JPH0211955B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention relates to an improvement in a banknote processing device such as an automatic teller machine, and relates to the improvement of a banknote handling device such as an automatic teller machine. A first storage section that stores genuine banknotes that have been delivered to the counterfeit identification section and has been verified, and a second storage section that stores the fake banknotes that have been verified.
In a banknote processing device having a banknote return port,
By inserting banknotes into the first storage section from the top and into the second storage section from the bottom, the banknotes are transferred between the first storage section and the second storage section. The storage section is configured to be held in a substantially upright state, and the banknotes discharged from the first storage section can be thrown into the second storage section from the bottom without passing through the conveyance path. , the depth dimension of the banknote handling device is shortened, thereby making the device more compact.

[Industrial application field]

Generally, in an automatic deposit machine, etc., after confirming that the card inserted by the customer is a legitimate card held by the customer, a deposit of banknotes of a specified number or less is performed.

To explain this in the case of automatic deposit machines,
When it is confirmed that the inserted card is the customer's official card, the shutter of the banknote slot opens to allow banknotes to be inserted. Therefore, the customer inserts multiple banknotes in mixed denominations at the same time to make the desired amount, and the banknotes are peeled off one by one and sent to the verification department, where both denominations and denominations are checked for authenticity. The banknotes that are verified as genuine banknotes are stored in a temporary storage unit, and after the transaction is completed, they are stored in a safe unit, and the amount of the inserted banknotes is recorded by a printer, and a slip is issued. .

On the other hand, banknotes that have been identified as counterfeit banknotes by the recognition section, or banknotes that have been significantly deformed even if they are genuine banknotes, are delivered to the return slot by the return transport means.

[Conventional technology]

For example, in an automatic teller machine, bills are put into a conveyance path from an input slot and stopped once at a position facing a feed roller provided along the conveyance path. The banknotes that have been verified are classified according to the results of the verification and stored in a store section (genuine banknotes) and a pool section (defective banknotes). After all banknotes have been verified, the banknotes in the store section are stored. A system is generally used in which the banknotes are stored in a box and the banknotes in the pool are returned all at once to a return slot through a return path. For example, JP-A-53-
In the method disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 40596, only the correct banknotes are deposited from among the banknotes inserted into the slot, and fraudulent banknotes are returned to the customer. In the one of
Bills are inserted into the slot all at once while standing.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in this case, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 1983-
Disclosed in Publication No. 40596 and Utility Model Application Publication No. 50-70994
In the conventional device shown in the publication, bills are inserted into the slot in a standing position, but the bills are returned horizontally, and the bills are held horizontally in each storage section. As a result, the depth of the device increases, making it impossible to make the device housing more compact and reduce the floor space it occupies, making it difficult to arrange multiple devices within a store. There was a problem with being blocked.

The present invention aims to solve the above problem by reducing the floor space occupied by the device housing by reducing the depth of the device.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an inlet for banknotes to be inserted in bulk while standing, and a storage system for temporarily storing the banknotes inserted through the inlet while standing in a standing position. A dispensing unit that dispenses to a counterfeit discriminating unit, and genuine banknotes that have been discriminated by the discriminating unit from among the dispensed bills are conveyed along a conveyance path, branched on the conveyance path, and stored. a first reservoir;
A second storage section into which the fake banknotes as a result of being discriminated by the discrimination section are branched on the conveyance path and stored, and a second storage section in which the banknotes stored in the first or second storage section are returned and discharged. In the banknote handling device, the first storage section is provided with a support plate tilted with respect to a vertical plane and a movable belt tilted with respect to a horizontal plane; By equipping the second storage section with a conveying means provided on the receiving plate and a pushing means for horizontally pushing the rear end of the banknotes to be inserted, the first By inserting banknotes into the storage section from the top and into the second storage section from the bottom, the first
The bill discharged from the storage section is configured to hold the banknotes placed in each storage section in a substantially upright state so that the banknotes discharged from the storage section can be thrown into the second storage section from the bottom without passing through the conveyance path. It is.

