JP2503081B2 - Cash deposit / withdrawal device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cash deposit / withdrawal device installed in a financial institution or the like.

(Prior art) In recent years, cash deposit / withdrawal devices have been widely used for dealing with cash with customers, such as counter operations and automatic transaction operations in financial institutions such as banks. In addition, the money recycle type cash deposit / withdrawal device that integrates the functions and further distributes the reusable money for the withdrawal to the withdrawal type classified storage and uses it at the time of the withdrawal transaction It has been announced one after another.

In such a device, first, the money required for the withdrawal transaction is first set in one collective storage box, and the collective storage box is attached to the depositing / dispensing apparatus. After that, by operating the switches for instructing the loading operation, it is possible to automatically distribute and load money from the collective storage into each storage for each type of money arranged for withdrawal. Therefore, the loading operation of the coins only needs to be performed by mounting the collective storage.

Further, when the work is completed, the collecting operation opposite to the loading operation can be performed by operating the switches for instructing the collecting operation.

That is, if the coins are sequentially collected from the money-type storages to the collective storage, the only storages to be taken out from the depositing / dispensing device are the collective storage and the reject storages that store the rejected money. Thus, the convenience of the operator is achieved (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-289488).

Further, a memory for storing the number of coins counted by the depositing / dispensing device during the loading operation and the collecting operation is provided, and is displayed on the display provided in the operation unit of the apparatus main body. The operator reads this and stores it in memory, and inputs the number of sheets to be loaded from the operating section during the loading operation so that the number of sheets to be loaded and the number of sheets to be collected can be managed and operated (Shokai 57-106057). Issue).

<Structure of Conventional Apparatus> Hereinafter, a conventional depositing / dispensing apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-289488 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional depositing / dispensing device. This device is mounted on the teller terminal device.

The deposit / withdrawal device 105 includes an upper unit 110, an intermediate unit 111,
And the lower unit 112.

The upper unit 110 is provided with a bill insertion slot 113 and a bill ejection slot 114 on the upper front surface. A depositing / separating mechanism 115 for separating the bills that have been thrown in at once and taking in one by one is provided on the bottom side of the input port 113, and one by one behind the input port 113 when viewed from the input port 113. The authenticity, damage, and
On the front and back sides, a discrimination section 116 provided for discriminating and detecting overlapping (overrunning) of two or more sheets and skewing is arranged.
Further, on the rear side thereof, a front / back arrangement mechanism 117 is provided, and in the case of a banknote determined to be the back side by the discrimination result of the discrimination section 116, the sorting gate 122 is operated by driving a magnet (not shown) to travel. Switching the path to the front and back arrangement section
It is configured to be sent to 117 and aligned with the surface.

The traveling path 119 is a conveying path provided for delivering the bills guided and conveyed to be taken into the device by the separation gate 123 to the intermediate unit 111, and the traveling path 118 is a traveling path of the lower unit 112 and the intermediate unit 111. This is a transport path for inheriting the banknotes transported by the path and sending them to the discrimination section 116. When the separating gate 123 is actuated by driving a magnet (not shown), the banknotes conveyed through the discriminating unit 116 are sent to the traveling path 120, and are placed on the inner side of the upper surface of the discharge port by the traveling path 120. It is conveyed to the discharge and accumulation unit 121. The bills conveyed to the discharge accumulation section 121 are accumulated at the discharge port 114, and the teller can collectively extract the bills.

The intermediate unit 111 is mainly a temporary holding section for each denomination and loss, and a stacking section 124,125,126,127 for bills to be taken in and a temporary holding section 128,129,130,131 for each denomination and loss, denomination separating gates 136,137,138,139, and withdrawal reject bill banknotes. It comprises a recess 140 and a runway 141 from the lower unit 112 to the upper unit 110.

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

Here, if the conveyed bill is determined to be a 5,000 yen bill by the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 116, the magnet (not shown) is driven to operate the 5,000 yen bill separating gate 139. , And sends it to the 5000-yen ticket stacking unit 127. The 5000 yen ticket stacking unit 127 stores the sent banknotes in the 5000 yen ticket temporary storage unit 1
Collected in sequence at 31. Similarly, when it is determined that the ticket is a 1,000 yen ticket, the 1,000 yen ticket dividing gate 138 is operated,
It is sent to the 1,000-yen ticket accumulating unit 126, and the 1,000-yen ticket accumulating unit 126 is sequentially accumulated in the 1,000-yen ticket accumulating unit 130. If it is determined that the ticket is a 10,000-yen ticket, the 10,000-yen ticket dividing gate 137 is activated to send it to the 10,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 125,
Are sequentially accumulated in the 10,000-yen ticket temporary storage unit 129.

Note that, in the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 116, a bill determined to be an unfit banknote or a non-refundable bill (for example, a 500-yen bill) and a collection process from a storage of a denomination described later to a collective storage Does not operate any of the denomination separating gates 137, 138, 139, activates the batch / payment separating gate 136 and sends it to the batch / paying stacking unit 124,
Accumulates the banknotes in batch / payment temporary holding section 128 sequentially.

The withdrawal reject banknote dropping unit 140, when a banknote taken out from a storage of a denomination to be described later in the withdrawal transaction passes through the discrimination unit 116 and is determined to be a withdrawal nonconforming ticket, will be described later. It is a transport unit for sending it to the bill storage. The temporary storage shutters 132, 133, 134, 135 are connected to a single magnet (not shown), and by driving the magnets, the temporary storages 128, 129 are simultaneously released.
The center part rotates downward with the part connected to the side surfaces of the 2,130,131 as the center of rotation. With this operation, the temporary holding unit
The banknotes accumulated in 128,129,130,131 are lower unit 112.
It is dropped and stored in each storage box.

In the deposit transaction, after the deposit count, when the banknotes are accumulated in the temporary holding units 128, 129, 130, 131 and the teller performs the cancel operation, the intermediate unit 111 is unlocked and the intermediate unit 111 is pulled out forward. Thus, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding units 128, 129, 130, 131 can be taken out. Further, by using the monitoring key, the staff can voluntarily take out the bills remaining in each part of the intermediate unit, so that the bills can be taken out even when a jam occurs.

The lower unit 112 includes a batch / payment storage 143, storages 144,145,146 for each type of money, and a separating / separating mechanism 147,14 from the storage.
8, 149, 150, a reject banknote storage 142, and a traveling path 151 for conveying the banknotes taken out one by one from the storage.

The 5000-yen ticket storage 146 has a function of receiving and accumulating the banknotes from the 5000-yen ticket temporary holding unit 131 and a separating mechanism 150 to
It is a storage room for 5,000 yen bills that has the function of feeding out bills one by one.

Similarly, 145 is a storage of 1,000 yen ticket, 149 is a separation mechanism of 1,000 yen ticket, 144 is a storage of 10,000 yen ticket, 148 is a separation mechanism of 10,000 yen ticket, and 143 is a lump sum / payment return An impossible ticket storage 147 is a separation mechanism for collectively stored tickets.

The reject banknote storage 142 is the discrimination unit 1 of the banknotes fed out from the storages 144, 145, 146 for each type of money in the withdrawal transaction.
This storage unit stores banknotes that have been detected as skewing or two or more overlaps (double running) based on the 16 discrimination results and have been determined to be dispensable.

Runway 151 is a lump sum / deposit storage 143 and denomination-based storage 14
The banknotes fed out from 4,145,146 are conveyed to the intermediate unit 111.
It is a conveyance path for feeding to the traveling path 141 of.

The full / payment storage 143 and the denomination-based storages 144, 145, and 146 each have a full bill detector 15 as an optical sensor.
4a, 154b, 154c, 154d and near full detector 155a, 155b, 155c,
155d, near-end detectors 156a, 156b, 156c, 156d, and end detectors 157a, 157b, 157c, 157d are attached and serve as means for managing the amount of bills in the storage. In addition, the reject bill storage 142 has a full bill detector 1
53 is installed, and optically rejects bill storage
142 full banknotes are detected.

