JPH06223255A - Paper money receiving/dispensing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent rejected paper moneies causing the indetermination of the balance of stores from being mixed into an operating cassette to be freely attached/detached to/from a machine body. CONSTITUTION:A charging processing for carrying normal paper money in paper money stored in an operating cassette to money-sorted stackers 13 to 15 and carrying a rejected money to a dispensing port 4 and a recovery processing for carrying normal paper money stored in a temporary storing stacker 100 and normal paper money in the paper money stored in the stackers 13 to 15 to the operating cassette are executed, so that the amount of paper money dispensed from the operating cassette and the balance of stores stored in the operating cassette are defined and the balance of paper money in the cassette is prevented from being indeterminate.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote depositing / dispensing machine capable of clarifying the amount of banknotes stored in a safe (operation cassette) which can be detached from a machine body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine is configured such that banknote loading / collecting processing is carried out by one collective storage safe, for example, a circulation type banknote processing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-166590. Proposed. This circulation type banknote handling apparatus is provided with a collective storage safe that can be attached to and detached from the machine body. The bills of the denomination-type stacker in the machine body are collected and taken out to the outside after the work is loaded.

In such a circulation type banknote handling apparatus, when carrying out a loading process for loading the banknotes in the batch storage safe into the denomination type stacker, after mounting the batch storage safe in the machine body, first, the batch storage After the banknotes are fed out one by one from the safe and the banknotes are discriminated by the discriminating unit, they are stored in the denomination stacker by denomination based on the discrimination result. When the banknotes fed from the collective storage safe are stored as reject bills (diagonal feed, double-feed bills) in the discrimination unit when storing the bills in the denomination-type stacker from the collective storage safe. , Rejected tickets of uncertain denomination will be stored in the reject unit, and at that time, the amount of the banknotes paid out from the collective storage safe is unknown, and they are stored in the collective storage safe. There was a problem that the amount of money in banknotes was indeterminate.

In order to solve such a problem, a structure is adopted in which the reject unit is integrated with the collective storage safe, and the reject unit is taken out from the machine together with the collective storage safe. In the case of the configuration, the banknotes discriminated as reject tickets can be stored in the reject section of the batch storage safe while the banknotes are loaded from the batch storage safe into the denomination stacker. , If the amount of banknotes loaded in the denomination-based stacker is subtracted from the amount of the batch storage safe before the loading process, even if a reject ticket occurs during the loading process, High was able to hold a definite state. In other words, the reject voucher that makes the amount of money indefinite can be collected in the reject unit attached to the collective storage safe, so the banknotes loaded in the denomination-based stacker from the amount of the collective storage safe before the loading process. From the balance after deducting the amount of money, the amount of money for the entire bulk storage safe (including the reject department) was settled.

[0005]

However, in the above bill processing apparatus, during the loading process, the reject section dispensed from the collective storage safe is stored in the reject unit of the collective storage safe, and the withdrawal process ( Even when the banknotes stored in the denomination stacker are dispensed to the dispensing port), reject bills with uncertain amounts are stored among the dispensed bills delivered from the denomination stacker. Therefore, the reject ticket conveyed from the denomination-based stacker causes a problem that the amount of money in the collective storage safe (including the reject unit) becomes unclear.
Then, when the amount of money in the collective storage safe becomes uncertain in this way, the banknotes in the collective storage safe including the reject unit are taken out and inserted into a banknote depositing machine or the like for payment and discrimination. However, it was necessary to confirm the amount of the banknotes stored in the collective storage safe.

