Claims
- 1. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills according to a transaction, comprising:a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; bill accepting boxes for accepting bills transported from said deposit/withdrawal port or accepting bills to be transported to said deposit/withdrawal port; and a bill transport path for connecting said deposit/withdrawal port to said bill accepting boxes through said bill discriminating unit and transporting bills, wherein said deposit/withdrawal port and said bill discriminating unit are disposed in an upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, and said bill accepting boxes are disposed in a lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, said bill transport path comprises an upper bill transport path provided in said upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, and a lower bill transport path provided in said lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, said bill accepting boxes are stack-layered in said lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, said lower bill transport path is installed along said stack-layered bill accepting boxes, and said lower bill transport path itself is constructed so as to be openable and closable in such a state that said bill accepting boxes are fixed, and said lower bill transport path is disposed in a upward/downward (vertical) direction along said bill accepting boxes, and bills are transported on said lower bill transport path in a upward/downward (vertical) direction.
- 2. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 1,wherein when mounting or dismounting said bill accepting boxes, the mounting or dismounting operation can be performed from a user's side of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine or an opposite side thereof, and when mounting or dismounting said bill accepting boxes from a user's side of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine and/or an opposite side thereof, said lower bill transport path is opened and closed with respect to said bill accepting boxes.
- 3. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills; bill accepting boxes for accepting bills; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; and a bill transport path, wherein said bill deposit/withdrawal machine comprises an upper bill mechanism disposed in an upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine and a lower bill mechanism disposed in a lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, said upper bill mechanism being a unit comprising said deposit/withdrawal port and said bill discriminating unit, said lower bill mechanism being a unit comprising said bill accepting boxes, and said bill deposit/withdrawal machine is constructed so as to be able to be separated into said upper bill mechanism and said lower bill mechanism, said bill transport path being divided into an upper bill transport path disposed in said upper bill mechanism and a lower bill transport path disposed in said lower bill mechanism, and a connection transport path for connecting said upper bill transport path to said lower bill transport path is disposed between said upper bill mechanism and said lower bill mechanism.
- 4. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 3, wherein when mounting or dismounting said bill accepting boxes included in said lower bill mechanism, said bill accepting boxes are made operable from a front side or a back side of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine by providing said lower bill mechanism with a right turn or reverse turn according to whether said connection transport path is installed.
- 5. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing a desired transaction based upon a user's operation, comprising:a deposit/withdrawal port for delivering bills inputted by a user or discharging bills to a user; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills deposited and discriminated by said bill discriminating unit; bill accepting boxes for accepting bills delivered from said deposit/withdrawal port or accepting bills to be discharged from said deposit/withdrawal port to a user; and a bill transport path for passing through said bill discriminating unit, and connecting said deposit/withdrawal port, said temporary storage box, and said bill accepting boxes, wherein said temporary storage box includes a rotary drum, said temporary storage box winds bills transported from said bill discriminating unit around said rotary drum one after another to store the bills, and after materialization of a predetermined transaction, said temporary storage box rotates said rotary drum in a reverse direction and transports the wound and stored bills to said bill transport path, said temporary storage box temporarily stores bills kind-settled in said bill discriminating unit out of bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port until materialization of said predetermined transaction, and at time of a withdrawal transaction, said temporary storage box temporarily stores bills which are not kind-settled in said bill discriminating unit out of bills delivered from said bill accepting boxes until materialization of said withdrawal transaction.
- 6. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 5, wherein out of bills stored in said temporary storage box, rejected bills generated at time of a withdrawal transaction are delivered to said bill transport path, and thereafter subjected to inspection in said bill discriminating unit again.
- 7. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 5,wherein said bill accepting boxes comprises a deposit box for accepting only bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port, a recycle box for accepting bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port, withdrawing the accepted bills from said deposit/ withdrawal port, and thereby returning the bills, and a reject box for accepting bills discriminated in said bill discriminating unit as rejected bills, and rejected bills discriminated in said bill discriminating unit at time of a withdrawal transaction are accepted in any one of said deposit box, said recycle box, and said reject box.
- 8. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 6,wherein said bill accepting boxes comprises a deposit box for accepting only bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port, and a recycle box for accepting bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port, withdrawing the accepted bills from said deposit/withdrawal port, and thereby returning the bills, if a rejected bill generated at time of a withdrawal transaction is inspected by said bill discriminating unit again and kind-settled, said bill is accepted into said deposit box or said recycle box.
- 9. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 6,wherein said bill accepting boxes comprises a reject box for accepting bills discriminated in said bill discriminating unit as rejected bills, and if a rejected bill generated at time of a withdrawal transaction is inspected by said bill discriminating unit again and not kind-settled, said bill is accepted into said reject box.
