JPH0120798B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Industrial Application Field This invention is applicable to automatic deposit/payment machines in banking business, or deposit/withdrawal machines, which are used for deposits. The present invention relates to a circulation depositing and dispensing device that stores banknotes in denomination storage boxes provided for each denomination and dispenses the banknotes in these storage boxes as withdrawal banknotes for payment (withdrawal).

(B) Prior Art Conventionally, as the above-mentioned circulating deposit/withdrawal device, for example, there is a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 136690/1983, and as a deposit/withdrawal device, there is a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 52-144796.
There is a device disclosed in the publication.

These devices are equipped with storage boxes for each denomination to store and dispense banknotes of the denomination corresponding to each denomination.

However, when the deposit/withdrawal machine starts working, the banknotes are manually loaded into these storage boxes for each denomination, and at the end of the day, banknotes are collected from the storage boxes for each denomination by the staff. Ru.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention As mentioned above, loading and collecting banknotes manually by staff requires time and effort, and requires strict management of cash. It's hard work.

Therefore, it is conceivable to configure each denomination-specific storage box into a removable cartridge type, but even in this case, the more denominations handled, the more
In addition, the more circulating deposit/withdrawal devices there are, the more storage boxes for different denominations there are, which poses the problem of extremely difficult handling such as transportation, attachment/detachment work, and management.

Additionally, each denomination storage box mentioned above is generally equipped with a detection switch that detects whether the banknotes are full or low, but as more storage boxes are installed, the number of these detection switches increases. This increases the cost, and the mechanism of the storage box also becomes complicated, which poses problems that hinder miniaturization of the device.

This invention provides a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that allows easy loading and collection of banknotes of each denomination, easy management of cash, and easy management of the number of remaining bills in storage boxes for each denomination. For the purpose of providing.

(d) Means for Solving Problems The first object of the present invention is to distinguish the denomination of deposited banknotes received from a deposit slot using a discriminating means installed in the conveyance path, and to dispose the banknotes along the conveyance path. Each denomination is stored in a plurality of denomination storage boxes corresponding to each denomination via a sorting means, and the banknotes stored in each denomination storage box are delivered to a withdrawal port via a conveyance path as withdrawal banknotes. A circulating deposit/withdrawal device that discharges banknotes of various denominations, wherein a bulk storage box for storing a mixture of banknotes of various denominations is removably provided on the conveyance path, and the bulk storage box and the storage boxes for each denomination are mutually connected to each other. The dispensing side of the banknotes is connected to the mutual storage side via the conveyance path and the sorting means, and a discriminating means for discriminating the denomination of the banknotes is provided in the conveyance path of the banknotes fed out from the bulk storage box, The banknotes for loading stored in the bulk storage box are fed out, the denominations are discriminated by the above-mentioned discrimination means, the sorting means is used to sort the banknotes by denomination, the corresponding denominations are controlled to be stored in the denomination-specific storage boxes, and the denominations are stored in the denomination-specific storage boxes. A control means is provided for controlling the collection of the dispensed banknotes into a bulk storage box via a sorting means, and a counting means is provided for counting the discrimination and discrimination signals from the discriminating means and the discriminating means as the number of banknotes. the discrimination signal of the means, discrimination means and counting means;
The circulating deposit/withdrawal device is characterized by being equipped with a number management means for managing the number of banknotes, such as the number of loaded banknotes of each denomination, the number of deposited banknotes, and the number of outgoing banknotes, based on a discrimination signal and a counting signal.

Furthermore, the second aspect of the present invention is to distinguish the denomination of deposited banknotes received from the deposit slot using a discriminating means provided in the conveyance path, and to identify a plurality of banknotes corresponding to each denomination along the conveyance path. It is a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that stores banknotes by denomination in each denomination storage box through a sorting means and discharges the banknotes stored in each denomination storage box as withdrawal banknotes to a withdrawal port via a conveyance path. A bulk storage box for storing banknotes of various denominations in a mixed manner is removably provided on the conveyance path, and the mutual feeding sides of the bulk storage box and the storage boxes for each denomination are arranged on the mutual storage side. A discriminating means for discriminating the denomination of the banknotes is provided in the transport path of the banknotes which are connected through the transport path and the sorting means and are fed out from the bulk storage box, and the loading banknotes are stored in the bulk storage box. The banknotes are fed out, the denominations are discriminated by the discrimination means, the banknotes are sorted by denomination by the sorting means, and the banknotes are controlled to be stored in the denomination-specific storage boxes of the corresponding denominations, and the banknotes fed from each denomination-specific storage box are distributed through the sorting means. a control means for controlling the collection of banknotes in the bulk storage box, and a counting means for counting the discrimination and discrimination signals from the discrimination means and the discrimination means as the number of banknotes; Alternatively, a setting means for setting at least one of the remaining number of banknotes is provided, and a comparison means is provided for comparing the number set by the setting means and the number of banknotes remaining in the storage box by denomination, and the determining means, the discriminating means, and the counting means, The number of banknotes remaining in the storage box for each denomination is managed based on the number of stored banknotes and the number of banknotes dispensed for each denomination based on the discrimination signal, discrimination signal, and counting signal, and further, the number of banknotes set by the setting means is compared with the number of banknotes remaining. The circulation depositing and dispensing device is characterized by being provided with a number management means for managing at least one of whether the banknotes in the storage box for each denomination are full or remaining based on the results of the comparison between the denomination storage boxes.

(E) Effect The circulating deposit/withdrawal device of the first invention of this invention is as follows:
When loading banknotes into storage boxes for each denomination, a predetermined number of banknotes of each denomination is stored in the bulk storage box, the banknotes are loaded into the deposit/withdrawal device, and the banknotes are dispensed from the bulk storage box by the control means. is discriminated by a discrimination means, and stored in a denomination-specific storage box corresponding to the denomination based on this discrimination.

When collecting banknotes from each denomination storage box, the control means feeds the banknotes from each denomination storage box and stores them in a collective storage box, and then removes the collective storage box to collect the banknotes.

Further, during operation, the number management means manages the number of banknotes stored in each denomination storage box, such as the number of loaded banknotes, the number of deposited banknotes, and the number of outgoing banknotes.

Furthermore, in addition to the effects of the first invention, the circulating deposit/withdrawal device according to the second aspect of the present invention determines the number of banknotes remaining in the storage box by denomination and the set number of banknotes that are at least one of full or low. Based on the comparison result, at least one of whether the banknotes in the denomination storage box are full or low is managed.

(f) Effects of the invention According to the above-mentioned effects, the first invention of this invention:
The staff only have to do the manual work of loading and collecting banknotes into one bulk storage box, so even if multiple circulating deposit/withdrawal devices are installed, the work is short and simple. transportation, attachment/detachment work,
Managing cash becomes extremely easy.

Furthermore, since the banknotes in the storage boxes are managed by denomination, it is possible to grasp the transaction status by denomination and deal with it.

Furthermore, according to the second invention, in addition to the above-mentioned effects, the number of remaining banknotes is managed, and a switch for detecting at least one of the full number of banknotes and the number of remaining banknotes is no longer required, and the complexity of the mechanism of the storage box is eliminated. As a result, the device can be made smaller.

(g) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows an automatic deposit/payment machine used in banking operations, and in FIG. 1, this automatic deposit/payment machine processes deposit transactions and payment transactions;
The circulating deposit/withdrawal device is configured to circulate deposited banknotes of each denomination accepted during deposit transactions as withdrawn banknotes during payment transactions.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an operation procedure display that sequentially displays the operation procedure, and the customer operates according to the displayed procedure. 2
is a card insertion slot, and a card reader is provided inside, and card data is read by inserting a card given to a customer into this slot. In addition,
A passbook may be used in place of or in addition to the card.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a receipt discharge port, which is provided with a slip issuing device therein, and issues and discharges a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the time of a deposit transaction or a payment transaction.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an amount display that displays the amount at the time of deposit transaction or payment transaction. 5 is a denomination number display which displays the number of denominations of each denomination inserted at the time of deposit transaction.

