JPS62285196A - cash handling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] 3. Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device, and particularly a cash handling device suitable for dispensing and depositing cash banknotes. Regarding.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, so-called cash handling devices have been proposed in which deposited banknotes are paid and used as banknotes from the viewpoint of improving capital efficiency. For example, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-202589, the cash handling device has a separation mechanism in the banknote deposit slot for separating and counting the banknotes one by one, and the downstream side thereof has a separation mechanism for counting the banknotes one by one. Waiting for the mechanism that collects and separates 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills for payment transactions, and the accumulation and separation mechanism that stores 5,000 yen bills and unfit notes, and then organically develops these separation mechanisms and accumulation and separation mechanisms. It was configured so that when activated, deposited banknotes were returned and used for payment. In this case, the separation mechanism and the stacking mechanism are required to have high reliability, such as being able to accurately separate banknotes in any state and stack them without jamming.

[Intermediate Points to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional example, the mechanism was complicated and its adjustment was difficult, and the cost was also high. Furthermore, since several banknote stacking and separating mechanisms are required, there is a problem in that the device becomes large in size.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cash handling device that can reduce costs and downsize.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to provide a cash handling device in which deposited banknotes are reused for payment, and a first denomination that receives and deposits deposited banknotes and payment banknotes of a second denomination. a second depositing section for depositing payment bills of the first denomination that can enter the first depositing section;
a separation section that separates and transfers the banknotes deposited in the depositing section or the second depositing section; a discrimination section that discriminates the authenticity and number of denominations of the bills separated by the separation section; a third depositing section that deposits the banknotes that have been classified, a conveying means that transports the banknotes discriminated by the discriminating section to the third depositing section, and depositing banknotes of the first denomination and the second denomination; a storage section for storing banknotes; and a storage section for storing banknotes; Second.
Third deposition part.

This is achieved by including a bill transfer means that collectively grasps and transfers a plurality of bills between the storage section and the deposit/withdrawal port.

[Effect]

The banknotes deposited through the deposit/withdrawal port are gripped by the banknote transfer means and deposited in the first depositing section. The deposited banknotes deposited in the first stacking section are separated one by one by the separating section and transported to the discrimination section by the transporting means. The banknotes sorted by the validation unit are deposited in their respective stacking units by the conveyance unit, and when the deposit amount counted by the validation unit is confirmed by the customer, the banknotes are transferred to a predetermined location by the banknote transfer unit and deposited. The transaction is completed. Regarding the payment of banknotes, an appropriate amount of first denomination banknotes is gripped and taken out by the nine banknote transfer means from the storage section constituting the safe, and deposited in the second stacking section as payment banknotes. The second stacking section is moved to the first stacking section, the bills stacked in the second stacking section are separated by the separating section, and the bills of the amount specified by the customer are counted by the discriminating section. , and are deposited on a stacker constituting the third depositing section by means of a conveyance means. In addition, if the customer requests payment in the second denomination, the appropriate amount of second denomination banknotes is removed from the storage section.
The banknotes are gripped and taken out by the banknote moving means and deposited in the first depositing section. This deposited second gold type is separated by a separating section and deposited on a stacker. The banknotes stacked on the stacker are gripped by the banknote transfer means and transferred to the deposit/withdrawal port. The payment transaction is completed when the customer receives this banknote.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the device of the present invention. In this figure, 1 is a case, 2 is a deposit/withdrawal port provided in the case 1,
3 is a banknote separation mechanism provided in the upper central part of the case 1;
This banknote separator n3 here constitutes a frictional separation mechanism constituted by a banknote feeding roller, a paper feed roller, and a separation roller, which will be described later. Reference numeral 4 denotes a first stacking section provided close to the bill separating mechanism 3 for depositing deposited bills and for depositing second denomination paid bills such as ten thousand notes, and 5 is provided above the bill separating mechanism 3. A second depositing section for depositing payment bills of a first denomination, such as 1,000-denomination bills, for example, and the second depositing section 5 is configured to be able to enter the first depositing section 4 by a moving mechanism. This configuration includes 1, for example, a first deposition section 4
The bottom plates of the first depositing portion 5 and the second depositing portion 5 may be formed in a comb shape so that they can be inserted into each other, and the moving mechanism thereof may be constituted by, for example, a screw shaft or the like. The first mentioned above
The deposited banknotes deposited in the depositing section 4 are separated one by one by the forward rotation (clockwise rotation in the drawing) of the roller of the separating mechanism 3. Further, the first denomination payment banknotes deposited in the second depositing section 5 are separated one by one by the forward rotation of the roller after the second depositing section enters the first depositing section. Ru.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a discrimination section provided downstream of the separation mechanism 3; 8 to 10 indicate banknote transport paths branched from the downstream of the discrimination section 4 by switching gates 11 and 12; and 13 indicates a banknote discriminator provided above the first stacking section 4. A third depositing section 14 is installed below the first depositing section 4 to deposit banknotes that cannot be identified as false and paid bills; a fourth depositing section 15 is installed further below the first depositing section 4; This is a fifth depositing section in which banknotes that have been recycled and are not used are deposited. A conveyance path 10 is connected to the fifth deposition section 15 , a conveyance path 9 is connected to the fourth deposition section 14 , and a conveyance path 8 is connected to the third deposition section 13 . Reference numeral 16 denotes a banknote storage safe installed below the fifth stacking section 15, in which a banknote position adjustment means 17 moves the banknotes stacked and stored up and down, and a banknote transfer means (to be described later) operates through an opening 18 of the storage safe 16.
If the banknotes are taken out from the storage safe 16 when the banknotes enter the bank, the banknotes can be stored in the safe 16. When the banknote storage safe 16 is in operation, an appropriate amount of first denomination payment banknotes, such as 1,000 kanji, is deposited above, and a second denomination payment banknote, such as 10,000 kanji, is deposited below. .

