JP3984064B2 - Banknote deposit and withdrawal device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a banknote deposit and withdrawal device used in a cash handling device such as an automatic teller machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The example of the conventional banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus is demonstrated using the block diagram shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a deposit / withdrawal unit, which has a deposit / withdrawal port that accepts a user's deposited banknote in the longitudinal direction of the banknote (hereinafter referred to as a longitudinal direction) and discharges the deposited banknote in the longitudinal direction. .
[0003]
Reference numeral 2 denotes a discrimination unit that discriminates abnormalities such as denomination, authenticity, and fouling of deposited banknotes that are deposited and withdrawn banknotes that are dispensed, and counts the number of each banknote.
3 is a temporary storage part, and temporarily stores the deposited banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination part 2.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage cassette, which is installed in plural, and stores in advance the dispensed banknotes and the collected deposited banknotes by denomination.
[0004]
Reference numeral 5 denotes a reject unit, which stores a withdrawal reject banknote determined by the discrimination unit 2 at the time of withdrawal as a conveyance abnormality such as double feeding and skew feeding.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a conveyance path, which is a vertical conveyance path that connects the above-described parts and whose conveyance direction is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bill.
When depositing banknotes with the above configuration, the deposited banknotes received in the vertical direction by the depositing / dispensing unit 1 are vertically conveyed to the discrimination unit 2 to discriminate the denomination, authenticity, fouling, etc. of the banknotes.
[0005]
At this time, when the deposited banknote is discriminated from an abnormality such as a fake ticket or a damaged ticket, the deposited banknote is returned to the depositing / withdrawing unit 1 by the transport path 6 as a deposited reject banknote and returned to the customer.
If the deposited banknote is identified as normal, it is counted for each denomination and then accumulated in the temporary holding unit 3 by the transport path 6 and temporarily stored.
After the identification of all the deposited banknotes is completed, when the customer requests the return of the deposited banknotes, the deposited banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 3 are returned to the depositing / withdrawing unit 1 by the transport path 6 and returned to the customer. .
[0006]
When the customer confirms the deposit amount, it is transported to the storage cassette 4 by the transport path 6 and stored in the money type.
When the banknotes are withdrawn, the amount corresponding to the customer's requested amount is conveyed from the storage cassette 4 to the discrimination unit 2 through the delivery conveyance path 6.
The withdrawal banknote determined to be abnormal in conveyance in the discrimination unit 2 is stored in the rejection unit 5 as a withdrawal reject banknote. The withdrawal banknote determined to be normal is transported to the deposit / withdrawal unit 1 by the transport path 6 and discharged to the customer.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
According to such a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, since conveyance of a banknote is vertical conveyance, compared with the discrimination part of a horizontal conveyance whose conveyance direction is the transversal direction of a banknote, it reduces the detection site | part which requires a denomination discrimination. Although there is an advantage that a small and inexpensive discrimination part can be obtained, when transported at the same speed, the number of banknotes that can be arranged within the same transport distance decreases, and a plurality of banknotes However, there is a problem that the processing speed is slow.
[0008]
In particular, in the case of a banknote deposit and withdrawal device applied to an automatic teller machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM), it takes time to process a withdrawal transaction with a particularly high transaction frequency. There is a problem that there is a long line of customers waiting for.
Then, an object of this invention is to provide a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus which is small and can improve withdrawal processing efficiency.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention accepts from a deposit port. Deposit banknote A discharge cassette for storing the banknotes, a discharge port for discharging the banknotes from the withdrawal cassette for storing banknotes, A discrimination section for discriminating the deposited banknote; And vertically transporting the deposited banknotes deposited in the vertical direction from the deposit port, and laterally transporting the withdrawal banknotes fed from the withdrawal cassette The said discrimination part is a discrimination part which discriminate | deposits the banknote of the vertical conveyance, Comprising: At the time of payment, it discriminate | determines the withdrawal banknote conveyed horizontally by the substantially half. It is characterized by that.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a banknote depositing and dispensing device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, each embodiment shown below demonstrates the case where the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus of this invention is applied to ATM as an example.
First embodiment
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
[0011]
11 is a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, and is installed in ATM.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a deposit port, which has a separation unit 12a that feeds out the deposited banknotes received in the vertical direction one by one in order from the bottom.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a discrimination unit that discriminates abnormalities such as denomination, authenticity, and fouling of deposited banknotes conveyed vertically, and counts the number of normal banknotes.
[0012]
Reference numeral 14 denotes a deposit temporary holding unit that accumulates and temporarily stores deposited banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination unit 13.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a deposit cassette, which stores normal deposited banknotes regardless of denominations.
Reference numeral 16 denotes a deposit banknote return port, which discharges to the customer a deposit banknote that has been discriminated from an abnormality such as a fake ticket or a smudged ticket by the discrimination unit 13 and is a deposit reject banknote, or a deposit banknote to be returned by a customer's deposit cancellation request. .
[0013]
Reference numeral 17 denotes a dispensing cassette, which is arranged in a plural number so as to horizontally convey banknotes, and stores banknotes to be paid out to customers by denomination.
Reference numeral 18 denotes a withdrawal temporary storage unit for collecting and temporarily storing withdrawal banknotes fed out from the withdrawal cassette 17.
Reference numeral 19 denotes a withdrawal port as an ejection port provided separately from the deposit port 12, and discharges the laterally withdrawn banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 to the customer.
[0014]
Reference numeral 20 denotes a shutter, which is provided at the boundary between the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 and the withdrawal port 19 to prevent the accumulated banknotes from being stolen or mischievous.
Reference numeral 21 denotes a bundle conveyance path, which is provided in the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 and has an upper conveyance unit 21a and a lower conveyance unit 21b, and conveys stacked banknotes as a bundle.
Reference numeral 22 denotes a withdrawal reject unit, which detects a transport abnormality such as double feeding of bills optically or mechanically and is judged to be a transport abnormality by a detector (not shown) provided in the delivery path of the withdrawal bill, and is a withdrawal reject. Stores withdrawal banknotes that are bills.
[0015]
Reference numeral 31 denotes a conveyance path, which is a vertical conveyance path that conveys the deposited banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 13 to the deposit temporary holding unit 14 or a branching portion with the conveyance paths 32 and 33.
The conveyance path 32 is a vertical conveyance path that conveys the deposited banknotes fed from the deposit temporary storage unit 14 to the deposit cassette 15.
34 is a common conveyance path, and it is possible to convey both vertical and horizontal banknotes in which the deposited banknotes transported vertically from the transport path 33 and the withdrawal banknotes transported horizontally from the transport path 35 are transported in the direction of the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18. This is a transport path.
[0016]
The conveyance path 35 is a horizontal conveyance path that conveys the withdrawal banknotes fed from the withdrawal cassette 17 to the common conveyance path 34.
Reference numeral 36 denotes a conveyance path, which is a vertical conveyance path that branches from the common conveyance path 34 and conveys the deposited banknotes to the deposited banknote return port 16.
Reference numeral 37 denotes a conveyance path, which is a horizontal conveyance path that branches from the common conveyance path 34 and conveys the withdrawal banknotes to the withdrawal rejection unit 22.
[0017]
Note that a switching blade (not shown) is provided at the branching portion and the merging portion of each conveyance path, and is configured to guide the conveyed banknote in an appropriate direction.
FIG. 2 is a top view showing the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18, and FIG. 3 is a side view thereof.
Reference numeral 23a denotes a transport shaft, which is rotatably locked to the side frame 24 of the bundle transport path 21 and has a transport roller 25a attached thereto.
[0018]
Reference numeral 23b denotes a conveyance shaft arranged in parallel with the conveyance shaft 23a. The conveyance shaft 23b is rotatably locked to the side frame 24, and a conveyance roller 25b is attached to a position facing the conveyance roller 25a.
Reference numeral 26 denotes a conveyance belt, which is stretched between the conveyance roller 25a and the conveyance roller 25b facing the conveyance roller 25a.
[0019]
A bundle conveyance path 21 of the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 includes an upper conveyance unit 21a formed by conveyance shafts 23a and 23b and a conveyance belt 26 stretched between conveyance rollers 25a and 25b attached to these shafts. The same lower conveying part 21b is arranged in parallel, and the upper conveying part 21a is configured to be movable in the direction of the lower conveying part 21b and in the opposite direction.
