JPS5844436Y2 - Banknote deposit device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention relates to a banknote depositing device that accepts banknotes in bulk.

In recent years, automatic banknote dispensing machines,
Various automatic currency transaction devices, such as automatic banknote deposit machines, automatic banknote deposit machines, and money exchange machines, have been developed and put into practical use.

Among these devices, banknote deposit devices with deposit functions such as banknote automatic teller machines and banknote automatic deposit deposit machines are
Traditionally, it has been stolen in the following way.

That is, banknotes, so-called banknotes, received in bulk into a receiving section are taken in and conveyed one by one, and a determining device distinguishes them between genuine banknotes and fraudulent banknotes (including stacked banknotes), and also distinguishes between genuine banknotes and fraudulent banknotes. Separate.

Then, genuine banknotes are stored in a temporary storage section, and rejected banknotes that have been classified as fraudulent banknotes and rejected are returned to the return slot.

When rejected banknotes are generated, the depositor is prompted to insert the rejected banknotes into the receiving section again, and the banknotes are discriminated again, and the stacked genuine banknotes are stored in the temporary storage section.

In such conventional systems, when rejected banknotes are generated, the depositor has to manually insert the rejected banknotes into the receiving section again, and in the case of stacked banknotes, the banknotes that have been rejected once are If you insert it again, there is a possibility that it will be determined to be a genuine bill.

Therefore, the time required for transactions may become longer, the service provided to depositors may be insufficient, and depositors may feel uneasy about the machines, which may lead to a negative image of the bank.

The present invention was developed based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to receive rejected banknotes that have been rejected as fraudulent banknotes, insert them into the receiving section again, and automatically recycle the rejected banknotes a predetermined number of times. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote depositing device that can save the depositor's effort and improve the reliability and operability of the machine by making the determination.

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

Figure 1 shows the appearance of an automatic deposit machine installed at a bank branch, for example, and its general configuration is as follows:
Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the apparatus, and an L-shaped operation panel 2 is installed at the upper front of the main body 1 of the apparatus.

On the horizontal surface of this operation panel 2, there are a deposit slot 3 for banknotes P, a deposit amount display section 4, a deposit approval key 5, and a deposit cancellation key 6, and on the vertical surface, there is a bill return lower, a magnetic card insertion slot 8, and a transaction certificate. A book opening 9 and an operation guide display section 10 consisting of a plasma display or the like are provided.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a rear door that closes the rear opening of the main body 1 of the apparatus.

Furthermore, a magnetic card reading mechanism 12, a deposit mechanism 13, a transaction certificate issuing mechanism (not shown), and a control device (not shown), which will be described later, are housed within the device main body 1.

2. The magnetic card reading mechanism 12 is provided opposite the magnetic card insertion slot 8, as shown in FIG.

A magnetic card (not shown) inserted by the depositor from the magnetic card insertion slot 8 is taken into the interior by a pair of rollers 14, 14 that are in contact with each other, and the depositor's account number is magnetically recorded by the magnetic card 15. or can be read.

The deposit mechanism 13
It is controlled to add the deposited amount to the current balance and record it.

button, this deposit account is stored in a storage device such as a central processing unit as a deposit ledger, such as a magnetic drum of a computer system, which is installed in a remote location outside the main unit 1, and is not communicated from the deposit machine. Accessed via wire.

Furthermore, the transaction certificate issuing mechanism prints out the account number, deposited amount, and current balance of the transaction, and also issues a transaction certificate issuing port 9.

Further, the deposit mechanism 13 starts operating only when the account number is correctly read from the magnetic card inserted by the depositor, and as shown in FIG. 2, the deposit mechanism 13 starts operating.

That is, the deposit port 3 that opens on the horizontal surface of the operation panel 2 of the device main body 1 is provided with a lid 16, and a bill receiving box 17 as a receiving section is provided below this.

The lid 16 opens automatically when the account number is read correctly, and the banknote receiving box 17 stores the banknotes P, which are placed in one batch by the depositor in an upright position. .

Further, a take-in rotor 18 is provided behind the banknote receiving box 17 to take in banknotes P one by one, and when the lid 16 is closed by the depositor, the banknote receiving box 17 takes in the banknotes P. Move to the rotor 18 side (in the direction of arrow a), and bill P...
・Transfer the material to the loading position.

There is a suction element 20 connected to a vacuum pump 19 on the circumferential surface of the intake rotor 18, and when the intake rotor 18 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow, the banknotes P are vacuumed one by one starting from the frontmost one. It is designed to be absorbed and taken in.

