JP5262200B2 - Paper sheet handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet feeding mechanism in a paper sheet handling apparatus that handles paper sheets.

In a conventional paper sheet handling device, for example, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, it is stacked on a press plate that can be raised and lowered in order to prevent feeding failure due to sticking between bills or sticking of bill edges. The bill is provided with a separating lever that comes into contact with the side face of the bill having a predetermined amount of entry, and is fed out after scooping one end of the stacked bill (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP2006-11732

  However, the conventional paper sheet handling apparatus requires a mechanism for driving and a driving unit thereof, and there is a problem that the configuration is complicated and the cost is increased.

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the aforementioned problems. That is, when taking in the input paper sheets into the apparatus, the paper sheets are temporarily stored in the pool section, and the pool section is rotated to take the paper sheets into the apparatus. In the apparatus, an interference member is provided on a guide wall that guides the rotation of the pool portion, and the interference member is rotated when the pool portion is rotated along the guide wall when taking the paper sheets into the device. Thus, the end face of the paper sheets temporarily stored in the pool portion is rolled .
Alternatively, in another invention, when taking the input paper sheets into the apparatus, the paper sheets are temporarily stored in the pool section, and the pool section is rotated to put the paper sheets into the apparatus. incorporation, when storing the paper sheets to be received, to prevent floating of the rotated paper sheet impellers integrated into the pool section, and to release the sheet by rotating said pool section in the paper sheet handling apparatus, wherein the inserted sheet when rotating the said along the guide wall pool section when incorporated into the device, the impeller in a direction opposite to the rotational direction rotating It was such that the end face of the sheet is loosened by or fixed.

According to the paper sheet handling device of the present invention, since it is configured as described above, it is possible to prevent a feeding failure such as feeding a plurality of bills or feeding jams without providing a new driving unit or mechanism. .

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the embodiments, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine that handles banknotes will be described as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to apparatuses that handle other paper sheets.

(Constitution)
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a banknote depositing and dispensing machine as an example of a paper sheet handling apparatus according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 includes a customer operation display panel 2 on which a customer operates to display guidance and the like on the front surface thereof, a banknote depositing / dispensing port 3 for depositing / withdrawing banknotes, A card insertion / discharge port 4 for inserting and discharging a card and a statement slip discharge port 5 for returning a transaction statement slip to the customer at the end of the transaction are provided. Reference numeral 7 denotes a housing of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1.

  FIG. 2 is a side view of a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit in the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 2, the right side is the front side of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as “device front side”), and the left side is the rear side of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as “device rear side”). It is. For the sake of convenience, the depth direction of the paper surface is referred to as “device left-right direction”, and the vertical direction of the paper surface is referred to as “device vertical direction”.

  FIG. 3 is a side view showing members on the front side of the apparatus such as the friction member 32 and the feed roller 28 when viewed from the front side of the apparatus on the right side in FIG.

  2 shows the position of the pool unit 100 when the bill 24 is inserted or received. This is the first position, and FIG. 5 is accumulated when the bill 24 is taken into a device (not shown) or withdrawn. This is the position of the pool part 100 at the time, and this will be described below as the second position. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the pool unit 100 is in the process of shifting from the first position to the second position.

  In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a shutter provided at the upper part of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 3 and is arranged so as to be opened and closed by a drive unit (not shown) when delivering banknotes to a customer in a deposit / withdrawal transaction or the like.

  Reference numeral 24 denotes a separated banknote after being deposited or an accumulated banknote to be withdrawn. In the figure, the depth direction of the paper surface is the banknote longitudinal direction, and the height direction in the figure is the banknote lateral direction.

  21 is a pool wall, which forms a space for accumulating a plurality of banknotes 24 to be deposited or withdrawn in the banknote depositing / withdrawing part, and is made of a member having a substantially L-shaped side section.

  Reference numeral 22 denotes a bill pool, which is an open space at the top in the figure for temporarily storing bills 24, and is formed by a space surrounded by a pool wall 21 and bill press 25 that surround the bill 24. The bill 24 can be inserted and received.

  Reference numeral 25 denotes a bill press, which is made of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped plate, and presses the bill 24 inserted into the bill pool 22 so as to abut on a payout roller 27 described later. It can be pressed against the wall 21.

  Reference numeral 26 denotes a fulcrum shaft that rotates the bill pool 22 in the direction of arrow A, and is provided on the side surface of the pool wall 21 in the apparatus left-right direction.

  Reference numeral 100 denotes a pool portion, which is constituted by a pool wall 21 and a bill press 25 constituting the bill pool 22, and can be rotated about 90 degrees in the rear direction of the apparatus about a fulcrum shaft 26. . That is, the pool unit 100 starts to rotate from the first position shown in FIG. 2, and moves to the second position shown in FIG. 5 through the state shown in FIG.

