CN107430796B

CN107430796B - Paper money processing device

Info

Publication number: CN107430796B
Application number: CN201580078703.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 伊藤幸男; 田中秀夫; 大石清; 簱町正; 渡边和弘
Original assignee: Nippon Conlux Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nippon Conlux Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-05-01
Filing date: 2015-12-17
Publication date: 2020-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 2035-12-17
Also published as: HK1247427A1; JP6535921B2; WO2016178295A1; JP2016212540A; KR20180002601A; KR102377915B1; CN107430796A

Abstract

The invention aims to provide a small-sized paper money processing device which can restrain the movement of a user's hand to the minimum extent, can smoothly convey paper money and can take out the paper money together. A banknote processing device (1) is provided with: a device body (1 a); a bill insertion slot (21) provided at the front of the apparatus body (1 a); a bill discharge port (22) disposed in the vicinity of the upper side of the bill insertion port (21) and provided on the front side of the apparatus main body (1 a); a cassette plate (23) which opens and closes the paper money outlet (22); a banknote conveyance path (2) which is a single-path banknote conveyance path provided in the interior of the apparatus body (1a) and which communicates the banknote insertion opening (21) and the banknote discharge opening (22), and which allows a first banknote (M1) which is received from the banknote insertion opening (21) and can be used as a change banknote to be circulated in the apparatus body (1a) and conveyed to the banknote discharge opening (22); the bill discharge port (22) is configured to be opened by the cassette plate (23) so that a plurality of first bills (M1) can be collectively taken out.

Description

Paper money processing device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus.

Background

Conventionally, there is a banknote handling apparatus that recognizes banknotes, stores the banknotes in the apparatus, and discharges change banknotes. Such a banknote handling apparatus includes a large banknote handling apparatus capable of taking out change banknotes at once and a small banknote handling apparatus for discharging change banknotes one by one, and the small banknote handling apparatus includes a banknote handling apparatus mounted on a door of an automatic vending machine or a change machine.

In such a small-sized banknote handling apparatus, there is an advantage that when the door of the vending machine is opened, the banknote storage section disposed at the rear of the banknote handling apparatus is exposed, and therefore replenishment of change banknotes and collection of banknotes in the banknote storage section are facilitated.

For example, patent document 1 discloses a conventional small-sized banknote handling apparatus. The banknote handling apparatus of patent document 1 includes: a bill insertion slot for inserting and discharging bills; a transport path that guides the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot into the apparatus interior; a conveying device installed in the conveying passage; an identification sensor provided in the conveyance path to acquire characteristic data of the bill during conveyance of the bill; a low-denomination bill storage unit dedicated to one thousand yen bills, the low-denomination bill storage unit being capable of identifying a denomination by an output signal of an identification sensor; a high denomination currency storage unit for storing high denomination currency except one thousand Japanese currencies; and a bill feeding mechanism for feeding out the bills in the low denomination storage section in order to feed out the change bills.

In the banknote handling apparatus of patent document 1, since the banknote insertion port and the banknote discharge port are at the same position, there is an advantage in that the user can take out the change banknotes without moving the position of the hand. However, in the banknote handling apparatus of patent document 1, since the banknotes are discharged one by one, the user needs to collect (take out) the banknotes one by one, and thus it is inconvenient to take out the change banknotes. Further, when the banknotes are discharged, since it is necessary to reverse the transport device and transport the banknotes in the opposite direction, there is a problem that the internal mechanism of the device is complicated and the banknotes are liable to be jammed during transport.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 62-290671.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a banknote handling apparatus which is small in size, can smoothly convey banknotes, can minimally suppress the movement of a user's hand, and can collectively take out banknotes.

Means for solving the problems

(1) A banknote processing device according to the present invention includes: a device body; a bill insertion slot provided at a front face of the apparatus body; a bill discharge port disposed in the vicinity of the bill insertion port and provided at the front of the apparatus body; a cassette plate provided at the bill discharge port and opening and closing the bill discharge port; a bill transfer passage which is a single-path bill transfer passage provided in the interior of the apparatus body and which communicates the bill insertion slot and the bill discharge slot, and which circulates and transfers a first bill received from the bill insertion slot and usable as change-giving bill to the bill discharge slot in the interior of the apparatus body; the bill discharge port is configured to be opened by the cassette plate so that a plurality of the first bills can be collectively taken out.

