CN219826576U

CN219826576U - Bank counter and article transfer device thereof

Info

Publication number: CN219826576U
Application number: CN202320948139.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵瑞丰
Original assignee: Bank of China Ltd
Current assignee: Bank of China Ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-24
Filing date: 2023-04-24
Publication date: 2023-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-24

Abstract

The utility model discloses a bank counter and an article transfer device thereof, comprising: the transfer box body is embedded on a bank counter and is provided with an inner bin opening and an outer bin opening; a sliding guide structure is arranged in the transfer box body, and the sliding guide structure is arranged in a descending-before-ascending mode from the inner bin opening to the outer bin opening; the bearing box is arranged in the transmission box body and is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure in a rotatable manner; the driving mechanism is used for driving the bearing box to move so that the bearing box can move up and down along the sliding guide structure in a mode of always keeping a horizontal state. Through using above-mentioned article transfer device to carry out article transfer, the bearing box can directly transmit article to interior storehouse mouth or outer storehouse mouth department, can promote the convenience that article taken then greatly, helps promoting banking business and handles efficiency.

Description

Bank counter and article transfer device thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of bank counters, in particular to a bank counter and an article transfer device thereof.

Background

The prior object transfer device for the bank counter is arranged in the counter, and customers and staff need to deeply insert hands into the transfer box to take the objects when taking the objects, so that the operation is very inconvenient, and the efficiency of handling banking business is reduced.

In summary, how to solve the problem that the article transfer device of the bank counter is inconvenient to take articles has become a urgent problem for those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present utility model provides a bank counter and an article transfer device thereof, so as to solve the problem that the bank counter article transfer device is inconvenient to take articles.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:

an article transfer device for a bank counter, comprising:

the transfer box body is embedded on the bank counter and is provided with an inner bin opening for a bank staff to take articles and an outer bin opening for a client to take articles; a sliding guide structure is arranged in the transfer box body, and the sliding guide structure is arranged in a descending-before-ascending mode from the inner bin opening to the outer bin opening;

the bearing box is arranged in the transmission box body and used for loading interactive objects, and the bearing box is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure in a rotatable mode;

the driving mechanism is used for driving the bearing box to move so that the bearing box can move up and down along the sliding guide structure in a mode of always keeping a horizontal state;

when the bearing box slides to a first preset position along the sliding guide structure, the bearing box is positioned at the inner bin opening; when the bearing box slides to a second preset position along the sliding guide structure, the bearing box is positioned at the outer bin opening.

Optionally, the driving mechanism comprises a driving sliding block arranged below the bearing box and a driving component used for driving the driving sliding block to do reciprocating linear motion from the inner bin opening side to the outer bin opening side;

the bearing box is provided with a first sliding part and a second sliding part, wherein the first sliding part is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure in a rotatable mode; the second sliding part is vertically matched with the driving sliding block in a sliding manner.

Optionally, the device further comprises a driving frame which is arranged on the driving sliding block and moves linearly and reciprocally along with the driving sliding block, and the driving frame is provided with a first protection plate which is matched with the inner bin opening and a second protection plate which is matched with the outer bin opening;

when the bearing box moves to the first preset position, the second protection plate covers the outer bin opening, and the first protection plate avoids the inner bin opening; when the bearing box moves to the second preset position, the first protection plate covers the inner bin opening, and the second protection plate avoids the outer bin opening.

Optionally, two opposite side walls of the transfer box body are provided with a first protection chute adapted to the first protection plate and a second protection chute adapted to the second protection plate.

Optionally, the first protection shell and the second protection shell are respectively arranged at two end sides of the transfer box body, the first protection plate is positioned in the first protection shell, and the second protection plate is positioned in the second protection shell.

Optionally, the driving assembly comprises a driving motor and a driving rod in transmission connection with the driving motor; the transmission box body is internally provided with a linear chute, and the driving sliding block is arranged in the linear chute in a sliding fit manner and is in transmission fit with the driving rod screw rod.

