JPH11353521A - Paper money receiving/paying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper money receiving/paying machine capable of compacting the entire machine body. SOLUTION: In both of a temporary storage part 46 for housing paper money fed to a money receiving port 12, separated sheet by sheet and carried inside the machine body 11 and a reflux stacker 52 for housing the reflux paper money of a prescribed denomination and paying out the housed paper money for money payment, fetch mechanisms 60 are arranged at the upper side parts, pay-out mechanisms 65 are arranged at the lower side parts and further, bill press parts 72 for pressurizing the housed paper money from the upper parts at the time of paying out the paper money by the pay-out mechanisms 65 and guiding fetched paper money in the state of being separated from the housed paper money to the upper parts at the time of fetching the paper money by the fetch mechanisms 60 are provided. The money receiving port 12 and a housing part 37 are vertically provided in a front part in the machine body 11 and the temporary storage part 46 and the reflux stacker 52 are vertically disposed on the rear side of the money receiving port 12 and the housing part 37 in the machine body 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote pay-in / pay-out device for storing received banknotes and dispensing the stored banknotes as needed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a banknote pay-in / pay-out device for storing received banknotes and dispensing the stored banknotes as necessary, there is, for example, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-44438. This banknote pay-in / pay-out device temporarily stores the banknotes inserted into the depositing port in the upper part of the depositing stacker provided in the front part of the machine body, and stores the temporarily stored banknotes in the lower part of the depositing stacker after depositing is confirmed. Further, if necessary, bills are distributed from the depositing stacker to denomination-type stackers arranged in the front-rear direction on the rear side of the depositing stacker and stored, and the stored bills are fed out from each stacker and dispensed. It is used as a banknote. In this banknote pay-in / pay-out device, in each stacker, a take-in mechanism that takes in banknotes and a payout mechanism that feeds out banknotes are both provided at the upper part. And when taking in the bill by the taking-in mechanism,
While lowering the elevator provided inside so as to be able to move up and down according to the taking in of the bill, when the bill is fed out by the feeding mechanism, the elevator is raised so that the stored banknotes are brought into contact with the feeding mechanism to feed the bill. It has become.

[0003]

In recent years, there has been a movement to install a banknote pay-in / pay-out machine at a storefront such as a convenience store in response to the flow of financial liberalization. Since all are large, it is difficult to install them in the layout. For this reason, a more compact banknote pay-in / pay-out device is demanded. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote pay-in / pay-out device that can make the entire body compact.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first aspect of the present invention. A temporary storage unit for taking in and storing the stored banknotes one by one by a feeding mechanism, and among the banknotes fed from the temporary storage unit, a recycle banknote of a predetermined denomination is taken in and stored by the loading mechanism. A recirculation stacker for dispensing the stored recirculated banknotes one by one by a dispensing mechanism for dispensing, and a storage unit for receiving and storing banknotes other than the recycle banknotes among the banknotes fed from the temporary storage unit. In both the temporary storage unit and the return stacker, the take-in mechanism is disposed on the upper side and the pay-out mechanism is disposed on the lower side, and when the bill is fed by the pay-out mechanism. A bill press unit that swings between a state in which the stored bills are pressed from above and a state in which the taken-in bills are guided in a state in which the stored bills are separated upward from the stored bills when the bills are captured by the capturing mechanism; A mouth and a storage section are provided vertically at a front portion of the fuselage, and the temporary storage section and the return stacker are vertically disposed behind the deposit port and the storage section of the fuselage.

[0005] As described above, both the temporary storage section for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes and the return stacker for storing the return banknotes have the take-in mechanism disposed on the upper side and the feed-out mechanism disposed on the lower side. As compared with the case where both the take-in mechanism and the pay-out mechanism are provided on the upper part, the structure does not have an elevator inside, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the elevator is not required. There is no need for a mechanism or the like for releasing the interfering member of the take-in mechanism. In addition, when a bill is fed by the feeding mechanism, a bill press unit that presses the stored bill from above is required, but the bill press unit is separated from the stored bill upward when the bill is taken in by the take-in mechanism. In other words, the guide required to guide the taken-in banknote is swung at the time of feeding, and is operated as a bill press unit. Therefore, the moving amount of the bill press unit is smaller than that in the case where the bill press unit is completely retracted into the bill accumulation space. As described above, the temporary storage unit and the reflux stacker can be made compact. In addition, the deposit port and the storage section are provided vertically at the front of the body, and the temporary storage section and the return stacker, which have been made compact as described above,
Because it is arranged vertically behind the storage section in the aircraft,
The deposit port, the storage section, the temporary storage section, and the reflux stacker can be efficiently arranged in the body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bill receiving / paying machine.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of return stackers are provided for each denomination, and these return stackers are vertically arranged at the rear side of the storage section in the body. Thus, even when a plurality of return stackers are provided for each denomination, all the return stackers can be made compact as described above. In addition, since a plurality of reflux stackers are arranged vertically behind the storage unit in the body together with the temporary storage unit, the storage unit, the temporary storage unit, and the plurality of reflux stackers can be efficiently arranged in the body. it can.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bill receiving / paying machine.
According to the first or second aspect, a bill conveyance path connected to the deposit port is disposed between the temporary storage section and the return stacker. As described above, since the banknote transport path connected to the deposit port is disposed between the temporary storage unit and the return stacker, the banknote transport path, the temporary storage unit, and the return stacker are efficiently arranged in the machine body. Can be.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote pay-in / pay-out device.
Regarding the thing according to claim 3, the bill storage path in front of the fuselage from the temporary storage unit and the return stacker,
It is characterized in that at least one of the temporary storage unit and the recirculation stacker is provided with a deposit judging unit for judging a bill by overlapping a position in the up-down direction. As described above, since the depositing discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes is disposed so that the position in the vertical direction overlaps at least one of the temporary storing unit and the return stacker, the depositing discriminating unit, the temporary storing unit, and the return stacker are arranged. Can be efficiently arranged in the fuselage.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote pay-in / pay-out device.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a bill conveyed in the body is taken in and stored in a front part of the body between the deposit port and the storage unit, and the stored bill is moved forward in the stored state. It is characterized in that a dispensing port for dispensing by dispensing is provided. As described above, since the dispensing port for dispensing bills conveyed in the body is disposed at the front of the body between the deposit port and the storage unit, the overall apparatus is kept compact, Deposit mouth, deposit judgment part,
The temporary storage unit, the return stacker, the dispensing port, and the storage unit can be efficiently arranged in the machine.

