JPS61235347A - Temporary retaining device for leaf material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a simple and small device to be employed by providing the device with firstly a conveying means which enables leaf materials to be carried in or out of a container case as required, secondly a guide which moves up and down as required, thirdly a holding frame which is linked with up and down movement of the guide through a spring, fourthly a roller which holds the leaf material temporarily, an d fifthly a presser foot which moves up and down as required. CONSTITUTION:When exchange is normally operated by users, leaf materials 27 which are retained on a roller 5, are dropped down into and housed in a container case 2 by means of pressing action of a presser foot 10. On the other hand, when an operation for returning money is effected by users, a guide 6 is relocated upward while the leaf material 27 is retained by the roller 5. This allows a holding frame 3 to be also relocated upward linked with up and down movement of the guide 6 through a spring, that is, the roller 5 is relocated upward permitting the leaf material 27 to be held between the roller 5 and a belt conveyor 11 which comprises a conveying means. Accordingly, reverse rotation of the conveying means under this condition permits the leaf material 27 which has been temporarily retained, is returned to a loading inlet. This configuration eliminates the need for arranging a conveying system separately for returning the leaf material.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a device for temporarily holding paper sheets such as banknotes inserted into a vending machine or a currency exchange machine before putting them into a storage case. be.

(Prior Art) A paper temporary holding device for temporarily holding inserted bills in a vending machine or a money exchange machine (hereinafter referred to as a money changer) before putting them into a charge storage case is well known. This type of temporary holding device is connected to a banknote recognition device such as a money changer, and the type of banknote inserted into the money changer is identified by the banknote recognition device. The paper is temporarily held in an upper position, and after a desired period of time has elapsed, the held paper is dropped into a fee storage case.

This equipment includes a conveying means that conveys the paper sheets inserted into the insertion slot to the upper position of the fee storage case via the banknote recognition device, and the conveyed paper sheets are held at the lower position of the conveyance path. It has a temporary storage section that allows the temporary storage of good-quality paper and leaflets to be dropped into a storage case, and the paper and leaflets that are stored in the storage section can be removed by the user's regular purchase or money exchange operation. In addition, if the user cancels, the paper sheets held in the holding section are transported back to the original insertion slot by the refund operation. ◇ (Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in conventional devices of this type, the holding position of paper sheets is located below the conveyance path of the conveying means, so in the case of cancellation, the held It is not possible to reversely transport the paper materials that have been removed using the above-mentioned transport means, and therefore a separate system of transport means for returning the paper products must be provided, which makes the device extremely complicated and large. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to provide a temporary storage device for paper products that has an extremely simple device configuration and is small in size. Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. In other words, the present invention provides a conveying means for conveying paper sheets to an upper position of a storage case in a manner that allows them to be freely taken in and out. It has a vertically movable guide that has an opening facing the storage case and places paper sheets being transported at a position below the transport path, and a storage opening that is located below the guide and faces the opening of the guide. and a holding frame that is spring-coupled with the vertical movement of the guide, a roller that is rotatably attached to the holding frame facing the conveying means and temporarily holds paper sheets, and a storage case for holding the paper sheets held on the rollers. This is a temporary holding device for paper sheets, which is equipped with a vertically movable pressing body that is pushed into the paper sheet.

(Function) In the present invention having the above configuration, when the user performs a regular money exchange operation, the paper sheets retained on the roller are moved to the storage case by the pressing action of the pressing body, similar to the conventional device. On the other hand, when the user performs a refund operation, the guide moves upward while the paper is held on the roller. Then, the holding frame is moved upward, that is, the roller is moved upward, and the paper product is narrowed between the roller and the conveying means, for example, a belt conveyor that constitutes the conveying means. It is set at the conveying path position of the means. Therefore, in this state, the conveying means cannot be driven in reverse, and the temporarily held paper sheets are returned to the insertion slot.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall structure of the temporary holding device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the structure of its main parts. In FIG. Banknotes, i.e. paper goods 2
7 is fixed, and a holding frame 3 is arranged above the storage case 2 so as to be movable up and down. ◇The central part of the lower surface of the holding frame 3 is connected to the storage case 2. A storage opening 4 is provided, and a vertically movable guide 6 is provided on the bottom wall of the holding frame 3 and has a pair of rotatable guide portions 6 & that project slightly upward from the bottom wall.
is installed. The lower surface of this guide portion 6a is an opening 28.
It becomes. There are operating shafts 7 and 7 on both sides of the guide 60.
The operating shafts 7 and 7' are connected to the holding frame 3 and the device frame 1 via springs 8 and 9. Therefore, the vertical movement of the guide 6 causes the holding frame 3 to move in conjunction with the spring, that is, the following movement is performed via the spring 8. A freely movable pressing body 10 is provided.

On the other hand, a conveyor belt 11, which constitutes a part of the conveyor means, is provided opposite to the pair of rows 25. If the motor is not installed, pulley shaft 14
By rotating forward and reverse, the forward and reverse transport action of the conveyor belt 11 is performed. Note that there is a vi/vi at the position opposite the drive pulley 120.
A chiro-229 is provided to facilitate the feeding of paper products into the guide 6.

