JPS6160171A - Automatic note handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit an exclusive box for rejected notes and to reduce dispersion of notes within an automatic note handling device, by using in common an accumulation part for rejected notes in a payment mode, an accumulation pat for rejected notes in a close inspection mode and a note accumulation part in a close inspection mode respectively. CONSTITUTION:A designated number of notes P are extracted by extracting rollers 35 and 36 out of cashboxes 31 and 32 for Yen10,000 and Yen1,000 respectively by a payment request and discriminated at a note inspection pat 24. The correct note passes through the 1st SASHIMI accumulation part 41 at a high speed and arranged in a SASHIMI-like assortment at the 2nd SASHIMI accumulation pat 42 to be accumulated at a note insertion/discharge port 20. Then the correct note is delivered. While the output unable notes are sorted at the 2nd gate 51 and accumulated at the 1st accumulation part 26 through an area shown by an arrow head of a broken line to be stored into a cashbox 30 at the highest stage. In a close inspection mode notes P are taken out of cashboxes 31-33 respectively and discriminated at the pat 24 to be shifted to the cashbox 30 after a counting process. The rejected notes are sorted at the 1st gate 51 and arranged in the SASHIMI-like assortment. These rejected notes are accumulated temporarily at the pat 20 and then accumulated at the part 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automatic bill handling device that has an improved stacking structure for rejected bills that are to be rejected during withdrawal and examination.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, automatic teller machines (ATMs) and automatic teller machines (CDs) have become popular in banks, etc., but the amount of banknotes that remain in these automatic banknote handling machines has increased, and the amount of funds is decreasing. Automatic banknote handling equipment that uses deposited banknotes as withdrawal banknotes for efficiency, so-called recycling A
TV is beginning to appear.

However, in the conventional automatic banknote handling device of this kind, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, a safe 1) 1 e Hd + e for depositing and withdrawing money is provided in the device main body a, and in addition to this, a safe 1) 1 e Hd +e for depositing and withdrawing money is provided, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14. An accumulation warehouse (hereinafter referred to as the rejected ticket side) f is provided, and the excluded field (excluded banknotes) determined to be excluded at the time of withdrawal, return of withdrawal, and inspection are accumulated on this rejected ticket floor f. It has become.

That is, the flow of the cover band is as shown in FIG. 12 when withdrawing money, as shown in FIG. 13 when returning money, and as shown in FIG. 14 when inspecting money.

First, the operation at the time of withdrawal will be explained with reference to FIG. Banknotes P... in the safe (e Hd + e as necessary) can be withdrawn in a specified number according to the customer's request (ID card and password input, withdrawal amount key manually, etc.) The specified number of bills are taken out by g, h, and t, and the bills are judged by the banknote inspection section j, and the genuine bills pass through the first stacking section k at high speed and are stacked in a shim shape at the second stacking section t, where they are released. After being accumulated at exit m, the money is withdrawn to the customer.

Further, in the banknote inspection section j, banknotes that are not suitable for withdrawal (overlapping banknotes, badly torn banknotes, etc.) are sorted out at a fourth gate n, pass through the portion indicated by the broken line arrow in the figure, and are accumulated on the rejected banknote floor f. Next, the operation when withdrawing and returning money will be explained with reference to FIG.

For example, if a customer collects a specified amount of money in the banknote dispensing port M, and then inquires with the center online and finds out that the money cannot be withdrawn due to insufficient balance, the customer may not be able to release the banknotes P, so the customer may collect the specified amount in the banknote dispensing port M, and then inquire at the center online and find out that the money cannot be withdrawn due to insufficient balance. Safes c and d are deposited in the same manner as depositing without opening the storage body p of 0.

This is an operation to return to C. However, the difference from the time of deposit is that the rejected tickets are sorted by the 6th goo (r) and stored in the rejected ticket floor f.

Next, the operation during inspection will be explained with reference to FIG.

This is operated by an employee at a bank, etc., pressing a switch inside the machine or a switch on a remote monitor (not shown) as necessary.The banknote inspection unit j identifies the banknotes P in each safe c, d, and e. However, it is possible to manage the number of coins for each denomination by storing them in the inspection safe. Further, the rejected tickets at this time are sorted by the fourth gate n and accumulated on the rejected ticket floor f through the portion indicated by the broken line arrow in the figure. Conventionally, the above configuration has been implemented, but a dedicated ticket removal floor f is required, and moreover, the rejection ticket floor f is structurally located at a low position.

