Bill receiving/paying device and automated cash transaction apparatus

The present invention relates to a banknote deposit / withdrawal device and an automated teller machine that utilize a deposit banknote as a withdrawal banknote.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store a deposited banknote in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device in an automated teller machine used in a financial institution and discharge it as a withdrawal banknote at the time of withdrawal. Is provided.

[0003] By the way, when handling domestic and foreign banknotes, there are many types of banknotes to be handled, and it is necessary to handle banknotes having greatly different sizes and rigidity. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-187752 is provided with a storage / discharger provided with a top plate that can be adjusted in the vertical direction according to the length in the short side direction of the banknotes to be stored in order to handle banknotes of different sizes. A banknote deposit / withdrawal device is disclosed. Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-257805 discloses a paper leaf stacking device provided with a stacking guide plate whose position is adjusted according to the size of banknotes in order to store paper strips of different sizes.

[0004] [Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the banknote deposit / withdrawal device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-187752, it is not possible to store bills of different sizes in a mixed manner in the storage / discharge cabinet. For example, if the position of the top plate is adjusted to handle small size bills, when trying to store large size bills, the end of the stored bills in the direction of travel collides with the top plate, providing sufficient storage space. Cannot be secured. On the other hand, if the position of the top plate is adjusted to handle large-sized banknotes, when trying to store small-sized banknotes, the end of the banknotes will not be pinched by the rollers until the end of the banknotes collides with the top plate. The distance is too long and it becomes difficult to store them in the storage / discharge chamber while maintaining their alignment. For example, in the case of the euro, the European integrated currency, the smallest euro banknote has a longitudinal length of 120 mm and a lateral length of 60 mm, while the largest euro banknote has a length of 170 mm and 85 mm, respectively. Banknotes having such a large size difference cannot be mixed and stored in the same banknote unit.

[0005] By the way, when loading banknotes into an automated teller machine, the banknotes to be loaded are packed in one loading / collecting storage, and the number of banknotes packed in the loading / collecting storage is passed through the discrimination unit. It is transported while being confirmed and loaded into the banknote unit of each denomination. Further, when collecting banknotes, an empty loading / collecting storage is installed, and the bills are transported from the bill unit of each denomination via the discrimination unit to determine the number of bills and stored in the loading / collecting storage.

[0006] When loading or collecting banknotes in this way, it is necessary to mix a plurality of types of banknotes in one loading / collecting storage, and the device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-187752 describes the denomination. If the size of the banknotes differed greatly, it was not possible to load and collect them all at once. In addition, even when scrutinizing during operation, it is necessary to perform a recovery operation and a loading operation, so that scrutiny cannot be performed with the conventional configuration.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a banknote deposit / withdrawal device and an automated teller machine capable of handling banknotes of different sizes and collectively loading and collecting banknotes. The purpose.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the features of the banknote deposit / withdrawal device of the present invention are, for example, first, a banknote unit for storing and discharging banknotes, and a banknote unit. It has a bill size detecting means for detecting the size of a bill, a bill passing sensor for detecting the passage of bills conveyed to the bill unit, and a control unit for controlling each component, and the bill unit is inside the bill unit. The control unit is provided with a stack assisting means for regulating the excessive progress of the bills entering the banknote, and the control unit is provided with a stack assisting means based on the bill size information detected by the bill size detecting means after the passage of the bill is detected by the bill passing sensor. It is to control the means.

[0009] The second feature is that in the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the first feature, the bill size detecting means is associated with a bill discriminating unit that discriminates the denomination of the bill, and the denomination and the bill size. It is characterized by having a storage unit having a database.

[0010] The third feature is that in the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the first feature, the bill unit stores the bills in a standing position.

[0011] The fourth feature is that in the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the first feature, the control unit sets the stack assist means so that the stack assist means retracts to a position where the stack assist means does not interfere with the released bill when the bill is discharged. To control.

[0012] The fifth feature is that the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the first feature is provided with a plurality of bill units, collects bills from other bill units, and loads the bills into the other bill units. It is in the warehouse.

