WO2023145198A1

WO2023145198A1 - Banknote processing device

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Publication number: WO2023145198A1
Application number: PCT/JP2022/042378
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徹長岡
Original assignee: 沖電気工業株式会社
Priority date: 2022-01-28
Filing date: 2022-11-15
Publication date: 2023-08-03
Also published as: JP2023110415A

Abstract

The present invention is provided with: an accumulation tray in which banknotes are accumulated and which moves in a first direction from a state of being stowed in a device interior so that the accumulation tray is exposed to the device exterior; a banknote guide that is provided to an upper part of the accumulation tray and guides the banknotes; and a banknote ejection regulation unit that is rotateably attached to a first-direction end of the banknote guide and that regulates ejection, in the first direction, of the banknotes that have been accumulated in the accumulation tray. A first-direction end of the banknote ejection regulation unit and a first-direction end of the bottom of the accumulation tray take a nested shape overlapping in the direction of accumulation of banknotes that have been accumulated in the accumulation tray.

Description

Banknote processing equipment

The present disclosure relates to a banknote processing device.

In recent years, POS (Point Of Sales) cash registers, etc., have been used as cash register change systems used in retail stores such as supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, and large-scale mass retailers such as discount shops. A combination with a change dispenser for depositing and withdrawing coins has become widespread.

A banknote depositing/dispensing machine as a banknote processing device incorporated in the change machine includes, for example, a depositing/dispensing unit for receiving and receiving banknotes with a user (a cashier, a customer, etc.) and a transport unit for transporting banknotes. , a discrimination unit that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of inserted banknotes, and a banknote storage box that stores reusable banknotes by denomination.

In addition, in this type of bill depositing and dispensing machine, a plurality of stacked bills to be dispensed are collectively (in other words, bundled) pushed forward from a dispensing port provided on the front of the bill depositing and dispensing machine and received by the user. (See, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-129135 (Patent Document 1)).

However, in the method of pushing out a plurality of bills to be dispensed from the disbursement port all at once, the bills may fly out of the disbursement port due to the force of pushing out the bills to be dispensed, causing problems such as the bills falling to the floor. there were.

Therefore, the bills to be dispensed are stacked on a tray having a wall at the front end so that the bills to be dispensed do not protrude forward, and the tray is pushed forward from the dispensing port to use the bills to be dispensed. We can think of a way to make people accept it. However, although this method can prevent the bills to be dispensed from flying out, there is a new problem that the wall at the front end of the tray becomes an obstacle, making it difficult for the user to receive the bills to be dispensed. .

The present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a banknote processing apparatus that facilitates receipt of banknotes while preventing banknotes from flying out.

In order to solve such a problem, in the banknote processing apparatus of the present disclosure, a stacking tray for stacking banknotes is moved in a first direction from a state stored inside the device to be exposed to the outside of the device, and an upper portion of the stacking tray. a banknote guide that guides the banknotes; and a banknote guide that is rotatably attached to an end portion of the banknote guide in the first direction so that the banknotes stacked in the stacking tray fly out in the first direction. and an end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion in the first direction and an end portion of the bottom portion of the stacking tray in the first direction are aligned with the stacking tray. It has a nested shape that overlaps in the stacking direction of the banknotes stacked in the stack.

In this manner, the banknotes stacked on the stacking tray are placed in the first direction by the nested shape formed by the first-direction end of the banknote ejection restricting portion and the first-direction end of the stacking tray. It can be regulated to jump out in the direction.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to realize a banknote processing apparatus that facilitates receipt of banknotes while preventing banknotes from popping out.

1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a banknote depositing/dispensing machine; FIG. It is a sectional side view which shows the internal structure of a banknote payment|withdrawal part. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing how the stacking tray is pushed out from the banknote dispensing port of the banknote depositing/dispensing machine; FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing the operation of the stacking tray and the door; It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a stacking tray, a banknote guide, and a banknote ejection control part. FIG. 4 is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view showing a configuration around a contact portion between the front end portion of the bill ejection restricting portion and the front end portion of the tray bottom portion; It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a door lock mechanism. It is a sectional side view which shows the structure of a door periphery.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. Configuration of Banknote Receipt and Disbursement Machine]
FIG. 1 shows an external configuration of the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1. As shown in FIG. This banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1 is incorporated as a banknote unit in a change machine (not shown) installed in a checkout office of a retail store such as a supermarket, a convenience store, a gas station, or the like. The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 is connected to a register such as a POS register (not shown) and operates under the control of the register.

In the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1, the side facing the user (cash register, customer, etc.) is the front side, and the opposite side is the rear side. , left and right.

A banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped housing 2. A banknote depositing slot 3 into which banknotes are inserted is provided in the upper front portion of the housing 2, and a banknote dispensing port through which banknotes are discharged is provided in the lower front portion of the housing 2. A gold mouth 4 is provided. This banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 takes in banknotes put into a banknote pay-in port 3 by a user, stores them inside a housing 2, and discharges the banknotes stored inside from a banknote pay-out port 4 as change. .

Inside the housing 2 of the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1, a banknote dispensing unit 10 for ejecting banknotes to be dispensed from the banknote dispensing port 4 is provided at the front lower portion (that is, behind the banknote dispensing port 4). . The configuration of the banknote dispensing unit 10 will be described in detail below.