As a result, a large number of banknotes are scattered in the machine, and the staff has to handle them in many places, which is very tedious and tedious.
Since the position of the rejected ticket floor f is low, the staff member has to bend down to operate it.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enable processing of rejected tickets without providing a dedicated rejected ticket floor as in the past, and to further improve operability for staff. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic banknote handling device as described above.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a common unit for collecting rejected tickets at the time of withdrawal, a collecting unit for rejected tickets at the time of inspection, and a stacking unit for banknotes at the time of inspection. This eliminates the need for a banknote removal floor, minimizes the dispersion of banknotes within the device, and eliminates the need for handling them in awkward positions.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11. Figure 1 shows the appearance of an automatic teller machine (ATV) as an automatic banknote handling machine, and 1 in the figure shows the main body of the machine (
ATV main body), and 2 indicates its casing. A rear door 2a is provided on the rear surface of the housing 2.

There is a front door 2b on the front that can be opened and closed. An operation panel 3 is formed on the customer service side of the main body 1, and a passbook entrance/exit 4 is provided in this vertical portion 3a. Card entrance/exit5. and a slip issuing port 6 are provided. Further, the horizontal portion 3b includes a deposit/withdrawal lower and an operation section 9 having a plurality of operation switches 8. and C
An operation guide section 10 with RT display is provided. Also, inside the main body 1, there is a passbook handling device M12 (shown in FIG. 2) that accepts the passbook inserted through the passbook entrance 4 and reads and records its magnetic information and printed information. Handling of the issued card and ejection of the card to the slip issuing port 6, which issued the slip, and a slip handling device (not shown)
A banknote handling device 11 for taking in and out of banknotes from the depositing and dispensing lower is further housed.

Next, the banknote processing device 11 will be explained with reference to FIG.

The deposit/withdrawal lower is provided with a lid 7a which opens and closes automatically as required.

A banknote insertion/discharge port 20 that serves both as a banknote insertion port and a banknote discharge port is provided on the banknote processing device 11 side facing the deposit/withdrawal lower. Reference numeral 21 denotes a bill receiving device provided opposite to the bill insertion/discharge port 2θ.
It works to separate and capture ... one by one. 22
is a group of rollers for conveyance and feeding including a drive roller, and this roller group 22... has a plurality of non-i conveyance belts 23...
・The hook is laid across the bank, and a banknote conveyance path R is formed in each part as shown in the figure.

Further, a banknote inspection unit 24 is provided approximately in the central front part of the banknote processing device main body 11h, and performs thickness comparison, magnetic comparison, optical comparison, etc. of the banknotes P passing through the banknote inspection unit 24 one by one. With this system, it is possible to determine the authenticity of banknotes P, the type of banknote, whether it is damaged or torn, whether it is damaged or damaged, whether it is stacked, whether it is front or back, whether it is old or new, whether it is a ski ticket, whether it is a ticket pasted with tape, whether it is counted, etc. ing. Further, a front/back reversing unit 25 is provided below the banknote inspection unit 24 to reverse the front or back banknotes P as required.

In addition, first to fourth stacking sections 26 to 29, each of which is an impeller stacking section, are arranged in the vertical direction approximately at the center of the banknote processing device main body 11a.
It is in a state opposite to the first to fourth safes 30 to 33 arranged behind the safes 30 to 29. Moreover, these first to fourth stacking units 26 to 29 are in the form of a temporary storage cabinet equipped with take-out rows 234 to 37, and are used to store banknotes P temporarily accumulated up to a certain number in a bundle. Store the banknote bundle P... in the respective safes 30 and 31 as needed.
, 32, 33, and can be separated and fed out one by one onto the conveying path R by the respective take-out rows 234, 35.36° 37.

The above take-out roller 34, 35, 36, 37 Nyoshi safe 30
, 31, 32, 33 can also be separated and fed out one by one if necessary.

In the figure, numerals 38 and 39 indicate remaining banknote amount detectors, which are independently provided in each of the safes 30 to 33 so that 38 and 39 can detect when the remaining amount is low and 39 when the banknote is full. Also,
A first sash-shaped stacking section 4 is provided in the front part of the banknote processing apparatus main body 11h, so that paper, banknotes P, etc. can be stacked in a shim-shape on the conveyance path R. At the same time, a 20th shim-like accumulation section 42 is provided near the banknote insertion/discharge port 20, so that banknotes can be stacked in a shim-shape from the conveyance path R to the banknote insertion/discharge port 2o. ing.

These, 1st. When the second sashimi accumulating portions 41 and 42 are closed, a gear (not shown) is engaged with the second sashimi accumulating portions 41 and 42, thereby creating a high-speed conveyance path. In addition, 43 is a collection warehouse for accumulating the banknotes P... of the banknote insertion/discharge port 20 as necessary, and 44 is the impeller type stacking unit 26 of the paper banknote intake device W2 of the conveyance path R2, 27.2 &, 29, take-out rollers 34, 35, 36, 37, etc. are driven by motors, and 45 is a master motor Tl for driving sashimi accumulating portions 41, 42.

