JPH027103B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention This invention is used, for example, in banking, has a deposit processing function and a payment processing function, inspects accepted banknotes when depositing, stores them by denomination, and withdraws banknotes. The present invention relates to a circulation depositing and dispensing device that takes out and dispenses banknotes of a predetermined denomination from among stored banknotes.

In the above-described circulating deposit/withdrawal device, if there is an overflow of received banknotes into the storage unit (accumulator) or an abnormal payout of paid banknotes, if the device is shut down each time, the operating rate will decrease.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a circulating deposit/withdrawal device having a rational collection function.

According to this invention, an emergency accumulator is provided in addition to the accumulators for each denomination, so it is possible to collect banknotes that have overflowed from the accumulators for each denomination, as well as to stack two banknotes and Take out the sheets in a row,
It is also possible to collect abnormally dispensed banknotes such as damaged banknotes, and there is no need to take down the device each time due to overflow or abnormal payout.

Moreover, one emergency accumulator can cover both overflow and abnormal dispensing, and only one sorting mechanism is required, which makes the space small and reasonable, and the cost is low.

An embodiment of the present invention having such characteristics will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows a circulating deposit/withdrawal device used in banking operations, which has a deposit processing function (deposit) and a withdrawal processing function (payment).

In FIG. 1, this circulating deposit/withdrawal device 1 is
A receiving section 3 that receives banknotes 2 for depositing, a regular shape detection section 4 that inspects the external dimensions of the received banknotes 2, a discriminator 5 that inspects the printing pattern of the received banknotes 2 or the banknotes 2 for withdrawal, and an acceptance unit. an accumulator 6 for accumulating banknotes 2, a discharge unit 7 for returning accepted banknotes 2 or discharging banknotes 2 for withdrawal; ~6th conveyance paths 8-13 are provided.

The receiving section 3 described above includes a receiving port 14, a lid 15 for opening and closing the receiving port 14, a receiving chamber 16, and a take-out roller 17 provided at the bottom of the receiving chamber 16.
Therefore, when inserting banknotes 2, the lid 15
is opened to input a bundle of banknotes 2 all at once, and the take-out roller 17 is rotationally controlled so as to take out the banknotes one by one at predetermined intervals.

The above-mentioned fixed shape detection section 4 includes a light emitter 18 and a light receiver 19.
The banknote 2 passing through the banknote 2 is detected, the external dimensions of the banknote 2 are inspected based on the detection signal, the shape is detected, and the authenticity and denomination of the banknote 2 are determined based on the shape.

Further, it is conveyed from the above-mentioned receiving section 3 to the above-mentioned regular shape detection section 4 by a first conveyance path 8, and this first conveyance path 8 is formed by the front half of the belt 52 and the belt 51 that is in contact with it. The bill 2 is conveyed while being held between belts 51 and 52.

The above-mentioned discriminating section 5 has a first section composed of a magnetic head.
The discriminator 21 and the second discriminator are arranged above and below,
The first discriminator 21 detects the received banknotes 2 and the second discriminator 21.
The discriminator 22 reads the print pattern of each bill 2 to be paid out, and discriminates the authenticity and denomination of each bill 2.

Note that if the first reading of the printed pattern on the banknote 2 results in an error, the banknote 2 is returned and read again.

Further, the above-mentioned regular shape detection section 4 to the above-mentioned discrimination section 5
The banknotes 2 are conveyed by a second conveyance path 9, which is constituted by the latter half of the belt 52 and belts 53, 54, and 55 that are in contact with the latter half of the belt 52. Conveyance is carried out by a fourth conveyance path 11, and this fourth conveyance path 11 is connected to a belt 5.
4 and 67 facing each other, and is guided to this fourth conveyance path 11 by operating a distribution plate 68.

The storage unit 6 is composed of four denomination accumulators 23a to 23d provided for each denomination and one emergency accumulator 24.
is made to correspond to each banknote 2 of 500 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen, and the emergency accumulator 24 is used to collect overflow banknotes from the accumulators 23a to 23d for each denomination, and to collect the overflow banknotes from the accumulators 23a to 23d for each denomination. The abnormally paid bills of the bills 2 taken out from ~23d are collected.

