JPH10293870A - Paper sheet handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the paper sheet handling device for a recirculation type automatic teller machine which causes paper jamming a little, saves the trouble to rearrange bills after the services end, receives and pays money with simple constitution, and uses the received bills for payment even when there are many kinds of bill foreign bills whose longitudinal and lateral sizes are widely distributed are handled. SOLUTION: This device 2 is a device which is built in the automatic teller machine and a bill inspection means 121 is provided nearby the exit of a temporary storage part 111 which temporarily holds received bills after counting. The state of a bill 8 sent out of the temporary storage part 111 is inspected and when it is decided that it can not be handled by a bill storage box 116 in the state of the bill 8, the bill 8 is carried to a branched conveying means 123 and stored in a defective bill storage box 124, thereby evading the stopping of the bill handling device 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for depositing and paying out cash bills, such as an automatic cash dispenser, and a cash bill receiving mechanism, such as a vending machine. The present invention relates to a technology that is effective when applied to a paper handling apparatus suitable for an automatic cash transaction apparatus that handles overseas banknotes having many denominations and in which the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the banknotes are distributed over a wide range.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as a technique studied by the present inventor, in a banknote handling apparatus of an automatic teller machine, at the time of a deposit transaction, a banknote inserted by a user into a deposit port is separated and conveyed one by one. Inspection means inspects the denomination, authenticity, number, damage, etc. of the banknotes, and transports the banknotes determined to be acceptable to the temporary storage unit for storage, and transports the banknotes determined to be unacceptable to the return slot for use. To the person. Then, the total amount of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit as acceptable is displayed on the display unit to notify the user, and when the user performs an approval operation using the approval / non-authorization input unit, the banknotes in the temporary storage unit are displayed. Is stored in a bill storage box, and when a non-approval operation is performed, the banknote in the temporary storage unit is returned to the user in full.

[0003] Such a banknote handling apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 133020 and considers an example of a single banknote storage for Japanese yen banknotes. There are three denominations of yen and 1,000 yen, and the short dimension of each denomination is approximately 76 mm. At present, many banknote handling machines that handle Japanese yen adopt a principle-based mechanism that uses the fact that the short dimensions, which are the characteristics of the external dimensions of Japanese yen, are the same for all denominations. I have. On the other hand, banknotes of many countries overseas differ from Japanese yen banknotes in their short dimensions for each denomination, and the number of denominations of banknotes is as large as 6 to 8 denominations or more.

[0004]

By the way, in such a bill handling apparatus as described above, if an attempt is made to provide a bill handling apparatus for, for example, overseas bills, the bills often have different short dimensions. When a deposit operation is performed in a state where small banknotes are stacked, small banknotes hidden behind large banknotes do not have their long sides parallel to large banknotes, and are conveyed inclined when banknotes are taken in. Or, if the large banknote to be taken out next to the small banknote to be taken out is in the same state as the one that has advanced, it is difficult to take out, such as the small banknote and the large banknote overlapping and being taken out, and it is inclined and taken out. If they are taken out of the stack, they may not be able to be inspected by the inspection means, or if they are worse, paper jams may occur in the transport path. It is.

Furthermore, since there are many denominations, a single banknote storage box stores a large number of banknotes in a mixed state. After the service of the automatic teller machine, the banknote storage box is taken out and the number of banknotes inside is counted. Confirm, classify by money type, for example, 10
A great deal of labor is required for counting and organizing operations such as putting together sheets of paper for every 0 sheets.

In recent years, such an automatic cash transaction apparatus has become widespread throughout the world in recent years, and the dispensing directly pays out the cash bills desired by the user, and the depositing uses the bills deposited by the user in an envelope. It is performed by inserting the money into the envelope depositing mechanism of the automated teller machine and collecting it in the envelope depositing mechanism. This automatic teller machine has two types, a so-called non-reflux type in which a bill payment mechanism and a bill depositing mechanism are separately provided in one housing, and a recirculation type in which a single bill handling mechanism uses deposited bills for payment. There is.

For example, most of the automatic teller machines in Asia, Europe and the United States except Japan and Korea have a depositing function, and have only a bill paying mechanism and an envelope depositing mechanism as a bill handling mechanism. The direct inspection,
It does not have a bill handling mechanism for counting. The envelope depositing mechanism is configured to transport and process the envelope in the longitudinal direction, and the device width is narrow. Therefore, when trying to incorporate a banknote depositing mechanism instead of an envelope depositing mechanism as in non-refundable automatic teller machines in Japan and South Korea, the bill depositing mechanism is wider than the envelope depositing mechanism. The width of the device must be widened.

Furthermore, in Asia, Europe and the United States, except for Japan and Korea, most of the automatic teller machines are called outer wall type, and the main body of the device is installed indoors, and holes are formed in the wall so that they can be operated from outside. Have been. Therefore, if the width of the automatic teller machine is increased by incorporating a wide bill depositing mechanism in the width of the device, it is necessary to widen the hole in the wall, which is a major obstacle to switching the device. On the other hand, the introduction of a recycle type banknote handling mechanism used in Japan and Korea can solve the problem of the width of the automatic teller machine, but the recycle type banknote handling mechanism is considerably more sophisticated, large and expensive. Must be taken into account.

Therefore, one object of the present invention is to reduce the occurrence of paper jams even when dealing with overseas banknotes having a large number of denominations and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the banknotes distributed over a wide range as described above. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus for an automatic teller machine for overseas banknotes, which does not require any trouble to arrange banknotes after the service is completed.

[0010] Another object of the present invention is to be able to directly deposit banknotes, to install the apparatus without increasing the width of an external wall or the like, and to have a simple configuration with a small size without significantly increasing the price. An object of the present invention is to provide a recirculation-type sheet handling apparatus that can perform both deposit and withdrawal and uses deposited bills for dispensing.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned one problem, a user inserts a bill into a deposit port of a receiving means at the time of a deposit transaction when handling a bill as one of paper sheets. The banknotes are separated and conveyed one by one by a first separating means provided at the deposit port, and the denomination of the banknotes by the first inspecting means,
Inspection of the authenticity, number of sheets, damage, etc., the banknotes judged to be acceptable are transported and stored in the temporary storage section of the storage means, and the banknotes determined to be unacceptable are transported to the return port of the return means to the user. return. Then, the total amount of the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit is displayed on the display unit to notify the user, and when the user performs an approval operation by the approval / non-authorization input unit, the banknote is stored in the temporary storage unit. The banknotes are stored in a predetermined banknote storage of the storage unit.