[Effect]

By providing the above configuration, bills can be inserted into the first storage section from the upper part, and bills can be inputted into the second storage section from the bottom, so that the banknotes can be connected to the first storage section. The second storage section can hold the banknotes inserted in a substantially upright state, and the banknotes discharged from the first storage section are transferred from the bottom to the second storage section without passing through a conveyance path. This allows the banknote processing device to be inserted into the banknotes, shortens the depth of the banknote processing device, and thereby makes the device more compact.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied, and in the figure, 1 is a bill slot;
2 is a bill feeding device, 3 is a discrimination section, 4 and 5 are conveyors, 6 is a conveyance path switching gate, 7 is a conveyor, 8 is a roller, 9 is a pool section, 10 is a belt,
11, 12, 13, and 14 are conveyors, 15 is a store section, 16 is a pusher, 17 is a paper storage box, and 18 is a return port.

The bill feeding device 2 includes a conveyor 24 and rollers 25 and 26 that face each other across a conveyance path 23 formed between guide plates 21 and 22, and
3, a stopper 27 that protrudes retractably into the banknote 3, a bill stop guide plate 28, and feed rollers 29, 30.
and a pressing plate 31.

A shutter 32 is provided at the input port 1, and the shutter 32 closes the input port 1 when the machine is not in use.

Now, when the user performs a predetermined operation when using the machine, the shutter 32 retreats to the position shown in the figure and opens the input slot 1. In this state, when the user inserts a large number of banknotes 40 in the form of a bundle into the conveyance path 23 from the input port 1 in the transverse direction, the front end of the banknotes 40 is stopped by the stopper 27 and the rear end is inserted. Stop once with it protruding from mouth 1. When it is confirmed that the banknotes have been inserted in this state, the stopper 27 moves in the direction of arrow A and retreats from the conveyance path 23, and the banknotes 40 are moved forward toward the conveyance path by the conveyor 24 and the rollers 2.
5 and 26, and the tip is stopped by the bill stop guide plate 28. At this point, the conveyor 24 retreats to the position indicated by the chain line, and the press plate 31
moves forward to the right and feeds the bill 40 to the feed roller 2.
9 and 30. The banknotes 40 are fed out one by one by rotating feed rollers 29 and 30, enter the verification section 3, and are verified for authenticity. In order to ensure that the feed roller feeds out banknotes at a constant pitch, it is effective to implement the various means listed below either singly or simultaneously.

(1) For example, a line type display 33 is provided near the input slot 1 to prompt the user to align the rear end of the banknotes, and when the banknotes 40 that the user has inserted from the input slot 1 are stopped by the stopper 27, The type indicator 33 is turned on, and the user sees this display, taps the rear ends of the banknotes 40 protruding from the slot 1 to align them, and then inhales the banknotes 40.

(2) The conveyor 24 is retracted from the bill 40 when the tip of the bill 40 is between the stopper 27 and the bill stop guide plate 28, and the bill stop guide plate 28 is moved away from the bill 40.
Collision with 8.

(3) Banknotes 40 stopped by banknote stop guide plate 28
A sensor that detects irregularities at the rear end is installed in conveyance path 2.
3, and when the sensor detects an irregularity in the rear end of the banknote 40, the banknote 40 is transferred to the conveyor 2.
4 and the rollers 25 and 26 to the first input position, and the tip is latched to the stopper 27, and the line type display 33 is turned on to show the user the banknote 4.
The trailing edge of the banknote 40 is struck and penetrated and inhaled again, and this operation is repeated until the irregularity of the trailing edge of the banknote 40 is no longer detected by the sensor.

(4) When the banknote 40 is locked on the banknote stop guide plate 28, the press plate 31 is moved back and forth multiple times to strike the paper sheet 40 and deflect its edges, and then the press plate 31 moves the banknote 40 to the feed roller 29, 30 to operate the feed rollers 29 and 30.

