JPH08297767A - Note processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily and efficiently manage and handle a collected note generated in refilling by forming by blocking a cartridge for refilling and a refilling collection part in one cartridge. CONSTITUTION: This note processor 11 is formed in such a way that a thousand- yen cartridge 13, a ten thousand-yen cartridge 14 and a collection cartridge 15 are connected to the money receiving/dispensing port 12 of a note via the money receiving/dispensing route 16 of the note comprised in a circulation type. Moreover, a cartridge 17a for note refilling is connected to those cartridges 13-15. The refilling cartridge 17a is constituted by forming by blocking the refilling collection part 20a on its lover part. In such constitution, a note discrimination part 18 loaded on the money receiving/dispensing route 16 discriminates the counterfeit, denomination of the note and the number of processed notes carried when a note transaction and note refilling are performed. A discrimination defective note in the note transaction is collected and processed in the collection cartridge 15. and the discrimination defective note in the note refilling in the refilling collection part 20a of the refilling cartridge 17a, respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus such as that handled in an automatic teller machine,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a banknote processing device capable of separately collecting banknotes collected during banknote transactions and banknotes collected during banknote replenishment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 6, a cartridge installed in an automatic teller machine has a denomination-type cartridge 72.
3, a distribution cartridge 74 for supplying banknotes, and a recovery cartridge 75 for recovering defective banknotes are connected, and when supplying banknotes, the banknotes are distributed and stored in the respective cartridges 72 and 73 of the denomination by the distribution cartridge 74 by the denomination. Further, at the time of banknote transaction, a deposit / withdrawal process is performed between the deposit / withdrawal port 76 and the denomination-based cartridges 72, 73 for transaction operation.

By the way, the banknotes whose transfer is controlled via the deposit / withdrawal path 71 are normally discriminated as to the authenticity and denomination of the banknotes when passing through the banknote discriminating section 77, and the defective banknotes are discriminated to the recovery cartridge 75. Has been recovered.

However, during the mid-time replenishment of banknotes, both of the collected defective banknotes generated during the replenishment and the classified defective banknotes generated during the transaction are collected in the same collecting cartridge 75. As a result, the traded banknotes that have been traded and the replenished banknotes cannot be distinguished from each other, which makes it impossible to perform accurate sorting at the time of scrutiny, resulting in improper management of banknotes.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention distinguishes collected banknotes generated during replenishment from collected banknotes generated during transactions, and manages and handles collected banknotes generated during replenishment easily and efficiently. For the purpose of providing.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a transaction cartridge and a replenishment cartridge which are connected to a banknote deposit / withdrawal path so that banknotes can be inserted and withdrawn, and which store banknotes,
It is a bill processing device provided with a transaction collection part which stores a collection bill generated at the time of transaction, and a replenishment collection part which stores a collection bill generated at the time of replenishment, The cartridge for replenishment and a replenishment collection part are one. It is characterized in that it is a bill processing device that is compartmentalized in a cartridge.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the collected banknotes generated during the transaction are collected in the transaction collection section, whereas the collected banknotes generated during the supply are collected in the supply collection section.

[0008]

According to the present invention, since the bills can be separated and collected in the separate collecting units according to the transaction and the replenishment of the bills, the replenishment and collection bills can be accurately compared with the transaction collection bills. Can be sorted into Therefore, at the time of close inspection, it is possible to accurately obtain the total number of replenished sheets and the total number of transactions, and as a result, it is possible to accurately grasp the remaining number of transactions in the cartridge of the denomination in operation and the management of banknotes is appropriate. Become. For this reason, the clerk does not need to perform a troublesome operation such as a troublesome replenishment setting at each time of replenishment, and the load on the clerk can be reliably reduced.

