WO2005064552A1

WO2005064552A1 - Bill dispenser

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Publication number: WO2005064552A1
Application number: PCT/JP2003/016743
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yoshikazu Takagi; Yoshio Hara
Original assignee: Billcon Corporation
Priority date: 2003-12-25
Filing date: 2003-12-25
Publication date: 2005-07-14
Also published as: AU2003296120A1

Abstract

A bill dispenser comprising a hopper cassette (3c) provided with a bill containing section (15), a cassette shutter opening/closing mechanism (20) for openably/closing a bill discharge opening (15b) freely by means of a shutter plate and a bill retainer for urging a bill to the bill discharge opening side, and a bill dispenser body (2) provided with a bill feeding section (7c) at each cassette inserting section while having a cassette inserting section (6c) being set with the hopper cassette, a push rod acting on the cassette shutter opening/closing mechanism when the hopper cassette is set to open the cassette shutter thus opening the bill discharge opening, and a mechanism (22) for carrying the bill from the bill discharge opening to the carrying passage by moving to a position facing the bill discharge opening, a bill carrying passage (31) communicating with the bill carrying passage at the bill feeding section and carrying the bill, and a dispensing section (5) having a pocket (35) for receiving a bill carried on the bill carrying passage and a bill dispensing opening (5a) opening to the outside.

Description

Banknote dispensing machine Technical field

The present invention relates to a bill dispensing machine incorporated in a main machine such as a cash dispensing machine (CD), a currency exchange machine, and a vending machine, and more particularly to a bill dispensing machine in which a bill accommodating section for accommodating bills for dispensing is made into a cassette. . Light

Background art

Conventionally, as an example of this type of bill dispensing machine, there is one in which a bill accommodating portion for accommodating bills for dispensing one denomination is integrally assembled with the dispensing machine main body.

However, in such a conventional bill dispensing machine, there is a problem that the usability is poor for the user because the bill for dispensing is one denomination. For example, if the banknote to be dispensed is one denomination of 1,000 yen bill, to pay out 10,000 yen, it is sufficient to pay out 10 thousand yen bills, but pay out 100,000 yen. In this case, it is necessary to pay out 100 thousand-yen bills, and it takes time to pay out the bills. In addition, it is necessary to increase the size of the accommodating portion for the bills to be paid out.

Therefore, if the paper money to be paid out is assumed to be a denomination of 10,000 yen bills, it is sufficient to pay out 10 thousand yen bills for 10 million yen payments, but this time 10,000 yen bills The inconvenience that the following disbursements cannot be made occurs.

In addition, since the storage section for the dispensed bills is integrated into the main unit of the bill dispensing machine, when collecting bills to be dispensed in the storage section, a main machine such as a CD with the main body of the bill dispensing machine is installed. It is necessary to transport cash to the place where it is being refilled and replenish it. However, the location of the main engine, such as a CD, is often a place where many users and other users can easily listen, and there is a problem that security is not always high.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote dispenser that is easy to use and has the highest security. Disclosure of the invention

The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is directed to a normally-closed shutter that opens and closes a bill storage unit through which bills can be inserted and removed from an openable and closable lid and a paper discharge unit that discharges bills stored in the bill storage unit by a shutter. Cassette shutter opening and closing mechanism and paper in the above bill storage unit A hopper cassette provided with a bill holder that constantly urges the banknotes toward the paper discharge port side, one or more cassette insertion sections for removably inserting and mounting the hopper cassette, and the hopper inside the force set insertion section. When the cassette is inserted and mounted, the cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism is actuated by the insertion reaction force to open the cassette shutter and open the paper discharge opening, and a cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism operating member for opening the paper discharge opening. A paper feed mechanism for feeding the banknotes in the banknote storage unit from the paper output port and transporting the banknotes to the transport path at a position facing the paper discharge slot when the tray is opened, and is provided for each cassette insertion unit. A pay-out section, a bill transport path communicating with the bill transport path of the pay-out section to transport bills, a payout pocket for receiving bills transported from the bill transport path, and And a main body having a payout portion having a paper money payout opening that opens to the outside while communicating with the payout pocket.

In the invention according to claim 2, a plurality of the payout portions of the main body are provided in parallel in accordance with the plurality of the cassette insertion portions, and the bill feeding / conveying paths adjacent to each other are connected so as to be able to interlock with each other so that the bills are fed. 2. The bill dispensing machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a coupled transport path for sequentially transporting the bill to the dispensing unit.

The invention according to claim 3 is the bill dispensing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a dispensing sensor that detects an error bill that does not meet a predetermined standard is disposed in the bill transport path. is there.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a counting sensor for detecting multi-feeding of a plurality of bills and the number of bills is arranged in the bill transport path. It is the bill dispensing machine described. Here, the double feed refers to a state in which a plurality of bills are conveyed in an overlapping manner. The invention according to claim 5 includes a cassette insertion sensor that detects a state in which the hopper cassette is inserted at a predetermined position in the cassette insertion portion, wherein A bill dispensing machine according to item 1.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transport motor that drives the bill transport path, a transport motor control sensor that detects a rotation angle of the transport motor, and a rotation motor that is detected based on the rotation angle detected by the transport motor control sensor. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: a control device configured to control driving of the transport motor. The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the bill delivery mechanism of the main body includes a delivery drum for delivering bills from the paper ejection roller of the bill storage unit, and a stop arranged with an outer peripheral surface thereof close to the outer peripheral surface of the delivery drum. A roller and a driven roller rotatably circumscribing the feeding drum are formed in a unit, and the hopper cassette is inserted into the cassette insertion portion. ュ When the unit is inserted and mounted, the unit is arranged such that the delivery position of the delivery drum is located at the bill delivery position of the delivery port of the hopper cassette, and the bill is delivered in the short direction. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein:

In the invention according to claim 8, the dispensing section of the main body includes: a gate flapper for distributing an error bill detected by the dispensing sensor from the bill conveyance path to the collection passage side; and an error distributed by the gate flapper. A reject pocket that receives bills from the collection passage side and that opens to the outside, and a reject cassette that is inserted into the reject pocket so that it can be inserted and removed from the external opening and receives and stores error bills. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: The invention according to claim 9 includes a reject cassette insertion detection sensor that detects a state in which the reject cassette is inserted into a predetermined position in the reject pocket. It is a bill dispenser.

The invention according to claim 10 is the bill dispensing machine according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising: a remaining bill detecting sensor for detecting the presence or absence of bills in the reject cassette.

The invention according to claim 11 is characterized in that the payout portion of the main body is configured such that a back surface opposite to the bill payout exit side is freely openable, while a part of the bill transport path inward from the back surface is provided. The banknote transport mechanism constituting the banknote according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the banknote transport mechanism is configured such that one end thereof can be pulled out from the rear opening and tilted. It is a payout machine.

The invention according to claim 12 is characterized in that the gate flap of the main body is configured to be able to move to a position distant from a part of a transport path for transporting bills to the gate flap. Item 1. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of Items 1 to 11.

The invention according to claim 13, wherein the payout section of the main body is provided with a bill payout opening / closing mechanism for opening and closing the bill payout opening with a shutter. A bill dispensing machine according to item 1.

The invention according to claim 14 is characterized in that the payout section of the main body is provided with a bill detection sensor for detecting bills in the payout pocket. It is a bill dispensing machine described.

The invention according to claim 15 is characterized in that the cassette shutter mechanism is configured such that when the hopper cassette is removed from the outside from the cassette insertion portion of the main body, the hopper cassette is removed. 15. The cassette shutter according to claim 1, wherein the cassette shutter is configured to operate to push back the remaining bills at the discharge port of the cassette to the bill storage unit. It is a bill dispenser.

In the invention according to claim 16, the cassette shutter mechanism locks the shutter when the sheet discharging roller is closed by the shutter, and releases the lock by operating the cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism operating member. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 15, further comprising a lock mechanism for causing the bill to be dispensed.

The invention according to claim 17, wherein the hopper cassette is provided with a lock mechanism for locking the open / close lid, wherein the bill is dispensed according to any one of claims 1 to 16. Machine.

The invention according to claim 18 is characterized in that the hopper cassette is provided with a handle rotatably on a cassette case main body inserted into the cassette insertion portion, and the cassette case main body is located at a predetermined position in the cassette insertion portion. When the cassette case is inserted, a lock mechanism is provided at the locking portion of the cassette case main body to lock the locked portion of the cassette insertion portion to prevent the cassette case main body from being pulled out from the cassette insertion portion. The banknote dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the banknote is configured to be locked or unlocked according to the rotation angle of the handle.

The invention according to claim 19 is the bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the dispensing section is disposed above or below the cassette insertion section. is there.

The invention according to claim 20 includes a cassette case main body removably inserted into a cassette insertion portion of the bill dispensing machine main body, and a bill accommodating portion formed in the cassette case main body and accommodating the bills freely. A bill holder that constantly urges the bills accommodated in the bill accommodating section toward the paper ejection port side, and a sheet ejecting roller that is disposed in the cassette case body and ejects the bills in the bill accommodating section is shuttered. The shutter is driven so as to open the paper discharge opening by a cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism operating member that is activated by a reaction force when the force set case body is inserted into the cassette insertion portion. A hopper cassette, comprising: a cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism;

The invention according to claim 21 is characterized in that the cassette case main body has a height of 14 Omm or less, a width of 24 Omm or less, and a depth of 15 Omm or less. Hotno One set of power brief description of the drawing

FIG. 1 is an external front view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional side view showing the configuration of the dispensing section shown in FIG. 1 and the lower hopper cassette immediately above the dispensing section.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side sectional view mainly showing, on an enlarged scale, a payout section and a lower hopper cassette shown in FIG.