By the way, a drive motor 15 is installed inside the device frame 1, and a drive wheel 16 such as a drive gear is attached to the output shaft of the motor.
is fixed. A driven wheel 17 such as a driven gear is meshed and connected to this driving wheel 16).
One end of a drive rod 20 is connected to the driven shaft 18 via a roller clutch 19. This roller clutch 19 transmits power only when the driven shaft 18 rotates in one direction, for example, when the drive motor 15 rotates in the forward direction. A drive row 221 is rotatably provided at the other end of the drive rod 20. The base end of the zero dispensing lever 22 that is engaged with the drive roller 21Fi swing lever 22 is fixed to the guide drive shaft 23, and the guide drive shaft 23 is fixed to the guide drive shaft 23. 6t@The base end of the guide drive arm 24 that moves up and down is fixed. Therefore, due to the forward rotation of the drive motor 15, the retracting lever 22 performs a swinging motion via the drive roller 21.1. This rocking motion is transmitted as rotational force of the guide drive shaft 23,
The vertical movement of the guide 6 is achieved via the guide drive arm 24. On the other hand, when the drive motor 15 is rotating in the opposite direction, the disengagement function of the roller clutch 19 is activated, and the swinging lever 22 is not operated. The power is transmitted to the pressing body drive shaft 25 through a desired power transmission mechanism, and the pressing body 10 is moved up and down via the pressing body driving arm 26. The operation will be explained based on FIG. 3.

First, a paper sheet 27 (banknote) inserted into a paper sheet insertion slot of a money changer or the like is recognized by a banknote identification device (not shown), and is conveyed after recognition of the banknote. The paper sheets 27 are fed into the guide portion 6a by the feeding force of the conveyor belt 11 and the pinch roller 29, and are placed and held at the upper position of the storage case 2 (FIG. 3(a)).

Next, as the drive motor 15 rotates in the forward direction, the guide 6 is moved upward via the guide drive arm 24. Due to the upward movement of the guide 6, the holding frame 3 is linked with a spring, that is, via the spring 8. This interlocking movement is performed until the roller 5 comes into contact with and stops via the corresponding conveyance belt IIK paper sheet 27 ◇ In this state, the conveyance belt 11 and the roller 5 come into contact with each other. As a result, the upward movement of the holding frame 3 is stopped, but when the guide drive arm 24 is driven further upward, only the guide 6 moves upward against the spring 8, and as a result, the row 25 Both ends of the paper sheet 27, which is pinched by the conveyor belt 11, are pushed by the bottom wall surface of the guide section 6a, deform upward, and completely detach from the bottom wall section (FIG. 3(b)). By lowering the guide 6 to its original position in this state, the paper object 27 is placed on the roller 5, that is, the paper object is temporarily held (FIG. 3(C)). ). If you repeat this operation, multiple sheets of paper will be temporarily held (Figure 3 (d)).
), and this temporary hold state is maintained for a desired period of time, and in the case of a regular exchange operation in which there is no command such as a charge refund operation within that period, the drive motor 15 is rotated in the opposite direction. Due to this rotation, the pressing body 10 is moved downward via the υ pressing body drive shaft 25, and the paper sheets 27 held on the roller 5 are pushed downward by the pressing body 10 and stored. It falls and is stored in the case 2 (Fig. 3(e)).
).

On the other hand, when the user performs a charge refund operation while the paper object 27 is temporarily held, the drive motor 15 is driven in the forward direction from the temporary hold state of the paper object 27, and as described above, , the guide 6 is moved upward. As a result, the paper sheet 27 is pinched between the roller 5 and the conveyor belt 11 (FIG. 3(f)), and due to the reverse movement of the conveyor belt 11, the paper sheet 27 returns to its original paper insert slot. It will be sent back.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, when returning the paper material 27, it is possible to push up the paper material 27 temporarily held in the row 25 to the transport position of the transport belt 11. In addition, it is not necessary to separately provide a conveyance system for returning paper sheets, and the conveyor belt 11 can also be used for reverse conveyance, thereby effectively simplifying and downsizing the apparatus. It is possible to achieve this goal.

(Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention is configured as described above, when returning temporarily held paper sheets, it is possible to push the paper sheets up to the transport position of the transport means. Then,
This is a device that allows the conveying means for feeding paper sheets into the guide to be used as the conveying means for returning paper sheets without providing a separate conveying means for returning paper sheets. This makes it possible to effectively simplify and downsize the system.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.
The main part sectional views in the figure and FIGS. 3(a) to 3(f) are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the apparatus of the present invention. 1...Device frame body, 2...Storage case, 3.
...Holding frame, 4...Storage opening, 5...Roller,
6...Guide, 6a...Guide part, 7...
- Operating shaft, 8.9... Spring, 10... Pressing body,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Conveyance belt, 12... Drive pulley, 13... Driven boob IJ, 14... Pulley shaft, 15... Drive motor, 16... Drive wheel,
17... Driven vehicle, 18... Driven shaft, 19
...Roller cla, C, 20...Drive port, C,
21... Drive roller, 22... Swing lever,
23... Guide drive shaft, 24... Guide drive arm, 25... Pressing body drive shaft,
26... Pressing body drive arm, 27... Paper leaf, 2
8...Opening, 29...Pinch roller. Agent Patent Attorney Yoshihiro Yahata No. 2 @ If-31ffi (a) Figure 83 (b) No. 35A (C)'! J, Figure a (d) 5%, 3Wrt

Claims (1)

[Claims] a conveyance means for conveying paper sheets to a position above the storage case so as to be freely in and out; and a vertically movable guide having an opening facing the storage case and placing the conveyed paper sheets at a position below the conveyance path. , a holding frame having a storage opening facing the opening of the guide at a lower position of the guide and spring-coupled with the vertical movement of the guide; and a holding frame rotatably attached to the holding frame opposite to the conveying means to hold paper sheets. A temporary holding device for paper sheets, comprising: a roller for temporarily holding paper sheets; and a vertically movable pressing body for pushing the paper sheets held by the rollers into a storage case.