JPH07306966A - Automatic cash transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the installation area of the automatic cash transaction device without damaging the service and the operability. CONSTITUTION:A recycle box 23 where paper money received and paid through a money receiving and paying port 21 is stored and a paper money cassette 22 which charges the recycle box 23 with paper money and recovers paper money from the recycle box 23 are provided, and the paper money cassette can stack paper money simultaneously with separation and can carry paper money separated by itself to its own stack part through a paper money discriminating part. A specific denomination is assigned to this paper money cassette 22, and money is charged and discharged between the paper money cassette 22 and the money receiving and paying port 21, and the paper money cassette 22 is made function as a recycle box also. Since the paper money cassette 22 is used as the recycle box 23, the number of recycle boxes 23 is reduced to reduce the installation area of the device. Paper money cassetts and recycle boxes in various forms different by paper money charging/discharging mechansisms and attaching structures to the device can be combined as the paper money cassette 22 and the recycle box 23, and they are combined in accordance with the purpose.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automated teller machine (for example, an ATM used in a financial institution) in which a general user directly deposits and withdraws cash by using a card or a passbook. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, A used in financial institutions
In the TM, as described in JP-A-62-50994, a banknote cassette (bank) for setting banknotes.
From a recycle box (denomination box) for allocating one denomination of multiple denominations such as 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen, and storing and using the banknotes deposited for each denomination It is configured. At the start of work or when the device is started up, banknotes are set in a banknote cassette, and banknotes of each denomination are loaded into a recycle box to which the denomination is assigned through a banknote discriminator. In the withdrawal transaction, in response to a withdrawal request, predetermined banknotes are delivered from the recycle box and delivered to the deposit / withdrawal port through the banknote discriminator. In the deposit transaction, the banknotes deposited in the deposit / withdrawal port are stored in the corresponding recycle box corresponding to the denomination through the banknote discriminator. At the end of the operation of the device, if a banknote collection instruction is given, the banknotes stored in each recycling box are fed out and collected in a banknote cassette through a banknote discriminator. The banknote cassette is detachable from the device by a clerk, and the clerk removes the banknote cassette from the device to set the banknotes to be loaded or take out the collected banknotes.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] With the progress of automation at financial institutions and the installation of many automated teller machines,
It is required to reduce the installation area by downsizing in order to increase the flexibility of installation and installation form. Normally, two denominations of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen are required. In the conventional device, a banknote cassette for loading and collecting banknotes and a recycle box for storing banknotes for deposit and withdrawal are individually configured, and one banknote cassette and two recycle boxes are housed in the device. Therefore, there is a problem that the depth and installation area of the device are increased.

With respect to this problem, JP-A 1-21109
As described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 6, in a cash transaction device including a banknote cassette and a recycle box, one banknote cassette is also assigned one denomination during service operation, and the banknote cassette is also used as a recycle box for the banknote denomination. It is thus known to reduce the required number of safes. However, in this conventional technique, since the bill cassette is also used as the recycle box, it is necessary to newly provide a store unit used as a temporary stack of bills of a specific denomination at the time of loading and collecting bills. The miniaturization of the whole cannot always be achieved, and in order to make this store part as small as possible, the denomination to be assigned to the banknote cassette must be the denomination with the lowest circulation rate. Since the number of bills that can be handled is very small, which is determined by the capacity of the store unit, the number of bills and the amount of bills that can be handled by the device as a whole are small, and there is a drawback that service is deteriorated.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide an automatic teller machine which reduces the installation area of the device.

[0006] A more specific object of the present invention is to provide a transaction service of two denominations with a two-box configuration of one recycle box and one banknote cassette, which has a good serviceability for users, an installation area, In particular, it is to provide an automated teller machine having an extremely small depth dimension.

Another specific object of the present invention is to provide a trading service of two denominations with a two-box configuration of one recycling box and one banknote cassette, and the installation area, especially the depth dimension, is the ultimate. Another object of the present invention is to provide an automated teller machine which is very small and easy to operate in terms of handling such as bill loading and collecting.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has one recycle box and one bill cassette, and allocates one denomination to the bill cassette during service operation. In the automatic teller machine configured to deposit and withdraw banknotes of the denomination between the deposit / withdrawal port and the banknote cassette, the banknote cassette is also used as a recycle box, the recycle box and the banknote cassette, respectively, The banknotes to be stored are configured to be movable between themselves or each other via the banknote discrimination unit.

The means of the present invention for solving the above problems will be described in detail below.

