JPH0240784A - Automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily execute an assembly and an inspection, etc., while maintaining high reliability by constituting an identification part, a surface and back reversing part and a carrying path as a stationary unit, and on the other hand, constituting a customer part, a recycle stack and a safe so as to be freely attachable/detachable. CONSTITUTION:The identification part 5 for discriminating paper money which is received/paid, a surface and back reversing part 7 for aligning the surface and the back of the paper money and carrying paths 17-61 for connecting each part in an automatic teller machine 1 are constituted as a fundamental stationary unit 63, and a customer part 3 for receiving and paying the paper money, recycle stacks 9, 11 and a finely investigating and replenishing safe 15 are constituted as a freely attachable/detachable separation unit, respectively against the stationary unit 63. In such a manner, while maintaining high reliability, the assembly and the inspection, etc., can be executed easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an automatic deposit/withdrawal device such as a cash deposit/withdrawal machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM) capable of depositing and withdrawing money.

(Prior Art) ATVs are widely used at counters of financial institutions such as banks. By operating this ATM using a cash card or a bankbook, transactions such as cash payments and deposits can be made.

In a so-called circulating ATM that uses deposited banknotes for withdrawal, there is usually a customer service department that deposits and withdraws banknotes, a discrimination unit that differentiates the received banknotes, a front-back reversal unit that aligns the front and back sides of the banknotes, and a front-back reversal unit that aligns the front and back sides of the banknotes. It is equipped with a recycling stack for dispensing banknotes, and a safe for replenishing and removing banknotes.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, since ATMs handle banknotes, high reliability is required for deposits and withdrawals. Therefore, each component has a complex structure, and it is not possible to take out each component individually and replace it with another, making assembly, functional inspection, and adjustment work extremely difficult. there were.

The present invention solves these problems and provides an automatic deposit/withdrawal device that can be easily assembled and inspected while maintaining high reliability.

(Means for resolving department notifications) The automatic deposit/withdrawal device according to the present invention includes a customer service department that deposits and withdraws banknotes, a discrimination unit that discriminates the banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn, and a front-back reversing unit that aligns the front and back sides of the banknotes. , a recycling stack including a dispensing section and a depositing section and in which banknotes stored in the depositing section can be moved to the dispensing section, a safe including a dispensing section and a depositing section, the customer service section, the discrimination section, and the recycling stack. It has a front-back reversing section, a conveyance path communicating between the recycling stack and the safe, the discrimination section, the front-back reversing section, and the conveyance path are a stationary unit, and the customer service department, the recycling stack, and the The safe is a separate unit that can be attached to and detached from the stationary unit.

Here, the customer service department, the recycling stack, and the safe each include a separating section that separates banknotes one by one.

(Example) Hereinafter, one example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The ATMI shown in FIG. 1 is a circulation-type deposit/disburse machine that uses deposited banknotes as banknotes for withdrawal.
1, a left-removal reject box 13, and an inspection replenishment safe 15, and a conveyance path 17.1 is provided between them. 19.21.
23.25°27.29.31.33.35,37.
39゜41.43.45.47,49,51,53゜5
Contacted on 5.57.59.61. In this embodiment, the discrimination section 5, the front/back reversing section 7, and the conveyance path 1
7 to 61 are a stationary basic unit (hereinafter referred to as a stationary unit) 63, and a customer service department 3 and a recycling stack 9.
11, the forgotten reject box 13, and the inspection replenishment safe 15 are made into separate units that can be attached to and detached from the stationary unit 63.

To explain each component, first, the customer service section 3 is one of the separation units, and it takes in the banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal slot 4 at the time of deposit, and when the bills taken in are defective, the customer service department 3 is one of the separation units. In the part where you pay the banknotes at the time of withdrawal,
It has an outlet 4A, an inlet 4B, and a separation section 4C.