  Reference numeral 27 denotes a feeding roller for feeding the banknote 24, and reference numeral 28 denotes a feed roller that rotates in synchronization with the feeding roller 27 and transports the banknote 24. Reference numeral 29 denotes a gate roller for separating the bills 24 one by one, and is provided so as to be opposed to and overlap with the feed roller 28 in the axial direction, that is, in the left-right direction of the apparatus, as shown in FIG. Yes.

  Reference numeral 30 denotes a conveyance path for taking the banknotes 24 separated one by one into an apparatus (not shown) as indicated by an arrow B.

  Reference numeral 31 denotes a guide wall that guides the bill 24 so that it does not protrude when the pool unit 100 moves from the first position to the second position. Although the drawing is complicated, the pool wall 21 is not shown. The bill press 25 is nested in the lateral direction of the apparatus.

  32 is a sheet-like friction member for scooping the end surface of the banknote 24, and the guide wall 31 is rubbed so that the end surface of the banknote 24 is rubbed when the pool portion 100 moves from the first position to the second position. It is fixed. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of friction members 32 may be fixed to the guide wall 31, or the integrated friction member 32 may be provided.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment operates as follows. Of these operations, the deposit operation that makes the gist of the present invention clear will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2, FIG. 4, and FIG.

  First, the shutter 10 moves to the rear side of the apparatus and opens, and when the customer inserts the bill 24, the shutter 10 moves to the front side of the apparatus and closes. FIG. 2 shows a state where the shutter 10 is closed.

  Next, after the bill press 25 moves to the rear side of the apparatus and the bill 24 is sandwiched between the pool wall 21 and the bill press 25, the pool part 100 is moved 90 degrees toward the rear side of the apparatus as indicated by an arrow A by a drive unit (not shown). When rotated, the second position shown in FIG. 5 is obtained.

  At this time, when the pool part 100 rotates, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper end surface of the banknote 24 moves along the guide wall 31 and rubs against the friction member 32 provided on the guide wall 31. 24 is moved to a second position in FIG.

  Then, at the second position in FIG. 5, the bill 24 is pressed against the feeding roller 27 by the bill press 25. On the other hand, the feeding roller 27 protrudes into the banknote pool 22 from a notch provided in the pool wall 21 and is brought into contact with the banknote 24.

  Then, the bill 24 is fed by rotating the feeding roller 27 in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 5, that is, counterclockwise, and is separated one by one by the feed roller 28 and the gate roller. An operation of conveying in a direction and in a device (not shown) is performed.

  After separating all banknotes 24 one by one and carrying them into the apparatus, the pool unit 100 is again rotated 90 degrees toward the front of the apparatus, and the bill press 25 is returned to the position shown in FIG. 2 where the customer can insert banknotes. , Complete the deposit operation.

(Effect of Example 1)
As described above, according to the banknote depositing and dispensing machine of the first embodiment, when a friction member is provided on the guide wall that guides the rotation of the pool portion, and the pool portion is rotated along the guide wall, Since the end face of the banknote is scratched by the friction member, it is possible to prevent a feeding failure such as feeding of a plurality of banknotes or a feeding jam without providing a new driving unit or mechanism.

(Constitution)
FIG. 6 is a side view of a banknote depositing / withdrawing unit in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 shows the projection 33, the feed roller 28, and the like when viewed from the front side of the apparatus on the right side of FIG. It is the side view which showed the member of the apparatus back front side.

  6 shows the first position, which is the position of the pool portion 100 when the bill 24 is inserted or received, as in the first embodiment, and FIG. 9 is accumulated when the bill is taken into the apparatus or withdrawn. The second position is shown. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the pool unit 100 is in the process of shifting from the first position to the second position.

  In the figure, 33 is a protrusion provided on the guide wall 31 for rolling the end face of the banknote 24, and the end face of the banknote 24 and the place when the pool part 100 moves from the first position to the second position. It is fixed to the guide wall 31 so as to hit a certain amount. As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of protrusions 33 may be fixed to the guide wall 31, or an integral protrusion 33 may be provided. Moreover, although the example which provided one peak of the projection part 33 was shown, it is good also as a shape which each provided the several peak, and you may make it provide multiple rows | lines in an apparatus up-down direction.

  Since the external configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 according to the second embodiment and the other configurations of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit are the same as those according to the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment operates as follows. Of these operations, the deposit operation will be described in detail below with reference to the operation explanatory diagrams of FIGS.

  First, the shutter 10 moves to the rear side of the apparatus and opens, and when a bill 24 is inserted from the customer, the shutter 10 moves to the front side of the apparatus and closes. FIG. 6 shows a state where the shutter 10 is closed.