[0013] The sixth feature is that the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the fifth feature is provided with a plurality of bill units, and the plurality of bill units are classified into a depository for storing bills unsuitable for withdrawal and a denomination. It consists of a storage and discharge storage that stores and discharges banknotes, and a loading and collection storage that collects banknotes from the storage and discharge storage and loads the banknotes into the storage and discharge storage. It is provided with a transport path for connecting the unit and the bill discriminating unit and transporting the bills, and the transport path has the bill discriminating unit on the path connecting the loading / collecting storage and the storage / discharging storage.

[0014] The seventh feature is that in the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the first feature, the bill unit constitutes a take-in / discharge port and a roller for sending bills, and a bill sent to the bill unit by the roller in the traveling direction. It is provided with a stack guide having a bill guide surface for guiding to, and the stack assisting means is provided with a stack assist member having a bill end stopper portion that regulates the tip portion of the bill to be stored in the traveling direction and forming a take-in space. The control unit is to control the distance of the bill end stopper unit from the intake / discharge port.

[0015] The eighth feature is that in the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the seventh feature, the stack auxiliary member has a roller portion having a rotation axis in the end line direction of the tip in the traveling direction of the bill and a roller portion radially protruding from the roller portion. It has a blade portion and a movable tip portion that is rotatably connected to the tip of the blade portion by a predetermined angle, and the tip portion of the blade portion is bent in an L shape toward the intake / discharge port. is there.

[0016] The ninth feature is that in the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the eighth feature, a plurality of stack auxiliary members are provided in the direction of the rotation axis of the roller portion.

[0017] A tenth feature is that in a banknote deposit / withdrawal device including a banknote unit that collects banknotes in a standing position in a horizontal direction and a banknote unit that transports banknotes to the banknote unit, the banknotes are transported by the transport device. When the incoming banknotes are taken into the banknote unit, they are positioned so as to partition the taking-in space and the storage section in the banknote unit, and when the banknotes taken into the taking-in space are transferred to the storage section, the banknotes are transferred. It is provided with a partition member that moves as much as possible, and a regulation member that, when the bill is taken into the bill unit, is displaced according to the size of the bill to be taken in and comes into contact with the tip of the bill to regulate the progress. This is because bills of different sizes can be stored in the storage unit.

[0018] The eleventh feature is that the partition member and the regulation member are integrally formed in the bill deposit / withdrawal device having the tenth feature.

[0019] Further, the automated teller machine of the present invention is characterized by including a banknote deposit / withdrawal device having the above-mentioned characteristics.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the appearance of an automated teller machine to which the present invention is applied. The automated teller machine 101 of the present embodiment includes a card / statement processing mechanism 102 that processes a customer's transaction card and a transaction statement, a passbook processing mechanism 103 that processes a passbook, a housing 104, and is required for transactions. A customer operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting information is provided. A bill deposit / withdrawal device 1 is provided inside the housing 104.

[0021] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control relationship of the present device. The card / statement processing mechanism 102, the passbook processing mechanism 103, the customer operation unit 105, and the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1 are connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 110, and are required under the control of the main body control unit 106. Do the action. In addition to the above, the interface unit 107, the staff operation unit 108, and the external storage device 109 are also connected by the bus 110 to exchange necessary data, but detailed description thereof will be omitted. Power is supplied to each of the above mechanisms and components by the power supply unit 111.

[0022] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 mounted on an automated teller machine 101, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control mechanism. The banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 includes a deposit / withdrawal port 2 for inserting / removing banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit 3 for determining the denomination and authenticity of banknotes, and a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes until the transaction is completed. It has a transport path 5 that connects 4 and each component of the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1 to transport bills, and a bill unit that stores bills to be handled by the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1.

[0023] Banknote units are classified according to their roles. For example, a banknote that stores rejected banknotes that are determined to have a fold in a part of the banknote, and each type of banknote according to deposit and withdrawal. There are a storage and discharge storage, which is a denominational bill unit for storing and discharging, and a loading and collection storage, which loads bills in the storage and discharge storage and collects bills from the storage and discharge storage.

