JPS6248274B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to an automated teller machine, deposit/withdrawal machine, etc. used in banking, in which deposited banknotes are accepted and withdrawn banknotes are discharged. In some cases, it relates to a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that circulates deposited banknotes as disbursed banknotes.

(b) Background of the Invention Conventionally, as a banknote processing device, for example,
No. 55-105789 discloses a device.

In the case of this device, the authenticity of deposited banknotes can be determined,
After determining the denomination, the banknotes are temporarily pooled in a position that can be seen from the outside of the device, and then when a transaction is completed, they are pooled in a banknote pool formed at a different position, and then the next banknote is The banknotes pooled in the banknote pool section are stored in the safe by the user's operation.

In the case of this conventional device, a storage box for change is provided separately, and deposited banknotes stored in the above-mentioned safe are
Since these banknotes are not used repeatedly as banknotes for withdrawal, there is a problem in that the efficiency of using the banknotes is extremely low.

Moreover, since the banknotes are pooled in an area that can be seen through to confirm the deposited banknotes, there is a problem in that the processing time for the deposit process is long.

In order to improve the efficiency of using banknotes, the efficiency of using banknotes can be improved by allowing deposited banknotes to be circulated and used as disbursed banknotes.

However, in the case of this circulation type, when the inserted banknotes are recycled after being judged for authenticity and denomination, in other words, the accepted banknotes are stored in storage boxes corresponding to each denomination and used for circulation. If you run the circular process in parallel to make the withdrawal possible,
The processing time from the above-mentioned denomination discrimination to sorting and storing in the storage box is disadvantageous, resulting in a longer processing time for deposit processing, and this problem becomes more noticeable as the amount of deposits increases.

In addition, in the case of deposit processing, there are processes such as printing the passbook, issuing slips, and returning the card after the deposit is processed, and these processes are delayed due to delays in the deposit processing, resulting in longer waiting times for customers. becomes longer,
The disadvantage is that the transaction time becomes longer.

(c) Purpose of the Invention This invention has a unique configuration in which banknotes in a temporary storage section are stored in a storage box during a standby period when banknotes are not being transported from the storage box, thereby preventing delays in deposit processing. The purpose is to provide a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that can perform circulating processing.

(d) Summary of the Invention This invention provides a plurality of storage boxes corresponding to the denominations of banknotes, discharges the banknotes stored in these storage boxes as disbursed banknotes, and separates received banknotes by denomination. The circulating deposit/withdrawal device is capable of temporarily storing deposited bills in an amount corresponding to multiple transactions, and is capable of temporarily storing deposited bills in an amount corresponding to multiple transactions, and also transfers the stored deposited bills to each of the storage boxes by controlling rotation of a feeding section. a temporary storage section that dispenses banknotes according to their denominations, a conveyance device that transports banknotes from the temporary storage section and banknotes from the storage boxes toward a withdrawal port along storage boxes for each denomination, and a storage box. During a standby period when banknotes are not being transported by this transporting device, based on detecting the presence of banknotes in the temporary storage section, the banknotes are delivered from the temporary storage section and correspond to the denominations via the transporting device. If there is a transaction request for deposit or withdrawal during the operation of the circulation process of storing in the storage box and the operation of the above circulation process, this transaction request is detected and the operation of the circulation process is interrupted, and the above operation of the circulation process is executed. The present invention is characterized in that it is a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that includes a transaction processing operation that executes transaction processing and a control circuit that executes and controls the transaction processing.

(E) Effect of the Invention This invention provides a circulating deposit/withdrawal device that discharges requested denominations of banknotes as withdrawal banknotes from storage boxes for each denomination, and stores received deposited banknotes in storage boxes for each denomination. The control circuit feeds out banknotes from the temporary storage section based on detecting the presence of banknotes in the temporary storage section during a standby period when banknotes from the storage box are not being conveyed by the conveying device;
If there is a transaction request for deposit or withdrawal during the operation of the circulation process of storing the denomination in the storage box corresponding to the denomination via the conveyance device and the operation of the above circulation process, this transaction request is detected and the circulation process is performed. Interrupting the processing operation and controlling the execution of the transaction processing operation for executing the transaction processing.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, a transport device to the storage box is used to carry out the circulation process of storing banknotes from the temporary storage section into the storage box corresponding to the denomination and making them available for circulation. By doing this while waiting, the deposit processing will not be delayed due to the above-mentioned circular processing, and the deposit processing can be performed at high speed.Moreover, even if the amount of deposits is large, the waiting time of the customer will be shortened, and the transaction will be faster. It also saves time, and even while the banknotes in the temporary store are being circulated in storage boxes by denomination, if there is a transaction request for deposit or withdrawal, the banknotes will be dispensed from the temporary store. In order to interrupt the transaction and execute transaction processing according to the request, in a true sense, the banknotes in the temporary storage section are stored in the storage box only during waiting periods when no transactions are being performed. As a result, transactions can be carried out promptly without making customers wait.
Therefore, the operating rate of the device is improved.

Moreover, since the above-mentioned circulation process is performed during the waiting time of the deposit/withdrawal process, sufficient processing time can be given, and banknotes can be processed reliably.

(F) Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows an automatic deposit/payment machine used in banking operations, and in FIG. 1, this automatic deposit/payment machine processes deposit transactions and payment transactions;
The circulating deposit/withdrawal device is configured to circulate deposited banknotes of each denomination accepted during deposit transactions as withdrawn banknotes during payment transactions.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an operation procedure display that sequentially displays the operation procedure, and the customer operates according to the displayed procedure. 2
is a card insertion slot, and a card reader is provided inside, and card data is read by inserting a card given to a customer into this slot. In addition,
A passbook may be used in place of or in addition to the card.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a receipt discharge port, which is provided with a slip issuing device therein, and issues and discharges a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the time of a deposit transaction or a payment transaction.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an amount display that displays the amount at the time of deposit transaction or payment transaction. 5 is a denomination number display which displays the number of denominations of each denomination inserted at the time of deposit transaction.

6 is a deposit key, and 7 is a payment key, which respectively designate a deposit transaction and a payment transaction.

Number 8 is the numeric keypad, where you enter your password, payment type, etc. 9 is a denomination key which specifies the denomination at the time of payment.

