JPH01248294A - Automatic transaction machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the malfunction of the title machine and faulty accumulation of paper money in the machine by providing a door opening and closing means which selectively opens or closes a door body whose leading end section is engaged with a money receiving and delivering port in an insert die-like state when the port is closed. CONSTITUTION:This automatic transaction machine is provided with a money receiving and delivering port 4 through which paper money is received and delivered, a door body 303 which is provided for opening and closing the port 4 and whose leading end section is engaged with the port 4 in a nesting state, and a door opening and closing means 120 which selectively opens or closes the door body 303. Since a nesting state is formed at the gap between the money receiving and delivering port 4 and door body 303 when the door body 403 closes the port 4, no paper money can be inserted through the gap. Therefore, wrong insertion of paper money through the gap by an unaccustomed customer can be prevented. Moreover, jumping out of the paper money collectively housed in the money receiving and delivering port 4 through the gap when the money is received or delivered is also prevented. Thus the feeling of uneasiness of the customer to this automatic transaction device because of the gap can be eliminated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an automatic transaction device for depositing and withdrawing banknotes.

(Prior Art) In recent years, financial institutions such as banks have developed and put into practical use circulating bill depositing and dispensing devices that accept bills from customers for deposit and use the stored bills as cash for dispensing. , the banknote deposit/withdrawal port is provided with a common accommodating portion that temporarily stores banknotes when accepting or dispensing banknotes.

Conventionally, this type of storage unit (15) has been used to store banknotes (P) when depositing or withdrawing money, as shown in FIGS. 21 to 26.
Open banknote entrance/exit (4) for storing banknotes in bulk
There is a body (4a) bent on the inner periphery of this bill slot (4), and a slight gap (G) between the bottom surface of this lid (4a) and
) that can be moved and opened/closed while maintaining the handle (12
3a) and an rn opening/closing mechanism (120) that drives the opening/closing of the bill entry/exit door (123).
and a mounting table (105) for temporarily storing banknotes received through the doorway (4) or bills dispensed when the banknote entry/exit door (123) is opened.

In such a conventional device, when the bill slot/exit door (303) is closed, the tip of the bill slot II (123) faces the rear wall (4b) of the bill slot (4), but the lid body There is a gap (]'') between the back wall (4b) and the front wall (4b), so customers who are not familiar with automated teller machines should use the front banknote exit door (12) as shown in Figure 25.
3) Although said gap (1'') is closed
There may be cases where the user makes the mistake of inserting banknotes (P) for deposit one by one. In this case, the inserted banknote (
P) had a problem in that troubles occurred between customers and staff because they were not taken into the gastric bag and were retained.

In addition, when depositing or withdrawing money, banknotes (P) are stored in a bundle in this banknote outlet (4), but the stored banknotes (
As shown in FIG. 26, there was a problem in that even though the banknote input/output 1 (123) was rllvA, the banknote P> would fly out from the gap (I).

In addition, there was a problem in that the presence of the gap (H) gave an uneasy appearance.

Also, since it has the above problem, the gap () (
), but due to changes in the equipment over time, the adjustment position shifted, and due to drive errors at the time of 1, the gap could not be eliminated.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in the past, it was necessary to adjust the gap between the banknote entry/exit door (123) and the deposit slot (4), and the presence of the gap caused user's erroneous operation and , there was a problem of poor integration.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method for depositing and withdrawing banknotes in an automatic transaction device for depositing and withdrawing banknotes. A deposit/withdrawal port, a static body provided to separate the deposit/withdrawal port and whose tip part nests into the deposit/withdrawal port when the deposit/withdrawal port is closed, and a drive to selectively open or close the door body. An automatic transaction device characterized in that it is equipped with a door opening/closing means.

It is in.

(Function) That is, in the present invention, by having the above configuration, the gap between the banknote deposit slot and the door body becomes a nested state.
It becomes impossible to insert bills through this gap, and it is possible to prevent incorrect insertion into the gap due to the customer's inexperience.

Furthermore, when depositing or withdrawing money, the banknotes stored in the banknote deposit slot can be prevented from flying out from the gap. In addition, customers will no longer feel anxious due to gaps.

Further, there is no need for delicate adjustment of the m-body to make the gap as small as possible.

(Example) The present invention will be explained below with reference to the example shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an automatic transaction device to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

In the figure, (100) is an automatic transaction device that automatically deposits and withdraws money based on the operations of the customer.

This transaction device (100) is installed, for example, with the operation surface (2) formed on the front of the housing (1) penetrating the partition wall (3) and facing the first-time withdrawal corner of the bank. It has been.