5 is an enlarged schematic side sectional view showing a state where insertion of the hopper cassette shown in FIG. 1 and the like into the cassette insertion portion is started.

Fig. 6 (A) is a schematic sectional side view showing a state where the insertion of the hopper cassette shown in Fig. 1 and the like into the cassette insertion portion is started, and (B) is a diagram showing the same when the hopper cassette is inserted to an intermediate portion of the cassette insertion portion. FIG. 7C is a schematic side sectional view showing a state where the hopper cassette is inserted, and FIG. 7C is a schematic side sectional view showing a state where the hopper cassette is inserted to a predetermined position in the cassette insertion portion.

7A is a schematic side view showing a state in which the lock lever of the hopper cassette shown in FIG. 1 and the like is engaged with the buckle pin of the cassette insertion portion and buckled, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing a state in which a locked state is released.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the hopper cassette shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a plan view of the hopper cassette shown in FIG. 1 and the like.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing an electric configuration of the banknote dispenser according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10.

FIG. 12 is a schematic side sectional view of a bill dispenser according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a schematic sectional side view of a bill dispenser according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a schematic side sectional view of a bill dispenser according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the external appearance of the entire structure of a bill dispensing machine 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. This bill dispensing machine 1 is a bill dispensing machine such as an automatic cash dispensing machine, a currency exchange machine, a vending machine, a game machine, an automatic teller machine (ATM) not shown. As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the bill dispensing machine main body 2 and one or more horizontal rectangular cylinders, for example, three hopper cassettes 3a- 3c. .

The bill dispensing machine main body 2 has a vertically long rectangular cylindrical main body case 4 made of metal or the like, and a dispensing section 5 is integrally disposed at a lower end portion in FIGS. 1 and 2. Three hopper cassettes for three denominations (for example, 1,000 yen bill, 5,000 yen bill, 10,000 yen bill)

Cassette insertion portions 6a, 6b, and 6c, into which 3a, 3b, and 3c can be removably inserted, respectively, are arranged in a row at a predetermined pitch in the vertical direction. Further, on the back side of the cassette inlets 6a to 6c of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c, outlets 7a, 7b, and 7c are provided, respectively. The dimensions of the main body case 4 are 600 mm in height, 250 mm in width, and 23 O mm in depth. However, the height of the main body case 4 for 2 denominations and 1 denomination is reduced to 2 steps and 1 step at the cassette insertion parts 6a to 6c, respectively.

It is as low as 46 mm and 330 mm.

Each of the cassette insertion portions 6 a to 6 c has an opening 8 formed on the front surface of the main body case 4 to allow each of the hopper cassettes 3 a to 3 c to enter and exit. On the inner surface of one of the side walls of the cassette inserting portions 6a to 6c, for example, a pair of erroneous insertion preventing blocks 9a and 9b projecting inward are provided, respectively.

The erroneous insertion prevention blocks 9a and 9b of each pair are connected by screws from the outer surfaces of the respective insertion portions 6a to 6c, and the screw holes are formed, for example, for each of three types of hopper cassettes 3a to 3c. It is drilled at a position that can be changed. On the other hand, on the outer surface of each of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c, each dowel 10 for preventing misinsertion is protruded at a position where it does not collide with the blocks 9a and 9b for preventing misinsertion. For example, screw holes for screwing these dowels 10 for preventing incorrect insertion into three different positions corresponding to the three types of hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are formed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the dowel 10 for preventing erroneous insertion is provided on the side of the upper hopper cassette 3a inserted into the uppermost insertion portion 6a in the figure. Of the hopper cassettes 3b and 3c, which are lower than the hopper cassettes 3b and 3c, are provided at lower positions at a predetermined pitch, and When hopper force sets 3 a to 3 c other than the specified denomination are inserted into the denomination cassette insertion sections 6 a to 6 c, the dowel 10 for preventing incorrect insertion is In this case, they are prevented from being inserted into the blocks 10a and 10b by collision or interference.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. A reject outlet 5b is formed in the upper part of the outlet 5a, and the outlets 5a and 5b can be opened and closed by the payout shutter 11.

FIG. 3 shows the dispensing section 5, the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c inserted in the cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c above the dispensing section 5, and the feeding section on the right side (rear) in the figure. It is a block diagram which shows the structure when 7a-7c is seen from the side.

Each hopper power set 3 a to 3 c is provided with a pin-shaped guide pin 1 2 on the outer surface of the left and right side walls 1 2 b and 1 2 c in FIG. The guide bins 1 2 d are slidably fitted into the slide grooves, respectively, while a pair of left and right guide rails 4 a are inserted into each of the cassette insertion sections 6 a to 6 c. The guide pins 12 d are fitted in the slide grooves of the guide rails 4 a, respectively, and are slid in the slide grooves of the guide rails 4 a. It is designed to be inserted into a to 6c. The cassette case body 12 is formed in a rectangular tube shape, for example, made of metal or plastic, for example, in the front shape shown in FIG. 1, the width direction is 240 mm, the height is 140 mm, and FIG. The indicated depth is 15 O mm. However, these dimensions may be changed as appropriate.

In addition, each hopper one-stroke set 3a to 3c has an upper lid 13 which is an opening / closing lid at the rear end (right end in FIG. 3) of the upper open end in FIG. 3 of the cassette case main body 12. Hinge pin 1

The upper lid 13 can be opened and closed freely by 3a, and the upper lid 13 can be locked by a small cylinder lock 14.

That is, in each of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c, a small cylinder lock 14 is attached to the upper front part thereof, and the hopper is rotated by rotating the key 14a of the cylinder lock 14 in a predetermined direction as shown in FIG. Inverted L-shaped lock dog that rotates inside cassettes 3a to 3c 1

4b is latched to the L-shaped upper lid dog 13b so as to be freely detachable and locked, and the key 14a is rotated in the opposite direction to lock the upper lid dog 13b and the lock dog 14b. The lock is released by releasing the locked state.

As shown in Fig. 5, the upper cover dog 13b is fixed to the inside of the front end (left end in Fig. 3) of the upper cover 13 so as to hang downward *; A stopper 13c in the form of a rectangular flat plate is integrally formed on one side of the part, and the hook-like tip of the lock dog 14b enters through the opening on the opposite side of the stopper 13c and enters the stopper 13c. The abutment locks the locking dog 14 b to the upper lid dog 13 a to lock.

Each of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c has a bottom portion 15a of the bill storage portion 15 extending slightly above the main body bottom portion 12a inside the hopper cassette 3a to 3c. Multiple sheets The banknote 16 is placed upright in a horizontal position, that is, the longitudinal direction of the banknote 16 coincides with the front and back sides of the paper surface in FIG. 3, and the short side direction of the banknote 16 is the vertical direction in FIG. Direction) and housed side by side so that they are stacked in the thickness direction. At the front (the left end face in FIG. 3) of these banknotes, a banknote holder 17 is provided, which constantly urges the banknotes backward and presses them elastically. The bill holder 17 is configured to be able to slide backward on the bottom part 15a of the bill storage part 15 as described later, and the bill holder 17 is bent into a U-shape in FIG. The banknotes are constantly pressed backward by a constant bias by coil springs to the rear (right side in Fig. 3). Reference numerals 18a and 18b in FIG. 1 denote a pair of left and right mounting ears for mounting the bill dispensing machine 1 to a main unit such as a money changing machine (not shown) by screws or the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, a bill near-end sensor 19 is provided on the left or right outer wall or inner wall of each of the cassette storage sections 6a, 6b, 6c of the main body case 4. The bill near-end sensor 19 is a light-transmitting sensor. In the latter half of the bill 16 in the bill storage unit 15, a light emitting diode or the like is arranged along a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the bills 16 are arranged. The light-emitting element and the light-receiving element that receives this light emission are arranged to face each other, and the remaining amount of the bills 16 stored in the bill storage portion 15 of the hopper cassettes 3a, 3b, 3c is a predetermined number ( (E.g., 50 bills), the light-receiving element receives light emitted from the light-emitting elements that were blocked by the banknotes 16 when the remaining bills 16 are sufficient. Thereby, it is detected that the predetermined number of the banknotes 16 has reached the remaining amount of the predetermined number, and the detection signal is given to the control device C shown in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, each of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c is provided with a cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism 20 below the bottom 15a of the bill storage unit 15 by arrows at both ends in FIG. A shutter housing chamber 21 is formed to house the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c reciprocally movable in the insertion / removal directions indicated by the lines.

On the back side of the shutter storage room 21, that is, on the bottom 15 a on the back side of the banknote storage room 15, there is provided a paper discharge roller 15 b for discharging the banknote 16 to the shutter storage room 21 side. are doing.

As shown in FIG. 3, bill delivery mechanisms 22 for delivering bills 16 from the delivery rollers 15b are disposed immediately below the delivery rollers 15b. Each bill feeding mechanism 22 is provided with a feeding drum 22a, a pulse motor 22b for driving the feeding drum 22a, and arranged close to the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum 22a, and in a bill feeding direction. A plurality of stop rollers 22c that can rotate in the opposite direction without rotating, and a plurality of It has a moving roller 2 2 d. The feeding drum 22 a, the stop roller 22 c and the driven roller 22 d are united by a frame (not shown) or the like, and the unit is moved to a position below the sheet discharging roller 15 b, It is arranged at the delivery position shown in the figure, and is configured to drive the delivery drum 22a via a drive belt 22e wound around the rotation shaft of the pulse motor 22b.

At least the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum 22 a is formed of a material having a relatively large frictional force, such as rubber, and the length in the axial direction is shorter than the length in the longitudinal direction of the banknote 16. I have.

