KR100860254B1 - Bill receiving and dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(Problem) Provided is a banknote withdrawal device which is compact and has high withdrawal processing efficiency.

(Measures) The bank accepts the deposit bank, the discrimination unit for discriminating the deposit bank, the temporary deposit holding unit for temporarily storing the deposit bank, the deposit cassette for storing the deposit bank, and the deposit bank. A plurality of withdrawal cassettes, a withdrawal temporary holding unit for temporarily storing a withdrawal money, and an outlet for discharging the withdrawal money, and a longitudinal transfer of the withdrawal money deposited from the withdrawal money in a longitudinal direction, and exported from the withdrawal cassette; The withdrawal money shall be discharged by transverse conveyance.

Banknote Machine

Description

Banknote Machine {BILL RECEIVING AND DISPENSING DEVICE}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Explanatory drawing which shows 1st Embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top view showing a withdrawal date and time withhold according to the first embodiment.

3 is a side view of FIG. 2;

4 is a top view illustrating the common transport path of the first embodiment.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a top view showing a withdrawal date and time withhold according to the second embodiment.

7 is a cross-sectional view of the center of FIG.

Fig. 8 is a front view showing the storage portion of the second embodiment.

9 is an explanatory diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

10 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

The top view which shows the deposit / withdrawal date and time holding part of 4th Embodiment.

12 is a top view showing still another embodiment 1 of the bundle transport path of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a central cross-sectional view of FIG. 12.

Fig. 14 is a top view showing still another embodiment 2 of the bundle transport path of the present invention.

15 is a cross-sectional view of the center of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention; FIG.                 

The top view which shows the shared conveyance path of 5th Embodiment.

18 is an explanatory diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 19 is a top view showing the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding portion of the sixth embodiment.

20 is a block diagram showing a conventional example.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

1: Deposit and Withdrawal Division 2: Discrimination Division

3: temporarily holding part 4: storage cassette

5: reject part 6: conveying path

11: banknote deposit and withdrawal device 12, 71: depository

14, 73, 101: temporary deposit withhold 13, 72: discrimination

15, 51, 74, 83, 103, 113: deposit cassette 16: deposit bill return port

17: withdrawal cassette 18, 52: withdrawal withhold

19: outlet 20: shutter

21, 53, 91, 102: bundle return path 22: withdrawal reject portion

24, 42, 106, 115: side frame 23a, 23b, 41a, 41b: conveying shaft

25a, 25b, 43a, 43b: conveying rollers 26, 44, 108, 117: conveying belt

31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37: Return path 34, 104: Public return path

54, 118: Banknote stopper 55, 75, 76, 84: Transfer path

81: deposit reject port 82, 111: temporary deposit and withdrawal

85. 95: shaft 86: stopper                 

92 drum 93, 94 recessed portion

105a, 105b, 114a, 114b: conveying shaft

107a, 107b, 116a, 116b: conveying roller

112: horizontal bundle conveyance path

The present invention relates to a banknote deposit and withdrawal device used in a cash handling device such as an automatic cash machine.

An example of the conventional banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus is demonstrated using the block diagram shown in FIG.

1 is a deposit and withdrawal unit, which has a deposit and withdrawal port for accepting a user's banknote in the longitudinal direction (hereinafter referred to as a longitudinal direction) of a bill and discharging the withdrawal banknote to the customer in the longitudinal direction.

2 is a discrimination unit, which discriminates abnormalities such as deposits and withdrawals, authenticity, and fouls, and counts the number of each bill.

3 is a temporary holding unit, which temporarily stores the deposit bank notes normally discriminated by the discriminating unit (2).

4 is an accommodating cassette, and a plurality of cassettes are provided to store prepaid withdrawals or collected receivables by type.                         

5 is a reject part which stores the withdrawal rejection bill judged by the discrimination part 2 at the time of withdrawal as conveyance abnormality, such as overlapping conveyance and meandering.

6 is a conveyance path which connects each said part, and is a longitudinal conveyance path in which a conveyance direction is parallel to the longitudinal direction of a banknote.

In the case of depositing a banknote by the above-described configuration, the deposit banknote received in the longitudinal direction in the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 is vertically conveyed to the discriminating unit 2 to discriminate the types, authenticity, and fouling of the banknote.

At this time, when the deposit bank is discriminated due to abnormality such as a mishandling or a right of impairment, it is returned to the deposit and withdrawal unit 1 by the return path 6 as a deposit rejected bill and returned to the customer. do.

In the case where the money transfer bank is normally discriminated, it is counted according to the type of money, and then accumulated and temporarily stored in the temporary holding part 3 by the conveyance path 6.

After the discrimination of all the deposits, the customer requests the return of the deposits, return the deposits stored in the temporary holding part (3) to the deposit and withdrawal unit (1) by the return path (6). Return to

When the customer confirms the deposit amount, it is conveyed by the conveyance path 6 to the storage cassette 4 and stored for each kind of money.

In the case of withdrawing the banknote, the amount of money corresponding to the required amount of money of the customer is taken out of the storage cassette 4 and conveyed to the discriminating unit 2 by the conveying path 6.

The withdrawal notes judged to be abnormal in conveyance in the discriminating section 2 are stored in the reject section 5 as withdrawal reject bills. The withdrawal money judged to be normal is conveyed to the deposit and withdrawal part 1 by the conveyance path 6, and discharged to a customer.

According to the banknote deposit and withdrawal device, since the conveyance of bills is vertical conveyance, the detection part required for discriminating money types can be reduced compared to the discrimination part of transverse conveyance in which the conveyance direction is a short direction of bills, and thus a small and inexpensive discrimination part can be obtained. Although there is an advantage in that it can be conveyed at the same speed, the number of bills that can be arranged within the same conveyance distance is small, and there is a problem that the processing speed is slow when a plurality of bills are conveyed.

In particular, in the case of a banknote deposit and withdrawal device applied to an automatic cash machine (hereinafter, referred to as an ATM), a customer who waits for a transaction in a store of a financial institution such as a bank, because it takes time to process a withdrawal transaction with a particularly high frequency. There is a problem with a long line.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a paper money deposit and withdrawal device which is compact and can improve the withdrawal processing efficiency.

Means to solve the problem

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises a deposit cassette for accommodating banknotes received from a cash inlet and a discharge port for discharging a withdrawal banknote from a withdrawal cassette for accommodating banknotes, in a longitudinal direction from the deposit port. It is characterized in that the transfer of the deposited payment banknotes vertically, and transported and discharged the withdrawal banknotes exported from the withdrawal cassette.

Embodiment of the invention

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, with reference to drawings, embodiment of the banknote deposit and withdrawal apparatus which concerns on this invention is described. In addition, each embodiment shown below demonstrates the case where the banknote device of this invention is applied to ATM.

(Example 1 Embodiment)

1 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a paper money deposit and withdrawal device, which is provided in the ATM.

12 is a deposit opening, and has a separating section 12a for injecting the deposit banknotes received in the longitudinal direction one by one in order from the bottom.

13 is a discriminating unit, which discriminates abnormalities such as the kind, authenticity and fouling of the banknotes transferred vertically, and counts the number of normal bills.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a deposit temporary holding unit which accumulates and temporarily stores the deposit bank notes normally discriminated by the discriminating unit 13.

15 is a deposit cassette, which stores a normal deposit money regardless of type.

16 denotes a deposit bank return port, which is discriminated by the discrimination unit 13 for abnormality such as a power of misconduct or a right of damage, and discharges the deposit bank bill which is a deposit rejected bill or a bank bill which is returned by the customer's request to cancel the deposit. do.

17 is a withdrawal cassette, which is arranged to convey banknotes horizontally and is provided with a plurality of banknotes, and stores banknotes to be paid to customers by type.

18 denotes a withdrawal temporary holding unit which accumulates and withdraws the withdrawal money inputted from the withdrawal cassette 17.

19 denotes a withdrawal port as a discharge port provided separately from the depositing port 12, and discharges the withdrawal banknote of the horizontal conveyance accumulated in the withdrawal temporary holding unit 18 to the customer.

20 is a shutter, which is provided at the boundary between the withdrawal temporary holding unit 18 and the withdrawal opening 19, to prevent theft, mischief and the like of accumulated banknotes.

