JPS6012195Y2 - Automatic deposit device for counters - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to an automatic teller machine that is installed at a teller counter in a bank, for example, and automatically performs banknote deposit handling operations.

For example, there are various types of counter operations at financial institutions such as banks, but currently, all deposit operations are performed manually by bank employees.

That is, when depositing money, the bank receives a bankbook, slip, and cash from the customer, compares the amount written on the slip with the cash, and writes the deposited amount in the bankbook.

Therefore, bank employees at bank counters sort the cash received from customers by denomination, appraise and count each denomination, and even if the banknotes are genuine, soiled or damaged banknotes are excluded, and finally the above-mentioned appraisal is carried out. This requires a lot of work, such as adding up the counting results and checking whether they match the deposit slip.

In this way, cash handling operations at counters are extremely complicated.
The physical and mental burden on bank employees is enormous, and there is a strong demand for mechanization of these tasks.

This idea was developed based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose was to automatically deposit banknotes at counters, while also making it easy to operate and reducing the physical and mental stress of bank employees. The burden can be reduced, payments can be made easily according to the results of authentication of banknotes, etc., and the configuration can be simplified without having to provide a deposit safe and a discriminator for each supply port. This is an attempt to provide an automatic teller deposit device that can be used at counters.

Hereinafter, this invention will be explained based on one embodiment shown in the drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 show the overall structure of an automatic teller deposit device installed at a teller counter in a bank, etc. To explain the general structure, 1 is a counter that separates the teller side 2 and the customer side 3. A partition wall 5 having a space chamber 4 is provided at a lower portion extending in the longitudinal direction.

There is a counter 1 on the teller side 2 extending in the longitudinal direction of the counter 1.
A table 6 with a step is provided.

Further, an automatic withdrawal device 7 is provided at one longitudinal end of the counter 1.
A plurality of automatic deposit devices 8at 8 are installed at the bottom of the table 6 at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction.
bt 8C is installed.

On the table 6 corresponding to each of these automatic deposit devices 8a, sb, 8c are command devices 9a, 9be.
9c is placed.

On the other hand, in the space chamber 4 of the partition wall 5, there is provided a shared transfer device 10 for dispensing money, one end of which is connected to the automatic dispensing device 7.

Furthermore, below this common conveyance device 10 for withdrawal, a common conveyance device 11 for depositing money is arranged, and one end of this is connected to a safe 50 for depositing money.

Also, in the middle of the common conveyance device 10 for withdrawal, there is a sorting device 12a corresponding to each of the command devices 9a, 9b*9c.
t 12bt 12c are provided, and these are connected to dispensing ports 13a* 13be 13c provided on the table 6 located separately from each command device 9a, 9b, 9c.

Further, 14 is a control device, which is the command device 9a=
In response to commands from 9b and 9c, the automatic cash dispensing device 7, automatic depositing device 8ag8bg8c, sorting devices 12a, 12b, 12c, etc. are controlled.

Next, details of each of the above-mentioned devices will be explained in order. First, the automatic dispensing device 7 is configured as shown in FIG. 3.

In other words, 15 is a case body, and in the front part of this body 15 there is a storage part 17 for a withdrawal safe, for example, a magazine case 16.
is provided.

The magazine case 16 is composed of, for example, banknote storage boxes lea to 18d stacked in four stages.
These can be moved left and right on rollers 19a to 19d provided at the bottom thereof.

Banknotes P of different denominations are stored in the storage boxes 18a to 18d in an upright position.

That is, in this embodiment, the storage box 18a is equipped with 50cF3.
1,000 yen tickets are stored in the storage box 18b, 500 (F) tickets are stored in the storage box 18c, and 10,000 yen tickets are stored in the storage box 18d.

A takeout port 20 is provided at one end of each of these storage boxes 18a to 18d to take out the banknotes P one by one.

This magazine case 16 also has a storage section 17 (not shown).
It is movable in the vertical direction by a lifting mechanism provided therein, and a desired storage box 18a to 18d can be taken out to face the takeout section 21.

