JPS60241161A - Mobile note handling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the automatic and assured transfer of notes with an automatic note handling machine with no exchange of cashboxes, by providing a note transfer path for a mobile note handling machines which moves among plural automatic note handling machines. CONSTITUTION:A mobile note handling machine 12 moves among plural automatic note handling machines 7. The machine 12 feeds notes to the machines 7 and also receive notes from these machines 7 to store them. A note transfer path is provided for transmission/reception of notes to/from machines 7. In addition, another note transfer path 10 is set at the side of the machine 7.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a plurality of automatic banknote handling machines, such as automatic teller machines and automatic teller machines, which are placed in each bank branch, etc., and which automatically deposit and withdraw money. The present invention relates to a mobile banknote handling machine that is applied to a banknote processing system that is managed and operated in groups.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, various types of automation have progressed at each bank, and mechanization corners have been set up not only at the main branch of the bank but also at each branch.
Automatic deposit/withdrawal machine (Automated Tellers Machine: A
TM) and automatic teller machines (cash dispensers: C
D) 2 to 3 machines at branches with few, 10 at branches with many
By installing several units and operating them by the customer,
This contributes to labor savings at bank counters.

In conventional automatic teller machines, cash deposited by customers is stored in a device called a deposit unit;
Payment of banknotes to customers was performed using cash that had been loaded in advance by the bank in a unit called a dispensing unit. For this reason, when the number of installed machines increases, automatic teller machines (ATMs)
The amount of cash accumulated within ) is said to be enormous, and the interest burden alone is said to be 300,000 to 400,000 yen per branch per 7 days. Recycling method (circulation method) to eliminate this waste
Automatic teller machines (ATMs) have been developed in recent years and are beginning to be put into practical use.

What is the recycling method? Automatic deposit/withdrawal machine (ATM) deposit/
This is a method in which the withdrawal units are combined into one unit and the banknotes deposited by the customer are used for payment to other customers. You can reduce the amount of cash you have on hand.

In order for this method to be put into practical use, technical problems had to be solved.

(1) In principle, deposited banknotes are accepted no matter how dirty they are, but paid banknotes must be verified to be good or damaged by the bank. For this reason, it is necessary to provide banknote inspection with a precise function to determine whether the banknote is intact or defective.

(2) Since the deposited banknotes are deposited by customers with different fronts and backs and with mixed bill types, the banknotes are counted and stored on the banknote side by a stacking section and a front-back reversing mechanism is used to match the front and back sides. It is necessary to provide

(3) A sophisticated stacking/taking mechanism is required to store deposited banknotes with folds, wrinkles, etc. and then take them out one by one again for withdrawal.

Although these problems were solved one by one and a recyclable automatic teller machine was put into practical use, the following problems arose when it was actually used in branch offices.

(1) The inflow and outflow of 10,000 yen bills is almost balanced, and the benefits of recycling are great, but for 1,000 yen bills, there are overwhelmingly more payments, and there are many opportunities to replenish them, which takes time and effort for bank employees. .

(2) Analyzing the usage status of branches and assigning automatic machines to the frequency of use for deposits and withdrawals, automatic teller machines (ATs)
V) The most efficient system configuration is to have two or three automatic teller machines (CDs), but since the automatic teller machines (CDs) are only used for payments, it takes time for bank employees to collect money.

Therefore, from the viewpoint of the system configuration of the branch, simply adding a recycling function to each automatic teller machine (ATM) can be expected to improve cash efficiency, but it is unlikely to have any effect in terms of saving staff's labor. Can not.

Moreover, near the end of business hours, automated teller machines (CDs)
, Even if near-end information (warning that there are no more banknotes remaining) is received from the automatic teller machine (ATV), the staff member will not
If the teller can only replenish cash and withdraws cash, the cash will be transferred to an automatic teller machine (ATM).
), regardless of whether it is in the automatic teller machine (CD) or paid to the customer, the branch's accounting funds at that time will decrease, so withdrawals from the cashier can be suppressed to the minimum amount. Therefore, only a small amount could be replenished, and 5 or more units could be replenished.
The reality is that two to three staff members move around among as many as 10 pieces of office equipment, replenishing small quantities of machines that generate air-end alarms one after another.

In order to solve these problems, we came up with the idea of managing automated equipment across the group. However, with this method, (1) all banknote refilling is done in a separate unit called a Concentrated Remote Monitor (CRM), which costs more than one automated teller machine. It's getting expensive.

