JPS6252355B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine that accepts and dispenses banknotes.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, automatic teller machines are required to have a depositing function and a dispensing function, and in order to fulfill these functions, they perform operations as shown in FIG. 1, for example. That is, in the deposit operation, the banknotes inserted into the deposit slot in a stacked state are separated and sent out one by one by the separation and delivery section, and the authenticity, denomination, etc. are discriminated by the discrimination section.
Bills that are identified as genuine are temporarily stored in a pool section, and those that are not identified as genuine are sent to a return slot.After the verification is complete and the amount has been confirmed by the customer, the banknotes in the pool section are returned. This is done by sending the money to the customer's mouth or to the deposit box on the plane.
In order to perform this deposit operation, a conveyance path for conveying the banknotes to the validation section, a conveyance path from the validation section to the return port, a conveyance path from the pool section to the return port,
A conveyance path is provided from the pool section to the deposit box.

In addition, in the withdrawal operation, the banknotes stored in the in-flight withdrawal box are separated and sent out one by one by the separating and sending unit, and the banknotes are temporarily transferred to the pool unit while the discriminating unit distinguishes whether different types of notes are mixed or if there are any double feedings. If a predetermined number of banknotes are stored without detecting an abnormality, they will be sent from the pool to the withdrawal port, and if an abnormality is detected before a predetermined number of banknotes are stored, the banknotes will be sent along with the normal banknotes stored up to that point. This is done by sending abnormal banknotes from the pool to the reject box. In order to carry out this dispensing operation, there are provided a conveyance path for conveying banknotes to the discrimination section, a conveyance path from the pool section to the dispensing section, and a conveyance path from the pool section to the reject box.

Further, in conjunction with the withdrawal operation, a receipt is issued from the receipt issuing section, temporarily stored in the receipt pool section, and sent from the receipt pool section to the pool section, where the receipt is dispensed together with the withdrawal banknotes.

In addition, the automatic deposit and withdrawal device equipped with deposit and withdrawal functions was first introduced as a “counter deposit and withdrawal device” (in 1987).
-70982) has been proposed.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" By the way, regarding the above-mentioned automatic deposit/withdrawal machine,
An automatic deposit/withdrawal machine is created by housing separate dispensing machines and depositing machines in one machine, and the presence of multiple identification sections, pool sections, and conveyance paths makes the machine larger and more complex. There's a problem. In addition, since the above-mentioned "counter deposit/withdrawal device" is a device that simply combines a deposit machine and a withdrawal machine via an operating device, each of the deposit machine and withdrawal machine has a transaction opening and a withdrawal machine. It is necessary to provide a conveyance section, etc., and as with the above-mentioned automatic deposit/withdrawal machine, the machine has the disadvantage of becoming larger and more complex.

The present invention was proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic teller machine whose structure can be simplified and made more compact.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The present invention provides a first conveyance path for conveying deposited banknotes sent from the depositing section or withdrawal banknotes sent out from the withdrawal box, and a discriminating section for discriminating authenticity, double feeding, mixing of different kinds of bills, etc. of banknotes; a pool section for temporarily storing deposited bills and all withdrawn bills that are discriminated as genuine by the discriminating section; a second transport path for transporting deposited banknotes that have not been identified as genuine by the recognition unit to a payment unit that returns and dispenses the banknotes; and a second transport path for transporting the banknotes stored in the pool unit to the second transport path or storage box. A third conveyance path that guides all the withdrawn banknotes among the banknotes sent out from the first conveyance path to the pool section and separates the deposited banknotes that have been operated by the discrimination section and discriminated as genuine bills. It is provided with a gate for sorting deposited banknotes that have not been recognized as tickets to the pool section or the second conveyance path.

"Function" According to the present invention, deposited banknotes fed from the depositing section are conveyed by the first conveyance path, and are discriminated for authenticity, etc. by the discrimination section, and deposited banknotes that are discriminated as genuine are transferred to the first conveyance path. After being transported by the first transport path, the transport direction is switched by the gate, and temporarily stored in the pool section, it is stored in the storage box by the third transport path. On the other hand, all of the dispensing banknotes sent from the dispensing box to the first conveying path are conveyed by the first conveying path, and the conveying direction is switched by the gate and temporarily stored in the pool section. rear,
It is conveyed to the second conveyance path by the third conveyance path and dispensed from the payment section. Note that, after the deposited banknotes that were not identified as genuine notes are conveyed through the first conveyance path,
The conveyance direction is switched to the second conveyance path by the gate and returned to the payment section. As a result, it is possible to use one discrimination section and pool section for depositing and dispensing operations, and it is also possible to simplify the conveyance path for conveying banknotes, thereby simplifying and compacting the device. Can be done.

