JPH0686264B2 - Automated teller machine - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an automated teller machine in which a stacker carrier carrying a stacker for storing handled cash is detachably attached in the apparatus.

(Prior Art) Recent automated teller machines have begun to come into circulation type in which banknotes deposited by a customer are reused for payment. In this case, in order to use the deposited banknotes for payment, as a matter of course, the banknotes are sorted and stored in a stacker sorted by denomination and prepared for the next withdrawal. At this time, the types of the stacker in the device are a stacker that stores an unclean bill that is inappropriate for payment in addition to the above-mentioned denominations for payment, and a reject that stores unidentifiable banknotes due to incorrect counting or poor running at the time of payment. There were more than one type of stacker, such as a stacker, and the staff members carried it as needed.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, as described above in detail, when carrying the stacker between the equipment installation location and the in-store cash storage section, all the stackers do not have to be carried out at once, It was necessary to do so, and the burden on the staff was large when the cash was carefully examined or when the operation was started.

Recently, as a means for solving these problems, a one-box method has been adopted in which the banknotes of each denomination stacker are collected in one stacker at the time of cash scrutiny and distributed from one stacker to each denomination stacker at the start of operation. In order to collect or distribute the bills stored in each denomination stacker, the stacker for transportation is inevitably large, and it is still impossible to reduce the work load on the staff during transportation. On the other hand, if the transport stacker is made smaller, the number of denomination stackers to be stored decreases and it becomes necessary to replenish bills during operation, so the above problem cannot be solved.

(Means for Solving Problems) The present invention detachably accommodates a stacker carrier having a plurality of stackers for accommodating cash and having wheels for moving and transporting the floor, and cash is operated by a customer himself / herself. In the automatic teller machine for performing the automatic transaction of, the cash automatic teller machine guides the wheels 35 of the stacker carrier 27 from the floor of the stacker carrier 27 to the bottom of the automatic teller machine one step higher than the floor. Has a groove 57 having a V-shaped cross section for positioning the wheel 35 at the other end of the inclined surface 59, and the inclined surface 59 and the V-shaped groove 57 are provided.
Guide grooves for guiding the wheels 35 of the stacker carrier between
A guide rail having 52 and the stacker carrier 27
Has a relief pin 51 that comes into contact with a handle fixing lever 38 provided on the stacker carrier 27 when the wheel 35 of the stacker falls into the V-shaped groove 57, while the stacker carrier 27 has:
It has a fixing groove 40 that engages with a fixing pin 39 of a handle fixing lever 38 at both ends and is swingably provided by a handle fulcrum shaft 41, and a stacker carrier 27 is set on the grip portion 42 to the automatic teller machine. Latch lock shaft 43 for fixing the rear stacker carrier 27 to the automatic teller machine.
When the handle 37 provided with the lever 44 for sliding the lock shafts a and 43b and the escape pin 51 provided in the automatic teller machine contact the handle fixing lever 38, the handle fixing lever 38 rotates. A first link mechanism for releasing the lock of the handle 37 and a second link mechanism for operating the lift bar 50 that pushes up all the carried stackers by rotating the handle 37 toward the automatic teller machine. It is equipped.

(Effect) That is, in the present invention, since a plurality of stackers for storing cash are carried on the stacker carrier by the above-described configuration, a plurality of stackers can be detached from the device, or can be attached to the device. Cash can be supplied and collected for each stacker carrier.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of the automatic teller machine according to the present invention and is a side view showing a state in which a carrier unit having a plurality of stackers is pulled out. Further, FIG. 2 is an overall external view of the automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
The figure is a schematic side view of the bill depositing / dispensing machine shown in FIG. 2.

First, the configuration of the automatic teller machine and the deposit / withdrawal operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 shows an external view of the automatic teller machine. A card reader 2 capable of reading and writing a card 5, a printer 3 for printing a statement sheet, and a passbook 6 for transactions in the device housing 1. A passbook entry machine 4 for printing the amount, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7 for depositing and withdrawing cash (a banknote in this embodiment) due to the transaction, a CRT display 8 for guidance of customer operation, and operation buttons 9, a numeric keypad 10 for inputting a personal identification number, and a control section 11 for controlling them are housed, and the card 5 or the passbook 6 has a function of performing a predetermined transaction.