In the case of (4) above, if the pressing plate 31 is composed of a supporting member 34 that can move forward and backward, and a pressing member 35 that is swingably supported by the supporting member 34, an even greater effect can be achieved. Is possible. Furthermore, when the method (4) is used, if foreign objects such as paper clips and coins are mixed in between the banknotes 40, these foreign objects will fall onto the banknote stop guide plate 28 when the banknote 40 is struck. do. Therefore, if a slit for these foreign objects to fall is provided in the bill stop guide plate 28 and a foreign object storage box 36 is provided below the banknote stop guide plate 28, the foreign objects will fall through the slit and be placed in the foreign object storage box 36. It is possible to store it.

The banknotes 40 fed out one by one by the banknote feeding device 2 in this way are delivered to the discrimination section 3 through the conveyance path 37, but in this case, one guide plate 38 constituting the conveyance path 37 is made swingable. established,
If the fed-out bill 40 is jammed in this vicinity, the guide plate 38 is pushed by the deformation force of the jammed bill and swings in the direction of retreating from the conveyance path 37. It is possible to detect the occurrence of a jam by detecting the movement using a sensor or the like. Further, when the apparatus is stopped by this jam detection signal and the jammed banknote is taken out, the guide plate 38 is open, so that the jammed banknote can be easily taken out. Note that 39 is a separation roller that rotates counterclockwise in the figure to prevent double feeding when paying out banknotes.

The banknotes 40 that have entered the discrimination section 3 are discriminated for authenticity and stored in different sections according to the discrimination results as follows.

If the discrimination result is "good", the good banknotes 40 output from the discrimination section 3 are compressed and conveyed by the conveyors 4 and 5, and the conveyance path is switched by the gate 6 as shown in FIG. 2a. The belt 10 and the conveyor 11 are deformed by the banknotes 40 as shown in FIG. 2b.
It is then conveyed downward into the store section 15. The store section 15 is provided with a support plate 51 that is inclined to the left with respect to the vertical plane, and a conveyor 12 that includes a movable belt 52 that is inclined downward to the left with respect to the horizontal plane and runs in the direction of the arrow. There, the leading edge of the banknote 40 conveyed into the store section 15 collides with the movable belt 52 and is shifted to the back side of the store section 15 by the movable belt 52. It is possible to create a gap for the banknotes 40 to prevent jamming and store the banknotes 40 in an organized state by supporting them approximately vertically on the support plate 51. However, in this example, the belt 10
As shown in FIG.
Storage of 0 is further ensured. When all the inserted banknotes have been verified and all the "good" banknotes are stored in the store section 15, the pusher 16 driven by the pantograph mechanism 53 moves forward to the right as shown by the chain line in FIG. The banknotes are stored in the paper sheet storage box 17. Note that when the user wishes to collect the banknotes that have been inserted, the user performs a predetermined operation to move the conveyors 11 and 13 toward the position shown by the chain line in FIG. 11 and 13 and conveyed to the conveyor 7
and the rollers 8, the details of which will be explained next with reference to FIG.

The banknote 40 to be returned is pinched between the conveyors 11 and 13 as shown in FIG. ,
It is conveyed and sent between the conveyor 7 and the rollers 8 as shown in FIG. 3c.

Banknotes 40 sent between conveyor 7 and roller 8
is conveyed upward while being pinched by rollers 61, 62, 63 and rollers 61', 62', 6 that are retractably provided opposite to these rollers.
3', is pinched and conveyed by these rollers, and is returned to the return port 18.

If the classification result by the classification section 3 is "poor",
The gate 6 rotates clockwise in FIG. 1 in response to a signal from the discrimination section 3, and the rollers 61', 6
2', 63' and the guide plate 64 retreat to the position shown by the chain line in FIG.
The liquid is conveyed through the gap and temporarily stored in the pool portion 9 in a substantially perpendicular state.The details of the action of storing the liquid in the pool portion 9 will be explained with reference to FIG.

