KR20200037684A - Apparatus for bill receiving and dispensing - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing device capable of deposit processing in both directions of a main body, such as one side and the other side thereof. To achieve this, the bill processing device of the present invention comprises: a deposit or withdrawal unit provided on one side of the main body through which bills are deposited or withdrawn; a deposit unit which is provided on the other side of the main body, and through which a deposit is performed; and a bill storage unit storing the bills deposited through the deposit and withdrawal unit and the deposit unit and the bills to be withdrawn through the withdrawal unit.

Description

Banknote processing device {APPARATUS FOR BILL RECEIVING AND DISPENSING}

The present invention relates to a bill processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a bill processing apparatus capable of deposit processing in both directions of one side and the other side of the main body.

In general, an automated teller machine (ATM) is equipped with a bill processing device for depositing or withdrawing paper media such as cash or check (hereinafter referred to as "money").

Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional bill processing apparatus 1 is provided with a deposit and withdrawal mechanism 11 and a bill storage mechanism 12 made of a plurality of rollers for a user to insert or receive bills for deposit and withdrawal. A wealth (10), a discrimination unit (20) for discriminating whether there is an abnormality and the type of bills deposited or withdrawn through the deposit and withdrawal unit (10), and a discrimination unit (20) among the bills deposited through the deposit and withdrawal unit (10) Banknote temporary storage section 30 for temporarily storing bills discriminated as normal bills, bill storage consisting of a plurality of cassettes 41, 42, 43 for storing bills stored therein and taking out bills stored therein when a withdrawal request is requested Banknote 40, a bill discriminated as having an abnormality in the discrimination unit 20 among the accounts receivable storage unit 50 and the deposit or withdrawal bills that are received and received by the deposit and withdrawal unit 10 at the time of withdrawal Reject ticket storage unit 60 is stored, the bill processing A banknote between the components of the apparatus 1 is configured to include the conveying path to be conveyed (71,72,73,74,75).

In the conventional bill processing apparatus 1 configured as described above, the deposit / withdrawal part 10 is provided only on one side 1a of the main body, and the other side 1b of the main body does not include a structure for depositing bills. consist of.

The problem of the conventional bill processing apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2. For example, in a general convenience store (A), a table (C) is installed in the front (downward direction in the drawing) based on the store owner position (B) where the store owner of the convenience store is located, and the product is sold on the table (C). A terminal D for calculating and recording payments is installed, and a bill processing device 1 for depositing and withdrawing money is installed at one side of the terminal D, and a storekeeper is located at the other side of the table C with a storekeeper position B. A door (E) for moving between stores is provided.

The deposit / withdrawal part 10 of the conventional bill processing apparatus 1 is provided in the direction toward the customer position F, and the direction toward the store owner position B does not include a separate configuration for deposit processing. Therefore, in order for the shopkeeper to deposit money to the bill processing apparatus 1, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 2, after leaving the shopkeeper location B and opening the door E, after moving to the customer location F Since it is necessary to deposit through the deposit and withdrawal section 10, there is a problem in that the deposit processing procedure is cumbersome from the point of view of the owner.

On the other hand, the store owner may install a separate deposit machine from the bill processing device 1 to process the deposit, but in this case, the bill processing device 1 and the deposit machine must be provided separately. There is a problem in that the cost rises and occupies a lot of space, and thus the space utilization inside the store decreases.

Prior art related to a conventional bill processing apparatus is disclosed in Patent No. 10-1310444, Patent No. 10-1245015, and the like.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a bill processing apparatus capable of deposit processing in both directions of one side and the other side of the main body.

The bill processing apparatus of the present invention for realizing the object as described above, the deposit or withdrawal of bills is made and is provided on one side of the main body; A depositing part in which bills are deposited and provided on the other side of the main body; And a bank note storage unit storing bills deposited through the deposit and withdrawal unit and bills to be withdrawn through the deposit and withdrawal unit.

The deposit and withdrawal portion may be provided in a direction toward the customer location, and the deposit portion may be provided in a direction toward the store location.

A discrimination unit for discriminating whether or not there is an abnormality in the money deposited and deposited through the depositing unit; A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing bills that have passed through the discrimination unit; And it may be configured to further include a transfer path for conveying the bill between the deposit and withdrawal section and the deposit section, the discrimination section, the temporary storage section and the bill storage section.

