JPH0449725Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a banknote storage device for storing exchanged banknotes in a safe of a fare box with an automatic changer installed in a bus, train, etc.

[Conventional technology]

In a conventional fare box, the banknotes inserted into the money exchanger are conveyed via a conveyor belt to the upper part of the safe and stored in the banknote storage box. One such banknote storage box is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 61991/1983. The banknote storage box of the present invention is configured such that the banknotes stacked and stored inside the storage frame are pressed against the open opening side provided on one side of the storage frame by a pressing plate, so that the banknotes stored are pressed against the open opening side provided on one side of the storage frame. It is designed to prevent it from jumping out of the storage box.

That is, in the conventional banknote storage box described above,
A banknote fly-out prevention plate, which has a bent portion on the opening side that projects into the opening, is provided across the pressing plate so that it can reciprocate orthogonally to the opening,
This banknote fly-out prevention plate is locked in the storage frame by a locking means.

And the banknotes pushed into the banknote storage box,
The bills are stacked one on top of the other and held by the bending part of the banknote fly-out prevention plate and the pressing plate, but when taking out the banknotes from the banknote storage box, the locking means is released and the banknotes are held together with the banknotes by the pressing plate. An ejecting prevention plate is made to protrude from an opening of a banknote storage box. In this state, the banknotes sandwiched between the pressing plate and the bent portion of the banknote popping-out prevention plate are taken out.

[The problem that the idea attempts to solve]

However, in the conventional banknote storage box described above, the banknotes held in a stacked state within the box are held by the pressing plate and the bent portion of the banknote fly-out prevention plate even when the banknotes are taken out of the box. Therefore, it is possible to prevent bills from flying away even when the wind blows, but when taking out bills, it is necessary to move the bill scattering prevention plate back and forth in the direction of the opening of the bill storage box so that it protrudes from the opening. There is. In addition, in order to store banknotes in the box, it is necessary to accommodate and lock the banknote protrusion prevention plate within the storage frame, which makes the structure extremely complex and requires a large number of parts. It was hot.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention aims to provide a banknote storage device which has a simple structure and can easily take out banknotes stored in a bundle inside the device.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention forms an entrance portion on one side of the bill storage chamber into which bills are pushed;
A banknote holding member is provided at the back of the banknote storage chamber to face the banknote pushed in from the entrance and press and bias the banknote toward the entrance. A pair of rotating shafts are respectively provided which are rotated in opposite directions in synchronization with each other by the shaft driving means, and banknote end holding members are attached to both of the rotating shafts so as to form a pair of rotating shafts. A plunger of a solenoid is operatively connected to the rotation shaft driving means of the two rotation shafts, and both rotation shafts are fixed to the two banknote end holding members in response to excitation and demagnetization of the solenoid. is configured to rotate together with the banknote holding member in the direction of holding the banknote or in the direction of opening the inlet and allowing the banknote to be discharged.

[Function] When the banknote end holding member is in the position of holding a banknote together with the banknote holding member, when a banknote is pushed through the entrance of the banknote storage chamber, the banknote is pressed and urged toward the entrance by the banknote holding member. , both ends of which are held between the banknote end holding member and the banknote end holding member.

Then, when both rotation shafts are rotated from this state in response to excitation and demagnetization of the solenoid, the bill end holding member is rotationally displaced to a position where the inlet portion is opened and the bill can be ejected. . Then, the state in which both ends of the banknote are held by the banknote holding member and the banknote end holding member is released. Along with this, the bill is discharged from the entrance portion to the outside of the bill storage chamber by the pressing force of the bill holding member.

〔Example〕

An example in which this invention is embodied in a fare box with an automatic money changer will be described below.

In FIG. 1, a conveyor belt B for conveying banknotes diagonally downward is provided below the banknote exchanger A of the fare box with automatic currency exchanger, and a safe C is provided diagonally below the conveyor belt B. ing. Safe C
is a banknote storage section C1 for storing exchange banknotes.
and a fare storage section C2 for storing fares. A sensor S for detecting banknotes is provided at the lower end of the conveyance path by the conveyance belt B.

2 to 4, an upper plate 3 and a lower plate 4 are horizontally attached to both upper and lower ends of a wall plate 2 fixed to the inner part of the banknote storage chamber 1 of the safe C,
A pair of rotation shafts 5 are vertically supported by an upper plate 3 and a lower plate 4 on both sides of the banknote storage chamber 1 near the entrance. The distance between the two rotating shafts 5 is slightly larger than the width of the banknote P.

