JP2000016668A - Paper money storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect a half-folded paper money by a small number of sensors. SOLUTION: An accumulation stage 10 is constituted by combinations of a first flat part 10a having a length of 1/4 or less of a length of a paper money in the transverse direction, a first inclined face 10b extending in the direction of descent from the first flat part 10a, a second flat part 10c which extends horizontally from a lower end of the first inclined face 10b and has a length of 1/4 or less of a length of the paper money in the transverse direction, and a second inclined face 10d which extends in the direction of descent from the second flat part 10c and has a length of 1/2 or less of a length of the paper money in the transverse direction. An optical axis of a remaining sensor 8 passes the vicinity of a lower end of the first inclined face 10b, and the optical axis passes a section of 1/2 or less of a length of the paper money in the transverse direction from a lower end of the accumulation stage 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote storage box mounted on a banknote pay-in / pay-out device installed in a bank or other financial institution. The present invention relates to a reject cassette for storing a denomination-unknown ticket at the time of dispensing, an abnormal traveling ticket, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Banknote depositing / dispensing devices installed in financial institutions such as banks are used to discriminate between banknotes left behind by customers, lost or damaged bills at the time of depositing, unspecified denominations at the time of withdrawal, and abnormal traveling tickets. There is provided a reject cassette capable of taking in and accumulating bills. The reject cassette is provided with a bill remaining sensor using an optical sensor having an optical axis that penetrates a stage for stacking bills, so that the bills accumulated on the stage can be detected.

[0003]

Here, there are cases where a half-folded bill is stored in the reject cassette. For this reason, it was necessary to increase the number of residual sensors. However, as the number of sensors increases, the cost of the device increases,
The assembly is complicated, and since the residual sensor is provided outside the reject cassette, the reject cassette requires a large number of holes for the optical axis.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a bill storage box provided with a stage for accumulating bills discharged along the transverse direction. It is composed of a combination of a flat portion having a length of 1/4 or less of the length in the hand direction and a slope extending downward from the flat portion. A sensor is provided so that the optical axis passes through a place of 1/2 or less of the length, and two sets of the sensors are provided in the longitudinal direction of the bill with an interval of 1/2 or less of the length. It is what it was.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a bill storage box according to the present invention. Here, the bill storage box of the present embodiment is a reject cassette that does not use the feeding mechanism to feed stored bills.
In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a reject cassette, which is removably mounted on a bill receiving / dispensing device (not shown).

[0006] Reference numeral 2 denotes a banknote storage unit for storing banknotes left behind by customers, and reference numeral 3 denotes a genuine bill which can be deposited by a discriminating unit (not shown) at the time of deposit processing, but which is unsuitable for reuse for dispensing. This is a reject banknote storage unit for storing a banknote reject banknote that has been discriminated as being unidentified or that abnormal travel has been detected by the discrimination unit during the dispensing process.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a stacking mechanism including a feed roller and a pressure roller for discharging and stacking the banknotes into the forgotten banknote storage unit 2, and 5 a feed roller and a pressure roller for discharging and stacking the banknotes to the reject banknote storage unit 3. And the like. Note that the bill is discharged along the short direction. Reference numerals 6 and 7 denote a part of the transport path of the banknote pay-in / pay-out device that transports banknotes to the forgotten banknote storage unit 2 and the reject banknote storage unit 3 of the reject cassette 1.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a residual sensor for detecting the remaining state (presence or absence of a banknote) of the banknote in the forgotten banknote storage unit 2, and 9 denotes a residual sensor for detecting the remaining state of the banknote in the reject banknote storage unit 3, and emits light. It consists of an element and a light receiving element. Reference numeral 10 denotes an accumulation stage for accumulating banknotes left behind in the banknote storage unit 2 left behind, and reference numeral 11 denotes an accumulation stage for accumulating reject banknotes in the banknote storage unit 3 for rejection.