At this time, at least in the separating means or near the downstream of the separating means, there is provided a second inspection means for detecting at least the separated and transferred state of the banknote, and the separated and transferred state of the sheet sent out from the separating means at the deposit opening. Is not normal and is configured to determine whether there is a possibility of causing a paper jam in a later stage, for example, the first inspection unit, etc., and further, between the second inspection unit and the first inspection unit. A branch transport unit is connected to the transport unit, and a connection unit is provided with a transport destination switching gate for switching the transport direction and a control unit for controlling the transport destination switch gate based on the determination result of the second inspection unit. The branch transport means is
The rear end is connected to the entrance of the bill storage.

[0013] The second inspection means, when it is determined that there is a possibility that the passing banknotes may cause a paper jam in the subsequent stage,
The control unit switches the transfer destination switching gate so that the banknote group is conveyed in the direction of the branch conveyance path, whereby the banknote group that may cause a paper jam in the subsequent stage is conveyed to the branch conveyance path and stored in the banknote storage. Is stored. The banknote storage box is larger than the largest banknote, for example, so that it can be stored even if a banknote group with poor separation / conveyance state is sent. It is configured so that it can be stored without causing a problem.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the configuration having the receiving unit, the first separating unit, the first inspecting unit, the storing unit, the returning unit and the storing unit, the temporary storing unit serving as the storing unit is provided. It is provided on the front of the apparatus, and the user can take out the bills in the temporary storage section by opening the shutter of the opening / closing means for closing the temporary storage section and the outside of the apparatus when the user performs a non-approval operation.

Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of banknote storages are provided, and when the user performs an approval operation, the banknotes in the temporary storage section are separated by the separating means provided in the temporary storage section. Are separated one by one, and at least the denomination is determined by the first inspection means, and only some of the denomination banknotes are stored in some of the banknote storages. The number of banknote storages may be equal to or greater than the number of denominations handled by the banknote handling mechanism.However, when the number of denominations handled is large, the number of storages increases, and the device becomes larger. This will increase costs. On the other hand, denominations that handle a large number of
For one denomination, one storage is allocated, and for a denomination with a small number of sheets handled, a plurality of denominations are stored in one storage, so that the number of bill storages can be reduced.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving means, a first inspecting means, a storing means, a returning means, and a storing means. Inspection means, the bill storage of the storage means, the temporary storage unit of the storage means, the return port of the return means in order, first, second,
Third, connected by the fourth transport means, stored in the banknote storage after the user has inspected the banknotes inserted into the deposit port by the inspection means, the banknotes fed from this banknote storage was accumulated in the return port. Later, it is configured to be passed to the user.

At this time, a second inspection means is provided at a branch portion to the banknote storage, and the banknotes fed from the banknote storage are inspected by the second inspection unit, and the banknotes judged to be dispensable are conveyed. After being conveyed by means and accumulated in the return port, it is handed over to the user, and the banknotes determined to be dispensable are accumulated in the temporary storage unit,
The bundle can be conveyed in a lump to the depositing port, separated into individual sheets, and stored in a banknote storage for defective banknotes. Thereby, a small and inexpensive bill handling apparatus can be provided.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the case of handling banknotes as described above, and it is equally possible to handle other paper sheets such as checks, bonds, and securities. .

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings for describing the embodiments, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the appearance of an automatic cash transaction apparatus incorporating a paper sheet handling apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. Configuration diagram showing a bill handling device built in the automatic teller machine,
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a bill receiving port used in the bill handling apparatus.

First, referring to FIG. 1, a schematic configuration of an automatic teller machine with a built-in paper handling apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described.

The automatic cash transaction apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment includes:
A bill handling device 2 for handling bills, which is an example of paper sheets, is built in, and a customer operation unit 3, a card insertion slot 4, a shutter 5 for a bill receiving port, and a shutter 6 for a bill returning port are provided on the surface.
For example, at the time of a deposit transaction by a user, the cash card 7 is inserted into the card insertion slot 4 and the bill 8 is inserted into the bill deposit port of the bill handling device 2.
This is done by inserting

Here, an outline of a general user usage method in the automatic cash transaction apparatus 1 of the first embodiment will be described.

The user first selects a desired transaction using the customer operation unit 3. The customer operation unit 3 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display and a touch panel, and a desired transaction or operation from among the displayed transactions is pressed by lightly touching the displayed portion like a button. The desired transaction can be selected.

Hereinafter, a case where the deposit transaction is selected will be described as an example. In addition, it goes without saying that there are other transactions such as withdrawal and transfer in addition to the deposit transaction in the transaction form.

The user first selects the deposit transaction as described above, and then inserts the cash card 7 into the card slot 4.
Insert The automatic teller machine 1 reads information held in the cash card 7 by a card handling mechanism (not shown), and in response thereto, a control unit (not shown) of the automatic teller machine 1 confirms that the cash card 7 is valid.
When the validity of the cash card 7 is confirmed, the shutter 5 that closes the bill receiving port 101 of the bill handling device 2 is opened.

Next, the user inserts the banknotes 8 to be deposited in a bundle into the banknote deposit port 101 and presses the shutter close button of the customer operation unit 3. Then, the automated teller machine 1
Recognizes that the shutter close button of the customer operation unit 3 has been pressed, closes the shutter 5 of the bill receiving port 101, and then checks the state of the bundle of bills 8 into which the control unit of the bill handling device 2 has been inserted. Then, if there is no failure in the check result, taking in of the bill starts.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 showing the internal structure of the bill handling device 2 and FIG. 3 showing the details of the bill receiving port 101 of the bill handling device 2. The operation after the counting of the number of banknotes 8 will be described.

As described with reference to FIG. 1, the bill receiving port 101 is provided with an openable shutter 5 so that the shutter 5 is provided at the opening of the bill receiving port 101 so as to be communicated with or blocked from the outside. .

As shown in detail in FIG.
On one surface, a bill separating means 102 for separating and sending out the bills 8 inserted in a bundle state one by one is provided. When the banknotes 8 are separated one by one, the bundle of the banknotes 8 is pressed against a pickup roller 104 constituting the banknote separating means 102 by a horizontally movable push plate 103.

The pickup roller 104 has a substantially circular shape and its outer periphery has a low friction coefficient member 104a and a high friction coefficient member 104a.
b, and when the banknote 8 is separated,
Rotate in the direction of the arrow. When the pickup roller 104 rotates and the high friction coefficient member 104b comes into contact with the bill 8, one sheet of the bill 8 which is in contact with the pickup roller 104 is carried downward by the frictional force of the high friction coefficient member 104b.