(2) Automatic deposit/withdrawal machines (A'f'M) and automatic teller machines (CD) can be refilled with banknotes using the safe exchange method. Each mobile trolley called a GRM (Group Recycling Module) returns to the centralized machine (CRM), fills the empty safe cassette with banknotes, and then returns it to the automated teller machine (CD).
) Replacement with a safe is very time consuming from the point of view of the work, and there is a risk that the down time of the machine will be extended by that amount, which is inefficient.

(3) Even when replenishing a small amount of banknotes, the mobile cart (GRM) performs the same operation as when replenishing a large amount of banknotes, so it takes a lot of processing time.

(4) When all the machines are closed and inspected after business hours, automatic teller machines (ATMs) can be tightened and inspected by themselves, but they must be transported to a centralized machine (C'RM). Then, the central machine (CRM) performs the inspection operation again and stores the transferred amount in each storage safe, which is a redundant operation, which is wasteful. In addition, when using an automatic teller machine (CD), the safe is removed and the money is inspected only once at the centralized machine (CRM).
) % Automated teller machines (CDs) are devices of the same rank, and the fact that two different operations occur for one OI rate is a contradiction in the way the system is constructed.

As mentioned above, there are many defects in group recycling using the safe exchange method, so it was hoped that a different group recycling method would be developed.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention was developed based on the above circumstances, and it manages banknote handling machines in groups and automatically performs banknote replenishment, loading, inspection, etc., and significantly improves system efficiency in two ways: improving capital efficiency and saving labor. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile banknote handling machine which is applied to a banknote handling system and which can reliably and automatically transfer banknotes to and from an automatic banknote handling machine without replacing the safe. .

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention moves between a plurality of automatic banknote handling machines, sends banknotes to these automatic banknote handling machines, and receives banknotes from the automatic banknote handling machines. A mobile banknote handling machine having a storing function, provided with a banknote transport path for sending and receiving banknotes to the automatic banknote handling machine, and exchanging a safe for transferring banknotes to and from the automatic banknote handling machine. This allows the process to be performed reliably and automatically without any hassle.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, Figure 1 shows an example of a bank store, in which 1 is the outer wall of the store, 2 is the lobby, 3 is the lobby counter, 4 is the step-in corner called a cash service corner, and 5 is the outside wall of the store. indicates the teller's office, and 6 indicates the vault.

Various automatic banknote handling machines are installed in the above-mentioned stores. In short, on the teller office 5 side of the counter 3, a plurality of teller withdrawal machines (online tellers machines: OTM) 7 are installed in parallel along the counter 3 as teller teller machines. Each person can use one device, or two people can use one device. In addition, the step-in corner 4 has an automatic teller machine (CD) 8 and an automatic deposit/withdrawal machine (A
TM) 9 are installed side by side. On the teller office 5 side, there is a centralized remote monitor (C
RM) 100 is set.

In addition, each teller withdrawal machine (OTM) in the counter 3 above
) 7 and automatic teller machine in step-in corner 4 8. The automatic deposit/withdrawal machine 9 and each banknote handling machine each have a banknote transport path 10.10, which will be described later, and are connected to the banknote transport path 10.10 of the automatic banknote handling machine group to receive multiple banknotes. , two mobile banknote handling machines (Group Recycle Module; GR
M) 12, 12 are provided. These mobile banknote handling machines (GRM) J2. J2 is connected to a safe unit 13 as a banknote handling unit and a movable trolley 14, and is provided so as to be able to travel on rails 15.degree. 15 constituting a conveyance path.

The rails 15, 15 can be gradually extended and attached, and are laid so as to pass near the back surfaces of all the automatic banknote handling machines, etc. 2, 8.9.

Next, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the above-mentioned teller automatic teller machine (OTM) 7, in which banknotes are arranged in three stages on the front side of the machine main body 18 as the machine body, and are arranged in three stages, upper, middle and lower, to serve as a means for storing and dispensing banknotes. Denomination-specific banknote collection unit 2 with built-in machine 111119
0.21e22, and a banknote transport path 10.10 for banknote loading and inspection and replenishment is provided at the upper part of the rear side, and banknote storage cassettes 16 are set in each banknote takeout/accumulation section 20, 21.22 so as to be freely inserted and removed. ing. Furthermore, an inspection section 24 is provided in the middle part of the rear side of the device body 18 to inspect the bills P one by one while they are being conveyed. , bends, taping), conveyance pitch, skew, etc.

