JPS63241690A - Automatic transactor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention is applicable to automatic deposit/withdrawal devices installed in, for example, mechanized corners of banks, which automatically deposit and withdraw one banknote. Relating to trading devices.

(Prior art) In recent years, single-person withdrawal devices (Automated 'l'ell
ers Machine (ATM) is installed in the mechanized corner of a bank.

It allows customers to automatically withdraw banknotes (withdrawal) or deposit money (deposit) using a transaction medium such as a card or passbook. It's up and running!-! Ta. Department store,
The number of units installed is expected to increase in the future, as they can be used for unmanned operation by installing them inside stores such as supermarkets.

Against this background, improving the efficiency of operating funds for single-person withdrawal machines, as well as streamlining the efficiency of single-person withdrawals, has become an important issue for financial institutions such as banks. In order to improve the efficiency of operating funds, which is one of the issues.

2. Description of the Related Art A banknote automatic circulation type deposit and withdrawal device that applies deposited banknotes to withdrawal banknotes has been developed and put into practical use.

As described above, in the automatic transaction device, the deposited banknotes that have passed through the inspection section are accumulated in the temporary accumulation section, and after the transaction is completed, they are stored by denomination in the storage section formed in the safe cassette, etc.
The structure is designed to prevent problems from occurring.

In addition, the above-mentioned temporary stacking section for temporarily stacking deposited banknotes is provided with a stacking guide to align the edges of the stacked banknotes, but conventionally this stacking guide was fixed, and the largest banknote It is adjusted to size.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, automatic transaction devices allow deposits in three denominations currently in circulation: 10,000 yen notes, egg yen notes, and 1,000 yen notes. There are two types of banknotes, the so-called old banknotes before the exchange, and the new banknotes after the defeat, for a total of six types of banknotes.

In addition, the dimensions of one banknote differ depending on the denomination, and the old banknotes are different in length and width, so at one time, six types of banknotes with different sizes were stacked together in the stacking section. Become.

If these are guided by a stacking guide that is fixed to the maximum size, that is, old 10,000 yen notes, it is necessary to stack them in an orderly manner, since the overwhelming majority of banknotes currently in circulation are new ones that are much smaller than this. This poses a problem in that it is extremely difficult and may affect post-processing.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances.

The purpose is to be able to handle the vast majority of deposit transactions using new notes, which handle an overwhelmingly large amount! Ta.

The present invention aims to provide an automatic transaction device that can maintain an accumulation function even when mixed old notes are deposited in rare cases, and that enables good post-processing.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a bill receiving section that accepts deposit bills inserted by customers.

A conveyance path that sequentially takes in and conveys the banknotes in the banknote receiving section, an inspection section that determines the authenticity, newness, oldness, etc. of the banknotes taken in and conveyed by this conveyance path, and a guide for collecting banknotes that have passed through the inspection section. a temporary stacking section for temporarily stacking banknotes with their end faces aligned; a storage section for storing the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking section; an automatic transaction device comprising: a means for taking out notes from a storage section; the automatic transaction device is configured to move the stacking guide of the temporary stacking section so as to change the stacking width according to the result of discrimination between new and old bills in the inspection section; That is.

(Function) In other words, the present invention has a structure in which the stacking guide of the temporary stacking section is moved to change the stacking width depending on the result of discrimination between new and old bills in the inspection section. By setting this, it is possible to handle the majority of deposit transactions, and to maintain the accumulation function by widening the guide width in the rare case that old notes are deposited.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a banknote automatic circulation type deposit/withdrawal device as an automatic transaction device of the present invention. This deposit/withdrawal device 1 has an operation panel section 3 formed on the customer service side of the main body 2, and its vertical panel section 3a.
Passbook insertion slot 4゜Card insertion slot 5. and the slip issuing port 6.

The horizontal operation panel section 3b includes a deposit/withdrawal lower part serving as a bill receiving part that serves as a deposit port and a withdrawal port, an operation part 9 having a plurality of operation buttons 8, and a guide display part CRT display part 1.
0 is set.

Furthermore, a passbook reading/printing device (5) that accepts a passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot 4, reads and records its magnetic information, and prints transaction details.
A card/slip processing unit 11 (not shown) is provided which handles a magnetic card inserted through the card insertion slot 5, issues a slip to the slip issuing port 6, and creates a copy journal. Furthermore, within the main body 2, there is a deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 that has functions for depositing and returning forgotten banknotes A, collecting forgotten banknotes, loading them, and inspecting them. and an internal monitor device 13 are housed.

Next, the configuration of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, 14 & is the upper unit of the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 j5. J4b is the lower unit.

At the top of this upper unit) JJa on the front side (in the direction of the customer service side), there is a banknote loading/unloading device 1 corresponding to the above-mentioned deposit/withdrawal 07.
5 is provided. Further, a safe cassette 19 is arranged on the rear side of the upper unit) 74m and constitutes a loaded banknote storage section 23. Also, inside the lower unit 14b, from rear to front, there are third, second, and first safe cassettes 1g, 17.1.
6 is arranged, and there is an egg yen/elimination/recovery bill storage 22 as a dispensing non-conforming banknote storage section, a 1,000 yen banknote storage section (second
)21. Ten thousand yen bill storage section (second storage section) 20
It consists of

The first to fourth safe cassettes 16, 17, 118.1
9 respectively have the first, second, and so on. Third and fourth stacking and take-out devices 24, 25, 26, and 27 are provided, as well as a flapper 315 as a partitioning means for forming a space 301& as a stacking section.

Also, the first to third safe cassettes 16, 17, 18 are the fourth safe cassettes.
As shown in the figure, by rotating the transport section 51 of the lower unit of the deposit/withdrawal device 12 upward, it can be pulled out to the top.

Similarly, the fourth safe cassette 19 is also connected to the upper unit 1.
By rotating the transport section 50 of 4& upward, it can be pulled out to the top.

In addition, an inspection section 36 is arranged at the front vertical center of the upper unit main body 14&, and a temporary withdrawal accumulation section 37. A deposit temporary accumulation section 38 is provided.