[0010] The bill depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 6 of the present invention comprises:
6. A dispensing discriminator for discriminating banknotes in a transport path on the body of the machine from the dispensing port and the storage section, the transport path being forward of the machine body from the temporary storage section and the return stacker. A part is provided. As described above, the dispensing discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes is provided on the transporting path behind the dispensing port and the storage unit in the body, and on the transporting path forward of the fuselage from the temporary storage unit and the return stacker. Therefore, while reducing the overall size of the device,
The temporary storage unit, the return stacker, the dispensing determination unit, the dispensing port, and the storage unit can be efficiently arranged in the body.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First
The banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the embodiment is a so-called recirculation type in which the banknotes are accepted and the accepted banknotes are paid out as necessary.Specifically, three denominations are deposited and only one denomination is returned. In the upper part on the front side (left side in the figure) of the body 11, a deposit port 12 and a dispensing port 13 are provided.
Are provided one by one, and the deposit port 12 is provided on the upper side and the dispensing port 13 is provided on the lower side. The banknotes to be processed for payment from the outside will be inserted into the depositing port 12 by the operator in a stacked state, and the bills inserted into the depositing port 12 will be separated by the feeding mechanism 15 one by one. It will be paid out. Here, deposit port 1
2 is connected to a transport path (banknote transport path) 16 extending substantially horizontally to a rear position of the machine body, so that the banknotes fed by the feeding mechanism 15 are sent to the transport path 16. Has become.

The feeding mechanism 15 is provided in a state where the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. The feeding mechanism 15 comes into contact with the lowest one of the bills inserted into the deposit port 12 and kicks the bill toward the transport path 16. A roller 18 is provided in a state where the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction, and a feeding roller 19 that separates banknotes kicked out by the kicking roller 18 one by one and feeds the banknotes to the transport path 16.
And a separation roller 20. Here, the separation roller 20 is allowed to rotate only in the direction of moving the lower portion forward by a one-way clutch (not shown), and is restricted from rotating in the reverse direction. Restriction of taking in banknotes other than contact with 19 is regulated. The deposit port 12 is provided with a deposit port shutter 21 that can be freely opened and closed.

The transport path 16 has a branch point 23 at a rear position of the body 11, a transport path 24 extending substantially horizontally in the forward direction of the body 11 after extending upward and a transport path 24 extending downward in the body 11. The vehicle body 11 is branched into a transport path 25 that extends substantially horizontally in the forward direction.
And a sorting unit 26 for sorting the bills from the transfer path 24 and the transfer path 25. In the middle of the transport path 16, there is provided a deposit determination unit 27 for determining a denomination, true / false, diagonal feed, multiple feed, and the like of banknotes.

The transport path 25 is a branch point 29 at the front position of the fuselage 11, and a transport path 30 extending upward and then extending forward in the fuselage 11, and extending directly forward in the fuselage 11. And a distributing section 32 for distributing the banknotes from the transport path 25 to the transport path 30 and the transport path 31 at a branch point 29. In the middle of the transport path 25, a dispensing determination unit 33 for determining diagonal feeding, multiple feeding, and the like of banknotes is provided, and the dispensing port 13 is connected to the transport path 30. Further, in the transport path 31, the banknotes provided below the dispensing port 13 in the front of the machine body and conveyed forward in the machine body 11 via the transport path 31 are provided with an upper take-in mechanism 3.
5 is connected to a storage stacker (storage section) 37 which takes in the storage space 36 and stores the storage in the storage state.

The storage stacker 37 includes a first standing plate portion 38 which is vertically arranged in the left-right direction, and a bottom plate portion 39 which extends horizontally from the lower end of the first standing plate portion 38 to the rear of the body 11. A storage case 41 having a second standing plate portion 40 arranged in parallel with the first standing plate portion 38 from the rear end of the bottom plate portion 39.
Is provided.

The take-in mechanism 35 is located on the upper side of the accumulation space 36 in the storage case 41, specifically, the second upright plate portion 40.
Is provided in a state where the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction, and the bills conveyed through the conveyance path 31 are discharged into the housing 41 in a substantially horizontal state in the forward direction. Roller 42 and feed roller 43, and the trailing end of the bills attached to introduction roller 42 and released by introduction roller 42 and feed roller 43 and abutting on first standing plate portion 38 are knocked down, ie, toward bottom plate portion 39. And an impeller 44. As a result, the bills discharged from the introduction roller 42 and the feed roller 43 are transferred to the first standing plate portion 3.
After the discharge tip side is aligned in step 8, the trailing end is
, And are stacked sequentially from bottom to top with their front and back surfaces facing up and down, and are stored in the stacking space 36. Note that the storage stacker 37 is provided detachably at the front of the body 11.

In the transport path 24, the banknotes conveyed forward in the machine body 11 via the transport path 24 are taken in and stored therein, and the banknotes housed therein are placed one by one on the rear side of the machine body 11. A temporary storage unit 46 is provided to feed out to the rear of the body 11 from the temporary storage unit 46, and then makes a U-turn. Extending substantially horizontally to the front side, the temporary storage section 46 and the deposit determination section 2
7 and is directed upward, and thereafter, the deposit determination unit 2
7, extends horizontally in the forward direction of the body 11, and finally extends downward between the deposit discriminating section 27 and the deposit port 12, and moves between the deposit discriminating section 27 and the deposit port 12 of the transport path 16. The transport path 47 is connected to the intermediate position.

The payment discriminating section 27 of the transport path 16 and the branch point 23
At the branch point 48 between the
A transport path 49 for turning is connected to the lower side, and a banknote from the transport path 16 is directly transferred to the branch point 48 at the transport path 16.
And a distributing unit 50 for distributing the state of transporting to the branch point 23 and the state of transporting from the branch point 48 on the transport path 49. In the transport path 49, the banknotes conveyed forward in the body 11 via the transport path 49 are taken in and stored therein, and the banknotes stored therein are fed out one by one to the rear side of the body 11 one by one. A stacker 52 is provided, and the reflux stacker 52 includes
After turning from the reflux stacker 52 to the rear of the body 11, a U-turn is made, and the transport path 2 is located below the reflux stacker 52.
A transfer path 54 that joins between the branch point 23 of No. 5 and the payment determination unit 33 is connected.

Here, only one temporary storage section 46 is provided in the machine body 11, and is used to take in and store bills inserted into the deposit port 12, separated one by one and conveyed in the machine body 11. And the reflux stacker 52 is
Only one of them is provided, and among the banknotes fed from the temporary storage unit 46, recycle banknotes of a predetermined denomination (in this case, thousands of bills) are taken in and stored. In addition, only one storage stacker 37 is provided in the body 11, and among the banknotes fed from the temporary storage unit 46, banknotes that could not be stored in the return stacker 52, that is, return of the predetermined denomination Banknotes other than banknotes (in this case, thousands and 5,000 notes), recycled banknotes when the recycle stacker 52 is full, recycled banknotes in a damaged state that is not suitable for dispensing, and whether or not recycled banknotes The abnormally-conveyed banknote or the like for which the discrimination was not possible is taken in and stored. The storage stacker 37 does not feed out bills into the machine body 11.

The temporary storage section 46 and the reflux stacker 52 have exactly the same structure, and are both provided at the rear of the body 11. The temporary storage section 46 and the reflux stacker 52 are each provided with an upright plate section 55 that is vertically arranged in the left-right direction.
And a storage case 57 having a bottom plate portion 56 extending horizontally rearward of the fuselage 11 from the lower end of the standing plate portion 55, and a substantially vertical state in the left-right direction above the extending front end of the bottom plate portion 56. And a separate plate portion 58 arranged.

