JPS60241170A - Note processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve both the fund efficiency and the labor saving performance of a note processing system by connecting a mobile note handling machine to plural automatic note handling machines via a separable note transfer path. CONSTITUTION:A mobile note handling machine 12 moves among plural automatic note handling machines 7 containing note storing/draw-out means 20-22. Then the machine 12 transmits the notes to the machines 7 and also receives and stores the notes from these machines 7. These machines 7 are connected to the machine 12 via a note transfer path 10 formed at the side of the machine 7 and another transfer path formed at the side of the machine 12. At least one of these two transfer paths is made movable to coincide it with the other path.

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 an automatic teller machine or an automatic teller machine, which are placed in each branch of a bank, for example, and which automatically deposit and withdraw money. The present invention relates 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, while banknotes are deposited in advance by the bank into a unit called a dispensing unit. It was done in cash.

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. In order to eliminate this waste, automatic teller machines (ATMs) that use a recycling method (circulation method) have recently been developed and are beginning to be put into practical use.

What is the recycling method?
This method combines the withdrawal units into one unit and allows the banknotes deposited by customers to be used as payment to other customers. You can save cash.

For this method to be put into practical use, major 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 sides and different types of banknotes, it is necessary to provide a stacking section that counts and stores the banknotes on the side of the banknotes and a mechanism for reversing the front and back sides to match the front and back sides. There is.

(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 banknotes is almost balanced, and the benefits of recycling are great, but for 1,000 yen banknotes, payments are overwhelmingly greater, requiring more opportunities to replenish them and requiring more time and effort from bank employees.

(2) Analyzing the actual usage of branches and assigning automatic machines to the frequency of use for deposits and withdrawals, it was found that automatic deposit and withdrawal machines (A
The most efficient system configuration would be to have two ATMs and three automated teller machines (CDs), but since the automated 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 mechanism to each automatic teller machine (ATM) can be expected to improve cash efficiency, but hardly any effect can be expected in terms of saving staff's labor. Can not.

Moreover, near the end of business hours, automated teller machines (CDs)
1 Even if information is received from an automatic teller machine (ATM) (alarm that the amount of banknotes remaining is low), the staff can only replenish a small amount of cash. , the cash is transferred to an automatic teller machine (ATV).
), 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 can be replenished, and 5 to 1
The reality is that two or three staff members are moving around among as many automatic machines as possible, replenishing small quantities of machines that generate near-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 central remote monitor (CRM), which costs more than one automatic deposit/withdrawal machine; It's getting expensive.

(2) Automatic teller machine (ATM), automatic teller machine (C
D) can be refilled with banknotes by exchanging banknotes.
A mobile trolley called the RM (Groogle Recycle Module) returns to the central processing machine (CRM), fills the empty safe cassette with banknotes, and exchanges it with the safe of the automated teller machine (CD). From this point of view, it is very time consuming 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 trolley (GRM) performs the same operation as 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 tighten and inspect them by themselves, but they must be transported to a centralized machine (CRM) and inspected again. Even in a centralized machine (CRM), all inspection operations are done and distributed to each storage safe, which results in redundant operations and is wasteful.

Also, due to the system configuration, automatic teller machines (CDs) require inspection only once after removing the safe from the cash machine (CRM).

Although automatic teller machines (CDs) are devices of the same rank, it can be said that there is a contradiction in the system construction that two different operations occur for one obere 4 sign.

As mentioned above, there are many deficiencies in group recycling using the safe exchange method, so the development of another clean group recycling method has been expected. It is possible to reliably receive and receive banknotes without having to exchange them, manage multiple automatic banknote handling machines in groups, and automatically perform banknote replenishment, loading, checking, etc., which significantly improves capital efficiency and saves labor. An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing system that can improve system efficiency.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention moves between a plurality of automatic banknote handling machines each having a banknote storage/dispensing means therein, sends out banknotes to these automatic banknote handling machines, and moves banknotes to the banknote automatic handling machines. A banknote processing system comprising a mobile banknote handling machine having a function of receiving and storing banknotes from the handling machine, and in which the mobile banknote handling machine and the automatic banknote handling machine are connected by a separable conveyance path. At least one of the separable banknote conveyance paths is movably supported so as to match the other banknote conveyance path, and banknotes can be delivered without replacing the safe, and automatic banknote handling in multiple machines is possible. Even if the banknote delivery position of the machine varies during the winter, banknotes can be delivered reliably.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to an illustrated embodiment. 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 the cash service center, etc. indicates the teller's office, and 6 indicates the vault.