Each of the above-mentioned accumulators 23 and 24 is formed with the same configuration, and the configuration will be described later, but in the case of the denomination accumulator 23, the function is to temporarily pool the accepted banknotes 2 supplied to this accumulator 23. , a function to take out the temporarily pooled banknotes 2 for return, a function to store the temporarily pooled banknotes 2, and a function to take out the stored banknotes 2 for withdrawal.

And each accumulator 23a to 23d, 24
are provided with overflow detectors 78a to 78d, 79 for detecting overflow.

In addition, each of the accumulators 23a described above is determined by the aforementioned discrimination unit 5.
23d, 24, the banknotes 2 are transported by the third transport path 10, and the sorting plates 77a to 77e provided corresponding to the respective accumulators 23a to 23d, 24 determine the denomination of the discriminator 5, Alternatively, the coins are stored in the corresponding accumulators 23a to 23d, 24 by being operated based on a determination of overflow, abnormal payout, or the like.

Note that the above-mentioned sorting plates 77a to 77e are connected to bill 2 passage detectors 87a to 77e provided at the bottom thereof.
87e is reset by a signal that detects the passage of banknote 2.

Further, the third conveyance path 10 described above includes belts 56 and 80.
and belts 57 to 66 that are in contact with the belt.

Further, the banknotes 2 taken out for withdrawal from the accumulators 23a to 23d for each denomination are conveyed to the discriminator 5 by the sixth conveyance path 13, and the second discriminator 2 of the discriminator 5
2 and supplied to the third conveyance path 10, and the sixth conveyance path 13 is constituted by a belt 72 and belts 73 to 76 that are in contact with the belt 72.

The discharge section 7 has a discharge port 46 formed at the top thereof, and a discharge tray 47 that moves up and down by an appropriate drive mechanism is connected to the discharge port 46 and the first receiving position 4 set at a lower position.
8 or the second receiving position 49.

Belts 44a and 44 for transporting banknotes 2 to the first receiving position 48 are provided at the transport end of the third transport path 10 described above.
b, and the belt 43 conveying to the second receiving position 49 side.
a and 43b are connected, and are distributed by a distribution plate 45 provided at this connection position.

Further, an impeller 50 is provided at the second receiving position 49, and this impeller 50 is connected to the belts 43a, 43.
The discharge tray 4 receives the banknotes 2 supplied from b between the blades while rotating and is positioned at the second receiving position 49.
7, the banknotes 2 are arranged and stacked.

The banknotes 2 supplied to the discharge tray 47 at the first receiving position 48 described above are the banknotes 2 returned as a result of the determination by the discriminator 5 and the banknotes 2 temporarily pooled in the accumulator 23 for each denomination. The returned banknotes 2 of 2 is a banknote 2 which has a predetermined outside shape as a result of being inspected by the regular shape detection unit 4 .

FIG. 2 shows one denomination accumulator 23, each denomination accumulator 23a to 23d and an emergency accumulator 24.
have the same structure.

A pool plate 26 is located at the top of the storage tube 25 that stores the banknotes 2, and the base end of the pool plate 26 is pivoted to a mounting member 28 and is provided to be movable between a horizontal position and an obliquely upward position. There is.

An impeller 27 is provided on the top of the pool board 26,
The impeller 27 is supplied with banknotes 2 that have been conveyed by the third conveyance path 10 and sorted by the sorting plate 77, and is received between the blades while rotating, and the banknotes 2 are transferred to the pool plate 27.
The stacked banknotes 2 are aligned and temporarily pooled.

A return take-out roller 31 is provided above the free end side of the pool plate 26, and this roller 31 is driven when returning the banknotes 2 temporarily pooled on the pool plate 26.

At the time of return, the pool plate 26 is tilted diagonally upward by an appropriate drive source, the banknotes 2 and the rollers 31 come into contact with each other, and the banknotes 2 are taken out by rotation of the rollers 31.

A pair of belts 32 and 33 are provided on the side from which the banknotes 2 are taken out.
is provided, and the removed banknotes 2 are transferred to this belt 3.
2 and 33 to the third transport path 10 and returned.