According to the present invention, the bill discriminator, the bill transport path passing through the bill discriminator, and the recycle box for storing the bills to be withdrawn / dispensed from the deposit / withdrawal port via the bill transport path are attachable / detachable. In an automatic teller machine having a banknote cassette, each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette is provided with one and each banknote of a different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette during service operation, The banknotes can be conveyed through the banknote discriminating unit between the banknote cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port, and the recycle box and the banknote cassette store the banknotes, and the banknotes are mutually stored. There is provided an automatic teller machine that is configured to be movable via a determination unit.

According to the present invention, the bill discriminator, the bill transport path passing through the bill discriminator, and the recycle box for storing the bills to be withdrawn / dispensed from the deposit / withdrawal port via the bill transport path are attachable / detachable. In an automatic teller machine having a banknote cassette, each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette is provided with one and each banknote of a different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette during service operation, A bill can be conveyed between the bill cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port via the bill discriminating unit, and the recycle box and the bill cassette each store the bills, and the bill discriminating unit between them. The recycling box and the banknote cassette are both last-in and first-out. Automated teller machine is provided which has a form of a bill was carried over-feeding mechanism.

According to the present invention, the bill discriminator, the bill transport path passing through the bill discriminator, and the recycle box for storing the bills to be withdrawn / dispensed from the deposit / withdrawal port via the bill transport path are attachable / detachable. In an automatic teller machine having a banknote cassette, each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette is provided with one and each banknote of a different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette during service operation, A bill can be conveyed between the bill cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port via the bill discriminating unit, and the recycle box and the bill cassette each store the bills, and the bill discriminating unit between them. One of the recycling box and the banknote cassette is a last-in
There is provided an automatic teller machine having a first-out type banknote take-in / out mechanism, and a first-in / first-out banknote take-in / out mechanism.

According to the present invention, the bill discriminator, the bill transport path passing through the bill discriminator, and the recycle box for storing the bills to be withdrawn / dispensed from the deposit / withdrawal port via the bill transport path are attachable / detachable. In an automatic teller machine having a banknote cassette, each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette is provided with one and each banknote of a different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and the banknote cassette during service operation, A bill can be conveyed between the bill cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port via the bill discriminating unit, and the recycle box and the bill cassette each store the bills, and the bill discriminating unit between them. The recycle box and the banknote cassette are both first-in-first-movable. Automated teller machine is provided that includes a bill was carried over-feeding mechanism of the out format.

According to the present invention, bills fed from a recycle box or bill cassette having a first-in / first-out bill feeding / feeding mechanism are fed into the recycle box or bill cassette again through the bill judging unit. An automated teller machine as described above is provided having a possible transport path configuration.

According to the present invention, there is provided the above-described automatic teller machine in which the recycle box is also composed of a detachable bill cassette.

[0016]

According to the above-mentioned solution means of the present invention, for example,
The denominations to be stored in the banknote cassettes are allocated, and the banknotes of this denomination are configured to be inserted and withdrawn between the deposit / withdrawal port and the banknote cassette, and the banknote cassettes can be separated and stacked at the same time, and the banknotes Since the banknotes separated from the cassette have a transport path configuration that can be transported to the stack section of the banknote cassette via the banknote determination section, banknotes of the denomination assigned to this banknote cassette can be stored in the banknote cassette from the deposit / withdrawal port, Further, it is possible to pay out bills from the bill cassette and withdraw them to the deposit / withdrawal port.

To load bills, first, the bills to be stored in the recycle box are set in the bill cassette and stored in the recycle box. Next, the banknotes to be stored in the banknote cassette are set, and the banknotes are stacked and stored in the banknote cassette while being determined and counted one by one through the banknote determination unit. Thereby, the banknotes stored in the banknote cassette become counted banknotes, and the banknote cassette can be used as a recycle box.

By the above operation, one banknote cassette and one banknote
With the configuration of individual recycle boxes, the management of the number of banknotes such as counting the set banknotes, returning the deposited banknotes to the withdrawal and counting the banknotes collected from the recycle box to the banknote cassette without losing the conventional functions It is possible and can handle two denominations such as 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen.

[0019]

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an automated teller machine 1 to which the present invention is applied.