10 is a confirmation key, which is operated when the deposit transaction is approved without canceling the transaction. Reference numeral 11 denotes a cancellation key, which is operated to cancel the above-described deposit transaction.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a deposit slot into which banknotes are deposited during a deposit transaction. Reference numeral 13 denotes a withdrawal port, which accepts banknotes inserted during deposit transactions that are determined to be defective banknotes, and returns banknotes when the cancellation key 11 is pressed;
The bill dispensed as a payment bill at the time of a payment transaction is discharged.

In the automatic deposit/payment machine configured as described above, the user first operates the deposit key 6 or the payment key 7 to specify a transaction, then inserts the card into the card slot 2 and enters the PIN number using the numeric keypad 8. Depending on the situation, the correspondence between the card and the customer is checked. In addition,
This check is not necessarily necessary for deposits.

In the case of a deposit transaction, deposit banknotes (deposited banknotes) are inserted into the deposit slot 12, and the banknotes are taken in one by one to determine authenticity and denomination. Defective banknotes such as banknotes that have been rejected are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned.

The amount of normal bills accepted and the number of bills of each denomination are displayed on the denomination display 4 and the number of denominations display 5, respectively, and if the customer confirms that it is OK, the transaction is completed by pressing the probability key 10. The card is returned and a receipt is ejected from the receipt ejection port 3.

When the cancel key 11 is pressed, the transaction is canceled and the accepted banknotes are discharged to the withdrawal port 13 and returned.

In the case of a payment transaction, the requested payment amount and each denomination are entered using the numeric keypad 8 and the denomination key 9, and these amounts and the number of coins of each denomination are displayed on the amount display 4 and the number of denominations display. 5 is displayed, and if the customer confirms that it is OK, the transaction is completed by pressing the confirmation key 10, the payment banknote (withdrawal banknote) is discharged to the withdrawal port 13, the card is returned, and the receipt is released. A receipt is ejected from exit 3.

FIG. 2 shows a circulation-type deposit/withdrawal device configured inside the aforementioned deposit/withdrawal 12 and withdrawal port 13, where the receiving section 14 is configured below the deposit port 12 and accepts one side of deposited banknotes. Eccentric roller 15 facing the surface of
A take-in roller 16 is provided at the bottom thereof, a press plate 17 is provided opposite to the other surface, and a bottom plate 18 is provided at the bottom surface.

The above-mentioned press plate 17 presses the bill 19 toward the rollers 15 and 16, but when accepting the bill 19, it is retracted by an appropriate cam mechanism to enable acceptance. Then, by detecting acceptance of the banknote 19, it is brought into the pressing position.

A friction roller 20 is provided opposite to the above-mentioned take-in roller 16, and the above-mentioned eccentric roller 15 is rotated to loosen the weight of the banknotes 19, and when the take-in roller 16 is rotated, the banknotes are removed by the friction roller 20. Take in 19 one by one.

In the drawing, reference numeral 21 denotes an empty loading sensor comprised of a photoelectric sensor, which detects when the banknotes 19 in the loading section 14 are sequentially loaded and become empty.

The banknotes taken in by the above-mentioned take-in roller 16 are conveyed to the banknote discriminating section 23 by the heads of the first conveyance belt 22 and the second conveyance belt 24, which are conveyed at a conveyance speed faster than the take-in speed.

The banknote discriminating unit 23 is constituted by, for example, a magnetic head, and reads the printed pattern of the banknotes to determine authenticity, denomination, and overlap of two banknotes.

The banknotes read by the above-mentioned banknote discriminating section 23 are
It is conveyed along the conveyor belt 24 to the first distribution plate 25 . In the case of genuine banknotes, the banknotes enter the rotating impeller 26, are skimmed by the comb-shaped fixed guide plate 27, and are pooled along the stationary third conveyance belt 28. The impeller 26 and belt 28 temporarily constitute a pool portion 29.

If the banknote is determined to be a fake banknote, the conveyance path is switched by the first sorting plate 25 and conveyed to the second sorting plate 30. Next, the sorting plate 30 operates, and the banknotes are conveyed upward by the first conveyance belt 22 and the second conveyance belt 24, and are again sent to the conveyance discrimination section 23 to be re-discriminated. After repeating this operation a predetermined number of times, if the bill is determined to be a fake bill, it is conveyed from the second sorting plate 30 to the fourth conveyor belt 31 and returned to the withdrawal port 13. Note that the sorting operation of the sorting plates 25 and 30 is performed by appropriate solenoids.

After all the banknotes are pooled, the group of banknotes pooled on the third conveyor belt 28 is transferred to the presser belt 32 which is moved up and down by a drive mechanism (not shown).
It is pinched by the downward movement of. Next, the third conveyor belt 28 and the presser belt 32 rotate, and the group of banknotes passes under the third sorting plate 33 and enters the receiving box 34.
transported to. When the customer requests cancellation of the deposit using the cancellation key 11, the money passes above the third distribution plate 33, is conveyed to the withdrawal port 13 by the fourth conveyor belt 31, and is returned. Note that the aforementioned third distribution plate 33 is also operated for distribution by an appropriate solenoid. Note that 35 is a pool empty sensor composed of a photoelectric sensor, which detects when the pooled banknotes 19 have been sent out and become empty.

The above-mentioned receiving box 34 is formed in a box shape with an open top surface, and the bottom portion is provided to open and close downward.
It can be opened and closed by a suitable solenoid to feed the pooled banknotes downward. A temporary storage box 36 is provided at the lower part of the receiving box 34 for storing banknotes from the upper tier.

3 and 4 show the temporary storage box 36. FIG. The bottom plates 37, 37 of the receiving box 34 are divided into two parts, and the left and right sides are opened downward, and the opening and closing of these parts is performed by an appropriate solenoid or cam drive mechanism. Moreover, the respective bottom plates 37, 37 are
It has a comb-like shape, and when opened, it exits from the side wall using a notch (not shown) formed in the side wall of the temporary storage box 36 at the bottom, and as a result, the storage box 34 The pooled banknotes are stored on the bottom plate 37,
37 is released, so that they fall in an overlapping state.

The temporary storage box 36 is provided to store banknotes in an inclined manner so that the edge of the banknotes to be fed out is inclined downward. Presser lever 39
is rushing in.

The above-mentioned support lever 38 and presser lever 39 are both formed as a pair on the left and right, and are inserted into the interior through a long hole so as to be able to move up and down.