[2. Configuration and Operation of Banknote Dispensing Unit]
FIG. 2 shows a side cross-sectional view of the banknote dispensing unit 10 as viewed from the right side. As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote dispensing section 10 is mainly composed of a stacking tray 11 for stacking the banknotes BL to be dispensed. (See FIG. 1 in addition to FIG. 2). Although details will be described later, as shown in FIGS. 3(1), 3(2) and 4(1) to 4(3), the banknote dispensing unit 10 uses the driving force of a motor (not shown) to accumulate banknotes. By sliding the tray 11 forward from the position shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 ( 1 ), the stacking tray 11 is pushed forward of the banknote dispensing port 4 while opening the door 12 .

2 and 5, the stacking tray 11 includes a tray bottom portion 11b and a tray rear wall portion 11r (not shown in FIG. 5) projecting upward from the rear end of the tray bottom portion 11b. and left and right tray side wall portions 11s (not shown in FIG. 2) projecting upward from the left and right ends of the tray bottom portion 11b, and dispensed banknotes BL are accumulated on the tray bottom portion 11b. Here, the stacking tray 11 stacks the dispensed banknotes BL such that the lateral direction of the dispensed banknotes BL is the front-rear direction. Although details will be described later, FIG. 5 shows how the bills to be dispensed BL are extracted forward from the stacking tray 11 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the tray bottom portion 11b is inclined so that the rear end side is lower than the front end side, and as shown in FIG. It is shaped like a notch in the center of the In other words, the tray bottom portion 11b has a recessed shape when viewed from above. A notch portion 11n formed in the central portion of the front end side of the tray bottom portion 11b is for making it easier to grasp the dispensed banknotes BL when extracting the dispensed banknotes BL from the stacking tray 11. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, above the rear end of the stacking tray 11 (above the tray rear wall portion 11r), a stacking roller 13 and a pressure roller 14 are arranged with the stacking roller 13 on the bottom side and the pressure roller 14 on the bottom side. They are arranged facing each other in the vertical direction in a positional relationship of the upper side. The stacking roller 13 and the pressure roller 14 rotate in the directions indicated by arrows R1 and R2, respectively, so that the dispensed banknotes BL transported to the banknote dispensing unit 10 are moved between the stacking roller 13 and the pressure roller 14. , and discharged onto the stacking tray 11 in front.

Further, the rotating shaft of the collecting roller 13 is provided with an impeller 15 having a plurality of blades 15t and rotating together with the collecting roller 13 . The impeller 15 strikes the rear portion of the dispensed banknotes BL discharged onto the accumulation tray 11 by the accumulating roller 13 and the pressure roller 14 with a blade 15t from above to hold the dispensed banknotes BL against the rear portion of the tray bottom portion 11b. They are accumulated on the tray bottom portion 11b in such a manner that they are attached to each other. At this time, the dispensed banknotes BL are stacked so as to be brought closer to the tray rear wall portion 11r side.

Furthermore, above the stacking tray 11, the stacking roller 13 and the pressure roller 14 guide the dispensed banknotes BL ejected forward to the stacking tray 11, and together with the stacking tray 11, form a stacking space Sp for the dispensed banknotes BL. A banknote guide 16 is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the banknote guide 16 is fixed to the upper end portion of the left and right tray side wall portions 11s so as to be sandwiched between the left and right tray side wall portions 11s. It is

As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote guide 16 extends from the rear end side to near the front end of the stacking tray 11 and is inclined so that the front end side is lower than the rear end side. That is, the space between the lower surface 16g, which is the guide surface of the bill guide 16, and the upper surface 11g, which is the stacking surface of the tray bottom portion 11b, becomes narrower from the rear end side to the front end side of the stacking tray 11 (that is, as it goes forward). ing. As shown in FIG. 5, the banknote guide 16 has a shape (concave shape when viewed from above) in which the central portion in the width direction of the front end side is notched, similarly to the tray bottom portion 11b. That is, the banknote guide 16 also has a notch portion 16n formed in the central portion on the front end side in order to make it easier to grasp the dispensed banknotes BL stacked on the stacking tray 11 .

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 , banknote ejection restricting portions 17 are provided at front end portions of one end side (left end side) and the other end side (right end side) of the banknote guide 16 in the width direction (horizontal direction). is provided. The one end side (left end side) bill ejection restricting portion 17 extends forward from the front end of the one end side (left end side) in the width direction of the bill guide 16 toward the front end of the tray bottom portion 11b. Similarly, the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 on the other end side (right end side) also extends forward from the front end of the other end side (right end side) in the width direction of the banknote guide 16 toward the front end of the tray bottom portion 11b. .

The two banknote ejection restricting portions 17 are rotatably attached to the front end portion of the banknote guide 16 via rotary shafts 17a (see FIG. 2) extending in the width direction (horizontal direction) of the banknote guide 16, respectively. there is As a result, the two banknote ejection restricting portions 17 can rotate in a direction in which the respective tip portions (front end portions) approach and separate from the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b. These two banknote ejection restricting portions 17 are urged by their own weight in a direction in which the respective tip portions approach the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b so that the respective tip portions come into contact with the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b. It has become.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 is in contact with the tray bottom portion 11b, the lower surface 17g, which serves as the guide surface, is substantially flush with the lower surface 16g, which serves as the guide surface of the banknote guide 16. Become. That is, when the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 abuts against the tray bottom portion 11b, the guide surface formed by the lower surface 17g of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the lower surface 16g of the banknote guide 16 and the upper surface which is the stacking surface of the tray bottom portion 11b. 11g becomes narrower from the rear end side of the stacking tray 11 toward the front end side. In other words, the space between the guide surface formed by the lower surface 17g of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the lower surface 16g of the banknote guide 16 and the upper surface 11g of the tray bottom portion 11b serves as the stacking space Sp. , the stacking space Sp narrows in the height direction toward the front.