The apparatus 1 is a card processing unit 2 which processes a user's card, prints and releases a transaction statement, a passbook processing unit 3 which processes a passbook, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit which processes banknotes. Part 4,
It is composed of an operation unit 5 for displaying and inputting the contents of transactions, and cash is directly deposited and withdrawn by the operation of the user.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a portion taken along the line AA of FIG. The display device of the operation unit 5 is a flat plate adopting a liquid crystal display device, and in combination with the characteristic feature of the present invention, the operation unit 5 is projected to the front of the device like a table, and the lower portion of the operation unit 5 is arranged. Can be space and device 1
The floor installation area can be reduced. 6 is a control unit of the automatic teller machine 1.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 4 allows the user to insert / insert banknotes.
A banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21 for taking out, a banknote cassette 22 used by a clerk to set banknotes for withdrawal and collecting banknotes inside, a banknote for withdrawal is stored, and a banknote for withdrawal is withdrawn. Recycle box 2 for returning to gold
3, bill discriminating unit 25, reject box 26 which is a storage unit for bills that cannot be discriminated, temporary holding unit 27 for temporarily stacking deposited bills, bill conveying unit 28 for conveying bills, and bill input / output. It is composed of the control unit 29 of the gold unit 20. The control unit 29 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 20 controls the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 20 according to a command from the control unit 6 and the state detection of the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 20, and a state in which a report of the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 20 is required. To the control unit 6. Although the banknote transport unit 28 is shown by a line in the figure, a switching gate is provided at a branch point of the transport path, and as described later, the deposit / withdrawal port 2
1, the banknote cassette 22, the recycle box 23, the banknote discriminating unit 25, and the reject box 26 are conveyed under the control of the control units 6 and 29 and the banknote discriminating unit 25 to discriminate the banknotes.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the recycle box 2 is used.
3 is assigned as a recycle box for 10,000-yen bills, the bill cassette 22 is added to the function for setting bills, and is also assigned for 1,000-yen bills to function as a recycle box for Thousand-yen bills. Here, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-50994, conventionally, two recycling boxes are configured to recycle 10,000-yen bills and 1,000-yen bills. On the other hand, in the banknote deposit / withdrawal section of FIG. 2, a single recycle box is used to recirculate 10,000-yen banknotes and 1,000-yen banknotes in the same manner, which allows the device to be downsized.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the bill depositing / dispensing section 4 of FIG.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out port 21 has a shutter 210, and the shutter 210 is slid to open and close so that the user can take out the banknotes at the time of withdrawal and insert the banknotes at the time of withdrawal. Pick-up roller 2 for the inserted bills
It is fed by rotating 11 and is further fed by rotating the feed roller 212. 213 is a gate roller which prevents the two sheets from being fed. Thus, the banknotes in the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21 are transferred to the banknote transport unit 2
8 and is taken into the device. Banknote transport unit 28
Is configured to sandwich and convey a banknote with many rollers 281 and a belt 282 wound around the rollers.
Further, the banknote transport unit 28 has a gate 283 at each branch point, and switches the gate 283 to sort the transport destination. The banknote pay-in / pay-out port 21 also takes in the banknotes, which have been conveyed by the conveying section 28, into the pay-in / pay-out port 21 by the brush roller 214.

The recycle box 23 collects banknotes on the push plate 230. The banknotes stored in the recycle box 23 are delivered one by one to the transport path by the pickup roller 233, the feed roller 234, and the gate roller 235. The push plate 230 is attached to the belt 231 and
It can be driven up and down by driving the belt 231 with a motor (not shown), and is driven upward so as to press the bill against the pickup roller 233 at the time of feeding the bill. From the conveying path, the gate 283 is switched to the recycle box 23, and the roller 240 and the brush roller 241 are used.
Then, the bills are sent to the recycle box 23, and the bills are accumulated and stored on the push plate 230.

Specific examples of the banknote cassette 22 and the temporary holding section 27 are shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 shows a state where the banknotes 7 stored in the banknote cassette 22 are delivered.
The banknote cassette 22 has banknotes 7 accumulated on a push plate 220. The separator 271 of the temporary holding unit 27 is retracted as shown by the solid line, and the banknotes 7 stored in the banknote cassette 22 are stored in the pickup roller 223 and the feed roller 2.
24 and the gate roller 225 feed the sheets one by one to the conveying path. The push plate 220 is attached to the belt 221, and can be moved up and down by driving the belt 221 by the motor 222, and is driven upward so that the bill 7 is pressed against the pickup roller 223 when the bill is delivered as shown in FIG. It

FIG. 10 shows a state in which the banknotes 7 are accumulated in the temporary holding section 27. The push plate 220 has been moved downward. The separator 271 of the temporary holding unit 27 is attached to the belt 272, and by driving the belt 272 by the motor 273, it is moved from the retracted position in FIG. 9 to the position where the banknotes in FIG. 10 are stacked, and the roller 226 and the brush roller 227.
Bills are sent from the transport path by the separator 271
Accumulated on top. The banknotes 7 accumulated on the separator 271 are delivered one by one to the transport path by the pickup roller 223, the feed roller 224, and the gate roller 225, which are the same as those for delivering the banknotes in the cassette 22. When the banknotes sent from the transport path are accumulated on the push plate 220 (stored in the banknote cassette 22), the separator 271 is used as shown in FIG.
The banknotes fed by the roller 226 and the brush roller 227 are stacked as shown in FIG.