  Next, after the bill press 25 moves to the rear side of the apparatus and the bill 24 is sandwiched between the pool wall 21 and the bill press 25, the pool part 100 is moved 90 degrees toward the rear side of the apparatus as indicated by an arrow A by a drive unit (not shown). When rotated, the second position shown in FIG. 9 is obtained.

  At this time, when the pool part 100 rotates, as shown in FIG. 8, the upper end surface of the banknote 24 moves along the guide wall 31 and is rubbed against the protrusion 33 provided on the guide wall 31. 24 is moved to a second position in FIG.

  Then, at the second position in FIG. 9, the bill 24 is pressed against the feeding roller 27 by the bill press 25. On the other hand, the feeding roller 27 protrudes into the banknote pool 22 from a notch provided in the pool wall 21 and is brought into contact with the banknote 24.

  Then, the bills 24 are fed by rotating the feeding roller 27 in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 9, that is, counterclockwise, and separated by the feed roller 28 and the gate roller one by one. An operation of conveying in a direction and in a device (not shown) is performed.

  After separating all banknotes 24 one by one and carrying them into the apparatus, the pool unit 100 is again rotated 90 degrees toward the front of the apparatus, and the bill press 25 is returned to the position shown in FIG. 6 where the customer can insert banknotes. , Complete the deposit operation.

(Effect of Example 2)
As described above, according to the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to the second embodiment, when the protrusion is provided on the guide wall that guides the rotation of the pool portion, and the pool portion is rotated along the guide wall, Since it is made to come into contact with the banknote end face by a predetermined amount, it is possible to prevent a feeding failure such as feeding of a plurality of banknotes or a feeding jam with a simple configuration without providing a new driving part or mechanism part. .

(Constitution)
FIG. 10 is a side view of a banknote depositing / dispensing part in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the third embodiment. FIG. 11 illustrates the impeller 35, the feed roller 28, and the like when viewed from the front side of the apparatus on the right side of FIG. It is the side view which showed the member of the apparatus back front side.

  10 shows the first position, which is the position of the pool unit 100 when the bill 24 is inserted or received, as in the first embodiment, and FIG. 13 is accumulated when the bill is taken into the apparatus or withdrawn. The second position is shown. FIG. 12 shows a state in which the pool unit 100 is in the process of shifting from the first position to the second position.

  In the figure, reference numeral 34 denotes a conveyance path, which is a conveyance path that sandwiches the banknote 24 with a belt pair or the like and conveys it in the direction of arrow D. A banknote or return for withdrawal described later with reference to FIGS. It is a conveyance path for sending the bill to perform to the bill pool 22 from the inside of the device which is not illustrated.

  Reference numeral 35 denotes an elastic impeller provided with radial wings, which functions as a banknote stacking roller that rotates in the clockwise direction opposite to the direction of the arrow E to prevent the banknote 24 from rising when the banknotes are stacked. When 100 moves from the first position to the second position, it rotates in the direction of arrow E, and has a function of bringing it into contact with the end face of the bill 24 by a predetermined amount. Note that a plurality of impellers 35 may be provided on the guide wall 31 as shown in FIG. 11, or an integrated impeller may be provided.

  Since the external configuration of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 according to the third embodiment and the other configurations of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit are the same as those according to the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted for the sake of brevity.

(Operation)
With the above configuration, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to the first embodiment operates as follows. Of these operations, the deposit operation will be described first with reference to the operation explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 10, 12, and 13.

(Payment operation)
First, the shutter 10 moves to the rear side of the apparatus and opens, and when a bill 24 is inserted from the customer, the shutter 10 moves to the front side of the apparatus and closes. FIG. 10 shows a state where the shutter 10 is closed.

  Next, after the bill press 25 moves to the rear side of the apparatus and the bill 24 is sandwiched between the pool wall 21 and the bill press 25, the pool part 100 is moved 90 degrees toward the rear side of the apparatus as indicated by an arrow A by a drive unit (not shown). When rotated, the second position shown in FIG. 13 is obtained.

  At this time, when the pool part 100 moves from the first position to the second position, the end face of the banknote 24 moves along the guide wall 31, while the impeller 35 is moved as shown in FIG. By rotating in the direction of arrow E, that is, counterclockwise and the end face of the bill 24 collides with the impeller 35, the bill 24 is moved to the second position in FIG.

  Then, at the second position in FIG. 13, the bill 24 is pressed against the feeding roller 27 by the bill press 25. On the other hand, the feeding roller 27 protrudes into the banknote pool 22 from a notch provided in the pool wall 21 and is brought into contact with the banknote 24.

  Then, the bill 24 is fed by rotating the feeding roller 27 in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 13, that is, counterclockwise, and separated by the feed roller 28 and the gate roller one by one. An operation of conveying in a direction and in a device (not shown) is performed.

  After separating all banknotes 24 one by one and carrying them into the apparatus, the pool unit 100 is again rotated 90 degrees toward the front of the apparatus, and the bill press 25 is returned to the position shown in FIG. 10 where the customer can insert banknotes. , Complete the deposit operation.