Further, a banknote conveyance path R is formed in the unit main body 14 so that the banknote A can be conveyed to each section, and distribution gates 39a to 39j whose drive source is a rotary solenoid (not shown) are provided at the branching section. is installed. Furthermore, there are banknote passage detectors 4 at various locations along the banknote conveyance path R.
A banknote presence/absence detector (residual check sensor) 41 is installed at each stacking location where banknotes 08 to 40p and banknotes A...
It has a configuration in which a to 41d, 451, and 320m are arranged. The banknote passage detectors 40a to 40p and the banknote presence/absence detectors 4Ja to 41d, 451.degree.

Note that each banknote storage section 20, 21, 22, 23 is provided with a fullness detector 44. Full preliminary detector 45° Empty detector 42
and an empty preliminary detector 43 are provided. Each of the above-mentioned detectors 42, 43, 44, 45 is composed of, for example, a microswitch, and is turned on and off by pressing the JIL 310.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the money depositing and dispensing lower and the banknote taking in and taking out device 15 disposed opposite to this depositing and dispensing lower will be explained. In the figure, reference numeral 415 denotes a door body for opening and closing the deposit/withdrawal lower. The handle 415a of this door body 415 is located at a lower position than the top surface of the horizontal operation panel 3b, and the door body 415 is The opening/closing operation of the door is not obstructed.

Reference numeral 403 denotes a take-in roller that is provided on the side of the front panel 401 and takes in the banknotes accumulated in the stacking section 454 one by one, and is driven by a take-in drive mode p4o4. A detection plate 405 is provided on the shaft of the capture drive motor 404, and an initial position is detected by a capture timing detection switch 406. A first floor 407 supports the bill A in an upright position, and is connected to a link 409 via a floor bin 40B. 9. The link 409 is swingably supported via a link pin 410. The floor 407 is oscillated by the rotation of an eccentric cam 412 provided on the shaft of a floor drive motor 411, and this oscillation causes the floor 407 to vibrate up and down. The first floor 407 is formed in a comb shape, as shown in FIG. 6(jL), and is capable of allowing foreign objects such as coins to pass therethrough. As shown in the figure, there are a plurality of gaps 413 into which the corners of a banknote A' inserted in a folded state fall into.

In the figure, 456 is the second floor that receives folded banknotes A';
It is provided at a lower position than the floor 407, and is similarly formed in a comb-teeth shape.

In the figure, 457g and 457b are optical sensors.

The gap between the first floor 407 and the second floor 456 is optically detected.

The shutter 415 can be opened by operating the shutter lock release solenoid 416 and the shutter drive motor 417, and the shutter opening detection cell 418 can detect when the shutter is completely opened. When closing the shutter 415, the shutter drive motor 417 is rotated in the reverse direction, and whether or not the shutter is completely closed can be detected by a shutter closing detection cell 419. 42
The blade is a cell that detects the height position of banknotes A, and is capable of detecting cases such as when five banknotes A are inserted in the wrong direction.

425 is arranged opposite to the take-in roller 403.

The intake roller 403 is linked to the intake drive motor 404.
A gate roller (double-sheet prevention mechanism) 426 rotates in the opposite direction of the rotation of the banknotes A to prevent the banknote A from forming a double-sheet area. 427 is a discharge roller for discharging banknotes to the stacking section 454; 42B is a floor 4;
It is a saucer provided below 07.

As shown in FIG. 7, the front panel 401 and the backup 402 are slidably supported on a slide shaft 432 via bearings 430 and 431, respectively. These are the front panel 401 and the backup 4
02 is provided with protruding pieces 433 and 434, a front panel pin 435 is attached to the protruding piece 433 of the front panel 401, and a long hole 436 is formed in the protruding piece 434 of the backup 402. The front panel pin 435 is slidably fitted into the front panel pin 435. The front panel 401 and the backup 402 are elastically biased via springs 437 and 438, respectively, toward the side where the take-in roller 403 is arranged (leftward in the figure), and the front panel 401 has a portion facing the take-in row 2403. A notch 439 is formed, and as the front panel 401 moves to the side where the take-in roller 403 is disposed, a portion of the take-in row 2403 is relatively inserted through the notch 439 and is placed in the G position on the inner side of the front panel 401. It protrudes into the people accumulation section 454.

440 is a stopper that restricts the range of movement of the front panel 404 toward the take-in roller 403; 44 is a backup drive motor; a lever 442 is attached to the shaft of this backup drive motor 441; Backup 4
A backup pin 443 is attached to the bearing 431 of 02, and this backup pin 443 is attached to the spring 438.
In this state, the front panel pin 435 comes into contact with one end edge of the elongated hole 436, and as a result, the front panel 401 and the backup 402 are spaced apart and facing each other in parallel to the gate roller. 4
25 and the discharge roller 427 so as to face the upper part thereof. Also.

The lower part of the backup 402 is configured as a movable part 445 that can be rotated outward via a hinge 444.

In addition, tD 40 a in FIG. 5 is an uptake counting cell.

451 is a residual detection cell, 452 is a human detection cell, 453
is the backup initial detection cell.

Next, the operation of accepting one banknote will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

FIG. 8(&) shows a state in which banknotes A are inserted, and in this state, banknotes A are inserted into the input area 454 between the front panel 401 and the backup 402. At this time, if a foreign object such as a coin or a paper clip is mixed into one banknote A, it will pass through the gap 413 of the floor 407 and enter the tray 42.
Fall within 8. Input area 454 is gate row 2425
Therefore, foreign objects are exposed to the gate roller 425 and the discharge roller 422.
It falls accurately without getting caught.

After this, the shutter 415 closes and the floor drive motor 4
1 rotates forward and backward at high speed, the floor 407 vibrates up and down in response, and this vibration aligns the banknote A, and the foreign matter a remaining on the banknote A completely falls into the tray 428. [Figure 8(b)].

At this time, if, for example, a folded bill A' is inserted into the floor, the folded bill A' is
As shown in Figure (C), the particles are accumulated on the floor 456 and thus detected by the sensor 457a. In this case, the shutter 41
5 and ask the customer to re-enter it correctly.