The stop roller 22c and the driven roller 22d are formed such that their axial lengths are sufficiently shorter than the axial length of the feed drum 22a. It is arranged at a predetermined interval in the axial direction, and two banknotes 16 are formed by forming the outer peripheral surface of the stop roller 22 c on a friction surface smaller than the frictional force of the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum 22 a. It is configured to feed out one sheet at a time without feeding out by double feeding such as stacking. That is, the feeding drum 22 a forms grooves each having a width slightly longer than the axial length of the stop roller 22 c at a portion opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the stop roller 22 c, and these grooves are formed. The outer peripheral surface of the stop roller 22c is close to the outer peripheral surface and is not in direct contact.

Therefore, if the banknote 16 is ejected from the paper output roller 15b in a double feeding state such as two-sheet stacking, the banknote 16 contacting the outer peripheral surface side of the feeding drum 22a becomes the feeding drum 22a. The paper money 16 is fed out by the large frictional force, but the paper money 16 comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the stop roller 22 c during rotation. Here, for example, when two banknotes 16 are stacked, the frictional resistance between these banknotes 16 is the smallest, while the frictional resistance of the feeding drum 22 a is the largest, and the stop roller 22 c Since the frictional resistance of the bank is in the middle, only the banknote 16 in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum 22a is fed out by the maximum frictional force, while the banknote 16 is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the stop port 22a. The feeding of the faced banknote 16 is stopped. Then, after the banknote 16 in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum 22 a is fed by the feeding drum 22 a, the banknote 16 whose feeding has been stopped by the stop roller 22 c is In turn, they come into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum 22 a, are rotated by the frictional force, and are fed to the feeding conveyance path 23. That is, it is possible to prevent the multi-feed bill 16 from being fed out.

Each feeding transport path 23 curves its terminal end 23 e at the right end in FIG. 3 downward toward the lower payout section 5 side in FIG. 3, at the bottom of each feeding section 7 a to 7 c. Feeding outlets 23a to 23c Each is opened. .

A feeding sensor 24 for detecting an error bill 16a (see FIGS. 3 and 4) which does not meet a predetermined standard is provided in the middle of each feeding conveyance path 23. The feed-out sensor 24 detects both sides of the banknote 16 by arranging a pair of left and right reflective optical sensors at both sides in the longitudinal direction of the banknote 16 (front and back sides of the paper surface in FIG. 3). And a pair of left and right detection signals detected by these optical sensors are provided to the control device C. The controller C calculates the skew and skew angle of the banknote 16 from the time lag at the time of detecting the transport start end of the banknote 16 based on the time difference between the output of the detection signals from the pair of left and right reflected light sensors. A detecting means, a means for detecting the length of the bill 16 in the lateral direction based on both the left and right reflected light detection signals or the length of one of the detection signals, etc. Means for respectively detecting the number of conveyed banknotes 16 and error banknotes 16a such as stubs, based on the number of detections by the reflected light detection signal or one of the detection signals.

That is, the feeding sensor 24 emits detection light from the light emitting elements of the pair of left and right reflection-type optical sensors to the feeding transport path 23, irradiates the banknote 16 with the emitted light, and receives the reflected light reflected. The controller C detects the denomination of each banknote 16 based on the detection signal of the reflected light and the pulse signal of the transport motor control sensor 44 (see FIG. 11) described later. Is detected, and the number of sheets fed out is detected. The denomination of the banknote 16 is detected, for example, by referring to a data table of the detected lateral length of the banknote 16 and the denomination corresponding to the length in the lateral direction. Alternatively, the denomination may be detected from the output pattern of the reflected light detection signal. Further, the control device C can detect the presence or absence of the skewing of the banknote 16 and the skew angle thereof based on the time lag when the detection of the reflected light detected by the pair of left and right light receiving sensors is started. These detection results are displayed on a required display device by the control device C.

Except for the upper feeding section 7a, the middle and lower feeding sections 7b, 7c are provided with connecting conveyance paths 25b, 25c in the vertical direction on the back side of the respective feeding mechanisms 22. ing. The lower-stage connection path 25c has one end (the lower end in FIG. 3) communicating with the outlet 23c of the lower feeder 7c, while the other end (the upper end in FIG. 3) has the lower end. As shown in Fig. 4, it is connected to the outlet 23b of the middle-stage feeding part 7b.

Also, the middle connecting conveyance path 25b connects its upper end in the drawing to the outlet 23a of the upper feeding portion 7a, while its lower end in the drawing connects to the feeding outlet 23b of the middle feeding portion 7b. They are communicating. As a result, the feeding portions 23a to 23c of the upper, middle and lower feeding portions 7a to 7c are separated from each other. They are connected in the vertical direction by the lower connecting transfer paths 25b and 25c.

These connecting transport paths 25b, 25c are configured by arranging a pair of inner and outer (a pair of left and right in FIG. 3) transport belt mechanisms 26, 27 along the vertical direction. These transport belt mechanisms 26 and 27 wind the transport belts 26c and 27c around the outer circumference between a pair of upper and lower rollers 26a and 26b, and 27a and 27b, respectively. ing. These transport belts 26c and 27c circumscribe their adjacent opposing surfaces, and the banknotes 16 are sandwiched between the circumscribed surfaces. The paper is transported in the direction.

The middle and lower feeding portions 7b and 7c are provided with back opening / closing lids 28 on the back side thereof so as to be openable and closable, and are provided on the inner surface of each back opening / closing lid 28 (the right side in FIG. 3). The transport belt mechanism 27 is set up. For this purpose, when each rear opening / closing lid 28 is tilted outward at the upper end in the figure with the biston pin at the lower end in the figure as the center, the rear opening 29 is opened and the rear opening 2 is opened. The upper end of the outer conveyor belt mechanism 27 is drawn out from the outer side 9 and can be tilted by a required angle. For this reason, in the event that a jam of banknotes 16 occurs in the connected transport paths 25b and 25c, each of the outer transport belt mechanisms 27 By tilting the upper end of the figure outward, and pulling it away from the inner conveyor belt mechanism 26, it is possible to remove the jammed bill 16 between the inner and outer conveyor belt mechanisms 26, 27. it can.

The dispensing section 5 includes a bill conveying path 31 communicating with the lower dispensing outlet 23 c of the lower dispensing section 7 c, a conveying motor 32, a gate flap unit 33, a reject cassette inserting section 34, It has a payout pocket 35 and a payout shutter opening / closing mechanism 36.

The bill transport path 31 is arranged vertically, and a pair of inner and outer (in FIG. 3, a pair of left and right in FIG. 3) transport belt mechanisms 37, 38 are arranged side by side in the figure. The transport belt mechanisms 37 and 38 respectively wind the transport belts 37c and 38c between the upper and lower rollers 37a and 37b, and 38a and 38b in the vertical direction. The conveyor belts 37c and 38c circumscribe the adjacent opposing surfaces, and the banknote 16 is conveyed downward in Fig. 4 with the banknote 16 pinched in the short direction between the circumscribed surfaces. ing.

The outer transport belt mechanism 38 has a pair of upper and lower rollers 38 a, 38 b standing upright on the inner surface of the back opening lid 30 of the dispensing section 5. The back opening / closing part 30 is configured so that the upper end in the drawing can be tilted outward, similarly to the back opening / closing lid 28 of the feeding parts 7a to 7c. Therefore, by tilting the rear opening / closing lid 30 outward, The transport belt mechanism 38 is pulled away from the inner transport belt mechanism 37, and the paper jam 16 that has caused a jam between the inner and outer transport belt mechanisms 37, 38 can be removed to eliminate the jam. .

The first drive roller 37 b, which is the lower roller of the inner transport belt mechanism 37, has a small roller 37 d having a diameter smaller than that of the first drive roller 37 b concentrically and integrally protruding at the center of one side surface. A conveying motor that winds the driving belt 41 between the small roller 37 d and the small roller 40 a of the second driving roller 40, and drives the second driving roller 40 as a belt. By means of 32, the first drive roller 37b of the inner transport belt mechanism 37 is driven. The transport motors 32 drive the coupled transport paths 25b and 25c in the above-described two lower and middle feeding sections 7b and 7c, respectively. That is, the upper roller 37a of the inner transport belt mechanism 37 of the dispensing section 5 is connected to the lower roller 2 of the inner transport belt mechanism 26 in the connecting transport path 25c of the lower feeding section 7c by a connecting belt (not shown). It is linked to 6b so that it can be freely linked. Further, the upper roller 26a of the lower inner transport belt mechanism 26 can be freely linked to the lower roller 26b of the inner transport belt mechanism 26 of the middle feeding portion 7b above by a connecting belt (not shown). It is connected to.

A counting sensor 42 is disposed in the bill conveying path 31 of the dispensing section 5 below the feeding port 23c of the lower feeding section 7c. The counting sensor 42 is configured by arranging a light emitting element 42 a such as a light emitting diode and a light receiving sensor 42 b receiving the light emission via a bill transport path 31. The transmitted light detection signal detected by 42b is supplied to the control device C. The control device C includes a counting means for counting the number of bills 16 based on the number of transmitted light detection signals, and a means for detecting a double feed, which is a conveyance of a plurality of bills 16.

As described above, the transport motor 32 is connected to each of the connecting transport paths 25 b and 25 c of the middle and lower feeding sections 7 b and 7 c and the rollers 37 a to 38 b of the bill transport path 31. Rollers, and first and second drive rollers 37 b and 40 are respectively driven to rotate. A disc-shaped slit disk 43 is concentrically fixed to the rotation shaft of the transport motor 32. I have. The slit disc 43 has a plurality of slits 43 of a predetermined shape penetrating in the thickness direction at the outer peripheral portion thereof at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction, and the front side and the back side of the slits 43a. In FIG. 3, a transport motor control sensor 44 is configured by arranging a light-emitting element such as a light-emitting diode and a light-receiving sensor for receiving the emitted light in the opposite direction. The controller C is connected to the transport motor controller 44 via a signal line.