The operation surface (2) includes a bill slot (4) through which deposit bills, which are securities, are inserted and bills discharged from the housing (1) are taken out; One coin entrance/exit (201) through which coins released from the inside of the housing (1) are taken out, and one card/passbook entrance (201) through which cash cards and passbooks used for depositing and withdrawing I-bills are inserted and discharged. 5) A display/input surface (6) is provided on which customers can perform deposit/withdrawal operations and display necessary information. In the housing (1), there is a bent banknote entrance (4).
) Deposit processing of banknotes inserted from ) and banknote exit/exit port <4)
A banknote processing unit (9) performs processing for dispensing banknotes to be discharged to vI! If it should be released to your entrance/exit 01)! a coin processing unit <200> that performs processing such as discharging I, a card/passbook processing unit (10) that performs predetermined processing on the card or passbook inserted through the card/passbook entrance/exit (5), and the display/input surface. (6)
A display/input unit (11) that performs predetermined display operations and input operations, and an attendant operation unit (11) that is used for attendant operations.
280> and a control unit (
290) is provided (see Figure 2).

Figure 2 is the above transaction setup! FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of (100). In the figure, (290) is the control unit, and this control unit (290) has a program memory (91) in which a predetermined program is stored, a transaction record for each transaction in this device, a cumulative total of the amount of money withdrawn, A storage means (hereinafter simply referred to as transaction memory) (92) for storing the collected amount, replenishment amount, etc. of the currency stored in the device is connected to the control section (90).

Note that the storage contents of the transaction memory (92) and the control unit (90
) will be described in detail later. The control unit (90) includes the banknote processing unit (9), the coin processing unit (200), and the card/passbook processing unit (200).
10), Crab knit with display, attendant operation unit (280
) and a voice guidance unit (9) that provides voice guidance to passengers.
9) is connected. The control unit (90) also uses a dedicated line or switched line to control the central computer (90).
4), and the account number read from the card or passbook inserted into the card/passbook processing unit (10), registered in advance in the center computer (94) corresponding to the account number or PIN. Transactions can be made by communicating information such as the credit limit, account number and password input from the display/input unit (11).

In the figure, (100') is the center meter]
Other transactions that are communicably connected to 1 (94) [
? It has the same configuration as the transaction device U (100) described above.

Next, details of the banknote processing unit (9) will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 19.

First, an overview of the configuration of the banknote processing unit (9) is shown in Figures 3 to 3.
This will be explained with reference to FIG. In Fig. 3, in front of the housing (14) of the banknote processing unit (9) (on the right side in the figure), there is a banknote entrance (also referred to as an executive entrance or a banknote output port) (4) in front of the banknote processing unit (9). A storage section (15) is provided for accommodating input banknotes or outgoing banknotes in a stacked state, and on the rear side (right side in the figure) of the banknote processing unit (9), each ladder safe, that is, deposited unfit banknotes, is installed sequentially from the bottom. , Unfit notes/unpayable world that stores 10,000 yen notes, 1,000 yen notes that cannot be withdrawn or paid, and the Tenshi inner world that has been deposited, / 5,000 yen note storage section (
16), 1,000 yen bill storage section (17) that stores 1,000 yen bills for withdrawals and deposited 1,000 yen bills other than undamaged bills, 10,000 yen bill for storing 10,000 yen bills for withdrawals and 10,000 yen deposit bills other than unfit tickets A bill storage section <18> and a collection box (19) for storing forgotten banknotes are arranged.

Furthermore, inside the casing (14), there is an inspection section (20) that inspects the banknotes (P), and a first inspection section (20) that inspects the banknotes (P), and a first inspection unit that transports the banknotes while stacking them while shifting the transport tips of the banknotes. Second collection fi5WI sending section (
21a>, (21b) are provided, and a banknote transport path (22) is formed to transport banknotes (P) to each part. In addition, the banknote conveyance path (
22) are provided with sorting gates t-(23a) to (23f) whose drive source is a rotary solenoid (not shown), and bill passage detectors (not shown) are provided at various locations along the way. It is set up.

Moreover, the banknote conveyance path (22) is formed like a hoggi. In addition, there is a take-in conveyance path (22a) whose base end is the accommodating part (15) provided corresponding to the banknote inlet/outlet (4).
) is formed, and this intake conveyance path (22a) is in communication with a central conveyance ff1 (22b) in which an inspection section (20) is disposed in the middle. In addition, the central conveyance path (22b
) is in communication with the divided conveyance path (22c) along the arrangement direction of each of the banknote accommodating parts (16), (17), and (18).