Below the pickup roller 104, a substantially circular outer periphery is constituted by a low friction coefficient member 105a and a high friction coefficient member 105b.
4 and a feed roller 105 in which the high friction coefficient member rotates in substantially the same phase, and a gate roller 106 which is not rotated during separation and has a high friction coefficient member all around. The feed roller 105 and the gate roller 106 cooperate to reliably send out the banknotes 8 one by one.

That is, one sheet of the bundle of bills 8 that is in contact with the pickup roller 104
Is sent further downward by the frictional force of the high friction coefficient member 105b, but if the next banknote 8 is about to be sent together, the frictional force of the non-rotating gate roller 106 causes the next banknote to go down one sheet. Is stopped, and only one card is sent out.

At this time, the stopped banknote 8 starts to advance downward again by the frictional force when the high friction coefficient members 104b, 105b of the rotating pickup roller 104 and feed roller 105 come into contact next time, and Following the bill 8, only one is sent out. In this manner, the bill separating means 102 can reliably separate and send out the bills 8 one by one.

Subsequently, returning to FIG. 2, the bill 8 sent out from the bill receiving port 101 is transported by the first transport means 107 constituted by rollers and belts, and is transported to the first bill inspection means 108. The first banknote inspecting unit 108 determines the denomination, authenticity, and correctness of the banknote 8 based on the external dimensions, print pattern, light reflectance and transmittance, magnetic quantity, fluorescent pattern, and the like of the banknote 8 that has been sent. At the same time, the bill 8 is sent out to the second transport means 109 after confirming that there is no abnormality in the thickness.

The control unit 201 includes a first banknote inspection means 10
8, the banknote 8 determined to be normal is stored in the temporary storage unit 111, and the banknote 8 determined to be abnormal is returned to the return port 1.
In order to convey the received banknotes, the banknote sorting unit 110 is controlled. According to the instruction from the control unit 201, the deposited banknote sorting unit 110 switches the direction of the gate, and normal banknotes 8 are transferred to the third transport unit 113 reaching the temporary storage unit 111, and abnormal banknotes 8 are returned to the return port 112. The bills 8 are distributed to the fourth transport means 114.

At the same time, the control unit 201 receives the report from the first bill inspection means 108, records the report, and at the same time, calculates at least the integration of the amount of the normal bill 8.

When the banknotes are exhausted when the bills in the bill receiving port 101 are exhausted, the control unit 201 calculates at least the total amount of the taken-in banknotes 8, displays the sum on the display means of the customer operation unit 3, and displays an abnormal value. If there is a return banknote 8 determined to be "No", the display means of the customer operation unit 3 has the return banknote 8, so the guidance is given to the user to take it, and at the same time, the shutter 6 of the return port 112 and the banknote deposit are received. The shutter 5 of the mouth 101 is opened. The above operation is called a deposit count.

The user who uses the automatic teller machine 1 for depositing takes out the returned bill 8 from the return slot 112, if any, and inserts it again or replaces it with the amount taken up to that point. Decide whether to be good. Banknote 8 returned by the user
Is reinserted into the banknote deposit slot 101, the automatic teller machine 1 takes in the banknote 8 in the same procedure as the above-described procedure for counting the number of payments, and the control unit 201 places the newly captured banknote 8 in the It is added to the total amount of normal banknotes 8.

When the user decides that the amount displayed on the display means is sufficient, he / she inputs approval through an approval / non-approval input means provided in the customer operation unit 3. When the approval is input, the control unit 201 communicates with the host computer 203 through the online line 202 in response to the approval, and deposits the amount of the normal banknote 8 taken into the depositor's account. Thereafter, the automatic teller machine 1 prints a transaction statement and a passbook, passes them to the user, and ends the transaction.

If the user inputs a non-approval, the control unit 201 returns the bills 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111 to the user, for example, in order to return the bills 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111 to the user. The fifth transfer means 115 conveys the bills to the bill receiving port 101 and gives guidance to the user to take the bills 8 to be returned.
The shutter 5 is opened. The user takes out the banknote 8 from the banknote deposit port 101, and the transaction ends.

When the user inputs the approval, the transaction ends as described above, but the automatic teller machine 1 continues to store the banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111 of the banknote handling apparatus 2. After the storage process is completed, the user prepares for the next user transaction.

The storing process is performed as follows. The banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111 are stored in the fifth transport unit 1.
15 and conveyed to the bill receiving port 101, and then separated one by one by the bill separating means 102 of the bill receiving port 101 in the same manner as in the above-described deposit counting.
In step 07, the sheet is conveyed to the first bill inspection means 108, and the first bill inspection means 108 determines at least the denomination. The banknotes 8 are transported by the second transporting means 109. For example, three banknote storages 116a, 116b,
116c.

The second transporting means 109 is provided with stored bill transporting direction switching means 117a, 117b and 117c, and the control unit 201 controls the stored bill transporting direction switching means according to the judgment result of the first bill inspecting means 108. 117, and the first denomination bill 8 is stored in the bill storage 116a.
Then, the banknotes 8 of the second denomination are transported and stored in the banknote storage 116b, and the banknotes 8 of the remaining denominations are transported in the direction of the banknote storage 116c in a denomination mixed state. When all the banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111 are stored in the banknote storage 116, the storing operation ends, and the automatic teller machine 1 prepares for the next user's transaction.

In particular, the banknote handling apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment is provided with the second banknote inspection unit 121 in the banknote depositing port 101 in the banknote separating unit 102 or near the downstream in the transport direction. The second banknote inspection unit 121 inspects the state of the banknotes 8 sent from the banknote separation unit 102, and has a large inclination or a plurality of stacked banknotes to be sent out. The first banknote inspection unit 108, the stored banknote transport direction switching unit 117, and the banknote storage 116 detect a banknote 8 or a banknote group that may cause a problem such as a paper jam.

Downstream of the second bill inspecting means 121 of the first carrying means 107, there is a conveying direction switching means 12 for defective bills.
2 is provided, and is configured to branch the banknote 8 to the sixth transport unit 123. When the second banknote inspection unit 121 determines that the second banknote inspection unit 121 is not suitable for the conveyance to the downstream, the control unit 201 determines that the defective banknote conveyance direction switching unit 12
2 to control the banknote 8 or the banknote group in the direction of the sixth transport unit 123. Sixth transport means 123
Is connected to the defective banknote storage 124, and the banknote 8 or the banknote group determined to be unsuitable for conveyance to the downstream is stored in the defective banknote storage 124.