Further, at each branch part of the conveyance path R, there are first to M9 darts 50 to 58 that change the flow of banknotes P, and are driven by a solenoid (not shown) and a banknote detector that detects timing. It has become. Next, Figure 3-1
The flow and operation of banknotes during each operation will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, the flow of banknotes at the time of deposit will be explained with reference to FIG. The banknote bundle P inserted from the banknote insertion/discharge port 20 is taken in one by one and is discriminated by the banknote inspection section 24, and rejected banknotes (counterfeit banknotes, large stacked E-ski cards, heavily soiled banknotes, Items with tape attached, items with large bends, etc.) are sorted at the fourth dart 53, and the items are sorted at the first dart as shown by the thick broken line.
It is accumulated in the sashimi accumulation section 41. -10- In addition, genuine bills (banknotes that have been correctly identified) are sorted by the fourth dart 53 and conveyed in the direction of the thick solid line, and back notes are sorted by the fifth dart 54 and are transferred to the conveyance path that constitutes the front-back reversing section 25. Ra
Since the front bill does not need to be reversed after passing through υ, it passes through the conveyance path Rh and merges with the banknote P that has passed through the front-back reversal section 25 on the common conveyance path Re. Moreover, the conveyance length is the same as that of the conveyance path R& which forms the front/back reversal section 25, and it is unlikely that the order of the front and back tickets will be out of order. Then, the banknotes P are further transported, and the 5,000 yen notes are sorted by the 7th dart, the 56,000 yen bills are sorted by the 8th dart, and the 10,000 yen bills are sorted by the 9th dart 58, and then temporarily accumulated. When the approval switch of the operation switch 8 of the operation section 9 is turned on, the items are stored in the respective safes 31, 32, and 33. FIG. 4 shows the operation of the rejected ticket at the time of deposit in FIG. 3, and shows the operation of the bill P...
Once the banknotes have been loaded (however, if the number of bills exceeds the specified number, the banknotes cannot be inserted/
(There may be some banknotes remaining in the ejection port) The banknotes P... in the first sashimi accumulating section 41 pass through the second sashimi accumulating section 42 which is switched at high speed, and are returned to the banknote insertion/discharge port 20. . Note that the returned banknotes P can be reinserted if necessary (possible by repeating the deposit operation before pressing the approval switch).

The operation when returning deposits will be explained with reference to FIG. The second step when making a deposit.
Third. The banknotes P temporarily accumulated in the fourth accumulation section 26, 27, 28 will be removed if the non-approval switch of the operation switch 8 is pressed or if it is found that the [stock] limit amount cannot be deposited, etc. Each bill P... is returned by the take-out rollers 35, 35, 37. At this time, the banknotes P... pass through the banknote inspection section 24, but are not discriminated. Further, the first shim accumulating section 41 is passed through a high-speed conveyance path, and then the second sash accumulating section 42 accumulates the bills in a shim shape at the banknote insertion/discharge opening 20 before being returned to the customer.

Figure 6 shows the processing of excluded tickets at the time of withdrawal, and the designated number of tickets is determined by the customer's request (ID card and PIN input, key input of the withdrawal amount, etc.) and the operation of a well-known automatic teller machine. A designated number of banknotes P... in the safes 31, 32 for 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen, which can only be withdrawn, are taken out by take-out rollers 35, 36 and judged by the banknote inspection section 24. Then, the genuine bills pass through the first sashimi accumulating section 41 at high speed and are stacked in a sashimi shape at the second sashimi accumulating section 42 while the banknotes are inserted/inserted.
After being accumulated at the outlet 20, the money is withdrawn to the customer. Further, in the banknote inspection section 24, banknotes that are not suitable for withdrawal (overlapping banknotes, torn and heavily soiled banknotes, etc.) are sorted into a second bank 51, pass through the part indicated by the broken line arrow in the figure, and are accumulated in the first stacking section 26, where they are stacked on the top shelf. is stored in a safe 30.

Figure 7 (,) (b) shows the processing of rejected tickets when returning withdrawals. For example, after the customer has accumulated the specified amount in the banknote insertion/discharge slot 20, the customer checks the center online to find out the remaining balance. If it turns out that money cannot be withdrawn due to shortage, the banknotes cannot be ejected, so without opening the lid 7a of the deposit/withdrawal lower, proceed to the safe 31.3 in the same manner as the deposit operation described above with reference to FIG.
2, the rejected tickets are once stacked in the first stacking section 41 in the shape of a shim, and then transferred to the second stacking section 42 as shown in FIG. 7(b). After being once returned to the insertion/ejection port 20, it passes through the portion shown by the broken line arrow in the figure and is accumulated in the first accumulation section 26, and then accumulated in the safe 30.

