JPH0370096A - Cash receiving and paying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate a need to prepare a temporary storage part only for cash to be rejected, a cash carrying mechanism or the like and to miniaturize a device by storing cash to be rejected in a temporary holding part on a specific denomination-classified storage box together with the other cash. CONSTITUTION:Before conclusion of a money receiving transaction, cash to be rejected as unpayble banknotes and cash of a specific denomination are collectively temporarily held on one of this denomination out of denomination- classified storage boxes 8, 9, and 10. For example, the 5,000-yen denomination whose frequency in use is low is set as this specific denomination. After conclu sion of the money receiving transaction, cash stored in a temporary holding part 26 of 5000-yen banknotes is distributed to cash to be rejected and 5000-yen banknotes again. Thus, it is unnecessary to prepare the special temporary hold ing part for cash to be rejected, and the device is miniaturized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Application in Business A) The present invention relates to a cash depositing and dispensing device installed in financial institutions and the like.

(Prior Art) In recent years, cash depositing and dispensing devices have been frequently used for operations that handle cash with customers, including counter operations and automated transaction operations at financial institutions such as banks. In addition, the deposit function and withdrawal function are integrated, and in addition to the deposited coins, the coins that can be reused for withdrawals are distributed to separate denomination storage boxes for withdrawals, and the coins used at the time of withdrawal transactions are distributed. Recycle-type cash deposit and withdrawal devices have been announced one after another.

In such a device, first, the money required for a withdrawal transaction is set in one bulk storage from the source, and the bulk storage is attached to the deposit/withdrawal device. Thereafter, by operating switches that instruct the loading operation, it is possible to automatically distribute and load coins from the bulk storage into each denomination-specific storage provided for withdrawal. Therefore, loading the coins only requires installing the bulk storage.

Furthermore, when the work is completed, by operating switches that instruct a collection operation, a collection operation that is the opposite of the loading operation can be performed.

In other words, if money is sequentially collected from each denomination storage to the bulk storage, the only storages that can be taken out from the deposit/withdrawal device are the bulk storage and the reject storage which stores rejected coins. In this way, convenience for the operator is achieved (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-289488).

Further, a memory is provided to store the number of coins counted by the deposit/withdrawal device during the loading operation and the collection operation, and is displayed on a display provided in the operating section of the device main body. The operator reads this and records it, and when loading, inputs the number of loaded sheets from the operation section, allowing him to manage and operate the number of loaded sheets and the number of collected sheets (Utility Model No. 57-106057).
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<Configuration of Conventional Apparatus> Hereinafter, the conventional deposit/withdrawal apparatus described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-289488 will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional deposit/withdrawal device. This device is attached to a teller terminal device.

The deposit/withdrawal device 105 is located in the upper unit 110. Intermediate unit 111. and a lower unit 112.

The upper unit 110 has a bill slot 113 on the front upper part,
A discharge port 114 is provided. A deposit separation mechanism 115 is provided on the back side of the bottom of the input slot 113 to separate and take in banknotes that have been input in bulk one by one.
Looking at it from 3, behind it are the authenticity of the banknotes that are sent in one by one, as well as the fitness and loss of the banknotes.

A discrimination section 116 is disposed to discriminate and detect overlapping of two or more sheets (travel), skew, etc. Furthermore, at the rear thereof, a front and back arrangement mechanism 117 is provided, and in the case of a bill that is determined to be the back side according to the discrimination result of the discrimination section 116, the separation is activated by driving the gate 122 with a magnet (not shown). It is configured so that the running path is changed and the paper is sent to the front and back alignment section 117 so as to be aligned on the front surface.

The running path 119 is a transport path provided for transferring banknotes guided and transported to be taken into the device by the gate 123 to the intermediate unit 111, and the running path 118 is
Lower unit 112. This is a conveyance path for receiving banknotes conveyed along the travel path of the intermediate unit 111 and sending them to the discrimination section 116. Also, the cut is gate 123
is activated by driving a magnet (not shown), the banknotes conveyed through the discrimination section 116 are transferred to the running path 1.
20 and is conveyed by a travel path 120 to a discharge accumulation section 121 arranged at the back side of the upper surface of the discharge port. The banknotes conveyed to the discharge/accumulation section 121 are accumulated at the discharge port 114, and the teller can take out the banknotes all at once.

The intermediate unit 111 is mainly a temporary storage section for each denomination and fitness, and includes a storage section 124, 125, 126, 127 for collected banknotes, and a temporary storage section 128, 129.1 for each denomination and fitness and loss.
30°131 and the denomination cut is gate 136.137.1
38, 139, a dispensing reject bill drop-in section 140, and a running path 141 from the lower unit 112 to the upper unit 110.

At the time of deposit, the banknotes conveyed from the running path 119 of the upper unit 110 are received and conveyed along the running path 141 in the direction of the arrow.

Here, if the conveyed banknote is determined to be a 5,000 yen note as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination section 116, the 5,000 yen note is divided into gates 139 by driving a magnet (not shown). It is activated and sent to the 5,000 yen bill accumulation section 127. The 5,000 yen bill accumulation section 127 sequentially accumulates the fed banknotes in the 5,000 yen bill temporary storage section 131. Similarly, if it is determined that it is a 1,000 yen note, the gate 138 is activated to send the 1,000 yen note to the 1,000 yen note accumulation section 126, and the 1,000 yen note accumulation section 126 temporarily stores the 1,000 yen note. The data are sequentially accumulated in the holding unit 130.

If it is determined that the ticket is a 10,000 yen note, the gate 137 is activated to send the 10,000 yen note to the 10,000 yen note accumulation unit 125, and the 10,000 yen note is temporarily put on hold. Part 12
9 are accumulated sequentially.

Note that when the banknotes determined to be unfit or non-returnable banknotes (for example, 500 yen banknotes) as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 116 are collected from the storage by denomination described later to the bulk storage. In this case, the gates 137, 138, and 139 are not activated for the denomination amount, and the gate 136 is activated for the lump sum/deposit amount, and the lump amount/deposit amount is sent to the lump/deposit accumulation section 124.
The deposit accumulating section 124 sequentially accumulates the banknotes in bulk/temporary deposit holding section 128 .

The withdrawal reject banknote amount inserting unit 140 rejects the banknotes, which will be described later, when a banknote taken out from a storage by denomination (described later) in a withdrawal transaction passes through the discrimination unit 116 and is determined to be an unsuitable banknote for withdrawal. This is a conveyance unit for feeding bills into the banknote storage. Temporary holding section shutter 132.133.134
．． 135 is connected to one magnet (not shown), and by driving the magnet, the parts connected to the sides of the temporary holding parts 128, 129, 130, 131 are rotated at the same time, and the center part rotates downward. With this operation, the temporary holding section 128.129.130.1
The banknotes accumulated in the banknotes 31 are dropped and stored in each storage compartment of the lower unit 112.

In addition, if the teller performs a cancellation operation when the deposited banknotes are accumulated in the temporary holding section 128.129.130.131 after counting the deposits in the deposit transaction, the intermediate unit 111 will be unlocked and the intermediate unit 111 will be unlocked. By pulling 111 forward, the temporary storage section 128° 129, 130
．． The banknotes accumulated in 131 can be taken out. Furthermore, by using the audit key, the clerk can take out the banknotes remaining in each part of the intermediate unit at his/her will, so that the banknote can be taken out even in the event of a jam.

The lower unit 112 takes out the bulk/deposit storage 143, the denomination-specific storage 144, 145, 146, and the extraction/separation mechanism 147, 148, 149, 150 from the storage. It is composed of a running path 151 for conveying banknotes.

The 5,000 yen bill storage 146 is located in the 5,000 yen bill temporary storage section 131.
This is a storage for 5,000 yen bills, which has a function of accepting and stacking banknotes from a bank and a function of feeding out banknotes one by one using a separation mechanism 150.