The pool plate 26 mentioned above moves up and down to store and deposit the temporarily pooled banknotes 2 at the bottom, and the storage cylinder 25
It has a function that allows it to be moved in and out.

That is, the attachment member 28 of the pool board 26 is provided so as to be able to reciprocate horizontally on the horizontal guide rail 29, and the attachment member 28 is provided with a motor 3.
The pool board 26 is moved in and out of the storage tube 25 in the horizontal direction by the forward and reverse rotation control of the motor 34.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned horizontal guide rail 29 is provided so as to be movable vertically up and down on a pair of left and right vertical guide rails 30 , 30 .
are connected, and by controlling the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 36,
The pool board 26 is moved vertically up and down with respect to the storage cylinder 25.

A storage position detection switch 38 is provided on the bottom side of the pool board 26, and this switch 38 detects the position of the stored banknotes 2 and sends the signal to the pool board 2.
Used for the downward movement stop timing in step 6.

That is, the pool plate 26 temporarily transfers the pooled banknotes 2 downward, and when the switch 38 detects the banknote 2 already stored in the top row, the downward movement is stopped and the pool plate 26 is withdrawn. The banknotes 2 placed at that time are deposited at the bottom. Thereafter, the pool plate 26 is returned to its original position by rising from the outside and entering the storage tube 25 again.

The overflow detector 78 is constituted by an appropriate photoelectric detector and is set at the limit position of the banknotes 2 to be stored.
By detecting the top of the stored state, further storage is determined to be an overflow.

A take-out roller 39 for dispensing is provided at one side of the lower part of the storage tube 25, and by rotating this roller 39, the banknotes 2 are taken out one by one from the lower part of the storage tube 25.

The removed banknotes 2 are supplied to the sixth conveyance path 13 by a pair of belts 40a and 40b provided on the side in the removal direction.

An abnormal dispensing detector 41 is provided in the conveyance path by the belts 40a and 40b described above, and this detector 4
1 is an abnormal dispensing of banknotes 2, 2 pieces are heavy, 2
Detects removed bills, abnormal lengths, and damaged bills. It has a function of counting the number of paid bills by simultaneously detecting the bills 2.

The above-mentioned means for detecting the weight of two banknotes uses a cam and a roller to create a gap for two banknotes, and when the weight of two banknotes is reached, the cam moves and activates a micro switch etc. to detect the two banknotes. The length abnormality detection means is configured to check the length by measuring the time that a photoelectric sensor is covered with the banknote 2, or to check whether it is too long or too short using a total of 3 photoelectric sensors. These configurations are well known.

Detection of a perforated or torn damaged banknote 2 is carried out, for example, by the arrangement shown in FIG.

That is, the banknote 2 has a lamp 81 and a photoelectric sensor 8.
The detection width of the lamp 81 and the photoelectric sensor 82 is set to a width that sufficiently covers the width of the banknote 2.

The passage detection circuit 83 detects when the banknote 2 is passing and outputs a sampling signal, which is then sent to the discrimination circuit 84.
The entry detection circuit 85 detects that the bill 2 has protruded into the photoelectric sensor 82, inputs this detection signal to the integration circuit 86, and clears it. The integrating circuit 86 integrates and outputs the banknote reading signal from the photoelectric sensor 82, and the discriminating circuit 84 detects a damaged banknote by inspecting the level of the integrated output based on the sampling signal, and outputs a damaged banknote signal. (For example, in the case of a banknote with holes, the amount of transmitted light is large, so the integration level is high.) FIG. The bill discriminating circuit 88 is the first one in the discriminating section 5.
Discriminates the denomination of the banknote 2 based on the bill reading by the discriminator 21, and outputs a signal corresponding to the denomination, that is, a denomination discrimination signal of 500 yen signal, 1,000 yen signal, 5,000 yen signal, and 10,000 yen signal. Each signal is processed by two corresponding AND gates a1, a2, b1,
It is input to b2, c1, c2, d1, and d2.

The overflow signals of each denomination are output from the overflow detectors 78a to 78d provided in the accumulators 23a to 23d for each denomination, that is, the overflow 500 yen signal, 1,000 yen signal, 5,000 yen signal,
The ten thousand yen signal is input to one AND gate a1, b1, c1, d1 corresponding to each denomination via a knot circuit, and the other AND gate a2,
It is also input to b2, c2, and d2.