[0020]
Moreover, the lower conveyance part 21b is extended to the lower vicinity of the common conveyance path 34 so that the banknote discharged | emitted from the common conveyance path 34 may be easy to accumulate | store. Upper conveyance part 21a is arranged above the discharge side of the bill emitted from common conveyance way 34 so that accumulation of the bill emitted from common conveyance way 34 may not be disturbed.
FIG. 4 is a top view showing the shared conveyance path 34.
[0021]
Reference numeral 41a denotes a conveyance shaft, which is rotatably engaged with the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34, and has a conveyance roller 43a attached thereto.
Reference numeral 41b denotes a conveyance shaft arranged in parallel with the conveyance shaft 41a. The conveyance shaft 41b is rotatably locked to the side frame 42, and a conveyance roller 43b is attached to a position facing the conveyance roller 43a.
[0022]
Reference numeral 44 denotes a conveyance belt, which is stretched between the conveyance roller 43a and the conveyance roller 43b facing the conveyance roller 43a.
Both the upper and lower conveying sections are formed by the conveying shafts 41a and 41b and two conveying belts 44 stretched between the conveying rollers 43a and 43b attached to the conveying shafts 41a and 41b. A set of transport paths is formed by bringing the transport belts 44 of the transport unit into contact with each other.
[0023]
The common conveyance path 34 is configured by continuously arranging this set of conveyance paths at appropriate intervals, and conveys the banknotes while sandwiching the paper between the abutting conveyance belts 44.
Although there are also conveyance paths dedicated to vertical conveyance or horizontal conveyance in the conveyance path, all of them are the same as in FIG. 4 for reasons such as sharing of parts, or one conveyance belt and conveyance roller are omitted to make the conveyance path Is also possible.
[0024]
In the example of FIGS. 2 and 4, two conveyor belts are provided, but three or more conveyor belts may be provided, or a roller conveyance path that conveys banknotes using only rollers without using a conveyor belt may be used.
About the effect | action of the structure mentioned above, the case where a customer performs various transactions from the customer operation screen (not shown) provided in ATM using ATM equipped with the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus by this Embodiment is demonstrated to an example.
[0025]
In FIG. 1, when a customer deposits banknotes, the deposited banknotes are set in the depositing port 12 in the vertical direction, are fed out one by one in order from the bottom by the separation unit 12 a, and are conveyed longitudinally to the discrimination unit 13.
In the discrimination unit 13, discrimination such as denomination, authenticity, and fouling is performed, and the deposited bills that are identified as abnormal such as fake bills, fouled bills or foreign bills are shared with the transport paths 31 and 33 as the rejected bills. It is conveyed by the conveyance path 34 and the conveyance path 36 to the deposit | payment banknote return port 16, is integrated | stacked, and a deposit rejection banknote is returned to a customer.
[0026]
At this time, in the common transport path 34, the returned deposit reject banknote is sandwiched between one transport belt 44 and transported to the branching section with the transport path 36 like the vertical transport banknote shown in FIG. The conveyance direction is switched by the provided switching blade (not shown), and is guided to the conveyance path 36.
The deposited banknotes identified as normal are counted for each denomination, then transported to the deposit temporary holding unit 14 by the transport path 31 and accumulated and temporarily stored.
[0027]
When the discrimination of all deposited banknotes is completed, the deposited amount is displayed on a customer operation screen (not shown), and a word prompting confirmation of the deposited amount is displayed.
When the customer performs a deposit cancellation operation, the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 14 are fed out one by one, and are conveyed to the deposited banknote return port 16 and accumulated in the same manner as the deposited banknotes. The banknote is returned to the customer.
[0028]
When the customer confirms the deposit amount, the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 14 are fed out one by one and conveyed to the deposit cassette 15 by the conveyance paths 31 and 32 and stored.
When a customer performs a withdrawal transaction operation, a bill corresponding to the amount requested by the customer is paid out from the withdrawal cassette 17 for each required denomination, and the delivery path 35, shared transport as a withdrawal bill. It is conveyed to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 by the path 34 and accumulated.
[0029]
At this time, the withdrawal banknote that has been transported abnormally by a detector (not shown) is transported to the withdrawal rejection unit 22 by the transport path 37 as a withdrawal reject banknote and stored.
Further, in the common conveyance path 34, the withdrawal banknotes are sandwiched between both conveyance belts 44 and conveyed to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 like the lateral conveyance banknotes shown in FIG. 4, and the bundle conveyance path 21 shown in FIG. Are stacked on the lower transport section 21b.
[0030]
When all the withdrawal banknotes of the customer's requested amount are accumulated, the upper transport unit 21a is moved in the direction of the lower transport unit 21b by a driving device (not shown), and all of the withdrawal banknotes are transported by the upper transport unit 21a and the lower transport unit 21b. Hold between.
Next, the shutter 20 is opened, and the bundle conveyance path 21 is driven by a driving device (not shown) so that the withdrawal bills are conveyed to the withdrawal port 19 as a bundle. The customer pulls it out and receives the requested amount of banknotes.
[0031]
When the receipt of the customer is confirmed, the shutter 20 is closed and the withdrawal transaction is terminated.
If the withdrawal banknote transported to the withdrawal opening 19 has not been withdrawn even after a predetermined time has passed, the bundle transport path 21 is reversed to draw the withdrawal banknote into the withdrawal temporary storage unit 23 and close the shutter 20. Then, the dispensed banknotes are conveyed as a bundle by the bundle conveying path 21 and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 22. This makes it possible to continue new transaction processing.
[0032]
As described above, in the present embodiment, a deposit port for receiving a banknote in the vertical direction and a withdrawal port for discharging the banknote in the horizontal direction are separately provided, and the discrimination unit is miniaturized with the transport of the deposited banknote as a vertical transport, Since the delivery of withdrawal banknotes is performed as a lateral delivery and the delivery process at the time of withdrawal is shortened, it is possible to obtain a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus that is small in size and has improved withdrawal processing efficiency.
[0033]
In addition, by providing a shared transport path that enables both vertical transport and horizontal transport, a part of the transport path can be shared, simplifying the equipment, and reducing manufacturing costs as well as downsizing. Can do.
Furthermore, by adopting a vertical arrangement in which the deposit cassette is arranged on the back side of the withdrawal cassette, the width of the operation side operated by the customer can be narrowed, and the installation location where the installation width of the cash handling device such as ATM is narrow When a large number of ATMs are arranged in parallel, the space of the installation location can be used effectively.
[0034]
Second embodiment
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
In addition, the same part as the said 1st Embodiment is attached | subjected with the same code | symbol, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
Reference numeral 51 denotes a deposit cassette, which is disposed on the customer operation side of the withdrawal cassette 17 and stores normal deposited banknotes regardless of denominations.
[0035]
Reference numeral 52 denotes a withdrawal temporary storage unit that accumulates and temporarily stores the horizontally-conveyed withdrawal banknotes fed from the withdrawal cassette 17 and receives longitudinally-conveyed deposits such as deposit banknotes and deposit reject banknotes returned to the customer. It functions as a temporary storage unit for collecting banknotes.
A bundle conveyance path 53 is provided in the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52, and has an upper conveyance unit 52a and a lower conveyance unit 52b, and is used for depositing banknotes stacked vertically or withdrawing banknotes stacked horizontally. Each bundle is conveyed.
[0036]
Reference numeral 54 denotes a bill stopper for accumulating the horizontal bills conveyed to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52.
Reference numeral 55 denotes a transport path, which branches the deposited banknotes fed from the temporary deposit storage section 14 from the shared transport path 34 and transports them to the deposit cassette 51.
Note that a switching blade (not shown) is provided at the branching portion and the merging portion of each conveyance path, and is configured to guide the conveyed banknote in an appropriate direction.
[0037]
FIG. 6 is a top view showing the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a central sectional view thereof.
Reference numeral 56a denotes a conveyance shaft, which is rotatably locked to the side frame 57 of the bundle conveyance path 53, and has a conveyance roller 58a attached thereto.