Similarly, 145 is a storage for 1,000 yen notes, 149 is a separation mechanism for 1,000 yen notes, 144 is a storage for 10,000 yen notes, 14
8 is a separation mechanism for 10,000 yen notes; 143 is a storage for bulk/non-refundable notes; and 147 is a separation mechanism for bulk receipts.

The reject banknote storage 142 detects skew or overlapping of two or more banknotes (serious disease) based on the classification result of the recognition unit 116 among the banknotes fed out from the denomination storage 144, 145, 146 in a withdrawal transaction, and withdraws the banknotes. This is a storage for storing banknotes determined to be invalid.

The traveling path 151 is a conveying path for conveying banknotes fed out from the bulk/deposit storage 143 and the denomination-specific storage 144, 145, and 146, and sending them to the traveling path 141 of the intermediate unit 111.

Bulk/deposit storage 143 and storage by denomination 144゜14
5 and 146 include banknote full detectors 154a, 154b, 154c, and 15 as optical sensors, respectively.
4d, near full detectors 155a, 155b, 15
5c, 155d, and near-end detector 156a, 1
56b, 156c, 156d and end detector 15
7a, 157b, 157c, and 157d are attached as a means for managing the amount of banknotes in the storage. Further, a full bill detector 153 is attached to the reject bill storage 142 and optically detects whether the reject bill storage 142 is full of bills.

There is a door (not shown) on the front side of the lower unit 112, and by using an audit key, the door can be opened and a storage rack (not shown) can be pulled forward.

The storage racks are arranged so that they can be removed by pulling out the storage rack.

Each of the storage boxes has a common lock, and the door can be opened with a key to load and remove banknotes. Note that the upper unit 110. In the intermediate unit 111,
As power sources for separating, stacking, and transporting banknotes, independent motors (not shown) are mounted, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the device shown in Fig. 2, during the deposit processing, cash that is judged to be a damaged note or a note that cannot be withdrawn, such as a 500 yen note, is not repatriated. The banknotes are finally sent to the reject banknote storage 142 as non-target banknotes. Other recyclable 1,000 yen notes, 10,000 yen notes, etc. are stored in storage boxes for each denomination.

When performing such processing, each denomination of banknotes is placed in the temporary storage section 132, 133, 134, 13, respectively, when depositing.
5. Requires work to accumulate. The reason why deposited banknotes are temporarily held is to return these banknotes to the conveyance path again and convert them to customers all at once if the transaction is unsuccessful. Therefore, in conventional devices, deposited cash is transported to a predetermined temporary storage section for each cash stored in each denomination storage, and further, the deposited cash is transferred to a separately provided temporary storage section. It was necessary to process the accumulation of banknotes.

This process of dividing cash into small pieces before a deposit transaction is completed takes a relatively long time, and requires a special temporary storage section to hold non-withdrawable tickets, and a It is necessary to provide various mechanisms. Therefore, there is a problem that the device becomes large and expensive.

The present invention has been made with attention to the above points, and does not require a special temporary holding section for collecting non-withdrawable tickets.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cash depositing and dispensing device that can quickly perform deposit processing.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention includes a bulk storage that stores multiple denominations of cash in bulk and is removable from the device main body, and a bulk storage that allows the cash to be transferred from the bulk storage to the bulk storage. A plurality of denomination-specific storage bins that receive distribution replenishment and collect the cash to the bulk storage bin, and a specific denomination containing cash of a specific denomination at the time of a deposit transaction and before the completion of the deposit transaction. On the type storage, there is a temporary storage section that collects cash other than cash stored in other denomination storage storages, and after the deposit transaction is completed, the cash accumulated in the temporary storage section is transferred to the specific storage section. The present invention is characterized by comprising a retained amount reconveyance management unit that sorts cash to be stored in denomination storages and cash to be rejected.

(Function) The above-described device temporarily holds cash rejected as non-withdrawable notes and cash of a specific denomination in a storage compartment for each denomination, before a deposit transaction is established. As this specific denomination, for example, a 5,000 yen note or the like, which is rarely used, is set. In other words, during a deposit transaction, 1,000 yen notes and 10,000 yen notes are accumulated in their respective denomination storage boxes, and cash of other denominations, including unfit notes, etc., is stored in the 5,000 yen note storage area. Accumulated. After the deposit transaction is completed, the cash accumulated in the temporary holding section for the 5,000 yen notes is sorted into the rejected cash and 5,000 yen notes again. Thereby, there is no need to prepare a special temporary storage section for rejected cash, and the device can be made smaller. Further, the process of accumulating cash before a deposit transaction is established is simplified, and the processing speed is increased.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention.

This device includes a customer service opening 3 where customers perform deposit transactions, a discrimination section 4 that discriminates deposited cash, a deposit/withdrawal unit 18 that transports cash, and a bulk storage 11 that distributes and collects cash.
, denomination storage 8,9゜10 and reject cassette 7
It has the following mechanisms.

The bulk storage 11 also includes a storage management memory 9 that stores the number of cash stored in the bulk storage 11 by denomination.
9 are integrated. A counting management section 80a and a cash collection means 8 of a control section separately built in the device main body 50 are provided.
0b, and the cash distribution means 80c is configured to control cash distribution and collection processing.

Furthermore, the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80, which controls the cash discrimination and conveyance operations of this device, stores cash accumulated in a temporary storage unit 26 provided above the denomination storage 10 that stores 5,000 yen bills. A retained portion re-conveyance management section 100 is provided which sends out the stored material to the discrimination section 4 again and controls its discrimination and distribution.

The cash deposit/withdrawal control unit 80 is comprised of a microprocessor and the like that controls the operation of the entire device and controls the counting and management of cash stored in the bulk storage 11.

Further, a detailed explanation of the blocks and configuration of the entire apparatus will be given in the explanation from FIG. 8 onwards.

Main operations of the apparatus of the present invention> The main operations of the apparatus of the present invention will be briefly explained using FIGS. 3 to 6.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the main operations of the deposit transaction of the apparatus of the present invention. In this figure, illustrations of complicated transport mechanisms, parts, etc. are omitted to simplify the explanation.

In the figure, during a deposit transaction, the shutter 42 is opened,
A customer inserts cash into customer service counter 3. This cash is sent to the discrimination section 4 through the route (■) and is discriminated. The banknotes that have been identified as 1,000 yen notes are accumulated in the temporary holding section 24 located above the denomination storage 8 that stores 1,000 yen notes through the route (3). The 10,000 yen bills pass through the route (■) and are accumulated in the temporary holding section 25 arranged above the denomination storage 9 for 10,000 yen bills.

In the device of the present invention, other 5,000 yen notes, non-returnable 500 yen notes, unfit notes, etc. are collectively routed through the route (■) to the denomination storage 10 for 5,000 yen notes. are accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 above the .

As a result of the verification, the deposited cash is counted, and when the counting result is displayed on a customer operation unit (not shown), the customer presses a confirmation button or a cancel button. If the customer presses the confirmation button, the transaction is completed, and if the cancel button is pressed, the accumulated cash is returned to the customer.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the apparatus of the present invention when a deposit transaction is unsuccessful.

As shown in the figure, in the process of FIG.
25.If the transaction is unsuccessful, the banknotes accumulated on 26
It is conveyed to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 through the route (2). Then, it is returned to the customer via the customer service gate 3.

Due to this operation, banknotes deposited by customers are
They are not immediately stored in the denomination storage 8, 9, 10, but are held in the temporary storage unit 24, 25, 26.

On the other hand, when a deposit transaction is established, two types of operations are performed depending on the contents of the banknotes accumulated on the denomination storage 1o.

First, the denomination storage 10 is a storage exclusively for 5,000 yen notes, and when only 5,000 yen notes are accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 provided above, the shutter shown in FIG. 34,3
5.36 opens all at once after the transaction is completed, and drops each banknote into each denomination storage box 8, 9 and 10. The deposit transaction is now complete, and each banknote can be reused for withdrawals, etc.