Optionally, the sliding guide structure is a guide chute arranged on two opposite side walls of the transfer box body, and the second sliding part is a sliding column arranged on the outer box wall of the bearing box and capable of sliding rotationally with the guide chute.

Optionally, the bill conveying mechanism is arranged above the transfer box body, and the bill conveying mechanism comprises a first conveying end positioned at one side of the inner bin opening and a second conveying end positioned at one side of the outer bin opening.

Optionally, the bill conveying mechanism comprises a bill conveying shell, a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt, wherein the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt are arranged in the bill conveying shell, and the lower conveying belt surface of the first conveying belt is in fit arrangement with the upper conveying belt surface of the second conveying belt and is synchronously driven, so that the bill is conveyed from one of the first conveying end and the second conveying end to the other.

Compared with the background technology, the article transfer device of the bank counter comprises: the device comprises a transfer box body, a bearing box and a driving mechanism, wherein the transfer box body is embedded on a bank counter and is provided with an inner bin opening for a bank staff to take articles and an outer bin opening for a customer to take articles; a sliding guide structure is arranged in the transfer box body, and the sliding guide structure is arranged in a descending-before-ascending mode from the inner bin opening to the outer bin opening; the bearing box is arranged in the transmission box body and used for loading interactive objects, and is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure in a rotatable manner; the driving mechanism is used for driving the bearing box to move so that the bearing box can move up and down along the sliding guide structure in a manner of always keeping a horizontal state; when the bearing box slides to a first preset position along the sliding guide structure, the bearing box is positioned at the inner bin opening; when the bearing box slides to a second preset position along the sliding guide structure, the bearing box is positioned at the outer bin opening. According to the article transfer device, in the practical application process, when a customer needs to place articles and a bank worker needs to take the articles, the driving mechanism drives the bearing box to move to the outer bin opening, at the moment, the customer can very conveniently place the articles on the bearing box, and then the driving mechanism drives the bearing box to move downwards and upwards along the sliding guide structure, so that the bearing box moves to the inner bin opening in a mode of keeping a horizontal state, and at the moment, the bank worker does not need to stretch hands into the transfer box, and can conveniently take the articles; simultaneously, when the bank staff needs to place the article, the customer needs to take the article, actuating mechanism at first drives the bearing box and moves to interior storehouse mouth, and the bank staff can very convenient place the article to the bearing box this moment, then do the motion that descends earlier than rise along sliding guide structure through actuating mechanism drive bearing box, thereby make the bearing box move to outer storehouse mouth with the mode of keeping the horizontality, the customer also need not to stretch into the hand in this moment and can conveniently take the article, consequently, carry out article transfer through using above-mentioned article transfer device, can promote the convenience that article was taken greatly, help promoting banking business handling efficiency. In addition, as the bearing box always keeps a horizontal state, articles such as coins can not slide out of the bearing box, and the reliability of article transfer is ensured.

In addition, the utility model also provides a bank counter, which comprises an article transfer device, wherein the article transfer device is the article transfer device of the bank counter described in any scheme. The article transfer device has the technical effects, so the bank counter with the article transfer device has the corresponding technical effects and is not described in detail herein.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic axial structure of a transfer device of a bank counter according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the portion A of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic top view of a transmission device of a bank counter according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the cross-sectional perspective C-C view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the structure of the portion D of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a cross-sectional perspective B-B view of fig. 3.

Wherein, in fig. 1-6:

the device comprises a transmission box body 1, an inner bin opening 11, an outer bin opening 12, a sliding guide structure 13, a first protection chute 14, a second protection chute 15 and a linear chute 16;

a support case 2, a first sliding part 21, and a second sliding part 22;

the driving mechanism 3, the driving sliding block 31, the fixed sleeve 310, the driving assembly 32, the driving motor 321 and the driving rod 322;

a driving frame 4, a first protection plate 41 and a second protection plate 42;

a first shield case 51, a second shield case 52;

bill conveying mechanism 6, bill conveying housing 60, first conveying end 61, second conveying end 62, first conveying belt 63, second conveying belt 64, driving roller 65, conveying motor 66, reversing gear set 67.