Each banknote storage section (16) (1
7), (18) and a storage conveyance path (22d) for storing banknotes (P) in the collection warehouse (19).

<22e), <22f), and (22(+)) are branched.Furthermore, the divided conveyance path (22c) has a takeout section provided in each banknote storage section (16), (17), and (18), respectively. A take-out conveyance path (22h) (22i>, (22
j) are in a state of merging.

In addition, at the base end of the central conveyance path (22b), there is a connecting conveyance path (22b).
2) is connected to the terminal end of the divided conveyance path (22G>), and a branch conveyance path (22A) for conveying banknotes (P) to the first accumulation conveyance path (21a) branches off in the middle. has been done.

Further, the banknotes (P
) to the storage section (15).
) is provided. Here, the banknote conveyance path from the storage section (15) to the inspection section (20>) is connected to the first conveyance path (Ll
), and the conveying means for conveying banknotes along this first conveying path (Ll) is referred to as a first conveying means <190). Moreover, the first accumulation conveyance f! 3 (21a) to the intake conveyance path (
22a), the banknote conveyance path Il leading to the storage section (15) via the delivery conveyance path (221+1) and the second accumulation conveyance section (21b>) is referred to as the second conveyance path (L2). 2
The conveyance means for conveying banknotes along the conveyance path is referred to as a second conveyance means (191).

Next, an overview of the flow of paper lN4(P) at the time of deposit will be explained with reference to FIG. First, the banknotes (P) inserted into the banknote entrance (4) in batches are sequentially processed one by one by the loading/unloading mechanism of the accommodating section 15) provided opposite the banknote entrance/exit (4). They are taken in one by one and sent to the central conveyance path (22b) via the take-in conveyance path (22a), and the face value and authenticity are determined by the inspection section (20) disposed in the middle of the central conveyance path (22b). As a result, in the case of a genuine bill, it is conveyed as it is through the central conveyance path (22b) as shown by the solid line arrow in the figure,
G) sorting gates (23b) and (23c) disposed in the sorting conveyance path (22c).

(23d) is selectively distributed. Then, damaged and unfit notes that cannot be used as Tenshi Inner World or withdrawal notes are placed in the unfit/unpayable/5,000 yen note storage section (16), and 1,000 yen notes are placed in the 1,000 yen note storage section (17). Place the 10,000 yen bill in the 10,000 yen bill storage section (1
8).

On the other hand, if the bill is determined to be a counterfeit ticket, the distribution gate (23a) is used to divide the ticket into the branch conveyance path (22), as shown by the broken line arrow in the figure.
42> side, and are accumulated in the first accumulation conveyance section (21a) via this branch conveyance path (22J2). Note that the distribution gate (23a) and the branch conveyance path (22j2) are examples of conveyance switching means.

When the banknote presence/absence detector (not shown) detects that there is no banknote (P) in the banknote entrance/exit (4), the temporarily accumulated t"l banknotes are transported for transportation as shown in FIG. The banknotes are conveyed toward the banknote entrance/exit (4) via the banknote path (22ffl).

Next, the configuration of the accommodating portion (15) will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 19. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the upper part of this accommodating section (15) has a M
The mold entrance/exit (4) is opened, and this banknote entrance/exit (4)
A housing (301) having a recessed portion fJ'1j is formed at the rear part (4b) of the housing. Below the bill slot, there is a flat banknote deposit 1 (303) that can be opened and closed, and the tip (303b) of this bill deposit/exit door (303) and the rear part (4b) of the bill slot (4) As shown in FIG. 9, when the banknote entry/exit door (303) is closed, a nested state is formed.

In this manner, when taking out inserted banknotes or stacking rejected banknotes or withdrawn banknotes in the storage section (15), the banknote entry/exit door is in a closed state as shown in FIG. 5(a). . In other words, the tip (3
03b> and the rear part (4b) of the bill slot (4) form a nested state. Therefore, the input banknotes to be taken out, the rejected banknotes to be accumulated, or the banknotes to be withdrawn are in the above-mentioned gap <H)
This can prevent it from flying out.

The banknote entry/exit door (303) is shown in Figures 8, 10, and 11.
As shown in the figure, guide shafts (12
1), it is slidable along (122).

