JPS5927385A - Circulation type paper money processor - Google Patents

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field of invention] The present invention relates to a circulating banknote processing machine.

[Technical background of the invention and problems with the background art] In the past, financial institutions such as banks have mechanized and automated deposit and payment operations as part of their efforts to improve services and save labor. Unmanned devices such as automated teller machines or automatic payment/deposit devices that integrate these devices, and manned devices (operated by dedicated operators) such as teller money dispensers and teller money deposit machines have been introduced. However, with these devices, deposits and payments are performed using separate devices, and even if the devices are integrated, the deposit device and payment device are simply installed side by side within the housing. Therefore, the device occupies a large space within the store. In addition, the deposit placed in the deposit device cannot be used for payment during the overnight stay (as a result, cash must be prepared in the payment device for payment, resulting in poor cash efficiency at the branch). There was a drawback.

In order to eliminate these drawbacks, the deposit mechanism, payment machine, and groove are integrated, as seen in Senpai Publication No. 55-85967 and Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 56-63688, so that deposits can be deposited inside the aircraft at the time of deposit. A circulating banknote processing system in which the banknotes taken in are stored in a banknote storage unit for withdrawal, and the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage unit for payment at the time of payment, so that the banknotes received are used as banknotes to be disbursed. A machine appeared.

However, in these circulating banknote processing machines,
The banknote payout and deposit slots are provided only on one side of the machine. Therefore, when this circulating banknote processing machine is used by a teller at a bank or the like in face-to-face contact with customers, the ability to dispense or deposit banknotes is limited to only the customer or the teller.

Therefore, when making a withdrawal or deposit, if the slot is turned toward the teller side, the teller must pass the banknotes to the customer. Tellers are unable to assist customers who are unable to do so.

Further, there are two types of automatic payment/deposit devices, depending on the location where the device is installed: loading and unloading of bill storage boxes for dispensing money is done from the front of the device or from the back.

Therefore, if this automatic payment/deposit device is equipped with the above-mentioned circulating banknote processing machine, the banknotes will be disbursed according to the two types mentioned above, and the deposit will be made in the insertion/removal direction between the deposit slot and the withdrawal banknote storage box. must be assembled in a predetermined relationship.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention has been made in view of the above points of the present invention, and its purpose is to be able to insert banknotes all at once from either the front or rear side of the machine, and to insert banknotes at once from either the front or rear side. An object of the present invention is to provide a circulating banknote processing machine that can dispense banknotes.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall structure of an embodiment of the banknote processing machine of the present invention. In the figure, the front side of the aircraft is drawn on the right side, and the rear side of the aircraft is drawn on the left side. Further, in this embodiment, ten thousand yen notes, five thousand yen notes, and thousand yen notes are subject to deposit and withdrawal processing.

1, the entire device has 85 casings.

Reference numerals 10 and 10' are deposit/withdrawal ports that serve both for inserting deposited banknotes and discharging paid bills, and 11 and 11' are doors for closing the deposit/withdrawal ports.

Reference numeral 20.20' denotes a batch unit that sends the banknotes inserted from the deposit/withdrawal port 10.10' to the later-described bulk conveyance path 30, and takes in the bulk banknotes sent from the conveyance path into the deposit/withdrawal ports 10, 10'. This is the intake mechanism. This bulk import machine costs $20.
20' has driven rollers 21a, 21b, 21
Bill support plates 21, 21' having 'a', 21'b are provided. When sending out a batch of banknotes inserted from the deposit/withdrawal ports 10, 10' to the batch conveyance path 30, the support plates 21, 21' approach the bells) 23, 23', sandwich the banknotes between them, and send out the banknotes. On the other hand, deposits and withdrawals are 10,
When allowing the insertion of banknotes from 10' or when taking in a batch of banknotes sent from the batch conveyance path 30, the support plate 21.21' is retracted from the bell) 23.23' and the banknotes are inserted in a batch. Create space.

The pulleys 22 and 22' are for sending out or taking in a batch of banknotes, and the belts 23 and 23' are for feeding out or taking in a batch of banknotes to or from the bulk conveyance path 30. be.

The door 11, 1.1' is a bulk conveyance path 3 for banknotes inserted into the bulk insertion mechanism 20, 20' from the deposit/withdrawal port 10.10'.
It is closed at the point when discharge to θ starts, and it is also conveyed in bulk.
It is opened when the banknotes inserted into the bulk insertion mechanism 20, 20' from the path 30 are dispensed to the customer.

The collective conveyance path 3θ extends in the front-rear direction of the machine body, and is composed of a belt 31 and a plurality of belts that come into contact with the belt 31 to sandwich and convey banknotes. Boo 1 suspending belt 31
732 and 33 have their rotating shafts movable in the vertical direction,
The gap between the belts that clamp the banknotes changes depending on the amount (thickness) of the banknotes that are conveyed in bulk. Boo'J34,
34+ is a tension pulley for tensioning the belt 31.

The banknote feeding pool section 70 provided along the bulk banknote transport path 30 temporarily pools the banknotes conveyed by the bulk banknote transport path 3o, and feeds out the banknotes one by one.