Reference numeral 19 denotes a banknote reject storehouse installed below the money 7116, and this banknote reject storehouse 19 stores unfit bills and non-returnable bills through its opening 20. Reference numeral 21 denotes a bill transfer means for transferring a plurality of bills at once, and this bill transfer means 21 is movable in the front and back direction and includes a hand section 22 for gripping the bill, a rotating means 23 for imparting rotational motion to the hand section 22, and It is comprised of a guide support means 24 for moving the hand section 22 in the vertical direction, a driving screw 25, and the like.

This banknote transfer means 21 stores and takes out banknotes from the stacking section 4, 5, 13 to 15, stores and takes out banknotes from the storage safe 16, stores the banknotes into the reject box 19, etc., and stores a plurality of banknotes in a block state. The drive type of the hand section 22 does not matter, as long as it can be transferred with the same speed.

The detailed structure of the banknote separating section 3 described above will be explained using FIG. 2. In Fig. 2, the parts with the same symbols as in Fig. 1 are the same parts.
1. The delivery roller 32 is disposed opposite to the delivery roller 32, and the bills fed from the first stacking section 4 or the second stacking section 5 are collected by frictional force by the cooperative action of the delivery roller 31 and the delivery roller 32. A separation roller 33 is provided to separate the sheets one by one. The first depositing section 4 is normally kept empty and one banknote is deposited only when deposited banknotes or second denomination payment banknotes are carried in by the banknote transfer means 21. Before starting transaction processing, the first denomination payment banknotes in the banknote storage safe 16 are taken out and deposited in the second depositing section 5 by the hand section 22 of the banknote transfer means 21. A guide 131 is provided in the third deposition section 13 . Also the fourth. The fifth stacking section 14.15 has a bill holding plate 141.151 and its spring 142.152, respectively.
is provided.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the above-described apparatus of the present invention will be described.

First, when a deposit transaction request is made, the hand portion 22 of the banknote transfer means 21 is located at the deposit/withdrawal port 2 as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 16 and then at the deposit/withdrawal port.