As described above, a feed roller, a gate roller, and a brush are provided in the deposit / withdrawal port 21, the banknote cassette 22, the recycle box 23, the reject box 26, and the temporary storage section 27 in order to deposit and withdraw banknotes from the transport path 28. It is equipped with a bill feeding / feeding mechanism that consists of rollers and the like. In addition, since the bill feeding / feeding mechanisms of the bill cassette 22 and the recycle box 23 are both of the type in which bills are fed in and fed out from the top, the last inserted bill is taken out first, so-called last-in.・ First-out type.

Next, the operation of the bill depositing / dispensing section 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4 to 8.

(Loading) FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of loading. At the start of operation of this apparatus, when a clerk sets a bill in the bill cassette 22, a 10,000-yen bill is set on the upper side and a 1,000-yen bill is set on the lower side. The device dispenses the banknotes from the banknote cassette 22 and collects all banknotes from the banknote discriminating section 2
It is once counted and conveyed to and stored in the recycle box 23 via 5 (step 41). The banknotes output from the banknote discriminating unit 25 pass through a transfer path 28 that passes under the deposit / withdrawal port 21 shown in FIG. When it is detected that all the bills in the bill cassette 22 have been fed and emptied (42), the count value for each denomination of the bills conveyed to the recycle box 23 is stored (43). The number of 1,000-yen banknotes conveyed to the recycle box 23 is known from the previous count, and is stored in the upper side of the recycle box 23. Next, the banknotes (thousand yen banknotes) stored in the upper side of the recycle box 23 are fed out and conveyed to the discrimination unit 25 to discriminate the denomination (4
4). It is determined whether it is a 1,000-yen bill (45), and the 1,000-yen bill is conveyed to the bill cassette 22 and stored (46). By repeating this, the 1,000-yen bill is stored in the bill cassette 22. When the bill is determined to be a 10,000-yen bill in step 45, the bill is temporarily stacked in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (47). Then, the banknotes of the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (10,000-yen banknotes) are returned to the 10,000-yen recycling box 23 (48). As described above, the recycle box 23 is loaded with 10,000-yen banknotes, and the banknote cassette 22 is loaded with 1,000-yen banknotes. And the banknote cassette 22 can be used as a recycle box for 1,000-yen banknotes. In the above,
The number of 10,000-yen bills and 1,000-yen bills are stored in the control unit 6 of the apparatus. Further, the banknotes that have exited the discriminating unit 25 are transported by the transport path 28.
It is sorted by a gate which is provided in the control unit and controlled by the determination of the determination unit 25, and is conveyed to the recycle box 23 or the banknote cassette 22.

(Withdrawal) FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of withdrawal. For withdrawal, the designated number of banknotes are fed out from the recycle box 23 for 10,000-yen banknotes, fed out from the banknote cassette 22 for 1,000-yen banknotes, transported to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21 via the discrimination section 25, and used. Withdraw to a person. First, it is fed out from the 10,000-yen bill recycling box 23 and conveyed to the discriminating unit 15, and the discriminated bills (10,000 yen) are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 21, and the bills that cannot be discriminated to the reject box 26 (51). It is determined whether the designated number of 10,000-yen banknotes have been conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (52). If the designated number has not been reached, step 51 is repeated. When the specified number is reached,
If a thousand-yen bill is designated, then a bill (thousand-yen) is fed out from the bill cassette 22 and conveyed to the discriminating unit 15, where the discriminated bill is in the deposit / withdrawal port 21, and the bill that cannot be discriminated is the reject box 26. (53). Then, it is determined whether the designated number of 1,000-yen banknotes have been conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (54). If the designated number has not been reached, step 5 is performed.
Repeat 3. The banknotes output from the discriminating unit 25 are sorted by a gate provided in the transport path 28 and controlled by the discrimination of the discriminating unit 25, and transported to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 or the reject box 26, as in the case of loading.