A take-out device, such as a take-out rotor 22, is rotatably disposed in the take-out portion 21.

On the rotational direction side of the take-out rotor 22, there is provided a conveyance path 25 consisting of a plurality of rollers 23... and belts 24, 24 stretched around these rollers 23... There is.

A light source 26a and a light receiving element 2 are provided in the middle of this conveyance path 25.
A detector 26 consisting of a detector 6b and a detector 6b is provided to detect when the banknotes P are stacked by the takeout rotor 22.

Furthermore, a gate 27 operated by a signal from the detector 26 is provided at the discharge end of the conveyance path 25, and a pair of branch paths 28a*28b are provided opposite this gate 27.

One branch path 28a communicates with the shared transfer device 10 for dispensing money, and the other branch path 28b communicates with a removal port 29 recessed in the upper part of the case body 15.

Therefore, the bank note P taken out by the take-out rotor 22 is transferred to the detector 26 while being conveyed via the conveyance path 25.
The presence or absence of stacking is checked, and at the same time, the number of sheets to be taken out is counted, and then the sheets are carried into the common conveyance device 10 via the branch path 28a.

At this time, if the take-out rotor 22 overlaps the take-out rotor 22, the direction is changed by the gate 27 and the branch path 28
b and is carried into the exclusion port 29.

Further, 30 is an opening/closing lid of the removal port 29, and 31 is an opening/closing door for taking in and taking out the magazine case 16.

Further, the automatic deposit devices 8a to 8C are configured as shown in FIG.

That is, 32 is a case body, and a supply port 33 consisting of a recess is provided in the upper part of the case body.

Then, the banknotes P to be deposited can be stacked and deposited all at once.

Further, on one side of the supply port 33, a take-out rotor 34 facing the bank note P' is rotatably provided.

A conveyance path 35 is provided on the rotational side of the take-out rotor 34 for conveying banknotes P while holding them therein, and this conveyance path 35 is arranged in a U-shape, and its discharge end extends to the front of the case body 32. .

A detector 36 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 35 to optically perform authentication of banknotes P, discrimination of denomination, detection of overlapping, and counting of amounts.

A gate 37 which is activated in response to a signal from the detector 36 is provided at the discharge end of the conveyance path 35, and branch paths 38a and 38b are provided which branch upward and downward from this gate.

One branch path 38a is a connecting path 3 made of a belt.
9 communicates with the shared transfer device 11 for depositing money, and the other branch path 38b communicates with a discharge port 40 that opens on the teller side 2.

Then, the above-mentioned take-out rotor 34; among the bank notes P thus taken out, counterfeit notes, expired notes, and stacked notes are detected by a detector 36.
The liquid is detected by the camera and transported to the exclusion port 40.

In addition, 41 is an inspection lid, which indicates that the total amount of money received is the command device 9a.
If the teller has any objections to what is displayed in ~9c, he can take out the banknote P and examine it.

Further, the shared conveyance device 10 for withdrawal and the shared conveyance device 11 for deposit are configured as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5.

That is, 42 is a horizontal belt that conveys the bank note P in a horizontal state, and this belt communicates via a twisting belt 43 with a vertical belt 44 that conveys the bank note P in a vertical state.

This vertical belt 44 is disposed in the space chamber 4 in the partition wall 5 in the longitudinal direction of the counter 1, and is used to carry a predetermined amount of banknotes P through the horizontal belt 42 and twist belt 43. is conveyed while being held between a pair of belts.

Sorting devices 12at, 12bt, and 12c are provided at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of this vertical belt 44.

These sorting devices 12aw 12b* 12c are each composed of gates 45 of the same structure, and communicate with the withdrawal ports 13a, 13b, and 13C provided on the table 6 via branch paths 46a, 46be, and 46c, respectively. ing.

In addition, the shared transfer device 11 for depositing is connected to the space chamber 4 of the partition wall 5.
It consists of a mounting belt 47 stretched horizontally over the longitudinal direction of the counter 1, and a rising part 48 is provided at one end of the mounting belt 47.

