JP2010015336A - Bill processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten time to return a bill kept in a temporary repository to an operator when operation to cancel a payment transaction is received. <P>SOLUTION: A bill charged by a customer into a bill charging chamber 131 of a customer service section 13 is discriminated in a discrimination section 15, The temporary repository 133 which accumulates and keeps a bill discriminated as acceptable money in the discrimination section 15 before storing in the bill storages 16a-16c is provided in a customer services section 13. When receiving an instruction to cancel the paying-in processing, it is made possible to return the bill kept in the temporary repository 133 to the customer by opening a shutter 12 of the customer services section 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that performs banknote depositing / withdrawing processing by an operator such as a customer or an operator, and more particularly to a banknote processing apparatus that returns a banknote that has been deposited to an operator when an operation for canceling the depositing process is accepted.

  When a conventional banknote handling apparatus performs banknote deposit processing, the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port provided in the customer service part are separated one by one and conveyed in the banknote conveyance path, and discrimination on the banknote conveyance path is performed. The bills identified as being acceptable at the department are transported to a temporary storage. Then, when the operator confirms the amount of the inserted banknote and accepts an operation for establishing the depositing process, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage are separated one by one and conveyed to the banknote storage through the banknote transport path, Store. On the other hand, when an operation for canceling the deposit process is accepted, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage are separated one by one and transported to the customer service section through the banknote transport path and returned to the operator.

In this way, there is one in which a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes inserted into a banknote deposit / withdrawal port is arranged in the upper part of the banknote storage (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-9-147193 (paragraph "0015", FIG. 2)

However, in the conventional technology described above, when accepting an operation for canceling the deposit processing and returning the banknotes stored in the temporary storage to the operator, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage are separated one by one. Since it is necessary to convey to a customer service part by a banknote conveyance path, there exists a problem that the conveyance time of a banknote becomes long and the time of the transaction which an operator performs becomes long.
This invention makes it a subject to solve such a problem, and it aims at shortening the time which returns the banknote stored in the temporary storage to the operator.

  Therefore, the present invention is a banknote processing apparatus that performs a depositing process for transporting banknotes that have been thrown into a banknote deposit box of a customer service section by a customer and discriminating them in a discrimination section, and storing the banknotes identified as depositable in a banknote storage. In the customer service unit, a temporary storage for storing and storing the banknotes identified as depositable in the banknote storage is provided in the customer service unit, and an instruction to cancel the deposit process is received. The banknote stored in the temporary storage can be returned to the customer by opening the shutter.

  The present invention thus configured can reduce the time for returning the banknotes stored in the temporary storage to the operator.

  Embodiments of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic transaction apparatus, which is installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank or a store of a convenience store, etc., and accepts customer operations and performs various transactions such as cash deposits and withdrawals. is there.
In this automatic transaction apparatus 1, a banknote processing apparatus 10 that performs a depositing process and a dispensing process for cash such as banknotes is mounted inside the casing 7, and banknotes to be deposited or dispensed on the front surface, and banknotes to be returned. Banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3 for handing over to / from the customer, card insertion / ejecting port 4 for accepting card insertion and returning the card, statement slip for issuing transaction slips printed A discharge port 5 and a screen for guiding the operation of the customer are displayed, and a customer operation display panel 6 for receiving input of information necessary for the transaction is provided.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus in the first embodiment.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 12 denotes a shutter for opening and closing the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3 of the banknote processing apparatus 10. When a customer operates an automatic transaction apparatus to make a transaction, the shutter 12 is opened and closed so that bills can be taken in and out.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a customer service unit, a banknote insertion box 131 for receiving input of banknotes to be deposited, a reject for collecting rejected banknotes that have been identified as non-payable by a later-described discrimination unit among the banknotes that have been deposited, and returning them to the customer The banknotes returned to the banknote return box 132 and the banknotes that have been identified as depositable by the discrimination unit are accumulated, and the banknotes are temporarily stored before being stored in a banknote storage that will be described later, and the deposit process is canceled. The banknote storage box 133 and the reject banknote return box 132 are partition plates 134, and the reject banknote return box 132 and the temporary storage box 133 are partition plates 135. It is partitioned.