Then, by operation of the backup drive motor 441, the seventh
As shown in the figure), the lever 442 rotates counterclockwise by a predetermined angle, and the springs 437 and 438 rotate accordingly.
The backup 402 and the front panel 401 integrally support the take-in roller 40 with the urging force of
Move to the placement side of 3. With this movement, a portion of the intake row 2403 is relatively removed from the notch 4 of the front panel 401.
39 and protrudes inside the front panel 401 in a nested state, and the front panel 401 comes into contact with the stopper 440 and stops, and the 5 banknotes A are inserted into the backup 40.
2, it is pressed against the take-in roller 403 [
FIG. 8(C), FIG. 7(b)].

In this state, the feed row 2426. Intake row 2
403. The gate rollers 425 rotate, and the banknote A
is sent by the feed roller 426 to the take-in section 455 between the take-in roller 403 and the gate roller 425, and the bills A are taken in one by one by the take-in roller 403 while the gate roller 425 prevents double taking. It will be done.

When the loading is completed, a residual check is performed by the residual detection cell 451, and thereafter each member returns to its original position, and the two-banknote loading process is completed. [Figure 8(d)].

Next, the operation of discharging one banknote A to the stacking section 454 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 and 9.

First, the backup drive motor 441 rotates five clockwise from the state shown in FIG. 7(a) as shown in FIG. 7(C). In response, the backup 402 and the front panel 401 move to the opposite side of the take-in roller 403 against the springs 438 and 437.

In this position, the movable part 445 of the backup 402 is driven by a solenoid (not shown) to open outward, and in this state, the front panel 40
1 and the backup 402 [
Figure 9(a)].

After this, the movable part 445 of the backup 402 closes by turning off the solenoid, and then the front panel 401 and the backup 402 return to their initial positions by the operation of the backup drive motor 441 [FIG. 9(b)]
.

In this state, the floor 40 is moved by the operation of the floor drive motor 411.
7 is raised, and the shutter 415 is opened by the operation of the shutter drive motor 417, thereby making it possible to return the bill A to the customer [FIG. 9(C)]. When the banknote A is removed by the customer, the shutter 415 is closed by the operation of the shutter drive motor 417, and the remaining detection cell 45
At step 9, a check is made for the remaining banknotes, and the process of discharging banknotes A is completed [FIG. 9(d)].

Next, the temporary deposit accumulation section 38 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

In the figure, 201 is a support pin, and a backup lever 202 and a backup link 203 are each rotatably attached to this support pin 201. At the tip of the backup lever 202, there is provided an upper conveying means facing the banknote A stacking section 230, and this upper conveying means 231 is connected to three timing pulleys 204... The intermediate timing pulley 20 is formed by the timing belt 205
4 is connected to a drive source (not shown) via a drive belt 2θ6, so that the timing belt 205 runs endlessly in conjunction with the drive source.

A long hole 20 & is formed in the upper end of the backup link 203 , and a disk bin 210 attached to the link disk 209 is loosely engaged with the long hole 208 of the back-up link 203 . The backup link 203 swings about the support pin 201 as a fulcrum.

A connecting bin 211 is attached to the lower end of the backup lever 203.
is attached, and a spring 212 is tensioned between the connecting bin 211 and the backup lever 202, and the elastic force of the spring 2120 causes the backup lever 20 to
2 is biased counterclockwise in the figure, and this biasing force causes the backup lever 202 to abut against a stopper pin 213 attached to the backup link 203.

At the lower part of the stacking section 230, a conveyor belt 2 constituting a lower conveyor means 232 is disposed so as to face the upper conveyor means 231.
14 is provided horizontally, and this conveyor belt 214 runs in conjunction with the drive source. A link fulcrum pin 215 is provided below this conveyor belt 214, and the first link 2
16 is rotatably attached, and this integrated first link 21
A second integrated link 217 is spanned between the lower end of 6 and the lower end of the backup link 203 and 0. A flying-out prevention plate 218 is attached to the first stacking link 216 to prevent the banknotes A from flying out.

Further, a banknote A holder 220 is rotatably attached to the middle portion of this protrusion prevention plate 218 via a hinge 219. This pedestal 220 has an inclined surface 22 at its tip edge.
This pedestal 220 is supported horizontally by slidably abutting on the conveyor belt 214, and is nested in the conveyor belt 214, and can move from above the conveyor belt 214 to below the conveyor belt 214 in a horizontal state. It looks like this.

A tapping wheel 222 constituting a banknote A stacking means 233 is provided on the side of the stacking section 230.
is rotated in conjunction with the drive source, so that the five banknotes A are sequentially fed into the stacking section 230 one by one.

In the figure, 234 is an integrated guide, which is connected to a plunger solenoid 236 via a link fulcrum 235. or,
The collection guide 234 is fully suppressed to the left by a spring (not shown). At this time, the spacing with the anti-jumping plate 218 is set to an optimum distance for stacking new bills (newly issued banknotes). Next, when electricity is applied to the Branjan Lenoid 236, the accumulation guide 234 moves to the right (the 10th
(the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in Figure (a)). At this time, the distance from the anti-jumping plate 218 is set to be the optimum distance for stacking old bills (banknotes before losing).

Next, we will discuss the operation.

When the banknotes are on standby for accumulation, as shown in FIG. 10 (&) and FIG. 11 (-), the protrusion prevention plate 21
8 stands up almost vertically, and the pedestal 220 is connected to the conveyor belt 214.
Facing above, the timing belt 2 is placed above the pedestal 220.
05 is retreating at a large distance. Under such conditions, the timing belt 205. Conveyor belt 214. The tataki wheels 222 each operate.

By the operation of the tapping wheel 222, the banknotes A are sequentially fed one by one onto the pedestal 220 and stacked. At this time, since the banknote bearer can appropriately slide on the pedestal 220, the banknote can be easily aligned.

