JP2000207607A - Paper money processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper money processing machine which can considerably reduces the number of parts required for payment of paper money bundles. SOLUTION: Bundled paper money storage parts 227 to 229 classified by denominations are vertically arranged one over another with respective feed-out holes 256 turned to the same side, and a bundled paper money carrying list 330 is provided which is arranged on the side of feed-out holes 256 of these bundled paper money storage parts 227 to 229 classified by denominations so as to be able to ascend and descend and can receive bundled paper money fed out from feed-out holes 25b of bundled paper money storage parts 227 to 229 classified by denominations.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine capable of storing bundled banknotes by denomination and dispensing the stored bundled banknotes as needed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a banknote binding machine capable of storing bundled banknotes created by bundling a predetermined number of banknotes by denomination and dispensing the stored bundled banknotes as necessary, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. There is one disclosed in JP-A-9-202306. The banknote binding machine accumulates and binds a predetermined number of banknotes in the body, a bundle banknote transport unit that transports the bundle banknotes bound by the binding unit, and is transported by the bundle banknote transport unit. Two bundle storage and feeding units capable of storing the bundled banknotes and feeding out the stored bundled banknotes as needed, and a bundle dispensing unit for discharging the bundled banknotes fed from each of the bundled banknote payout units to the outside of the machine. The binding machine body having the above structure is arranged above and below the inside of the machine. Each bundle storing and feeding unit is provided with a feeding mechanism for feeding out the bundled banknotes to be stored, and outside the bundled banknote feeding unit, a pusher moving motor for individually driving the feeding mechanism is provided for each of the feeding units. The bundled banknotes are provided for each mechanism, and the respective pusher moving motors are driven as needed, so that the bundled banknotes can be fed out in units of the respective bundle storage / feeding units.

[0003]

As described above, in the above-described banknote binding machine, by providing the binding machine main body in two upper and lower stages,
Although each process can be performed efficiently, on the other hand, two bundle dispensing units for dispensing bundled banknotes dispensed from the storage and dispensing unit are required at the top and bottom of the machine, Since the pusher drive motor for driving the bundled banknotes to the bundle payout unit is provided in each of the bundle storage and delivery units, the total number of components required for dispensing the bundled banknotes is extremely small. There was a problem that would increase. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing machine that can significantly reduce the number of components required for dispensing bundled bills.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote handling machine, comprising: a bundle of denominations capable of storing bundled banknotes and paying out the stored bundled banknotes from a feeding port. It has a banknote storage unit, and the bundled banknote storage units of the denominations are vertically overlapped with the respective payout outlets facing the same side, and It is characterized by having a bundle banknote transport lift that is provided so as to be able to move up and down at a position that can face the exit and that can receive bundled banknotes fed from the feeding outlets of the bundled banknote storage units of all denominations. Thereby, with respect to the bundled banknote storage units of the denominations which are arranged to be stacked vertically in a state where the respective payout ports are directed to the same side, a position which can be opposed to the discharge ports of the bundled banknote storage units of these denominations. In the above, the bundled banknote transport lift provided so as to be able to move up and down accepts the bundled banknotes fed from the feeding outlets of the bundled banknote storage units of all denominations.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the banknote handling machine according to the first aspect, wherein each of the denomination-type bundled banknote storage units is provided with a pusher for feeding out the bundled banknotes from a feeding port. The bundled banknote transport lift is provided with a bundled banknote delivery drive unit capable of driving all the pushers. In this way, since the pushers of the bundled banknote storage units of all denominations can be driven by the bundled banknote delivery drive unit of the bundled banknote transport lift, the drive side for feeding out the bundled banknotes from the bundled banknote storage units of the denominations. Is shared.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the banknote handling machine according to the first or second aspect, the bundled banknote transport lift is provided at a position where a bundled banknote to receive the next bundled banknote becomes an obstacle. It is characterized in that a bundled banknote receiving portion for releasing and holding all received bundled banknotes in an aligned state is provided. In this way, the bundled banknote receiving unit releases the received bundled banknote from the obstruction position of the next bundled banknote, and holds all the received bundled banknotes in an aligned state, so that the maximum number of bundled banknotes can be ensured. Can be received by the bundled bill transport lift.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In each of the drawings, the X direction indicated by an arrow indicates the side of the operator performing the operation, that is, the front (front side) of the body 10. Further, the front and rear in the following is the front and rear of the body 10, and the left and right are the left and right when the body 10 is viewed from the front of the body 10.

