JPS6112544A - Paper money send-out and storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify and lighten a paper money send-out and storage device, by setting a send- out and storage mechanism in an appointed send-out or storage position, moving a paper money storage section to the position, and keeping unappointed paper money storage sections in stand-by positions, so as to make it needless to provide send-out and storage mechanisms for different kinds of paper money respectively. CONSTITUTION:When the kind of paper money to be sent out and the number of pieces of the paper money are appointed, it is judged whether or not a paper money send-out section 4 is set in a position corresponding to the appointed kind of the paper money. When it is judged that the section 4 is set in the position, it is judged whether or not a paper money storage section corresponding to the appointed kind of the paper money is set in a send-out position. When it is judged that the storage section is set in the send-out position, the motor 12 and conveyor belt 15 of the paper money send-out section 4 are driven. When one piece of the paper money is sent out by a send-out roller 13, the motor 12 is stopped. It is then checked whether or not two pieces of the paper money are sent out. When it is found out that the single piece of the paper money is properly sent out to the conveyor belt 15, the drive of the belt having conveyed the piece of the paper money to a paper money takeout opening 16 is stopped and the takeout of the sent-out piece of the paper money is started. If a piece of paper money is abnormally sent out, a flapper 11 is put in a retrieval position so that the abnormally sent-out piece of paper money is retrieved, and the appointed number of pieces of the paper money are thereafter taken out from the appointed storage section.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field The present invention relates to a banknote dispensing/accommodating device for dispensing or storing banknotes and the like handled in banking operations from a designated storage section.

(b) Prior Art and Its Disadvantages Cash processing devices such as ATMs and CDs use banknote feeding devices that feed and transport banknotes. However, conventional banknote feeding devices have a feeding mechanism for each denomination, making the structure complex and heavy, requiring time and effort to assemble, adjust, and maintain, and making it difficult to remove jammed banknotes when they occur. This caused problems such as:

Such problems have also occurred in banknote storage devices equipped with storage mechanisms for each denomination for storing banknotes. By selecting a plurality of banknote storage units using a single banknote storage mechanism and paying out or storing banknotes from the specified banknote storage unit, the structure of the banknote payout/storage mechanism is simplified, improving ease of assembly and maintenance. The present invention is to fold down a banknote handling/storage device that can improve the performance of banknotes.

(di Structure and Effects of the Invention) To summarize, the present invention includes a storage unit moving means for moving each banknote storage unit between a feeding or storage position and a standby position; a feeding storage mechanism for storing; and a mechanism conveying means for transporting the feeding storage mechanism to a feeding or storage position of a designated banknote storage section; It is characterized in that the specified banknote storage section is moved to its payout or storage position to feed out or store the banknotes.

With the second configuration, according to the present invention, one feeding and storing mechanism can be transported to the feeding and storing position of each banknote storage section, and when feeding or storing banknotes, the feeding and storing mechanism can be transported to the feeding and storing mechanism. 1 bit to the designated banknote storage section's feeding or storage position, move the designated banknote storage section to that position, and leave the undesignated banknotes at the standby position to dispense banknotes. Since it is also stored, there is no need to provide a feeding/storage mechanism for each denomination type, and the structure can be simplified to a ratio axis ln, which simplifies assembly, adjustment, and maintenance, and prevents jams from occurring. There are also advantages such as being able to remove as much banknotes as possible even in cases where the

+e) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a schematic structure of a banknote feeding device which is an embodiment of the present invention.

The bill feeding device of this embodiment includes three bill storage sections: a bill storage section 5 that stores banknotes 1, a banknote storage section 21 that stores banknotes 20, and a banknote storage section 23 that stores banknotes 22. The banknote storage units are arranged in three stages, each of which is horizontally movable by a storage unit movement mechanism consisting of a motor 7, a cam 8, and a swing lever 9.The motor 7 is activated, and the swing lever 9 When the banknote storage unit 5 is swung in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the banknote storage unit 5 moves to the banknote payout position, and when the swing lever 9 is swung in the opposite direction to that direction, the banknote storage unit 5 moves to the standby position. The banknote storage units 21 and 23 are also moved horizontally in a similar manner by the swing levers 9 of each unit.A rotary banknote guide 11 is attached to the payout opening of each banknote storage unit.The banknote guide 11 is fed out during standby. It is elastically biased by a spring (not shown) in a direction to push the stored banknotes so that the banknotes are not exposed, and when the banknote storage section is set at the payout position, it comes into contact with the guide stopper 10 provided at that position, and the banknotes can be fed out. rotate in the same direction.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a bill dispensing section which is movably arranged into a single slot in each bill storage section, and is moved up and down by a denomination selection drive mechanism consisting of a feed motor 2, a feed screw 3, and a guide shaft 9. The feed screw 3 is rotated by the feed motor 2, and the guide shaft 19 moves the bill feeding section 4 to each bill storage section.
It is installed vertically with the

FIG. 3 shows the details of the bill dispensing section "4. The bill dispensing section 4 includes a dispensing roller 13 made of an elastic material such as rubber, an opposing roller 14 disposed opposite to the dispensing roller 13, and a drive element. 12 is converted into a Uniso I frame, and the guide shaft 19 receives the driving force by the engagement between the driven part 24 attached to the Uniso I frame and the feed screw 3.
Move up and down along. Reference numeral 6 denotes a stop position detection sensor attached to the unit frame, which detects the stop position of a designated banknote storage section.

