JP2672726B2 - Circulating banknote pay-in / pay-out machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine capable of dispensing deposited banknotes as dispensed banknotes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a banknote depositing / dispensing machine capable of depositing and dispensing individual banknotes (one banknote at a time), there is one disclosed in JP-A-1-118987.
This banknote depositing / dispensing machine has a stacker for 10,000 tickets that stores 10,000 tickets, a stacker for 5000 tickets that stores 5000 tickets, and a stacker for 1000 tickets that stores 1000 tickets. , The banknotes deposited in these stackers are sorted according to denominations and stored, respectively, and when a withdrawal command is output, the banknotes of each denomination stored in these stackers are dispensed banknotes. Is being paid out as. In addition, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-118987 shown as the above-mentioned conventional example, there is also a mechanism for bundling and depositing banknotes every 100 sheets and discharging them as banded banknotes (banknotes bundled with 100 banknotes). It is provided.

[0003]

By the way, in the bill depositing / dispensing machine configured as described above, for example, the number of stored bills in the stacker for bills, which is the denomination with the largest number of payouts, is low. If the withdrawal command is issued, if the number of 10,000
As a result, the withdrawal process must be temporarily interrupted until the number of stored bills increases due to the withdrawal process, which makes the withdrawal process inefficient. In addition,
Ticket stacker, 5,000 ticket stacker, and 1,000 ticket stacker
Assuming that and are the same size,
There is little in the stacker for 5000 tickets, which has a relatively small circulation volume.
It is enough to store the number of banknotes, and on the contrary, the gap
There was a phenomenon in which a lot of

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and makes efficient use of the wasted space in the stacker.
By doing so, banknotes of denominations with a large amount of circulation can be
If the banknotes stored in the stacker are near end, you can store the banknotes of insufficient denominations.
An object of the present invention is to provide a circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine capable of efficiently replenishing from another stacker and shortening the time during which the dispensing process is suspended as much as possible.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, at least first and second stackers corresponding to denominations are provided, and these stackers are sorted by denominations. The deposited banknotes are transferred through the deposit side transport passage.
When the withdrawal command is output, the banknotes respectively stored in these stackers are withdrawn from the lower side through the withdrawal side transport passage as withdrawal banknotes. A circulating-type banknote depositing / dispensing machine, wherein a near-end detection unit that detects that a banknote in the second stacker is near-end, the deposit-side transport passage, and the dispense-side transport
A distribution route connecting the aisle, the distribution route and the output
Provided at the confluence with the gold-side transfer passage, the withdrawal-side transfer passage
Banknotes passing through
When a detection signal indicating that the bill in the second stacker has become a near end is output from the near end detecting unit , and a sorting unit that sorts the bill into the deposit passage ,
Stacked vertically on the first stacker in two stages in advance.
Of the denomination banknotes stored under
Withdraw all banknotes that should be stored in the stacker of 1 and carry out the withdrawal side
The first through the delivery passage, the distribution route and the deposit-side transport passage
After re-storing on the upper side of the stacker, add it to the first stacker.
Pre-stored denomination banknotes that have been stacked in two layers vertically
Should be stored in the second stacker stored on the upper side of
Withdrawing banknotes, delivering passage, distribution route and depositing
A distribution control unit for distributing and storing the second stacker in the second stacker via a feeding path .

[0006]