Here, FIG. 6(1) shows an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the abutting portion between the front end portion of the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b and the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 on the one end side (left end side). FIG. 6(2) shows a side cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the abutting portion between the front end portion of the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b and the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 on the one end side (left end side).

As shown in FIGS. 6(1) and 6(2), a rib 18 protruding downward from the bottom surface 17g of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 is provided at the center portion in the width direction at the leading end of the bottom surface 17g. The rib 18 has a substantially trapezoidal shape in which the lower base is shorter than the upper base when viewed in the width direction. The length of the rib 18 in the width direction is shorter than the length of the lower surface 17g of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 in the width direction. A lower end of the rib 18 is a portion that abuts on the tray bottom portion 11b.

On the other hand, on the upper surface 11g of the tray bottom portion 11b, a protrusion projecting from the upper surface 11g is provided at a location facing the rib 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 (that is, the front end of one end (left end) in the width direction of the upper surface 11g). 19 is formed. The projecting portion 19 has a substantially trapezoidal shape in which the lower base is longer than the upper base when viewed in the width direction. The upper end of the projecting portion 19 is a portion that abuts on the rib 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 .

As shown in FIG. 6(1), the protrusion 19 has a length in the width direction that is shorter than the lower surface 17g of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and longer than the rib 18, and both ends in the width direction are ribbed. 18 on the outside of both ends in the width direction. Furthermore, on the upper surface 11g of the tray bottom portion 11b, ribs 20 projecting from the upper surface 11g are provided at both ends of the protrusion 19 in the width direction so as to sandwich the protrusion 19 therebetween.

The two ribs 20 have the same size and shape, and as shown in FIG. 6(2), have a substantially trapezoidal shape that is one size larger than the protrusion 19 when viewed in the width direction. On the other hand, the projecting portion 19 is sized and arranged so that the entirety of the projecting portion 19 can be accommodated inside the rib 20 when viewed in the width direction.

As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, when the ribs 18 of the banknote ejection regulating portion 17 and the projections 19 of the tray bottom portion 11b are in contact with each other, the two ribs 20 of the tray bottom portion 11b are in contact with the banknotes. The ribs 18 of the projection restricting portion 17 are sandwiched between the ribs 18 so as to be positioned outside both ends of the ribs 18 in the width direction. At this time, the two ribs 20 do not abut on the lower surface 17g of the banknote pop-out restricting portion 17 and form a predetermined gap between them and the lower surface 17g.

That is, when the rib 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the projection 19 of the tray bottom portion 11b are in contact with each other, the rib 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the two ribs 20 of the tray bottom portion 11b are positioned in the width direction. It has a nested shape that overlaps in the vertical direction (the stacking direction of the dispensed banknotes BL stacked on the stacking tray 11). 6(1) and 6(2), the abutting portion between the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 on the one end side (the left end side) and the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b has been described. The abutment portion between the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 on the side (right end side) and the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b has the same configuration.

In this way, when the ribs 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the projections 19 of the tray bottom portion 11b are in contact with each other, the banknote dispensing portion 10 is formed into two parts: the ribs 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the tray bottom portion 11b. Since the ribs 20 have a nested shape that overlaps in the vertical direction (the stacking direction of the dispensed banknotes BL), the front end side of the stacking space Sp is blocked by the banknote ejection restricting portion 17, and the banknotes stacked on the stacking tray 11 are closed. The gold banknote BL is restricted from jumping forward.

4(1) to 4(3), the banknote dispensing unit 10 slides the stacking tray 11 forward together with the banknote guide 16 and the banknote ejection restricting unit 17 to open the banknote dispensing port 4. It is possible to prevent the problem that the bills to be dispensed BL jump forward from the stacking tray 11 due to excess momentum when pushed forward from the stacking tray 11.例文帳に追加

As shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the accumulation tray 11 is adapted to accumulate, for example, ten dispensed banknotes BL at maximum. On the other hand, the length of the stacking space Sp in the height direction is larger than the thickness of the maximum stacking number of dispensed banknotes BL, even at the narrowest part on the front end side. Therefore, when the disbursed banknotes BL are stacked on the stacking tray 11, if the disbursed banknotes BL are not excessively creased or wrinkled, the disbursed banknotes BL cause the front end of the banknote pop-out restricting portion 17 to move. There is no possibility that the front end side of the stacking space Sp will be opened by releasing the overlap by pushing up the stacking space Sp. In other words, the banknote pop-out restricting unit 17 is not a member that actively presses the dispensed banknotes BL from above. Jams do not occur due to interference.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6(2), the rib 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 has a rear surface 18s on the side of the stacking space Sp that is an inclined surface that rises rearward. The angle θ1 between the metal part 10 and the installation surface Is is 45 degrees or less. On the other hand, the rear surface 20s of the two ribs 20 of the tray bottom portion 11b on the side of the stacking space Sp is an inclined surface that slopes down toward the rear, and the rear surface 20s and the installation surface Is of the banknote dispensing portion 10 are aligned. The angle θ2 is 45 degrees or less. In other words, the rear surface 18s of the rib 18 and the rear surface 20s of the rib 20 have angles .theta.1 and .theta.2 of 45 degrees or less with respect to the sliding direction (front-rear direction) of the stacking tray 11, respectively.