(2) In the configuration of the above (1), the present invention is characterized in that the bill conveyance device has a first conveyance path that conveys the first bills received from the bill insertion opening to the lower side, a second conveyance path that conveys the first bills conveyed to the lower side to the upper side, and a third conveyance path that conveys the first bills conveyed to the upper side to the lower side toward the bill discharge opening.

(3) In the configuration of the above (2), the present invention is characterized in that the banknote handling apparatus further includes a banknote recognition unit that is provided in the first conveyance path and recognizes a type of the banknote received from the banknote insertion slot.

(4) In the configuration of the above (3), the present invention is characterized in that the banknote handling apparatus further includes a first banknote storage section that is detachably provided in the second conveyance path so as to face the banknote insertion slot and the banknote recognition section and stores the first banknotes, and a second banknote storage section that is provided downstream of the first banknote storage section and stores second banknotes that are not used as change banknotes.

(5) In the configuration of the above (4), the present invention is characterized in that the banknote handling apparatus further includes a banknote feeding mechanism which is provided in the second conveyance path and which discharges the first banknotes stored in the first banknote storage unit.

(6) A banknote processing device according to the present invention includes:

a device body; a bill insertion slot provided at a front face of the apparatus body; a bill discharge port disposed in the vicinity of the bill insertion port and provided at the front of the apparatus body; a bill transfer passage which is a single-path bill transfer passage provided in the interior of the apparatus body and which communicates the bill insertion slot and the bill discharge slot, and which circulates and transfers a first bill received from the bill insertion slot and usable as change-giving bill to the bill discharge slot in the interior of the apparatus body; a first banknote storage unit that is detachably provided in the banknote transport path and stores the first banknote; and a second bill storage section that is provided at a downstream side of the first bill storage section and stores a second bill that is not used as an change bill.

(7) In the configuration of the above (6), the present invention is characterized in that, when it is detected that two of the first banknotes are overlapped, the two overlapped first banknotes are stored in the second banknote storage section.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to smoothly transport banknotes while minimizing the movement of the user's hand, and to collectively take out banknotes.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the banknote handling apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an internal structure of an apparatus main body according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1, and shows an internal structure of the apparatus body in a standby state;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of the first banknote storage unit according to the embodiment as viewed from the front upper side;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1, showing a state where the first bill storage section is removed;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 1, and shows an internal structure of the apparatus body in a standby state;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line D-D of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E of FIG. 1;

fig. 11 is an operation diagram of the banknote handling apparatus according to the embodiment, and is a diagram for explaining an operation of moving the stacking guide rearward;

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1, showing a state where the first bill is discharged;

fig. 13 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 1, and shows a state where the first bill is discharged.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as "embodiment") will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, first, the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus will be described, and then, the first banknote storing operation and the first banknote feeding operation in the banknote handling apparatus will be described. In addition, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the description of the embodiments. In the embodiment, the side on which the bill insertion slot into which bills are inserted is defined as the front side, and "front" and "rear" respectively represent the "front side" and "rear side" when the bill handling device is viewed from the front side. Further, "left" and "right" respectively indicate "left" and "right" when the banknote handling apparatus is viewed from the front.

(integral Structure of paper money handling apparatus)

First, the overall configuration of the banknote handling apparatus will be described with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a banknote handling apparatus, and fig. 2 is a front view of the banknote handling apparatus shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the banknote handling apparatus 1 includes: a device body 1 a; a bill insertion slot 21 provided at the front of the apparatus body 1 a; a bill discharge port 22 disposed in the vicinity of the upper side of the bill insertion port 21 and provided on the front side of the apparatus body 1 a; the banknote changer also has a function of receiving the first banknote M1 and the second banknote M2 from the banknote insertion slot 21, and a function of discharging the first banknote M1 from the banknote discharge slot 22, wherein the first banknote M1 can be used as an change banknote and circulated inside the apparatus main body 1a, and the second banknote M2 is a banknote that is not used as a change banknote and does not circulate inside the apparatus main body 1 a. In the following description, when the first banknote M1 and the second banknote M2 are collectively referred to, they may be referred to as "banknotes".

(Structure of each part of the paper money handling apparatus)

Next, the structure of each part of the banknote handling apparatus will be described with reference to fig. 3 and 4 to 10. In fig. 3, the main components of the internal structure of the apparatus main body and the internal structure thereof are schematically shown in order to explain the arrangement of the main components in the internal structure of the apparatus main body in a manner that can be easily understood.