(Deposit) FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of deposit. When the deposit transaction is instructed, the user inserts the bill inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal port 21 and conveys it to the discriminating section 25,
The bills that can be discriminated are stacked in the temporary holding unit 27, and the bills that cannot be discriminated are returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (61). It is determined whether or not there are banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (62), and when all the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 have been delivered, the deposited amount is counted and stored (63). The deposit amount is displayed on the operation unit 5 and the user's confirmation is requested. When there is a cancellation input (65), the temporary holding unit 2
All the banknotes stacked in 7 are paid out, and the deposit / withdrawal port 21
(66) and return to the user. When there is a confirmation input (64), the banknotes stacked in the temporary holding section 27 are fed out and conveyed to the discriminating section 15, where 10,000-yen banknotes are sent to the recycle box 23, 1,000-yen banknotes are sent to the deposit / withdrawal port 21, and other The bill is conveyed to the reject box 26 (67). When all the banknotes in the temporary holding section 27 have been fed (68), the stacker in the temporary holding section 27 is retracted, and the banknotes (thousand yen) in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 are conveyed to the banknote cassette 22 and stored (6).
9). As a result, among the deposited banknotes, 10,000-yen banknotes are transferred to the recycle box 23, and 1,000-yen banknotes are transferred to the banknote cassette 2.
It can be stored in 2 and returned as a withdrawal banknote for use.

(Recovery) FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of recovery. When the operation of this apparatus is finished, all the bills in the bill cassette 22 are once counted through the discriminating section 25 and are conveyed to the recycle box 23 (71). When the banknote cassette 22 becomes empty (72), the banknotes are delivered from the recycle box 23, and are conveyed to the banknote cassette 22 while being counted by the discrimination unit 25. The banknotes that cannot be discriminated are conveyed to the reject box 26 (73). When it is detected that the banknote cassette 22 is full before the recycle box 23 is empty (75), the payout of banknotes is temporarily stopped and the banknote cassette 22 is displayed full (76),
Notify the staff. As a result, the clerk can use the empty banknote cassette 2
Since it is exchanged with 2, the feeding from the recycle box 23 is restarted again. When it is detected that the recycle box 23 is empty (74), the count value for each denomination is stored and the collection is completed. As a result, the banknotes inside the device can be collected in the banknote cassette 22 while being counted, and the clerk can remove the banknote cassette 22 to take out and collect the banknotes.

(Automatic Inspection) FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of automatic inspection. The clerk can inspect the number of banknotes in the device by the automatic inspection function. First, the bill (10 thousand yen) is fed out from the recycle box 23 and the discrimination unit 2
It is conveyed to the banknote cassette 22 via 5. When the recycle box 23 becomes empty (82), this time it is fed from the banknote cassette 22 and conveyed to the recycle box 23 while being counted by the discrimination unit (83). The banknotes that cannot be discriminated are conveyed to the reject box 26. When the banknote cassette 22 becomes empty (84), the count value for each denomination is stored (85). Next, the bill is paid out from the recycle box 23, and the discrimination unit 25 discriminates the denomination (86). When it is determined that the bill is a 10,000-yen bill, the bill is temporarily stacked in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 and then returned to the recycle box 23 (88). When it is determined that the bill is a thousand-yen bill (89), the bill is conveyed to the bill cassette 22 and stored (90). When it is determined that the bill is neither a million yen bill nor a thousand yen bill (89), the bill is conveyed to the reject box 26 and stored (91). As a result, the 10,000-yen banknotes and the 1,000-yen banknotes are returned to the recycle box 23 and the banknote cassette 22 before scrutiny, and the number of banknotes (amount of money) in the apparatus can be known.

By the above control, the apparatus can be downsized, and the operations of bill loading / withdrawal / payment / collection / automatic scrutiny and recirculation can be performed while counting and managing the number of bills inside the apparatus.

In the first embodiment described above, both the banknote cassette 22 and the recycle box 23 are
An example of using a bill feeding / feeding mechanism of a type in which bills are put in from above and taken out from above (structurally top-in top-out, sequentially last-in first-out) has been shown. Not limited to either one or both, the bills can be inserted from above and fed out from the bottom simultaneously in parallel (structurally top-in bottom-out, sequentially first-in first-out) By using a banknote cassette that can be attached to and detached from the device, a recycle box and a recycle box can be used to flexibly respond to various requirements regarding controllable or handleable banknote capacity, and various modes can be used. Can be implemented in. As the bill box provided with the above-mentioned top-in / bottom-out bill feeding / feeding mechanism, for example, a publicly known one as shown in JP-A-5-278959 can be used.

FIG. 11 shows a case where a top-in / bottom-out type banknote cassette 22 is used. Figure 11
In, the components other than the banknote cassette 22 are the same as those in FIG. Next, referring to FIG. 15 to FIG.
The operation of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 4 will be described.