That is, the rear end side of the nested shape formed by the rib 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the two ribs 20 of the tray bottom portion 11b has a V-shaped tapered shape that narrows forward when viewed from the width direction. It's becoming

As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user grabs the central portion of the dispensed banknotes BL stacked on the stacking tray 11 in the width direction and pulls it out forward, the front end of the dispensed banknote BL is pushed out. Abutting on the rear surface 18s of the rib 18 of the bill ejection restricting portion 17 and the rear surface 20s of the two ribs 20 of the tray bottom portion 11b, the front end portion of the bill ejection restricting portion 17 is pushed upward to release the overlap. . As a result, the front end side of the stacking space Sp is opened, and the dispensed banknotes BL can be easily extracted.

Note that the bill ejection restricting portion 17 has a rotation range that is set by a rotation restricting member (not shown) when the front end portion of the bill ejection restricting portion 17 is rotated in a direction (upward) away from the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b. Regulated. This rotation range is set so that even when the maximum stacking number of dispensed banknotes BL are stacked on the stacking tray 11, the dispensed banknotes BL can be easily extracted.

As shown in FIG. 6(2), the rear surface 19s of the protrusion 19 located between the two ribs 20 of the tray bottom portion 11b, on the side of the stacking space Sp, is an inclined surface that descends rearward, similarly to the rib 20. and the angle θ2 between the rear surface 19s and the installation surface Is of the banknote dispensing section 10 is 45 degrees or less. By doing so, the protrusions 19 of the tray bottom portion 11b, like the ribs 20, prevent the front end of the dispensed banknote BL from being caught when the dispensed banknote BL is extracted.

In this way, the banknote dispensing section 10 is operated by pushing up the leading end of the banknote pop-out restricting section 17 (that is, the banknote pop-out restricting section 17 is pushed upward by the user's force to pull out the dispensed banknote BL). By rotating the front end portion in a direction away from the tray bottom portion 11b, the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 can be retracted so as not to hinder the extraction of the dispensed banknote BL.

Note that the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 does not rotate even if the dispensed banknote BL abuts when the stacking tray 11 is slid forward, and the dispensed banknote BL does not move when the user pulls out the dispensed banknote BL. Its weight is selected so that it rotates when it abuts.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the banknote dispensing unit 10 locks the door 12 when the stacking tray 11 is stored inside, and unlocks the door 12 when the stacking tray 11 is slid forward. It has a door lock mechanism 30 that 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the periphery of the front end portion of the tray side wall portion 11s on the other end side (right end side) of the stacking tray 11. A door lock mechanism is provided outside (on the right side) of the front end portion of the tray side wall portion 11s. 30 are provided.

Before describing the door lock mechanism 30, the structure of the door 12 will be described first. As shown in FIGS. 1, 4 and 7, the main part of the door 12 is a rectangular shape that covers the banknote dispensing port 4 when viewed from the front, and has a substantially L-shaped cross section when viewed from the width direction (horizontal direction). and a rotary shaft 12b provided at a corner portion of the L-shape positioned below the front surface portion 12a and extending in the width direction.

The door 12 is rotatably attached to a frame (not shown) provided inside the housing 2 (see FIG. 1) via the rotating shaft 12b. The door 12 rotates from the closed position to the position where the front surface portion 12a covers the banknote dispensing port 4 (the position shown in FIGS. 2 and 4(1)) to the lower side of the door 12. The front portion 12a is opened by rotating about the shaft 12b so as to fall forward. Here, the direction in which the door 12 opens (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2) is called the opening direction, and the direction in which the door 12 closes (clockwise direction in FIG. 2) is called the closing direction. When the door 12 is in the closed position shown in FIG. 2, the rear surface of the upper end of the front surface portion 12a abuts the front surface of the device panel 40 provided near the upper portion of the banknote dispensing port 4. , so that it cannot rotate further in the closing direction.

Here, the door lock mechanism 30 provided on the other end side (right end side) of the stacking tray 11 will be described using FIG. The door lock mechanism 30 includes a torsion spring 31 attached to the rotating shaft 12b of the door 12, an arm portion 32 extending from the outer periphery of the rotating shaft 12b of the door 12 in a direction orthogonal to the rotating shaft 12b, and the arm a rotating portion 33 that rotates while abutting on the portion 32 and the tray side wall portion 11s on the other end side; , and a coil spring 35 attached to the rotating portion 33 .

The torsion spring 31 biases the door 12 in the closing direction. The arm portion 32 is a member extending from the outer periphery of the other end (right end) of the rotating shaft 12b of the door 12 in a direction orthogonal to the rotating shaft 12b. When the door 12 is in the closed position shown in FIG. 2, the arm portion 32 extends rearward from the outer circumference of the pivot shaft 12b, and as the door 12 pivots in the opening direction, the arm portion 32 moves along with the pivot shaft 12b. The rear end rotates upward.