The conveying path includes a first conveying path connecting the depositing space of the deposit and withdrawal section and the discrimination section; A second return path connecting the withdrawal space of the discrimination unit and the deposit and withdrawal unit; A third return path branched from the second return path and connected to the deposit portion; A fourth return path branched from the second return path and connected to the temporary storage unit; And a fifth transfer path branched from the first transfer path and connected to the bill storage unit.

In one embodiment, the bills deposited through the deposit section are transferred to the deposit and withdrawal section via the third return path, the second return path, the discrimination section, and the first return path, and the bills returned to the deposit and withdrawal section are the first It may be transported to the temporary storage unit via a transport path, a discrimination unit, a second transport path, and a fourth transport path to be temporarily stored.

The bills discriminated from the discrimination unit to the normal area are discharged from the temporary storage unit and sequentially transferred to the bill storage unit through the fourth return path, the second return path, the discrimination section, the first return path, and the fifth return path. Can be saved.

A reject ticket storage unit is provided at one side of the bill storage unit, and the transfer path further includes a sixth transfer path branched from the fifth transfer path and connected to the reject ticket storage unit, and rejected by the discrimination unit. Bills discriminated into volumes are discharged from the temporary storage unit, and then sequentially pass through the fourth and second transfer paths, the discrimination unit, the first and fifth transfer paths, and the sixth transfer path. It can be returned to the storage and stored.

The bills deposited through the depositing unit may be transported to the deposit and withdrawal unit through the third returning path, the second returning path, the discriminating unit, and the first returning path, but the discrimination unit may be configured to not distinguish bills. have.

In another embodiment, the banknote deposited through the depositing unit is conveyed to the discrimination unit via the third returning path and the second returning path, and the bill discriminated as a normal ticket from the discrimination unit is the fifth with the first returning path. It may be transported and stored in the bill storage unit via a transport path.

A reject ticket storage unit is provided at one side of the bill storage unit, and the transport path further includes a sixth transportation path branched from the fifth transport path and connected to the reject ticket storage unit, and deposited through the deposit unit Bills are conveyed to the discrimination unit via the third transport path and the second transport path, and the bills discriminated by the discrimination unit as reject tickets are sequentially in the first and fifth transport paths and the sixth transport path. It can be returned to the reject ticket storage unit and stored.

According to the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention, by depositing and withdrawing portions on one side of the main body and depositing portions on the other side of the main body, deposit processing is possible in both directions of one side of the main body and the other side. Therefore, even if the store owner, such as a convenience store, does not move from the store location to the place where the deposit and withdrawal section is located, it is possible to improve the convenience of the deposit processing because the deposit processing is possible through the deposit section at the store location.

In addition, by providing a depositing section in the direction toward the store owner's position in the bill processing apparatus, there is no need to install a separate deposit machine for deposit processing, and one bill processing device is shared to perform customer deposit and withdrawal processing and deposit processing of the owner can do.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional bill processing apparatus,
2 is a plan view schematically showing a state in which a conventional bill processing apparatus is installed in a convenience store,
3 is a block diagram of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a view showing an embodiment in which the deposit processing of the bill through the deposit section in the bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
5 is a view showing another embodiment in which the deposit processing of the bill through the deposit section in the bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a plan view schematically showing a state in which a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed at a convenience store.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram of a bill processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Bill processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the deposit or withdrawal of bills is made, the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 provided on one side 100a of the main body, the deposit of bills is made and the other side of the main body 100b ) Is provided in the depositing unit (120, counter), the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 and the billing unit 120 through the depositing unit 120 or discrimination unit for discriminating whether the withdrawal from the bill storage unit 150 (130) ), A temporary storage unit 140 for temporarily storing bills that have passed through the discrimination unit 130, bills deposited through the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 and the deposit unit 120, and through the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 Bills to be withdrawn are stored, and the bill storage unit 150 composed of a plurality of cassettes 151, 152, and 153, the accounts receivable storage unit 160, which is collected and received by the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 at the time of withdrawal, deposits or withdrawals Rejects in which bills discriminated as having an abnormality in the discrimination unit 130 among the bills are stored Volume is a storage unit 170, a configuration including the configuration (181182183184185186) between the elements to be transported banknotes are conveyed in the bill processor 100.