According to the present invention, for example, it is assumed that the first stacker is a stacker for 5,000 tickets that stores 5,000 tickets and the second stacker is a stacker for all tickets that stores 5,000 tickets. When the near-end detection unit outputs to the distribution control unit a detection signal indicating that all the vouchers in the second stacker are near-end, the distribution control unit causes the near-end detection unit to The banknotes are dispensed from the banknotes, and the dispensed banknotes are sorted and stored in the second stacker. And in this case,
By storing 5,000 tickets together with 5,000 tickets in the first stacker in advance, the 10,000 tickets in the first stacker are distributed to the second stacker in a state where the banknotes are insufficient. Therefore, it is not necessary to wait for a long time for depositing all the bills into the second stacker as in the conventional banknote depositing / dispensing machine, and thus the first stacker can be stored in the second stacker. As soon as all the bills in the stacker are sorted and stored, the bill withdrawal process can be restarted immediately.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, with reference to FIG. 1, a basic configuration of a circulation type banknote deposit / withdrawal machine will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a deposit hopper in which deposit banknotes are loaded in a stacked state, and the banknotes loaded in the deposit hopper 1 are delivered to the transport path 2 one by one by a delivery mechanism (not shown). It is supposed to be. In addition, the banknotes delivered to the transport path 2 include the deposit determination unit 3 provided in the middle of the transport path 2.
The denomination and whether the bill is a “fake note” or a “genuine note” is determined by the depositing determination unit 3, and when the bill is determined to be a “fake note”, the bill is distributed by the sorting fork F4. It is arranged to be distributed to the deposit reject unit 8. When the deposit discriminating unit 3 discriminates that the bill is a "genuine bill", the sorting fork F4 is not operated and the bill is allowed to go straight on the transport path 2 as it is.

Further, distribution forks F1, F2 and F3 are sequentially provided on the downstream side of the distribution fork 4 along the conveying path 2. These sorting forks F1, F2, F
3 is operated based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating unit 3, and specifically, when the deposit discriminating unit 3 discriminates that the banknote is 5,000 notes, the sorting fork F1 outputs 5,000 notes. When the bills are sorted to the bill stacker 4 and it is determined that the bills are thousands, the sorting fork F2 sorts the thousands of bills into the bill stacker 5.
In addition, the sorting fork F3 sorts the 10,000 bills to the 10,000 bill stacker 6 when it is determined that the bills are all bills (however, it is operated based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating unit 3). Is the case of deposit processing).

These sorting forks F1, F2, F
Those provided on the upstream side of 3 are the deposit determination section 3
The banknotes identified by
The distribution timing sensors S1, S2, and S3 for distributing each at F3 with good timing. That is, the sorting forks F1, F2, F3 are driven based on the bill detection signals of the timing sensors S1, S2, S3, respectively. Further, what is provided at the end of the transport path 2 is a deposit stacker 7, and, for example, the stackers 4 to 6 are full in the deposit stacker 7 and cannot be stored in the stackers 4 to 6. Banknotes, that is, overflow banknotes, are sorted.

In the stackers 4 to 7, the bills sorted by the sorting forks F1 to F3 are inserted from the upper side, and the bills are stored in a stacked state in the stackers 4 to 7 and are output from an operation unit (not shown). When a money command is output, the banknotes accumulated inside are delivered one by one by the delivery mechanism on the lower side and delivered to the transport path 9. Note that the stackers 4 to 7 are respectively provided below the stackers 4 to 7.
Near end detection sensors S8, S9, S10 and S11 for detecting that the banknotes in 7 are near end.

Further, feed-out counting sensors S4, S5, S6 and S7 are provided near the dispensing ports of the stackers 4 to 7.
The stacking counting sensors S4 to S7 enable the stackers 4
The number of banknotes dispensed from ~ 7 is counted. In addition, in the transport path 9, the dispensing determination unit 10, the distribution forks F5, F6, and F along the transport direction of the banknote.
7 are sequentially provided. The withdrawal determination unit 10 determines the denomination of the banknotes delivered from each of the stackers 4 to 7, and also determines whether the banknotes are “counterfeit notes” or “genuine notes”. . The sorting fork F5 distributes the banknotes (thousands and ten thousandths) delivered from the five-thousands stacker 4 when a replenishment process described later is performed.
It is for feeding these banknotes to 1 and further distributing these banknotes to the 5000-note stacker 4, the 10,000-note stacker 6 or the deposit stacker 7 through the conveying path 2.