The banknotes 8 or banknotes that are not suitable for being conveyed to the downstream in the storing operation have the same short dimension regardless of the denomination when handling Japanese yen. When the banknotes 8 are well aligned when they are conveyed to the mouth 101, the frequency of occurrence is small.
As described above, the second banknote inspection means 121 is provided to inspect the transport state, and the reliability is maintained sufficiently high without providing a process of storing the defective banknotes in the defective banknote storage 124 through the sixth transport means 123 in the fork. Dripping.

On the other hand, when handling overseas banknotes,
As described above, there are many banknotes whose short dimensions are different for each denomination, and during the storing operation, the banknote deposit port 10 from the temporary storage unit 111
If the banknotes 8 are likely to be out of alignment after being conveyed to the banknote 1, the banknotes 8 may have a large inclination when separated by the banknote separating means 102 of the banknote deposit slot 101, or may be sent out in a stack of a plurality of banknotes. The frequency of occurrence of the banknote 8 or banknote group that is not suitable for the downstream transport becomes considerably high, and the transport state is inspected by the second banknote inspection unit 121 described above, and the banknote 8 or the banknote group that is not suitable for the downstream transport. Is not stored in the defective banknote storage shed 124 via the branch path, a paper jam in the downstream first conveyance means 107, first banknote inspection means 108, stored banknote conveyance direction switching means 117, and banknote storage shed 116. Occurs more frequently. If a paper jam occurs here, the automatic teller machine 1 cannot be used until the staff removes the jammed banknotes 8.

Therefore, in the first embodiment, the second banknote inspection means 121 is provided near the exit of the temporary storage unit 111 to change the state of the banknotes 8 sent out from the temporary storage unit 111 for depositing and storing. If it is determined that the banknotes cannot be handled properly along the route to the banknote storage 116, the banknotes 8 are switched to the sixth transporting means 123 on the branch road and stored in the defective banknote storage 124, and Even when dealing with overseas banknotes in which there are many denominations 8 and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the banknotes 8 are distributed over a wide range, paper jams are less likely to occur during transportation, etc., and the banknote handling device 2 is in a halt state. Can be avoided.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling apparatus built in an automatic cash transaction apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

The automatic cash transaction apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment is
As in the first embodiment, a bill handling device 2 for handling bills is built therein, and a customer operation unit 3, a card insertion slot 4, a shutter 5 for a bill receiving slot, and a shutter 6 for a bill returning slot are provided on the surface. Embodiment 1 is provided.
4 in that the temporary banking unit 211 of the banknote handling apparatus 2 is provided with a banknote separating unit 152 as shown in FIG. 4 and a second banknote inspection unit 221 is provided at the outlet.

That is, in the second embodiment, the bill 8 sent out from the bill receiving port 101 is transported by the first transport means 107 composed of a roller and a belt.
It is carried to the first bill inspection means 108. In the first bill inspection means 108, the external dimensions of the sent bill 8,
At the same time as discriminating the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the banknote 8 based on the printing pattern, light reflectance and transmittance, magnetic quantity, fluorescent pattern, etc., and confirming that there is no abnormality in the thickness, the second transport means Send the bill to 109.

The control unit 201 includes the first bill checking means 10
8, the banknote 8 determined to be normal is stored in the temporary storage unit 211, and the banknote 8 determined to be abnormal is returned to the return port 1.
In order to convey the received banknotes, the banknote sorting unit 110 is controlled. According to the instruction from the control unit 201, the deposited banknote sorting unit 110 switches the direction of the gate, and normal banknotes 8 are transferred to the third transport unit 113 reaching the temporary storage unit 211, and abnormal banknotes 8 are returned to the return port 112. The bills 8 are distributed to the fourth transport means 114.

At the same time, the control unit 201 receives the report from the first banknote inspection means 108, records the report, and at the same time, calculates at least the integration of the amount of the normal banknote 8.

When the banknote 8 in the banknote depositing port 101 runs out and the take-in is completed, the control unit 201 calculates at least the total amount of the taken-in banknote 8 and displays the sum on the display means of the customer operation unit 3 at the same time. If there is a return bill 8 determined to be abnormal, the return means 8 is displayed on the display means of the customer operation unit 3 so that guidance is given to the user to take it, and at the same time, the shutter 6 of the return port 112 and the bill are returned. Deposit 1
01 shutter 5 is opened.

The user who uses the automatic teller machine 1 for depositing takes out the returned bill 8 from the return slot 112, if any, and inserts it again, or uses the amount of money taken up to that point. Decide whether to be good. Banknote 8 returned by the user
Is reinserted into the banknote deposit slot 101, the automated teller machine 1 takes in the banknote 8 in the same procedure as the above-described procedure of counting the deposit, and the control unit 201 inserts the newly taken banknote 8 It is added to the total amount of the normal banknotes 8.

If the user decides that the amount displayed on the display means is sufficient, he / she inputs approval through the approval / non-approval input means provided in the customer operation unit 3. When the approval is input, the control unit 201 communicates with the host computer 203 through the online line 202 in response to the approval, and deposits the amount of the normal banknote 8 taken into the depositor's account. Thereafter, the automatic teller machine 1 prints a transaction statement and a passbook, passes them to the user, and ends the transaction.

When the user inputs a non-approval, the control unit 201 returns the banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 211 to the user. In the second embodiment, the temporary storage unit 21
1 has the same bill separating means 152 provided in the bill receiving port 101 as follows.

Banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 211
Are separated one by one by the bill separating means 152, and are conveyed by the seventh conveying means 153, and thereafter, the first conveying means 107, the second conveying means 109, and the fourth conveying means 1
At the same time as providing the guidance to the display means to be conveyed to the return port 112 by the user and to take the banknote 8 for the user to return,
The shutter 6 of the return port 112 is opened. The user has a return port 11
The banknote 8 is removed from 2 and the transaction ends.

When the user inputs the approval, the transaction ends as described above, but the automatic teller machine 1 continues to store the banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 211 of the banknote handling apparatus 2. After the storage process is completed, the user prepares for the next transaction.

The storing process according to the second embodiment is performed as follows. Since the temporary storage unit 211 of the second embodiment has the banknote separation unit 152, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 211 are separated one by one by the banknote separation unit 152, and the banknotes are separated by the seventh transport unit 153. , First transport means 1
07, and further conveyed to the first banknote inspection unit 108 by the first conveyance unit 107, and at least the denomination is determined by the first banknote inspection unit 108.