FIG. 3 is a banknote deposit / withdrawal machine 7 used for explaining the deposit / withdrawal transaction operation.
It is a side view showing the outline of the above, and the movement of the banknote in each transaction will be described below. First, in the deposit mode, when the customer designates deposit through the operation button 9, the passbook 6 is taken in from the passbook inlet 12 of the passbook entry machine 4, and the cash slot shutter 13 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7 is opened and the customer deposits cash. Wait for When a customer inserts cash into the cash slot 20, the cash slot shutter 13 is closed, and the inserted banknotes of mixed denominations are sent from the cash slot 20 to the deposit counting unit 14. After this, the batch banknotes are stripped one by one from the deposit counting unit 14 and conveyed to the banknote discriminating unit 15, where the authenticity is determined at the same time when the banknote discriminating unit 15 is passed, and the returned banknotes are returned by the sorting valve 16. It is accumulated in the temporary storage unit 17. The true bills are accumulated in the true bill temporary storage section 18. When all the banknotes 19 in the deposit counting unit 14 are counted and empty, the banknotes in the return temporary storage unit 17 are conveyed to the cash slot 20 and returned to the customer. The operation similar to the above is performed by re-inserting, and finally the banknotes of the transaction are accumulated in the true banknote temporary storage section 18. After this, the customer displays a money amount display and a deposit confirmation display on the display 8, and then, by pressing the confirmation button 22 of the customer, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7 stores the banknotes 19 in the denomination stackers 23b-23d at the bottom of the device. Go into action. To be more specific, the bills from the true bill temporary storage unit 18 are separated and counted for storage again from the deposit counting unit 14 via the cash insertion port unit 20, and each money is ordered by the discrimination unit 15. It is stored in the respective gold type stackers 23b to 23d by the type sorting valves 24b to 24d. At the same time, the passbook entry machine 4 prints the deposit amount on the passbook, returns the passbook 6 to the passbook inlet 12, and returns it to the customer. With the above series of operations, the automatic teller machine displays on the display 8 that all the deposit transaction operations have been completed, and the operation is completed. Note that, at the time of the deposit storing operation, each stacker 23b to 23c of each denomination is also used as a stacker of bills for payment, and the dirty bills in the deposited bills cannot be stored. Will be stored in. Next, the operation in the payment mode will be described. When the banknotes are set in advance in the denomination stackers 23b to 23c by the bank staff, or the deposited banknotes from the time of deposit are stored, the customer's card 5 is inserted and the personal identification number is input to display the identity to the customer. Prompt for payment amount designation via 8. When the customer designates the amount of money, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7 operates by the predetermined number of denomination stackers 23b-2b.
The banknotes 25 are extracted from 3c and accumulated in the true banknote temporary storage section 18 used at the time of deposit. The genuine bill temporary storage 18
Has a function of receiving the statement slip 26 from the upper printer 3 and superimposing it on the payment bill, the statement slips 26 are also accumulated after the payment counting is completed. After this, the banknote pay-in / pay-out device 7 conveys the stacked banknotes from the true banknote temporary storage 18 to the cash slot 20 and opens the shutter 13 to collect cash from the customer and also return the customer's card 5. The payment operation ends. During this payment operation, if there is an abnormality in the extraction from each of the denomination stackers 23b to 23c, for example, when two sheets are extracted or in a skewed state, it becomes impossible to discriminate the number of sheets and it is impossible to discriminate the true banknotes temporarily. It cannot be transported to department 18. Therefore, the reject stacker 23a for storing these banknotes becomes necessary.

In the following, FIGS. 1 to 3 and a rear view of the automatic teller machine for setting and taking out the above-mentioned four types of stackers 23a to 23d to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7 in the automatic teller machine, which is a main part of the present invention. Fourth showing a certain carrier unit part
It will be described with reference to the drawings.