79a, 791) are stoppers that stop the banknotes conveyed in bulk on the bulk conveyance path 3o, and when the banknotes are conveyed from the rear (left side in the drawing), the stopper 791) is in the operating position as shown in the figure. , the stopper 79a is in the non-operating position. Conversely, when a banknote is conveyed from the front (right side in the drawing), the stopper 79a is in the operating position (vertical state) and the stopper 79b is in the non-operating position (horizontal state), contrary to what is shown.

71 is the side wall of the storage box, 72 is the driven roller 72a, 72
It is a banknote support plate equipped with b. The banknote support plate 72 can move up and down between the highest limit position (indicated by a broken line) and the lowest limit position (indicated by a solid line), and 73 is a guide rail for this vertical movement. When in the lowest position, it tilts as shown, allowing the stacked banknotes to be fed out.

Rollers 74, 75, 76, and 77 feed out the stacked banknotes one by one starting from the bottom.
6 is reversed to prevent two or more banknotes from being fed out. A pair of rows 278 conveys the fed-out banknote downward and guides it to the identification conveyance path 2 .

Reference numeral 5 denotes a take-in/discharge branch gate, which receives banknotes from the pool section 70 during deposit processing, and guides the banknotes from above to the identification conveyance path 2 in the illustrated state. On the other hand, during the withdrawal process, the storage sections 90, 100, 110, 12, which will be described later,
Since the banknotes are sent from 0, the banknotes are in a different state from the one shown in the figure, and the banknotes are guided from below to the identification conveyance path 2.

A banknote identification section 80 is provided in the middle of the identification conveyance path 2 to identify banknotes. This identification unit 80 is in the inspection mode during deposit processing, that is, when the deposit/withdrawal ports 10, 10
When the banknotes inserted from ' and pooled in the pool section 70 are fed out one by one for inspection, an identifier is used to determine whether the banknote is a damaged banknote or not, and also to identify the denomination of the deposited banknote, i.e., a 10,000 yen banknote. , to identify whether it is a 5,000 yen note or a 1,000 yen note. The term "damaged bills" as used herein refers to bills that are inconvenient for this device to accept when depositing, such as torn bills or unidentifiable bills. When the identification unit 80 is in the sorting mode during the deposit processing, that is, when the banknotes that have been inspected and are repooled in the pool unit 70 are fed out one by one and classified, the identification unit 80 determines the denomination of the banknote, that is, whether it is a 10,000 yen note or not. , to identify whether it is a 5,000 yen note or a 1,000 yen note. In the counting mode during the dispensing process, that is, when the banknotes are fed out from the storage box and counted, the identification unit 80 not only confirms the denomination, but also identifies whether the banknotes are front or back, and whether they are good or bad. The term "fitness and loss" here refers to the distinction between normal banknotes that are suitable for recirculation and damaged banknotes that are worn out and are inappropriate for recirculation.

The damaged ticket gate 6 guides banknotes identified as damaged tickets to the damaged ticket pool section 60 via bells 63 , 64 , 65 and a ring belt mechanism 66 .

The damaged ticket pool section 60 includes: - driven rollers 61A, 61
It is comprised of a banknote support plate 61 with B, a bottom plate 62, and a damaged note stopper 68.

The ring belt mechanism 66 includes a belt 6 as shown in FIG.
Goo IJ at the end of 5 (, 5A and coaxial pulley R1.

It consists of a pulley R2 adjacent to this, and a ring belt R3 held between the boots IJ R1 and R2 and rotated in the direction of the arrow, and has the function of ensuring the feeding of banknotes. It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 54-75417.

When bills are fed into the pool section 60, the stopper 68
is in the illustrated position to stop the banknote at the position of the support plate 61. Further, the support plate 61 is retracted to a position away from the belt 63 to form a space into which banknotes are fed. On the other hand, when sending banknotes from the pool section 60 to the bulk conveyance path 30,
The support plate 61 approaches the belt 63 and clamps the banknote, and the stopper 68 and gate 69 are opened, respectively, as shown by broken lines.

When transferring banknotes from the pool section 60 to the rear deposit/withdrawal port 10, first rotate the pulley 31 in the normal direction (counterclockwise), and after the banknotes have completed passing through the gate 69, move the gate 69 to the position shown by the solid line. Return and reverse the pulley 31.

In the inspection mode, the gate 4 moves the banknotes upward, and in the sorting mode, the banknotes move downward during the withdrawal process.
It operates to guide good notes upwards and unfit notes downwards.

The front and back reversing mechanism 40 identifies the conveyance path 2 outside the boat during the withdrawal process.
It operates when it is sent from the source and flips the front and back sides. That is,
The sorting gate 41 is normally located at the position indicated by the solid line, and the banknotes sent from below (filtered banknotes are sent as they are to the genuine bill pool section 50 via the belt 58, but face-down banknotes are sent during the withdrawal process. The state shown by the broken line is reached, and the sheet is fed into the front/back reversing mechanism 40.The front/back reversing mechanism 40
, a locking piece 45, a roller 42, and a belt 44.