The discrimination section 5 is incorporated as a stationary unit, and 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 also a stationary unit, and the discrimination unit 5
According to the discrimination result, the banknotes whose front and back sides have been discriminated are conveyed along either the conveyance path 27 or 29, and the front and back sides of the banknotes are aligned at the exit 8A and the entrance 8B! , 8B2 and separation section 8
It is equipped with C. In this way, in the front-back reversing unit 7, the transport path 27, 29 is selected according to the front-back discrimination result in the discrimination unit 5 to align the front and back sides, so the function of the front-back reversing unit 7 can be checked (inspected). In order to perform this, a discrimination section 5 is required. Further, the function confirmation of the discrimination section 5 is possible if at least the front-back reversing section 7 is provided. Therefore, as described above, the discrimination section 5 and the front/back reversing section 7 are incorporated into the stationary unit 63 as the basic structure of ATMI.

recycling stack 9 configured as a separation unit;
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the dispensing section 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. The number of 10A banknotes is less than the maximum number for one transaction 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, the conveyance path 21, 35, . 39°4
3. After returning to the deposit section 10B via 45, the deposit section 10
The receiver transfers the banknotes B all at once 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 forgotten reject box B 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 and replenishment safe 15, which is a separate unit, is shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.
As shown in the figure, it includes a dispensing section 16A, a depositing section 16B, and a separating section 16C for separating and sending out disbursed banknotes. The dispensing unit 16A receives the recycling stack 9 through the discriminating unit 5.
, 11, and the deposit section 16B accommodates 5,000 yen bills that are taken in from the customer service section 3 and cannot be supplied to the recycling stack 9.11. stack 9゜11
It is designed to accommodate banknotes.

Here, when the customer service section 3 is removed from the stationary unit 63, it can be attached to a jig 67 equipped with a conveyance path 65 that connects the outlet 4A and the inlet 4B as shown in FIG. There is. In addition, when the recycling stack 9.11 is also removed from the stationary unit 63, the dispensing section 10A and the depositing section 10B are shown in FIG.
It is also possible to attach it to a jig 71 provided with a conveyance path 69 that communicates with. Furthermore, when the inspection replenishment safe 15 is removed from the fixed unit 63, it can be attached to a jig 75 equipped with a conveyance path 73 that connects the dispensing section 16A and the depositing section 16B as shown in FIG. It has become.

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

(1) Deposit operation When the banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 4 of the customer service section 3 are taken in from the separation section 4C, they are sent to the discrimination section 5 through the path 17 and 19, where a discrimination operation is performed. As a result, counterfeit banknotes and unidentifiable banknotes are transported to the customer service department 3 via the route 21°23.31.
The money is returned to the deposit/withdrawal port 4. Other banknotes are routed 21, 23.
25, and is transferred to route 27 or route 2 at the branching point.
9 and stored in the front/back reversing unit 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 paths 21, 35, 39°57.59. 5,000 yen banknotes and tape banknotes are stored in the inspection and replenishment safe 15 via paths 21, 35, 39, and 57, 61.

Normal 1,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills take route 21°35.
39, 43, and 45, and is accommodated in the deposit section 10B of the recycle stack 9 or the recycle stack 11.

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.

(2) Withdrawal operation The banknotes according to the payment amount are recycled stack 9 or 1
Route 51.1 from the withdrawal section 10A of No.1. The banknotes are supplied to the discrimination unit 5 via the banknote 53° 19, and are reconfirmed to see if they are normal banknotes. As a result, rejected banknotes are supplied to the forgotten reject box 13, and tape banknotes are supplied to the inspection replenishment safe 15.
Normal banknotes are supplied to the customer service department 3. In addition,
If the banknotes supplied to the customer service department 3 are forgotten,
It is stored on the left banknote side of the left banknote reject box 13.

(3) Replenishment operation When replenishing banknotes from the inspection replenishment safe 15 to the recycling stack 9°11, the banknotes sent out from the dispensing unit 16A of the safe 15 are supplied to the discrimination unit 5 via the path 55.19. . As a result, banknotes facing up are stored in the recycle stack 9°11 as they are, and banknotes with the front and back sides reversed are stored in the recycle stack 9°11 after being reversed in the front-back reversing unit 7. Further, rejected banknotes are supplied to the forgotten reject box 13, and tape banknotes are stored in the inspection and replenishment safe 15. When replenishing the recycling stacks 9 and 11 with banknotes from the customer service department 3, the same procedure as the depositing operation is performed.

