JPS6315969Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed explanation of the invention] (a) Field of the invention This invention is for example, an automatic deposit/payment machine in banking business, or a deposit/withdrawal machine, in which deposited banknotes are transferred to each deposit. The present invention relates to a circulation depositing and dispensing device that classifies and stores banknotes in denomination storage boxes provided for each type and discharges the banknotes in these storage boxes as withdrawal banknotes for withdrawal (payment).

(b) Background of the invention As a conventional deposit/withdrawal machine, for example,
No. 41900 discloses a device.

In the case of this conventional device, the withdrawal bills are paid out from a withdrawal storage box and the deposited bills are stored in a deposit storage box, and since it is not a circulation system in which deposited bills are used as withdrawal bills, it is necessary to prepare the withdrawal bills in advance, and the deposited bills remain stored in the storage box, which poses the problem that the efficiency of bill management is extremely poor.Furthermore, the storage boxes for the withdrawal bills and the deposited bills need to be large so that they can store a sufficient amount, which poses the problem that the device becomes large.

In addition, if a bill is dispensed from the withdrawal storage box due to a dispensing error, the bill is collected in the collection box and left unused, which poses the problem of further worsening the banknote operation. Ta.

As a conventional example of improving the use of banknotes,
- There is a device disclosed in Publication No. 5797, and this conventional device is a device that, if there is an error in feeding out banknotes from the storage box for withdrawal, stores the fed out banknotes in the original storage box and reuses them. However, in order to configure a circulation-type deposit/withdrawal device that utilizes this reuse mechanism, it is necessary to have a deposit conveyance path for conveying deposit bills to a storage box, and a deposit transport path for conveying bills for withdrawal from the storage box. This method requires a dispensing conveyance path for discharging bills and a forwarding conveyance path for conveying bills due to an error in dispensing bills to a storage box, resulting in a complicated structure and an increase in the size of the device.

(C) Purpose of the invention This invention uses a unique U-shaped conveyance path in which the deposit conveyance path also serves as a part of the withdrawal conveyance path, thereby maintaining good banknote handling efficiency. The object of the present invention is to provide a circulation type deposit/withdrawal device in which the deposit/withdrawal path can be formed short and the device can be configured compactly.

(d) Summary of the invention This invention is a system that distributes banknotes of the denomination corresponding to each denomination storage box into a deposit conveyance path provided along the storage side of storage boxes arranged side by side. A board is provided, a withdrawal port is connected to the end of the conveyance path, a withdrawal conveyance path is provided along the payout side of the storage box by denomination, and the end of the conveyance path is connected to the deposit conveyance path. A detector is connected to the starting end of the sorting section via a connecting conveyance path to form a U-shaped conveyance path surrounding each storage box, and detects abnormal discharge of banknotes paid out from each of the storage boxes, When this detector detects abnormal discharge of banknotes at the time of withdrawal, the distribution board corresponding to the denomination of the banknote to be withdrawn is driven by the city control means, and the banknote is sorted and stored in the storage box of that denomination. It is characterized by being a type deposit/withdrawal device.

(e) Effects of the invention According to this invention, the banknotes dispensed at the time of withdrawal have a
If there is an abnormal release such as consecutive sheets or two sheets overlapped,
By storing the banknotes in the original storage box, the abnormally discharged banknotes can be used again as dispensing banknotes, and the efficiency of banknote operation can be improved.

In addition, the deposit/withdrawal conveyance path forms a U-shaped conveyance path on three sides of the parallel storage boxes, and a part of the deposit conveyance path is also used as a withdrawal conveyance path, so that abnormally ejected banknotes Although it is a mechanism that has the function of reusing money, the deposit transport path and the withdrawal transport path share parts of each other, and the transport path is connected by one path, thereby minimizing the necessary amount of transport. Therefore, it can be composed shortly,
As a result, the entire device can be configured compactly.

(F) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below in detail based on the drawings.

The drawing shows an automatic deposit/payment machine used in banking operations, and in FIG. 1, this automatic deposit/payment machine processes deposit transactions and payment transactions;
The circulating deposit/withdrawal device is configured to circulate deposited banknotes of each denomination accepted during deposit transactions as withdrawn banknotes during payment transactions.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an operation procedure display that sequentially displays the operation procedure, and the customer operates according to the displayed procedure.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a card insertion slot, and a card reader is provided inside the slot, and when the card given to the customer is inserted into the slot, card data is read.