Detailed Description

The utility model aims at providing a bank counter and an article transfer device thereof, which are used for solving the problem that the article transfer device of the bank counter is inconvenient to take articles.

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

The utility model provides an article transfer device of a bank counter, comprising: the transfer box body 1, the bearing box 2 and the driving mechanism 3, wherein the transfer box body 1 is embedded on a bank counter and is provided with an inner bin opening 11 for a bank staff to take articles and an outer bin opening 12 for a customer to take articles; a sliding guide structure 13 is arranged in the transfer box body 1, and the sliding guide structure 13 is arranged in a descending-before-ascending mode from the inner bin opening 11 to the outer bin opening 12; the bearing box 2 is arranged in the transmission box body 1 and is used for loading interactive objects, and the bearing box 2 is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure 13 in a rotatable manner; the driving mechanism 3 is used for driving the bearing box 2 to move so that the bearing box 2 can move up and down along the sliding guide structure 13 in a manner of always keeping a horizontal state; when the bearing box 2 slides to a first preset position along the sliding guide structure 13, the bearing box 2 is positioned at the inner bin opening 11; when the bearing box 2 slides to the second preset position along the sliding guide structure 13, the bearing box 2 is positioned at the outer bin opening 12.

In the practical application process, when a customer needs to place an article and a bank worker needs to take the article, the driving mechanism 3 drives the bearing box 2 to move to the outer bin opening 12, at the moment, the customer can very conveniently place the article on the bearing box 2, and then the driving mechanism 3 drives the bearing box 2 to move downwards and upwards along the sliding guide structure 13, so that the bearing box 2 moves to the inner bin opening 11 in a mode of keeping a horizontal state, and at the moment, the bank worker does not need to stretch hands into the transfer box 1, and can conveniently take the article; meanwhile, when a bank worker needs to place articles, a customer needs to take the articles, the driving mechanism 3 drives the bearing box 2 to move to the inner bin opening 11, at this moment, the bank worker can very conveniently place the articles on the bearing box 2, and then the bearing box 2 is driven by the driving mechanism 3 to move along the sliding guide structure 13 to descend firstly and ascend secondly, so that the bearing box 2 moves to the outer bin opening 12 in a mode of keeping a horizontal state, and at this moment, the customer also does not need to stretch hands into the transfer box body 1, and can conveniently take the articles, therefore, the articles are transferred by using the article transfer device, the convenience of taking the articles is greatly improved, and the bank business handling efficiency is improved. In addition, as the bearing box 2 is always kept in a horizontal state, some coins and other objects cannot slide out of the bearing box, and the reliability of object transfer is ensured.

In a further embodiment, the driving mechanism 3 may specifically include a driving slider 31 disposed below the support box 2 and a driving assembly 32 for driving the driving slider 31 to reciprocate linearly from the inner port 11 side to the outer port 12 side; the bearing box 2 is provided with a first sliding part 21 and a second sliding part 22, wherein the first sliding part 21 is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure 13 in a rotatable manner; the second sliding portion 22 is vertically slidably fitted with the driving slider 31. By designing the driving mechanism 3 into the above-mentioned structure, when the driving assembly 32 drives the driving slider 31 to reciprocate linearly from the side of the inner opening 11 to the side of the outer opening 12, the first sliding portion 21 is driven by the driving slider 31 and under the limited supporting action of the sliding guide structure 13, the second sliding portion 22 is forced to vertically slide relative to the driving slider 31, and at the same time, the first sliding portion 21 rotates and slides in the sliding guide structure 13 relative to the sliding guide structure 13, so that the supporting box 2 moves up and down along the sliding guide structure 13 in a manner of maintaining a horizontal state. The driving mechanism 3 has a simple structure, and can meet the requirements of translation and lifting motion of the bearing box 2 only by using one linear driving mechanism, thereby being beneficial to saving the cost.