[0024] In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the safe deposit box 6 is provided at the uppermost stage. Among the deposited banknotes, the banknotes that are judged to be unsuitable for withdrawal due to breakage or the like are stored in the safe 6. The second and third tiers are equipped with a storage / discharge cabinet 7. Banknotes are stored in the storage / discharge box 7 by denomination, and the stored banknotes are released at the time of withdrawal. For example, the second tier can be a safe for 1,000-yen bills, and the third tier can be a safe for 10,000-yen bills. The fourth stage is equipped with a loading / recovery storage 8. Since the loading / collecting storage 8 is provided for loading and collecting, it needs to be a banknote unit capable of mixedly storing and discharging the banknotes handled by the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1.

[0025] Further, the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1 includes a storage unit DB that stores the correspondence between the denomination and the bill size. By providing the storage unit DB, it is possible to determine the bill size by discriminating the denomination of the bill. The control unit 9 is connected to the main body control unit 106 via a bus 110, controls the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1 in response to a command from the main body control unit 106 and a state detection of the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1, and is a bill deposit / withdrawal device. The state of 1 is sent to the main body control unit as needed.

[0026] Hereinafter, the bill loading of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7. Banknote loading is, for example, when the banknotes are loaded into the device before the automatic teller machine 101 is operated, or when the banknotes are replenished in the device when the number of banknotes loaded during operation is low. Loading is done. The control unit 9 enters the loading mode and controls each component so as to load the following bills.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 5, the banknotes stored in the loading / collecting storage 8 are delivered to the transport path 5. The banknotes delivered to the transport path 5 are transported in the direction of the arrow in the drawing, and the denomination and the number of bills are determined via the bill determination unit 3 and are once stored in the temporary storage unit 4.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 4 are conveyed in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the banknote determination unit 3 determines the banknote state, and if it is a rejected banknote, it is inserted. Stored in safe 6. Banknotes that are determined not to be rejected banknotes are stored in the storage / release box 7 for each denomination. FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of loading the banknotes.

Next, the bill collection of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. Banknote collection is performed, for example, when the banknotes in the automated teller machine 101 are collected after the business is closed, or when the number of banknotes loaded during operation becomes large and it becomes necessary to collect the banknotes in the device. Will be done. The control unit 9 enters the collection mode and controls each component so as to collect the following banknotes.

As shown in FIG. 8, the banknotes stored in the storage / discharge storage 7 are delivered to the transport path 5. The banknotes delivered to the transport path 5 are transported in the direction of the arrow in the drawing, and the denomination and the number of bills are determined via the bill discriminating unit 3 and stored once in the temporary storage unit 4.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 4 are conveyed in the direction of the arrow in the drawing, the banknote determination unit 3 determines the state of the banknotes, and the banknotes are stored in the loading / collecting storage 8. To. In this embodiment, when collecting rejected banknotes stored in the safe 6, the safe 6 is removed and collected as it is, without being stored in the loading / collecting storage 8. FIG. 10 shows a flow chart of the above-mentioned banknote collection.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second configuration of a banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 mounted on an automated teller machine 101. The configuration of the transport path 5 is different from that of the bill deposit / withdrawal device shown in FIG. 3, and the transport path connected to the loading / unloading storage 8 is located on the opposite side of the storage safe 6 and the storage / discharge storage 7 and the bill discriminating unit 3. To do. That is, the transport path is configured such that the path connecting the loading / collecting storage 8 and the bill discriminating unit 3 and the route connecting the storage / discharging storage 7 and the bill discriminating unit 8 are different routes. When the transport path 5 is configured so that the paths do not overlap and the banknote discriminating section 3 is provided on the path connecting the loading / collecting storage 8 and the storage / discharging storage 7, the temporary storage unit 4 is used for loading and collecting the bills. It is possible to perform continuously without going through.

[0033] FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 describe the banknote loading according to the second configuration. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the operation of loading banknotes, and FIG. 13 is a flow diagram. The denomination and the state of the bills of the bills drawn out from the loading / collecting storage 8 are determined via the bill determination unit 3, and the denomination and the number of bills are determined. Then, it is stored in the safe 6 and the storage / discharge storage 7 according to the determination result.

[0034] Next, the bill collection according to the second configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the operation of collecting banknotes, and FIG. 15 is a flow diagram. The denomination and the state of the banknotes of the banknotes delivered from the storage / discharge storage 7 are determined via the banknote discriminating unit, and the denomination and the number of banknotes are determined. Then, it is stored in the loading / collecting storage 8. The loading / collecting storage 8 is removed from the bill deposit / withdrawing device 1 and collected by a staff member.