21 is a bundle conveyance path, which is provided in the withdrawal temporary holding section 18, has an upper conveying portion 21a and a lower conveying portion 21b, and conveys the stacked bank notes in the bundle state.

22 is a withdrawal reject portion, which is determined to be an abnormality in conveyance by a not-shown detector installed on the conveyance path of the withdrawal bank in order to optically or mechanically detect a conveyance abnormality such as stack transfer of bills. To be stored.

31 is a conveyance path which is a longitudinal conveyance path which conveys the deposit bank note discriminated by the discrimination part 13 to the deposit temporary holding part 14 or the branch part with conveyance paths 32 and 33. As shown in FIG.

The conveyance path 32 is a longitudinal conveyance path which conveys the deposit banknote put in from the deposit temporary holding part 14 to the deposit cassette 15. As shown in FIG.

34 is a common conveyance path which conveys the longitudinal and bidirectional banknotes which convey the banknotes longitudinally conveyed from the conveyance path 33 and the withdrawal banknotes transversely conveyed from the conveyance path 35 in the direction of the withdrawal temporary hold part 18. It is the conveyance path which enabled.

The conveyance path 35 is a horizontal conveyance path which conveys the withdrawal money input from the withdrawal cassette 17 to the common conveyance path 34.

36 is a conveyance path which is a longitudinal conveyance path which branches off from the common conveyance path 34 and conveys a deposit banknote to the payment bank return opening 16. As shown in FIG.

37 is a horizontal conveyance path which branches off from the common conveyance path 34 and conveys a withdrawal banknote to the withdrawal reject part 22. As shown in FIG.

Moreover, the switch blade which is not shown in figure is provided in the branch part and the confluence part of each conveyance path, and is comprised so that the banknote conveyed may be guided to an appropriate direction.

2 is a top view showing the withdrawal temporary holding section 18, and FIG. 3 is a side view thereof.

23a is a conveyance shaft which rotates freely in the side frame 24 of the bundle conveyance path 21, and the conveyance roller 25a is attached.

23b is a conveyance shaft arrange | positioned in parallel with the conveyance shaft 23a, Comprising: The rotation of the side frame 24 is carried out freely, and the conveyance roller 25b is attached to the position which opposes the conveyance roller 25a.

26 is a conveyance belt, which is sandwiched between the conveying roller 25a and the conveying roller 25b opposite thereto.

The bundle conveyance path 21 of the withdrawal temporary holding part 18 is the upper conveyance part 21a formed by the conveyance belt 26 spanned between the conveyance shafts 23a and 23b and the conveyance rollers 25a and 25b attached thereto. ) And the same lower conveyance part 21b are arrange | positioned in parallel, and the upper conveyance part 21a is comprised so that it can move to the direction of the lower conveyance part 21b, and the opposite direction.

In addition, the lower conveyance part 21b is extended to the lower vicinity of the shared conveyance path 34 so that the banknote discharged | emitted from the common conveyance path 34 may be easy. The upper conveyance part 21a is arrange | positioned above the discharge surface of the banknote discharged | emitted from the common conveyance path 34 so that the accumulation of the banknote discharged | emitted from the common conveyance path 34 may not be inhibited.

4 is a top view illustrating the common transport path 34.

41a is a conveyance shaft which rotates freely in the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34, and the conveyance roller 43a is attached.

41b is a conveyance shaft arrange | positioned in parallel with the conveyance shaft 41a, Comprising: The conveyance roller 43b is attached to the side frame 42 in the position which rotates freely and opposes the conveyance roller 43a.

44 denotes a conveyance belt, which is sandwiched between the conveying roller 43a and the conveying roller 43b opposite thereto.

Both the upper conveying part and the lower conveying part are formed by the conveying shafts 41a and 41b and two conveying belts 44 interposed between the conveying rollers 43a and 43b attached thereto, and conveying the upper conveying part and the lower conveying part. The belts 44 are abutted and assembled to form a pair of conveying paths.

The common conveyance path 34 is comprised by continuing this pair of conveyance paths at appropriate intervals, and conveys a banknote between the conveyance belts 44 which abuts.

In addition, the conveyance path also has a conveyance path dedicated for longitudinal conveyance or transverse conveyance. For reasons such as common use of parts, all of the conveyance paths may be the same as those in FIG. 4, or one of the conveyance belts and the conveying roller may be omitted.                     

In addition, in the example of FIG. 2, FIG. 4, although two conveyance belts were provided, you may provide three or more conveyance belts, and you may be a roller conveyance path which conveys banknotes only with a roller, without using a conveyance belt.

The operation of the above-described configuration will be described as an example in which a customer makes various transactions from a customer operation screen (not shown) installed in an ATM using an ATM equipped with a banknote deposit and withdrawal device according to the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, when a customer deposits a banknote, the banknote is set in the banking slot 12 in the longitudinal direction, and is put into the discriminating unit 13 one by one from the bottom by the separating unit 12a in order. It is returned vertically.

In the discrimination section 13, the types of money, authenticity, and fouling are discriminated, and the deposit banknotes discriminated due to abnormal powers such as misrepresentation, fouling or foreign banknotes are used as return reject banknotes (31, 33), and in common. The conveyance path 34 and the conveyance path 36 are conveyed to, and accumulated by the transfer bank return opening 16, and a deposit reject banknote is returned to a customer.

At this time, in the common conveyance path 34, the transfer rejection banknote returned is fitted to one conveyance belt 44 like the longitudinal conveyance banknote shown in FIG. 4, and is conveyed to the branch part with the conveyance path 36, and a branch part is carried out. The conveyance direction is switched and guided to the conveyance path 36 by the switching blade which is not shown in figure.

After the banknotes which have been normally discriminated are counted by type, they are conveyed to the deposit temporary holding unit 14 by the conveying path 31, accumulated and temporarily stored.

When the discrimination of all the deposits is finished, the deposit amount is displayed on the customer operation screen (not shown), and a text for prompting confirmation of the deposit amount is displayed.

In the case where the customer performs the deposit cancellation operation, the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 14 are put in one by one, and the deposit banknotes are returned, accumulated and deposited in the same manner as the deposit reject banknotes. The bill is returned to the customer.

When the customer confirms the amount of the deposit, the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 14 are put one by one, and are conveyed to the deposit cassette 15 by the conveying paths 31 and 32 and stored.

In the case of the customer's withdrawal transaction operation, a banknote of the amount corresponding to the customer's required amount is inserted from the withdrawal cassette 17 for each type of money required, and the return path (35) and the common return path (34) ) Is transferred to the withdrawal temporary hold section 18 and accumulated.

At this time, the withdrawal money discriminated by conveyances such as overlap conveyance or the like by a detector (not shown) is conveyed to the withdrawal reject portion 22 by the conveyance path 37 as a withdrawal reject banknote and stored.

Moreover, in the common conveyance path 34, withdrawal notes are inserted into both conveyance belts 44, like the transverse conveyance notes shown in FIG. 4, and conveyed to the withdrawal temporary holding part 18, and the multiple conveyance path shown in FIG. It is integrated on the lower conveyance part 21b of (21).

When all the withdrawal notes of the customer's required amount are accumulated, the upper conveyance section 21a is moved toward the lower conveyance section 21b by a driving device (not shown), and all the withdrawal notes are transferred to the upper conveyance section 21a and the lower conveyance section 21b. Sandwiched between.                     

Subsequently, the shutter 20 is opened, the bundle conveyance path 21 is driven by a driving device (not shown), and the withdrawal money is conveyed to the withdrawal opening 19 in the bundle state. The customer withdraws this and receives the required bill.

When the customer's receipt is confirmed, the shutter 20 is closed and the withdrawal transaction ends. If the withdrawal money returned to the withdrawal port 19 has not been withdrawn even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the bundle conveyance path 21 is reversed, the withdrawal money is placed in the withdrawal temporary holding part 18, and the shutter 20 is closed. By this bundle conveyance path 21, this withdrawal banknote is conveyed in a bundle state, and is stored by the withdrawal reject part 22. As shown in FIG. This allows you to continue processing new transactions.

As described above, in the present embodiment, a bank for receiving banknotes in the vertical direction and a bank for discharging banknotes in the horizontal direction are provided separately, and the differentiation unit is miniaturized by carrying the banknotes vertically, and the withdrawal banknote Since the conveyance process at the time of withdrawal was shortened by carrying out the conveyance of as a horizontal conveyance, the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which is small and raises withdrawal processing efficiency can be obtained.