In the figure, 25 is a banknote storage section provided at the lower front side of the main body 18, 26 is a deposit port provided at the top, and 27 is a payout port. A banknote transport path with dirt for sorting is provided between each of the above-mentioned sections.

Banknotes P in this teller teller machine (OTM) 7
The flow will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

FIG. 3 shows the flow of banknotes P during the deposit operation, and the banknotes P separated and taken in one by one from the deposit slot 26 are
As shown by the solid line, the banknotes are sorted by each denomination through the inspection section 24, and are taken out and stacked according to predetermined denominations, such as 1,000 yen banknotes at IK, 5,000 yen banknotes at 5, and 10,000 yen banknotes at 10. It is temporarily collected and stored in section 20.21.22. Further, banknotes P that are determined to be rejected by the inspection unit 24 are separated from the regular conveyance path and are rejected and stacked at the withdrawal port 27 as shown by the dotted line in the figure. Transfer the money to the deposit port 26 and repeat the re-deposit operation.

After the deposit operation is completed, the operator presses an approval button (not shown) and the transaction is completed through online communication with other digits or the branch, and the various banknotes P that were temporarily stored remain as they are. The banknotes are stored in each banknote storage cassette 16 of each denomination-specific banknote collection unit 20, 21, 22.

Further, when the operator presses a non-aqueous US button (not shown), the transaction is not completed and the various banknotes P that have been temporarily stored are all returned to the withdrawal port 27 through the withdrawal route described below.

FIG. 4 shows the flow of banknotes P during a withdrawal operation, and when an amount (denomination number) designation button (not shown) is pressed, online communication is made with the banknote retrieval/accumulation unit 20, 21.2 for each denomination of descendants.
The required number of sheets are taken out from 2 in order and sent to the inspection section 2 one by one.
4 and is withdrawn to the withdrawal port 27. Also, the inspection department 24
The banknotes P determined to be rejected as inappropriate for withdrawal etc. are rejected into the reject banknote storage section 25 as shown by the dotted line in the figure.

In addition, when the above-mentioned rejected banknotes P are generated, the banknotes P corresponding to the rejected banknotes are of course transferred to the corresponding denomination banknote collection unit 20, 21.
．． The money is taken out again from 22 and replenished, and the required amount is accumulated in the withdrawal port 27.

Figure 5 shows the basic flow of banknotes P during the automatic scrutinizing operation. The purpose is to take out and count all the banknotes P stored by denomination in the banknote storage cassette 16 of 0.0, 21.22. First, the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is moved so that the conveyance paths 10 and 11 are opposed to each other, and then its operation is similar to that when dispensing money from the banknote storage cassette 16 of each denomination banknote collection unit 20, 21, 22. Similarly, each bill is taken out one by one, passed through the inspection section 24, and counted while being moved and stacked in the safe unit 13 as the bill handling section of the mobile bill handling machine (GRM) JJ according to the bill type. Note that the banknotes P that have been rejected by the inspection section 24 are separated and stacked in the payout port 27 as shown by the dotted line, and are re-inserted through the deposit port 26 as necessary to the safe of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 1 and 2. It is also possible to re-examine within unit 13.

Figure 6 shows the basic flow of banknotes P during automatic loading operation. Automatic loading refers to the mobile banknote handling machine (GR).
M) Banknotes P set in 12 safe units 13
Of these, 10,000 yen banknotes P indicated by IOK and 1,000 yen banknotes P shown by 1 are distributed and stored in the banknote storage cassettes 16 of each denomination banknote takeout/accumulation section 20.22 by denomination while inspecting and counting them. It is. Its operation is based on the mobile banknote handling machine (GR).
M) Take out the banknotes P one by one from the safe unit 13 of JJ, pass them through the inspection section 24, sort them into each denomination, and then take them into the banknote storage cassette 16 of the banknote removal/accumulation section 20.22 for each denomination. . At that time, the banknotes P that are rejected by the inspection unit 24 are the 5,000 yen banknotes P shown in 5.
After stacking in the stacking section 21 of
Return to 3.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 281 denotes a bill residual quantity detector, and 28b denotes a bill full detector, which are respectively provided at the bottoms of the denomination-specific bill takeout/accumulation sections 20, 21.degree. 22. Reference numeral 29 in the figure is an optical communication transmitter/receiver provided on the rear surface of the device main body 18, and is used to transmit and receive various commands to and from the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12, which will be described later.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the configuration of the mobile banknote handling IA (GRM) 12, which is composed of a mobile cart 14 and a safe unit 13 as a banknote handling section mounted thereon, will be described.