Note that a passbook may be used in place of or in conjunction with the card.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a receipt discharge port, which is provided with a slip issuing device therein, and issues and discharges a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the time of a deposit transaction or a payment transaction.

4 is an amount display that displays the amount at the time of deposit transaction or payment transaction.

5 is a denomination number display which displays the number of denominations of each denomination inserted at the time of deposit transaction.

6 is a deposit key, and 7 is a payment key, which respectively designate a deposit transaction and a payment transaction.

Number 8 is the numeric keypad, and you enter numbers such as your password and payment amount.

9 is a denomination key which specifies the denomination at the time of payment.

10 is a confirmation key, which is operated when the deposit transaction is approved without canceling the transaction.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a cancellation key, which is operated to cancel the above-described deposit transaction.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a deposit slot into which banknotes are deposited during a deposit transaction.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a withdrawal port, which returns the banknotes when the banknotes inserted during the deposit transaction are determined to be defective banknotes, when the cancel key 11 is pressed, and discharges the banknotes dispensed as payment banknotes during the payment transaction. .

In the automatic deposit/payment machine configured as described above, the user first operates the deposit key 6 or the payment key 7 to specify a transaction, then inserts the card into the card slot 2 and enters the PIN number using the numeric keypad 8. By doing this, the correspondence between the card and the customer is checked.

Note that this check is not necessarily necessary in the case of deposits.

In the case of a deposit transaction, deposited banknotes are inserted into the deposit slot 12, and the banknotes are taken in one by one to determine authenticity and denomination. Defective banknotes are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned.

The amount of accepted normal banknotes and the number of each denomination are displayed on the amount display 4 and the number of denominations display 5, respectively, and if the customer confirms that it is OK, the transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10. is established, the card is returned, and a receipt is ejected from the receipt ejection port 3.

When the cancel key 11 is pressed, the transaction is canceled and the accepted banknotes are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned. Note that the returned banknotes in this case are different from the banknotes at the time of insertion, but this will become clear in the explanation later.

In the case of a payment transaction, the requested payment amount and each denomination are entered using the numeric keypad 8 and the denomination key 9, and these amounts and the number of coins of each denomination are displayed on the denomination display 4 and the denomination number display. The transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10 if the customer confirms it is OK, the payment bill is discharged to the withdrawal port 13, the card is returned, and the receipt discharge port 3 is displayed.
A receipt will be issued.

FIG. 2 shows a circulating deposit/withdrawal device configured inside the deposit port 12 and the withdrawal port 13 described above. An eccentric roller 15 and a take-in roller 16 are provided below the eccentric roller 15 facing one surface, a holding plate 17 is provided facing the other surface, and a bottom plate 1 is provided on the bottom surface.
It has 8.

The press plate 17 described above presses the banknotes 19 against the rollers 15 and 16, but when receiving the banknotes 19,
A suitable cam mechanism allows it to be retracted for acceptance.

Then, by detecting acceptance of the banknote 19, the pressing position is established.

A friction roller 20 is provided opposite to the above-mentioned take-in roller 16, and the above-mentioned eccentric roller 15 is rotated to take in the banknotes 19, which have been loosened, one by one as the take-in roller 16 rotates.

In addition, 21 in the figure is the intake empty sensor, and the intake part 1
It is detected that four banknotes 19 are taken in one after another and become empty.

The banknotes taken in by the above-mentioned take-in roller 16 are conveyed by first conveyor belts 22, 22, which are conveyed at a conveyance speed faster than this take-in speed.

A length abnormality detector 23 and a two-sheet overlap detector 24 are provided in the conveyance path of the first conveyor belts 22, 22, and the detector 23 is constituted by, for example, a photoelectric sensor. The time is counted and it is checked whether two bills have been taken out.

The detector 24 also includes a cam and a banknote thickness of 1.
The overlapping of two or more banknotes is checked by passing the banknotes between rollers that are oppositely provided with a gap of half a sheet. Note that this configuration itself is well known.

The banknote discriminating unit 25 is constituted by, for example, a magnetic head, and reads the printed pattern of the banknote to determine authenticity and denomination.

The banknotes read by the banknote discrimination section 25 described above are conveyed to the sorting section 29 by a conveyance path formed by the second conveyance belts 26, 26, the drum 27, and the third conveyance belt 28.

The above-mentioned distribution section 29 includes fourth and fifth conveyor belts 30 and 31, and sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth conveyor belts 32 which are in contact with these belts 30 and 31.
33, 34, 35, and distribution plates 36A, 36B,
36C, 36D, and a deposit conveyance path.
The sorting plates 36A to 36D are the banknote discriminating section 25 described above.
Based on the determination result, the distribution operation is performed.