Further, since the two storage parts having different storage purposes of the replenishment cartridge and the replenishment / recovery part are sectioned and formed in one cartridge, one cartridge can be effectively utilized and the replenishment banknote can be used by this cartridge. The replenishing operation and the collecting operation can be efficiently performed collectively, and the management of all the replenished banknotes becomes appropriate.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a banknote processing device incorporated in an automatic teller machine, and in FIG.
Connects a 1,000-yen cartridge 13, a 10,000-yen cartridge 14, and a recovery cartridge 15 to a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 via a circulation-type banknote deposit / withdrawal path 16, and further, these cartridges 13, 14, For 15,
A replenishment cartridge 17a for replenishing bills is connected.
The replenishment cartridge 17a described above defines a replenishment / recovery section 20a at the bottom.

At the time of the banknote transaction, a transaction operation is performed between the deposit / withdrawal port 12 and each of the cartridges 13 and 14 of each denomination to take out and withdraw the banknote and process the deposit / withdrawal. When replenishing bills, the bills fed from the replenishment cartridge 17a are transferred to the respective denomination-type cartridges 13 and 14 for replenishment.

By the way, the above-mentioned deposit / withdrawal path 16 is equipped with a bill discriminating unit 18, and the discriminating unit 18 carries authentic bills / denominations and the number of processed bills during bill transaction and bill replenishment. The banknotes that have become defective during bill transaction are collected by the collection cartridge 15, and the bills that have become defective during bill replenishment are collected by the replenishment / recovery section 20a of the replenishment cartridge 17a.

Therefore, the collected bills can be sorted into the supplemented bills and the transaction bills, and the total replenishment number and the total transaction number can be accurately obtained at the time of close inspection.

By the way, the above-mentioned replenishing cartridge 17a
Is designed to be attached / detached so that 1,000-yen bills and 10,000-yen bills are collected and attached, and by providing a detachable supply cartridge 17a, all bills of each denomination can be attached / detached at one time. There is.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the bill processing apparatus. The CPU 21 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 22 and stores the controlled input / output data in the RAM 23.

The drive motor 24 drives and controls the pay-in / pay-out path 16 based on the input information from the CPU 21, and the sensor S is arranged in front of the take-in part and the pay-out part of the cartridge so that the bill is taken in and out. Manage. Further, the flapper f is similarly provided in the front stage of each cartridge and the deposit / withdrawal path 1.
The banknotes are arranged at branching points of 6 to control the sorting of the conveyed bills according to the input information.

Next, the bill processing operation will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS.

First, when replenishing the bills shown in FIG. 3, in the first step 31, the replenishment cartridge 17a in which all the bills to be traded of 1,000-yen bills and 10,000-yen bills are collectively loaded is attached to the apparatus main body. Then, in the second step 32, when the clerk presses the replenishment key to distribute from the attached replenishment cartridge 17a, the flapper f of each conveyance path is controlled to be distributed in a predetermined direction, and then one bill is fed from the replenishment cartridge 17a. Each one.

At this time, it is confirmed by the sensor S whether or not the feeding operation is normal, and the bill discriminating portion 18 discriminates the bills fed out from the bills to determine whether the bills are 1,000 yen bills. In the case, the number is counted and then stored in the 1,000-yen cartridge 13, and in the case of a 10,000-yen bill, after counting the number, it is stored in the 10,000-yen cartridge 14. Then, in the case of abnormal feeding such as feeding two sheets, or a bill other than a fake bill or a 1,000-yen / 10,000-yen bill, the replenishment / recovery section 20a of the replenishment cartridge 17a.
The flapper f corresponding to the
0a is stored, and the number of stored sheets is counted. In the third step 33, the replenishment cartridge 17a continues the feeding operation until it becomes empty, and when all the bills have been fed out and becomes empty, the feeding operation of the replenishment cartridge 17a is stopped and the feeding completion time The replenishment data in is stored. When this replenishment operation is completed, in a fourth step 34, the distribution number of the denomination distributed to each cartridge is printed on a journal via a form processing device (not shown), and after printing, in a fifth step 35. , The start key is pressed, and in the sixth step 36, the operation mode is shifted to the normal operation mode and started. Next, at the time of the detailed inspection of the banknotes in FIG. 4, when the staff member presses the detailed inspection key in the eleventh step 41, the banknotes are fed from the 1,000-yen cartridge 13 and the 10,000-yen cartridge 14 so as to be collectively collected in the supply cartridge 17a.