The moving trolley 14 includes the lower unit 30a and this lower unit)
The lower unit 30b is provided with a driving wheel 31°31 which is driven by a travel drive motor 32 for multiple rotations, and a driven wheel (see FIG. (not shown) along with the left and right rails 15.
It is designed to run on its own. This lower unit 30g has a built-in AC power cable led out along the rails Is, 15, so that winding and rewinding can be performed by a reel drive motor (not shown).

Further, the upper unit SOb has a built-in recycling control device 36 as a control means for storing cumulative totals, calculations, etc., and a safe unit 13 as a banknote handling section is mounted on the upper part of the upper unit 30b.

The safe unit 13 as a banknote handling section is internally divided into a 1,000 yen banknote stacking section 33, a 10,000 yen banknote stacking section 34,5000 banknote stacking section 35, a 1,000 yen banknote stacking section 33, and a 10,000 yen banknote stacking section 35, and a 10,000 yen banknote stacking section 35. The yen banknote stacking section 34 is a banknote takeout/accumulation section 20.21.
．． It has a banknote take-out and stacking mechanism 19 as a banknote storage and payout mechanism similar to 22. 5,000 yen banknote stacking section 35
Since these are not used as payment bills, they do not have a take-out mechanism and can only be stacked.

In addition, a transport path 38 is attached to the upper lid 37 on the upper surface, and when the upper lid 37 is opened using the hinge 23 as a pivot point as shown by the arrow A in FIG. Top side opening 33 of each banknote stacking section 33° 34.35
h, 34m.

35m is opened and banknotes P... can be taken in and taken out. A banknote transport path 11° 11 is formed in the front of the safe unit 13 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12, and one of these is a banknote transport path for receiving, and
The other side is a banknote conveyance path for sending out, and the respective connection parts are located close to each other, and the automatic banknote handling machine 7. II,
Bill conveyance path 10°1 located inside the machine of 9
0 (see Figure 2).

The upper unit 30b of the movable cart 14 of the banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is operated by the lower unit) J(
It is possible to move up and down with respect to lJa. Furthermore, the safe unit section 13 mounted on the upper unit 30b can be moved in the front and back direction (left and right in the state shown in FIG. is now possible.

In addition, the upper unit 30b of the movable trolley 14 has an operation key date 43° as an input means for manually setting the denomination, denomination, number of denominations, etc. Banknote stacking section 3B, 34.
A liquid crystal display 44 is provided as a display section for displaying quantities such as the remaining amount and storage capacity in the container 35.

Further, 45 and 46 are partition darts provided in the safe unit 13, and these partition darts 45 and 46 are transported through the transport path 10 on the equipment side and the transport path 11 on the safe unit 13 side. Banknotes P guided to the conveyance path 38
is selectively operated via a magnet (not shown) according to the type of bill, and the thousand yen banknote P is transferred to the thousand yen banknote stacking section 33, and the 1,000 yen banknote P is
The 10,000 yen bill P is introduced into the 10,000 yen bill stacking section 34.

In addition, a transmitter/receiver 5 for optical communication is installed in the upper unit section sob of the mobile cart 14 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12.
0 is provided, and a mobile banknote handling machine (GR
M) It transmits and receives command signals for each of the 12 operations, that is, self-propelled, stopped, and the movement up and down, forward and backward of the safe unit 13.

8 is a schematic side sectional view of the automated teller machine (CD) 8 exclusively for withdrawals installed in the step-in corner 4 in FIG. 52, a power supply control section 53 is provided at the bottom of the dispensing unit 51, and a screen display device 54 for providing operational guidance is provided at the upper front side. The above-mentioned dispensing unit 51 is arranged in two stages, upper and lower, on the rear side of the interior, and there are banknote takeout/accumulation sections 20 and 22 for denominations of 1,000 yen banknotes and 10,000 yen banknotes similar to those shown in FIG. 2, respectively. It is provided with a take-out mechanism 19, a banknote shortage detector 28a, and a banknote full detector 28b, each of which also serves as a banknote loading device, and 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes P are loaded from the back side of each banknote.
A banknote storage cassette 16 in which banknotes are divided and stored is removable. Each of the bills P is taken out from the bill storage cassette 16 one by one, passed through the simple inspection section 24k, and stacked in the temporary accumulation section 55 of the withdrawal port 27 while being inspected for stacking, shape discrimination, skew, etc. After that, it is handed over to the customer according to a predetermined operation procedure (known to the public). Further, the banknotes P determined to be rejected by the simple inspection unit 24A are accumulated in the reject banknote storage unit 25, and
The banknotes P left behind by the customer are collected in a collection warehouse 56. A transmitter/receiver 29 for optical communication is also provided on the rear side of the automatic teller machine (CD) 8.