The take-in mechanism 60 connected to the transport path 24 in the temporary storage section 46 and connected to the transport path 49 in the reflux stacker 52 includes a storage case 57 and a separate plate section 58.
This is provided at the rear and upper part of the body 11 of the accumulation space 61 defined by the above. Specifically, it is provided above the separate plate part 58. The take-in mechanism 60 is provided in a state where the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction, and stores bills conveyed via the conveyance path 24 in the temporary storage section 46 and the conveyance path 49 in the return stacker 52. An introduction roller 62 and a feed roller 63 that are released in a substantially horizontal state in the front direction in the housing 57, and are attached to the introduction roller 62, released by the introduction roller 62 and the feed roller 63, and contacted with the standing plate portion 55. There is an impeller 64 that knocks the rear end of the bill downward, that is, toward the bottom plate portion 56.

In this way, the bills transported in the transport path 24 in the temporary storage section 46 and transported through the transport path 49 in the recirculation stacker 52 and released from the introduction roller 62 and the feed roller 63 are respectively erected. Plate part 55
After the discharge front side is aligned, the trailing end is knocked down by the impeller 64, and is stacked and stored in the stacking space 61 with the front and back surfaces directed vertically from bottom to top.

A feeding mechanism 65 connected to the transport path 47 in the temporary storage section 46 and connected to the transport path 54 in the reflux stacker 52 is provided at a lower portion or a lower side of the accumulation space 61 and has a bottom plate portion 56. The ejecting roller 66 is provided with the axis line horizontally arranged in the left-right direction and protruded above the bottom plate portion 56 by a predetermined amount, and the banknote placed in the storage case 57 is placed on the lower side. And the bottom plate 5
6. A feeding roller 67 provided at a position below and behind the kick-out roller 66 with the axis line horizontally arranged in the left-right direction.
A separation roller 68 provided above the feed roller 67 with an axis horizontally arranged in the left-right direction, and a transport provided behind the feed roller 67 with an axis horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. It has a roller 69 and a delivery roller 70 provided above the transport roller 69 with an axis horizontally arranged in the left-right direction. Here, the separation roller 6
Reference numeral 8 denotes a one-way clutch (not shown) that allows only rotation in the direction of moving the lower portion forward, and restricts rotation in the reverse direction. Regulates the dispensing of banknotes.

As described above, when the kick-out roller 66 kicks out the lowest one of the stacked banknotes in the direction of the feeding roller 67 and the separation roller 68, the feeding roller 67 and the separation roller 68
The kicked-out banknotes are separated and fed out one by one and delivered to the transport roller 69 and the delivery roller 70. As a result, the temporary storage section 46 has a transport path 47, and the return stacker 52 has a transport path. The bill will be sent to 54.

Temporary storage section 46 and reflux stacker 52
Has a bill press section 72. The bill press unit 72 swings downward when paying out the bills, and presses the stored bills from above so as to be pressed against the kick-out rollers 66 in order to make good kicking. And guides the bills discharged from the introduction roller 62 and the feed roller 63 of the take-in mechanism 60 while being separated from the stored bills.

The bill press section 72 is rotatably supported by a unit frame (not shown) in a state where the bill press section 72 is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction at a front position of the storage case 57 in the body 11 (ie, on the side opposite to the take-in mechanism 60). Drive shaft 73
And the accumulation space 61 fixed to the drive shaft 73.
A support arm 74 extends inward, and a bill press 76 is supported at the extending end of the support arm 74 so as to be swingable about a swing shaft 75 horizontally arranged in the left-right direction.

Here, the bill press 76 has a substantially plate shape, and is supported so as to be suspended by the swing shaft 75 at a predetermined intermediate position in the front-rear direction while extending substantially horizontally. When the lower bill is pressed, it can be pressed in a substantially horizontal state. Although not shown, a spring member for urging the drive shaft 73 to move the bill press 76 downward is provided between the drive shaft 73 and the unit frame. When the drive shaft 73 is driven to rotate by a cam mechanism (not shown), the support arm 74 fixed to the drive shaft 73 swings, and the bill press 76 is moved up and down in the accumulation space 61.

Here, when the drive shaft 73 is driven by the driving force of the cam mechanism, the bill press 76 is separated from the stored banknotes and is not shown in a state where the bill press 76 is located at the predetermined ascending limit position. It is slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal so that the rear side of the body 11 is positioned upward by the urging force of the spring, and the height of the rear end is obtained by the introduction roller 62 of the intake mechanism 60.
It is positioned near and slightly above the bill introduction position between the paper feed roller 63 and the feed roller 63, and guides the bill discharged from the introduction roller 62 and the feed roller 33 so that the leading end is located slightly below the horizontal. Drive shaft 73 of cam mechanism
When the driving force is released, the support arm 74 lowers the bill press 76 as much as possible and presses the stacked bills downward by its own weight and the urging force of a spring member (not shown).

As described above, both the temporary storage section 46 and the recirculation stacker 52 do not have an elevator for raising and lowering the banknotes stored therein. Is to be stored. In addition, the temporary storage section 46 and the reflux stacker 52
Are vertically arranged on the rear side of the storage stacker 37 in the body 11, and more specifically, are vertically arranged with the positions of the body 11 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction overlapped with each other. The positions in the left-right direction at 11 are completely matched.

Further, a transport path 16 connected to the deposit port 12 is disposed between the temporary storage section 46 and the recirculation stacker 52 in the vertical direction. In addition, the position in the up-down direction and the left-right direction of the temporary storage unit 46 and the return stacker 52 is set on the transport path 16 in front of the body 11 with respect to the temporary storage unit 46 and the return stacker 52. A deposit discriminating section 27 for discriminating bills is provided in an overlapping manner.

The dispensing port 13 is connected to the machine 1 via the transport path 30.
1 has a take-in mechanism 78 at the rear and upper part of the body 11 for taking in the bills conveyed in the forward direction, and a box-shaped payout tray 79 supported slidably back and forth with respect to the body 11. Have. The capture mechanism 78
The guide roller 80 and the feed roller 81 are provided in a state where the axis is horizontally disposed in the left-right direction, and the bills conveyed through the conveyance path 30 are discharged in a substantially horizontal state in the forward direction. And an impeller 82 for knocking down the rear end of the bill discharged by the introduction roller 80 and the feed roller 81 downward, that is, toward the dispensing tray 79. As a result, the bills discharged from the introduction roller 80 and the feed roller 81 are beaten down at the trailing end by an impeller 64, and are sequentially accumulated from bottom to top with their front and back surfaces directed up and down, and are stacked in a dispensing tray 79. Will be accommodated.

The dispensing tray 79 is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the machine body 11, and is moved by a moving drive unit (not shown). Then, while accepting the bills from the transport path 30 in a state of being stored in the machine body 11, when the acceptance of the bills is completed, a part of the bills is protruded forward from the machine body 11, thereby facilitating removal of the dispensed bills. .

