JP2000048234A - Paper sheet storage mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent heaping state from becoming uneven in the case of heaping paper sheets different in size in a storage part, to prevent fall from a discharge port or a discharge amount shortage even when the heaped paper sheets are carried and discharged, and to reduce jamming in storing paper moneys different in size in a storage cylinder of a reflux system cash automatic transaction machine. SOLUTION: A stopper 12 is made rotatable around a shaft 21 so that paper sheets 10a of smaller size can be heaped after paper sheets 10b of larger size are heaped, a mechanism is constituted that the stopper 12 does not crush the paper sheets 10b and, at the same time, the paper sheets 10b are heaped in a storage part 11 in a state in which the rear edges are made even. Also, in storing paper money of different denomination in a storage cylinder of a cash automatic transaction machine, the paper moneys are prevented from erroneously entering the rest of the remaining space of the cylinder so that one of angles on a bottom surface of the storage surface fixedly occupies an angle of the storage cylinder.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage mechanism, and more particularly to an exit mechanism or an automatic cash transaction apparatus for delivering to an end user of a cash dispenser, a gift vending machine or another vending machine. The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage mechanism for depositing paper sheets of different sizes in a storage unit, such as an entrance / exit mechanism of a paper money recycling box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional paper sheet storage mechanism, as a paper sheet storage mechanism for handling paper sheets of different sizes, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 54-100526 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. 52-1) has been proposed.
No. 74939 and the drawings). In this stacker, a movable stopper and a detecting means for detecting the length of the paper sheet conveyed to the storage unit entrance are provided in the storage unit for depositing paper sheets of different sizes, and the stopper is provided. Is attached to a slide member guided by a guide shaft, and the slide member and the motor are connected by a belt, so that the motor is driven to move the stopper. Further, the size of the conveyed paper sheets is detected by a detecting means provided at the entrance of the storage unit, and the driving control of the stopper is performed by an output signal of the detecting means.

However, in the above stacker,
At the same time, when handling paper sheets of different sizes, the stacking performance and processing time of the paper sheets have not been sufficiently considered. For example, in the stacker, when sheets of larger size are stored in order from sheets of smaller size, there is no particular problem since the stopper may be sequentially moved in the direction in which the storage portion becomes larger. , When storing small-sized paper sheets in order from large-sized paper sheets,
When storing paper sheets of any size at random,
Since the stopper cannot be moved in the direction in which the storage section becomes smaller, one side of the paper sheet cannot be stored in the storage section in an aligned manner, and there have been various problems when the paper sheet is discharged. For example, a vending machine such as a cash dispenser (CD), a ticket, a gift certificate, cash, and the like, a gift certificate of a different denomination, and a case where a paid change and a gift certificate are simultaneously discharged are used. The above-mentioned problem has been a major problem in the gold operating section.

On the other hand, the paper sheet storage mechanism has another problem when storing banknotes of different sizes in the recycle box of the automatic cash handling apparatus. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional automatic teller machine. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 31 denotes a pay-in / pay-out port, 32 denotes a discrimination mechanism, 33 denotes a conveyor belt, and 34 denotes a storage tube (recycle box). In this example, four storage tubes 34 are vertically arranged, respectively,
It has a mechanism for taking in and out banknotes from above. The bills received from the deposit / withdrawal port 31 are conveyed by the belt 33 via the discrimination mechanism 32, and based on the result determined by the discrimination mechanism 32, transfer the bills to the storage cylinder 34 of the corresponding denomination. The normal storage cylinder 34 is a rectangular parallelepiped, and the bottom surface on which bills are sequentially stored is horizontal. Therefore, when storing banknotes in the storage cylinder 34, the banknotes are always kept horizontal and the storage cylinder 3 is kept ignoring the effects of delicate thickness differences and folds of the banknotes.
Stacked in four. Actually, the effects of the above-described thickness difference and folds cannot be ignored, but when many banknotes are stacked, the effects are canceled out stochastically and a state close to horizontal is maintained.