(Structure of paper money transporting passage)

As shown in fig. 3, the banknote handling apparatus 1 is provided with a banknote conveyance path 2 for conveying banknotes. The banknote conveyance path 2 is a path provided inside the apparatus main body 1a, and is configured as a single path having the banknote insertion port 21 as an upstream end and the upper portion of the banknote discharge port 22 as a downstream end. That is, the banknote carrying path 2 includes a first carrying path 2a, a second carrying path 2b, and a third carrying path 2c, the first carrying path 2a carries the first banknote M1 received from the banknote insertion slot 21 to the lower side, the second carrying path 2b carries the first banknote M1 carried to the lower side to the upper side, and the third carrying path 2c carries the first banknote M1 carried to the upper side to the lower side toward the banknote discharge slot 22.

The banknote conveyance path 2 is provided with a banknote recognition unit 3, a first banknote storage unit 6, a banknote feeding mechanism 8, and a second banknote storage unit 9 in this order from the upstream. The bill discriminating portion 3 is provided on the first conveyance path 2a, and discriminates the kind of the bill (authenticity and denomination of the bill) received from the bill insertion slot 21. The first banknote storage section 6 is detachably provided on the second conveyance path 2b so as to face the banknote insertion port 21 and the banknote recognition section 3, and stacks and stores the first banknotes M1 in a vertical posture. The banknote feeding mechanism 8 has a function of feeding out the first banknotes M1 in the first banknote storage section 6 one by one and conveying them downstream. The second banknote storage section 9 is provided at the downstream side of the first banknote storage section 6, and stacks and stores the second banknotes M2, which are not circulated in the banknote transport path 2, in a vertical posture.

A paper money transporting device that transports paper money downstream is provided at each location of the paper money transporting path 2, and is generally a paper money transporting device that is driven by a transporting motor, and transports the paper money in the paper money transporting path 2 by sandwiching the paper money passing through the paper money transporting path 2 by a transporting belt that is laid between a driving pulley and a plurality of driven pulleys, and a plurality of driven rollers that are pressed against the transporting belt.

Note that, the configuration of each of the first banknote transport device 4 disposed upstream of the first banknote storage section 6 and the second banknote transport device 5 disposed upstream of the first banknote storage section 6 will be described later together with the configuration of the first banknote storage section 6, but the banknote transport devices in other locations can be applied to the related art, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

An inlet sensor for detecting banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion port 21 is disposed in the vicinity of the banknote insertion port 21 at the upstream end of the banknote transport path 2. In the banknote handling apparatus 1, a banknote transport apparatus that transports the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 21 downstream of the banknote transport path 2 is driven based on the detection output of the inlet sensor.

On the other hand, a payment sensor (not shown) is disposed at the downstream end of the bill conveyance path 2. In the banknote processing apparatus 1, the number of banknotes discharged to the banknote discharge port 22 is counted by the payment sensor. A cassette plate 23 for opening and closing the bill discharge port 22 is provided on the front side of the bill handling device 1 in the bill discharge port 22. When the cassette plate 23 is opened, the banknote discharge port 22 can be opened wide so that a plurality of first banknotes M1 can be collectively taken out (discharged). By closing the banknote discharge port 22 with the cassette plate 23 until the banknotes are returned to the banknote discharge port 22 or the total number of the discharged banknotes is accumulated, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to take out the remaining change banknotes by collecting the change banknotes or the like during the discharge.

(Structure of paper money discriminating portion)

As shown in fig. 4, in the bill discriminating section 3, a plurality of discrimination sensors each including a magnetic sensor and an optical sensor are arranged around the first conveyance path 2a, and each of the discrimination sensors detects a physical feature of a bill by scanning a predetermined position of the bill passing through the first conveyance path 2 a. The banknote processing device 1 comprehensively judges the authenticity and denomination of the banknote based on the detection output.

In addition, the related art can be applied to the structures of the entrance sensor, the payment sensor, the cassette plate 23, the magnetic sensor, and the optical sensor, and thus detailed description is omitted.

(Structure of first paper money storage part)

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the first banknote storage section 6 is integrated as a unit, is attached to the apparatus body 1a so as to be horizontally inserted and withdrawn from the rear, and is located downstream of the banknote classification section 3. More specifically, the first banknote storage section 6 is disposed on the second conveyance path 2b extending in the vertical direction.

Guide ribs 61 (provided symmetrically on the left side, not shown, in fig. 5) are formed on both side surfaces of the main body of the first banknote storage section 6, the guide ribs 61 are formed in a convex cross-sectional shape and are horizontal, and the guide ribs 61 are attached by horizontally sliding the first banknote storage section 6 from the apparatus main body 1a so as to be fitted into guide grooves 12 having a concave cross-sectional shape (provided symmetrically on the right inner side, not shown, in fig. 6), and the guide grooves 12 are formed on the inner side wall 11 of the apparatus main body 1a fitted to the side wall of the first banknote storage section 6.