When banknotes A are stacked in this way, FIG. 10(b)
As shown in , the link disk 209 rotates and the backup link 203 rotates counterclockwise in the figure. In response to this rotation, the backup lever 202 is rotated counterclockwise in the figure by the biasing force of the spring 212, and the timing belt 205 is lowered. Further, the lower end of the first accumulation link 216 is pulled to the right in the figure via the second accumulation link 217, and the first accumulation link 216 rotates counterclockwise in the figure. The pop-out plate 218 collapses to a substantially horizontal state and retreats from the conveyance path of the banknote A, and further follows the movement of the pop-out prevention plate 218 to lower the cradle 22.
0- descends in a horizontal state and -C [retreats below the feed belt 214] (see FIG. 11(b)).

In this way, the timing belt 205 descends.

In addition, as the pedestal 220 retreats below the conveyor belt 214, the banknotes accumulated on the pedestal 220 are pinched between the timing belt 205 and the conveyor belt 214.
In response to this, the bill A is conveyed from the stacking section 230 to a predetermined position by the endless running operation of the timing belt 205 and the conveyor belt 214 [see FIG. 11(C)].

After the conveyance is completed, each member returns to its original state and waits for the next operation (see FIG. 11(d)).

Next, referring to FIG. 1 and FIGS.
The fourth accumulation/takeout mechanism 24°25.26.27 will be explained. Since they all have the same configuration,
Here, only the first stacking/unloading machine 'a24 will be explained,
Other explanations will be omitted.

In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a storage section, and a collecting roller 302 and a rattling wheel 303 as a taking-in means are provided corresponding to a receiving opening 340 formed on one edge side of the upper part of the storage section 20.
The banknotes A are fed into the storage section 20 by the stacking roller 302 and the tapping wheel 303. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 18, the axis 302m of the accumulation row 2302
A gear 336 is provided via a one-way clutch 335, which allows rotation only in the counterclockwise direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. is prevented. In addition,
337 is a gear provided within the device and meshes with the gear 336. In addition, a take-out port 2304 and a feed roller 305 are provided corresponding to the take-out port 341 formed on the other end side of the upper part of the storage section 20, and are connected to a pulse motor (not shown). The rollers 305 sequentially take out the banknotes in the storage unit 1 one by one via the rubber surface 304a of the takeout port 2304.

Note that a gate roller 306 and a pickup roller 307 are provided at the outlet 2304 on the banknote A discharge side.

As shown in FIG. 17, a detection plate 322 is provided on the shaft 304b of the take-out roller 304, and a take-in timing detection switch 323 detects the p initial position.

Also, 321 is the take-out roller lock release solenoid, $
9. When turned ON, the lever 331 fitted in the recess 330 & formed in the plate 330 provided on the shaft 304b of the take-out roller is attracted, and the take-out roller 304 is unlocked. The lock release solenoid 321 is turned ON only when taking out banknotes. For this reason, the safe upper conveyance section 51
Even if the take-out roller 304 is accidentally rotated when the safe is opened or the safe is removed, the accumulated banknotes are prevented from coming out.

Note that 332 is a spring that always biases the lever 331 in the direction of fitting into the recess 330h, and 333 is a gear provided on the shaft 304b of the take-out roller, which meshes with the gear 334 in the device. There is.

A pushing plate 3 that pushes banknotes A down into the storage section 20 onto this slide shaft 30B using a 5osld slide shaft.
09% and a backup 310 that pushes up the banknotes in the storage section 20 is attached, and the backup 310 is always elastically biased upward by a spring (not shown). It can be stopped and fixed at any position.

There are flappers 315°31 on both sides of the middle part of the storage section 20.
These flappers J 15 and 315 are connected to open and close in conjunction with a solenoid (not shown), and a spring (5) is provided to maintain the open state so that the flappers 5 do not normally protrude into the interior of the storage section 20. (not shown). Note that 316 is a residual detection sensor, and 317 is a removal detection sensor.

For the push plate 309 and the backup 310.

As shown in FIG. 16, each elongated through hole 3091k is elongated from one end to the other end.

310a is formed. In addition, these push plates 30
Empty detection sensors 320 are provided between the upper and lower portions of 9 and backup 310. This sky detection sensor 32
0 consists of the light emitting element 52on and the light receiving element 320b 91
Light emitted from the light emitting element 320h enters the light receiving element 320b through the transmission holes 309 & 310h in a state of being obliquely inclined with respect to the moving direction of the pusher plate 309 and the backup 310 (or the vertical direction).

FIG. 1 is a diagonal external view of the safe cassette 16.
04 is exposed from the safe cover 344.

Note that guide rollers 342 . . . are disposed on the upper surface and are in rolling contact with rollers 345 .

Next, the operation will be described.

First, during standby, as shown in FIG. A is placed, and this banknote person is elastically pressed by the backup sio from below. Therefore, when the banknotes A are stacked, the banknotes A are pushed into the storage section 20 by the stacking roller 302 and the tapping wheel 303.
Next, the banknotes A are taken in and temporarily accumulated in the temporary storage section 310a in the space above the flappers 31.5, 315 [FIG. 13(b)].
9 descends, and the banknote person in the temporary storage section 3011 is 7 Ratsupa 3
15, 315 and moves to the specified storage position (Fig. 13 (C)), after which the solenoid "
7 Ratuha s 1 s by 'On'.

315 is closed (FIG. 13(d)), and the push plate 309 rises and returns to the timing position. As a result, the banknotes are retained by the flappers 315, 315 and held in a stacked state on the lower side thereof. [Figure 13(e)].

Note that the push-in plate 309 is nested in the flappers 315, 315, and
15, it can be moved up and down regardless of the arrangement. In this way, the accumulation and storage of banknotes A in the storage section 20 is completed, but as shown in FIG. 13(C), the push plate 309
When the banknote is pushed in, the residual detection sensor 316 checks whether the banknote A remains in the temporary storage section 301&.
is carried out and residual is detected, t'=1. If the remaining sensor 316 is in the dark, the above-described accumulation and storage process is repeated again.

On the other hand, when taking out a banknote A, the push plate 309 is lowered from the standby state shown in FIG.
09 is correct [Figure 14(b)]. After this, push plate 30
9 rises together with the banknote holder pressed upward by the backup 310 and returns to the standby position, and the banknote holder contacts the take-out row 2304 and the feed roller 305 [FIG. 14(C)].