[0005] Generally, a plurality of storage cylinders are installed, but there are many variations in how denominations are allocated to storage cylinders. In addition, the above-mentioned assignment method is usually made changeable by setting. There are three types of current banknotes in Japan (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen). However, because 5,000-yen bills have a small number of circulations, one storage bin is not allocated, and a storage bin common to other denominations is used. May be assigned. If five storage cylinders are now arranged,
5,000 yen bills do not allocate storage cylinders, 4 pieces to 10,000 yen, 1
I will allocate 1,000 yen to the book.

In Japan and Korea, there are only three kinds of denominations, but in other countries there are more denominations. In the above example, even if all five storage cylinders are assigned to different denominations, , And other denominations may be present. In such a case, it is necessary to assign a plurality of denominations to one storage cylinder. Otherwise, the number of storage cylinders may be prepared or the number of denominations handled by the apparatus may be limited. However, whether the whole apparatus becomes very large, the capacity of one storage cylinder is made small, or the denominations that can be handled are limited, and it becomes very inconvenient. In addition, when the current banknotes are approximately the same size, such as in Japan and South Korea, there is no major problem if multiple denominations are assigned to one storage cylinder. Is different from common sense. When storing banknotes of different sizes in one storage cylinder, it is a necessary condition that the cross section of the storage cylinder has the maximum width and the maximum length of the banknote. It is stored in a state where play (space) occurs around the inside.

[0007]

The stacker described in the above-mentioned publication has the following problems. That is, since the stopper of the storage unit is moved by detecting the size of the paper sheet by the detection means at the entrance of the storage unit, the stopper is stored in the storage unit while the paper sheets being transported are transported in ascending order. The stopper can be moved without affecting the stacked paper sheets by moving in the direction in which. However, when paper sheets smaller than the paper sheets accumulated in the storage unit are transported later, the stopper is moved in the direction in which the storage unit becomes smaller in accordance with the paper sheets transported later. Then, the stopper pushes the accumulated paper sheets, causing a problem such as folding of the paper sheets. Therefore, the size of the storage unit must always be the largest size of the sheets stacked in the storage unit. When the size of the storage unit is always set to the size of the largest paper sheet among the paper sheets stacked in the storage unit, the size of the paper sheet to be conveyed later is the size of the already stacked paper sheet. If the paper is smaller than the paper, the small papers that are conveyed later will vary in the storage due to the difference with respect to the size of the storage, and there is a problem that the stacked papers cannot be deposited in a well-aligned manner. .

Further, in the case where the stacked paper sheets are pinched and conveyed and discharged to the discharge port, if the discharged paper sheets are discharged in accordance with the large-sized paper sheets, they are reduced due to irregularities in the stacking. Paper sheets of a size come off the holding means. Here, when the small-sized paper sheets are at the bottom, there is also a problem that the paper sheets fall from the discharge port because they are not held by the holding means. Conversely, if the release amount is made small so that small-sized paper sheets among the paper sheets to be released can be reliably clamped by the clamping means, a small amount of small-sized paper sheets may be discharged from the discharge port depending on irregularities at the time of stacking. If the small-sized paper sheet is located below the large-sized paper sheet, it is hidden behind the large-sized paper sheet and cannot be seen, so that the customer may forget to take it.