For withdrawal, the banknotes sent through the gate 41 are transferred to the roller 42.
It is held between the belts 43, moves along the belts 43, and collides with the locking pieces 45. The locking piece 45 is biased against the roller 420Ijl by a spring or the like (not shown), and one end is rotatably supported. When the banknote collides with the locking piece, the force causes the locking piece to turn upward as shown by the broken line.
] However, once the trailing edge of the bill has passed the position where it is held between the roller 42 and the belt 43, the bill attempts to return to its original state due to the spring. On the other hand, the rear end of one banknote moves along the roller 42 and comes to be sandwiched between the roller 42 and the belt 43. As a result, the front end and the rear end of the banknote are exchanged, and the banknote travels along the belt 44, transfers to the belt 58, and is fed into the genuine banknote pool section 50. In this way, the banknotes that have passed through the P-back inversion machine 40 are reversed and are now facing up.

Incidentally, at the same time that the reversed banknote is transferred from the belt 44 to the belt 58, the subsequent banknote with the force 1 solid line, which is facing up, passes through the gate 41 and reaches the conveyance path 58, and both banknotes are transferred to each other. There is no problem even if the overlapping force 1 is sent as is to the genuine bill pool section 50.

In addition, if the locking piece 45 is retracted by one face-down banknote and the next face-down banknote is sent in before the locking piece 45 returns, these two banknotes will be Note that the banknotes facing toward the back will overlap and be sent out, but this is no problem.

The genuine bill pool section 50 has a side wall 51 forming a storage box, and a bill support plate 56 provided with driven rollers 54A and 56B. The banknote support plate 56 moves up and down along a guide shaft 57, and is at the lowest position shown when the banknotes are sent into the genuine banknote pool section 50, and when the banknotes are sent out to the transport path 30 all at once. moves upward and approaches the belt 31. A ring belt mechanism 54 similar to that shown in FIG. 2 is provided on the entrance side of the genuine bill pool section 50 to ensure the feeding of banknotes.

The good bill pool unit 50 is used to temporarily pool bills other than damaged bills in the inspection mode, and to pool fit bills during the withdrawal process.

90, 100, and 110 have storage boxes 91, 101, and 111 for storing 10,000 yen notes, 5000 yen notes, and 1000 yen notes, respectively. Reference numeral 120 denotes a storage unit that stores unfit bills and overflow notes (banknotes corresponding to the storage units 90 , 100 , and 110 when the storage units are full), and has a storage box 121 . As will be described later, in this embodiment, the storage section 120 does not dispense banknotes from the storage box 121, but in order to provide versatility, the mechanical configuration is similar to other storage sections.

011 G21 G34 G4 each has storage box 91
, 101.

When the banknotes to be stored in the corresponding storage boxes are conveyed to the banknote feeding gates 111 and 121, the belt system (93
,94), (103,i04), (113,11
4], (123, 124) and belts 93, 103
, 113° 123 Ring belt mechanisms 93A, 103A, 113A similar to those shown in FIG.
, 123A, the storage box 9 is
1, 101, 111, and 121. 98
, 108 , 118 , 128 are banknote pressing plates;
When feeding banknotes, the banknotes in the storage box are pushed down to create a space for the banknotes to be fed. 92, 102
, 112 , 122 are storage boxes 91 , 101 , 111
This is a holding plate that holds banknotes within 121 degrees, and presses the banknotes in the direction (above) of the feeding mechanism section using springs 92a, 102a, 122a, etc. The feeding mechanism parts are feeding roller systems (95, 96, 97), (
105°106 't 107 ), (115, 116
, 117), (125.

126, 127). Of the feeding roller system, 97° 107, 117, and 127 are reversing rollers that prevent two or more molds from being fed out.

A feeding set 1 provided in the storage box 91 for AC,l
The part further includes a belt 99 and a roller 99A in contact with the belt 99.
, 99B.

The feeding machine 414 part provided corresponding to the storage boxes 91 , 101 , 111 further includes bells) 13 , 103 , 1
13 and its tangent - ru0--y (93B, 930
), (10311, 103Cri, (113B, 1
130). In this way, the belts 93, 10
3 and 113 are storage boxes 91 and 101, respectively.

111, and also forms part of the storage box 10.
1, 111, and 121 It forms part of the medicinal mechanism.

] 30 is a base on which banknote storage boxes 91, 101, 111, and 121 are placed, and the base can be pulled out to the rear of the machine in order to load banknotes into the storage box and take them out from the storage box. be. Reference numeral 140 denotes a stop piece used for positioning and stops the base 130 inserted from the rear in a fixed position. 1
50 and 160 are stoppers, which push up the base 130 with the base 130 inserted in the fixed position,
Set each storage box to the corresponding loading mechanism and feeding mechanism. When the base 130 is pulled out of the main body, the stoppers 150 and 160 are fully lowered to evacuate each storage box from the loading mechanism and the feeding mechanism. stopper 150,
160 is raised and lowered by operating a lever (not shown).

In addition, the illustrated banknote processing machine has various positions on the conveyance path,
For example, various sensors are provided, such as a sensor that detects the passage of banknotes at a position immediately before each gate, and a sensor that detects whether the storage box is full of banknotes.