At this time, it is confirmed by the sensor S whether or not it is a normal feeding operation, and the bill discriminating section 18 discriminates the bills fed out from the bill authenticity and denomination.
The number of stored sheets is counted for each denomination and stored in the supply cartridge 17a.

In this case, if the paper is abnormally fed out such as when two papers are dispensed, or if the paper cannot be discriminated, it is collected in the collection cartridge 15 as a traded bill.

Further, in the recovery cartridge 15, the defective banknotes that have been discriminated at the time of a normal deposit / withdrawal transaction are already recovered in the recovery cartridge 15. Then, in the twelfth step 42, the payout operation is continued until the 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen cartridges 13 and 14 are empty, and all the paid-out bills are collected by the supply cartridge 17a. Is stored, and in the thirteenth step 43, the number of stored coins of the denomination that has been collectively collected and transferred is printed on the journal via the form processing device. After the completion of the transfer operation, in the fourteenth step 44, the replenishment cartridge 17a in which all the bills are collectively collected is taken out to
The one replenishment cartridge 17a can be taken out efficiently.

In this case, if there are banknotes recovered on the recovery cartridge 15 side, the recovery cartridge 15 is also removed. In this way, by forming the transaction collection unit 19 and the supply collection unit 20, the collected bills can be discriminated between those for transactions and those for replenishment, so that the scrutiny can be performed automatically, and the troublesome replenishment setting at each replenishment time by the clerk It is not necessary to operate a staff member, and the load on the staff member can be reliably reduced.

In particular, the replenishment cartridge 17a is provided with a replenishment / recovery section 20a.
Since the replenishment operation and the collection operation for the replenished bills at this time can be performed by 7a, the management of all the replenished bills can be facilitated. Next, a processing operation of the bill processing apparatus at the time of mid-supply will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the twenty-first step 61, when the near end signal of the ten thousand-yen bill is issued while the apparatus main body is operating, the twenty-second step is performed.
In step 62, a replenishment process for feeding out bills from the replenishment cartridge 17a is started. At this time, the fed-out banknotes are passed through the banknote discriminating section 18 for discrimination processing in the 23rd step 63, and if the bills are 10,000-yen bills, they are stored in the 10,000-yen cartridge 14 in the 24th step 64, If the bill is a 1,000-yen bill, then in a 25th step 65, the bills are stored in the 1,000-yen cartridge 13 and the bills are sequentially distributed and supplied. At this time, if the bill cannot be discriminated, it is stored in the replenishment storage portion 20a of the replenishment cartridge 17a as a replenishment bill in the 26th step 66.

As described above, the replenishment / recovery banknotes are correctly sorted and collected from the transaction recollection banknotes, so that the total replenishment number and the total transaction number can be automatically obtained at the time of scrutiny. The management of banknotes will be appropriate, for example, it will be possible to accurately grasp the number of remaining transactions in the cartridge of each denomination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an operation explanatory view of a bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for bill replenishment.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for bill scrutiny.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for mid-supply.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of a conventional banknote handling machine.

[Explanation of Codes] 11 ... Banknote Processing Device 12 ... Deposit / Withdrawal Port 13 ... Thousand Yen Cartridge 14 ... 10,000 Yen Cartridge 15 ... Collection Cartridge 16 ... Deposit / Withdrawal Path 17a ... Supply Cartridge 18 ... Banknote Discrimination Section 19 ... Transaction Collection Section 20a ... Supply and collection department

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transaction cartridge and a replenishment cartridge, which are connected to a banknote deposit / withdrawal path so that the banknote can be taken in and out, a transaction collection unit that stores a collected banknote generated during a transaction, and a replenishment time. A banknote processing apparatus comprising: a replenishment / recovery section for accommodating recovered banknotes, wherein the replenishment cartridge and the replenishment / recovery section are partitioned into one cartridge.