Hereinafter, the bill processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described for each component.

The deposit and withdrawal unit 110 is configured to process the deposit and withdrawal by the customer, and is provided on one side 100a of the main body, and deposit space 110a in which bills are inserted and loaded when depositing, and withdrawals in which bills are loaded It consists of a space (110b), the deposit space (110a) and the withdrawal space (110b) may be spatially separated by a movable plate (not shown).

The deposit space 110a is a space where a user inserts bills at the time of deposit, and under the deposit space 110a, the bills loaded in the deposit space 110a are separated from each other and the bills discharged to the transport path 181 side. Discharge mechanism 111 is provided. The banknote discharging mechanism 111 is installed to face the feed roller and a feed roller that applies a conveying force to the banknotes separated by the pickup roller, the pickup rollers for separating the banknotes one by one, to prevent separation of two sheets of banknotes. It can be composed of a guide roller.

The plate may be composed of two or more, it is made of a movable means (not shown) to move back and forth.

When depositing a bill, the plate is moved to the deposit space 110a by the driving means to press the bill so that the bill comes into contact with the pick roller of the bill ejecting mechanism 111, and then feed with the pick roller The paper money is separated from each other by a roller and a guide roller, and transported to the transport path 181.

The withdrawal space 110b is a space in which banknotes discharged and conveyed from the banknote storage unit 150 when the banknote is withdrawn are loaded, or a banknote discriminated with a reject ticket when depositing through the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 is loaded. . At the lower portion of the withdrawal space 110b, a bill storage mechanism 112 composed of a plurality of rollers for applying a transfer force to the bill is provided to load the bill into the withdrawal space 110b.

When a bill is stored inside the withdrawal space 110b by the bill storage mechanism 112, the plate is stored in the withdrawal space 110b by moving the plate in the direction of the deposit space 110a by the driving means. By moving to the location of the space 110a, the user can receive the bill.

The deposit unit 120 is provided on the other side 100b of the main body, and is a configuration for deposit processing by a store owner, such as a convenience store, restaurant, or store. That is, the depositing part 120 may be provided to be located on the opposite side of the position where the depositing and withdrawing part 110 is provided. Unlike the conventional bill processing apparatus 1, as the depositing part 120 is provided, the store owner can process the deposit in place without leaving the store location (B), and a detailed description thereof will be described later.

In addition, the depositing unit 120 may be configured to include a function of a counter for counting the number of bills deposited by the store owner and processing the deposit.

The discrimination unit 130 discriminates the presence or absence of the bills and the type of bills conveyed along the transport paths 811 and 812, and includes a transport path through which bills are conveyed, and the bills are conveyed in both directions. A driving mechanism is provided to be driven to be possible, and the discrimination unit 130 is configured to allow the discrimination of bills regardless of the transport direction when the bills are bidirectionally conveyed.

The discrimination unit 130 includes a sensing means such as a length sensing sensor, an image sensor, and a two-sheet sensing unit to detect the length of the bill passing through the transport path 902 and scan the image of the bill. Then, the authenticity of the bills to be conveyed, the type of the ticket, and whether it is damaged are discriminated.

Based on the information detected by the discrimination unit 130, the control unit (not shown) divides the banknote into normal and reject tickets, determines the type of the banknote, and controls the banknote to follow the set path. do.

The bill storage unit 150 is configured to store bills deposited therein, separate bills withdrawn by a withdrawal signal, and supply the bills of the same or different types to the conveyance path 185. It may be configured to include a plurality of cassettes (151,152,153) for.

The non-receipt storage unit 160 is discharged from the temporary storage unit 140 when canceling the deposit of the bill, the bills loaded in the withdrawal space 110b of the deposit and withdrawal unit 110, or the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 when withdrawing the bill When the user does not receive the bills loaded in the withdrawal space 110b of the user for a certain period of time, this is a space for collecting and storing unpaid tickets.

The reject ticket storage unit 170 is a space in which bills discriminated as reject tickets by the discrimination unit 130 when depositing or withdrawing bills may be provided on one side of the bill storage unit 150.