In addition, by providing a common conveyance path that enables vertical conveyance and transverse conveyance at the same time, part of the conveyance path can be shared, so that the apparatus can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced at the same time.

Further, by placing the deposit cassette in the vertical arrangement of the withdrawal cassette, the width of the operation side operated by the customer can be narrowed, and the installation place of a narrow width of the cash handling device such as an ATM, a large number of ATMs, etc. In addition, the space at the installation site can be effectively used.

(Example 2 Embodiment)

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, the part same as the said 1st Embodiment example attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

51 is a deposit cassette, which is arranged on the customer operation side of the withdrawal cassette 17, and stores a normal deposit bill regardless of the type.

52 is a temporary withdrawal hold section, which accumulates and stores temporarily the withdrawal banknotes of the transverse conveyances input from the withdrawal cassette 17, and accumulates the vertical withdrawal banknotes such as the deposit banknotes or the deposit reject banknotes returned to the customer. It functions as a temporary hold.

53 is a bundle conveyance path, which is installed in the withdrawal temporary holding unit 52, and has an upper conveying unit 53a and a lower conveying unit 53b, each of which has a vertically stacked deposit bank or a horizontally stacked withdrawal bank. Return to

54 is a banknote stopper for accumulating the transverse banknotes returned to the withdrawal temporary holding unit 52.

55 is a conveyance path, which branches from the common conveyance path 34 and transfers the receipt banknote input from the deposit temporary holding part 14 to the deposit cassette 51.

Moreover, the switch blade which is not shown in figure is provided in the branch part and the confluence part of each conveyance path, and is comprised so that the banknote conveyed may be guided to an appropriate direction.                     

FIG. 6 is a top view showing the withdrawal temporary holding section 52 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a central cross-sectional view thereof.

56a is a conveyance shaft which rotates freely in the side frame 57 of the bundle conveyance path 53, and the conveyance roller 58a is attached.

56b is a conveyance shaft arrange | positioned in parallel with the conveyance shaft 56a, Comprising: The rotation of the side frame 57 is carried out freely, and the conveyance roller 58b is attached in the position which opposes the conveyance roller 58a.

59 is a conveyance belt, which is sandwiched between the conveying roller 58a and the conveying roller 58b opposite thereto.

The bundle conveyance path 53 of the withdrawal temporary holding part 52 is comprised from the upper conveyance part 53a and the lower conveyance part 53b similarly to the bundle conveyance path 21 shown to FIG. 2, FIG. In order to accumulate both a banknote and a banknote with which it transversely conveyed, as shown in FIG. 6, it has a substantially square shape which has the length of one side which can accommodate the longitudinal length of a banknote.

The banknote stopper 54 is provided in plural numbers so as to avoid interference with the conveyance belt 59 in the stopper shaft 54a provided on the side frame 57 of the bundle conveying path 53 so as to allow the rotational movement to be free and align the transversely conveyed banknotes. The bank is installed at a position suitable for the length of the banknote so that it can be accumulated.

In addition, the stopper shaft 54a may be freely provided with the rotational movement in the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34.                     

In addition, in this embodiment, the payment bank return opening 16 and the conveyance path 36 of 1st Embodiment are abbreviate | omitted, and both the withdrawal banknote with which the withdrawal temporary hold part 52 is vertically conveyed, and the withdrawal banknote which are carried horizontally are carried out. It is configured to handle.

Fig. 8 is a front view showing a storage portion composed of the withdrawal cassette 17 and the deposit cassette 51 of this embodiment.

61 is a frame of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 11.

62 is a deposit cassette guide, which is attached to the frame 61, is disposed on both sides of the deposit cassette 51, and has a guide groove 62a.

63 is a withdrawal cassette guide, which is attached to the frame 61, is disposed on both sides of the withdrawal cassette 17, and has a guide groove 63a.

64 is a deposit slide section, which is provided on both sides of the deposit cassette 51, fits with the guide groove 62a of the deposit cassette guide 62, and slides inside the guide groove 62a using a ball bearing or the like. .

65 is a withdrawal slide section, which is provided on both sides of the withdrawal cassette 17, fits with the guide groove 63a of the withdrawal cassette guide 63, and slides inside the guide groove 63a using a ball bearing or the like. .

In addition, the ATM of the present embodiment uses the front side of the customer operation side operated by the customer as a repair side for the collection, replenishment, or other repair of the banknotes, for example, because there is no room for installation on the back side of the ATM. It is the front repair type ATM installed.

In addition, it is preferable that the deposit cassette guide 61 and the withdrawal cassette guide 62, and the deposit slide portion 64 and the withdrawal slide portion 65 each reduce the number of parts in common.

The operation of the above-described configuration will be described.

In FIG. 5, when a customer deposits a banknote, the banknotes are set in the longitudinal direction in the depositor 12, one by one, and vertically conveyed to the discriminating unit 13.

In the discrimination part 13, the deposit banknote of the deposit reject banknote is conveyed to the withdrawal temporary holding part 52 by the conveyance paths 31 and 33 and the common conveyance path 34, and is integrated.

At this time, the banknote stopper 54 shown in FIG. 7 rotates in the direction of arrow A by the drive mechanism of which the stopper shaft 54a is not shown, and conveys of the lower conveyance part 53b so that the accumulation of a vertical conveyance banknote may not be disturbed. It stops at the position which moved away from the belt 59.

The deposit reject banknote conveyed to the withdrawal temporary hold part 52 is discharged | emitted from the common conveyance path 34, and is accumulated on one conveyance belt 59 of the lower conveyance part 53b like the vertical conveyance banknote shown in FIG. do.

When all the deposit reject banknotes are accumulated, the upper conveying section 53a is moved in the direction of the lower conveying section 53b by a driving device (not shown), and all the deposit reject banknotes are moved between the upper conveying section 53a and the lower conveying section 53b. Insert in.

Subsequently, the shutter 20 is opened, the bundle conveying path 53 is driven by a driving device (not shown), and the deposit reject banknote is conveyed to the withdrawal opening 19 in the bundle state. The customer withdraws it, receives it, and the deposit rejected bill is returned to the customer.                     

When the customer's receipt is confirmed, the shutter 20 is closed.

After the banknotes which have been normally discriminated are counted by type, they are conveyed to the deposit temporary holding unit 14 by the conveying path 31, accumulated and temporarily stored.

When the discrimination of all the deposits is finished, the deposit amount is displayed on the customer operation screen (not shown), and a phrase for prompting confirmation of the deposit amount is displayed.

In the case where the customer has made the deposit withdrawal operation, the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 14 are put in one by one, and the withdrawal temporary holding unit (by the return paths 31 and 33 and the common return path 34) 52), the deposits are collected and discharged in the same way as the deposit rejected bills, and the deposit is returned to the customer.

When the customer confirms the deposit amount, the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 14 are input one by one, and are deposited by the return paths 31 and 32, the common return path 34, and the return path 55. It is conveyed to the cassette 51 and accommodated.

The return of the withdrawal money to the withdrawal temporary holding part 52 and the withdrawal of the withdrawal rejection bill to the withdrawal reject part 22 when a customer performs a withdrawal transaction operation are the same as that of 1st Embodiment, and abbreviate | omits description.

Since the banknote stopper 54 closes the lower conveyance part 53b by the short direction length of a banknote and closes it, as shown in FIG. The withdrawal notes discharged from 34 are aligned and integrated on the lower conveyance part 53b by the banknote stopper 54.

When all of the customer's required amount is accumulated, the upper conveying section 53a is moved toward the lower conveying section 53b by a driving device (not shown), and all the withdrawal notes are transferred between the upper conveying section 53a and the lower conveying section 53b. Insert.

Subsequently, the banknote stopper 54 rotates in the direction of the arrow A to withdraw from the conveying path of the banknote, the shutter 20 is opened, and the withdrawal bank is bundled by the bundle conveying path 53 to the withdrawal opening 19. do. The customer withdraws this and receives the withdrawal money of the required amount.

When the customer's receipt is confirmed, the shutter 20 is closed to end the withdrawal transaction.