The first banknote storage section 6 attached is fixed to the apparatus body 1a by a latch mechanism 62 disposed at the rear end of the first banknote storage section 6 (in fig. 5, the first banknote storage section is provided on the left side surface, which is not shown, so as to be bilaterally symmetrical).

The latch mechanism 62 includes an operating portion 63 for pressing the latch mechanism 62 from the left and right sides toward the inside, a biasing device (not shown) for constantly biasing the latch mechanism 62 toward the left and right outside, and projecting

portions

64a, 64b projecting toward the left and right outside in conjunction with the operating portion 63, and the projecting

portions

64a, 64b engage with

latch locking portions

13a, 13b formed on the inner wall 11 of the apparatus main body 1a in a state where the first banknote housing portion 6 is mounted on the apparatus main body 1a, thereby fixing the first banknote housing portion 6 to the apparatus main body 1 a.

The operation unit 63 may be provided so that the operator can hold the banknote processing apparatus with one hand and press the banknote processing apparatus from the left and right sides, and the operation unit 63 may be pressed from the left and right sides toward the center direction to disengage the protruding

portions

64a and 64b from the

latch locking portions

13a and 13b, thereby releasing the engagement with the apparatus main body 1a, and the first banknote storage unit 6 may be removed in a state where the banknote processing apparatus 1 is disposed in the facility (not shown) by pulling the holding operation unit 63 backward.

The upper part of the main body of the first banknote storage section 6 is opened so that the stored first banknotes M1 can be collected and the first banknotes M1 for change banknotes can be replenished.

The first banknote storage section 6 is configured by a first banknote storage container 67 disposed at a position behind the second conveyance path 2b and a first banknote storage mechanism 7 disposed at a position in front of the second conveyance path 2b when the interior is roughly classified. In the first banknote storage section 6, the first banknote storage mechanism 7 stores the first banknotes M1 positioned on the second conveyance path 2b, that is, at a position facing the first banknote storage container 67, into the first banknote storage container 67 one by one.

The first banknote storage container 67 includes a stacking plate 68 and urging devices (compression coil springs) 69a and 69b, the stacking plate 68 is a substantially rectangular plate-like member disposed in parallel with the first banknotes M1 passing through the second conveyance path 2b, and the first banknotes M1 are stacked in front of the front face in an aligned manner, and the urging devices couple the main body of the first banknote storage unit 6 to the stacking plate 68 and urge the stacking plate 68 forward.

The first banknote storage mechanism 7 includes a pair of stack guides 71, a holding plate 74, a pair of shuttle devices, and the second banknote transport device 5, wherein each of the pair of stack guides 71 has a pair of grooves (slits) 72 that guide the longitudinal side edges of the first banknote M1, the holding plate 74 restricts forward movement of the left and right center portions of the first banknote M1, the pair of shuttle devices connects the stack guides 71 and the main body of the first banknote storage unit 6 and moves the stack guides 71 forward and backward, and the second banknote transport device 5 abuts against the front face of the banknote passing through the banknote transport path 2 at the upstream side in the first banknote storage unit 6 and transports the banknote upward.

The pair of traverse devices and the pair of stacking guides 71 are provided as members that are bilaterally symmetrical to each other, and one of the configurations will be described below.

As shown in fig. 7, the shuttle device is a device which is composed of two up-and-

down cams

75a and 75b arranged side by side in the up-and-down direction and a first connecting gear 77 interposed between the up-and-

down cams

75a and 75b and is driven by a storage operation driving device provided in the device main body 1 a.

The

lifting cams

75a and 75b are rotatably supported by the main body of the first banknote storage section 6, and are provided so as to have rotation axes in the horizontal direction and the horizontal direction that rotate in the same direction.

Cylindrical projections

76a and 76b are formed at positions offset from the rotation centers of the outer side surfaces of the elevating

cams

75a and 75b so as to project outward.

The first coupling gear 77 is rotatably supported by the main body of the first banknote storage section 6, is disposed so as to mesh with the

lifting cams

75a and 75b, and is rotated by the storage operation driving device, and transmits the rotational force to the

lifting cams

75a and 75 b.