6 is a deposit key, and 7 is a payment key, which respectively designate a deposit transaction and a payment transaction.

Number 8 is the numeric keypad, and you enter numbers such as your password and payment amount. 9 is a denomination key, which specifies the denomination at the time of payment.

10 is a confirmation key, which is operated when the deposit transaction is approved without canceling the transaction. Reference numeral 11 denotes a cancellation key, which is operated to cancel the above-described deposit transaction.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a deposit slot into which banknotes are deposited during a deposit transaction. Reference numeral 13 denotes a withdrawal port, which returns the banknotes when the banknotes inserted during a deposit transaction are determined to be defective banknotes, when the cancel key 11 is pressed, and discharges banknotes fed out as payment banknotes during a payment transaction. .

In the automatic deposit/payment machine configured as described above, the user first operates the deposit key 6 or the payment key 7 to designate the signature, then inserts the card into the card slot 2 and enters the PIN number using the numeric keypad 8. By doing this, the correspondence between the card and the customer is checked. In addition,
This check is not necessarily necessary for deposits.

In the case of a deposit transaction, deposited banknotes are inserted into the deposit slot 12, and the banknotes are taken in one by one to determine authenticity and denomination. Defective banknotes are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned.

The amount of normal bills accepted and the number of bills of each denomination are displayed on the amount display 4 and the number of denominations display 5, respectively, and if the customer is satisfied with the transaction, the transaction can be completed by pressing the confirmation key 10. is established, the card is returned, and a receipt is ejected from the receipt ejection port 3.

When the cancel key 11 is pressed, the transaction is canceled and the accepted banknotes are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned.

In the case of a payment transaction, the requested payment amount and each denomination are entered using the numeric keypad 8 and the denomination key 9, and these amounts and the number of coins of each denomination are displayed on the amount display 4 and the number of denominations display. 5 is displayed, and if the customer confirms that it is OK, the transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10, the payment bill is discharged to the withdrawal port 13, the card is returned, and the transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10.
A receipt will be issued.

FIG. 2 shows a circulating deposit/withdrawal device configured inside the deposit port 12 and the withdrawal port 13 described above. An eccentric roller 15 and a take-in roller 16 are provided below the eccentric roller 15 facing one surface, a holding plate 17 is provided facing the other surface, and a bottom plate 18 is provided on the bottom surface.
have.

The presser plate 17 presses the bill 19 toward the rollers 15 and 16, but when accepting the bill 19, it is retracted by a suitable cam mechanism to enable acceptance. Then, by detecting acceptance of the banknote 19, it is brought into the pressing position.

A friction roller 20 is provided opposite to the above-mentioned take-in roller 16, and the above-mentioned eccentric roller 15 is rotated to take in the banknotes 19, which have been loosened, one by one as the take-in roller 16 rotates.

In addition, 21 in the figure is the intake empty sensor, and the intake part 1
It is detected that four banknotes 19 are taken in one after another and become empty.

The banknotes taken in by the above-mentioned take-in roller 16 are conveyed by first conveyor belts 22, 22 which are conveyed at a conveyance speed faster than this take-in speed.

A length abnormality detector 23 and a double stack detector 24 are provided in the conveyance path of the first conveyor belts 22, 22. It measures the time and checks whether two banknotes have been taken out. The detector 24 also checks the weight of two or more banknotes by passing the banknote between a cam and a roller which forms a gap between the cam and a roller that is one-and-a-half the thickness of the banknote. Note that this configuration itself is well known.

The banknote discriminating unit 25 is constituted by, for example, a magnetic head, and reads the printed pattern of the banknote to determine authenticity and denomination.

The banknotes read by the above-mentioned banknote discriminating section 25 are
The distribution section 2 is connected to the conveyor path formed by the conveyor belts 26, 26, the drum 27, and the third conveyor belt 28.
9.

The above-mentioned distribution section 29 includes fourth and fifth conveyor belts 3.
0, 31, and sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth conveyor belts 32, 3 that are in contact with these belts 30, 31.
3, 34, 35, and distribution plates 36A, 36B, 3
6C, 36D, and distribution plates 36A to 36D.
The sorting operation is performed based on the determination result of the banknote discriminating section 25 described above. Note that this operation is performed by an appropriate solenoid.

The denominations of banknotes handled by this deposit/withdrawal device are A, B,
A mixture of these denominations A, B, and C is described as D.

The aforementioned distribution board 36A displays denomination A, the distribution board 36B displays denomination B, and the distribution board C displays denomination C.
The distribution board 36D is for the above-mentioned denominations A, B, and C, and each distribution board 36A to
36C performs a sorting operation on the banknotes that were not sorted.

The aforementioned conveyor belts 30 to 35 convey banknotes for the aforementioned distribution process.

The conveyance end portions of the fifth conveyor belt 31 and the ninth conveyor belt 35 are connected to the discharge section 37, and defective banknotes determined to be counterfeit by the banknote discrimination section 25 described above are conveyed to the discharge section 37 without being sorted. .

Pool portions 38A to 38D are temporarily provided on the distribution direction side of each of the aforementioned distribution plates 36A to 36D,
Banknotes of denominations sorted by each sorting board 36A to 36D are once pooled.

In addition, 39 in the figure is a guide roller.

The above-mentioned discharge section 37 is constructed below the dispensing port 13, and has a movable bottom plate 40, a capstan 41 and a pinch roller 42 arranged oppositely to the upper surface of the movable bottom plate 40. The pinch roller 42 is connected to the capstan 41 by an appropriate solenoid. It is provided to be moved to the side and pressed.

The above-mentioned capstan 41 and pinch roller 42 are usually separated, and the dispensed banknotes and returned banknotes are fed between them, and when the banknotes are ejected, the pinch rollers 42 move and pinch the banknotes, and the capstan 41 rotates in the ejecting direction. By doing so, the banknotes are released.

The above-mentioned movable bottom plate 40 is provided to open by swinging downward using its left end as a fulcrum,
It is opened and closed by an appropriate solenoid. A collection conveyance path is formed in the lower part of the movable bottom plate 40 by the tenth conveyance belt 43 that is in contact with the ninth conveyance belt 35, and when collecting the banknotes on the movable bottom plate 40,
The movable bottom plate 40 is opened and the banknotes are placed on the belts 35, 4.
3 and once collected in the pool section 38D.

Each of the above-mentioned pool parts 38A to 38D is formed in a box shape with an open top, and the bottom part is provided to open and close downward, and is opened and closed by an appropriate solenoid to move the pooled banknotes downward. can be supplied.

The lower part of each pool part 38A-38D has storage boxes 44A-44D for storing banknotes from each upper stage, and the storage boxes 44A-44C are separated by denomination for storing the corresponding denominations A, B, and C, respectively. The storage box 44D is a storage box that is fixed to the device, and the storage box 44D is a bulk storage box that stores mixed denominations D all at once. The storage capacity is larger than that of the boxes 44A to 44C. Note that if the banknotes to be stored in the storage box 44D are stacked together for each denomination, when sorting and storing the banknotes into the storage boxes 44A to 44C by denomination,
This is preferable because the number of operations of the distribution plates 36A to 36C is reduced.

Note that the means for storing banknotes in each storage box 44 will become clear from the description below.

The lower part of the storage boxes 44A to 44D constitutes a feeding section 45 for feeding out banknotes, and the lower surface of each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D has feeding rollers 46A to 46D, respectively.
The banknotes are fed out by being rotated.

In addition, 47...... loosens the weight of each stored banknote by an eccentric roller, and 48...... is a friction roller that is in contact with each of the feeding rollers 46A to 46D.

The above-mentioned feeding section 45 includes an eleventh conveyor belt 49 and twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth conveyor belts 5 that are in contact with the eleventh conveyor belt 49.
0, 51, 52, and the third conveyor belt 28 mentioned above.
The banknotes are conveyed from each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D, and are conveyed to the discharge section 37 using the conveyance path of the sorting section 29.

