JPS5932056A - Automatic transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent inapplicability of an automatic transaction device in mid course of a transaction despite presence of remainder of a transactable medium, by neglecting the remainder detecting signal under a transaction, and recognizing and accepting the remainder detecting signal when the transaction is through. CONSTITUTION:When the number of notes P in a payment cashbox 13 is decreased with transactions, and a mask plate reaches the position of a near end detector 78 together with a backup mechanism 16, the detector 78 delivers a signal showing a near end state of notes P. Then the number of notes is less decreased, and the mask plate reaches the position of an end detector 77. Thus the detector 77 decides the cashbox is set in the end state and transmits a signal showing the end state of the cashbox to a control part. However, the operation of an automatic transaction device is not discontinued with the above- mentioned signal at the control part, and this signal is temporarily neglected. Then the notes are continuously delivered from the cashbox to continue payment transactions. When these transactions are over, the signal of the detector 77 is accepted.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automatic transaction device having a function of discharging or storing media such as banknotes, such as an automatic teller machine or an automatic teller machine. .

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In the automatic transaction device, in the case of normal payout, the remaining amount of banknotes to be paid out is detected, and if the remaining amount becomes less than a certain set value, the transaction is impossible, and the control unit uses the detection signal to detect the remaining amount of banknotes. It has the function of stopping the device.

For example, assume that the set value for the remaining amount of banknotes when the device is stopped and shaken is approximately 100, and the current remaining amount is 130. At this time, if the entire transaction is to pay out 50 bills, the remaining amount of banknotes will reach the set value of about 100 bills in the middle of the transaction's payout operation. At this time, the conventional device has the disadvantage that even though there are enough banknotes necessary for the transaction 4, the device stops in the middle of the transaction and the transaction cannot be completed. There is.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention was made based on the above circumstances, and during a transaction, the signal from the detector indicating the remaining amount of the payout medium is
The overall purpose is to provide an automatic transaction device that does not accept transactions at the end of the transaction, but does not allow the transaction to be completed and does not completely stop the device in the middle of the transaction, even though the transaction can be completed. .

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve all of the above objects, the present invention is designed to stop the operation of the device after the transaction is completed when the remaining amount of the medium becomes less than a predetermined value during the transaction.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, a practical example of this invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing of an automatic teller machine as an automatic currency transaction device, and a customer service section 2 is formed on the front side of the housing 1. The customer service section 2 has a horizontal operation panel 2a formed approximately at the center in the vertical direction of the housing 1, and a vertical operation panel 2bfI rising along the rear edge of the horizontal operation panel 2a.

The horizontal operation panel 2a has a keyboard 3, a CRT display 4, and a deposit slot 5 that also serves as a return slot.The vertical operation panel 2b has a card insertion slot 6, a slip sending lower, a passbook insertion slot 8, and an envelope insertion slot 9. , and a withdrawal port 10 are respectively arranged.

In addition, a card reading device for reading the information of the ID card inserted through the card insertion slot 6 and a slip issuing device for dispensing slips with transaction details printed on them to the transmission and sending lower as needed are incorporated in the device 1. Unit 11 (details not shown)
, a passbook reading/printing device (not shown) that reads the magnetic stripe of the passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot 8 and records transaction details on the passbook; Banknotes P inserted into the deposit slot 5 in front of the envelope processing device (not shown) to be taken in by the envelope processing device (not shown)
A deposit mechanism (not shown) for performing deposit processing, and a dispensing mechanism 12 for dispensing a specified amount of banknotes P to the dispensing port 10 are accommodated.

As shown in FIG. 2, the dispensing mechanism 12 is divided into two parts, a first unit device 12a and a second unit device 12b. 1 based on the second unit device 12b of
It can be installed rotated 80 degrees.

The first and second unit devices 12a and 12b will be explained based on FIG. Second withdrawal box 13.
14 are arranged in the vertical direction, for example, a ten thousand yen bill P.
is stored in the upper withdrawal J+E 13, and the 1,000 yen bill P is stored in the lower withdrawal box 14. The second cash withdrawal boxes 13 and 14 are equipped with a take-out mechanism 15 for taking out the stored banknotes P and a backup mechanism 16 for pressing the banknotes P against the take-out mechanism 15 side with appropriate pressure. A yen bill P or a thousand yen bill P is selectively taken out.In addition, a first unit device 12a is provided at the rear (on the left side in the figure) of the first unit device 12a. Bills P selectively taken out from the second cash withdrawal box 13.
A supply conveyance path 17 for supply and conveyance is formed on the 2b side. This supply conveyance path 17 is a first dedicated conveyance path 17a that conveys ten thousand yen banknotes P taken out from the first cash withdrawal box 13.
And a thousand yen bill P taken out from the second cash withdrawal box 14.
a second dedicated conveyance path 17b for conveying the first . Ten thousand yen banknotes P sent once through the second conveyance paths 17a and 17b
..., 1,000 yen banknotes P... are constituted by a common conveyance path 17c that successively conveys them.

