JPH036556B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a deposit/withdrawal device, and particularly to a deposit/withdrawal device that functions as both a deposit/withdrawal port and a withdrawal port.

[Background of the invention]

In financial institutions, in order to streamline operations,
Various cash handling devices have been employed that automatically count deposits or bills to be withdrawn. These devices can be divided into those that are operated by customers themselves and automatically perform transactions, and those that are used by counter staff, but recently, in order to improve the efficiency of fund management, they are used to withdraw deposited banknotes. There is a growing demand for devices that can be used for both deposits and withdrawals and have a so-called recycling function.

In such a device for depositing and withdrawing money, for example, as proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-11484, the depositing port and the withdrawing port are combined into one to improve operability. It is desirable to be able to use a common banknote handling slot to insert, pay, or receive returned banknotes. In this case, the deposit/withdrawal slot is equipped with a mechanism for dispensing the bills inserted for deposit one by one, as well as a mechanism for aligning the bills for payment or return in the deposit/withdrawal slot in an easy-to-receive manner for the user. However, in conventionally proposed devices, rejected banknotes and banknotes for payment or return as described above are stored in a temporary accumulation section located away from the deposit/withdrawal port. Once all the banknotes have been stacked, the banknotes are taken out one by one and fed into the deposit/withdrawal slot, and then passed through an alignment means, such as an impeller, provided at the deposit/withdrawal slot. , the banknotes are accommodated while being arranged in a predetermined posture. Therefore, in the conventional device, it takes time to convey banknotes from the temporary stacking section to the deposit/withdrawal port, and the device configuration around the deposit/withdrawal port becomes complicated.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a deposit/withdrawal device which has a relatively simple structure and which allows bills to be fed into a deposit/withdrawal port at high speed.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the deposit/withdrawal device of the present invention includes a deposit/withdrawal port having at least a bottom plate and accommodating banknotes in a predetermined posture, and a bill deposit/withdrawal device located behind the deposit/withdrawal port with at least a means for pushing up the bills. A storage means, a pressing means for pressing the banknotes from the back side, a banknote conveyance path connected to the banknote temporary storage means and provided with a banknote discrimination means in the middle, and a banknote pressed by the pressing means to be delivered to the banknote conveyance path. The banknote feeding means and the pushing up means are lifted to the same position as the bottom plate, and the pressing means is once moved behind the banknotes stored in the banknote temporary storage means, and then the banknotes are pushed out in a batch toward the deposit/withdrawal port. It is characterized in that it has a moving means that moves forward in such a manner.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a depositing and dispensing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

A banknote handling port 2 on the customer service surface 1 is provided with a shutter 3 that opens and closes in a horizontal direction, and a cash deposit/withdrawal port 4 is arranged below this shutter. Reference numeral 5 denotes a feeding mechanism that separates and feeds out banknotes inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 4 one by one. Further, 7 is a discrimination unit that discriminates the authenticity, denomination, and whether or not the banknote is a banknote that can be recycled (banknotes of various denominations that can be treated as withdrawal banknotes). A denomination cash box and a B denomination cash box which store banknotes of denomination B (for example, 1,000 yen note) and denomination B (for example, 1,000 yen note) by denomination, respectively; 19 is a non-recirculated banknote;
For example, a bulk cash box for storing banknotes of denominations other than A denomination and B denomination and banknotes that are discriminated as damaged notes; 11 is a temporary deposit storage unit that temporarily stores banknotes that have been discriminated as genuine banknotes by the discrimination unit 7; 24; Reference numeral 23 indicates a forgotten banknote collection box for collecting and storing banknotes left behind by the customer at the deposit/withdrawal port 4; This is a storage box for storing banknotes. In addition, a temporary withdrawal storage section 8 is provided adjacent to the deposit/withdrawal port 4, and as a result of being discriminated by the discriminating section 7, banknotes that are determined to be fake banknotes and banknotes that are determined to be normal at the time of withdrawal are stored. The banknotes are stored through passages 9 and 10. Note that 33 is an impeller for stacking banknotes.