The rotating portion 33 is provided above the arm portion 32 and outside the tray side wall portion 11s (on the side of the outer surface 11sp). The rotating portion 33 is a member capable of rotating about a rotating shaft 33b parallel to the rotating shaft 12b of the door 12, and moves inside the housing 2 (see FIG. 1) via the rotating shaft 33b. It is rotatably attached to a provided frame (not shown).

The rotating portion 33 extends in one direction and the other direction orthogonal to the rotating shaft 33b with the rotating shaft 33b interposed therebetween. It is a rotating portion side first contact portion 33a that contacts with. Further, the rotating portion 33 extends toward the outer side surface 11sp of the tray side wall portion 11s parallel to the rotating shaft 33b toward the distal end side in the other direction orthogonal to the rotating shaft 33b, and the tray provided on the outer side surface 11sp extends parallel to the rotating shaft 33b. A columnar rotating portion-side second contact portion 33t that contacts the side contact portion 34 is provided.

The tray side abutting portion 34 provided on the tray side wall portion 11s protrudes from the outer side surface 11sp of the tray side wall portion 11s, and the front surface 34a is an inclined surface that descends rearward.

The rotating portion 33 is arranged such that the rotating shaft 33b is located rearward of the front surface 34a of the tray side contact portion 34, and the rotating portion side second contact portion 33t is positioned at the tray side contact portion. It contacts the front surface 34a of 34 from the front. Further, the rotating portion 33 is urged by a coil spring 35 in the clockwise direction in FIG. 7 (that is, the direction in which the rotating portion-side second contact portion 33t is pressed against the front surface 34s of the tray-side contact portion 34).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, when the stacking tray 11 is housed inside the banknote dispensing section 10, the rotating section 33 moves the rotating section side second contact section 33t to the tray side contact section. The rotating position is held in a state of being pressed against the upper part of the front surface 34 s of 34 . At this time, as shown in FIG. 8(1), which is a side view of the door lock mechanism 30 on the other end side (right end side) as seen from the right side, the rotating portion 33 is connected to the rotating portion side second contact portion 33t. The rotating portion-side first contact portion 33a on the opposite side is positioned in the vicinity of the upper portion of the arm portion 32 of the door 12 in the closed position (within the rotation locus of the arm portion 32).

In this state, for example, when the door 12 is forcibly opened and rotated in the opening direction, as shown in FIG. , and is locked so that the door 12 cannot be opened any further. The door lock mechanism 30 locks the door 12 in this manner.

By the way, it is difficult to bring the arm portion 32 of the door 12 in the closed position into contact with the rotating portion side first contact portion 33a of the rotating portion 33 due to manufacturing errors or the like. For this reason, a clearance is provided between the arm portion 32 of the door 12 in the closed position and the rotating portion side first contact portion 33a of the rotating portion 33 to absorb manufacturing errors and the like. It is On the other hand, if a gap is provided between the arm portion 32 of the door 12 in the closed position and the rotating portion side first contact portion 33a of the rotating portion 33, as shown in FIG. In addition, the door 12 can be rotated from the closed position to the open direction by the gap (for example, about 5 degrees).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8(3), which is a side cross-sectional view of the peripheral portion of the door 12, a shielding portion 12p extending rearward (that is, toward the stacking tray 11) is provided on the upper portion of the front portion 12a of the door 12. . The shielding portion 12p is a plate-like member having a length in the width direction approximately equal to that of the front surface portion 12a. extends to Even if the door 12 is opened by a certain amount (for example, at an angle of about 5 degrees) from the closed position, the shielding part 12p is interposed between the upper part of the front part 12a of the door 12 and the upper part of the banknote dispensing port 4. By doing so, the inside of the banknote dispensing unit 10 is shielded so that the inside of the banknote dispensing unit 10 cannot be seen from above the banknote dispensing port 4 .

Here, the operation of the banknote dispensing unit 10 when allowing the user to receive the dispensed banknotes BL will be described. The banknote dispensing unit 10 first slides the stacking tray 11 forward.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, as the tray side wall portion 11s of the stacking tray 11 moves forward, the rotating portion 33 in contact with the front surface 34a of the tray side contact portion 34 rotates. The tray-side second contact portion 33 t is pushed forward and obliquely downward perpendicular to the front surface 34 a of the tray-side contact portion 34 . As a result, the rotating portion 33 rotates about the rotating shaft 33b in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. It deviates from the rotation trajectory of the portion 32 .

As a result, the arm portion 32 can be rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 7, and the lock of the door 12 is released. The door lock mechanism 30 thus unlocks the door 12 . When the door 12 is unlocked, as shown in FIGS. 4(1) to 4(3), the door 12 is pushed forward by the stacking tray 11 that slides forward, so that the door 12 is rotated by the pivot shaft 12b. , and the stacking tray 11 is pushed out from the banknote dispensing port 4 (see also FIGS. 3(1) and 3(2)).