FIG. 8 shows the operation when a customer forgets to collect a banknote P. For example, when a customer forgets to take a withdrawn banknote P... or a customer forgets to take a banknote to be returned. Since the next customer cannot operate the banknotes if they remain, the first dart 50 is switched to collect the banknotes in the collection warehouse 43 when the banknotes are not removed for more than a certain period of time, such as time monitoring. Figure 9 shows the loading operation, which is used when bank staff set banknotes first thing in the morning. (1,000 yen) are set in a mixed form and stored one by one in the 1,000 yen box 3 and the 10,000 yen box 32 by the take-out row 234.As they pass through the banknote inspection section 24, the front and back sides are aligned and each denomination is separated. You can manage the number of sheets. Further, the rejected ticket passes through the dashed line arrow part =14- in the figure, is once returned to the bill insertion slot 20, and is then returned to the loading safe 30 as shown in FIG.

Figure 11 shows the processing of rejected notes during inspection, which is operated by a bank staff member pressing a switch inside the machine or a switch on a remote monitor (not shown) as necessary. .33 are taken out one by one by the respective take-out rollers 35, 36, and 37, the banknote inspection section 24 distinguishes and counts the banknotes, and the number of banknotes is checked by a device that transfers the banknotes into the inspection safe 3θ. . At this time, the rejected tickets are sorted out at the first gate 51 and accumulated in the second sashimi accumulation section 42 in the form of sashimi, and then accumulated in the person's withdrawal area 20. ...
...is accumulated in the first accumulation part through the line part.

According to the above configuration, by concentrating the processing of rejected bills in each operation at one location in the first stacking section 26, the staff member can maintain the banknotes in the device from one location, which improves operability and improves operability. The exclusive storage for rejected tickets f of the conventional example explained with reference to FIGS. Therefore, an inexpensive automatic deposit/withdrawal device can be provided. Also, although the exclusive storage for rejected tickets is located at a low position, there is no need to operate it, so there is no need to bend down to operate it.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

That is, although the description has been given of a device that serves both as a banknote insertion port and a banknote discharge port, the present invention is not limited to this.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by making the stacking section for rejected tickets at the time of withdrawal, the stacking section for rejected tickets at the time of inspection, and the stacking section for banknotes at the time of inspection common, a dedicated It is possible to provide an automatic banknote handling device that eliminates the need for an exclusion banknote box, minimizes the dispersion of banknotes within the device, and eliminates the need to handle them in an unreasonable posture, thereby greatly improving the operability of an attendant. It produces such effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 11 show one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is an external perspective view of the automatic banknote handling device of the present invention, and Figure 2 is based on the banknote processing unit of the automatic banknote handling device. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes when depositing, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when returning rejected deposits, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when returning deposits. Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when withdrawing money, Figure 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when withdrawing and returning money, Figure 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when collecting forgotten money, and Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when withdrawing money. An explanatory diagram showing the flow when loading, Fig. 10 an explanatory diagram showing the flow when loading and returning, Fig. 11 an explanatory diagram showing the flow during inspection, and Figs. 12 to 14 show conventional examples. , Fig. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of banknotes at the time of withdrawal, Fig. 13
The figure is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when withdrawing and returning money, and FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow when inspecting. 1... Automatic banknote handling device (automatic deposit/withdrawal device), 20.
...Banknote insertion/ejection port, 24...Banknote inspection department, 26.
...First accumulation section, 30-33...Safe, 50-58.
...Banknote sorting? -1, R...conveyance path, P...banknote. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 3 Figure 5 Figure 4 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 91 Figure 101 Figure 12 Figure 11 Figure 13

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A means for inspecting banknotes by dispensing them one by one from a withdrawal stacking section for each of multiple denominations, and conducting a close examination by stacking them in one place, and for rejecting banknotes that should be removed at the time of withdrawal. This is an automatic deposit/withdrawal device equipped with a means for eliminating and accumulating rejected tickets, and a means for eliminating and accumulating rejected tickets that should be eliminated during scrutiny, and includes a collecting section for rejected tickets at the time of withdrawal, and a means for eliminating and accumulating rejected tickets that should be eliminated at the time of scrutiny. An automatic bill handling device characterized in that a stacking section for rejected tickets and a stacking section for banknotes during inspection are common. (2) The common stacking section also stacks rejected bills for loading banknotes that are automatically transferred to stacking sections for each of a plurality of denominations as bills for withdrawal. The automatic banknote handling device described in Section 1. (3) The automatic banknote handling device according to claim 1, characterized in that deposited banknotes can be used as banknotes for withdrawal.