JPH0962896A - Foreign material elimination method of automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] The opening 36 is provided in the separation guide 36 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3.
a is provided, the slider 39 is connected to the push plate 35 of the bill pressing means, and the link 40 and the link 41 are provided through the slider 39 so that the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 can be moved in the same phase. The slider 39 is driven by a motor,
The push plate 35 and the front plate 34 are swung by operating the forward and reverse directions. A pause time is provided between the specified number of swings. [Effect] Since foreign matter can be removed without changing the bill separating means, the separating performance is not affected, deterioration of the separating roller and down of the device can be prevented in advance, leading to improved service.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automated teller machine, and more particularly to a foreign matter removing method for an automated teller machine suitable for depositing banknotes containing foreign matter including coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic cash transaction apparatus is an apparatus in which a customer performs transactions such as deposit, withdrawal, and transfer using a cash card, passbook, or transfer card without the intervention of a bank employee. In addition, not only functions such as deposit and withdrawal differ depending on the device, but also
The media handled is also different. There are two types of deposit: a device that handles both bills and coins, and a device that handles only bills.
In a device that handles both coins, there are usually separate deposit ports for bills and coins. However, even if the deposit port is different, when the customer deposits coins, coins are mistakenly inserted into the bill deposit port, and foreign matter such as coins and clips mixed in bills may cause deposits of bills. May be injected into the mouth.

Foreign matter such as coins inserted into the deposit port of a banknote can be eliminated if the user notices the mistaken insertion, but in most cases the mistaken insertion is not noticed, and if the deposit processing is performed as it is, Since the foreign matter is separated together with the bill, it may not only damage the rollers of the separating section, but may also induce a conveyance jam, which may cause an obstacle such as a device down.

Various devices have been proposed to cope with erroneous coin insertion. Related devices that deal with erroneous insertion at the bill receiving slot include, for example, JP-A-63-8223.
There are 6 and JP-A-2-282122. Further, as a device related to a device which eliminates erroneous insertion by integrating bill and coin depositing ports, for example, Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 5-42711,
There are JP-A-62-125490 and JP-A-64-35683.

In the above-mentioned prior art, the floor and the bill receiving bar corresponding to the separation guide of the present invention are vibrated up and down,
It is a method of separating a coin from a bill and dropping it, or a method of tilting the bill receiving portion to separate it from the upper end of the bill and dropping the coin downward.

[0006]

In order to vibrate the floor and the bill receiving bar up and down, not only a dedicated drive source is required, but also it becomes difficult to position the bills when they are separated. Separation performance of bills, curled bills in wallets, etc. is reduced. A decrease in the separating performance of banknotes may result in an increase in the number of banknotes returned to customers or a jam. In addition, in order to tilt the bill receiving portion to separate it from the upper end of the bill, not only the tilting mechanism becomes complicated but also positioning becomes difficult, so that the bill separating performance deteriorates similarly to the above. In addition, when a coin is inserted after inserting a large number of banknotes, the coin may not fall on the banknote bundle or between the banknotes. In such a state, since the banknote is pressed even when separated from the upper end of the banknote, the coin may be carried to the separating section together with the banknote and may induce a jam.

If bills and coins have the same deposit port, erroneous insertion can be avoided, but the mechanism becomes complicated and the bill separating performance is adversely affected. Further, since it is difficult to completely separate bills and foreign matters such as coins, clips and buttons, it is not a good idea to reduce the obstacles by integrating the bills and coin deposit ports.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic teller machine equipped with a means for removing foreign matters such as coins and clips mixed in a bill before separating the bill without affecting the separating performance of the bill. is there.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a method for removing foreign matter in an automatic teller machine according to the present invention is a banknote separating means for separating deposited banknotes one by one and a banknote for accumulating dispensed banknotes. Stacking means, the bill separating means,
It is composed of a bill feeding means composed of a feeding roller, a feed roller and a gate roller, and is provided with a separation guide on the banknote depositing / dispensing port on the upstream side of the bill separating means for standing and placing the deposited bill, and depositing money on the separation guide. Banknotes
A banknote depositing / withdrawing port foreign matter removal of an automatic teller machine, which is provided with a banknote pressing unit composed of a front plate and a movable pressing plate provided so as to be sandwiched between the front and rear surfaces and removes foreign substances such as coins mixed in the deposited banknote In the apparatus, an opening is provided at the bottom of the separation guide, link means for interlocking the push plate and the front plate in the same phase is provided, and the slider connected to the push plate operates in the forward and reverse directions in the horizontal direction, The push plate and the front plate are swung, and a stop time is provided during the swing,
The foreign matter in the deposited banknote is dropped.