Reference numeral 56b denotes a conveyance shaft arranged in parallel with the conveyance shaft 56a. The conveyance shaft 56b is rotatably locked to the side frame 57, and a conveyance roller 58b is attached to a position facing the conveyance roller 58a.
[0038]
Reference numeral 59 denotes a conveyance belt, which is stretched between a conveyance roller 58a and a conveyance roller 58b facing the conveyance roller 58a.
The bundle conveyance path 53 of the withdrawal temporary storage section 52 is composed of an upper conveyance section 53a and a lower conveyance section 53b like the bundle conveyance path 21 shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 6, it has the shape of the substantially square which has the length of the one side which can accommodate the vertical direction length of a banknote so that the banknotes conveyed horizontally can be collected together.
[0039]
A plurality of banknote stoppers 54 are provided on a stopper shaft 54a rotatably provided on a side frame 57 of the bundle transport path 53 so as to avoid interference with the transport belt 59, and the banknotes transported horizontally can be aligned and stacked. It is installed at a position that matches the length of the banknote in the short direction.
The stopper shaft 54a may be rotatably provided on the side frame 42 of the shared conveyance path 34.
[0040]
Further, in the present embodiment, the deposited banknote return port 16 and the transport path 36 of the first embodiment are omitted, and the deposited banknotes that are transported vertically and the withdrawal banknotes that are transported laterally are disposed. Both are configured to handle.
FIG. 8 is a front view showing a storage unit including the dispensing cassette 17 and the depositing cassette 51 of the present embodiment.
[0041]
Reference numeral 61 denotes a frame of the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 11.
Reference numeral 62 denotes a deposit cassette guide, which is attached to the frame 61 and arranged on both sides of the deposit cassette 51, and has a guide groove 62a.
Reference numeral 63 denotes a withdrawal cassette guide, which is attached to the frame 61 and arranged on both sides of the withdrawal cassette 17 and has a guide groove 63a.
[0042]
Reference numeral 64 denotes a deposit slide portion, which is provided on both sides of the deposit cassette 51, engages with the guide groove 62a of the deposit cassette guide 62, and slides in the guide groove 62a using a ball bearing or the like.
Reference numeral 65 denotes a withdrawal slide portion, which is provided on both sides of the withdrawal cassette 17, fits into the guide groove 63a of the withdrawal cassette guide 63, and slides inside the guide groove 63a using a ball bearing or the like.
[0043]
In addition, the ATM of the present embodiment has a space for installation on the back side of the ATM, etc., so that the front which is the customer operation side operated by the customer is used for collecting and replenishing banknotes and other maintenance. It is a front maintenance type ATM provided with a maintenance door on the maintenance side.
Further, it is desirable that the deposit cassette guide 61 and the withdrawal cassette guide 62, and the deposit slide portion 64 and the withdrawal slide portion 65 are respectively common and reduce the number of parts.
[0044]
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
In FIG. 5, when a customer deposits banknotes, the deposited banknotes are set in the depositing port 12 in the vertical direction, are fed out one by one, and are conveyed longitudinally to the discrimination unit 13.
Deposited banknotes that have been rejected and rejected by the discrimination unit 13 are transported to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 by the transport paths 31 and 33 and the shared transport path 34 and accumulated.
[0045]
At this time, the banknote stopper 54 shown in FIG. 7 is a position where the stopper shaft 54a is rotated in the direction of arrow A by a drive mechanism (not shown) and retracted from the transport belt 59 of the lower transport section 53b so as not to prevent the stacking of the vertically transported banknotes. Have stopped.
The deposit reject banknotes transported to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 are discharged from the common transport path 34 and are accumulated on one transport belt 59 of the lower transport unit 53b like the vertical transport banknote shown in FIG.
[0046]
When all the deposited reject banknotes are stacked, the upper transport section 53a is moved in the direction of the lower transport section 53b by a driving device (not shown), and all the deposited reject banknotes are sandwiched between the upper transport section 53a and the lower transport section 53b. To do.
Next, the shutter 20 is opened, and the bundle conveyance path 53 is driven by a driving device (not shown) so that the deposited reject banknotes are conveyed to the dispensing port 19 as a bundle. The customer pulls it out and receives it, and the deposit reject banknote is returned to the customer.
[0047]
When receipt of the customer is confirmed, the shutter 20 is closed.
The deposited banknotes identified as normal are counted for each denomination, then transported to the deposit temporary holding unit 14 by the transport path 31 and accumulated and temporarily stored.
When the discrimination of all deposited banknotes is completed, the deposited amount is displayed on a customer operation screen (not shown), and a word prompting confirmation of the deposited amount is displayed.
[0048]
When the customer performs a deposit cancellation operation, the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 14 are fed out one by one, and the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 is provided by the transport path 31, the transport path 33, and the shared transport path 34. Are collected and discharged in the same manner as in the case of the deposit reject banknote, and the deposit banknote is returned to the customer.
When the customer confirms the deposit amount, the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 14 are fed out one by one and conveyed to the deposit cassette 15 by the conveyance paths 31, 32, the common conveyance path 34, and the conveyance path 55. Stored.
[0049]
Since the delivery of the withdrawal banknotes to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 and the storage of the withdrawal reject banknotes in the withdrawal reject unit 22 when the customer performs a withdrawal transaction operation are the same as in the first embodiment. Description is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 7, since the banknote stopper 54 has closed the lower conveyance part 52b in the short direction length of the banknote, the withdrawal banknote conveyed sideways by the withdrawal temporary storage part 52 is shared conveyance. Withdrawal banknotes discharged from the path 34 are aligned and stacked on the lower transport section 52b by a banknote stopper 54.
[0050]
When all of the customer's requested amounts are accumulated, the upper transport unit 53a is moved in the direction of the lower transport unit 53b by a driving device (not shown), and all the withdrawal bills are sandwiched between the upper transport unit 53a and the lower transport unit 52b. To do.
Next, the bill stopper 54 rotates in the direction of the arrow A and retracts from the bill conveyance path, the shutter 20 is opened, and the withdrawal bills are conveyed to the dispensing port 19 as a bundle by the bundle conveyance path 53. The customer pulls it out and receives the requested withdrawal banknote.
[0051]
When the receipt of the customer is confirmed, the shutter 20 is closed and the withdrawal transaction is terminated.
If the withdrawal banknote transported to the withdrawal opening 19 has not been withdrawn even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the bundle transport path 53 is reversed to draw the withdrawal banknote into the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 and close the shutter 20. Then, the dispensed banknotes are conveyed as a bundle through the bundle conveying path 53 and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 22. This makes it possible to continue new transaction processing.
[0052]
The collection of banknotes in the deposit cassette 51 and the replenishment of banknotes into the withdrawal cassette 17 are performed as follows.
When taking out banknotes from the deposit cassette 51, the maintenance door provided on the front face of the ATM is opened, the deposit cassette 51 or a handle provided on the ATM is pulled, and the deposit cassette 51 is slid by the slide portion 64 to be withdrawn banknotes. Take out. Or, replace it with an empty deposit cassette 51.
[0053]
When the banknotes are replenished to the withdrawal cassette 17, the deposit cassette 51 is pulled out according to the above procedure, the withdrawal cassette 17 or a handle provided on the withdrawal cassette 17 is pulled, and the withdrawal cassette 17 is slid and pulled out by the slide portion 65. Replenish banknotes. Alternatively, it is exchanged for a dispensing cassette 17 filled with banknotes in advance.
In the present embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the withdrawal temporary storage unit is shared as a temporary storage unit for withdrawal banknotes and a temporary storage unit for deposit banknotes and deposit reject banknotes returned to customers. However, because all the banknotes delivered to the customer from one withdrawal port can be discharged as a bundle by the bundle conveyance path that can handle the vertical and horizontal banknotes provided in this, it is possible to prevent forgetting to remove, etc. It is possible to obtain an effect that the customer can receive the banknote at a time and the convenience of the customer can be improved.
[0054]
In addition, since the deposit bill return port and its conveyance path can be omitted, the apparatus can be simplified and the size can be reduced.