It will be understood, of course, that the above-described driving structure is merely exemplary of the embodiment of the present utility model, and other driving manners, such as a manner of linkage of the manipulator, may be adopted in the practical application process, which is simply relatively complex and more costly.

In a further embodiment, the article transferring device may further include a driving frame 4 disposed on the driving slider 31 and performing a linear reciprocating motion along with the driving slider 31, where the driving frame 4 is provided with a first protection plate 41 adapted to the inner bin opening 11 and a second protection plate 42 adapted to the outer bin opening 12; when the bearing box 2 moves to the first preset position, the second protection plate 42 covers the outer bin opening 12, and the first protection plate 41 avoids the inner bin opening 11; when the bearing box 2 moves to the second preset position, the first protection plate 41 covers the inner bin opening 11, and the second protection plate 42 avoids the outer bin opening 12. Through design drive frame 4 and first guard plate 41, second guard plate 42 for under the drive of same actuating mechanism 3, can satisfy the position motion demand of bearing box 2, simultaneously, only have in interior storehouse mouth 11 and the outer storehouse mouth 12 that one of getting the thing demand is in the open state, and one that does not get the thing demand is in the closed state, thereby can keep apart the inside and outside of bank, improved the security of bank counter article transmission.

In a further embodiment, the two opposite side walls of the transmission case 1 may be further provided with a first protection chute 14 adapted to the first protection plate 41 and a second protection chute 15 adapted to the second protection plate 42. Through design first protection spout 14 and second protection spout 15 for when first guard plate 41 and second guard plate 42 have the demand of covering, the protection effect is better, also helps promoting the stability of first guard plate 41 and second guard plate 42 motion simultaneously.

In some more specific embodiments, the article transfer device may further include a first protective housing 51 and a second protective housing 52 provided at both end sides of the transfer case 1, respectively, wherein the first protective plate 41 is located in the first protective housing 51, and the second protective plate 42 is located in the second protective housing 52. By arranging the first protective housing 51 and the second protective housing 52, the overall tightness of the entire article transfer device is better, and the overall installation is facilitated.

In some specific embodiments, the driving assembly 32 may specifically include a driving motor 321 and a driving rod 322 in driving connection with the driving motor 321; a linear chute 16 is arranged in the transmission box body 1, and a driving sliding block 31 is arranged on the linear chute 16 in a sliding fit manner and is in screw transmission fit with a driving rod 322. Through designing the driving component 32 into the structure, the linear motion control of the driving sliding block 31 is more accurate and more convenient to control, and the linear motion position of the driving sliding block 31 can be accurately controlled only by controlling the rotation angle of the driving motor 321. It should be understood, of course, that the above-mentioned lead screw mechanism is merely an example of the structural form of the driving assembly 32 in the embodiment of the present utility model, and other structural forms, such as a linear driving motor, an electric control push rod, a hydraulic push rod, etc., may be designed in the practical application process, which are not limited in particular herein.

In some more specific embodiments, the sliding guide structure 13 may be specifically designed as a guide chute disposed on two opposite side walls of the transfer case 1, and the second sliding portion 22 is a sliding column disposed on an outer case wall of the support case 2 and rotatably sliding with the guide chute. Through the structural style designed into the sliding column matched with the guide chute, the processing and the manufacturing are simpler and more convenient, and the assembly is easy.

It will be understood that, in the practical application process, other structural forms may be designed, for example, the sliding guide structure 13 may be designed as a sliding guide, the corresponding second sliding portion is designed as a slider adapted to the sliding guide, and the slider is rotatably disposed on the bearing box 2; for example, the sliding guide structure 13 is designed as a guide chute, the second sliding portion 22 is designed as a spherical protrusion structure, or a ball structure embedded on the outer wall of the bearing box 2, and the like, and in practical application, the sliding guide structure can be selectively arranged according to practical requirements, which is not limited in detail herein.