Next, the operation of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment having the above configuration will be described for each processing. "Payment process" When the deposit amount and the operation of executing the deposit process are input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown), the deposit port is started at the start of the deposit process. The shutter 21 is opened, and the bill press 76 of the bill press section 72 of the temporary storage section 46 is brought into a state of being located at a predetermined ascending limit position. When a sensor (not shown) detects that a bill has been inserted into the deposit port 12, the deposit port shutter 21 is closed, and then the payout mechanism 1 of the deposit port 12 is moved.
5 causes the banknotes to be separated and fed one by one to the transport path 16. Then, the banknotes are transported one by one on the transport path 16, and in the middle thereof, the denomination, true / false, diagonal feed, multiple feed, and the like of the banknotes are determined by the deposit determination unit 27 (see the thick line in FIG. 1).

Then, the deposit discriminating section 27 performs false, oblique feed,
The banknotes determined to be rejected banknotes, such as multiple feeds, are transported by the sorting units 50, 26, and 32 on the transport paths 16, 25, and 30 and sent to the dispensing port 13. It is delivered to the dispensing tray 79 by 78 (see the thick broken line in FIG. 1). On the other hand, the banknotes judged as normal banknotes by the deposit judging section 27 are conveyed by the transfer sections 16 and 24 by the sorting sections 50 and 26 and sent to the temporary storage section 46.
Is temporarily stored in the accumulation space 61 by the take-in mechanism 60.
At this time, the bill press 76 of the temporary storage unit 46 guides the bill taken in by the take-in mechanism 60 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 1).

When all the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 12 are stored in either the temporary storage section 46 or the dispensing port 13, if there is a banknote in the dispensing port 13, the dispensing tray 79.
Is projected from the machine body 11 in order to take out the reject banknotes, and the display unit (not shown) displays the amount of money stored in the temporary storage unit 46 from the determination result of the payment determination unit 27 regardless of the presence or absence of the banknotes in the dispensing port 13. And the payment processing ends.

Here, when the dispensing tray 79 is protruded, when the sensor (not shown) detects that a bill is taken out from the dispensing tray 79, the dispensing tray 79 is retracted. If the banknotes are not taken out even if the withdrawal tray 79 is protruded for a predetermined time, an alarm is generated to wait until the banknotes are taken out, or the withdrawal tray 79 is retracted to generate an alarm, and the transaction is performed. It is possible to stop it. The end state of the deposit processing is a temporary state until the “storage processing” and the “payment return processing” described below are performed, and the “payment” of the banknote rejected to the dispensing port 13 is performed again. Processing "is possible.

[Storing Process] After the above-mentioned depositing process, when an operation of approving the deposit amount is input by a confirmation button of an operation unit (not shown), the storing process of storing the banknotes stored in the temporary storing unit 46 is performed. Execute (see the thick line in FIG. 2). If the deposit amount input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level device (not shown) is larger than the deposit amount based on the determination result of the deposit determination unit 27, the operation to be accepted is input. Even if it is done, the storing process is not performed.

At the time of execution of the storing process, the bill press of the temporary storage section 46 is set to the downward pressing state to press the bill, and the bill press 76 of the recirculation stacker 52 is set to a predetermined ascending limit position. Then, the banknotes are fed out one by one to the transport path 47 by the feed-out mechanism 65 of the temporary storage section 46 and are transported on the transport path 16.

During the transport by the transport path 16, the re-discrimination is performed again by the deposit determination section 27, and a recycle banknote (in this case, a thousand bills) of a predetermined denomination to be used as a dispensed bill is transferred to the transport path 49 by the sorting section 50. Then, the sheet is sent to the collecting mechanism 60 of the reflux stacker 52 and stored in the accumulation space 61 of the reflux stacker 52. On the other hand, banknotes other than the recycle banknotes (in this case, 5,000 bills and thousands of bills) are transported as they are by the distribution unit 50 on the transport path 16 and transported by the distribution units 26 and 32 on the transport paths 25 and 31 and stored. It is stored in the stacker 37 by the take-in mechanism 35.

At this time, if a sensor (not shown) detects that the recirculation stacker 52 is full, the recycle banknotes are also stored in the storage stacker 37 along the same route as the other banknotes. In addition, even if the banknote is a recycled banknote, the recycled banknote in an unfit state that is not suitable for a dispensed banknote is stored in the storage stacker 37, and the banknote that is determined to be diagonally fed or multi-fed by the deposit determination unit 27 has the same route. To be stored in the storage stacker 37.

When all the banknotes in the temporary storage section 46 are stored in either the recirculation stacker 52 or the storage stacker 37, the storing process is completed. In addition,
When bills are taken into the recirculating stacker 52, the bill press 76 of the recirculating stacker 52 guides the bills taken in by the taking-in mechanism 60.

"Payment return process" After the above-mentioned payment process, the payment amount is displayed on a display unit (not shown) based on the result of the determination by the payment determination unit 27, and then a cancel operation for not accepting the payment cancels the operation unit (not shown). When the button is pressed, all the banknotes stored in the temporary storage section 46 are discharged (see the thick line in FIG. 3). That is, the bill press is moved downward by pressing the bill press 76 of the temporary storage unit 46, and the bills are fed out one by one to the transport path 47 by the feeding mechanism 65 of the temporary storage unit 46, and are transported on the transport path 47. By the distribution units 50, 26, 32, the transport paths 16, 25,
The paper is conveyed at 30, and is delivered to the dispensing tray 79 of the dispensing port 13 by the take-in mechanism 78.

When all the banknotes in the temporary storage section 46 are transferred to the dispensing tray 79 in this way, the dispensing tray 79 is protruded from the machine body 11 to take out the banknotes. Then, when the sensor (not shown) detects that the banknote has been taken out of the payout tray 79, the payout tray 79 is pulled into the machine body 11, and the deposit return process ends. If the banknotes are not taken out even if the withdrawal tray 79 is protruded for a predetermined time, an alarm is generated to wait until the banknotes are taken out, or the withdrawal tray 79 is retracted to generate an alarm, and the transaction is performed. It is possible to stop it.

"Pay-out processing" The deposit amount input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown) is based on the deposit amount based on the discrimination result of the deposit judgment unit 27 in the deposit processing. If the number is less, after the storing process, a dispensing process of dispensing the difference is performed as necessary (see a thick line in FIG. 4). First, at the start of the withdrawal process, the recycle stacker 52
Of the bill press 76 is in a downward pressing state. Then, the banknotes are separated one by one and fed to the transport path 54 by the feeding mechanism 65 of the reflux stacker 52. Then, the banknotes are conveyed one by one in the conveyance path 54 and the conveyance path 25, and in the middle thereof, the dispensing determination unit 33 determines diagonal feeding, multiple feeding, and the like of the banknotes.

The bill discriminated by the dispensing discriminating section 33 as a rejected bill such as an obliquely-fed or multi-fed bill is conveyed by the sorting section 32 through the conveying path 31 and sent to the storage stacker 37. To be stored by the take-in mechanism 35 (see the thick broken line in FIG. 4). On the other hand, the banknote determined to be normal by the dispensing determination unit 33 is conveyed by the distributing unit 32 through the transport path 30 and sent to the dispensing port 13, where the receiving mechanism 7
The transfer is made to the dispensing tray 79 by 8 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 4).