"Example" First, the outline of the configuration of the automatic teller machine according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

The automatic deposit/withdrawal machine has a transaction port 2 on the front of the machine body 1.
There is a deposit section 4 which opens and receives deposited banknotes 3 inside the transaction port 2, and within the machine there are withdrawal boxes 6A and 6 which store deposited banknotes 5 by denomination.
B is provided. The deposited banknotes 3 and the disbursed banknotes 5 are sent one by one to the conveyance path 8 by the separating and sending units 7, 7A, and 7B, and are checked by the discrimination unit 9 to determine authenticity, double feeding, mixture of different types of banknotes, abnormal length, etc. are now being identified. Further, a gate 10 operated by the discrimination section 9 is provided at the exit of the conveyance path 8, and the gate 10 directs the conveyance direction of the banknotes to the pool section 11 where the banknotes are temporarily stored or to the inside of the transaction port 2. The transport path A is used to transport the paper to the payment section 12. Moreover, the banknotes in the pool section 11 are transferred to the conveyance path B.
The material is fed into the transport path A or the storage box 13 by the following steps.

Next, an embodiment of the essential parts of the automatic teller machine will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Conveyance path 8 that conveys deposited banknotes 3 and withdrawal banknotes 5
are conveyor belts 30 to 32 that clamp and convey banknotes.
A discrimination section 9 is provided so as to sandwich a portion formed between the two and where the conveyor belts 30 and 31 come into contact. Also, the belt roller 31 at the upper end of the conveyor belt 31
A gate 10 is provided adjacent to a, and the gate 10
is rotated around the shaft 10a, and the flat portion 10b moves to a position along the conveyor belt 32, or the curved surface portion 10c moves to a position along the belt roller 31a.

A stacking vehicle 40 is located close to the belt roller 31a and receives banknotes sent out from the conveyance path 8.
The stacking wheel 40 is rotatably supported around a shaft 40a, and rotates while sandwiching banknotes between blades 40b, 40b... attached to the outer periphery. Alternatively, a plurality of belts are provided at intervals in the axial direction of the shaft 40a so as to sandwich both ends and the center, and a feed belt 40c is further wound around the belt roller 31a. Further, on both sides of the collection vehicle 40, bent frames 41 are supported rotatably around a shaft 41a as shown in FIG.
Belt rollers 42a, 42 around which a lower feed belt 42 that touches and moves the lower surface of banknotes is wound.
a is attached, and a blade 40 is attached to the intermediate bent part.
b, 40b... A scraping part 41b is formed to scrape off the banknotes held between them. Further, the lower feed belt 42 is driven by drive belts 42b, 42b.
It is designed to be interlocked with a feed roller 43 that rotates around a shaft 41a. Furthermore, the feed roller 43
A lower conveyor belt 44 is provided at a distance behind the lower conveyor belt 44, and a storage box 13 is provided below the lower conveyor belt 44. The storage box 13 has a reject box 13a located below a portion between one end of the lower conveyor belt 44 and the feed roller 43, and stores the disbursed banknotes 5 in which an abnormality has been detected. , a deposit box 13b for storing deposited banknotes 3 is provided below the other end of the lower conveyor belt 44. Furthermore, a lid 13c is provided on the top of the deposit box 13b so as to be able to swing open and close.
A lid 13d is provided on the top of a so that it can be slid open and closed. In addition, the feed roller 43 and the lower conveyor belt 4
4 is provided with a gate 45 for switching the conveyance direction of banknotes to the redirect box 13a or the deposit box 13b, and the gate 45 is connected to the shaft 44b of one belt roller 44a of the lower conveyor belt 44.
It is rotatably supported around the center.