The control device C receives the pulse-like light detected by the transport motor control sensor 44. By counting the number of pulses per unit time of the detection signal, the rotation speed of the transport motor 32 is detected, the bill transport speed and the transport distance of the bill transport path 31 are detected, and the error bill is detected by the counting sensor 42. Means are provided for calculating the time required for the banknote 16 detected as 16a to reach the switching point cp of the banknote transport path 31.

Further, when the error bill 16a detected by the feeding sensor 24 and the counting sensor 42 reaches the switching point cp, the controller C rejects the bill transport path 31 from the reject transport path which is a collection path. There is provided a gate flap switching means 46 for switching the gate flaps 46 by rotating the gate flaps 46 by a predetermined angle so as to distribute them to the side 45.

The gate flap 46 has, for example, a substantially triangular planar shape, a tapered point protruding into the terminal end of the bill transport path 31, and a single rotating shaft extending in the longitudinal direction of the bill 16. Plural sheets are arranged at required intervals in the axial direction. The rotation axis of the gate flap 46 is configured to be rotated by a rotary solenoid, and the gate flap 46 is connected to the reject transport path 31 at the terminal end of the bill transport path 31. It switches to either the 45 side or the pay-out transport path 47 side that transports banknotes 16 (genuine notes) that are not error banknotes 16a.

The reject transport path 45 is for transporting the error bill 16a into the reject cassette insertion section 34 for discharging the same. The reject transport path 45 has a plurality of rollers constituting the reject transport path 45. Among them, it is driven by a plurality of rollers such as a roller 37e driven by a transmission belt (not shown) wound around the first drive roller 37b. In the middle of the reject conveyance path 45, a reject pocket entry sensor 48 for detecting the entry and the number of error bills 16a conveyed to the reject conveyance path 45 side is provided. The reject cassette insertion section 34 has a reject port 34a formed at the top of the front surface of the payout section 5 in front of the reject cassette section (left side in FIG. 3).

A rectangular reject cassette 49 with a closed bottom and a bottom is inserted into and removed from 34 a so that it can be removably mounted in the iris cassette insert 34. Reject cassette

Reference numeral 49 designates a bill draw-in path 49a and a reject pocket 49b which open the insertion inner end almost entirely and communicate with the opening end of the reject conveyance path 45. The bill draw-in path 49a draws the error bill 16a into the reject cassette 49 from the draw-in port communicating with the terminal end of the reject transport path 45, and discharges it into the reject pocket 49b. The rollers 49 c and 49 d are arranged to face each other. One of the drive rollers 49 d is a part of a gear (not shown) of the end drive roller 45 a of the reject conveyance path 45 when the reject cassette 49 is inserted into the reject cassette insertion portion 34. Topami Together, it is configured as a one-way gear that is rotatable only in the direction in which bills are drawn into the reject cassette 49. This is because if the one-way drive roller 49 d can be rotated in the direction opposite to the bill retraction direction, that is, also in the direction in which the error bill 16 a is fed out of the reject cassette 49, this drive roller By manually rotating 49d in the direction in which the error banknote 16a is fed out, there is a possibility that the error banknote 16a in the reject cassette 49 will be taken out and stolen. This is to prevent it.

The insertion or mounting of the reject cassette 49 into the reject cassette inlet 34 is detected by the reject mounting sensor 50. In the reject mounting sensor 50, a cassette pin 50a protruding from the outer surface of the reject cassette 49 has a lever of a limit switch 50b made of, for example, a micro switch, and a reject cassette 49 has a reject insertion portion. When inserted into the cassette 34, the detection cassette 49 is configured to be detected by being pressed and turned on by the insertion end of the cassette 49. The reject cassette attachment detection (ON) signal is provided to the control device C and displayed on a required display unit.

The rigid work cassette input section 34 is provided with a translucent rigid work cassette residual sensor 51. The residual sensor 51 of the reject cassette has a light emitting diode for emitting required light to the error bill 16a rejected by the gate flap 47, such as an error bill 16a in the reject pocket 49b. The light emitting element 51a is provided on the inner surface of the upper part of the rejection force input section 34, while the light receiving sensor 51b receiving this transmitted light or the transmitted light transmitted through the error bill 16a is rejected. The light receiving signal detected by the light receiving sensor 51b is provided to the controller C so that the bills 16 remaining in the reject pocket 49b are removed. It is set to detect.

That is, the control device C counts by the means for detecting whether or not the error bill 16a remains in the reject cassette 49 based on the presence or absence of the light receiving signal, and the reject entry sensor 48. When the number of error bills 16a reaches a predetermined number, alarm means for judging that the maximum capacity of the error bill 16a of the reject cassette 49 has been reached and outputting a required alarm is provided. ing.

On the other hand, the payout transport path 4 7 is used to transport the correct banknote 16 that is not an error to be discharged into the payout pocket 3 5. Of these, a transmission belt (not shown) wound around the second drive roller 40 Driven by a plurality of rollers such as a driven roller 40b. A pay-out pocket entry sensor 52 for detecting the approach and the number of the banknotes 16 conveyed to the pay-out transport path 47 is provided in the middle of the pay-out transport path 47.

The dispensing pocket 35 is provided with a transmissive dispensing pocket bill remaining sensor 53. The dispensing pocket bill remaining sensor 53 is a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode that emits necessary light to the bill 16 in the dispensing pocket 35, and this light or this light is transmitted through the bill 16 The light receiving sensor 53b receiving the transmitted light is placed opposite to the light receiving sensor 53b, and the light receiving signal detected by the light receiving sensor 53b is supplied to the control device C, and the bills remaining in the payout pocket 35 are taken. Is detected. '

That is, the control device C controls the remaining bill detecting means for detecting whether or not the bill 16 remains in the dispensing pocket 35 based on the presence or absence of the light receiving signal, and the bill 16 in the dispensing pocket 35 as a user. Means for closing the payout opening 5a by the payout shutter 11 of the payout shutter opening / closing mechanism 36 when it is determined by the remaining bill detection means that there is no remaining bill 16 .

The dispensing shutter opening / closing mechanism 36 has a forward / reverse rotatable shutter opening / closing motor 54, and a transmission belt 55 wound around the rotation shaft of the shutter opening / closing motor 54, and discharges both ends of the transmission belt 55. The shutter 11 is fixed to both the upper and lower ends of the inner surface, and a plurality of rollers 56 are disposed at appropriate positions on the power transmission belt 55 so that the power transmission belt 55 has a sufficient length, 1. Ensuring a sufficient opening and closing stroke.

At the lower end of the inner surface of the dispensing shutter 11, a large and required opening / closing detection dog 11 a protruding inward is protruded, and the opening and closing positions of the dispensing shutter 11 are defined. In addition, an open detection sensor 57 and a close detection sensor 58 are provided. These open / close detection sensors 57 and 58 are reflection-type optical sensors that detect the presence or absence of the opening / closing detection dog 11a based on the presence or absence of reflected light, and microswitches that are turned on by the opening / closing detection dog 11a. Or any of the limit switches.

The detection signals of these open / close detection sensors 57 and 58 are given to the control device C. The controller C activates the shutter opening / closing motor 54 when the banknotes 16 in the payout pocket 35 are completely removed by the user or the like by the payout pocket banknote residual sensor 53 and there is no remaining banknote 16. A means for stopping the rotation of the shutter open / close motor 54 when the payout shutter 11 closes the payout port 5a by rotating in a predetermined direction and the close detection sensor 58 detects the close of the payout shutter 11 is detected. Have.

The control device C is in a state where a predetermined number of banknotes 16 have been discharged into the payout pocket 35. When the shutter opening / closing motor 54 is detected, the shutter opening / closing motor 54 is rotated in the reverse direction and rotated until the opening detection sensor 57 detects the opening of the payout shutter 11 to open the payout port 5a.

At the left and right ends of the payout opening 5a (in FIGS. 3 and 4, both ends in the front and back sides of the paper), the upper end of the pair of small width left and right stoppers 59a and 59b is swung. It is freely pivoted, and the papers 16 ejected into the dispensing pocket 35 jump out from the payout port 5a to these stoppers 59a, 59b. By hitting the parts, they are prevented from jumping out.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of each cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism 20 of each of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c, and FIGS. 6 (A), (B) and (C) show the operation thereof. FIG.

As shown in these figures, each cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism 20 has a substantially crank-shaped cross-sectional side for opening and closing the paper ejection slot 15b of the banknote storage unit 15 and has a longitudinal direction of the banknote 16 (in FIG. 5, A shutter plate 60 extending in the front-to-back direction of the paper, and a substantially L-shaped right and left (in FIG. 5, both sides in the front-to-back direction of the paper) fixed to the front end (the left end in the figure) of the shutter plate 60 It includes a pair of arms 61, a pair of left and right cam plates 62, each having a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, and a pair of left and right push rods 63 fixed on the side of each of the extending portions 7a to 7c.

Each arm 61 has a short axis hinge pin 64 and a cam pin 65 projecting from a front end (left end in the figure) and a rear end of a horizontal portion in FIG. 5, respectively. Guide grooves 66 to be slidably fitted are formed on the inner surface of the cassette body 12 in the direction of removal of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c indicated by arrows at both ends in the figure, and the hinge pins 64 are connected to the seventh. A return spring 64 a composed of a coil spring or the like shown in the figure constantly urges the hopper cassettes 3 a to 3 c in the insertion direction (right side in FIG. 5).