First, the sensors on the single-sheet conveyance path are as shown by the symbol P in Figure M11, and the sensors for normal/damaged tickets are at gate 4, for left-over damaged tickets at gate 6, and for front/back tickets at gate 410 before these gates. A sensor is provided to detect the approach of banknotes. Further, on the output side of the roller 78, a sensor is provided to detect the feeding of a banknote from the single sheet feeding mechanism of the pool section 70. Furthermore, on the single sheet conveyance path 2, the gate G1 r
G2 t G31 Immediately in front of G4, sensors are provided to detect the approach of banknotes to these gates. In addition, among the feeding mechanisms corresponding to each storage box, bell) 99.
Sensors are provided at the portions 93, 103 and 113 that detect the feeding of banknotes from the storage box.

Next, although not shown in FIG. 1, various sensors are provided at various positions on the bulk conveyance path 30 and within the pool sections 50, 60, and 70. That is, the genuine bill pool section 5
0 is provided with a sensor that detects whether or not banknotes are present in the pool section. Moreover, the upper limit of the support plate 56,
A sensor is installed to detect the lower limit position. Next, a sensor is disposed in the damaged external pool section 60 to detect whether or not banknotes are present in the pool section. In addition, the support plate 6
A sensor is placed to detect the position of 1. A sensor is disposed within the pool portion 70 to detect whether or not banknotes are present within the pool portion. Further, a sensor for detecting the upper and lower limit positions of the support plate and a sensor for detecting rotation of the support plate are provided.

Further, on the bulk conveyance path 30, near the tip of the switching gate 69, a sensor is arranged to detect when the damaged material is discharged from the pool section 60.

Furthermore, near the stoppers 79a, 791),
A sensor is provided to detect the approach of bulk banknotes.

Further, the bulk banknote loading mechanism 20, 20' is provided with a sensor that detects whether or not banknotes are present in the mechanism. Additionally, sensors are provided to detect the positions of the support plates 21 and 21'.

In addition to the above, each conveyance path is provided with a sensor that detects the conveyance state of banknotes.

In addition, there are sensors that detect whether the storage boxes 91, 101, 111, and 121 are full of banknotes, and empty storage boxes.
A sensor is installed to detect.

FIG. 3 shows a control system installed in the banknote handling machine of FIG. 1.

Reference numeral 200 denotes an arithmetic and control unit H (cpo), which is connected to various devices via a path line Bos including a data bus and a control bus.

201 is a program memory (ROM), and the above cp
o 200 reads a control program stored in ROM 201 and performs operations based on this.

A data memo +7 (RAM) 202 stores processing data such as the number of deposited coins, the number of withdrawn coins, and the remaining number of coins for each denomination, various data during control operations, and various flags.

203 is a communication interface (communications 1, 4r), which receives deposit commands and approval/disapproval confirmations by push buttons on the operation unit provided near the deposit/withdrawal port 10. Alternatively, it is used to receive a deposit import command or a discharge command for withdrawal from an automatic deposit/dispensing machine, and to transmit/receive denomination data and number of coins data.

Reference numeral 205 denotes a feeding drive circuit which feeds out banknotes from the banknote storage boxes 91, 101 and 111 to the storage box in which banknotes of a designated denomination are stored.

The rollers of the corresponding feeding mechanisms are driven, and the push-down plates 98, 108, and 118 are retracted.

206 is a retraction drive circuit, and storage boxes 91, 101,
When loading banknotes into the storage boxes 111 and 121, the corresponding push-down plates (98, 108, 118, 128) are operated to push down the banknotes in the storage box.

Reference numeral 207 denotes a single-sheet conveyance drive circuit, which operates the belts forming the conveyance paths 2 and 3 and the belt 4 during inspection mode and classification mode during deposit processing, and counting mode during dispensing processing.
4, 58.63.64.65.93.94.99.

103 , 104 , 113 , 114 , 123 ,
124. Furthermore, the stopper 68 is driven in the inspection mode. In addition, the belt 43 is also driven in the counting mode during the dispensing process.

208 is a feeding mechanism provided in the pool portion 70 w
There is a drive circuit A, and a roller 74 forming the feeding mechanism section.
, 75 , 76 , 77 and 78 .

Reference numeral 209 denotes a batch conveyance drive circuit that reversibly drives the belt 31 and the belt 23 or 23'. Sho belt 3
The drive of No. 1 is driven by a separate drive source in case of forward/reverse drive. That is, the pulley 33 is driven as a drive shaft when conveying in the front direction by the batch conveyance path, and the pulley 32 is driven as a drive shaft when conveying backward. Bell) 23.
Similarly, for 23' Ic, the driving source is different for forward and reverse rotation. In addition, the gate 69, the stopper 79a,
79b is controlled.

220 is a damaged ticket passing gate drive circuit, which is connected to a gate 58°5.
9 control is carried out.

210 is a support plate drive circuit for raising and lowering the bill support plate 56 of the genuine bill pool section 5o along the guide shaft 57.