Various automatic banknote handling machines are installed in the above-mentioned stores. Tsumashi, 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 are installed.

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 provide a banknote receiving system. , two mobile banknote handling machines (group recycling module: GR
M) J2, 12 are provided. These mobile banknote handling machines (GRM) Jz, J2 consist of a safe unit 13 as a banknote handling section and a movable trolley 14, and are installed so that they can run on rails 15°15 that constitute a conveyance path. However, that rail 15.1
Reference numeral 5 can be gradually extended and attached, and is installed so as to pass near the back surfaces of all the automatic banknote handling machines 7, 8, 9, etc.

Next, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the above-mentioned teller deposit/disbursement machine (OTM) 7, in which banknotes are arranged in three stages on the front side of the main body 18 of the teller machine (top, middle, and bottom) to serve as a banknote storage/dispensing means. Denomination-specific banknote removal and accumulation parts 20 and 2 in which the mechanism 19 is incorporated
1.22 is also provided with a banknote transport path 10.10 for banknote loading and inspection and replenishment at the upper part of the rear side, and banknote storage cassettes 16 are set in each banknote takeout/accumulation section 20, 21, and 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, and taping).

Inspect 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. The flow of banknotes P in this teller teller machine (OTM) 7 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 denomination through the inspection section 24, and then transferred to a banknote takeout/accumulation section 20. It will be temporarily accumulated and stored on 21.22. Also, inspection department 2
The banknotes P that are determined to be rejected in step 4 are separated from the regular conveyance path and piled up in the withdrawal port 27 as shown by the dotted line in the figure.
7 to the deposit port 26JIC 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 between the individual and the branch, and the various banknotes P that were temporarily stored are transferred to each bank as is. The banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassettes 16 of the denomination-specific banknote collection/accumulation section 20 , 21 , 22 . Further, when the operator presses the button for non-approval (not shown), the transaction is not completed and the various banknotes P that have been temporarily stored are all transferred to the withdrawal port 27 through the withdrawal route described below.
will be returned to.

FIG. 4 shows the flow of banknotes P during the withdrawal operation, and when the button for specifying the amount (denomination and number of sheets) not shown is pressed, the banknote retrieval/accumulation unit 20, 21.2 for each descendant's money is communicated online.
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 withdrawal port J7. 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, 21.2.
2 is taken out again and replenished, and the required amount is accumulated in the withdrawal port 27.

FIG. 5 shows the basic flow of banknotes P during an automatic inspection operation. The purpose is to take out all the banknotes P stored in the bank and count them. 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 the time of dispensing money from the banknote storage cassette 16 of each denomination banknote collection unit 20, 21, 22. In the same way, each bill is taken out one by one and passed through the inspection section 24 and counted by the mobile bill handling machine (
The banknotes are moved and accumulated in the safe unit 13 as the banknote handling section of GRM) J2 according to the banknote type. In addition, the above Inspection Department 2
The banknote P that was rejected in step 4 is transferred to the withdrawal port 2 as shown by the dotted line.
If necessary, the banknotes can be separated and accumulated in the banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 in the safe unit 13 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 by re-inserting them through the deposit slot 26 and re-examining them.

Figure 6 shows the basic flow of banknotes P during automatic loading operation.
RM) [Out of the banknotes P set in the safe unit 13 of 2, the 10,000 yen banknotes P shown by IOK and the 1,000 yen banknotes P shown by 1 are inspected and counted, and each banknote is removed and collected by denomination. This means that the banknotes are distributed and stored in the banknote storage cassette 16 at the ridges 20 and 22. Its operation is based on the mobile banknote handling machine (GR).
M) Take out the banknotes P one by one from the 12 safe units 13, pass them through the inspection section 24, sort them by denomination, and take them into the banknote storage cassette 16 of the denomination-specific banknote collection section 20.22. At that time, the banknotes P that have been rejected by the inspection unit 24 are once accumulated in the 5,000 yen banknote P stacking unit 21 shown in 5, and then taken out again and transferred to a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J z safe unit 13
Return to.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 28m indicates a detector for insufficient remaining amount of banknotes, and reference numeral 28b indicates a full detector for banknotes. f! 2 at the bottom of each. Reference numeral 29 in the figure is a transmitter/receiver for optical communication provided on the rear surface of the device main body 18, and is a tortoise that transmits and receives various command signals, which will be described later, to and from the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) Jj.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the configuration of a mobile bill handling machine (GRM) Jz consisting of a movable trolley 14 and a safe unit ( ) 13 as a bill handling section mounted on the movable trolley 14 will be described.