When a customer inserts a deposited banknote into the hand section 22 of the banknote transfer means 21, the hand section 22 of the banknote transfer means 21 receives the deposited banknote inserted by the customer and sets it in the first stacking section 4. The feed roller 31 and the feed roller 32 rotate clockwise in the drawing, feed out the banknotes by the frictional force of a high friction member (for example, rubber) arranged on the circumferential surface, and separate the banknotes one by one by the frictional force of the separation roller 33. 0 The separated banknotes pass through a conveyance path and are judged by a discrimination section 7 to determine authenticity, denomination, and whether or not they can be reused (can be returned for payment) 6. Counterfeit and unidentifiable banknotes The banknotes are switched to the conveyance path 8 by the switching gate 11, guided to the third stacking section 13, guided by the guide 131, and deposited there.

On the other hand, banknotes determined to be genuine are stored in the fourth stacking section 5 by switching gates 11 and 12, for example, 10,000 yen banknotes that can be recycled, 1,000 yen banknotes that cannot be recycled, 5,000 yen banknotes, 5,000 yen banknotes, etc. 500 yen bills and severely damaged banknotes are stored in the fifth stacking section 15.
are guided and deposited one after another. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the fourth stacking section 14 transports and guides banknotes through a transport path 9 composed of a transport belt, and places the belt between a push plate 141 pressed by a spring 142 and the belt. The banknotes are sequentially fed and stacked by force. The same applies to the fifth deposition section 15.

Among the deposited banknotes listed above, the rejected banknote B R is the 3rd banknote.
When the banknotes are returned to the depositing unit 13 and deposited, the hand part 22 of the banknote transfer means 21 moves to grasp the rejected banknotes BR, carry them to the deposit/withdrawal port 2, and once return them to the customer. I had some problems with the fit (bent edges, etc.) fixed.

It is also received and set in the first depositing section 4 by the above-described operation. Then, the rejected banknotes BR are stacked again for one minute as described above, and after the processing of the rejected banknotes BR is completed, after the customer confirms the amount, if the customer instructs the deposit, the banknote is transferred to the fourth stacking section. The ten thousand yen banknotes BO deposited in the banknote 14 are gripped by the hand portion 22 of the banknote transfer means 21, and then transferred to the storage safe 16 and stored therein. Further, the non-recirculation field BE deposited on the fifth deposition section 15 is simultaneously transferred by the hand section 22 and stored in the reject storage 19. On the other hand, if the customer does not request a deposit, the money will be returned to the deposit/withdrawal slot.

As described above, all the deposited banknotes set in the first depositing section 4 are usually stored in the storage safe 16 or the transfer box 1.
9 and the deposit transaction is completed. In this state, since no banknotes remain in the first depositing section 4, it becomes possible to immediately handle the next deposit transaction.

Next, at the time of bill payment operation, the operation is as follows.

At the time when the cash handling device starts operating (the time when transactions are enabled), the bill transfer means 21 operates as shown in FIG. An appropriate amount of
Set it to . The customer then uses this second deposition section 5.
When requesting payment of the first denomination deposited at roller 31,
It is pressed against the delivery roller 32. Here, both rollers 31,
32 rotates clockwise in the drawing.

The banknotes are sent out by the action of the friction rollers disposed on the circumferential surface of the banknotes, and are successively separated one by one by the frictional force of the separation roller 33 in the same manner as described above.

Here, the banknotes that have been correctly separated one by one pass through the discrimination section 7 and are led to the third stacking section 13 through the conveyance path 6 by the switching gate 11, and are deposited in this third stacking section 13. Banknotes with abnormal banknote separation status, such as 0 double feeding, are transferred to switching gate 1.
1 is guided to, for example, the fifth deposition section 15 and deposited thereon.

Further, when the customer requests payment of the second denomination banknote 1, for example, a ten thousand yen banknote, the banknote conveying means 21 takes out the second denomination banknote in the storage safe and transfers it to the empty first banknote. It is deposited in the deposition section 4 of. The second denomination banknotes deposited in the first depositing section 4 are separated one by one by the separating mechanism 3, and the third denomination banknote is separated one by one by the separating mechanism 3.
It is deposited in the deposition section 13 of.

In addition, if the customer requests payment in the first denomination banknote and the second denomination banknote, these denomination banknotes are taken out from the safe by the banknote conveying means and transferred to the second or first denomination banknote, respectively. Once deposited in the depositing sections 5 and 4, these denominations of banknotes can be paid out at once by the above-described operation.

