JPS61273695A - Envelope depositor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention is applicable to an envelope storage device that discharges empty envelopes and receives and stores paper sheets such as banknotes and checks. The present invention relates to an envelope depositing device capable of improving efficiency.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

For example, when banks, securities companies, etc. in the financial industry receive envelopes containing banknotes or checks from customers, they release empty envelopes to the customer, and store the banknotes or checks in the empty envelopes. Envelopes containing banknotes and checks are conveyed by being held between conveyor belts, and a serial number, etc. is printed at a position off the conveyor belt in a printing section installed in the middle of the conveyance path. Envelope storage devices that store envelopes have been put into practical use.

However, in such a device, if errors in acceptance conditions such as length and thickness occur continuously when inserting envelopes, the device becomes unable to process transactions, resulting in a decrease in operating rate. there were.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and is capable of improving the operating rate of envelopes by avoiding the inability of the device to trade even if errors in envelope acceptance conditions occur continuously for the same customer. The purpose is to provide a storage device.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention conducts transactions through a medium such as an ID card or passbook that can be recognized by a customer, and accepts envelopes containing paper sheets such as banknotes and checks. In an envelope depositing device that checks length, thickness, etc. as conditions and accepts envelopes that are within specified values, there is an envelope opening for inserting and returning the envelopes, and an envelope provided near the envelope opening to accept envelopes that are within specified values. The apparatus is equipped with a determining means for determining whether or not the envelope conforms to the acceptance conditions, and a control means for controlling acceptance of the envelope based on the determination result of the determining means, so that the same customer consecutively conforms to the acceptance conditions. When you insert an envelope that does not match the media, return the medium and return the envelope to the envelope slot, and in the next transaction, only the media and envelopes of other users will be accepted. It is characterized by making transactions impossible.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7. FIG. 1 shows, for example, an automatic deposit machine as a lobby-type automatic currency transaction device. In the figure, (2) is the customer service department, and this customer service department (2) is located on the horizontal operation panel (
3) and a vertical operation panel (4) rising along the rear edge of the horizontal operation panel (3).

The horizontal operation panel (3) includes a keyboard (5) consisting of a numeric keypad, etc., an envelope opening (6), and a CRT display section (7).
are placed respectively. In addition, the above vertical operation panel (4
) are provided with a slip takeout port (8), a bill takeout port (9), a passbook insertion slot (10), and a card insertion slot (11), respectively.

Further, the customer service section (2) is provided with a speaker hole (12), and a speaker (not shown) is built inside the speaker hole (12).

By the way, inside the case (1), as shown in FIGS. 2(a) to (C), there is an ID inserted from the card insertion slot (11).
A card reading device (21) that reads card information, a dispensing mechanism (22) that dispenses banknotes (P) of a specified amount to the banknote outlet (9), and a banknote inserted from the bankbook insertion slot (10). A passbook reading/printing device (2
3), an envelope processing device (24) capable of adding predetermined printing to envelopes inserted from the envelope opening (6) and taking them in, and taking out the envelopes one by one from the envelope take-out section (13);
A slip issuing device (25) that dispenses slips with transaction details printed on them from the slip outlet (8) as needed, and a power supply device (26).
), a control device (27), a control panel (28), etc. are accommodated.

FIG. 3 shows an envelope processing device. That is,
The envelope take-out section (13) is provided with an envelope issuing device (150). This envelope issuing device (150) takes out envelopes containing cash for deposit one by one, and always places the envelope just before the envelope opening (6) so that it can be issued from the envelope opening (6) during a deposit transaction. It can be taken out.

Further, the envelope issuing device (150) is connected to a rail (150) attached to the lower part of the hopper (151) as shown in FIG.
51a), unused envelopes (20
0) is placed. Further, a weight (152) for pressing the envelope (200) is provided at the top of the hopper (151), and a rail (151a),
At the bottom of (151b) is an envelope take-out roller (153a).
, (153b) are provided. The envelope take-out rollers (153a) and (153b) are driven by a motor (not shown) via a timing belt. The driven take-out roller (153a).

(153b) is configured to take out one of the lowest envelopes by the frictional force generated by the load of the weight (152). At this time, double-take prevention parts (154a) and (154
b) prevents envelopes that are not in contact with the take-out rollers (153a) and (153b) from being taken out.

Next, - the above two-sheet removal prevention part (+54a), (+
54b) is a rail (151a) provided at the bottom of the hopper (151) with a guide (155) that primarily controls the removal of a plurality of envelopes (200), as shown in FIG.
(151b) and the gap (G) between gaps 2 to 31, and finally a friction member such as a rubber belt (156)
, the leaf spring (157) is attached to the rail (151a), (15
1b) to prevent two sheets from being taken. Moreover, the take-out roller (153) of the friction member (156)
) side surface is covered with a low-friction material such as polyester film (1
58) from the lower end of the friction member (156), for example, by 0.5
By pasting it at a position ~1 mm higher (see Figure 6), when the envelope (200) moves downward and is taken out, it will not receive any frictional resistance, thereby preventing the tip of the envelope (200) from bending. It is configured as follows.