The above-mentioned banknote feeding section 4 is located at the feeding position of each banknote storage section.
A conveyor belt 15 is disposed for conveying banknotes fed out by the conveyor belt, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to a banknote outlet 16 or a collection box 18 through this conveyor belt.

Reference numeral 17 is a flapper for sorting the conveyance path to the banknote outlet 16 or the collection box 18.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the internal structure of the banknote feeding device. This bill dispensing device is composed of a microcomputer system J consisting of a CPU 30 and a memory 31, and the CPU 30 has an interface (Ilo).
32, the stop position detection sensor 6, the denomination selection drive mechanism section 33, the storage section movement mechanism section 34, and the banknote transport mechanism section 3.
5 is connected. The denomination selection drive mechanism section 33 selects a banknote storage section of a designated denomination, and drives and controls the feed motor 2 so as to convey the banknote feeding section 4 to the feeding position of the storage section. The storage section moving mechanism section 34 drives and controls the motor 7 to move the banknote storage section of the specified denomination to the payout position. The banknote conveyance mechanism section 35 controls the driving of the conveyance belt 15 and the switching of the flapper 17. The memory 31 has an area for storing a bill dispensing control program as well as the designated denomination and number of bills to be dispensed. The denomination and number of bills to be dispensed are input and specified using operation keys (not shown) on the operation panel.

Next, the feeding operation of the banknote feeding device will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the denomination and number of bills to be dispensed are designated, first, in step nl (hereinafter step ni will simply be referred to as ni), it is determined whether the bill dispensing unit 4 is set at the designated denomination position. When the designated denomination position is set, it is then determined whether the designated denomination banknote storage section is set at the payout position (
n2). When the banknote storage unit of the designated denomination is set at the payout position, the motor 12 of the banknote payout unit 4 and the conveyor belt 15 are driven (n3). When the feeding roller 13 does not feed out one bill, the motor 12 is stopped (ni). In the next 05, check if two cards are drawn out. When one banknote is normally fed out onto the conveyor belt 15, the banknote is conveyed to the banknote outlet 16, and then the drive of the conveyor belt 15 is stopped and the process moves on to increasing the number of banknotes to be fed out (n5 to n7). When a feeding abnormality occurs, the flapper 17 is operated to the collecting side to collect the abnormal banknotes (n5, n17). When the collection of abnormal banknotes is completed (nlB), the motor 12 and the first general transport Peru 15 are driven again (n3). The above-described feeding of banknotes from the designated storage section is repeated for the designated number of bills.

When the banknote feeding unit 4 is not set at the designated denomination position (nl), the mode of each banknote storage unit is set (n8.n
9). When all the storage sections are set to the standby position, the motor 7 is stopped, and then the motor 2 is turned on (nlo, n1l).

The bill dispensing unit 4 is conveyed to the designated denomination position by the operation of the motor 2 (n12). When the banknote feeding unit 4 is completely conveyed to the designated denomination position, the motor 2 is stopped and the motor 7 is turned on again (n13, n14). By turning on the motor 7, the banknote storage section of the specified denomination is moved to the feeding position,
Stop the motor 7 after setting it to the feeding position (n1
5. n16). As described above, the bill dispensing section 4 is moved to the designated denomination position, and the designated bill storage section is set to the dispensing position, and the bill is dispensed by driving the motor 2 and the conveyor belt 15 as described above. I do.

Through the following operations, the bill dispensing section 4 is conveyed to the dispensing position of the designated denomination bill dispensing section, and the bill storage section of the designated denomination is moved to the dispensing position, and the dispensing roller is moved from the designated denomination storage section. 13, the banknotes are fed out. Therefore, by moving the single bill dispensing unit 4, bills of designated denominations can be dispensed from the bill storage unit, and there is no need to provide a bill dispensing mechanism for each denomination, thereby simplifying the bill dispensing mechanism. be able to. Moreover, the reduction in the number of banknote feeding mechanisms simplifies assembly, adjustment, and maintenance, and even if a banknote jam occurs, it is possible to easily remove the jammed banknote. Incidentally, when the banknotes are not fed out, each banknote storage section is placed in the standby position.

Although the above example is a bill dispensing device having a function of dispensing bills, the invention can also be applied to a device having a function of storing bills in each bill storage section.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a banknote feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the paper straightening device, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the banknote feeding unit of the paper straightening device. The structural diagram and FIG. 4 are flowcharts showing the banknote feeding operation in the paper straightening and feeding device. 1.20, 22-Banknote, 2-Feed motor, 3-Feed screw, 4-Banknote feeding section, 5.21.23-Banknote storage section, 9-Swinging lever, 13-
Feeding roller.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A banknote feeder that is equipped with a plurality of banknote storage units and that feeds out or stores banknotes from a designated banknote storage unit.
In the storage device, a storage unit moving means for moving each banknote storage unit between a payout or storage position and a standby position, a payout storage mechanism that pays out or stores banknotes one by one from the banknote storage unit, and the payout storage. and a mechanism conveying means for transporting the mechanism to the feeding or storing position of the designated banknote storage section, and transporting the feeding and storing mechanism to the feeding or storing position of the designated banknote storage section, and transporting the mechanism to the feeding or storing position of the designated banknote storage section. A banknote dispensing/storage device which dispenses or stores banknotes by moving the banknotes to the dispensing or storing position.