Each storage box 44 is placed in the conveyance path of the above-mentioned feeding section 45.
It has length abnormality detectors 53A to 53D that detect the length of banknotes fed out from A to 44D, and a double weight detector 54 that detects the overlap of two banknotes, and also includes the drum 27 described above. A banknote revalidation section 55 is provided in the section.

The above-mentioned length abnormality detectors 53A to 53D are composed of photoelectric sensors, and the double overlap detector 54 is constructed in the same manner as the above-described detector 24.

Note that, like the double-sheet overlap detector 54, only one length abnormality detector may be provided on the common transfer path. The banknote review unit 55 is comprised of, for example, a magnetic head or a photoelectric head, and reads the printed pattern of the dispensed banknote to review the denomination.

In addition, if the dispensed banknotes are taken out twice or the bill is paid out incorrectly, the sorting plate 36D
is moved and once collected in the pool section 38D.

In the storage boxes 44A to 44D described above, 58A
~58D is a storage box empty sensor that detects whether each storage box is empty. Also, once mentioned above, the pool section 38
In A to 38D, 57A to 57D are pool part acceptance sensors that detect that the banknotes have been sorted and accepted in the pool part, and 59A to 5
9D is a pool empty sensor that detects whether the pool is empty. and each sensor 5
7, 58, and 59 are constituted by photoelectric sensors, but micro switches or the like may also be used.

FIG. 3 shows the means for attaching and detaching the bulk storage box 44D, and in FIG. is an inclined long hole locking hole 6
1 and 61 at positions corresponding to the above-mentioned locking pins 60 and 60, and by engaging and mounting these, the storage box 44D can be moved from the lateral direction without being temporarily obstructed by the pool portion 38D. , can be attached to the feeding section 45.

FIG. 3(B) shows another means, in which a locking pin 60 is provided at the lower part of the apparatus body and a stopper 62 is provided at the upper part, and a locking hole 61 is provided at one side of the lower part of the side surface of the storage box 44D.
At the time of mounting, the storage box 44D is mounted by tilting the storage box 44D and engaging the locking hole 61 with the locking pin 60, then rotating it and supporting it with the stopper 62. Can be done.

FIG. 3C shows still another means, in which a feeding roller 46D, an eccentric roller 47, and a friction roller 48 are constructed in the storage box 44D. According to this, the storage box 44D can be attached to the main body of the apparatus by sliding it horizontally and laterally. Note that power is transmitted to the feeding roller 46D from the device main body side through gear engagement.

The storage box 44D attached to the main body of the apparatus may be temporarily fixed to the main body of the apparatus using screws or a latch mechanism.

4 and 5 show one storage box 44 in which banknotes can be circulated. Since each of the storage boxes 44A to 44D has the same configuration, one of them will be explained, and since the pool parts 38A to 38D also have the same configuration, one of them will be explained in connection. Note that the heat absorption mechanism itself capable of circulating banknotes is well known, and therefore, various circulation mechanisms other than this implementation may be employed.

Now, once the bottom plates 63, 63 of the pool part 38 are
It is divided into two parts, with the left and right sides opening downward.
These openings and closings are performed by a suitable solenoid or cam drive mechanism. In addition, each of the bottom plates 63, 63 has a comb-like shape, and when opened, is provided so that it extends outside the side wall using a notch (not shown) formed in the side wall of the lower storage box 44. ,
As a result, when the bottom plates 63, 63 are opened, the banknotes once pooled in the pool part 38 are dropped in a state where they are still weighed down.

The storage box 44 is provided to store banknotes in an inclined manner so that the edge of the banknotes to be fed out is slanted downward, and inside thereof there is a support lever 64 on the side in the above-mentioned inclination direction, and a presser lever opposite thereto. Lever 665 is pushed in.

The above-mentioned support lever 64 and presser lever 65 are both formed as a left and right pair, and are inserted into the interior through a long hole so as to be able to move up and down.

The support lever 64 has its base end fixed to a shaft 66 supported by a movable frame 69 that moves up and down, and a pinion 67 is fixed to this shaft 66, and this pinion 67 can be rotated in forward and reverse directions. Therefore, the aforementioned support lever 64 is movable between a supporting position within the storage box 44 and an external position outside the storage box 44.

A rack 68 is detachably attached to the pinion 67 using an appropriate solenoid, and with the rack 68 engaged with the pinion 67, the pinion 67 rotates in the forward and reverse directions by vertical movement of the movable frame 69. be done.

The above-mentioned movable frame 69 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 70, and a belt 72 driven by a forward/reverse motor 71 is fixed. It is done.

The switches 73 and 74 act on the movable frame 69, and the switch 73 detects the upper limit and the switch 74 detects the lower limit to control the motor 71 mentioned above.

The aforementioned presser lever 65 is fixed to a holding frame 75, and this holding frame 75 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 76, and a spring 77 is locked to this holding frame 75 to urge it downward. has been done.

The protruding end 7 formed on the above-mentioned holding frame 75
8 is locked onto the upper surface of the protruding end 79 of the movable frame 69, and its downward movement by the spring 77 is restricted.

Therefore, when the movable frame 69 is moved down, the holding frame 7
5 is moved downward by the acting force of the spring 77, and when the presser lever 65 of the holding frame 75 comes into contact with the upper surface of the stored bill during the downward movement, the holding frame 75 is prevented from moving downward and separates from the movable frame 69.

The switch 80 detects the above-mentioned separation, and based on this detection signal, the above-mentioned rack 68
is manipulated.

That is, when receiving banknotes from the pool portion 38 into the storage box 44, the support lever 64 and the presser lever 65 are in the upper position, and once the banknotes are received in the storage box 44 from the pool portion 38,
Accepts banknotes from 8. At this time, the bill is received in an inclined manner, and the lower edge of the inclination is supported by the support lever 64.

When the motor 71 rotates normally and the movable frame 69 moves downward, the support lever 64 moves downward, and the presser lever 65 also moves downward, so that the banknotes are stored in the storage box 44.

When the presser lever 65 comes into contact with the upper surface of the banknotes already stored, its downward movement is blocked, and the protruding end 79 of the movable frame 69 separates from the protruding end 78 of the holding frame 75, which is detected by the switch 80 and the Based on the signal, the rack 68 is moved into contact with the pinion 67.

After the above-mentioned signal is output, the movable frame 69 is moved down for a period of time set by an appropriate timer. Because the pinion 67 is rotated by this downward movement, the support lever 64
exits outside the side wall, maintains exit, and enters rack 68.
is separated from the pinion 67.

Therefore, the banknotes supported by the support lever 64 are placed on top of the stored banknotes.

Thereafter, the motor 71 is reversed for a certain period of time, and the movable frame 69 is moved upward, thereby the presser lever 65 is moved upward, and the covered bill is slid to the lower part, and the motor 71 is further reversed for a certain period of time. The movable frame 69 moves downward to press down on the top surface of the banknotes that have just been stored.

This pressed position becomes the banknote feeding position.

In order to reach the stored banknotes above this feeding position, the movable frame 69 moves upward by reversing the motor 71, and the holding frame 75 moves upward accordingly, so that the support lever 64 and the presser lever are moved upward. 65 moves upward.

When the switch 73 detects the upward movement of the movable frame 69, the rack 58 moves the pinion 6 based on the signal.
7 and is continuously moved upward for a set time after the signal is output, the support lever 64 is moved to the storage box 44.
The rack 68 is released.

As a result, the support lever 64 and the presser lever 65 are placed in the retracted position.

FIG. 6 shows a control circuit, and a control section 81 not only controls the driving of each circuit device but also performs arithmetic processing. The control unit 81 is composed of, for example, a well-known microprocessor controlled by a program (not shown), and is appropriately connected to various input/output devices via a bus or the like.