In addition, the - part of the banknote input/output l7P (303) is locked to an endless ring-shaped belt (125), and this belt (125) is rotated by the reversible rotational movement of the banknote input/output motor (124). By reciprocating, the number of banknotes increases
# (303) is opened and closed. The drive of this banknote dispatch motor (124) is controlled by the control section (90). The door opening/closing mechanism (120) is composed of the belt (125), the banknote ejection mechanism motor (124), and the guide shaft (121>(122)).

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a bottle (303b) is provided protruding from both sides of the banknote entry/exit door (303), and a cross-sectional opening that is inserted and supported by this bottle (303b) is rotatable. The letter-shaped plate member (127) is the banknote input/output If
It is attached to the lower part of (303). This plate-like member (1
27) is a bill stopper (126), which is a means for aligning confections, at a position corresponding to the center in the width direction of the bill entry/exit door (303).
).

(126). One end of a coil spring (128) is locked to the end of the plate-shaped portion vJ (127> that is inserted and supported by the bottle (303b), and the other end is locked to the housing (14). The urging force of the coil spring (128) causes the plate member (127> and the banknote stopper (126) to move towards the bin (
The plate-shaped member (127) is rotated in the direction of the illustrated arrow ``303b'' as the center.Furthermore, the plate-shaped member (127) is moved along the path along which the plate-shaped member (127) moves together with the jump bar between the banknote entry/exit door (303). The plate-like cam (127) is guided by contacting the lower surface of the cam (127).
9) is fixed. The end face of this plate-shaped cam (129) extends over almost the entire length in the longitudinal direction and extends over the banknote entry/exit door (30).
3), and is parallel to the bottom surface of this banknote inlet/output 1 (30
3) closes the banknote entrance/exit (4), the plate-like member (
The end surface of the plate-shaped cam (129) that the plate-shaped cam (127) comes into contact with is curved downward. Therefore, until just before the banknote exit ti (303) closes the banknote entrance/exit (4), the plate member (127> and the banknote stopper (126) are closed to the plate cam (1).
29) and is parallel to the lower surface of the banknote entry/exit door (303). When the banknote inlet/outlet door (303) closes the banknote inlet/outlet (5), the plate portion U (127>
rotates in the direction of arrow F in the figure while contacting the curved part of the plate-shaped cam (129), and the bill stopper (126> protrudes in a direction crossing the lower surface of the bill stopper 17i (303) as shown in FIG. 10). It is supposed to be formed. Next,
The banknote ejection mechanism of the storage section (15) will be explained with reference to FIGS. 12 to 15. Inside the storage section (15), as shown in FIG. 12, there is a paper sheet placement member (hereinafter simply referred to as a placement table) on which the inserted banknotes are placed in a stacked state.
(105), a take-out roller (104) which is a take-out member that comes into contact with the lowest layer of banknotes stacked on this mounting table (105) and frictionally sends out the banknotes one by one one by one, and is opposed to this take-out roller (104). A press machine (107), which is a pressing means for pressing the banknotes in the surface direction of the banknotes and is disposed between the take-out roller ('104) and the take-out roller ('104), and is disposed ahead of the take-out roller (104). A delivery roller (1) that transports the banknotes bare to the take-in transport path (22a).
03) and a first bill count rule which is arranged opposite to this feed roller (103) with a predetermined gap, and which prevents two bills from being fed by this gap! , 110-ra (106) are provided.

In addition to the function of taking out the inserted banknotes as described above, this storage unit (15) also has the function of stacking rejected banknotes or withdrawal banknotes sent out and conveyed via the second collection 8I conveyance unit (21b>). It also has.

For this purpose, the above-mentioned mounting stand (105) is
It is designed to rotate in the direction shown in the figure. In other words, when taking banknotes into the device and transporting them, a loading table (
105) is located in the state shown in FIG. 17 and guides the stacked banknotes so as to bring them into rolling contact with the take-out roller (104). Further, when stacking the banknotes sent out from the second stacking and conveying section (21b), the mounting table (105) rotates counterclockwise from the state shown in FIG.
104). This mounting table (
105) is shown in FIG. 12.

In FIG. 12, the mounting table (105) is a side plate (137).
), a bottle (138) rotatably supported by (137)
, (3'8) are fixed and supported. One of the bottles (138) and (138) has a side plate (13).
An idle gear (139) is fixed to one end protruding from 7), and this idle gear (19) is connected to the mounting table driving motor (
14] is fixed to the motor shaft of the drive gear (140a
) are meshed with each other. This mounting table drive motor (140)
The mounting table (105) is moved to the twelfth position by the reversible rotational drive of
It rotates in the six directions shown in the figure.