On the other hand, if the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 provided above the denomination storage 10 include unfittable notes and non-withdrawable notes such as 500 yen notes, as shown in FIG. The processing shown is performed.

FIG. 5 shows an explanatory diagram of the operation of the apparatus of the present invention when a deposit transaction is established.

First, if it is determined that the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit 26 are mixed with non-withdrawable notes as a result of the judgment performed by the checking unit 4 before the deposit transaction is established, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit 26 are The 5,000 yen note is sent to the discrimination section 4 through the route -dan ■, and the 5,000 yen note passes through the route ■ again and is accumulated in the temporary holding section 26. On the other hand, rejected tickets such as unfit bills and non-refundable bills are stored in the reject cassette 7 through the route (3).

Thereafter, the shutters 34, 35, 36 are opened all at once, and the banknotes accumulated in the respective temporary holding sections 24, 25, 26 are dropped into the denomination storages 8, 9, 10.

The retained portion reconveyance management unit 100 shown in FIG. 1 controls the operations shown in FIG. 5.

Note that since 5,000 yen notes are used relatively less frequently than other denominations of notes, the absolute amount of cash accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 is usually relatively small. Therefore, the operation for retransporting the reserved portion is completed in a short time.

Further, since there is no need to provide a special temporary holding section for stacking rejected banknotes, the device can be prevented from increasing in size. Furthermore, during a deposit transaction, operations such as specially sorting, transporting, and stacking rejected tickets are not required, and the deposit transaction processing before the deposit operation is completed is simplified, so that the processing speed can be increased.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the main operations of the above-described apparatus of the present invention.

First, when a deposit transaction is started, the deposited banknote is verified in the verification section 4 (step 52). Then, a judgment is made as to whether it is a 1,000 yen note (step 52) and a judgment as to whether it is a 10,000 yen note (step S3). Tickets should be sent to the temporary holding department for 10,000 yen tickets (
In step S5), other tickets are accumulated in the temporary holding section for 5,000 yen bills.

Then, it is determined whether the transaction is completed or not (step S7).
If the transaction is unsuccessful, a return is made (step S8
). Further, if the transaction is established, it is determined whether or not other notes are mixed in the temporary storage section for 5,000 yen notes (step S9). If other tickets are mixed, the previously described retained amount reconveyance control unit 100 operates to convey the other bills to the reject cassette 7, and the 5,000 yen bills are re-stacked in the temporary retention unit. (Step 5IO). Then, after the 5,000 yen bill temporary holding section is no longer mixed with other bills, the shutters are opened all at once (step 511).

In this way, the deposit transaction is completed.

In the above embodiment, a 5,000 yen note was selected as the specific denomination of cash to be mixed with rejected cash.
If the time taken to re-transport the reserved portion is not a problem, it may be mixed with 1,000 yen notes and 10,000 yen notes.

Further, the detailed configuration and operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be explained below.

<Automated teller machine> Before explaining the detailed configuration and operation of this machine, first, the structure of an automated teller machine using a cash depositing and dispensing machine will be explained.

FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automated teller machine.

FIG. 7(a) is a front view of this automatic teller machine 5.
1 is provided with a cash deposit/withdrawal device 50, a card reader/writer section 52, a passbook entry machine 53, and a customer operation section 54.

The cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 is a device that accepts banknotes deposited from a customer or performs a process of paying banknotes to the customer. The card reader/writer unit 52 is a device that performs processing such as identifying a cash card inserted by a customer and printing the results of deposit transactions, payment transactions, etc. on paper. Further, the passbook entry machine 53 is a device that performs identification of a passbook inserted by a customer and prints deposit transactions, payment transaction results, and the like. The customer operation unit 54 is a device that includes operation keys that the customer operates to input deposit amount, payment amount, PIN number, etc., and a display unit that displays illustrations and characters for input amount, operation guidance, etc. There is.

Further, FIG. 7(b) is a rear view of the device, in which an internal operation section 55 is attached.

This internal operation unit 55 includes operation keys for inputting items and data corresponding to each transaction when an attendant performs processing such as loading, replenishing and collecting banknotes, and displays data input using the operation keys, processing results, etc. It is composed of a display section, etc. that guides the operations of the staff.

In addition, the control unit 56 indicated by a broken line in FIG. 7(a) is
It consists of a processor and the like built into the automated teller machine 51 and provided to control the operations of each device.

In addition, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the automatic teller machine 51 shown in FIG. It can be separated from the main body and pulled out independently. Normally, the back panel of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 7 is opened to take out the money.

<Block Configuration of Device> FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention.

This device is controlled by a control section 56 (FIG. 7) via a host device control section interface 81 and a control signal inputted to the cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80.

The cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80 is comprised of a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits that control the entire operation of the cash deposit/withdrawal device.

The cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80 is connected to I via a pass line.
10 interface circuit 82, bulk storage interface circuit 90, and read-only memory (ROM) 8
3 and a random access memory (RAM) 84 are connected.

The ROM 83 is a memory that stores a program for operating the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 8o. The RAM 84 is a memory that temporarily stores parameters and the like necessary for the operation of the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80.

The I10 interface circuit 82 includes a motor driver 8
5. Magnet driver 86, switch reading circuit 87
, a photosensor reading circuit 88, and a banknote discrimination control section 89 are connected thereto.

The motor driver 85 is connected to a motor group 91 of each part of the device and a motor group 96 provided in the bulk storage 11, and is a circuit that drives and controls various motors according to each operation mode. The magnet driver 86 is a circuit that is connected to the magnet group 92 of each part of the device and turns each magnet on or off depending on the operation mode.

The switch reading circuit 87 reads the switch group 93 of each part of the device.
It is connected to the switch group 97 of the bulk storage 11, and there are switches for detecting whether the bulk storage 11, the denomination-specific storage 8, 9, 10, and the reject cassette 7 are installed, and the position of each stage. This is a circuit that reads the status.

The photosensor reading circuit 8 is connected to the photosensor group 94 of each part of the device and the photosensor group 98 provided in the bulk storage 11, and is connected to the photosensor group 94 of each part of the device and the photosensor group 98 provided in the bulk storage 11 and the denomination-specific storage 8, 9. This is a circuit that reads information from a group of photosensors that monitor the accumulation state of banknotes provided in the transfer cassette 7.

The banknote discrimination control section 89 is connected to a banknote discrimination sensor group 95. This banknote discrimination sensor group 95 consists of various sensors provided inside the discrimination section 4 shown in FIG.
This is a circuit provided to distinguish and detect the authenticity, denomination, fit/loss, one front/back single running, skew, etc. of the banknote sent to the discrimination unit 4.

The bulk storage interface circuit 90 connects the bulk storage 11
The contents of the storage management memory 99 attached to the storage storage management memory 99 are read and transferred to the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80, or the contents of the storage storage management memory 99 are updated in response to instructions from the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80. This is a circuit that does this.

The storage management memory 99 is backed up by a battery or the like, and is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like that is directly accessed by the cash depositing and dispensing device control section 80. In addition, this storage management memory 99 is also integrated with a control means such as a microcomputer, and is integrated with a collective storage interface circuit 9.
The configuration may be such that data is transmitted and received to and from the cash depositing/dispensing device control section 80 via the cash depositing/dispensing device control section 80.

The memory used for the storage management memory 99 is a semiconductor random access memory with battery backup.
In addition to memory, it may be an EEFROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) whose data is not erased even if power is not supplied, or a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic disk or magnetic tape. The storage management memory 99 individually stores the number of banknotes of each denomination stored in the collective storage 11.

In addition to this, there is a counter and counting management section 80a for controlling various operations of the cash deposit/withdrawal control section 80, and a cash collection means 80b.
and cash distribution means 80c are provided. Each of these means is composed of a sequence program for controlling the circuits of each part of the apparatus through the I10 interface circuit 82 according to a predetermined procedure, and for controlling the execution of operations to be described later.