Next, when storing banknotes of different sizes in one recycle box of the conventional automatic teller machine shown in FIG. 7, the cross section of the recycle box has the maximum and longest dimensions of the stored banknotes. Since it is necessary to hold the banknotes, the actually stacked banknotes cause "play" and hinder normal storage of the banknotes. That is, in this space, there is a possibility that bills originally stored in a horizontal state may be stored in a vertical direction.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve these conventional problems and to deposit paper sheets of different sizes.
It is possible to stack paper sheets of different sizes in a well-aligned state with their rear ends aligned, and to transport and discharge the paper sheets deposited in the storage unit with the rear ends aligned. It is to provide a possible paper sheet storage mechanism. Another object of the present invention is to provide a play space of a storage cylinder for storing paper sheets,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet storage mechanism capable of preventing a bill from being stored in an undesired direction.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, in the paper sheet storage mechanism of the present invention, a rotation type stopper having a rotation fulcrum is provided at a position distant from a portion where the paper sheet collides. The stopper is rotated by the mechanism, and furthermore, the movement amount near the rotation center is made smaller than the movement amount of the collision part of the paper sheet, so that the accumulated paper sheets near the rotation center interfere with the stopper. This is provided with a mechanism that can move the stopper without causing the stopper to move. In addition, by performing the order of depositing the sheets from the large-sized sheets, when the sheets are released from the storage unit, the small-sized sheets are arranged on the upper side, All the paper sheets are easy to see and improve the handling. Further, in the recycle-type automatic cash transaction apparatus of the present invention, the bottom plate of the storage cylinder for storing the banknotes is not inclined horizontally but obliquely, so that the first banknotes are stored.
The banknotes are stacked and stored with the two corners fixed in position. As a result, paper sheets of different sizes can be stacked in one storage unit, and large-sized paper sheets can be delivered in a state that is easy for the customer to see by releasing the large-sized paper sheets on the lower side and aligning the rear ends. Can be. Even if the stored bills are different in size, in the case of a rectangle, the bills are stored so that one corner becomes the lowest point on the oblique bottom surface, so the bottom surface is placed in a horizontal storage cylinder. The possibility that the bill is abnormally inserted into the play space of the storage cylinder is lower than that of the bill that has been inserted. The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (CD) and an automatic teller machine (ATM) used in financial institutions, for example.
And vending machines that simultaneously handle tickets, gift certificates, cash, and the like.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIGS. 1 to 4 are schematic views of a paper sheet storage mechanism according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the paper sheet storage mechanism of FIG. 1, when the paper sheet 10a is conveyed along the belt conveyance path 8 by passing the paper sheet 10a to the belt conveyance path 8 from a paper sheet feeding mechanism (not shown). ,
After being hit by the impeller of the sheet roller 9 at the rear, the sheet is blown in the air, collides with the stopper 12, falls downward, and is stacked in the storage unit 11. The transport of the belt transport path 8, the upper belt 14, and the lower belt 15 is driven in conjunction with the activation of the transport motor 3. The paper sheet 10b stored in the storage unit 11 is released from the discharge port 19 by the release instruction.
The specified number is released from. When a certain number of sheets are paid out, the control unit 17 controls the sheet feeding mechanism connected to the transport path 8 to feed a predetermined number of sheets one by one. In addition, there are multiple paper sheet feeding mechanisms,
When a plurality of types of paper sheets are set and the payout instruction is a plurality of types, a predetermined number of sheets of each type are sequentially fed one by one from the corresponding sheet feeding mechanism. The paper fed from the paper feeding mechanism is delivered to the transport path 8 and transported to the storage unit 11 by the transport path 8. The sheet 10a conveyed by the conveyance path 8 is deformed into a waveform by the sheet roller 9 when entering the storage unit 11, and has rigidity in the conveyance direction. And paper sheets 10
When the leading end of the sheet roller 9a collides with the stopper 12, the sheet roller 9
Hits the rear end of the paper sheet 10a,
The paper sheet 10a is scraped off and the paper sheet 10a is deposited on the previously deposited paper sheet 10b.