The upper part of this bill insertion slot 131, reject bill return box 132, and temporary storage box 133 is opened, and a bill can be taken in and out from the opening.
The customer service unit 13 is provided with separation means for separating the bills inserted into the bill insertion compartment 131 one by one and feeding them into the apparatus. The reject bill return compartment 132 and the temporary storage compartment 133 are bills to be described later. A stacking mechanism for stacking the banknotes transported by the transport unit is provided, and the temporary storage 133 is further provided with separating means for separating the stacked banknotes one by one and feeding them into the apparatus.

  Further, the customer service section 13 is guided by a guide such as a rail provided in the body of the banknote processing apparatus 10, and is configured to be slidable by a drive means such as a motor (not shown) or a position detection means such as a sensor. It can move in the direction from the front surface to the rear surface of the banknote handling apparatus 10 indicated by the middle arrow A and in the direction from the rear surface to the front surface of the banknote processing apparatus 10 indicated by the arrow B.

  Accordingly, the customer service unit 13 moves the opening of the banknote insertion box 131, the reject banknote return box 132, or the temporary storage box 133 downward facing the shutter 12, opens the shutter 12, and deposits in the banknote insertion box 131. The banknotes accumulated in the reject banknote return box 132 or the temporary storage box 133 can be returned to the customer.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a banknote transport unit, which is composed of a transport path for transporting the banknotes fed from the customer service section 13 with a belt or the like, a motor for driving the transport path, and the like.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a discrimination unit. The discrimination unit 15 is provided on the banknote transport unit 14 and performs banknote authenticity, denomination, correctness, front / back discrimination, and conveyance errors such as double feeding, chaining, and skew feeding. Detection and counting of banknotes whose denominations have been determined. Therefore, the discrimination unit 15 can discriminate whether or not the deposit is possible by discriminating the bills inserted into the bill insertion slot 131 of the customer service unit 13 one by one.

Reference numerals 16a to 16c denote banknote storage boxes, which are arranged side by side here. However, the number is not limited to this number, and it is sufficient that at least one is provided according to the operation mode or the like.
The banknote storage boxes 16a to 16c are each formed with an opening for taking in and feeding out banknotes at one upper end, and each banknote is fed into the banknote storage boxes 16a to 16c one by one and accumulated. At the same time, there is provided a stacking and feeding means composed of a plurality of rollers for separating and feeding bills one by one from the bill storage boxes 16a to 16c.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a reject storage that stores banknotes that have been discriminated from reject banknotes of unknown denomination or the like by the discrimination unit 15 during a withdrawal transaction.
Reference numerals 18a and 18b denote switching blades which are provided on the banknote transport unit 14 and switch destinations of banknotes transported by the banknote transport unit 14. By switching the switching blades 18a and 18b, the rejected banknotes identified as non-payable by the discrimination section 15 can be conveyed to the reject banknote return box 132, and the banknotes can be deposited by the discrimination section among the banknotes deposited. The discriminated banknote can be conveyed to the temporary storage 133.

In addition, a switching blade (not shown) is arranged at another branch point on the banknote transport unit 14, and banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 133 of the customer service unit 13 can be transported and stored in the banknote storages 16 a to 16 c. It can be done.
Therefore, the temporary storage 133 of the customer service unit 13 is arranged between the discrimination unit 15 and the banknote storages 16a to 16c, and can temporarily store the banknotes identified as being depositable.

As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote processing apparatus 10 having such a configuration is configured such that the operation of each unit such as the shutter 12, the customer service unit 13, the transport unit 14, the discrimination unit 15, and the banknote storage 16 (16 a to 16 c) The control unit 18 such as a central processing unit is controlled based on a program (software) stored in the storage unit 17.
In the following examples, explanation of withdrawals not directly related to the invention is omitted.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the shutter and the customer service portion when depositing in the first embodiment of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the shutter and the customer service portion when rejected banknotes are returned in the first embodiment of FIG. It demonstrates based on explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the deposit | payment banknote return in 1st Example of this, and a customer service part.
First, the control part 18 moves the customer service part 13 so that the opening part of the banknote insertion store | warehouse | chamber 131 is located under the shutter 12, as shown in FIG.