[0035] Further, when performing a close examination during the operation of the automated teller machine 101, the number of banknotes in the device can be determined by performing the collection operation and the loading operation.

[0036] Next, the loading / recovering storage 8 of this embodiment will be described in detail. When loading or collecting banknotes, it is necessary to mix a plurality of types of banknotes in one banknote storage / release cabinet. When the size of banknotes varies greatly depending on the denomination, a loading / collecting storage that can store banknotes of different sizes in a mixed manner is required.

FIG. 16 is a top view showing the configuration of the loading / collecting storage 8 mounted on the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1. Further, FIG. 17 is a side view showing a state in which banknotes are stored in the loading / collecting storage 8, and FIG. 18 is a side view showing a state in which banknotes are discharged from the loading / collecting storage 8. The loading / collecting storage 8 is a horizontal safe that stores banknotes in a standing position in the horizontal direction, and can be stored and separately fed.

[0038] The bill taking-in / discharging mechanism includes a stack feed roller 801 and a pickup roller 811, a backup roller 802 that rotates drivenly, a gate roller 803 that rotates in the bill storage direction and does not rotate in the feeding direction. It is composed of a brush roller 804, which is on the same axis as the gate roller 803 and has flexible indenting members arranged radially, and a separation / stack guide 805 whose position changes between separation and stacking.

[0039] The stack feed roller 801 is driven by a drive source (not shown) via a gear and rotates. The banknotes to be stored are sent to the intake space, and the banknotes to be released are sent to the transport path 5. The backup roller 802 is driven by the stack feed roller 801 to rotate, sandwiches the banknote with the stack feed roller 801 and conveys the banknote. The gate roller 803 follows the stack feed roller 801 to rotate when storing banknotes, but does not rotate when discharging. That is, when the bills are separated and fed out by the pickup roller 811 and the stack feed roller 801, the bills adjacent to the released bills come into contact with the gate roller 803 to prevent the bills from being drawn out following the released bills.

[0040] The stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 serve as intake / discharge ports for the intake space. That is, when the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 are disengaged during bill storage, the bill is separated and is in an unrestrained state except for contact with the stack guide 805, and the bill is taken into the capture space. Is done.

[0041] The brush roller 804 has a sheet for only about half a circumference in order to realize a bill ejection operation. When storing banknotes, the banknotes stacked in the taking-in space are scraped out into the storage space by rotating the sheets in the direction of storing the banknotes. When the bill is discharged, the brush roller 804 rotates to a position where the portion holding the sheet retracts from the intake space. Therefore, the discharged bill does not interfere with the sheet when the bill is discharged.

Further, the pickup roller 811 is driven synchronously with the stack feed roller 801 and the brush roller 804 is driven in reverse with respect to the stack feed roller 801 to share the drive source. The brush roller 804 is connected to the stack feed roller 801 via a one-way clutch, and the brush roller 804 does not rotate when the bill is discharged. The one-way clutch is a clutch that rotates in one direction but does not rotate in the opposite direction, and rotates clockwise as shown in FIG. 17, but does not rotate counterclockwise.

[0043] The separation / stack guide 805 has a bill guide surface on the take-in space side, and guides the bill surface during bill storage and discharge. When the bill is stored, the bill guide surface is arranged at a position along the extension of the bill traveling direction at the intake / discharge port of the take-in / discharge mechanism. When the bills are discharged, the bill guide surface is retracted to a position where the bills can be separated one by one by the pickup roller 806.

[0044] The storage space includes a bottom plate 808, a bottom belt 807 suspended so as to support the lower end of the stored banknote on the upper surface of the bottom plate 808, a push plate 806, a separation / stack guide 805, and a top plate 810. It is formed by being surrounded by the side wall 813.

[0045] The mounting position of the side wall 813 can be set according to the size of the bill. It is appropriate to set the width of the side wall 813 to a value about 2 mm to 10 mm larger than the size in the width direction of the banknote. Further, the distance between the bottom plate 808 and the top plate 810 is set to a value larger than the height direction length of the maximum size banknote so that the maximum size banknote handled by the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 can be stored.