The banknote handling machine of this embodiment can perform various processes relating to banknotes, such as depositing, storing, collecting, and dispensing loose banknotes, binding banknotes, storing and dispensing bundled banknotes, and the like. It can be used in combination with another not-shown coin processing machine or the like as a part of a cashier at a bank or the like. As shown in FIG. The operation unit 11 is provided slightly upward, and an operation unit 11 for inputting an operation of each process by an operator, and a display unit 12 for displaying a process guide menu, a process state, a process result, and the like are provided.

The operation unit 11 and the display unit 12
In the lower position, facing the front, a bundled banknote discharge port 13 for discharging the bound bundled banknotes outside the machine, and a fraction for dispensing the fractional number of roses less than the number of bundles outside the machine. A bill outlet 14 is provided. Further, at the lower side and the front side position of the bundled banknote discharge port 13 and the fractional banknote feeding port 14, loose banknotes to be received are set from outside the machine by an operator, and loose banknotes to be dispensed from inside the machine, facing upward. A banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 that allows the user to take out the outside of the machine, and a bundle banknote payout port 17 that enables the outside of the machine to take out the bundled banknotes of each denomination bound in a predetermined number.

The bill depositing / dispensing / rejecting port 16 is provided with a slide type slide shutter 18 for opening and closing the inside and outside of the machine body 10. A slide type slide shutter 19 for shutting off is provided, and a slide type slide shutter 20 for opening and shutting off the inside and outside of the machine body 10 is also provided on the fractional bill feeding port 14. In addition, a swingable opening / closing shutter 21 that opens and closes the inside and outside of the machine body 10 is also provided in the bundled banknote discharge port 13.

This bill processing machine is roughly divided into a bill depositing / dispensing / payment process for depositing and storing loose bills inserted into the reject / reject port 16 and, when necessary, bill depositing / dispensing stored bills. A banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 that performs various processes on loose banknotes, such as a dispensing process for dispensing to the reject port 16, and a predetermined number of loose banknotes fed from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and further stacked banknotes And a unit 2 that distributes and conveys the bundled bundled banknotes in the first bundled banknote entry / exit box 140 toward a place corresponding to the purpose.
4 and the bundled banknotes which are bundled and sent by the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 and are stored by denomination, and the stored bundled banknotes are dispensed from the bundled banknote dispensing port 17 as necessary. -It consists of a dispensing unit 25. Note that, in the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, the transport direction of the banknote is only the vertical direction, the front-back direction, and the combination direction of up-down and front-back, and the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25 moves the bundled banknote up and down in the longitudinal direction. Along the direction and the thickness direction thereof is stored along the front-back direction.

Here, the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25
Are arranged side by side when viewed from the front of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and the banknote binding / conveying unit 24 includes the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 and the
5 and on the rear side. The overall width of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 and the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25 arranged in parallel is the same as the width of the banknote binding / transporting unit 24.

Next, bundled banknote storage and storage related to the main part of the present invention will be described.
The dispensing unit 25 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25 is capable of storing the bundled banknotes and feeding out the stored bundled banknotes.
Bundle banknote storage box (bundle banknote storage unit) 227, 2
28, 229 and the bundled banknotes inserted into the predetermined position from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 of the banknote binding / conveying unit 24, and the bundled banknote storage boxes 228, 228 corresponding to the denominations are received.
229 for sorting and storing bundled banknotes
And a bundled banknote dispensing unit 231 that receives the bundled banknotes fed from each of the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 as necessary and conveys the bundled banknotes to the bundled banknote dispensing port 17 shown in FIG. Note that the upper bundled banknote storage 227 has
The bundled banknotes are directly inserted from the first bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 140 of the transport unit 24. The bundled banknote sorting and storage unit 230 also moves the bundled banknote storage box 228 forward and backward so that the bundled banknotes is stored in the bundled banknote storage boxes 228 and 22.
Nine. In addition, the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 for each denomination store the bundled banknotes in a state of being overlapped in the front-rear direction with the longitudinal direction along the vertical direction and the thickness direction along the front-rear direction. According to this storage mode, the longitudinal direction is arranged along the front-back direction. Further, the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 are arranged side by side with the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 in a state where they are arranged so as to overlap in the vertical direction.

[Bundled banknote storage] Bundle banknote storage 227-2
29 have the same configuration except for the length in the front-rear direction, and as shown in FIG. 3, has a rectangular parallelepiped housing 233 forming an outer periphery thereof. Guide plates 234 and 235 which are substantially parallel to each other along the front-rear direction and the vertical direction are provided on the left and right inside the housing 233, and the bundled banknote S3 is disposed between the guide plates 234 and 235 in the longitudinal direction. A storage space 2 in which the direction is vertically aligned and the thickness direction is aligned in the front-rear direction, and the storage space 2 is overlapped and stored in the front-rear direction.
36 are formed. Outside one of the guide plates 234,
A guide shaft 237 that is parallel to the guide plate 234 and extends horizontally is disposed so as to be fixed in position with respect to the housing 233. The guide shaft 237 is disposed along the guide shaft 237 in the front-rear direction. The rear plate 238 is slidably supported so as to be able to move back and forth within a predetermined range, with a part of the rear plate 238 protruding into the storage space 236.