A mounting plate 8 is attached to each rotating shaft 5 along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 5, and the side edges of the mounting plate 8 are used to hold both ends of the banknote P when the banknote P is stored. Banknote edge holding plate (banknote edge holding member) 6
are connected orthogonally. A curved storage guide plate 7 for guiding the storage of banknotes P is connected to the tip of the banknote end holding plate 6 in a direction opposite to the mounting plate 8. In addition, a bill holding plate (bill holding member) 9 is disposed in the bill storage chamber 1 so as to be vertically movable in the front-back direction, and the wall plate 2 is connected via a plurality of compression coil springs 10. is connected to. Note that, instead of this compression coil spring 10, a rubber-like elastic body such as a leaf spring, elastic rubber, or sponge-like resin may be used.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2A, each rotation shaft 5
The banknote end holding plate 6 attached to the banknote holding plate 9
In the parallel state, the bill holding plate 9 comes into elastic contact with each bill end holding plate 6 due to the biasing force of the compression coil spring 10. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, each rotation shaft 5
When both rotate outward and the banknote end holding plate 6 is tilted at a predetermined angle with respect to the banknote holding plate 9 to open the entrance, the banknote holding plate 9 is retracted by the biasing force of the compression coil spring 10. It is elastically pushed forward from inside the chamber 1.

Further, below the lower plate 4, a rotation shaft drive means D is provided for rotating the rotation shafts 5 in opposite directions in synchronization with each other. This rotating shaft driving means D
consists of a combination of a gear mechanism and a solenoid, in which a small gear 11 is attached to each rotating shaft 5 protruding downward from the lower plate 4, and two pinions supported on the lower plate 4.
A large gear 13 is attached to each spindle 12 of the book. The gears 11 and 13 are meshed with each other, and a solenoid 1 is attached to the outer periphery of one of the large gears 13.
Four plungers 15 are pivotally mounted.

Therefore, when the solenoid 14 is energized and the plunger 15 is retracted, each rotating shaft 5 rotates outward by the same angle in synchronization with each other, and the solenoid 14
When demagnetized, the plunger 15 is projected by the tension coil spring 16, and each rotating shaft 5 rotates inward at the same angle in synchronization with each other. In addition, solenoid 1
4 is not excited and the plunger 15 protrudes, both banknote end holding plates 6 attached to each rotating shaft 5 face inward and are substantially parallel to the banknote holding plate 9.

In addition, in front of the entrance of the banknote storage chamber 1, there is a banknote P
A pushing plate 17 for pushing banknotes into the storage chamber 1 is provided so as to be movable horizontally, and a pair of guide members 18 for guiding banknotes P sent from the belt B are provided directly below the conveyor belt B. They are placed facing each other.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained.

Now, when the solenoid 14 is not energized, the tension coil spring 16 causes one of the large gears 1 to
3 is pulled in that direction, plunger 1
Each banknote end holding plate 6, which is attached to each rotating shaft 5 with a protruding portion 5, is located in the state shown in FIG. 2A.

Now, in this state, when a banknote P is inserted into the banknote exchanger A, the inserted banknote P is verified for authenticity by a verification device (not shown) built into the banknote exchanger A, and is verified to be normal. Then, the bill is conveyed diagonally downward from the bill changer A by the conveyor belt B. Then, it falls from the lower end position of the conveyance path and is guided by a pair of guide members 18 to a predetermined position corresponding to the pushing plate 17.

Then, when the sensor S detects passage of the banknote P, the pushing plate 17 moves forward, and the pair of guide members 1
The banknote P guided to a predetermined position by 8 is pushed into the storage chamber 1. That is, as the pushing plate 17 moves forward, the bill P that comes into close contact with the front surface of the plate 17 first comes into contact with the storage guide plate 7 at both ends and is curved, but when the pushing plate 17 moves further forward, the compression coil spring 10 While pressing the banknote P against the banknote holding plate 9 against the urging force of , the banknote P is pushed together with the banknote holding plate 9 by a predetermined amount toward the inner wall plate 2 of the storage chamber 1 . Therefore, both ends of the banknote P that have been curved by the storage guide plate 7 enter the inside of the banknote end holding plate 6.

After that, when the pushing plate 17 is retreated, the pushed banknote holding plate 9 is moved toward the entrance section by the biasing force of the compression coil spring 10.
It comes into elastic contact with each banknote end holding plate 6 via the stored banknotes P. Then, both ends of the banknote P are sandwiched and held between the banknote holding plate 9 and each banknote end holding plate 6. Thereafter, the banknotes P are stored one by one in the same manner, and a large number of banknotes P are stored in a bundle.