The stacking stage 10 has a first flat portion 10 from the back with respect to the direction in which the stacking mechanism 4 discharges banknotes.
a, a first slope 10b extending in a direction descending from the first flat portion 10a, a second flat portion 10c extending horizontally from a lower end of the first slope 10b, and descending from the second flat portion 10c. And a second inclined surface 10d extending in the direction of movement.

[0010] Similarly, the stacking stage 11 also has a first flat portion 1 from the back with respect to the bill discharging direction by the stacking mechanism 5.
1a, a first slope 11b extending in a direction descending from the first flat portion 11a, a second flat portion 11c extending horizontally from a lower end of the first slope 11b, and descending from the second flat portion 11c. And a second inclined surface 11d extending in the direction of movement.

Here, the length L1 of the first flat portions 10a and 11a and the second flat portions 10c and 11c is set to 1/4 or less of the length L2 of the bill in the short direction. The length L3 of the second slopes 10d and 11d is set to be １ ／ or less of the length L2 of the bill in the width direction. The lengths of the first slopes 10b and 11b are not particularly limited, but the lengths of the entire length necessary to configure the integration stages 10 and 11 and the lengths of the respective parts set as described above. Is set from

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the bill storage box of the present embodiment. Here, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the forgotten banknote storage unit 2. Reference numeral 12 denotes a hole for the optical axis of the residual sensor 8 opened in the integration stage 10. This optical axis hole 12 is
Has a long hole shape extending from the middle of the inclined surface 10b to the upper end of the second inclined surface 10d, and the optical axis of the residual sensor 8 penetrates near the lower end of the first inclined surface 10b and is substantially formed in the second flat portion 10c. Be parallel. Therefore, the optical axis of the residual sensor 8 is equal to the length of the banknote in the short direction from the lower end of the stacking stage 10.
/ 2 or less.

Here, two sets of the residual sensors 8 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the bill, and correspondingly, two holes 12 for the optical axis are provided in the stacking stage 10. Can be The interval between the optical axes of the two sets of residual sensors 8 is
The length of the bill is set to be １ ／ or less of the length in the longitudinal direction, and the distance from the side end of the stacking stage 10 to the optical axis closer to the side end is also the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction. Sano 1
/ 2 or less.

The integration stage 11 is also provided with an optical axis hole 12 having the same configuration and the same arrangement as the optical axis hole 12 described in FIG. Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described by taking as an example the banknote storage unit 2 that has been forgotten. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a half-folded bill. FIG. 3A shows a half-folded bill in the longitudinal direction, and the length in the transverse direction is half that of a normal bill. FIG. 3B shows a banknote that is half-folded in the short direction, and the length in the longitudinal direction is half that of a normal banknote.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing the relationship between the stacking stage and the length of the bill. As described above, the length L1 of the first flat portion 10a and the second flat portion 10c of the stacking stage 10 is Since the length is set to 1/4 or less of the length of the bill in the short direction, each of the above-mentioned lengths L4 of the bill folded in the longitudinal direction shown in FIG. The length L1 of the flat portion is 以下 or less.

Therefore, the banknote A that is half-folded in the longitudinal direction
Is discharged onto the first flat portion 10a by the stacking mechanism 4, the banknote A falls on the first slope 10b, and when released on the first flat portion 10a, the bill A falls on the second slope 10d. become. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are schematic side views showing the state of accumulation of banknotes. When the banknote A that has been half-folded in the longitudinal direction is discharged by the stacking mechanism 4 onto the second flat portion 10c, the banknote A falls from here onto the second slope 10d, or is directly discharged onto the second slope 10d. Since the length of the second slope 10d is set to be 以下 or less of the length of the bill in the short direction, as shown in FIG. It protrudes from the second slope 10d. Thereby, the bill A will block the optical axis of the residual sensor 8,
Even if the bill is half-folded in the longitudinal direction, the remaining bill can be detected.