When all the bills to be dispensed in the dispensing process are delivered to the dispensing tray 79, the dispensing tray 79 is protruded from the machine body 11 to take out the bills. Then, when a sensor (not shown) detects that a bill has been taken out of the dispensing tray 79, the dispensing tray 79 is retracted, and the dispensing process ends. If the banknotes are not taken out even if the withdrawal tray 79 is protruded for a predetermined time, an alarm is generated to wait until the banknotes are taken out, or the withdrawal tray 79 is retracted to generate an alarm, and the transaction is performed. It is possible to stop it.

[Recovery Process] When an operation for executing the recovery process is input to an operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or an operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown), the recycle stacker 52 is started when the recovery process is started. Of the bill press 76 is in a downward pressing state. Next, the feeding path 54 is fed by the feeding mechanism 65 of the reflux stacker 52.
The banknotes are separated one by one and fed out, and all the banknotes are conveyed by the sorting unit 32 through the conveying paths 54, 25, 31 and sent to the storage stacker 37, and the take-up mechanism 35 is inserted into the storage stacker 37. (See the thick line in FIG. 5). Then, when all the banknotes in the return stacker 52 are stored in the storage stacker 37, the collection process is terminated. afterwards,
The operator removes the storage stacker 37 from the machine body 11 and collects bills.

According to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the first embodiment described above, the temporary storage section 46 for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes and the return stacker 52 for storing the return banknotes are both provided with a loading mechanism. 60 is disposed on the upper side and the feeding mechanism 65
Are arranged on the lower side, so that there is no elevator inside as compared with the case where both the take-in mechanism 60 and the feed-out mechanism 65 are provided on the upper part, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the elevator is unnecessary. At the same time, for example, there is no need to provide a mechanism for removing a member that interferes with the take-in mechanism 60 at the time of feeding by the feeding mechanism 65. In addition, the feeding mechanism 65
When the bill is fed out, a bill press unit 72 for pressing the stored bill from above is required.
Will guide the captured banknote in a state of being separated upward from the stored banknote when the banknote is captured by the capturing mechanism 60, in other words, the guide required to guide the captured banknote will be swung when being fed out. Move the building press section 72
Will be operated. Therefore, the building press department 7
The amount of movement of the bill press 72 is smaller than that in which the bill 2 is completely retracted into the bill accumulation space 61.

As described above, the temporary storage section 46 and the reflux stacker 52 can be made compact. Moreover, the depositing port 12 and the storage stacker 37 are provided vertically at the front part of the body 11, and the temporary storage section 46 and the return stacker 52, which have been made compact as described above,
Since the money inlet 12 and the storage stacker 37 in the machine body 11 are vertically arranged behind the money inlet 12, the storage stacker 37, the temporary storage section 46, and the reflux stacker 52 can be efficiently arranged in the machine body 11. it can. Therefore, the entire body 11 can be made compact.

Further, since the transport path 16 connected to the deposit port 12 is disposed between the temporary storage section 46 and the return stacker 52, the transport path 16, the temporary storage section 46 and the return stacker 52 are connected to the body 11 It can be efficiently arranged within. Therefore, the entire body 11 can be made more compact.

In addition, a deposit judging section 27 for judging bills.
From the temporary storage unit 46 and the return stacker 52
1, the temporary storage section 46
Since the vertical position is disposed on at least one of the return stacker 52 and the return stacker 52, the deposit determination unit 27, the temporary storage unit 46, and the return stacker 52 can be efficiently disposed in the machine body 11. Therefore, the entire body 11 can be made more compact.

Further, the deposit port 12 and the storage stacker 3
7, a dispensing port 13 for dispensing bills conveyed in the aircraft body 11 is provided at a front portion of the aircraft body 11 between
The deposit port 12, the deposit discriminating section 27, the temporary storage section 46, the return stacker 52, the dispensing port 13, and the storage stacker 37 can be efficiently arranged in the machine body 11. Therefore,
The entire body 11 can be made more compact.

Further, the banknotes are discriminated on the transport path behind the dispensing port 13 and the storage stacker 37 in the body 11, that is, the transport path 25 forward in the body 11 from the temporary storage section 46 and the return stacker 52. Since the withdrawal judging section 33 is provided, the deposit port 12, the deposit judging section 2
7. Temporary storage unit 46, return stacker 52, withdrawal determination unit 3
3. The dispensing port 13 and the storage stacker 37 can be efficiently arranged in the body 11. Therefore, the airframe 11
Can be made more compact.

Next, a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10, focusing on differences from the first embodiment. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

The banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the second embodiment is a device in which three denominations are deposited and two denominations are recirculated, and the connection position of the transport path 25 with the transport path 54 and the branch point 23.
Has a transport path 91 that extends downward from the fork 90 after extending downward from the branch point 90 between the two, and the bills on the transport path 25 are transported to the branch point 90 through the transport path 25 as they are. A distributing unit 92 is provided for distributing the state into a state in which the sheet is conveyed and a state in which the sheet is conveyed in the conveying path 91.

In the transport path 91, the banknotes conveyed forward in the machine body 11 via the transport path 91 are taken in and stored, and the banknotes stored inside are stored one by one in the rear side of the machine body 11. A reflux stacker 94 is provided to feed the air to the rear of the fuselage 11 from the reflux stacker 94, and then makes a U-turn, and extends substantially horizontally below the reflux stacker 94. Further, a transport path 95 that extends upward in front of the recirculation stacker 94 and joins between the connection position of the transport path 25 with the transport path 54 and the dispensing determination unit 33 is connected.

Thus, two return stackers 52 and 94 are provided in the body 11, and the return stacker 52 is a predetermined first denomination return banknote (of banknotes fed out of the temporary storage unit 46). For example, the recycle stacker 94 takes in and stores recycle banknotes of a predetermined second denomination (for example, 5000 banknotes) among the banknotes fed out from the temporary storage unit 46.

The recirculation stacker 94 has the same structure as the recirculation stacker 52 described above. A take-up mechanism 60 provided at the rear and upper side of the body 11 of the accumulation space 61 is connected to the transport path 91. The feeding mechanism 65 provided on the lower side of the accumulation space 61 is connected to the transport path 95.

Thus, the bills conveyed on the conveyance path 91 are fed to the introduction roller 62 and the feed roller 6 of the take-in mechanism 60.
3 and is guided by a bill press 76 located at a predetermined ascending limit position, and is accumulated and stored in the accumulation space 61.

In the feeding mechanism 65, the lowermost banknote pressed by the bill press 76 is kicked by the kicking roller 66 in the direction of the feeding roller 67 and the separating roller 68. The banknote 68 is separated from the kicked-out banknotes one by one, fed out, delivered to the transport roller 69 and the delivery roller 70, and sent out to the transport path 95. This recirculation stacker 94 does not have an elevator for raising and lowering the banknotes stored therein, and also stores the stacked banknotes in only one stacking space 61.

In addition, the transport path 31 has a transport path 97 extending downward from a branch point 96 at an intermediate position. At the branch point 96, the banknotes in the transport path 31 are transported as they are through the transport path 31. A distributing unit 98 is provided for distributing the state into a state in which the sheet is conveyed and a state in which the sheet is conveyed through the conveyance path 97. And the transport path 9
7, a reject box 100 for storing reject bills is connected. The transport path 31 is directed downward at the front end of the body 11, and then the storage stacker 101.
It is connected to the.