Next, the press plate (107) will be explained. This pressing plate (107) has a pressing surface that presses the banknotes interposed between it and the take-out roller (104) via a spring-loaded hinge (134) (details will be described later) in the B direction shown in FIG. The mounting table (105
) can move in the C direction (not shown in FIG. 12) so as not to cause any trouble when rotating counterclockwise. The drive mechanism of this pressing plate <107> is shown in FIGS. 14 and 15.

First, the press plate (107) is driven in the direction C shown in FIG. The vI mechanism includes a guide rod <1 that guides the pressing plate (107) in the direction of arrow C as shown in FIG.
30), (130) and the press plate (107) to the guide rod (130).

Coil springs (131), (131) bias downward in FIG. The press plate (1
07) and a rotating lever (133) that is locked. Then, there is a suppression plate (107) that is always urged downward.
) is adapted to slide upward against the biasing force of the coil spring (131) as the rotary L/bar (133) is rotationally driven by the rotation of the press plate drive motor (132). There is. Further, the pressing surface (107a) that presses the stacked banknotes is rotated by the pressing plate (107) via the spring-equipped hinges (134,), (134) as shown in FIG. is supported by Furthermore, on the surface of the pressing surface (1o7a) that comes into contact with the banknote, an elastic member (for example, a rubber plate, etc.) with a reduced coefficient of friction is provided on the surface.
(180) is attached. This elastic member (180)
is for uniformizing the pressing force applied to the banknotes interposed between the take-out roller (104) and the take-out roller (104).

Further, the ovA structure for driving the pressing surface (107a) in the direction B shown in FIG. 12 is as shown in FIG. 15. FIG. 15 is a sectional view of FIG. 14 taken along line GG. In FIG. 15, the driving mechanism of the pressing surface (107a) includes a driven piece (107b) having an opening-shaped notch (107c) fixed to the −F portion of the pressing surface (107a);
A pressing surface driving solenoid (135) that is inserted and removed when the iron core (135a) is energized, and a solenoid (135) that is rotatable about a fulcrum (136a) and that locks the iron core (135a) at one end and has the notch at the other end. The roller (1) that engages with the section (107c)
36b) and a link plate (136). Then, the pressing surface driving solenoid (135
), the iron core <1358) is attracted, and the displacement of this iron core (1358) causes the link plate (13
6) rotates around the fulcrum (136a). As a result,
The roller (136) provided on the link plate (136)
b) drives the driven piece (107b) to press the pressing surface (107
a) is rotated in the direction of arrow B against the biasing force of the spring-equipped hinge (134). In addition, before &! The mounting table driving motor (140), the pressing plate driving motor (132), and the pressing driving solenoid (135) are driven and controlled by the control section (90).

Next, the JT details of the banknote conveyance system will be explained with reference to FIG. 14. The main driving source of this banknote conveyance system is a banknote conveyance system drive motor (101).

This conveyance system drive motor (101) is the first. Second accumulation/conveyance unit (other than 21a >, (21b >)) Ill
Drive the feeding bell 1- so that its circumferential speeds are equal. Further, this transport system drive motor (101) also rotates the take-out roller (104) and the feed roller (103). In other words, the take-out roller (
104) and the feed roller (103) transfer the driving force of the transport system drive motor (101) to the electromagnetic clutch (102).
The electromagnetic clutch (102) connects the ON-J-ru and the take-out roller (10).
4) The 41 output rollers (103) are rotated synchronously,
The banknotes placed on the mounting table (105) are taken in and conveyed one by one in sequence. And, the gekigodai (
105) When a sensor (not shown) detects that there is no banknote on the top, the electromagnetic clutch (102) turns ○F[, and the take-out roller (104) and the feed-out roller (10
The drive of the curvature) is stopped.

Next, 1νj first and second collection V>transport unit (21a)
<21b) will be explained. The first accumulation and conveyance section (
21a> is a first banknote conveyance belt (114) which is cut 5Q between the branch conveyance path (22ρ) and the take-in conveyance path (22a>), and one end side <tl! > is stretched in contact with the first banknote conveyance belt (114), and a second banknote conveyance belt (114) is stretched so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from the branch conveyance path (22ρ) on the other end side (first stage in the conveyance direction). The front part in the conveying direction of the second bill conveying belt (115) is composed of a 12th banknote conveying belt (115).
As shown in the figure and FIG. 18, the branch conveyance path (22ρ)
This branch conveyance path (22
ρ) and the second banknote conveyance belt (115) form a wedge shape such that the distance between them narrows in the conveyance direction.