The bill 8 is transported by the second transport means 109, for example, three bill storage sheds 116a, 116
b, 116c. The second transport means 109 includes stored bill transport direction switching means 117a, 117b, 1
17c is provided, and the control unit 201 controls the stored banknote transport direction switching unit 117 based on the determination result of the first banknote inspection unit 108, and the banknote 8 of the first denomination is stored in the banknote storage 116a. The banknotes 8 of the second denomination are transported and stored in the banknote storage 116b, and the remaining banknotes 8 of the denomination are conveyed toward the banknote storage 116c in a denomination mixed state. Temporary storage unit 2
When all the banknotes 8 accumulated in 11 are stored in the banknote storage 116, the storing operation ends, and the automatic teller machine 1 prepares for the next user's transaction.

In particular, in the second embodiment, the second banknote inspection unit 221 is provided in the banknote separation unit 152 of the temporary storage unit 211 or near the downstream in the transport direction. The second banknote inspection unit 221 inspects the state of the banknotes 8 sent from the banknote separation unit 152, and has a large inclination or a plurality of stacked banknotes to be sent out. The first banknote inspection unit 108, the stored banknote transport direction switching unit 117, and the banknote storage 116 detect a banknote 8 or a banknote group that may cause a problem such as a paper jam.

Downstream of the second bill inspecting means 221 of the first carrying means 107, there is a defective bill carrying direction switching means 122
Is provided, and the banknote 8 is configured to branch to the sixth transport unit 123. Second banknote inspection means 2
If the control unit 201 determines that the defective banknote transport direction switching unit 122
To convey the banknote 8 or the banknote group in the direction of the sixth conveying unit 123. The sixth transport means 123
The banknotes 8 or banknotes that are connected to the defective banknote storage 124 and determined to be unsuitable for conveyance to the downstream are stored in the defective banknote storage 124.

The banknotes 8 or banknotes that are not suitable for being conveyed to the downstream in the storing operation have the same short dimension regardless of the denomination when handling Japanese yen. When the banknotes 8 conveyed to the mouth 101 are well aligned, the frequency of occurrence is small.
As described above, the second banknote inspection means 121 is provided to inspect the transport state, and the reliability is maintained sufficiently high without providing a process of storing the defective banknotes in the defective banknote storage 124 through the sixth transport means 123 in the fork. Dripping.

On the other hand, when dealing with overseas banknotes,
As described above, when there are many banknotes 8 whose short dimensions are different for each denomination and the banknotes 8 are likely to be poorly aligned when the banknotes 8 are accumulated in the temporary storage unit 211 during the storing operation, the temporary storage unit 211 is used. When the banknotes are separated by the banknote separating means 152, the frequency of generation of the banknotes 8 or banknotes that are not suitable for the conveyance of the wake that the inclination is large or a plurality of sheets are overlapped and sent out becomes considerably high. The transport state is inspected by the banknote inspection unit 221, and if the banknote 8 or the banknote group that is not suitable for the downstream transport is not stored in the defective banknote storage 124 through the branch path, the downstream first transport unit 107, The frequency of occurrence of paper jams in the first banknote inspection unit 108, the stored banknote transport direction switching unit 117, and the banknote storage 116 increases. If a paper jam occurs here, a staff member may be required to
Until is removed, the automatic teller machine 1 cannot be used.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, the second banknote inspection means 221 is provided near the exit of the temporary storage section 211, and the transport path of the banknote 8 is switched, so that the banknote is switched in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Even when dealing with overseas banknotes in which there are many denominations 8 and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the banknotes 8 are distributed over a wide range, paper jams are less likely to occur during transportation, etc., and the banknote handling device 2 is in a halt state. Can be avoided.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling apparatus incorporated in an automatic teller machine according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

The automatic cash transaction apparatus 1 of the third embodiment is
As in the first embodiment, a bill handling device 2 for handling bills is built therein, and a customer operation unit 3, a card insertion slot 4, a shutter 5 for a bill receiving slot, and a shutter 6 for a bill returning slot are provided on the surface. Embodiment 1 is provided.
5 in that a temporary storage unit 216 is provided on the front of the apparatus as shown in FIG. Here, an example is shown in which the number of banknote storages 218 is one, and the banknotes 8 of all deposits are stored in one banknote storage 218 in a denomination mixed state.

That is, in the third embodiment, the bill 8 sent out from the bill receiving port 101 is transported by the first transport means 107 composed of a roller or a belt.
It is carried to the first bill inspection means 108. In the first bill inspection means 108, the external dimensions of the sent bill 8,
At the same time as discriminating the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the banknote 8 based on the printing pattern, light reflectance and transmittance, magnetic quantity, fluorescent pattern, etc., and confirming that there is no abnormality in the thickness, the second transport means Send the bill to 109.

The control unit 201 controls the first bill inspection means 10
According to the report from the banknote 8, the banknote 8 determined to be normal is controlled so as to be stored in the temporary storage unit 216. The second transport unit 109 is provided with a deposited banknote sorting unit 110, and controls the deposited banknote sorting unit 110 to transport the banknote 8 determined to be abnormal to the return slot 112. In accordance with an instruction from the control unit 201, the deposited banknote sorting unit 110 switches the direction of the gate, and normal banknotes 8 are transferred to the third transport unit 113 reaching the temporary storage unit 216, and abnormal banknotes are returned to the return port 1.
The banknote 8 is distributed to the fourth transporting means 114 reaching the position 12.

At the same time, the control unit 201 receives the report from the first bill inspection means 108, records the report, and at the same time, calculates at least the sum of the amount of the normal bill 8.

When the banknotes 8 in the banknote depositing port 101 are exhausted and the taking-in is completed, the control unit 201 calculates at least the total amount of the taken-in banknotes 8 and displays the sum on the display means of the customer operation unit 3 at the same time. If there is a return bill 8 determined to be abnormal, the return means 8 is displayed on the display means of the customer operation unit 3 so that guidance is given to the user to take it, and at the same time, the shutter 6 of the return port 112 and the bill are returned. Deposit 1
01 shutter 5 is opened.

The user who uses the automatic teller machine 1 for depositing takes out the returned banknote 8, if any, from the return slot 112 and inserts it again, or uses the amount of money taken up to that point. Decide whether to be good. Banknote 8 returned by the user
Is reinserted into the banknote deposit slot 101, the automated teller machine 1 takes in the banknote 8 in the same procedure as the above-described procedure of counting the deposit, and the control unit 201 inserts the newly taken banknote 8 It is added to the total amount of the normal banknotes 8.