Since the height of the body 11 is increased by the amount of the recirculation stacker 94, the height of the storage space 102 of the storage stacker 101 is increased, and the storage amount is increased. Here, an elevator 103 that can move up and down is provided in the accumulation space 102. Storage stacker 101
The first standing plate portion 104 and the first standing plate portion 1 which are vertically arranged in the left-right direction to define the accumulation space 102.
It has a second standing plate portion 105 arranged parallel to the rear side of the body 11 with respect to the body 04.

The take-up mechanism 106 is provided above the accumulation space 102, specifically, above the second standing plate portion 105.
Is provided, and the take-in mechanism 106 is provided in a state where the axis is horizontally arranged in the left-right direction.
And a feed roller 107 and a feed roller 108 for discharging the banknotes conveyed through 1 in a substantially horizontal state in the stacking space 102 in a forward direction, and attached to the feed roller 107 and discharged by the feed roller 107 and the feed roller 108. There is an impeller 109 for knocking down the rear end of the bill abutting on the one standing plate portion 104 downward, that is, toward the elevator 103. Thereby, the introduction roller 107 and the feed roller 1
The bills discharged from 08 are stored in the stacking space 102 with their front and back surfaces vertically arranged from bottom to top in order, with their leading ends aligned in the first standing plate portion 104. The storage stacker 101 does not feed out bills, and is provided detachably at the front of the machine body 11. The reject box 100 also does not feed out bills, and is removably provided at the front of the machine body 11 and behind the storage stacker 101.

Then, the temporary storage section 46 and the reflux stacker 5
2 and the recirculation stacker 94 are disposed vertically above and below the depositing port 12 and the storage stacker 101 in the body 11, and more specifically, in a state where the positions of the body 11 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are overlapped with each other. It is arranged up and down, and especially the position in the left-right direction of the body 11 is completely matched.

Next, the operation of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment having the above configuration will be described for each processing. "Payment process" When the deposit amount and the operation of executing the deposit process are input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown), the deposit port is started at the start of the deposit process. The shutter 21 is opened, and the bill press 76 of the bill press section 72 of the temporary storage section 46 is brought into a state of being located at a predetermined ascending limit position. When a sensor (not shown) detects that a bill has been inserted into the deposit port 12, the deposit port shutter 21 is closed, and then the bills are separated one by one into the transport path 16 by the feeding mechanism 15 of the deposit port 12. To pay out. Then, the banknotes are conveyed one by one in the conveyance path 16, and in the middle thereof, the denomination, true / false, diagonal feed, multiple feed, and the like of the banknotes are discriminated by the deposit determination unit 27 (see the thick line in FIG. 6).

Then, the deposit discriminating section 27 performs false, oblique feed,
The banknotes determined as rejected banknotes such as multiple feeds are transported by the sorting units 50, 26, 92, and 32 to the transport paths 16, 25, and 3.
0, the sheet is conveyed to the dispensing port 13, and is transferred to the dispensing tray 79 by the taking-in mechanism 78 at the dispensing port 13 (FIG. 6).
Bold broken line). On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be normal by the depositing determination unit 27 are transferred by the sorting units 50 and 26 to the transport path 16 and
The sheet is transported at 24 and sent to the temporary storage section 46, and is temporarily stored in the accumulation space 61 by the intake mechanism 60 of the temporary storage section 46. At this time, the bill press 76 of the temporary storage unit 46 guides the bill taken in by the take-in mechanism 60 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 6).

When all the banknotes inserted into the deposit port 12 are stored in either the temporary storage section 46 or the dispensing port 13, if there is a banknote in the dispensing port 13, the dispensing tray 79.
Is projected from the machine body 11 in order to take out the reject banknotes, and the display unit (not shown) displays the amount of money stored in the temporary storage unit 46 from the determination result of the payment determination unit 27 regardless of the presence or absence of the banknotes in the dispensing port 13. And the payment processing ends.

Here, when the dispensing tray 79 is made to protrude, when the sensor (not shown) detects that a bill is taken out of the dispensing tray 79, the dispensing tray 79 is retracted. If the banknotes are not taken out even if the withdrawal tray 79 is protruded for a predetermined time, an alarm is generated to wait until the banknotes are taken out, or the withdrawal tray 79 is retracted to generate an alarm, and the transaction is performed. It is possible to stop it. The end state of the deposit processing is a temporary state until the “storage processing” and the “payment return processing” described below are performed, and the “payment” of the banknote rejected to the dispensing port 13 is performed again. Processing "is possible.

[Storing Process] After the above-mentioned depositing process, when an operation of approving the deposit amount is input by a confirmation button of an operation unit (not shown), the storing process of storing the banknotes stored in the temporary storing unit 46 is performed. Execute. If the deposit amount input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level device (not shown) is larger than the deposit amount based on the determination result of the deposit determination unit 27, the operation to be accepted is input. Even if it is done, the storing process is not performed.

At the time of executing the storing process, the bill press 76 of the temporary storage section 46 is lowered and pressed to press the bills, and the bill press 76 of the recirculation stacker 52 and the bill press 76 of the recirculation stacker 94 are both set to the predetermined ascending limit positions. State. Then, the banknotes are fed one by one to the transport path 47 by the feed mechanism 65 of the temporary storage section 46 and transported on the transport path 16 (see a thick line in FIG. 7).

During the conveyance by the conveyance path 16, the discrimination is performed again by the deposit judging section 27, and the recycle banknote (in this case, a thousand bills) of a predetermined first denomination to be used as a dispensed banknote is conveyed by the sorting section 50. The sheet is conveyed through the path 49 and is stored in the collecting space 61 of the reflux stacker 52 by the intake mechanism 60 of the reflux stacker 52. On the other hand, the recirculating bills (5,000 in this case) of the predetermined second denomination used as the dispensing bills are distributed to the sorting units 50, 26, 92.
Are transported along the transport paths 16, 25, and 91, and stored in the collecting space 61 of the reflux stacker 94 by the intake mechanism 60 of the reflux stacker 94.

In addition, bills (in this case, all bills) other than the recirculated bills of the predetermined first denomination and the second denomination are distributed to the sorting unit 50,
The sheets are conveyed along the conveyance paths 16, 25, and 31 by 26, 92, and 32, and are stored in the storage stacker 101 by the take-in mechanism 106. At this time, if a sensor (not shown) detects that one of the recirculation stacker 52 and the recirculation stacker 94 is full, the recycle banknote of the corresponding denomination also has the same route as the other banknotes. Storage stacker 10
Store in 1. In addition, even if the banknote is a recycle banknote, a recycle banknote in a damaged state that is not suitable for a dispensed banknote is also stored in the reject box 100. The sheet is conveyed to the section 98 by the same route, and is sent to the conveyance path 97 by the distribution section 98 and stored in the reject box 100 (see a thick broken line in FIG. 7).