[0046] Since the loading / unloading storage 8 needs to handle banknotes of different sizes, a stacking assisting means is provided in the vicinity of the loading / unloading mechanism. The stacking auxiliary means is controlled by the control unit 9 based on the information regarding the size of the banknotes to be stored.

[0047] In this embodiment, a stack auxiliary member 812 is provided to guide the tip of the bill to be stored above the separation / stack guide 805 in the traveling direction. FIG. 19 shows the shape of the stack auxiliary member 812. The stack auxiliary member 812 is a movable tip portion 812c that is rotatably connected to the tip of a roller portion 812a, an L-shaped blade portion 812b, and a blade portion 812b having a rotation axis in the direction of the end line of the tip in the traveling direction of the bill. The rotation is controlled by the control unit 9.

[0048] The stack auxiliary member 812 is provided so that the outer peripheral surface of the roller portion 812a is located on the extension of the bill guide surface of the separation / stack guide 805.

[0049] Here, the L-shaped blade portion 812b and the movable tip portion 812c will be described. The blade portion 812b protruding from the roller portion 812a is located on the storage space side (right side in the drawing) of the three blade portions 812b shown in FIG. 17 when the blade portion 812b is located on the storage space side. At that time, the tip of the blade portion 812b is curved toward the intake / release mechanism. An intake space is formed by being surrounded by the inner surface of the blade portion 812b facing the outer peripheral surface of the roller portion 814a from the bent portion to the tip of the blade portion 812b and the outer peripheral surface of the roller portion 812a, and passing through the intake / discharge mechanism. The tip of the bill to be stored is guided to this capture space.

[0050] The inner surface on the intake space side from the roller portion 812a to the bent portion of the blade portion 812b is a bill end stopper portion forming the back end surface of the capture space, and the bill is stored through the capture / release mechanism. Regulate excessive progression at the edges.

A movable tip portion 812c is connected to the tip of the blade portion 812b so as to be rotatable at a predetermined angle. From the bent portion of the blade portion 812b to the tip of the movable tip portion 812c, a boundary between the intake space and the storage space is formed. The movable tip portion 812c secures a space between the movable tip portion 812c and the separation / stack guide 805, and guides the stored banknotes to the space, that is, the intake space.

[0052] The distance from the tip of the movable tip portion 812c to the bottom plate 808 is preferably shorter than the length in the traveling direction of the smallest size bill handled by the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1, that is, the height of the bill stored in the standing state. Makes the distance from the bill inlet shorter than the length of the smallest size bill in the traveling direction. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the bills taken into the taking-in space in a standing position from falling down in the taking-in space, and stable storage is possible. Further, it is possible to prevent the banknotes stored in the storage space from falling down toward the import space side, and it is possible to prevent interference between the banknotes to be taken in and the stored banknotes.

[0053] The rotation of the stack auxiliary member 812 is controlled so that the bills taken into the take-in space are kept in an upright position. When a large-sized banknote is taken in, the distance from the take-in / discharge port to the banknote end stopper is controlled to a rotation angle that corresponds to the large-sized banknote size, and when a small-sized banknote is taken in. Is controlled to a rotation angle such that the distance from the intake / discharge port to the bill end stopper portion is a length corresponding to a small bill size.

[0054] Here, the distance corresponding to the bill size indicates a distance slightly longer than the length in the traveling direction of the bill size. The reason for the slightly longer distance is that the bills to be taken in may be skewed and sent to the catching space depending on the transporting state. At this time, if the distance between the intake / discharge port and the bill end stopper portion is equal to the length of the bill size in the traveling direction, the tip portion may collide with the bill end stopper portion and buckle. In order to prevent such buckling, the intake space is provided with a margin by the above control.

[0055] As shown in FIG. 16, a plurality of stack auxiliary members 812 are provided in the bill width direction, and guide the upper end portions of the bills to be stored to the loading space at a plurality of locations. Therefore, even banknotes having a habit of folding or curling can be stably stored by preventing interference with subsequent banknotes.

[0056] The transmission sensor is composed of a light emitting element 888a and a light receiving element 888b. When a bill is present in the vicinity of the intake / discharge port, the light is blocked by the bill, so that the presence of the bill in the vicinity of the take-in / discharge port is detected. When the light is blocked for a long time during storage, the push plate 806 is driven to widen the bill storage space.