Further, in the bill-taking direction of the taking-in rotor 18, a first belt pulley 21 . A take-in conveyance path 24 for conveying banknotes P substantially horizontally is formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the second endless bells 1-22, 22, 23°23.

button, -, the above-mentioned intake rotor 18, belt pulley 21...button, and the first button. The second endless belt 22, 22, 23° 23 is a third endless belt 2 that runs endlessly by a motor 25K.
It is designed to be driven via 6.

Further, - a detector 2 as a determination device consisting of a plurality of combinations of a light source and a light receiving element is provided in the middle of the above-mentioned intake conveyance path 24.
γ is provided, and the banknote P passing through this detector 27
It is designed to determine the ticket type, calculate the number of tickets, and determine authenticity.

Further, from the middle part of the intake conveyance path 24 located behind the detector 27, the second endless bell [23 and the fourth
The banknotes P...
A first return path 31 for returning the product to the return lower side is branched.

At the branching point between the first return path 31 and the intake conveyance path 24, a sorting gate 32 as a sorting mechanism using a rotary solenoid as a driving source is provided, and the signal obtained by the detector 2γ is , the banknote P determined to be genuine by the control unit is allowed to pass through the take-in conveyance path 24 as it is,
It operates to guide banknotes P determined to be fraudulent to the first return path 31 side.

Further, a temporary storage section 33 is provided at the terminal end of the taking-in conveyance path 24, and the temporary storage section 33 stacks and stacks banknotes P in a horizontal state.
The banknotes P taken in in the transaction are stored separately from the banknotes P deposited in other transactions.

In this way, after all the banknotes P in the banknote receiving box 17 have been taken in, the rejected banknotes P are re-determined a predetermined number of times as will be described later, and are stored in the temporary storage section 33 or returned to the return lower. When the banknotes are returned, the total amount of the genuine banknotes P stored in the temporary storage section 33, that is, the deposited amount, is displayed on the amount display section 4.

Further, the temporary storage section 33 is located above the deposit box 34 placed on the board 1a and facing the rear door 11 side, and the deposit approval key 5 is placed in accordance with the display result on the amount display section 4. When is pressed, the bottom plate 35 of the temporary storage section 33 moves in the direction of arrow C.
direction, the banknotes P... that were stored at the time fall into the deposit box 34 and are stored together with banknotes P... of other transactions.

Conversely, when the deposit cancellation key 6 is pressed, the side plate 36 of the temporary storage section 33 opens as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The genuine banknotes P in the temporary storage section 33 are moved.
・It stands as if it were being sent out in bundles.

Further, in the banknote feeding direction of the back-up body 37, the fourth endless bell) 28, 28 and the fifth endless bell +
-38, 38, and a second return path 39 which merges with the first return path 31 is formed.

The conveyance speed of this second return path 39 is equal to or higher than the banknote feeding speed by the backup body 37, and the banknotes in the temporary storage section 33 sent out by the backup body 37... The bundles are pinched and conveyed as they are.

Namely, the second return path 39 and the first return path 31 that merge with the second return path 39 are connected to the second return path 31, which constitutes the second return path 39, in order to reliably hold and transport a single banknote P to a large number of banknotes P... ．． Fourth
．． Fifth. The endless belts 23, 28°3.8 are made of stretchable belts.

On the other hand, banknotes P determined to be fraudulent are stored at the sorting gate 32.
The banknotes are sorted and rejected to the first return path 31 side, and are stored in an accumulated manner in a rejected banknote storage section 40 provided opposite to the return lower.

Further, the rejected banknote receiving plate 41 forming the bottom part of the rejected banknote storage section 40 is configured so that all the banknotes P... deposited into the banknote receiving box 17 by the depositor at once are taken in by the taking rotor 18. is confirmed by the signal from the banknote detector 42, and the rejected banknote P is detected by the rejected banknote detector 49, which will be described later.
When it is confirmed that there is..., the rejected banknotes P... are rotated to the position shown by the two-dot chain line and the rejected banknotes P...
The button is adapted to input banknotes all at once into the banknote receiving box 17, and constitutes a rejected banknote receiving/inserting device 43.

Next, this rejected banknote receiving/inserting device 43 will be explained in detail based on FIG. 3.

