JPH05342448A - Paper money processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To deal with both of a front face operation type ATM and a rear face operation type ATM, to reduce the number of parts and to perform assembling with one process. CONSTITUTION:This paper money processor is composed of an upper unit 2 arranging a customer service part 4 at the terminal part of the device and a lower unit 3 arranging safes 10-12 and a reject box 13 at the terminal part of the device, and provided with a conveying path capable of receiving/paying money even when the upper and lower units 2 and 3 are combined while changing the direction of any one of units back and forth, and by combining the upper and lower units 2 and 3 while changing the direction of any one of them back and forth, the device can deal with both of the front face operation type ATM and the rear face operation type ATM.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automated teller machine capable of depositing and withdrawing money.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote processing device used for a ler machine (hereinafter abbreviated as ATM) or the like, and particularly to a banknote processing device having an improved device configuration and a banknote transport path configuration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ATMs, which are widely used in stores (service corners) of financial institutions such as banks, can be used for cash payments and deposit transactions by operating with a cash card or a bankbook. You can do it. This kind of ATM is equipped with a customer service section for the customer to carry out operations such as payment and deposit, and a safe for storing banknotes and supplying and collecting banknotes to and from the ATM by the operation of a bank clerk or the like. However, depending on the state of the installation location of the ATM, a front operation type ATM in which an attendant operates the safe from the same side as the customer service department and a rear operation type ATM in which an attendant operates the safe from the opposite side to the customer service department And two types are required.

A conventional front operation type ATM 1c is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the customer service unit 4 having the depositing unit 91 and the dispensing unit 92, the discriminating unit 5, the front and back reversing unit 6, the holding units 7, 8, 9 and the safes 10, 11, 12 and the reject box 13 are provided. , Are mutually connected by transport paths 51 to 69.
In addition, safes 10, 11, 12 and reject box 1
3 is arranged on the same side as the customer service section 4. Customer service department 4
Takes in and sends out the bills inserted into the depositing unit 91 at the time of depositing, and when the captured bills are defective or indistinguishable, the bills are returned to the dispensing unit 92, and the depositing unit 92 to the depositing unit 91.
After returning to the discriminating unit 5, the bill is again sent to the discriminating unit 5 or returned to the customer, and at the time of withdrawal, the bill is taken into the withdrawing unit 92 and sent to the depositing unit 91 to pay the bill to the customer.

The discriminating section 5 discriminates the authenticity of bills, the front and back discrimination,
It has functions such as double feed (two-sheet feed) discrimination, bill folding discrimination, and sheet counting. The front / back reversing unit 6 is a unit that aligns the front and back by rotating a part of the transport path in the forward / reverse direction and changing the traveling direction of the banknote based on the front / back information of the banknote that has been discriminated by the discriminating unit 5. Each of the holding units 7, 8 and 9 has a function of taking in the deposited banknotes at the time of deposit and pushing it into the safe, and a function of sending out the banknotes supplied from the safe one by one at the time of withdrawal. The safes 10, 11, 12 are ATs
It can be attached to and detached from the main body of M, and stores bills from the holding unit when making a deposit and supplies bills to the holding unit when making a withdrawal.
Before the start of business at a bank or other bank, store banknotes in the bank and attach them to the ATM to supply banknotes to the ATM. After business, remove the bank from the bank and remove the banknotes from the bank to remove the banknotes from the ATM. Banknotes can be collected.

The reject box 13 is divided into two by a partition plate that moves one box back and forth, and accommodates unidentifiable banknotes, broken banknotes, banknotes that have been forgotten by the customer service section 4, and the like. ing. Further, the reject box 13 is attachable to and detachable from the ATM main body.
Since the safes 10, 11, 12 and the reject box 13 are arranged on the same side as the customer service section 4, as described above,
The clerk will operate the safe from the arrangement side (front side) of the customer service section 4.