  In the above description, when the pool portion 100 moves from the first position to the second position, the impeller 35 is rotated in the direction of arrow E so that the end face of the bill 24 hits the impeller 35. However, the rotation may be fixed and the end of the banknote 24 may be rolled, or the end of the banknote 24 is rolled by rotating in the clockwise direction opposite to the arrow E direction faster than the rotation speed of the pool section 100. You may do it.

(Withdrawal action)
Next, the operation | movement at the time of a withdrawal transaction is demonstrated using FIG. 14 thru | or FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 14, the bill press 25 is raised in the upward direction of the apparatus to create a space for stacking the banknotes 24.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 15, banknotes 24 are sent to the banknote pool 22 through the transport path 34 one by one in the direction of arrow D from the inside of the apparatus (not shown). At that time, in order to prevent a collision between banknotes, the impeller 35 rotates in the direction of the arrow F, that is, in the clockwise direction, and pushes down the banknotes 24 sent to the banknote pool 22 as indicated by the arrow G. The impeller 35 is always rotating in the direction of arrow F while the banknote 24 is sent to the banknote pool 22.

  And after sending out all the withdrawal banknotes to the banknote pool 22, as shown in FIG. 16, after moving the bill press 25 below the apparatus and sandwiching the banknotes 24 between the pool wall 21 and the bill press 25, The pool unit 100 is rotated 90 degrees toward the front side of the apparatus by a driving unit (not shown).

  Then, the bill press 25 is moved to the front side of the apparatus, the first position shown in FIG. 10 is reached, the shutter 10 is moved and opened to the rear side of the apparatus, and when the customer pulls out the bill 24, the shutter 10 is moved to the front side of the apparatus. Move and close to complete the withdrawal operation.

(Effect of Example 3)
As described above, according to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the third embodiment, when stacking paper sheets in the pool section, the banknotes are prevented from being lifted by the impeller and stacked, and the pool section is rotated to rotate the paper. In the paper handling apparatus for feeding out the leaves, when rotating the pool portion, the impeller is rotated or fixed so as to roll the end face of the paper sheets. Without providing, it is possible to prevent a feeding failure such as feeding a plurality of bills or feeding jams.

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In the above description of the embodiment, an example in which the pool unit 100 is rotated has been described. However, even when the pool unit 100 is moved linearly, the bill end portion is moved during the movement of the pool unit 100. The friction member 32, the protrusion 33, or the impeller 35 may be disposed so that a predetermined amount is in contact with each other, and the end of the bill may be wound by the contact.

  In the above description, the operation of depositing different types of banknotes, i.e., banknotes of different sizes, has not been described. However, when handling banknotes of different sizes, the bottom of the banknote pool is moved up and down, and the pool unit 100 It is further preferable that the banknote end abuts against the friction member 32, the protrusion 33 or the impeller 35 by a predetermined amount during the movement.

  In the above description, an example in which the present invention is applied to a banknote depositing and dispensing machine has been described. However, the present invention can be widely used in a paper sheet handling apparatus that handles paper sheets.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. FIG. It is a structure and operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. FIG. It is a side view of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. FIG. It is a structure and operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 2. FIG. It is a side view of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 2. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 2. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 2. FIG. It is a structure and operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. FIG. It is a side view of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 3 Banknote depositing / withdrawing port 10 Shutter 21 Pool wall 22 Banknote pool 24 Banknote 25 Bill press 26 Bill pool fulcrum shaft 27 Feed roller 28 Feed roller 29 Gate roller 30, 34 Transport path 31 Guide wall 32 Friction member 33 Projection part 35 Impeller 100 Pool part

Claims (4)

In the paper sheet handling apparatus, when the input paper sheets are taken into the apparatus, the paper sheets are temporarily stored in the pool section, and the pool section is rotated to take the paper sheets into the apparatus. ,
An interference member is provided on a guide wall that guides the rotation of the pool portion,
When rotating the pool section along the guide wall when incorporated into a device the paper sheet, so that the end faces of the paper sheets accumulated in the temporary pool section is loosened by the interference member Paper sheet handling device characterized by that.   The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interference member is a sheet-like friction member.   The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interference member is a protrusion. When the input paper sheets are taken into the apparatus, the paper sheets are temporarily stored in a pool section, and the pool section is rotated to take the paper sheets into the apparatus and be received. when storing is to prevent floating of the rotated paper sheet impellers integrated into the pool section, the paper sheet handling apparatus to release the paper sheet by rotating the pool section,
Along said guide wall when rotating the pool section, and rotating the impeller in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation or fixed to paper when capturing the thrown-in sheet in the apparatus A paper sheet handling device characterized in that the end face of the paper is rolled.

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