JPH09115031A - Automatic cash transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve security by preventing a jammed paper money from being ejected on a joint conveyance path for connecting a main body part and a cassette storage part. SOLUTION: A 1st lock part 13 is provided for locking the casing of a paper money receiving and paying-out device 9 with the casing of the automatic cash transaction device, and a 2nd lock part 21 is provided for locking a cassette storage part 8 with a main body part 7. When removing the jammed paper money at the paper money receiving and paying-out device 9, it is performed after the paper money receiving and paying-out device 9 is drawn from the automatic cash transaction device by releasing the 1st lock part 13 and the cassette storage part 8 is separated from the main body part 7 by releasing the 2nd lock part 21.

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 which is installed in a store such as a financial institution and which deposits and withdraws banknotes in an interactive manner with a customer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automated teller machine for depositing and withdrawing banknotes interactively with a customer is provided with a cassette storage section for mounting a batch cassette and a reject cassette on the main body so that the cassette storage section can be freely attached to and detached from the main body. There is one that has a joint transport path that connects to the banknote transport path on the main body side that corresponds to the banknote transport path of each cassette, and when a jam occurs, pull out the banknote deposit / withdrawal device, separate the cassette storage section from the main body section, Jam bills are removed by opening the joint transportation path.

By the way, in recent years, the automatic teller machine operates even on holidays, and therefore, the supply and collection of banknotes on holidays are entrusted to a security company. A security officer of a security company, for example, brings a safe in which a batch cassette in which the number of banknotes is known in advance is brought to a store to be replenished, opens a door for a maintenance person of the automatic teller machine, and uses it as a banknote deposit / withdrawal device. The loaded cassette is exchanged with the brought cassette, and the maintenance staff door is closed again to finish the bill supply.

[0004]

In the conventional automated teller machine, when a jam occurs in the joint conveyance path, even a security guard who comes to replenish and collect banknotes should have some knowledge of the automated teller machine. If you have it, you can take out the jam banknotes by looking at the operation panel for maintenance personnel and pulling out the banknote deposit / withdrawal device from the main unit, separating the cassette storage part from the main part and opening the joint transport path. It was

It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic teller machine in which security is improved by preventing jammed bills from being taken out from the joint conveyance path.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic teller machine according to the present invention comprises a lock portion for locking the case of a banknote deposit / withdrawal device to the case of the automatic teller machine. In order to remove jammed bills on the joint conveyance path, the lock portion is released and the bill depositing / dispensing device is pulled out from the automatic teller machine.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an automated teller machine, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device, and FIG. 5 is a detailed view of the first lock portion, FIG. 5 is a detailed view of the second lock portion, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the connecting mechanism, FIG. 7 is a front view of the joint transport path and the connecting mechanism, and FIG. It is a detailed view of the banknote slot periphery of the containing cassette.

As shown in FIG. 2, the customer service side of the automatic teller machine 1 is provided with a panel 6 having a card insertion slot 2, a passbook insertion slot 3, a customer operation section 4, a bill inlet / outlet 5, and the like.
Inside the automatic teller machine 1, as shown in FIG. 1, a banknote depositing / dispensing device 9 including a main body 7 and a cassette housing 8.
Etc. are provided, and the banknote pay-in / out port 5 is provided in the front part of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 9. A cassette storage unit 8 is provided at the rear of the bill depositing / dispensing device 9, and as shown in FIG. 3, the cassette storage unit 8 can be freely attached / detached to / from the main body unit 7 in the direction of arrow AB through the sliding member 10.

A batch cassette 11 for replenishing and collecting banknotes and a reject cassette 12 for storing banknotes determined to be incapable of dispensing are mounted in the cassette storage section 8. As shown in FIG. 1, the cassette storage unit 8 includes an automatic teller machine 1
There is provided a first lock portion 13 that locks to the housing of the.
As shown in FIG. 4, the first lock unit 13 includes a lock 14 and a lock lever 15 provided on the housing of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 9.
And a stopper 16 which is provided in a casing (not shown) of the automatic teller machine 1 and which engages with the lock lever 14. The lock lever 15 is a shaft 1 provided on the housing of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 9.
7 is rotatably supported in the direction of arrow CD, has a claw 15a that engages with the stopper 16 at one end, and makes the other end abut on the apex of the eccentric cam 18 of the lock 14. . Lock 14
When the key 20 is inserted into the mortise hole 19 and rotated in the direction of arrow E, the cam 18 rotates 90 °, the lock lever 15 rotates about the shaft 17 in the direction of arrow D, and the pawl 15a moves from the stopper 16. release.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the cassette housing portion 8 is locked and held in the main body portion 7 via a second lock portion 21. As shown in FIG. 5, the second lock portion 21 includes a lock plate 22 protruding from the cassette housing portion 8 toward the main body portion 7, and a claw member 23 rotatably provided on a side wall of the main body portion 7. Consists of. The lock plate 22 is provided with a claw hole 22a with which the claw 23a of the claw member 23 meshes. The claw member 23 has a torsion spring (not shown) that urges the claw member 23 in the direction of the arrow F between the claw member 23 and the shaft 25.
Is in contact with When the cassette housing 8 slides in the direction of arrow B and the lock plate 22 comes into contact with the claw 23a of the claw member 23, the claw member 23 is rotated in the direction of arrow G against the biasing force of the torsion spring, and the claw member 23 is rotated. 23a is rotated in the direction of the arrow F and locked at a position where 23a meshes with the claw hole 22a. When the lock is released, the knob 23b of the claw member 23 is pressed and rotated in the arrow G direction. Therefore, the second lock unit 21 cannot unlock unless the first lock unit 13 is released and the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 9 is pulled out from the housing of the automatic teller machine 1.