The moving trolley 14 has a lower unit 30& and an upper unit 30b attached to the lower unit 30m so as to be able to move up and down, and the lower unit 30b has drive wheels 31° 31 which are rotatably driven by a traveling drive motor 32. The left and right rails 16. are provided so that the left and right rails 16.
It is designed to run on its own. An AC power cable led out along the rails IB, 15 is built into the lower unit 30a, and winding and rewinding can be performed by a reel drive motor (not shown).

Further, the upper unit 30b 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 serving as a bill handling section is internally divided into a 1,000 yen bill stacking section 33, a 10,000 yen bill stacking section 34, a 5,000 yen bill stacking section 35, and a 1,000 yen bill stacking section 33. And the 10,000 yen bill stacking section 34 is the bill taking out stacking 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 conveyance path 38 is attached to the upper lid 37 on the upper surface, and when the upper lid 37 is opened using a key (not shown) using the hinge 23 as a pivot point as shown by arrow A in FIG. Upper side opening 311 of each banknote collecting ridge 33° 34.35
1L, 34*.

35& 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) 1j. One of these is a banknote transport path that is often used for receiving, and the other is a banknote transport path that is used for sending out banknotes. The connection portions of the automatic banknote handling machines 7, 8, . . . are located close to each other.
Bill conveyance path 10゜1 located at the position where it entered 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 connected to the lower unit 30 by a lifting motor 39, a bin-on gear 40 and a rack gear 41 that are linked thereto.
It is possible to move up and down with respect to a. Furthermore, the safe unit section 13 mounted on the upper unit 30b can be moved in the front and rear directions (in the state shown in FIG. It is now possible to do so.

In addition, the upper unit 30b of the mobile platform-car 14 has an operation key 43 as an input means that allows manual setting of the denomination, denomination, number of denominations, etc. On the other hand, each bill stacking section 33, 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 dividing darts provided in the safe unit 13, and these dividing darts 45 and 46 pass through the conveying path 10 on the equipment side and the conveying path 11 on the safe unit 13 side, and then enter the conveying path inside the safe unit 13. Banknote P led to 38
is selectively operated via a magnet (not shown) according to the type of bill, and the 1,000 yen bill P is transferred to the 1,000 yen bill stacking section 3.
A 10,000 yen bill P is introduced into the 10,000 yen bill stacking section 34.

In addition, a transceiver 5 for optical communication is installed in the upper unit part 30b of the mobile cart 14 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12.
0 is provided, and the mobile banknote handling machine (GR
It transmits and receives command signals for each operation of M) Jj, that is, self-propelled, stopped, and the movement up and down of the safe unit 13, forward and backward.

In addition, FIG. 8 shows an automatic teller machine (CD) J? installed at the step-in corner 4 in FIG. This is a schematic side sectional view. A card reading slip issuing device 52 is provided at the top of the dispensing unit 51, a power supply control unit 53 is provided at the bottom of the dispensing unit 51, and an operation guide is provided at the front side of the top. A screen display device 54 is provided.