When the customer service part 13 is moved so that the opening part of the bill insertion chamber 131 is positioned below the shutter 12, the control unit 18 opens the shutter 12 and accepts the insertion of the bill to be deposited.
When accepting the insertion of banknotes to be deposited, the control unit 18 closes the shutter 12 and separates the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion compartment 131 one by one by the separating means of the customer service unit 13 to the banknote transport unit 14 in the apparatus. Send it out.

If a banknote is sent to the banknote conveyance part 14, the control part 18 will convey the banknote to the discrimination part 15 by the banknote conveyance part 14, and will discriminate. As a result of the discrimination by the discrimination unit 15, when the bill is conveyed and identified as depositable, the bill is conveyed to the temporary storage 133 and accumulated. On the other hand, when it is identified as impossible to deposit, the bill is rejected. It is conveyed to the reject banknote return box 132 and accumulated.
When all the banknotes inserted into the banknote input storage 131 are transported to the temporary storage storage 133 or the reject banknote return storage 132, the control unit 18 shows a case where banknotes are accumulated in the reject banknote return storage 132, as shown in FIG. The customer service section 13 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow A until the opening of the reject banknote return box 132 is positioned below the shutter 12, and the shutter 12 is opened to return the reject banknote to the customer.

When the reject banknote is returned to the customer, the control unit 18 is discriminated that the deposit is possible, and notifies the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 of the total amount of banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 133, and the total operation amount is displayed on the customer operation display panel 6 And let the customer check the total amount.
It is assumed that the customer confirms the displayed total amount and presses a “confirm” button for closing the deposit transaction or a “cancel” button for canceling the deposit transaction.

When the “cancel” button is pressed, the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 notifies (instructs) that the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 133 are returned to the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10.
Upon receipt of the notification, the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 moves the customer service unit 13 in the direction indicated by the arrow A as shown in FIG. 6 until the opening of the temporary storage 133 is positioned below the shutter 12. The shutter 12 is opened and inserted, and the counted bills are returned to the customer.

On the other hand, when the “confirm” button is pressed, the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 notifies the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 that the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 133 are conveyed to the banknote storage 16 and stored. To do.
Upon receiving the notification, the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 separates the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 133 one by one by the separating means of the customer service unit 13, sends them to the banknote transport unit 14, and transports them to the banknote storage unit 16. And store.

  As described above, the bill insertion slot 131 and the reject banknote return box 132 are provided with the partition plate 134, the reject banknote return box 132 and the temporary storage box 133 are provided with the partition plate 135, and the temporary storage box 133 is disposed below the shutter 12. When the deposit transaction is canceled by moving the customer service unit 13 and returning the inserted bill to the customer, it is necessary to separate the inserted bill and transport it by the bill transport unit 14. The time for returning the banknote to the customer can be shortened.

In the present embodiment, the customer service section 13 is slid to move the bill insertion compartment 131, the reject bill return compartment 132, or the temporary storage compartment 133 below the shutter 12, but as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the bill receiving part 131, the reject banknote return part 132, or the temporary storage part 133 may be moved below the shutter 12 by rotating the customer service part 13.
By comprising in this way, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of the type which rotates the customer service part 13 and isolate | separates the banknote thrown into the banknote insertion store | warehouse | chamber 131 and sends it in in an apparatus, the customer service part 13 moves Extra space can be eliminated.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the reject banknote return box 132 and the temporary storage box 133 are provided with the partition plate 135, and the customer service unit 13 is moved so that the temporary storage box 133 is below the shutter 12. By returning the inserted banknote to the customer, the time for returning the banknote to the customer can be shortened, and the effect that the transaction time can be shortened can be obtained.

In the first embodiment, the description has been given on the assumption that the customer service portion is configured to be slidable. However, in the second embodiment, the customer service portion is fixed, and the shutter is a bill insertion compartment, a reject bill return warehouse, Or it is comprised so that the upper direction of a temporary storage is slidable.
The configuration of the second embodiment will be described based on a side view showing the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus in the second embodiment of FIG. Note that parts similar to those of the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

In FIG. 8, 22 is a shutter for opening and closing the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3 of the banknote handling apparatus 10. When a customer operates an automatic transaction apparatus to make a transaction, the shutter 12 is opened and closed so that bills can be taken in and out.
The shutter 22 is guided by a guide such as a rail provided in the body of the banknote processing apparatus 10 and is configured to be slidable by a drive means such as a motor (not shown) or a position detection means such as a sensor. It is possible to move in the direction from the front surface to the rear surface of the banknote handling apparatus 10 indicated by C and in the direction from the rear surface to the front surface of the banknote processing apparatus 10 indicated by the arrow D.