The four types of stackers 23a to 23d are stored in the frame formed between the frames 28a and 28b of the carrier unit 27 and the partition plate 29 so that they can be inserted or removed from above, and positioning pins on both side surfaces of the stacker 23. The position is vertically determined by 30 and the notch groove 31 of the frames 28a, 28b. Since the positioning pin 30 needs to be docked with the bill take-out section 32 of the depositing / dispensing machine 7 after the stackers 23a to 23d are set in the carrier unit 27, the positioning pin 30 is raised upwards, so
It is outside the surfaces 28a and 28b. The carrier unit 27 includes the frame 28, a partition plate 29, a handle portion 33, a carrier floor 34, and front and rear casters 35 and 36a, 36b,
With the stackers 23a to 23d stored, the stackers 23a to 23d can be taken out from the apparatus housing 1 and the bill depositing / dispensing machine 7, and can be transported on the floor in the store in any direction. Furthermore, front caster 35
Is a free type caster in which the direction of the carrier unit 27 can be freely changed, and one caster is fixed to the center of the front part of the carrier floor 34. Next, the rear caster 36 is a fixed caster so that it can easily follow the front caster 35 during transportation, and two rear casters are fixed to both sides of the rear part of the carrier floor 34, which is just like a child's tricycle. .

Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIGS. 5 and 6 which are operation explanatory views of the carrier unit portion and link connection, and FIG. 7 which is a mechanism explanatory view of the grip portion of the handle, cash automatic operation of the carrier unit is performed. The structure for attaching to and detaching from the transaction device housing will be described.

In the handle portion 33, both ends of the handle 37 are fixed with a fixing groove 40 so that the fixing pin 39 of the handle fixing lever 38 can be engaged.
Are on both sides and are attached in a swingable state by the handle fulcrum shaft 41. Further, at the grip 42, the depositing / dispensing machine 7
Lock shafts 43a and 43 for latching after setup
b, a release lever 44 for releasing, a pin 45 and a spring 46 for engaging them. The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7 has side frames 47a, 47b for constituting a frame of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7, and is fixed to the slide rails 48a, 48b from the apparatus housing 1 from the outside of the frame. In the moving range of the unit 27, there is no floor surface as the bill depositing / dispensing machine 7, and the bill dispensing unit 32
And looking at the frame, it has an arched structure. It should be noted that, on the inner side surfaces of the side frames 48a, 48b, escape pins 51 for abutting the link 49 for raising the stacker 23, the lift bar 50, and the handle fixing lever 38 are fixed.

In the device casing 1, a guide rail 53 having a guide groove 52 for guiding the carrier unit front caster 35 is fixed to the casing floor surface 54 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, and a rear caster is provided at the rear portion. An escape notch 55 is provided when 36 enters. In front of the guide rail 53, there are provided a slope 56 and a V-shaped groove 57 for positioning when the front caster 35 enters and reaches a prescribed position and for pulling in near the final set. Further, in the rear, a guide plate 59 rotatably attached to the guide rail 53 is provided so that the front casters 35 can easily ride on the guide rail 53 from the floor surface 58 in the store, and the height between the floor surface 58 and the device 1 is provided. Even if the difference occurs, the tip of the guide plate 59 is grounded on the floor surface, so that the carrier unit 27 can be easily inserted into the apparatus housing 1.

The operation of mounting the carrier unit 27 in the apparatus housing 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS. The stackers 23a to 23d are carried in a state of being housed in the carrier unit 27 by an attendant, an unillustrated door on the rear surface of the apparatus housing 1 is opened, and the front caster 35 of the carrier unit 27 is placed at the top as shown in FIGS. The operator rides on the guide plate 59 shown in the figure, and the front caster 35 enters on the guide rail 53 by the pushing force of the clerk and settles in the V-shaped groove 57. At this point, the position of the carrier unit 27 inside the apparatus housing 1 is determined. At the time of this positioning, the front caster 35 slides into the groove 57, so that the carrier unit 27 naturally moves forward without requiring any force, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the side of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7 is moved. Relief pin 51 in frame 47
Hits the handle fixing lever 38 of the carrier unit 27.
In this way, the handle fixing lever 38 is rotated counterclockwise at the same time when the carrier unit 27 enters, and comes out of the fixing groove 40 at the tip of the handle. As a result, the handle 37 becomes free in the pushing direction, and if the handle is pressed continuously, the handle tip abuts the pin 60 on the lift bar 50 and pushes up the link 49, so that the lift bar 50 rises and the lock shaft 43 of the handle 37 (Fig. 7). Is fitted and locked in the frame holes 61 on both sides of the sand frame 47 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 7. Since the pins 30 on both sides of the stacker 23 are arranged on the lift bar 50, when the lift bar 50 rises, the stacker 23 rises by a predetermined amount and is docked with the take-out section 32 of the bill depositing / dispensing machine 7 at a predetermined position. It will be. Next, by closing the rear door of the device housing 1, the automatic teller machine is ready.