Further, since the bill A that has been folded in half in the longitudinal direction is discharged onto the first flat portion 10a by the stacking mechanism 4, it falls on the first slope 10b from here, or directly into the first slope 10b.
Bill A is discharged to the first slope 1b.
6B, the lower end of the bill A reaches the lower end of the first slope 10b as shown in FIG. As a result, the bill A blocks the optical axis of the residual sensor 8, and the residual can be detected even if the bill is half-folded in the longitudinal direction.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the bill is half-folded in the transverse direction, two sets of residual sensors 8 are used.
Is set to be equal to or less than half the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction, and the distance from the side end of the stacking stage 10 to the optical axis closer to this side end is also set. , The length is set to be equal to or less than half the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction, so that any one of the optical axes of the two sets of residual sensors 8 is always blocked, and the residual can be detected. In addition, when the bill is not broken, the bill is accumulated on the accumulation stage 10, so that the optical axis of the residual sensor 8 is always blocked, and the residual can be detected.

Although the above operation has been described with reference to the forgotten bill storage unit 2 side, the same applies to the reject bill storage unit 3 side. As described above, in the present embodiment, two sets of the residual sensors are arranged at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the banknote. The length from the side end of the stacking stage to the optical axis closer to this side end is also set to be 1/2 of the length of the bill in the longitudinal direction. It is set to be 2 or less.

Further, the integration stage has a stepped shape composed of a first flat part, a first slope, a second flat part, and a second slope, and the first flat part and the second flat part are formed. The length of the flat part is 1/4 of the length of the bill in the short direction.
In addition to the above, the length of the second slope is set to 1/2 or less of the length of the bill in the short direction, and the optical axis of the residual sensor is set near the lower end of the first slope. Through.

Therefore, even a bill folded halfway in the longitudinal direction or a bill folded halfway in the transverse direction can be reliably detected by two sets of residual sensors per storage unit.
In the present embodiment, the stacking stages 10 and 11 are fixed, but may be a movable stage in which the stacking stages 10 and 11 are lowered as the number of stored banknotes increases. That is, until the first banknote is stacked, even the movable stage is at the position shown in FIG. 1, so that the first stacked banknote is a half-folded banknote in the longitudinal direction or the short direction. This is because, even if there is, it can be detected by two sets of residual sensors.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a bill storage box provided with a stage for accumulating bills discharged along the transverse direction, the stage is provided with a length of the bill in the transverse direction. A flat portion having a length of 1/4 or less and a slope extending in a direction descending from the flat portion are combined. A sensor is provided so that the optical axis passes through the following places, and the sensor is in the longitudinal direction of the bill,
Two sets are provided at an interval of 1/2 or less of the length.

Therefore, whether the banknotes stacked on the stage are half-folded in the longitudinal direction or half-folded in the short direction, the two sets of sensors can reliably detect the number of sensors. Reducing the number of sensors reduces the number of sensors, thereby reducing the number of optical axis holes opened in the outer frame of the bill storage box.
The appearance and security of the bill storage box can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an example of an embodiment of a bill storage box of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a bill storage box according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state of a half-folded banknote;

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing the relationship between the accumulation stage and the length of bills.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing an accumulation state of banknotes;

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing an accumulation state of banknotes;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reject cassette 8 Residual sensor 9 Residual sensor 10 Stacking stage 10a 1st flat part 10b 1st slope 10c 2nd flat part 10d 2nd slope 11 Stacking stage 11a 1st flat part 11b 1st slope 11c 1st 2 flat part 11d 2nd slope

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 3E040 AA01 FC03 FC12 3F048 AA06 AB03 BA08 BB08 BB10 DA01 DB01 DB05 DC11 3F054 AA03 AC06 BA01 BA13 CA08 CA10 CA23 CA25 DA12 DA16

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bill storage box provided with a stage for accumulating bills discharged in the transverse direction, wherein the stage has a flat length having a length of 1/4 or less of the transverse length of the bill. And a slope extending in a direction descending from the flat portion, so that the optical axis passes from a lower end of the slope of the stage to a half or less of a length of the bill in the short direction. And a sensor having a length of 1 in the longitudinal direction of the bill.
A bill storage box, wherein two sets are provided at an interval of / 2 or less.