JPH0240783A - Automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the replenishment and the collection of paper money by providing a first path for supplying the paper money from a freely attachable and detachable safe to a recycle stack through a discriminating part, and a second path for supplying the paper money from the recycle stack to the safe through the discriminating part. CONSTITUTION:A discriminating part 5 is interposed between recycle stacks 9, 11 which have a paying part 10A and a receiving part 10B and can move freely paper money 10 which is contained in the receiving part 10B to the paying part 10A, and a freely attachable and detachable minutely investigating and replenishing safe 15 having a paying part 16A and a receiving part 16B, and the paper money is given and taken between the recycle stacks 9, 11 and the minutely investigating and replenishing safe 15 through the discriminating part 5. In such a way, even if plural kinds of paper money is contained in the paying part 16A of the safe 15, it can be contained in the recycle stacks 9, 11 by dividing it into each separate kind of paper money, and the paper money can be replenished easily to the recycle stack. Also, the paper money of the recycle stacks 9, 11 can be collected automatically to the safe 15, and the collection can be executed easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM) capable of depositing and withdrawing money.

(Prior art) ATMs enable automated transactions such as cash payments and deposits by operating them using a cash card or bankbook, and have traditionally been widely used at counters of financial institutions such as banks. It's being used.

These ATMs include ATMs exclusively for deposits and withdrawals, recycling stacks that accommodate deposited banknotes as well as deposited banknotes, and are used for withdrawals, and ATMs that collect banknotes for withdrawal from the recycling stack. , a circulating ATM equipped with a safe for storing banknotes that cannot be stored in the recycling stack when it is full.
There is.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In such an ATM, before starting a deposit/withdrawal operation, bills for withdrawal must be stored in a plurality of storage sections for each denomination. Furthermore, when the work is completed, the banknotes must be taken out and collected from the storage section. Therefore, there is a problem in that it is troublesome to replenish and collect banknotes at the ATM.

An object of the present invention is to obtain an automatic deposit/withdrawal device that allows easy replenishment and collection of banknotes.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The automatic deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention includes a customer service section that deposits and withdraws banknotes, a discrimination section that discriminates banknotes deposited and withdrawn from the customer service department, a dispensing section, and a depositing section. a plurality of recycling stacks provided for each denomination, which can freely move banknotes stored in the depositing section to the dispensing section; a removable safe provided with a dispensing section and a depositing section; a first route for supplying banknotes sent out from the dispensing unit to the discriminating unit, and supplying banknotes determined by the discriminating unit to be accommodable in the recycle stack to the deposit unit of the recycle stack for each denomination; When collecting banknotes in the recycle stack, the banknotes sent out from the dispensing unit of the recycle stack are supplied to the discrimination unit, and the banknotes determined by the discrimination unit to be able to be stored in the safe are placed in the safe. and a second route for supplying the money to the deposit section.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The ATMI shown in FIG. 1 is a circulation-type depositing and dispensing machine that uses deposited banknotes for withdrawal. It is equipped with a forgotten reject box 13 and a scrutiny replenishment safe 15, and a transport route 17.19.21.23.25.2 is provided between them.
7.29.31.33.35.37.39.41.43
．． 45.47.49.51.53.55.57.59.
61 was contacted.

This circulating ATM 1 includes a discrimination section 5, a front-back reversing section 7,
The transport routes 17 to 61 are used as a basic unit 63, and the customer service department 3, the recycling stack 9.11, the forgotten eject box 13, and the inspection replenishment safe 15 are used as separate units that can be attached and detached from the basic unit 63. There is. Each part will be explained below.

The customer service department 3 is a part that takes in banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 4 at the time of deposit, returns them to the deposit/withdrawal port 4 if the taken in banknotes are defective, and pays the banknotes at the time of withdrawal.
, an inlet 4B, and a separating section 4C.

The discrimination unit 5 has functions such as authenticity discrimination, front and back discrimination, double feeding (two-sheet feeding) discrimination, folded bill discrimination, and counting the number of bills.

The front/back reversing unit 7 is a part that aligns the front and back sides of the banknotes by transporting the banknotes that have been discriminated front and back by the discrimination unit 5 through either of the conveyance paths 27 or 29 according to the discrimination result, and is located between the exit 8A and the entrance 8B.
1.8B2 and a separation section 8C.

