Automatic bank note transaction apparatus
AssigneeTokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro Watanabe
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Abstract
In an automatic bank note transaction apparatus, deposited notes are circulated and appropriated for dispensation, as in the normal window operation, to improve the efficiency of fund operations. Those recovered notes which are missed at the time of depositing or dispensation are rechecked by a judgement mechanism so that identifiable notes are stored in the note storage sections for storing notes for dispensation, and only unidentifiable notes are collected in a storage section for recovery.
Claims6
An automatic bank note transaction apparatus which stores deposited notes together with previously stored notes and appropriate the deposited notes for dispensation, comprising:
- a housing having note inlet/outlet means;
- a plurality of note storage means provided in the housing, and including first note storage means for storing the deposited notes and second note storage means for storing notes which are left unreceived in the note inlet/outlet means at the time of depositing or dispensation;
- conveyor means for transferring notes between the note inlet/outlet means and individual note storage means;
- judgment means attached to the conveyor means for for detecting fit and unfit conditions of notes being transferred from the note inlet/outlet means to the note storage means nad dor generating fit and unfit detection signals, respectively;
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- diverging means connected to said judgment means and operatively associated with the individual note storage means to direct the notes transferred from the note inlet/outlet means by the conveyor means to corresponding ones of the note storage means in dependence upon the receipt of said fit or unfit detecting signals from said judgment means, wherein said diverging means, in response to receiving said fit detection signal, for directing to the first note storage means those deposited notes which are judged fit by the judgment means, and those notes which are left unreceived in the note inlet/outlet means and recovered, and wherein
- said diverging means, in response to receiving said unfit detection signal, for returning to the note inlet/outlet means those deposited notes which are judged unfit by the judgment means, and directing to the second storage means those unfit notes which are left unreceived in the note inlet/outlet means and recovered.
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