It should be noted that, the whole structure of the sliding guide structure 13 may be similar to a V-shaped structure, may be an arc-shaped structure, may be designed into an inverted isosceles trapezoid structure, and may be selected according to actual requirements in the practical application process, which is not limited in detail herein.

In some more specific embodiments, the above-mentioned article transfer device may further comprise a bill conveying mechanism 6 provided above the transfer box 1, the bill conveying mechanism 6 comprising a first conveying end 61 located on the side of the inner port 11 and a second conveying end 62 located on the side of the outer port 12. In the actual use process, when the bill is required to be conveyed from the first conveying end 61 to the second conveying end 62, paper objects such as the bill can be conveyed from the first conveying end 61 and guided out by the second conveying end 62 under the internal transmission effect of the bill conveying mechanism 6; when the bill is required to be conveyed from the second conveying end 62 to the first conveying end 61, the paper objects such as the bill can be conveyed from the second conveying end 62 and guided out from the first conveying end 61 under the internal transmission action of the bill conveying mechanism 6. The bill conveying mechanism has the function of preventing wrinkles in the bill conveying process, so that the bill is more convenient to maintain.

In a further embodiment, the bill conveying mechanism 6 may specifically include a bill conveying housing 60, and a first conveying belt 63 and a second conveying belt 64 disposed in the bill conveying housing 60, where a lower conveying belt surface of the first conveying belt 63 is in contact with an upper conveying belt surface of the second conveying belt 64 and is synchronously driven, so that the bill is conveyed from one of the first conveying end 61 and the second conveying end 62 to the other. Through designing bill conveying mechanism 6 into above-mentioned structural style, the lower conveyer belt face of first conveyer belt 63 and the last conveyer belt face of second conveyer belt 64 can produce very high extrusion effect to the bill, not only make the bill conveniently import, and can produce the effect of rolling up to the bill. Specifically, in order to ensure the extrusion effect between the first conveyor belt 63 and the second conveyor belt 64, a plurality of driving rollers arranged at intervals are arranged inside the first conveyor belt 63 and the second conveyor belt 64, so that the position of contact between the two conveyor belts is ensured to have a good extrusion effect. In addition, in order to ensure the synchronism between the first conveyor belt 63 and the second conveyor belt 64, both are preferably driven by the same conveyor motor 66, and specifically the drive shaft of the first conveyor belt 63 and the drive shaft of the second conveyor belt 64 may be connected by a reversing gear set 67.

It should be noted that, in the present specification, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment is mainly described as different from other embodiments, and identical and similar parts between the embodiments are all enough to be referred to each other.

It should be appreciated that the use of "systems," "devices," "units," and/or "modules" in this disclosure is but one way to distinguish between different components, elements, parts, portions, or assemblies at different levels. However, if other words can achieve the same purpose, the word can be replaced by other expressions.

As used in the specification and in the claims, the terms "a," "an," "the," and/or "the" are not specific to a singular, but may include a plurality, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In general, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" merely indicate that the steps and elements are explicitly identified, and they do not constitute an exclusive list, as other steps or elements may be included in a method or apparatus. The inclusion of an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises an element.

Wherein, in the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, unless otherwise indicated, "/" means or, for example, a/B may represent a or B; "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, in the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, "plurality" means two or more than two.

The terms "first" and "second" are used below for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature.

If a flowchart is used in the present utility model, the flowchart is used to describe the operations performed by a system according to an embodiment of the present utility model. It should be appreciated that the preceding or following operations are not necessarily performed in order precisely. Rather, the steps may be processed in reverse order or simultaneously. Also, other operations may be added to or removed from these processes.

The principles and embodiments of the present utility model have been described herein with reference to specific examples, the description of which is intended only to facilitate an understanding of the core concepts of the utility model. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and adaptations of the utility model can be made without departing from the principles of the utility model and these modifications and adaptations are intended to be within the scope of the utility model as defined in the following claims.