The counting management section 80a performs control to count the banknotes collected in the collective storage 11 or distributed from the collective storage 11, and to update the storage management memory 99 each time. The cash collection means 80b controls the operation of taking out the cash stored in the denomination storage, transporting it 5, and collecting it in the bulk storage 11. When there is a shortage of banknotes in any storage by denomination, the cash distribution means 80c checks the number of banknotes by denomination stored in the storage management memory 99, and distributes the necessary banknotes to each storage by denomination within that range. Controls the operation of distributing and replenishing banknotes.

Customer Service Entrance> The configuration of each part of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be explained in order below.

First, a customer service port 3 is provided at the upper front of the main body 50 of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, through which customers can take in and take out banknotes.

FIG. 9 shows a sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service opening.

As shown in FIG. 9(a), the customer service opening 3 has a banknote guide 5.
7 and a banknote separation mechanism 49 that separates banknotes one by one, and as shown in FIGS. 9(b) and (C), a rotary body that rotates the banknote guide 57 around its center. It has a structure.

The customer service port 3 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown),
Various sensors are installed to confirm the transition to each position.

The customer service port 3 having the above configuration operates as follows.

First, FIG. 9(a) shows a deposit position where a customer waits for a banknote to be inserted. In this case, the shutter 42
is opened, and the banknote guide 57 opens upward.

Further, FIG. 9(b) shows a separation position where the inserted banknotes are separated one by one. In this case, the shutter 42
is closed, and the banknotes inserted into the banknote guide 57 are separated one by one by the banknote separation mechanism 49 and transferred to the customer service opening 3.
It is sent out in the direction shown by the arrow in the figure. Deposit processing is then executed for the banknotes.

FIG. 9(c) shows a receiving position when bills are received all at once from the bill collection mechanism 5 to the bill guide 57 as a step before dispensing bills to a customer.

In the banknote sorting mechanism 5, banknotes to be dispensed are stacked with their front and back sides aligned. This is sent out to the right side of the figure and stored in the bill guide 57.

FIG. 9(d) shows a withdrawal position for dispensing banknotes stored in the banknote guide 57 to a customer. in this case,
The shutter 42 is opened and bills are handed out to the customer from the bill guide 57.

The setting and selection of each position and the operation of shifting to each position are controlled by a control unit of the cash depositing and dispensing device, which will be described later.

<Identification section and front/back arrangement mechanism> Returning to FIG.
is provided. This discrimination section 4 is a device that discriminates and detects the authenticity of the fed banknotes, whether the banknotes are normal or not, whether the banknotes are stacked (seriously affected), whether they are skewed, etc. This device also determines the denomination, etc.

Further, on the left side of the customer service opening 3, a front and back arrangement mechanism 5 is provided. This front and back arrangement mechanism 5 has a gate 6 for separation.
is provided. When a banknote determined to be a back side in the discrimination section 4 is fed into the front/back side arrangement mechanism 5, a gate 6 is driven by a magnet (not shown) to separate the banknotes.
The running path is changed each time, and all the banknotes are stacked face up.

Bulk Storage> At the left corner of the device main body 50, a bulk storage 11 is arranged. This bulk storage 11 has a stage 7 on the top.
0, and a batch separation mechanism 23 is provided in order to separate the banknotes placed on the stage 70 one by one and take them out to the outside during the banknote dispensing operation. stage 70
The amount of banknotes stacked on top is detected by the near full detector 38d.
is detected by the full detector 37d and the end detector 39d.

Further, below the bulk storage 11, there is a bulk stacking section 30 into which banknotes are sent during the banknote collection operation, a partition plate 33 which stacks the fed banknotes, and a drive unit which stacks the banknotes on the partition plate 33. A lever 71 is arranged.

The end detector 39d is a detector for detecting that the absolute amount of banknotes stored in the bulk storage 11 has decreased.

Below the partition plate 33 is a bulk eject accumulation section 68 into which, among the bills distributed from the bulk storage 11, bills that are judged as non-dispensable by the discrimination section 4 are sent.
is provided. The amount of banknotes in the bulk extractor 62 is detected by the full detector 40a.

In this bulk storage 11, the stage 70 moves to the lower side of the drive lever 71, the drive lever 71 opens left and right, the accumulated banknotes are placed on the stage 70, and the stage 70 rises again. An action is taken. This operation will be explained later using FIG. 17, but in order to detect various positions set during the operation of the stage 7o and the drive lever 71, various position sensors (not shown) are used. provided. Additionally, several drive motors are built in to operate the stage 70 and drive lever 71.

<Storage by denomination and deposit/withdrawal unit> At the lower part of the main body 50 of the apparatus, a storage by denomination 8°9.10 is arranged.

The denomination storage 8 is a storage for storing thousand yen bills. The denomination-specific storage 9 is a storage for storing ten thousand yen notes. Further, the denomination storage 10 is also a storage for storing ten thousand yen notes.

A cash deposit/withdrawal unit 18 is arranged above these denomination storages 8, 9, and 10.

The deposit/withdrawal unit 18 includes a temporary holding section 24 for thousand yen notes,
Temporary storage section 25, 26 for 10,000 yen notes and accumulation section 27 for 1,000 yen notes
, a 10000 yen note accumulation section 28, 29, and a 1000 yen note separation mechanism 2
0 and ten thousand yen note separation mechanisms 21 and 22 are provided. In addition, gates 32, 31, and 57 are provided along the bill travel path 49 to separate denominations.

The denomination separating gates 32, 31, and 57 are driven by magnets (not shown) or the like.

When the bill is conveyed to the running path 49 after being discriminated by the discrimination unit 4, the gate 32° 31.57 operates to separate the denomination, and for example, in the case of a 1,000 yen bill, the bill is transferred to the 1,000 yen bill stacking unit 27. sent. The 1,000 yen note accumulation unit 27 stores the 1,000 yen note in the temporary holding unit 2.
It accumulates in 4.

On the other hand, the 1,000 yen bills taken out from the denomination storage 8 are separated one by one by the 1,000 yen bill separating mechanism 21 and sent out onto the running path 49.

It should be noted that the same structure applies to ten thousand yen notes.

In addition, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage units 24, 25, 26 are pulled out all at once by the shutters 34, 35, 36 driven by a motor (not shown), so that they fall into the denomination storages 8, 9, 10. is configured to do so.

There are full detectors 3 in each denomination storage 8, 9 and 10.
7a, 37b, 37c and near full detectors 38a, 38
b, 38c and end detectors 39a, 39b, 39c are provided to manage the amount of banknotes in each storage.

<Reject cassettes, etc.> Also, between the deposit/withdrawal unit 18 and the bulk storage 11,
Gates 16 and 15 are arranged for the batch cut. When the banknotes that have been conveyed along the conveyance path 60 toward the gate 15 are stored in the bulk storage 11, the banknotes are guided toward the bulk loading section 30 by the operation of the gate 15. . Further, the banknotes sent into the respective denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 are sent in batches through the gate 16 to the traveling path 49 of the deposit/withdrawal unit 18 described above.

In addition, rejected banknotes are separated in bulk at the gate 69.
Accordingly, they are sent to a bulk ejection section 62 provided in the bulk storage 11, provided at the left corner of the device main body 50, or fed into the eject cassette 7.

The bulk extract section 62 provided in the bulk storage 11 is
It is provided to store the banknotes fed out from the bulk separation unit 23 of the bulk storage 11 when the banknotes are determined to be seriously ill or skewed in the discrimination unit 4. The redirect case 7 is provided to store banknotes that have been determined to be impossible to withdraw or collect due to various reasons.

Also provided inside the reject cassette 7 are a collection section 66, 64 and full detectors 40b and 40c. The reject section 67 stores banknotes left behind, and the reject section 68
accommodates other paper money. Also, on the back of the device main body 50, l141 is provided, and this Ji
By opening 41, the bulk storage 11 is pulled out. The structure is such that when the bulk storage 11 is pulled out, the denomination-specific storages 8, 9, and 10 can be further pulled out.