(Description of FIG. 4) By repeating this operation, when a predetermined number of paper sheets have been deposited in the storage section 11, the control section 17 drives the presser motor 4 via the stopper drive mechanism 7, The upper frame 2 rotates about the axis 6,
The paper sheet 10b is held between the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15. At this time, the stopper 12 is retracted, and the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15 form a transport path as shown in FIG. When the paper sheet 10b is nipped between the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15, the control unit 17 drives the transport motor 3 connected to the drive shaft 5 by a driving force transmitting member, and drives the drive shaft 5 to drive the drive shaft 5. The roller attached to the shaft rotates the lower belt 15, and the roller attached to the shaft 6 connected to the drive shaft 5 by a driving force transmitting member (not shown) rotates the upper belt 14, thereby rotating the storage section transport path 16 and feeding paper sheets. 10b is the outlet 1
Transport to 9

When the presser motor 4 is driven, the stopper 12 is rotated by a rotation fulcrum 21 via a stopper driving mechanism 7.
And retracts so as to be parallel to the lower belt 14. Further, the base 1 is inclined so that the sheet roller 9 side is lower than the stopper 12 side, and the sheets 10b deposited on the base 1 are hit by the sheet roller 9 at the rear end when they are deposited. By falling, the base 1
Is moved in the direction of the rear plate 22 along the inclination of, and is deposited with the rear end aligned. Next, the movable control of the stopper 12 will be described. When the control section 17 draws out the paper sheet 10a from a paper sheet unwinding mechanism (not shown), the control section 17 outputs the paper sheet 10a.
Is transported to the storage section 11 through the transport path 8. During this time, the control unit 17 monitors the paper sheet 10a, and the paper sheet 10a
The arrival at the entrance 1 is detected by the detector 13 provided near the entrance of the storage unit 11, and is notified via the detection unit 23. When the specified number of sheets are stored in the storage unit 11,
The control unit 7 drives the presser motor 4 via the driving driver 24 so that the portion where the paper sheet collides with the stopper 12 via the stopper driving mechanism 7 is located at an appropriate position for the size of the paper sheet 10a. Control.

(Description of FIGS. 2 and 3) At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, when the paper sheet 10c is larger than the size of the already stacked paper sheet 10d, the control unit 7 controls the stopper 12
In the direction away from the sheet roller 9 (arrow 25). Thereafter, when the leading end of the paper sheet 10c collides with the stopper 12, the sheet roller 9 scrapes the rear end of the paper sheet 10c and deposits the paper sheet 10c in the storage unit 11. Also,
As shown in FIG. 3, when the paper sheet 10 e is smaller than the size of the already stacked paper sheet 10 f, the stopper 12 is moved in a direction (arrow 26) approaching the sheet roller 9 side. Thereafter, when the leading end of the paper sheet 10e collides with the stopper 12, the sheet roller 9 scrapes off the rear end of the paper sheet 10e and deposits the paper sheet 10e in the storage unit 11. Here, since the stopper 12 rotates about the rotation fulcrum 21, the vicinity of the rotation fulcrum 21 where the already stacked papers 10 f are present moves with respect to the movement amount of the portion where the paper sheet 10 e collides with the stopper 12. Since the amount is small, the stopper 12 does not crush the already deposited paper sheets 10f.

When there is a payout instruction, the control unit 17 determines the type of paper to be fed out, and feeds out a predetermined number of papers from the papers in order from a paper having a larger size in the transport direction. Are deposited on the storage section 11 by the transport path 8. As a result, the sheets stacked in the storage unit 11 are always in a state where large-sized sheets are stacked on the lower side and the rear end of the sheets is aligned.

When a predetermined number of paper sheets have been deposited in the storage section 11, the control section 17 drives the presser motor 4 to bring the stopper 12 into the retracted state as shown in FIG. At the same time, the upper frame 2 is lowered to form a transport path with the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15, and the paper sheets 16 are held therebetween. Then, the control unit 17 drives the transport motor 3 to transport the paper sheets 16 to the discharge port 19. At this time, the control unit 17 stops the transport motor 3 when the detector 20 provided near the exit of the transport path formed by the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15 detects the rear end of the paper sheet. At this time,
Since the paper sheets 16 are deposited with their rear ends aligned when they are stored in the storage unit 11, the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15 are set to the size of the paper sheets in the paper sheets 16. Regardless, they all hold only a certain amount.