A door (not shown) is provided on the front surface of the lower unit 112, and by using an inspection key, the storage rack (not shown) can be pulled out forward by opening the door.

By pulling out the storage racks, the above storages are arranged so as to be removed.

A common lock is attached to each of the storages, and a door can be opened with a key to perform bill loading and withdrawal operations. In the upper unit 110 and the intermediate unit 111, independent motors (not shown) are mounted as power sources for separating, stacking, and conveying banknotes, and a power transmission mechanism is arranged.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the operation as shown in FIG. 2, the following operation is performed when cash is distributed and replenished from the collective storage to the denomination-based storage.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of essential parts for explaining the distribution and replenishing operation of the conventional device.

In the figure, only the collective storage 11, the discriminating unit 4, the temporary holding unit 25, the shutter 35, and the denomination-based storage 9 are shown, and other parts are omitted.

In the apparatus configured as shown in the figure, when cash is distributed from the batch storage box 11, first, the cash sent from the batch storage box 11 to the transport path is discriminated by the discrimination section 4. Then, in the case of cash to be stored in the denomination-based storage 9, it is accumulated in the temporary holding unit 25 through the route of the arrow. Further, cash of other denominations is collected in the collective storage 11 through the route of the arrow.

When a predetermined amount of cash, for example, 100 pieces of cash is accumulated in the temporary holding unit 25, the transportation of the cash is temporarily stopped, the shutter 35 is opened, and the cash accumulated in the temporary holding unit 25 is stored in the money storage 9
Is stored in. The distribution operation for loading cash when the apparatus is started up and the distribution operation for replenishing cash while the apparatus is operating are performed in substantially the same manner.

FIG. 4 shows a distribution / replenishing operation time chart of the conventional device.

As shown in the figure, in the conventional apparatus, when the banknote stacking operation is executed from time t1 to time t2, the temporary hold full detection is performed by the detector obtained at time t2. And
The operation of storing cash in the storage is executed from time t2 to time t3, and the operation of stacking banknotes is started again from time t3.
At time t4, when the temporary holding full detection is performed again, the storing operation in the storage case is performed again. After time t5, the same operation is repeated, and the necessary distribution supplement operation is completed.

However, in such a conventional apparatus, the banknote stacking operation is periodically interrupted for a certain period of time during the distribution and replenishing operation. Therefore, when distributing and replenishing a large amount of banknotes,
There is a problem that the operation stop time of the device becomes long.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus that speeds up the operation, especially when a large amount of cash of the same denomination is distributed and replenished. is there.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A cash depositing / withdrawing device of the present invention is provided with a collective storage that stores cash of a plurality of denominations in a batch and is attachable to and detachable from the device body. A plurality of denomination-based storages for receiving cash distribution and replenishment from storages, a cash distribution means for distributing and replenishing the cash from the collective storage to the denomination-based storages, and each denomination-based storage A temporary holding unit for temporarily accumulating the cash on the denomination storing box during the distribution operation of the cash to be replenished and distributed to the plurality of denomination storing boxes and storing the same denomination cash. 2 or more denomination-based storages are included, and the cash distribution means stores the cash of the same denomination into two or more denomination-based storages.
When the cash of the denomination is distributed and replenished, the cash is temporarily accumulated in one denomination-based storage box, while the cash is accumulated during the operation of accumulating the cash from the other denomination-based storage box. It is characterized in that an operation of storing the generated cash in the corresponding cash type storage is executed.

(Operation) The above device is provided with, for example, two denomination-based storages for storing cash of the same denomination. Then, while accumulating cash in the temporary holding unit on one denomination-based storage, while storing cash in the temporary holding unit on the other denomination-based storage, the accumulated cash is stored in the denomination-based storage. . If this operation is performed alternately, the cash of apparently the same denomination is distributed to the denomination-based storage without interrupting the accumulation operation.
Therefore, when a large amount of cash of the same denomination is distributed and replenished to two or more denomination storages, the speed can be increased.

(Examples) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples of the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an essential part of an embodiment of a cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus of the present invention.

In this device, the collective storage 11 is attached to the device body 50,
In addition to the discrimination unit 4 and the denomination-based storages 9 and 10, a temporary holding unit 25 and 26 for temporarily accumulating cash for each denomination-based storage
And shutters 35 and 36.

In FIG. 1, the denomination-based storages 9 and 10 store cash of the same denomination, and other denomination-based storages are omitted.

In addition, the collective storage 11 has a storage management memory 99 for managing the counting of cash stored in the collective storage 11.
Is provided. Further, in order to update the contents of the storage management memory 99 or use the data to manage cash distribution and replenishment, a count management unit 80a, a cash collecting means 80b, and a cash distributing means 80c are provided. ing.

The storage management memory 99 is composed of a random access memory or the like, and the counting management unit 80a, the cash collecting means 80b, and the cash distributing means 80c are each composed of a microprocessor or the like.

First, the basic configuration and operation of the device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, and then the more specific operation of the device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. To do.

<Main Operation of Device> First, in the device of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, by controlling the cash distributing means 80c from the collective storage 11,
When the transportation of cash is started toward the transportation path, the cash is discriminated by the discrimination unit 4. Then, when it is determined that the cash is of the denomination that should be stored in the denomination-based storage 9 and the second denomination-based storage 10 in FIG. 1, or by the route, the first denomination-based storage 9 or Second money type storage
Transported to 10. Further, other banknotes are collected in the batch storage box 11 through the route. The selection of these routes is controlled by the batch isolation gates 16 and 32.

The amount of cash accumulated in the first temporary holding unit 25 and the second temporary holding unit 26 is monitored by a detector (not shown), and when the accumulated amount reaches a certain amount, for example, about 100 sheets. The flag 80d including the first temporary holding section full detection flag or the second temporary holding section full detection flag is turned on.

FIG. 5 shows a distribution / replenishing operation time chart showing a schematic operation of the apparatus of the present invention.

First, when the distribution replenishment operation is started, the device of the present invention accumulates cash of the corresponding denomination first, for example, in the first temporary holding unit. As described above, this accumulation operation follows the route of FIG.
It is executed from time t1 to t2 in the figure.

At time t2, full hold full detection is detected. The cash distributing means 80c recognizes this, operates the collective dividing gate 32, and this time, continues the accumulation operation of the cash of the corresponding denomination to the second temporary holding unit.

On the other hand, at the time t2, the shutter 35 is opened in the first temporary holding unit 25 that has completed the stacking operation, and the cash accumulated in the first temporary holding unit 25 is stored in the first money type storage box 9. Is stored. This operation ends at time t3, and thereafter waits for a certain amount of cash to be transported to the second temporary holding unit 26 from time t2.

At time t4, a predetermined amount of cash is accumulated in the second temporary holding unit 26, and when full detection of the second temporary holding unit is performed at time t4, the cash distributing means 80c again causes the collective dividing gate 32 to be operated.
And the storing operation is completed first, and the accumulation of cash of the corresponding denomination is continued in the first temporary holding section 25 which has become empty. This accumulation operation starts from time t4 in FIG.
It is executed by t6.

The cash accumulated in the second temporary holding section 26 is shuttered between the time t4 and the time t5 in the same manner as described above.
When the 36 is opened, it is stored in the second money type storage box 10.

As described above, in the device of the present invention, if the first money type storage 9 and the second money type storage 10 store cash of the same denomination, the temporary holding unit 25 Cash is alternately transported to 26 and 26, and apparently the accumulation operation is continuously executed. As a result, as compared with the operation of the conventional apparatus shown in FIG. 4, a large amount of cash of the same denomination can be distributed and replenished toward the denomination-based storage in a short time.

FIG. 6 shows a more specific distribution replenishment operation flowchart of the apparatus of the present invention.

This operation is executed in the apparatus of the concrete embodiment of the present invention described in FIG. 7 and subsequent figures.