  23 is a customer service section, a banknote insertion box 231 that accepts input of banknotes to be deposited, a reject banknote return box 232 for accumulating reject banknotes that are identified as non-payable by a later-described discrimination section among the deposited banknotes, And banknotes that have been identified as depositable by the discrimination unit and are temporarily stored before the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 16. The warehouse 231 and the reject banknote return box 232 are partitioned by a partition plate 234, and the reject banknote return box 232 and the temporary storage box 233 are partitioned by a partition plate 235.

The upper part of this bill insertion 231, reject bill return 232, and temporary storage 233 is opened, and bills can be taken in and out from the opening.
In the customer service section 23, separation means for separating the bills put into the bill insertion compartment 231 one by one and feeding them into the apparatus is provided. The reject bill return compartment 232 and the temporary storage compartment 233 are a bill transport section. An accumulation mechanism for accumulating the conveyed banknotes is provided. Further, the temporary storage 233 is provided with separation means for separating the accumulated banknotes one by one and feeding them into the apparatus.

  The shutter 22 moves above the opening of the banknote insertion chamber 231, the reject banknote storage 232, or the temporary storage 233, and the shutter 22 of the banknote insertion chamber 231, the reject banknote return 232, or the temporary storage 233. It can be opened and closed by being stopped at the upper side, and the shutter 22 can be opened to accept the insertion of banknotes deposited in the banknote insertion box 231, and the reject banknote return box 232 or the temporary storage box 233 can be received. The bills accumulated in can be returned to the customer.

Further, the temporary storage 233 of the customer service unit 23 is disposed between the discrimination unit 15 and the banknote storages 16a to 16c, and can temporarily store the banknotes identified as being depositable.
In the banknote handling apparatus 10 having such a configuration, the operation of each unit such as the shutter 22, the customer service unit 23, the transport unit 14, the discrimination unit 15, and the banknote storage 16 (16a to 16c) is performed in the storage unit 17 such as a memory. The control unit 18 such as a central processing unit is controlled based on a stored program (software).

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the shutter and the customer service portion when depositing in the second embodiment of FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the shutter and the customer service portion when the rejected banknote is returned in the second embodiment of FIG. It demonstrates based on explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the receipt | payment banknote return in 2nd Example of this, and a customer service part.
First, the control part 18 moves the shutter 22 so that it may be located above the opening part of the banknote insertion box 231 of the customer service part 23, as shown in FIG.

When the shutter 22 is moved so as to be positioned above the opening of the bill insertion chamber 231, the control unit 18 opens the shutter 22 and accepts the insertion of the bill to be deposited.
When accepting the insertion of banknotes to be deposited, the control unit 18 closes the shutter 22 and separates the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion box 231 one by one by the separating means of the customer service unit 23 to the banknote transport unit 14 in the apparatus. Send it out.

If a banknote is sent to the banknote conveyance part 14, the control part 18 will convey the banknote to the discrimination part 15 by the banknote conveyance part 14, and will discriminate. As a result of the discrimination of the discrimination unit 15, when the bill is conveyed and identified as depositable, the bill is conveyed to the temporary storage 233 and accumulated. On the other hand, when it is identified that the deposit is impossible, the bill is rejected. It is conveyed to the reject banknote return box 232 and accumulated.
When all the banknotes thrown into the banknote slot 231 are transported to the temporary storage box 233 or the reject banknote return box 232, the control unit 18, as shown in FIG. The shutter 22 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow C until it is positioned above the opening of the reject banknote return box 232, and the shutter 22 is opened to return the reject banknote to the customer.

When the reject banknote is returned to the customer, the control unit 18 is discriminated that the deposit can be made, and notifies the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 of the total amount of the banknote accumulated in the temporary storage 233, and the total amount of the banknote is displayed on the customer operation display panel 6. And let the customer check the total amount.
It is assumed that the customer confirms the displayed total amount and presses a “confirm” button for closing the deposit transaction or a “cancel” button for canceling the deposit transaction.