Note that the reject cassette 7 is arranged so that it can be removed separately without opening the door 41.

A common lock is attached to each of the bulk storage 11 and denomination-specific storage 8, 9, 10, and an audit key is used to open the door of each storage (not shown) to load and remove banknotes. be able to.

In each part of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, a large number of motors and the like are mounted as power sources for separating, collecting and transporting banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

The operation of the above device will be explained in order based on the procedures of deposit transaction, withdrawal transaction, replenishment loading process, and collection process.

Deposit Transaction> FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a deposit transaction.

First, when a customer presses a deposit/withdrawal key (not shown) and inserts a cash card into the card reader/writer section 52 shown in FIG. 7 or a passbook into the passbook entry machine 53 shown in FIG. Communication takes place between transaction device 51 and the center. As a result of this communication, if the identity is verified, the automatic teller machine 5 shown in FIG.
The control unit 56 of No. 1 transmits a command to start the deposit processing to the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50.

In FIG. 10, when the cash deposit/withdrawal device main body 5° receives a command to start deposit processing, it switches its internal state to deposit mode and waits for the customer to set banknotes. In this case, the deposit position shown in FIG. 9(a) described above is selected for the customer service port 3. When it is detected that the customer has set banknotes, the shutter 42 of the customer service port 3 is closed.

The control unit 56 shown in FIG. 7 periodically transmits a sense command to the cash depositing and dispensing device 50. The cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 adds the information "Banknote set available at the customer service entrance" to the sense command and sends back a response message.

Next, the control unit 56 transmits a deposit counting command to the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 and instructs it to count the banknotes set in the customer service port 3 . Here, the customer service port 3 assumes the separation position shown in FIG. 9(b), and the customer service port separation mechanism 49 shown in FIG. 9(b) separates the bills one by one and takes them into the device. .

This banknote is fed into the discrimination section 4 through the routes indicated by the arrows ■ and ■. The discrimination section 4 sequentially performs authenticity discrimination, fitness discrimination, and running state detection on the conveyed banknotes, and sends them to the rear. If the identification unit 4 determines that the ticket is a counterfeit ticket or a ticket with abnormal delivery, it follows the route of the arrows ■ and ■.
The sheets are conveyed to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 and stacked one by one. Then, the customer service port 3 is placed at the receiving position shown in Figure 9(C).
is set, and the banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are fed into the customer service opening 3.

In this way, the deposited banknotes are rejected as shown in Figure 9(d).
It is returned to the customer after going through the withdrawal position shown in .

On the other hand, the banknotes that are judged to be good or unfit (banknotes not subject to circulation) in the discrimination section 4 are separated by operating the gate 43 and transported to the transport path 60 as indicated by the arrow (■). Here, the genuine 1,000 yen bills are transported to the running path 49 of the deposit/withdrawal unit 18 as shown by the arrow ■, and the 1,000 yen bills are separated by operating the gate 57 and passing through the 1,000 yen bill accumulating unit 27. sent to.

In this way, the thousand yen bills are accumulated in the temporary holding section 24.

Similarly, the portion of genuine 10,000 yen notes is accumulated in the temporary storage section 25 via the accumulation section 28 by the operation of the gate 31. Further, the 5,000 yen notes and unfit notes are sent into the stacking section 29 by operating the gate 32, and are accumulated in the temporary holding section 26.

Through the above-described operations, when the deposit counting process for the banknotes set by the customer at the customer service port 3 is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 performs the following operations.
A response indicating completion of deposit counting is sent back to the control unit 56 shown in FIG. This response is appended with data that displays the number of banknotes counted for each denomination, divided into recycled banknotes and non-recycled banknotes.

Upon receiving this data, the control section 56 calculates the amounts by denomination and the total amount, and displays them on the display of the customer operation section 54 shown in FIG. Further, this data is counted and stored as the number of deposited coins.

When the customer confirms the amount displayed on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7 and presses the confirmation button on the customer operation unit 54, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 receives the command and Temporary storage section 24.2 of denomination storage 8.9
The deposited banknotes accumulated in 5 are moved to the shutter 3 of the temporary holding section.
By pulling out 4.35 at the same time, the denomination storage box 8
, 9.

Next, the 5,000 yen bills and unfit bills accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 of the denomination storage 10 are separated one by one by the separation/take-out mechanism 22, and transported in the direction of the arrow ■ from the conveyance path 49 for identification. Part 4
send to. Then, the gates 43, 16, and 63 are operated to send the 5,000 yen notes to the accumulation section 29, and the unfit notes to the deposit/withdrawal reject accumulation section 64 below the reject cassette 7. It is accumulated in the section 65.

This completes the deposit transaction processing.

<Withdrawal Transaction> FIG. 11 shows a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a withdrawal transaction.

When the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. A command to start the withdrawal process is sent to the device 50.

When the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 receives the command to start the withdrawal process, it switches its internal state to the withdrawal mode and waits for instructions on the denomination and number of banknotes to be dispensed.

For example, when a customer enters the amount of m ten thousand yen notes and n thousand yen notes, first, each denomination storage box 8.9. io's end detectors 39a, 39b, and 39c each determine whether or not they have detected an end. If an end is detected in any one denomination storage, information indicating that withdrawal is not possible is added to the command and a response is sent back.

If the end is not detected, for example, operate the 10,000 yen note extraction and separation mechanism 21 according to the instructions for counting the withdrawal.
Roll out m 10,000 yen bills. The drawn out banknotes are shown in the arrows.
It is sent to the discrimination section 4 after passing through the travel routes (2) and (2). The discrimination section 4 distinguishes whether the banknote is as specified or not, whether it is front or back, whether it is fit or not, and if it is as specified, operates the gate 43 to separate
, ■ The banknotes are fed into the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 along the arrows. In the discrimination section 4, the front and back sides of the banknotes are determined. Based on the result of the determination, a gate 6 is operated to align the front and back sides of each banknote and stack them in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5.

Note that the banknotes that are identified as abnormally conveyed banknotes by the recognition unit 4 are as follows:
The cut amount is sent to the stacking section 64 of the reject cassette 7 by operating the gates 43 and 63, following the routes indicated by the arrows (2) and (2), and is accumulated in the 11-person withdrawal reject section 65.

The previously instructed m ten thousand yen bills are taken out from the denomination storage 9 in which ten thousand yen bills are stored, and the front and back side arrangement mechanism 5
The above operation is repeated until the total number is accumulated.

When the accumulation of 1,000 yen notes is completed, next, n 1,000 yen notes are taken out from the denomination storage 8 that accommodates 1,000 yen notes.

As a result of the above operations, when m ten thousand yen notes and n thousand yen notes specified by the customer are accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5, the customer service opening 3 is placed at the receiving position shown in FIG. 9(C). is set, the withdrawal banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are taken into the customer service opening 3, and the shutter 42 is opened by switching to the withdrawal position shown in FIG. 9(d), and the banknotes are given to the customer. and then close the shutter 42.

When the withdrawal of the designated number of coins from the control unit 56 is completed, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 returns a response indicating that the process has been completed to the control unit 56. At that time, data on the denomination type and number of denominations to be released is added. The control unit 56 receives this, counts it as the number of coins to be withdrawn, and stores it.

With this, the withdrawal transaction process is completed.

In addition, if the customer forgets to take the banknotes at customer service counter 3,
The banknotes left behind at the customer service port 3 are re-separated and sent one by one in the direction of the arrow ■ to the appraiser 4. The gates 43, 69 and 63 are operated to separate the banknotes, and the left banknotes are transferred to the left-hand banknote accumulation section of the ejection cassette 7. 66 and is accumulated in the forgotten section 67.

<Loading> FIG. 12 shows a cross-sectional view of the dispensing operation, that is, the loading and replenishing operation, of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention.