[0057] By being controlled in this way, the stack auxiliary member 812 is positioned so as to partition the loading space and the storage portion of the loading and unloading storage 8 when the bills are loaded into the loading and unloading storage 8. When the banknotes taken into the import space are transferred to the storage unit, the banknotes are moved so that they can be transferred to the storage unit.

[0058] Further, the banknote end stopper portion of the stack auxiliary member 812 is displaced according to the size of the banknotes taken into the intake space so that banknotes of different sizes can be stored.

That is, when the banknotes are taken into the loading / collecting storage 8, the stack auxiliary member 812 is positioned so as to partition the taking-in space of the loading / collecting storage 8 from the storage portion, and is also taken into the taking-in space. When the banknotes are transferred to the storage unit, a partition member that moves the banknotes so that the banknotes can be transferred to the storage unit and a regulation member that displaces according to the size of the banknotes taken into the intake space may be provided.

[0060] However, by integrally providing the partition member and the restricting member as in the present embodiment, it is possible to control the stack auxiliary member 812 as an integral body.

As shown in FIG. 18, when the banknotes are discharged from the loading / unloading storage 8, the separation / stack guide 805 and the stack auxiliary member 812 are retracted so as to be away from the storage space, unlike the case of taking in the banknotes. .. The stored banknotes are separated by the push plate 806 and pressed against the stack guide 805 side, and are separated one by one by the rotation of the pickup roller 811 and discharged from the loading / collecting storage 8 through the take-in / release mechanism.

[0062] Next, with reference to FIGS. 20 to 23, an operation when bills are stored in the loading / unloading storage 8 will be described. The case of loading the banknotes into the loading / collecting storage 8 is, for example, the case of collecting the banknotes in the device. At this time, the control unit 9 controls the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 to be in the collection mode.

[0063] Since it is necessary to detect the size of the banknotes stored in the loading / collecting storage 8, a banknote size detecting means is provided. The bill size detecting means of this embodiment includes a bill discriminating device 3 and a storage unit DB, and detects the size of stored bills. Since the denomination of the banknote passing through the banknote determination unit 3 is determined, the size of the transported banknote can be recognized by providing the storage unit DB with a database in which the denomination and the banknote size are associated with each other. The control unit 9 performs the following control based on the bill size detected by the bill size detecting means. Hereinafter, the case of storing large-sized banknotes and the case of storing small-sized banknotes will be described separately.

[0064] FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an operation when a large-sized banknote is stored. The passage of the bill 1000 stored in the loading / collecting storage 8 is detected by the bill passage sensor 889 (FIG. 20 (a)). The bill 1000 enters the loading / unloading storage 8 through the take-in / release mechanism (Fig. 20 (b)).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 23, when the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1 is set to the collection mode, the control unit 9 controls the loading / collecting storage 8 to be set to the storage mode. In the storage mode, the drive motor 801m for the stack feed roller is driven so as to further send the bills that have entered the intake / release mechanism. When the banknote passage sensor 889 detects the passage of the banknote 1000, the control unit 9 controls the stack auxiliary member drive motor 812m, and the stack auxiliary member 812 rotates to a position where a large-sized banknote is awaited (FIG. 20 (FIG. 20). c)).

[0066] Further, the bill 1000 is sent to the inside of the storage / discharge cabinet 8 and enters the intake space by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803. At this time, the bill 1000 is sent while maintaining an upright position along the bill guide surface of the separation / stack guide 805. The separation / stack guide 805 has a bill guide surface arranged along the traveling direction of bills entering from the intake / discharge port, and the bill 1000 sent by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 is separated. It is guided along the bill guide surface of the stack guide 805.

[0067] The traveling direction of the sent banknote 1000 is the traveling direction of the banknote 1000 after the tip end portion thereof enters the intake space of the stack auxiliary member 812 and the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 are disengaged. The end portion comes into contact with the bill end stopper portion on the back end surface of the stack auxiliary member 812. That is, the tip of the bill 1000 is restricted to prevent excessive progress, and the rear end in the direction of travel comes into contact with the bottom plate 808 and is stacked in a standing position (FIG. 20 (d)). The banknotes stacked in the take-in space are sent to the storage space side by pushing the upper and lower ends by the brush roller 804 and the stack auxiliary member 812. When the number of banknotes stored increases and the transmission sensor 888 is shielded from light for a long time, the control unit 9 controls the push plate drive motor 806 m and moves the push plate 806 so as to expand the storage space to increase the storage space. Secure.