The first dedicated conveyance path 17a includes a banknote detector 18 for detecting the removal of the ten thousand yen banknote P from the first cash withdrawal box 13, and a second
The dedicated conveyance path 17b is fully equipped with banknote detectors 19 for detecting all the 1,000 yen banknotes P taken out from the second cash withdrawal box 14, and the common conveyance path 17c is equipped with banknote detectors 19 for detecting stacking, folding, and tearing of banknotes P. A banknote detector 20 and a banknote detector 74 are sequentially arranged to detect a banknote etc. (0).The first dedicated conveyance path 17a is a first conveyance belt
21.21 (only one shown) and second conveyor bell)22.
22 (only one of which is shown), the second dedicated general conveyance path 17b is the third conveyor belt) 23.23
(only one shown) and the fourth conveyor bell) 24.24
(only one of which is shown), and the common conveyance path 17c is the mutually opposing portion of the first conveyor belt 21, 21 and the third conveyor belt 23, 23, and the first conveyor belt 21' , 21 and a fifth four-way conveyor belt 25° 25 (only one of which is shown) are formed to face each other.

Each of the conveyor belts 21 to 25 travels in a predetermined direction by transmitting the driving force of a motor 27 to some of the rollers 26 around which they are stretched.

Moreover, the common conveyance path 17c conveys the banknote P upward so as to substantially follow the front end surface of the unit device 12a, and then conveys it substantially horizontally and rearward. The horizontal portion of this common conveyance path 17c is provided with a first banknote which is selectively used for carrying out banknotes P... to the unit device 12b side of the banknotes 2. A second banknote delivery section 29,30 is formed. In other words, the first bill discharging section 29 inserts the first conveyor belt into the space 31 formed between the folded part of the third conveyor belt 23.23 and one folded part of the fifth conveyor belt 25. 1-
21.21 is pushed in through a pushing roller 32'Q, and a first guide plate 33 is arranged. The second banknote discharging section 30 is supported by a row 226 so that the middle part of the first conveyor belts 21, 21 is along the other folded part of the fifth conveyor belt 25, 25, and is supported by a second guide. It has a configuration in which a plate 34 is arranged.

Further, the second unit device 12b is configured as follows. That is, the banknote receiving section 35 is located at the center in the front-rear direction (the center in the left-right direction in the figure) of the second unit device 12b.
A take-in conveyance path 37 is formed which takes in and conveys payment banknotes P received from above upward. A first sorting gate 38 is arranged at the end of the taking-in conveyance path 37, and when the leading edge of the banknote P reaches a banknote detector 39 disposed in the middle of the taking-in conveyance path 37, this The banknotes P are selectively fed into the genuine banknote transport path 4o or the rejected banknote transport path 41 via a gate operating device 42 such as a rotary lenoid.

The intake conveyance path 37 is formed by a mutually opposing portion of a sixth conveyor belt 43°43 and a seventh conveyor belt 44,
The genuine banknote conveyance path 4o is formed by the upper surface of the upper horizontal part of the sixth conveyor bell) 43, 43 and the mutually opposing part with the eighth conveyor belt 1) 45.45 which overlaps a part of the upper surface of this upper horizontal part. has been done. Further, the rejected banknote conveyance path 41 is formed by the mutually opposing parts of the upper horizontal portion of the seventh conveyor belt 44.44 and the ninth conveyor belt 46.46 which partially overlaps this upper horizontal portion. ing.

Each of the conveyor belts 43 to 46 is connected to the row 1 on which they are stretched.
The driving force of the motor 48 is transmitted to some of the motors 47 through a power transmission system 49, so that the motors 47, . . . each travel in a predetermined direction.