If the withdrawal money returned to the withdrawal port 19 has not been withdrawn even after a certain time has elapsed, the bundle return path 53 is reversed to put the withdrawal money into the withdrawal temporary holding part 52, and the shutter 20 is closed with a bundle. By this conveyance path 53, this withdrawal banknote is conveyed in a bundle state, and is stored by the withdrawal reject part 22. As shown in FIG. This allows you to continue processing new transactions.

The collection of banknotes of the money transfer cassette 51 and the replenishment of the banknotes to the withdrawal cassette 17 are performed as follows.

When taking out the banknote from the deposit cassette 51, open the repair door provided in the front of ATM, pull out the deposit cassette 51 or the handle provided in this, and slide the deposit cassette 51 by the slide part 64. FIG. Slide out and take out the bill. Or exchange with the empty deposit cassette 51.

In the case of replenishing the banknote in the withdrawal cassette 17, the withdrawal cassette 51 is pulled out in the above order, the withdrawal cassette 17 or the handle provided therein is pulled out, and the withdrawal cassette 17 is made by the slide unit 65. Slide it out to replenish the bill. Or exchange with the withdrawal cassette 17 which previously filled banknotes.

In the present embodiment, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, the withdrawal temporary withhold is shared as a temporary withhold of the withdrawal money and with a temporary withdrawal money deposit or a deposit rejected bill returned to the customer. By using a bundle return path that can handle bills, all bills handed from one outlet to the customer can be ejected in a bundle, preventing the user from forgetting and removing the bills. Receivable can be improved to improve the convenience of the customer.

In addition, since the remittance bank return port and its conveyance path can be omitted, the device can be simplified and the size can be reduced.

In addition, by placing the deposit cassette and the withdrawal cassette vertically, and placing the deposit cassette in front of the repair side, and providing a slide mechanism thereon, the collection and replenishment of bills can be performed quickly, and the effect of shortening the repair time is obtained. At the same time, in the front maintenance type ATM which repairs banknotes in front of customers, criminal acts can be prevented by the above-mentioned quick exchange operation.

In the present embodiment, miniaturization is achieved by omitting the remittance bank return port and its return path, but for reasons such as a large number of deposit rejected bills in places where there is a high possibility of mixing banknotes other than the government, In the same manner as in the first embodiment, a payment bank return opening and a return path thereof may be provided, and only the deposit reject banknote may be discharged here.

Even in this case, the temporary withdrawal withdrawal unit can be used as a temporary withdrawal unit for withdrawal money and with a temporary withdrawal money for normal deposit money bills returned to the customer, thereby ensuring convenience for customers.

Thus, when it is necessary to handle banknotes other than regimes such as banknotes that are smaller or larger than circulation banknotes, it is possible to facilitate the accumulation of deposit reject banknotes, and at the withdrawal date and time withholdings of banknotes other than regimes. Jams, such as jams can also be prevented.

In the case of a back maintenance type ATM which performs maintenance work in a separate room provided on the back side of an ATM, a repair door is provided on the back side of the maintenance side, and a deposit cassette is placed on the back side of the withdrawal cassette shown in the first embodiment. By arranging and providing the slide mechanism similar to the above, the effect of shortening a maintenance time can be acquired similarly to a front maintenance type | mold.

(Third Embodiment Example)

9 is an explanatory diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, the same part as the said 1st and 2nd embodiment example attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

71 is a deposit opening and is provided with the separating part 71a which injects the deposit banknote received in the vertical direction one by one from the top.

72 is a discriminating part, which is a vertically conveyed banknote between the confluence of the withdrawal bank 35 of the common conveyance path 34 with the conveyance path 35 and the branching part with the conveyance path 37 to the withdrawal reject part 22. It is set up to discriminate the types, authenticity, and fouls of the banknotes. In the case of the withdrawal banknotes carried in the horizontal transfer, approximately half of the banknotes are discriminated so as to discriminate the types of banknotes, overlapping transfers, and the like. do.

73 is a deposit temporary suspension section, which accumulates and temporarily stores the deposit bank notes normally discriminated by the discriminating unit 72.

74 is a deposit cassette, which is disposed immediately below the deposit temporary holding unit 73 on the back side of the withdrawal cassette 17, and the deposit temporary holding unit 73 is formed by a partition plate with the deposit temporary holding unit 73 rotating or the like. Receiving banknotes that are discharged in bundles from the bundle can be received.

75 is a conveying path which conveys the deposit bank set in the longitudinal direction in the deposit opening 71 to the joining part with the common conveyance path 34. As shown in FIG.

76 is a conveyance path, which branches from the common conveyance path 34 and transfers the deposit banknote normally discriminated by the discriminating part 72 to the deposit temporary holding part 73.

Moreover, the switch blade which is not shown in figure is provided in the branch part and the confluence part of each conveyance path, and is comprised so that the banknote conveyed may be guided to an appropriate direction.

The operation of the above-described configuration will be described.

When the customer deposits banknotes, the banknotes are set in the banking slot 71 in the longitudinal direction, and are put one by one in order from the top by the separating section 71a, and the conveyance path 75 and the common conveyance path 34 ) Is vertically conveyed to the discriminating unit 72.                     

The deposit banknotes normally discriminated in the discriminating unit 72 are counted by type, and then conveyed to the deposit temporary holding unit 73 by the common conveying path 34 and the conveying path 76, accumulated and temporarily stored.

In addition, the input banknotes which are inputted one by one from the banks 71 are stopped until the banknotes are normally discriminated.

The payment banknote, which has been discriminated as described above and made of the deposit reject banknote, is once stopped on the conveying path between the discriminating unit 72 and the deposit temporary holding unit 73, and the conveying path 76, the common conveying path 34, and the conveying By reversing the furnace 75, it is returned to the depositor 71, accumulated on the unsegregated money bank and returned to the customer.

At this time, the deposit processing is suspended, and a message for prompting receipt of the deposit reject banknote and a selection screen asking whether to continue the deposit transaction are displayed on the customer operation screen (not shown).

When the customer chooses to stop the deposit transaction, the deposit banknotes already stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 73 are put in one by one, returned in the same manner as in the case of the deposit rejected bill, and returned to the depositor to be returned to the customer. . Or the conveyance path 76 and the common conveyance path 34 are conveyed and integrated by the withdrawal temporary hold part 52, and the deposit reject banknote is returned to a customer similarly to 2nd Embodiment.

If the customer chooses to continue the deposit processing, the deposit processing is resumed after receipt of the deposit rejected bill is confirmed, and the discrimination operation for the remaining deposit banknotes is performed in the same manner as above.                     

When the discrimination of all the deposits is finished, the deposit amount is displayed on the customer operation screen (not shown), and a phrase for prompting confirmation of the deposit amount is displayed.

In the case where the customer performs the withdrawal operation, the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 73 are put one by one, and the withdrawal temporary holding unit 52 is carried out by the return path 76 and the common return path 34. The deposit is returned to the customer in the same manner as in the second embodiment.

When the customer confirms the deposit amount, the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 73 are bundled in the bundle state by the rotation movement of the partition plate of the deposit temporary holding unit 73 and the deposit cassette 74 or the like. 74 is sent to and received.

In the case where the customer performs the withdrawal transaction operation, an amount corresponding to the customer's required amount of money is input from the withdrawal cassette 17 by one of the necessary money types and discriminated by the return path 35 and the common return path 34. It is conveyed to the part 72.

The discriminating unit 72 discriminates the kind of money and conveying abnormalities such as overlapping conveyance and meandering by approximately half of the horizontally conveyed banknotes, and the withdrawal banks discriminated above are sent to the conveying path 37 as withdrawal reject banknotes. It is conveyed to the withdrawal reject part 22 by this, and is stored.

The withdrawal notes discriminated normally are returned to the withdrawal temporary holding section 52 by the common return path 34. Subsequent operations are the same as those in the second embodiment, and will be omitted.

As mentioned above, in this embodiment, the effect of the example of 1st Embodiment, the effect of miniaturization of the apparatus by omission of the banknote return opening of 2nd Embodiment, and the effect of shortening of the maintenance time by arrangement | positioning the deposit cassette to the maintenance side In addition, by providing a deposit cassette separately from the withdrawal cassette and storing the deposit banks in bundles regardless of the kind of money, the effect of reducing the time required for storing the deposit banknotes is obtained.

In addition, the discrimination unit discriminates not only the vertical transfer banknotes but also the horizontal transfer withdrawals using approximately half of them, thereby preventing accidents due to the loading error of the type of money for the withdrawal cassette and installing them separately. Detectors such as overlap conveying can be omitted.