(4) Collection operation Examine the banknotes in the recycling stacks 9 and 11 and replenish the safe 15
When collecting the banknotes, the banknotes in the recycle stacks 9 and 11 are supplied to the depositing part 16B of the safe 15 through the discrimination part 5. In addition, when a rejected banknote is detected by the discrimination unit 5, it is stored in the forgotten reject box 13. When collecting the banknotes in the recycling stack 9.11 from the customer service department 3, it is performed in the same manner as the withdrawal operation.

According to the embodiment described above, the discrimination section 5 and the front/back reversing section 7
and the transport routes 17 to 61 as a basic fixed unit 63, and the customer service department 3, recycling stack 9.11, and inspection replenishment safe 15 as separate units that can be attached to and detached from the fixed unit 63. , the customer service department 3, the recycling stack 9.11, and the inspection and replenishment safe can be assembled separately, or repaired or remodeled separately. It is also relatively easy to expand.

Furthermore, the functions of the discrimination section 5 and the front/back reversing section 7 can be checked using only the stationary unit 63. In addition, the customer service entrance 3, the recycling stack 9.11, and the inspection replenishment safe 15 have an exit 4A, an entrance 4B, a withdrawal section 10A, 116A, and a deposit section 10B, respectively.
, 16B, by using a simple jig 67°71.75 equipped with conveyance paths 65, 69.73, depositing and withdrawing operations can be repeated, and function confirmation and durability tests can be carried out. This can be done without being limited to the components of

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, in the embodiment described above, the customer service department 3 is shown as depositing and withdrawing money from one deposit/withdrawal port 4. , 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 section for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, a discriminating section for discriminating banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn, a front-back reversing section for aligning the front and back sides of banknotes, a dispensing section, and a dispensing section. a recycling stack including a depositing section and in which banknotes stored in the depositing section can be freely moved to the dispensing section; a safe having a dispensing section and a depositing section; the customer service section, the discrimination section, and the front-back reversing section. , a conveyance path communicating between the recycling stack and the safe, the identification section, the front-back reversing section, and the conveyance path being a basic stationary unit, and the customer service department, the recycling stack, and the safe. are separate units that can be attached and detached from the stationary unit, so that the front-back reversing section can perform a front-back reversing operation based on the result of the discrimination section, and the discriminating section can perform a functional test based on the operation of the front-back reversing section. By attaching and detaching the customer service department, recycling stack, and safe to the basic unit, they can be easily assembled, modified, repaired, or inspected individually, which improves workability. You can get an excellent automatic deposit/withdrawal device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention, with Figure 1 being a side view showing the overall structure of an ATM, and Figure 2 showing the customer service section attached to a jig. 3 is a side view showing the recycle stack attached to the jig, and FIG. 4 is a side view showing the inspection replenishment safe attached to the jig. 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, 63... Stationary unit, 67 .71.75... Jig. Agent Patent Attorney Toshiyoshi Somekawa

Claims (1)

[Claims] A customer service department that deposits and withdraws banknotes, a discrimination unit that differentiates banknotes to be deposited and withdrawn, a front-back reversing unit that aligns the front and back sides of banknotes, a dispensing unit, and a depositing unit, and dispensing banknotes stored in the depositing unit. a recycle stack that is movable to a storage section; a safe that includes a withdrawal section and a deposit section; a transport path that communicates between the customer service section, the discrimination section, the front-back reversal section, the recycling stack, and the safe; , the discrimination section, the front-back reversing section, and the conveyance path are a fixed unit,
An automatic deposit/withdrawal device characterized in that the customer service department, the recycling stack, and the safe are separate units that can be attached to and detached from the stationary unit.