On the other hand, the cam plate 62 is formed as a through hole that penetrates the cam groove 67 that is substantially right-downward and slidably fits the cam pin 65 in the thickness direction. The length of the cam groove 67 substantially corresponds to the distance between the cam pin 65 and the hinge pin 64. As shown in FIG. 5, the tapered tip of the push rod 63 is inserted into the right end of the cam plate 62 in FIG. 5, and is pressed to the left in FIG. 5 by the reaction force of the pressing force. The insertion portion 68 is formed.

The lower end of the cam plate 62 is slidably fitted in a sliding groove 69 formed in the inner bottom of the cassette body 12 of each of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c. The upper end of the cam plate 62 is slidably fitted to a guide rail (not shown), and the guide rail and the slide groove 69 are extended over the entire length of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c along the removal direction. Has formed. That is, with the upper and lower ends of the cam plate 62 restricted so as not to move up and down, the cam plate 62 is reciprocated in parallel with the arm 61 in the direction of insertion and removal of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c. The cam plate 62 is also urged by a cam spring (not shown) so as to be constantly pressed to the rear side (the right side in FIG. 5).

At the rear ends (the right ends in FIG. 5) of the pair of cam plates 62, a pair of left and right shutter lock levers 62a, which are substantially inverted, are rocked by hinge pins 62b. It is pivoted freely.

That is, each shutter lip lever 62a pivots its inverted-shaped bent portion to each cam plate 62 by means of hinge pins 62b, while its lip end 62 at the upper end in FIG. The shutter plate 60 is locked by contacting the c with the outer bottom surface 60 a of the crank-shaped bent portion of the shutter plate 60 and projecting the lower end of the shutter plate 60 into the rod insertion portion 68. I have.

For this reason, even if the rear outer end 60b of the shutter plate 60 is pushed downward from the rear opening 21a of the shutter accommodating chamber 21 downwardly in FIGS. 5 and 6, the shutter lock lever 62a is not moved. Since the shutter plate 60 is locked, the shutter plate 60 cannot be pushed down. As a result, the shutter 60 is opened, and it is possible to prevent the banknote 16 from being taken out of the banknote outlet 15b of the banknote accommodating section 15 and being stolen.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 (A), when the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are gradually inserted into the cassette insertion portions 6a to 6c of the banknote dispensing machine main body 2, the force is first increased. The distal ends of the pair of right and left push rods 63 are inserted into the rod insertion portions 67 of the memory plate 62, respectively.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are returned, and the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are gradually inserted deeper into the force set insertion portions 6a to 6c against the tensile force of the springs 64a. As a result, a pair of left and right push ports 6 3 first pushes only the cam plate 62 forward (to the left in FIG. 5) due to the reaction force of the pressing force, and moves forward. Since the shutter lock lever 62a moves forward with the plate 62, the lock end 62c of the shutter lock lever 62a gradually moves forward while sliding on the flat outer bottom surface of the shutter plate 60. Go. As the cam plate 62 moves forward, the cam pin 65 slides in the cam groove β7 and is forcibly moved downward. For this reason, the shutter plate 60 gradually tilts downward around the hinge pin 64, and eventually the occlusal lever is released.

The opening of 6 2 is released, the corner 60 a of the shutter plate 60 corresponding to the paper discharging roller 15 b slightly drops vertically downward, and the discharging roller 15 b gradually opens. Then tilt until fully open. Eventually, the front end of the cam plate 62 strikes the rear surface of the hinge pin 64 as shown in FIG. 6 (B).

When the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are further inserted deep into the insertion sections 6a to 6c, the push rod 63 pushes the cam plate 62 further forward, and the front end of the cam plate 62 Pushes the rear surface of the hinge pin 64 forward, and moves the shutter plate 60 until the hinge pin 64 reaches the front end of the guide groove 66 as shown in FIG. 6 (C). 3a to 3c are mounted in the cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c, and the mounted state is detected by a cassette mounting sensor (not shown), and the output signal is given to the control device C, and the hopper cassette is mounted. Notify that 3a to 3c have been inserted and mounted at the predetermined positions of insertion sections 6a to 6c.

7 (A) and (B) are right outer side views of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c, FIG. 8 is a front view of the front cutout, FIG. 9 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. Fig. 9 is a view taken along the line X-X in Fig. 9. As shown in these figures, the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are located on the left and right outer surfaces on the front side of the cassette case main body 12 at the middle part in the height direction from the width dimension of the front part. The hook-shaped bent end 70 a of the approximately U-shaped handle 70 having a slightly larger width

70 b and a pair of left and right lip levers 7 2 a and 72 b are jointly rotatably fastened on the same plane by a pair of left and right handle hinge pins 7 l a and 71 b.

As shown in FIGS. 7 (A) and (B), a pair of lock springs 73 near the handle hinge pins 71a and 71b are provided on both left and right outer side surfaces of the cassette case body 12 respectively. a, 7 3b are fixed at one end, and the free end portions 7 3c, 73 d of these lock springs 7 3a, 73 b are attached to the handle hinge pins 7 1 a, of the lock levers 7 2a, 72 b. Make sure that the lock pin is locked to the tip of the pin beyond 7 lb (right side in Figs. 7 (A) and (B)) and always gently presses the pair of left and right lock pins 74a and 74b. It is composed.

Each lock pin 7 4a, 7 4b is protruded from a pair of left and right inner surfaces of each cassette insertion portion 6a, 6b, 6c shown in FIG. 3, and these lock pins 7 4a, 7 4b are provided. Engaging recesses 72c and 72d are formed on the upper surface of the free distal end portions of the lock levers 72a and 72b in the drawing. The lock levers 7 2 a and 7 2 b are provided with jaws 7 2 e and 7 2 that project outward (to the left in FIG. 7) from the pivots pivoted by the handle hinge pins 71 a and 7 lb. ί protrudes integrally. On the other hand, each handle 70 is provided with lock levers 72a, 72b jaws 72e, 72f on the left side in Fig. 7 near the pivot portion pivoted by the handle hinge pins 7la, 71b. The engaging step portions 70c and 7Od are formed so as to be removably engaged with each other.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7 (B), when the handle 70 is erected on the front surface 12 e of the cassette case main body, the pair of left and right engaging steps 70 c and 70 d of the handle 70 Engage the jaws 72e and 72f of f72a and 72b and push them upward in Fig. 7 (B). To this end, the free ends of the lock levers 7 2 a and 72 b opposite to the jaws 72 e and 72 f are opposed to the spring forces of the lock springs 73 a and 73 b. The lock pin 74a, 74b is disengaged from the engagement recesses 72c, 72d, and the lock is released.

In this manner, the hopper force sets 3a to 3c are inserted into the cassette insertion portions 6a to 6c with the locks of the lock levers 72a and 72b released.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), when the handle 70 is laid down on the front surface 12 e of the cassette case main body 12, the engaging steps 70 c and 70 d of the handle 70 and the lock lever 7 are locked. Since the engagement between the jaws 72 e and 72 f of 2 a and 72 b is released, the lock levers 72 a and 72 b are released by the spring forces of the lock springs 73 a and 73 b. The lock pins 74a and 74b are urged to the side. For this reason, each lock lever 72a, 72b engages with each lock pin 74a, 74b in each engagement HQ part 72c, 72d, and is locked. Therefore, the pull-out of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c from the cassette inlets 6a to 6c is restricted.

As a result, when pulling out the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c from the cassette insertion portions 6a to 6c outward, the user grips the handle 70 and stands up from the front surface 12 e of the cassette case body 12. Then, as described above, the free ends of the lock levers 7 2 a and 7 2 b rotate clockwise in FIG. 7 around the handle hinge pins 7 la and 71 b, and the lock pins 74 a and 74 b The lock levers 72a and 72b are disengaged from the locking recesses 72c and 72d so that they can be pulled outward.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the bill holders 17 of the above hopper cassettes 3 a to 3 c are a horizontally long flat plate-shaped front holding plate 7 5 for holding the front of the banknotes 16 in a row, and this front holding plate 7. The holding plate support device 76 fixed at the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the outer surface (front surface) of 5, a pair of left and right side pressing guides of a substantially L-shaped plate that guides both longitudinal ends of the bill 16 7 8 It has. '

The holding plate support device 76 supports the front holding plate 75 so that it can be slightly swung and slidably on the bottom 15 a of the bill storage unit 15, and has a U-shaped bracket 76. The U-shaped upper and lower opposed portions of a are penetrated in the vertical direction in FIG. 8 by the holding hinge pins 76b, and the holding hinge pins 76b are rotatably supported around their central axes.

The hinge pin 76 b has an upper outer end formed as a large-diameter end 76 c having a diameter larger than that of the intermediate shaft portion, and a lower end formed in the widthwise middle of the bottom 15 a of the bill storage unit 15. A slit 15c formed in the front-rear direction is penetrated in the plate thickness direction, and is fixed to an intermediate portion of a rectangular strip-shaped slider (not shown). Also, the front holding plate 75 is fixed at its lower end to the center of the sliding plate 79 in the longitudinal direction so that the front holding plate 75 slides on the bottom 15 a of the bill storage unit 15. Make up. Both ends in the longitudinal direction of the sliding plate 79 extend through the insertion holes penetrating in the thickness direction of the pair of left and right side pressing guides 77, 78, and extend to the outside, respectively. In FIG. 9, a pair of left and right tension springs 76 e and 76 f are respectively locked to one end of each. The other end of each of the tension springs 76 e and 76 mm extends to the back side of the cassette case body 12 and is wound around a pair of left and right rollers 79 a and 79 b, and is turned forward. The cassette case main body is fixed to the inner wall surface of the front surface 12d, and constantly urges the front holding plate 75 to be pulled to the rear side.