In addition, by using the common conveyance path 34 for forward and reverse bidirectional conveyance, the conveyance path 31 of 2nd Embodiment can be omitted and a conveyance path can be shortened, and a device can be further simplified. have.

Moreover, the technique which accommodates the deposit banknote of this embodiment in a deposit cassette bundles the deposit temporary hold part 14 in 1st Embodiment on the upper part of the deposit cassette 15, and deposits the deposit cassette 15 in the upper part. By making it the same as the deposit cassette 74 of this embodiment, it can apply also to 1st Embodiment. As a result, the banknotes can be stored in bundles, thereby reducing the storage time.

(Example 4 Embodiment)

It is explanatory drawing which shows 4th Embodiment of this invention.

In addition, the part same as the said 1st-3rd embodiment example attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

81 denotes a deposit reject port, which accumulates and rejects the deposit reject banknotes discriminated by the discrimination unit 72 in the form of powers of misconduct, the right of damage, and the bills of other countries.                     

82 denotes a deposit and withdrawal temporary holding unit which accumulates and temporarily stores the deposit and withdrawal money inputted from the withdrawal cassette 17 discriminated normally by the discriminating unit 72.

In addition, the deposit and withdrawal temporary hold section 82 is provided with a bundle conveyance path 53 composed of an upper conveying portion 53a and a lower conveying portion 53b similarly to the second embodiment, and is vertically accumulated with a deposit banknote and a horizontal accumulation. Each withdrawal banknote is returned in a bundle.

83 is a deposit cassette, which is disposed on the front side of the withdrawal cassette 17, immediately below the deposit and withdrawal suspension portion 82, and is arranged so as to receive a deposit banknote that is discharged in a bundle state from the deposit and withdrawal suspension portion 82; It has an opening, and stores a deposit banknote regardless of the type.

84 is a conveyance path which diverges the deposit banknote of the deposit reject banknote by the discrimination part 72 from the common conveyance path 34, and conveys it to the deposit reject port 81. As shown in FIG.

Moreover, the switch blade which is not shown in figure is provided in the branch part and the confluence part of each conveyance path, and is comprised so that the banknote conveyed may be guided to an appropriate direction.

11 is a top view showing the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding portion 82 of the present embodiment.

85 is a rotation axis, and rotational motion is freely caught by the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34, and becomes a rotation point at the time of rotating the bundle conveyance path 53. As shown in FIG.

The operation of the above-described configuration will be described.

In FIG. 10, when a customer deposits a bill, the deposit banks set in the longitudinal direction in the deposit opening 12 are input one by one, and are discriminated by the conveyance paths 31 and 33 and the common conveyance path 34. It is conveyed longitudinally at 72.                     

In the discrimination part 72, the deposit banknote made of the deposit reject banknote is conveyed and accumulated by the common conveyance path 34 and the conveyance path 84 to the deposit reject port 81, and returned to a customer.

After the banknotes which have been normally discriminated are counted by type, they are conveyed to the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding portion 82 by the common conveyance path 34, and are accumulated and temporarily stored in the same manner as in the second embodiment.

When the discrimination of all the deposits is finished, the deposit amount is displayed on the customer operation screen (not shown), and a phrase for prompting confirmation of the deposit amount is displayed.

When the customer performs the deposit cancellation operation, the upper transfer part 53a moves in the lower conveyance part 53b direction, and transfers all the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit and withdrawal temporary hold part 82 to the upper conveyance part 53a and the lower conveyance part ( 53b), the banknote is returned to the customer in the same manner as in the second embodiment.

When the customer confirms the deposit amount, all of the deposit bills are sandwiched between the upper conveyance part 53a and the lower conveyance part 53b in the same manner as described above. Next, the bundle conveyance path 53 rotates in the arrow B direction shown in FIG. 10 with the rotation shaft 85 as the rotation point by the drive device which is not shown, and it deposits toward the direction of the opening part provided in the deposit cassette 83. Banknotes are inserted into the upper conveying section 53a and the lower conveying section 53b in the bundle state, and are conveyed and stored in the deposit cassette 83.

The operation of injecting the withdrawal bank, the discriminating operation in the discriminating unit 72, and the storing operation of the withdrawal banknote to the withdrawal rejecting unit 22 when the customer performs the withdrawal transaction operation are the same as those in the third embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted. do.

The withdrawal notes discriminated normally are returned to the deposit and withdrawal temporary hold section 82 by the common conveyance path 34.

At this time, in the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding part 82, the withdrawal banknotes transversely conveyed on the lower conveyance part 53b of the bundle conveyance path 53 are aligned and accumulated similarly to 2nd Embodiment. Subsequent operations are the same as those in the second embodiment, and will be omitted.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the effect of the first embodiment, the shortening of the pay time and the crime prevention effect due to the arrangement of the deposit cassette of the second embodiment in front of the pay side, and the bundle of the deposit bill of the third embodiment In addition to the shortening effect of storing time by storing, the simplification by the discriminating part which discriminates all the horizontal and horizontal banknotes, and the effect of preventing the loading error, the temporary holding part of the withdrawal money is also used as the temporary holding part of the deposit money. Since the deposit temporary holding part with the mechanism can be omitted, the device can be simplified and the reliability of the device can be improved.

Also, by discharging only the deposit reject banknotes from the deposit reject port, it is possible to facilitate the accumulation of deposit reject banknotes in places where the possibility of mixing banknotes other than the regime is likely to be easy, and the withdrawal date and time by banknotes other than the regime. The effect that the obstacle, such as jam in a holding part etc., can also be prevented is obtained.

Moreover, in the technique which accommodates the deposit banknote of this embodiment in a bundle cassette, the rotating shaft 85 is provided in the bundle conveyance path 53 of the withdrawal temporary holding part 52 in 2nd embodiment, and a deposit cassette In the same manner as the deposit cassette 83 of the present embodiment, the function 51 can be applied to the second embodiment by functioning as a temporary holding part of the deposit and withholding money storing unit. Thereby, omitting the conveyance path 55 can be reduced.

In addition, the bundle conveyance paths 21 and 53 in this invention may be set as the aspect shown below.

Hereinafter, although the bundle conveyance path 53 is shown as an aspect applicable to 4th embodiment, it is the same also in other embodiment and the bundle conveyance path 21. FIG.

FIG. 12: is a top view which shows the other aspect 1 of the bundle conveyance path 53, and FIG. 13 is its center cross-sectional view.

The lower conveyance part 53b of the bundle conveyance path 53 in FIG. 12 is provided inclined toward the withdrawal reject part 22. As shown in FIG.

86 is a stopper, which is fixed to the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34 and fixed to the shaft 86a freely provided with a rotational movement, to align and deposit the withdrawal money discharged on the lower conveyance part 53b.

When the deposit reject banknote or the banknote is accumulated and returned to the customer by the bundle conveying path 53, the banknote stopper 54 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A by a driving mechanism (not shown), and the common conveying path ( 34 stops at the position withdrawn from the conveyance belt 59 of the lower conveyance part 53b so that the accumulation of the vertical conveyance banknotes discharged from the lower conveyance part 53b may be stopped, and the stopper 86 may prevent the bills from falling off the lower conveyance part 53b. It stops at the position shown in 13.                     

The deposit banknote vertically conveyed by the common conveyance path 34 to the bundle conveyance path 53 is supported by the stopper 86 like the vertical conveyance banknote shown in FIG. 12, and is accumulated on one conveyance belt of the lower conveyance part 53b. do.

When all the deposit banks are accumulated, the upper conveying unit 53a is rotated in the direction of arrow C by a driving device (not shown) to be parallel to the lower conveying unit 53b, and moves in that direction to transfer all of the deposit banks to the upper conveying unit 53a. And the lower conveyance part 53b.

Subsequently, the shutter 20 is opened, and the banknote is transferred to the withdrawal opening 19 in the bundle state by the bundle conveyance path 53. The customer withdraws and receives it and the deposit reject bill or banknote is returned to the customer.

In the case of storing the deposit bill in the deposit cassette 83, all the deposit bills are sandwiched between the upper conveyance section 53a and the lower conveyance section 53b in the same manner as described above.