The above-mentioned retraction of the rollers 61', 62', 63' and the guide plate 64 is performed by being driven via the rack 60 by a pinion 65 driven by a signal from the discrimination section 3. As shown in FIG. 4a, the banknotes 40 that are conveyed by the conveyor 7 and the rollers 8 and enter the pool part 9 are supported so as to be able to swing coaxially with the rollers 8, and are pushed counterclockwise in the figure by a spring (not shown). The leading end is guided by a biased guide plate 67, and after passing between the conveyor 7 and rollers 8, the rear end is shifted to the back side of the pool part 9 by a sprocket 69 fixed coaxially with the roller 68 of the conveyor 7. and stored in the pool section 9.

We have verified all the banknotes that have been inserted and have determined that all of them are defective.
When banknotes are stored in the pool section 9, the pinion 65
rotates in the opposite direction to the above-mentioned direction, and the rollers 61', 6
2', 63' and the guide plate 64 move forward as shown in FIG.
3 and rollers 61', 62', and 63'.
It is transported and returned to the return port 18 through the return path 70 as shown in FIG. 4c. 40 banknotes returned
When the rear end is detected by the sensor 71, each roller stops and the banknote 40 is held with a portion thereof protruding from the return opening 18, as shown in FIG. 4c. Therefore, the user can take out this banknote 40.

When returning the banknotes 40, if the user is away from the device for some reason and does not take out the banknotes 40, there is a risk that the banknotes 40 will be taken by a third party. To prevent this, for example, if the banknote 40 is not removed for a predetermined period of time, each roller may be rotated in the opposite direction to the direction when returning the banknote 40 to suck the banknote 40 into the pool portion 9. Further, a means for informing the user that the banknote 40 has been returned to the return slot 18 through voice guidance or the like may be used in combination.

Such theft problem also occurs when the user inserts and inhales banknotes into the slot 1 and returns them to the slot 1 when the device malfunctions, but in this case as well, the same method as described above is adopted. This can solve the problem.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, banknotes are held substantially vertically in the conveyance path for sucking banknotes, the store section, the paper storage box, the pool section, and the return path, so that the device It is possible to save the depth dimension, and by arranging the part that holds these banknotes almost vertically in appropriate combinations with other horizontal transport parts, the floor space occupied by the device can be reduced and it can be made more compact. It is possible to achieve this goal. With such a device according to the present invention, it is easy to plan the layout within a store, and the number of devices installed can be easily increased, so that it can greatly contribute to improving services for customers.

Note that the present invention is applicable to banknote processing devices other than the automatic teller machine described in this embodiment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the same store section, and Figs. 3 a, b, and c are banknotes stored in the same store section. Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the same pool section. In the figure, 1 is a bill slot, 2 is a bill feeding device, 3 is a discrimination section, 6 is a conveyance path switching gate, and 9 is a pool. 15 is a store section, 16 is a pusher, 17 is a paper sheet storage box, 18 is a return port, 23 is a conveyance path, 29 and 30 are feed rollers, 31 is a press plate, and 70 is a return path.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input slot for banknotes to be inserted in bulk while standing, and a banknotes input from the input slot that are stored in a standing position, and are fed to a bill authenticity discrimination unit every predetermined number of bills. a feeding unit for feeding out, and a first storage unit in which genuine banknotes, which are the result of being discriminated by the discriminating unit from among the fed banknotes, are conveyed along a conveyance path, branched on the conveyance path, and stored therein; and a second bank where the fake banknotes as a result of being discriminated by the discrimination unit are branched on the conveyance path and stored.
A banknote processing device having a storage section and a return port through which banknotes stored in the first or second storage section are returned and discharged, comprising: a support plate inclined with respect to a vertical plane and arranged inclined with respect to a horizontal plane; The first storage section is provided with a movable belt that is movable back and forth and is provided on a substantially vertical receiving plate, and the second storage section is provided with a conveying means that is movable back and forth and is provided on a substantially vertical receiving plate, and a pushing means that pushes the rear end of the bill to be thrown in in a horizontal direction. By equipping the storage section with the banknote, it is possible to input banknotes into the first storage section from the top and into the second storage section from the bottom via the bill conveyance path after discrimination. Therefore, the first
The banknotes placed in each storage part are held in a substantially upright state so that the banknotes discharged from the storage part can be thrown into the second storage part from the bottom without passing through the conveyance path. Banknote processing equipment.