Furthermore, the deposit cassette and withdrawal cassette are arranged vertically, the deposit cassette is arranged in front of the maintenance side, and a slide mechanism is provided on them, so that bills can be collected and replenished quickly, and maintenance time can be shortened. In the front maintenance type ATM in which the effect is obtained and the banknotes are maintained in front of the customer, criminal acts can be prevented by the above-described quick exchange work.
[0055]
In the present embodiment, the size of the deposit rejected banknote is reduced in a place where there is a high possibility that a banknote other than a regular bill is mixed. For reasons such as increasing the number, a deposit banknote return port and its conveyance path may be provided in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and only the deposit reject banknote may be discharged from here.
[0056]
In this case as well, the withdrawal temporary storage unit can be used as a temporary storage unit for withdrawal banknotes and a temporary storage unit for normal deposit banknotes returned to the customer. To do.
This makes it easier to collect deposit-rejected banknotes when it is necessary to handle banknotes other than the correct banknotes such as small and large banknotes, etc. It is also possible to prevent a failure such as a jam at a section.
[0057]
Also, in the case of a back maintenance type ATM that performs maintenance work from a separate room provided on the back side of the ATM, a maintenance door is provided on the back side of the maintenance side, and the withdrawal shown in the first embodiment is performed. By arranging the deposit cassette on the back side of the cassette and providing a slide mechanism similar to the above, it is possible to obtain the effect of shortening the maintenance time as in the front maintenance type.
[0058]
Third embodiment
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to the said 1st and 2nd embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
Reference numeral 71 denotes a deposit port, which is provided with a separation unit 71a for feeding deposited banknotes received in the vertical direction one by one in order from the top.
[0059]
Reference numeral 72 denotes a discrimination unit between the merged portion of the shared conveyance path 34 with the withdrawal bill conveyance path 35 and the branch portion with the conveyance path 37 to the withdrawal rejection section 22 of the deposited bills conveyed vertically. It is set up to discriminate denominations, authenticity, fouling, etc., and in the case of banknotes transported horizontally, it is set so that the denomination, double feed, etc. of banknotes can be discriminated by discriminating about half of the banknotes, The number of these bills is also counted.
[0060]
Reference numeral 73 denotes a deposit temporary storage unit that accumulates and temporarily stores deposited banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination unit 72.
Reference numeral 74 denotes a deposit cassette, which is disposed on the back side of the deposit cassette 17 directly below the deposit temporary storage unit 73 and remains in a bundle from the deposit temporary storage unit 73 by rotating a partition plate with the deposit temporary storage unit 73 or the like. The banknotes to be discharged can be received, and the banknotes are stored regardless of the denomination.
[0061]
Reference numeral 75 denotes a conveyance path which conveys the deposited banknote set in the depositing port 71 in the vertical direction to the junction with the common conveyance path 34.
Reference numeral 76 denotes a conveyance path, which divides the deposited banknote determined to be normal by the discrimination unit 72 from the common conveyance path 34 and conveys it to the deposit temporary storage unit 73.
Note that a switching blade (not shown) is provided at the branching section and the merging section of each transport path so that the banknotes to be transported are guided in an appropriate direction.
[0062]
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the customer deposits banknotes, the banknotes are set in the depositing port 71 in the vertical direction, and are fed out one by one in order from the top by the separation unit 71a, and are vertically conveyed to the discrimination unit 72 by the conveyance path 75 and the common conveyance path 34. Be transported.
The deposited banknotes identified as normal in the discrimination unit 72 are counted for each denomination, and are then transported to the deposit temporary holding unit 73 by the shared transport path 34 and transport path 76, and are accumulated and temporarily stored.
[0063]
In addition, the delivery operation | movement is stopped until the deposit | paying banknote pay | paid out one by one from the deposit opening 71 until a deposited banknote is discriminated as normal.
Deposited banknotes that have been identified as abnormal and have been rejected are temporarily stopped on the transport path between the discrimination section 72 and the temporary deposit storage section 73, and the transport path 76, the shared transport path 34, and the transport path 75 are reversed. It is conveyed to the deposit port 71, collected on the unseparated deposited banknotes, and returned to the customer.
[0064]
At this time, the deposit process is temporarily interrupted, and a message for prompting receipt of the deposit reject banknote and a selection screen for inquiring whether or not to continue the deposit transaction are displayed on a customer operation screen (not shown).
If the customer chooses to cancel the deposit transaction, the deposit banknotes already stored in the deposit temporary holding unit 73 are fed out one by one, transported in the same manner as the deposit reject banknotes, and returned to the deposit port. Returned to. Or it is conveyed by the conveyance path 76 and the shared conveyance path 34 to the payment temporary storage part 52, and is collected, and the receipt rejection banknote is returned to a customer like 2nd Embodiment.
[0065]
When the customer selects the continuation of the deposit transaction, the deposit process is resumed after confirming receipt of the deposit reject banknote, and the discrimination operation for the remaining deposited banknotes is performed in the same manner as described above.
When the discrimination of all deposited banknotes is completed, the deposited amount is displayed on a customer operation screen (not shown), and a word prompting confirmation of the deposited amount is displayed.
[0066]
When the customer performs a deposit cancellation operation, the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 73 are fed out one by one and conveyed to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 by the transport path 76 and the common transport path 34. The collected banknotes are 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 sent to the deposit cassette 15 as a bundle by rotating the deposit temporary holding unit 73 and the partition plate of the deposit cassette 74, for example. And stored.
[0067]
When the customer performs a withdrawal transaction operation, an amount corresponding to the requested amount of the customer is paid out from the withdrawal cassette 17 for each necessary denomination, and the discriminating unit 72 is conveyed by the conveyance path 35 and the common conveyance path 34. It is conveyed to.
The discriminating unit 72 discriminates conveyance abnormality such as denomination, double feeding, skew feeding, etc., by substantially half of the horizontally conveyed banknotes, and the withdrawal banknotes regarded as abnormal are withdrawn by the transport path 37 as withdrawal reject banknotes. It is conveyed to the reject unit 22 and stored.
[0068]
The withdrawal banknotes identified as normal are conveyed to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 through the shared conveyance path 34. Since the subsequent operation is the same as that of the second embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.
As described above, in the present embodiment, the effect of the first embodiment, the effect of reducing the size of the apparatus by omitting the deposit bill return port of the second embodiment, and the arrangement of the deposit cassette in front of the maintenance side. In addition to the effect of shortening the maintenance time, it is possible to shorten the time required for storing deposited banknotes by providing a deposit cassette separately from the withdrawal cassette and storing the deposited banknotes in a bundle regardless of the denomination. Is obtained.
[0069]
In addition, it is possible to prevent accidents due to misloading of denominations in the dispensing cassette by distinguishing not only vertically-conveyed banknotes but also horizontally-conveyed banknotes by using the almost half of the banknotes. A detector such as a double feed provided can be omitted. Further, by using the shared transport path 34 for transport in both forward and reverse directions, the transport path 31 of the second embodiment can be omitted and the transport path can be shortened, so that the apparatus can be further simplified.
[0070]
The technique for storing the deposited banknotes in a bundle in the deposit cassette according to the present embodiment is provided with the deposit temporary holding unit 14 in the first embodiment on the upper portion of the deposit cassette 15, and the deposit cassette 15 is deposited according to the present embodiment. By using the same method as that for the cassette 74, the present invention can be applied to the first embodiment. As a result, the deposited banknotes can be stored in a bundle and the effect of shortening the storage time can be obtained.
[0071]
Fourth embodiment
FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to the said 1st-3rd embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
Reference numeral 81 denotes a deposit reject port, which accumulates the deposit reject banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 72 as abnormal such as counterfeits, smudged tickets, banknotes in other countries, etc., and returns them to the customer.
[0072]
A deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82 accumulates and temporarily stores the deposited banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination unit 72 and the dispensed banknotes fed from the withdrawal cassette 17.
In addition, the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82 is provided with a bundle conveyance path 53 composed of an upper conveyance unit 53a and a lower conveyance unit 53b, as in the second embodiment, and the deposited banknotes and the horizontal The banknotes accumulated in the bank are transported as a bundle.
[0073]
Reference numeral 83 denotes a deposit cassette, which is disposed directly below the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82 on the front side of the withdrawal cassette 17 and has an opening at the top so as to receive deposited banknotes discharged in a bundle from the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82. And stores deposited banknotes regardless of denomination.