J3, the roller (152) at the front stage in the conveyance direction of the second assembled conveyor belt (15) has a rotatable member that can rotate in the direction D shown in FIG. 12 about the fulcrum (151). A lever (150) is attached, and this rotating lever (15
0) is equipped with a first continuous conveyance solenoid (118
An iron core (118a) that is inserted and removed by applying current to the iron core (118a) is locked.

Roughly speaking, a first gear (153) is fixed to the roller shaft of the No. 60 roller (152), and this first gear (153)
The transport system drive motor (10
1) is continuously rotated by the drive of the second gear (154).
) are placed. Then, when the first continuous conveyance solenoid <118> is energized, the rotary lever (150
), the second banknote conveying bevel l;1・(115)
and the branch conveyance path (22ρ) contact each other, and the first and second
The gears (153) and (154) will mesh with each other.

Therefore, when the first continuous conveyance solenoid (118) is energized, the second banknote conveyance bell 1- (115) continuously rotates to convey banknotes.

On the other hand, on the latter side of the second bill conveyance belt (115) in the conveyance direction, as shown in FIGS. A third banknote conveyance bell 1-( which is rotatably supported by the roller (112Δ) extending the banknote 115) and the drive shaft <156) and forms the - part of the take-in conveyance path (22a).
157) is provided.

The drive shaft (156) C1 is connected to an intermittent conveyance drive motor (for example, a pulse motor) MO via a one-way clutch (110) and a drive transmission belt (115).
9) is adapted to transmit the rotational driving force. When the presence of a banknote is detected by the first banknote detection sensor (141) mentioned above, the intermittent conveyance driving motor (109) is operated to control the length of the banknote based on the driving fault of the control unit (9o). (length along the wJ feed direction), for example, 5I! It is designed to be driven by the number of pulses corresponding to 1m to 1oIIl111.

Therefore, by repeating the intermittent drive of the intermittent conveyance drive septa (109), the branch conveyance path (22
The banknotes that are continuously conveyed via the first and second banknote conveyance belts <114).

(115), the bills are sandwiched and conveyed in a stacked state with their conveying tips shifted.

In this case, the first collecting and conveying section (21a) serves as an intermittent conveying means, and since it is driven intermittently when rejected tickets are generated, the rejected ticket stacking means stacks the rejected tickets while shifting them through this intermittent drive. It has the function of Note that the one-way clutch (110) has a second
The banknote conveyance belt (115) is the first one. 2nd gear (15
3).

(154) is provided to prevent the rotational force of the drive shaft ('156) which rotates when being continuously rotated from being transmitted to the intermittent conveyance drive motor (109).

In addition, first and second banknote detection sensors (14
1) and (142) are arranged, respectively. This first
, the second banknote detection sensors (141) and (142) are light emitting elements (141, 1>).

(142a) and a light receiving element (141b) (<142b), which detects the presence of banknotes.

The first banknote detection sensor (141) disposed upstream of the first stacking and transporting section (21a) is used to drive the intermittent transport drive motor (109) II In, as described above.

On the other hand, the second banknote detection sensor (142)
Detecting that the conveying tip of the stacked banknotes, which are sandwiched between the second banknote conveying belts (114) and (115) and conveyed intermittently, has reached the vicinity of the exit of the first stacking and conveying section (21a),
When this is detected, the control unit (9o) stops driving the entire device.

Next, as shown in FIG.
It is arranged at the rear stage and guides rejected banknotes or paid banknotes to the storage section (15). Second! 1! As shown in FIG. 10(a), the stacking conveyance section <21b) includes a fourth banknote conveyance belt which is stretched endlessly on the front side in the conveyance direction to form the banknote delivery conveyance path (22m). (
160), and an endless fifth banknote conveyance belt (160) disposed so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from the fourth banknote conveyance belt (160).
60) is always spaced apart from J3, this fourth and fifth
The banknote conveyor belts (160) and (161) are! 2. The wedge shape is formed such that the distance between them becomes narrower toward the two feeding directions. Then, this fifth bill conveying belt (16
1) is rotatable in the E direction shown in FIG. 12 around the roller axis of the drive roller (113), and this drive is driven by the first cumulative conveyance section (21a) as well as the first cumulative conveyance section (21a) described above. This is done by turning the rotary lever (16) by energizing the continuous conveyance solenoid (119) of No. 2. Furthermore, although not shown, a fifth banknote conveyance belt (16
1) is rotated in the direction of arrow E, and the fourth banknote conveyance belt <
160), a gear for continuously feeding and driving this fifth bill conveying belt (161) meshes with a gear driven by the conveying system drive motor (101). It looks like this.