The above is the outline of the conventional front operation type ATM 1c, and the depositing / withdrawing operation of the front operation type ATM 1c is as follows.

(A) Deposit operation of the conventional front operation type ATM 1c In FIG. 4, when the bill inserted in the deposit section 91 of the customer service section 4 is taken in, the bill is passed to the discriminating section 5 through the conveying paths 51, 52 and 53. It is sent and a discrimination operation is performed. As a result, the counterfeit banknotes and the defective banknotes are sent to the dispensing unit 92 through the transport paths 54, 56, 57. The banknotes sent to the withdrawal section 92 are
Initially, after all the bills inserted into the depositing unit 91 have been sent out, they are returned to the depositing unit 91 and sent again to the discriminating unit 5 for re-discrimination or returned to the customer. The other discriminated normal banknotes are sent to the front / back reversing unit 6 through the transport paths 54, 59, 61. The front and back reversing unit 6 conveys the front bill as it is based on the front and back information discriminated by the discrimination unit 5, and reverses the front and back of the front bill by reversing the traveling direction of the bill by partially rotating the conveyance path in the reverse direction. .. After this, the front and back reversing unit 6
The banknotes exiting are passed through the transport paths 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, respectively, and are taken into the holding units 7, 8, 9 and the banknotes taken into the holding units 7, 8, 9 are respectively in the safes 10, 1.
It is pushed into Nos. 1 and 12 and stored.

(B) Dispensing operation of the conventional front operation type ATM 1c In FIG. 4, banknotes are supplied from the safes 10, 11, 12 to the holding sections 7, 8, 9 respectively, and the banknotes corresponding to the payment amount are held. 7, 8, 9 to the conveying paths 64, 63, 66, 68,
It is sent to the discriminating section 5 through 59, 60 and 53, and it is confirmed whether or not the bill is a normal bill. As a result, the defective banknotes and the unidentifiable banknotes are sent to the reject box 13 through the transport paths 54, 56, 58, and the normal banknotes are transported by the transfer paths 54, 5.
It is sent to the payment section 92 of the customer service section 4 through 6, 57, is sent from the payment section 92 to the payment section 91, and is taken out by the customer. If the banknote sent to the customer service section 4 is forgotten, it is sent to the reject box 13 from the deposit section 91 through the transfer paths 51, 52, 53, the discrimination section 5, and the transfer paths 54, 56, 58. ..

The conventional rear operation type ATM 1d will be described below with reference to FIG.
1d is a customer service unit 4 having a depositing unit 91 and a dispensing unit 92,
Discrimination section 5, front / back reversing section 6, holding sections 7, 8, 9 and safe 1
It is provided with 0, 11, 12 and the reject box 13, and they are connected to each other by the transport paths 71 to 88. still,
Customer service section 4, discrimination section 5, front and back reversing section 6, holding sections 7, 8,
9, safes 10, 11, 12, reject box 13
Have the same functions as the above-described conventional front operation type ATM 1c. Also, safes 10, 11, 12
And the reject box 13 is on the opposite side of the customer service section 4 (rear surface)
The clerk operates the safe from the opposite side (rear surface) from the customer service section 4.

The above is the outline of the conventional rear operation type ATM 1d. The depositing and withdrawing operations of the rear operation type ATM 1d are as follows.

(C) Deposit operation of the conventional rear operation type ATM 1d In FIG. 5, when a bill inserted in the deposit section 91 of the customer service section 4 is taken in, the bill is passed to the discriminating section 5 through the conveying paths 71, 72, 73. It is sent and a discrimination operation is performed. As a result, the counterfeit banknotes and unidentifiable banknotes are sent to the dispensing unit 92 through the transport paths 74, 76, 77. The banknotes sent to the withdrawal section 92 are
After all the bills initially inserted in the depositing unit 91 are sent out, they are returned to the depositing unit 91 and sent again to the discriminating unit 5 for re-discrimination or returned to the customer. The other discriminated normal banknotes are sent to the front-back inverting section 6 through the transport paths 74, 76, 78, and the front-back lining is performed. After that, the bills that have come out of the front / back reversing unit 6 are transported by the conveyance paths 79, 80, 84, 86, 88.
Through the holding units 7, 8 and 9, and the holding unit 7,
The banknotes taken into 8 and 9 are safes 10 and 11, respectively.
It is pushed into 12 and accommodated.