When all the banknotes in the temporary storage section 46 are stored in any one of the return stacker 52, the return stacker 94, the reject box 100, and the storage stacker 101, the storing process ends. The bill press 76 of the recirculating stacker 52 guides the bills taken in by the take-in mechanism 60 when the banknotes are taken into the recirculating stacker 52. Building press 7
6 guides the bill taken in by the taking-in mechanism 60.

[Payment Return Process] After the above-mentioned deposit process, the deposit amount is displayed on a display unit (not shown) based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating unit 27, and then a cancel operation for not accepting the deposit is canceled by an operation unit (not shown). When the button is pressed, all the bills stored in the temporary storage section 46 are discharged. That is, the bill press is pushed down by the bill press 76 of the temporary storage unit 46 and the bills are pushed out by the feeding mechanism 65 of the temporary storage unit 46. Distributors 50, 26, 9
2 and 32, and further conveyed on the conveying paths 16, 25 and 30.
(See the bold line in FIG. 8).

When all the banknotes in the temporary storage section 46 are transferred to the dispensing tray 79 in this way, the dispensing tray 79 is protruded from the machine body 11 to take out the banknotes. Then, when the sensor (not shown) detects that the banknote has been taken out of the payout tray 79, the payout tray 79 is pulled into the machine body 11, and the deposit return process ends. If the banknotes are not taken out even if the withdrawal tray 79 is protruded for a predetermined time, an alarm is generated to wait until the banknotes are taken out, or the withdrawal tray 79 is retracted to generate an alarm, and the transaction is performed. It is possible to stop it.

[Payment Processing] The deposit amount input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown) is based on the deposit amount based on the result of the discrimination by the deposit judgment unit 27 in the deposit processing. If the number is smaller, after the storing process, a dispensing process for dispensing the difference as necessary is performed. First, at the start of the withdrawal processing, the bill press 7 of the reflux stacker 52 is used.
6 and the bill press 76 of the recirculation stacker 94 are brought into a downwardly pressed state. Then, if necessary, the bills of the first denomination are separated and fed out to the transport path 54 by the feeding mechanism 65 of the reflux stacker 52. Then, the banknotes are conveyed one by one in the conveyance path 54 and the conveyance path 25, and in the middle thereof, the dispensing determination unit 33 determines diagonal feeding, multiple feeding, and the like (see the thick line in FIG. 9).

Then, the banknotes which have been discriminated as reject banknotes, such as obliquely or multiplely fed, by the dispensing discriminating section 33 are conveyed by the sorting sections 32, 98 through the conveying paths 25, 31, 97, and are sent to the reject box 100. It is stored (see the thick broken line in FIG. 9). On the other hand, the banknotes judged to be normal by the dispensing discriminating section 33 are conveyed by the distributing section 32 through the conveyance paths 25 and 30 and sent to the dispensing port 13, and the dispensing tray 78 is used by the receiving mechanism 78 at the dispensing port 13. 79 (see the thick solid line in FIG. 9).

When all the banknotes of the first denomination to be dispensed in the dispensing process are delivered to the dispensing tray 79, the feeding mechanism 65 of the recirculation stacker 94 is used to feed the transport path 95 if necessary.
Then, the banknotes of the second denomination are separated and fed one by one. Then, the banknotes are conveyed one by one on the conveyance paths 95 and 25, and the dispensing discrimination unit 33 determines diagonal feeding, multiple feeding, and the like in the middle of the conveyance path 25.

Then, at the dispensing determining section 33, the banknotes which have been determined as rejected banknotes such as obliquely or multiplely fed are sorted out by the sorting section 3.
The paper is conveyed along the conveyance paths 25, 31, and 97 according to 2 and 98 and stored in the reject box 100. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be normal by the dispensing discriminating section 33 are conveyed by the distributing section 32 through the conveying paths 25 and 30 and sent to the dispensing port 13, where
At 3, it is transferred to the dispensing tray 79 by the take-in mechanism 78.

When all bills to be dispensed in the dispensing process are delivered to the dispensing tray 79, the dispensing tray 79 is protruded from the machine body 11 to take out the bills. Then, when a sensor (not shown) detects that a bill has been taken out of the dispensing tray 79, the dispensing tray 79 is retracted, and the dispensing process ends. If the banknotes are not taken out even if the withdrawal tray 79 is protruded for a predetermined time, an alarm is generated to wait until the banknotes are taken out, or the withdrawal tray 79 is retracted to generate an alarm, and the transaction is performed. It is possible to stop it.

[First Denomination Collection Processing] When an operation for executing the first denomination collection processing is input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown), the collection is performed. At the start of the process, the bill press 76 of the recirculation stacker 52 is set in a downwardly pressed state. Next, the bills are separated and fed to the transport path 54 one by one by the feeding mechanism 65 of the reflux stacker 52. Then, the bills are transferred one by one to the transport paths 54, 25.
In the middle of the transport path 25, the dispensing determination unit 33 determines diagonal feed, multiple feed, and the like.

Then, at the dispensing determining section 33, the banknotes which have been determined as rejected banknotes, such as obliquely or multiplely fed, are sorted out by the sorting section 3.
The paper is conveyed along the conveyance paths 25, 31 and 97 by 2 and 98 and stored in the reject box 100 (see a thick broken line in FIG. 10). On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be normal by the dispensing determination unit 33 are transported by the sorting units 32 and 98 through the transport paths 25 and 31 and sent to the storage stacker 101 to be stored in the storage stacker 101 by the capture mechanism 106. (See the thick solid line in FIG. 10).

Then, all the banknotes in the return stacker 52 are rejected by the reject box 100 and the storage stacker 10.
When stored in any one of the first denominations, the collection process of the first denomination is terminated. After that, the storage stacker 101 is removed from the machine body 11 and the bills of the first denomination are collected. Also, the reject box 100 is removed from the body 11 as needed to collect reject bills.

[Second Denomination Collection Processing] When an operation for executing the second denomination collection processing is input to the operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or the operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown), the collection is performed. At the start of the process, the bill press 76 of the reflux stacker 94 is set in a downwardly pressed state. Next, the banknotes are separated one by one and fed to the transport path 95 by the feeding mechanism 65 of the recirculation stacker 94. Then, the bills are transferred one by one to the transport paths 95, 25.
In the middle of the transport path 25, the dispensing determination unit 33 determines diagonal feed, multiple feed, and the like.

Then, the bill discriminating unit 33 discriminates the banknotes as rejected banknotes, such as obliquely or multiplely fed, from the dispensing unit 3.
The paper is conveyed along the conveyance paths 25, 31 and 97 by 2 and 98 and stored in the reject box 100 (see a thick broken line in FIG. 10). On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be normal by the dispensing determination unit 33 are transported by the sorting units 32 and 98 through the transport paths 25 and 31 and sent to the storage stacker 101 to be stored in the storage stacker 101 by the capture mechanism 106. (See the thick solid line in FIG. 10).

Then, all the banknotes in the return stacker 94 are rejected by the reject box 100 and the storage stacker 10.
When stored in any one of the first denominations, the collection process of the second denomination is terminated. After that, the storage stacker 101 is removed from the machine body 11 and the bills of the second denomination are collected. Also, the reject box 100 is removed from the body 11 as needed to collect reject bills.