Note that this operation is performed by an appropriate solenoid.

The denominations of banknotes handled by this deposit/withdrawal device are A, B,
The three denominations A, B, and C are mixed as D.

The aforementioned distribution board 36A displays denomination A, the distribution board 36B displays denomination B, and the distribution board C displays denomination C.
The distribution board 36D is for the above-mentioned denominations A, B, and C, and each distribution board 36A to
36C performs a sorting operation on the banknotes that were not sorted.

The aforementioned conveyor belts 30 to 35 convey banknotes for the aforementioned distribution process.

The conveyance end portions of the fifth conveyor belt 31 and the ninth conveyor belt 35 are connected to the discharge section 37, and defective banknotes determined to be counterfeit by the banknote discrimination section 25 described above are conveyed to the discharge section 37 without being sorted. .

Pool portions 38A to 38D are temporarily provided on the distribution direction side of each of the aforementioned distribution plates 36A to 36D,
Banknotes of denominations sorted by each sorting board 36A to 36D are once pooled.

In addition, 39 in the figure is a guide roller.

The above-mentioned discharge section 37 is constructed below the dispensing port 13, and has a lower movable bottom plate 40, a capstan 41 and a pinch roller 42 provided oppositely to the upper surface of the lower movable bottom plate 40, and the pinch roller 42 is connected to the capstan by an appropriate solenoid. It is provided to be moved to the 41 side and pressed.

The above-mentioned capstan 41 and pinch roller 42 are usually separated, and the dispensed banknotes and returned banknotes are fed between them, and at the time of ejection, the pinch roller 42 moves and pinches the banknote, and the capstan 41 rotates in the ejecting direction. By doing so, the banknotes are released.

The above-mentioned movable bottom plate 40 is provided to open by swinging downward using its left end as a fulcrum,
It is opened and closed by an appropriate solenoid. A recovery conveyance path is formed in the lower part of the movable bottom plate 40 by the tenth conveyance belt 43 that is in contact with the ninth conveyance belt 35, and when collecting the banknotes on the movable bottom plate 40,
The movable bottom plate 40 is opened and the banknotes are placed on the belts 35, 4.
3 and once collected in the pool section 38D.

Each of the above-mentioned pool parts 38A to 38D is formed into a box shape with an open top surface, and the bottom part is provided to open and close downward, and is opened and closed by an appropriate solenoid to move the pooled banknotes downward. can be supplied.

At the bottom of each of the pool sections 38A to 38D, storage boxes 44A to 44D for storing banknotes from each upper stage are arranged side by side, and their storage sides are made to correspond to each other.

The storage boxes 44A to 44C are storage boxes for each denomination that stores the corresponding denominations A, B, and C, and
A storage box 44 is provided in a fixed state with respect to the device.
D is a bulk storage box that collectively stores mixed denominations D, and is removably attached to the device and has a larger storage capacity than the other storage boxes 44A to 44C.

Note that if the banknotes to be stored in the storage box 44D are stacked together for each denomination, the banknotes stored in the storage box 44D by denomination can be stacked together.
When sorting and storing items from 4A to 44C, use the sorting plate 36.
This is preferable because the number of operations of A to 36C is reduced.

A feeding section 45 for feeding banknotes is formed at the lower part of each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D.
On the lower surface of each are feeding rollers 46A to 46.
It has a D and feeds out banknotes by being rotated.

In addition, 47... loosens the overlap of each stored banknote with an eccentric roller, and 48... each payout roller 4.
6A to 46D are friction rollers in contact with each other.

The above-mentioned feeding section 45 includes an eleventh conveyor belt 49 and twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth conveyor belts 5 that are in contact with the eleventh conveyor belt 49.
0, 51, 52, and a withdrawal conveyance path by
11 It has a connection conveyance path formed by the rising extension of the conveyance belt 49 and the vertical portion of the third conveyance belt 28 mentioned above, and the connection conveyance path is connected to the sorting start end of the above-mentioned deposit conveyance path, and each storage box The bills paid out from 44A to 44D are conveyed to the discharge section 37 using the deposit conveyance path of the sorting section 29.

In addition, the above-mentioned deposit conveyance path, withdrawal conveyance path, and connection conveyance path connecting these are connected to each of the storage boxes 44A to 44A.
A U-shaped conveyance path is formed that surrounds the top, bottom, and one side of 44C.