211 is a belt 63 that connects the support plate 61 of the damaged ticket pool section 6o.
This is a support plate drive circuit that approaches and retreats from the The drive circuit also controls the belt 6 when paying out banknotes from the pool portion 6o.
Drive 3.

Reference numeral 212 is on a support plate drive circuit for moving the support plate 72 of the pool portion 7o up and down along the guide 73.

213 is the banknote support plate 2 of the batch loading mechanism 20, 201
1.21' and the doors 11 and 11'.

214 is gate G1 + G2 + G3 + G4
215 is a drive circuit for gates 4, 5, 6.41.

216 represents sensors arranged at various positions on the single sheet transport path.

217 represents sensors arranged at various positions on the bulk conveyance path and within the pool section.

218 represents a sensor that detects whether the denomination storage box is full of banknotes.

219 represents a sensor that detects empty banknotes in the storage box for each denomination.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show the control operations of the above-described banknote handling machine at the time of depositing and dispensing money, respectively. Here, we will discuss the case in which this device is applied to a teller money dispenser at a counter of a financial institution such as a financial institution. When applied to a teller's coin dispenser in this manner, the present device is connected to a teller's machine and operates in conjunction with the teller's machine.

First, the deposit processing will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the customer inserts all banknotes from the withdrawal slot 10 at the back (on the left side of Figure 1) and presses the deposit button on the operation section (not shown) provided near the withdrawal slot, 0P (1200 is the communication I/II
' The signal is received through 203, and the deposit processing program starts (ssol).

Since the button corresponding to the number 10 of the person in the back was pressed,
Referring to the output of the sensor 217, the cpυ 200 first checks whether or not there are banknotes in the batch loading mechanism 20 (8
100). If the presence of banknotes is not detected, an error signal is generated and the process returns to the standby state. If the presence of banknotes is detected, it is determined whether the deposit was made in the front withdrawal slot 10' or the rear withdrawal slot 10' (8110), and depending on the determination result, the pre-loading cell (8120) ) or post-intake cera) (81
21). Now, it is assumed that the money was deposited from the back withdrawal number 10.
Have them do 1). That is, in order to enable the collective conveyance of the banknotes of the rear bulk taking-in mechanism 20 to the pool part 7o, the banknote support plate 56 in the pool part 5o is raised to the position of the collective conveyance path 3o, and the switching piece 69 is moved up. is set to the state shown by the solid line, the stoppers 79a, 791) are set to the state shown, and the banknote support plate 72 is raised to the position of the batch conveyance path 3o to stand by for receiving the batch of banknotes.

Next, the cpo 200 starts bulk transport (8130
).

That is, the banknote support plate 21 in the batch loading mechanism 2o is
3 to press the batch of banknotes against the belt 23, and at the same time drive the belt 23; belt 31. This results in
The banknotes in the batch loading mechanism 2o are transported all at once to the pool section 7o (8130, 8150). During this time, the batch conveyance is monitored (8140), and if an abnormality is detected, an error signal is issued to stop the tube assembly (8141).

When the sensor detects that the banknotes have reached the pool section 70 (8150), the batch transport is stopped.+3155
), starts feeding out one sheet (E3160). That is, the support plate 72 is lowered to the single-bill payout position, the gate 5 is switched to the state shown in the figure, and switched to the single-bill payout mechanism side), and the gate 4 is put into the state shown (switched to the genuine bill pool side). ). And rollers 74°75, 76,
78, and also drives the belts and bells 44, 58, etc. that form one conveyance path 2, 3.

The cp port 200 monitors the conveyance state of the banknotes at predetermined positions of each roller and the conveyance belt while one sheet is being fed out.8170]
, when a transport defect is detected, an error signal is generated and the apparatus is stopped (8171).

Furthermore, when it is detected that the banknote has passed through the identification section 80 (
E1180), whether it is a 10,000 yen note (8181), 5,000 yen note (8183), or 1,000 yen note (818)
5) and performs counting (+1 to the counter of the data memory 202) according to the judgment result (8182, 818).
4.

8186). Further, when it is determined that the ticket is not a 10,000 yen note, a 5,000 yen note, or a 1,000 yen note, that is, in the case of a damaged ticket (an unidentifiable ticket is also treated as a damaged ticket), a stick flag is set (8187). In this way, banknotes are counted and inspected.

The OP[] 200 also sends the reject gate 6 when the banknote is detected by the sensor placed immediately before the reject gate 6, and when it is determined that the banknote is a damaged note by referring to the reject flag associated with the banknote (8190). The banknote (damaged note) is guided to the damaged note pool section 60 (8191).

The CPU 200 also checks the sensor of the one-sheet feeding mechanism of the pool section 70, and when it confirms that all the banknotes have been fed out (8200), that is, the feeding low 274°7
5 and 76 are stopped (8210). Then, check whether there are any bills left on the conveyance path by referring to the sensor on the conveyance path (8220), that is, whether the taking of banknotes into each pool is completed.If it is completed, the conveyance path 2 , 3 and belts 58 , 6
The third class is stopped (8230).