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 accepts banknotes P of 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen from the back side of each. A banknote storage cassette 16 that is divided and stored can be inserted and removed. Then, each of those banknotes P is taken out one by one from the banknote storage cassette 16 and is taken out from the simple inspection section 24A.
After being piled up at the temporary collection ridge 55 of the withdrawal port 27 while being inspected for stacking, shape discrimination, skew, etc., the money is handed over to the customer according to a predetermined operation procedure (known to the public). Also, the Simple Inspection Department? The banknotes P determined to be rejected in step 4A are stacked in the reject banknote storage section 25, and the banknotes P left behind by the customer in the temporary stacking section 55 are collected in the 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 a banknote circulation type automatic teller machine (ATM) 9 installed in the step-in corner 4 in Fig. 1, and is a side sectional view of a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J
The safe unit 13 of No. 2 is shown in a pushed state. A passbook printing device 61 for processing passbooks is provided above the deposit/withdrawal unit 60. Further, the deposit/withdrawal unit 60 has banknote takeout/accumulate parts 20, 21, which are arranged in three upper and lower stages on the rear side of the inside thereof and are similar to those shown in FIG. 2 described above.
22 are each provided with a banknote stacking/unloading mechanism 19, a remaining banknote shortage detector 28a, and a banknote full detector 28b, and a banknote storage cassette 16 is inserted into each banknote retrieval/accumulation section 20, 21, 22 of each stage. It is worn. Also, the bottom 3
The banknote takeout/accumulation parts 20, 21, and 22 of the tiers are for storing banknotes P in each banknote storage cassette 16 by sorting them into 5,000 yen, 1,000 yen, and 10,000 yen denominations from the bottom. be. The depositing operation of the automatic teller machine (ATM) 9 is such that 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 It passes through the inspection section 24B, which has a front/back discrimination function added to the one shown in the figure, and then passes through the front/back reversing section 64 for various types of discrimination. The banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 16. In addition, the withdrawal operation is carried out by the denomination-specific banknote collection section 2 of each tier.
A required number of banknotes P for each denomination is taken out one by one from the 1°22 banknote storage cassette 16, and each is withdrawn to the deposit/withdrawal port 62 through the inspection section 24B. Furthermore, at the time of automatic inspection, all banknotes P in the banknote storage cassette 16 of each denomination banknote collection/accumulation section 20° 21.22 are taken out in order and passed through the inspection section 24B to the banknote storage section of the banknote storage cassette 12. 33, 34, and 35 according to the ticket type. Conversely, during automatic loading, the banknotes P are taken out one by one from the safe unit of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12, passed through the inspection section 24B, and sorted by each denomination. The banknotes are distributed and stored in the banknote storage cassettes 16 of the denomination-specific banknote takeout/accumulation sections 21 and 22. It should be noted that this also includes a pasted banknote storage section 25 and a collection warehouse 56 for forgotten banknotes P, similar to the above.

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 connected (online) to a central control unit 57 of a head office or the like via a modem 58 for operation. In addition, the central remote monitor (CRM) 100 is a teller cash withdrawal machine (OT).
M) 7...'s master machine 7 and automatic teller machine (CD
) #... and automatic teller machine (ATM) 9...
It is connected to the master machine 9 of.

In addition, Figure 11 shows the centralized remote monitor (CRM) 10.
0, 101 is a control unit, 102 is a keymate as an input means, 103 is a CRT display as a display unit, and 104 is a communication control unit for exchanging data with each master device 7, 9. Department.

Further, FIG. 12 shows the control configuration of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 described above with reference to FIG. It is a running control section that controls the mechanism 14&, and 106 is a safe control section that controls the safe mechanism 13a having a mechanism for taking out, stacking, and moving up and down the banknotes P of the safe unit 13. Further, 107 is a communication control unit that processes signals from the transmitter/receiver 50 for optical communication, 43 is an operation key date as an input means, and 44 is a liquid crystal display as a display unit. 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
To explain the travel control of the GRM 120, first, the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is an automatic teller machine (AT).
For example, the denomination-specific banknote collection unit 22 of an automatic teller machine (CD) shown in FIG.
When an insufficient amount of 10,000 yen banknotes PL:D is detected in the banknote storage cassette 16 of Centralized remote monitor (CRM) J via optical communication transmitter 29 of Kinki (ATM) 9
o Send an alarm signal to o. The centralized remote monitor 100 transmits this alarm signal to the mobile banknote handling machine 12 that is in optical communication with the automatic teller machine (CD) J? In response to this signal, the group recycling control device 36 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J-2 starts the motor 32 built into the mobile trolley 14 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12. Drive, rail 15
．． 15 and stopped behind the automated teller machine (CD) &.