The sorting fork F6 is for transporting bills of the same denomination dispensed through the transport path 9 to a bundle processing machine (not shown) provided on the left side of the drawing. Incidentally, this bundle processing machine is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-1 shown in the prior art.
The configuration is similar to that of the binding unit disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 18987.
The distribution fork F7 is
When it is determined that the banknote supplied through the transport path 9 is a “counterfeit banknote”, the banknote is distributed to the withdrawal reject unit 12, and when it is determined that the banknote is a “genuine banknote”, The bills are distributed to the individual dispensing unit 13 (processing when there is a dispensing command).

Next, the control mechanism of the circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine constructed as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. First, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 20 indicates a distribution control unit, and as an input system of this distribution control unit 20,
Five thousand ticket distribution timing sensor S1, ten thousand ticket distribution timing sensor S3, ten thousand stacker stacker end detection unit 19 (S
8), the five-thousand-ticket stacker feed-out counting sensor S7 is provided, and the inventory information storage unit 21 is provided as a system for inputting / outputting the distribution control unit 20. Also,
As an output system of the distribution control unit 20, there are provided a five-third ticket stacker distribution driving unit 22, a 10,000-million stacker distribution driving unit 23, a five-thousand stacker feeding drive unit 24, and a conveyance driving unit 25.

The input system of the distribution control unit 20 will be described. The five-thousand-ticket distribution timing sensor S1 and the 10,000-note distribution timing sensor S3 distribute bills to the distribution forks F1 and F3 as described above. It is for giving timing, and the ten thousand stacker stacker end detection unit 19
Is for detecting that the banknotes in the 10,000-note stacker 6 have become near-end based on the output of the near-end detection sensor S8, and the 5,000-note stacker feed-out counting sensor S7 has been delivered from the 5,000-note stacker 4. It counts banknotes. Further, the inventory information storage unit 21 stores each of the stackers 4 to 7
Stores the denominations of banknotes existing in the banknotes, the number of banknotes corresponding to the banknotes, and the like. Specifically, the inventory information storage unit 21 loads the stackers 4 to 7 into the stackers 4 to 7 before the start of work. While memorizing the denomination and the number (inventory) of the banknotes,
During the work, the sorting control unit 20 causes the stackers 4 to 7 to operate.
When the banknotes are deposited in the banknotes or the banknotes are dispensed from each of the stackers 4 to 7, the result of adding and subtracting the denomination and the number value of the deposited and dispensed banknotes to and from the inventory I am trying to remember them one after another. That is, the information such as the denomination and the number of bills in each of the stackers 4 to 7 calculated by the distribution control unit 20 is sequentially stored in the inventory information storage unit 21 as the inventory information. As a method of storing the bill type and the number of bills (inventory) into the stackers 4 to 7 before the start of work in the inventory information storage unit 21, the operator inputs the bills in an operation unit (not shown). There are a method and a method in which all the banknotes to be loaded are processed in the same manner as the deposit processing, and the determination result of the deposit determination unit 3 is stored as it is.

The output system of the distribution control unit 20 will be described. The five-thousand note stacker distribution drive unit 22 operates the distribution fork F1 based on the timing detected by the distribution timing sensor S1. The five thousand tickets conveyed by the above are sorted and stored in the five thousand ticket stacker 4. The all-tickets stacker sorting drive unit 23 operates the sorting fork F3 based on the timing detected by the sorting timing sensor S3, and stores all the transported bills in the all-ticket stacker 6 by sorting. is there. The 5000-note stacker feeding drive unit 24 operates a feeding mechanism (not shown) provided in the lower part of the 5000-note stacker 4 so that the banknotes stored in the 5000-note stacker 4 are moved to the conveyance path 9. It sends out one by one. The transport driving unit 25 is for driving the transport belts that form the transport paths 2 and 9 and the distribution route 11. In addition, in the replenishment process (described later),
The distribution drive unit (not shown) switches the distribution fork F5 so that the bills move to the distribution route 11 side.