The start-of-work setting switch 82 is operated by an employee when starting the automatic deposit/payment machine, and the switch signal causes the banknotes stored in the bulk storage box 44D to be transferred to the empty denomination-specific storage boxes 44A to 44C. The relocation work will be carried out.

The end-of-day setting switch 83 is operated by an employee when closing the automatic deposit/payment machine, and in response to this switch signal, banknotes of each denomination stored in each denomination storage box 44A to 44C are collectively stored in the storage box. 44D
The handiwork of transferring it to is carried out. These switches 82 and 83 are provided in the main body of the device.

The keyboard 84 has a numeric keypad 8 and a denomination key 9
It is composed of. The take-in drive circuit 85 drives and controls the eccentric roller 15 and the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 15.

The conveyor drive circuit 86 connects each conveyor belt 22, 26,
28, 30-35, 43, 49-52 are driven and controlled. The discharge drive circuit 87 controls the driving of the capstan 41 of the discharge section 37 and the swinging drive of the pinch roller 42.

When an abnormality occurs in the device, the supervisory control circuit 88
Alternatively, various notifications such as when the bulk storage box 44D becomes full and needs to be replaced are sent to the staff. Incidentally, the alarm is appropriately issued on the main body of the apparatus or on the remote monitor.

The data memory 89 stores input/output data as shown in FIG. 7, which will be described later.

The distribution control circuit 90 connects the distribution plates 36A to 36D.
control the distribution. The pool section control circuit 91 once controls the opening and closing of the bottom plates 63 of the pool sections 38A to 38D. The feeding control circuit 92 is connected to the feeding section 45.
The feed rollers 46A to 46D and the eccentric roller 47 are driven and controlled.

FIG. 7 shows the input/output data area of the data memory 89. The pool number area 93 temporarily stores the number of coins of each denomination to be pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38D, respectively. When bills are paid out to each denomination storage box 44A to 44C, each pool part 38A to 3
8D is the number of coins to be pooled, and at the end of the day, the bulk storage box 44D is stored from each denomination storage box 44A to 44C.
This is the number of banknotes that are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D when banknotes are collected.

The deposit number area 94 stores the number of coins of each denomination deposited during a deposit transaction, and the deposit amount area 9
5 stores the deposit amount.

The payment setting number area 96 stores the number of coins of each denomination requested at the time of payment transaction, and the payment amount area 9
7 stores the payment amount.

Once, the pool specified number area 98 stores the setting value of the maximum number of sheets pooled by each of the pool sections 38A to 38D, and this setting value is set to 100, for example.
When set to 1, each pool section 38A to 38
By pooling 100 banknotes in D,
The pool section once operates to store the banknotes in the storage box 44. Note that since this set value is a constant, it may be stored in the program memory.

The remaining denomination area 99 is a storage box 44A for each denomination.
The storage box remaining sensors 57A to 57C of 44C output a remaining amount signal and set a flag when the storage box of each denomination is low and needs to be replenished.

The A denomination storage box processing area 100 is a storage box by denomination 44A in which denomination A is deposited and withdrawn, the number of deposited coins A1, the number of withdrawn coins A2, and the number of withdrawn coins A2 is subtracted from the number of deposited coins A1. The remaining number of bills A3, the number of feeding errors due to taking out two bills or stacking two bills A4, and the number A5 of other denominations or unknown bills that could not be determined to be A denomination upon reexamination of the disbursed bills are stored.

The B denomination storage box processing area 101 stores the number of deposited coins B1, the number of withdrawn coins B2,
Stores the remaining number of coins B3, the number of feeding errors B4, and the number of other unknown denominations B5.

The C denomination storage box processing area 102 stores the number of deposited coins C1, the number of withdrawn coins C2,
Stores the remaining number of coins C3, the number of feeding errors C4, and the number of coins of other unknown denominations C5.

The D denomination bulk storage box processing area 103 stores the number of deposited coins D1, the number of withdrawals D2, the remaining number of coins D3, In addition to storing the number of feeding errors D4 and the number of coins of unknown denomination D8, the number of coins of each denomination D5, D6, and D7 of the remaining number of coins D3 described above is also stored.

The set full area 104 is for each storage box 44A to 44.
For D, the full number of banknotes K1 to K4 set as the full limit of stored banknotes is stored.

The setting remaining number area 105 is for each storage box 44A~
The remaining number K5 set as the remaining limit of stored banknotes is stored for 44D.

Note that the above-mentioned full numbers K1 to K4 and the above-mentioned remaining number K5 are constants, so they may be stored in the program memory.

The cumulative acquisition area 106 displays the cumulative number of coins of each denomination K6, K7, K8 in deposit transactions, the cumulative number of coins of unknown denomination due to poor denomination discrimination K9, and the cumulative number of failed deposits due to double coins or double coins being overlapped. Store.

Bulk storage box remaining denomination area 107 is area 10
The remaining number of coins of each denomination A, B, and C stored in step 3 D ₅ ,
When D ₆ and D ₇ reach the number K5 set in area 105, flags DA and D are set for each denomination.
Set DB and DC.

Each denomination replenishment number area 108 is area 9 after the start of business.
Number of coins of each denomination replenished based on the remaining flag of 9
Store HA, HB, HC.

The deposit/withdrawal processing operation of the automatic deposit/pay machine configured as described above will be explained.

This automatic deposit/payment machine performs five processes as shown in FIG.
Store the required number of banknotes for each denomination.

This is a process for the second closing of business, and when closing or discontinuing operation, the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44 are
The banknotes are collected from C into the bulk storage box 44D and removed.

The third process is the processing of deposit transactions, in which banknotes inserted for deposit are sorted into storage boxes 44A for each denomination.
~Store in 44C.

The fourth process is a payment transaction, in which banknotes corresponding to the requested payment amount are dispensed from the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C.

The fifth step is a replenishment process for paid banknotes, in which the denomination-specific storage boxes 44A to 4 set the remaining banknote flag.
4C, when there are banknotes of the corresponding denomination in the collective storage box 44D, automatic replenishment is performed, and when there are no banknotes of the corresponding denomination, the operation is stopped and manual replenishment is performed.

During standby, the control unit 81 repeatedly scans to see if any of these processes is requested.

Incidentally, each process of start of work, end of work, deposit, and payment is determined by detecting that the start of work setting switch 82, end of work setting switch 83, deposit key 6, and payment key 7 are turned on, respectively. Further, replenishment processing is determined based on a flag set in area 99 of data memory 89.

FIG. 9 shows the details of the replenishment check in the above-mentioned replenishment process, and the check for the necessity of replenishing banknotes checks whether the number of each denomination remaining in each denomination storage box 44A to 44C is the set remaining number. It is done by

In other words, the remaining number of coins in the storage box 44A containing denomination A in area 100 of data memory 89
A3 is compared with the set remaining number of sheets K5 in area 105, and if the remaining number of sheets A3 is greater than the set remaining number of sheets K5, it is determined that replenishment is not necessary.
If the number is equal to or less than K5, it is determined that replenishment is required, and a low remaining flag is set for denomination A in area 99.

Next, a check is made to see if there are banknotes of denomination A in the bulk storage box 44D by comparing the number of A remaining banknotes D5 in the area 103 with the set remaining number K5 of the area 105. When is greater than the set remaining number K5, it is determined that replenishment is not necessary, but when it is equal to or less than the set remaining number K5, it is determined that replenishment is required, and the remaining amount is determined for denomination A in area 107. A flag is set.

When the check for the necessity of replenishment for denomination A is completed, the necessity for replenishment is checked for denominations B and C in the same manner as described above, and all these denominations are checked. When the flag is set for the amount remaining in the bulk storage box in area 107, the operation is stopped and the monitoring control circuit 8
The banknotes of the denomination corresponding to the flag are manually replenished by the staff.

If there is no flag set in the area 107 mentioned above, but a flag for a denomination with a low balance is set in the area 99, the denomination corresponding to this flag is set in the denomination specific storage boxes 44A to 44C. Therefore, automatic replenishment is performed from the bulk storage box 44D.