A holding belt 49 is provided on the placing belt 47 located on the rising portion 48 and overlaps with the holding belt 47, so that the bank note P is conveyed while being held therebetween.

Furthermore, a deposit safe 50 for storing banknotes P to be carried in is provided at a lower portion of the placing belt 47 facing the conveying end.

This deposit safe 50 is provided with a receiving plate 51 that is movable up and down, and this is connected to a wire 52 that runs in conjunction with a motor 52a.
b, so that it can be raised and lowered.

Further, a height detector 53 consisting of a light source 53a and a light receiving element 53b is provided at the upper part of the deposit safe 50, and detects the height of the banknotes P stacked on the receiving plate 51. is designed to be controlled.

Further, the command device 9a=9bw 9c is configured as shown in FIG.

That is, 54 is a main body of the command device, which is provided with a numeric keypad 55, function keys 56, and a display section 57 for displaying key-in results and commands from the control device 14.

Also, at the rear of the main body 54, there is a printing section 5 for printing passbooks, slips, etc.
9 and a journal printing section 60 are provided.

Further, the control device 14 is configured as shown in FIG.

That is, 61 is a central control unit that controls the entire device, and 62 is a central control unit that controls the entire device.
1 is a dispensing control section that controls the automatic dispensing device 7, and is connected to a conveyance control section 63 that controls stopping of the belt, gate, etc. of the common conveyance device 10 for dispensing money.

Further, 64 is a deposit control unit that similarly controls the automatic deposit devices 8a, 8b, and 8c, and this is a common transfer device 11 for depositing.
It is connected to a conveyance control section 65 that controls the belts and the like.

Reference numeral 66 denotes a command control unit corresponding to the command devices 9a, 9b, and 9c, which calculates the total amount depending on the key-in of the numeric keypad 55 or the function key 56, and calculates the total amount, etc. on the display unit 57.
In addition to displaying the information, it also controls the printing units 59 and 60.

Furthermore, the command control sections 66 . . . send command signals to the withdrawal control section 62 and the deposit control section 64 via the central control section 61, respectively.

In this case, the central control unit 61 controls each command control unit 66.
It receives and orders information from ..., and temporarily stores the necessary information when multiple requests for information overlap at the same time.

Reference numeral 67 denotes a determining section, which includes a temporary storage section 68 so that only one signal from the command control section 66 can be understood at a time.

Furthermore, this discrimination section 67 is inspected by the detectors 26 and 36 of the automatic withdrawal device 7 and the automatic deposit devices 8a, 8b, and 8c (the detector 26 detects overlapping, the detector 36
In this case, information enters the command control unit 66 via a signal conversion unit 69 that converts the results (authenticity determination, denomination determination, and overlap detection) from analog signals to digital signals, and further passes through the temporary storage unit 68 to the discrimination unit 67. It is now sent to

Then, the determination result of the determination section 67 is sent to the central control section 61 to selectively control the withdrawal control section 62 and the deposit control section 64.

Next, the operation of the automatic teller deposit/withdrawal device configured as in the above embodiment will be explained.

This device has a plurality of tellers along the longitudinal direction of the counter 1, and is equipped with a command device 9ag9be9c, withdrawal ports 13a*13b*13c, and automatic deposit devices 8a, 8be8c corresponding to these windows. Therefore, not only can deposits and withdrawals be made at each counter, but these operations can also be performed in parallel at multiple counters.

That is, to explain the case of withdrawing money at counter A, first, the teller receives the deposit passbook 58 and refund slip from the customer over the counter 1, and then transfers the passbook 58 to the command device 9.
a, and when the amount written on the slip is entered into the numeric keypad 55 and the denomination into the function key 56, the key-in result is sent to the withdrawal control section 64 via the central control section 61. give.

For example, if the commanded amount is 68,000 yen, the magazine case 16 of the automatic dispensing device 7 is moved up and down by the operation of the lifting mechanism.