Before explaining the flowchart of FIG. 6, first, the overall configuration of an automatic teller machine using the cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus of the present invention will be explained.

<Automatic Cash Transaction Device> FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automatic cash transaction device.

FIG. 7A is a front view of the cash automatic transaction device 51 including a cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 and a card reader / writer unit.
52, a passbook entry machine 53, and a customer operation unit 54 are provided.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 is a device that accepts bills deposited by a customer or pays bills to the customer. The card reader / writer unit 52 is a device that performs processing such as identification of a cash card inserted by a customer, printing of results of deposit transactions, payment transactions, etc. on paper.
The passbook recorder 53 is a device for identifying the passbook inserted by the customer and for printing the deposit transaction, payment transaction result, and the like. The customer operation unit 54 is an operation key operated by the customer to input a deposit amount, a payment amount, a personal identification number, or the like,
This is a device having a display unit for displaying illustrations and characters for input amount of money, operation guidance, and the like.

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

The internal operation unit 55 displays operation keys for inputting items and data corresponding to each transaction, data input by the operation keys, processing results, etc., when a clerk performs processing such as charging, replenishing and collecting of banknotes. Then, it is configured by a display unit or the like for guiding the operation of the staff.

Further, in FIG. 7A, the control unit 65 indicated by a broken line is
The automatic teller machine 51 includes a processor and the like provided to control the operation of each device.

Further, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 shown in FIG. 1 has a cash transfer transaction apparatus 51 shown in FIG. 7 in order to attach / detach the collective storage 11 or the like, or to remove a jam on a conveying path for conveying banknotes.
It can be detached from the main body and independently pulled out. Normal,
The rear panel of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 7 is opened to take it out.

<Block Configuration of Apparatus> FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention.

This device has a cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit via a host device control unit interface 81 by a control unit 56 (FIG. 7).
It is controlled by a control signal input to 80.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 includes a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the entire cash deposit / withdrawal device and its peripheral circuits.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 is connected to the I / O via the bus line.
An O interface circuit 82, a collective storage interface circuit 90, a read only memory (ROM) 83, and a random access memory (RAM) 84 are connected.

The ROM 83 is a memory that stores an operation program for the cash deposit / withdrawal device controller 80. The RAM 84 is a memory for temporarily storing parameters and the like necessary for the operation of the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80.

The I / O interface circuit 82 includes a motor driver 85,
A magnet driver 86, a switch reading circuit 87, a photo sensor reading circuit 88, and a bill discrimination control unit 89 are connected.

The motor driver 85 is connected to a motor group 91 of each part of the apparatus and a motor group 96 provided in the collective storage 11.
It is a circuit for driving and controlling 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 that turns on or off each magnet according to the operation mode.

The switch reading circuit 87 is connected to the switch group 93 of each part of the apparatus and the switch group 97 of the collective storage 11, and whether or not the collective storage 11, the denomination-based storages 8, 9, 10 and the reject cassette 7 are mounted. And a circuit for reading the states of switches and the like for detecting the position of each stage. The photo sensor reading circuit 88 is connected to the photo sensor group 94 of each part of the apparatus and the photo sensor group 98 provided in the batch storage box 11, and the batch storage box 11 or the storage boxes 8, 9 and 10 by denomination, or reject. It is a circuit that reads information from a photosensor group that is provided in the cassette 7 and that monitors the stacking state of banknotes.

The bill discrimination control unit 89 is connected to the bill discrimination sensor group 95. The banknote discrimination sensor group 95 is composed of various sensors provided inside the discrimination unit 4 shown in FIG. 1, and is for authenticity, denomination, damage, front and back, and weight of bills sent to the discrimination unit 4. It is a circuit provided for differentially detecting running and skewing.

The batch storage interface circuit 90 reads the storage contents of the storage management memory 99 attached to the batch storage 11 and transfers the storage contents to the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 or an instruction of the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80. It is a circuit that receives and updates the contents of the storage management memory 99.

The storage management memory 99 is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like that is backed up by a battery or the like and is directly accessed by the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80. The storage management memory 99 is integrated with a control means such as a microcomputer in addition to the above, and transmits / receives data to / from the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 via the collective storage interface circuit 90. May be

The memory used for the storage management memory 99 is a semiconductor random access memory with battery backup.
In addition to memory, EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read
It may be a magnetic recording medium such as an only memory) or a magnetic disk or a magnetic tape. The storage management memory 99 stores the number of banknotes stored in the batch storage 11 for each denomination individually.

In addition to this, in order to control various operations of the cash deposit / withdrawal control unit 80, a counting management unit 80a, a cash collection unit 80b, and a cash distribution unit 80c are provided. All of these means, through the I / O interface circuit 82 in a predetermined procedure,
It is composed of a sequence program for controlling the circuit of each part of the device and for executing and controlling the operation described later.

The counting management unit 80a counts the banknotes collected in the batch storage box 11 or distributed from the batch storage box 11, and updates the storage box management memory 99 each time. The cash collecting means 80b controls the operation of taking out and transporting the cash stored in the denomination-based storage, and collecting it in the collective storage 11. The cash distributing means 80c confirms the number of denominations stored in the storage management memory 99 when there is a shortage of banknotes in each denomination-based storage, and within the range, it is necessary for each denomination-based storage. Controls the operation of distributing and replenishing various banknotes.

<Customer Service Port> FIGS. 10 to 13 show the entire structure of the cash deposit / withdrawal device of the present invention.

The specific operation will be described below with reference to these drawings.

By the way, at the upper front part of the apparatus main body 50 shown in FIG.

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

As shown in FIG. 9 (a), the service opening 3 is a bill guide.
And a banknote separating mechanism 49 for separating banknotes one by one. As shown in FIGS. 9 (b) and 9 (c), a rotator for rotating the banknote guide 57 around its center as an axis. Has a structure.

The service port 3 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), and various sensors are attached to it for confirming the shift to each position.

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

First, FIG. 9 (a) illustrates a deposit position waiting for a customer to insert a bill. In this case, the shutter 42
Is opened, and the bill guide 57 is opened upward.

Further, FIG. 9 (b) shows a separating position for separating the inserted banknotes one by one. In this case, the shutter 42
The banknotes that have been inserted all together in the banknote guide 57 are closed,
The sheets are separated one by one by the bill separating mechanism 49 and sent out of the customer service opening 3 in the direction shown by the arrow in the figure. After that, the deposit process is executed for the bill.

FIG. 9C shows a receiving position when the banknotes are collectively received from the banknote arranging mechanism 5 to the banknote guide 57 as a pre-stage of dispensing the banknotes to the customer.

In the bill collecting mechanism 5, bills to be dispensed are stacked with their front and back aligned. This is sent out to the right side of the drawing and stored in the bill guide 57.

FIG. 9D shows a dispensing position for dispensing the banknotes stored in the banknote guide 57 to the customer. in this case,
The shutter 42 is opened, and the bills are sent from the bill guide 57 to the customer.

The setting and selection of each position and the movement operation to each position are controlled by the control unit of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus described later.

<Discrimination Section and Front-Back Arrangement Mechanism> Returning to FIG. 10 again, the discrimination section 4 is provided on the lower left side of the service opening 3. The discriminating unit 4 is a device for discriminating and detecting the authenticity, damage, front and back, overlapping (overrunning) of two or more sheets, skew, and the like of the fed bills. This device also determines the denomination and the like.

Further, on the left side of the service opening 3, a front / back arrangement mechanism 5 is provided. The front / back arrangement mechanism 5 is provided with a dividing gate 6. When the bills judged to be the back side by the discriminating section 4 are fed into the front and back side aligning mechanism 5, the separating gate 6 is driven by a magnet (not shown), the traveling path is switched each time, and all the bills face the front side. Stacked.

<Batch Storage> In the left corner of the device main body 50, a batch storage 11 is arranged. The collective storage 11 is provided with a stage 70 on the upper part thereof, and a collective separation mechanism 23 is provided for separating the banknotes placed on the stage 70 one by one and taking them out to the outside during the banknote distribution operation. It is provided. The amount of bills stacked on the stage 70 is determined by the near full detector 38d and the full detector 3d.
7d and the end detector 39d.