(Loading) FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of loading. When the operation of the present apparatus is started, first, 10,000-yen bills to be stored in the recycle box 23 are set in the bill cassette 22. The apparatus feeds out the bills from the bill cassette 22, counts all the bills in the recycle box 23 via the bill discriminating unit 25, conveys them, and stores them (step 41). The bills output from the bill discriminating unit 25 pass through the upper portion of the bill cassette 22 shown in FIG.
After passing through 8, it is transported to and stored in the recycle box 23. When it is detected that all the bills in the bill cassette 22 have been fed out and emptied (42), the emptied bill cassette 22 is removed and a thousand-yen bill is set in the bill cassette 22 (43). The device returns the bill to the bill cassette 2 again.
All banknotes fed from 2 are counted, conveyed again and stored in the banknote cassette section via the judging section 25 (44).
In the banknote cassette 22, the banknotes are separated from the lower part, and at the same time, the counted banknotes are stacked on the upper part. All the banknotes in the banknote cassette 22 are fed out, and the banknote cassette 22
When it is detected that it is stored in (45), the loading operation is ended. As a result, the recycle box 23 is loaded with 10,000-yen banknotes, and the banknote cassette 22 is loaded with 1,000-yen banknotes. Further, the numbers of 10,000-yen bills and 1,000-yen bills are stored in the control unit 6 of the apparatus. And the banknote cassette 22 can be used as a recycle box for 1,000-yen banknotes. The banknotes that have exited the discriminating unit 25 are sorted by a gate that is provided in the transport path 28 and controlled by the discrimination of the discriminating unit 25, and are transported to the recycle box 23 or the banknote cassette 22.

(Withdrawal) FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of withdrawal. For withdrawal, the designated number of banknotes are paid out from the recycle box 23 for 10,000 yen and from the banknote cassette 22 for 1,000 yen, respectively, conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 21 via the discriminating section 25, and used. Withdraw to a person.

First, the payout is sent out from the ten thousand yen recycle box 23 and conveyed to the discriminating section 25. The ten thousand yen bills that can be discriminated are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 21, and the bills that cannot be discriminated are conveyed to the reject box 26 (51). It is determined whether the designated number of 10,000-yen banknotes have been conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (52). If the designated number has not been reached, step 51 is repeated. When the designated number of coins is reached, if 1,000 yen is designated, next, a 1000 yen bill is fed out from the banknote cassette 22 and conveyed to the discriminating section 25. It is conveyed to the reject box 26 (53). Then, it is determined whether the designated number of 1,000-yen banknotes have been conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (54). If the designated number has not been reached, step 53 is repeated. The banknotes output from the discriminating unit 25 are sorted by a gate provided in the transport path 28 and controlled by the discrimination of the discriminating unit 25, and transported to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 or the reject box 26, as in the case of loading.

(Deposit) FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of deposit. When the deposit transaction is instructed, the user pays out the bill inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal port 21 and conveys it to the discriminating unit 25. The discriminated bill is stacked on the temporary holding unit 27,
The banknotes that cannot be discriminated are returned to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (61).
It is determined whether or not there are banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (62), and when all the banknotes in the deposit / withdrawal port 21 have been delivered, the deposited amount is counted and stored (63). The deposit amount is displayed on the operation unit 5 and the user's confirmation is requested. When there is a cancel input (65), all the banknotes stacked in the temporary holding section 27 are fed out, conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 21 (66), and returned to the user. When there is a confirmation input from the user (64), the banknotes stacked in the temporary holding section 27 are fed out and conveyed to the discrimination section 25, the 10,000-yen banknotes are sent to the recycle box 23, the 1,000-yen banknotes are sent to the banknote cassette 22, Other banknotes are reject box 26
(67). As a result, among the deposited banknotes, 10,000-yen banknotes can be stored in the recycle box 23, and 1,000-yen banknotes can be stored in the banknote cassette 22, and can be returned and used as banknotes for withdrawal.