When the “cancel” button is pressed, the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 notifies (instructs) that the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 233 are returned to the customer to the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10.
Upon receipt of the notification, the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 moves the shutter 22 in the direction indicated by the arrow C as shown in FIG. 11 until it is located above the opening of the temporary storage 233 and opens the shutter 22. The bills inserted and counted are returned to the customer.

On the other hand, when the “confirm” button is pressed, the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 notifies the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 that the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 233 are conveyed to the banknote storage 16 and stored. To do.
Upon receipt of the notification, the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 separates the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 233 one by one by the separating means of the customer service unit 23, sends them to the banknote transport unit 14, and transports them to the banknote storage 16. And store.

As described above, the temporary storage 233 is provided in the customer service unit 23, and it is possible to delete the space inside the apparatus by integrating it, and it is necessary for the customer service unit 23 to move by fixing the customer service unit 23. Extra space can be removed.
As described above, in the second embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the temporary storage 233 is provided in the customer service unit 23 to form an integral type, and the customer service unit 23 is fixed. The effect that the apparatus 10 can be reduced in size is acquired.

In the first embodiment, the customer service section is configured to be slidable, and in the second embodiment, the shutter is configured to be slidable. In the third embodiment, the service section and the shutter are configured to be slidable. A partition plate and the like fixed and provided inside the customer service portion are configured to be slidable.
The configuration of the third embodiment will be described with reference to the explanatory view of the shutter and the customer service portion at the time of depositing in the third embodiment of FIG. Note that parts similar to those of the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 12, reference numeral 33 denotes a customer service section, a banknote insertion box 331 that accepts input of banknotes to be deposited, and reject banknotes for collecting reject banknotes that have been identified as non-payable by a discrimination section that will be described later. Consists of a return storage 332 and a temporary storage 333 for collecting banknotes that have been identified as depositable by the discrimination unit among the deposited banknotes and temporarily storing the banknotes before storing them in the banknote storage 16 The banknote insertion box 331 and the reject banknote return box 332 are partitioned by a partition plate 334 as a first partition plate, and the reject banknote return box 332 and the temporary storage box 333 are partitioned by a partition plate 335 as a second partition plate. .

Further, in the reject banknote return box 332, the banknote press 336 as a first banknote press plate for pressing the banknotes accumulated in the reject banknote return box 332 in the direction indicated by the arrow E in the figure, the temporary storage box 333 Is provided with a bill press 337 as a second bill pressing plate for pressing the bills accumulated in the temporary storage 333 in the direction indicated by the arrow E in the figure.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the description will be made assuming that the upper portions of the bill insertion storage 331, the reject bill return storage 332, and the temporary storage 333 of the customer service section 33 are all opened, but the bill insertion storage 331 is provided. The opening may be formed so that only the upper part of the part to be opened.

  In the customer service section 33, there is provided separation means for separating the bills inserted into the bill insertion compartment 331 one by one and feeding them into the apparatus, and the reject bill return warehouse 332 and the temporary storage 333 are bill transportation described later. A stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes conveyed by the unit is provided, and a temporary storage 333 is further provided with separating means for separating the stacked banknotes one by one and feeding them into the apparatus.

  Further, the partition plate 334, the partition plate 335, the banknote press 336, and the banknote press 337 are guided by guides such as rails provided in the machine body of the banknote processing apparatus 10, and positions of driving means such as a motor (not shown) and sensors, etc. It is configured to be slidable by the detecting means, and is independent in the direction from the front surface to the rear surface of the banknote handling apparatus 10 indicated by the arrow E in the drawing and in the direction from the rear surface to the front surface of the banknote processing apparatus 10 indicated by the arrow F. You can move.

  Therefore, by moving the partition plate 334, the partition plate 335, the banknote press 336, and the banknote press 337 of the customer service section 33 to predetermined positions, as shown in FIG. 12, the banknote insertion box 331, the reject banknote return box 332, and the temporary The storage 333 is formed, the shutter 12 is opened, and the insertion of bills to be deposited in the bill insertion chamber 331 can be received.