Further, the drive roller (113) is connected to the intermittent conveyance drive motor (109) via a one-way clutch (111).
) so that the rotational force is transmitted. Therefore, like the first accumulation and transportation section (21a), this second east fa transportation section (21b) is capable of continuous transportation of banknotes and intermittent transportation of stacking banknotes while shifting the transportation tip of the banknotes. ing. Note that the roller disposed opposite to the driving roller (113) via the fifth banknote conveyance belt (161) is an idle roller (117).

In addition, a third banknote detection sensor (143) disposed on the front side in the transport direction of the second accumulation and transport unit (21b> is detected, and when this detection occurs, the drive roller (113>
It is designed to drive.

On the other hand, a fourth banknote detection sensor (144) disposed on the front side in the conveyance direction of the second integrated vO sending unit (21b) uses a light emitting element (144a) and a light receiving element (144b) to reject or withdraw banknotes. The control unit (90) detects the trailing edge of the banknote, and at the j length where this detection occurs, the control unit (90) controls the conveyor system drive unit (101).
), first and second continuous conveyance solenoids (118), (
119) and release the banknotes (123).

Above the connecting part between the sending conveyance path (22m> and the second !l:l: sending conveyance section 1b> A slip sending port (1
70) is provided. This slip is sent out from the slip sending port (170) via a payment recording paper conveying means (not shown) after the last bill to be paid passes the third bill pressure sensor (143). The banknotes are stacked together with the dispensing banknotes in the second stacking and transporting section (21b) with the transporting tips shifted, and sent to the storage section (15).

Next, the operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be explained regarding deposit processing. First, when the banknote deposit mode is selected by the customer's operation in the state where the banknote inlet/outlet door (303) closes the banknote inlet/outlet (4) in FIG. The banknote entry/exit door motor (124) is driven by the drive control of (9o), and the banknote turnout is 1% (303) due to the action of the door opening/closing mechanism (120).
) is opened as shown in Figure 5<b). Also,
The control unit (90) drives the mounting table driving motor (140) and the suppressing plate driving motor (132) shown in FIG. 1
Set the state as shown in Figure 2, and place the above mounting stand (
105) The waiter watches as the banknotes (P) for deposit are placed on top.

However, the banknote entry/exit door (303) remains closed as shown in FIG. 10 until the banknote deposit mode is selected by the customer. In other words, the banknote entry/exit door (30
3) I) Q (303b) G, banknote entrance (
4) forms a nested state with the rear part (4b). Therefore, customers who are unfamiliar with automatic transaction devices may
It becomes impossible to insert the deposit bills one by one from the inside, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of troubles that occur in the past.

As shown in FIG. 5(b), when the banknotes (P) are loaded into the banknotes (P) from the banknote entrance/exit (4) in a state where the banknote inlet/outlet door (303) is open, the banknotes (P) remain stacked on the loading table. (
105) and a pressing plate (107). Note that this second banknote (P) is not pressed by the pressing plate (107). Thereafter, the banknote inlet/outlet door (124) is driven in reverse rotation, and the banknote inlet/outlet door <303> closes the banknote inlet/outlet (4) by the action of the inter-door r811tfM mechanism (120). The plate-shaped member (127) moves along the plate-shaped cam (129>) in conjunction with the closing movement of the door (303), and moves along the curved part of the plate-shaped cam when the banknote entry/exit door (303) is closed. coil spring (128>
(biasing) j, and the bill stopper (126) is rotated by the first
It is projected as shown in Figure 0.

This banknote stopper (126)
The stacked banknotes are brought into contact with the end faces of the stacked banknotes interposed between the press plate (107) and the press plate (107) to align the banknotes. After this, the control unit (90) controls the energization of the pressing surface driving solenoid (135) to move the pressing surface (107a) to the spring-loaded hinge (13).
4), (134) through Figures 15 and 12 (a)
Rotate the take-out roller (104) in the direction of arrow B shown in
Press the stacked banknotes against the banknotes.

At this time, since an elastic member with a reduced surface friction coefficient (<180) is attached to the banknote contacting surface of the pressing surface (107a), the pressure of the elastic member (180) is uniform over the entire surface of the banknote. The pressing force applied is applied.