Each storage box 44 is placed in the conveyance path of the above-mentioned feeding section 45.
It has length abnormality detectors 53A to 53D that detect the length of banknotes fed out from A to 44D, and a double overlap detector 54 that detects the overlap of two banknotes, and also includes a portion of the drum 27 described above. is provided with a banknote review section 55.

The length abnormality detectors 53A to 53D described above are composed of photoelectric sensors, and the double-sheet overlap detector 54 is constructed in the same manner as the detector 24 described above.

The length abnormality detector is double overlap detector 5.
4, only one may be provided in the common transfer path.

The banknote review unit 55 is comprised of, for example, a magnetic head or a photoelectric head, and reads the printed pattern of the dispensed banknote to review the denomination.

In the storage boxes 44A to 44D described above, 56A
~56D are storage box full sensors that detect the fullness of banknotes stored in each storage box, 57A~57D are storage box remaining sensors that detect the amount of banknotes stored in each storage box, and 58A~ 58D is a storage box empty sensor that detects whether each storage box is empty.

In addition, the storage box full sensors 56A to 56C described above
If the amount of banknotes used varies depending on the frequency of use of each denomination, the detection position can be freely set depending on the frequency of use.

In addition, 59A to 59D in the pool parts 38A to 38D mentioned above are pool part empty sensors,
Each time it is detected that the pool section is empty.

And each of the above-mentioned sensors 56, 57, 58, 59
is composed of a photoelectric sensor, but a micro switch or the like may also be used.

FIG. 3 shows the means for attaching and detaching the bulk storage box 44D, and in FIG. is an inclined long hole locking hole 6
1 and 61 at positions corresponding to the above-mentioned locking pins 60 and 60, and by engaging and mounting these, the storage box 44D can be moved from the lateral direction without being temporarily obstructed by the pool portion 38D. , can be attached to the feeding section 45.

FIG. 3(b) shows another means, in which a locking pin 60 is provided at the bottom and a stopper 62 at the top on the main body side of the device.
A locking hole 61 is provided on one side of the lower part of the side surface of the storage box 44D.
At the time of mounting, the storage box 44D is mounted by tilting the storage box 44D and engaging the locking hole 61 with the locking pin 60, then rotating it and supporting it with the stopper 62. I can do it.

FIG. 3C shows still another means, in which a feeding roller 46D, an eccentric roller 47, and a friction roller 48 are constructed in the storage box 44D. According to this, the storage box 44D can be attached to the main body of the apparatus by sliding it horizontally and laterally.

Note that power is transmitted to the feeding roller 46D from the device main body side through gear engagement.

The storage box 44D attached to the main body of the apparatus may be temporarily fixed to the main body of the apparatus using screws or a latch mechanism.

4 and 5 show one storage box 44 in which banknotes can be circulated. Since each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D has the same configuration, one of them will be explained, and since the pool parts 38A to 38D also have the same configuration, one of them will be explained in connection. Note that storage mechanisms capable of circulating banknotes are known per se, and therefore various circulation mechanisms other than this embodiment may be employed.

Now, once the bottom plates 63, 63 of the pool part 38 are
It is divided into two parts, with the left and right sides opening downward.
These openings and closings are performed by a suitable solenoid or cam drive mechanism. Moreover, each of the bottom plates 63, 63 has a comb-teeth shape, and when opened, is provided so that it extends outside the side wall using a notch (not shown) formed in the side wall of the lower storage box 44. ,
As a result, when the bottom plates 63, 63 are opened, the banknotes once pooled in the pool part 38 are dropped in an overlapping state.

The storage box 44 is provided to store banknotes in an inclined manner so that the edge of the banknotes to be fed out is slanted downward, and inside thereof there is a support lever 64 on the side in the above-mentioned inclination direction, and a presser lever opposite thereto. The lever 65 is pushed in.

The above-mentioned support lever 64 and presser lever 65 are both formed as a left and right pair, and are inserted into the interior through a long hole so as to be able to move up and down.

The support lever 64 has its base end fixed to a shaft 66 that is supported by a movable frame 69 that moves up and down.A pinion 67 is fixed to this shaft 66, and when the pinion 67 is rotated in forward and reverse directions, The above-mentioned support lever 64 is then moved between a supporting position within the storage box 44 and an external position outside the storage box 44.