(Second Embodiment) FIGS. 5 and 6 are structural perspective views of a recycle box showing a second embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 5 and 6 show the storage cylinder 34 and a mechanism for inserting and removing banknotes into and from the storage cylinder 34. A bill 35 is stored in the storage tube 34. In addition, the banknote body 35 is a three-dimensional body constituted by the banknotes in the storage tube 34. The upper surface of the bill 35 is generally obliquely parallel to the bottom 36 of the storage tube 34. In other words, even if the stored bills are different in size, if they are all rectangular, the bills are stored so that one corner 37 is the lowest point on the oblique bottom surface. Two sides adjacent to the one corner 37 are in contact with the inner wall of the storage cylinder 44. The other two sides are not limited to this. A side extending vertically from the lowest point 37 is A, and each side is B, C, D clockwise from there. Banknote 35
Is generally parallel to the bottom surface 36, but is bent downward by gravity because there is a high possibility that there is a space below the side C. Of course, unless the bill forming the uppermost surface of the bill body 35 is a bill of the assumed maximum size, the bill does not contact the side C.

(Explanation of FIG. 5) The bill remaining amount of the storage cylinder 34 is
It is measured by a sensor 39 that optically measures the upper surface 38 of the bill 35. This sensor 39 includes a control mechanism 40
, The position information of the upper surface of the bill 35 is always transmitted. The control mechanism 40 issues an operation command to the servomotor 41 that controls the vertical movement of the bottom surface 36 so that the position information reaches a fixed position. In addition, 44 is an entrance of the storage cylinder 34, 43 is a transport mechanism, and 42 is a bill. First, the operation of storing a new bill in the storage tube 34 will be described with reference to FIG. The bill 42 is stored in the storage cylinder 34 by the transport mechanism 43.
Is transported to the entrance 44. The end of the transport mechanism 43 is placed at a position parallel to the bottom surface 36 of the storage cylinder 34, and ejects the banknote 42 along a surface including the side A and the side D of the storage cylinder 34. The control mechanism 40 is 5 m from the trajectory of the bill 42 ejected from the upper surface 38 of the bill 35 to the servomotor 41.
The order has been issued to lower the value by about m. Banknote 42
Goes along the surface consisting of side A and side D of the storage cylinder 34,
The storage cylinder 34 falls freely on the surface formed by the sides B and A as it is. At this time, due to the recoil or other factors that hit the surface, the bill 42 is not
May fall on the upper surface 38. In this case, since the upper surface 38 of the banknote body 35 is oblique, the upper surface of the banknote body 35 slides due to gravity and stops in a state where one corner contacts the side A.

(Description of FIG. 6) Next, the upper surface 3 of the bill 35
The operation of taking out the banknote 42 forming No. 8 from the storage tube 34 will be described with reference to FIG. The control mechanism 40 separates the upper surface 38 of the bill 35 from the
Command to raise to the position where it touches 6. next,
Banknote 4 in which separation mechanism 46 forms upper surface 38 of banknote body 35
2 and transport it to the transport mechanism. at this point,
The transport mechanism transports the bill 42 and transports it to a target location (for example, another storage cylinder, a discriminating mechanism, a bill depositing / dispensing port, etc.).

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In the case of a vending machine, paper sheets of different sizes can be stacked in one storage unit, and the large-sized paper sheets are placed on the lower side and discharged at the rear end so as to be easily seen by customers. The paper sheets can be delivered in the state, and the handling can be improved without forgetting to take them. Also, in the case of a recycle box of an automatic teller machine, even if banknotes of different sizes are assigned to the same storage cylinder, jams due to the difference in size can be reduced, and the size and the capacity of the automatic teller machine can be reduced. It becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a paper sheet storage mechanism according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a stopper movement diagram when a large-sized sheet is stacked on a stacked sheet.