Next, a flow chart of the replenishing process executed by the distribution control unit 20 shown in FIG. 2 will be described for each step (SP) with reference to FIG. Note that the bill replenishing process shown in the following flow chart is performed between transactions (business) (this also applies to the following second embodiment). In addition, the following work should be performed in advance before starting a transaction. That is, the five-thousand note stacker 4, the thousand-note stacker 5, and the 10,000-note stacker 6 are loaded with the bills of each denomination in advance before the operation is started. It is input in advance from an operating means (not shown) of the machine (this input data is stored in the above-mentioned inventory information storage unit 21).
Here, the five-thousand stacker 4, the thousand-thousand stacker 5, and the ten-thousand stacker 6 have bills of respective denominations (thousands A for the stacker 4, 1,000s B for the stacker 5, and 100s for the stacker 6). Although the ticket C: see FIG. 1) is loaded, in particular, in addition to the 5000 ticket A, the 10,000 ticket D is loaded in the 5000 ticket stacker 4. Specifically, in the five-thousand stacker 4, for example, 100 pieces of five-thousand tickets A are loaded in the lower layer, and, for example, 200,000 ten-thousand tickets D are loaded in the upper layer of the five-thousand notes (this is The same applies to the following second embodiment).

<< Step 1 >> Based on the detection signal from the multi-ticket stacker near-end detection section 19, it is judged whether or not the multi-ticket stack C in the multi-ticket stacker 6 is near end, and the multi-ticket stacker 6 is near end YES. Then next step 2
Proceed to. << Step 2 >> The 5000-note stacker feeding drive unit 24 is driven so that the 5000-note stacker 4 loaded below the 5000-note stacker 4 is drawn out. At this time, (1) the number of dispensed banknotes is counted by the five-thousand stack stacker counting sensor S7,
(2) The sorting fork F5 is driven, and the five thousand ticket stacker 4
Sends the banknotes paid out from the distribution route 11 side,
(3) Whether or not the banknote is a counterfeit note is determined by the withdrawal determination section 10, and when the determination section 10 determines that the banknote is a counterfeit note, the banknote is sent to the withdrawal reject section 12. In addition, it is assumed that the number of 100 pieces of the five thousand notes A loaded in the five thousand note stacker 4 before the start of the transaction is the number which is not paid out during the transaction. That is, FIG.
When the flowchart shown in (1) is executed, some five thousand tickets A always exist in the lower layer of the five thousand ticket stacker 4.

<Step 3> When the banknotes conveyed through the distribution route 11 and the conveyance path 2 are five thousand note A, the five thousand note stacker distribution drive unit 22 sorts them based on the output of the sorting timing sensor S1. Operate the minute fork F1,
As a result, the five-third ticket A is returned to the five-third ticket stacker 4. In this case, it is determined whether or not the banknotes sorted by the sorting fork F1 are the 5,000 note A, in the 5,000 note stacker 4 stored in the inventory information storage unit 21. A
It is performed based on the inventory information indicating whether or not is loaded.
That is, the count value counted by the 5000-note stacker feeding-out counting sensor S7 is added to the money amount information ((1) in step 2).
It is assumed that the banknotes fed out from the 5000-note stacker 4 are 5000 notes A before the matching).
Is distributed to the five-thousand-ticket stacker 4 by the distribution fork F1.

<Step 4> It is judged whether or not all of the five thousand tickets A located in the lower layer of the five thousand ticket stacker 4 have been fed out. If YES, the process proceeds to the next step 5, and if NO. In that case, the process returns to the original step 3. The determination made in this step 3 is the amount-of-money information stored in the amount-of-money information storage unit 21 and indicating the number of the number-of-5,000-tickets A loaded in the five-ticket stacker 4. When the count value counted by the 5000-note stacker feed-out counting sensor S7 shown in (1) of step 2 matches, it is determined that all the 5000-note A have been paid out from the 5000-note stacker 4. Is the one to defeat.