During the deposit operation, the banknotes fed out from the feeding mechanism 5 enter the discrimination section 7 through the passage 6, where they are discriminated. As a result of the verification, the banknotes that are determined to be genuine banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary deposit storage section 11 through the passages 12 and 13. When the deposit transaction is completed, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary deposit storage section 11 are fed out one by one, and the banknotes are fed out one by one.
It is sent again to the discrimination section 7 via the. If these banknotes are discriminated as A denomination by the discrimination section 7, they are passed through a passage 17 to the A denomination cash box 15, and when they are discriminated as B denomination, they are passed through a passage 18 to the B denomination cash box 16.
are stored respectively. Note that non-returnable banknotes, for example, denominations other than denominations A and B, and banknotes that are judged to be unfit, are collectively stored in the cash box 19 through the passage 20. In case of withdrawal, A, depending on the payment amount.
A predetermined number of banknotes are sequentially dispensed from the B cash boxes 15 and 16, respectively, and sent to the discrimination section 7 through passages 21 and 22, and then to the temporary withdrawal storage section 8 through passages 9 and 10. In addition, the bulk cash box 19 is in the form of a safe that can be attached to and removed from the main body of the device, and at the time of starting work or replenishing banknotes, the banknotes sent from the bulk cash box 19 to the discrimination section 7 via the passages 25 and 12 are checked by the discrimination results. The money is loaded into cash boxes 15 and 16 of A denomination or B denomination depending on the amount. On the other hand, at the end of the process, the banknotes in the cash boxes 15 and 16 are collected into the storage box 19, so that the staff can take them out.

Figure 2 is a side view of the deposit/withdrawal port in Figure 1, Figure 3 is a view seen from the direction of arrow _X1 in Figure 2, Figure 4 is a view seen from the direction of arrow Y in Figure 2, FIG. 5 is a view seen from the direction of the arrow X in FIG. ₃ .

In FIG. 2, 27 is a bottom plate for receiving banknotes 26 inserted into the deposit/withdrawal port 4, and 28 is a bottom plate that is driven by a driving mechanism (not shown) consisting of a stepping motor, a pulley, a belt, etc. a push plate 30 that presses the inserted banknotes 26 in the direction of the front plate 29; a pick-up roller 30 that is pivotally supported by the side plate 35 and is driven intermittently during the banknote feeding operation;
1 is a banknote 26 sent out by a pick-up roller
A feed roller 32 feeds the banknotes 2 into the passage 6.
These rollers 30 to 32 constitute a feeding mechanism 5. The push plate 28 presses the bill 26 against the pick-up roller 30, but when accepting the bill 26, it is moved back in the direction of arrow Y by a drive mechanism (not shown) to enable the bill 26 to be accepted. Then, by detecting acceptance of the bill 26, it returns to the pressed state. Note that the deposit/withdrawal port 4 is provided with a banknote residual sensor 46, which detects the presence or absence of the banknotes 26 in the deposit/withdrawal port 4 (the empty state after the banknotes 26 are inserted and separated and conveyed). On the rear surface of the deposit/withdrawal port 4, an impeller 33 for accumulating banknotes from the passage 10 is fixed to a shaft 34.
is rotatably supported by the side plate 35, and the impeller 33 is rotated by a drive mechanism (not shown) in synchronization with the conveyance of banknotes. A push-up bar 36 that engages with the bottom plate 27 in a comb-like manner is provided adjacent to the shaft 34, and together with the impeller 33, a temporary dispensing storage section 8 is formed. The push-up bar 36 is rotatably supported by the side plate 35, and is normally in the lower position to receive the banknotes 26' from the impeller.As will be described later, when the push-up bar 28 is retreated to the impeller position, The banknote 26' rises to the position shown by the two-dot chain line, and as the push plate 28 moves forward, the banknote 26'
The banknote position is changed so that the banknote is pushed out to the deposit/withdrawal port 4. The aforementioned push plate 28 has levers 2 on both sides.
8', and the lever 28' is rotatably supported by a pin 38 provided on the inner surface of the push plate carrier 37. Further, the lever 28' is equipped with bearings 39 at its tip, and these bearings 39 move along grooves 40a, 40b, 40c (see FIG. 5) of a guide rail 40 attached to the inside of the side plate 35. . The push plate carrier 37 has a guide groove 43 formed horizontally along the upper edge of the outer surface of the side plate 35.
When the push plate carrier 37 is horizontally moved by a driving mechanism (not shown) consisting of a stepping motor, pulley, and belt, the push plate itself changes its posture according to the position of the bearing 39. It moves to follow the push plate carrier while changing.