The support lever 38 has its base end fixed to a shaft 41 supported by a movable frame 40 that moves up and down.A pinion 42 is fixed to this shaft 41, and the pinion 42 is rotated in forward and reverse directions. The above-mentioned support lever 38 is then moved between a supporting position within the temporary storage box 36 and an external position outside the temporary storage box 36.

A rack 43 is detachably attached to the pinion 42 by an appropriate solenoid, and with the rack 43 engaged with the pinion 42, the pinion 42 rotates in the forward and reverse directions by the vertical movement of the movable frame 40. be done.

The above-mentioned movable frame 40 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 44, and a belt 46 driven by a forward/reverse motor 45 is fixed. It is done.

The switches 47 and 48 act on the movable frame 40, and the switch 47 detects the upper limit and the switch 48 detects the lower limit to control the motor 45 described above.

The aforementioned presser lever 39 is fixed to a holding frame 49, and this holding frame 49 is guided in vertical movement by a guide rod 50, and a spring 51 is locked to this holding frame 49 to urge it downward. has been done.

And the protruding end 5 formed on the above-mentioned holding frame 49
2 is locked onto the upper surface of the protruding end 53 of the movable frame 40, and its downward movement by the spring 51 is restricted.

Therefore, when the movable frame 40 is moved down, the holding frame 4
9 is moved downward by the acting force of the spring 51, and when the holding lever 39 of the holding frame 49 comes into contact with the upper surface of the stored bill during the downward movement, the holding frame 49 is prevented from moving downward and separates from the movable frame 40.

The switch 54 detects the above-mentioned separation, and based on this detection signal, the above-mentioned rack 43
is manipulated.

That is, when receiving banknotes from the receiving box 34 into the temporary storage box 36, the support lever 38 and the presser lever 39 are in the upper position to receive the banknotes from the receiving box 34. At this time, the bill is received in an inclined manner, and the lower edge of the inclination is supported by the support lever 38.

When the motor 45 rotates normally and the movable frame 40 moves downward, the support lever 38 moves downward, and the presser lever 39 also moves downward, so that the banknotes are temporarily stored in the storage box 36.

When the presser lever 39 comes into contact with the upper surface of the already stored banknotes, its downward movement is blocked, and the protruding end 53 of the movable frame 40 separates from the protruding end 52 of the holding frame 49, which is detected by the switch 54 and the Based on the signal, the rack 43 is moved into contact with the pinion 42.

After the above-mentioned signal is output, the movable frame 40 is moved down for a period of time set by an appropriate timer. Because the pinion 42 is rotated by this downward movement, the support lever 38
exits outside the side wall, maintains exit, and enters Rack 43.
is separated from the pinion 42.

Therefore, the banknotes supported by the support lever 38 are placed on top of the stored banknotes.

Thereafter, the motor 45 is reversed for a certain period of time, and the movable frame 40 is moved upward, thereby the presser lever 39 is moved upward, and the covered banknote is slid to the lower part, and the motor 45 is further reversed for a certain period of time. The movable frame 40 moves downward and presses down the top surface of the stored banknotes.

This pressed position becomes the banknote feeding position.

In order to reach the storage position above this feeding position, the movable frame 40 moves upward by first reversing the motor 45, and the holding frame 49 also moves upward accordingly, so that the support lever 38 and presser lever 39 moves upward.

When the switch 47 detects the upward movement of the movable frame 40, the rack 43 moves the pinion 4 based on the signal.
2 and is continuously moved upward for a set time after the signal is output, the support lever 38 projects into the temporary storage box 36 and the rack 43 is released.

As a result, the support lever 38 and the presser lever 39 are placed in the retracted position.

The lower part of the temporary storage box 36 is configured with a feeding section 55 that feeds out the banknotes. An eccentric roller 57 provided in contact with the center of the lower surface and a feeding roller 56
By controlling the rotation of the feeding roller 56 and the eccentric roller 57 in the feeding direction, the banknotes 19 are fed out one by one from the temporary storage box 36 while loosening the overlapping state. be done.

In addition, 59 in the figure is a temporary store box full sensor.
It detects whether the temporary storage box 36 is full of banknotes, and 60 is a temporary storage box empty sensor which detects that the temporary storage box 36 is empty. Each sensor is composed of a photoelectric sensor, but a micro switch or the like may also be used.

In FIG. 2, a fifth conveyance belt 61 is connected to the side of the above-mentioned dispensing section 55 in the dispensing direction, and the dispensing banknotes are conveyed along this conveyance path.

During the conveyance path of the fifth conveyor belt 61, there is a length abnormality detector 6 for detecting the length of the fed banknotes.
It has a two-sheet overlap detector 63 for detecting the overlap of two sheets of banknotes and a fed-out banknote, and is also provided with a banknote review section 64.

The above-mentioned length abnormality detector 62 is composed of a photoelectric sensor, and checks the length by measuring the passage time of the banknote, and the two-sheet overlap detector 63 detects a gap between the cam and the banknote, which is one and a half of the thickness of the banknote. 2 of the banknotes by passing the banknotes between the opposite rollers formed with
Check for overlaps of more than one sheet. Note that this configuration itself is well known. Further, the banknote revalidation section 64 is constituted by, for example, a magnetic head or a photoelectric sensor, and reads the printed pattern of the dispensed banknote to reconsiderate the denomination.

Now, the denomination of the banknotes dispensed from the temporary storage box 36 is determined by the banknote revalidation section 64.
For banknotes that cannot be used as dispensing banknotes, such as damaged banknotes, the fourth sorting plate 65 enters the conveyance path of the fifth conveyance belt 61 and is collected into a damaged note storage box 66. Note that the fourth distribution plate 65 is operated for distribution by an appropriate solenoid.

The banknotes whose denominations have been determined by the banknote review unit 64 are stored in storage boxes 67A and 67 provided for each denomination A to D, such as 10,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, 1,000 yen bills, and 500 yen bills.
It is sorted and stored in B, 67C, and 67D. 6th
The conveyance belt 68 is connected to the conveyance path of the fifth conveyance belt 61 described above, and is also provided along the front surfaces of the storage boxes 67A to 67D arranged in the vertical direction. Further, on the front side of each storage box 67, there are fifth distribution plates 69A, 69B, 69 for receiving deposited banknotes conveyed by the sixth conveyor belt 68.
C, 69D are provided, and these fifth distribution plates 6
9 is sorted and controlled based on a determination signal from the banknote review section 64, and each fifth sorting plate 69 is operated by an appropriate solenoid.