- 10. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 8,wherein said bill accepting boxes comprises a reject box for accepting bills discriminated in said bill discriminating unit as rejected bills, and if a rejected bill generated at time of a withdrawal transaction is inspected by said bill discriminating unit again and not kind-settled, said bill is accepted into said reject box.
- 11. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills according to a user's transaction, comprising:a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; bill accepting boxes for storing bills transported from said deposit/withdrawal port or storing bills to be withdrawn from said deposit/withdrawal port; and a bill transport path for connecting said deposit/withdrawal port to said bill accepting boxes and transporting bills, wherein said bill accepting boxes are disposed in a lower deposit/withdrawal mechanism located in a lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, and a plurality of said bill accepting boxes are stack-layered in a vertical direction, a part of said bill transport path is formed along said stack-layered bill accepting boxes in the vertical direction to transport bills to said bill accepting boxes or transport bills from said bill accepting boxes, and each of said bill accepting boxes has therein a means for accepting bills transported from said part of said bill transport path or a means for discharging bills to be transported to said part of said bill transport path.
- 12. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 11, wherein said accepting means or discharge means included in said bill accepting boxes comprises a roller.
- 13. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:a deposit/withdrawal port for delivering bills deposited by a user to inside of the machine or discharging bills transported from the inside of the machine to a user; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills discriminated by said bill discriminating unit; bill accepting boxes for storing bills delivered from said deposit/withdrawal port or storing bills to be discharged from said deposit/withdrawal port; and a bill transport path for transporting bills, wherein a part of said bill transport path has a bidirectional transport path for transporting bills bidirectionally, deposit count operation processing comprises delivering bills deposited from deposit/withdrawal port to said bill transport path, counting bills transported by said bill transport path in said bill discriminating unit, and thereafter temporarily storing the bills in said temporary storage box, deposit acceptance operation processing comprises delivering bills from said temporary storage box to said bill transport path again, discriminating the bills in said bill discriminating unit, and as a result transporting the bills to said bill accepting boxes, at time of said deposit count operation processing, said bidirectional transport path is driven in a first transport direction, and at time of said deposit acceptance operation processing, said bidirectional transport path is driven in a second transport direction opposite to said first transport direction.
- 14. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 13,wherein withdrawal operation processing comprises delivering bills from said bill accepting boxes to said deposit/withdrawal port, and withdrawing bills from said deposit/withdrawal port, and a bill transport direction during execution of said withdrawal operation processing is opposite to a bill transport direction during execution of said deposit acceptance operation processing.
- 15. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:a deposit/withdrawal port for delivering bills deposited by a user to inside of the machine or discharging bills transported from the inside of the machine to a user; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills discriminated by said bill discriminating unit; bill accepting boxes for storing bills delivered from said deposit/withdrawal port or storing bills to be discharged from said deposit/withdrawal port; and a bill transport path for transporting bills, wherein said bill transport path comprises a first transport path for connecting said deposit/withdrawal port to said bill discriminating unit, a second transport path for connecting said bill discriminating unit to said temporary storage box, a third transport path for connecting said temporary storage box to said deposit/withdrawal port, and a fourth transport path for connecting said bill discriminating unit to said bill accepting boxes, and a transport path corresponding to at least said second transport path and said fourth transport path is constructed so as to transport bills bidirectionally.
- 16. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine according to claim 15,wherein said deposit/withdrawal port, said bill discriminating unit, said temporary storage box, said first transport path, said second transport path, and said third transport path are disposed in an upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, said bill accepting boxes are disposed in a lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, and said fourth transport path is divided and disposed in said upper part and said lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine.
- 17. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:a deposit/withdrawal port for delivering bills deposited by a user to inside of the machine or discharging bills transported from the inside of the machine to a user; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills discriminated by said bill discriminating unit; bill accepting boxes for storing bills delivered from said deposit/withdrawal port or storing bills to be discharged from said deposit/withdrawal port; and a bill transport path for transporting bills, wherein said bill transport path comprises a bidirectional transport path for transporting bills bidirectionally, said temporary storage box has a delivery port for delivering bills to said bill transport path and an accepting port for accepting bills transported from said bill transport path, and said delivery port and said accepting port are formed on the same port, a recycle box for storing bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port and storing bills to be withdrawn from said deposit/withdrawal port is included in said bill accepting boxes, a delivery port for delivering bills from said recycle box to said bill transport path and an accepting port for accepting bills transported from said bill transport path to said recycle port are formed on the same port, and said deposit/withdrawal port has a delivery port for delivering bills to said bill transport path and an accepting port for accepting bills transported from said bill transport path, and said delivery port and said accepting port are formed on different ports.
Priority Claims (1)
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10-348413 |
Dec 1998 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is related to U.S. Ser. No. 9/339,932 filed Jun. 25, 1999, still pending the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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