The transport paths 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, and 186 include a first return path 181 connecting the deposit space 110a and the discrimination unit 130 of the deposit and withdrawal unit 110, the discrimination unit 130 and the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 A second return path 182 connecting the withdrawal space 110b, a third return path 183 branched from the second return path 182 and connected to the deposit 120, the second return path ( 182) a fourth returning path 184 branched from the temporary storage unit 140 and a fifth returning branch branched from the first returning path 181 and connected to the bill storage unit 150 ( 185), it may be configured to include a sixth return path 186 that is branched from the fifth return path 185 and connected to the reject ticket storage unit 170.

Hereinafter, a process of depositing a bill through the depositing unit 120 will be described.

4 is a view showing an embodiment in which the deposit processing of the bill through the deposit section in the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In one embodiment, the bills deposited through the deposit unit 120 are deposited and withdrawn through a third return path 183, a second return path 182, a discrimination unit 130, and a first return path 181. It is returned to the unit 110. In this case, the discrimination unit 130 may be configured to not distinguish bills.

The banknotes returned to the deposit and withdrawal unit 110 are returned to the temporary storage unit 130 through the first return path 181, the discrimination unit 130, the second return path 182, and the fourth return path 184. It is stored temporarily. In this case, the discrimination unit 130 discriminates the bill.

The bills discriminated as the normal ticket by the discrimination unit 130 are discharged from the temporary storage unit 140, and the fourth transfer path 184, the second transfer path 182, the discrimination unit 130, and the first transfer path ( 181) and the fifth return path 185 are sequentially transferred to and stored in the bill storage unit 150 as indicated by the solid arrow in FIG.

Bills discriminated as a reject ticket by the discrimination unit 130 are discharged from the temporary storage unit 140, and the fourth transfer path 184, the second transfer path 182, and the discrimination unit 130 and the first transfer As shown by a dotted arrow in FIG. 4, the furnace 181, the fifth transport path 185, and the sixth transport path 186 may be sequentially transported and stored in the reject ticket storage unit 170.

According to the present embodiment, since the banknote deposited through the depositing unit 120 passes through the discrimination unit 130 repeatedly to discriminate whether or not the banknote is abnormal, thereby accurately discriminating whether the banknote is a normal ticket or a reject ticket. , The normal ticket is returned to the bill storage unit 150 and stored, and the reject ticket is returned to the reject ticket storage unit 170 for storage, thereby improving the reliability of the deposit processing according to the division between the normal ticket and the reject ticket. have.

5 is a view showing another embodiment in which the deposit processing of the bill through the deposit section in the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In another embodiment, the paper money deposited through the depositing unit 120 is returned to the discrimination unit 130 through the third transfer path 183 and the second transfer path 182, and the discrimination unit 130 The bills discriminated by the normal ticket are transported and stored in the bill storage unit 150 through the first return path 181 and the fifth return path 185 as shown by the solid arrow in FIG. 5.

The bills discriminated as the reject ticket in the discrimination unit 130 are sequentially shown through dashed arrows in FIG. 5 after passing through the first return path 181, the fifth return path 185, and the sixth return path 186. As described above, it may be transported to the reject ticket storage unit 170 and stored.

According to the present exemplary embodiment, after the money deposited through the depositing unit 120 passes through the discrimination unit 130 and the abnormality is determined, the normal ticket is returned to the bill storage unit 150 and stored, and the reject ticket is By being transferred and stored in the reject ticket storage unit 170, when compared with the above-described embodiment of FIG. 4, the deposited bill is processed immediately without passing through the temporary storage unit 140, so that the deposit processing can be quickly performed. There are advantages.

6 is a plan view schematically showing a state in which a bill processing apparatus according to the present invention is installed at a convenience store.