Next, a case of storing small-sized banknotes will be described. First, a defect due to a conventional example when storing small bills will be described. The distance from the bottom plate 808 to the top plate 810 of the loading / collecting storage 8 is set according to the large-sized banknotes so that the large-sized banknotes can be stored.

[0069] Here, when storing banknotes having a habit of bending or curling, there are cases where the lower ends of the banknotes cannot be aligned with the bottom plate 808 and stored. That is, since the banknotes having such a habit have a width in the storage direction in the loading / collecting storage 8, they are sandwiched between the banknotes previously stored in the loading space and the separation / stack guide, and stop. There is a risk that it will end up.

[0070] If the lower ends of the banknotes are not aligned with each other on the bottom plate 808 side, a problem occurs when the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 is in the loading mode. That is, when the banknotes are discharged from the loading / unloading storage 8, the banknotes are separated one by one by the pickup roller 811 provided near the loading / discharging port. Therefore, if the banknote ends are not aligned on the loading / discharging port side, the pick-up is picked up. Roller 811 makes it difficult to separate banknotes.

On the other hand, the pickup roller 811 needs to be arranged in the vicinity of the intake / discharge port. If the pickup roller 811 is placed at a position away from the intake / discharge port, the distance between the position where the bill is given the carrying force by the pickup roller 811 and the position of the intake / discharge port becomes large, and the bill end portion is taken in and discharged. There is a problem that makes it difficult to guide to.

[0072] Further, when the banknotes are stored in an upright position, there are the following problems in addition to the above-mentioned problems. In order to maintain the standing state of the bills to be stored, it is necessary to support the upper end of the bills. However, since the position of the upper end differs depending on the bill size, it is necessary to provide a support member corresponding to the bill size.

[0073] Therefore, as shown below, small-sized banknotes are stored. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an operation when a small-sized banknote is stored. The passage of the bill 1000 stored in the loading / collecting storage 8 is detected by the bill passage sensor 889 (FIG. 21 (a)). The bill 1000 enters the loading / unloading storage 8 through the take-in / release mechanism (Fig. 21 (b)).

On the other hand, when the bill deposit / withdrawal device 1 is set to the collection mode, the control unit 9 controls the loading / collecting storage 8 to be set to the storage mode. In the storage mode, the drive motor 801m for the stack feed roller is driven so as to further send the bills that have entered the intake / release mechanism. When the banknote passage sensor 889 detects the passage of the banknote 1000, the banknote passage sensor 889 detects the passage of the banknote 1000, the control unit 9 controls the drive motor 812m for the stack auxiliary member, and the stack auxiliary member 812 It rotates to the position where it waits for small-sized banknotes (Fig. 21 (c)).

[0075] Further, the bill 1000 is sent to the inside of the storage / discharge cabinet 8 and enters the intake space by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803. At this time, the bill 1000 is sent while maintaining an upright position along the bill guide surface of the separation / stack guide 805. The separation / stack guide 805 has a bill guide surface arranged along the traveling direction of bills entering from the intake / discharge port, and the bill 1000 sent by the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 is separated. Guided along the stack guide 805.

[0076] The traveling direction of the sent banknote 1000 is the traveling direction of the banknote 1000 after the tip end portion thereof enters the intake space of the stack auxiliary member 812 and the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 are disengaged. The end portion comes into contact with the bill end stopper portion on the back end surface of the stack auxiliary member 812. That is, the tip of the bill 1000 is restricted to prevent excessive progress, and the rear end in the direction of travel comes into contact with the bottom plate 808 and is stacked in a standing position (FIG. 21 (d)). The banknotes stacked in the take-in space are sent to the storage space side by pushing the upper and lower ends by the brush roller 804 and the stack auxiliary member 812. The banknotes stacked in the take-in space are sent to the storage space side by pushing the upper and lower ends by the brush roller 804 and the stack auxiliary member 812. When the number of banknotes stored increases and the transmission sensor 888 is shielded from light for a long time, the control unit 9 controls the push plate drive motor 806 m and moves the push plate 806 so as to expand the storage space to increase the storage space. Secure.