FIG. 9 is a schematic side sectional view of the banknote circulation type automatic teller machine (ATM) s installed in the step-in corner 4 in FIG. It shows the pressed state. A passbook printing device 61 for processing passbooks is provided above the deposit/withdrawal unit 6°. In addition, the deposit/withdrawal unit 6° has banknote ejecting/accumulating parts 20, 21, and 22 arranged in three upper and lower stages on the rear side of the interior thereof and similar to those shown in FIG. 2 described above.
are the banknote accumulation/takeout mechanism 19 and the banknote shortage detector 2, respectively.
It is provided with an 8a5 banknote full detector 28b, and a banknote storage cassette 16 is inserted into each stage of the banknote takeout/accumulation section 20, 21, 22. In addition, the banknotes P are stored in the banknote storage cassettes 16 of the three lower banknote collection units 20, 21, 22, separated into denominations of 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen, and 10,000 yen from the bottom. This is for each denomination.

The depositing operation of this automatic teller machine (ATM) 9 is based on the banknotes P inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 62 provided at the upper part of the front side.
are taken in one by one by the take-in roller 63, and the second
It passes through the inspection section 24B, which has a front/back discrimination function added to the one shown in the figure, and is subjected to various types of discrimination, and then passes through the front/back reversal section 64.
Each denomination corresponds to a banknote takeout/accumulation section 2 for each denomination.
It is stored in a banknote storage cassette 16 of 0.21°22.

In addition, the withdrawal operation is performed by the denomination-specific banknote collection section 21.2 of each stage.
The required number of bills P for each denomination is taken out one by one from the two bill storage cassettes 16, and each of them passes through the inspection section 24B and is withdrawn to the deposit/withdrawal port 62. Furthermore, at the time of automatic inspection, the banknotes P in the banknote storage cassette 16 of the banknote collection unit 20, 21, and 22 for each denomination are
All the bills are sequentially taken out, passed through the inspection section 24B, and stacked in the eight bill stacking sections 33, 34, and 45 of the bill storage cassette 12 according to the bill type. On the other hand, when automatically loading,
The banknotes P are taken out one by one from the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) (12 safes), passed through the inspection section 24B, sorted by each denomination, and then deposited into the banknotes by denomination at the relevant stage. The banknotes are distributed and stored in the banknote storage cassette 16 in the sections 21 and 22. In addition, this also includes the pasted banknote storage section 25 and the collection warehouse 5 for forgotten banknotes P as described above.
6 is provided. Further, a transmitter/receiver 29 for optical communication similar to the above is provided on the rear side.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, each automatic banknote handling machine is operated by being connected via a line (online) to a central control unit 57 of a head office or the like via a modem 58, respectively. In addition, the central remote monitor (CRM) 100 is a teller cash withdrawal machine (OTM).
) 7...'s master machine 7 and automatic teller machine (CD)
8... and an automatic teller machine (ATM) 9... are connected to the master machine 9.

Also, Figure 11 shows the centralized remote monitor (CRM) 1
00, 101 is a control unit, 102
Reference numeral 103 indicates keys and keys as input means, and CRT display 103 serves as a display unit.

104 is a communication control unit that exchanges data with each master device 7, 9;

Further, FIG. 12 shows the control configuration of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 120 described above with reference to FIG.
36 is a recycling control unit as a control means, 105 is a travel control unit that controls the travel mechanism 14a of the movable trolley 14, and Ip, 1ot; has a mechanism for taking out, stacking, raising and lowering banknotes P from the safe unit 13, and advancing and retreating mechanism. This is a safe control unit that controls the safe mechanism 13h. Further, 1o7 is a communication control unit that processes signals from the transceiver 50 for optical communication;
Reference numeral 3 indicates an operation key as an input means, and reference numeral 44 indicates a liquid crystal display as a display section. Further, 108 is a memory.