Further, the stop position during the swing of the push plate and the front plate is a depositing position.

When the foreign matter such as coins mixed in the deposited banknote is detected, the number of swings of the deposited banknote is increased above a specified value.

Further, when foreign matter such as coins falling from the deposited banknote is detected, the number of swings of the deposited banknote is increased above a specified value.

[0013]

According to the above construction, the customer selects the deposit transaction using the cash card, passbook or the like to the automatic teller machine, and mistakenly inserts a foreign object such as a coin or a clip into the bill deposit / withdrawal port together with the bill. Even if you make a transaction as it is, the automated teller machine can rock the deposited banknotes before they are separated, so that foreign matter such as coins and clips mixed in the banknotes can be removed from the deposited banknotes. Only one can be separated and transported.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic cash transaction apparatus will be described below as an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the automatic teller machine of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the automated teller machine 1 handles a bill handling means 60 for handling bills, a coin handling means 70 for handling coins, and a customer inputs information necessary for a transaction to the automated teller machine 1. Display operation unit 2 for displaying operation guidance and transaction items from the automated teller machine 1 to the customer, reading and writing of information such as a cash card, which is the transaction medium of the customer, and issue of transaction statement Etc., card slip handling means 90, passbook handling means 80 for processing passbook entries, a guide display section 8 for displaying transaction items, and a control section 7 for controlling each handling means.
It has a configuration including and. In addition, each handling means of banknotes, coins, passbooks and card slips, as contact points with customers,
A banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3, a coin deposit / withdrawal port 4, a passbook slot 5 and a card slip slot 6 are provided.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the schematic internal construction of an embodiment of the bill handling means 60 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, in the lower part of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3 which also serves as a banknote depositing port and a dispensing port, the deposit banknote separating means 11 for separating the banknotes one by one and the deposit banknote separating means 11 are provided in the vicinity thereof. A stacking means 12 for stacking gold banknotes or deposit return banknotes, a transport path 13 for transporting banknotes, a discriminator 14 for discriminating the authenticity / damage of banknotes, a transport state, etc., and a temporary stacking for temporarily depositing deposited banknotes. Means 15, recycle storages 16, 17, 18 for storing the deposited banknotes as the dispensed banknotes by denomination, a detachable reject box 19 for storing banknotes not suitable for dispensing, collection,
It is composed of a detachable safe 20 for storing bills for replenishment, and a foreign substance receiving means 21 for receiving a foreign substance accidentally inserted into the bill deposit / withdrawal port 3.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the internal structure of one embodiment of the bill deposit / withdrawal port 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the deposited banknote separating means 11 includes a feeding roller 31 and a feed roller 3.
2 and a banknote feeding means including a gate roller 33, and a banknote pressing means including a front plate 34, a pressing plate 35, and a separation guide 36. The accumulating means 12 mainly includes an impeller 37.

The push plate 35 of the bill pressing means is provided with guide shafts 38 parallel to the moving direction of the push plate 35 and on both outer sides of the operating portion of the bill deposit / withdrawal port 3, and is movable along the guide shaft 38. The slider 39 having a cam shape is attached to the pressing plate 35.
The rotation of the motor (not shown) is transmitted to the slider 39 by a timing belt (not shown) to move the push plate 35. The transmission of the driving force for moving the slider 39 is not limited to the timing belt, but may be a wire or a chain, and the guide shaft 38 may be a ball screw.