Thereafter, the control unit (90) controls the transport system drive motor (101).
) is driven 1. The conveyance system of the banknote processing unit (9) is driven with 11t[lL. Then, the take-out roller (10
4) and a feed-out roller (103) disposed ahead thereof receive the rotational driving force of the transport system drive motor (101) via the electromagnetic clutch (102>), and are rotated together in synchronization. When the banknotes are frictionally fed out by the take-out roller (104), the pressing force is made uniform by the elastic member (180), so the banknotes are not conveyed in a skewed state, and therefore are not conveyed in a skewed state. Paper jams caused by
20) can be prevented from being unreadable. Then, the banknotes taken out by the takeout roller (104) are transferred to the payout roller (103) and the first number regulation [1-ra (
106), the two-bill feeding is prevented and one bill at a time is sent to the other side one by one.

The banknotes (P) taken in and conveyed in this manner are transferred to each banknote storage unit (16), (17), (
18) are distributed and accumulated. In addition, the Inspection Department (20
), the sorted bills shown in FIG. 5 are sorted by a gate (23a) to a branch conveyance path (22ρ), and are accumulated in a first accumulation conveyance section (21a).

In addition, in this embodiment, the tip (303) of the banknote entry/exit door (303)
03b') and the rear part (46) of the bill slot (4) are nested as shown in Fig. 9, but as shown in Fig. 26,
The rear wall (4h) of this bill slot (4) is provided with a comb-shaped uneven portion (4h), and the door body has a concave/convex portion that fits into the uneven portion of the rear wall (4b) of this bill slot (4). You can.

As explained above, according to the above embodiment, when the bill slot/exit door is idle, a nested state is formed between the rear side of the bill slot/exit door and the tip of the bill slot/exit door. This not only makes it possible to prevent banknotes from being inserted through the gap between the rear side of the banknote inlet/outlet and the tip of the banknote inlet/outlet door (but also prevents banknotes stored in the storage section from
To prevent bills from flying out even when the door is closed. This has the effect of increasing the reliability and stability of the automatic transaction system.

Further, there is an advantage that there is no need to make fine adjustments to the door position.

[Effect of the Invention 1] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is no need to adjust the position of the banknote outlet and a nested state is formed between the rear side of the banknote outlet and the tip of the banknote inlet/outlet door. It is possible to prevent malfunctions and failures in the accumulation of M banknotes. This has the effect of improving the reliability and safety of the automatic transaction device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an automatic transaction device to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the same v device, and FIGS. 3 to 5 show the configuration of a banknote processing unit. The schematic side view shown and FIGS. 6 to 9 show the main parts of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the banknote inlet/outlet closed by the banknote inlet/outlet door, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the banknote inlet/outlet door. A perspective view showing a state in which the door is opened and banknotes for deposit are inserted into the accommodating section. Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the schematic configuration of the r# rA mechanism. Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the nesting of the banknote inlet/outlet door and the banknote inlet/outlet. Figure 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the bill inlet/outlet is closed by the door opening/closing mechanism, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the bill inlet/outlet door being opened by the door opening l'1lvA mechanism. Perspective view, 12th
13 is a front view showing the drive unit of the banknote transport system; FIG. 14 is a front view showing the banknote ejection mechanism of the storage unit; and FIG. 16 is a side view showing the drive mechanism of the pressing plate, FIG. 16 is a block diagram for controlling the motor for dispensing banknotes, and FIGS. 17 to 19 show the processing of deposited banknotes and the processing of deposited banknotes in the banknote processing unit. FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 21 to 26 are diagrams for explaining a conventional device, in which the bill slot is closed by the bill entry/exit door. FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing a state in which a deposit banknote is inserted into the banknote slot shown in FIG. 21;
Figure 23 is a perspective view showing the schematic configuration of the door opening/closing mechanism;
Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing a stopped state of the banknote entrance/exit casing and the banknote type outlet, Fig. 25 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a banknote has been incorrectly inserted, and Fig. 26 is an explanatory view showing a state in which banknotes are not stacked properly. It is a diagram. 4...Banknote entrance/exit (banknote deposit slot), 15...Accommodating section 105...l! Placement stand, 120... Door opening/closing mechanism (door opening 11 means), 301... Housing, 302... Uneven part,
303...Banknote input/output rffa static body), 304...Uneven part agent Patent attorney 111J Chika Kensuke Sanno - Figure 3" 22c 22h ;'; 5 71 Mutotsu
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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In an automatic transaction device that deposits and withdraws banknotes, there is a deposit/withdrawal port for depositing and withdrawing banknotes, and a deposit/withdrawal port provided to open and close the deposit/withdrawal port. An automatic transaction device characterized by comprising a door body whose tip end is nested with a deposit/withdrawal port, and a door opening/closing means for selectively opening or closing the door body.