84 is a conveyance path, and the deposit banknote made into the deposit rejection banknote by the discrimination part 72 branches from the common conveyance path 34, and is conveyed to the deposit rejection port 81. FIG.
[0074]
Note that a switching blade (not shown) is provided at the branching section and the merging section of each transport path so that the banknotes to be transported are guided in an appropriate direction.
FIG. 11 is a top view showing the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82 of the present embodiment.
Reference numeral 85 denotes a rotation shaft, which is rotatably locked to the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34, and serves as a rotation fulcrum when the bundle conveyance path 53 is rotated.
[0075]
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
In FIG. 10, when a customer deposits banknotes, the deposited banknotes set in the depositing slot 12 in the vertical direction are fed out one by one and conveyed vertically to the discrimination unit 72 by the conveyance paths 31 and 33 and the common conveyance path 34. Is done.
The deposited banknotes that have been deposited and rejected by the discrimination unit 72 are transported to the deposited reject port 81 through the shared transport path 34 and transport path 84 and are collected and returned to the customer.
[0076]
Deposited banknotes discriminated as normal are counted for each denomination and then transported to the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82 through the shared transport path 34, and are collected and temporarily stored in the same manner as in the second embodiment.
When the discrimination of all deposited banknotes is completed, the deposited amount is displayed on a customer operation screen (not shown), and a word prompting confirmation of the deposited amount is displayed.
[0077]
When the customer performs a deposit cancellation operation, the upper transport unit 53a moves in the direction of the lower transport unit 53b, and all the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82 are transferred to the upper transport unit 53a and the lower transport unit. 53b and return the deposited banknote to the customer in the same manner as in the second embodiment.
When the customer confirms the deposit amount, all of the deposited banknotes are sandwiched between the upper transport unit 53a and the lower transport unit 53b in the same manner as described above. Next, the bundle conveying path 53 is rotated in the direction of the arrow B shown in FIG. 10 with the rotation shaft 85 as a rotation fulcrum by a driving device (not shown), and the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 83 is directed. It is sandwiched and transported between the upper transport section 53 a and the lower transport section 53 b and stored in the deposit cassette 83.
[0078]
Since the withdrawal operation of the withdrawal banknote when the customer performs the withdrawal transaction operation, the discrimination operation in the discrimination section 72 and the storage operation of the abnormally conveyed banknote in the withdrawal rejection section 22 are the same as in the third embodiment. Description is omitted.
The withdrawal banknotes identified as normal are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82 through the common conveyance path 34.
[0079]
At this time, in the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 82, the withdrawal banknotes that are laterally conveyed onto the lower conveyance unit 52b of the bundle conveyance path 53 are aligned and accumulated in the same manner as in the second embodiment. Since the subsequent operation is the same as that of the second embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.
As described above, in the present embodiment, the effect of the first embodiment, the effect of shortening the maintenance time and the crime prevention effect by arranging the deposit cassette of the second embodiment in front of the maintenance side, the third embodiment In addition to the effect of shortening the storage time by storing the bundled banknotes in the form, the simplification by the discrimination part that discriminates both the vertical and horizontal banknotes and the effect of preventing loading mistakes, the temporary storage part of the withdrawal banknote as the temporary storage part of the incoming banknote In addition, since the deposit temporary holding section having a complicated mechanism such as a payout mechanism can be omitted, the apparatus can be simplified and the reliability of the apparatus can be improved. .
[0080]
In addition, since only the deposit reject banknotes are discharged from the deposit reject port, it is possible to easily collect the deposit reject banknotes in a place where there is a high possibility of mixing of banknotes other than the regular bills. The effect that the troubles, such as jam in the withdrawal temporary storage part etc. with banknotes other than a ticket, can also be prevented is acquired.
The technique for storing the deposited banknotes in a bundle in the deposit cassette according to the present embodiment is provided with a rotating shaft 85 in the bundle transport path 53 of the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52 in the second embodiment, and the deposit cassette 51 is implemented in this embodiment. In the same manner as the deposit cassette 83 of this form, it can be applied to the second embodiment by functioning as a deposit banknote temporary storage unit that stores the withdrawal temporary storage unit 52. This can reduce the omission of the conveyance path 55.
[0081]
Moreover, the bundle conveyance paths 21 and 53 in the present invention may be in the following modes.
Although the bundle conveyance path 53 is shown below as an aspect applied to 4th Embodiment, it is the same also in other embodiment and bundle conveyance path 21. FIG.
12 is a top view showing another aspect 1 of the bundle conveyance path 53, and FIG. 13 is a central sectional view thereof.
[0082]
The lower conveyance unit 53 b of the bundle conveyance path 53 in FIG. 12 is provided to be inclined in the direction of the withdrawal reject unit 22.
Reference numeral 86 denotes a stopper, which is fixed to a shaft 86a rotatably provided on the side frame 42 of the shared conveyance path 34, and arranges and collects the withdrawal bills discharged onto the lower conveyance unit 53b.
[0083]
When collecting rejected banknotes or deposited banknotes and returning them to the customer through the bundle transport path 53, the banknote stopper 54 is rotated in the direction of arrow A by a drive mechanism (not shown) and discharged from the common transport path 34. The stopper 86 is stopped at the position shown in FIG. 13 so as not to drop off the banknote from the lower transport section 53b.
[0084]
Deposited banknotes vertically transported to the bundle transport path 53 by the common transport path 34 are supported by a stopper 86 like the vertical transport banknotes shown in FIG.
When all the deposited banknotes are stacked, the upper transport unit 53a is rotated in the direction of arrow C by a driving device (not shown) to be parallel to the lower transport unit 53b, and moves in that direction to transport all the deposited banknotes upward. It is sandwiched between the section 53a and the lower transport section 53b.
[0085]
Next, the shutter 20 is opened, and the deposited banknotes are conveyed to the dispensing port 19 as a bundle through the bundle conveyance path 53. The customer pulls it out, and the receipt and receipt reject banknote and the deposit banknote are returned to the customer.
When the deposited banknotes are stored in the deposit cassette 83, all of the deposited banknotes are sandwiched between the upper transport unit 53a and the lower transport unit 53b in the same manner as described above.
[0086]
Next, the bundle conveyance path 53 is rotated in the direction of arrow B shown in FIG. 10 by using a driving device (not shown) with the rotation shaft 85 as a rotation fulcrum, and the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 83 is directed. It is nipped and conveyed by the conveyance unit 53b, and the deposited banknotes are stored in the deposit cassette 83 as a bundle.
In the case where the dispensed banknotes are accumulated and discharged to the customer, both the banknote stopper 54 and the stopper 86 are stopped at the positions shown in FIG.
[0087]
The withdrawal banknotes transported horizontally to the bundle transport path 53 by the common transport path 34 are on both transport belts 59 of the lower transport section 53b between the banknote stopper 54 and the stopper 86 as in the case of the lateral transport banknote shown in FIG. Is accumulated.
When all the withdrawal banknotes are collected, the upper transport section 53a is rotated in the direction of arrow C by a driving device (not shown) to be parallel to the lower transport section 53b, and moves in that direction to remove all of the withdrawal banknotes. It is sandwiched between the upper transport unit 53a and the lower transport unit 53b.
[0088]
Next, the banknote stopper 54 is rotated in the direction of arrow A by a drive mechanism (not shown) and retracted from the delivery path of the withdrawal banknotes, the shutter 20 is opened, and the withdrawal banknotes remain bundled by the bundle transportation path 53. It is conveyed to 19. The customer pulls it out and receives the withdrawal bill.
When storing the withdrawal banknote in the withdrawal rejection unit 22, the bundle conveyance path 53 is reversed to retract the withdrawal banknote, and the shutter 20 is closed. Next, the shaft 86a is rotated by a drive mechanism (not shown) to rotate the stopper 86 in the direction of arrow D. The passage to the withdrawal rejection unit 22 is opened, and the banknotes are withdrawn in a bundle by the bundle conveyance path 53. Store in part 22.
[0089]
Thereby, in addition to the effect of the fourth embodiment, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom of the place where the withdrawal reject unit 22 is installed.