Next, the extraction operation of the carrier unit 27 will be described.
In this case, open the rear door of the above-mentioned device housing 1 and
Tilt the unlock lever 44 of the grip 42 of the 37 to the right (7th
Figure). As a result, the lock shaft 43 is pulled out from the frame hole 61, and the handle 37 can be tilted in the opposite direction to that when it is mounted. The stacker 23 is lowered by rotating the handle 37 and moving the lift bar 50 by a spring (not shown). Then, it becomes possible to withdraw. When the handle 37 is tilted, it hits the handle stopper 62, and since the fixing groove 40 at the tip of the handle is determined, the relief pin 51 separates from the handle fixing lever 38 when the pulling operation is continued. This allows the fixing pin 39
Since the handle enters the handle fixing groove 40, the handle is in a completely positioned state. Thus, after the carrier unit 27 is pulled out, it can be freely carried in any direction without falling even if pushed.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the stacker for which each denomination is individually attached to and detached from the apparatus is set as the entire carrier unit, and the casters for carrying and the handle are provided on the stacker. It can be done easily and in a short time, reducing the labor burden on employees and shortening the equipment downtime. Furthermore, the robotization of the carrier unit has the advantage that the staff can automate the process from the transportation of cash to the set without touching the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of an automated teller machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall external view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side view of a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, and FIG. A rear view of the automated teller machine showing a carrier unit portion which is a main part, and Figs. 5 to 7 are structural views for explaining an attaching / detaching operation of the carrier unit to / from the apparatus casing. 7 is a bill depositing / dispensing machine, 23a to 23d are stackers, 27 is a carrier unit, 30 is a positioning pin, 33 is a handle part, 38 is a handle fixing lever, 40 is a fixing groove, 44 is a release lever, 50 is a lift bar, and 51 is a The escape pin 61 is a frame hole.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automated teller machine for detachably accommodating a stacker carrier, which carries a plurality of stackers for storing cash and has wheels for moving and transporting on the floor, and carries out automatic transaction of cash by a customer's own operation. In the automatic teller machine, the stacker carrier 27 is provided at one end of the stacker carrier 27 from the floor surface to the bottom of the automatic teller machine which is one step higher than the floor surface.
A groove having a V-shaped cross section for positioning the wheel 35 by dropping the wheel 35 at the other end of the inclined surface 59 for guiding the wheel 35.
A guide rail having a guide groove 52 for guiding the wheel 35 of the stacker carrier 27 between the inclined surface 59 and the V-shaped groove 57; and the wheel 35 of the stacker carrier 27 having the V-shape. The stacker carrier 27 has escape pins 51 that come into contact with the handle fixing lever 38 provided on the stacker carrier 27 when it falls into the groove 57 of the stacker carrier 27, while the stacker carrier 27 engages with the fixing pin 39 of the handle fixing lever 38 at both ends. It has a fixing groove 40 and is swingably provided by a handle fulcrum shaft 41, and after the stacker carrier 27 is set to the cash automatic transaction device on the grip portion 42, the stacker carrier 27 is fixed to the cash automatic transaction device. Lock shaft for latch 43
When the handle 37 provided with the lever 44 for sliding the lock shafts a and 43b and the escape pin 51 provided in the automatic teller machine contacts the handle fixing lever 38, the handle fixing lever 38
A first link mechanism that rotates 38 to unlock the handle 37, and a lift bar 50 that pushes up all the carried stackers by rotating the handle 37 toward the automatic teller machine. An automatic teller machine comprising a second link mechanism.