An endless belt (not shown) is arranged outside the guide plate 234 in parallel with the guide shaft 237, and one end of the belt is fixed to the rear plate 238. The belt rotates forward and backward by a forward and reverse rotation of a rear plate moving motor (not shown) controlled by the control unit, and the rear plate 238 fixed at one point is forcibly moved back and forth along the guide shaft 237. . A front plate 241 is slidably supported by the guide shaft 237 on the front side of the rear plate 238 so as to be able to move back and forth along the guide shaft 237 so as to partially protrude into the storage space 236. This front plate 24
1 is urged rearward by a spring (not shown), and the urging force enables the bundled banknote S3 to be sandwiched between the rear plate 238 and the like.

On the upper surface of the housing 233, the banknote S3 is positioned on the front side with respect to the rear plate 238 positioned at the rear moving end, and the banknote S3 from the banknote binding / transporting unit 24 extends along its longitudinal direction in the vertical direction. Rectangular-shaped intake 242 (see FIG. 2) which is inserted in a standing state with the thickness direction along the front-rear direction.
Are formed. The bundled banknotes S3 inserted from the inlet 242 are substantially kept in the standing posture at the time of insertion, and
The rear plate 238 which is accommodated between the rear side and the rear side 235 and moves from the rear side to the front side can be moved to the front side in a substantially upright posture.

A pair of shaft portions 244 and 244 extending in the vertical direction are provided on the guide plate 2 in front of the intake port 242 by a predetermined distance.
The shaft portions 244 and 244 have a pair of substantially rectangular surface portions 245 and 246, respectively.
Movable plates 247, 247 each having a shape in which the longitudinal direction thereof is connected to the longitudinal direction along the vertical direction and at right angles to each other.
Are rotatably supported at the connecting portion.

A pair of shaft portions 249, 249 extending in the vertical direction are fixedly disposed at both outer positions of the guide plates 234, 235 in front of the shaft portions 244, 244 by a predetermined distance. In parts 249 and 249,
A movable plate 252, 2 having a pair of substantially rectangular surface portions 250, 251 and having the surface portions 250, 251 connected to each other so that the longitudinal direction thereof extends along the vertical direction and is perpendicular to each other.
52 is supported rotatably at the connecting portion.

The movable plates 247 and 247 have one surface 245 extending vertically in parallel with the guide plates 234 and 235 and extending forward from the shaft 244, and the other surface 246 is used as a guide. The state where the plate 234 and 235 extend perpendicularly and vertically into the storage space 236 is defined as a fixed state. From this state, the rearward swing of the surface portion 246 is regulated, and the surface portion 246 is prevented from swinging. The rocker is allowed to swing forward, and is further urged by a spring (not shown) in a direction in which it becomes a fixed state. Similarly, the movable plates 252 and 252
Is a state in which one surface portion 250 is vertically extended in parallel with the guide plates 234 and 235 and is extended forward from the shaft portion 244, and the other surface portion 251 is connected to the guide plates 234 and 235.
The state in which it is projected vertically into the storage space 236 in a state of extending vertically is defined as a fixed state. From this state, the swinging of the surface 251 backward is restricted, and the surface 251 swings forward. It is allowed to move, and is further urged by a spring (not shown) in a direction to be in a fixed state.

The distance between the movable plates 247 and 247 and the distance between the movable plates 252 and 252 do not interfere with the movement of the rear plate 238 from the rear side to the front side or from the front side to the rear side. It is tolerated. Also,
The movement of the bundled banknotes conveyed by the rear plate 238 from the rear side to the front side is allowed by swinging, and the movement from the front side to the rear side is regulated. Further, the movable plates 252 and 252 regulate the movement of the front plate 241 from the front side to the rear side by disposing the front plate 241 on the front side of the movable plates 252 and 252.