FIG. Is a top view showing another aspect 2 of the bundle conveying path 53; FIG. Is a central sectional view thereof.
Reference numeral 91 denotes a bundle conveyance path.
[0090]
Reference numeral 92 denotes a drum, which is provided with a concave portion 93 for accumulating vertical transport banknotes and a concave portion 94 for accumulating horizontal transport banknotes.
A rotation shaft 95 is fixed to the drum 92 and is rotatably locked to the side frame 42 of the common conveyance path 34.
When the deposit reject banknotes or the deposited banknotes are collected and returned to the customer by the bundle transport path 91, the deposited banknotes vertically transported to the bundle transport path 91 by the transport belt on one side of the common transport path 34 are shown in FIG. It accumulates in the recessed part 93 like a vertical conveyance banknote.
[0091]
When all the deposited banknotes are collected, the drum 92 is rotated approximately half in the direction of arrow E shown in FIG. The customer receives this as a bundle from the opening, and the deposit reject banknote and the deposit banknote are returned to the customer.
When receipt of the deposited banknote is confirmed, the drum 92 rotates approximately half in the direction opposite to the arrow E and returns to the original position.
[0092]
When the deposited banknotes are stored in the deposit cassette 83, all the deposited banknotes are accumulated in the recess 93 in the same manner as described above. Next, the drum 92 rotates in the direction opposite to the arrow E with the rotation shaft 95 as a rotation fulcrum, and faces the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 83 and uses the weight of the deposited bills to deposit the deposited bills in a bundle. Store in 83. When the receipt of the deposited banknote is confirmed, the drum 92 rotates in the direction of arrow E and returns to the original position.
[0093]
When collecting the withdrawal banknotes and discharging them to the customer, the withdrawal banknotes vertically transported to the bundle transport path 53 by both transport belts of the shared transport path 34 are recessed 94 like the lateral transport banknotes shown in FIG. Accumulated within.
Since the operation after all the withdrawal banknotes are accumulated is the same as that of the deposited banknotes, the description is omitted.
[0094]
When storing the withdrawal banknote in the withdrawal reject unit 22, the drum 92 is rotated approximately half in the direction opposite to the arrow E, the withdrawal banknote is drawn in, and further rotated to open the opening in the direction of the withdrawal reject unit 22. Then, using the dead weight of the deposited banknote, the deposited banknote is sent to the withdrawal rejection unit 22 as a bundle and stored in the withdrawal rejection unit 22.
When the receipt of the deposited banknote is confirmed, the drum 92 rotates in the direction of arrow E and returns to the original position.
[0095]
Thereby, in addition to the effects of the fourth embodiment, the shutter and the dispensing port can be omitted, and the bundle conveyance path can be omitted, so that the apparatus can be further simplified.
When the drum rotates, it is desirable to detect the approach of the customer to the rotating part by a proximity sensor or the like to ensure the safety of the customer. Moreover, you may make it call a customer's attention using this as a warning sound or warning sound.
[0096]
Fifth embodiment
FIG. 16 is an explanatory view showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to the said 1st-4th embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
Reference numeral 101 denotes a deposit temporary holding unit, which accumulates and temporarily stores deposited banknotes that have been identified as normal by the discrimination unit 13 and are conveyed vertically. A shutter 20 is provided on the customer operation side of the deposit temporary storage unit 101 to prevent the banknotes that are collected from being stolen or mischievous.
[0097]
Reference numeral 102 denotes a bundle conveyance path, which is provided in the deposit temporary storage unit 102 and includes only one conveyance belt of the bundle conveyance path 53 shown in FIG. 11 of the fourth embodiment, and includes an upper conveyance unit 102a and a lower conveyance unit. The rotary shaft (not shown) is similar to the rotary shaft 102b and the rotary shaft 85, and the vertically conveyed bills are collected and conveyed as a bundle.
Reference numeral 103 denotes a deposit cassette, which is juxtaposed to the side of the deposit cassette 17 and is arranged directly below the deposit temporary storage unit 101, and is discharged as a bundle from the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 101 as in the fourth embodiment. It has an opening in the upper part so that the received banknotes can be received, and the received banknotes are stored regardless of the denomination.
[0098]
Reference numeral 104 denotes a common conveyance path, both in the vertical and horizontal directions for conveying the deposited banknote vertically transported from the transport path 33 in the direction of the temporary deposit storage section 101 and the withdrawal banknote transported horizontally from the transport path 35 in the direction of the temporary withdrawal storage section 18. It is the conveyance path which enabled conveyance of a bill.
Note that a switching blade (not shown) is provided at the branching section and the merging section of each transport path so that the banknotes to be transported are guided in an appropriate direction.
[0099]
Further, the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 provided in the present embodiment is the same as the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 of the first embodiment, and a bundle transport path for transporting horizontally transported banknotes as a bundle. 21 is provided on the customer operation side of the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18, and a shutter 20 is provided to prevent the stolen or mischievous of the accumulated banknotes. It functions as a discharge outlet.
[0100]
FIG. 17 is a top view showing the shared conveyance path 101.
Reference numeral 105 a denotes a conveyance shaft, which is rotatably locked to the side frame 106 of the common conveyance path 101, and two conveyance rollers 107 a are attached inside the side frame 106 and one outside.
Reference numeral 105b denotes a conveyance shaft disposed in parallel with the conveyance shaft 105a. The conveyance shaft 105b is rotatably locked to the side frame 106, and a conveyance roller 107b is attached to a position facing the conveyance roller 107a.
[0101]
Reference numeral 108 denotes a conveyance belt, which is stretched between the conveyance roller 107a and the conveyance roller 107b facing the conveyance roller 107a.
Both the upper conveyance unit and the lower conveyance unit are formed by the conveyance shafts 105a and 105b and three conveyance belts 108 stretched between the conveyance rollers 107a and 107b attached thereto. A set of conveying paths is formed by bringing the conveying belts 108 into contact with the lower conveying unit.
[0102]
The common conveyance path 104 is configured by continuously arranging this set of conveyance paths at appropriate intervals, and conveys the banknotes between the abutting conveyance belts 108.
The arrangement of the conveyance rollers 107 a and 107 b may be a configuration in which three conveyance rollers 107 a and 107 b are arranged inside the side frame 106. Moreover, it is good also as roller conveyance which conveys a banknote only with a roller, without using a conveyance belt.
[0103]
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
In FIG. 16, when a customer deposits banknotes, the deposited banknotes are set in the depositing port 12 in the vertical direction, fed out one by one, and vertically conveyed to the discrimination unit 13.
The deposited banknotes that have been accepted as rejected banknotes in the discriminating unit 13 are transported to the deposit reject port 81 via the transport paths 31, 33, the common transport path 104, and the transport path 84, and are collected and returned to the customer.
[0104]
At this time, in the common conveyance path 104, the deposit reject banknote is sandwiched between the conveyance belts 108 outside the side frame 106 and conveyed to the branching section with the conveyance path 84, as in the vertical conveyance banknote shown in FIG. The direction of conveyance is switched by a switching blade (not shown) provided in, and guided to the conveyance path 84.
The deposited banknotes identified as normal are counted for each denomination, then conveyed to the deposit temporary holding unit 101 through the conveyance paths 31 and 33 and the common conveyance path 104, and accumulated and temporarily stored on the lower conveyance unit 102b. The
[0105]
When the discrimination of all deposited banknotes is completed, the deposited amount is displayed on a customer operation screen (not shown), and a word prompting confirmation of the deposited amount is displayed.
When the customer performs a deposit cancellation operation, the upper transfer unit 102a of the deposit temporary holding unit 101 is moved in the direction of the lower transfer unit 102b by a driving device (not shown), and all the deposits stored on the lower transfer unit 102b are stored. A banknote is pinched between the upper conveyance part 102a and the lower conveyance part 102b.
[0106]
Next, the shutter 20 is opened, and the deposited banknotes are conveyed to the customer operation side as a bundle through the bundle conveyance path 102. The customer pulls it out and the deposited banknote is returned to the customer.
When the customer confirms the deposit amount, all of the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 101 are sandwiched between the upper transport unit 102a and the lower transport unit 102b in the same manner as described above.