On the other hand, during the deposit processing (processing of depositing the banknotes from the deposit opening into the batch storage safe or the stacker for each denomination) in the above banknote handling apparatus, the batch storage safe is brought into a full state by the external deposit. If it happens, you have to pull out the bulk storage safe from the machine, or if the denomination stacker becomes full, after collecting the excess banknotes on the bulk storage safe side,
I have to pull out the bulk storage safe from the cabin,
Even in such a case, if the inventory amount of the banknotes in the extracted collective storage safe (including the reject unit) is uncertain as described above, the reject unit is once included as in the above case. It was necessary to take out the banknotes from the batch storage safe, insert them into a banknote depositing machine for cash payment, and discriminate them, and thereby determine the amount of the banknotes stored in the batch storage safe. Then, when the amount of banknotes in the collective storage safe (including the reject unit) is uncertain,
Taking out banknotes from the vault and performing the banknote confirmation process is a very tedious task, and human intervention is required before the amount of money is confirmed. It was not preferable from the point of view.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is used in the processing of loading banknotes into the machine body, the processing of collecting banknotes from the machine body, and the normal operation (payment processing, withdrawal processing). In the operation cassette that can be detached from the machine,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote depositing / dispensing machine capable of preventing a reject banknote having an uncertain amount of money from being mixed and thereby realizing efficient banknote management.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a temporary storage stacker for accommodating deposited banknotes deposited from the outside through a deposit port, a banknote for each banknote type, and a banknote for storing the banknotes A stacker for denomination to be paid out to the outside as a dispensing banknote, an operation cassette detachably attached to the machine body, a reject box for storing reject tickets, a temporary storage stacker, a stacker for denomination , The operation cassette, and a transport system for transporting the banknotes while discriminating between reject boxes, by the transport system, normal banknotes are temporarily stored among the banknotes deposited from the outside through the deposit port. To the outside and transfer the reject ticket to the outside, and to transfer normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the denomination-type stacker to the outlet. , A withdrawal process of storing a reject ticket in a reject box, a normal banknote among the banknotes stored in the operation cassette is transported to the denomination-type stacker, and a loading process of transporting a reject ticket to a dispensing port. , Normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the temporary storage stacker and normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the denomination-type stacker are carried out to the operation cassette, respectively. .

[0009]

According to the present invention, in the deposit process, the normal banknotes among the banknotes deposited from the outside through the deposit port are conveyed to the temporary storage stacker, and the reject ticket is refunded to the outside. By the dispensing process, among the bills stored in the denomination stacker, normal bills are conveyed to the dispensing port, and rejected bills are stored in the reject box.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the operation cassette is detached from the machine body, the banknotes of which the amount is fixed are stored in the operation cassette, and the operation cassette is attached to the machine body to carry out the loading process. Since normal bills among bills stored in the operation cassette can be conveyed to the denomination-type stacker and reject tickets can be conveyed to the outlet, even if reject tickets occur, this reject ticket can be The teller can receive and manage the money through the dispensing port, whereby the amount of the banknotes dispensed from the operation cassette is fixed, and the amount of the banknotes in the operation cassette is also fixed. Further, by the collection processing, the normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the temporary storage stacker and the normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the denomination-type stacker are respectively conveyed to the operation cassette and collected. Therefore, the inventory amount of the banknotes collected in the operation cassette can always be maintained in a fixed state, as in the loading process.

Further, even when the depositing process and the dispensing process as described above are performed, rejected bills of undetermined denomination are not mixed in the operation cassette, so that the banknotes collected in the operation cassette are collected. As with the loading process, the inventory amount can be maintained in a fixed state at all times, and the operation cassette is not used and is unnecessary during the depositing process and the withdrawing process. It is also possible to remove this operation cassette, and to operate only with the temporary storage stacker.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, a schematic configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing machine will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In these figures, FIG. 1 shows an operation mode at the time of deposit processing and withdrawal processing that is operated with only the temporary storage stacker 100 loaded, and FIG. 2 shows the temporary storage stacker 100. The figure shows an operation mode of a loading process and a recovery process that are operated with both of the operation cassettes 101 loaded. In these figures, reference numeral 1 is a machine body, and the left side (arrow (a) side) in the figures is the front side. A deposit port 2, a deposit reject port 3 (described later), and a dispense port 4 (described later) are provided on the front side of the machine body 1, and banknotes to be deposited are accumulated in the deposit port 2. Is put in the state,
The bills are fed one by one by the feeding means 5 and sent to the first transport path 6.