At this time, after reaching the lower end of the front surface 34a of the tray-side contact portion 34, the second rotating portion-side contact portion 33t of the rotating portion 33 reaches the groove 11sd extending rearward from the lower end of the front surface 34a ( (see FIG. 7) and moves toward the rear end of the groove 11sd. Therefore, in the banknote dispensing section 10, even after the rotating section side second contact section 33t of the rotating section 33 reaches the lower end of the front surface 34a of the tray side contact section 34, the stacking tray 11 is slid forward. can be made

Then, the banknote dispensing unit 10 stops sliding the stacking tray 11 when the stacking tray 11 is pushed forward from the banknote dispensing port 4 by a predetermined amount. At this point, as shown in FIG. 4(3), about the front half of the stacking tray 11 is pushed out from the banknote dispensing port 4, and the bills to be dispensed are stacked on the stacking tray 11 together with the stacking tray 11. The front portion of the BL is pushed out from the banknote dispensing port 4 .

The user grabs the central portion of the dispensed banknotes BL that have been pushed out together with the stacking tray 11 in a state of being stacked on the stacking tray 11 from the banknote dispensing port 4 in this way, and pulls it out forward. As shown in FIG. 4C, when the stacking tray 11 is pushed forward from the banknote dispensing port 4 and stopped, the front end of the stacking tray 11 is positioned forward of the door 12 . Thus, the door 12 does not become an obstacle when the dispensed banknotes BL stacked on the stacking tray 11 are grasped and pulled out.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, in the banknote dispensing section 10, the tip portion of the banknote ejection restricting section 17 is pushed upward by the user's force to pull out the dispensed banknote BL, and the banknote is ejected. Since the regulating portion 17 is retracted, the user can easily pull out the dispensed banknotes BL.

Then, when a sensor or the like (not shown) detects that the dispensed banknotes BL have been removed from the stacking tray 11, the banknote dispensing unit 10 slides the stacking tray 11 backward and stores it inside. At this time, the door 12 is closed while being rotated in the closing direction by the biasing force of the torsion spring 31 . At this time, the door lock mechanism 30 in the banknote dispensing section 10 locks the door 12 again by performing an operation opposite to that when the stacking tray 11 is slid forward. The operation of the banknote dispensing unit 10 when the user receives the dispensed banknotes BL is as described above.

By the way, as described above, in the banknote dispensing unit 10, for example, a maximum of ten banknotes BL to be dispensed are stacked on the stacking tray 11, and excessive creases and wrinkles may occur on the banknotes BL to be dispensed. If it does not stick, the leading end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 will not be pushed upward by the dispensed banknote BL except when the dispensed banknote BL is extracted.

Conversely, if the dispensed banknote BL has excessive creases or wrinkles, there is a possibility that the dispensed banknote BL pushes the leading end of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 upward. If the front end of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 is pushed up to the height of the shielding portion 12p of the closed door 12, the front end of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 interferes with the shielding portion 12p. , the door 12 cannot be opened and closed smoothly.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8(4), the banknote dispensing unit 10 accommodates the stacking tray 11 inside the banknote dispensing unit 10 by means of a device panel 40 provided in the vicinity of the upper portion of the banknote dispensing port 4. 8(4) of the bill pop-out restricting portion 17 when the banknote is being held is restricted.

Specifically, the device panel 40 extends rearward from near the upper side of the banknote dispensing port 4 , and is used to prevent the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 from being blocked when the stacking tray 11 is accommodated inside the banknote dispensing portion 10 . It is positioned upward. The device panel 40 is positioned above the shielding portion 12p of the closed door 12 and extends longer rearward than the shielding portion 12p.

The device panel 40 is provided at the rear of the rearwardly extending lower surface 40b (the portion ahead of the rear end of the shielding portion 12p) behind the leading edge of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 pushed upward. 8 (4) of the banknote pop-out restricting portion 17 so as to restrict the rotation range in the clockwise direction in FIG. 8(4). It's becoming

That is, the device panel 40 rotates the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 clockwise in FIG. The rotation range in the direction is restricted.

By doing so, in the banknote dispensing section 10, even if the front end portion of the banknote ejection regulating portion 17 is pushed upward, the front end portion of the banknote ejection regulating portion 17 does not block the shielding portion 12p of the closed door 12. can be prevented from interfering with the door 12, and the door 12 can be opened and closed smoothly.

The lower surface 40 b of this device panel 40 is a sloped surface that descends toward the upper end of the banknote dispensing port 4 , and the upper end of the pushed-up banknote ejection restricting portion 17 moves toward the upper end of the banknote dispensing port 4 . It also has a function to guide.

[3. Summary and Effects]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1 as a banknote processing device moves forward in the first direction from the state housed inside the device (that is, inside the housing 2). A stacking tray 11 for stacking dispensed banknotes BL exposed to the outside of the device (that is, the outside of the housing 2), a banknote guide 16 provided on the top of the stacking tray 11 for guiding the dispensed banknotes BL, and a banknote guide 16. A banknote ejection restricting portion 17 is rotatably attached to the front end portion (tip portion) of the stacking tray 11 and restricts the dispensed banknotes BL stacked on the stacking tray 11 from jumping forward.

In the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1, the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the front end portion (front end portion) of the tray bottom portion 11b of the stacking tray 11 are stacked in the stacking tray 11. It has a nested shape that overlaps in the stacking direction (vertical direction). Further, when the dispensed banknotes BL are extracted forward from the stacking tray 11 exposed to the outside of the housing 2, the front end portion of the banknote pop-out restricting portion 17 is pushed by the dispensed banknotes BL to be removed, and the stacking tray 11 is moved. It is designed to rotate in a direction away from the front end.