First, a staff member attaches the bulk storage 11 to the device main body 50 before starting work. In this bulk storage, a predetermined amount of banknotes are collectively set from the source. The staff member is
After installing the bulk storage, the load key is pressed among the operation keys of the internal operation section 55 shown in FIG. The control unit 56 is
Upon receiving this input, a command is sent to the cash depositing/dispensing device 50 to instruct it to start a loading operation.

When receiving the command to start the loading operation, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 switches its internal state to loading mode. Then, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the bulk storage 11 does not detect the end.

This is to confirm that the banknotes to be loaded have been set in the bulk storage 11 in advance. If the end is detected, information indicating that the operation is disabled is added and a response is sent to the control unit 56. In that case, the loading operation is aborted. When it is confirmed that the end is not detected, the loading operation starts.

At this point, the stored contents of the storage management memory 99 provided in the bulk storage do not necessarily match the denominations and number of banknotes actually stored in the bulk storage.

When the loading operation is started, in FIG. 8, the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80 controls the bulk storage 11 in FIG.
The drive motor of the batch extraction and separation mechanism 23 shown in the figure is operated. As a result, the banknotes set in the bulk storage 11 are fed out one by one from the top, and
.

It is sent to the discrimination section 4 along the routes of ■, ■, and ■.

The discrimination section 4 performs denomination discrimination, authenticity discrimination, fitness discrimination, and running state check for each banknote that is sequentially fed in, and the conveyed banknote is further sent to the rear. If the result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4 is a genuine 1,000 yen note (a bill with no or only minor damage, and which can be used for withdrawal), the bill will be marked with the arrows ■, ■, Following the route (2), the 1,000 yen bill is sent to the 1,000 yen bill accumulating section 27 via the gate 57, via the travel path 49 of the deposit/withdrawal unit 18. In this way, the 1,000 yen bills are directly accumulated on the stage 45 of the 1,000 yen bill storage 8.

In addition, in the loading operation as described above, the shutters 34, 35, 36 of each denomination storage 8, 9, 10 are opened in advance, and the stage 45° 46, 47 is set to receive the banknotes to be loaded. ing.

Further, if the result of the discrimination is that the bill is a genuine ten thousand yen bill, the ten thousand yen bill dividing gate 31 is operated and the bill is fed into the ten thousand yen bill stacking section 28. Then, it is directly integrated on the stage 46.

The above operations are for each denomination storage box 8, 9.10.
This process is repeated until a preset appropriate number of sheets is loaded.

During this operation, if the number of sheets accumulated on any stage 45 or 46 reaches the holding tolerance value, for example 100 sheets,
The operation of the bulk takeout and separation mechanism 23 of the bulk storage 11 is interrupted. And stage 45.46 when the hold tolerance value has been reached.
is lowered by a thickness equivalent to the holding tolerance by a motor (not shown).

When the stage is lowered, the batch extraction and separation mechanism 23 is operated again to repeat the loading operation.

For example, when 10,000 yen bills are first loaded in the denomination storage 9, a predetermined appropriate number of 10,000 yen bills will remain in the denomination storage 9 until the full detection device 37b fully detects them. Loading continues until it is stowed.

Similarly, when storing 1,000 yen bills and 5,000 yen bills in the denomination storages 8 and 1o, loading is continued until the appropriate number is reached.

This appropriate number is set, for example, to an appropriate number that leaves a space for storing banknotes to be deposited in a deposit transaction after loading banknotes. This may be uniformly determined empirically, or may be arbitrarily set depending on the installation environment of the automated teller machine and the specificity of the transaction day, such as when the transaction day falls at the end of the month.

The settings may be made, for example, by input by a staff member from the internal operation section 55 shown in FIG.

By the way, even if the loading of banknotes up to the predetermined appropriate number of bills into the denomination storage 8.9 is completed, if that denomination still remains in the bulk storage 11, the division will be made at the gate 1.
5. Activate 16 and move the banknotes being conveyed in the direction of the arrow ■
It is collected in the accumulation section 30 of the bulk storage 11 through the route .

This operation continues until the banknotes on the stage 70 of the bulk storage 11 run out, while appraising the banknotes on the stage 70 of the bulk storage 11 through the route of ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■. When the banknotes run out, the batch takeout and separation mechanism 23 and the conveyance operation of each travel path are stopped.

If the discriminating unit 4 determines that the banknote is a damaged note or a denomination for which a denomination storage box is not provided, for example, a 500 yen note in this embodiment, the banknote is divided through the gates 15 and 16.69. When activated, the jet is sent all at once to the jet accumulation section 68 through the route indicated by the arrow (■). Then, the unfit notes and the like are collectively accumulated in the ejection section 62.

When the above series of operations is completed, stages 45, 46.
The banknotes 47 are lowered all at once, and the banknotes accumulated on these stages are stored in the denomination storage 8°9.10, and the loading operation is completed. When the operation is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device 5
0 returns a device end response to the control unit 56. At this time, data on the number of sheets for each denomination loaded in each denomination storage section 8, 9, 10 is transmitted.

Furthermore, the counting management unit 80a stores storage boxes 8.9.1 for each denomination.
While the scheduled number of banknotes is being loaded into the banknote 0, the data on the number of banknotes for each denomination of banknotes collected in the bulk storage 11 is counted again. and,
The data is stored in the storage management memory 99 via the bulk storage interface circuit 90 shown in FIG. As a result, accurate number data for each denomination stored in the batch storage 11 is stored in the storage management memory 99 at the end of loading.

<Storage Management Memory> The data format of the storage management memory 99 is shown in FIGS. 14 to 16.

As shown in FIG. 14, for example, the storage management memory 99
It is assumed that 4 words of data can be stored in . Here, data on the number of 10,000 yen notes is stored in addresses m and m+1. Further, data on the number of thousand yen notes is stored in addresses m+2 and m+3.

As shown in Figure 15, each piece count data is 1 word 8.
Since it is a bit structure, the maximum is 2ts in binary.
-1, that is, the number of sheets up to 65.535 sheets can be expressed.

FIG. 16 shows an example of actually stored data. In other words, the data on the number of 10,000 yen notes is "010001" at address m.
01", and the numerical value "11011100°°" is stored at address m+1. That is, this displays 1.500 sheets in decimal notation.

On the other hand, the data on the number of thousand yen notes is “10” at address m+2.
000001”, address m+3 is “1111010”
A value of 0'' is stored. This indicates that there are 500 sheets in decimal notation.

That is, if the data stored in the storage management memory 99 after the loading operation is of the content shown in FIG.
The total number of banknotes collected again in the bulk storage 11 is 1,500 1,500 yen notes and 500 1,000 yen notes.

<Operation of bulk storage> During the above loading operation, the bulk storage operates as follows.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the bulk storage.

At the start of the operation of loading banknotes from the bulk storage 11 into each denomination storage 8.9° 10 (Fig. 12), as shown in Fig. 17 (Fig.
As shown in a), the banknotes on the stage 7° are taken out and sent out by the batch takeout and separation mechanism 23.

On the other hand, banknotes collected without being stored in the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10 are sent to the bulk stacking section 30 and stacked on the bulk partition plate 33. Here, when the number of banknotes reaches a stacking tolerance, for example 100 sheets, the operation of the bulk takeout/separation mechanism 23 is temporarily stopped.

The drive lever 71 is set in advance to the position 71■ in FIG. 17(b), and when it receives an instruction that the accumulation tolerance has been reached, it rotates to the position 71■ in the figure and releases the data all at once. The banknotes accumulated on the partition plate 33 are clamped. Then, a motor (not shown) is driven, and 71■
Drive lever 7 from position 71 to position 71■
Pick up 1. Next, the previously stopped batch takeout/separation mechanism 23 is operated to continue stacking banknotes on the batch partition plate 33 again up to the stacking tolerance.

When the accumulation tolerance is reached again, the bulk take-out separation mechanism 23 is stopped and the drive lever 71 is moved from the 71■ position to 7.
The banknotes are rotated to the position 1 and the banknotes lifted by the drive lever 71 are dropped onto the banknotes accumulated on the bulk partition plate 33.