Claims

1. An article transfer device for a bank counter, comprising:

the transfer box body (1) is embedded on a bank counter and is provided with an inner bin opening (11) for a bank staff to take articles and an outer bin opening (12) for a customer to take articles; a sliding guide structure (13) is arranged in the transfer box body (1), and the sliding guide structure (13) is arranged in a descending-before-ascending mode from the inner bin opening (11) to the outer bin opening (12);

the bearing box (2) is arranged in the transmission box body (1) and is used for loading interactive objects, and the bearing box (2) is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure (13) in a rotatable mode;

the driving mechanism (3) is used for driving the bearing box (2) to move so that the bearing box (2) can move up and down along the sliding guide structure (13) in a mode of always keeping a horizontal state;

when the bearing box (2) slides to a first preset position along the sliding guide structure (13), the bearing box (2) is positioned at the inner bin opening (11); when the bearing box (2) slides to a second preset position along the sliding guide structure (13), the bearing box (2) is positioned at the outer bin opening (12).

2. The article transfer device of a bank counter according to claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism (3) comprises a driving slide block (31) arranged below the bearing box (2) and a driving component (32) for driving the driving slide block (31) to do reciprocating linear motion from the inner bin opening (11) side to the outer bin opening (12) side;

a first sliding part (21) and a second sliding part (22) are arranged on the bearing box (2), wherein the first sliding part (21) is in sliding fit with the sliding guide structure (13) in a rotatable mode; the second sliding part (22) is vertically matched with the driving sliding block (31) in a sliding way.

3. The article transfer device of a bank counter according to claim 2, further comprising a driving rack (4) arranged on the driving slide block (31) and linearly reciprocating along with the driving slide block (31), wherein the driving rack (4) is provided with a first protection plate (41) matched with the inner bin opening (11) and a second protection plate (42) matched with the outer bin opening (12);

when the bearing box (2) moves to the first preset position, the second protection plate (42) covers the outer bin opening (12), and the first protection plate (41) forms avoidance for the inner bin opening (11); when the bearing box (2) moves to the second preset position, the first protection plate (41) covers the inner bin opening (11), and the second protection plate (42) forms avoidance for the outer bin opening (12).

4. A bank counter item transfer device according to claim 3, wherein the transfer box (1) is provided on two opposite side walls with a first protection chute (14) adapted to the first protection plate (41) and a second protection chute (15) adapted to the second protection plate (42).

5. A bank counter article transfer device according to claim 3, further comprising a first protective housing (51) and a second protective housing (52) provided on both end sides of the transfer case (1), respectively, the first protective plate (41) being located in the first protective housing (51), and the second protective plate (42) being located in the second protective housing (52).

6. The article transfer device of a bank counter according to claim 2, wherein the drive assembly (32) comprises a drive motor (321) and a drive rod (322) drivingly connected to the drive motor (321); the transmission box body (1) is internally provided with a linear chute (16), and the driving sliding block (31) is arranged in the linear chute (16) in a sliding fit manner and is in screw transmission fit with the driving rod (322).

7. The article transfer device of a bank counter according to claim 2, wherein the sliding guide structure (13) is a guide chute provided on two opposite side walls of the transfer case (1), and the second sliding portion (22) is a sliding column provided on an outer case wall of the holding case (2) and rotatably sliding with the guide chute.

8. The article transfer device of a bank counter according to any of the claims 1-7, further comprising a bill transport mechanism (6) arranged above the transfer box (1), the bill transport mechanism (6) comprising a first transport end (61) at one side of the inner port (11) and a second transport end (62) at one side of the outer port (12).

9. The article transfer device of a bank counter according to claim 8, wherein the bill transporting mechanism (6) includes a bill transporting housing (60) and a first transporting belt (63) and a second transporting belt (64) provided in the bill transporting housing (60), a lower transporting belt face of the first transporting belt (63) being disposed in contact with an upper transporting belt face of the second transporting belt (64) and being synchronously driven so that the bill is transported from one of the first transporting end (61) and the second transporting end (62) to the other.

10. A bank counter comprising an item transfer device, wherein the item transfer device is an item transfer device of a bank counter as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.