The key 20 for releasing the first lock portion 13 is not carried by a security guard or the like who replenishes / collects the batch cassette 11, and the jam of the bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 9 is provided in addition to the replenishment / collection of the batch cassette 11. Possessed by senior guards etc. who are entrusted with processing.

Further, in the cassette housing section 8, as shown in FIG. 3, a joint transfer path 2 for connecting the banknote transfer path of the batch cassette 11 and the corresponding banknote transfer path on the main body 7 side.
6. Joint transport path (not shown) that connects the banknote transport path of the reject cassette 12 and the corresponding banknote transport path on the main body 7 side (since the configuration is the same as the joint transport path 26, the batch cassette 11 and the joint transport path 26 Will be explained). The joint transport path 26 has a fixed side 27
And a movable side 28, and is openable and closable around a shaft 29. On both the fixed side 27 and the movable side 28, conveyor belts 30, 31 are wound around rollers, and the conveyor belt 30,
The banknote is sandwiched between 31 and conveyed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, the cassette housing portion 8 is provided at one end portion of a roller shaft 32 provided on the fixed side 27 of the joint conveyance path 26 having a drive system when the collective cassette 11 is mounted. It has a connecting mechanism 35 that connects the fixed sun gear 33 and the joint gear 34 of the collective cassette 11. Fixed side 27 side frame 36, 3
A sun gear 33 is fixed to one end of a roller shaft 32 that is rotatably supported by 7, and a planetary gear that is rotatably supported by a bracket 38 that is rotatably provided on the roller shaft 32 and that meshes with the sun gear 33. A gear 39 is rotatably supported.

The planetary gear 3 is provided near the roller shaft 32.
A shaft 4 having a gear 40 and a sun gear 41 fixedly engaged with each other.
2 is rotatably supported by the side frame 36 on the fixed side 27, and the sun gear 41 is provided with a planetary gear 44 rotatably supported by a bracket 43 rotatably provided on the roller shaft 42. There is.

As shown in FIG. 6, the bracket 38 is urged by a tension spring 45 in the direction in which the planet gear 39 is meshed with the gear 40, that is, in the arrow H direction. Further, the side frame 3 on the fixed side 27 is attached to the bracket 38.
6 is provided with a pin 48 with which one end of a lever 47 that rotates around a shaft 46 provided in 6 abuts, and a bracket 38 is attached to the planet gear 39 and a gear 40 by a tension spring 49 provided on one end of the lever 47. Is urged in the direction of disengagement with, that is, in the direction of arrow I. The other end of the lever 47 is rotatably provided on the movable piece 51 of the electromagnetic solenoid 50.

The bracket 43 has a direction in which the planetary gear 44 meshes with the joint gear 34 on the side of the collective cassette 11,
That is, the tension spring 52 that urges in the arrow J direction is provided.

The batch cassette 11 is, as shown in FIG.
A part of the gear is projected from the bill slot 53 so that the joint gear 34 can be meshed with the planetary gear 44.
The joint gear 34 is the shaft 5 provided on the side frame 54.
5 is rotatably supported and meshes with a gear 35.
The gear 35 is fixed to one end of a shaft 57 which is rotatably supported by the side frames 54 and 56, and a feed roller 58 for taking bills is fixed to the shaft 57 at a predetermined interval. A pressure contact roller 59 biased by a biasing member (not shown) is provided in contact with the roller surface of the feed roller 58. A one-way clutch 60 that rotates the shaft 57 only in the direction in which banknotes are taken into the batch cassette 11 side is provided on the support portion at one end of the shaft 57.

The electromagnetic solenoid 50 operates when the banknotes are taken into the batch cassette 11 and the reject cassette 12, and connects the respective joint conveyance paths to the batch cassette 11 and the reject cassette 12.