If the flag is not set in the above-mentioned area 107, it is determined that there is no need to replenish banknotes, and the process returns to the standby routine.

The above-mentioned start-up process will be described with reference to FIG. 10. At the end of the day, the automatic deposit/pay machine collects all the banknotes stored therein. For this reason, it is considered normal that there are no banknotes inside the device at the start of business.

In preparation for loading each denomination, there is a bulk storage box 4 for stubs.
Necessary numbers of denominations A, B, and C are collectively stored in the box 44D, and this collective storage box 44D is loaded into a predetermined position of the feeding section 45.

Then, by operating the start-of-work setting switch 82, the user inputs that it is the start-of-work processing.

First, it is checked once whether the pool sections 38A to 38D are empty and whether the storage boxes 44A to 44C by denomination are empty based on the output signals of the pool section empty sensors 59A to 59D and the storage box empty sensors 58A to 58C, If a signal detecting the presence of banknotes is output, this indicates that banknotes from the previous end of the work day remain, so the supervisory control circuit 88 notifies the staff in order to stop the operation of the device and remove them. do.

The above-mentioned temporary pool section 38 and denomination storage box 4
When 4A to 44C are empty, the transport drive circuit 86
Each conveyor belt is driven to prepare for conveyance, and the feed-out control circuit 92 drives the feed-out roller 46D of the bulk storage box 44D.
One banknote D is fed out and once transported to the pool section 38 side.

The length abnormality detector 53D checks to see if two bills have been taken out, and the detector 54 detects if two bills are stacked.
The banknote review unit 55 reviews the denomination.

If an abnormality is found in the above-mentioned check and recheck, the sorting control circuit 90 drives the sorting plate 36D to sort and collect the abnormally fed bills in a batch into the pool section 38D, and stores them in the area 93 of the data memory 89. The number of coins is stored in the lump sum denomination D.

If there is an error in dispensing at the same time, the number of dispensing errors D4 in area 103 is increased by +1, and in the case of a re-inspection, the number of unknown cards D8 in the same area 103 is increased by +1.
will be added.

Since the banknotes once collected in the pool section 38D are then stored in the bulk storage box 44D, the number of deposited banknotes D1 and the number of remaining banknotes D3 in the area 103 of the data memory 89 are each incremented by +1.

If there are no abnormalities in the above-mentioned check and re-examination,
At the beginning of dispensing loaded banknotes, each denomination storage box 44A to 44C is not full of banknotes.
The pool portions 38A to 38C corresponding to the denomination
will be pooled.

For example, when the banknote review unit 55 determines that the banknote is denomination A, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plate 36A to distribute the banknotes, and the banknotes of denomination A are temporarily pooled in the pool unit 38A.

And the remaining number of coins A3, B3 in areas 100, 101, 102 corresponding to the denomination of data memory 89,
C3 is added +1 each time it is pooled, and the number of replenishment HA corresponding to each denomination in area 108,
HB and HC are also added.

Since the pool amount of banknotes in each of the pool sections 38A to 38D is set to 100, it is checked whether the specified number of banknotes has been reached. In other words, the number of pooled coins of the corresponding denomination is added by +1 to the area 93 of the data memory 89 each time the coins are pooled.
This pool number is compared with the specified number of sheets in the area 98 to check whether the pool specified number has been reached.

If the specified number of bills has not been reached, the next bill is dispensed.

The above-mentioned repetition of banknotes is repeated,
Furthermore, this is done for each denomination A, B, and C. Once one of the pools 38A to 38C reaches the specified number of bills, the feeding of the bulk storage box 44D is temporarily stopped, and the pooled banknotes are stored in the storage boxes 44A to 38C.
It is stored in 44C. Also, at this time, the pool number of coins of the corresponding denomination in area 93 of data memory 89 is cleared to zero.

For example, once the pool section 38A reaches a specified number of bills, the feeding of the bulk storage box 44D is stopped, and the bottom plates 63, 63 of the pool section 38A are once opened, and the pooled banknotes of denomination A are transferred to the denomination storage box 44A.
and store it in preparation for the next pool.

The loading of banknotes of each denomination into the storage boxes 44A to 44C by denomination progresses, and the area 104 of the data memory 89
The full number of coins of each denomination K ₁ K ₂ K ₃ set in , and the remaining number of coins A ₃ , B ₃ of areas 100, 101, 102,
C ₃ are compared in correspondence with each other, and the remaining number of coins of one denomination A ₃ , B ₃ , and C ₃ correspond to the corresponding full number of coins.
When K ₁ , K ₂ , K ₃ are reached, the banknotes of the same denomination that are subsequently dispensed are temporarily stored in the pool section 3 of the bulk storage box 44D.
Recovered on 8D. It should be noted that if the amount of banknotes of each denomination initially stored in the collective storage box 44D is made smaller than the amount of each full storage box for each denomination, there is no need to perform such collection.

Then, banknotes are loaded into each denomination storage box 44A to 44C, and the storage box empty sensor 5 of the bulk storage box 44D
By outputting a signal from 8D, the feeding of banknotes from the bulk storage box 44D is stopped, and the operation of the start-up process is completed.

Also, at this time, once each banknote exists in the pool section 38, it is stored in each storage box 44, and the number of banknotes in the pool in the area 93 of the data memory 89 is cleared to 0. At this time, it is preferable that the supervisory control circuit 88 notifies the staff that the start-up process has been successfully completed.

Next, the end-of-day processing will be described with reference to FIG. 11. This processing collects the banknotes once pooled into the pool 38 and the banknotes stored in the respective denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C into the storage box 44D, This is the work to remove.

When the end-of-work setting switch 83 is operated by an attendant, the end-of-work processing is input, and the conveyance drive circuit 86 drives each conveyance belt to prepare for conveyance.

By the way, when the last deposit process is performed, the deposited banknotes remain in the pool sections 38A, 38B, and 38C, so first, the pool section empty sensors 59A, 59B, and 59C are checked.
It is once detected whether or not there are any pooled banknotes remaining, and if there are any pooled banknotes left, they are stored in the storage box for each denomination.

On the other hand, while the automatic deposit/payment machine is in operation, banknotes are deposited through deposit transactions, and these deposited banknotes are sorted by denomination and stored in storage boxes 44A to 44C for each denomination. is bulk storage box 4
Collected by 4D.

For this purpose, it is necessary to check whether the bulk storage box 44D is full or not, and the number of remaining sheets in the area 103 of the data memory 89.
D ₃ is checked by comparing it with the set full number K ₄ of the bulk storage box 44D in area 104, and when the storage box 44D is full or becomes full during collection, the staff is notified and the empty bulk storage box is removed. Replaced with 44D.

The banknotes stored in the denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C are collected in the order of denomination C, denomination B, and denomination A.

That is, the distribution control circuit 90 controls the distribution board 36
D is sorted and driven to prepare the pool section 38D for acceptance, and then it is checked once whether the pool section 33C and the storage boxes 44C for each denomination are empty based on the output of the storage box empty sensor 58C.

Next, when the storage box 44C is not empty, the payout control circuit 92 drives the payout roller 46C, and one banknote of denomination C from the denomination storage box 44C is fed out and pooled in a batch in the pool section 38D.

Such dispensing is performed sequentially, and the banknotes are temporarily transferred to the pool section 38D in response to a reconsideration signal from the banknote reconsideration section 55.
The number of coins to be pooled is counted, and this count value is stored in the lump sum denomination D in area 93 of data memory 89.
are updated and stored sequentially.

At the same time, the number of coins to be withdrawn C ₂ in area 102 is increased by +1 for each payout, and the remaining number of coins C ₃ is subtracted by ₊₁ for each payout, and sequentially updated and _stored . The number of C remaining sheets D ₇ is each incremented by +1 and sequentially updated and stored.