Further, an impeller 50.50 is provided at the terminal end of the genuine banknote conveyance path 4o.
are arranged, and the genuine banknotes P conveyed by the genuine banknote conveyance path 40 pass through each blade 50a of this impeller 50.50.
, 50a, and is conveyed to the temporary stacking section 51 as it rotates, and the bill P is separated from the impeller 50.50 by the separation stopper 52.52 to form the lower side of the temporary stacking section 51. It is used for both dispensing and collection. transport health) 53.5
3.

The above-mentioned conveyance bell for both dispensing and collection) 53.53 is hung around a roller 58 disposed near the dispensing port 10 and a roller 59 disposed near the bill receiving section 35, and a dispensing port on the upper surface thereof. The pinch roller 6o is superimposed on the lo side, and the sixth conveyor belts 43 and 43 are superimposed on the banknote receiving section 35 side.

Thus, the banknotes P... accumulated in the temporary accumulation section 51 are moved by the pressing operation of the separation stopper 52, which functions as a pressing body, and the selection of the dispensing direction or the collecting direction of the conveyor belt 53, which serves both dispensing and collecting. Along with the running movement, the money is taken out all at once to the withdrawal port 10 side or the collection warehouse 61 side, which will be described later.

Meanwhile, between the pinch roller 60 and the temporary stacking section 51, the rear end of the group of banknotes P to be dispensed at once to the dispensing port 10 is detected and the conveyor belt 53° 530 stops the traveling operation. A banknote detector 62 is arranged to detect the banknote. moreover,
A solenoid 6 is installed between the withdrawal port 10 and the pinch roller 60.
A shutter 64 that is opened and closed by the shutter 3 is disposed, and a bill detector 65 is disposed on the rear side of the shutter 64.

On the other hand, if the banknotes P... dispensed to the above-mentioned withdrawal port 10 are forgotten, or if two rejected banknotes P... are collected in the temporary stacking section 51 by mistake, teeth,
These banknotes P... are transported via a collection transport path 66 to be stored in a collection rate 61 provided at the rear of the second unit device 12b. This collection conveyance path 66 is the ninth conveyor belt 67, in which the top surface of the conveyor belt 53, which serves both for dispensing and collection, the above-mentioned take-in conveyance path 37, the rejected banknote conveyance path 41, and the tenth conveyance belt 67 are superimposed. It is formed by the rear lower surface portion of the conveyor belt 46 , and its terminal end faces the collection warehouse 61 .

Further, a second sorting gate 69 operated by a solenoid 68 is provided near the terminal end of the rejected banknote transport path 41 that forms the midway portion of the collection transport path 66 . and,
The stacked rejected banknotes P... are placed in the front part of the total collection warehouse 61, are placed in the extract warehouse 70, and the collected banknotes P...
The banknotes P . . . which have been conveyed to be stored in the collection warehouse 61 in a straight line as they are are sorted.

Further, a banknote detector 71 for detecting passage of banknotes P on the conveyance path is provided in the middle part of the genuine banknote transport path 40, and a banknote detector 71 for detecting the passage of banknotes P on the transport path is installed in the middle part of the rejected banknote transport path 41. Bill detectors 72 for detection are respectively arranged.

Note that the bill detectors 18, 19, 39°62.71,
72, 73, and 74 have a well-known configuration consisting of, for example, a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

FIG. 3 shows a unit device f! that stores the cash withdrawal boxes 13 and 14i7. , 12, with the cash withdrawal box 13 pulled out in the direction opposite to the payout port. Cash withdrawal box 1 that stores 10,000 yen banknotes
A shielding plate 76 is attached to the side surface of 3, which works in conjunction with the backup mechanism 16 and indicates the position fi' of the rearmost banknote in the cash withdrawal box.

A near-end detector 78 and an end detector 77 are attached to the side surface of the unit device 12.

These detectors are arranged in one groove 79, and have a structure in which the kettle can be adjusted by moving in the direction of force of this muffling arrow 80. The housing detectors 77, 78 can be easily moved and fixed using manually movable setscrews 81, 82 without the need for tools.

Since the respective detectors are installed in the same groove 79, the inconvenience that the positions of the end and near-end detectors 77 and 78 are reversed does not occur.

When the number of banknotes in the withdrawal box decreases due to a withdrawal transaction, the shielding plate 76 along with the backup mechanism 16 activates the near-end detector 78.
When the banknote reaches the position, the detector 78 outputs a signal indicating that the banknote has reached the near-end state. Based on this signal, the control unit 83 displays a message indicating that the remaining amount is low on the display 84 and sends a side alarm. put out. When the number of banknotes further decreases and reaches the position of the end detector 77, the detector 77 outputs a signal indicating that the remaining amount of banknotes has reached the number at which the transaction cannot be continued, and the control unit 83 causes the display to 86 and an alarm device 87, respectively, perform processing such as displaying and issuing an alarm, and completely stopping the operation of the device.