The recycling stack 9.11 includes a dispensing section 10A and a depositing section 10B that accommodate dispensing banknotes and deposited banknotes, and a separating section 10C that separates and sends out the dispensing banknotes, and the banknotes in the dispensing section 10A are processed in one transaction. Below the maximum number or deposit section 10B
When the banknotes are full, the banknotes remaining in the dispensing section 10A are transferred to the conveyance path 19, the discrimination section 5, and the conveyance path 21, 35, 39, 43.
．． 45 to the depositing section 10B, the depositing section 10B
The receiver transfers the banknotes in bulk to the dispensing unit 10A (the receiver performs the transfer operation within the recycling stack 9.11). Note that the recycling stack 9 is designed to accommodate, for example, 10,000 yen bills, and the recycling stack 11 is designed to accommodate, for example, 1,000 yen bills.

The left-removed reject box 13 is divided into two by a partition plate 14 that moves up and down, and the lower tier stores rejected banknotes, and the upper tier stores banknotes left behind in the customer service department 3. It has become.

The inspection replenishment safe 15 includes a withdrawal section 16A, a deposit section 16B, and a separation section 16C that separates and sends out bills. The dispensing section 16A stores banknotes to be fed to the recycling stack 9.11 through the discriminating section 5, and the dispensing section 16
B is taken in from customer service department 3 and recycled stack 9
．． The recycling stack 9.11 accommodates 5,000 yen bills that cannot be supplied to the recycling stack 9.11 after counter operations at banks and the like are completed.

The deposit/withdrawal operations of the ATMI shown in FIG. 1 are performed as follows.

(B) Deposit operation First, the banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 4 of the customer service department 3 are transferred to the separating section 4.
When taken in from C, it is sent to the discrimination unit 5 through paths 17 and 19, and a discrimination operation is performed.

As a result, counterfeit banknotes and unidentifiable banknotes are routed 21.23.
．． 31 and is returned to the deposit/withdrawal port 4 of the customer service department 3. Other banknotes are conveyed through paths 21, 23, and 25, sorted into paths 27 or 29 at the branching point, and stored in the front-back reversing section 7, where the front and back sides are aligned.

The banknotes whose front and back sides have been aligned in the front-back reversing unit 7 are routed 33.1
9 and is supplied to the discrimination section 5, where it is discriminated again. As a result, the defective banknotes are returned to the customer service department 3, and the rejected banknotes are stored in the forgotten reject box 13 via the path 21.35.39.57.59. 5,000 yen banknotes and tape banknotes are stored in the inspection and replenishment safe 15 via the path 21.35.39.57.61. Normal 1,000 yen bill and 1
Ten thousand yen banknotes are sent to recycling stack 9 or recycling stack 11 via route 21.35.39.43.45.
is accommodated in the deposit section 10B.

Note that when the recycling stack 11 is full, the money is stored in the deposit section 16B of the inspection and replenishment safe 5.

(b) Withdrawal operation The banknotes according to the payment amount are recycled stack 9 or 1
The banknotes are supplied from the dispensing unit 10A of No. 1 to the discriminating unit 5 via routes 51, 53, and 19, and are reconfirmed to see if they are normal banknotes.

As a result, rejected banknotes are supplied to the forgotten reject box 13, tape banknotes are supplied to the inspection and replenishment safe 15, and normal banknotes are supplied to the customer service department 3. In addition, when the banknotes supplied to the customer service department 3 are forgotten, they are stored in the left banknote side of the banknote reject box 13 .

(c) Replenishment operation When replenishing banknotes from the inspection replenishment safe 15 to the recycling stack 9.11 before the start of work at the counter, store 10,000 yen banknotes and 1,000 yen banknotes in the withdrawal section 16A of the safe 15, and The safe is attached to the basic unit 63. When the separating section 16C of the safe 15 operates in such a state, the withdrawal section 1
Banknotes are sent out from 6A and supplied to the validator 5 via a path 55.19. As a result, banknotes facing up are stored as they are in the recycling stacks 9 and 11 for each denomination, while banknotes with the front and back sides reversed are reversed in the front-back reversing unit 7 and then stored in the respective recycling stacks 9 and 11. be done.