A deposit discriminating section 7 for discriminating banknote denominations, authenticity, oblique feeding, double feeding, etc. is provided in the middle of the first conveying path 6, and the end of the first conveying path 6 is It is connected to the deposit reject port 3 for storing reject tickets such as counterfeit bills, skew feeds, and double feeds. In addition, this first transport path 6
In the middle of, a deposit / withdrawal route 8 for depositing banknotes into the temporary storage stacker 100 or the operation cassette 101 or for dispensing banknotes from the temporary storage stacker 100 or the operation cassette 101 is provided. The depositing / dispensing route 8 is provided with a depositing path 9, a dispensing path 10, a deposit reversing path 11 and a dispensing path 12, which will be described in detail later together with the temporary storage stacker 100 and the operation cassette 101.

On the other hand, in the lower rear portion of the machine body 1, there are provided denomination stackers 13 to 15 for storing bills by denomination, and a reject box 16 for storing reject tickets, and further, denomination stacker. 13-15 and withdrawal port 4
A second transport path 17 for transporting the banknotes in the denomination-type stackers 13 to 15 to the dispensing port 4 is provided between and. Elevator means 38 to 40 (described later) are provided inside the denomination-type stackers 13 to 15, and banknotes are stacked and stored in a horizontal state on these elevator means 38 to 40.

The reject box 16 is for accommodating a reject ticket when there is a reject ticket among the bills delivered from the temporary storage stacker 100 and the respective money type stackers 13 to 15. Further, the reject box 16 is a mere box-shaped member, and the third transport path 28
The reject ticket conveyed by the connection conveying path 29 (described later) is thrown as it is and stored.

Further, the stackers 13 to 15 for each denomination and the second
Between the transport path 17 and the deposit paths 18 to 20 for depositing banknotes into the stackers 13 to 15 of different denominations, and the withdrawal path 2 for dispensing banknotes from the stackers 13 to 15 of denomination.
1 to 23 are provided, and these depositing paths 18 to 20 and the dispensing paths 21 to 23 are provided with the denomination type stackers 13 to 15 when the denomination type stackers 13 to 15 are loaded at predetermined positions in the machine body 1. The stackers 13 to 15 are connected to the depositing / dispensing mechanisms 24 to 26. The depositing / dispensing mechanisms 24 to 26 are provided with kicking rollers for kicking out bills, feeding rollers, and the like.

On the other hand, a withdrawal discriminating section 27 for discriminating the denomination, authenticity, oblique feeding, double feeding, etc. of the bills dispensed from the denomination stackers 13 to 15 is provided on the second transport path 17. The second transfer path 17 provided on the downstream side of the dispensing discriminating section 27 is branched from the second transfer path 17 and reaches the start end of the second transfer path 17. A path 28 is provided. Further, in the third transport path 28, a connection transport path 29 for guiding the reject ticket to the reject box 16, and a connection transport path for sending the bills transported by the first transport path 6 to the third transport path 28. 30 and the connection conveyance path 31 for sending the banknote conveyed by the 3rd conveyance path 28 to the 1st conveyance path 6 are each provided.

Next, the temporary storage stacker 100 and the operation cassette 101 will be described. Temporary storage stacker 10
0, the operation cassette 101, and the above-described denomination-type stackers 13 to 15 are supported by a stacker unit (not shown), and the stacker unit itself is slidable in the front-back direction of the machine body 1 in a housing (not shown). It is supported. Further, this stacker unit is divided into two, and the temporary storage stacker 100 alone or the temporary storage stacker 10 is provided in the front (arrow (a) side) stacker unit.
0 and the operation cassette 101 are both mounted, and the stacker units on the rear side are equipped with the denomination-type stackers 13 to 15. In addition, the machine body 1 includes a temporary storage stacker 100, an operation cassette 101, and a money-type stacker 1
When loading 3 to 15, stackers 13 to 1 by denomination
The stacker unit on the rear side equipped with 5 is loaded into the machine body 1 first, and then the stacker unit on the front side equipped with the temporary storage stacker 100 and the operation cassette 101 is loaded into the machine body 1 afterwards, and in this state, The stacker unit on the rear side is pressed by the stacker unit on the front side to be supported.