Further, below the collective storage 11, a collective stacking unit 30 into which the banknotes are sent during a banknote collection operation, a partition plate 33 that stacks the sent banknotes, and a drive that 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 batch storage box 11 has decreased.

Below the partition plate 33, of the banknotes distributed from the batch storage box 11, there is provided a batch reject stacking section 68 into which the banknotes classified as undispensable in the classification section 4 are fed. The amount of bills in the batch reject unit 62 is detected by the full detector 40a.

In this collective storage 11, the stage 70 moves to the lower side of the drive lever 71, the drive lever 71 opens left and right, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage 70 are placed on the stage 70.
Is performed again. Although this operation will be described later with reference to FIG. 17, various position sensors (not shown) detect various positions set during the operation of the stage 70 and the operation of the drive lever 71. It is provided. Further, some drive motors are built in for the operation of the stage 70 and the drive lever 71.

<Deposit-Specific Storage and Deposit / Deposit Unit> Deposit-specific storages 8, 9, and 10 are arranged below the apparatus main body 50.

The money type storage 8 is a storage for storing 1,000-yen tickets.
The denomination-based storages 9 and 10 are storages for storing 10,000 yen tickets.

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

The deposit / withdrawal unit 18 includes a temporary holding section 24 for 1,000-yen tickets, a temporary holding section 25,26 for 10,000-yen tickets, a collecting section 27 for 1,000-yen tickets, and a collecting section 28,29 for 10,000-yen tickets. A yen ticket separating mechanism 20 and ten thousand yen ticket separating mechanisms 21 and 22 are provided. In addition to this,
The denomination separating gates 32, 31, 57 are provided along the bill traveling path 49.

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

After the bill is discriminated by the discriminating unit 4, when the bill is conveyed to the traveling path 49, the denomination separating gates 32, 31, 57 are operated to send it to, for example, a 1,000-yen bill place or a 1,000-yen bill accumulating unit 27. Be done. The 1,000-yen ticket accumulating unit 27 accumulates the 1,000-yen tickets in the temporary holding unit 24. On the other hand, the 1000-yen tickets taken out from the denomination-based storage 8 are separated one by one by the 1,000-yen ticket separating mechanism 21 and sent to the traveling path 49.

 The 10,000-yen ticket also has the same structure.

In addition, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding section 24, 25, 26 are
The shutters 34, 35, 36 are driven by a motor (not shown) and are pulled out all at once, so that the shutters 34, 35, 36 drop into the coin-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10.

There are full detectors 37a, 37 in the gold type storage boxes 8, 9 and 10, respectively.
b, 37c, near full detector 38a, 38b, 38c, end detector
39a, 39b, 39c are provided, and the amount of bills in each storage is managed.

<Reject Cassette and Others> Further, between the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 and the collective storage 11, collective separation gates 16 and 15 are arranged. Transport path 60
The banknotes that have been conveyed to the batch cutting gate 15 are stored in the batch storage box 11 when they are stored in the batch cutting gate 15.
It is guided to the collective collecting unit 30 side by the operation of 15. Also,
The banknotes sent to the coin-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10 are sent to the traveling path 49 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 18 described above by the collective dividing gate 16.

In addition, the rejected banknotes will be collected at the batch separation gate 69.
Collective reject unit 62 provided in the collective storage 11 by
Alternatively, it is sent to the reject cassette 7 provided in the left corner of the apparatus main body 50.

The collective reject unit 62 provided in the collective storage 11 is a banknote fed out from the collective separating unit 23 of the collective storage 11 when the discrimination unit 4 determines that the banknote is overrun or skewed. It is provided for storing. The reject cassette 7 is provided to store banknotes that are determined to be unable to be dispensed or collected due to various reasons.

Inside the reject cassette 7, stacking units 66 and 64 and full detectors 40b and 40c are also provided. Rejection part 67
Accommodates forgotten bills, and the reject unit 65 accommodates other rejected bills. Further, a door 41 is provided on the back surface of the apparatus body 50, and by opening the door 41, the collective storage 11 is pulled out to the outside. Gold type storage 8,
The 9 and 10 are configured so that they can be pulled out to the front side.

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 collective storage 11 and the storages 8, 9 and 10 by denomination, and the door of each storage garage (not shown) is opened by using the inspection key to load and remove bills. be able to.

It should be noted that, in each part of the apparatus in FIG. 10, a large number of motors and the like are mounted as power sources for separating and stacking and transporting banknotes, and a power voltage mechanism is arranged.

The operation of the above device will be described in order based on the procedures of deposit transaction, withdrawal transaction, supplemental loading process and recovery process.

<Payment Transaction> FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a deposit transaction.

First, when the customer presses a deposit transaction key (not shown) and inserts a cash card into the card reader / writer unit 52 shown in FIG. 7 or inserts a passbook into the passbook entry machine 53 shown in FIG. Communication is performed between the transaction device 51 and the center. If the identity is confirmed as a result of this communication, the automatic teller machine 51 shown in FIG.
The control unit 56 transmits a command to start the deposit processing to the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50.

In FIG. 10, when the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus main body 50 receives a depositing processing start command, it switches its internal state to the depositing mode and waits for the customer to set banknotes. In this case, the deposit position of FIG. 9 (a) described above is selected as the service port 3. When it is detected that the customer has set the bill, the shutter 42 of the customer service opening 3 is closed.

The control unit 56 shown in FIG. 7 periodically transmits a sense command to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50. The cash depositing / dispensing device 50 adds the information "a bill is set in the service port" to the sense command, and returns a response message (response).

Next, the control unit 56 transmits a deposit count command to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50, and instructs the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 to count the banknotes set in the customer service slot 3. Here, the service port 3 takes the separation position shown in FIG. 9 (b), and the service port separation mechanism 49 shown in FIG. 9 (b) separates banknotes one by one and takes them into the apparatus. . This bill is sent to the discriminating section 4 through the routes indicated by arrows. The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs the authenticity discrimination, the damage determination and the traveling state detection of the conveyed banknotes, and sends the bills backward. Those discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 as fake bills or abnormal conveyance bills are traced along the routes indicated by the arrows and are conveyed to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 and accumulated one by one. Then, the customer service opening 3 is set at the receiving position shown in FIG. 9C, and the banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are sent to the customer service opening 3.

In this way, the deposited reject banknote is returned to the customer via the dispensing position shown in FIG. 9 (d).

On the other hand, the bill discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 as a genuine bill or an unfit bill (non-circulation target bill) is operated to operate the sorting gate 43 and is conveyed to the conveyance path 60 as indicated by an arrow. Here, the genuine 1,000 yen ticket is the deposit / withdrawal unit as shown by the arrow.
It is conveyed to 18 roads 49, and the 1,000 yen ticket separation gate 57
Is sent to the 1,000-yen ticket stacking unit 27. Thus, the 1,000-yen tickets are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 24.

Similarly, the genuine bills of 10,000 yen bills are accumulated in the temporary holding unit 25 via the accumulation unit 28 by the operation of the dividing gate 31. Also,
For the 5,000 yen bill and the unfit bill, operate the separation gate 32 to collect
It is sent to 29 and accumulated in the temporary holding section 26.

By the above operation, when the deposit counting process of the bills set by the customer in the service opening 3 is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50
A response indicating the end of the deposit count is returned to the control unit 56 shown in FIG. To this response, the data displayed by dividing the number of counted bills for each denomination into return bills and non-refundable bills is added.

Upon receiving this data, the control unit 56 calculates the amount of money by denomination and the total amount of money, and displays it on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. Further, this data is counted and stored as the number of deposits.

When the customer confirms the amount of money displayed on the display of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7 and presses the confirmation button of the customer operation unit 54, the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 receives the command, Deposited banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding sections 24, 25 of the denomination storing boxes 8, 9 are stored in the denomination storing boxes 8, 9 by simultaneously pulling out the shutters 34, 35 of the temporary holding sections.