Here, the front movable plates 252 and 252 are
The bundled banknote S which is inserted from the inlet 242 and is guided between the guide plates 234 and 235 by the movement of the rear plate 238 and moves forward.
3, and returns to a constant state by the urging force of a spring (not shown) after passing. Then, the front movable plates 252 and 25
2 is to restrict the passage of the bundled banknotes S3, which are urged by the front plate 241 and retreated, in the same direction, although the rear plate 238 is allowed to move backward by moving the rear plate 238 to the rear side from this state. As a result, the bundled banknote S3 is brought into contact with and supported by the urging force received from the front plate 241 side. The rear movable plates 247, 247 are provided mainly for guiding the bundled banknotes S3 taken in from the inlet 242.

A front guide plate 254 extending vertically in the left-right direction is provided at a front portion of the housing 233. Between the front guide plate 254 and the front portion 255 of the housing 233, A bundle banknote pay-out mechanism 257 is provided to feed the bundle banknote S3 from a payout port 256 formed on one side (specifically, the right side in FIG. 3). Here, the case 23
A step 258 is formed on the right side of the front end of the third part 3 so as to cut off a corner, and an outlet 256 is formed in the step 258.

{Bunch Banknote Dispensing Mechanism} A portion between the front guide plate 254 and the front surface 255 of the housing 233 is provided with an upper portion extending in the left-right direction as shown in FIGS. Two parallel sliding shafts 260 are fixedly provided, and two parallel sliding shafts 261 and 261 are fixed below the lower portion so as to extend in the left-right direction. . A sliding block 263 having a pin 262 projecting forward is slidably fitted to the upper sliding shafts 260, 260, and the pin 264 is also slidably fitted to the lower sliding shafts 261, 261. The sliding block 265 protruding from the front end is fitted so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. On the rear side of the upper sliding block 263, a pusher 266 is provided so as to protrude into the storage space 236, and the lower sliding block 2
Pushers 265 are also fixed to the rear side of 67 so as to protrude into the storage space 236.

A drive arm 268 is fitted to the pin 262 of the slide block 263. That is, a long hole 269 extending along the length direction is formed at one end of the drive arm 268, and the pin 262 is formed in the long hole 269.
Are movably and rotatably fitted. The other end of the drive arm 268 is connected to the housing 23 via a pin 270.
3 and is rotatably supported at a fixed position on a support member 271 fixed to the support member 3. Similarly, the pin 2 of the sliding block 265
A drive arm 272 is fitted to 64. That is, the driving arm 272 also has an elongated hole 273 extending at one end thereof along the length direction thereof.
A pin 264 is fitted so as to be movable and rotatable.
The other end of the drive arm 272 is rotatably supported at a fixed position on the support member 271 via a pin 274. In addition, the drive arms 268 and 272 also have elongated holes 276 and 276 extending along their respective lengths at intermediate positions.
277 are formed and these long holes 276 and 277 are formed.
The link member 278 has the pins 279, 280 at both ends movable and rotatable. The link member 278 is fixed to the slide block 281 at the center.

At the center in the vertical direction between the front guide plate 254 and the front surface 255 of the housing 233, a support member 2 is provided.
Three sliding shafts 283, 283, 283 are fixedly arranged so as to extend in the left-right direction while both ends are supported by 71. The sliding block 281 is slidably fitted to these sliding shafts 283, 283, 283. A drive pin 284 is fixed to the front side of the slide block 281.
33, it protrudes forward from the housing 233 through a long hole 285 formed to extend in the left-right direction in the front part 255.

The bundle bill feeding mechanism 257 includes a driving pin 2
When 84 is positioned to the left, the pushers 266 and 267 are positioned to the left with their horizontal positions aligned. In this state, the rear plate 238 is advanced and held between the front plate 241 and the rear plate 238. While banknotes S in the storage space 236
When the front plate 241 is located at the forward end position when the front plate 241 is moved, the foremost bundled banknote S3 is brought into contact with the front guide plate 254 and is disposed to the right of the pushers 266 and 267. Then, from this state, the drive pin 28
4 is moved to the right, that is, in the extending direction, the two drive arms 268 and 272 are swung via the slide block 281 and the link member 278 to cause the slide blocks 263 and 265 to swing.
That is, the pushers 266 and 267 are moved to the right to the same position as the drive pin 284 while keeping the positions in the horizontal direction aligned. As a result, the pushers 266 and 267 are moved.
7 pushes out the frontmost bundled banknote S3 to the right and feeds out 25
Let go from 6. Here, the bundled bill feeding mechanism 25
The driving force of the driving unit for moving the pushers 266 and 267 is not directly connected to the device 7 itself. Note that FIG.
3 shows the position of each part when the bundled banknote S3 is received, and the original “standby position” of the rear plate 43.
Is the position shown by the dashed line in FIG.