FIG. 3 is a stopper control diagram when small-sized paper sheets are stacked on stacked paper sheets.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a conveyance path for collectively conveying the sheets after the stacking of the sheets is formed.

FIG. 5 is a structural perspective view of a recycle box of an automatic teller machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a structural perspective view showing an operation when taking out banknotes from the recycle box of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional structural view of a conventional recirculating automatic cash transaction apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Base, 2 ... Upper frame, 3 ... Conveying motor, 4 ... Holding motor, 5 ... Drive shaft, 6 ... Shaft, 7 ... Stopper driving mechanism, 8 ... Conveying path, 9 ... Sheet roller, 10a ... Paper sheets,
10b: stacked paper sheets, 11: storage unit, 12: stopper, 13: detector, 14: upper belt, 15: lower belt,
Reference numeral 16: paper sheet, 17: control unit, 18: paper sheet with poor stacking, 19: discharge port, 20: detector, 21: rotation fulcrum, 2
2 rear plate, 23 detection unit, 24 drive driver, 31
Deposit and withdrawal port, 32: identification mechanism, 33: transport belt, 34:
Storage cylinder, 35: bill, 36: bottom, 37: bottom point of bottom, 38: top of bill, 39: sensor, 40: control mechanism, 41: servo motor, 42: bill, 43: transport mechanism, 44: entrance of the storage cylinder, 46: separation mechanism.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Kusuhara 1st Ikegami, Haruokacho, Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture Inside Hitachi Asahi Electronics Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takayuki Shimazaki 1st Ikegami, Haruokacho, Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd. Inside Asahi Electronics (72) Inventor Hiroki Matsuse 1st Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inside Information Equipment Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshinori Kajiura 1st Ikegami, Haraoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Hitachi, Ltd. Within the Information Equipment Division (72) Inventor Koji Kono 1-Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi F-term within the Information Equipment Division, Hitachi, Ltd. BA04 BB03 BE08 BE09 BG11 BH08 BJ01 CA02 CA33

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transport means for transporting paper sheets of a predetermined size one by one, and rotating elastic blades are arranged radially in the vicinity of the tip of the transport means, and the paper is held by the blades. An impeller for hitting and flying the rear end of the leaf, a stopper for locking the leading end of the flying paper, and a storage unit for stacking and stacking the locked paper. A paper sheet storage mechanism provided with a stopper, wherein the stopper locks the paper sheet leading end of the stopper in accordance with the size of the paper sheet to be conveyed in the conveyance direction around a rotating portion provided on the stopper. A stopper driving mechanism for moving a portion to be moved, a bottom plate tilted so that the rear end side of the sheets stacked in the storage section is lowered to align the rear ends of the sheets of different sizes, Judgment of the type of paper sheets that accumulate on the paper Control means for controlling a predetermined number of sheets in the order of the size of the sheets to be stacked in the storage section by the transport means. 2. The paper sheet storage mechanism according to claim 1, wherein, in addition to each of the mechanisms, a holding unit for holding the paper sheets accumulated in the storage unit, and the paper sheets accumulated in the storage unit in a lump. Transport means for transporting the paper sheet to the outside of the storage section, detecting means provided at the leading end of the transport means for detecting the rear end of the transported paper sheets, and detecting the paper by the detecting means. And a control means for stopping the rear end of the leaf while maintaining a predetermined amount thereof. 3. A banknote storage mechanism having a storage cylinder for storing banknotes and a separation mechanism for inserting and removing banknotes from and out of the storage cylinder, such that one corner of the stored banknotes is positionally fixed.
A bottom plate of the storage cylinder having the one corner as a lowermost point and being inclined with respect to another corner; receiving a sensor output for detecting a stored topmost bill; A sheet storage mechanism having control means for instructing a servo motor to raise the position to a position where the sheet comes into contact with the mechanism.