<Step 5> The 5000-note stacker feeding-out drive unit 24 is made to continuously pay out the banknotes from the 5000-note stacker 4, so that the 5000-note stacker 4 is followed by a million notes. Roll out D. Then, based on the output of the distribution timing sensor S3, the above-mentioned all-purpose ticket D operates the allotment fork F3 by the all-notes stacker distribution drive unit 23, and thereby allots the all-stock ticket D to the all-stocks stacker 6. In this case, whether or not the bills sorted by the sorting fork F3 are the ten thousand bills D is determined based on the money amount information stored in the money amount information storage unit 21 as in the case of the five thousand bills A. Be seen.

<Step 6> It is judged whether or not all the ten thousand tickets D in the five thousand ticket stacker 4 have been delivered, and YES.
In case of NO, the process proceeds to the next step 7, and in case of NO, the process returns to the original step 5. Note that the determination made in step 6 is the same as in step 4, and indicates whether or not the number of five-thousand banknotes A loaded in the five-banknote stacker 4 stored in the inventory information storage unit 21 is present. High information (20 in the case of this embodiment)
(0 sheets) and the count value counted by the 5000-note stacker feed-out counting sensor S7 match, the 5000-note stacker 4
It is determined that all the ten thousand tickets D have been paid out. << Step 7 >> All the bills D existing in the conveyance path 9, the distribution route 11, and the conveyance path 2 are sent into the bill stacker 6, and the present flow chart ends.

As described in detail above, according to the circulation type banknote pay-in / pay-out device shown in this embodiment, the 10,000-note stacker near-end detecting section 19 determines that the 10,000-note stack C in the 10,000-note stacker 6 is near-end. If it is detected (step 1), the 10,000-note D that has been loaded in the five-note stacker 4 in advance.
Can be sorted and stored in the banknote stacker 6 in which the banknotes are in short supply (step 5), so that the banknotes of the deficient denomination (10,000 banknotes) can be efficiently replenished in the banknote stacker 6. The effect that can be obtained is obtained.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment, the fact that a predetermined number of 5,000 tickets A have been delivered from this 5,000-note stacker 4 and 200 million tickets D have been delivered is indicated by the 5,000-note stacker delivery counting sensor S7. Although the determination is made based on the count value, in the second embodiment, the banknotes output from the withdrawal determination unit 10 as to whether or not the 5,000-ticket stacker 4 has delivered the 5,000-ticket A and the million-note D. The determination data is used for determination.

First, the control mechanism of FIG. 4 will be described.
In FIG. 4, the parts having the same configuration as the control mechanism of FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals to simplify the description.
In this figure, the reference numeral 30 is a distribution control unit. Further, the reference numeral 10 is a withdrawal discriminating unit provided in the middle of the above-mentioned transport path 9 and having a function of discriminating whether or not the bill denomination and the bill are unfit bills. Based on the determination result of the withdrawal determination unit 10, the 5000-note stacker distribution drive unit 22 and the 10,000-note stacker distribution drive unit 23 are each driven. Further, the 5,000-note stacker sorting drive unit 22 according to the present embodiment determines that the 5,000-note stacker sorting drive unit 22 is neither the 10,000th note D nor the 5,000th note A based on the determination data of the withdrawal determination section 10 (e.g., 1000th note). If it is determined that
It has a function of distributing the bills to the deposit box 7. Further, the reference numeral 31 stores the discrimination data of the withdrawal discrimination unit 10, and is for detecting that the 5,000-th note has been delivered again after the 5,000-note stacker 4 has delivered the ten thousandth note D. This is the discrimination data storage unit 31 (step 12,
This will be described later in step 15).