An upper feed belt 46 is provided above the accumulation vehicle 40, and the upper feed belt 46 has a belt roller 46b at one end supported by an arm (not shown) so as to be rotatable about a shaft 46a, and another belt roller 46b (also not shown). A belt roller 46c at the other end is rotatably supported by an arm around a shaft 46a;
It is wound around a belt roller 46d that rotates together with a belt roller 46b, and both ends of the bill are rotated downward to come into contact with the upper surface of the banknote. A portion between the upper feeding belt 46 and the collecting wheel 40 serves as a pool portion 11 for temporarily storing banknotes. Further, a belt roller (not shown) is supported coaxially with the belt roller 46c, and between the belt roller and the belt roller 47a above the lower conveyor belt 44, there is an upper conveyor belt 47 that clamps banknotes between the belt roller and the lower conveyor belt 44. is wound. and,
An alignment plate 48 is rotatably provided around a shaft 48a below the upper feed belt 46 and between the accumulation wheel 40 and the feed roller 43. The tip of the banknotes stacked between the banknote 46 and the banknote 46 is brought into contact with the tip of the banknote. Further, a conveyance path B shown in FIG. 2 is formed by the lower conveyance belt 42, the upper conveyance belt 46, the lower conveyance belt 44, and the upper conveyance belt 47.

On the other hand, the belt roller 32 at the upper end of the conveyor belt 32
A feeding roller 50 that clamps and sends out banknotes between the conveyor belt 32 and the conveyor belt 32 is provided adjacent to A guide plate 51 that guides in the horizontal direction is rotatably supported. Further, a belt roller (not shown) is rotatably supported coaxially with the belt roller 32a,
A horizontal lower payout belt 52 is wound around the belt roller and extends toward the payout section 12 on the left side in FIG. An upper payout belt 53 and a presser belt 54 are provided above the lower payout belt 52 and hold the bills between them, and the upper payout belt 53 is connected to an arm (not shown). The belt rollers 53b and 53c are wound around belt rollers 53b and 53c which are rotatably supported around a shaft 53a. Further, the presser belt 54 is wound around a belt roller 54b and a belt roller 53b, which are supported by an arm (not shown) so as to be rotatable about a shaft 54a. The conveyance belt 32, feed roller 50, lower payout belt 52, upper payout belt 53, and presser belt 54 described above form the conveyance path A shown in FIG. Also, the lower dispensing belt 5
The front end portion of No. 2 becomes a return pool portion in which deposited banknotes to be returned are temporarily stored in the stopped state.

The operation of the automatic teller machine configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

In the deposit operation, first, deposited banknotes 3 are put into the deposit section 4 from the transaction opening 2, separated one by one by the separation and delivery section 7, and sent to the conveyance section 8. Then, while being conveyed through the conveyance path 8, a discrimination section 9 discriminates whether the deposited banknotes 3 are genuine or false, and when the deposited banknotes 3 are discriminated as genuine, the gates 10 are moved to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 and sent to the collection vehicle 40. Further, the deposited banknotes 3 held in the collecting car 40 are scraped off by the scraping part 41b of the frame 41 shown in solid lines in FIG. One end is brought into contact with the alignment plate 48 shown by the solid line in the figure, and the particles are temporarily stored while being aligned. If the deposited banknote 3 is not recognized as a genuine banknote, the gate 10 is set to the state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. (conveying path A), and then sent out onto the lower payout belt 52 (return pool section) in a stopped state along the guide plate 51 shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, and temporarily stored therein. After all the deposited banknotes 3 have been verified, those that have been verified as genuine are stored in the pool section 11, and those that have not been verified are stored in the return pool. The banknotes in the pool section 11 are conveyed to the deposit box 13b or the payment section 12 based on the confirmation. This conveyance operation involves rotating the frame 41 upward to raise the lower feed belt 42 to the horizontal state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The banknotes in the pool section 11 are held between them, and in this state, the upper and lower feed belts 42, 46 are rotated forward or backward, and when the banknotes are sent to the payment section 12 and returned, First, the banknotes on the lower dispensing belt 52 are sent to the payout section 12, and then the guide plate 51 is placed in the horizontal state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, and the upper and lower feed belts 42 and 46 are driven. Lower dispensing belt 5
2, and the lower payout belt 52 sends the banknotes to the payment section 12. At this time, the upper dispensing belt 53 and the presser belt 54 rotate and move up and down depending on the thickness of the bill, and the bill is transferred to the lower dispensing belt 54.
It is pushed to 2. Also, deposit banknotes in box 13.
When receiving the paper into the storage area b, the aligning plate 48 is held horizontally as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, the gate 45 is placed horizontally as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, and then sent to the deposit box 13b by the lower conveyor belt 44.
It is sent to. At this time, the upper conveyor belt 4
7 moves up and down depending on the thickness of the banknote, pressing the banknote against the lower conveyor belt 44. The lid 13c is in an open state as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 when the storage box 13 is attached to the machine body 1.