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) is sent to J o o, and a signal to start the return replenishment process is sent to automatic payment [CD]8. When the automated teller machine (CD) 8 is in a discontinued state, transactions are suspended.Of course, this state does not interrupt the transaction, and the CD is discontinued after a predetermined series of procedures are completed. - After this, the advance/retreat motor 42 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is driven to move the safe unit 13 forward;
Conveyance path 11 of safe unit 13 and automatic teller machine (CD) #
The conveyance path 10 is connected to enable conveyance and delivery. After this,
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 to collect a predetermined number of 10,000 yen bills P from the 10,000 yen banknote stacking section 34. The ticket is taken in and the inspection department J4A checks the ticket type, number of tickets, etc. If a banknote P that should be rejected due to the type of banknote, number of 2 sheets, 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 returned to the mobile bill handling machine 12 side, and the original bill that was withdrawn from the safe unit 13 is returned to the mobile bill handling machine 12 side. Return it to the stacking unit, that is, the 10,000 yen bill stacking unit 34,
Make it reusable.

Automatic teller machine (ATM) other than automatic teller machine (CD) 8
9, teller deposit/withdrawal machine (OTM) 7 also performs the same operation for replenishing banknotes P. Of course, if the banknotes P to be replenished are 1,000 yen banknotes, the rejected banknotes P are returned to the 1,000 yen banknote stacking section 34 and made reusable.

Next, let's talk about overflow. In Figure 10, there is a possibility of failure in the teller teller withdrawal machine (OTM).
y and automatic teller machine (ATM) 9,010,000 yen banknote storage cassette 16 and 5,000 yen banknote storage cassette 16.

In this case, as shown in Figure 5, the teller withdrawal machine (OT)
M) If indicated by 7, an alarm will be issued for each failure.For example, a teller teller machine (OTM).A mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 that received a signal from 7 will stop behind the machine, and a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 will stop behind the machine and When a notification that the banknote handling mechanism (GRM) J 2 is on standby is sent to the teller teller dispenser (OTM) 2 via the optical communication transmitter/receiver 29 and 50, the teller dispenser machine (OTM) 7 is discontinued. becomes.

After this, the advancing/retracting drive motor 42 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is driven to move the safe unit 13 forward, and this transfer path 11.
M) Connect the transport paths 10 and 10 of 7 so that they can be transported and delivered. Thereafter, the conveyance/take-in motor (not shown) of the safe unit 13 is driven, and the conveyance motor of the teller dispenser (OTM) 7 is also driven, so that a predetermined amount of 10,000 yen banknotes are removed from the 10,000 yen bill extraction/accumulation section 22. The banknote P is transferred to the 10,000 yen banknote stacking section 34 of the safe unit section 13 through the transfer path 10.11.

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 properly counted, 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, the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 and each automatic banknote handling machine 8, 9 are used for replenishment and overflowing storage.
Although the banknotes P are distributed, the system always runs out of 1,000 yen banknotes P in the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12.

Mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 safe cassettes 1
3 also has full detection 28b and insufficient remaining amount detection 2 for each denomination.
8a is placed there, safe cassette 13
A case will be described in which the remaining amount insufficient detection 28a of the 1,000 yen banknote stacking section 33 is activated.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 1O, a case will be described in which the banknotes P are replenished by the master machine of the teller's automatic teller machine (OTM) 7, which is a terminal used by an attendant. When the remaining amount detection 28h is activated to indicate that the remaining amount of 1,000 yen banknotes P in the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J2 is running low, a central remote control is activated through the optical communication transceiver 5o of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12. An alarm is issued to the monitor (CRM) 100, and an inquiry is made to the teller teller machine (OTM) 7 and the automatic teller machine (ATM) 9 as to whether the amount exceeds the specified amount.

This is 1. If the accumulated capacity of each machine up to the full detection 28b is, for example, 2000 bills in each bill storage section, then the remaining insufficient amount detection 28a assumes that the maximum number of bills to be paid is 100, and adding a slight margin to this, it is 120 bills. 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. machine (GRM) J2 safe unit 13
Replenish banknotes P.