Further, by moving the partition plate 334 and the banknote press 336 in the direction indicated by the arrow E, the banknotes accumulated in the reject banknote return box 332 are moved downward facing the shutter 12, and the shutter 12 is opened. The bills accumulated in the reject bill return box 332 can be returned to the customer.
Further, by moving the partition plate 335 and the banknote press 337 in the direction indicated by the arrow E, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 333 are moved downward facing the shutter 12, and the shutter 12 is opened to temporarily The banknotes accumulated in the storage 333 can be returned to the customer.

Moreover, the temporary storage 333 of the customer service part 33 is arrange | positioned between the discrimination part 15 and the banknote storage 16a-16c, and can temporarily store the banknote discriminated that the deposit | payment is possible.
In the banknote handling apparatus 10 having such a configuration, the operation of each unit such as the shutter 12, the customer service unit 33, the transport unit 14, the discrimination unit 15, and the banknote storage 16 (16a to 16c) is performed in the storage unit 17 such as a memory. The control unit 18 such as a central processing unit is controlled based on a stored program (software).

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of the shutter and the customer service portion when depositing in the third embodiment of FIG. 12, FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the shutter and the customer service portion when the rejected banknote is returned in the third embodiment of FIG. It demonstrates based on explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the receipt | payment banknote return in the 3rd Example of this, and a customer service part.
First, the control unit 18 moves the partition plate 334, the partition plate 335, the banknote press 336, and the banknote press 337 of the customer service section 33 to predetermined positions, and as shown in FIG. 12, a banknote insertion box 331, a reject banknote return box. 332 and temporary storage 333 are formed.

When the partition plate 334, the partition plate 335, the banknote press 336, and the banknote press 337 are moved to predetermined positions, the control unit 18 opens the shutter 12 and accepts input of banknotes to be deposited.
When accepting the insertion of banknotes to be deposited, the control unit 18 closes the shutter 12 and separates the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion box 331 one by one by the separating means of the customer service unit 33 to the banknote transport unit 14 in the apparatus. Send it out.

If a banknote is sent to the banknote conveyance part 14, the control part 18 will convey the banknote to the discrimination part 15 by the banknote conveyance part 14, and will discriminate. As a result of the discrimination of the discrimination unit 15, when the conveyed banknote is identified as depositable, the banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage 333 and accumulated. On the other hand, when it is identified that the deposit is impossible, the banknote is rejected as a reject banknote. It is conveyed to the reject banknote return box 332 and accumulated.
When all the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion store 331 are conveyed to the temporary storage store 333 or the reject banknote return store 332, the control unit 18, as shown in FIG. 13, when banknotes are accumulated in the reject banknote return store 332. The partition plate 334 and the banknote press 336 are moved in the direction indicated by the arrow E, the banknotes accumulated in the reject banknote return box 332 are moved below the shutter 12, the shutter 12 is opened, and the reject banknotes are returned to the customer.

When the reject banknote is returned to the customer, the control unit 18 is discriminated that the deposit can be made, notifies the total amount of the banknote accumulated in the temporary storage 333 to the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and the total amount is displayed on the customer operation display panel 6. And let the customer check the total amount.
It is assumed that the customer confirms the displayed total amount and presses a “confirm” button for closing the deposit transaction or a “cancel” button for canceling the deposit transaction.

When the “Cancel” button is pressed, the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 notifies (instructs) that the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 333 are returned to the customer to the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10.
Upon receipt of the notification, the control unit 18 of the banknote handling apparatus 10 moves the partition plate 334, the partition plate 335, the banknote press 336, and the banknote press 337 in the direction indicated by the arrow E as shown in FIG. The banknotes accumulated in 333 are moved below the shutter 12, the shutter 12 is opened, and the counted banknotes are returned to the customer.

On the other hand, when the “confirm” button is pressed, the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 notifies the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 that the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 333 are conveyed to the banknote storage 16 and stored. To do.
Upon receiving the notification, the control unit 18 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 separates the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 333 one by one by the separating means of the customer service unit 33, sends them to the banknote transport unit 14, and transports them to the banknote storage 16. And store.

As described above, in the third embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment and the effects of the second embodiment, the structure for moving the customer service portion and the shutter is not necessary, and the bill processing apparatus 10 is made smaller. The effect that it can be made is obtained.
In the first to third embodiments, the customer service unit has been described with a bill insertion storage, a reject bill return storage, and a temporary storage, but the bill insertion storage 431 as shown in FIG. The reject banknote return box 432 and the temporary storage box 433 may be separated from each other.