As shown in Fig. 8, the holding hinge pin 76b is equipped with return springs 76g and 76h consisting of a pair of upper and lower coil springs in the upper and lower parts of the U-shaped bracket 76a. The presser hinge pin 76a is urged with a substantially uniform urging force so that it can always rotate in the normal and reverse directions about its center axis, and the front presser plate 75 always faces the banknote 16 at all times. To push it backwards.

The front holding plate support device 76 has a holding hinge pin 76 b attached with a hook 80 having a hook-shaped tip so as to be swingable, and the front holding plate support device 76 can be detachably engaged with the holding hook 80. Locking When the locking plate 81 with a locking hole is erected inside the front 1 2 e of the cassette case body 12, and the front holding plate 75 contacts the locking plate 81. Then, while the locking claw 80 is engaged and locked in the locking hole of the locking plate 81, the lock release lever 82 is pressed and rotated around the hinge pin 76b. The lock can be released.

The pair of side pressing guides 7 7 and 7 8 have a substantially L-shaped cross section, and fix the L-shaped bent lower end portions 7 7 a and 7 8 a by screwing, and the bill 16 is in the front-back direction Guides both ends of the banknote 16 in the longitudinal direction when it slides. A plurality of pairs of slots (see FIG. 9) are provided at a plurality of locations so that they can be appropriately adjusted according to the longitudinal length of the banknotes 16 by means of 82a and 82b.

FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the bill dispensing machine 1. The control device C is composed of, for example, a microprocessor or the like, and functionally includes a sensor drive unit Ca, a motor drive unit Cb, a control unit Cc, a power supply unit Cd, an external communication unit Ce, an operation_display unit Cf. The power supply section Cd receives required power from a power supply section Aa of a main unit A such as a money changer into which the bill dispensing machine 1 is incorporated. Further, the external communication unit Ce has a function of bidirectionally communicating control signals and the like with the controller Ab of the main unit A.

The sensor drive section C a is a bill near-end sensor 19 (19a 19b, 19c) for the first, second, and third denominations and a delivery sensor 24 (24a, 24b, 24c). , Counting sensor 42, transport motor control sensor 44, reject pocket entry sensor 48, reject cassette residual sensor 50, reject cassette mounting sensor 51, dispensing pocket entry sensor 52, dispensing pocket bill remaining sensor 53 The opening detection sensor 57 and the closing detection sensor 58 of the payout shutter 11 are electrically connected to each other via a signal line (not shown), and these sensors are driven according to their functions. Various control means corresponding to each function of these sensors are provided in the control unit Cc in response to the detected detection signals. '

That is, when the banknotes 16 stored in a row in the banknote storage sections 15 of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are reduced and the row of the banknotes 16 is reduced to a predetermined remaining amount, As described above, the control unit C c uses the first, second, and third denominations (for example, a 1,000-yen bill, a 5,000-yen bill, and a 10,000-yen bill) as described above. It is detected by the near-end sensor 19 (19 a to 19 c), and based on this detection signal, the number of remaining bills 16 stored in the bill storage section 15 of each hopper cassette 3 a to 3 c Means for detecting and judging that the number has decreased to a predetermined number.

The denomination of the banknotes 16 stored in the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c is appropriately set in advance according to the positions of the cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c into which the hopper single-strength sets 3a to 3c are inserted and mounted. The settings are set by operating the operation unit on the operation / display unit C f, and the remaining number of these denominations is displayed on the display unit C f by numerical values and the like.

Further, as described above, the control unit C c stores a pair of left and right detection signals detected by the first, second, and third denomination control sensors 24 a to 24 c in a banknote 1 which is recorded in advance. 6 with a data table or reference pattern corresponding to a pair of left and right detection signals. Means for detecting the skew ゃ skew angle of banknotes 16 conveyed along payout conveyance path 23 for comparison and reference Means for detecting the length of the banknote 16 detected by the width direction of the banknote 16 in the widthwise direction. If it does not have the predetermined length compared to the dimensions of 16, it is judged that it is an error bill 16 such as a stub, etc. I have. Note that each of the feed sensors 24a to 24c and the control unit Cc have different lengths of the banknote 16 or the magnetic pattern or optical image pattern of the banknote 16 and the like. Different denomination detecting means or counterfeit note detecting means for detecting denomination and counterfeit notes as error bills 16a may be provided.

Further, the control unit C c transmits the transmitted light detection signal for detecting the density (light amount) of the transmitted light transmitted through the banknote 16 by the counting sensor 42, and transmits the transmitted light for one banknote 16 recorded in advance. The number of transported bills 16 is counted by counting the number of transmitted light detection signals corresponding to one of the bills 16 in comparison with the density (light amount), while the transmitted light of one bill 16 is counted. A means is provided to detect double feed of banknotes 16 when a transmitted light detection signal that is lower than the density (light quantity) (small light quantity) is received.

The control unit C c detects the rotational speed of the transport motor 32 by counting the number of pulses per unit time of the pulse-like detection signal detected by the transport motor control sensor 44. Calculates the time required for the motor drive unit Cb and error banknote 16a to reach the switching point Cp of the gate flapper 46, to control the rotation speed of the transport motor 32 detected by the above to the preset speed. Means. The control unit Cc detects the mounting of the reject cassette 49 when receiving the detection signal from the reject cassette device sensor 50, and when the detection signal is not received, the reject cassette 4 There is provided a means for detecting a state in which 9 is not yet attached to the reject pocket 49b.

The control unit C c detects the mounting of the reject cassette 49 when receiving the detection signal from the reject cassette mounting sensor 50, and when the detection signal is not received, the reject cassette 4 There is provided a means for detecting a state in which 9 is not yet mounted in the reject pocket 49b.

When receiving the detection signal detected by the rigid cassette residual sensor 51, the control unit C c detects a state in which the banknote 16 is not remaining in the reject cassette 49, and detects the detection signal. Is received, a means for detecting a state in which the banknote 16 still remains in the reject cassette 49 is provided. The control unit Cc includes means for detecting the entry and the number of the banknotes 16 transported to the payout transport path 47 based on the detection signal detected by the payout pocket entry sensor 52.

When receiving the detection signal detected by the dispensing pocket bill remaining sensor 53, the control unit C c detects a state in which the bill 16 is not remaining in the dispensing pocket 35, and receives the detection signal. If not, there is provided a means for detecting a state in which the bill 16 does not remain in the payout pocket 3.

The control unit Cc opens and closes the payout shutter 11 when receiving the open detection signal and the close detection signal detected by the open detection sensor 57 and the close detection sensor 58 of the payout shutter 11 respectively. , And means for displaying on the display unit C と, and the payout shutter 11 is closed when the bill remaining sensor 5 3 detects that the bill 16 is not remaining in the payout pocket 35. Means for controlling the rotation direction of the shutter opening / closing motor 54 via the motor driving unit Cb.

The control unit C c controls the rotation speed of the first, second and third denomination pulse motors 2 2 b (22 bl to 22 b 3) as the feeding motors at the speed set by the operation unit C f. In addition, there is provided a means for controlling via a motor driving unit Cb.

Then, when the control unit Cc detects the elapse of time until the error bill 16a detected by each of the feeding sensors 24a to 24c reaches the switching point Cp, the control unit Cc transmits the time via the motor driving unit Cb. Means for driving the rotary solenoid of the gate flap 46 to switch the error bill 16a to the reject transport path 45 side.

Next, the operation of the bill dispensing machine 1 configured as described above will be described.

First, at the required place such as the accounting department, open the upper lids 13 of the hopper one-strength sets 3a to 3c, and put the required denominations, for example, 1,000-yen bills, 5,000 yen It accommodates the required number of bills and 10,000 yen bills. The front of the row of each banknote 16 accommodated in each banknote storage unit 15 is sexually pressed by a bank holder 17 so as to be constantly pressed backward, and both longitudinal ends of the banknote 16 are a pair of left and right side pressing guides. Are supported and guided slidably by the doors 7 7 and 7 8. After that, close the upper tab 13 and insert the key 14a into the key hole of the cylinder lock 14 as shown in Fig. 3, and rotate the lock dog 14b to the upper dog 13a. It can be locked and locked. Thus, theft of the banknotes 16 in the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c can be prevented.

The hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are carried to the place where the bill dispensing machine main body 2 is installed by grasping the handle 70 thereof, and the handle 70 is moved from the front 1e of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c. In the upright position, the pair of left and right side guide bins 1 2d of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are fitted to the pair of left and right side guides 4a of the cassette insertion portions 6a to 6c to insert the cassette insertion portion 6a. Insert into the back of a ~ 6c.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, a pair of left and right push rods 6 3 fixed to the bill feeding sections 7 a to 7 c are inserted into the rod insertion section 68 of the cam plate 62 of the cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism 20. Is inserted.

Thereafter, when the hopper full force sets 3 a to 3 c are further inserted into the inside of the cassette insertion portions 6 a to 6 c, the push-in reaction force causes the push rods 6 3 to 3 c to move as shown in FIG. Presses the pair of left and right cam plates 62 and the lock lever 62a of the cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism 20 further forward (to the left in FIG. 6). To this end, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the lock end 62 of the shutter lock lever 62 a slides forward on the outer bottom surface 60 a of the shutter plate 60 so that the shutter plate 60 While the cam plate 62 is unlocked, the upper and lower ends of the cam plate 62 are slid further forward while the upper and lower ends thereof are regulated by a pair of upper and lower guide grooves, and the front end of the cam plate 62 becomes a hinge pin. 6 Move forward until it touches the rear end.