If all the machines do not have spare machines, the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J 2 travels behind the master machine of the teller teller machine (OTM) 7 and stops. Operation (not shown) of teller deposit/withdrawal machine (OTM) 7 There is a mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 on the wall.
There is a tsukuneru display that shows which denomination is missing, and the clerk looks at this display and requests the teller to withdraw cash.

The cashier withdraws the cash from the teller machine (
When the banknotes P are inserted into the deposit slot 26 of the OTM) J4, they pass through the inspection section 24, and only correctly curranted bills are stored in the stacking sections 33 and 34 of the safe unit 13. Further, the rejected banknotes P are returned to the payout port 27 and then reset into the deposit port 26 by the staff member.

The number of five denominations of banknotes P loaded by this clerk is 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 transmitter/receiver 29 and 50. be remembered.

Here, the safe unit 13 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) Jz 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 it moves in the height direction. Regarding teller deposit and withdrawal machines (O
TM) 7, automatic teller machine (CD) 9, and automatic teller machine (ATM) s.
By moving 1, vertical alignment is performed.

When inspecting banknotes P after business hours, etc., the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J2 is controlled as one of the slave terminals for the master machine of multiple automatic banknote handling machines 7, 8.9, and the master If the machine goes around each machine one by one and receives the cash in sequence according to the inspection command, the cash in all the machines will be counted, and the total count will be displayed on the liquid crystal display 44 as the display section of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12. Knowing this will help save labor by eliminating the need for staff to tighten each machine one by one.

However, in this case, the rejects due to stacking 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 machines first thing in the morning, so-called automatic loading, the teller deposit/withdrawal [OTM] 7 deposit slot 26 is used.
The mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) inserts banknotes P one after another.
) After storing the banknotes P in 1z, it is sufficient to distribute the banknotes P to each machine in a replenishment operation, thereby shortening 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) 12 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 are stored in the reject banknote storage section 25, but these are not stored in the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12-5.
They may also be stored in the thousand yen bill storage section 35, which further saves time and effort.

In this case, the rejected banknotes P of 10,000 yen banknotes P and 1,000 yen banknotes P when replenishing the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 1j are also the same as the original withdrawn banknotes of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12. If the banknotes are stored in the 5,000 yen bill storage section without being returned to the stacking section 33 or 34, manual inspection will be required for the 5,000 yen banknote storage section. However, in reality, automatic teller machines (ATMs)
) The input rate of 5,000 yen banknotes P at 7 is 1 chirepel υ,
Also, the occurrence rate of duplicates due to withdrawal operations, inspection operations, and replenishment operations is approximately 0.11 units, so even if you add them all together, it will only be about 100 coins in a day at most, and if it is a configuration of 7 to 8 machines, it will be counted by hand. However, it has little influence on the labor-saving effect.

In addition, mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 rails 15
．． A teller room is installed on the extension line of 15, and a mobile banknote handling machine (
In some cases, the teller staff may directly check the handling of banknotes P with GRM > 72. In this case, the sensor for the banknote P is not required, so the banknote P is transferred to the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) I2.
It is more convenient to load 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) The mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) calculates how many denominations and how many coins the teller has set in 12 counts.
In order to input into the recycling control device 36 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12, input is made using the operating keyboard 43 as an input means of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 and the staff management keys. By doing this, you can manage the subsequent entry and exit from the machine with the same reliability as when counting and loading the machine from a regular teller teller machine (OTM) 7.

In addition, positioning between the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J 2 and the automatic banknote handling machines 7, 8, 9 usually requires extremely high precision, which tends to be difficult and expensive. In order to solve this problem, mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) J
The connection part of the banknote conveyance path 11 of No. 2 is connected to the automatic banknote handling machine 7. I
It is movable according to the height position of the connection part of the banknote transport path 10 of I and 9. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the banknote transport path 11 of the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12
(lower conveyor belt) 7 (1... and upper conveyor belt 7)
Both ends of the guide rollers 72, 73 on which the guide rollers 72, 73, 1, . . . These movable frames 77, 77 are supported by coil springs 78, 78 as biasing bodies, respectively.
The movable frame 77 is always biased in a predetermined direction (clockwise in the state shown in FIG. 11) about 6°76, and is supported in a substantially horizontal state in contact with a not-shown stone 9. Tenose guide surfaces 77a and 77g are formed at the tip of the automatic banknote handling machine 7, 8.9 when the mobile banknote handling machine (GRM) 12 is pushed in the direction of arrow A to a predetermined position. A chi/? formed at the tip of the side fixed frame 79.7!9. Guide surface 79a.