In this state, the rubber surface 30 of the take-out roller 304 is
4&, the banknotes are taken out one by one.

When a predetermined number of bills have been taken out, a signal from the take-in timing detection switch 323 causes the rubber surface 3041 to be brought out onto the conveying path surface of the banknotes and to maintain a position where it does not come into contact with the banknotes remaining in the storage section 301. Take-out roller 304
stops [Fig. 14(d)].

By the way, since the banknotes are taken out only when the rubber surface 304 & of the takeout row 2304 comes into contact with the banknotes A,
Except for the banknote person being taken out, the leading edge of the banknote person other than the banknote person should have stopped at the level 10 position with the removal side floor 301 of the storage section 301. Because the gate roller 306 is used to remove the number of sheets, the leading edge of the banknote A may have been guided to the position of the gate roller 306, or the leading edge of the banknote A may have been misaligned due to some reason. may even reach the position of the pickup roller 307.

However, when storing 5 banknotes A in a stack, as shown in Fig. 13 (
As shown in e), the banknotes A in the storage section 20 are moved to the flapper 3.
Push it under 15,315 and 7 laps 315,31
5, the temporary storage section 301a as a storage section must be formed above the retrieval side floor 30 as described above.
Banknote A whose tip edge protrudes from 1A (hereinafter referred to as Choro Deho A)
If there is a
09, the leading edge may break and it may become impossible to take it out. Therefore, it is necessary to pull the Choro-protrusion A'' back to the position where it is flush with the removal side floor 301A. There is.

Therefore, one banknote A is taken out one by one, and when the predetermined number of bills have been taken out, if the leading edge of the banknote protrudes to the pickup roller 307, this is detected by the removal detection sensor 317, and this detection Based on this, the bill A is directly taken out as a reject ticket and stored in a reject warehouse.

The leading edge of the banknote protrudes into the gate roller 306 (in the case of Tiroro Departure A), if the pick-up detection sensor 317 is bright, the push plate 309 is first lowered,
The Choro Depo A" is pulled back from the gate roller 3060 part [FIG. 15 (a)), and the banknotes A accumulated on the Choro Depo A" and the backup 310 are pressed by the pusher 309 and backed up. It is moved downward integrally with 310. Then, once you have moved to a certain position,
The backup 310 is fixed via the electromagnetic brake 311, and in this state, only the push plate 309 is raised and returned to the standby position [FIG. 15(b)]. In response, the pressure on the banknote A on the backup 310 is released,
After that, in this state, the electromagnetic brake 311 is turned off to raise the pull-up 310 [Fig. 15 (C)]. At this time, the pressure on the banknote person above the backup 3. Since it has been released, the top floor OA" moves freely due to friction with the person on the extraction side floor 301 and is aligned.

Here, the push plate 309 is lowered again to push the banknote A downward, and the residual detection sensor 316 detects the residual amount of the banknote in the upper space, and if this residual detection sensor 316 is dark and small, Since the alignment of the "Chiroro exit pedestrian" was insufficient, I turned on the electromagnetic brake 311 to fix the backup 310, pushed it in and returned the 309 to the standby position, and then turned the electromagnetic brake 311 off to fix the backup 310. The above-mentioned alignment operation of raising the banknote is repeated again, and if the residual lees detection sensor 316 is bright, it means that the "Choro Depo A" has been pseudo-completed, and the banknote person is pushed downward by push-in i 309. Later, the flappers 315, 315 are closed via the solenoid, and the five banknotes A are held below these flappers 315, 315 [Fig. 15(d)]
.

On the other hand, when taking out banknotes A, if all the banknotes in the storage section 20 are taken out, as shown in FIG. 12(&),
The takeout detection sensor 317 becomes bright for a certain period of time, and accordingly, the empty detection sensor 320 becomes "on" state, and
The backup 310 is pressed by the pushing plate 309 and lowers together with the pushing plate 309 [FIG. 12(b)]. When the backup 310 passes through the portion where the flappers 315, 315 are arranged, these seven flappers 315, 315 are closed by turning on the solenoid, and these seven flappers 31
5.315 locks the backup 310, and the temporary push-in 309 rises to return to the standby position [Fig. 12 (
C)].

At this time, the light emitted from the sky detection sensor 320 is transmitted through the transmission hole 309 &
, 309b, but this emitted light passes through the push plate 3
09 and the backup 310 (lowering) direction.

According to the movement of the push-in plate 309 and the backup 310, the output light is relatively transmitted through the transmission hole 309%.

310* is in a state where it sequentially shifts from one end side to the other end side. Therefore, it is possible to perform empty detection over a wide area 8 on the top surface of the backup 310. Therefore, the backup 3
Even if a banknote A such as a folded ticket or a headband remains on top of the banknote 10, it can be accurately detected without being overlooked.

FIG. 19 is for explaining the electric circuit. That is, the main control section 150 controls the entire system, and the storage section 152 is composed of, for example, a ROM (IJ-only memory) and stores control programs and the like. The deposit/withdrawal mechanism control section 151 is the main control section 150
The deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 is controlled in accordance with signals from the inspection control section 155 and from the inspection control section 155. The inspection control section 155 controls the inspection section 36.

The operation panel section/internal monitor device control section 153 controls the operation panel section 3 and the internal monitor device 13. The card/slip processing control device 154 controls the card/slip processing unit device 1. The passbook reading/printing control unit 156 reads the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot 4 and controls the passbook reading/printing device 157 that records transaction details in the passbook and journal.

The main control section 150 controls each storage section 2 according to signals from each detector in the deposit/withdrawal device 12 and a signal from the inspection section 36.
It counts the number of coins stored in 0, 21, 22, and 23, the number of stored coins for each denomination, the number of loaded coins, the number of coins inspected, etc. Further, the main control section 150 controls a remote monitor device 176 provided at a location apart from the deposit/withdrawal device by means of a remote monitor input/output control section 159. Furthermore, the main control section 150 includes the communication control section 1
58 for data transmission with a central processing unit (not shown).