First, at a position facing the return lower from below the terminal end of the return path 31, the rejected banknote storage section 40 is provided, which stacks the rejected banknotes P carried out from the return path 31 in a sequentially overlapping state on the upper surface. It is being

The rejected banknote storage section 40 is formed of a U-shaped storage frame 44 whose front side is open and the rejected banknote receiving plate 41 that closes the lower surface of this holding frame 44.

A support shaft 45 is rotatably supported on the lower rear surface of the holding frame 44 by an L-bearing (not shown), and the rear end of the rejected banknote receiving plate 41 is fixed to the support shaft 45.

Further, a rotary solenoid 46 is connected to the support shaft 45, and when the rotary solenoid 46 is energized, the rejected bill receiving plate 41 can rotate from a horizontal state to a vertical state as shown by a two-dot chain line. It looks like this.

Further, a light source 47 made of a light emitting diode, a lamp, etc. and a light receiving element 48 such as a photocell are arranged in such a state that the optical axis passes through a through hole provided in the rejected banknote receiving plate 41,
A rejected banknote detector 49 is configured to detect the presence or absence of rejected banknotes P in the rejected banknote storage section 40.

Further, the bill detector 42 that detects the presence or absence of bills P in the bill receiving box 17 also has a light source 5, similar to the rejected bill detector 49.
0 and a light receiving element 51.

The banknote detector 42 detects a banknote P in the banknote receiving box 17.
The rotary solenoid 46
is excited.

Then, the rejected banknote receiving plate 41 forming the bottom plate of the rejected banknote storage section 40 is rotated vertically as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the rejected banknotes P stored in the rejected banknote storage section 40 are...
. . are put into the banknote receiving box 17 all at once, and the rejected banknotes P . . . are determined again.

Also, a lever 5 is attached to the drive shaft of the rotary solenoid 46.
2 is attached, and when the rotary solenoid 46 is energized, this lever 52 operates a microswitch 53, so that the number of opening and closing operations of the rejected banknote receiving plate 41 can be detected.

Then, the number of opening/closing operations of the microswitch 53 is set in advance to n times via the control unit, and the rejected banknotes P...
The structure is such that the banknotes can be automatically inserted into the banknote receiving box 17 by repeating n times.

Next, the operation procedure and effect of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, a magnetic card is inserted into the magnetic card insertion slot 8.

When the account number is correctly read from this magnetic card, the lid 16 provided on the deposit slot 3 automatically opens, and the depositor inserts the banknotes P... to be deposited in a bundle from the deposit slot 3. .

The banknotes P... that have been inserted all at once are stored in the banknote box 17 in an upright position, and when the lid 16 is closed by the depositor, they are moved to the take-in rotor 18 side one by one as described above. It is taken in one by one and conveyed through the taking-in conveyance path 24.

The banknotes P conveyed through the take-in conveyance path 24 are subjected to the determination of the banknote type, the counting of the number of banknotes, the determination of authenticity, etc. by the detector 27, and at this time, the banknotes P... are counted on the operation guide display section 10. This will be displayed.

On the other hand, the banknotes P determined to be correct by the control unit based on the signal obtained by the detector 27 are transferred to the take-in conveyance path 2.
4 and taken into the temporary storage section 33 , the banknotes P determined to be fraudulent are sorted and rejected by the sorting gate 32 to the first return path 31 side.

The rejected banknotes P are conveyed in a U-turn to the return lower side via the first return path 31 and stacked in the rejected banknote storage section 40 of the rejected banknote receiving/insertion device 43 in an overturned state.

Then, as described above, it is detected that there is no banknote P in the banknote receiving box 17, and the banknote P...
When it is detected that there are banknotes, the rejected banknote receiving plate 41 is rotated and deviated as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the rejected banknotes P are collectively thrown into the banknote receiving box 17 located below.

At this time, the skewed banknotes P... are aligned, changed direction so that the ends in the taking direction are opposite to those at the time of previous taking, and are thrown in all at once.

In this way, the rejected banknotes P... are repeated n times to be automatically inserted into the banknote receiving box 17, and the end of the receiving direction is changed, the front and back sides of the banknotes are changed, and the genuine banknotes P are re-discriminated.
will be stored in the temporary storage section 33.

At this time, a genuine banknote P which is a genuine banknote but has a dirty front surface and is determined to be fraudulent can also be determined to be a genuine banknote P by detecting the back surface.

In addition, even if two bills are taken out due to folded ends or the like, one bill can be taken in as well.

In this way, all the banknotes P... inserted from the deposit slot 3 are stored in the temporary storage section 33, but when they are returned to the return lower, the banknotes P... stored in the temporary storage section 33 are stored in the temporary storage section 33. The total amount is displayed on the deposited amount display section 4.