If the user decides that the amount displayed on the display means is sufficient, he / she inputs approval through an approval / non-approval input means provided in the customer operation unit 3. When the approval is input, the control unit 201 communicates with the host computer 203 through the online line 202 in response to the approval, and deposits the amount of the normal banknote 8 taken into the depositor's account. Thereafter, the automatic teller machine 1 prints a transaction statement and a passbook, passes them to the user, and ends the transaction.

When the user inputs a non-approval, the control unit 201 prompts the display means to take the returned banknote 8 to return the banknote 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 216 to the user. At the same time as giving guidance, the shutter 9 is opened. The user takes out the banknote 8 from the temporary storage unit 216, and the transaction ends.

When the user inputs the approval, the transaction ends as described above, but the automatic teller machine 1 continues to store the banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 216 of the banknote handling apparatus 2. After the storage process is completed, the user prepares for the next transaction.

The storing process according to the third embodiment is performed as follows. The temporary storage unit 216 according to the third embodiment is provided with a banknote storage 218 below the temporary storage unit 216, and the temporary storage unit 216 and the banknote storage 218 are separated by a bottom plate 219 of the temporary storage unit 216 that can be freely opened and closed. ing. The banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage section 216 are dropped from the temporary storage section 216 to the banknote storage 218 to be stored by opening the bottom plate 219. In this way, when all the banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 216 are stored in the banknote storage box 218, the storing operation ends, the bottom plate 219 is closed, and the automatic teller machine 1 starts the next user transaction. Prepare for.

When handling overseas banknotes, as described above, there are many banknotes 8 whose short dimensions are different for each denomination. In the first and second embodiments, the temporary storage units 111 and 21 are used during the storing operation.
Although it is necessary to separate the banknotes 8 one by one in order to store them in the banknote storage 116, there is a high possibility that the banknotes 8 are not well aligned, and when the banknotes 8 are separated by the banknote separating units 102 and 152, the inclination is large. The frequency of occurrence of banknotes 8 or banknote groups that are not suitable for the conveyance of the downstream stream in which a plurality of sheets are sent out in a stack increases considerably, and the second banknote inspection unit 121,
221, the transport state is inspected, and if the banknote 8 or the banknote group that is not suitable for the downstream transport is not stored in the defective banknote storage 124 through the branch path, the downstream first transport unit 107,
The frequency of occurrence of paper jams in the first banknote inspection unit 108, the stored banknote transport direction switching unit 117, and the banknote storage 116 increases. If a paper jam occurs here, the automatic teller machine 1 cannot be used until the staff removes the jammed banknotes.

On the other hand, in the third embodiment, the banknotes 8 are only separated once at the time of counting the number of banknotes, the banknotes 8 are dropped at the time of storing the banknotes, and the banknotes 8 are collectively transferred to the return port 112 at the time of cancellation and return. Since it is configured to be conveyed, there is no need to perform re-separation of the deposit counting banknotes as in the first and second embodiments, and a paper jam may occur during the conveyance or the like as in the first embodiment. It is possible to prevent the bill handling device 2 from being in the rest state.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a bill handling apparatus incorporated in an automatic teller machine according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

The automatic teller machine 1 of the fourth embodiment is
As in the first embodiment, a bill handling device 2 for handling bills is built therein, and a customer operation unit 3, a card insertion slot 4, a shutter 5 for a bill receiving slot, and a shutter 6 for a bill returning slot are provided on the surface. Embodiment 1 is provided.
6 in that the bill storage unit 116 is provided with a bill separating means 302 as shown in FIG.

That is, in the fourth embodiment, the bill storage sheds 116a and 116b have the same bill separating means 302a and 302b as the bill separating means 102 provided at the bill receiving port 101.

Thus, when the user of the automatic teller machine 1 selects the withdrawal transaction, the banknote 8 of the amount specified by the user is transferred from the banknote storage 116 to the banknote separating means 302.
, The bills 8 are taken out one by one, and the bills 8 are carried by the second carrying means 109, and after confirming that the bills 8 to be dispensed do not overlap by two or more by the plural-sheet detecting means 303, the third carrying Transported by means 113 and temporarily stored
11 and further conveyed to the bill receiving port 101 by the fifth conveying means 115.

When all the bills 8 to be dispensed are in the bill receiving port 101
The banknote 8 is delivered to the user by opening the shutter 5 of the banknote deposit port 101 after being conveyed to the user. In this way,
According to the fourth embodiment, not only payment of the banknote 8 but also payment can be performed. If two or more overlapping banknotes 8 are detected by the plural-sheet detecting unit 303, the separating operation of the banknote separating unit 302 is stopped at that point, and the banknotes are taken out and accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111 at that time. The banknote 8 is transferred to the banknote deposit port 10 by the fifth transporting means 115.
After being conveyed to No. 1, the paper money is separated by the banknote separation means 102, conveyed by the first conveyance means 107 and the sixth conveyance means 123, stored in the defective banknote storage 124, and the dispensing operation is performed again.

While the example of the position of the dispensing route in the fourth embodiment has been described above, the dispensing route may be as follows. The banknotes 8 are taken out of the banknote storage 116 by the banknote separating mechanism 302 one by one, and the banknotes 8 are conveyed by the second conveying unit 109 in the same manner as described above.
03, it is confirmed that the dispensed banknotes 8 do not overlap by two or more sheets.
2 and stacked.

After all the bills 8 to be dispensed are conveyed and accumulated in the return port 112, the user opens the shutter 6 to pass the dispensed bills 8 to the user. By this route, banknote 8
Can withdraw money. If multiple sheets detection means 303
By this, when two or more overlapping banknotes 8 are detected, the deposited banknotes 8 are transported by the deposited banknote sorting unit 110 in the direction of the third transport unit 113, and the same as in the above example. It is stored in the defective banknote storage 124.

Further, according to the fourth embodiment, the banknotes 8 of the denomination used for the internal dispensing of the deposited banknotes 8 are stored in the banknote storage 116 and then Since it is used for dispensing, in the ordinary automatic teller machine 1 in which depositing and dispensing transactions are performed in a random order, the banknote storage 116 is prepared for dispensing only the banknotes 8 used for dispensing. Since the amount of the banknotes 8 to be saved is small and the funding efficiency is improved, the banknotes 8 in the banknote storage 116 are reduced for withdrawal and are replenished by the banknotes 8 of the deposit. Is reduced, the staff member does not need to replenish the bills 8 for dispensing to the bill storage 116, and the operation efficiency is improved.