[0077] In the above example, the stack auxiliary member 812 regulates the tip of the stored banknote in the traveling direction to prevent the banknote from excessively advancing, and even when storing a small size banknote, the traveling direction. Banknotes can be stored with the rear end aligned on the bottom plate 808 side.

[0078] Therefore, even when the banknotes are discharged from the loading / collecting storage 8, the banknotes can be separated one by one, and a stable discharge operation is possible. Further, since the distance between the movable tip portion 812c and the bottom plate 808 is set to be shorter than the size of the minimum bill to be handled by the device, the bill captured in the intake space and the bill stored in the storage space are separated from each other. Interference can be prevented.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing a storage operation of this embodiment. When the banknote determination unit 3 determines the denomination and the banknote size is detected by the banknote passage sensor 889, the control unit 9 controls the stack auxiliary member 812 based on the determined banknote size information. To do.

[0080] FIG. 24 is a diagram showing another example of the stack assisting means provided in the loading / recovering storage 8. In this example, the control unit 9 controls the drive source DM and changes the position of the stack auxiliary member 812 in the bill advancing direction according to the bill size. Further, the roller portion having the brush continuously rotates counterclockwise in the drawing to send the captured banknotes to the storage space.

[0081] In the present embodiment, an example of a banknote deposit / withdrawal device using a safe deposit box for depositing rejected banknotes and a storage / discharge box as a banknote unit for each denomination has been shown. The warehouse can also be used as a safe deposit box and a storage / discharge cabinet. If at least one loading / collecting storage is provided, loading / collecting / scrutiny can be performed at once, so that all banknote units can be used as a loading / collecting storage.

[0082] Although the horizontal banknote unit for storing banknotes in a standing position has been described here, it can also be applied to a vertical banknote unit for horizontally accumulating banknotes. That is, even when the banknotes entering the banknote unit are sent in the horizontal direction, the stacking assisting means for restricting the excessive progress can be provided so that the banknotes can be collected while maintaining their alignment.

However, when the banknotes are stored in an upright position, the bottom surface of the storage space and the take-in space in the banknote unit serves as a guide due to gravity, and the lower ends of the stored banknotes are aligned with the bottom surface. Therefore, since the banknote ends in the banknote release direction are aligned, the banknotes can be easily discharged.

[0084] As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to store bills of different sizes in a mixed manner in one loading / unloading storage. In addition, a banknote deposit / withdrawal device that handles banknotes of different sizes can be loaded, collected, and scrutinized all at once.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a banknote deposit / withdrawal device and an automated teller machine capable of handling banknotes of different sizes and collectively loading and collecting banknotes.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of an automated teller machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control mechanism of an automated teller machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bill deposit / withdrawal device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control mechanism of the bill deposit / withdrawal device of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation of loading banknotes in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation of loading banknotes in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of bill loading according to this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation of collecting banknotes in this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation of collecting banknotes in this embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of bill collection in this embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second configuration of a bill deposit / withdrawal device.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an operation of loading banknotes according to the second configuration.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart of bill loading according to the second configuration.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an operation of collecting banknotes according to the second configuration.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart of bill collection according to the second configuration.

FIG. 16 is a top view of a loading / collecting storage mounted on a bill deposit / withdrawal device.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing a state in which banknotes are stored in the loading / collecting storage.

FIG. 18 is a side view showing a state in which banknotes are discharged from the loading / unloading storage.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a shape of a stack auxiliary member.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an operation of storing banknotes in a loading / collecting storage.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an operation of storing banknotes in a loading / collecting storage.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart for storing banknotes in a loading / collecting storage.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a control mechanism for storing and discharging banknotes in a loading / collecting storage.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the stack assisting means.

[Explanation of codes] 1 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal device, 3 ... Banknote discriminator, 7 ... Storage / discharge box, 8 ... Loading / collecting box, 9 ... Control unit, 101 ... Cash Automatic teller machine, 812 ... stack auxiliary member, 812a ... roller part, 812b ... blade part, 812c ... movable tip part, 889 ... banknote passage sensor, DB ... storage part.