Next, the bundle conveyance path 53 rotates by the drive apparatus which is not shown in the arrow B direction shown in FIG. 10 by making the rotating shaft 85 into the rotation point, and is facing toward the direction of the opening part provided in the deposit cassette 83, It is sandwiched between the delivery part 53a and the lower conveyance part 53b, and it is conveyed, and the receipt banknote is accommodated in the payment cassette 83 in a bundle state.

In the case where the withdrawal money is accumulated and discharged to the customer, both the bill stopper 54 and the stopper 86 are stopped at the position shown in FIG.

The withdrawal banknotes transversely conveyed by the common conveyance path 34 to the bundle conveyance path 53 are both the lower conveyance part 53b between the banknote stopper 54 and the stopper 86 like the horizontal conveyance banknote shown in FIG. Is integrated onto the conveyance belt 59.

When all withdrawal banks are accumulated, the upper conveying unit 53a is rotated in the direction of arrow C by a driving device (not shown) to be parallel to the lower conveying unit 53b, and moves in that direction to transfer all the withdrawal banks to the upper conveying unit 53a. And the lower conveyance part 53b.

Subsequently, the banknote stopper 54 is rotated in the direction of arrow A by a drive mechanism (not shown) to withdraw from the conveying path of the withdrawal money, the shutter 20 is opened, and the withdrawal money is bundled with the bundle conveyance path 53. It is returned to the withdrawal opening 19. The customer withdraws this and receives the withdrawal notes.

When storing a withdrawal money in the withdrawal reject part 22, the bundle conveyance path 53 is reversed, a withdrawal money is put in, and the shutter 20 is closed. Subsequently, the shaft 86a is rotated by a drive mechanism (not shown) to rotate the stopper 86 in the direction of the arrow D, and the passage to the withdrawal reject portion 22 is opened so that the bundle conveyance path 53 is provided. The bank notes are stored in the withdrawal reject portion 22 in the bundle state.

As a result, in addition to the effects of the fourth embodiment, the degree of freedom of the installation place of the withdrawal reject portion 22 can be increased.

FIG. 13: is a top view which shows the other aspect 2 of the bundle conveyance path 53, and FIG. 14 is its center cross-sectional view.

91 is a multiple conveyance path.

92 is a drum, and the recessed part 93 which accumulates a vertical conveyance banknote, and the recessed part 94 which accumulates a horizontal conveyance banknote are formed.                     

As a rotating shaft, 95 is fixed to the drum 92, and the rotational movement is freely hung on the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34. As shown in FIG.

In the case of depositing a reject reject banknote or a banknote by the bundle conveyance path 91 and returning it to the customer, the deposit banknote vertically conveyed to the bundle conveyance path 91 by one conveyance belt of the common conveyance path 34. Is integrated in the recess 93 as in the vertical conveyance banknote shown in FIG.

When all the bank notes are accumulated, the drum 92 is rotated approximately halfway in the direction of the arrow E shown in FIG. 15 by a drive device (not shown) with the rotation shaft 95 as the rotation point, and the customer side faces the opening. The customer receives this in a bundle state from the opening, and the deposit rejected bill or the banknote is returned to the customer.

When the receipt of the money receipt is confirmed, the drum 92 returns to its original position by approximately half turning in the direction opposite to the arrow E. FIG.

In the case of storing the deposit banknote in the deposit cassette 83, all the deposit banknotes are accumulated in the recess 93 in the same manner as described above. The drum 92 then rotates in the opposite direction to the arrow E with the rotation shaft 95 as the rotation point, and bundles the banknotes by using the own weight of the banknotes toward the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 83. In the storage cassette 83.

When the receipt of the money receipt is confirmed, the drum 92 rotates in the direction of the arrow E to return to the original position.

When the withdrawal notes are accumulated and discharged to the customer, the withdrawal notes vertically conveyed to the bundle conveyance path 53 by the conveyance belts on both sides of the common conveyance path 34 are recessed like the transverse conveyance bills shown in FIG. It is integrated in 94.

Since the operation after all the withdrawal banks are accumulated is the same as the case of the withdrawal bank, the description is omitted.

In the case of storing the withdrawal money into the withdrawal reject portion 22, the drum 92 is rotated about halfway in the direction opposite to the arrow E to insert the withdrawal money, and then rotated again to open the withdrawal rejection portion 22 toward the opening. The banknote is sent to the withdrawal reject portion 22 in a bundle state by using the weight of the deposit bank, and the banknote is stored in the withdrawal reject portion 22.

When the receipt of the money receipt is confirmed, the drum 92 rotates in the direction of the arrow E to return to the original position.

Thereby, in addition to the effect of the said 4th embodiment, since a shutter and an outlet can be omitted and a bundle conveyance path can also be omitted, an apparatus can be further simplified.

In addition, when the drum rotates, it is preferable to detect the proximity of the customer to the rotating part by a proximity sensor or the like to secure the safety of the customer. In addition, this may be an alarm sound or a warning sound to call the customer's attention.

(Example 5 Embodiment)

It is explanatory drawing which shows 5th Embodiment of this invention.

In addition, the part same as the said 1st-4th embodiment gives the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.                     

101 denotes a deposit temporary holding unit, which is discriminated normally by the discriminating unit 13, and accumulates and temporarily stores the deposited bank notes. In addition, a shutter 20 for preventing theft, mischief and the like of accumulated banknotes is provided on the customer operation side of the deposit temporary holding unit 101.

102 is a bundle conveyance path, which is provided in the deposit temporary holding part 102 and consists of only one conveyance belt of the bundle conveyance path 53 shown in FIG. 11 of the fourth embodiment, and includes an upper conveyance part 102a and a lower conveyance part. It has the rotating shaft which is not shown the same as 102b and the rotating shaft 85, and vertically conveyed banknotes are piled up and conveyed in a bundle state.

103 is a deposit cassette, which is arranged on the side of the withdrawal cassette 17 and disposed immediately below the deposit temporary holding unit 101, and discharged in a bundle state from the deposit and withhold temporary holding unit 101 in the same manner as in the fourth embodiment. It has an opening at the top to receive the deposit banknotes, and stores the deposit banknotes regardless of the type.

104 is a common conveyance path which transfers the deposit banknotes vertically conveyed from the conveying path 33 to the deposit temporary holding unit 101 and the withdrawal banknotes transversely conveyed from the conveying path 35 toward the withdrawal temporary holding unit 18. It is a conveyance path which enabled the conveyance of banknotes of both sides.

Moreover, the switch blade which is not shown in figure is provided in the branch part and the confluence part of each conveyance path, and is comprised so that the banknote conveyed may be guided to an appropriate direction.

In addition, the withdrawal temporary holding part 18 provided in this embodiment is the same as the withdrawal temporary holding part 18 of 1st Embodiment, and the bundle conveyance path 21 which conveys the horizontally conveyed banknote in the bundle state is installed. The customer operation side of the withdrawal temporary hold section 18 is provided with a shutter 20 for preventing theft or mischief of accumulated banknotes, and functions as an outlet for discharging the withdrawal bill to the customer by opening it. .

17 is a top view illustrating the common transport path 101.

105a is a conveyance shaft which rotates freely to the side frame 106 of the common conveyance path 101, and is equipped with two conveyance rollers 107a in the inner side of the side frame 106, and an outer side.

105b is a conveyance shaft arrange | positioned in parallel with the conveyance shaft 105a, Comprising: The rotation of the side frame 106 is carried out freely, and the conveyance roller 107b is attached in the position which opposes the conveyance roller 107a.

108 is a conveyance belt, which is sandwiched between the conveying roller 107a and the conveying roller 107b opposed thereto.

Both the upper conveying part and the lower conveying part are formed by three conveying belts 108 interposed between the conveying shafts 105a and 105b and the conveying rollers 107a and 107b attached thereto, and conveying belts of the upper conveying part and the lower conveying part. (108) A pair of conveyance paths are formed by assembling each other abutting.

The common conveyance path 104 is comprised by carrying out a pair of conveyance paths continuously at appropriate intervals, and conveys a banknote between the conveyance belts 108 which contact | abut mutually.

In addition, arrangement | positioning of the conveyance rollers 107a and 107b may be set as the structure which arrange | positions three conveyance rollers 107a and 107b inside the side frame 106. As shown in FIG. Moreover, you may make it the roller conveyance which conveys a banknote only with a roller, without using a conveyance belt.                     