Next, the 5,000-yen bills and the unfit bills accumulated in the temporary holding section 26 of the denomination-based storage 10 are separated one by one from the separating and taking-out mechanism 22, and are conveyed in the arrow direction from the conveying path 49 to discriminate the discriminating section. Send to 4. Then, the dividing gates 43 and 63 are operated to send the 5,000 yen bill, the unfit note, and the like to the deposit / withdrawal reject stacking unit 64 on the lower side of the reject cassette 7 and stack them in the deposit / withdrawal reject unit 65.

 This completes the deposit transaction processing.

<Payment Transaction> FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a payment transaction.

When the customer presses the withdrawal transaction key of the customer operation unit 54 shown in FIG. 7, the cash card is inserted into the card reader / writer unit 52, and the personal identification number is input, the control unit 56
Sends a command for starting the withdrawal process to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50.

Upon receipt of the withdrawal processing start command, the cash receipt device 50 switches the internal state to the withdrawal mode and waits for an instruction of the number of denominations of the banknote to be discharged.

For example, if the customer inputs the amount of m-million-yen tickets and n-thousand-yen tickets, the end detectors 39a, 39b, and 39c of the deposit boxes 8, 9, and 10 respectively detect the end. It is determined whether it has not been performed. If any one of the money-type storage boxes has also detected the end, the information indicating that withdrawal is not possible is added to the command and the response is returned. When the end detection is not performed, for example, the 10,000-yen ticket take-out separation mechanism 21 is operated according to the instruction of the withdrawal count, and the 10,000-yen ticket is fed out. The fed banknote is sent to the discriminating section 4 through the travel path indicated by arrows. The discriminating section 4 discriminates the front and back sides and whether or not the bill is as specified, and if so, activates the separation gate 43 and sends the bills to the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 along the arrows of. In the discrimination section 4,
Since the front and back of the bills are judged, the sorting gate 6 operates based on the judgment result to arrange the front and back one by one and stack them in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5.

The bill discriminated from the abnormal conveyance bill in the discriminating unit 4 is operated by the separating gates 43 and 63, traces the route indicated by the arrow, and is sent to the accumulating unit 64 of the reject cassette 7, and the deposit / withdraw reject unit 65. Accumulated in.

The above-described operation is repeated until the previously designated m ten thousand-yen bills are taken out from the denomination-based storage 9 storing the ten-thousand-yen bills, discriminated, and accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5.

When the stacking of the 10,000-yen tickets is completed, next, n 1,000-yen tickets are taken out from the denomination storage 8 storing the 1,000-yen tickets.

As a result of the above operation, when m-million-yen notes and n-thousand-yen notes specified by the customer are accumulated in the front-back arrangement mechanism 5, ninth
The service port 3 is set at the receiving position shown in FIG. 3C, and the dispensed banknotes accumulated in the front and back arrangement mechanism 5 are serviced by the service port 3.
Then, the shutter 42 is opened by switching to the dispensing position shown in FIG. 9 (d), the bill is delivered to the customer, and then the shutter 42 is closed.

When the designated number of withdrawal from the control unit 56 is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus 50 returns a response of the processing end to the control unit 56. At that time, the data of the released denomination and its number are added. The control unit 56 receives this, counts it as the number of withdrawals, and stores it.

 This is the end of the withdrawal transaction processing.

In addition, when the customer forgets to pick up the banknotes at the service port 3, the banknotes left at the service port 3 are re-separated and fed one by one in the direction of the arrow of the appraisal unit 4, and the separation gates 43, 69 and 3 are set. It is operated, and this time, it is sent to the forget-to-take-collection section 66 of the reject cassette 7 and is accumulated in the forget-to-take section 67.

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

First, the staff member attaches the collective storage 11 to the apparatus main body 50 before starting the work. A predetermined amount of banknotes are collectively set from the original in this collective storage. After mounting the collective storage, the clerk presses the loading key among the operation keys of the internal operation unit 55 shown in FIG. In response to this input, the control unit 56 sends a command to start the loading operation to the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50.

Upon receipt of the loading operation start command, the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 switches the internal state to the loading mode. Then, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the collective storage 11 has not detected the end. Banknotes to be loaded are stored in advance in batch storage 11
This is to confirm that it is set to. If the end has been detected, the control unit 56
Send a response to. In that case, the loading operation is stopped. When it is confirmed that the end is not detected, the loading operation is started.

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

When the loading operation is started, in FIG. 8, the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80, via the I / O interface circuit 82 and the motor driver 85, the collective withdrawal illustrated in the collective storage 11 of FIG. The drive motor of the separation mechanism 23 is operated. As a result, the banknotes set in the batch storage 11 are fed out one by one in order from the upper side and sent to the discriminating section 4 along the route indicated by arrows.

The discriminating unit 4 performs denomination discrimination, genuine / counterfeit discrimination, damage determination, and running state check for each of the sequentially fed bills, and the conveyed bills are further forwarded. If the result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit 4 is a genuine one-thousand-yen note (a bill that has no damage or is a small bill that can be used for withdrawal), the bill is routed by arrows, and Follow the path 49 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 18
It is sent to the 1,000-yen ticket accumulation unit 27 via 57. Thus
Thousand-yen tickets are accumulated in the temporary holding section 24 of the denomination-based storage (thousand-yen ticket storage) 8.

If the discrimination result is a genuine 10,000-yen ticket, the banknote is operated by operating the 10,000-yen ticket sorting gate 31 and
Sent to 28. Then, it is accumulated in the temporary holding unit 25.

The above operation is repeated for each of the money-type storage boxes 8, 9, 10 until the preset appropriate number of loaded sheets is reached.

During this operation, when the number of accumulated sheets in the temporary storage unit 24 for 1,000-yen tickets reaches the hold allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the operation of the batch take-out separation mechanism 23 of the batch storage 11 is interrupted. Then, the shutter 34 of the temporary holding unit 24 is pulled out to be stored in the denomination-based storage 8. After that, the stage 45 is lowered by a motor (not shown) by a thickness corresponding to the hold permission value. When the stage 45 descends, the shutter 34 is released again,
The collective take-out separation mechanism 23 is operated, and the loading operation is repeated.

For example, when a 1,000-yen ticket is loaded into the denomination-based storage box 8 for the first time, a predetermined appropriate number of 1,000-yen tickets are stored in the denomination-based storage box 8 until the full detector 37a fully detects it. Loading continues until it is stored.

Similarly, when storing 10,000-yen tickets in the denomination-based storages 9 and 10, loading is continued until the appropriate number is reached.

The appropriate number of sheets is set to, for example, an appropriate number of sheets after the banknote is loaded and in a deposit transaction, leaving a space for storing the banknotes to be deposited. This may be set empirically uniformly, or may be arbitrarily set according to the peculiarity of the installation environment of the automatic teller machine or when the transaction date is at the end of the month. The setting may be made, for example, by a staff member inputting and setting from the internal operation unit 55 shown in FIG.

Here, in the device of the present invention, the ten-thousand-yen ticket is provided with two denomination-based storages, and as described above,
The operation of the batch extraction / separation mechanism 23 of the batch storage 11 is not interrupted.

 That is, the operation of distributing ten thousand yen tickets is executed as follows.

This operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, after the replenishment operation is started, cash is paid out from the collective storage (step S1), and the discriminating section detects the authenticity, denomination, damage, abnormal running, etc. (step S2). Then, it is judged whether or not the cash is a ten thousand yen ticket (step
S3). In the case of a 10,000 yen ticket, it is determined whether or not the full flag of the first temporary holding unit 25 is "ON" (step
S4). If the first temporary holding section full flag is not "ON", the 10,000-yen tickets are first accumulated toward the first temporary holding section (step S10). Then, it is determined whether or not the accumulation of the first temporary holding unit is "full" (step S11), and if it is not "full", it is determined whether or not the collective storage is "empty". (Step S19), and returns to step S1.