For that purpose, AND gates a1, b1, c1, d
Group 1 is the accumulator 23a, 2 of the corresponding denomination.
3b, 23c, and 23d do not output an overflow signal, and when the banknote discrimination circuit 88 outputs a corresponding denomination discrimination signal, an output is generated;
These outputs are stored in the accumulators 23a to 2 of the corresponding denominations.
3d means that storage is OK, and is input to the distribution circuits 89a to 89d corresponding to the denomination.

The above-mentioned distribution circuits 89a to 89d are circuits such as solenoids that drive the distribution plates 77a to 77d of the corresponding denominations, and when the signals from the AND gates a1 to d1 are inputted, the distribution plates 77a to 77d of the corresponding denominations are driven. 77a to 77d are distributed and driven.

Note that each distribution circuit 89a to 89d is reset by each passage detector 8 that detects passage of banknotes 2.
This is done using signals 7a to 87d.

For example, when the bill discrimination circuit 88 discriminates the denomination of 500 yen, if the overflow detector 78a of the accumulator 23a that stores the 500 yen bill does not output an overflow signal, an output is generated from the AND gate a1. The sorting circuit 89a corresponding to this is activated, the sorting plate 77a is activated, and the five hundred yen bill is stored in the accumulator 23a.

Of course, when the overflow signal is output from the overflow detector 78a, no output is generated from the AND gate a1, so the above-described operation of storing the banknotes 2 is not performed.

Note that the same operation is performed for banknotes 2 of other denominations.

Overflow detectors 78a to 78d for each denomination
When the banknote discrimination circuit 88 outputs a discrimination signal corresponding to the denomination while the banknote discrimination circuit 88 outputs an overflow signal, the AND gate a corresponding to the denomination
An output is generated from 2, b2, c2, and d2, and this output signal is input to AND gate e via OR gates O1 and O2.

The overflow signal output from the overflow detector 79 of the emergency storage 24 is input to the AND gate e via a knot circuit.

Therefore, when the above-mentioned overflow signal is not output, an output is generated from the AND gate e.
This output signal means that it is OK to store banknotes 2 in the emergency accumulator 24, and is input to the distribution circuit 90.

Note that when an overflow signal is output from the above-mentioned overflow detector 79, it indicates that it is impossible to store banknotes 2 in this emergency accumulator 24, so the above-mentioned signal becomes a device stop signal, and the device is stopped. to stop.

The aforementioned distribution circuit 90 is a circuit such as a solenoid that drives the distribution plate 77e of the emergency accumulator 24, and distributes and drives the distribution plate 77e by inputting the signal of the AND gate e described above.

Note that the resetting of this distribution circuit 90 is performed when the banknote 2
This is done only by the passage detector 87e, which detects the passage of.

Abnormal payout detector 4 installed corresponding to each denomination
The detection signals 1a to 41d are the OR gates O3, O
2 to the AND gate e.

For this purpose, each abnormal payout detector 41a at the time of withdrawal
~41d detects the abnormal dispensing of banknotes 2, and an output is generated from the AND gate e, and this output operates the distribution circuit 90, and the distribution board 7
7e is driven to sort, and the abnormally paid bills 2 are stored in the emergency accumulator 24.

Processing operations of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device 1 configured as described above are performed as follows.

At the time of deposit, the banknotes 2 for deposit are placed in the receiving section 3.
As a result, the sheets are taken out one by one by the take-out roller 17.

In addition, for the sake of simplicity, the above-mentioned taking out is assumed to be such that the next banknote 2 is taken out after the process of temporarily pooling or returning the taken out banknote 2 is completed.

The taken-out banknote 2 is conveyed to the regular shape detection unit 4 by the first conveyance path 8, where the shape is inspected. When it is determined that the banknote 2 is not the prescribed banknote 2, the sorting plate 71 is driven to It is guided to the conveyance path 12, thereby conveyed to the latter half of the third conveyance path 10, and conveyed to the discharge section 7 via this.