This reduces the necessity of replenishing the banknotes 8 on the holidays of the attendant at midnight when the automatic teller machine 1 is operated for 24 hours or during a holiday operation, which is particularly effective.

In the fourth embodiment, the dispensed banknote 8
Is withdrawn from the banknote storage 116 without passing through the banknote inspecting means other than the plural-sheet detecting means 303, but this is because a general payment-only banknote handling mechanism does not pass through the banknote inspecting means other than the plural-sheet detecting means 303. This is the same structure as withdrawing money.
A third banknote inspection unit is provided together with the multiple banknote detection unit 303, and when the third banknote inspection unit determines that the banknote 8 is not suitable for dispensing, a plurality of overlapping banknotes 8 are used in the above-described banknote 8 of the dispensing. The same processing as that performed when is detected may be performed.

(Embodiment 5) FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling apparatus incorporated in an automatic teller machine according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

[0092] The automatic cash transaction apparatus 1 of the fifth embodiment comprises:
As in the first embodiment, a bill handling device 2 for handling bills is built therein, and a customer operation unit 3, a card insertion slot 4, a shutter 5 for a bill receiving slot, and a shutter 6 for a bill returning slot are provided on the surface. Embodiment 1 is provided.
The difference is that the deposit and withdrawal can be both done with a particularly simple configuration, and applied to the recirculation type that uses deposited bills for withdrawal,
As shown in FIG. 7, the first transport means 501, the second transport means 502, the third transport means 503, the fourth transport means 50
Fourth, the path of the second banknote inspection unit 510 is different.

First, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 2 at the time of the user's deposit operation in the fifth embodiment will be described. This operation is referred to as deposit counting.

[0094] The user puts the bills into the bill receiving port 101, and the bills 8 separated one by one by the bill separating means 102 are
First banknote inspection unit 108 is provided by first transport unit 501.
Transported to The first banknote inspection unit 108 checks the denomination, authenticity, overlap, number of sheets, damage, and the like of the banknote 8 and determines whether the banknote 8 is suitable for depositing or is not suitable for depositing. Banknote 8 that has passed through first banknote inspection means 108
Is transported by the second transport unit 502 and further transported by the third transport unit 503.

The third transporting means 503 is provided with a defective bill sorting means 118,
The banknote 8 determined by the control unit 201 to be suitable for depositing according to the determination result of No. 8 is stored in the temporary storage unit 111 in the third transport unit 5.
The transport direction is switched by operating the defective banknote sorting unit 118 so that the banknote 8 determined to be unsuitable for depositing is transported to the return slot 112 by the fourth transporting unit 504 so that the banknote 8 is transported by the third transporting unit. When all the banknotes 8 inserted into the banknote deposit port 101 are separated and stored in the temporary storage unit 111 or the return port 112, the shutter 6 of the return port 112 is opened, and the returned banknote 8 is returned to the user.

The user inserts the returned bill 8 into the bill receiving port 101 again, and the same processing as described above is performed. When the bills 8 returned to the return slot 112 are exhausted or the user decides not to reinsert the returned bills 8, the user receives the amount of money displayed on the customer operation unit 3 of the automatic teller machine 1. Is confirmed, and if it is good, press the approval button. The automatic teller machine 1 transmits the received amount to the host computer 203 when the approval button is pressed, and deposits the account in the user based on the transmitted amount. It is up to this stage that the user is involved in the deposit transaction, but the banknote handling apparatus 2 thereafter performs a deposit storing operation of the banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111.

Banknotes 8 accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111
Transports the banknotes 8 together in a bundle to the banknote receiving port 101 by the fifth transporting means 115. The bill receiving port 101 separates the bills 8 one by one by the bill separating means 102, transports the bills 8 by the first transporting means 501, and determines at least the denomination by the first bill inspecting means 108. Thereafter, the banknote 8 is transported by the second transport unit 502 and is transported to above the banknote storage 116.

The control unit 201 controls the first bill inspection means 10
In accordance with the determination result of No. 8, the stored banknote transport direction switching means 117 is operated, and the banknote 8 of the first denomination is stored in the first banknote storage 116.
a, the banknote 8 of the second denomination is stored in the second banknote storage 116b.
The banknotes 8 of other denominations are stored in the third banknote storage 116c.
To be stored. Thus, all the operations of deposit are completed.

Next, the dispensing operation will be described. In the fifth embodiment, the bill separating means 102 provided in the bill receiving port 101 in the bill storages 116a and 1116b.
Has the same bill separating means 302a and 302b. Thereby, when the user of the automatic teller machine 1 selects the withdrawal transaction, the withdrawal is performed as follows.

The user inputs the denomination and the number of coins desired to withdraw from the customer operation unit 3 of the automatic teller machine 1. The banknote handling apparatus 2 feeds out the banknotes 8 of the denomination requested by the user while separating the banknotes 8 into the required number from the banknote storage 116 by the banknote separating means 302.

The fed bill 8 is transferred to the third transport means 50.
The banknotes 8 conveyed by the third banknote 3 and checked at least for overlap by the second banknote inspection unit 510 and determined to be suitable for dispensing are further checked for the number of sheets, and then the fourth banknote conveyance unit 504 by the defective banknote sorting unit 118. The transport direction is switched to the direction of, and the sheets are accumulated in the return port 112. The denomination and the number of banknotes 8 requested by the user are stored in each banknote storage 11
When fed out of the return ports 112 from the outlets 6a and 116b, the shutter 6 is opened and the dispensed bill 8 is handed to the user.

The bills 8 determined to be unsuitable for dispensing by the second bill inspection means 510 are sent to the bad bill sorting means 118.
Are transported by the third transport unit 503 and are accumulated in the temporary storage unit 111. Thereafter, after all of the bills 8 to be dispensed are paid out, the fifth billing means 115 causes the bill receiving port 10 to be dispensed.
1 and separated by the banknote separating means 102 one by one, the first conveying means 501 and the second conveying means 502
, And stored in the banknote storage 116c.

Further, according to the fifth embodiment, similarly to the fourth embodiment, the denominated banknotes 8 used for the internal dispensing of the deposited banknotes 8 are the same as those of the fourth embodiment. Library 1
After being stored in the banknote 16, the banknote is used for withdrawal. Therefore, in the ordinary automatic teller machine 1 in which the depositing and withdrawing transactions are performed in a random order, the banknotes for dispensing are only the amount of the deposit banknote used for dispensing. The amount of the banknotes 8 to be prepared in the storage 116 can be reduced, and the fund efficiency can be improved.
Since the banknotes 8 of the banknotes 8 are reduced for withdrawal and replenished with the banknotes 8 of the deposit, the opportunity for emptying the banknote storage 116 is reduced, and the attendant removes the banknotes 8 for withdrawal from the banknote storage 11.
6 can be saved, and the operation efficiency can be improved.