The storage operation driving device is a member including a first transmission gear 14 (see fig. 6) and a motor (not shown) which are disposed in the apparatus main body 1a, and a gear train (not shown) which transmits a rotational force of the motor to the first transmission gear 14, and the first transmission gear 14 is disposed so as to mesh with the first coupling gear 77 when the first banknote storage unit 6 is mounted in the apparatus main body 1 a.

The stacking guide 71 is supported by the main body of the first banknote storage section 6 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction while maintaining this posture.

Further, a long hole 73 that penetrates in the left-right direction and has substantially the same height as the space between the top dead center of the projection 76a and the bottom dead center of the projection 76b is formed in the stacking guide 71, the

projections

76a and 76b of the

lifting cams

75a and 75b are fitted and inserted from the inside of the long hole 73, the lifting cams 75 and 5b and the stacking guide 71 form a cam structure, and the stacking guide 71 linearly moves back and forth in the front-rear direction in accordance with the rotational movement of the

lifting cams

75a and 75 b.

The grooves 72 of the stacking guide 71 may form the middle portions of the second conveyance path 2b (the front and rear surfaces and the side edges of the both side portions of the second conveyance path 2 b). The transport position of the deposited banknotes and the stored first banknote M1 have a certain gap by the stacking guide 71, and the first banknote M1 is configured so as not to interfere with the transport of the banknotes.

That is, the stacking guide 71 is configured to obtain a function of preventing the first banknote M1 stored in the first banknote storage container 67 from being returned to the banknote transport path 2 side, a function of preventing the banknote in the banknote transport path 2 from intruding into the first banknote storage container 67, and a function as a wall for limiting the path width of the banknote in the banknote transport path 2 in the longitudinal direction. The stack guide 71 is configured to be movable only in the vertical direction with respect to the conveying direction while restricting movement in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction with respect to the apparatus main body 1 a.

The stacking guide 71 may have any shape as long as it has the above-described various functions, and for example, the wall partitioning the banknote transport path 2 from the first banknote storage container 67 and the wall regulating the path width of the longitudinal side edge of the banknote may be provided integrally with each other or may be provided separately from each other.

The holding plate 74 (see fig. 5) has a rear wall on substantially the same plane as the front wall of the pocket 72 in the standby state, and is fixed to the main body of the first banknote storage section 6 so as to be inserted between the left and right stacking guides 71. When the stack guide 71 moves forward during the banknote storing operation, the holding plate 74 abuts against the front surface of the first banknote M1 in the stack guide 71, thereby restricting the forward movement of the first banknote M1. Then, both side edges of the first banknote M1 are disengaged from the grooves 72, the first banknote M1 enters the rear of the stacking guide 71, and the first banknote M1 is stored on the stacking plate 68 in the first banknote storage container 67.

(Structure of second paper money transporting device)

As shown in fig. 7 to 9, the second banknote transport device 5 includes a drive shaft 51, a pair of transport rollers 52, and a second coupling gear 53 (see fig. 10), a pair of pressure roller arms 54 (see fig. 10) and a pair of pressure rollers 56, the drive shaft 51 is supported so as to have a rotation axis in the left-right direction at a predetermined position of the stacking guide 71 in front of the recessed groove 72, the pair of transport rollers 52 are provided so as to be bilaterally symmetrical about the drive shaft 51 as the rotation axis and to slightly protrude from the front surface side of the recessed groove 72 into the bill transport path 2, the second coupling gear 53 is provided at the right end thereof with the drive shaft 51 as the rotation axis, the pair of pressure roller arms 54 are disposed at predetermined positions of the stacking guide 71 in the back of the recessed groove 72 in left-right symmetry, and the pair of pressure rollers 56 are rotatably supported by the respective pressure roller arms 54 so as to face the respective transport rollers 52.

The pressing roller arm 54 has a plate shape substantially parallel to the concave groove 72, has elasticity, is fixedly provided at a lower end thereof, and is provided with a slightly swinging upper portion back and forth. A pressing portion 55 protruding outward is formed at the upper end of the pressing roller arm 54, a pressing roller 56 is supported at a position facing the conveying roller 52 at the center of the upper and lower portions, the pressing roller 56 abuts against the conveying roller 52 when the pressing portion 55 is pressed forward, and the conveying roller 52 is slightly separated from the pressing roller 56 when not pressed.