If the result of the inspection in the above-mentioned regular shape detection section 4 is OK, the banknote 2 is conveyed to the discrimination section 5 by the second conveyance path 9.

The first discriminator 21 reads the printed pattern of the banknote 2, and the banknote discriminator circuit 88 outputs a denomination discrimination signal.

Denomination accumulator 2 corresponding to the denomination discrimination signal described above
If the banknotes 3a to 23d do not overflow when storing banknotes 2, the distribution circuits 89a to 89d corresponding to the denomination are operated, and the distribution plates 77a to 77
7d is driven to sort, and the banknotes 2 are temporarily pooled in the accumulators 23a to 23d corresponding to the denomination.

However, when the above-mentioned denomination accumulators 23a to 23d overflow, overflow signals are output from the corresponding denomination overflow detectors 78a to 78d, so the distribution circuit 9
0 is operated, the sorting plate 77e is driven to sort, and the banknotes 2 are temporarily pooled in the emergency accumulator 24.

At this time, the above-mentioned overflow signal is output as an alarm signal, and this alarm can notify the staff that the denomination accumulators 23a to 23d are overflowing.

All of the banknotes 2 that have been inserted in this way are sorted and sorted one after another, and when the banknotes 2 are subsequently desired to be returned, they are sent out from the temporary pool position to the third conveyance path 10, and conveyed to the discharge section 7 via this. Been,
It is returned from this discharge section 7.

When the temporarily pooled banknotes 2 are not returned, they are stored in the accumulators 23a to 23d for the denomination or the emergency accumulator 24.

In the case of withdrawal, a predetermined number of banknotes 2 are taken out from the denomination accumulators 23a to 23d corresponding to the billed amount.

When the banknotes 2 are taken out, the abnormal payout detectors 41a to 41d of the corresponding denomination check the abnormal payout of the banknotes 2, i.e., if 2 sheets overlap, 2 sheets are taken out,
Inspect banknotes with abnormal length or damage.

The banknotes 2 taken out from the denomination accumulators 23a to 23d described above are conveyed to the discharge section 7 by the sixth conveyance path 13, the second conveyance path 9, and the third conveyance path 10.
When abnormal dispensing is detected by the above-mentioned abnormal dispensing detectors 41a to 41d, the distribution circuit 90 is activated by the detection signal, the distributing plate 77e is driven to distribute, and the banknotes 2 are collected in the emergency accumulator 24. be done.

If there is no abnormality in the taken-out banknote 2, the printed pattern is checked by the second discriminator 22, and if an abnormality is detected, the banknote is collected into the emergency accumulator 24 in the same manner as described above.

When the bill 2 of the requested predetermined amount is normally taken out, the bill 2 is received in the discharge tray of the discharge section 7, and the discharge tray 47 is moved to the discharge port 46 and taken out.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the distribution circuit 89
The reset of a to 89d and 90 may be implemented by a timer instead of the passage detector 87. At this time, it is necessary to set different timer settings for each denomination.

Furthermore, if the frequency of overflow or abnormal payout of the denomination accumulator 23 is low, the overflow detector 79 of the emergency accumulator 24 may not be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the internal structure of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, FIG. 2 is a side view of the internal structure of the accumulator, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a damaged banknote detection circuit, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the distribution control circuit. 2...Banknote, 3...Accepting section, 5...Discrimination section, 2
3... Accumulator for denomination, 24... Emergency accumulator, 4
1...Abnormal payout detector, 78...Overflow detector, 90...Distribution circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. When depositing, accepted banknotes are inspected and stored in accumulators according to denomination, and when withdrawing, banknotes of a predetermined denomination among the banknotes stored in each accumulator are inspected. A circulating deposit/withdrawal device for taking out and dispensing money, the banknote amount detector for each denomination being provided corresponding to each of the accumulators to detect when the stored banknotes have reached a predetermined amount; an abnormal dispensing detection device for detecting abnormal dispensing of banknotes taken out at a time; and an emergency accumulator separate from the denomination-specific accumulators; The banknotes accepted in response are stored in the emergency accumulator, and the banknotes taken out in response to the abnormal dispensing detection device detecting abnormal dispensing of banknotes are stored in the emergency accumulator. A circulating deposit/withdrawal device.