As a result, the cam pin 65 slidably fitted in the cam groove 67 of the cam plate 62 is forcibly guided by the cam groove 67 and slides in the cam groove 67. Move to the lower end.

To this end, as shown in FIG. 6 (B), the shutter plate 60 is moved slightly downward in the vertical direction from the paper ejection rack 5b of the bill storage unit 15 as shown in FIG. Almost the whole 60 tilts to the lower right in the figure around the center axis of the hinge pin 64.

Thereafter, as shown in Fig. 6 (C), when the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are inserted into the cassette insertion portions 6a to 6c, the cam plate 62 is further moved forward by the push rod 63. , The front end of the cam plate 62 further presses the hinge pin 64 forward.

For this purpose, the cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism 20 is entirely located at the bottom 1

5a is accommodated in the shutter accommodating chamber 21 below, and the paper output roller 15b is opened, from which the banknote 16 falls vertically downward, and the paper output roller 1 The bill 16 comes into contact with the outer surface of the delivery drum 22 a of the bill delivery mechanism 22 of each of the bill delivery sections 7 a to 7 c located below 5 b.

As a result, the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are inserted into the cassette insertion portion of the bill dispenser body 2.

It is in a state of being mounted at a predetermined position in 6a to 6c. At this time, as shown in Fig. The pair of left and right lock levers 7 2a, 7 2b of the handle 70, and the pair of left and right lock pins 7 4a, 7 4 of the cassette insertion portions 6 a-6 c are inserted into the locking recesses 7 2c, 72 d. b is engaged and sucked. When the handle 70 is folded down to the front side of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c in this hook state, the locked state is maintained and the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are moved outward from the cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c. Can not be pulled out. For this reason, the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c can be prevented from being stolen.

When pulling out the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c from the cassette insertion portions 6a, the handle 70 is raised upright as shown in FIG. 7 (B). Then, the engaging step portions 70c, 70d of the handle 70 strike the jaws 72e, 72f of the lock levers 72a, 72b and push up. For this purpose, the inner ends of the lock levers 72a, 72b rotate downward in the drawing with the hinge pins 71a, 71b as fulcrums, and engage with the lock pins 74a, 74b. The engagement with the joints 72c and 72d is released, and the lock is released. Thereby, each hopper cassette 3a to 3c can be pulled out from each cassette inlet 6a to 6c.

After the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are inserted into the predetermined positions in the cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c, a control signal from a main unit such as a currency exchange machine (not shown) to which the bill dispensing machine 1 is mounted is attached. Is received by the control device C, the control device C outputs a control signal for paying out a required number of denominations in accordance with a control signal of the main device.

This control signal is sent to the pulse motor 22b of any one of the required hopper cassettes 3a to 3c containing the banknotes 16 of the denomination corresponding to the instruction, and to the number of instructions for paying out the banknotes 16. It is given by the corresponding number of pulses.

As a result, the pulse motor 22b rotates by an amount corresponding to the number of pulses of the control signal, so that the feeding drum 22a rotates, and the required number of banknotes 16 Is fed to the feeding transport path 23.

The required number of banknotes 16 fed to the feeding transport path 23 in this way is counted by the controller C based on the detection signal from the feeding sensor 24. Further, the control device C detects the length of the banknote 16 in the width direction, the skew or no skew angle, and the stub based on the detection signal from the feeding sensor 24, and the skew angle exceeds a predetermined angle. In this case, the banknotes 16 conveyed by the banknotes and the banknotes 16 of different denominations which differ from the denomination indicated by the control signal due to lack of dimensions such as stubs are determined as error banknotes 16a.

The banknotes 16 conveyed in the feeder path 23 in this way are transferred from the feeder outlets 23a to 23c to the banknote conveying path 31 of the payout section 5, and two bills 16 are counted by the counting sensor 42 in the middle. The presence / absence and number of double feeds such as stacking are detected, and the banknotes 16 in the double feed are determined to be banknotes 16a, and this error banknote 16a reaches the switching point cp of the banknote transport path 31. Then, the gate flaps 46 are switched to the reject transport path 45 by the switching (sorting) operation, and the correct banknote 16 is transported to the payout transport path 47 as it is.

The error bills 16a distributed to the reject transport path 45 side are counted by the reject pocket entry sensor 48, then drawn in by the bill draw-in path 49a in the reject cassette 49, and rejected. It is discharged into the pocket 49 b and collected. The error bill 16a remaining in the reject pocket 49b is detected by the reject cassette residual sensor 51.

The insertion of the reject cassette 49 into a predetermined position in the reject cassette insertion section 34 of the dispensing section 5 is detected by a reject cassette mounting sensor 50.

On the other hand, the correct bills 16 distributed to the payout transport path 47 side are counted by the payout pocket entry sensor 52 and then discharged into the payout pocket 35 for accumulation. When the bill 16 is discharged into the dispensing pocket 35, the bill 16 can be prevented from jumping out of the payout port 5a by hitting the pair of left and right stoppers 59a, 59b. .

If the bills 16 remaining in the dispensing pocket 35 are not detected by the dispensing pocket bill remaining sensor 53, the shutter open / close motor 54 is controlled by the control signal given from the control device C to the shutter open / close motor 54. The payout shutter 11 is closed by rotating it in the direction a predetermined number of times. On the other hand, when the remaining bills 16 are detected, the shutter opening / closing motor 54 is reversed to open the payout shutter 11 and open the reject cassette port 34a. The opening and closing of the dispensing shutter 11 can be detected by the open / close detection sensors 57 and 58.

Therefore, according to the bill dispensing machine 1, the bill accommodating portion 15 for accommodating the bills 16 is formed in the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c 內, and is configured in a cassette type separate from the bill dispensing machine main body 2. As a result, the security against theft of the banknote 16 can be improved.

Moreover, since the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c do not incorporate the feeding mechanism 22 or the connecting transport path 25a to 25c, they are installed on the feeding section 7a to 7c side of the banknote dispensing machine body 2. The hopper cassettes 3a to 3c can be simplified or reduced in size and weight.

Further, the openable top cover 13 of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c can be locked to the cassette body 12 by a small cylinder lock 14, so that the banknotes 16 accommodated in the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c can be locked. Safety can be improved. When the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c are inserted into the cassette insertion portions 7a to 7c of the banknote dispensing machine main body 2 at predetermined positions and mounted, the cassettes are operated by a pair of hook levers 7 2a and 7 2b of the handle 70. The insertion portions 7a to 7c, that is, the pair of mouth pins 74a and 74b of the banknote dispensing machine main body 2 are locked, so that the cassette insertion portions 7a to 7c of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c can be inserted. Can be prevented from being pulled out to the outside, so that safety can be further improved.

Furthermore, a bill near-end sensor 19 for detecting the remaining amount of the bill 16 and displaying it on the display unit is provided in the bill storage unit 15 of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c. Insufficient bill storage capacity can be prevented, and bills 16 can be collected in bill storage unit 15 at appropriate timing.

In addition, since each of the feeding sections 7a to 7c is provided with a connected conveyance path 25b and 25c, respectively, the designated denominations are connected via these connected conveyance paths 25b and 25c. The bills 16 can be transported to the bill transport path 31 of the payout section 5. ·

In addition, since one side of each of the connected transport paths 25b and 25c is configured to be tiltable, the one side of each of the connected transport paths 25b and 25c is tilted, so that the banknote 1 that has caused a jam is generated. Since 6 mag can be removed, the jam can be easily resolved and restored to its original state.

In addition, skewed stubs of banknotes 16 or banknotes 16 other than the designated denomination are conveyed and accumulated to the rijet cassette 49 side as error banknotes 16a, and are not conveyed into the dispensing pockets 35. It is possible to prevent the error bill 16a from being paid out to the user. In addition, the detection of the error banknote 16a and the counting of the number of the predetermined banknote 16 are performed twice by the feeding sensor 24 and the counting sensor 42, so that the detection accuracy can be improved.

Furthermore, since the reject pocket 49b for storing the error bills 16a is transported and accumulated in the detachable reject cassette 49, the reject pocket 49b is arranged in the bill dispensing machine body 2. Error banknotes 16a can be more easily and safely centralized and centralized in one place, and the reject cassette 49 has a bill draw-in path 49a and a drive roller 49a. Is constructed so as not to rotate in the direction in which the banknote 16 is drawn out, so that the drive roller 49 d is rotated in the direction in which the banknote 16 is drawn out to prevent the banknote 16 from being taken out. Safety can be improved.

In addition, the reject cassette 49 is inserted into the reject cassette input section of the bill dispensing machine body 2. If it is not inserted in the specified position in 3 4, an alarm will be output, so it will be inserted into the reject cassette input section 3 4 of the reject cassette 49 (^ it can.

Furthermore, since one side of the bill conveying path 31 of the dispensing section 5 is configured to be tiltable outward, even if a jam of the bill 16 or the like occurs in the bill conveying path 31, the bill conveying path is not changed. By removing one of the banknotes 16 and the like that have caused a jam by tilting one side of the outside to the outside, the jam can be easily and quickly eliminated, and the original state can be easily and quickly restored.

In substantially the same manner, the gate flap unit 33 of the dispensing section 5 can be tilted in a predetermined direction, so that when the banknote 16 or the like occurs in the gate flap 46 or the reject conveyance path 45 or the like. However, the jam can be eliminated easily and quickly.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the case where the dispensing section 5 is disposed below the force-set insertion sections 6a to 6c of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c as shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is not limited to this. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the dispensing section 5 may be disposed above the cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c. In this case, the connection transport path 25a to 2 for each cassette insertion section 6a to 6c is provided. 5c may be configured so that banknotes 16 can be sequentially conveyed from below to above, and the change can be easily performed. When a main unit such as a money changing machine is provided with a payout shutter or the like, the payout shutter 11 may be omitted. If a bill receiver is provided on the main body of the money changer, etc., and the bills 16 are dropped directly into the bill receiver, the shutter 11 and the dispensing pocket 35 are omitted, and instead, a transport roller etc. for discharging is arranged. May be.