"Recovery processing of first and second denominations" The operation of executing the recovery processing of the first and second denominations is performed on an operation unit (not shown) of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device or an operation unit of a higher-level machine (not shown). When input, the first denomination collection process and the second denomination collection process are performed continuously. Thereafter, the storage stacker 101 is removed from the machine body 11 and the bills of the first and second denominations are collected. Also, the reject box 100 is removed from the body 11 as needed to collect reject bills.

According to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the second embodiment described above, a plurality of return stackers 52, 94 are provided for each denomination.
, All of the reflux stackers 52 and 94 can be made compact as in the case described above. In addition, since the plurality of reflux stackers 52 and 94 are arranged vertically behind the depositing port 12 and the storage stacker 101 of the machine body 11 together with the temporary storage section 46, the depositing port 12, the storage stacker 101, and the temporary storage section are provided. 46 and the plurality of reflux stackers 52 and 94 can be efficiently arranged in the body 11. Therefore, even if the number of payment types is increased by providing a plurality of return stackers 52 and 94 for each type of money, the entire body 11 can be made compact.

[0089]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device described in the above, the temporary storage section for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes and the return stacker for storing the return banknotes are both provided, the taking-in mechanism is disposed on the upper side, and the feeding mechanism is provided on the lower side. Because it is arranged, it has a structure without an elevator inside as compared with the case where both a take-in mechanism and a pay-out mechanism are provided on the upper part, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the elevator is unnecessary, and for example, a pay-out mechanism A mechanism or the like for releasing the member that interferes with the take-in mechanism at the time of dispensing by the above-mentioned method becomes unnecessary. In addition, when a bill is fed by the feeding mechanism, a bill press unit that presses the stored bill from above is required, but the bill press unit is separated from the stored bill upward when the bill is taken in by the take-in mechanism. In other words, the guide required to guide the taken-in banknote is swung at the time of feeding, and is operated as a bill press unit. Therefore, the moving amount of the bill press unit is smaller than that in the case where the bill press unit is completely retracted into the bill accumulation space. As described above, the temporary storage unit and the reflux stacker can be made compact. In addition, the deposit port and the storage section are provided vertically at the front of the fuselage, and the temporary storage section and the return stacker, which have been made compact as described above, are vertically disposed at the rear of the storage section of the fuselage. Therefore, the deposit port, the storage section, the temporary storage section, and the reflux stacker can be efficiently arranged in the body. Therefore,
The entire body can be made compact.

According to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the second aspect of the present invention, even when a plurality of return stackers are provided for each denomination, all the return stackers can be made compact as described above. In addition, since a plurality of return stackers are vertically arranged behind the deposit port and the storage section in the body together with the temporary storage section, the deposit port, the storage section, the temporary storage section, and the plurality of return stackers are provided inside the body. It can be arranged efficiently. Therefore, even if the withdrawal denomination is increased by providing a plurality of return stackers for each denomination,
The entire body can be made compact.

According to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the banknote transport path connected to the deposit port is disposed between the temporary storage section and the return stacker. The temporary storage unit and the reflux stacker can be efficiently arranged in the body. Therefore, the entire body can be made more compact.

According to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the discriminating section for discriminating the banknote is arranged so as to overlap the at least one of the temporary storage section and the return stacker in the vertical direction. Therefore, the determination unit, the temporary storage unit, and the reflux stacker can be efficiently arranged in the body. Therefore, the entire body can be made more compact.

According to the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, at the front portion of the machine body between the deposit opening and the storage section,
Since the banknotes conveyed in the body are taken in and stored, and the stored banknotes are provided in the stored state to be dispensed by moving the front of the body and dispensing, these deposit ports,
The deposit judging section, the temporary storage section, the recirculation stacker, the dispensing port, and the storage section can be efficiently arranged in the machine. Therefore, the entire body can be made more compact.

According to the bill receiving / dispensing machine according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the bill feeding and dispensing machine is provided on a transport path rearward of the machine body from the dispensing port and the storage section, and on a transport path forward of the machine body from the temporary storage section and the return stacker. Since the dispensing discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes is provided, the deposit port, the deposit discriminating unit, the temporary storage unit, the return stacker, the dispensing discriminating unit, the dispensing port, and the storage unit are efficiently arranged in the machine. can do. Therefore, the entire body can be made more compact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view schematically showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a payment process is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view schematically showing the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a storing process is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view schematically showing the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a payment return process is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a payout processing route is indicated by a bold line.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view schematically showing the banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a collection process is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view schematically showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a payment process is indicated by a bold line.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view schematically showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a storing process route is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view schematically showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a payment return process is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a payout processing route is indicated by a thick line.

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view schematically showing a banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a route of a collection process is indicated by a bold line.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Body 12 Deposit port 13 Deposit port 16 Conveyance path (banknote conveyance path) 25 Conveyance path 27 Deposit discriminating part 33 Dispensing discriminating part 37 Storage stacker (storage part) 46 Temporary storage part 52 Reflux stacker 60 Take-in mechanism 65 Feeding mechanism 72 Building Press Department

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A temporary storage unit which takes in and stores a banknote which is inserted into a deposit port, is separated one by one, and is conveyed in the machine by a take-in mechanism, and feeds out the stored banknotes one by one by a pay-out mechanism. A recirculation stacker for retrieving a predetermined denomination of recirculated banknotes among the banknotes dispensed from the temporary storage unit by a retrieving mechanism for taking in and storing the recirculated banknotes stored therein, and dispensing the stored recirculated banknotes one by one by a dispensing mechanism for dispensing; A storage unit for taking in and storing bills other than recirculated banknotes among the banknotes fed from the storage unit, wherein both the temporary storage unit and the recirculation stacker have a take-up mechanism arranged on the upper side and a feeding mechanism. It is arranged on the lower side, and furthermore, when the bill is fed out by the feeding mechanism, the stored bill is pressed from above and when the bill is taken in by the take-in mechanism, A bill press unit that swings between a state in which the bills are guided in a state in which the bills are guided upward, and the deposit port and the storage unit are provided vertically in a front part of the body, and the temporary storage unit is provided. A banknote pay-in / pay-out device, wherein a recirculation stacker is disposed vertically above and behind the deposit port and the storage section in the body. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of return stackers are provided for each denomination, and the return stackers are vertically arranged at the rear side of the storage section in the body.
The banknote pay-in / pay-out machine described. 3. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to claim 1, wherein a banknote transport path connected to the deposit port is arranged between the temporary storage section and the return stacker. 4. A deposit for discriminating banknotes by superimposing a vertical position on at least one of the temporary storage unit and the return stacker on the bill transport path ahead of the temporary storage unit and the return stacker in the machine body. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to claim 3, further comprising a determination unit. 5. A bill conveyed in the machine body is taken in and stored in a front portion of the machine body between the deposit port and the storage unit, and the stored bill is moved forward in the housed state and dispensed. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to claim 4, further comprising a payout port for causing the bill to be dispensed. 6. A dispensing discriminating unit for discriminating bills is provided on a transport path on the body further from the dispensing port and the storage unit on the body than the temporary storage unit and the return stacker. The banknote pay-in / pay-out device according to claim 5, wherein