A rack 68 is provided on the above-mentioned pinion 67 so that it can be freely engaged and detached by an appropriate solenoid.
With the rack 68 meshing with the pinion 67, the pinion 67 is rotated in forward and reverse directions by the vertical movement of the movable frame 69 mentioned above.

The above-mentioned movable frame 69 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 70, and a belt 72 driven by a forward/reverse motor 71 is fixed. It is done.

The switches 73 and 74 act on the movable frame 69, and the switch 73 detects the upper limit and the switch 74 detects the lower limit to control the motor 71 mentioned above.

The aforementioned presser lever 65 is fixed to a holding frame 75, and this holding frame 75 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 76, and a spring 77 is locked to this holding frame 75 to urge it downward. has been done.

The protruding end 7 formed on the above-mentioned holding frame 75
8 is locked onto the upper surface of the protruding end 79 of the movable frame 69, and its downward movement by the spring 77 is restricted.

Therefore, when the movable frame 69 is moved down, the holding frame 7
5 is moved downward by the acting force of the spring 77, and when the presser lever 65 of the holding frame 75 comes into contact with the upper surface of the stored banknotes during the downward movement, the holding frame 75 is prevented from moving downward and separates from the movable frame 69.

The switch 80 detects the above-mentioned separation, and based on this detection signal, the above-mentioned rack 68
is manipulated.

That is, when receiving banknotes from the pool portion 38 into the storage box 44, the support lever 64 and the presser lever 65 are in the upper position, and once the banknotes are received in the storage box 44 from the pool portion 38,
Accepts banknotes from 8. At this time, the bill is received in an inclined manner, and the lower edge of the inclination is supported by the support lever 64.

When the motor 71 rotates forward and the movable frame 69 moves downward, the support lever 64 moves downward, and the presser lever 65 moves downward, so that the banknotes are stored in the storage box 44.

When the presser lever 65 comes into contact with the upper surface of the banknotes already stored, its downward movement is blocked, and the protruding end 79 of the movable frame 69 separates from the protruding end 78 of the holding frame 75, which is detected by the switch 80 and the Based on the signal, the rack 68 is moved into contact with the pinion 67.

After the above-mentioned signal is output, the movable frame 69 is moved down for a period of time set by an appropriate timer. Because the pinion 67 is rotated by this downward movement, the support lever 64
exits outside the side wall, maintains exit, and enters rack 68.
is separated from the pinion 67.

Therefore, the banknotes supported by the support lever 64 are placed on top of the stored banknotes.

Thereafter, the motor 71 is reversed for a certain period of time, and the movable frame 69 is moved upward, thereby the presser lever 65 is moved upward, and the covered bill is slid to the lower part, and the motor 71 is further reversed for a certain period of time. The movable frame 69 moves downward to press down on the top surface of the banknotes that have just been stored.

This pressed position becomes the banknote feeding position.

In order to reach the storage position above this feeding position, the movable frame 69 moves upward by first reversing the motor 71, and the holding frame 75 moves upward accordingly, so that the support lever 64 and the presser lever are moved upward. 65 moves upward.

When the switch 73 detects the upward movement of the movable frame 69, the rack 68 moves the pinion 6 based on the signal.
7 and is continuously moved upward for a set time after the signal is output, the support lever 64 is moved to the storage box 44.
The rack 68 is released.

As a result, the support lever 64 and the presser lever 65 are placed in the retracted position.

FIG. 6 shows a control circuit, and a control section 81 not only controls the driving of each circuit device but also performs arithmetic processing. The control unit 81 is composed of, for example, a well-known microprocessor controlled by a program (not shown), and is appropriately connected to various input/output devices via a bus or the like.

The start-of-work setting switch 82 is operated by an employee when starting the automatic deposit/payment machine, and the switch signal causes the banknotes stored in the bulk storage box 44D to be transferred to the empty denomination-specific storage boxes 44A to 44C. The relocation work will be carried out.

The end-of-day setting switch 83 is operated by an employee when closing the automatic deposit/payment machine, and in response to this switch signal, banknotes of each denomination stored in each denomination storage box 44A to 44C are collectively stored in the storage box. 44D
Work will be carried out to move it to. These switches 82 and 83 are provided in the main body of the device.

The keyboard 84 has a numeric keypad 8 and a denomination key 9
It is composed of. The take-in drive circuit 85 drives and controls the eccentric roller 15 and the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 14 .

The conveyor drive circuit 86 connects each conveyor belt 22, 26,
28, 30-35, 43, 49-52 are driven and controlled. The discharge drive circuit 87 controls the driving of the capstan 41 of the discharge section 37 and the swinging drive of the pinch roller 42.