Then, the drive lever 71 at the position 71■ is lowered again by the motor (not shown) and moved to the position 71■. Thereafter, the drive lever 71 is rotated again to the position 71■, and the banknote is lifted to the position 71■.

The end detector 39d detects this kind of operation on the stage 70.
Repeat until it detects that the banknote on top is gone. When the end is detected, the operation of the bulk take-out separation mechanism 23 is stopped, and the drive lever 71 is moved by a motor (not shown).
Lift the bill to the position.

On the other hand, the stage 70 is moved by a motor (not shown).
It is rotationally driven from the 0■ position to the 70■ position, and further descends to the 70■ position. And 7
It is rotationally driven to the 0■ position and placed below the drive lever 71■. Thereafter, the drive lever is rotated to the position 71■, and the bill that was previously clamped and lifted is placed on the stage 70■. Thereafter, the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown), and the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown).
It rises to the position of 0■.

Through the above operations, the collected banknotes can be distributed from the bulk storage 11 again.

<Updating the storage management memory> In the above distribution operation, all banknotes are sent out from the bulk storage, all the banknotes that could not be distributed are collected in the bulk storage, and the number of banknotes by denomination is updated. It was stored as is in the storage management memory. However, even in cases other than distribution operations, if the contents of the storage management memory 99 are determined to be abnormal, the cash depositing and dispensing device control unit 80
(FIG. 8) detects this and automatically updates the contents of the storage management memory 99.

In such a case, for example, if the bulk storage 11 is attached to a cash deposit/withdrawal device and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are questionable, the power has just been turned on to the cash deposit/withdrawal device, and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are doubtful. If the contents of 99 are not reliable, even though the bulk storage end detector 39 d has not detected the end, the storage management memory 9
If the sum of the number data by denomination 9 is "O" or if the number data exceeding the number of coins that can be stored in the bulk storage is stored in the storage management memory 99, the storage management memory 9
In some cases, a condition such as a parity error is detected at the access address No. 9.

In the above case, as in the distribution operation, the banknotes are sent out from the bulk storage, transported, discriminated, counted for each denomination, and then circulated again to the bulk storage for collection. Then, the data on the number of coins by denomination obtained by counting is stored in the storage management memory, and the process is terminated.

Replenishment Operation> Since the replenishment operation is similar to the loading operation in the drawing, the replenishment operation will be explained using FIG. 12 again.

When the clerk presses the replenishment key using the operation keys of the internal operation section 55 (FIG. 7), the control section 56 (FIG. 7) receives this input and sends an instruction to the cash deposit/withdrawal device 50 (FIG. 7). Sends a command to start replenishment operation. When the cash deposit/withdrawal device control section 80 (FIG. 8) receives a command to start replenishment operation from the control section 56 (FIG. 7), it sets the operation mode to the replenishment mode. The replenishment mode includes a forced replenishment mode in which you are instructed in advance to replenish a specified number of coins for a specified denomination, and a forced replenishment mode in which you are instructed in advance to replenish a specified number of coins for a specified denomination, and a denomination-specific storage 8,
There is an automatic replenishment mode that is automatically executed when it is detected that the remaining amount of any of the banknotes in 9.10 becomes less than or equal to a predetermined number.

Before starting the replenishment operation, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the bulk storage 11 has not detected an end, that is, that banknotes have been set in advance. Furthermore, by referring to the data stored in the storage management memory 99, it is confirmed whether or not banknotes to be replenished are stored in the bulk storage 11.

In the forced replenishment mode, if the end is detected, a response with information indicating that it is not in an operable state is sent back to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). In this case, since the contents of the storage management memory 99 may not be reliable, clear all the numbers of coins by denomination in the storage management memory 99,
Cancel processing. Of course, similar processing is performed even in automatic replenishment mode.

On the other hand, the end is not detected, and the storage management memory 99
If it is determined that replenishment can be performed within the range of the number of coins for each denomination stored in , the replenishment operation is started. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, the batch takeout/separation mechanism 23 at the top of the bulk storage 11 is activated to feed out the banknotes set in the bulk storage 11 one by one from the top.

This bill passes through the routes indicated by the arrows ■, ■, ■, ■ and is sent to the discrimination section 4.

The discrimination section 4 sequentially performs denomination discrimination, authenticity discrimination, and fitness/damage discrimination 1 running state check on the incoming banknotes. For example, if the bill to be replenished is a denomination of either a 10,000 yen note or a 1,000 yen bill, the bill determined to be other than the genuine bill to be replenished as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4 is , ■,
Following the route (2), the cut portions are sent to the accumulation section 30 of the bulk storage 11 by operating the gates 15 and 16.

As explained earlier in the example of loading, the bulk storage 11
It is collected again into the bulk storage by the internal operation of.

In this case, it goes without saying that the contents of the storage management memory 99 are managed by the counting management section 80a so that they do not change.

For banknotes determined to be rejected banknotes, the divided banknotes are sent to the stacking section 68 by operating the gates 15, 16 and 69, following the route (3). These banknotes are collectively stacked in the ejection section 62.

Now, if a genuine bill of the banknote to be replenished is delivered,
As explained in the section on loading, if it is a thousand yen note, the gate 57 is activated to send the thousand yen note to the thousand yen note stacking section 27, where it is directly stacked on the thousand yen note stage 45. If it is a 10,000 yen note, the gate 31 is activated to separate the 10,000 yen note, and the 10,000 yen note accumulation section 2
Sent to 8. Then, they are directly accumulated on the ten thousand yen bill stage 46.

The above operations will continue until the target number is replenished, but
During the process, if the number of stacked cassettes on either stage 45 or 46 reaches the holding tolerance value, for example 100 sheets, the operation of the batch extraction separation mechanism 23 is interrupted, and the stage of the cassette that has reached the holding tolerance value is changed to The motor is used to lower the amount equivalent to the holding tolerance, and the batch extraction and separation mechanism 23 is operated again to repeat the replenishment operation.

Even if the replenishment number reaches the target value or is before the target value, if all the banknotes to be replenished in the collective storage 11 are replenished by referring to the number of banknotes by denomination stored in the storage management memory 99, the replenishment is performed at once. The take-out separation mechanism 23 stops. Then, when the last banknote reaches the stage 45, 46, the conveyance operation is stopped. Of the stages 45 and 46, the stage on which the replenishment operation has been performed is lowered, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in either of the corresponding denomination storages 8 and 9, and the replenishment operation is completed.

When the replenishment operation is completed, the number of sheets to be replenished is counted, and the contents of the storage management memory 99 are updated based on the result. In this case, the number obtained by subtracting the counting results of all the denominations retrieved into the bulk storage 11 from the counting results of all the denominations taken out from the bulk storage 11 is calculated from the original data in the storage management memory 99. Subtracted.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the storage management memory before and after the replenishment operation.

For example, assume that the banknote storage state in the bulk storage 11 and the contents of the storage management memory 99 before the replenishment operation are as shown in FIG. 18(a). In other words, before the replenishment operation, 1 million yen note
．． 500 pieces, and 500 pieces of 1,000 yen notes. here,
If 300 1,000 yen notes and 300,000 yen notes each are refilled in each denomination storage, after the replenishment operation, there will be 1,200 1,200 yen notes and 200 1,000 yen notes, as shown in Figure (b). Become.

<Collection Operation> FIG. 13 shows a sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during the collection operation.

When the staff member presses the internal operation section 55 (operation key in FIG. 7) and presses the collection key, the control section 56 (see FIG. 7) is pressed.
In response to this input, the cash depositing and dispensing device 50 (Fig. 7)
A command instructing the start of collection operation is sent to.