Further, a biasing device (torsion spring) 65 is provided in the main body of the first banknote storage section 6, one end of the biasing device 65 is fixed to the main body of the banknote storage section 6, and the other end is a free end and has a biasing force in the counterclockwise direction when viewed from the right (see fig. 10). The free end of the urging device 65 urges the pressing portion 55 forward in the standby state. On the other hand, when the stack guide 71 moves forward during the banknote storing operation, the spring locking portion 66 formed in the main body of the first banknote storing section 6 restricts forward movement of the free end of the biasing device 65, and the engagement between the pressing portion 55 and the biasing device 65 is released.

The second banknote transport device 5 does not carry a dedicated drive source, and the drive force of the first banknote transport device 4 in the device main body 1a disposed upstream of the first banknote storage section 6 is transmitted via the second coupling gear 53, whereby the drive shaft 51 rotates.

(Structure of first paper money transporting device)

As shown in fig. 10, the first banknote carrying device 4 includes a carrying operation driving device including a motor (not shown) and a gear train (not shown) for transmitting a rotational force of the motor to the pulley 41b and a second transmission gear 43,

pulleys

41a and 41b, a plurality of pulleys not shown, a carrying belt, and a roller 42 and a plurality of rollers not shown, the carrying operation driving device being disposed between the pulleys, and the roller 42 being in pressure contact with the carrying belt.

The second transmission gear 43 is disposed vertically below the second coupling gear 53 in the standby state, is disposed so as to mesh with the second coupling gear 53, and transmits the driving force of the first banknote transport device 4 to the second banknote transport device 5 via the second coupling gear 53. On the other hand, during the banknote storing operation, the engagement between the second coupling gear 53 and the second transmission gear 43 is released by the stack guide 71 moving forward.

Further, the second transmission gear 43 and the second coupling gear 53 are in contact with each other in the vertical direction, and the first banknote storage section 6 is slid in the horizontal direction when the first banknote storage section 6 is attached to and detached from the apparatus main body 1a, so that the second transmission gear 43 does not interfere with the second coupling gear 53 when the first banknote storage section is attached to and detached from the apparatus main body 1 a.

(Structure of paper money sending-out mechanism)

As shown in fig. 7, the banknote feeding mechanism 8 is provided between the downstream side of the first banknote storage section 6 and the second banknote storage 91, and feeds out only the first banknote M1 that is stored last (located at the forefront) among the first banknotes M1 stored in the first banknote storage 67, and separates and conveys the single banknote to the downstream side of the second conveyance path 2b, whereby the first banknote M1 can be returned.

The banknote feeding mechanism 8 is provided on the second conveyance path 2b, and has a function of feeding out the first banknotes M1 stored in the first banknote storage section 6. The bill feeding mechanism 8 is composed of a discharge roller (pickup roller) 81, a feeding roller (feed roller) 82, and a resist roller (entrance roller) 83, and is supported by the apparatus main body 1 a.

The discharge roller 81 is provided at a downstream portion of the first banknote storage section 6 facing the first banknote storage 67 via the second conveyance path 2b, and has a function of feeding out and conveying the first banknote M1 positioned at the forefront among the first banknotes M1 stacked in an aligned manner on the stacking plate 68 to the downstream portion of the second conveyance path 2b, a function of conveying the second banknote M2 to the downstream portion of the second conveyance path 2b, and a function of pressing the first banknote M1 stored in the first banknote storage 67 together with the holding plate 74 when the first banknote M1 is stored in the first banknote storage 67.

The feed roller 82 and the resist roller 83 are disposed opposite to each other so as to be engaged with each other in an insertion manner downstream of the discharge roller 81, and when the first banknote M1 is fed by the discharge roller 81, the rotation of the resist roller 83 is stopped, and the first banknote M1 is fed downstream by only the rotational force of the feed roller 82, whereby the first banknotes M1 are separated one by one. In addition, when the second banknote M2 is deposited, the feed roller 82 and the resist roller 83 are both rotated in the transport direction, and the second banknote M2 is smoothly transported.

Further, a feed-out sensor is disposed between the feed-out roller 82 and the blocking roller 83 and the second banknote storage section 9, and whether or not the fed-out first banknote M1 can be correctly separated into one sheet is checked by the feed-out roller 82 and the blocking roller 83.

(Structure of second banknote storage section)

As shown in fig. 7, the second banknote storage section 9 is disposed further downstream of the banknote feeding mechanism 8, i.e., above the first banknote storage section 6. The second banknote storage section 9 is configured to include a second banknote storage 91 disposed at the rear of the second conveyance path 2b and a second banknote storage mechanism (not shown) disposed at the front when roughly classified, and to store the second banknotes M2 located at the positions facing the second banknote storage 91 in the second conveyance path 2b in the second banknote storage 91 one by the second banknote storage mechanism.