Further, the above operation is repeated, and the first temporary holding unit 25
When a predetermined amount of 10,000-yen notes are accumulated and full detection is performed, the first temporary holding section full flag is set (step S1
2) Move to the 10,000 yen ticket storing operation.

In the 10,000-yen ticket storing operation of FIG. 6 (b), a storing operation of storing the banknotes in the 10,000-yen ticket temporary storage unit in the storage is performed (step S20). Then, it is determined whether the storage is "full" (step S21). When the storage is full, the full flag of the 10,000 yen ticket storage is set. However, if the storage is not "full", the full flag of the temporary holding section is reset (step S22). Then, in any case, the process returns to step S1 of FIG.

On the other hand, the operations of steps S1 to S3 are executed in parallel for the cash being transported during the storage operation from the first temporary holding unit to the first money type storage case 9.

Then, during this period, the full flag of the first temporary holding unit is "ON", so that the steps S4 to S5 are performed.
Then, it is determined whether or not the full flag of the second temporary holding unit is "ON". If the full flag of the second temporary holding unit is not "ON", the bills are accumulated in the second temporary holding unit (step S7). After that, it is determined whether or not the accumulation of the second temporary holding unit is "full" (step S8), and if it is not "full", it is determined whether or not the collective storage is "empty" (step S19). Then, the process returns to step S1, that is, the accumulation of 10,000-yen tickets in the second temporary holding unit is advanced.

When the second temporary holding unit is fully detected (step S
8) Then, the second temporary holding section full flag is set (step S9), and the operation shifts to the 10,000 yen ticket storing operation of FIG. At this time, if the full flag for the first temporary holding unit has already been reset, this time, the accumulation of 10,000-yen tickets to the first temporary holding unit is advanced.

On the other hand, in step S5, when the full flag of the second temporary holding unit is "ON", the full flag of both the first temporary holding unit and the second temporary holding unit is "ON".
It will be in the state that is. In this case, the relevant banknotes are collected in the temporary storage unit 30 of the collective storage and collected in the collective storage.

Regarding the 1,000-yen ticket storage operation, the process proceeds from step S3 to step S13, and it is determined whether or not it is a 1,000-yen ticket (step S13), and it is determined whether or not the full flag of the 1,000-yen ticket storage is "ON". Being done (step S14), the temporary holding section 2 for the 1,000 yen ticket
Thousand yen tickets are accumulated in 4 (step S15).

After that, it is determined whether or not the temporary holding unit 24 is "full" (step S16), and if it is "full", the replenishment operation is temporarily stopped (step S17). Then, the operation shifts to the 1,000-yen ticket storing operation. This is shown in FIG. 6 (c).

In the 1,000-yen ticket storing operation, the banknotes in the temporary holding section 24 are stored in the denomination-based storage 8 (step S24), and it is determined whether or not the denomination-based storage 8 is "full" (step S25). If ", the full flag is set and the refilling operation is restarted (step S26). After that, to start the replenishment operation again, the process returns to step S1.

In addition, if it is determined in steps S3 and S13 that it is neither a 10,000 yen ticket nor a 1,000 yen ticket, or if it is determined in step S14 that the 1,000 yen ticket storage is full, the relevant banknotes are collectively collected for collection. It is accumulated in the collective accumulating unit 30 of the storage (step S18). And after that, it transfers to step S19.

In the operation of distributing the 10,000-yen ticket, the storing operation from the temporary holding section 25 or 26 to the denomination-based storage boxes 9 and 10 is completed in about 4 to 5 seconds. On the other hand, the stacking operation of the banknotes in the temporary holding units 25 and 26 is advanced at a speed of about 10 sheets per second. Therefore,
When stacking 100 banknotes, the first banknote transport time T
And the transport time for 100 sheets is 10 seconds. Therefore,
Actually, the operation of distributing ten thousand yen tickets can be continuously performed by alternately using the temporary holding units 25 and 26.

By the way, even if the banknotes have been loaded into the denomination-specific storage boxes 8, 9 and 10 up to a predetermined appropriate number of bills to be loaded, if the denominations still remain in the batch storage box 11, the separation gate 1
5, 16 are operated to collect the conveyed banknotes in the accumulating unit 30 of the collective storage 11 through the route indicated by the arrow.

This operation is for the banknotes on the stage 70 of the batch storage 11,
,,,,,, while appraising through the route, it continues until there are no banknotes on the stage 70.
When the banknotes are exhausted, the batch take-out / separation mechanism 23 and the transport operation of each traveling path are stopped.

If the discriminating unit 4 determines that the bill is an unfit bill or a denomination that is not provided with a denomination-based storage, for example, a 500-yen bill in this embodiment, the bill operates the sorting gates 15, 16, 69. Then, through the route indicated by the arrow, the collective reject collection unit 68
Sent to. Then, the unfit bills and the like are accumulated in the collective reject unit 62.

When the above series of operations is completed, the stages 45, 46, 47 are lowered all at once, and the banknotes accumulated on these stages are stored in the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 and the loading operation is completed. To do. When the operation is completed, the cash depositing / dispensing device 50 returns a device end response to the control unit 56. At this time, the number data of the denominations loaded in the denomination storage units 8, 9, and 10 is transmitted.

Further, the counting management unit 80a counts the number data of the banknotes collected in the collective storage 11 again for each denomination while the planned number of storages is loaded into the denomination storages 8, 9, and 10. Then, the data is stored in the batch storage interface circuit 90 shown in FIG.
It is stored in the storage management memory 99 via. As a result,
The storage management memory 99 has a collective storage at the end of loading.
Accurate number data for each denomination stored in 11 is stored.

<Storage Management Memory> FIGS. 14 to 16 show the data format of the storage management memory 99. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 14, for example, it is assumed that the storage management memory 99 can store 4-word data. Here, the data of the number of 10,000 yen tickets is stored in the addresses m and m + 1. In addition, at the addresses m + 2 and m + 3,
Stores data on the number of 1,000-yen tickets.

As shown in FIG. 15, each number data is 1 word 8
Since it has a bit configuration, it can be converted into a binary number and up to 2 ¹⁶ −
One, that is, up to 65,535 can be expressed.

FIG. 16 shows an example of data actually stored. That is, the data of the number of ten thousand yen tickets is "01000101" at the address m,
The value "11011100" is stored in the address m + 1. That is, it displays 1,500 sheets in decimal.

On the other hand, the number data of the 1,000 yen ticket is “10” in the address m + 2.
The value "11110100" is stored at 000001 "and the address m + 3. This indicates that the number is 500 in decimal.

That is, after the end of the loading operation, if the data stored in the storage management memory 99 has the content shown in FIG. 16, the storage cannot be distributed to the storages 8, 9 and 10 for each denomination, and the data is stored again. The total number of banknotes collected in the collective storage 11 is 1,500,000 yen
It shows that 500 tickets and 1,000 yen tickets were sold.

<Operation of Collective Storage> During the above loading operation, the collective storage operates as follows.

 FIG. 17 is an operation explanatory view of the collective storage.

Collective storage 11 to storage 8, 9 and 10 for each denomination (Fig. 12)
At the start of the operation of loading banknotes into the banknote, as shown in FIG. 17A, the banknotes on the stage 70 are taken out and delivered by the batch takeout separation mechanism 23.

On the other hand, the banknotes that are collected without being stored in the denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 are sent to the batch stacking unit 30 and stacked on the batch finishing plate 33. Here, the banknotes are allowed to accumulate, for example, 100
When the number of sheets is reached, the operation of the collective take-out separation mechanism 23 is temporarily stopped.

The drive lever 71 is preset to the position 71 in FIG. 17 (b), and when receiving the instruction that the stacking allowable value is reached, the drive lever 71 rotates to the position 71 in FIG.
The banknotes accumulated on the batch partition plate 33 are clamped. Then, a motor (not shown) is driven to lift the drive lever 71 from position 71 to position 71 in the figure.
Next, the batch take-out / separation mechanism 23 stopped earlier is operated, and the banknotes are continuously stacked on the batch partition plate 33 up to the stacking allowable value.