(D) Withdrawal operation of the conventional rear operation type ATM 1d In FIG. 5, banknotes are supplied from the safes 10, 11, 12 to the holding sections 7, 8, 9 respectively, and the banknotes corresponding to the payment amount are stored in the holding section. 7, 8 and 9 are sent to the discriminating unit 5 through the conveying paths 83, 85, 87 and 81, and the defective banknotes and the unidentifiable banknotes are sent to the reject box 13 through the conveying paths 74, 75, 72 and 82. , Normal bills are conveyed in the transport paths 74, 76, 77.
Is sent to the withdrawal section 92 of the customer service section 4, through the withdrawal section 92 to the withdrawal section 91, and taken out by the customer. still,
When the bill sent to the customer service unit 4 is forgotten, it is sent from the depositing unit 91 to the reject box 13 through the transport paths 71, 72, 82.

[0013]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional ATM, since the front-side operation type ATM and the rear-side operation type ATM require different device configurations and different transport paths, respectively, the number of parts is reduced. However, there are problems such as increase in number and need of separate assembling steps.

[0014]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus that can be used for both front-side operation type ATM and rear-side operation type ATM, thereby reducing the number of parts and requiring only one assembly process.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a bill processing apparatus configured to perform automatic deposit and automatic payment of bills, such as insertion of deposited bills or payment of dispensed bills. A customer service section is provided at the end, and a banknote transport path for transporting a deposited banknote from the customer service section or transporting a dispensed banknote to the customer service section is provided, and constitutes an upper part of the banknote processing apparatus main body. And a banknote transport path for transporting banknotes to and from the cashbox, and a banknote handling apparatus main body provided with an upper unit and a cashbox used for supplying and collecting banknotes at the end. And a lower unit that constitutes a lower part of the upper unit and is connectable to the upper unit, and when both units are connected with the customer service portion of the upper unit and the safe of the lower unit on the same side. , In consolidation of both units in a state in which the fine reverse side, the bill transport path of the upper unit and the paper money transport path of the lower unit is made by configured to be connectable.

[0016]

According to the present invention, even if both units are connected with the customer service section of the upper unit and the safe of the lower unit on the same side, or both units are connected on the opposite side, both units are connected. Since the banknote transport paths of the units are connectable, it is possible to perform a series of depositing and dispensing operations regardless of which of the upper unit and the lower unit is combined in the reverse direction. That is, by appropriately changing the orientation of either the upper unit or the lower unit, it is possible to accurately correspond to either front operation type automatic teller machine or rear operation type automatic teller machine. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of parts, and there is an advantage that only one assembling process is required.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment to which the bill processing apparatus of the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a bill processing apparatus of this embodiment, which is composed of an upper unit 2 arranged on the upper side and a lower unit 3 arranged on the lower side. The upper unit 2 includes a customer reception unit 4 having a depositing unit 91 and a dispensing unit 92 and arranged at an end of the apparatus, and a discriminating unit 5, and a transport path 2 that interconnects the units and the lower unit 3.
It is composed of 0 to 26 and 30 to 37. On the other hand, the lower unit 3 includes a front / back reversing unit 6, holding units 7, 8, 9 and safes 10, 11, 12 and a reject box 13 arranged at the end of the apparatus, and interconnects the upper unit 2 with each other. The transport paths 27 to 29 and 38 to 43 are provided. The customer service section 4, the discrimination section 5, the front and back reversing section 6, the holding sections 7, 8, 9 and the safes 10, 11, 12 and the reject box 13 have the same functions as the respective sections of the conventional ATM described above. Therefore, the description is omitted.