Control of the banknote processing system having the above-mentioned configuration will now be explained with reference to FIG. 10. First, the mobile banknote handling machine (GR
M) To explain the running control of 12, first, 12 is a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) and an automatic teller machine (ATM).
), and for example, if there is an insufficient amount of 10,000 yen banknotes P in the banknote storage cassette 16 of the denomination-specific banknote collection unit 22 of the automatic teller machine (CD) 8 shown in FIG. Once detected, the automatic teller machine (CD) 8 is connected to a central remote controller via an optical communication transmitter 29 of an automatic teller machine (ATM) 9 configured as a group mask machine in the step-in corner 4. Monitor (CRM) Sends an alarm signal to J o o. The centralized remote monitor 100 receives this alarm signal and instructs the mobile banknote handling machine 12, which is in optical communication with the automatic teller machine 9, to move to the automatic teller machine (CD) 8. banknote handling machine (GRM)
) The control device 36 for group recycling 12 drives the motor 32 built into the mobile trolley 14 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) Z 2, runs on the rail 15.15, and operates the automatic teller machine (CD ) Stop behind 8.

When the mobile bill handling machine (GRM) 12 sends a signal indicating that it has stopped and is on standby to the automated teller machine (CD) 8 via the optical communication transceiver 29.50, the signal is transmitted to the central remote monitor (
CRM) 100, and a signal to start return replenishment processing is sent to the automated teller machine (CD) 8. Automatic payment machine (C
D) 8 will be discontinued and trading will be suspended. Of course, this state does not interrupt the transaction in question, and the device is discontinued after a predetermined series of procedures are completed.

Thereafter, the advancing/retracting motor 42 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is driven to move the safe unit 13 forward, thereby transporting the safe unit 13 to the transport path 11 and the automatic teller machine (CD) # transport path 1o. Joined so that it can be delivered. After that, the transport/take-in motor (not shown) of the safe unit 13 is driven, and the transport motor of the automatic teller machine (CD) 8 is also driven, so that the 10,000 yen bill stacking section 34 is predetermined. The number of 10,000 yen banknotes P is taken in and checked by the inspection section 24A for the type of banknote, two-sheet banknote, etc. If a banknote P that should be removed by renoecting due to the type of banknote, two-sheet type, etc. is received, it is temporarily stored in the temporary storage section of the 1,000 yen banknote storage section 21. After setting a predetermined number of bills, if a reject bill P is generated, this bill P is sucked up and transferred to the mobile bill handling machine 1.
2 side, and return it to the original banknote stacking unit 34 from which the money was withdrawn in the safe unit 13, so that it can be reused.

Automatic teller machine (ATM) other than automatic teller machine (CD) 8
9. The same operation is performed for the replenishment of banknotes P with respect to the teller's teller withdrawal machine (OTM) 7. Of course, if the banknotes P to be replenished are thousand yen banknotes, the thousand yen banknote stacking section 3
4, the rejected banknote P is returned and made reusable.

Next, let's talk about overflow. Items with a possibility of failure are shown in Figure 10.
and an automatic teller machine (ATM) 9, a 10,000 yen bill storage cassette 16 and a 5,000 yen bill storage cassette 16.

In this case, as shown in Figure 5, the teller withdrawal machine (OT)
M) A teller teller machine (OTM) which issues an alarm for each failure when indicated by 7. A mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) which receives a signal from 7. 12 stops behind the machine, and the mobile When a notification that the banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is on standby is sent to the teller teller dispenser (OTM) 7 via the optical communication transmitter/receiver 29 and 50, the teller dispenser machine (OTM) 7
) 7 will be discontinued.

After that, the advancing/retracting drive motor 42 of the transferable banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is driven to advance the safe unit 13, and the transfer path IY, 11 and teller deposit/disbursement machine (OTM) are driven.
) 7 and the transport path 10.10 are joined to a state in which transport and delivery are possible. After this, the transport/take-in motor (not shown) of the safe unit 13 is driven, and the teller dispenser (O
TM ) 2 is also driven to take in a predetermined amount of 10,000 yen banknotes P from the 10,000 yen banknote collection unit 22 and transfer them to the 10,000 yen banknote stacking unit 34 of the safe unit unit 13 through the transport path 10.11. and transfer the banknote P.

If the inspection unit 24 determines that the banknote is a rejected banknote, such as a stacked banknote, the rejected banknote storage unit 25 rejects the banknote P that has not been counted correctly, and the banknote P that has not been properly counted is transferred to the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 side. will not be delivered.

As described above, banknotes P are distributed between the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 1.2 and each automatic banknote handling machine 8, 9 for replenishment and overflow storage, but as a system, the mobile banknote handling machine ( GRM) There is a shortage of 12 thousand yen banknotes P.

Mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 safe cassettes 13
Also, for each denomination, full detection 28b and insufficient remaining amount detection 28
th is added with and 9.

Therefore, a case will be described in which the detection 28h of insufficient amount remaining in the thousand yen banknote stacking section 33 of the safe cassette 13 is activated.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 10, a case will be described in which banknotes P are replenished by a master machine of teller withdrawal (OTM) 7, which is a terminal used by an attendant. Mobile bill handling machine (GRM) When the remaining amount detection 28h is activated to indicate that the remaining amount of 12,000 yen bills P is running low, central remote monitoring is performed through the optical communication transmitter 50 of mobile bill handling machine (GRM) 12. (CRM) An alarm is issued to J o o, and an inquiry is made to teller teller machine (OTM) 7 and automatic teller machine (ATM) 9 as to whether or not the amount exceeds the specified amount.

This means that if the accumulated capacity of each machine up to the full detection 28b is, for example, 2000 bills in each banknote storage section, then the remaining insufficient amount detection 28a will set the maximum number of bills to be paid as 100, and add a slight margin to this, so that the total number of bills will be 120. For example, the software inquires whether there is a machine that has over 700 bills, and if there is one, it goes to that machine and uses the replenishment operation described above to handle mobile banknotes. The safe unit 13 of machine (GRM) 12 is replenished with banknotes P.

If there is not enough room for all the machines, use a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM).
OTM) Run behind the master machine of 7 and stop.

Teller withdrawal machine (OTM) 7 operations not shown/?
The mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) displays which denomination of 72 is in short supply. There is a flannel display, and the clerk looks at this display and requests the teller to withdraw cash.

Teller: The cashier will take the cash you withdrawn from the teller machine (
OTM) When placed in the deposit slot 26 of Z4, banknotes P
pass through the inspection section 24, and only those that are correctly counted are stored in the accumulation sections 33 and 34 of the safe unit 13. Further, the rejected banknotes P are returned to the payout port 27 and set again through the deposit slot 26 by the staff member.

The denomination and number of banknotes P loaded by the clerk are stored in the memory of the recycling control device 36 as a control means on the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 side through the optical communication transceivers 29 and 50. Ru.

Here, the safe unit 13 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 moves in the front and back direction to join the conveyance paths 11 and 10 even in the case of the teller teller machine (OTM) 7, but in the height direction Also, teller withdrawal machine (OTM)
7. Automatic teller machine (CD) 9° Automatic teller machine (ATM)
8 and are different from each other, the vertical alignment is performed by driving the lifting motor 39 and moving the rack 41 using the pinion 40.

When examining banknotes P after business hours, etc., a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J x is installed in multiple automatic banknote handling machines 7.
, 8.9 It is controlled as one of the slave terminals for the mask machine in 9, and if the master machine goes around each machine one by one and receives the money one by one according to the inspection command from the master machine, the cash in all the machines is counted and the total count is calculated. By displaying the information on the liquid crystal display 44 as the display section of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12, it is no longer necessary for the staff to tighten each machine one by one, which helps to save labor.

However, in this case, the rejects due to piling up etc. in each machine are stored in the paste reject banknote storage section 25 of each machine, so the staff member has to collect them by hand, but the majority of the rejects are transferred. Banknote handling machine (GRM)
Since it is stored in 12, it can be examined carefully in a very short period of time.

Also, when loading banknotes P into all the machines first thing in the morning, so-called automatic loading, the banknotes P are loaded one after another through the deposit slot 26 of teller teller machine (OTM) 7, and the mobile banknote handling machine (G
RM) 12 and then distribute the bills P to each machine in a replenishment operation, which shortens the processing time for the staff.

For this purpose, assuming that the number of 10,000 yen bills P and 1,000 yen bills P to be set in each machine is approximately 700, if one mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is installed for every 5 machines. If so, a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J2 with a large capacity of 3,500 sheets is desirable.

In addition, when picking up (accepting) banknotes P from each machine, the rejected banknotes P were stored in the reject banknote storage section 25, but these were stored in the 5,000 yen banknote storage section of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12. 35, which can further save time and effort.