As shown in FIG.
．． Load button 160. Replenish button 163, number display section 164 that displays the number of transactions for each denomination or the number of loaded or inspected 10,000 yen banknotes or 1,000 yen banknotes, storage button 166, lock button 168, collation button 169
, a return button 167, and a display 170 that blinks to indicate the near end of the ten thousand yen bill storage section 22 and lights up to indicate the end. An indicator 171 that indicates the near end of the thousand yen bill storage section 21 by flashing and indicates the end by lighting. An indicator 17 that displays the near end of the egg yen/elimination ticket storage section 20 by blinking and indicates the end by lighting.
25 collection, a display 174% indicating the collected money, and a keyboard 173 consisting of numeric keypad denomination keys.

The remote monitor 175 is configured as shown in FIG. That is, the display 178 indicates the near end of the 10,000 yen bill storage section 22 by blinking and indicates the end by lighting. Display 179° indicates the near end of the thousand yen bill storage section 22 by blinking and indicates the end by lighting.Display 1801 indicates the near end of the egg yen/elimination ticket storage section 20 by blinking and indicates the end by lighting.
It is composed of a display unit 177 that displays the subject, operation step, and operation status code, a display section 177 that displays the number of loaded or inspected 10,000 yen banknotes, and 1000 yen banknotes, and a number button 176.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be explained. For example, first of all, a customer (customer) inserts a card into the card insertion slot 5 after seeing the operation guide "Please insert your card or bankbook" displayed on the CRT display section 10. Then, the data on the magnetic stripe of the card is read by a reading section (not shown) and supplied to the main control section 150.

Thereby, the main control unit 150 checks the validity of the card. If the card is valid, the main control unit 150
ii% The CRT display unit 10 displays an operation guide saying "Please enter your password." When the customer inputs the PIN number using the operation button 8, the main control unit 1
A check is made to see if the password read from the 501p card and the password input repeatedly through the operation button 8 match or are related. If they match, or if the relationship satisfies predefined rules, the main control unit 150 controls the CRT.
On the display unit 10, the user is prompted to "select a transaction type" and instructions to select buttons for "deposit, withdrawal, transfer, balance inquiry" are displayed.

When a transaction item is selected and the operation button 8 corresponding to deposit is pressed, the main control section 150 enters the deposit acceptance state and outputs a deposit instruction to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12. As a result, the one-person dispensing mechanism 12 opens the door body 415 of the ship entry/exit lower. Next, when the customer inserts the banknote bundle A into the banknote storage chamber 454 in a standing position with both front and back denominations mixed, and then closes the door body 415, the shutter closure detector 419 detects that the door body 415 is closed. do.

Next, the floor drive motor 411 rotates at high speed.

In response to this, the floor 407 vibrates up and down, and the banknotes A are aligned by this vibration. At this time, if the detector 457 detects a failure in the accumulation of banknotes.

The main control unit 150 opens the door body 415 and displays the message on the CRT display unit 10, ``Please insert the banknotes correctly and close the door.'' When the door body 415 is closed, the alignment operation is performed again, and after the main control unit 150 determines that the banknote A has been correctly deposited into the banknote storage chamber 454 based on the detection by the detectors 457 and 451, the banknote handler 403, one sheet at a time is taken in starting from the frontmost one. This captured banknote A
is conveyed via the intake conveyance path R3. At this time, one banknote A is detected to be taken in by the banknote passage detector 40a, and the main control unit 150 counts the number of bills taken in based on the detection signal. In addition, when the banknote person passes through the inspection section 36,
``short length'', ``long and long length'', ``magnetic pattern matching'', and ``color separation of transmitted light''.

``Bill type discrimination'' is performed by detecting things such as ``division matching of minute parts using reflected light.''

“Authenticity determination”, “front and back determination”, and “new/old ticket determination” are performed, and the results are supplied to the main control unit 150. Thereby, the main control unit 150 counts the inspection results using a counter (not shown). In addition, the main control unit 150 performs “
When banknotes A1 that are "fake" are duplicated, extremely skinny, or damaged and cannot be recognized as correct banknotes.

A rejection signal is output to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12. As a result, when the tip of the banknote reaches the banknote passage detector 40f, the gate 39C is rotated to the left for the 30th distribution, and the gate 39d is rotated to the left for the 4th distribution.

Then, the banknotes A are temporarily accumulated in the temporary withdrawal accumulation section 37.

On the other hand, it is determined as "true" in the authenticity discrimination, and "true" in the front/back discrimination.
In the case of a bill that is determined to be "back", the main control unit 150 outputs a signal to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12.

As a result, the banknote A is distributed to gate 39C.

39d, and are accumulated in the deposit temporary accumulation section 38 via the left conveyance path. In addition, banknotes A that are determined to be "true" in the above-mentioned authenticity determination and "front" in the front/back determination are sorted at the gate 39C, and then passed through the right-hand conveyance path to the deposit temporary accumulation section 38. are accumulated in

Further, when the inspection result indicates that the note is an old note, the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 turns the plunger solenoid 236 "on".

The accumulation guide 2 reaches the position shown by the two-dot chain line in Fig. 10(a).
34 moves to widen the integration width. Once turned "on", the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 maintains the "on" state until the receiving process is completed.

On the other hand, when the detector 451 detects that there is no bill in the bill storage chamber 454, the rotation of the take-in row 2403 is stopped and the take-in process is ended.

Next, when the rejected banknotes A are accumulated in the temporary collection unit 37, the arm 92 moves downward, the rejected banknotes A are sandwiched between the conveyor belts 82 and 62, and the banknotes are collected all at once. It is transported to the storage chamber 454 (see FIG. 9). In this way, the rejected banknotes returned to the banknote storage chamber 454 and accumulated are taken in and conveyed again, and a deposit process is performed.

In this way, all the inserted banknotes A are accumulated and then counted and verified. The passage detector 401 on the conveyance path to the temporary deposit accumulating section 38 shows the number of 10,000 yen bills, the number of egg yen bills, and the number of 1,000 yen bills among the genuine bills δ judged by the Tsutoshi inspection section 36. The number of sheets counted by .40h is verified by the main control unit 150, and the count is guaranteed by double checking.