First, when the take-out port 20 of the storage box 18d in which 1000 yen banknotes P is stored faces the take-out rotor 22, the vertical movement of the magazine case 16 is stopped.

In this state, when the take-out rotor 22 rotates, the bank notes P in the storage box 18d are taken out one by one from the front end while being vacuum-adsorbed.

The taken out banknotes P are conveyed by the conveyance path 25 and headed for the discharge end.

At this time, when the banknotes P are taken out one by one by the takeout rotor 22, they are carried out to the shared transfer device 10 for withdrawal through the regular branch path 28a, but when they are taken out in piles at the time of takeout, The detector 26 detects this and supplies the information to the withdrawal control section 62, which rotates the gate 27 according to the information.

Therefore, the stacked banknotes P are discharged into the removal port 29 through the branch path 28b without being counted.

In this way, when six 100OOQ banknotes P equivalent to 60,000 yen are carried out onto the horizontal belt 42 of the shared conveyance device 10, since the horizontal belt 42 is stopped, they are not stacked on the belt. Wait in a closed state.

Next, operate the magazine case 16 again to release 500ff.
The storage box 18c in which banknotes P of i are stored is taken out and made to face the rotor 22.

Then, by repeating the same operation as above again, 5
One banknote P of 5000FE, which corresponds to 00CF, is stacked on top of the banknote P waiting on the horizontal belt 42.

When this is completed, the magazine case 16 is activated again and the storage box 18b in which the banknotes P of 1oOCP3 are stored.
Take it out, place it facing the rotor 22, and repeat the same operation as above to create three 1 sheets corresponding to 300CF3.
A banknote P of 00 ton is taken out and further stacked on top of the banknote P waiting on the horizontal belt 42.

This means that banknotes P with a total amount of 68,000 yen have been taken out onto the horizontal belt 42.

When the specified amount is reached in this way, the horizontal belt 4
2 starts running in response to a signal from the conveyance control section 63, and the taken-out banknote P of 68,000 yen is conveyed to the vertical belt 44 via the twisting belt 43, which is constantly running in a stacked state.

The bank note P is then conveyed toward the counter A that sent the withdrawal command signal.

At this time, since the gate 45 constituting the sorting device 12a corresponding to the counter A is rotating in response to a signal from the conveyance control unit 63, the direction of the bank note P is changed by the gate 45 and guided to the branching path 46. The money is discharged to the withdrawal port 13a.

Therefore, banknotes P of 68,000 yen, which corresponds to the amount initially commanded by the command device 9a, are dispensed into the withdrawal port 13a in a stacked state.

Then, the teller takes out the bank note P from the withdrawal port 13a,
You can hand it to the customer without having to count it.

Of course, the amount counted at this time is displayed on the display section 57 of the command device 9a, and at the same time is printed and recorded on the bankbook 58, journal tape, etc. in the printing section 59,60.

Also, to explain the case where a deposit is made at counter B in parallel with the withdrawal operation as mentioned above, the teller receives the bankbook 58 from the customer.
, take the deposit slip and banknotes P such as cash, and passbook 5.
8 is set on the printing section 59 of the command device 9b in the same way as when dispensing money.

Next, the banknotes P received from the customer are put in a batch into the supply port 33 of the automatic deposit device 8b.

Then, when an operation start signal is given to the automatic deposit device 8b, the take-out rotor 34 rotates, and the bank notes P in the supply port 33 are vacuum-adsorbed and taken out one by one from the front end thereof, and are taken out from the conveyance path 3.
5 toward the unloading end.

At this time, a detector 36 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path 35, which performs authenticity appraisal, denomination determination, overlapping detection, and amount counting of the banknotes P being conveyed one by one, and converts the information into a converter 69. The information is then sent to the discrimination section 67 for discrimination.

This determination result is sent to the deposit control unit 64 via the central control unit 61.
If a counterfeit bill, an expired bill, or a duplicate bill is found, the gate 37 is rotated and the bill is discharged to the removal port 36 via the branch path 38b.