To give a concrete example, during normal operation (depositing process, dispensing process) as shown in FIG. 1, only the temporary storage stacker 100 is set in the front stacker unit, and the front stacker unit is The rear stacker unit is loaded into the machine body 1 first, and then pushed into the machine body 1, and at the time of the loading / collecting process as shown in FIG. Both of the cassettes 101 are set, and the front stacker unit is pushed into the machine body 1 with the rear stacker unit loaded in the machine body 1 first. In the latter case, that is, when both the temporary storage stacker 100 and the operation cassette 101 are set in the front stacker unit and loaded in the machine body 1, a part of the temporary storage stacker 100 projects from the front surface of the machine body 1. Let it remain as it is. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the side surface and the upper surface of the front stacker unit are exposed to the outside of the machine body 1, but the exposed portions are all covered with a slide cover (not shown) or the like. Therefore, there is no possibility of being operated with the inside of the machine body 1 exposed to the outside.

Next, the temporary storage stacker 100 will be described. A deposit / withdrawal mechanism 32 for depositing / dispensing bills is provided on the upper portion of the temporary storage stacker 100.
As shown in FIG. 7, when only the temporary storage stacker 100 is loaded in the machine body 1 (when depositing and dispensing are performed during normal operation), the depositing and dispensing mechanism 32 causes the banknotes to be fed into the first transport path 6 Is connected to a deposit / withdrawal route 8 for depositing / withdrawing, and through the depositing / withdrawing route 9 and the dispensing / withdrawing route 10 of the deposit / withdrawal route 8, bills are deposited / withdrawn from the right side of the temporary storage stacker 100 in the figure, After the bills discriminated from the back side by the bill discriminating unit 7 are reversed through the deposit reversing path 11, the bills are deposited from the left side of the temporary storage stacker 100 in the drawing. The configuration of the deposit / withdrawal mechanism 32 of the temporary storage stacker 100 and the deposit / withdrawal route 8 is described in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-
This is the same as the transport distribution mechanism unit described in No. 248267.

Further, below the deposit / withdrawal mechanism 32 in the temporary storage stacker 100, there are provided two elevator means 33, 34 which are vertically movable in a horizontal state, and these elevator means 33 are provided. Banknotes are stacked and placed horizontally on 34. Further, the upper elevator means 33 is driven up and down from a position (intermediate position) shown in the figure to a position where it abuts a part of the depositing / dispensing mechanism 32, and from the position shown in the figure to the front side of the machine body 1. The bills are driven to slide toward each other, whereby the accumulated banknotes placed on the upper surface are scraped off by a scraping member (not shown), and are dropped onto the elevator means 34 in the lower stage.

The lower elevator means 34 is driven up and down from a position (lower end position) shown in the drawing to a position where it abuts against a part of the depositing / dispensing mechanism 32, and the upper and lower elevator means 33. 34 are each driven by a drive mechanism (not shown). In the temporary storage stacker 100 configured as described above, the elevator means 33 in the upper stage has the deposit path 9 or the deposit reversal path 11
Deposited banknotes deposited via the above are placed as temporary storage banknotes, and the elevator means 34 in the lower stage drops and is stored from the elevator means 33 in the upper stage after the deposit is confirmed by the operator for the amount of the deposited banknotes. It accepts banknotes and places them.

When depositing / withdrawing bills into / from the temporary storage stacker 100, the uppermost bills on the upper and lower elevator means 33 and 34 are positioned near the deposit / withdrawal mechanism 32 based on a sensor (not shown). Further, when the banknotes are dispensed from the temporary storage stacker 100, the kicking rollers provided at the lower part of the depositing / dispensing mechanism 32 kick out the stored banknotes and send them out to the dispensing path 10 one by one, and further, this dispensing The banknote is guided to the first transport path 6 located upstream of the deposit discriminating section 7 by the path 10 and the connection transport path 35 that connects the first transport path 6 in a loop.