Next, the cpo 200 checks whether there are any banknotes in the damaged external pool 60 (8235), and if there is, it determines whether the cash withdrawal number currently being used is the front one or the rear one (8235). 8240). And the number of people in the back is 1.
0 is used t! In case B, the damage field gate is 58°5
9 is operated (8241). This is to enable non-damaged transportation from the non-damaged pool section 60 to the rear cash withdrawal station 10. After that, the loss 1% notes are transported all at once from the damage outside pool section 60 to the person withdrawal point 10 or 10' (8
250.8270). In this case as well, monitor the transport and
8260), and if there is an abnormality, an error signal is issued and the device is stopped (S261). When the number of damaged items reaches 10 (8270), the transportation will be stopped (8280),
Restore damage field gates 58 and 59 (8281
).

When step 281 is completed, or when it is determined in step 235 that there are no banknotes in the damaged external pool section 60, the establishment of the transaction is then confirmed (8290). For this purpose, first, the total amount or the number of bills by denomination that has been accumulated as regular bills is displayed on a display device (not shown), and confirmation is requested from the customer or operator. If the customer or the operator refuses the confirmation (by pressing the disapproval button on the operation unit near the person's withdrawal item), the (l'i number) is transmitted to the CPO 200 via the communication 203.

Therefore, the 02 outlet 200 transports the valid bills in the pool section 5o in bulk toward the person's withdrawal (B3(+(1,F':310.
8311. E! 320°8330). That is, this returns the banknotes to the person's payout and ends the operation (SEOI
).

When the customer or operator confirms the completion of the transaction (by pressing the confirmation pushbutton), the signal is cpo 200
can be conveyed to. Therefore, the CPU 200 transports the valid bills in the pool section 50 all at once to the pool section 7U7. )(S1350
.

B560.5370.8380).

When the batch of banknotes reaches the pool section 70 (S380), the conveyance is stopped (6385), and one sheet feeding is started (1
3390).

In this case as well, the conveyance is monitored 840, and if there is any abnormality, error processing is performed (S401). Also, please check whether the identification part 8o has performed the identification (in this case, the classification of banknotes and the denomination is performed).
O0) When executed, the CPU 200 checks whether the note is a 10,000 yen note ([3411), 5,000 yen note (8414), or 1,000 yen note (8417). and,
Counting is performed depending on which one it is (8412).

8415, 8418). In other words, add 1 to the 1,000-yen note, 5,000-yen note and 1,000-yen note counters in the recount area of the data memory.
γ. Next, turn on the corresponding flag (S413,
8416.8419). This flag is used to track the conveyance of the banknote. Meanwhile, steps 8411.8414
゜If it is determined in 5417 that the note is not a 10,000 yen note, 5000 yen note, or 1000 yen note, perform error processing (8420)
.

Next, the cpo 200 checks whether any of the banknote storage boxes for each denomination has overflowed (tc).
421). When it is determined that there is an overflow, it is determined whether the storage box 91 for 10,000 yen notes, 101 for 5,000 yen notes, or 111 for 1,000 yen notes is overflowing. make a judgment (8422°8424
, 8426). Then, depending on which one of them it is, an overflow flag is set corresponding to the storage box. At steps 8422, 8424, and 8426, the storage boxes 91, 101, and 111 are overflowing.
If it is determined that neither of the above is true, it is assumed that the storage box 121 has overflowed, and -C1 sets an overflow flag corresponding to the storage box 121 (8428), and an error process is performed (8429).

Next, the CPU 200 switches the switching gates G1*G2
Check whether any of the sensors installed 1σ before t G3+04 has detected a banknote (84
30). When detected by the sensor, determine which gate it corresponds to (8).
4'31. S435.8439.8443). If the banknote corresponds to gate G4, it is determined whether the bill is of a denomination corresponding to the overflowing storage box (8432), and if so, gate G4 is operated (8432).
433], the banknotes are guided to the storage box 121. Then, the flag corresponding to the banknote (step 8413, 8416 or 5419) is reset) -1- (S1
434). Further, when the sensor that detects the one corresponding to gate G3 or G2, it is determined whether the bill is a 1,000 yen note or a 5,000 yen note (S43
6゜5440), if that's the case, operate G3tG2 (8437, 8441) and store the banknotes in the storage box 111.
, 101, and resets the -Z flag (set in step 8413, 8416 or 5419) corresponding to the banknote (8438.degree. 8442). Also, when the detected sensor corresponds to gate G1,
Game) Activate Gl (8446) Store banknotes in storage box 9x
K4 and the flag corresponding to the banknote (step 8413
．． 8416 or the one set in s419) is reset (8447).

Gate G4. G3+ 02+ 01 may be activated when the banknote completes its passage, detected by a sensor (not shown), and returned to the original position, or when a predetermined time has passed from ℃ It may also be possible to restore it.・1 step 8431.84
At 35.8439.8443, the sensor detected gate G4. G3. G2. If it is determined that it is not one of those corresponding to G1, perform error processing (8444
).

Next, the CPU 200 checks whether all the banknotes in the single-sheet feeding mechanism of the fool section 70 have been fed out (8450).
, if not yet completed, return to step B 400.