When the correct number of banknotes is deposited in the third depositing unit 13, the hand unit 22 transfers the banknotes to the two-person withdrawal port 2 as shown in FIG. 3 and hands the banknotes to the customer. The banknotes rejected by the depositing section 15 are stored in the storage safe 16 or the transfer box 17 by the hand section 22.

Normally, when the separation mechanism 3 has good separation performance, there are no banknotes that are rejected and deposited in the fifth stacking section 15.
The fifth stacking section 14.15 is empty. As a result, even if there is a problem, deposit transactions can be maintained in a state where it can be accepted.

In the above embodiment, a frictional separation type using a feeding roller, a delivery roller, etc. as a banknote separation mechanism was explained. It goes without saying that similar effects can be obtained with a separation mechanism as well.

In the above-described embodiment, the first denomination was stored above the banknote storage safe 16 and the second denomination was stored below it. It may be divided into a denomination storage section and a second denomination storage section, or it may be configured with two storage safes.

Furthermore, a push plate and its driving mechanism for moving the banknotes up and down may be provided in these safes.
It is also possible to store only the second denomination banknotes therein and manually deposit the first denomination banknotes in the second stacking section in advance.

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

One separation mechanism is provided with a first stacking section for one deposit banknote and a second denomination payment bill, and a first stacking section is provided above the first stacking section so as to be able to enter the first stacking section. The arrangement of deposits for one denomination of payment notes allows the device to remain ready at any time for payment and deposit transactions. As a result, compared to the conventional system, which has separate complicated and expensive separation mechanisms for separating deposited banknotes and payment banknotes, the device is smaller and more compact.
Cost reduction is possible. Furthermore, since a plurality of banknotes are conveyed all at once, the number of conveyance systems for conveying the banknotes individually is reduced, and from this point of view as well, it is possible to downsize and reduce the cost of the apparatus. Furthermore, processing dead time is reduced,
Trading time is significantly reduced. As a result, customer waiting time is reduced, serviceability is improved, and the number of transactions per day of the device can be increased, making it possible to significantly improve the bank's capital efficiency and operational efficiency.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to partially eliminate a plurality of expensive banknote separation mechanisms and a banknote conveyance path system, so it is possible to provide a small and low-cost cash handling device, and
Reliability can also be improved.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2
The figure is a diagram showing the configuration of a banknote separation mechanism that constitutes the device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the dispensing operation of the device of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Case, 2...Payment/withdrawal port, 3...Banknote separation mechanism, 4...First stacking section, 5...Second stacking section,
7... Identification section, 8-10... Conveyance path, 11.12.
...Switching gate. 13...Third deposition part, 14...Fourth deposition part, 1
5... Fifth depositing section, 16... Bill storage safe, 19
...Banknote rejection storage, 21...Banknote transfer means, 2
2...Hand part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a cash handling device of a type in which deposited banknotes are reused for payment, a first depositing section that receives and deposits deposited banknotes and payment banknotes of a second denomination; a second depositing section for depositing the first denomination payment banknotes, which is retractable into the second denomination section;
provided in the first deposition section;
a separation section that separates and transfers the banknotes stacked in the stacking section; a discrimination section that discriminates the authenticity, denomination, and number of the bills separated by this separation section; a third depositing section for transporting banknotes discriminated by the discriminating section to the third depositing section; and a storage section for storing paid bills of the first denomination and second denomination, and deposited banknotes. and a banknote transfer means for collectively gripping and transferring a plurality of banknotes between the first, second, and third stacking sections, the storage section, and the deposit/withdrawal port. . 2. The cash handling device according to claim 1, wherein the separating section includes a feeding roller and a feeding roller having a friction member. 3. Claim 1, characterized in that the separating section includes a feeding roller and a feeding roller having a vacuum suction section.
Cash handling equipment as described in section. 4. The second depositing section is located above the first depositing section, and is moved into the first depositing section by a moving mechanism when paying banknotes.Claim 2 or 3
Cash handling equipment as described in section. 5. The cash handling device according to claim 4, wherein the bill transfer means includes a hand portion that grips and transfers the bills accumulated in the depositing portion or the like.