Once the banknotes pooled in the pool section 38D reach the specified number, the payout control circuit 92
The drive of the feeding roller 46C is temporarily stopped to stop feeding out the banknotes, and then the pool part control circuit 91 once drives the pool part 38D to collectively store the pooled banknotes in the storage box 44D.

The count value stored in the batch denomination D of the area 93 of the data memory 89 is also cleared to zero.

Such storage for each predetermined number of sheets is repeated, and the remaining number of sheets in area 102 of data memory 89 is
When C ₃ becomes 0 and the storage box empty sensor 58C detects that the storage box 44C for each denomination is empty, the feeding control circuit 92 stops driving the feeding roller 46C, and the pool section control circuit 91 temporarily closes the pool section. 38D is driven to store the pooled banknotes in the bulk storage box 44D. The counted value of the lump sum denomination D stored in the area 93 of the data memory 89 is also cleared to zero.

When the collection of denomination C is completed as described above, collection of denominations B and A is performed in the same manner.

If it is detected that the bulk storage box 44D is full during collection by comparing the remaining number of sheets _D3 in area 103 of data memory 89 with the set number of full sheets _K4 in area 104, a staff member will be notified. This is notified and replaced with an empty bulk storage box 44D, and the collection operation continues. At this time, the data stored in area 103 is cleared to 0.

Once all the banknotes in the pool parts 38A to 38C and denomination storage boxes 44A to 44C are stored in the storage box 4
4D, the distribution control circuit 90 turns off the drive of the distribution plate 36D and ends the end-of-work processing operation. At this time, area 98,1
It is preferable that the data memory 89 is cleared except for 04 and 105, and the supervisory control circuit 88 notifies the staff that the termination work has been completed normally.

In addition, in the above-mentioned collection operation, when the storage box of denomination C or denomination B becomes empty, if the number of banknotes in the pool part of bulk denomination D does not reach the specified number, once the banknotes of denomination D Storage box 44 for banknotes in the pool section
There is no need to store it in D each time, the key is to store it in A at the end.
In the case of the denomination, it is sufficient to temporarily store all the banknotes in the pool section 38D in the storage box 44D.

Next, the deposit processing will be described with reference to FIG. 12. In the deposit processing, a deposit transaction is input by operating the deposit key 6, and then a card is inserted.

In the case of deposit processing, the inserted banknotes are once pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38C or 38D for each denomination, and this pool state and the number of banknotes in area 93 are maintained until the next transaction (deposit or payment). At the start (for example, when entering a key or inserting a card), the cards are stored in the storage box, and the number of sheets in the area 93 is also cleared to zero. This is to confirm the inserted banknotes in case there is a dispute over the denomination with the customer.

Therefore, in the initial stage of deposit processing, the pool section 38
The pool empty sensor 59A~ checks whether there are banknotes in the previous pool pooled in A~38D.
59D. Once there are banknotes left in the pool, the supervisory control circuit 88 issues an alarm to the attendant. As a result, the staff member temporarily removes the banknotes from the pool section and performs the restart process.

Once no banknotes remain in the pool, acceptance of deposited banknotes is permitted, and the deposited banknotes are deposited into the deposit slot 12 all at once.

Next, the take-in drive circuit 85 drives the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 14, and the conveyance drive circuit 86 drives each conveyance belt to take in banknotes.

The length abnormality detector 23 takes out two bills, the double-bill weight detector 24 checks the double-bill weight, and the bill discriminator 25 determines the authenticity and denomination of the bills. .

If an abnormality is found in these checks and determinations, that is, if an abnormality such as two sheets being taken out or two sheets being piled up, the cumulative error total K ₁₀ in area 106 of the data memory 89 is added by +1, and the judgment is performed again. When an abnormality is recognized in the area 106, +1 is added to the unknown cumulative sum _K9 , and these abnormal banknotes are temporarily pooled on the movable bottom plate 40 of the ejection section 37, and then the ejection drive circuit 87 moves the banknotes to the capstan of the ejection section 37. 41. Drive the pinch roller 42 to release the abnormal banknote.

When the above-mentioned abnormal bill is reinserted after being checked by the customer, the deposit is accepted again, and if it is not reinserted, the deposit transaction is terminated as an abnormality.

When the deposit banknotes are normally taken in and the banknote determination is also normal, each denomination is counted based on the signal indicating the denomination of the banknote discriminator 25, and this counted value is stored in the data memory 89. Stored in each denomination A, B, and C in area 94, and the total amount is in area 95.
It is also stored in the cumulative sum of K ₆ K ₇ K ₈ of each denomination in area 106.

Next, storage boxes 44A to 44C by denomination of the corresponding denomination
Check whether each area 1 of the data memory 89 is full or not.
Remaining number of sheets A ₃ B ₃ C ₃ of 00, 101, 102 and the set full number of sheets of area 104 corresponding to these
Check by comparing K ₁ K ₂ K ₃ .

When the storage boxes 44A to 44C of the corresponding denomination are full, the denominations are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D.
For this purpose, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plate 36D to distribute the banknotes and temporarily pools the banknotes in the pool section 38D. At this time, area 10 of data memory 89
Remaining number of coins of the corresponding denomination in 3 D ₄ D ₅ D ₆ +1
In addition, the number of deposited coins D ₁ and the remaining number D ₃ are also +
Add 1.

If the storage boxes 44A to 44C of the corresponding denomination are not full, the pool section 38 corresponding to the denomination
Pool A to 38C. For this purpose, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plates 36A to 36C to distribute and temporarily pool the corresponding denominations in the pool section.

The number of coins once pooled in the pool sections 38A to 38D is stored in each area 93 of the data memory 89, and the number of deposited coins A ₁ B ₁ C ₁ and the remaining number A of the corresponding denomination areas 100, 101, and 102 are stored in each area 93 of the data memory 89. Also stored in ₃ B ₃ C ₃ .

Once such intake and pooling are repeated and the intake empty sensor 21 detects that the intake section 14 is empty, the intake drive control circuit 8
5 stops the driving of the intake section 14.

Then, it is checked whether the transaction is successful or not, and the transaction is established when the customer presses the confirmation key 10, and after communication with the center, the deposit transaction process is completed.

At this time, cards are returned and receipts are issued and released. In addition, the data memory 89
Areas 94 and 95 are cleared to 0.

If the customer presses the cancellation key 11 during the above check, or if there is a malfunction on the device side that makes it impossible to issue a slip, or if there is a cancellation instruction from the center (for example, there is no corresponding account), the transaction will be deemed unsuccessful. Deposit banknotes will eventually be returned.

These banknotes are not returned to the banknotes that were once pooled in the pool section 38, but to the storage boxes 44A to 44C for each denomination.
This is done by dispensing the banknotes stored in the banknotes, and this banknote dispensing is performed based on the data on the deposit amount and the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in areas 94 and 95 of the data memory 89, and the payment transaction described later is performed. Processing is done in the same way.

Next, the payment process will be described with reference to FIG. and the correspondence will be checked.

Next, the customer uses the keyboard 84 to specify the denominations A, B, and C for the requested amount, and the number of sheets and amount for each of these denominations are stored in areas 96 and 97 of the data memory 89, and Through communication with the center, instructions are given from the center as to whether or not the payment transaction is possible. When a payment transaction is possible, the conveyance drive circuit 86 drives each conveyor belt to prepare for conveyance, and the feed control circuit 92 sequentially feeds denominations B and C from denomination A based on the data on the number of denominations described above. Drives delivery rollers 46A to 46C.

For example, when denomination A is specified, the payout roller 46A is driven, and bills of denomination A are paid out from the denomination storage box 44A. and data memory 8
The number of withdrawals A ₂ in area 100 of 9 is +1 added,
The remaining number _A3 is subtracted by +1.

A length abnormality detector 53A and a double-bill overlap detector 54 determine whether or not the dispensed banknotes are normally dispensed.
Checked by.

When abnormal dispensing such as two bills being taken out or two bills stacking up is detected by this check, the distribution control circuit 90 drives the distribution plate 36A to temporarily pool the dispensed bills in the pool section 38A.