Further, an envelope storage section (160) is provided inside the envelope opening (6).
) is provided. In other words, (161) is the envelope opening (
6) is a conveyance path that allows reverse conveyance to take in the envelopes inserted. This conveyance path (161) includes a plurality of conveyance rollers (16
2), ... and a plurality of conveyor belts (163), and a shutter mechanism (+64) and a printing section (165) are arranged in order from the envelope opening (6), and the end side is a storage hopper. (166). Further, a pair of conveyance rollers (51) and guide plates (52) and (53) are provided near the envelope take-out section (13), and constitute an envelope discharge conveyance path (54).

In addition, (171), (172), (173), (174
) is an envelope detector, which is a well-known circuit consisting of a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element, and is used for entrance, length detection, printing, confirmation of envelope storage, and confirmation of envelope removal. The conveyance paths (161) and (54) are driven by a drive belt and a pulse motor (not shown).

The conveyance roller (162) near the envelope opening (6),...
As the pinch roller (167) moves, a thickness detector (175) detects whether the thickness of the envelope exceeds a specified value.
) is provided. The shutter mechanism (164) is provided with a shutter (164) between the envelope opening (6) and the conveyance roller (162).
168) to open and close the conveyance path (161).

The above-mentioned printing section (165) is constructed as shown in FIG.
It is designed to be guided by... That is, the index stamping part (180) is attached to the cam plate (1
82) rotates about the shaft (182a) as a fulcrum, thereby moving in the vertical direction. This cam plate (
The connecting lever (183) is attached to the protrusion (182b) of the
) are connected, and this connection lever (183) is biased in the directions of arrows s and f shown in the figure by a spring (184) connected to one end thereof, and a plunger (183) is connected to the other end of the connection lever (183).
5) are connected. This plunger (185) is adapted to move in the direction of the arrow geh shown in the figure by the excitation of the solenoid (186). The above envelope detector (172)
When the leading edge of the envelope is detected, the pulse motor (not shown) stops, and by operating the solenoid (186), the index stamping part (180) moves downward and is held between the conveyor belts (163) and (163). stamps are placed on the envelopes that have been printed.

Note that (165a) is a guide plate that is attached with a certain gap from the index stamping part (180), and the printing surface of the group part (200) is regulated by this guide plate (165).

The storage hopper (166) sequentially stores the envelopes supplied from the transport path (161), and has a guide (
191), a mounting table (192), and a holding member (193) for storing the envelope in an upright position on the mounting table (192).
), and this holding member (193) as shown in the arrow 1+j
It is constituted by a spring (194) that biases in the direction.

Next, the operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be explained. In Fig. 1, when a passbook is inserted or an ID card is inserted into the card insertion slot (11), the passbook is sent to the passbook reading/printing device (23), and the passbook is sent to the passbook reading/printing device (23). The information recorded on the magnetic stripe is read.

On the other hand, the ID card is sent to a card reader (21), and the information on the ID card is read by the card reader (21).

In this way, when the passbook or ID card is accepted, an empty envelope (200
) is taken out, conveyed, and discharged to the envelope opening (6).

Therefore, the customer stores banknotes and checks to be kept in the ejected empty envelope (200) and inserts them into the envelope opening (6), but the envelope containing banknotes and checks (
200), the acceptance condition (200) of the envelope (200) is
e.g. length, thickness, etc.) is checked by a thickness detector (175). As a result of the check, if it is determined that the envelope (200) does not meet the specified value of the acceptance conditions, the magnetic amount information of the inserted passbook or ID card is memorized, and then the inserted envelope (200) ) to the envelope opening (
6). Thereafter, if the envelope (200) fails to meet the acceptance conditions twice in a row based on the stored magnetic information, the envelope (200) and the bankbook or ID card are returned to their respective insertion slots. Then, only if the medium used for the next transaction, that is, the passbook or ID card, belongs to another customer, can the medium be accepted and the transaction performed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, if an envelope containing banknotes, checks, etc. by the same customer does not meet the acceptance conditions, the operation rate of the device can be improved by avoiding acceptance of that envelope. This has the effect of making it possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an automatic teller machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and Figs. 2 (,) to (c) are schematic front views showing the internal structure of Fig. 1, and the right side Front view and left side view,
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an envelope storage device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a side view of an envelope issuing device installed inside the envelope storage device, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of an envelope. , FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing details of the multiple-sheet removal prevention section in the envelope issuing device, and FIG. 7 is a schematic front view showing details of the printing section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Transactions are carried out through a medium such as an ID card or passbook that can be recognized by the customer, and the acceptance condition for envelopes containing paper sheets such as banknotes and checks is the length of the envelope. An envelope depositing device that checks the thickness, etc. and accepts envelopes within a specified value, has an envelope opening for inserting and returning envelopes, and an envelope opening provided near this envelope opening to meet the acceptance conditions for envelopes that have been inserted. and a control means for controlling the acceptance of envelopes based on the determination result of the determination means, so that the same customer continuously inserts envelopes that do not meet the acceptance conditions. When the above-mentioned medium is returned, the inserted envelope is returned to the envelope opening, and the medium can be accepted and transacted only if the envelope used for the next transaction is that of another user. Characteristic envelope storage device.