The banknote handling apparatus of this embodiment can be connected even if any one of the upper unit 2 and the lower unit 3, which are divided into two, is arranged in the front-rear direction. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, by arranging the customer service section 4 of the upper unit 2 and the safes 10, 11, 12 and the reject box 13 of the lower unit 3 on the same side, the customer service section 4 (front side) is arranged. ) Front operation type ATM1 in which the staff operates the safe from
a can be configured. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, by arranging the safes 10, 11, 12 of the lower unit 3 and the reject box 13 on the side opposite to the customer service section 4 of the upper unit 2, the staff from the side opposite from the customer service section 4 (rear surface). The rear operation type ATM 1b for carrying out safe operation can be configured.

As shown in FIG. 2, a front operation type AT
In the case of M1a, the transport paths 26, 33, 3 of the upper unit 2
7 and the entrance of the reject box 13 of the lower unit 3,
The transport paths 29 and 27 are arranged so as to be continuous with each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, in the case of the rear operation type ATM 1b, the transport path 26 of the upper unit 2,
The conveyance paths 27 and 29 of the lower unit 3 and the entrances of the reject box 13 are arranged so as to be continuous with each other.

The above is the outline of the banknote handling apparatus of the present embodiment. The depositing and dispensing operations of the front side operation type ATM1a and the rear side operation type ATM1b of the banknote handling apparatus are as follows.

(1) Front operation type ATM1 of this embodiment
2a deposit operation In FIG. 2, when the bill inserted in the deposit section 91 of the customer service section 4 is taken in, the discriminating section 5 passes through the transport paths 20 and 21.
Sent to, and a discrimination operation is performed. As a result, the counterfeit banknotes and unidentifiable banknotes are sent to the dispensing section 92 of the customer service section 4 through the transport paths 22, 24, 25, and after all the banknotes initially inserted into the deposit section 91 have been sent out, Sent to the deposit section 91,
It is sent again to the discriminating unit 5 for re-discrimination, or returned from the depositing unit 91 to the customer. The other discriminated normal banknotes are sent to the front / back inverting section 6 through the transport paths 21, 31, 32, 35, 37, 27 to be front / back aligned.
Passing through the transport paths 28, 29, 39, 41, 43, respectively,
It is taken into the holding units 7, 8 and 9 and pushed into the safes 10, 11 and 12 from the holding units 7, 8 and 9 to be stored therein.

(2) Front operation type ATM1 of this embodiment
Withdrawal operation of a In FIG. 2, banknotes are supplied from the cashboxes 10, 11, 12 to the storage units 7, 8, 9 respectively, and banknotes corresponding to the payment amount are transferred from the storage units 7, 8, 9 to the transport paths 38, 29. , 40, 42,
33, 32, 34 are sent to the discriminating section 5, bad banknotes and non-discriminating banknotes are sent to the reject box 13 via the transfer paths 22, 24, 26, and normal banknotes are transferred to the transfer path 2.
It is sent to the withdrawal section 92 of the customer service section 4 through 2, 24 and 25, and is sent from the withdrawal section 92 to the withdrawal section 91 to be paid to the customer. If the customer forgets to take the bill, the deposit unit 91
From the transport paths 20, 21, the discrimination section 5, the transport paths 22, 24,
It is sent to the reject box 13 via 26.