That is, since it is known that the dispensed bill is of denomination A, it is returned to the original storage box 44A for reuse. Then, the number of deposited coins A ₁ and the remaining number of coins A ₃ in the area 100 of the data memory 89 are each incremented by +1.

When the banknotes are fed normally, the banknote review unit 55
The denomination is then re-examined by the bank and checked to see if it is denomination A. At this time, it may be judged as another denomination,
If there is a reading failure due to wrinkles or a part of the bill being bent, the sorting control circuit 90 sends the sorting plate 36
D is sorted and driven, and the delivered banknotes are once pooled in the pool part 38D and collected.

Then, in addition to area 100 of data memory 89, the number A ₅ of unknown denomination is added +1, and area 1
The number of deposited coins D ₁ , the remaining number of coins D ₃ , and the unknown number D ₈ of 03 are also each added +1.

When the dispensing and re-counting of denomination A is normal, the dispensing banknotes are temporarily pooled in the dispensing section 37, and the number of dispensing bills is stored in area 9 of the data memory 89.
It is subtracted from the denomination A stored in 6.

In this way, denomination A is paid out sequentially,
When the specified number of sheets of denomination A in the above-mentioned area 96 becomes 0, the feeding control circuit 92 stops driving the feeding roller 46A, and then sequentially feeds denominations B and C of the specified number of sheets in the same manner as described above. A payout is performed.

When the designated number of bills of each denomination is dispensed, that is, when the designated number of bills of each denomination stored in the area 96 of the data memory 89 reaches 0, it is checked whether the dispensed bills are properly discharged.

When an abnormality occurs in other mechanical parts such as a slip issuing machine or a passbook printer, discharging becomes impossible, and the dispensed bills are collectively collected in the storage box 44D.

For this purpose, the movable bottom plate 40 of the discharging section 37 is opened and the banknotes are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D, and then the pool section control circuit 91 is temporarily connected to the pool section 38D.
8D is driven to collect the banknotes in the bulk storage box 44D.

Of course, the banknotes collected in the bulk storage box 44D are used again as fed banknotes.

In addition, D ₁ , D ₃ , D ₅ of area 103 in this case
The addition processing of ~ _D7 is performed based on the data of the payment setting number of coins in the area 96 described above, which is stored in another memory area (not shown).

When the dispensed banknotes may be discharged, the discharge drive circuit 87 drives the capstan 41 and the pinch roller 42 of the discharge unit 37 to discharge the banknotes pooled in the discharge unit 37 to the dispensing port 13. Finish the payment process.

At this time, the card is returned and a receipt is issued and released, and areas 96 and 97 of the data memory 89 are also cleared to 0.

Next, the banknote replenishment process will be described with reference to FIG. 14. As explained in FIG. 9, each denomination A stored in each denomination storage box 44A to 44C,
When the remaining banknotes B and C become low, the data memory 89
A flag is set for the corresponding denomination in area 99,
Based on this flag, banknotes of the corresponding denomination are replenished from the bulk storage box 44D.

This replenishment is continued until the storage boxes 44A to 44C are full.

First, it is checked once whether each of the pool sections 38A to 38D is empty based on the outputs of the pool section empty sensors 59A to 59D. After operating the sections 38A to 38D to store the pool banknotes in the storage boxes 44A to 44D, a replenishment operation is performed.

Note that the replenishment process is basically the same as the start-up process. The difference is that the denominations are stored only in the storage box for denominations with a low balance, and that when the bulk storage box 44D becomes empty midway through, the operation is stopped.

Next, the conveyance drive circuit 87 drives each conveyor belt to prepare for conveyance, and the feed control circuit 92 drives the feed roller 46D to prepare the bulk storage box 44D.
Pay out more banknotes.

At this time, the number of coins to be withdrawn D ₂ in the area 103 of the data memory 89 is added by +1, and the remaining number of coins D ₃ is subtracted by +1.

The above-mentioned bulk storage box 44D is a storage box 44 for each denomination.
Since the overflow banknotes when A to 44C are full are stored, banknotes of each denomination A, B, and C are stored in a mixed state. For this purpose, it is necessary to determine the denomination of the dispensed banknotes.

The delivered banknotes are checked by a length abnormality detector 53D to see if two banknotes are being taken out, a double banknote detector 54 to check if two banknotes are stacked, and a banknote review unit 55 to determine the denomination. .

If there is an abnormal dispensing or reconsideration error, the distribution control circuit 90 distributes and drives the distributing plate 36D to temporarily collect the above-mentioned banknotes in the pool section 38D, and then removes the dispensing error _D4 in the area 103 of the data memory 89. Add +1. Also, if the denomination is incorrect, add 1 to unknown D ₈ in area 103.
to add. Once collected in the pool section 38D, the collected number is added to the deposited number D ₁ and the remaining number D ₃ of the area 103.

Note that even if the banknotes are normally fed out, if they are not replenishment banknotes, they are collected in the bulk storage box 44D and data processed as described above.

If there is no abnormality in the above-mentioned check and re-examination and the money is dispensed normally, it is checked whether the determined denomination is the denomination for which the remaining flag has been set, and if the denomination is the denomination, the distribution board 36A for that denomination is displayed. 36C to temporarily pool the data into the corresponding pool sections 38A to 38C. If the denomination is not the applicable denomination, the sorting plate 36D is driven to temporarily collect the denomination into the pool section 38D.

For example, when the dispensed denomination is A and the remaining amount flag is set to denomination A, the sorting plate 36A is driven to temporarily pool the denomination into the pool section 38A. At this time, area 103 of data memory 89
The remaining A number D ₅ is subtracted by +1.

However, when the denomination A is not set in the remaining amount flag, the sorting plate 36D is driven to temporarily collect the denominations into the pool section 38D, and the remaining number of A denominations _D5 in the area 103 of the data memory 89 is incremented by +1. (Of course, D ₁ D ₃ in area 103 is also added.) This determination and feeding of denomination A is performed in the same way for other denominations B and C. The pool number is stored in area 93 of data memory 89 in denominations A to C and batch D.

At the same time, areas 100 and 1 of applicable denominations A, B, and C
The remaining numbers A ₃ , B ₃ , and C ₃ of 01 and 102 are added +1 each time they are pooled, and the replenishment numbers HA, HB, and HC of the corresponding denominations in area 108 are also added.

Note that denominations for which the remaining flag remains reset do not need to be replenished, so they are temporarily pooled in the pool section 38D.

For example, when the number of coins in the pool of denomination A reaches the prescribed 100 coins, the feeding control circuit 92 stops driving the feeding roller 46D to temporarily stop feeding, and the pool part control circuit 91 once drives the pool part 38A. The pooled banknotes of denomination A are stored in the denomination storage box 44A.

To check the number of pools mentioned above, first go to pool section 3.
This is also done for 8D, and when the number of pooled sheets also reaches the specified number, they are stored in the bulk storage box 44D. When these are stored, the number of sheets in area 93 of data memory 89 is cleared to zero.

Such replenishment is repeated, and each time, the set full number of coins K ₁ , K ₂ , K ₃ in area 104 of data memory 89 and area 10 of the replenished denomination are stored.
The remaining numbers A ₃ , B ₃ , and C ₃ of 0, 101, and 102 are compared to check whether or not they are full.

For example, when it is detected by the above-mentioned check that the storage box 44A of denomination A, which was low in amount, is full, the distribution control circuit 90 stops the distribution drive of the distribution plate 36A, and also The flag for denomination A in area 99 of memory 89 is reset, and the distribution plate 36D is set so that subsequent denominations A are temporarily collected in pool section 38D.
is driven and retrieved, and the data memory 89
The remaining number of A sheets D ₅ in the area 103 is incremented by +1 each time it is collected to return to the original number of stored sheets (of course, D ₁ and D ₃ in the area 103 are also added).

Note that banknotes of denominations B and C are also replenished in the same manner as described above.