When an abnormality occurs in the device, the supervisory control circuit 88
Alternatively, various notifications such as when the bulk storage box 44D becomes full and needs to be replaced are sent to the staff. Incidentally, the alarm is appropriately issued on the main body of the apparatus or on the remote monitor.

The data memory 89 stores input/output data and the like as shown in FIG. In addition, area 98
Once the specified pool number is a constant, it may be stored in the program memory.

The distribution control circuit 90 connects the distribution plates 36A to 36D.
control the distribution. The pool section control circuit 91 once controls the opening and closing of the bottom plates 63 of the pool sections 38A to 38D. The feeding control circuit 92 controls the feeding rollers 46A to 46D of the feeding section 45 and the eccentric roller 4.
7 drive control is performed.

FIG. 7 shows the input/output data area of the data memory 89. The pool number area 93 temporarily stores the number of coins of each denomination to be pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38D, respectively. When bills are paid out to each denomination storage box 44A to 44C, each pool part 38A to 3
8D is the number of coins to be pooled, and at the end of the day, the bulk storage box 44D is stored from each denomination storage box 44A to 44C.
This is the number of banknotes that are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D when banknotes are collected.

The deposit number area 94 stores the number of coins of each denomination deposited during a deposit transaction, and the deposit amount area 9
5 stores the deposit amount.

The payment setting number area 96 stores the number of coins of each denomination requested at the time of payment transaction, and the payment amount area 97 stores the payment amount.

Once, the pool specified number area 98 stores the setting value of the maximum number of sheets pooled by each of the pool sections 38A to 38D, and this setting value is set to 100, for example.
When set to 1, each pool section 38A to 38
By pooling 100 banknotes in D,
This pool section once stores the banknotes in the storage box 44.

The remaining denomination area 99 is a storage box 44A for each denomination.
The storage box remaining sensors 57A to 57C of the storage box 44C output a remaining amount signal to store (for example, set a flag) that the banknotes of each denomination are insufficient and need to be replenished.

(Description of Operation) Next, the deposit/withdrawal processing operation of the automatic deposit/payment machine configured as described above will be explained.

This automatic deposit/payment machine performs five processes as shown in FIG.
Store the required number of banknotes for each denomination.

The second process is for the end of the workday, and the denomination-specific storage boxes 44A to 44 are
The banknotes are collected from C into the bulk storage box 44D and removed.

The third process is the processing of deposit transactions, in which banknotes inserted for deposit are sorted into storage boxes 44A for each denomination.
~Store in 44C.

The fourth process is a payment transaction, in which banknotes corresponding to the requested payment amount are dispensed from the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C.

The fifth is a replenishment process for paid banknotes, and the denomination-specific storage boxes 44A to 44C output a signal of the remaining amount of stored banknotes.
Bills are replenished from the bulk storage box 44D.

Then, during special operations, the control unit 81 repeatedly scans which of these processes is requested. Note that the start of work, end of work, deposit, and payment are set by a start setting switch 82, an end of work setting switch 83, respectively.
The determination is made by detecting that the deposit key 6 and the payment key 7 are turned on. Furthermore, for replenishment, the storage box remaining sensors 57A, 57B, and 57C are operated to determine whether or not these sensors detect that there are no banknotes.

(Description of Deposit Processing Operation) Next, the deposit processing will be described with reference to FIG. 9. In the deposit processing, a deposit transaction is input by operating the deposit key 6, and then a card is inserted.

In the case of deposit processing, the inserted banknotes are once pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38C or 38D for each denomination, and this pool state and the number of banknotes in area 93 are maintained until the next transaction (deposit or payment). At the start (for example, when entering a key or inserting a card), the cards are stored in the storage box, and the number of sheets in the area 93 is also cleared to zero. This is to confirm the banknotes inserted in case there is a financial dispute with a customer.

Therefore, in the initial stage of deposit processing, the pool section 38
The pool empty sensor 59A~ checks whether there are banknotes in the previous pool pooled in A~38D.
59D. Once there are banknotes left in the pool, the supervisory control circuit 88 issues an alarm to the attendant. As a result, the staff member temporarily removes the banknotes from the pool section and performs the restart process.

Once no banknotes remain in the pool, acceptance of deposited banknotes is permitted, and the deposited banknotes are deposited into the deposit slot 12 all at once.