The above description is an example of a case where only the temporary storage stacker 100 is mounted on the front stacker unit as shown in FIG. 1 to perform the depositing process and the dispensing process which are the normal operations. As shown in FIG. 2, the stacker unit in the front is provided with a temporary storage stacker 100 and an operation cassette 101.
At the time of loading / collecting processing when both of the above are installed, the temporary storage stacker 100 is arranged on the front side of the operation cassette 101, and the depositing / dispensing mechanism 32 therein is connected to the dispensing path 12 of the depositing / dispensing route 8. It has become so. When the temporary storage stacker 100 is connected to the withdrawal path 12, the kicking rollers provided in the lower part of the withdrawal / withdrawal mechanism 32 send the stored banknotes one by one to the withdrawal path 12, and further, this withdrawal path. By 12 and the connection conveyance path 35 that connects the first conveyance path 6 in a loop, the dispensed banknotes are guided to the first conveyance path 6 located on the upstream side of the deposit discriminating unit 7.

Next, the construction of the operation cassette 101 and the respective money type stackers 13 to 15 will be described. Deposit / withdrawal mechanism 36 of operation cassette 101, stackers 13 to 1 for each denomination
The depositing / dispensing mechanism 24 to 26 of 5 is the temporary storage stacker 100.
This is the same as the configuration in which the members related to the front and back reversing depositing path and the upper elevator means 33 are removed from the depositing / dispensing mechanism 32, and only depositing / dispensing bills is performed.
That is, the operation cassette 101 and the stacker 13 for each denomination
Elevator means 37 and 38 to 40 provided below the depositing / dispensing mechanisms 24 to 26 of Nos. 15 to 25 have the same configuration as the elevator means 34 in the lower stage of the temporary storage stacker 100.

Next, various processes performed by the bill depositing / dispensing machine will be described. (1) Regarding Deposit Processing and Withdrawal Processing that are Normal Operations (See FIGS. 3 and 4) As can be seen with reference to FIG. 3, during normal operations, the operation cassette 101 is removed from the machine body 1 and the temporary storage stacker 100 is removed. Only loaded. Further, during the normal operation, the deposit process indicated by the transport route A and the transport route B are performed.
It is possible to carry out the withdrawal process indicated by. Explaining the deposit process, the deposit banknotes inserted into the deposit port 2 are fed one by one by the feeding means 5, then are transported by the first transport path 6, and are verified by the deposit discriminating unit 7 to be true, false, denomination, The banknotes that have been discriminated as “true” and “front” by discriminating between front and back, diagonal, double feed, etc., sequentially pass through the first transport path 6 and the deposit path 9 and then the temporary storage stacker 1
It is temporarily stored in the elevator means 33 in the upper stage of 00,
The banknotes identified as “true” and “back” sequentially pass through the first transport path 6 and the deposit reversal path 11 to be temporarily stored in the stacker 10.
0 is temporarily stored in the elevator means 33 in the upper stage, and is “false”
Also, the banknotes that are discriminated as oblique and double-feed are sent to the deposit reject port 3 as reject tickets. Then, all the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage stacker 100 are stored in a state of being arranged on the front and back sides.

When all the bills inserted into the deposit port 2 have been taken into the machine body 1, the total amount of money is displayed on the display unit (machine body 1) (not shown) based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating section 7. It may be displayed on the display unit).
After confirming the amount of money, when the operator presses the deposit confirmation key of the operation unit of the tellers machine, the deposited banknotes that have been temporarily stored on the elevator means 33 on the upper stage of the temporary storage stacker 100 up to that time are stored in the elevator means 33 on the upper stage. Is dropped by the sideward withdrawal and is accumulated on the lower elevator means 34.

When a payment command is issued from the tellers machine to the bill depositing / dispensing machine, each stacker 13 for each denomination is displayed.
From ~ 15, the banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount are paid out one by one. The dispensed banknotes dispensed are transported from the dispensing paths 21 to 23 to the second transport path 17 and at the same time as the second transport path 17
In the withdrawal discriminating unit 27 in the middle of the step, the denomination, the slant, the double feed, etc. are discriminated, and if there is no abnormality as a result of the discrimination, the coins are conveyed as they are to the withdrawal port 4. As a result of the discrimination, the withdrawal reject ticket which is discriminated as abnormal (oblique, double feed) is not conveyed to the outlet 4, and is rejected through the third conveying path 28 and the connecting conveying path 29 in sequence. It is transported and stored in the box 16.