The operation of the above-described configuration will be described.

In Fig. 16, when a customer deposits a banknote, the banknotes are set in the longitudinal direction in the depositor 12, one by one, and vertically conveyed to the discriminating unit 13.

In the discrimination part 13, the deposit banknote of the deposit reject banknote is conveyed and accumulates to the deposit reject port 81 by the conveyance paths 31 and 33, the common conveyance path 104, and the conveyance path 84. The deposit reject bill is returned to the customer.

At this time, in the common conveyance path 104, a deposit reject banknote is fitted to the conveyance belt 108 of the outer side of the side frame 106 like the longitudinal conveyance banknote shown in FIG. 17, and to the branch part with the conveyance path 84. The conveyance direction is switched and guided to the conveyance path 84 by the switching blade (not shown) provided in the branch part.

After the banknotes which have been normally discriminated are counted by type, they are conveyed to the deposit temporary holding unit 101 by the conveying paths 31 and 33 and the common conveying path 104, and accumulated on the lower conveying unit 102b for a temporary period. Are kept.

When the discrimination of all the deposits is finished, the deposit amount is displayed on the customer operation screen (not shown), and a phrase for prompting confirmation of the deposit amount is displayed.

When the customer performs the deposit cancellation operation, the upper conveyance section 102a of the deposit temporary holding section 101 is moved toward the lower conveyance section 102b by a driving device (not shown) and stored on the lower conveyance section 102b. All the deposit banknotes which existed are sandwiched between the upper conveyance part 102a and the lower conveyance part 102b.

Subsequently, the shutter 20 is opened and the banknote is transferred to the customer operation side in the bundle state by the bundle conveyance path 102. The customer withdraws this and the deposit is returned to the customer.

When the customer confirms the deposit amount, all of the deposit banknotes stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 101 are sandwiched between the upper conveying unit 102a and the lower conveying unit 102b in the same manner as described above.

Subsequently, the bundle conveyance path 102 rotates in the direction of the arrow F shown in FIG. 16 by using a driving device (not shown) as the rotational point, not shown, and moves upward toward the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 83. A deposit bill is inserted into 102a and the lower conveyance part 102b, and it is conveyed, and it is accommodated in the bundle state by the deposit cassette 103.

In the case where the customer carries out the withdrawal transaction operation, one sheet of paper money corresponding to the customer's required amount of money is input from the withdrawal cassette 17 for each type of money required, and the return path 35 and the common return path 104 are placed. It is conveyed to the withdrawal temporary hold part 18 by this, and is integrated.

At this time, the withdrawal reject banknote discriminated beyond the conveyance by the detector (not shown) is conveyed to the withdrawal reject portion 22 by the conveying path 37 and stored.

Moreover, in the common conveyance path 104, withdrawal notes are inserted into two conveyance belts 108 on the inner side of the side frame 106 and conveyed to the withdrawal temporary holding portion 18 as in the horizontal conveyance banknote shown in FIG. And the lower conveyance part 21b of the bundle conveyance path 21 are integrated.

When all of the customer's required amount of money is accumulated, the upper conveying unit 21a moves in the direction of the lower conveying unit 21b, and sandwiches all the withdrawal notes between the upper conveying unit 21a and the lower conveying unit 21b.

Subsequently, the shutter 20 is opened and the withdrawal money is conveyed to the customer operation side in the bundle state by the bundle conveyance path 21. The customer withdraws this and receives the required bill.

Since the operation when the withdrawal money is not withdrawn after a certain time elapses is the same as in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

The collection of bank notes in the money transfer cassette 103 and the replenishment of the bank notes for the withdrawal cassette 17 are performed as follows.

When taking out a banknote from the deposit cassette 103, open the repair door provided in the front of ATM, take out the deposit cassette 103, and collect a banknote. Or exchange with the empty deposit cassette 51.

In the case of replenishing the banknote in the withdrawal cassette 17, the maintenance door provided in the front of the ATM is opened, the withdrawal cassette 17 is taken out and the banknote is replenished. Or exchange with the withdrawal cassette 17 which previously filled banknotes.

The above has described the front maintenance type ATM as an example. In the case of the rear type maintenance ATM, the same operation is performed by opening a door installed at the rear side.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the device can be miniaturized by the vertical transfer of the deposit banknote and the horizontal transfer of the withdrawal bank, the effect of improving the withdrawal processing efficiency, the device miniaturized by the common transport path, and the production cost. In addition to the reduction effect, the shortening effect of the storing time by bundle storage of the deposit stopper of 3rd embodiment, the improvement effect of the ease of integration by the separate discharge of the deposit reject banknote of 4th embodiment, and the prevention effect of jam, By placing the cassette on the side of the withdrawal cassette, the width of the side of the ATM can be narrowed, and it is effective for the installation of the ATM when the installation width of the customer operating side of the installation place of the cash handling device such as the ATM is narrow. When collecting or replenishing, only necessary work can be done quickly, which can shorten the repair time and improve the crime prevention effect by faster exchange work. The effect that can be obtained. This effect can be achieved with both front and back repairs.

In addition, since the withdrawal port is omitted and the shutter is opened to directly discharge the bills to the customer from the bundle conveyance path, the convenience of the customer is improved and the withdrawal port can be omitted, thereby simplifying the device. Can be.

In addition, omission of this outlet can be performed similarly in each other embodiment, and can exhibit the same effect.

(Example 6 Embodiment)

It is explanatory drawing which shows 6th Embodiment of this invention.

In addition, the part same as the said 1st-5th embodiment example attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

111 is a temporary deposit and withdrawal holding unit which accumulates and temporarily stores the deposit and withdrawal money inputted from the withdrawal cassette 17 discriminated normally by the discriminating unit 13.

In addition, a bundle conveyance path 53 similar to the second embodiment is provided in the deposit / withdrawal temporary hold section 111 and conveys the vertically stacked payment banks and the horizontally stacked withdrawal banks in the bundle state, respectively.

Moreover, the transit bundle holding path 111 is provided with the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112 which has the same structure as the said bundle conveyance path 53.

113 is a deposit cassette, which is arranged in the side of the withdrawal cassette 17 and the deposit and withdrawal temporary hold section 111, and receives the deposit banknote discharged in the bundle state from the transverse bundle conveyance path 112 of the deposit and withdrawal temporary reserve section 111. It has an opening at the top so that it can be stored regardless of type.

In addition, the common conveyance path of this embodiment is a common conveyance path 34 similar to 1st Embodiment.

Moreover, the switch blade which is not shown in figure is provided in the branch part and the confluence part of each conveyance path, and is comprised so that the banknote conveyed may be guided to an appropriate direction.

19 is a top view of the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding part 111 of the present embodiment.

The deposit and withdrawal temporary holding part 111 is provided with the bundle conveyance path 53 comprised from the upper conveyance part 53a and the lower conveyance part 53b similarly to 2nd Embodiment, accumulate and convey all the banknotes of horizontal conveyance and vertical conveyance. do.

The horizontal bundle conveyance path 112 is arrange | positioned so that a banknote bundle may be conveyed in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the bundle conveyance path 53.

In the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112, 114a is a conveyance shaft, and rotation is freely caught by the side frame 115 of the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112, and each one conveyance roller ( 116a) is mounted.

114b is a conveyance shaft arrange | positioned in parallel with the conveyance shaft 114a, The rotation of the side frame 115 is freely performed, and the conveyance roller 116b is attached in the position which opposes the conveyance roller 116a.

117 is a conveyance belt, which is sandwiched between the conveying roller 116a and the conveying roller 116b opposite thereto.

118 is a bill stopper, in order to avoid interfering with the transverse bundle conveying path 112, in FIG. 19, it is provided so that the bill conveyed by the two bill stoppers 54 may be aligned and integrated, and the 2nd by a reciprocating motion may be carried out. It exhibits the same function as the banknote stopper 54 of embodiment.

The transverse bundle conveyance path 112 is an upper conveyance part 112a formed by the conveyance belt 117 interposed between conveyance shafts 114a and 114b and conveyance rollers 116a and 116b attached thereto, and the same lower conveyance part 112b is arranged in parallel, and the upper conveyance part 112a is movable in the lower conveyance part 112b direction, and the opposite direction.

