. 5 (A)). Here, the total amount of the temporarily held banknotes is displayed on the display unit 4 and the tellers machine 22 and waits for an instruction from the operator. If the return button is pressed because the operator cannot approve it, the temporarily held banknotes are fed out one by one, transported to the deposit reject port 13, and returned. If the approval button is pressed to approve, the temporary holding plate 20 is retracted,
The temporarily held banknotes are stored in the respective banknote storage units (FIG. 5 (B)).

On the other hand, in the case of performing the withdrawal process, if the operator depresses the withdrawal button 1 and then designates the denomination and the number of banknotes to be withdrawn by the tellers machine 22, the second, third, fourth The banknotes loaded in the banknote storage units 17 ₂ , 17 ₃ , 17 ₄ and the auxiliary banknote storage unit 16 by denomination are fed out. The dispensed banknotes pass through the dispensed banknote identification unit 19, and the banknotes that are determined to be normal here are front and back aligned by the front and back reversing unit 15 and are conveyed to the dispensing port 3. Banknotes that are so painful that they cannot be identified, or banknotes that have been stored in banknote storage units of different denominations due to loading errors are sent to the withdrawal reject banknote storage unit 18 (FIG. 5).
(C)).

As described above, since the auxiliary bill storage unit 16 is used as one of the storage units for each denomination, the storage amount of bills is increased. The number of transaction suspensions due to full capacity is reduced, and in the usage situation where there are many withdrawal processes, if a large amount of withdrawal banknotes are loaded in advance, transaction withdrawal banknotes will be stopped. Is reduced.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, by using a single model, it is possible to increase the amount of banknotes to be stored when there is a large amount of processing for either deposit or withdrawal, in addition to the parallel processing function. There is an excellent effect that the number of mechanical downs can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a banknote depositing / dispensing machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an internal configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an installed state of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device.

4A to 4C are explanatory diagrams showing the flow of banknotes in the parallel processing mode, and FIG. 4A is a deposit process and a dispense process.
(B) shows the return of the deposited banknote, and (C) shows the circulation process.

5A to 5D are diagrams showing the flow of banknotes in the large-volume processing mode, FIG. 5A is a deposit process, FIG. 5B is a return of deposit banknotes, and FIG. 5C is the second to fourth banknotes. Withdrawal processing from the storage unit, (D) shows the withdrawal process from the auxiliary bill storage unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Aircraft 2 Deposit opening 3 Exit opening 4 Operation part 11 Mode selection switch 13 Deposit rejection opening 14 Deposit banknote identification part 16 Auxiliary banknote storage part 17 Banknote storage part 18 Discharge reject banknote storage part 19 Discharged banknote identification part 20 Temporary hold Board 22 Terrars Machine

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A circulation type banknote deposit / withdrawal method for storing deposited banknotes by denomination and having a plurality of denomination banknote storage units for dispensing stored banknotes. In addition to accumulating and storing banknotes separately, it is equipped with an auxiliary banknote storage unit having a function of feeding out the stored banknotes one by one, and this auxiliary banknote storage unit is used as a batch storage unit for deposited banknotes and is used in parallel. A parallel processing mode in which the banknotes in the auxiliary banknote storage unit are sorted and conveyed between the banknotes in the auxiliary banknote storage unit while the withdrawal is performed from the banknote type banknote storage unit, and the auxiliary banknote storage unit is one of the banknotes in the banknote type banknote storage unit. The banknote deposit / withdrawal method is characterized in that the banknote deposit / withdrawal method is selectively performed in a large-volume processing mode for increasing the storage amount of banknotes. 2. A circulating-type banknote depositing / dispensing machine that stores deposited banknotes by denomination and has a plurality of banknote depositing sections for dispensing stored banknotes. In addition to accumulating and storing banknotes separately, it is equipped with an auxiliary banknote storage unit having a function of feeding out the stored banknotes one by one, and this auxiliary banknote storage unit is used as a batch storage unit for deposited banknotes and is used in parallel. A parallel processing mode in which the banknotes in the auxiliary banknote storage unit are sorted and conveyed between the banknotes in the auxiliary banknote storage unit while the withdrawal is performed from the banknote type banknote storage unit, and the auxiliary banknote storage unit is one of the banknotes in the banknote type banknote storage unit. A bill depositing / dispensing machine, which has a setting unit for selectively setting a large-volume processing mode for increasing the storage amount of bills.