The guide groove of the guide rail 40 that determines the position of the bearing 39 is a groove 40 as shown in FIG.
It consists of parts a, 40b, and 40c, and when moving forward it passes through the lower groove 40c, but when retreating it passes through the upper groove 40c.
A gate 41 pivotally supported by a pin 42 is provided in the middle of the passage so as to pass through 0b. The shape and trajectory of the guide rail 40 are determined so that when the push plate 28 retreats, the push plate does not come into contact with the banknotes stored in the temporary withdrawal storage section 8 . That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the position of the bearing 39 changes up and down during the horizontal movement process of the push plate support pin 38, and when the push plate carrier 37 retreats, the bearing 39 moves into the groove 40b on the upper side of the guide rail. When it reaches the point, it will be in an almost horizontal state (state C in Figure 6),
Further back, the bearing 3 is placed behind the impeller 33.
9 is the upper groove 40b of the guide rail and the lower groove 4
0c, it returns to the vertical state (D in Figure 6). During the process in which the push plate carrier 37 moves forward, the push plate 28 maintains the vertical state and operates to push out the banknote (D in Figure 6). ). In addition, in order to prevent the lower end of the push plate 28 from rotating in the rearward direction during the above-mentioned forward movement process,
A push plate rotation stopper 47 is provided on the upper part of the push plate and comes into contact with the lower surface of the carrier (see FIG. 3). Further, the side plate 35 is provided with a position detection sensor 45 that detects the position of the push plate 28.

Next, the operation of this deposit/withdrawal device will be described. First of all,
Regarding the deposit operation, the banknote handling opening 2 on the customer service surface 1 is normally closed by a shutter 3. When the customer presses a deposit button (not shown), the shutter 3 moves in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1 and opens.
The customer inserts banknotes 26 to be deposited into the deposit/withdrawal port 4 all at once. Next, when the customer presses the start button (not shown), the shutter 3 moves to arrow A in FIG.
, and close the deposit/withdrawal port 4. As a result, the pick-up roller 30 and the feed roller 31 are driven, and the bills 26 are taken into the passage 6 one by one. The taken banknotes 26 are sent to the discrimination section 7 through the passage 6. The discriminating unit 7 discriminates the deposited banknotes one by one to at least distinguish between authenticity and falsity. The banknotes that have been identified as genuine banknotes by the recognition unit 7 are stored in the passage 1.
2 and stored in the temporary deposit storage section 11.
Further, the banknotes that have been identified as fake banknotes pass through the passages 9 and 10 and are stored in an upright position on the push-up bar 36 of the temporary withdrawal storage section 8 by the collection car 33. Deposit/withdrawal port 4
When the banknote residual sensor 46 detects that the loading of banknotes 26 has been completed, the push plate 28 is temporarily retracted behind the impeller 33 by a drive mechanism (not shown), and then the push plate 28 is moved to the standing position. In order to move forward in this state, the deposited banknotes 26' stored in the temporary withdrawal storage section 8 and discriminated as fake banknotes are pushed out by the push plate 28 and put into the deposit/withdrawal port 4. That is, the push plate carrier 3 is moved by a drive mechanism (not shown).
7 retreats, the pin 38 pivotally supported by the push plate carrier 37 maintains its horizontal position, while the bearing 39 retreats along the shape of the guide rail 40 while climbing the gate guide 41 on the way. As explained in Fig. 6, the push plate 28 is connected to the pin 3.
8 is swung forward, bearing 39
When it reaches the guide rail groove 40b, it becomes approximately horizontal and moves without contacting the bill 26'. When the push plate carrier 37 further retreats and reaches a position beyond the impeller 33, the bearing 3
9 is from the upper groove 40b to the lower groove 40 of the guide rail.
Moving to step c, the push plate 28 rotates downward around the pin 38 and stops in an upright position with the push plate rotation stopper 47 in contact with the lower surface of the carrier 37. At this time,
The push-up bar 36 is lifted to the same position as the bottom plate 27 by a drive mechanism (not shown). In this state, the push plate 28 starts moving forward by the drive mechanism, and moves forward to the position of the position detection sensor 45 while pushing out the bill 26'. The push-up bar 36 is lowered to its original position by the drive mechanism when the push plate 28 stops. In this way, unidentifiable deposited banknotes are removed from the banknote dispensing mechanism 5 - passage 6 - discrimination section
- Passages 9, 10 - Since it is possible to go around the loop of the temporary withdrawal storage section 8, the verification operation is repeated multiple times for deposited banknotes that cannot be discriminated, and the deposited banknotes that cannot be discriminated still remain at the banknote handling slot 8.
returned to the customer.