Further, as shown by the transport route C in FIG.
During normal operation, if the banknote storage amount of each of the money-type stackers 13 to 15 becomes less than or equal to a predetermined amount, each money is temporarily transferred from the temporary storage stacker 100 on condition that the transaction (deposit process, withdrawal process) is not in progress. A bill replenishing operation to the type stackers 13 to 15 is started. That is,
The lower elevator means 34 in the temporary storage stacker 100
Is raised and the accumulated banknotes on the elevator means 34 are brought into contact with the feeding rollers of the depositing / dispensing mechanism 32 (at this time, the elevator means 33 on the upper stage is retracted), and the banknotes are removed from the temporary storage stacker 100. Is paid out. And
The banknotes delivered from the temporary storage stacker 100 are
After being sent to the deposit discriminating section 7 through the dispensing path 10, the connection conveying path 35, and the first conveying path 6, and further discriminated by the deposit discriminating section 7, the connection conveying path 30 and the third conveying path are determined based on the discrimination result. It is distributed to one of the denomination stackers 13 to 15 by denomination by sequentially passing through the path 28 and the deposit paths 18 to 20,
Banknotes are replenished. At this time, the bills discriminated as abnormal by the deposit discriminating unit 7 are sorted and stored in the reject box 16 through the connection conveyance path 29. It should be noted that this replenishment process is immediately interrupted when a deposit or withdrawal command is issued. The judgment as to whether or not the banknote storage amount of each denomination type stacker 13 to 15 has become less than or equal to a predetermined amount is made by a counting means (not shown) for counting the number of banknotes deposited and withdrawn to and from the denomination type stackers 13 to 15. It may be performed based on a numerical value, or may be performed by directly detecting the stacking amount of banknotes by an optical sensor provided in the denomination type stackers 13 to 15.

(2) Regarding the process of loading banknotes from the operation cassette 101 to the machine body 1 (see FIG. 5) First, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation cassette 101 is operated together with the temporary storage stacker 100 during the banknote loading process.
Then, as shown by the transport route D, a replenishment process is performed from the operation cassette 101 to the denomination type stackers 13 to 15. Note that such a bill loading process may be performed, for example, before the start of business before the above-described normal operation (depositing process, withdrawal process), or during normal operation when neither the depositing process nor the dispensing process is performed. Done. In addition, in this loading process, the operation cassette 1
01 is removed from the machine body 1, the fixed amount of banknotes whose amount is fixed is stored in the operation cassette 101, and then the operation cassette 101 is attached to the machine body 1.

First, the banknotes fed out from the dispensing port of the operation cassette 101 set in the machine body 1 are
After being sent to the deposit discriminating section 7 through the connection conveying path 35 and the first conveying path 6 and further discriminated by the deposit discriminating section 7, the connection conveying path 30 and the third conveying path 2 are based on the discrimination result.
8. Through the deposit paths 18 to 20, the bills are sorted by denomination into one of the denomination stackers 13 to 15, and bills are replenished. At this time, the reject ticket, which is discriminated by the deposit discriminating section 7 as being abnormal such as oblique or double feed, is not stored in the bill type stackers 13 to 15 and the reject box 16 but directly in the second transport path 17. Go straight and withdrawal port 4
It is being sent to.

The bills sent to the dispensing port 4 can be replenished and retried from the deposit port 2 after the operation of dispensing from the operation cassette 101 is completed. The retry route at this time is the deposit port 2, the first transport path 6, the deposit connection transport path 30, the third transport path 28, and the deposit paths 18 to 20, but to the deposit discriminating section 7 in the middle of the first transport path 6. Diagonally
When the double feed abnormality is discriminated again, the bill goes straight through the second conveyance path 17 and is fed again to the dispensing port 4 (it is possible to retry again after this, the teller confirms the denomination). Can be stored on top of).