Next, the take-in drive circuit 85 drives the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 14, and the conveyance drive circuit 86 drives each conveyance belt to take in banknotes.

The length abnormality detector 23 takes out two bills, the two-bill overlap detector 24 checks whether two bills overlap, and the bill discriminator 25 determines the authenticity and denomination of the bills.

If an abnormality is found through these checks and discrimination, the abnormal banknote is transferred to the movable bottom plate 4 of the discharge section 37.
0, and then the release drive circuit 87
drives the capstan 41 and pinch roller 42 of the discharge section 37 to discharge the abnormal banknote.

When the above-mentioned abnormal bill is reinserted after being checked by the customer, the deposit is accepted again, and when it is not re-inserted, the deposit transaction is terminated as an abnormality.

When the deposit banknotes are normally taken in and the banknote determination is also normal, each denomination is counted based on the signal indicating the denomination of the banknote discriminator 25, and this count value is stored in the data memory 89. The denominations A, B, and C are stored in area 94, and the total amount is stored in area 95.

Next, storage boxes 44A to 44C by denomination of the corresponding denomination
The storage box full sensors 56A to 56C check whether the storage box is full or not.
Check based on the output of

When the storage boxes 44A to 44C of the corresponding denomination are full, the denominations are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D.

For this purpose, the distribution control circuit 90
D is distributed and the banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D.

If the storage boxes 44A to 44C for the corresponding denomination are not full, the pool section 38 corresponding to the denomination
Pool A to 38C. For this purpose, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plates 36A to 36C to distribute and temporarily pool the corresponding denominations in the pool section. The numbers once pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38D are stored in the area 93, respectively.

Once such intake and pooling are repeated and the intake empty sensor 21 detects that the intake section 14 is empty, the intake drive control circuit 8
5 stops the driving of the intake section 14.

Then, it is checked whether the transaction is successful or not, and the transaction is completed when the customer presses the confirmation key 10. After communication with the center, the processing of the deposit transaction is completed.

At this time, cards are returned and receipts are issued and released. In addition, the data memory 89
Areas 94 and 95 are cleared to 0.

If the customer presses the cancellation key 11 during the above check, if there is a failure on the device side such as not being able to issue a slip, or if there is a cancellation instruction from the center (for example, there is no corresponding account), the transaction will be deemed unsuccessful. Deposit banknotes will eventually be returned.

These banknotes are not returned to the banknotes that were once pooled in the pool section 38, but to the storage boxes 44A to 44C for each denomination.
This is done by dispensing the banknotes stored in the banknotes, and this banknote dispensing is performed based on the data on the deposit amount and the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in areas 94 and 95 of the data memory 89, and the payment transaction described later is performed. Processing is done in the same way.

(Explanation of payment processing operation) Next, the payment processing will be described with reference to FIG. A secret number is entered from the keyboard 84 and correspondence is checked.

Next, the customer uses the keyboard 84 to specify the denominations A, B, and C for the requested amount, and the number of sheets and amount for each of these denominations are stored in areas 96 and 97 of the data memory 89, and Through communication with the center, instructions are given from the center as to whether or not the payment transaction is possible.

When a payment transaction is possible, the conveyor drive circuit 86 drives each conveyor belt to prepare for conveyance, and the feed control circuit 92 sequentially feeds denominations B and C from denomination A based on the data on the number of denominations described above. Drives delivery rollers 46A to 46C.

For example, when denomination A is specified, the payout roller 46A is driven and bills of denomination A are paid out from the denomination storage box 44A, and it is determined whether the payout is normal or not.
Length abnormality detector 53A and double overlap detector 5
Checked by 4.

When abnormal dispensing such as two bills being taken out or two bills stacking up is detected by this check, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plate 36A to temporarily pool the dispensed bills in the pool section 38A.

That is, since it is known that the dispensed bill is of denomination A, it is returned to the original storage box 44A for reuse.

When the banknotes are fed normally, the banknote review unit 55
The denomination is then re-examined by the bank and checked to see if it is denomination A. At this time, it may be judged as another denomination,
If there is a reading failure due to wrinkles or some bends in the bill, the sorting control circuit 90
6D is driven to distribute the bills, and the delivered banknotes are once pooled in the pool section 38D and collected.

When the dispensing and re-scanning of denomination A are normal, the dispensed bills are temporarily pooled in the discharge section 37, and the number of dispensed bills is stored in area 9 of the data memory 89.
The amount is subtracted from the denomination A stored in 6.