FIG. 12 is a schematic side sectional view of a bill dispensing machine 1A according to a second embodiment of the present invention, which shows a dispensing shutter 11 of a dispensing section 5, a dispensing pocket 35, and a shutter opening / closing motor 5. 4. The main features are that the power transmission belt 55, the open / close detection sensors 57, 58, and the jump-out prevention stoppers 59a, 59b are eliminated.

That is, the bill dispensing machine 1A according to the second embodiment, when a dispensing pocket corresponding to the dispensing pocket 35 described above is arranged on a main unit (not shown) such as a money changing machine, It is configured for incorporation.

Then, a second pay-out transport path 83 placed horizontally is provided at the deletion mark of the pay-out pocket 35. The second horizontal pay-out path 83 connects the carry-in port (right end in FIG. 12) of the bill 16 to the carry-out port of the pay-out path 47, while the second pay-out path 83 in FIG. The outlet for bills 16 is extended to the vicinity of the inner surface of the outlet 5a, and is conveyed into the dispensing pocket of the main unit at the front outside (left side in Fig. 12) of the outlet 5a. . The second payout conveyance path 83 is arranged so that a pair of upper and lower belt conveyance mechanisms 84 and 85 are vertically opposed to each other and are opposed to each other. One of the pair of upper and lower belt transport mechanisms 84 and 85 may be configured to be rotatable around the other end.

FIG. 13 is a schematic side sectional view of a bill dispensing machine 1B according to a third embodiment of the present invention, which shows a dispensing section 5 of the bill dispensing machine 1 according to the first embodiment and a Arranged at the upper end, for example, it is configured to transport the bills 16 in the bill storage section 15 of the hopper cassettes 3a to 3c for three denominations to the payout section 5 upper side in FIG. There is a characteristic in that.

That is, connecting conveyance paths 25a, 25b, and 25c are provided in each of the feeding sections 7a to 7c, respectively, and these connecting conveyance paths 25a to 25c are communicated with each other. It is configured to convey banknotes 16 to the payout section 5 side in the upper middle. Further, the payout section 5 is provided with a carry-in port for the bills 16 at the lower bottom thereof, and communicates this carry-in port with the carry-out port of the upper connecting transfer path 25a. The configuration other than these is almost the same as that of the first embodiment, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 14 is a schematic side cross-sectional view of a bill dispensing machine 1C according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which shows a dispensing shutter of a bill dispensing machine 1B according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 11 is characterized in that it is deleted for the same purpose as the deletion of the payout shutter 11 of the banknote payout machine 1B according to the second embodiment shown in FIG.

In each of the above embodiments, three hopper cassettes 3 a to 3 c are provided, and three cassette insertion portions 6 a to 6 c are provided, and the bill dispensers 1 to 1 C corresponding to three denominations are described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the hopper force sets 3a to 3c and the cassette insertion portions 6a to 6c may be arranged corresponding to the number of denominations. For example, when the denominations are 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 denominations, 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 hopper cassettes 3a to 3c and cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c are also provided. Alternatively, a plurality of hopper cassettes 3a to 3c and cassette insertion sections 6a to 6c may be used for one denomination, and seven or more denominations may be provided. Industrial applicability

As described above, according to the present invention, the bill storage unit for storing bills is formed in the hopper cassette, and is configured in a cassette type separate from the bill dispensing machine main body, thereby improving security against theft of bills and the like. Can be done.

In addition, the hopper cassette is installed on the feeder side of the banknote dispensing machine without a built-in feeding mechanism or connecting transport path. Can be achieved.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A normally-closed cassette shutter opening and closing mechanism that closes and opens the bill storage unit that allows bills to enter and exit from the openable and closable lid, and the paper discharge unit that discharges the bills stored in the bill storage unit. A hopper cassette provided with a bill holder that constantly urges the bills in the bill storage section to the paper ejection side;

One or more cassette insertion portions for removably inserting and mounting the hopper cassette. When the hopper cassette is inserted and mounted in the cassette insertion portion, the cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism is operated by the insertion reaction force. A cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism operating member that opens the cassette shutter and opens the paper discharge port. The banknote in the banknote storage unit is located at a position facing the paper discharge slot when the paper discharge port is opened. A bill feeding mechanism that has a bill feeding mechanism that feeds paper from the paper discharge port to a feeding path, and a feeding section that is provided for each of the cassette insertion sections; a bill feeding path that communicates with the bill feeding path of the feeding section to feed bills; A pay-out pocket for receiving bills conveyed from the bill transport path, and a bill pay-out port that opens to the outside while communicating with the pay-out pocket. A body painting Bei the detection section,

A bill dispensing machine characterized by comprising:

2. A plurality of feeding portions of the main body are provided in parallel in accordance with a plurality of the cassette inserting portions, and the bill feeding / conveying paths adjacent to each other are connected so as to be able to interlock with each other so that bills are sequentially conveyed to the payout portion side. Transport path,

2. The bill dispensing machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

3. The bill dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein a dispensing sensor that detects an error bill that does not meet a predetermined standard is disposed in the bill transport path.

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4. A counting sensor for detecting the multi-feed and number of bills in the bill transport path,

The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

5. A cassette insertion sensor that detects a state in which the hopper cassette is inserted into a predetermined position in the cassette insertion section,

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein Banknote dispenser.

6. A transport motor for driving the bill transport path,

A transfer motor control sensor for detecting the rotation angle of the transfer motor;

A control device for controlling the driving of the transport motor based on the rotation angle detected by the transport motor control sensor;

The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by comprising:

7. The bill delivery mechanism of the main body includes a delivery drum for delivering bills from the paper discharge port of the bill storage unit, a stop roller arranged with an outer peripheral surface close to the outer peripheral surface of the delivery drum, and the delivery. A driven roller rotatably circumscribing the drum is formed into a unit, and when the hopper cassette is inserted and mounted in the cassette insertion portion, the payout drum of the hopper cassette is positioned at the banknote discharge position of the discharge port of the hopper cassette. The bill dispensing according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the bill is dispensed in a lateral direction by disposing the unit so that the dispensing position is located. Machine.

8. The payout section of the main body

A gate flapper for distributing error bills detected by the feeding sensor from the bill conveyance path to the collection path side;

A reject pocket that opens to the outside to receive the error bills sorted by the gate flapper from the collection passage side,

A reject cassette which is inserted into the reject pocket through the external opening so as to be removably inserted therein and receives and stores error bills;

The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:

9. A reject cassette insertion detection sensor for detecting a state where the reject cassette is inserted into a predetermined position in the reject pocket,

9. The bill dispensing machine according to claim 8, comprising:

10. The bill dispensing machine according to claim 8, further comprising: a remaining bill detecting sensor for detecting the presence or absence of bills in the reject cassette.

1 1. The payout section of the main body has a back surface opposite to the bill payout port side freely openable, while a bill transport mechanism that constitutes one side of the bill transport path inward from the back surface. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein one end of the bill dispensing machine is configured to be drawn out of the rear opening and tilted. .

12. The gate flap of the main body is configured to be able to move to a position distant from a part of a conveying path for conveying bills to the gate flap. 11. The bill dispenser according to any one of the items 1 to 1.

1 3. The dispensing section of the main body includes a bill dispensing port opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the bill dispensing port with a shutter.

The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the bill dispensing machine is provided.

14. The dispensing section of the main body, further comprising: a bill detecting sensor for detecting a bill in the dispensing pocket, wherein the bill is disposed in the dispensing pocket. Banknote dispenser.

15. The cassette shutter mechanism is configured to push back the remaining bills at the discharge port of the hopper cassette to the bill storage unit when the hopper single-strength set is taken out from the cassette insertion portion of the main body. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the cassette shutter is configured to operate.

16. The cassette shutter mechanism includes a lock mechanism that locks the shutter when the sheet discharging roller is closed by the shutter and releases the lock by operating the cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism operating member. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the bill is dispensed.

17. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the hopper cassette includes a lock mechanism for locking the open / close lid.

18. The hopper cassette is provided with a handle rotatably on a cassette case main body inserted into the cassette insertion portion, and when the cassette case main body is inserted into a predetermined position in the cassette insertion portion, A lock mechanism is provided at the locking portion of the cassette case main body to lock the locked portion of the cassette insertion portion to prevent the cassette case main body from being pulled out from the cassette insertion portion,

The banknote according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the lock mechanism is configured to lock or unlock according to a rotation angle of the handle. Dispenser.

19. The bill dispensing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the dispensing section is disposed above or below the cassette insertion section.

20. A cassette case body which is removably inserted into the cassette insertion portion of the bill dispenser body,

A bill accommodating portion formed in the cassette case main body and accommodating bills so that the bills can be freely moved in and out, and a bill presser which constantly urges the bills accommodated in the bill accommodating portion toward the discharge port side;

The discharge port, which is provided in the cassette case body and discharges the bills in the bill storage section, is opened and closed by a shutter, and is activated by the reaction force when the cassette case body is inserted into the cassette insertion section. A cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism that drives the shutter so as to open the paper discharge slot with a cassette shutter opening / closing mechanism operating member;

A hopper cassette comprising:

21. The hopper force set according to claim 20, wherein said cassette case body has a height of 14 Omm or less, a width of 24 Omm or less, and a depth of 15 Omm or less. .