Then, only the genuine banknotes P are counted, and the branching path 38
It is carried out onto the communication path 39 via a.

At this time, since the connecting path 39 is stopped, the items are temporarily accumulated on this connecting path 39, and when the transaction is completed, the connecting path 39 starts running.

Therefore, the deposited banknotes P are carried out from the communication path 39 to the shared transfer device 11 for deposits in a stacked state.

This common conveyance device 11 has a horizontally stretched loading belt 4.
7, the bank note P is placed on the placing belt 47 and directed toward the rising section 48.

In the ascending section 4B, the bank note P is held and conveyed while being prevented from slipping by the placing belt 47 and the presser belt 49, and is dropped into the deposit safe 50 from the output end thereof.

A receiving plate 51 is provided in the deposit safe 50, and banknotes P are stacked on the receiving plate 51 by receiving banknotes P.

At this time, the height of the stacked banknotes P is detected by the height detector 53, and when the height reaches a predetermined height, the motor 52 rotates to lower the receiving plate 51 so that the banknotes P are not always received. The position is fixed.

In this way, when all the banknotes P inserted into the supply port 33 are taken out and counting is completed, the amount counted is displayed on the display section 57 of the command device 9b, and at the same time, the amount is displayed on the printing section 59.
At 60, the information is printed and recorded on the bankbook 58, journal tape, etc.

In addition, the banknotes P ejected into the removal slot 29.40 at the time of withdrawal and deposit are visually re-authenticated by the teller, and in the case of duplicated banknotes P, the banknotes P are inserted again and counterfeit or expired notes are removed. Alternatively, take appropriate action on dirty tickets.

In addition, in the above embodiment, along the counter 1, three
Although the number of counters A, B, and C can be set up so that deposits and withdrawals can be made at each counter, the number of counters may be increased if necessary.

As explained above, this invention can automatically perform all the deposit operations at the counter, which were traditionally done manually, and can be done accurately and efficiently, so the counter operations do not become complicated even when depositing large amounts of money. It is possible to reduce the physical and mental burden on the teller.

In addition, multiple banknote supply ports are provided, and the authenticity of banknotes is verified, and based on the results of the determination, fraudulent notes are removed to the rejection port corresponding to the supply port. Therefore, if fraudulent notes are removed, the teller can instantly know which customer issued the late spring, and there is no problem with payment.The banknotes supplied from each supply port are sent to a deposit safe via a shared conveyance device. Because they are integrated together, there is no need to provide a safe for each supply port, which simplifies the configuration and reduces installation space.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned discriminating section is shared by one unit, and the information from the detectors provided corresponding to each supply port is stored in a temporary storage section to prevent multiple discriminating requests from entering the discriminating section at the same time.
There is no need to prepare multiple advanced logic circuits, and the cost is reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the entire deposit/withdrawal device, Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing the internal structure of the entire deposit/withdrawal device, and Fig. 3 is an automatic withdrawal system. FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical side view of the automatic deposit device, FIG. 5 is a schematic vertical front view of the shared conveyance device, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the command device, and FIG. 7 is a schematic vertical side view of the device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control device. 11... Common conveyance device, 33... Supply port, 36... Detector, 37... Gate, 40... Exclusion port, 50... Deposit safe, 67... Discrimination section, 68... Temporary storage section, P... Bank note.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of supply ports for supplying banknotes for depositing, a detector provided corresponding to these supply ports for performing authentication, denomination discrimination, amount counting, etc. of banknotes taken out from the supply ports; A single discrimination unit shared by each detector that receives information from the detector discriminates the banknotes, and a rejection port provided in late spring corresponding to each supply port receives the results of this discrimination unit. - a gate for transporting regular banknotes into the temporary stacking section; - a connecting path for transporting the regular banknotes from the temporary stacking section to the shared conveyance device at the end of the transaction; An automatic deposit device for a counter, characterized in that it is equipped with a deposit safe that collects banknotes deposited from a supply port all at once.