The operation of the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 will be described below. First, in the standby state, the bundled banknotes S3 that have already been stored are compared with the front plate 241 and the front movable plate 2.
52, 252, and the rear plate 238 is
It is located between the movable plates 252, 252 and the movable plates 247, 247 (the state shown by the chain line in FIG. 3). The pushers 266 and 267 provided in the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 are located on the right side, that is, on the side of the outlet 256. When storing the bundled banknotes S3 from this state, first, the control unit retreats the rear plate 238.

With the rear plate 238 positioned at the retreating end, the bundled banknotes S3 are inserted through the inlet 242. Then, when the insertion of the bundled banknote S3 is confirmed, the control unit controls the rear plate 238 together with the bundled banknote S3 and the rear movable plate 247,
247 and the front movable plates 252 and 252 are sequentially rocked and advanced until they pass. The front movable plate 2
52, 252, the rear plate 238 moves the bundled banknote S3, which has been advanced, to the front plate 241, which has been in contact with the movable plates 252, 252 before it, or the front plate 241 and the movable plate 252, 252 and the bundled banknote S already stored
3 and all are moved forward integrally against the urging force of the spring. On the other hand, the rear movable plates 247, 247 and the front movable plates 252, 252 return to a fixed state by the urging force of a spring (not shown) after the rear plate 238 has passed.

Then, the control section retreats the rear plate 238 after passing it through the front movable plates 252 and 252, and returns it to the standby position. When the rear plate 238 is retracted, the front plate 241 is retracted together with the rear plate 238 together with the bundled banknote S3 held between the rear plate 238 and the front plate 238 by the urging force of a spring (not shown). The movement of the bundled banknote S3 is regulated by the movable plates 252 and 252, and the movable plate 252 is regulated by the biasing force of the spring.
2, 252 and the front plate 241. From the above,
The storing operation ends.

On the other hand, when paying out the bundled banknote S3, the control unit moves the pushers 266, 267 to the left side, that is, to the opposite side to the payout port 256, and the rear plate 238.
Is advanced from the standby position. Then, the rear plate 238 presses the bundled banknote S3 sandwiched between the movable plates 252 and 252 and the front plate 241 and moves while being separated from the movable plates 252 and 252 with the front plate 241. Then, the control unit determines that the front plate 241 is located on the front side guide plate 25 as shown in FIG.
When it is confirmed from a detection result of a sensor (not shown) that it has reached a position on the same plane as that of the rear panel 4, the rear plate 238 is stopped.
In this state, the foremost bundle banknote S3 is located to the right of the pushers 266 and 267 as described above. When the drive pin 284 is moved in the extending direction from this state, the pushers 266 and 267 move in the extending direction. As a result, the pushers 266 and 2
67 pushes out only the foremost bundled banknote S3 rightward and pays it out from the payout port 256.

When the feeding is completed, the control unit returns to the rear plate 23.
8 is retracted to the standby position. Then, together with the rear plate 238, the front plate 241 retreats with the bundled banknote S3 sandwiched between the rear plate 238 and the rear plate 238 by the urging force of the spring.
3 is restricted by the movable plates 252 and 252 from moving rearward, and thus is held between the movable plates 252 and 252 and the front plate 241 by the biasing force of the spring.

[Bundled banknote sorting storage unit] Bundled banknote sorting storage unit 2
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, the first bundled banknote insertion / removal box 1 of the banknote binding / transporting unit 24 is provided at the rear side of the upper two-tiered banknote denomination storage 227, 228.
The bundled banknote transfer section 287 that transfers the bundled banknote S3 transferred from the stack 40 to each of the bundled banknote storage boxes 228 and 229 other than the uppermost one.
And a bundled banknote storage moving mechanism 288 that moves the bundled banknote storage 228 when the bundled banknote delivery unit 287 stores the bundled banknotes in the middle-stage bundled banknote storage 228.

{Bundled Banknote Delivery Unit} The bundled banknote delivery unit 287
As shown in FIG. 6, a second bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 290 is provided. The first bundled banknote insertion / exit box 140 has substantially the same configuration as the second bundled banknote input / output box 290. The second bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 290 has a box-shaped housing member 291 having both ends opened in the longitudinal direction for taking in a bundled banknote, and the housing member 291.
Are arranged with the longitudinal direction up and down and the thickness direction with the front-back direction. The bundled banknote delivery unit 287 includes a slide rail (not shown) that supports the housing member 291 so as to be able to move up and down in the above-described arrangement state, and a lifting drive unit 292 that moves the housing member 291 up and down along the slide rail. Have.