Here, the depositor checks whether the deposit matches the deposited amount, and if so, presses the deposit approval key 5.

When this deposit approval key 5 is pressed, the bottom plate 35 of the temporary storage section 33 moves, and the genuine banknotes P in the temporary storage section 33...
is stored in the deposit box 34.

At this time, the operation guide display section 10 displays that communication is being performed with the central processing unit as a deposit ledger, and then the magnetic card is returned from the magnetic card insertion slot 8.

On the other hand, a transaction certificate (not shown) on which the account number, deposit amount, etc. are printed is issued from the transaction certificate issuing port 9.

Conversely, when the deposit cancellation key 6 is pressed, the side plate 36 rotates in response to this pressing signal, and then the back-up body 37
moves and pushes the banknotes P in the temporary storage section 33 into the second return path 39 configured in a wedge shape while remaining in a bundle.

However, since the moving speed of the back-up body 37 is set to be equal to or slower than the transport speed of the second return path 39, the back-up body 37 can be moved smoothly from the temporary storage section 33 to the second return path 39 without being forced. The uke is passed on.

Moreover, the banknotes P... conveyed via the second return path 39
・ is passed to the first return path 31 that merges with this, and is automatically returned to the same return lower slot as the return slot that receives the banknotes P that has been determined to be fraudulent, and the deposit is cancelled. be done.

At this time, a transaction certificate will not be issued.

On the other hand, when the passage of all the banknotes P is confirmed by a banknote passage detector 51 (not shown) installed in the second return path 39, the back-up body 37 returns to its original position and at the same time the side plate 36 returns to its original position. Complete the return operation.

As explained above, the present invention includes a rejected banknote receiving/insertion device that receives rejected banknotes that have been classified and rejected as fraudulent banknotes, inserts them into the receiving section again, and automatically re-discriminates the rejected banknotes a predetermined number of times. It is something that

Therefore, when rejected banknotes are generated, they can be inserted into the receiving section and re-identified without the help of the depositor as in the past, saving the depositor's effort and reducing the time required for one transaction. Moreover, the reliability and operability of the machine can be improved.

In addition, the rejected banknote receiving and inserting device includes a rejected banknote storage unit that accumulates and stores rejected banknotes until there are no banknotes in the receiving unit,
Since the rejected banknotes are put into the receiving section all at once,
The operation of receiving and inserting rejected banknotes can be performed reliably, and the control mechanism can be simplified and the inserting time can be shortened.

Furthermore, when rejected banknotes are generated, they are accumulated in the rejected banknote storage section and the receiving and conveying operation is performed continuously until all the banknotes in the receiving section are completed, so that the rejected banknotes are not generated. In this case, faster processing is possible than in the case of stopping the intake from the receiving unit each time and re-discriminating the rejected banknotes.

In addition, since rejected banknotes are temporarily accumulated in the rejected banknote storage section, rejected banknotes that are determined to be fraudulent due to being taken in from the receiving section in a skewed state are stored in the temporary stacking section or The banknotes are automatically aligned when they are reinserted into the receiving section, and skewed genuine banknotes can be prevented from being rejected.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an external perspective view, Fig. 2 is a schematic longitudinal side view, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rejected banknote receiving and inserting device section, which is the main part. . 17... Receiving section, 24... Intake conveyance path, 27...
Determination device, 32... Sorting mechanism, 40... Rejected banknote storage section, 43... Rejected banknote receiving/insertion device, P... Banknote.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a receiving section that receives banknotes in bulk; a receiving and transporting section that receives and transports the banknotes received in the receiving section one by one; and a discriminating device that discriminates the banknotes taken into the receiving and transporting section; It has a sorting mechanism that sorts the banknotes into genuine banknotes and fraudulent banknotes based on the discrimination result of the discrimination device, and a rejected banknote storage section that accumulates and stores rejected banknotes that are classified as fraudulent banknotes and rejected by the sorting mechanism, a rejected banknote receiving/insertion device that inputs the rejected banknotes in the rejected banknote storage unit into the receiving unit at once in order to re-discriminate the rejected banknotes a predetermined number of times after the receiving unit completes taking in the banknotes;
The device is characterized by comprising an approval/cancellation key for inputting approval or cancellation of deposit for the genuine banknotes classified as genuine banknotes by the sorting mechanism after completion of re-discrimination a predetermined number of times by the rejected banknote receiving/inserting device. Banknote deposit device.