After the counts are verified in this way, the main control unit 15
0 displays the number of tickets on the type side and the total amount deposited on the CRT display section 10 of the operation panel section 3, prompting the customer to confirm the amount deposited and the number of tickets on the type side. When the customer presses the confirmation button, the number of tickets deposited is displayed at the end of online communication. .

When the banknotes are accepted, the banknotes in the temporary deposit stacking section 38 are conveyed to the stacking section 454 of the bill loading/unloading device 15. In other words, the timing belt 2 of the deposit temporary accumulation section 38
05 is lowered, and the pedestal 220 is further retracted below the conveyor belt 214. For this reason.

The banknotes A accumulated on the pedestal 220 are held between the timing belt 205 and the conveyor belt 214 and transferred to the accumulation section 230.
[See FIG. 11(C)].

Next, in the banknote loading/unloading device 15, the backup 402 and the front panel 401 move to the opposite side of the loading roller 403, the movable part 445 of the backup 402 opens outward, and the banknotes are transferred to the deposit temporary accumulation section via the discharge row 2427. The banknotes conveyed from 38 to 38 are received and stacked in the stacking section 454.

Further, the take-out row 2403 is rotated to take in banknotes A one by one. This taken-in banknote A is conveyed via the taking-in conveyance path R1. At this time, one banknote A is passed through the banknote passage detector 4.
0a), and the main control unit 150 counts the number of sheets to be taken in based on the detection signal. Also 1 banknote A
When passing through the inspection section 36, the "short length" and "longitudinal length" are checked again.

"Magnetic pattern matching" and "color separation of transmitted light".

By detecting things such as ``division matching of minute parts by reflected light,'' ``bill type discrimination'' and ``true determination'' are possible.
, “fitness/damage determination” is performed, and the results are sent to the main control unit 150.
is supplied to Due to this.

The main control unit 151 counts the inspection results using a counter (not shown). In addition, the main control unit 150 controls the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 when the banknotes that are found to be "false" are duplicated in the authenticity determination, or when the banknotes are significantly skewed or damaged and cannot be recognized as correct banknotes. Outputs an exclusion signal. As a result, when the leading edge of the banknote A reaches the banknote passage detector 40j, the seventh distribution (Goo) 39g is rotated to the left.

Then 1. The banknotes A are accumulated in the egg yen/exclusion ticket/collected banknote storage section 22.

On the other hand, if the egg yen bill is determined to be "true" in the authenticity determination, the main control unit 150 outputs the signal to the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 12 . As a result, the banknotes are sorted out by the gate 39g and accumulated in the temporary storage section 301h by the third accumulation/retrieval device 26. At this time, each storage section 20, 21
．． At 22, the flapper 315 is held in a closed state protruding into the storage section 20, and a space is formed above the flapper 315, and the banknotes A are stacked by the stacking roller 302 and the rattling wheel 303.

On the other hand, 1,000 yen banknotes and 10,000 yen banknotes operate in the same manner and are accumulated in the first and second temporary storage sections 33 and 34, respectively. The above-mentioned accumulation time 1 pass detector 40k.

Based on the detection signals of 40m and 40o, the main control unit 150 counts the number of stacked egg yen, 1,000 yen, and -10,000 yen bills using a counter (not shown).

On the other hand, when the detector 451 detects that there is no bill in the bill storage chamber 454, the rotation of the take-in roller 404 is stopped and the take-in process is ended. When the loading is completed, the push plate 309 descends and the banknotes A in the temporary storage section 301 & are placed in the 7 racks 315.
It is pushed down together with and moves to the specified storage position [13th
See figure (C)]. After this, the flapper 315 is closed by turning on the renoid (see FIG. 13(d)).
Further, the pushing plate 309 is raised and returned to the standby position, whereby the banknotes are retained by the seven flaps 315 and held in a stacked state below them (see FIG. 13(e)).

Next, when the transaction type is selected, when the operation button 8 corresponding to withdrawal is pressed, the main control unit 150 displays a message on the CRT display saying "Please press the button for the amount and finally press the Yen button". Display it as 10. The customer then inserts the amount υ using the operation button 8 according to the instructions. By inputting this amount, the main control unit 150 prints the guidance characters CP and T that say, ``If the amount is correct, please press the confirmation button, or if you want to change the exchange button, press the correction button.''
It is displayed on the display unit 10. By pressing this button, the main control unit 150 displays the message “Communication in progress.”

Please wait for a little while. ” are displayed on the CRT display unit 10. At this time, the main control unit 150 performs online communication and outputs a withdrawal command to the single-person withdrawal device 12. As a result, the deposit/withdrawal device 12 takes out banknotes A corresponding to the above-mentioned amount from the banknote storage section 21 , 22 and stacks them in the temporary withdrawal accumulation section 37 .

That is, from the standby state shown in FIG.
゜ 315 opens and the push plate 309 hits the upper surface of the banknote person [FIG. 14(b))] After this, the push plate 309 rises integrally with the banknote person being pressed upward by the backup 310. 1 bill A is returned to the standby position and taken out from the row 230
4 and the feed roller 305 [Fig. 14 (
C)]. And in this state.

Due to the operation of the take-out roller 304 and the feed roller 305, the banknote A is passed through the rubber surface 304a of the take-out roller 304.
are taken out one after another, and when a predetermined number of bills have been taken out, the take-out row 2304 is moved in a state where the rubber surface 3041L is kept in a position where the rubber surface 3041L is brought out onto the transport path surface of the banknotes A and does not come into contact with the banknotes remaining in the storage section 301. Stop [Figure 14 (d)
)]. The banknotes taken out in this way will be distributed.)
39m.

39b, 39c, 3'jrl, 39e, 391
．． 39g.

39h and 391 and are accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 37. At this time, the banknotes taken out from the ten thousand yen banknote storage section 22 are detected by the banknote passage detector 40n, and
Based on the detection signal, the main control section 150 counts the number of sheets taken out. Further, the banknotes taken out from the thousand yen banknote storage section 21 are detected by the banknote passage detector 40, and the main control section 150 counts the number of banknotes taken out based on the detection signal.