Then, the deposited banknotes are taken into each of the storage boxes 67 by the aforementioned fifth sorting plates 69 and supplied to the storage boxes 67.

On the front side of each storage box 67 described above, there is a sixth sorting plate 70 that switches and controls the taking in and sending out of banknotes 19.
A, 70B, 70C, and 70D are provided, and when the automatic teller machine is in the process of depositing, the distribution is controlled in the receiving direction that can supply bills to the storage box 67, and when the automatic teller machine is in the process of dispensing, the banknotes are distributed in the receiving direction. The boxes 67 control the distribution of the bills sent out in the sending direction in which they are supplied to the sixth conveyor belt 68 . Each of the sixth distribution plates 70 is operated by an appropriate solenoid.

At the bill entrance/exit portion of each of the storage boxes 67 described above, there are bill passing sensors 1A, 71 each composed of a photoelectric sensor.
B, 71C, and 71D are provided to detect banknotes going in and out of each storage box 67.

Further, the disbursed banknotes sent out from each storage box 67 described above are transferred to the second conveyor belt 24 by the sixth conveyor belt 68.
It is further conveyed to the impeller 26 under distribution control by the first distribution plate 25 , and pooled on the third conveyance belt 28 . In other words, once the pool part 29
will be pooled.

This pooling is continued until a predetermined number of bills to be dispensed is reached, and when the predetermined number of bills to be dispensed is reached, the third conveyor belt 28 is moved by the downward movement of the presser belt 32 and the distribution control of the third distribution plate 33. When rotated, the payout banknotes are delivered to the fourth conveyor belt 31 and discharged to the payout port 13.

At the rear end of the conveyance path of the sixth conveyor belt 68, there is a banknote length abnormality detector 72 and a double-bill overlap detector 7.
3 are provided, and each of these detects when two bills are taken out or when two bills are overlapped. Note that these configurations are the same as those of the detectors 62 and 63 described above.

Furthermore, each of the storage boxes 67 described above is of a cassette type, and if the panel 74 of the main body of the device is on the front side, the panel 75 on the rear side is made into an appropriate door shape, which is opened and closed, and inserted and removed horizontally from this panel 75 side. Each of the storage boxes 67 is of a depositing and dispensing type that can take in deposited banknotes or feed out paid banknotes, and each of these storage boxes 67 has the same structure.

5 to 9 show the structure of one of the storage boxes 67, and in FIGS. 5 to 7, the storage box 67 forms a rectangular body, and one side of the upper surface is pivoted by a hinge 76. A lid 77 is formed, and the banknotes 19 are stored in the storage section 78 by opening and closing the lid 77.

The lid 77 described above is provided to be locked with an appropriate key, and is further carried using a handle 79.

The storage section 78 described above has a bottom plate 80 at the bottom, and a groove (not shown) is formed in the center of the bottom plate 80. The presser plate 81 is located on the rear side of the bottom plate 80, and a support plate 82 is connected to the rear surface of the presser plate 81. A guide roller 83 supported at three points is pivotally supported on this support plate 82 so that the presser plate 81 can move forward and backward on the bottom plate 80. Therefore, the banknote 1 is movably provided and stored in a state where it is biased toward the front side.
9 are stacked on top of each other in a horizontally elongated state leaning against the presser plate 81.

The front side of the storage section 78 described above, that is, the presser plate 8
A banknote feeding roller 85 is located at the center of the direction in which one banknote 19 is transferred and facing the lower edge of the banknote 19. It is formed in an uneven shape in the circumferential direction and is fixed to a rotating shaft 87 which is installed on the inner wall portions of the side walls 86, 86 of the storage box 67 via bearings.

An electromagnetic clutch 8 is disposed on one side of the rotating shaft 87.
8, the input part of this clutch 88 extends outside the side wall 86 of the storage box 67, and an input gear 89 is fixed to this part. is conducted,
When the clutch 88 is turned ON, the rotation shaft 87 rotates forward and backward, and the bill feeding roller 85
can be rotated in the delivery direction and in the intake direction.

Eccentric rollers 90, 90 are located at the upper position of the above-mentioned banknote feeding roller 85, that is, on the side facing the presser plate 81, slightly above the upper and lower intermediate positions of the banknote 19, and at the left and right positions, These rollers 90, 90 are fixed to a shaft 91, and
Both ends of 1 are supported by support members 92, 92 arranged at a predetermined distance from the side walls 86, 86 via bearings. Note that the above-mentioned support members 92, 9
2 are fixed to the side walls 86,86.

A pulley 93 is connected to one of the aforementioned eccentric rollers 90, and a pulley 94 is connected to one side of the banknote feeding roller 85, and these pulleys 93,
A belt 95 is installed on the banknote feeding roller 85, and eccentric rollers 90, 9 are connected to the rotation of the bill feeding roller 85.
0 is eccentrically attached to the shaft 91, and when it rotates, it imparts vibration to the banknotes 19 that come in contact with it, and has the effect of loosening the overlap of the banknotes 19.

The bottom plate 80
A friction roller 96 made of a rubber circumferential surface is provided at a position approaching the fixed shaft 9 fixed to the free ends of a pair of levers 97, 97.
8 via a one-way clutch 99, and the base ends of the levers 97, 97 are pivotally connected to a fixed shaft 100 installed between the side walls 86, 86 so as to move up and down. , spring 101
The friction roller 96 is provided so as to be pressed against the banknote feeding roller 85, and this pressing applies a transporting force to the banknote 19.

The one-way clutch 99 described above is in a power transmission state in the direction in which the banknote 19 is sent out, and the banknote 1
It is free for the take-in direction of 9. Therefore, when the friction roller 96 receives a rotational force from the bill feeding roller 85 to be driven in the feeding direction, the fixed shaft 98 does not rotate, so that the friction roller 96 is prevented from rotating.

At this time, the banknotes 19 are sent out by the frictional force of the banknote feed roller 85, so that the banknotes 19 are prevented from being sent out in duplicate. Further, when the bill feeding roller 85 is rotated in the taking-in direction, the friction roller 96 is also rotated in the same direction, and the bill 19 can be taken in.