On the other hand, in order to discharge the banknotes P stored in the banknote storage chamber 1 of the safe C in a bundle after removing the safe C from the fare box with automatic money changer, the state shown in FIG. 2A is required. The solenoid 14 is energized and the plunger 15 is retracted. Then, each rotation shaft 5 rotates outward by approximately 90° in synchronization with each other, resulting in the state shown in FIG. 2B. Then, by the outward rotation of the rotation shaft 5, the holding of both ends of the banknote P is released, and the banknote holding plate 9 is moved from the inside of the banknote storage chamber 1 to the entrance part by the biasing force of the compression coil spring 10. The banknotes P are strongly pushed forward, and the bundle of banknotes P is ejected from the storage chamber 1 accordingly.

Next, another example of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 will be explained. This alternative example differs from the previous embodiment only in that the rotating shaft driving means D' is configured by a combination of a belt mechanism and a solenoid.

That is, a small pulley 19 of the same diameter is attached to each rotating shaft 5 projecting downward from the lower plate 4, and a two-stage large pulley 21 is attached to a support shaft 20 supported by the lower plate 4. . A belt 22 is hung around each small pulley 19 and large pulley 21 in an open and crossed state, respectively, and a plunger 15 of a solenoid 14 is pivotally connected to the large pulley 21.

With this alternative rotating shaft driving means D', the respective rotating shafts 5 can be synchronized with each other and rotated by the same angle in opposite directions. The holding plate 6 is connected to the banknote holding plate 9.
The banknote P can be rotated between a position where both ends of the banknote P are held between the storage chamber 1 and a position where the banknote P can be ejected from the storage chamber 1 by opening the entrance.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the embodiments described above, and may be arbitrarily modified without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[Effect of idea]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, by simply rotating both rotating shafts by the rotating shaft driving means that operates in response to the excitation and demagnetization of the solenoid, the ends of banknotes attached to both rotating shafts can be Since the holding member is rotated to either a position where the holding member holds the banknotes in the storage chamber by sandwiching them between the holding member and the banknote holding member, or a position where the holding member releases the hold and opens the entrance part, the banknotes can be stored from the banknote storage chamber. Even when discharging banknotes that are stored in a bank, it is no longer necessary to move the banknote end holding member forward and backward in the direction of the entrance to make it protrude from the entrance, which simplifies the overall structure of the device, and reduces the number of parts compared to the conventional method. This has the effect of being able to significantly reduce the amount.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 shows money changer A in a fare box with a money changer;
A diagram showing the arrangement state of the conveyor belt B and the safe C, FIG. Fig. 4 is a right side view of the banknote storage device, and Fig. 5 is a rotating shaft drive means according to another example of the present invention.
The bottom view of D', FIG. 6, is also a view taken along arrow Q in FIG. A banknote storage chamber 1, a rotating shaft 5, a banknote edge holding plate 6 as a banknote edge holding member, a banknote holding plate 9 as a banknote holding member, a small gear 11 and a large gear 13 constituting a rotating shaft drive means, Similarly, a small pulley 19, a large pulley 21, a belt 22, a solenoid 14, a plunger 15, and a banknote P.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. An entrance portion into which banknotes P are pushed is formed on one side of the banknote storage chamber 1, and a back portion of the banknote storage chamber 1 faces the banknotes P pushed through the entrance portion. A banknote holding member 9 is provided to press and urge the banknote P toward the entrance, and the banknote holding member 9 is provided on both sides of the banknote storage chamber 1 near the entrance and rotated in opposite directions in synchronization with each other by rotational shaft drive means. A pair of rotating shafts 5
are respectively disposed, and banknote end holding members 6 are respectively fixed to both rotation shafts 5 along the axial direction of the rotation shafts 5 so as to form a pair with each other. A plunger 15 of a solenoid 14 is operatively connected to the moving shaft driving means, and in response to excitation and demagnetization of the solenoid 14, the two bill end holding members 6 hold the bill P together with the bill holding member 9 on both rotating shafts 5. 1. A banknote storage device characterized by being configured to rotate in a direction or in a direction that opens an entrance portion and enables discharge of banknotes P. 2 The rotation shaft driving means includes a pair of large gears 13 that mesh with each other and rotate in opposite directions, and both large gears 1.
3 and a small gear 11 attached to each rotation shaft 5 so as to mesh with one of the two rotating shafts 5. 3. The rotating shaft driving means includes a small pulley 19 attached to each rotating shaft 5, a large pulley 21 rotatably provided separately from the small pulleys 19,
Claim 1 of the Utility Model Registration Claim comprises a belt 22 that is hung open between the large pulley 21 and one of the small pulleys 19 and hung crosswise between the other small pulley 19. banknote storage device.