In this way, denomination A is paid out sequentially,
When the specified number of sheets of denomination A in the above-mentioned area 96 becomes 0, the feeding control circuit 92 stops driving the feeding roller 46A, and then sequentially feeds denominations B and C of the specified number of sheets in the same manner as described above. A payout is performed.

When the designated number of bills of each denomination is dispensed, that is, when the designated number of bills of each denomination stored in area 96 of data memory 89 reaches 0, a check is made to see if the discharge of the dispensed bills is correct.

When an abnormality occurs in other mechanical parts such as a slip issuing machine or a passbook printer, discharging becomes impossible, and the dispensed bills are collectively collected in the storage box 44D.

For this purpose, the movable bottom plate 40 of the discharging section 37 is opened and the banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D, and then the pool section control circuit 91 is temporarily connected to the pool section 38D.
8D is driven to collect the banknotes in the bulk storage box 44D.

Of course, the banknotes collected in the bulk storage box 44D are used again as fed banknotes.

When the dispensed banknotes may be discharged, the discharge drive circuit 87 drives the capstan 41 and the pinch roller 42 of the discharge unit 37 to discharge the banknotes pooled in the discharge unit 37 to the dispensing port 13. Finish the payment process.

At this time, the card is returned and a receipt is issued and released, and areas 96 and 97 of the data memory 89 are also cleared to 0.

(Summary) In the above-described embodiment, each denomination storage box is fixed to the main body of the apparatus, but may also be a removable cartridge.

Fraudulent banknotes due to deposits or banknotes that cannot be used as dispensing banknotes due to damage may be collected separately from the collective storage box, thereby preventing them from being used as circulating banknotes.

A well-known impeller may be used in the pool portion 38 to ensure more reliable stacking.

In the above embodiment, a customer-operated automatic deposit/payment machine was described, but this invention was developed by a teller (staff).
Needless to say, the present invention is applied to operating deposit/dispensing machines.

In terms of the correspondence between the configuration of this invention and the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment, the deposit conveyance path of this invention corresponds to the conveyance path formed by the conveyance belts 28, 31 to 35 of the embodiment, and the following similarly applies. The gold conveyance path corresponds to the conveyance path formed by the conveyance belts 49 to 52, the connection conveyance path corresponds to the conveyance path formed by the conveyance belts 28 and 49 facing each other, and the detector detects abnormal length. The detectors 53A to 53C correspond to the double overlap detector 54, the control means corresponds to the control unit 81, and the other parts correspond to the same component names as in the embodiment, but this invention is limited to the configuration of the embodiment only. It is not limited.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the appearance of an automatic deposit/payment machine, Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, and Fig. 3 A to C show the attachment and detachment of the storage box. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of the storage box, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, FIG. 6 is a control circuit block diagram of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, and FIG. 7 is an explanation of the data memory area. Figure 8 is a flowchart of automatic deposit/payment machine processing operation during standby, Figure 9
The figure is a flowchart of deposit processing, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart of payment processing. 12...Deposit port, 13...Payment port, 14...Intake unit, 19...Banknote, 25...Banknote discrimination unit, 29
...Distribution section, 36A to 36C...Distribution board, 3
7... Discharge unit, 44A-44C... Storage box by denomination, 44D... Bulk storage box, 55... Banknote review unit, 53A-53C... Length abnormality detector, 54...
...Double overlap detector.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A circulating deposit/withdrawal device that classifies and stores deposited banknotes in storage boxes according to denominations when depositing, and dispenses banknotes from the storage box when withdrawing money, the device according to the denomination. Storage boxes are arranged side by side, a deposit transport path is provided along the storage side, and banknotes of the denomination corresponding to each denomination storage box are sorted into this deposit transport path and stored accordingly. In addition to providing a sorting board to guide the boxes,
A withdrawal port is connected to the transport end of this deposit transport path, and a withdrawal port is provided along the payout side of the storage box for each denomination, and the transport end of this transport path is connected to the deposit transport. A U-shaped conveyor is connected to the starting end of the distribution section of the route by a connecting conveyance path, and surrounds each storage box with the deposit conveyance path, the withdrawal conveyance path, and the connection conveyance path that connects these. A detector is installed to detect abnormal release of banknotes from each denomination storage box at the time of withdrawal. In response to the detector detecting abnormal discharge of banknotes, driving and controlling a sorting plate corresponding to the denomination of the dispensing banknotes to classify and store the dispensing banknotes in the storage boxes of the denominations. Circulating deposit/withdrawal device with means.