Note that a curved bill guide plate 102 is provided on the lower surface side of the bill feeding roller 85, and a bill guide plate 102 is provided on the lower surface side of the bill feeding roller 85.
A bill entrance/exit 105 is formed in the front wall 103 of No. 7 with a guide plate 104 .

As shown in FIG. 7, a part of the circumferential surface of the bottom plate 80 protrudes to the upper side of the bottom plate 80 through an appropriate notch at the front edge position facing the bill feeding roller 85 described above. Three alignment rollers 106 recessed into the lower surface of the bottom plate 80 are arranged in a horizontally evenly spaced manner, these alignment rollers 106 are formed of a rubber material on their circumferential surfaces, and are fixed to a shaft 107.

Both ends of the above-mentioned shaft 107 are connected to a pair of levers 108,
The lever 108 is supported at the free end via a bearing, and the base ends of the levers 108, 108 are swingably supported on a shaft 109 installed between the side walls 86, 86.

One of the aforementioned levers 108, 108 is formed in an L shape, and the aforementioned alignment roller 10 is attached to the lower end thereof.
6... from the bottom plate 80 downwardly, and the alignment rollers 106...
A solenoid 111 is connected to the solenoid 111 for pushing up the base plate 80 onto the bottom plate 80.

A pulley 11 is located in the middle of the friction roller 96 mentioned above.
2 is formed, and a double pulley 113 is also supported via a bearing on the portion of the shaft 109 that faces this.
4 is installed.

Further, a pulley 115 is connected to the central alignment roller 106 among the alignment rollers 106 described above, and a belt 116 is also stretched between the pulley 115 and the double pulley 113 described above.

For this purpose, when the friction roller 96 is rotated, the alignment roller 1
06... also rotate, and since the friction roller 96 rotates only in the direction of taking in the banknotes 19 due to the interposition of the one-way clutch 99, the above-mentioned alignment rollers 106...
also rotates only in the above-mentioned uptake direction.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, a take-in guide 117 is located at the position of the banknote feed roller 85 and eccentric rollers 90, 90, and this take-in guide 1
17 has contact parts 118, 118 vertically disposed on both side walls 86, 86 side facing both side edges of the banknotes 19, and the inclined state of the contact parts 118, 118 corresponds to the storage position of the banknotes 19 in the storage part 78. It is set up to do so.

The abutment portions 118, 118 mentioned above are located outside of the eccentric rollers 90, 90 and the shaft 91 thereof.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the lateral length of the banknote 19 is L, the eccentric rollers 90, 90 are provided at the center of the banknote 19 with their center positions spaced apart by L/2. , the above-mentioned contact parts 118, 11
8 is provided so that its inner side is located at a distance of L/6 from the side edge of the banknote 19, and as a result, the contact portion 1
A gap is formed between the inside of each of the eccentric rollers 90, 118 and the outside of the eccentric roller 90,
90 and bill feeding roller 85 and contact portion 118,
The bill 19 is formed so that when it is placed on the back side of the bill 118 and moved toward the front wall 103, the side edge portion of the bill 19 passes through in a curved state without being bent.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, the front end of a rod 119 is fixed to one side of the aforementioned intake guide 117, and this rod 119 can be slid back and forth on one side wall 86 via support members 120, 120. A rack 12 is attached to the rear end of this rod 119.
1 is formed, and this rack 121 is connected to a pinion 12 fixed to the output shaft of a forward/reverse motor 122.
It meshes with 3.

Note that the motor 122 is fixed inside the storage box 67 with appropriate fixing means.

Abutting portion 118,1 of the above-mentioned intake guide 117
18 is a front wall 1 slightly from the circumferential surface of the storing section 78 of the eccentric rollers 90, 90 and the bill feeding roller 85.
The position on the 03 side is set as the home position
0, 90 and the bill feeding roller 85, and furthermore, on the front wall 103 side beyond the above-mentioned home position A second bank that allows the captured banknotes 19 to remain in the storage section 78
Move to the stroke Z position.

This movement is controlled by the forward/reverse control of the forward/reverse motor 122 described above.

In the figure, 124 is a bill-out sensor that detects when the stored banknotes have run out, 125 is a banknote remaining sensor that detects that the stored banknotes are low, and 126 is a banknote sensor that detects that the stored banknotes are full. The fullness sensors are all constituted by well-known photoelectric sensors, and sensors 124 to 126 detect the movement position of the lower part of the support plate 82 and output a corresponding signal.

The signals from the sensors 124 to 126, the control signals for the electromagnetic clutch 88, and the drive control signals for the forward/reverse motor 122 are connected to the main body of the apparatus through appropriate contact boards and contact brushes.

The sending and taking in of the banknotes 19 into the storage box 67 configured in this way will be explained.

First, the banknotes 19 of the denomination and number set for the storage box 67 are stored in the storage section 78 by opening the lid 77, and then the storage box 67 is set in the main body of the apparatus.

Next, when feeding banknotes 19, check whether the take-in guide 117 is located at home position X. If not, drive motor 122 in the forward or reverse direction to return to the home position. Move to Shion X.

Furthermore, it is checked whether the alignment roller 106 is in an unaligned position, and if it is not in this position, the solenoid 111 is turned off to position the alignment roller 106 on the lower surface side of the bottom plate 80.

Then, the banknote 19 is detected by the sensors 124 and 125.
Check whether it remains and determine whether it is possible to send it.

If it is possible to send out the banknotes 19, the storage box 67
The motor (not shown) on the device main body side for transmitting power to the input gear 89 is driven in the normal direction, and the electromagnetic clutch 88 is turned on.

The bill feeding roller 85 rotates in the feeding direction, and the eccentric rollers 90, 90 also rotate. However, friction roller 96 is prevented from rotating by one-way clutch 99. As a result, the banknote 19 is transferred to the eccentric roller 9
The overlap is loosened at 0.90 and the bill feed roller 8
5, and is fed into the main body of the apparatus through the bill slot 105 while being prevented from stacking two bills 19 by the friction rollers 96.

The feeding of the banknotes 19 is detected by a banknote passage sensor 71 provided outside the banknote entrance/exit 105.
The number of sheets sent out is counted based on this detection signal,
This process continues until a predetermined number of sheets are sent out.