In this case, the rejected banknotes P of 10,000 yen banknotes P at the time of replenishment from mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 1z are also transferred to mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J,? If the banknotes are stored in the 5,000 yen bill storage unit without being returned to the original stacking unit 33 or 34 from which they were withdrawn, manual inspection of the 5,000 yen banknote storage unit is required. However, in reality, automatic teller machines (ATMs)
In 7, the insertion rate of 5,000 yen bills P is 1 chirepel, and the occurrence rate of stacking 9 due to withdrawal operation examination operation and replenishment operation is also approximately 0.1 mandai, so all together it takes one day. However, if the number is only about 100 at most, and if the number of sheets is 7 or 8, counting by hand will have almost no effect on the labor-saving effect.

In addition, mobile bill handling machine (GRM) 12 rails 15.
A teller room is installed on the extension line of 15, and a mobile banknote handling machine (G
RM) In some cases, the teller staff will directly see how the 12 banknotes P are handled. In this case, since a sensor for the banknotes P is not required, it is more convenient to load the banknotes P into the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) Jx by hand in units of 100 sheets after cutting the band.

At that time, the safe unit 13 as a bill handling section is operated by a key.
Open the top lid 37 of the
Then, a 10,000 yen bill P is set in the 10,000 yen bill stacking section 34.

The subsequent interactions with each machine and the mobile banknote handling machine (G
RM) 12, a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) records which denomination and how many bills the teller has set.
In order to input to the recycling control device 36 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12, an operation key serving as an input means is inputted using a key 43 and a staff management key. If you do this, you can use a regular teller deposit/withdrawal machine (OTM).
)7, it is possible to control the subsequent entry and exit of the machine with the same reliability as when counting and loading the machine.

Furthermore, alignment between the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 and the automatic banknote handling machines 7, 8.9 usually requires extremely high precision, which tends to be difficult and expensive. To help with this, some misalignment can be absorbed by flexibly supporting the safe unit 13 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12. This flexible support method can be achieved by supporting the safe unit 13 with a bearing that can rotate both horizontally and vertically, and attaching a rack to this bearing mechanism.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, there are banknote takeout/accumulation parts 20, 21, and 22 which serve as banknote storage and delivery means.
The automatic banknote handling machine 8゜9 has a banknote conveyance path 10゜10 for sending banknotes to the outside of the machine and receiving banknotes P from the outside of the machine, and is provided with a banknote conveyance path 10゜10 at a place from the side end of the machine to the inside of the machine. Said banknote removal and accumulation part 20°21.2
A keyed protection s47 is provided to cover the banknotes P, so that the banknotes P cannot be touched from the outside.

According to the above embodiment, if one or two mobile bill handling machines are prepared in order to manage a plurality of bill handling machines as a group, labor-saving bill replenishment and automatic single recycling system can be achieved. It is possible to effectively improve the fund efficiency of the deposit/withdrawal device, save labor for loading and checking, and, compared to the safe exchange method, there is no need for a centralized machine (CRM). It becomes unnecessary to prepare a large number of safes. Improves workability. It has many effects such as.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, bills are moved between a plurality of automatic bill handling machines, sent to the automatic bill handling machines, and received and stored from the automatic bill handling machines. This is a mobile banknote handling machine with functions, and since it has a banknote transport path for sending and receiving banknotes to and from the automatic banknote handling machine, it is possible to transfer banknotes to and from the automatic banknote handling machine without replacing the safe. This has the effect of being able to be performed reliably and automatically.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a layout diagram of various automatic banknote handling machines, etc. in a bank store that employs a group recycling system using a banknote processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a side cross-sectional view of a teller cash dispensing machine. Figure 3 is a deposit operation explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes during the deposit operation of the teller withdrawal machine in Figure 2;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the automatic checking operation, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the automatic loading operation, and FIG. 7 is an external view of an embodiment of the mobile banknote handling machine of the present invention. A perspective view, FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of the automatic teller machine, FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of the automatic teller machine, FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing control of the banknote processing system, and FIG. 11 is a centralized remote monitor. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile bill handling machine. 7... Teller deposit/withdrawal machine (OTM), 8... Automatic teller machine (CD), 9... Automatic teller machine (ATM), 1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Banknote conveyance path (mobile machine side), 12...Mobile banknote handling machine (GRM), 19...Banknote storage and payout mechanism (Banknote removal and accumulation mechanism), ss, :qt, ss... Banknote stacking section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A mobile banknote handling machine that has the function of moving between multiple automatic banknote handling machines, sending banknotes to the automatic banknote handling machines, and receiving and storing banknotes from the automatic banknote handling machines. A mobile banknote handling machine, characterized in that a banknote transport path is provided for sending and receiving banknotes to the automatic banknote handling machine.