(3) Rear operation type ATM1 of this embodiment
Operation of b In FIG. 3, when the bill inserted into the depositing unit 91 of the customer service unit 4 is taken in, the discriminating unit 5 passes through the transport paths 20 and 21.
Sent to, and a discrimination operation is performed. As a result, the counterfeit banknotes and unidentifiable banknotes are sent to the dispensing unit 92 of the customer service unit 4 through the transport paths 22, 24, 25, and after all the banknotes originally inserted in the depositing unit 91 have been sent out, the depositing process is performed. It is sent to the department 91 and again sent to the classification unit 5 for re-classification or returned from the deposit unit 91 to the customer. The other normal bills that have been discriminated are sent to the front / back reversing unit 6 through the transport paths 22, 24, 26, and 27, and the front and back are aligned.
9, 39, 41, 43 through the holding sections 7, 8,
9 is stored in the safes 1, 8 and 9 respectively.
It is pushed into 0, 11, and 12 and stored.

(4) Rear operation type ATM1 of this embodiment
Withdrawal operation of b In FIG. 3, banknotes are supplied from the safes 10, 11, 12 to the holding units 7, 8, 9 respectively, and banknotes corresponding to the payment amount are transferred from the holding units 7, 8, 9 to the transport paths 38, 29. , 40, 42,
The defective bills and the non-discriminating bills are sent to the discriminating section 5 through 30, 32, 34, and 21, and the conveying paths 22, 23, 20, 3 are conveyed.
6 and 37 are sent to the reject box 13, and other normal banknotes pass through the transport paths 22, 24 and 25 and the customer service section 4
Is sent to the pay-out section 92, and is sent from the pay-out section 92 to the pay-in section 91 to be paid to the customer. In addition, when the banknote sent to the customer service section 4 is forgotten, the money is transferred from the deposit section 91 to the transport paths 20, 3
It is sent to the reject box 13 through 6 and 37.

As described above, according to the bill processing apparatus of this embodiment, the two upper units 2 obtained by vertically dividing the apparatus are used.
It is possible to combine any of the lower unit 3 and the lower unit 3 in the front-rear direction, and a series of depositing and dispensing operations can be performed. That is, the front operation type ATM1 can be obtained by appropriately changing the direction of one of the upper unit 2 and the lower unit 3 of the bill processing apparatus and combining them.
It is possible to support both a and rear operation type ATM 1b. This has the advantage that the number of parts can be reduced and the assembly process can be completed in one.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Whether connecting the two units with the customer service part of the upper unit and the safe of the lower unit on the same side, or connecting the two units on the opposite side, connect the respective banknote transport paths of both units. Because of the possible structure, it is possible to perform a series of depositing operation and dispensing operation regardless of which of the upper unit and the lower unit is combined in the front-rear direction. That is, by appropriately changing the orientation of either the upper unit or the lower unit, it is possible to accurately correspond to either front operation type automatic teller machine or rear operation type automatic teller machine. It is possible to As a result, the number of parts can be reduced, and various effects such as one assembly process can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a front operation type ATM according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a rear operation type ATM according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a front operation type ATM of a conventional example.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a rear operation type ATM in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1c Front operation type ATM 1b, 1d Rear operation type ATM 2 Upper unit 3 Lower unit 4 Customer service section 5 Discrimination section 6 Front / back reversing section 7, 8, 9 Reservation section 10, 11, 12 Safe 13 Reject box 20-43, 51-69, 71-88 Conveying path 91 Depositing part 92 Dispensing part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bill processing apparatus configured to perform automatic deposit and automatic payment of bills, wherein a customer service section for inserting a deposited banknote or paying a dispensed banknote is provided at an end, and the customer service is provided. Section that has a banknote transport path for transporting deposited banknotes from the bank or transporting dispensed banknotes to the customer service section, and an upper unit that constitutes the upper part of the banknote processing device body, and a safe used for supplying and recovering banknotes. Is provided at an end portion, and is provided with a banknote transport path for transporting banknotes to or from the safe, constitutes a lower part of the banknote processing apparatus main body, and is connectable to the upper unit. A lower unit, and when connecting the two units in the state where the customer service part of the upper unit and the safe of the lower unit are on the same side, and when connecting the two units in the opposite side, The above A bill processing device, wherein the bill transport path of the upper unit and the bill transport path of the lower unit are configured to be connectable.