In order to operate the front plate 34 in conjunction with the push plate 35, the link 40 and the link 41 are integrated and supported rotatably around the shaft 43. On the other hand, the outer peripheral surface of a bearing 42 provided at the tip of the link 40 and rotatably supported is brought into contact with the lower cam surface 39a of the slider 39. The contact of the bearing 42 with the cam surface 39a means that the center of gravity is on the front plate 34 side. In order to make contact with the center of gravity irrespective of the position of the center of gravity, the front plate 34 or the link 41 is fed out from the feeding roller
Just pull it to the 1 side with a spring. In addition, the shaft 44 is configured to penetrate the entire width of the front plate 34 from a hole provided on the tip side of the link 41.

The foreign matter receiving means 21 provided below the opening 36a of the separation guide 36 is provided over the entire width of the separation guide 36 and receives foreign matter such as coins and clips falling from the opening 36a of the separation guide 36. . The foreign object receiving means 21 may be a receiving tray method in which a tray is directly taken in and out of the apparatus, or a return path method in which the foreign substance receiving means 21 is provided with an inclination and leads to a coin return port of the apparatus.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 46 is a rotary shaft of the front plate 34, 47 is a shutter of the deposit / withdrawal port 3, 48 is a conveyor pulley for separating bills, and 49 is a conveyor belt.

Next, the operation of the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a side view showing an embodiment of the foreign matter removing drive means, which is means for driving the push plate 35 and the front plate 34. FIG. 5 is a side view of the deposit / withdrawal port means showing the foreign matter removing operation, and shows the movements of the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 in accordance with the movement of the means of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the slider 39 is moved along the guide shaft 38 to the position of the imaginary line in the direction A by the driving force of the motor (not shown), the slider 39 is moved.
The bearing 42, which is in contact with the lower cam surface 39a of the above, rotates by the movement of the slider 39 and moves along the cam surface 39a. The movement of the bearing 42 causes a rotational movement in the C direction about the shaft 43 of the link 40 and a rotational movement in the E direction about the shaft 43 of the link 41.

Since the push plate 35 shown in FIG. 5 is connected to the slider 39, it moves the same distance in the G direction as in the A direction of the slider 39. On the other hand, the link 4 shown in FIG.
Since 1 is rotatably supported by the front plate 34 via the shaft 44, the rotational movement of the link 41 in the E direction about the shaft 43 is about the shaft 46 of the front plate 34. It becomes a rotational movement in the direction.

The slider 39 is moved to the position of the solid line in the B direction by rotating the motor (not shown) in the reverse direction from the position of the imaginary line of each means shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. With the movement of the slider 39, the link 40 and the link 41 rotate in the D direction and the F direction, respectively. Therefore, the push plate 35 moves to the position of the solid line in the H direction similarly to the slider 39, and the front plate 34 rotates to the position of the solid line in the J direction.

As described above, the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 are switched by switching the rotation direction of the motor (not shown) between forward and reverse.
Will swing in the GH and IJ directions, respectively. A motor not shown is preferably a pulse motor from the viewpoint of easy control.

Now, with reference to FIG. 8, a depositing / dispensing means according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is a side view showing the internal structure of another embodiment of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3.
In FIG. 8, the link 40 and the link 41 are individually rotatably supported around the shaft 43, and the coil spring 45 is locked to the protrusion 41 a provided on the link 41 and the pin 40 a of the link 40. Although not shown, link 4
0 and the link 41 are provided with stoppers so that they can be opened but not closed according to the positional relationship shown. With such a configuration, the push plate 35
The front plate 34 can be swung in the same manner as the above-mentioned embodiment.

By the way, the swing stroke of the front plate 34 shown in FIG. 5 is adjusted so that foreign matters including coins are not caught between the feed roller 32 and the gate roller 33 for separating bills and the movement of the front plate 34. The stroke is from the depositing position to the front of the inclined portion of the separation guide 36 so as not to hinder the maximum stroke. If the stroke is shorter than this stroke, there is no problem. However, the larger the stroke, the better the performance of removing foreign matter.