When the stacking allowable value is reached again, the batch take-out separating mechanism 23 is stopped, the drive lever 71 is rotated from the position 71 to the position 71, and the banknotes lifted by the drive lever 71 are stacked on the batch partition plate 33. Drop it on the banknote. Then, the motor (not shown) again lowers the drive lever 71 at the position 71 to move it to the position 71. After that, the drive lever 71 is rotated again to the position 71, and the bill is lifted to the position 71.

Such an operation is repeated until the end detector 39d detects that the banknotes on the stage 70 are exhausted. When the end is detected, the operation of the collective take-out separation mechanism 23 is stopped, and the drive lever 71 lifts the banknote to the position of 71 by a motor (not shown).

On the other hand, the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown)
It is rotationally driven from the position of 70 to the position of
Further down to the 70 position. Then, it is rotationally driven to the position 70 and is arranged below the drive lever 71. Then, the drive lever rotates to the position of 71, and the bill clamped and lifted first is placed on the stage 70. Thereafter, the stage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown) and moves up to the position 70 in the figure.

By the above operation, the collected banknotes can be distributed from the collective storage 11 again.

<Update of storage management memory> In the above dispensing operation, all the banknotes are temporarily sent out from the collective storage, all the banknotes that cannot be distributed are collected in the collective storage, and the denomination number data is stored in the collective storage. It was stored in the storage management memory as it was. However, even when it is determined that the contents of the storage management memory 99 are abnormal even in cases other than the distribution operation, the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80
(Fig. 8) detects this and automatically stores it in the storage management memory.
Update the contents of 99.

As such a case, for example, when the collective storage 11 is attached to the cash deposit / withdrawal device and the contents of the deposit management memory 99 are doubtful, the power has just been turned on to the cash deposit / withdrawal device, and the deposit management memory is still available. If the content of 99 is unreliable, the sum of the data of the number of denominations in the storage management memory 99 is "0" or the batch storage is performed even though the end detector 39d of the batch storage does not detect the end. There are cases where a number of sheets of data exceeding the number of sheets that can be stored in the storage is stored in the storage management memory 99, or a state such as a parity error is detected in the access address of the storage management memory 99.

In the above-mentioned case, similarly to the distribution operation, the banknotes are sent out from the batch storage box, conveyed, discriminated and counted for each denomination, and the banknotes are again circulated to the batch storage box and collected. Then, the calculated number-of-money data is stored in the storage management memory, and the process ends.

<Replenishment Operation> Since the replenishment operation is the same as the loading operation in the drawing, the replenishment operation will be described again with reference to FIG.

When the clerk presses the replenishment key with the operation key of the internal operation unit 55 (Fig. 7), the control unit 56 (Fig. 7) receives this input and instructs the cash deposit / withdrawal device 50 (Fig. 7). Send the command to start the refill operation. Cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit
80 (FIG. 8) sends a command to start the replenishment operation to the control unit 56.
When receiving from (FIG. 7), the operation mode is set to the supplement mode. The replenishment mode is a forced replenishment mode in which it is instructed in advance to replenish the designated number of coins for the designated denomination, and the remaining amount of bills in any of the denomination storage boxes 8, 9 and 10 during the trading operation. However, there is an automatic replenishment mode in which it is automatically executed when it is detected that the number of sheets has dropped below a predetermined number.

At the start of the replenishing operation, it is confirmed that the end detector 39d of the batch storage 11 has not detected the end, that is, the bill has been set in advance. Furthermore, referring to the data stored in the storage management memory 99, the collective storage
Check whether the bills to be refilled are stored in 11 or not.

In the case of the end detection in the forced replenishment mode, the response with the information indicating that it is not in the operable state is returned 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 number of denominations in the storage management memory 99 and stop the processing. Of course, the same processing is performed even in the automatic replenishment mode.

On the other hand, the end is not detected, and the storage management memory 99
When it is determined that the replenishment can be executed within the range of the number of coins stored in (4), the replenishment operation is started. In this case, in FIG. 12, the collective take-out separation mechanism 23 at the upper part of the collective storage 11 is operated to take out the bills set in the collective storage 11 one by one from the upper side. This banknote is sent to the discriminating section 4 through the route of arrows ,.

The discriminating unit 4 sequentially performs a denomination determination, a true / false determination, a fitness determination, and a running state check on the fed bills. For example, when the replenishment target bill is one denomination of any of the 10,000-yen bill and the 1,000-yen bill, the bill determined to be a non-genuine bill of the replenishment target bill as a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 4 is:
, And the separation gates 15 and 16 are operated to be sent to the stacking unit 30 of the batch storage 11.

Then, as described earlier in the loading example, the batch storage
It is recovered again in the collective storage by the operation inside 11. In this case, it goes without saying that the counting management unit 80a manages the contents of the storage management memory 99 so that they do not change.

For a bill whose discrimination result is a reject bill, the sorting gates 15, 16 and 69 are operated to take the route of and the bill is fed to the stacking unit 68. The banknotes are accumulated in the collective reject unit 62.

When the correct bills to be replenished are conveyed, as described in the section of loading, if the bills are 1,000-yen bills, the 1,000-yen note sorting gate 57 is operated to activate the 1,000-yen note accumulation unit 27. It is sent to and accumulated in the temporary holding section 24 for 1,000 yen tickets. If it is a 10,000-yen ticket, the 10,000-yen ticket dividing gate 31 or 32 is activated,
Or it is sent to 29. Then, the 10,000-yen tickets are accumulated in the temporary holding section 25 or 26.

The above operation is continued until the target number of sheets is replenished, but on the way, when the accumulated number of sheets in the temporary holding unit 24 reaches the holding allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the operation of the batch take-out separation mechanism 23 is interrupted, Shutter of the temporary holding unit that has reached the holding limit value
34 is pulled out and stored, the stage of the cassette is lowered by a motor (not shown) by an amount corresponding to the holding allowable value, the lid and shutter 34 are brought out, the collective take-out separation mechanism 23 is operated, and the replenishing operation is repeated.

The replenishment operation is alternately executed for the 10,000 yen ticket. This is the same as described in the distribution operation.

Even if the replenishment number reaches the target value or before the target value, if all of the replenishment target banknotes in the collective storage 11 are replenished with reference to the number of denominations stored in the storage management memory 99, The take-out separation mechanism 23 stops. Then, when the last bill arrives at the temporary holding units 24, 25, 26, the transport operation is stopped. After that, pull out the shutters 34, 35, 36 to store,
Of the stages 45, 46, 47, the stage that has performed the refill operation moves down, and the banknotes accumulated on the stage are stored in any of the corresponding denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 and the refill operation ends. .

When the replenishment operation is completed, the number of replenishment sheets 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 result of all the denominations collected in the collective storage 11 again from the counting result of all the denominations extracted from the collective storage 11 is based on the original data in the storage management memory 99. Is subtracted.

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

For example, it is assumed that the bill storage state in the batch storage 11 and the contents of the storage management memory 99 before the replenishment operation are as shown in FIG. 18 (a). That is, before replenishment operation, 1,500,000 yen ticket
It is assumed that the number of tickets is 500 yen. Here, when replenishing each of the 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen tickets to each denomination-type storage container by 300, as shown in FIG.
There are 0 tickets and 200 tickets for 1,000 yen.

<Collecting Operation> FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention at the time of a collecting operation.

When the operator pushes the internal operation unit 55 (the operation key in FIG. 7) and the recovery key is pressed, the control unit 56 (FIG. 7).
Receiving this input, sends a command instructing the cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus 50 (FIG. 7) to start the collecting operation.