Next, a flow chart showing a replenishing process of the distribution control unit 30 shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. << Step 10 >> Based on the detection signal of the multi-ticket stacker near-end detection unit 19, it is determined whether or not the banknotes in the multi-ticket stacker 6 have reached the near end. Go to step 11. << Step 11 >> The 5000-note stacker feeding drive unit 24 is driven so that the 5000-note stacker 4 loaded in the lower layer of the 5000-note stacker 4 is drawn out. At this time, the sorting fork F5 is driven to send the bills fed from the five-thousand note stacker 4 to the distribution route 11 side. << Step 12 >> Based on the discrimination data of the withdrawal discriminating unit 10, it is discriminated whether the denomination of the bill fed out from the 5000-note stacker 4 and whether the bill is a counterfeit bill. In addition, this step 1
The process in 2 and the following steps 13 to 20 is performed for each banknote. Further, the determination result made in step 12 is the determination data storage unit 31.
Remember each one.

<Step 13> Based on the result of the determination in step 12, it is determined whether or not the banknote is a five thousand note A. If YES, the process proceeds to step 14, and if NO, step 1
Proceed to 6. << Step 14 >> Based on the output of the distribution timing sensor S1, the five-note stacker distribution drive unit 22 operates the distribution fork F1 to return the above-mentioned five-third banknote A to the five-third banknote stacker 4. << Step 15 >> Based on the data in the discrimination data storage unit 31 stored in Step 12, the withdrawal discrimination unit 10
It is determined whether or not the 5,000 note determined in (1) is after the 5,000 note determination, that is, it is determined whether or not it is the 5,000 note determined in step 12 after passing through steps 16 to 17 described later, In the case of YES (when it is 5,000 tickets after the discrimination of 10,000 tickets)
Then, the process proceeds to step 19, and if NO (if it is not 5,000 tickets after the discrimination of 10,000 tickets), the process returns to step 12.

<< Step 16 >> Based on the result of the determination in Step 12, it is determined whether or not the bill is a million-dollar note D. If YES, the process proceeds to Step 17, and if NO, the process proceeds to Step 18.
Proceed to. << Step 17 >> Based on the output of the distribution timing sensor S3, the all-ticket stacker distribution drive unit 23 operates the allotment fork F3, whereby the all-stock ticket D is transferred to the all-stock stacker 6.
Distribute to. << Step 18 >> When it is determined in Steps 13 and 16 that neither the five-third note A nor the ten-thousand note D is present, it is determined that the banknote is the one that has been accidentally loaded into the five-third note stacker 4. Then, the bill is guided to the deposit box 7. At this time, the all-ticket stacker distribution drive unit 23 does not operate the distribution fork F3, but guides to the deposit box 7 by moving the thousands of tickets straight. Further, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the bill is a thousand-ticket, the bill may be distributed to the thousand-note stacker 5 by the sorting fork F2. Further, when it is determined in step 12 that the banknote is an “unfit note”, the sorting fork F
5 to F7 are driven to guide this "damaged note" to the withdrawal reject unit 12.

<< Step 19 >> In Step 15,
The five thousand tickets A determined by the withdrawal determination unit 10 are ten thousand notes D
When it is determined that the post-discrimination has been performed, that is, the 200-million-ticket D that is preloaded in the five-thousand-ticket stacker 4
After the payout is completed, if the uppermost 5,000 tickets (the newly deposited 5,000 tickets or the 5,000 tickets A circulated in step 14) of the above-mentioned 10,000 tickets D are detected, the 5,000 tickets are detected. The stacker feeding drive unit 24 is made to stop the feeding of the five thousand tickets from the five thousand ticket stacker 4. << Step 20 >> Conveyance Path 9, Distribution Route 11, Conveyance Path 2
The five thousand tickets existing therein are stored in the five thousand ticket box 4, and the present flowchart ends.

As described above, according to the circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine shown in the present embodiment, when it is detected that the all-purpose note C in the all-notes stacker 6 is near end (step 10), Ten thousand tickets D loaded in advance on the five thousand ticket stacker 4
Can be sorted and stored in the banknote stacker 6 in which the banknotes are insufficient (step 14), whereby the banknotes of the denomination (10,000 notes) that are insufficient can be efficiently replenished in the banknote stacker 6. In addition to the effect being obtained, the five thousand note stacker 4 is based on the denomination determined by the withdrawal determination unit 10.
Since it is determined whether or not the bills D previously stored in the stacker 4 have been delivered from the stacker 4 (steps 12, 1
3, 15, 16), as in the first embodiment, an accurate number of loaded bills D is always grasped at the time of bill loading, and this number is stored in the inventory information storage unit 21 through an operation unit (not shown). You don't have to let me.