Further, the swing speed of the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 is
In order to drop foreign matters mixed in between and on banknotes, it is necessary to perform an operation such as jumping the banknotes. According to the test results, 80 mm or more per second is effective. From the viewpoint of the life of mechanical elements including the cam surface 39a below the slider 39, it is desirable that the rocking speed of the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 be 300 mm / sec or less.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the separation guide at the deposit position, and shows the shape of the separation guide 36 when the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3 in the deposit state is viewed from above. As shown in the figure, the separation guide 36 is provided at the depositing position and the comb-shaped guide 3 is provided.
Only 6b is visible, and the size per opening is larger than the diameter of the largest coin in circulation (currently 500 yen coin in Japan) in both front, back, left and right directions. There is. Therefore, in a device that handles Japanese yen, the length of the 10,000-yen bill in the long side direction (hereinafter referred to as the width) is 160 mm, so the width of the bill receiving / withdrawing port 3 is around 170 mm, and the comb-shaped guide is provided. The upper limit of 36b is five.

Further, at least two comb tooth-shaped guides 36b are required to receive the deposited banknotes in a good posture. Generally, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
There is a limit due to the number of conveyor belts 49 and the number of impellers 37, and the number of comb-teeth guides 36b is about four. Further, as shown in the figure, the comb-teeth-shaped guide 36b has an arcuate upper end so as not to affect the separation of bills in order to positively drop foreign matters such as coins.

Next, the operation when depositing a bill will be described. After the customer accepts the passbook by making a deposit request from the display operation unit 2 of the automatic teller machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, the shutter 47 of the banknote pay-in / pay-out port 3 opens as shown in FIG. The banknote can be inserted. Since there is no problem in the case where only bills are inserted, a case where foreign matter is erroneously inserted will be described. If a foreign substance is erroneously inserted before the bill is inserted, the foreign substance falls freely to the foreign substance receiving means 21 from the opening 36a of the separation guide 36, so that the foreign substance does not remain on the separation guide 36 and no problem occurs. .

FIG. 7 is a side view of the deposit / withdrawal port means showing the insertion of a foreign matter. When a foreign substance is mistakenly inserted after inserting a bill, as shown in FIG. There is a high possibility that foreign matter will remain. FIG. 7 shows a case where the foreign matter is the coin 50. However, in addition to the one dropped on the foreign matter receiving means 21, the one placed on the banknote 51, the one sandwiched between the banknote 51 and the pressing plate 35, and the like. is there.

When the shutter 47 is closed from the state of FIG. 7 and the banknote 51 is separated by the deposited banknote separating means 11, the coin 50 does not drop into the foreign matter receiving means 21 and the banknote 51
Not only does it damage the feed roller 32 and the gate roller 33, but also induces a conveyance jam, which may cause an obstacle such as equipment down, causing a great deal of trouble to users. Become. Coins 50 are bills 51
Even when the pressing plate 35 is in the separated state,
Since the bill 51 is pressed by the front plate 34 and the front plate 34, the coin 50 is carried to the bill separating portion without falling to the foreign matter receiving means 21.

However, before closing the shutter 47 and separating the deposited banknotes, the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 are swung in the same phase and at a stroke and at an appropriate speed so that the coin 50 does not drop into the separating portion. Thus, the bill 51 is alternately flipped to the push plate 35 side and the front plate 34 side, and as a result, the coin 50 on the bill 51 and the coin 5 sandwiched between the bill 51 and the push plate 35.
0 falls from the opening 36a of the separation guide 36 to the foreign matter receiving means 21. After the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 are swung to drop foreign matter into the foreign matter receiving means 21, the bill 51 is separated by the deposited bill separating means 11, whereby the deposit processing operation is performed accurately.