Although the detailed description of the configurations of the second banknote storage container 91 and the second banknote storage mechanism is omitted, a technique such as an elevator base including a link mechanism described in japanese patent No. 4728538 can be applied.

(operation of paper money handling apparatus)

A series of operations when the first banknotes M1 are stored and when they are fed out in the banknote handling device 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to fig. 11 to 13.

(Collection of first Note)

As shown in fig. 11, when the first banknote M1 is inserted from the banknote insertion slot 21, the banknote transport device of the upstream portion is driven, and the first banknote M1 is transported to the downstream of the first transport path 2 a. Then, the second banknote transport device 5, which is transferred via the first banknote transport device 4, is driven to operate.

At this time, the stacking guide 71 moves rearward in the front-rear direction to a position corresponding to the second conveyance path 2b, and the first banknote M1 is conveyed on the second conveyance path 2 b. When the first banknote M1 reaches the first banknote storage section 6, it is nipped by the transport roller 52 and the pressing roller 56, and transported downstream along the recessed groove 72 of the stacking guide 71. When the first banknote M1 reaches the position facing the first banknote storage container 67, the driving of the first banknote transport device 4 is stopped, the first banknote M1 is stopped at this point, and the banknote is transferred to the storage operation, and the storage operation driving device is driven.

When the first transmission gear 14 rotates leftward (counterclockwise of the first transmission gear 14 in fig. 6), the

lifting cams

75a and 75b operate via the first connecting gear 77 of the reciprocating device, and rotate leftward. The

projections

76a and 76b of the

lifting cams

75a and 75b move in the long holes 73 of the accumulation guide 71, and the accumulation guide 71 starts moving forward.

Then, the second banknote transport device 5 moves forward together with the stack guide 71, and therefore the engagement between the second transmission gear 43 and the second coupling gear 53 is released, and the pressing of the pressing portion 55 by the pressing roller arm 54 of the biasing device 65 is released, and the pinching of the first banknote M1 is released.

When the

lifting cams

75a and 75b are rotated to the left, the stacking guide 71 moves to the front of the second conveyance path 2b, and the pressing of the first banknote M1 by the stacking guide 71 is released, and instead, the discharge roller 81 and the holding plate 74 receive the pressing from the first banknote M1.

Thus, the first banknote M1 is sandwiched between the discharge roller 81 and the holding plate 74 in a state in which the lateral displacement of the first banknote M1 is prevented, and when the stacking guide 71 moves further forward, the longer side edge of the first banknote M1 is relatively pulled out from the recessed groove 72 of the stacking guide 71, and slides out from the recessed groove 72 until the maximum movement position of the stacking guide 71 is reached.

When the

lifting cams

75a and 75b are rotated to the left, the stacking guide 71 is returned to the rear, and the first banknote M1 is stored in the first banknote storage container 67, thereby returning to the standby state.

(first Note sending-out)

As shown in fig. 12 and 13, when the first banknote M1 stored in the first banknote storage container 67 is returned, the stack guide 71 is moved forward, and the discharge roller 81 is rotated and fed out in a state where the first banknote M1 located at the forefront is pressed toward the discharge roller 81. The fed first banknotes M1 are separated one by the feed-out roller 82 and the resist roller 83, and are transported to the downstream of the second transport path 2 b.

At this time, when the first banknotes M1 cannot be separated one by one, two banknotes are stacked and conveyed to the downstream, and when the stacking of two banknotes of the first banknote M1 is detected by the feed-out sensor not shown, the first banknote M1 is stored in the second banknote storage 91, the return operation is performed again, and the first banknote M1 is fed out from the first banknote storage 67, whereby miscalculation can be prevented.

(effects of the embodiment)

The effects of the embodiments described will be explained below.

According to the present embodiment, the banknote handling apparatus 1 is configured such that the banknote discharge port 22 is disposed in the vicinity of the banknote insertion port 21 on the front surface of the apparatus body 1a, the cassette plate 23 is disposed on the banknote discharge port 22, the banknote carrying path 2 that communicates the banknote insertion port 21 and the banknote discharge port 22 through a single path is disposed inside the apparatus body 1a, and the banknote recognition unit 3, the first banknote storage unit 6, the second banknote storage unit 9, and the banknote feeding mechanism 8 are disposed in a compact manner on the banknote carrying path 2, so that the banknote handling apparatus 1 can be reduced in size and weight.