If completed, the drive of the single sheet feeding mechanism is stopped (84
60).

Next, the CPU checks all flags and all sensors on the single-sheet transport path to check whether all banknotes have been taken into the storage box (8470). If the capture is not completed, the process returns to step 5400. When the taking in is completed, the driving of the single sheet transport path is stopped.

Next, the cpo checks whether the counting results in the classification mode match the counting results in the inspection mode (excluding damage fields) (8490). and,
If they do not match, error processing is performed (8491).

If they match, write the above data to the total deposit amount and total deposit amount by denomination area of the data memory (8500
). After that, the operation ends (SEOO).

Next, the withdrawal process will be explained with reference to FIG.

When a withdrawal command is given to the CP[J 200 via the communication operator/Et' 203, the withdrawal processing program starts (8810). The denomination and number of banknotes to be used for withdrawal are specified by the teller's machine and stored in the data memory 20.
2.

The cpo 200 first refers to the data memory 202 and checks whether any of the storage boxes 91, 101, and 111 is empty (8).
550). In this case, if the remaining banknotes are less than the predetermined maximum number for one withdrawal (payout), the
regarded as. Then, if it is empty, perform error processing (85
51). That is, an error signal is generated to stop the device. If it is not empty, it is fed out and set for transporting one sheet (8560). That is, the gate 5 is set so that banknotes transported from below are guided to the transport path 2, the gate 6 is maintained in the state shown (so that the banknotes are not led to the damage pool part 60), and the support The plate 56 is positioned at the lower limit position. Furthermore, the belts forming the transport paths 2, 3 and the belts 43, 44, 58 are driven. Further, the gate G4 is operated, and the bill is conveyed to the conveyance path 3 through the gate 4 (this is a damaged bill as will be described later) to be guided to the storage box 121.

Next, referring to the data memory, it is determined whether it is necessary to dispense ten thousand yen bills (8570), and if necessary, the required number of bills are dispensed and conveyed (8580). When the 10,000 yen note has been fed and transported (8580), or when it is no longer necessary, judge whether it is necessary to feed the 5,000 yen note next.85
90), if necessary, feed out the required number of sheets and transport them') (8600). Feeding and transporting 5,000 yen notes (860
0) or when it is not necessary, it is determined whether it is necessary to dispense the next 1,000 yen bill (EI610), and if necessary, the required number of bills are dispensed and conveyed (8620).

Feeding and transporting 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen notes (8580,
8600 and 8620) are the same, so only the case of a 10,000 yen note (8580) will be explained in detail below.

As shown in Figure 6, first, the set for dispensing ten thousand yen notes is performed 5 (SRO2). That is, the push-down plate 98 of the storage box 91 containing the ten thousand yen bill is retracted, and the corresponding rollers 95 and 96 of the feeding mechanism are driven.

Next, it is checked whether or not the sensor detects feeding out (5RO4), and if it is detected, it is counted by +1 (BRO6).

Next, the identification unit 80 checks whether identification has been performed (5uOB), and if so, determines whether the identification result is normal or defective (8R10). Then, if there is one unfit note, a flag is set to indicate that it is an unfit note (SR
12). In addition, -1 is counted for each denomination of the banknote (8R13), which is equal to the +1 count performed in step 8RQ (i).
This is to cancel out the count of 1. In the case of a genuine bill, the next step is to determine whether the identification result is front or back (BR]4
). If the ticket is a reverse ticket, a flag indicating that it is a reverse ticket is set (8R16). Next, the one identified as the back ticket is Goo 8
Check if you have reached VC before 410 5R1
8) If it has been reached, operate the gate 41 (SR2
0) The bill is guided to the front-back reversing mechanism 4o and is reversed. Then, the flag indicating that the ticket is a reverse ticket is reset (EI
R22). Next, the bills identified as unfit bills are sent to the gate 40.
It is checked whether the banknote has reached the front side (C3R24), and if it has reached the banknote, the gate 4 is operated (SR26) to guide the banknote to the transport path 3 below. The gate G4 is operating, and the banknotes (unfit notes) conveyed through the conveyance path 3Vc are transferred to the storage box 1.
Store it in 21. Next, a flag indicating that the note is an unfit note is reset (SR2B). Next, the count value matches the specified number of sheets.
), if they do not match, return to step SRQ4. If they match, reset the 10,000 yen note feed (BH32
).

That is, the portion set in step SRO2 is returned to its original state. Next, referring to the sensor on the conveyance path, it is determined whether the conveyance of the 10,000 yen note has been completed, that is, whether there is any 10,000 yen note remaining on the conveyance path. Return to lQ8. If completed, this is the unwinding and conveying step (8580 in Figure 5)
shall be terminated.

As mentioned earlier, the feeding and conveyance (8600, 8620) of 5,000 yen bills and 1,000 yen bills are performed in the same manner.

When the 1,000 yen bill has been fed and transported (S620), or when it is determined that this is not necessary (S610), the next step is to stop transporting one thousand yen bill (S630). That is, the belts (belts, bells) 43, 44, and 58 forming the conveyance paths 2 and 3 are stopped.