When the storage boxes 44A to 44C of the remaining denominations are replenished until they are full, all the remaining flags in the area 99 of the data memory 89 are reset, so the dispensing control circuit 92 controls the drive of the dispensing roller 46D. Stop and end the replenishment process.

In addition, if the amount of stored banknotes in the bulk storage box 44D becomes low during the replenishment process, or if the storage box of the remaining denomination does not become full despite feeding out the stored banknotes one cycle, the area of the data memory 89 is stored. 1
Since the remaining number of coins D ₅ , D ₆ , D ₇ of the corresponding denomination in 03 becomes 0, the staff is notified via the supervisory control circuit 88 based on this data, and the bulk storage box 44 is notified.
D is replaced.

Note that the replenishment process is executed after the start-of-work process and before the end-of-work process. In order to do this, it is preferable to set flags or switches indicating completion of start-up processing and completion of work-end processing, and to perform replenishment under the conditions that the start-up processing completion flag switch is set and the end-of-work processing completion flag switch is reset.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, if there is no feeding error or defective denomination determination, for example, the number of replenishing coins HA + the number of deposited coins A ₁ = the number of withdrawal coins A ₂ + the remaining number of coins A ₃ ...1 the remaining number of coins A ₃ + the number of A remaining coins D ₅ = Replenishment number HA + A cumulative total K ₆ - Withdrawal number A _{2 .} . . 2 The above two equations hold true for each denomination.

Even if the above two equations do not hold, the error is related to the number of feeding errors and the number of poor judgments, and the number of feeding errors and the number of bad judgments can be conveniently used to judge failures and check reliability.

In the above-described embodiment, the number of loaded banknotes for each denomination may be input using a key or a card at the time of the start-up process. These numbers are stored in areas 103 D ₃ , D ₅ , D ₆ , and D ₇ of the data memory 89, and are fed out from the bulk storage box 44D and stored in each denomination storage box 4.
When stored in 4A to 44C, it is subtracted from D ₃ , D ₅ , D ₆ , and D ₇ of the above-mentioned area 103.
In this case, the number of replenishments for each denomination in area 108
Areas 100 and 10 for HA, HB, HC and each denomination
1,102 remaining sheets A ₃ , B ₃ , C ₃ and area 1
The remaining numbers D ₅ , D ₆ , and D ₇ of 08 may be automatically set to be equal.

Note that the above-mentioned key input is input from the keyboard 84 of the main body of the apparatus, and the card is also read by the card reader of the main body of the apparatus.

Various data in the data memory 89 are appropriately cleared at an initial point in time except for set data.

If the full number of coins in the storage box 44 is the same for all denominations, it is sufficient to set one number of coins.

Areas 100, 101, and 102 of each denomination may be set to have only the remaining number of coins A ₃ , B ₃ , and C ₃ and only the remaining number of coins may be counted.

The set remaining number _K5 of each storage box 44 does not have to be 10, but may be more than 10, for example, or may be 0.

In the above embodiment, a customer-operated automatic deposit/payment machine was described, but this invention
Needless to say, the present invention is applied to operating deposit/dispensing machines.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic deposit/payment machine, Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, and Fig. 3 A to C show attachment and detachment of the storage box. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of the storage box, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, FIG. 6 is a control circuit block diagram of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device, and FIG. 7 is an explanation of the data memory area. Figure 8 is a flowchart of automatic deposit/payment machine processing operation during standby, Figure 9
The figure shows a flowchart showing the details of the replenishment check,
Figure 10 is a flowchart for start-of-day processing, Figure 11 is a flowchart for end-of-day processing, Figure 12 is a flowchart for deposit processing, Figure 13 is a flowchart for payment processing, and Figure 14 is a flowchart for replenishment processing. be. 12...Deposit port, 13...Payment port, 14...Intake unit, 19...Banknote, 25...Banknote discrimination unit, 29
...Distribution section, 37...Discharge section, 44A to 44C...
...Storage box by denomination, 44D...Bulk storage box, 55...
...Banknote review department, 89...Data memory, 99...
Remaining denomination area, 100...A denomination storage box processing area, 101...B denomination storage box processing area, 10
2...C denomination storage box processing area, 103...D denomination bulk storage box processing area, 104...Setting full number of coins area, 105...Setting remaining number of coins area, 10
7... Bulk storage box remaining denomination area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The denomination of deposited banknotes received from the deposit slot is determined by a discriminating means provided in the conveyance path, and a plurality of denomination-specific storage boxes corresponding to each denomination along the conveyance path are stored. A circulating deposit/withdrawal device that stores banknotes by denomination through a sorting means and discharges the banknotes stored in each denomination storage box as withdrawal banknotes to a withdrawal port via a conveyance path, A bulk storage box for storing a mixture of denominations of banknotes is removably provided on the conveyance path, and the conveyance path and Discrimination means is connected via the sorting means and is provided in the conveyance path of the banknotes fed out from the bulk storage box to discriminate the denomination of the banknotes, and the banknotes for loading stored in the bulk storage box are fed out and the banknotes are fed out. The discriminating means identifies the denominations, the distributing means sorts the bills into denominations, and controls storage of the corresponding denominations in denomination-specific storage boxes, and the bills dispensed from each denomination-specific storage box are transferred to the bulk storage box via the distributing means. A control means for controlling the collection is provided, and a counting means is provided for counting the discrimination and discrimination signals from the discrimination means and the discrimination means as the number of banknotes, and the discrimination means, discrimination means and counting means,
A circulation depositing and dispensing device provided with a number management means for managing the number of banknotes, such as the number of loaded banknotes of each denomination, the number of deposited banknotes, and the number of outgoing banknotes, based on the discrimination signal, discrimination signal, and count signal. 2 Determination of the denomination of deposited banknotes received from the deposit slot is performed by a discriminating means provided in the conveyance path, and the banknotes are distributed to each of a plurality of storage boxes corresponding to each denomination along the conveyance path via a sorting means. It is a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that stores banknotes by denomination in storage boxes for each denomination and discharges the banknotes stored in storage boxes for each denomination as withdrawal banknotes to a withdrawal port via a conveyance path. A bulk storage box for storing denominations is removably provided on the conveyance path, and mutual feeding sides of the bulk storage box and each denomination-specific storage box are connected to mutual storage sides via the conveyance path and the sorting means. and discriminating means for discriminating the denomination of the banknotes is provided in the conveyance path of the banknotes fed out from the bulk storage box, and the banknotes for loading stored in the bulk storage box are fed out and the denomination is determined by the discrimination means. Control means for discriminating banknotes, sorting them into denominations by a sorting means, controlling storage of the corresponding denominations in denomination-specific storage boxes, and controlling collection of banknotes dispensed from each denomination-specific storage box into the storage box all at once via the sorting means. further comprising: a counting means for counting the discrimination and discrimination signals from the discriminating means and the discriminating means as the number of banknotes; and setting at least one of the full number of banknotes in the denomination storage box or the number of remaining banknotes. A setting means is provided, and a comparison means is provided for comparing the number of banknotes set by the setting means and the remaining number of banknotes in the denomination storage box, and the determination signal, discrimination signal, and counting signal of the discrimination means, discrimination means, and counting means are provided. The number of banknotes remaining in the storage box for each denomination is managed based on the number of stored banknotes and the number of banknotes fed out for each denomination, and further, based on the comparison result of comparing the number of banknotes set by the setting means and the number of banknotes remaining by the comparison means, A circulating deposit/withdrawal device provided with a number management means for managing at least one of whether the banknotes in each denomination storage box are full or low. 3. The circulating deposit/withdrawal device according to claim 2, wherein the number of full coins is a constant value common to each denomination. 4. The circulating deposit/withdrawal device according to claim 2, wherein the number of full coins is a value for each denomination. 5. The circulating deposit/withdrawal device according to claim 2, wherein the remaining number of coins is a constant value common to each denomination. 6. The circulating deposit/withdrawal device according to claim 2, wherein the remaining number of coins is a value for each denomination.