[0107]
Next, the bundle conveyance path 102 is rotated in a direction indicated by an arrow F shown in FIG. 16 by using a rotation shaft (not shown) as a rotation fulcrum by a driving device (not shown), and the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 83 is directed to the upper conveyance unit 102a and the lower conveyance unit 102a. Deposited banknotes are sandwiched and conveyed by the conveyance unit 102 b and are stored in a bundle in the deposit cassette 103.
When a customer performs a withdrawal transaction operation, a bill corresponding to the amount requested by the customer is fed out from the withdrawal cassette 17 for each required denomination, and is delivered by the transport path 35 and the shared transport path 104. It is transported to the gold temporary storage unit 18 and collected.
[0108]
At this time, the withdrawal reject banknote that has been transported abnormally by a detector (not shown) is transported to the withdrawal reject unit 22 by the transport path 37 and stored.
In the common conveyance path 104, the withdrawal banknotes are sandwiched between the two conveyor belts 108 inside the side frame 106 and conveyed to the withdrawal temporary storage unit 18 like a lateral conveyance banknote shown in FIG. It is accumulated on the lower conveyance section 21 b of the conveyance path 21.
[0109]
When all of the customer's requested amounts are accumulated, the upper transport unit 21a moves in the direction of the lower transport unit 21b, and holds all the withdrawal banknotes between the upper transport unit 21a and the lower transport unit 21b.
Next, the shutter 20 is opened, and the banknotes to be dispensed are conveyed to the customer operation side in a bundle by the bundle conveyance path 21. The customer pulls it out and receives the requested amount of banknotes.
Since the operation when the withdrawal banknote is not pulled out even after a lapse of a predetermined time is the same as that in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.
[0110]
The collection of banknotes in the deposit cassette 103 and the replenishment of banknotes into the withdrawal cassette 17 are performed as follows.
When taking out banknotes from the deposit cassette 103, the maintenance door provided on the front of the ATM is opened, the deposit cassette 103 is taken out, and the banknotes are collected. Or, replace it with an empty deposit cassette 51.
[0111]
When replenishing banknotes to the withdrawal cassette 17, the maintenance door provided on the front face of the ATM is opened, the withdrawal cassette 17 is taken out and the banknotes are replenished. Alternatively, it is exchanged for a dispensing cassette 17 filled with banknotes in advance.
In the above description, the front maintenance type ATM is described as an example. However, in the case of the back maintenance type ATM, the door provided on the rear side is opened and the same operation is performed.
[0112]
As described above, in the present embodiment, downsizing of the apparatus by the vertical conveyance of the deposited banknote and the lateral conveyance of the withdrawal banknote and the effect of improving the dispensing processing efficiency of the first embodiment, the apparatus of the shared conveyance path Size reduction and production cost reduction effect, storage time reduction effect due to bundled banknote storage in the third embodiment, collection ease improvement effect due to separate discharge of banknote rejection bills in the fourth embodiment, and jam prevention In addition to the effect, the side width of the ATM can be narrowed by arranging the deposit cassette side by side with the withdrawal cassette, and the installation width on the customer operation side of the cash handling device such as ATM It is effective for installation and installation of ATMs when the bank is narrow, and when collecting and replenishing banknotes, only necessary work can be performed quickly, maintenance time can be further shortened, and crime can be prevented by quicker replacement work. Effect that it is possible to increase the. This effect can be obtained for both the front maintenance type and the rear maintenance type.
[0113]
In addition, the dispenser is omitted, the shutter is opened, and the banknotes are discharged directly from the bundle conveyance path to the customer as a bundle, so that the convenience of the customer is improved and the dispenser can be omitted and the apparatus is simplified. Can be achieved.
In addition, omission of this withdrawal port can be performed similarly also in each other embodiment, and the same effect can be exhibited.
[0114]
Sixth embodiment
FIG. 18 is an explanatory view showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to the said 1st-5th embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
Reference numeral 111 denotes a deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit that accumulates and temporarily stores the deposited banknotes identified as normal by the discrimination unit 13 and the dispensed banknotes fed from the withdrawal cassette 17.
[0115]
Further, the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111 is provided with a bundle conveyance path 53 similar to that of the second embodiment, and conveys deposited banknotes stacked vertically and withdrawn banknotes stacked horizontally in a bundle. .
Further, the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111 is provided with a lateral bundle conveyance path 112 having the same structure as the bundle conveyance path 53.
[0116]
Reference numeral 113 denotes a deposit cassette, which is juxtaposed to the side of the deposit cassette 17 and the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111, and can receive deposited banknotes discharged in a bundle from the lateral bundle conveyance path 112 of the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111. The upper part has an opening so that the received banknote is stored regardless of the denomination.
In addition, the shared conveyance path of this Embodiment is the same shared conveyance path 34 as 1st Embodiment etc.
[0117]
Further, a switching blade (not shown) is provided at the branching portion and the merging portion of each conveyance path, and is configured to guide the conveyed banknote in an appropriate direction.
FIG. 19 is a top view showing the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111 of the present embodiment.
Similar to the second embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111 is provided with a bundle conveyance path 53 including an upper conveyance unit 53a and a lower conveyance unit 53b, and stacks both banknotes for horizontal conveyance and vertical conveyance. Transport.
[0118]
The horizontal bundle conveyance path 112 is arranged to convey a bundle of banknotes in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the bundle conveyance path 53.
In the lateral bundle conveyance path 112, 114 a is a conveyance shaft, which is rotatably locked to the side frame 115 of the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112, and one conveyance roller 116 a is attached to each outer side of the side frame 115. .
[0119]
Reference numeral 114b denotes a conveyance shaft arranged in parallel with the conveyance shaft 114a. The conveyance shaft 114b is rotatably locked to the side frame 115, and a conveyance roller 116b is attached to a position facing the conveyance roller 116a.
Reference numeral 117 denotes a conveyance belt, which is stretched between the conveyance roller 116a and the conveyance roller 116b facing the conveyance roller 116a.
[0120]
Reference numeral 118 denotes a bill stopper. In order to avoid interference with the lateral bundle conveyance path 112, in FIG. 19, the bills laterally conveyed by the two bill stoppers 54 are arranged to be aligned and stacked. The same function as the bill stopper 54 of the second embodiment is exhibited.
The lateral bundle conveyance path 112 includes an upper conveyance unit 112a formed by conveyance shafts 114a and 114b and a conveyance belt 117 stretched between conveyance rollers 116a and 116b attached to the conveyance shafts 114a and 114b. The upper conveyance unit 112a is movable in the direction of the lower conveyance unit 112b and in the opposite direction.
[0121]
The upper transport unit 21a and the lower transport unit 112b are arranged so as to be substantially flush with the upper transport unit 53a and the lower transport unit 53b of the bundle transport path 53 so as not to disturb the accumulation of banknotes released from the shared transport path 34. Has been.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
In FIG. 18, when a customer deposits banknotes, the deposited banknotes set in the depositing slot 12 in the vertical direction are drawn out one by one and conveyed vertically to the discrimination unit 13.
[0122]
The banknotes that have been deposited and rejected by the discrimination unit 13 are transported to the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111 by the transport paths 31 and 33 and the shared transport path 34 and are collected.
At this time, the deposit-rejected banknotes transported vertically in the shared transport path 34 are sandwiched between the transport belts 44 on the opposite side to the first embodiment and transported to the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111, as shown in FIG. As shown in the vertical conveyance banknote shown, the sheet is stacked on one conveyance belt 59 of the lower conveyance portion 53b of the bundle conveyance path 53 and the conveyance belt 117 of the lower conveyance portion 112b of the horizontal bundle conveyance path 112.
[0123]
The bill stopper 118 is moved downward by a drive mechanism (not shown) and is stopped at a position retracted from the transport belt 59 of the lower transport unit 53b so as not to prevent the stacking of the vertically transported bills.
Banknote stopper 118 The moving direction may be retracted upward depending on the convenience of the configuration of the apparatus, or may be rotated and retracted like the banknote stopper 54 of the second embodiment.
[0124]
When all the deposit reject banknotes are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111, the deposit reject banknotes are returned to the customer in the same manner as in the second embodiment.