The lifting drive unit 292 includes two pulleys 293 and 293 arranged vertically and
And a drive belt 294 stretched between the second belt 293 and the housing member 291 of the second bundled banknote insertion / exit box 290 is engaged with a part of the drive belt 294. And
By driving one of the pulleys 293 and 293 forward and backward by a motor (not shown), the second bundled
Is moved up and down.

A pair of drive transmission shafts 296 and 296 are provided at one end opening side of the second bundled banknote insertion / exit box 290 in the housing member 291.
297 are rotatably supported at both ends of the housing member 291 at fixed positions. The drive transmission shafts 296 and 297 are arranged at both ends in the thickness direction (front-back direction) of the housing member 291 so as to be parallel to each other along the short direction of the housing member 291. The drive transmission shaft 296 on the rear side is disposed deeper in the housing member 291 than the drive transmission shaft 297 on the front side.
The drive transmission shaft 29
A rotating shaft 298 parallel to the shafts 6 and 297 is rotatably supported at both ends of the housing member 291 at a fixed position. The rotation shaft 298 is disposed at the same one end position as the drive transmission shaft 296 in the thickness direction of the housing member 291.

The drive transmission shaft 299 and the rotation shaft 300 are moved in the thickness direction of the housing member 291 at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the housing member 291 and on the rotation shaft 298 side so as to be substantially parallel to the rotation shaft 298 and the like. It is arranged freely and rotatable. The drive transmission shaft 297 has a pulley 30
1 is fixed, and a pulley (not shown) is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 299.
02 is stretched. Further, two (only one is shown) pulleys 303 are fixed to the drive transmission shaft 299, and two (only one is shown) pulleys 3 are fixed to the rotating shaft 300.
04 are fixed, and two endless (only one is shown) transport belts 305 are stretched between them. Further, a pulley 306 is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 296, and a pulley 307 is fixed to the rotation shaft 298, and an endless transport belt 308 is stretched between them.

The drive transmission shafts 296 and 297 are
1 is rotated by a forward / reverse drive of a motor (not shown) provided on the outside of the transfer belt 3.
02, 305, and 308 are driven, and the transport belts 302,
The bundled bill can be taken in or fed out between the 305 and the transport belt 308. The drive transmission shaft 29
9 and the rotating shaft 300 are both urged in the direction of the transport belt 308 by a spring material (not shown), and according to the thickness of the bundled banknotes taken in between the transport belts 302 and 305 and the transport belt 308. Thus, the bundled banknotes can be securely held. Further, the transport belt 305 is parallel to the transport belt 308 in a state where the bundled banknotes are not taken in, and can be parallel to the transport belt 308 even in a state where the bundled banknotes are taken in. On the other hand, the transport belt 302
When the bundled banknotes are not taken in, the drive transmission shaft 297 is inclined such that the drive transmission shaft 297 side is separated from the conveyor belt 308.
Can be made substantially parallel to.

In the housing member 291, a guide member 309 oscillating substantially in the same manner as the conveyor belt 302 is supported by the drive transmission shafts 297 and 299 at both ends, so that the conveyor belt 308 of the conveyor belt 302 is moved. It is provided at a position slightly retracted from the side edge so as to be substantially parallel to the side edge. Further, a drive transmission shaft 299 is provided in the housing member 291.
The guide member 310 that swings substantially in the same manner as the transport belt 305 by being supported by the rotating shaft 300 is substantially parallel to the side of the transport belt 305 at a position slightly retracted from the side of the transport belt 308 side. It is provided to make.
In addition, in the housing member 291, the guide member 3 is disposed at a position slightly retracted from the side of the conveyor belt 308 on the side of the conveyor belts 302 and 305 so as to be substantially parallel to the side.
11 is fixed to the housing member 291 itself. The guide member 311 extends to the upper end of the housing member 291.

The upper guide member 309 and the guide member 311 form a receiving port 313 for receiving a bundled banknote at one upper end in the longitudinal direction of the second bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 290. On the other hand, the guide members 310 and 311 A discharge port 314 for feeding out the bundled banknotes is formed below the other end of the second bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 290 in the longitudinal direction. Here, the position of the receiving port 313 in the horizontal direction corresponds to the position of the second input port 124 formed in the bottom plate 64 of the banknote binding / conveying unit 24.
And match. Note that inside the housing member 291, bundled banknote detection sensors 315 and 31 for detecting the presence or absence of a bundled banknote between the transport belts 302 and 305 and the transport belt 308.
6 are provided. One bundled banknote detection sensor 31
5 detects the presence or absence of a bundled banknote at the position of the discharge port 314, and the other bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 316
3 and the presence or absence of a bundled banknote at an intermediate position between the discharge ports 314.