That is, even if a rough number of ten thousand bills D are loaded in the five thousand bill stacker 4, the withdrawal discrimination unit 10 detects whether or not the ten thousand bills D have been delivered from the stacker 4, and the detection result is obtained. Since the sorting forks F1 and F3 can be driven on the basis of the above, the money amount information storage unit 21 is loaded through the operation unit (not shown) during bill loading as shown in the first embodiment.
It is possible to omit the work to be stored in, and thereby to further improve the work efficiency. In the above embodiment, the 5,000-ticket stacker 4 is loaded with the 10,000-note stack D to be distributed to the 10,000-note stacker 6.
This is because ten thousand notes have the largest amount of circulation, and five thousand notes are the smallest bills. That is, the stacker of the denomination with the largest amount of circulation is the second stacker in the claims, and the stacker of the denomination with the smallest amount of circulation is the first stacker in the claims.

[0031]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the present invention, the 5,000 banknotes and the 10,000 banknotes are preliminarily stacked vertically in two stages in the first stacker. By storing the bills in the first stacker, it is possible to sort and store the millions of bills in the first stacker with respect to the second stacker having a shortage of bills. There is no need to wait for a long time until all the 10,000 bills are deposited in the second stacker like a bill depositing / dispensing machine.
As soon as all the 10,000 bills in the first stacker are sorted and stored, the bill withdrawal process can be restarted immediately. That is, in the circulation type banknote pay-in / pay-out device of the present invention, the time for replenishing the banknotes of the deficient denomination with the second stacker can be shortened as much as possible, and thereby the banknotes can be withdrawn efficiently. It enables processing. In addition, the distribution volume is relatively small.
Inside a stacker that stores non-denomination banknotes (for example, five thousand notes)
Since a wasted space is used, a separate safe for replenishment is provided
The space can be used more effectively than when
The metal machine can be made compact and lightweight.
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a circulation type banknote deposit / withdrawal machine.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control mechanism of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a replenishment process of the distribution control unit 20 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control mechanism of a second embodiment.

5 is a flowchart showing a replenishment process of the distribution control unit 30 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Five-thousand ticket stacker (first stacker) 60,000 ticket stacker (second stacker) 19 Near-end detection section 20 Sorting control section 30 Sorting control section

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first stacker and a second stacker corresponding to denominations are provided at least, and deposited banknotes sorted for each denomination are provided to each of these stackers through a depositing-side transport passage. When the withdrawal command is output while being stored from the upper side, the banknotes respectively stored in these stackers are withdrawn as the withdrawn banknotes from the lower side via the withdrawal side transport passage. A circulating-type banknote depositing / dispensing machine, which connects a near-end detection unit that detects that a banknote in the second stacker is near-end, the deposit-side transport passage, and the dispense-side transport passage.
Provided at the distribution route and at the confluence of the distribution route and the withdrawal side transfer passage
Banknotes that pass through the payout side transport passage
Whether to pass through the transfer passage or return to the deposit side transfer passage
When a detection signal indicating that the banknotes in the second stacker are near end is output from the sorting unit and the near end detection unit, the first stacker is preliminarily arranged in two stages in the vertical direction.
Of the denomination banknotes that are stacked, the
Withdraw all banknotes to be stored in the first stacker
Side transfer passage, distribution route and deposit side transfer passage
No. 1 stacker, and then the first stacker
Gold that has been stored in the sack in the vertical direction in two layers in advance
Stored in the second stacker, which is stored above the seed banknotes
The banknotes that should
A circulation-type banknote depositing / dispensing machine, comprising: a sorting control unit that sorts and stores the bills in the second stacker via a depositing transfer passage .