Even if the movable frames 77 and 77 are rotated by sliding on 79h so that the connecting portion of the paper i conveying path 10 and the connecting portion of the banknote conveying path 11 match, FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, an automatic banknote handling machine 8 has a banknote takeout/accumulation section 20, 21, 22 as a banknote storage/dispensing means therein.
9 is a banknote transport path 10 for sending banknotes to the outside of the machine and receiving banknotes P from outside the machine. 10 is provided at a place that enters the inside of the machine from the side end of the machine, and a lockable protective door 47 is provided to cover the banknote takeout/accumulation section 20゜21.22, so that the banknotes P cannot be touched from the outside. It has become possible to do this.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, one mobile banknote handling machine (G
RM) Although the 12 banknote transport paths 11 are made movable, this is not limited to automatic banknote handling machines. , 8.9 side may be movably supported, or both banknote transport paths 10.degree.1 may be movable. In short, any support structure may be used as long as at least one banknote conveyance path is movably supported so as to match the other banknote conveyance path. Of course, various modifications can be made within the scope.

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 and save labor during loading/unloading, 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 can be moved between a plurality of automatic bill handling machines each having a bill storage/dispensing means therein, and bills can be sent to these automatic bill handling machines. A banknote processing system comprising a mobile banknote handling machine having a function of receiving and storing banknotes from machine to machine, and in which the mobile banknote handling machine and the automatic banknote handling machine are connected by a separable conveyance path. , at least one of the separable transport paths is movably supported so as to match the other banknote transport path. Therefore, banknotes can be transferred between multiple automatic banknote handling machines and a mobile banknote handling machine that moves between them, without replacing the safe. Even if the position of the banknote conveyance path is deviated, the banknotes can be delivered and delivered in a reliable manner by ensuring alignment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a layout diagram of various banknote handling machines, etc. in a bank store that has adopted the group recycling method using the banknote processing system of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement of various automatic banknote handling machines, etc. A side sectional view of the teller withdrawal machine, Figure 3 is the second
Figure 4 is a diagram explaining the withdrawal operation, and Figure 5 is a diagram explaining the withdrawal operation, showing the flow of banknotes during the deposit operation of the teller withdrawal machine shown in the figure.
Figure 6 is a diagram explaining the automatic scanning operation, Figure 6 is a diagram explaining the automatic loading operation, Figure 7 is an external perspective view of the mobile bill handling machine, Figure 8 is a side sectional view of the automatic teller machine, and Figure 9 is a diagram explaining the automatic loading operation. Fig. 10 is a block diagram showing the control of the banknote processing system, Fig. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the centralized remote monitor, and Fig. 12 is a side sectional view of the automatic banknote handling machine. FIG. 13, which is a diagram showing the control configuration, is a schematic perspective view showing a support structure for a separable conveyance path. 7... Teller withdrawal machine (oTM), s... Automatic teller machine (CD), 9... Automatic teller machine (ATM), 1
0...Banknote transport path (equipment side), 11...Banknote transport path (mobile machine side), 12...Mobile banknote handling machine (GRM)
, 13... safe unit as a bill handling section, 19.
...Banknote storage and delivery mechanism (Banknote removal and accumulation mechanism), 20.
21.22...Banknote storage/feeding means (banknote removal/accumulation unit by denomination), P...Banknotes, 33, 34. 35...Banknote stacking section. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 7 12 Figure 8 zs 15 15 Figure 11 Figure M13

Claims (1)

[Claims] Function of moving between a plurality of automatic banknote handling machines each having internal banknote storage and feeding means, sending out banknotes to these automatic banknote handling machines, and receiving and storing banknotes from these automatic banknote handling machines. A banknote processing system comprising a mobile banknote handling machine having a mobile banknote handling machine, the mobile banknote handling machine and the automatic banknote handling machine being connected by a separable conveyance path, wherein at least one of the separable banknote conveyance paths A banknote processing system characterized in that one side is movably supported so as to match the banknote conveyance path of the other side.