Next, the operation will be described. If a person who has knowledge of the automatic teller machine tries to take out the bill by jamming the bill on the joint conveyance path 26 by looking at the operation panel for the maintenance staff and does not have the lock 20, Since the first lock part 13 and the second lock part 21 cannot be released, the main body part 7 and the cassette storage part 8 cannot be separated, and the jam banknote cannot be taken out.

Even if the sun gear 41 of the connecting mechanism 35 is rotated after the batch cassette 11 or the reject cassette 12 is removed from the cassette housing portion 8, the electromagnetic solenoid 50 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is energized. Since the bracket 38 is not rotated, the tension spring 49 rotates in the direction of arrow I to disengage the planetary gear 39 from the gear 40, and the conveyor belts 30 and 31 in the joint conveyor path 26 do not rotate. Therefore, the jam banknote cannot be taken out.

Even when the joint cassette 34 of the batch cassette 11 or the reject cassette 12 removed from the cassette storage section 8 is rotated, the feed roller 58 uses the one-way clutch 60 only in the direction for taking in bills, that is, in the arrow K direction. Since it does not rotate, it is a batch cassette 1
1 or the banknote cannot be taken out from the reject cassette 12.

[0023]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

By providing the lock part for locking the housing of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device to the chassis of the automated teller machine, the banknote deposit / withdrawal device cannot be pulled out from the main body device, so that the cassette storage part is separated from the main body part and is jointed. It is possible to provide an automated teller machine with improved security in that the transportation path cannot be opened and the jam banknote cannot be taken out from the joint transportation path.

The second for locking the cassette storage portion to the main body portion
In order to remove the jam banknotes in each joint transport path by providing the lock part of the, the lock part is released and the banknote deposit / withdrawal device is pulled out from the automatic teller machine, and the second lock part is released to the cassette storage part. By doing so after separating the main body unit from the main body unit, the cassette storage unit and the main body unit are locked when the banknote pay-in / pay-out device is pulled out from the main body unit, which facilitates the withdrawal.

Further, when the collective cassette and the reject cassette are installed, a connecting mechanism for connecting the joint transfer path having the drive system and the banknote transfer path of the collective cassette and the reject cassette is provided in the cassette storage section, so that each cassette is connected to the cassette. Even if you rotate the gear that meshes with the joint gear of each cassette after removing it from the storage section, the conveyor belt of the joint conveyance path does not rotate and you can not take out the jam banknotes of the joint conveyance path Automatic cash transaction with improved security A device can be provided.

Further, in the batch cassette and the reject cassette, the joint gears of each cassette are rotated by providing a plurality of feed rollers on a shaft supported through a one-way clutch that rotates only in the direction of taking bills into the cassette. However, since the feed roller rotates only in the direction of taking in the bills in the cassette, it is possible to provide the automatic teller machine with improved security that the bills in the cassette cannot be taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a banknote deposit / withdrawal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an automatic teller machine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a bill deposit / withdrawal device.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of a first lock portion.

FIG. 5 is a detailed view of a second lock portion.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a connecting mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a joint transport path and a connection mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the vicinity of the bill slot of the batch cassette including the breakage portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automated teller machine 7 Main body part 8 Cassette storage part 9 Banknote deposit / withdrawal device 11 Batch cassette 12 Reject cassette 13 First lock part 21 Second lock part 35 Coupling mechanism part 60 One-way clutch

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cassette accommodating section for mounting a batch cassette and a reject cassette is provided in a main body section so as to be separable from and to the main body section, and the banknote conveying path of each cassette and the corresponding banknote conveying path on the main body section side are connected to the cassette accommodating section. In a cash automatic transaction device in which a banknote deposit / withdrawal device having a joint transportation path is freely withdrawable, a lock part for locking the case of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device to the chassis of the cash automatic transaction device is provided. An automated teller machine characterized by. 2. A banknote depositing / dispensing device which is provided with a second lock part for locking the cassette storage part to the main body part, and in order to remove jammed banknotes in each joint conveyance path, the lock part is released. The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the automatic teller machine is pulled out from the automatic teller machine, the second lock part is released, and the cassette storage part and the main body part are separated from each other. 3. The cassette storage unit according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting mechanism for connecting the joint transfer path having the drive system and the banknote transfer paths of the batch cassette and the reject cassette when the batch cassette and the reject cassette are mounted. Cash automatic transaction device. 4. The batch cassette and the reject cassette have a plurality of feed rollers and a joint gear that meshes with the coupling mechanism fixed to a shaft supported through a one-way clutch, and a rotatable roller is pressed against the feed roller. 4. The automatic teller machine according to claim 3, wherein the pressed contact portion is provided at a bill slot, and the one-way clutch is provided so as to rotate only in a direction for transporting bills into the cassette.