(Recovery) FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of recovery. When the operation of the present device is finished, all the bills in the bill cassette 22 are counted through the discriminating unit 25 and are stored in the bill cassette 22 again (71). When the separation from the bill cassette 22 is completed (72), the bill cassette 2
Thousands of 1,000-yen bills counted from 2 are removed (73), and an empty bill cassette 22 is set in the device again (74), bills are fed out from the recycle box 23, and conveyed to the bill cassette 22 while being counted by the discrimination unit 25. To do. Banknotes that cannot be discriminated are conveyed to the reject box 26 (7
5). When it is detected that the banknote cassette 22 is full before the recycle box 23 is empty (76),
The payout of the bills is temporarily stopped to display the fullness of the bill cassette 22 to inform the staff. As a result, the clerk exchanges the empty bill cassette 22 (77), and the recycling box 2 again.
The feeding from 3 is restarted. When it is detected that the recycle box 23 is empty (78), the count value for each denomination is stored and the collection is completed (79). Thereby, the banknotes inside the device can be collected in the banknote cassette 22 while counting, and the clerk can remove the banknote cassette 22 to take out and collect the banknotes.

(Automatic Inspection) FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a control procedure during automatic inspection. The clerk can inspect the number of banknotes in the device by the automatic inspection function. First, a bill (10,000 yen) is delivered from the recycle box 23 and conveyed to the bill cassette 22 via the discriminating unit 25 (81).
When the recycle box 23 becomes empty (82), all banknotes are delivered from the banknote cassette 22 this time, and the 10,000-yen banknote is transported to the recycle box 23 and the 1,000-yen banknote is transported to the banknote cassette 22 while being counted by the discrimination unit. . Banknotes that cannot be discriminated are conveyed to the reject box 26 (8
3). When the separation / conveyance from the banknote cassette 22 is completed (84), the count value for each denomination is stored (85). As a result, 10,000-yen and 1,000-yen tickets will be recycled box 2 before scrutiny.
3. The number of bills returned to the bill cassette 22 and stored in the device (amount of money) can be known.

By the above control, the apparatus can be downsized, and the operations of loading, withdrawing, depositing, collecting, automatically scrutinizing and returning the banknotes can be performed while counting and managing the number of banknotes inside the apparatus.

Next, the construction and operation of the embodiment having a part of the construction different from that of the bill depositing / dispensing section 4 shown in FIG. 11 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. 14, 20 and 21. 12
Is different from the banknote deposit / withdrawal section 4 shown in FIG. 11 only in the structure of the banknote transport path. In FIG. 13, the recycle box 23 is changed from the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 4 shown in FIG. 11 to a recycle box 23A capable of simultaneously paying out and paying in banknotes. FIG. 14 is a modification of the banknote pay-in / pay-out section 4 shown in FIG. 11 to a banknote cassette 22A in which the recycle box 23 can also be attached / detached and the banknotes can be taken out and taken in at the same time.

The above-described embodiment shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 basically operates in the same manner as the banknote depositing / dispensing section 4 shown in FIG. 11, but there are some differences, and only those operations will be described below. To do. The embodiment shown in FIG. 12 operates in the same manner as the embodiment shown in FIG.

Since the embodiment shown in FIG. 13 is different only in the automatic inspection operation, only this operation will be described below.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of automatic inspection. First, 10,000-yen banknotes are paid out from the recycle box 23A, counted through the discriminating unit 25, and then recycled into the recycle box 23A.
Store in A (91). When all the banknotes in the recycle box 23A are separated and stored (92), this time, 1,000-yen banknotes are paid out from the banknote cassette 22, counted through the determination unit 25, and stored again in the banknote cassette 22 (93). When all the bills in the bill cassette 22 are separated and stored (94), the count value for each denomination is stored (95), and the automatic scrutinizing operation is ended. By the above operation, all the bills in the recycle box 23A and the bill cassette 22 can be counted and the number of bills (amount of money) in the device can be known.

Since the embodiment shown in FIG. 14 differs from the embodiment shown in FIG. 13 in the loading operation and the collecting operation, this operation will be described below.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a control procedure at the time of loading. First, the banknote cassette 22A is packed with 10,000-yen banknotes and set in the device (101), and then the banknote cassette 22 is packed with 1000-yen banknotes and set in the device (102). Next, the 10,000-yen bill is paid out from the bill cassette 22A, counted through the discrimination unit 25, and stored again in the bill cassette 22A (103). When all the bills in the bill cassette 22A are separated and stored (104), this time, the 1,000-yen bills are paid out from the bill cassette 22, counted through the determination unit 25, and stored in the bill cassette 22 again. (105). When all the bills in the bill cassette 22 are separated and stored, the bill loading operation is finished (106). By the above operation, the banknote cassette 22A
And all the bills in the bill cassette 22 can be counted. The collecting operation can be realized by performing the same operation as the loading operation.

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According to the present invention, since the banknote cassette is used also as a recycle box in the two-box structure of the banknote cassette and the recycle box, the recycle box can be reduced and the installation area of the apparatus can be reduced. There is an effect that it is possible to provide a service with two kinds of bills to the user with good operability for the operator.