On the other hand, when the customer presses the amount button (not shown), the deposited banknotes stored in the temporary deposit storage section 11 are fed out one by one from the feeding mechanism of the temporary storage section 11 to the passage 14 and sent to the discrimination section 7. It will be done. And A denomination that was determined to be recyclable for payment,
B denominations pass through the passage 12 and are stored in A denomination cash box 15 and B denomination cash box 16, respectively, and non-returnable banknotes,
For example, banknotes other than denominations A and B, unfit banknotes, or banknotes whose denomination could not be identified due to a feeding error such as stacking two sheets are temporarily stored in the cash box 19 via passages 12 and 20. . Note that when the customer presses a cancel button (not shown), the deposited banknotes stored in the temporary deposit storage section 11 are transferred to the temporary withdrawal storage section 8 via the passage 14, the discrimination section 7, and the passages 9 and 10. The money is sent back to the deposit/withdrawal port 4 by the above-mentioned push plate operation, and then returned to the customer through the handling port 2.

Next, the payment operation will be described.

First, when the customer inputs the amount to be paid using an operation button (not shown), banknotes corresponding to the payment amount are placed in the A denomination cash box 15 and the B denomination cash box 1.
A predetermined number of coins are dispensed from each bank 6, the denomination is determined by a discrimination unit 7, and the coins are fed into a temporary withdrawal storage unit 8 through passages 9 and 10. Bills determined by the discrimination unit to be not of the predetermined denomination, such as bills dispensed in two stacks, are collected from the passage 9 into the reject bill storage box 23. When the feeding of the designated amount of banknotes to the temporary withdrawal storage section 8 is completed, the payment banknotes are transferred to the temporary withdrawal storage section 8 by the operation of the push plate described above.
The money is then transferred to the deposit/withdrawal port 4, and the shutter of the handling port 2 is opened. If these banknotes are not taken out within the predetermined time, that is, if the customer forgets to take out the banknotes, the shutter is closed, the paid banknotes are fed out one by one into the passage 6 in the same way as the deposited banknotes, and the banknotes are sent to the verification section. 7. Collect the forgotten items in the collection box 24 via the passage 12.

At the start of business or when replenishing banknotes, each denomination A, B
When loading banknotes into the device, set the bulk cash box 19 containing the banknotes to be loaded into the device main body,
Similar to the dispensing operation from the temporary storage section 11, the bills in the bulk cash box 19 are sequentially dispensed into the passage, the authenticity and denomination are judged by the discrimination section 7, and the A denomination is sorted by denomination according to the judgment result. Cash box 15 or B denomination cash box 16
Store it in. As a result of the discrimination, if any banknotes are determined to be counterfeit banknotes or non-returnable banknotes, they are distributed to the temporary withdrawal storage section 8. In addition, if the A or B denomination cash boxes 15, 16 become full on the way, the excess banknotes are sent to the temporary withdrawal storage section 8,
At the end of the bill loading operation, the bill is returned to the clerk through the bill handling port 2 and the bill is checked by the clerk.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the temporary storage means for banknotes is provided near the deposit/withdrawal port, and the temporarily stored banknotes are transferred to the deposit/withdrawal port in bulk by the push plate. There are advantages in that the time required to transfer reject banknotes and withdrawn banknotes to the deposit/withdrawal port at the time of deposit can be shortened, and the device structure can be simplified.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a deposit/withdrawal device showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the deposit/withdrawal port in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrow _X1 in Fig. 2. , Figure 4 is a view in the Y direction of Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a view of Figure 3.
FIG. 6, which is an arrow view in the _X2 direction, is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the push plate 28. 4: Deposit/withdrawal port, 5: Feeding mechanism, 7: Identification section,
8: Withdrawal temporary storage section, 11: Deposit temporary storage section, 1
5: A denomination cash box, 16: B denomination cash box, 19:
Bulk cash box, 23: Reject bill storage box, 2
4: Forgotten collection box, 27: Bottom plate, 28: Push plate, 3
3: Impeller, 35: Side plate, 36: Push-up bar, 3
7: Push plate carrier, 40: Guide rail.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A deposit/withdrawal port having at least a bottom plate and accommodating banknotes in a predetermined posture; and a deposit/withdrawal port located behind the deposit/withdrawal port;
A banknote temporary storage means having at least a pushing up means, a pressing means for pressing the banknote from the back side, a banknote conveyance path connected to the banknote temporary storage means and provided with a banknote discrimination means on the way, a banknote feeding means for feeding out the banknotes into the banknote conveyance path and the pushing up means to the same position as the bottom plate, and the pressing means is temporarily moved behind the banknotes stored in the banknote temporary storage means. A depositing and dispensing device comprising: a moving means that moves the bills forward so as to push the bills all at once toward the depositing and dispensing port.