When the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) receives a command to start a collection operation from the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), it determines whether this is a forced collection or an automatic collection. In the case of forced collection, all banknotes are unconditionally collected from the denomination storages 8, 9, 10 to the collective storage 11. Further, automatic collection is executed when the number of banknotes stored in any of the denomination storages 8, 9, 10 exceeds a predetermined number. In these cases, the operation mode is set to collection mode, and it is confirmed that the near-full detector 38d of the bulk storage 11 does not detect a near-full.

Furthermore, by referring to the storage contents of the storage management memory 99, it is confirmed that there is still space in the collective storage 11 that can be collected and the number of sheets that can actually be collected. Here, if it is detected that there is no recoverable space left in the bulk storage 11 during the forced recovery mode, a response including status information indicating that the operation is disabled is transmitted to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7), and this Processing is aborted. The same applies to automatic collection.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed that there is a recoverable space remaining in the bulk storage 11, the recovery operation is started.

First, when collecting bills from the denomination storage 10 that stores 5,000 yen bills, the 5,000 yen bill removal/separation mechanism 22 is activated and the bills are collected in the denomination storage 10 (5,000 yen bill storage). Pay out the stored banknotes one by one from the top, and press ■, ■,
It is sent to the discrimination section 4 through the route (2). The discrimination section 4 sequentially discriminates the authenticity and detects the running state of the incoming banknotes and sends them to the rear.

As a result of the discrimination performed by the discrimination section 4, banknotes for which two or more overlapping (serious cases), skewing, etc. are detected pass through the route of ■ and ■, and the gates 16 and 15 are operated to separate them. It is sent to the reject cassette 7 through the route.

As a result of the verification, normal banknotes are placed in the bulk stacking section 3 while being counted.
sent to 0. The banknotes fed into the batch stacking section 30 are stacked one after another on the batch partition plate 33. This operation is repeated until the target number of bills to be collected is reached or there are no more bills set in the denomination storage 10 that stores 5,000 yen bills.

If the number of stacked bills on the bulk partition plate 33 reaches the stacking tolerance, for example 100 bills, the operation of the 5,000 yen bill removal/separation mechanism 22 is interrupted, and the batch stacking described earlier in the replenishment operation is stopped. The operation in storage 11 is executed. The collection operations for the other denomination storages 9 and 8 are similar.

In addition, during the collection operation, the full detector 3 of the bulk storage 11
7d performs full detection, the collection operation is interrupted and the information is sent back to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). The control unit 56 is
This is displayed on a display section (not shown).

The clerk sees the display indicating that the bulk storage is full and discharges the banknotes stored in the bulk storage 11.

In this case, the clerk opens the door 41 on the rear surface of the main body 50 of the cash deposit/withdrawal device, pulls out the bulk storage 11, opens the door using the audit key, and takes out all the banknotes. after that,
By performing the reverse operation, set the bulk storage 11, close the door 41, and delete all the contents of the storage management memory 99.
° After clearing, collection operation will resume. After that, end detectors 39c, 3 of all denomination storages 8, 9.10
When 9b and 38a detect the end, each extraction mechanism 20
, 21 and 22 stop, and after the last banknote arrives at the bulk storage 11, the conveyance operation stops.

After completing the above processing, the cash depositing and dispensing device controls the control unit 56 (
7), a response indicating completion of collection is sent back, and the counted number of coins collected for each denomination is added to the response. Upon receiving this, the control unit 56 counts and stores the number of collected sheets.

On the other hand, when the collection operation is completed, the cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) records the number of collected coins for each denomination collected from each denomination storage 8.9.10 and the storage storage management memory 9.
The contents of the storage management memory 99 are updated by adding the number of coins stored in storage storage management memory 99 for each denomination.

<Operation of the device of the example> The device of the above embodiment has the following effects.

(1) Banknotes of two or more denominations used in the device are stored in the bulk storage, and after the cash withdrawal device is installed, they are distributed to the denomination-specific storage and collected as needed. Therefore, banknotes can be managed by simply attaching and detaching the bulk storage.

(2) The bulk storage has a structure in which banknotes can be circulated by separately providing a collection port and a withdrawal port, and deposited banknotes are sequentially stored and reused for withdrawal, etc.

Therefore, banknotes can be used efficiently. Moreover, even if the mechanism is small and simple, there will be no excess or shortage of banknotes.

(3) A storage management memory is integrally provided in the bulk storage, and the number of banknotes for each denomination is stored here. Therefore, the cash deposit/withdrawal device can operate smoothly and reliably when distributing cash or collecting cash.

(4) When a shortage of remaining banknotes in the denomination storage is detected, the device refers to the number of banknotes by denomination stored in the storage management memory and automatically replenishes the banknotes from the bulk storage at any time within that range. can be done.

Therefore, it was possible to maintain an appropriate number of banknotes stored in each denomination storage. In addition, maintenance management by staff becomes easier.

(5) When the number of coins stored in one of the denomination storages becomes too large due to deposit transactions, etc., a collection operation can be automatically performed. In this case, the contents of the storage management memory are updated according to the number of collected sheets, so unless the bulk storage is full, no operation by the staff is required, resulting in an extremely high labor-saving effect.

(6) Similar operations can be performed using not only banknotes but also coins and the like.

(7) In addition, when operating multiple cash deposit and withdrawal devices,
By referring to the storage management memory of the bulk storage installed in each device, the bulk storage can be exchanged as needed to achieve appropriate flexibility. Therefore, efficient management of funds is possible with simple tasks.

(Effects of the Invention) The cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention described above has the following advantages:
Before the transaction is concluded, the rejected cash is mixed in a temporary holding section on a specific denomination storage, so a temporary holding section dedicated to rejected cash and a mechanism for transporting cash are prepared. There is no need to do this, and the device can be made smaller. In addition, the transportation route for cash before the deposit transaction is established is simplified, and the rejected cash is processed after the deposit transaction is established, so that the transaction operation can be performed in a well-balanced manner in a short time as a whole.

In addition, with the above configuration, even if a bulk storage for replenishing and collecting cash is attached to the main body of the device, the main body of the device will not be significantly enlarged, and the overall size of the deposit/withdrawal device will be small and inexpensive. can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a sectional view of the conventional device, FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the main operations of the device of the present invention in a deposit transaction, FIG. 4 is a diagram explaining the operation of the device of the present invention when the deposit transaction is unsuccessful, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the main operations of the device of the present invention, FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automated teller machine, and FIG.
The figure is a block diagram of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service opening, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a deposit transaction, and FIG. 11 is the present invention. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a withdrawal transaction, FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a loading (replenishment) operation, and FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing and dispensing device of the present invention during a collection operation. Figure, Figure 14~
16 is an explanatory diagram of the data format of the storage management memory of the device of the present invention, FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of the batch storage operation, and FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the storage management memory of the device before and after the replenishment operation. be. 8.9.10... Storage by denomination, 7... Reject cassette, 11... Bulk storage,
50... Apparatus main body, 80... Cash deposit/withdrawal device control unit, 80a... Count management unit, 80b... Cash collection means, 80c... Cash distribution means, 99... Storage management memory , 100... Pending reconveyance management department. 51: Cash n! j Front view of the transaction device (a) Rear view (b) Overall view of the cash transaction device Figure 7 Cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the customer service gate Figure 9 Storage management memory σI data format No. 14
Figure storage management memory data format No. 16
Figure Contents of storage management memory Figure 18 (a) (b) Explanation diagram of bulk storage operation Figure 17 Lock

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A bulk storage that collectively stores cash of multiple denominations and is removable from the main body of the device, and receives distribution and replenishment of the cash from the bulk storage, and
a plurality of denomination-specific storages from which the cash is collected into the bulk storage; and at the time of a deposit transaction, before the deposit transaction is completed, on a specific denomination-specific storage where cash of a specific denomination is stored; a temporary storage section that collects all cash other than cash stored in the specific denomination storage; and after the deposit transaction is completed, the cash accumulated in the temporary storage section is stored in the specific denomination storage. A cash depositing and dispensing device characterized by comprising a retained portion reconveyance management unit that distributes cash to be rejected and cash to be rejected.