Then, the operation cassette 101 as described above
In the process of loading banknotes into the machine body 1 from the operation cassette 10
Among the bills paid out from 1, only normal bills are stored in the denomination stackers 13 to 15, and reject tickets that have become abnormal due to oblique feeding, double feeding, etc. are also stored in the reject box 16. Instead, the amount of the banknotes dispensed from the operation cassette 101 is always fixed because the bills are dispensed to the dispensing port 4 and the retry of loading the stackers 13 to 15 by denomination is tried again or the teller separately stores them. As a result, the money amount of the banknotes in the operation cassette 101 is also determined. Therefore, in order to determine the amount of money of the operation cassette 101 as in the past, the operation cassette 101
There is no need to re-count the banknotes in it, and efficient banknote management can be realized.

(3) Collection processing of banknotes in the operation cassette 101 (see FIGS. 6 and 7). First, as shown in FIG. 6, the operation cassette 101 is installed together with the temporary storage stacker 100 during the banknote collecting process.
Loaded on the operation cassette 101, as shown by a transport route E (see FIG. 6) and a transport route F (see FIG. 7).
The collection processing of the banknote is performed. Note that such banknote collection processing is performed, for example, after the above-mentioned normal operation (deposit processing, withdrawal processing) has been performed and after the end of business, as well as normal operation in which neither deposit processing nor withdrawal processing is performed Sometimes it happens. When collecting the bill, the operation cassette 101
Is in an empty state, or in the case of storing a bill, the bill is set in the amount-fixed state.

(I) Collection processing from the denomination-type stackers 13 to 15 (see FIG. 6) As shown by the transport route E in FIG.
The bills dispensed from the dispensing ports of 15 to 15 are sent to the second transport path 17 via the dispensing paths 21 to 23, and further discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section 27 in the middle of the second transport path 17. If there is no abnormality as a result of the discrimination, the third conveyance path 28,
Through the connection conveyance path 31, the first conveyance path 6 and the deposit path 9, they are sequentially distributed to the operation cassette 101 set in the empty state or the inventory amount confirmed state.
It is distributed to the reject box 16 via the transport path 28 and the connection transport path 29.

(II) Recovery process from the temporary storage stacker 100 (see FIG. 7) As shown by the transport route F in FIG. 7, the temporary storage stacker 1
The banknotes dispensed from the dispensing port of 00 are sequentially transported through the dispensing path 12, the connection transport path 35, and the first transport path 6, and at the deposit discriminating unit 7 in the middle of the first transport path 6. , Denomination and diagonal, double feed, etc. are discriminated, and if there is no abnormality as a result of the discrimination, the bill is connected to the connection conveyance path 3
0, the third transport path 28, the connection transport path 31, the first transport path 6,
It is distributed to the operation cassette 101 which is set in the empty state or the amount-fixed state by sequentially passing through the deposit path 9. In addition, if the deposit discriminating unit 7 discriminates that there is an abnormality,
The banknotes are distributed to the reject box 16 through the connection conveyance path 30, the third conveyance path 28, and the connection conveyance path 29 in order.

Then, the denomination type stacker 13 as described above
In the collection processing of the banknotes from 15 to the operation cassette 101 and the collection processing of the banknotes from the temporary storage stacker 100 to the operation cassette 101, a reject ticket in which the denomination is undetermined due to oblique feeding, double feeding, etc. is rejected. Only the banknotes that are stored in 16 and the denominations of which have been confirmed are operated cassette 1
Since it is designed to be stored in 01, this operation cassette 10
The money amount of the banknotes collected in 1 is always in a fixed state, and thus the banknotes in the operation cassette 101 need to be recounted to determine the money amount of the operation cassette 101 as in the conventional case. It becomes possible to realize efficient banknote management.

Then, when the bills are loaded from the operation cassette 101 to the machine body 1 as described above (see FIG. 5),
In addition, the stackers 13 to 15 by denomination and the temporary storage stacker 1
In the process of collecting banknotes from 00 to the operation cassette 101 (see FIG. 6 and FIG. 7), the inventory amount of the banknotes collected in the operation cassette 101 can always be maintained in a fixed state. In such a depositing process and a withdrawing process (FIG. 3), the operation cassette 101 is usually unnecessary and is in a detached state. In this respect, the undetermined reject ticket of the denomination is not mixed, and in this respect also, the amount of money in the operation cassette 101 is prevented from being indeterminate.