After the deposited banknotes 3 are processed in this way, the upper feeding belt 46, the upper dispensing belt 53,
When the presser belt 54 is pivoted up as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 and the frame 41 is pivoted down as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, the machine is ready for the next depositing or dispensing operation.

In addition, in the withdrawal operation, withdrawal box 6A,
The dispensing banknotes 5 from 6B are separated one by one by separating and sending units 7A and 7B and fed into the conveyance path 8, and are discriminated while being conveyed. Then, set gate 10 to the third
The state shown by the solid line in the figure is maintained, and all the payout bills sent out from the conveyance path 8 are fed into the collection vehicle 40 and temporarily stored in the pool section 11 as in the case of the deposit operation. When the number of banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount is stored in the pool part 11 without any abnormality being identified, the banknotes are held between the upper and lower feeding belts 42 and 46, as in the case of return at the time of deposit. Then, it is fed to the lower payout belt 52 on the left side in FIG. 3, and further conveyed to the payment section 12 by the lower payout belt 52, the upper payout belt 53, and the presser belt 54. Furthermore, if an abnormality is detected before a predetermined number of banknotes are stored in the pool section 11, first, the separating and sending sections 7A and 7B are stopped to stop feeding out the banknotes, and the banknotes for which the abnormality has been detected are pooled. After storing the bills in the pool section 11, all the bills in the pool section 11 are held by the upper and lower feeding belts 42 and 46, the gate 45 is opened to the state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, and the banknotes are moved to the right in FIG. The money is transported and sent to the redirect box 13a, and then the above-mentioned withdrawal operation is restarted from the beginning.

After this dispensing operation is completed, the upper feeding belt 46, the upper dispensing belt 53, the presser belt 5
When the frame 41 is turned up as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, the frame 41 is turned down as shown in the solid line in FIG. 3, and the gates 10 and 45 are placed in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. It becomes ready for operation or withdrawal operation.

If it is necessary to issue a receipt together with the disbursed banknotes, a receipt issuing unit 60 is provided at the top as shown in FIG. The banknotes may be sent out onto the banknotes in the pool section) and sent to the payment unit 12 together with the banknotes.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a first conveyance path for conveying deposited banknotes sent from the depositing section or withdrawal banknotes sent out from the withdrawal box; A discrimination section that discriminates the authenticity of the bills being conveyed, double feeding, mixture of different types of bills, etc., and a pool section that temporarily stores deposited bills and all withdrawn bills that are discriminated as genuine bills by the discrimination section. , a second transport path for transporting deposited banknotes that have not been identified as genuine by the recognition unit to a payment unit that returns and dispenses the banknotes; and a second transport path for transporting banknotes stored in the pool unit to the second transport path or A third conveyance path to be sent to a storage box, and all deposited banknotes among the banknotes sent out from the first conveyance path are guided to the pool section, and the deposited banknotes are operated by the discrimination section and discriminated as genuine bills. Since the present invention is configured to include a gate for distributing deposited banknotes that have not been identified as genuine notes to the pool section or the second conveyance path, the following effects can be achieved.

One validator and one pool can be used for both depositing and dispensing operations, and the transport path for transporting banknotes can be simplified. This makes it possible to simplify and downsize the automatic teller machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a conventional automatic teller machine, FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the present invention. 3... Deposit banknotes, 4... Deposit section, 5... Dispatch banknotes, 6A, 6B... Dispatch box, 8... Transport path (first transport path), 9... Validation section, 10... Gate, 11...Pool section, 12...Payment section, 13...
... Storage box, A... Conveyance path (second conveyance path), B... Conveyance path (third conveyance path).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first conveyance path that conveys deposited banknotes sent from the depositing section or withdrawal banknotes sent out from the withdrawal box, and the authenticity, double feeding, and different types of banknotes of the banknotes conveyed on the first conveyance path. a discrimination section for discriminating contamination, etc., a pool section for temporarily storing deposited banknotes that have been distinguished as genuine notes by the discrimination section and all withdrawn bills, and a pool section for temporarily storing deposited banknotes that have not been distinguished as genuine notes by the discrimination section. , a second transport path for transporting banknotes to a payment section for returning and dispensing banknotes; a third transport path for transporting banknotes stored in the pool section to the second transport path or a storage box; All the paid bills out of the bills sent out from the conveyance path are guided to the pool section, and the deposited bills operated by the discrimination section and discriminated as genuine bills and the deposited bills that were not discriminated as genuine bills are collected in the pool section. Or an automatic deposit/withdrawal machine equipped with a gate for sorting to a second conveyance path.