Therefore, for example, in the conventional banknote handling apparatus capable of collectively taking out change banknotes, although the mass of the apparatus is large at 15kg or more, in the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a small-sized banknote handling apparatus 1 capable of collectively taking out change banknotes while suppressing the mass to about 5 kg.

Further, since the bill discharging port 22 is disposed in the vicinity of the upper side of the bill insertion port 21, the first bills M1 can be collectively taken out at the bill discharging port 22, and the movement of the hand of the user who inserts or receives the bills can be suppressed to the minimum, so that the first bills M1 can be easily received, and high usability can be obtained.

Further, since the arrangement of the components such as the conveyor belt, the pulleys, and the like becomes simple and the number of components can be suppressed and the bill conveying path becomes short by the bill conveying path 2 of the single path, jamming of the bills can be prevented and the bills can be conveyed smoothly. Further, since the structure for opening the banknote carrying path 2 can be realized relatively easily, even if jamming of banknotes occurs, the jamming of banknotes can be released relatively easily.

Further, by providing the second banknote storage section 9 for storing high-denomination banknotes downstream of the first banknote storage section 6 for storing low-denomination banknotes, when the first banknotes M1 (for example, one-thousand yen banknotes) are fed out from the first banknote storage section 6, and when it is detected that two or more first banknotes M1 are fed out in an overlapping manner, the first banknotes M1 can be stored in the second banknote storage section 9. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a banknote storage box for returning the two overlapped first banknotes M1. Therefore, while the size reduction of the banknote handling apparatus 1 is maintained, there is further obtained an effect that it is possible to prevent a problem that the first banknotes M1 are excessively discharged inside the apparatus main body 1 a.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, it goes without saying that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made in the above embodiments. It is apparent that modifications and improvements can be made by the claims included in the technical scope of the present invention.

Description of the symbols

1: a paper money processing device;

1 a: a device body;

2: a banknote transport path;

2 a: a first conveyance path;

2 b: a second conveyance path;

2 c: a third conveyance path;

21: a paper money insertion opening;

22: a bill discharge port;

23: a case plate;

3: a paper money discriminating section;

6: a first banknote storage section;

8: a paper money sending-out mechanism;

9: a second banknote storage section;

m1: a first banknote;

m2: a second banknote.

Claims

1. A banknote handling device that recognizes banknotes, stores the banknotes in the device, and discharges change banknotes, the banknote handling device comprising:

a device body;

a bill insertion slot provided at a front face of the apparatus body;

a bill discharge port disposed in the vicinity of the bill insertion port and provided at the front of the apparatus body;

a cassette plate provided at the bill discharge port and opening and closing the bill discharge port;

a bill transfer passage which is a bill transfer passage of a unidirectional circulation path provided in the interior of the apparatus body and communicating the bill insertion port and the bill discharge port, and which circulates a first bill received from the bill insertion port and usable as change-giving bill in the interior of the apparatus body and can transfer the first bill to the bill discharge port;

the bill discharge port is configured to be opened by the cassette plate so that a plurality of the first bills can be collectively taken out.

2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,

the bill conveyance path has a first conveyance path that conveys the first bill received from the bill insertion slot to the lower side, a second conveyance path that conveys the first bill conveyed to the lower side to the upper side, and a third conveyance path that conveys the first bill conveyed to the upper side to the lower side toward the bill discharge slot.

3. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2,

the banknote handling device further includes a banknote recognition unit that is provided in the first conveyance path and recognizes the type of the banknote received from the banknote insertion slot.

4. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 3,

the paper money processing device is also provided with a first paper money accommodating part and a second paper money accommodating part,

the first banknote storage section is detachably provided on the second conveyance path so as to face the banknote insertion slot and the banknote recognition section, and stores the first banknotes,

the second bill storage section is provided at a downstream side of the first bill storage section and stores second bills that are not used as change bills.

5. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 4,

the banknote handling apparatus further includes a banknote feeding mechanism that is provided in the second conveyance path and that feeds out the first banknotes stored in the first banknote storage unit.

6. A banknote handling device that recognizes banknotes, stores the banknotes in the device, and discharges change banknotes, the banknote handling device comprising:

a device body;

a bill insertion slot provided at a front face of the apparatus body;

a first banknote storage unit that is detachably provided in the banknote transport path and stores the first banknote; and

a second bill storage section provided at a downstream side of the first bill storage section and storing a second bill that is not used as an change bill.

7. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 6,

when it is detected that two of the first banknotes are overlapped, the two overlapped first banknotes are stored in the second banknote storage unit.