Also, reject banknotes are left in the reject box 13.
The tape banknotes are stored in the inspection and replenishment safe 15. When replenishing the recycling stack 9.11 with banknotes from the customer service department 3, it is performed in the same manner as the depositing operation.

(d) Recycling stack 9.11 due to closure of collection counter operations, etc.
When collecting banknotes, the recycling stack 9.1
1 banknote is stored in the deposit part 16B of the safe 15 through the discrimination part 5. At this time, since the money is collected through the discrimination section 5, the collected amount can be known. Note that when a rejected banknote is detected by the discrimination unit 5, it is stored in the forgotten reject box 13. Recycling stack 9, 11
Collecting banknotes from the customer service department 3 is performed in the same manner as the withdrawal operation.

According to the embodiment described above, the withdrawal section 10A and the deposit section 10B
The banknotes stored in the depositing section 10B are transferred to the dispensing section 10.
A discrimination section 5 is interposed between movable recycling stacks 9 and 11 and a removable inspection and replenishment safe 15 having a withdrawal section 16A and a deposit section 16B. Since banknotes are exchanged between the stacks 9 and 11 and the inspection replenishment safe 15, when feeding banknotes from the safe 15 to the depositing section 10B of the recycling stacks 9 and 11, the bill is transferred to the dispensing section 16A of the safe 15. Even if a plurality of types of banknotes are stored, each denomination can be stored in the recycling stack 9.11. Therefore, there is no need to separately store different denominations in the safe 15, and it is very easy to replenish the recycling stack 9.11 with banknotes.

Furthermore, when collecting the banknotes in the recycle stack 9.11 after the end of business, the banknotes in the dispensing unit 10A can pass through the discrimination unit 5 and be stored in the deposit unit 16B of the safe 15. can be automatically collected into one safe 15, making collection very easy. Also, identification department 5
Since the amount stored in the safe 15 can be automatically known, post-processing is easy.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. A deposit port and a withdrawal port may be provided separately.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention includes a customer service department for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, a discriminating section for validating banknotes deposited and withdrawn from the customer service department, a dispensing section, a depositing section, and a depositing and dispensing section. A plurality of recycling stacks provided for each denomination allow the banknotes stored in the banknotes to be transferred to a dispensing unit, a removable safe is equipped with a dispensing unit and a depositing unit, and the banknotes are sent out from the dispensing unit of the safe. a first path for supplying banknotes that have been collected to the discriminating unit, and supplying banknotes determined by the discriminating unit to be accommodated in the recycle stack by denomination to a depositing unit of the recycle stack; When collecting banknotes, the banknotes sent out from the dispensing unit of the recycling stack are supplied to the discriminating unit, and the banknotes determined by the discriminating unit to be able to be stored in the safe are supplied to the depositing unit of the safe. Since the second path is provided, even if multiple types of banknotes are stored and loaded in the safe, the denomination is judged by the discrimination unit and the banknotes are supplied to the corresponding recycling stack, and the banknotes are recycled at the time of collection. It is possible to obtain an automatic deposit/withdrawal device in which the banknotes in the stack are automatically collected in the safe, and banknotes can be easily replenished and collected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a circulating ATM according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1...ATM, 3...Customer service department, 5...Identification department, 7
...Front and back reversal section, 9.11... Recycling stack, 13... Forgotten reject box, 15... Inspection and replenishment safe, 17-61... Transport route. Agent Patent Attorney Rikichi Somekawa

Claims (1)

[Claims] It includes a customer service section for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, a discrimination section for validating banknotes deposited and withdrawn from the customer service department, a dispensing section, and a depositing section, and the bills stored in the depositing section can be freely moved to the dispensing section. A removable safe is equipped with a plurality of recycling stacks provided for each denomination, a removable safe equipped with a dispensing section and a depositing section, and the bills sent out from the dispensing section of the safe are supplied to the discriminating section, and the bills are discriminated. A first route for supplying banknotes determined to be able to be stored in the recycling stack by the department to the depositing unit of the recycling stack for each denomination; and a first route for discharging banknotes from the recycling stack when collecting banknotes in the recycling stack. A second route for supplying banknotes sent out from the bank to the discriminating unit, and supplying banknotes determined by the discriminating unit to be able to be stored in the safe to the depositing unit of the safe. Deposit/withdrawal device.