Next, the swinging motion of the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, the customer closes the shutter 47 after inserting the bill, swings the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 n times, which is a specified value, and then temporarily stops the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 at the depositing position. Let After the suspension, push plate 35 and front plate 3
4 is rocked n times the specified value to drop the foreign matter, and then the banknote 5
The separation of 1 is started. The suspension time does not have to be strictly defined, and may be set according to the operation of the device. By swinging the push plate 35 and the front plate 34, the foreign matter such as the coin 50 that has begun to drop from the banknote 51 can surely reach the opening of the separation guide 36 by providing a temporary stop time. . In particular, the coin 50 sandwiched between the banknotes 51 tends to have a long falling time due to the frictional resistance with the banknotes 51. The 1-yen coin is particularly prone to this because of its light weight, and the coin at the time of suspension is a coin. It is effective for falling. Further, at the depositing position, the separation guide 36 is opened in the entire area formed by the push plate 35 and the front plate 34. Therefore, the coin 50 is temporarily stopped at the depositing position, so that the coin 50 receives the foreign matter receiving means 21.
Easily fall up to.

The portion surrounded by the chain double-dashed line shown in FIG. 9 uses a method of increasing the number of swings of the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 above a specified value when a foreign substance including the coin 50 is detected to fall. This is the part used in the case. By adopting this method, it becomes possible to remove the foreign matter more reliably.

By swinging the push plate 35 and the front plate 34, a coin (not shown) provided on the foreign matter receiving means 21 causes a coin 50
When a drop of a foreign object including a bill is detected, the bill deposit / withdrawal port 3
It shows that the foreign matter is thrown in, and in order to completely remove the foreign matter, the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 are additionally added and rocked. In this case as well, in order to improve the drop performance, a temporary stop is performed at the deposit position. After the additional movement of the push plate 35 and the front plate 34 is performed, if there is no drop of foreign matter, separation of the banknotes 51 is started. Note that the sensor that detects the fall of the foreign matter is, for example,
The foreign matter receiving means 21 is formed of a transmission type sensor that is turned on and off optically, and in order to reduce the number of sensors and to improve the detection performance, the foreign matter receiving means 21 is provided with an inclination and the foreign matter receiving means 2 in which foreign matter collects
1 is installed on the downstream side.

According to the present embodiment, since the foreign matter removing means can be constructed without changing the bill separating means, it is possible to reliably remove the foreign matter that has been erroneously inserted without affecting the separating performance of the deposited bill. It is possible to prevent the equipment from going down, such as deterioration of the roller for use and suspension of transaction operation.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate foreign substances that have been erroneously put in and prevent the apparatus from going down. Therefore, it is possible to support unmanned operation on holidays and improve services.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic teller machine.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a bill handling means.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment of depositing / dispensing means.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an embodiment of a foreign matter removing drive means.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the deposit / withdrawal port means showing a foreign matter removing operation.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a separation guide at a deposit position.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the deposit / withdrawal port means showing the time of inserting a foreign matter.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing another embodiment of the deposit / withdrawal port means.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a swinging operation when removing foreign matter according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal port, 34 ... Front plate, 35 ... Push plate, 36 ... Separation guide, 36a ... Opening part, 36b ... Comb-shaped guide, 4
0,41 ... Link.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote separating means for separating deposited banknotes one by one, and a banknote stacking means for stacking dispensed banknotes, wherein the banknote separating means comprises a delivery roller, a feed roller and a gate roller. Provided with a payout means, a banknote depositing / dispensing port on the upstream side of the banknote separating means is provided with a separation guide for erecting and mounting the deposited banknote, and the deposited banknote on the separation guide is provided so as to be sandwiched from the front and rear surfaces. In a bill deposit / withdrawal port foreign matter elimination device of a cash automatic transaction device, which comprises a bill pressing means composed of a front plate and a movable push plate, and eliminates foreign substances such as coins mixed in the deposited bill,
An opening is provided at the bottom of the separation guide, a link means for interlocking the push plate and the front plate in the same phase is provided, and the slider connected to the push plate operates in the forward and reverse directions in the horizontal direction, so that the push plate is moved. And a front plate is rocked, and a stop time is provided in the middle of the rocking to drop the foreign particles in the deposited banknote, thereby eliminating the foreign objects in the automated teller machine.