When the number of banknotes 19 reaches a predetermined number, the electromagnetic clutch 88 is turned off, and the motor that drives the input gear 89 is also turned off, thus ending the banknote 19 feeding process.

Next, in the case of taking in the banknote 19, first the sensor 1
Based on the output signal of 26, the banknotes 19 in the storage section 78 are
Determine whether it is full.

When the bill 19 can be taken in, the taking guide 17 is moved to the first stroke Y position.
That is, the motor 122 is controlled to rotate in the normal direction, and the rack 1
21, the intake guide 117
When pulled toward the presser plate 81 side, the contact parts 118, 118 push the frontmost banknote 19 back toward the presser plate 81 side, and between the back side of the contact parts 118, 118 and the banknote feed roller 85 and the eccentric rollers 90, 90. A void is formed in the space.

Furthermore, the solenoid 111 is turned on, thereby aligning the alignment rollers 106 facing the top side of the bottom plate 80, and then driving the motor (not shown) that inputs power to the input gear 89 in the reverse direction to drive the electromagnetic clutch 88. Turn on.

The bill feeding roller 85 is driven in the taking direction,
Further, the friction roller 96 is rotated in the taking-in direction by the bill feed roller 85 since the one-way clutch 99 becomes free. The rotation of the friction roller 96 is then transmitted to the alignment rollers 106, causing them to rotate in the take-in direction.

When a banknote 19 is supplied to the banknote inlet/outlet 105 from the device main body side, the banknote feed roller 85 and the friction roller 9
6 grips it and takes it into the above-mentioned intake space of the storage section 78.

The alignment rollers 106 send the rear edge of the taken-in banknotes 19 to the back side of the contact parts 118, 118, and at the same time, by this feeding, the taken-in banknotes 19
The lower edge of is aligned with the plane of the bottom plate 80.

The next banknote 19 is taken into the gap without the leading edge of the banknote colliding with the trailing edge of the banknote, since the banknote 19 is fed into the back side of the contact portions 118, 118.

When the set number of bills, for example 20, is taken into the above-mentioned gap, or when the set number is less than the set number and a take-in command is output, the electromagnetic clutch 88 is turned off and the bill feed roller 85
The drive of the friction roller 96 is stopped, and as a result, the friction roller 96
The rotation of the alignment rollers 106 is also stopped.

Then, since the solenoid 111 is also turned off, the alignment rollers 106 are retracted to the lower surface position of the bottom plate 80 by the acting force of the spring 110.

Thereafter, the motor 122 on the side of the intake guide 117 is controlled in reverse, and the intake guide 117 is moved to the second stroke Z position.

The middle part of the banknote 19 taken in at this time is pressed by the eccentric rollers 90, 90 and the banknote feeding roller 85, and the both sides of the banknote 19 are pressed by the contact parts 118, 1.
18 to the front wall 103 side, and finally comes off from the contact parts 118, 118, and this contact part 1
18, 118, and the storage section 78
The taking in of banknotes 19 is completed.

Next, the motor 122 is controlled to rotate forward in order to return the take-in guide 117 to the home position X, and the motor that was driving the input gear 89 is also stopped to complete the process of taking in the banknotes 19.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, the above-mentioned alignment rollers 106... have flexible blade plates 127 made of rubber material radially implanted on their circumferential surfaces.
The rotation of the blade plates 127 can act to strike the rear edge of the banknote 19 and feed the banknote 19, and this configuration can ensure that the banknote 19 is fed.

FIG. 10 shows a control circuit, and the control section 128 is
It performs drive control of each circuit device and also performs arithmetic processing. The control unit 128 is composed of, for example, a well-known microprocessor that is controlled by a program (not shown), and is appropriately connected to various input/output devices via a bus or the like.

A forced circulation switch 129 is provided inside the main body of the machine, and is operated by an attendant when closing the automatic teller machine, and in response to a signal from this switch, the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage box 36 are transferred to the storage box 67.
If an error occurs, such as putting out two bills, no matter how many times you try to store the banknotes in the banknote storage box 66 or during the circulation process, use this switch 129 to force the banknotes out. The unfit bill storage box 66 is made to perform the work of collecting.

The take-in drive circuit 131 drives and controls the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 14 .

The conveyor drive circuit 132 is connected to each conveyor belt 22, 2.
4, 28, 31, 61, and 68.

The supervisory control circuit 133 issues various notifications to the staff, such as when an abnormality occurs in the device.

The impeller control circuit 134 controls the drive of the impeller 26.

The presser belt control circuit 135 controls the drive of the presser belt 32.

The temporary storage box control circuit 136 controls opening and closing of the bottom plate 37 of the receiving box 34 and controls storage of banknotes in the temporary storage box 36.

The temporary storage box feeding unit control circuit 137 controls the driving of the feeding roller 56 of the feeding unit 55 of the temporary storage box 36 .

The distribution control circuit 138 controls each distribution board 25, 3
0, 33, 65, 69, and 70 are controlled.

The denomination storage box control circuit 139 controls the banknote feeding roller 85, take-in guide 117, etc. of the denomination storage boxes 67A to 67D to send out and take in banknotes.

The data memory 140 stores input/output data and the like. That is, the number of banknotes of each denomination inserted at the time of deposit, the deposit amount, the number of banknotes of each denomination set at the time of payment, the banknote remaining sensor 125 of each storage box 67A to 67D outputs a remaining banknote signal, and each It memorizes that the number of denominations stored is low and that replenishment is necessary. Note that in the figure, the symbols A, B, C, and D indicate the correspondence with each of the storage boxes 67A to 67D.

Next, the deposit/withdrawal processing operation of the automatic teller machine configured as described above will be explained.

This automatic teller machine performs three processes: deposit processing, circulation processing, and withdrawal processing.

At the start of business, banknotes for withdrawal are stored in each storage box 67 as a reserve.

The deposit processing will be described with reference to FIG.
In the deposit processing, the fact that it is a deposit transaction is input by operating the deposit key 6, and then the card is inserted.

Deposit banknotes are put into the deposit slot 12 all at once.
Next, the take-in drive circuit 131 drives the take-in roller 16 of the take-in section 14, and the conveyance drive circuit 132 drives each conveyance belt to take in banknotes. The banknote discrimination unit 23 determines the authenticity, denomination, and overlap of two banknotes.