This reduces the necessity of replenishing the banknotes 8 on the holidays of the attendant at midnight when the automatic teller machine 1 is operated for 24 hours or during a holiday operation, which is particularly effective.

Therefore, according to the fifth embodiment, the first transport means 501, the second transport means 502, the third transport means 503, the fourth transport means 504, and the second bill inspecting means 510 By devising the route, the banknotes 8 can be directly deposited, and at the same time, both the deposit and withdrawal of the banknotes 8 can be performed with a simple configuration, and a recirculation type in which the deposited banknotes 8 are used for dispensing can be realized. . In addition, the apparatus can be installed without increasing the width of the apparatus such as an outer wall, and the apparatus is small and does not significantly increase the price.

The present invention is not limited to the first to fifth embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the first, second, fourth, and fifth embodiments, the one having a plurality of bill storages is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of bill storages is one. Alternatively, all the deposited banknotes may be stored in one banknote storage in a denomination mixed state.

In the above description, a case has been described in which the invention made mainly by the inventor is applied to a banknote handling device of an automatic teller machine, which is a technical field to which the invention belongs, but the invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be widely applied to a paper sheet handling apparatus that handles other sheets such as bonds, securities, and securities.

[0108]

【The invention's effect】

(1) According to the present invention, in a banknote handling apparatus for depositing banknotes in a bundle, the banknotes are used abroad, and in a mixed state, banknotes having different short / long dimensions for each denomination. Even if you can handle it, you can continue dealing even if you can not handle the banknotes properly at the time of deposit storage after deposit counting is completed,
It is possible to provide a highly reliable banknote handling device capable of storing banknotes classified by denomination.

(2) According to the above (1), it is possible to provide a banknote handling apparatus for overseas banknotes which does not require much trouble in organizing banknotes after the service is completed.

(3) According to another embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a recycle-type banknote handling apparatus that can deposit and withdraw money with a simple configuration and that uses deposited bills for dispensing. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the appearance of an automatic teller machine incorporating a paper sheet handling apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling device incorporated in the automatic teller machine of Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a bill receiving port used in the bill handling device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling device built in an automatic teller machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling device incorporated in an automatic teller machine according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling device incorporated in an automatic teller machine according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a bill handling device built in an automatic teller machine according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cash automatic transaction device, 2 ... Bill handling device, 3 ... Customer operation part, 4 ... Card insertion slot, 5, 6, 9 ... Shutter, 7 ...
Cash card, 8 ... banknote, 101: banknote deposit slot, 1
02, 152, 302 ... bill separating means, 107, 501
... First transport means, 108 ... First banknote inspection means, 10
9, 502: second transport means, 110: deposited banknote sorting means, 111, 211, 216: temporary storage unit, 112: return port, 113, 503: third transport means, 114, 50
4 ... fourth conveying means, 115 ... fifth conveying means, 11
6, 218: banknote storage, 117: stored banknote conveyance direction switching unit, 121, 221, 510: second banknote inspection unit, 122: defective banknote conveyance direction switching unit, 123: sixth conveyance unit, 124: defective Banknote storage, 153: seventh transport means, 201: control unit, 202: online line,
203: a host computer; 303: a plurality of sheet detecting means.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Receiving means for receiving a user's paper sheets,
First separating means for separating the received paper sheets one by one, first inspection means for inspecting the separated paper sheets, and temporarily storing the paper sheets which have been inspected and determined to be acceptable; Storage means for temporarily storing the paper sheets, return means for returning the paper sheets inspected and determined to be unacceptable to the user, and paper sheets held in the storage means in response to the user's approval operation Consisting of a first storage means for receiving the
A second inspection means is provided between the storage means and the first inspection means, and when conveying a sheet from the storage means to the first storage means by a user's approval operation, the second inspection means is provided. When it is determined by the inspection means that transport is possible, the paper sheet is sent to the first processing route, and when it is determined that transport is impossible, the paper sheet is sent to the second processing route, The processing route is a route for transporting to the first inspection means, and the second processing route is a route for transporting to the second storage means without passing through the first inspection means. Paper handling equipment. 2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first storage means is provided with a second separation means for separating paper sheets one by one, and said first storage means is provided. A sheet handling device for transporting the sheet separated from the means to the return means or the receiving means. 3. Receiving means for receiving a user's paper sheets,
First separating means for separating the received paper sheets one by one, first inspection means for inspecting the separated paper sheets, and temporarily storing the paper sheets which have been inspected and determined to be acceptable; Storage means for temporarily storing the paper sheets, return means for returning the paper sheets inspected and determined to be unacceptable to the user, and paper sheets held in the storage means in response to the user's approval operation Consisting of a first storage means for receiving the
A sheet handling apparatus, wherein the storage means is provided on a front surface of the apparatus, and an opening / closing means for closing the storage means and the outside of the apparatus is opened when a user performs a non-approval operation. 4. Receiving means for receiving a user's paper sheets,
First inspection means for inspecting received paper sheets, storage means for temporarily holding paper sheets which have been inspected and determined to be acceptable, and paper sheets which have been inspected and determined to be unacceptable Return means for returning papers to the user, first storage means for taking in and collecting paper sheets and feeding out the collected paper sheets, and transporting paper sheets from the receiving means to the first inspection means. A first transporting means, a second transporting means for transporting paper sheets from the first inspection means to the first storage means, and a paper sheet from the first storage means to the storage means. A third conveying means for conveying, and a fourth conveying means for branching from the middle of the third conveying means and conveying the sheets to the return means,
Providing a second inspection means between the first storage means of the third transport means and a branch portion to the fourth transport means, paper sheets fed from the first storage means, The third transporting means transports the papers determined by the third transporting means and inspects them by the second inspecting means, and determines that the paper money can be dispensed.
After being conveyed by the fourth conveyance means and accumulated in the return means, handed over to the user, and the paper sheets determined to be dispensable are continuously conveyed by the sorting means and conveyed by the third conveyance means. Collected in storage means, collectively transported as a bundle to the receiving means, separated into individual sheets by the separating means of the receiving means, transported by the first transporting means, the second transporting means, A paper sheet handling apparatus characterized by being stored in a second storage means.