′! 1. In addition, the main parts of the control device are constructed as shown in FIG. That is, when the control unit 83 receives the detection signal from the 10,000 yen near-end detector 78, it displays appropriate information on the 10,000 yen near-end display 84 and the banknote near-end alarm 85, and issues an alarm. When the control unit 83 senses the signal from the million yen end detector 77, the million yen end indicator 86,
Appropriate display is displayed on the banknote end alarm 87, and all alarms are issued.
Furthermore, the installation is stopped. The same applies to the detection signals of the 1,000 yen near-end detector (not shown) and the 1,000 yen end detector (not shown). ○Now, set the remaining amount of 10,000 yen bills at approximately 100 when the device is stopped. The operation of the device will be explained assuming that the current remaining amount is 130 coins and a payout transaction of 50 coins is to be performed.

The customer selects the type of payment, inserts a card, inserts a PIN, inserts a bankbook, or presses a no-refund button, inserts an amount, and presses a confirmation button to pay out 50 million yen bills to the customer. Take out 2,000 yen from the 10,000 yen deposit box 13,
After passing through the conveyance path 17° and 40 gold, the money is conveyed at the withdrawal port 101. During this operation, when about 30 coins have been taken out from the 10,000 yen deposit box, the 10,000 yen end detector 77 determines that the 10,000 yen deposit box has reached the end state and sends a signal to that effect to the control unit. However, in accordance with this signal, the control unit does not stop the device at this point, temporarily ignores this signal, and continues to take out 50 coins from the 10,000 yen deposit box, thereby making the payment. Continue trading. The signal from the end detector 77 is accepted for the first time after the customer has returned the entire card statement or bankbook, paid cash, and completed the transaction. Based on the signal from the end detector 77, the control unit 83 outputs a signal to the 10,000 yen end display 86, confirms that the 1,000 yen withdrawal box is not in the end state, and indicates the end of the bill without displaying the end of 1,000 yen. A signal is sent to the alarm 87, a message indicating that the service has been discontinued is displayed to the customer, and the device is stopped.

In the above embodiment, the signal from the end detector is ignored at the end of the transaction, but the control section 83 accepts it during the transaction and stores it in the storage section 88 in the control section.
Of course, it is also possible to temporarily store the information in the storage section and refer to the corresponding storage section at the end of the transaction.

Furthermore, although the above embodiment describes the case of dispensing banknotes, it can also be used for dispensing receipts, envelopes, etc., or journal paper on which transaction details are printed, by providing respective near-end and end detectors. Similar control is possible.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the control section of the device ignores the remaining amount detection signal of the medium during the transaction, and recognizes and accepts the remaining amount detection signal only at the end of the transaction. It is possible to prevent the device from becoming unusable in the middle of a transaction even though there is a remaining amount of media available for transaction.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.
A side view of the withdrawal mechanism inside the figure, Figure 3 is a partial view of the safe pulled out from the withdrawal mechanism in Figure 2, Figure 4 is a block diagram of the control unit mechanism, Figures 5 (a) to (C) is a flowchart showing the flow of operation of the device. 13.14... Dispatch warehouse 17,40.53...
...Conveyance path 77...End detector 78...
...Near-end detector 83...Control unit sI diagram Figure 3 Figure 5 (0-) Figure 115 (b Figure 5 Procedural amendment (voluntary) Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office 1, Patent application for indication of case No. 57-139761 No. 3, Relationship with the case of the person making the amendment Patent Applicant (307) Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. Drawing 6, Contents of amendment Amending Drawing 5 (b) as attached Q
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (]) A storage unit that stores media to be delivered to a customer as a result of a transaction, and a detection means that detects when the remaining amount of media in this storage unit has fallen below a predetermined value. An automated transaction device comprising: a control device that responds to detection by the early detection device during a transaction and stops operation of the device after the transaction is completed. (2) The automatic weir "ij+ apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the medium to be dispensed to the customer is a banknote. (3) The detection means detects when the remaining amount of the medium is less than the maximum required number for one transaction. The automatic transaction device according to claim 1, which detects the occurrence of a transaction.