When an abnormality is found in these determinations, the distribution control circuit 138 controls the first and second distribution plates 25 and 30.
The abnormal banknotes are guided to the banknote determination unit 23 again and re-read. If it is determined that there is an abnormality even after reading the specified number of times, the distribution control circuit 138 controls the distribution of the first and second distribution plates 25 and 30, and the banknotes are transferred to the conveyor belts 24 and 31.
The money is then returned to the withdrawal port 13. When the above-mentioned abnormal bill is reinserted after being checked by the customer, the deposit is accepted again, and when it is not re-inserted, the deposit transaction is terminated as an abnormality.

The banknotes determined to be normal by the banknote determination unit 23 are counted for each denomination, and this count value is stored in the data memory 140 as data.

Normal banknotes enter the impeller 26 whose rotation is controlled by the impeller control circuit 134 until the take-in empty sensor 21 outputs a signal indicating that the banknote is empty, and which is controlled to stop by the conveyance drive circuit 132. They are collectively pooled in a pool portion 29 on the third conveyor belt 27 . When the customer cancels the deposit using the cancellation key 11 or when a cancellation command is issued from the main body of the device, the banknotes pooled in the pool section 29 are transferred to the third conveyor belt 28 by a command from the conveyor drive circuit 132. When the presser belt 32 is rotated and the presser belt 32 is moved downward by the presser belt control circuit 135,
The money is returned to the withdrawal port 13 all at once.

When the customer presses the confirmation key 10, a deposit transaction is established, and the pooled banknotes as described above are transferred to the receiving box 34 through the sorting operation of the third sorting plate 33 by the sorting control circuit 138, and transferred to the temporary storage box control circuit. 136, the money is temporarily stored in the storage box 36, and the deposit processing is completed.

Next, the circulation process will be explained with reference to FIG.

The above-mentioned circulation process is a process of storing the banknotes temporarily stored in the storage box 36 in each storage box 67 according to the denomination, and this process is performed during the waiting time of the deposit process and the withdrawal process described later. In this standby processing control, the control section 128 detects when the deposit key 6 or the payment key 7 is not pressed, and then operates the temporary store box dispensing section control circuit 137.

Furthermore, when a request for deposit or payment is received during the circulation process, the circulation process is stopped and the deposit and payment processing is given priority.

First, it is determined whether the temporary storage box 36 is full or not based on the output of the temporary storage box full sensor 59. When it is full, each storage box 67 or its first
This indicates that the item is full and cannot be stored in the storage box 67, so it is stored in this temporary storage box 36. In this case, naturally, deposit processing is not possible, and withdrawal processing is also required. The deposit/withdrawal process is also prohibited, and the prohibition flag FX is set and stored in the data memory 140, and is processed as described later as a circular process while the deposit/withdrawal process is prohibited.

If the temporary storage box 36 is not full, it is determined whether or not banknotes are stored based on the output of the temporary storage box empty sensor 60, and when it is empty, it indicates that the circulation process has already been completed. Next, it is determined once whether or not there are pooled banknotes in the pool section 29 based on the output of the pool empty sensor 35, and if there is no pooled banknote, the above-mentioned prohibition flag FX is cleared.

However, once there are pooled banknotes in the pool section 29, the conveyance drive circuit 132 drives the third conveyance belt 28, which has been stopped until now, and the presser belt control circuit 135 moves the presser belt 32 downward.
Further, the distribution control circuit 138 switches the third distribution plate 33 in the store direction to temporarily transfer the pooled banknotes in the pool section 29 to the receiving box 34, and furthermore, the temporary store box control circuit 136 transfers the banknotes in the receiving box 34 to the temporary store box 34.
It is controlled to store at the circular part of 6.

Then wait in this state.

Now, there are store banknotes in the temporary store box 36,
If this is in a state where it can be processed cyclically, the operation is performed as follows.

First, as a preparatory step for the circulation process, each of the sixth sorting plates 70A to 70D is controlled by the sorting control circuit 138 to move in the receiving direction, so that each storage box 67 can receive banknotes. Furthermore, each storage box 67 is controlled by the denomination-specific storage box control circuit 139 to push back and move the banknotes already stored therein, thereby ensuring a space for receiving banknotes newly placed in the storage box.

Next, under the control of the temporary storage box control circuit 137, the banknotes in the temporary storage box 36 are fed out by the operation of the feeding section 55, and the banknote revalidation section 60 determines the denomination.

For banknotes whose denomination cannot be determined, the distribution control circuit 138
The conveyance route is switched by the operation of the fourth sorting plate 65 under the control of , and the unfit bill is taken into the unfit bill storage box 66 .

When two bills are taken out or two stacked bills are taken out, none of the sorting plates 69A to 69D operate, and the bills are conveyed to the impeller 26 and temporarily pooled in the pool section 29 on the third conveyor belt 28, and after this circulation process is completed. It is transported to the receiving box 34 and temporarily stored in the storage box control circuit 136.
The stored data is temporarily stored in the storage box 36 under control.

Now, normal banknotes are divided into the fifth sorting plates 69A to 69D corresponding to the denomination determined by the banknote revalidation unit 64.
is controlled by the distribution control circuit 138 to operate in the receiving direction, and is stored in the corresponding storage boxes 67A to 67D. At this time, banknote passing sensors 71A to 71D corresponding to the denominations detect the passage of banknotes, thereby preventing erroneous storage. If incorrect storage is detected, the operation will be stopped and the matter will be dealt with by a staff member.

When one bill is dispensed from the temporary storage box 36 and sent to the storage box 67 corresponding to the denomination, the deposit key 6 indicates whether a deposit or withdrawal request has been made.
Or it is determined based on the output signal of the payment key 7.

If there is no request for deposit or withdrawal, the above-mentioned bills are sequentially dispensed, and when, for example, 20 bills are fed into one of the storage boxes 67, the temporary storage box dispensing section control circuit 137 controls the dispensing section. 55 to stop feeding out the banknotes, then the denomination specific storage box control circuit 139 controls the banknote feeding rollers 85 of each storage box 67 to stop, and then drives the take-in guide 117 to perform the take-in operation and store the banknotes. The stored banknotes are superimposed on the banknotes already stored, the banknotes are made ready for withdrawal, and each storage box is returned to the loading state.