The upper conveying part 112a and the lower conveying part 112b are substantially the same plane as the upper conveying part 53a and the lower conveying part 53b of the bundle conveyance path 53, respectively, so as not to inhibit the accumulation of banknotes emitted from the common conveying path 34. It is arrange | positioned so that it may become.

The operation of the above-described configuration will be described.

In Fig. 18, when the customer deposits a bill, the banknotes set in the longitudinal direction in the deposit opening 12 are put one by one, and are vertically conveyed to the discriminating unit 13.

In the discrimination part 13, the banknote which became a deposit reject banknote is conveyed to the deposit and withdrawal temporary hold part 111 by the conveyance paths 31 and 33 and the common conveyance path 34, and is integrated.

At this time, in the common conveyance path 34, the deposit rejection banknote which is vertically conveyed is fitted to one conveyance belt 44 on the opposite side to the first embodiment, and conveyed to the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding part 111, and FIG. 19. On both conveyance belts 117 of one conveyance belt 59 of the lower conveyance part 53b of the bundle conveyance path 53 and the lower conveyance part 112b of the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112 like the longitudinal conveyance banknote shown to Are integrated.

In addition, the banknote stopper 118 moves downward by a drive mechanism (not shown), and stops at the position which receded from the conveyance belt 59 of the lower conveyance part 53b so that the accumulation of a vertical conveyance banknote may not be disturbed.

In addition, the moving direction of the banknote stopper 108 may retreat upwards according to the circumstances of the structure of the apparatus or the like, and may rotate and retreat like the banknote stopper 54 of the second embodiment.

When all the deposit reject banknotes are accumulated in the deposit and withdrawal temporary hold section 111, the deposit reject banknotes are returned to the customer in the same manner as in the second embodiment.

The deposit banknotes which have been normally discriminated are counted by type, and then conveyed to the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding unit 111 by the common conveyance path 34, and accumulated and temporarily stored in the same manner as in the case of the deposit reject banknote.

When the discrimination of all the deposits is finished, the deposit amount is displayed on the customer operation screen (not shown), and a text for prompting confirmation of the deposit amount is displayed.

In the case where the customer has made a deposit cancellation operation, all of the deposit bank notes stored in the deposit and withdrawal temporary hold section 111 are returned to the customer in the same manner as in the second embodiment.

When the customer confirms the deposit amount, the upper conveyance part 112a of the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112 moves to the lower conveyance part 112b direction by the drive device which is not shown in figure, and it keeps temporarily in the deposit / withdrawal temporary hold part 111. All of the payment banks which have been made are sandwiched between the upper conveying part 112a and the lower conveying part 112b.

Subsequently, the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112 conveys a deposit banknote in the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 113 in the bundle state by the drive apparatus which is not shown in figure, and is accommodated in the deposit cassette 113. As shown in FIG.

The case where the customer performs the withdrawal processing operation and subsequent operations is the same as that in the second embodiment except that the portion where the withdrawal money is accumulated is the withdrawal and withdrawal temporary holding portion 111, and the description thereof is omitted.

In addition, the bill stopper 108 is moved by a reciprocating motion. In the case where the withdrawal money is aligned and accumulated and the withdrawal money is conveyed by the bundle conveying path 53, the closing or withdrawal operation is carried out by a bill stopper due to the rotational motion ( 54).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the device is miniaturized by the horizontal conveyance of the transfer bank and the withdrawal processing efficiency, the device is reduced by the common transport path, and the production cost is reduced. Effect, the effect of miniaturization of the device by omitting the remittance bank return port of the second embodiment, the shortening effect of the storing time by the bundle payment of the remittance bank of the third embodiment, the withdrawal bank and the remittance banknote of the fourth embodiment In addition to the simplification and reliability improvement of the apparatus by the use of the temporary holding unit, the shortening of the repair time by the parallel arrangement of the deposit cassette and the withdrawal cassette of the fifth embodiment, and the crime prevention effect, the deposit cassette is provided on the side of the withdrawal cassette. Also in the constitution, a deposit rejection banknote or a deposit from a single withdrawal port to a customer by a deposit and withdrawal temporary withhold having a horizontal bundle conveyance path Since the return of the money and the payment of the withdrawal money can be discharged in bundles, it is possible to prevent forgetting and not taking out money, and to improve customer convenience by allowing customers to receive bills at once. Obtained.

Further, in the present embodiment, miniaturization was achieved by omitting the deposit bank return opening and the conveyance path. However, the first embodiment is due to the large number of deposit rejected banknotes in places where there is a high possibility of mixing banknotes other than the regime. In the same manner as in the example, the deposit bill return port and the conveying path may be provided so that only the deposit reject bill is discharged here.

Even in this case, the deposit and withdrawal temporary holding unit can be used as a temporary holding unit for withdrawal money and a temporary withdrawal money for normal deposit money and can handle vertical and horizontal bank notes, thereby ensuring convenience for customers. Thereby, the improvement effect of the ease of stacking banknotes other than a regime, and the prevention effect of a jam can be acquired.

Each of the above embodiments has described the case where the banknote deposit and withdrawal device of the present invention is applied to an ATM as an example, and even if applied to an overall cash handling device such as a cash processing device, an automatic ticketing device or a vending machine, the effect is impaired. It is not meant to be.                     

As described above, the present invention separately installs the deposit opening accepting the banknotes in the vertical direction and the discharge port for discharging the banknotes in the horizontal direction, miniaturizes the discrimination unit by carrying the banknotes vertically, and conveys the withdrawal banknotes. Increasing the withdrawal processing efficiency by transversal conveyance, and sharing parts of the conveyance path by the common conveyance route which enables longitudinal conveyance and transverse conveyance at the same time. The present invention aims to realize a small and simple, low-cost banknote deposit and withdrawal device that can be easily adapted to the present invention.

As described above, the present invention vertically transfers the deposit bank deposited in the longitudinal direction from the deposit and transversely transfers the withdrawal banknote inputted from the withdrawal cassette, so that the detection site required for discriminating the type of money of the discriminating unit is discharged. Since the processing speed of the withdrawal money can be increased, the effect of miniaturizing the apparatus and improving the withdrawal processing efficiency can be obtained.

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It has a deposit cassette for storing banknotes received from the bank, and a discharge port for discharging the withdrawal money from the withdrawal cassette for storing the banknotes, Vertically transferring the deposit bank deposited in the longitudinal direction from the depositor, and transporting and dispensing the withdrawal banknotes from the withdrawal cassette; And a discriminating unit for discriminating a banknote, wherein the discriminating unit serves as a discriminating unit for discriminating banknotes for longitudinal conveyance, and when dispensing, the withdrawal banknotes to be transported are discriminated by a part thereof. The method of claim 1, And a part of a conveyance path for carrying the said banknote vertically with a part of a conveyance path for carrying the said withdrawal bank transversely. delete The method according to claim 1 or 2, A banknote deposit and withdrawal device, characterized in that the outlet is shared at least as a discharge port in the case of returning the money bill at the request of return. The method according to claim 1 or 2, A withdrawal and withdrawal holding device for temporarily holding a withdrawal money, and sharing the withdrawal and withholding part as a temporary withdrawal part when returning a withdrawal money at least by return request. The method according to claim 1 or 2, A banknote withdrawal and withdrawal device comprising: providing a withdrawal temporary withdrawal unit for temporarily storing a withdrawal money, and sharing the withdrawal withdrawal withhold as a withdrawal temporary withdrawal unit; The method according to claim 1 or 2, A banknote deposit and withdrawal device, characterized in that the rejected banknote is returned to the depositor by reversing the conveying path of the banknote. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Banknote dispensing device, characterized in that the withdrawal cassette is disposed inside the deposit cassette. The method according to claim 1 or 2, A banknote deposit and withdrawal device, characterized in that the deposit cassette is arranged in the side of the withdrawal cassette. The method according to claim 1 or 2, A deposit and withdrawal device, characterized in that a temporary payment holding unit for temporarily storing a deposit banknote is provided, and the deposit cassette is disposed below the temporary holding unit of the deposit bank, and the deposit bank is stored in a bundle state. The method of claim 9, A deposit and withdrawal device, characterized in that a deposit temporary holding unit for temporarily storing a deposit banknote is provided, and the deposit cassette is arranged on the side of the deposit temporary holding unit, and the deposit bank is transported horizontally to be stored in a bundle state.

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