Next, set the batch transfer 5 (8R40). For this purpose, the support plate 56 is positioned at the upper limit position, and the support plate 56
A batch of banknotes is held between the belt 31 and the belt 31. In addition, when dispensing money from the front deposit/withdrawal port 10', the switching gate 69 is set to the state shown by the solid line, and the stoppers 79a, ,
79b are both opened, and the support plate 72 of the pool portion 70 is positioned at the upper limit position. Then, batch transport is performed (8650). That is, the batch conveyance belt 31 is driven. The driving direction differs depending on whether the money is paid out from the front deposit/withdrawal port 101 or the rear deposit/withdrawal port 10.

When an error is detected during bulk transport (8660),
Perform error processing (8661). When the batch of banknotes reaches the receiving mechanism 20 or 201, the conveyance is stopped (86
80). This completes the withdrawal process (SEIO
).

In addition, in the above embodiment, the banknote storage box 91°101
, 111, 121 and stack the banknotes vertically,
We use a device that feeds out and retracts from the top,
Alternatively, the banknotes are stacked horizontally (each banknote becomes three-dimensional) and the banknotes are dispensed and loaded from the horizontal end surface (front or rear surface) of the storage box, or one horizontal end surface (for example, the front surface). It is also possible to use one in which the blade is fed out from the other end face (rear face) and pulled in from the other end face (rear face). In such a case, the path for transporting one banknote is changed as appropriate depending on the configuration of the storage box.

Further, in the above embodiment, the storage section 120 is used only for loading and storing, but it can also be used for feeding out the storage boxes 91, 101, and 111, for example.

It is also possible to remove only the storage box 12f from the storage box 121, mix and replenish banknotes of multiple denominations, identify the denominations with the identification section 8o, and classify and store the banknotes in the storage sections 91, 101, and 111.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the front and back sides are reversed during the withdrawal process, and in this way, it is possible to ensure that all the banknotes are oriented in the same direction when dispensing, but inspection of the deposit process The storage boxes 91 and 101 are turned over in the mode.

The direction of the supplementary banknotes to be transferred to the third banknote may be made to match this direction.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the banknote processing machine of the present invention is configured as described above, when the device of the present invention is applied to an automatic teller machine, it is necessary to use a different type of device depending on whether it is a rear-operated type or a front-operated type. Moreover, there is no need to change the mechanical arrangement, and it is only necessary to have the control device memorize which deposit/withdrawal port to use. Furthermore, if this device is applied to a counter money dispensing machine, the customer and operator can use this device face-to-face, which is convenient.

Furthermore, this device can be used by both operators as a teller money dispenser, and this use has the advantage of requiring fewer devices to be installed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a banknote processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a ring belt mechanism, and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a ring belt mechanism.
A block diagram showing the control system of the banknote processing machine shown in Fig. 4(a).
) to (f) are flowcharts showing the procedure of deposit processing;
FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are flowcharts showing the procedure of withdrawal processing. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10, 101...Deposit/withdrawal port, 20.20'...Batch intake mechanism, 3θ...Batch conveyance path, 50...Genuine bill pool section, 6o...Damage field pool section, 70... - Feeding pool section, 90, 100.110°120...storage section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) The banknotes taken into the machine at the time of deposit are stored in the banknote storage for withdrawal, and the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage for withdrawal at the time of withdrawal, so that the banknotes received are used as banknotes for withdrawal. In the circulation processing machine, a deposit/withdrawal port provided on at least one of the front side and the rear side of the machine body and used for batch insertion of deposited banknotes and batch payout of paid banknotes;
a bulk banknote conveyance passage connected to the deposit/withdrawal port, extending generally in the front-rear direction of the machine body, and conveying banknotes in bulk at the time of deposit or withdrawal; a bill dispensing pool section that once pools the batch deposited bills conveyed by the passage section and dispenses the pooled bills one by one; and a bill storage for dispensing money provided along the bulk bill conveyance path. A circulating banknote processing machine comprising a dispensing banknote batch pooling section which pools the dispensing banknotes fed out one by one from the section and sends them all at once to the bulk banknote transport path. (2) At the time of deposit, the banknotes added to the machine are stored in the banknote storage section for withdrawal, and at the time of withdrawal, the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage section for withdrawal. In a circulating processing machine used as It is provided with a dispensing port used for batch dispensing of disbursed banknotes, and is connected to the deposit/withdrawal port and the dispensing port, and extends generally in the front-rear direction of the machine, and is used to convey bills in bulk at the time of deposit or withdrawal. a bulk banknote conveyance passage section,
a banknote dispensing pool section provided along the bulk banknote conveyance path section for once pooling the bulk deposited banknotes conveyed by the bulk banknote conveyance path section and dispensing the pooled banknotes one by one; An umbrella for dispensing banknotes provided along the bundled banknote conveyance path and fed out one by one from the banknote storage section for dispensing at the time of dispensing = dispensing banknotes that are collected and sent out in batches to the bulk banknote conveyance path section. A circulating banknote processing machine equipped with a bulk pool section.