When the second bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 290 is located at the rising end position by the elevation drive unit 292, the second
The receiving port 313 of the bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 290 is disposed immediately below the second input port 124. Also, the second
When the bundled banknote entry / exit box 290 is located at the rising end position and the middle bundled banknote storage box 228 is located at the retreating end position (described later), the discharge port 314 of the second bundled banknote entry / exit box 290 is used for storing the bundled banknote banknotes. It will be located just above the intake 242 of the storage 228. Further, when the second bundled banknote insertion / exit box 290 is located at the lower end position by the elevation drive unit 292, the discharge port 314 of the second bundled banknote insertion / exit box 290 is connected to the inlet 242 of the lower bundled banknote storage 229.
Will be placed directly above.

{Bundled Banknote Storage Movement Mechanism} As shown in FIG. 6, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 of the respective denominations are provided with a pair of guide frames 318 to 320 (only one side is shown) on both sides and a lower portion. The guide frames 318 and 320 corresponding to the upper and lower bundled banknote storage shelves 227 and 229 are fixed to a body frame (not shown). As a result, the upper and lower bundled banknote storage sheds 227 and 229 are
By setting to 18, 320, the positions in all directions, that is, front and rear, left and right, and up and down, are fixed. On the other hand, a pair (only one side is shown) of a slide rail 321 that allows the guide frame 319 to move in the front-rear direction is provided between the guide frame 319 supporting the middle bundled banknote storage 228 and the body frame. . Accordingly, the bundled banknote storage box 228 in the middle stage can be integrally moved with the guide frame 319 only in a predetermined range in the front and rear directions with its left, right, up and down positions fixed by being set on the guide frame 319. Become.

A rack gear 323 is fixed to one side of the guide frame 319 in which the middle bundle banknote storage 228 is set. A bevel gear 325 provided coaxially with the bevel gear 325, a bevel gear 326 meshing with the bevel gear 325, and a motor 327 for fixing the bevel gear 326 to a drive shaft thereof are provided. The bundled banknote storage 228 is moved in the front-rear direction by a predetermined range integrally with the central bank 320.

Here, bundled banknote storages 227 to 2 for each denomination
29 have the same width and height in the left-right direction, and the bundled banknote storage 229 set in the lower stage has a long front-rear direction length, and has two bundled banknote storages set in the upper and middle stages. The storages 227 and 228 have the same length which is shorter than the lower bundled banknote storage 229. Then, in a state where the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 are set in the corresponding guide frames 318 to 320, all the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 always have the same position in the left-right direction and the front-back direction. Will be superimposed.

The bundled banknote storages 227 to 22 are respectively provided.
9 are set on the guide frames 318 to 320, and in a state where the middle banknote storage 228 is located at the forward end, all the banknote storages 227 to 229 match the position of the front end in the front-rear direction. Become. In addition, at this time, all the bundled banknote storage sheds 227 to 229 face the respective outlets 256 toward the same side (front right side) and match the positions in the horizontal direction. Furthermore, each bundle banknote storage 22
7 to 229 are set on the guide frames 318 to 320, and the middle bundled banknote storage 228 and the lower bundled banknote storage 2 are positioned in a state where the middle bundled banknote storage 228 is located at the retreat end.
29 matches the position of the rear end in the front-rear direction.

The inlet 242 of the bundled banknote storage 227 set in the upper stage always has a horizontal position immediately below the first insertion port 123 formed in the bottom plate 64 of the banknote binding / conveying unit 24. They will be arranged in a state where they are matched. As a result, the bundled banknote storage 227 set in the upper stage receives the bundled banknotes inserted into the first slot 123 from the first
It will be received in the storage space 236 via 42.
In addition, the intake 242 of the long bundled banknote storage 229 set in the lower stage is disposed immediately below the outlet 314 of the second bundled banknote insertion / exit box 290 in a state where the position in the horizontal direction is matched. . Here, in a state in which the bundled banknote storage 228 set in the middle stage is located at the forward end, the lower bundled banknote storage 229 has a rear portion behind the upper and middle bundled banknote storages 227, 228. Side, and the intake port 242 is located at this protruding portion. Furthermore, in the state where the bundled banknote storage 228 set in the middle stage is located at the retreat end, the position in the horizontal direction of the intake 242 coincides with the outlet 314 of the second bundled banknote insertion / ejection box 290. .