In this manner, the nested shape formed by the front end portion of the stacking tray 11 and the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 prevents the dispensed banknotes BL stacked on the stacking tray 11 from jumping forward. can be regulated. In addition, the leading end of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 is pushed by the dispensed banknotes BL extracted from the stacking tray 11 and rotates in a direction away from the leading end of the stacking tray 11 (that is, upward). The banknote ejection restricting portion 17 can be retracted so as not to hinder the withdrawal of the banknote. Thus, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 can facilitate the receipt of banknotes while preventing the banknotes from jumping out.

In addition, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1 is provided with a rib 18 projecting toward the front end portion side (that is, downward) of the stacking tray 11 at the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 , and the rib 18 is positioned between the front end portion of the stacking tray 11 and the front end portion of the stacking tray 11 . A nested shape is formed. A rear surface 18s of the rib 18 facing in the opposite direction (rear) to the first direction is an inclined surface rising in the opposite direction (rear) to the first direction.

As a result, in the bill depositing/dispensing machine 1, when the disbursed bill BL is pulled out forward, the disbursed bill BL is prevented from being caught by the front end portion of the bill pop-out restricting portion 17. By pressing the rear surface 18s of the rib 18 of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17, the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 can be pushed upward.

Further, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 is provided with a rib 20 protruding toward the front end portion side (that is, upward) of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 at the front end portion of the upper surface 11g of the tray bottom portion 11b serving as the stacking surface of the stacking tray 11. The rib 20 forms a nested shape with the front end portion of the banknote pop-out restricting portion 17. - 特許庁A rear surface 20s of the rib 20, which is a surface opposite to the first direction, is an inclined surface that descends in a direction opposite to the first direction (rearward).

As a result, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1, when the dispensed banknotes BL are extracted forward, the dispensed banknotes BL do not get caught in the front end portion of the stacking tray 11, and the dispensed banknotes BL are not caught in the stacking tray 11. 20 s of rear surfaces of the ribs 20 of the bill ejection restricting portion 17 can be pushed upward.

Further, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 is provided with a banknote payout port 4 in front of the stacking tray 11 housed inside the housing 2, and further provided with a door 12 covering the banknote payout port 4.例文帳に追加In the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1, when the stacking tray 11 housed inside the housing 2 moves forward, the stacking tray 11 pushes the door 12 to open the door 12.例文帳に追加

By doing this, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1 does not require a drive unit such as a motor for opening and closing the door 12, and the configuration can be simplified.

Further, when the stacking tray 11 is housed inside the housing 2 of the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1, the door 12 is locked, and when the stacking tray 11 moves forward from the housing 2, the door 12 is locked. A door lock mechanism 30 for unlocking the door is provided.

The door lock mechanism 30 has a rotating portion 33 as an engaging portion that engages with the stacking tray 11 and the door 12, and when the stacking tray 11 is housed inside the housing 2, the rotating portion 33 engages (contacts) with the stacking tray 11 and the door 12 to hold the rotating position to lock the door 12, and when the stacking tray 11 moves forward, the engaged (contact) As the stacking tray 11 moves, it rotates in the direction of releasing the engagement with the door 12 to release the lock of the door 12.例文帳に追加

By providing such a door lock mechanism 30, the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine 1 can lock and unlock the door 12 without providing a dedicated drive unit or the like for operating the door lock mechanism 30.

Further, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1, a shielding portion 12p extending in a direction (rearward) opposite to the first direction is provided on the upper portion of the door 12, and the door 12 rotates around a lower rotating shaft 12b. The shielding part 12p is interposed between the upper part of the door 12 and the upper part of the banknote dispensing port 4 when the door is opened slightly. By doing so, in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 , even if the door 12 is slightly opened, the inside of the housing 2 cannot be seen from the banknote pay-out port 4 .

Further, in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1, a banknote ejection control unit 17 is provided as a regulation unit that regulates the rotation range of the banknote ejection regulation unit 17 to a range between the shielding portion 12p of the closed door 12 and the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b of the stacking tray 11. device panel 40 is provided. As a result, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 can prevent the banknote pop-out regulation portion 17 from interfering with the shielding portion 12p of the closed door 12, and can open and close the door 12 smoothly.

[4. Other embodiments] [4-1. Other Embodiment 1]
In the above-described embodiment, a rib 18 projecting toward the front end of the stacking tray 11 (that is, downward) is provided at the front end of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17, and the bottom of the tray serving as the stacking surface of the stacking tray 11 is provided. A rib 20 is provided on the front end portion of the upper surface 11g of the bill ejection restricting portion 17, and the rib 20 protrudes toward the front end portion side (that is, upward) of the bill ejection restricting portion 17. The rib 18 of the bill ejecting restricting portion 17 and the rib 20 of the stacking tray 11 A nested shape that overlaps in the stacking direction (vertical direction) of the dispensed banknotes BL is formed.

Without being limited to this, another configuration may be used to form a nested shape in which the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the front end portion of the stacking tray 11 overlap in the stacking direction of the dispensed banknotes BL. For example, a rib protruding downward is provided at the tip of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17, and a recess into which the rib is inserted is provided at the front end of the upper surface 11g of the tray bottom portion 11b so that the rib and the recess are nested. may be formed. Conversely, the front end of the upper surface 11g of the tray bottom portion 11b is provided with a rib protruding upward, while the front end of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 is provided with a recess into which the rib is inserted. and the recesses may form a nested shape. In addition, not limited to this, for example, a nested shape may be formed by forming the front end portion of the banknote ejection restricting portion 17 and the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b into a comb-tooth shape that engages in the vertical direction. .