Further, according to the present invention, as the banknote cassette and the recycle box, various kinds of banknote withdrawal mechanism types and different attachment structure types can be used in combination, and an automatic teller machine according to the application can be used. Obtainable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an automated teller machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a portion taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of the banknote pay-in / pay-out section in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a loading control procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a withdrawal control procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a deposit control procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a recovery control procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a control procedure of automatic scrutiny in the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a specific example of the banknote cassette and the temporary holding unit in FIG.
It is a figure which shows a banknote payout.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing banknote stacking in a specific example of the banknote cassette and the temporary holding unit in FIG. 2.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a third embodiment of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a loading control procedure in the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a withdrawal control procedure in the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a deposit control procedure in the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a recovery control procedure in the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a control procedure of automatic scrutiny in the second embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an automatic close inspection control procedure in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a loading control procedure in the fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automated teller machine, 2 ... Card processing part, 3 ... Passbook processing part, 4 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal part, 5 ... Operation part, 6 ... Control part, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal port, 22 ... Banknote cassette, 22A ... Banknote cassette, 23 ... Recycle box, 23A ... Recycle box, 25 ... Banknote discriminating section, 26 ... Reject box, 27 ... Banknote temporary storage section, 28 ... Banknote transport section ,

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Nobuhiko Matsuura 1 Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Hitachi, Ltd. Office Systems Division

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A banknote discriminator, a banknote transport path passing through the banknote discriminator, a recycle box for storing banknotes deposited and withdrawn from the deposit / withdrawal port via the banknote transport path, and a detachable banknote cassette. In an automatic teller machine having
Between the banknote cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port, there are one recycle box and one banknote cassette, and each banknote of different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and banknote cassette during service operation. However, the bill can be conveyed through the bill discrimination unit,
Furthermore, the recycling box and the banknote cassette are
An automated teller machine, wherein each of the stored bills is configured to be movable between the bills through the bill discriminating unit. 2. A banknote discriminator, a banknote transport path passing through the banknote discriminator, a recycle box for storing banknotes deposited and withdrawn from the deposit / withdrawal port via the banknote transport path, and a detachable banknote cassette. In an automatic teller machine having
Between the banknote cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port, there are one recycle box and one banknote cassette, and each banknote of different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and banknote cassette during service operation. However, the bill can be conveyed through the bill discrimination unit,
The recycle box and the banknote cassette, each of the banknotes to be stored, is configured to be movable between each other via the banknote discrimination unit, and further, both the recycle box and the banknote cassette are of the last-in first-out type. An automated teller machine having a bill feeding / withdrawing mechanism. 3. A banknote discriminator, a banknote transport path passing through the banknote discriminator, a recycle box for storing banknotes deposited and withdrawn from a deposit / withdrawal port via the banknote transport path, and a detachable banknote cassette. In an automatic teller machine having
Between the banknote cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port, there are one recycle box and one banknote cassette, and each banknote of different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and banknote cassette during service operation. However, the bill can be conveyed through the bill discrimination unit,
The recycle box and the banknote cassette are configured such that the banknotes to be stored therein can be moved to each other via the banknote discrimination unit, and one of the recycle box and the banknote cassette is a last-in first-out type. It is equipped with a banknote pay-in / feed-out mechanism, and the other is a first-in / first-out type
An automatic teller machine having a payout mechanism. 4. A banknote discriminator, a banknote transport path passing through the banknote discriminator, a recycle box for storing banknotes deposited and withdrawn from a deposit / withdrawal port via the banknote transport path, and a detachable banknote cassette. In an automatic teller machine having
Between the banknote cassette and the deposit / withdrawal port, there are one recycle box and one banknote cassette, and each banknote of different denomination is stored in each of the recycle box and banknote cassette during service operation. However, the bill can be conveyed through the bill discrimination unit,
The recycle box and the banknote cassette are configured such that the banknotes to be stored therein can be moved to each other via the banknote discrimination unit, and both the recycle box and the banknote cassette are of the first-in / first-out type. An automated teller machine having a bill feeding / withdrawing mechanism. 5. A conveyance path in which bills fed from a recycling box or bill cassette having a first-in / first-out bill feeding / feeding mechanism can be fed again into the recycling box or bill cassette through a bill judgment unit. It has a structure, The automatic teller machine of Claim 3 or Claim 4 characterized by the above-mentioned. 6. The automatic teller machine according to claim 3, wherein the recycle box is also composed of a detachable banknote cassette.