The banknote processing apparatus 100 of the present invention, the deposit and withdrawal part 110 provided on one side 100a of the main body is arranged to face the customer's location F, and the deposit part 120 provided on the other side 100b of the main body ) Is arranged to face the store owner position (B), as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6, when the store owner wants to deposit money, through the deposit unit 120 without leaving the store owner position (B). Since it is possible to conveniently perform the deposit processing, it is possible to improve the convenience of the deposit processing, and to prevent theft accidents such as cash stored in the terminal D in advance as the store owner does not deviate from the store location (B). You can.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the modified implementation obviously by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention claimed in the claims. It is possible, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing apparatus 10 Deposit and withdrawal part
20: discrimination unit 30: temporary storage unit
40: bill storage section 50: non-receipt storage section
60: Reject ticket storage unit 71 ~ 75: Return route
100: banknote processing apparatus 100a: one side of the body
100b: the other side of the body 110: deposit and withdrawal
110a: Deposit space 110b: Withdrawal space
120: deposit section (counter) 130: differentiation section
140: temporary storage unit 150: bill storage unit
160: non-receipt storage unit 170: reject ticket storage unit
181 ~ 186: Return route A: Convenience store
B: Owner location C: Table
D: Terminal E: Door
F: Customer location

Claims (10)

A deposit or withdrawal unit that is made to deposit or withdraw bills and is provided on one side of the main body;
A depositing part in which bills are deposited and provided on the other side of the main body; And
A bill storage unit in which the deposit and withdrawal portion and the bill to be deposited through the deposit and withdrawal are stored;
Bill processing apparatus comprising a. According to claim 1,
The deposit and withdrawal portion is provided in a direction toward the customer location,
The deposit processing unit, characterized in that provided in the direction toward the store location. According to claim 1,
A discrimination unit for discriminating whether or not there is an abnormality in the money deposited and deposited through the depositing unit;
A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing bills that have passed through the discrimination unit; And
A conveyance path for conveying bills between the deposit and withdrawal section, the deposit section, the discrimination section, the temporary storage section and the bill storage section;
Bill processing apparatus further comprising a. According to claim 3,
The conveying route,
A first return path connecting the deposit space of the deposit and withdrawal section and the discrimination section;
A second return path connecting the withdrawal space of the discrimination unit and the deposit and withdrawal unit;
A third return path branched from the second return path and connected to the deposit portion;
A fourth return path branched from the second return path and connected to the temporary storage unit; And
A fifth transfer path branched from the first transfer path and connected to the bill storage unit;
Bill processing apparatus comprising a. According to claim 4,
The bills deposited through the deposit section are returned to the deposit and withdrawal section via the third return path, the second return path, the discrimination section, and the first return path,
Bills transferred to the deposit and withdrawal unit, the bill processing device, characterized in that temporarily transferred to the temporary storage unit through the first return path and the discrimination unit, the second return path and the fourth return path. The method of claim 5,
Bills discriminated from the discrimination unit to the normal area are discharged from the temporary storage unit, and then sequentially transferred through the fourth transfer path, the second transfer path, the discrimination unit, the first transfer path, and the fifth transfer path to the bill storage portion. Bill storage device characterized in that it is stored. The method of claim 5,
A reject ticket storage unit is provided at one side of the bill storage unit,
The transport path further includes a sixth transport path branched from the fifth transport path and connected to the reject ticket storage unit.
The bills discriminated by the discrimination unit as a reject ticket are sequentially discharged from the temporary storage unit, sequentially sequencing the fourth returning path, the second returning path, the discriminating section, the first returning path, the fifth returning path, and the sixth returning path. Bill handling device characterized in that it is conveyed and stored in the reject ticket storage unit. The method of claim 5,
Banknotes deposited through the deposit section are returned to the deposit and withdrawal section via the third return path, the second return path, the discrimination section, and the first return path,
The bill processing device characterized in that the discrimination of the bill is not made in the discrimination unit. According to claim 4,
Banknotes deposited through the deposit section are transferred to the differentiation section via the third return path and the second return path,
The bill discriminated from the discrimination unit to a normal ticket is a bill processing apparatus characterized in that it is transported and stored in the bill storage unit via the first and fifth transport paths. According to claim 4,
A reject ticket storage unit is provided at one side of the bill storage unit,
The transport path further includes a sixth transport path branched from the fifth transport path and connected to the reject ticket storage unit.
Banknotes deposited through the deposit section are transferred to the differentiation section via the third return path and the second return path,
The bill discriminated by the discrimination unit in the reject ticket is a bill processing apparatus characterized in that it is conveyed and stored in the reject ticket storage unit through the first transport path, the fifth transport path and the sixth transport path sequentially.

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