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

Further, the stored contents of the storage management memory 99 are referred to, and it is confirmed that there is still a recoverable space in the collective storage 11 and the number of actually recoverable sheets. Here, when it is detected in the forced collection mode that no space that can be collected in the collective storage 11 is left, a response including state information indicating that operation is disabled is transmitted to the control unit 56 (FIG. 7). Processing is aborted. The same applies to automatic collection.

On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the collectable space remains in the collective storage 11, the collecting operation is started.

First, in the case of collecting banknotes from the first denomination-based storage 10 containing 10,000-yen tickets, the denomination-based storage (ten-yen storage) 10 is operated by operating the 10,000-yen ticket take-out separation mechanism 22. The stored banknotes are fed one by one from the top, and sent to the discriminating section 4 through the route of. The discriminating unit 4 sequentially detects the authenticity and the traveling state of the sent bills and sends the bills backward.

As a result of discrimination by the discrimination section 4, two or more sheets overlap (overrun),
The banknote in which skewing or the like is detected passes through the route of ,, the separating gates 16 and 15 are operated, and is fed to the reject cassette 7 through the route of.

As a result of discrimination, normal banknotes are counted and collectively collected.
Sent to 30. The banknotes sent to the collective stacking unit 30 are sequentially stacked on the collective partition plate 33. This operation is repeated until the collection target number is reached, or there are no banknotes set in the denomination-based storage box 10 that stores 10,000-yen tickets.

Incidentally, when the number of stacked sheets on the batch partition plate 33 reaches the stacking allowable value, for example, 100 sheets, the operation of the 10,000-yen ticket taking-out separating mechanism 22 is interrupted, and the batch storing described previously at the time of the replenishing operation is performed. The operation in the cabinet 11 is executed. Other money type storage
The same applies to the collection operation for 9,8.

During the collection operation, the full detector 37
When d fully detects, the collection operation is interrupted and the information is returned to the control unit 56 (Fig. 7). The control unit 56 displays this on a display unit (not shown).

The clerk, looking at the display indicating that the batch storage box is full, discharges the banknotes stored in the batch storage box 11.
In this case, the clerk opens the door 41 on the rear surface of the device main body 50 of the cash depositing / dispensing device, removes the collective storage 11, and uses the inspection key to open the door and take out all the banknotes. After that, by a reverse operation to the above, the collective storage 11 is set, the door 41 is closed, all the contents of the storage management memory 99 are cleared to “0”, and then the collecting operation is restarted. After that, when the end detectors 39c, 39b, 38a of all denomination-based storage boxes 8, 9, 10 detect the end, each take-out mechanism 20, 21, 22 is stopped, and the last banknote arrives in the batch storage box 11. After that, the transport operation is stopped.

The cash deposit / withdrawal device that has completed the above processing is controlled by the control unit 56.
In response to (Fig. 7), a response indicating the end of collection is returned, and the number of collected coins for each denomination is added to the response.
The control unit 56 receives this and counts and stores the number of collected sheets.

On the other hand, when the collecting operation is completed, the cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit 80 (FIG. 8) displays the number of collected coins of each coin type collected from each coin storage 8, 9, 10 and the storage management memory 99. The number of stored coins of the denomination stored in is added to update the contents of the storage management memory 99.

<Operation of Device of Embodiment> The device of the above embodiment has the following operation and effect.

(1) The banknotes of two or more denominations used in the device are stored in the collective storage, distributed to the denomination storage at any time after the cash deposit / withdrawal device is attached, and collected as needed. ,
Banknotes can be managed by attaching and detaching only the bulk storage.

(2) The collective storage has a structure in which a collection port and a withdrawal port are separately provided so that banknotes can be circulated, and deposited banknotes are sequentially stored and reused for withdrawal and the like. Therefore, the banknotes can be efficiently used. Further, even with a small and simple mechanism, there is no excess or deficiency of bills.

(3) A storage management memory is integrally provided in the collective storage, and the number of banknotes of each denomination is stored therein. Therefore, the cash depositing / dispensing apparatus can smoothly and surely perform its operation at the time of cash distribution or cash collection.

(4) When the shortage of banknotes remaining in the denomination storage is detected, the apparatus refers to the number of denominations stored in the storage management memory and automatically performs a replenishment operation from the lump storage within the range at any time. Can do it. Therefore, it is possible to properly maintain the number of bills stored in each denomination-based storage. In addition, the maintenance and management of the staff becomes easy.

(5) When any one of the denomination-based storages has an excessively large number of storages due to a deposit transaction or the like, the collecting operation can be automatically performed. In this case, the contents of the storage management memory are updated in accordance with the number of collections, so that the operation of the attendant is not required unless the batch storage is full, so that the power saving effect is extremely high.

(6) The same operation can be performed using not only banknotes but also coins and the like.

(7) Also, when operating a plurality of cash deposit / withdrawal devices,
By referring to the storage management memory of the collective storage mounted on each device, the collective storage can be exchanged as necessary, and appropriate accommodation can be achieved. Therefore, the funds can be efficiently managed with a simple operation.

(Effects of the Invention) The cash depositing / dispensing apparatus of the present invention described above is provided with two or more kinds of denomination storing boxes for storing the same denomination in the apparatus main body,
When distributing and replenishing cash, at the same time as accumulating cash being distributed to the temporary holding section on one denomination-based storage
From the temporary holding section on the other denomination-based storage, the operation of storing the cash accumulated there into the denomination-based storage is performed.
The operation of distributing cash from the collective storage is continuously performed without interruption. As a result, when a large amount of cash of the same denomination is distributed to two or more denomination-based storages, there is an advantage that the distribution work is speeded up. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the distribution and replenishment operation time for a large amount of bills to be conveyed, and to shorten the waiting time of the customer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an essential part showing an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention,
2 is a sectional view of a conventional device, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part of the conventional device, FIG. 4 is a distribution / replenishing operation time chart of the conventional device, and FIG. 5 is a distribution / replenishing operation time chart of the device of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the distribution and replenishment operation of the device of the present invention, FIG. 7 is an overall view of the automated teller machine, FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the cash deposit / withdrawal device of the present invention, and FIG. Sectional view for use, FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus of the present invention during a deposit transaction, FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus of the present invention during a dispensing transaction, and FIG. 12 is a cash deposit / withdrawal of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the money device during a loading (replenishing) operation, FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the cash depositing / dispensing device according to the present invention during a collecting operation, and FIGS. 14 to 16 are data of the storage management memory of the device of the present invention. Format explanatory diagram, Fig. 17 is a collective storage operation explanatory diagram, Fig. 18 is a storage management of the device before and after the replenishment operation It is a content explanatory view of a memory. 8 ... Money type storage, 9 ... First money type storage, 10 ... Second money type storage, 7 ... Reject cassette, 11 ... Collective storage, 25 ... First temporary Hold unit, 26 ... Second temporary hold unit, 35, 36 ... Shutter, 50 ... Device main unit, 80 ... Cash deposit / withdrawal device control unit, 80a ... Count management unit, 80b ... Cash collecting means, 80c: cash distribution means, 99: storage management memory, 100: hold redelivery management section.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. A batch storage box that stores cash of a plurality of denominations in a batch and can be attached to and detached from an apparatus main body, and a plurality of denominations that are provided in the apparatus main body and receive distribution and replenishment of cash from the batch storage box. A storage box, a cash distribution means for distributing and replenishing the cash from the collective storage box to the denomination-based storage boxes, and a distribution operation of cash to be distributed and replenished to the denomination-based storage boxes, A temporary holding unit for temporarily accumulating the cash on the denomination storing box is provided, and the plurality of denomination storing boxes include two or more denomination storing boxes for storing cash of the same denomination. , The cash distributing means stores cash of the same denomination 2
When cash of the relevant denomination is distributed and replenished to the above denomination-based storage, while the cash is accumulated in the temporary holding unit on one denomination-based storage, the other denomination-based storage A cash depositing / withdrawing apparatus, characterized by executing an operation of storing the cash accumulated therein from a temporary storage section on the storage in a corresponding storage container of the type of money.