And this kind of operation occurs every 20 pieces of banknotes.
Alternatively, the circulation process is continued until the temporary storage box 36 becomes empty, and the circulation process ends when the temporary storage box 36 becomes empty.

If a request for deposit or withdrawal is received during the above-mentioned circulation process, it is determined whether the circulation process currently being performed is a process in which deposit or withdrawal processing is prohibited, and a prohibition flag FX is set in the data memory 140. When the prohibition flag is not set, priority is given to circulation processing, and when the prohibition flag is not set, priority is given to deposit and withdrawal processing.

When this deposit/withdrawal process is given priority, the feeding of banknotes from the temporary storage box 36 is stopped, and each storage box 67 performs an operation to take in the fed banknotes, and once there is a pooled banknote in the pool section 29, stores this in the temporary storage box 36.

Thereafter, the deposit/withdrawal process is carried out, and after this process is completed, the circulation process is continued again.

When the circulation process is completed, the system waits for the next transaction.

The withdrawal process will be described with reference to FIG. In the withdrawal process, the fact that it is a payment transaction is input by operating the payment key 7, then the card is inserted and a secret number is input from the numeric keypad 8, and the correspondence with the customer is checked. Next, the customer is numeric keypad 8
The requested amount for payment is input at , and this data is stored in the data memory 140, and the center communicates with the center to instruct whether or not to proceed with the payment transaction. When payment transaction is possible, the transport drive circuit 13
2 drives each conveyor belt to prepare for conveyance, and the fifth and sixth sorting plates 67A to 67D, 68
A to 68D are moved to the positions shown in FIG. 2 under distribution control by the distribution control circuit 138, and the denomination-specific storage control circuit 139 sequentially stores denominations B and C from denomination A based on the data on the number of denominations described above. , D, the bill feeding rollers 85 of the storage boxes 67A to 67D are driven. Then, the sent banknotes are once pooled in a pool portion 29 on the third conveyance belt 28 which is stopped by the impeller 26 via the first sorting plate 25.

For example, when denomination A is specified, the banknote feed roller 85A is driven, the banknote of denomination A is sent out from the separate storage box 67A, and the banknote passing sensor 71A
The number of coins of denomination A is counted based on this signal and subtracted from the number of coins of denomination A of the billed amount stored in the data memory 140. When the length abnormality detector 72 and double-bill overlap detector 73 installed along the sixth conveyor belt 68 detect that two bills are taken out or two bills overlap, the denomination-specific storage box control circuit 139 is a banknote feeding roller 85
A is stopped to stop dispensing banknotes. At this time, the banknotes temporarily pooled in the pool section 29 are conveyed all at once to the receiving box 34, and are transferred to the temporary storage box 36.
is stored in.

Next, the feeding operation is started again. After the collection operation has been performed a predetermined number of times, the device stops operating.

When the designated number of bills of denomination A in the data memory 140 reaches zero as denominations A are sequentially fed out, the denomination specific storage box control circuit 139 controls the banknote feeding roller 85A.
The driving of the denominations B, C, and D is then stopped, and the designated number of denominations B, C, and D are sequentially fed out in the same manner as described above.

When the specified number of banknotes of each denomination is sent out, that is, when the specified number of banknotes of each denomination stored in the data memory 140 becomes zero, a check is made to see if all the banknotes sent out can be released to the customer. Ru.

If an abnormality occurs in other mechanical parts such as the slip issuing machine or passbook printing machine, discharging becomes impossible, and all the bills sent out are temporarily transported from the pool section 29 to the receiving box 34 and collected in the temporary storage box 36. be done.

The collected banknotes are circulated at the same time as they are circulated in the next deposit process.

In the above-described embodiment, a customer-operated automatic teller machine has been described, but the present invention is also applicable to a teller-operated depositing and dispensing machine.

Further, the banknotes may be taken into each storage box 67 so that the banknotes are taken in one by one. In the correspondence between the structure of this invention and the above-described embodiment, the storage box of this invention corresponds to the storage box 67 of the embodiment, and similarly, the temporary storage section corresponds to the temporary storage box 36,
The feeding section corresponds to the feeding section 55, the dispensing port corresponds to the dispensing port 13, and the conveying device includes conveying belts 61, 68, 24, 3.
Corresponding to the conveyance system formed by 1, the control circuit includes a temporary storage box dispensing unit control circuit 13.
7. Corresponding to the control unit 128 However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway external perspective view of an automatic teller machine. Figure 2 is a side view of the mechanism of the circulating deposit/withdrawal device. Figure 3 is a cross-sectional side view of the temporary storage box. Figure 4 is its front view. Fifth
The figure is a cross-sectional side view of the storage box. FIG. 6 is a sectional front view thereof. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the alignment roller portion. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of the intake guide. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another example of the alignment roller. FIG. 10 is a control circuit block diagram. Figure 11 is a flowchart of deposit processing. Figure 12 is a flowchart of circulation processing. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the withdrawal process. 12... Deposit port, 13... Withdrawal port, 19... Banknotes, 36... Temporary store box, 67... Storage box, 1
28...Control unit, 137...Temporary store box delivery unit control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of storage boxes are provided corresponding to the denominations of banknotes, and the banknotes stored in these storage boxes are discharged as disbursed banknotes, and received banknotes are stored according to their denominations. It is a circulation depositing and dispensing device that is stored in a box, and can temporarily store deposited bills in an amount corresponding to multiple transactions, and also transfers the stored deposited bills to each of the storage boxes by controlling the rotation of a feeding section. a temporary storage unit that dispenses banknotes according to the denomination, a conveyance device that transports banknotes from the temporary storage unit and banknotes from the storage box toward a dispensing port along storage boxes for each denomination, and a conveyance device that transports banknotes from the storage box toward a dispensing port. When the banknotes are on standby and are not being transported by this transport device, based on detecting the presence of banknotes in the temporary storage unit, the banknotes are fed out from the temporary storage unit and sent to a storage box corresponding to the denomination via the transport device. If there is a transaction request for deposit or withdrawal while the above-mentioned circulation processing operation is being executed, this transaction request is detected and the above-mentioned circulation processing operation is interrupted, and the above-mentioned transaction processing is executed. A circulating deposit/withdrawal device comprising a transaction processing operation to be executed and a control circuit for controlling the execution.