Further, when the taken out banknote A passes through the inspection section 36, "bill type discrimination" etc. is performed, and the result is sent to the main control section 1.
50. Thereby, the main control unit 150 counts the inspection results using a counter (not shown). Furthermore, the banknotes A to be accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 37 are detected by a banknote passage detector 40.
Accumulation detection is performed by g, and the main control section 150 counts the number of accumulated sheets based on the detection signal.

When the number of bills taken out by the passage detectors 40n and 40 reaches the set number, the main control section 150 ends the taking out of bills from the corresponding bill storage section 22.21. Further, the main control unit 150 determines the additional number of 1,000 yen banknotes and 10,000 yen banknotes according to the inspection result.

Verification of the number of sheets is performed to see if the number of sheets matches the number of sheets accumulated.

At this time, the removed banknote passes through the inspection section 36,
Bill storage units 22, 2 corresponding to each ticket by "bill type discrimination"
It is reconfirmed that this is the type of ticket taken out. this"
Normally, there is no need to re-record the "ticket type identification", but it is best to double-check as it cannot be said that there are no mistakes made when the clerk sets the missing amount.

Regarding "determination of fitness and loss", depending on the operation mode at the time of deposit,
It will be determined whether classification based on fitness or loss is necessary. Tsumashi,
For deposits, we will accept any ticket, no matter how dirty, torn, or repaired with cellophane tape, as long as it is a ``true'' bill and the type of bill can be determined. The 10,000 yen storage section 20. It may be stored in the 1,000 yen storage unit 2 or in the egg yen/elimination/recovery banknote storage unit 22, with the former requiring a fitness check at the time of withdrawal, and the latter not particularly necessary. .

In any case, unfit notes must be avoided as banknotes to be dispensed to customers.♂ When carrying out fitness classification control, unfit notes are classified into 1) overlapping notes that occur when taking out ordinary banknotes, significant skinny notes, and pitch notes that exceed the standard. However, it is an abnormally conveyed bill, and cannot be discriminated by the inspection section 36, and is guided to the egg yen/excluded/recovered bill storage section 22, where it is accumulated and stored in the same way as the 'fc rejected bills. In addition, when a rejected ticket is generated, the first gate 39g is rotated to the right, and the ticket is accumulated and stored in the egg yen/rejected/collected banknote storage section 22 as it is. The storage location for rejected banknotes can be switched to the rejected banknote accumulation section.

When rejected banknotes are generated in this manner, additional withdrawal is performed to replenish the designated number of banknotes.

Thus, the payout banknotes A accumulated in the temporary stacking section 37 are sent out all at once by the mechanism shown in FIG. 9 and are accumulated in the five banknote storage chamber 454. after that.

After online communication, if the transaction is "permitted", the Ota Kinroa is activated, banknote A is handed over to the customer, and the process is completed.

Therefore, the stacking guide 234 of the temporary stacking section 38 is configured to be moved to change the stacking width depending on the result of the discrimination between new and old bills in the inspection section 36.

By setting the width of the accumulation guide 234 to the new note size, it is possible to handle the majority of deposit transactions, and on rare occasions when old notes are deposited, the accumulation function can be maintained by widening the guide width. As a result, the banknotes are accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 38 in an orderly manner, and post-processing can be performed satisfactorily.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without changing the gist.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to handle the majority of deposit transactions using new notes, which are handled in an overwhelmingly large amount, and
It is possible to provide an automatic transaction device that can maintain the accumulation function even when mixed old notes are rarely deposited and can perform smooth processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway external perspective view of an automated teller machine, FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a safe cassette, and FIG. 3 is a deposit/withdrawal mechanism. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the safe cassette being taken out, FIG. 5 is a schematic vertical side view of the banknote take-in and take-out device,
FIG. 6(&) is a schematic perspective view of the banknote support part, FIG.
) is a perspective view showing the supporting state of the banknote when it is inserted in a folded state, FIG. 6(e) is a side view, and FIGS. 7 to 9 show the different operating states of the banknote take-in and take-out device. FIG. 10 is a schematic side view of the temporary accumulation unit, and FIG. 11 is a side view showing the same operating state. FIG. 12 is a side view of the stacking/retrieving device, FIGS. 13 to 15 are side views showing different operating states of the stacking/taking out device, FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the banknote detection operating state, and FIG. 17 18 is a perspective view schematically showing the structure of the take-out roller side, FIG. 18 is a perspective view schematically showing the structure of the collecting roller side, FIG. 19 is a block diagram schematically showing the overall structure, and FIG. 20 is a perspective view schematically showing the structure of the collecting roller side. FIG. 21 is a plan view showing the configuration of the internal monitor, and FIG. 21 is a plan view showing the configuration of the remote monitor. A...Banknote, 7...Payment/withdrawal port (banknote receiving part), 12.
...Deposit/withdrawal mechanism, 20, 21, 22, 23...Accommodation section. 36... Inspection Department, 38... Temporary Collection Department, 234...
- Accumulation guide, 304... take-out roller (take-out means). R...Conveyance path. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Suzue Takehiko Figure T Figure 2 Figure 11 Kaisho 63-241690 (16) (b) 5 Figure 8

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Passing through a conveyance path that sequentially takes in and conveys banknotes in the banknote receiving section that accepts banknotes inserted by customers for deposit, and an inspection section that determines whether the banknotes taken in and conveyed through this conveyance path are authentic, old or new, etc. A temporary stacking section that temporarily stacks banknotes with their end faces aligned with a stacking guide, a storage section that stores the banknotes stacked in this temporary stacking section, and a storage section that stores the banknotes for deposit stored in this storage section for withdrawal. An automatic transaction device comprising a take-out means for taking out banknotes from a storage unit for use as banknotes, wherein the stacking width of the stacking guide of the temporary stacking unit is changed depending on the result of discrimination between new bills and old bills at the inspection unit. An automatic transaction device characterized in that it is configured to be moved as far as possible. (2) The automatic system according to claim 1, characterized in that the stacking guide is fixed based on the new bill size and is moved to widen the stacking width when it is determined that the ticket is an old ticket. Trading device.