  At this time, a partition plate 435 is provided between the reject banknote return box 432 and the temporary storage box 433, and the reject banknote return box 432 and the temporary storage box 433 are configured to be movable so that the first embodiment can be applied. In addition, the second embodiment can be applied by configuring a shutter (not shown) between the reject banknote return box 432 and the temporary storage box 433, and further, a banknote press with a movable partition plate 435 can be used. By providing, the third embodiment can be applied.

The side view which shows the structure of the banknote processing apparatus in a 1st Example. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the banknote processing apparatus in a 1st Example. Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of money_receiving | payment in 1st Example, and a customer service part Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the rejection banknote return in 1st Example, and a customer service part Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the deposit | payment banknote return in 1st Example, and a customer service part The side view which shows the structure of the banknote processing apparatus in a 1st Example. The side view which shows the structure of the banknote processing apparatus in 2nd Example. Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of money_receiving | payment in 2nd Example, and a customer service part Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the rejection banknote return in 2nd Example, and a customer service part Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the money_receiving | payment banknote return in 2nd Example, and a customer service part Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of money_receiving | payment in 3rd Example, and a customer service part Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the rejection banknote return in 3rd Example, and a customer service part Explanatory drawing of the shutter at the time of the receipt | payment banknote return in 3rd Example, and a customer service part Side view showing the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus in the application example

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 3 Banknote depositing / withdrawing port 4 Card insertion discharge port 5 Statement slip discharge port 6 Customer operation display panel 7 Case 10 Bill processing device 11 Service port 12, 22 Shutter 13, 23, 33 Service unit 131, 231, 331 Banknote input storage 132, 232, 332 Rejected banknote return storage 133, 233, 333 Temporary storage 14 Banknote transport section 15 Identification section 16 Banknote storage 17 Rejected storage 18 Switching blade

Claims (7)

In the banknote processing apparatus for carrying out a depositing process for transporting banknotes inserted into a banknote input warehouse of a customer service section by a customer and discriminating with a discrimination section and storing the banknotes identified as depositable in a banknote storage,
A temporary storage for storing and storing banknotes identified as depositable in the discrimination section before storing them in the banknote storage is provided in the customer service section,
When receiving an instruction to cancel the depositing process, the banknote processing apparatus is configured such that the banknote stored in the temporary storage can be returned to the customer by opening the shutter of the customer service section. In the bill processing device according to claim 1,
The customer service section includes a banknote insertion compartment that accepts the insertion of banknotes, a reject banknote return warehouse that collects banknotes that have been identified as non-payable by the discrimination section, and returns the banknotes to a customer, and the temporary storage warehouse. A banknote processing apparatus having an opening that enables insertion of banknotes into a banknote and return of banknotes from the reject banknote storage and temporary storage. In the bill processing device according to claim 2,
The customer service section is configured such that each opening formed in the banknote insertion compartment, reject banknote storage, and temporary storage is configured to be movable so as to face an openable / closable shutter. Processing equipment. In the bill processing device according to claim 2,
A bill processing apparatus comprising a shutter that can be moved and opened so as to face each opening formed in the bill insertion compartment, the reject bill storage, and the temporary storage in the customer service section. In the bill processing device according to claim 2,
In the customer service department,
A first partition plate for partitioning the bill insertion compartment and the reject bill storage compartment;
A second partition for partitioning the reject banknote storage and the temporary storage;
A first banknote pressing plate for pressing banknotes accumulated in the reject banknote storage;
A second bill pressing plate that presses the bills accumulated in the temporary storage is provided movably,
The banknotes accumulated in the reject banknote storage are moved by moving the banknotes accumulated in the reject banknote storage with the first partition plate and the first banknote pressing plate to a position facing an openable / closable shutter. The bills accumulated in the temporary storage with the second partition plate and the second bill pressing plate are moved to a position facing the openable / closable shutter and accumulated in the temporary storage. A banknote processing apparatus characterized in that a banknote can be returned to a customer. In the bill processing device according to claim 3,
The bill processing apparatus, wherein the customer service section is configured to be slidable. In the bill processing device according to claim 3,
The bill processing device, wherein the customer service portion is configured to be rotatable.

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