Deposited banknotes discriminated as normal are counted for each denomination and then transported to the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111 through the common transport path 34, and are collected and temporarily stored in the same manner as the deposit reject banknotes.
[0125]
When the discrimination of all deposited banknotes is completed, the deposited amount is displayed on a customer operation screen (not shown), and a word prompting confirmation of the deposited amount is displayed.
When the customer performs a deposit cancellation operation, all of the deposited banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 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 unit 112a of the lateral bundle conveyance path 112 is moved toward the lower conveyance unit 112b by a driving device (not shown), and the deposited banknote temporarily stored in the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111 Are sandwiched between the upper transport section 112a and the lower transport section 112b.
[0126]
Next, the lateral bundle conveyance path 112 conveys the deposited banknotes in a bundle in the direction of the opening provided in the deposit cassette 113 by a driving device (not shown) and stores it in the deposit cassette 113.
Since the case where the customer performs the withdrawal transaction operation and the subsequent operation are the same as those in the second embodiment except that the portion where the withdrawal banknotes are accumulated is the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit 111, the description is omitted. .
[0127]
Also banknote stopper 118 Move by reciprocating motion, but the withdrawal and retreating operations when the withdrawal banknotes are aligned and stacked and the withdrawal banknotes are conveyed by the bundle conveyance path 53 are the same as those of the banknote stopper 54 by rotation.
As described above, in the present embodiment, the vertical conveyance of deposited banknotes according to the first embodiment, the downsizing of the apparatus by the lateral conveyance of the withdrawal banknotes, the effect of improving the withdrawal processing efficiency, the miniaturization of the apparatus by the common conveyance path. And reduction of production cost, effect of downsizing the apparatus by omitting the deposit bill return port of the second embodiment, effect of shortening the storage time by storing the bundle of deposited bills of the third embodiment, Simplified equipment and improved reliability by sharing the form of withdrawal banknotes and deposit banknotes temporarily, and reduction of maintenance time and prevention of crimes due to the parallel placement of the deposit cassette and withdrawal cassette of the fifth embodiment In addition to the effect, even in a configuration in which the deposit cassette is arranged side by side with the deposit cassette, the deposit / receipt temporary storage unit having the horizontal bundle conveyance path allows the deposit / receipt of deposits and deposits to / from the customer from one withdrawal port. Return of banknotes and withdrawal of banknotes It is possible to discharge the output remains bundle, at the same time can be prevented like forgetting to take it, the effect that the customer can be improved customer convenience can receive bills once obtained.
[0128]
In the present embodiment, the size of the deposit reject banknote is reduced in a place where there is a high possibility of mixing a banknote other than a regular ticket, although the deposit banknote return port and its transport path are omitted. For reasons such as increasing the number, a deposit banknote return port and its conveyance path may be provided in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and only the deposit reject banknote may be discharged from here.
[0129]
Also in this case, the deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit is used as a temporary storage unit for a withdrawal banknote and a temporary storage unit for a normal deposit banknote, and can handle vertical and horizontal banknotes, thereby ensuring customer convenience. As a result, it is possible to obtain the effect of improving the ease of collecting banknotes other than the regular bill and the effect of preventing jamming.
Although each above embodiment demonstrated the case where the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus of this invention was applied to ATM, even if it applies to cash handling apparatuses, such as a cash processing apparatus, an automatic ticketing apparatus, and a vending machine, in general, The effect is not impaired.
[0130]
As described above, the present invention separately provides a deposit port for receiving a vertical banknote and a discharge port for discharging a horizontal banknote, minimizing the discrimination unit by conveying the deposited banknote as a vertical transport, and transporting a withdrawal banknote In addition to improving the withdrawal processing efficiency with horizontal transport, the parts of the transport path are shared by a shared transport path that enables both vertical transport and horizontal transport. It is intended to realize a small and simple bill depositing and dispensing device that can be easily adapted to the usage environment of the place.
[0131]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the identification bill is obtained by vertically conveying the deposited banknotes deposited in the vertical direction from the deposit port and horizontally ejecting the withdrawal banknotes fed from the withdrawal cassette. Since the number of detection parts required for the denomination identification is reduced and the processing speed of the withdrawal bills can be increased, the apparatus can be downsized and the efficiency of withdrawal processing can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a top view showing a withdrawal temporary storage unit according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a top view showing a shared conveyance path according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a top view showing a withdrawal temporary storage unit according to the second embodiment.
7 is a central sectional view of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a front view showing a storage unit according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a top view showing a deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit according to the fourth embodiment;
FIG. 12 is a top view showing another aspect 1 of the bundle conveyance path of the present invention.
13 is a central sectional view of FIG.
FIG. 14 is a top view showing another aspect 2 of the bundle conveyance path of the present invention.
15 is a central sectional view of FIG.
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 17 is a top view showing a shared conveyance path according to a fifth embodiment.
FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 19 is a top view showing a deposit / withdrawal temporary storage unit according to the sixth embodiment;
FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Deposit and withdrawal department
2 Identification Department
3 Temporary holding part
4 Storage cassette
5 Reject part
6 Transport path
11 Banknote deposit and withdrawal device
12, 71 deposit
14, 73, 101 Temporary deposit department
13, 72 Identification Department
15, 51, 74, 83, 103, 113 Deposit cassette
16 Deposit banknote return port
17 Withdrawal cassette
18, 52 Withdrawal temporary holding section
19 Withdrawal outlet
20 Shutter
21, 53, 91, 102 Bundle conveyance path
22 Withdrawal rejection department
24, 42, 106, 115 Side frame
23a, 23b, 41a, 41b Conveying shaft
25a, 25b, 43a, 43b Conveying roller
26, 44, 108, 117 Conveyor belt
31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37
34, 104 Shared transport path
54, 118 bill stopper
55, 75, 76, 84 Conveyance path
81 Deposit rejection port
82, 111 Deposit / withdrawal temporary storage section
85, 95 rotation axis
86 Stopper
92 drums
93, 94 recess
105a, 105b, 114a, 114b Conveying shaft
107a, 107b, 116a, 116b Conveying roller
112 Horizontal bundle transport path

Claims (10)

A deposit cassette for storing deposited banknotes received from a deposit port; a discharge port for ejecting withdrawn banknotes from a withdrawal cassette for storing banknotes; and a discrimination unit for identifying the deposited banknotes ,
The deposit banknotes deposited in the vertical direction from the deposit port are transported vertically, the withdrawal banknotes fed out from the withdrawal cassette are transported horizontally and discharged,
The said discrimination part is a discrimination part which discriminate | determines the deposit banknote of the vertical conveyance, Comprising: The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus characterized by discriminating the withdrawal banknote conveyed horizontally at the time of payment | withdrawal. In claim 1,
A bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus characterized in that a part of a conveyance path for vertically conveying the deposited banknote is shared with a part of a conveyance path for horizontally conveying the withdrawal banknote. In claim 1 or claim 2,
The banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus, wherein the ejection port is shared as an ejection port when returning a deposited banknote at least according to a return request. In any one of Claims 1 to 3,
A banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, characterized in that a withdrawal temporary storage unit for temporarily storing a withdrawal banknote is provided, and the withdrawal temporary storage unit is shared as a temporary storage unit for returning a deposited banknote at least by a return request. In any one of Claims 1 to 3,
A banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus characterized by providing a withdrawal temporary storage part for temporarily storing withdrawal banknotes and sharing the withdrawal temporary storage part as a temporary storage part for depositing money. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5,
The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, wherein the rejected deposited banknote is returned to the deposit port by reversing the transport path of the deposited banknote. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6,
The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, wherein the dispensing cassette is disposed on the back side of the depositing cassette. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6,
The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, wherein the depositing cassette is juxtaposed to the side of the dispensing cassette. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 8,
A deposit / withdrawal unit for temporarily storing deposited banknotes is provided, and the deposit cassette is disposed below the temporary storage unit for the deposited banknotes to store the deposited banknotes in a bundle. apparatus. In claim 8 ,
A deposit temporary holding unit for temporarily storing deposited banknotes is provided, the deposit cassette is arranged on a side of the deposit temporary holding unit, and the deposited banknotes are laterally transported and stored as a bundle. Banknote deposit and withdrawal device.