[4-2. Other Embodiment 2]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the notch portion 16n is formed in the central portion in the width direction of the front end side of the bill guide 16, and the bill ejection restricting portions are formed at one end side and the other end side in the width direction of the front end portion, respectively. 17 is rotatably attached.

Not limited to this, for example, by eliminating the notch portion 16n of the banknote guide 16, the banknote guide 16 has a square shape instead of a concave shape when viewed from above, and a front end portion of the banknote guide 16 is provided with a width direction of the banknote guide 16. You may make it attach one banknote ejection|emission control part 17 with substantially equal length so that rotation is possible. In this case, if a notch portion is formed in the central portion in the width direction of the front end side of the banknote pop-out restricting portion 17, the user can easily grip the dispensed banknote BL.

[4-3. Other embodiment 3]
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the front end portions of the banknote ejection restricting portions 17 are biased by their own weight in a direction toward the front end portion of the tray bottom portion 11b. You may make it urge|bias the banknote ejection control part 17 using biasing members, such as.

[4-4. Other embodiment 4]
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the door 12 is locked when the stacking tray 11 is housed inside the housing 2, and the door 12 is locked as the stacking tray 11 moves forward from inside the housing 2. Although the door lock mechanism 30 for unlocking the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 1 is provided with the door lock mechanism 30, it is not limited to this. good.

[4-5. Other embodiment 5]
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1 that allows the user to receive the dispensed banknotes BL by exposing the stacking tray 11 in which the dispensed banknotes BL are stacked to the outside of the housing 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various banknote processing apparatuses that allow a user to receive banknotes by exposing a stacking tray in which banknotes are stacked to the outside. For example, it can also be applied to a bill dispensing machine that only dispenses bills.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the present disclosure is applied to the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 1 incorporated as a banknote unit in a change machine (not shown) installed in a checkout office of a retail store such as a supermarket, a convenience store, or a gas station, for example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a banknote pay-in/pay-out machine or the like incorporated in a device other than a change machine.

Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present disclosure also extends to embodiments obtained by arbitrarily combining part or all of each of the above-described embodiments with other embodiments described above. Furthermore, the present disclosure extracts a part of the configuration described in any one of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above, The scope of the present disclosure also extends to the case of substituting or diverting a part of the configuration of any embodiment of the form, or adding a part of the extracted configuration to any embodiment. .

The present disclosure can be used in various banknote processing devices that eject banknotes.

Claims

a stacking tray for stacking banknotes, which moves in a first direction from a state stored inside the device and is exposed to the outside of the device;
a banknote guide provided on the top of the stacking tray for guiding the banknotes;
a bill pop-out regulating part that is rotatably attached to an end portion of the bill guide in the first direction and that regulates the bills stacked in the stacking tray from popping out in the first direction;
The first direction end of the banknote ejection restricting portion and the first direction end of the bottom of the stacking tray overlap in the stacking direction of the banknotes stacked on the stacking tray. A banknote processing apparatus characterized by having a nested shape that holds the banknotes.
When the banknotes are extracted in the first direction from the stacking tray exposed to the outside of the apparatus, the end of the banknote pop-out restricting portion is pushed by the banknotes to be extracted, thereby moving the end of the stacking tray. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that it rotates in a direction away from.
A rib protruding toward the end of the stacking tray is provided at the end of the banknote ejection restricting portion, and the rib forms a nested shape with the end of the stacking tray. Item 1. The banknote processing apparatus according to item 1.
4. A surface of the rib of the banknote pop-out restricting portion, which faces in the opposite direction to the first direction, is an inclined surface rising in the direction opposite to the first direction. banknote processing equipment.
A rib protruding toward the end of the banknote pop-out restricting section is provided at the end of the stacking tray, and the rib forms a nested shape with the end of the bill pop-out restricting section. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1.
6. The banknote processing according to claim 5, wherein the surface of the rib of the stacking tray facing in the direction opposite to the first direction is an inclined surface that descends in the direction opposite to the first direction. Device.
With a width direction perpendicular to the first direction and the stacking direction of the banknotes, the banknote ejection restricting portion is rotatable to one end side and the other end side in the width direction at the end portion of the banknote guide. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknote handling apparatus is attached to a .
a banknote dispensing port provided in front of the stacking tray housed inside the device;
and a door covering the banknote dispensing port,
When the stacking tray stored inside the device moves in the first direction and is exposed to the outside of the device through the banknote dispensing port, the stacking tray pushes the door to open the door. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1.
A door that locks the door when the stacking tray is housed inside the device, and unlocks the door when the stacking tray housed inside the device moves in the first direction. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a lock mechanism.
The door is opened and closed by rotating around a rotating shaft provided on the lower side of the door, and a shielding part extending in a direction opposite to the first direction is provided on the upper part of the door. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 9, characterized by:
11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a regulating portion that regulates a rotation range of the banknote ejection regulating portion to a range between the shielding portion of the closed door and the end portion of the stacking tray. banknote processing equipment.