The loading process and the recovery process may be performed during the normal operation, not before the start of the work and at the end of the work, but the loading process and the recovery process are performed during the normal operation. At times, a depositing or dispensing command may be issued. In such a case, the loading process and the collecting process are interrupted, and the depositing process or the dispensing process is performed.

In the above embodiment, the feeding means 5,
First transfer path 6, deposit path 9, withdrawal path 10, deposit transfer path 1
1, withdrawal path 12, connection conveyance path 29, 30, 31, 35,
Second transport path 17, deposit path 18-20, dispense path 21-2
3, the third transport path 28, and a distribution unit (not shown) for switching the transport direction at the branch portions of these transport paths, and a drive and control unit for driving and controlling these transport paths and distribution units ( (Not shown) constitutes a “transport system”.

[0041]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention, the operation cassette is removed from the machine body, and the banknote of which the amount is fixed is stored in the operation cassette. With the operation cassette attached to the machine,
By the loading process, normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the operation cassette can be transported to the denomination-type stacker and the reject ticket can be transported to the dispensing port, so even if a reject ticket occurs, this The teller can receive and manage the reject ticket through the withdrawal port, whereby the amount of the banknote withdrawn from the operation cassette is fixed,
The amount of money in banknotes in the operation cassette will also be fixed.
Therefore, it is not necessary to re-count the banknotes in the operation cassette to determine the amount of money in the operation cassette as in the conventional case, and it is possible to realize efficient banknote management.

In the collection process, the normal bills of the bills stored in the temporary storage stacker and the normal bills of the bills stored in the denomination stacker are conveyed to the operation cassette and collected. Therefore, the money amount of the banknotes collected in the operation cassette is always in a fixed state, as in the loading process, so that the money amount of the operation cassette can be fixed as in the conventional case. There is no need to recount the bills in the operation cassette, and efficient bill management can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill depositing / dispensing machine during normal operation (depositing process, dispensing process).

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill depositing / dispensing machine during a loading / collecting process.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing banknote transport routes A and B during deposit / withdrawal processing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a banknote transport route C at the time of replenishment processing from the temporary storage stacker 100 to each of the denomination type stackers 13 to 15.

FIG. 5: Operation cassette 101 to each stacker 13 for each denomination
The figure which shows the conveyance route D of the banknote at the time of the loading process to 15.

[FIG. 6] Operation cassette 1 from stackers 13 to 15 by denomination
The figure which shows the conveyance route E of the banknote at the time of the collection process to 01.

FIG. 7: Temporary storage stacker 100 to operation cassette 10
The figure which shows the conveyance route F of the banknote at the time of the collection process to 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aircraft 2 Payment port 3 Payment port 7 Payment identification part 13 Gold type stacker 14 Gold type stacker 15 Gold type stacker 16 Reject box 27 Disbursement identification part A Transport route (at deposit process) B Transport route (at dispense process) C transport route (during loading process) D transport route (during loading process) E transport route (during collection process) F transport route (during collection process) 100 temporary storage stacker 101 operational cassette

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A temporary storage stacker for accommodating deposited banknotes received from the outside through a deposit opening, and a stacker for storing bills classified by denomination and paying the bills as dispensing banknotes to the outside through a dispensing opening. , A cassette that can be attached to and detached from the machine body, a reject box for storing reject tickets, and a banknote transfer while discriminating between the temporary storage stacker, denomination type stacker, operation cassette, and reject box. And a transfer system for transferring normal bills to a temporary storage stacker from among bills deposited from the outside through a deposit port and depositing rejected bills to the outside. Withdrawal processing that conveys normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the stacker to the outlet and stores rejected tickets in the reject box Of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage stacker, a loading process of transferring normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the operation cassette to the denomination-type stacker and also transferring a reject ticket to a dispensing port. The normal banknotes and the normal banknotes among the banknotes stored in the denomination-based stacker are collected and carried to the operation cassette, respectively.