[Bundled Banknote Dispensing Unit] The bundled banknote dispensing unit 231
As shown in FIG. 2, the bundled banknote storage 22 for all denominations
One bundle banknote transport lift 330 capable of receiving the bundle banknotes fed from the outlets 256 of 7 to 229 and transporting the received bundle banknotes to the bundle banknote outlet 17 which can be opened outside the machine; And one lift drive mechanism 331 that moves the bundled banknote transport lift 330 up and down. Here, when the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is in a state where the middle bundled banknote storage 228 is located at the forward end and the outlets 256 of all the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are aligned in the horizontal direction. It is possible to move up and down at a horizontal position where it can face the outlet 256 of all the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229. Note that the bundled banknote transport lift 330 moves only up and down.

{Bundled Banknote Transport Lift} As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is a bundled banknote delivery drive unit 332 that can drive the pushers 266, 267 of all the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229. And all bundled banknote storage 2
A bundle banknote receiving portion 333 for receiving the bundle banknotes fed from 27 to 229, and a support frame 33 for supporting these;
4 between the left and right sides of the support frame 334 and the body frame (not shown).
34, a pair of slide rails 33 capable of moving up and down.
5,335 (see FIG. 2; partly omitted). Here, as described above, the driving source for moving the pushers 266 and 267 is the bundled banknote storage 227 to 22.
9 is provided on the bundled banknote transport lift 330 as the bundled banknote delivery drive unit 332. As shown in FIG. 2, when the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is at a lower end position lower than the lower bundled banknote storage 229, it is a “standby position”.

Bundled banknote delivery drive unit The bundled banknote delivery drive unit 332 includes bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 22.
9, drive pins 284, 284, 28 provided respectively.
4 is selectively driven in the left-right direction, so that the selected drive pin 284 in the bundled banknote storage 227 to 229 is selected.
A bundle of banknotes is fed out one bundle at a time from only one having, and as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a slide rail 3 extending in the front-rear direction and interposed between the support frame 334.
A support member 339 is supported by the support frame 334 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction by the guide member 338 (see FIG. 8) and the uneven shape. A pair of upper and lower parallel sliding shafts 340, 340 are fixed to both ends of the support member 339 so as to extend in the left-right direction. A sliding block 341 is attached to the sliding shafts 340, 340. It is supported so as to be slidable in the left-right direction.

A vertically extending vertical groove 342 is formed at the rear of the sliding block 341 at a predetermined position in the middle in the left-right direction so as to penetrate vertically. A long groove 343 extending vertically is formed in the front part of the sliding block 341 in a predetermined range in the middle in the vertical direction. Sliding block 341
A rotation shaft 344 rotatably supported by a support member 339 and one end of the rotation shaft 344
And a rotation arm 345 that is fixed so as to extend radially outward from the rotation arm 345 and is rotatable about the rotation shaft 344. A pin 346 is supported at the radial end of the rotating arm 345 so as to protrude in a direction opposite to the rotating shaft 344, and the pin 346 is rotatably and movably fitted in the long groove 343.

On the other hand, the other end of the rotating shaft 344 is provided with a gear 34.
8 is attached, and the gear 348 is attached to the support member 3.
The gear 39 is engaged with a gear 350 attached to a drive shaft of a motor 349 provided in the motor 39. Thus, when the motor 349 is driven forward or backward, the driving force is transmitted to the gear 350, the gear 348, the rotating shaft 344, the rotating arm 345, the pin 34.
6 to the sliding block 341 to move the sliding block 341 right and left.

Here, the vertical groove 34 of the sliding block 341
2, according to the position of the lifting and lowering of the bundled banknote transport lift 330,
Any one of the above-described drive pins 284, 284, and 284 protruding from the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 can be alternatively engaged. Therefore, in a state where one of the drive pins 284 is engaged with the vertical groove 342, the sliding block 3
When the pushers 266 and 267 of the bundled banknote feeding mechanism 257 are moved in the feeding direction by moving 41 to the right by the motor 349, the drive pins 284 of the bundled banknote storage bins 227 to 229 are engaged with the vertical grooves 342. The bundled banknotes are fed out from only one of them, and the drive pin 2 engaged with the bundled banknote transport lift 330 by changing the vertical position of the lift.
By changing 84, all bundled banknote storages 22
The bundled banknote can be paid out from 7 to 229.

Further, as shown in FIG.
A spring member 351 for urging the support member 339 rearward is provided between the support member 339 and the support member 339. Further, the side of the support member 339 includes a support frame 33.
A fixed shaft 353 is fixed so as to protrude to the left from a long hole 352 extending in the front-rear direction formed in 4. A roller 354 is rotatably supported coaxially at the tip of the fixed shaft 353. ing. On the other hand, a guide rail 355 whose position is fixed is provided in the rear of the roller 354 so as to extend in the vertical direction, and the roller 354 is always brought into contact with the guide rail 355 by the urging force of the spring material 351. Depending on the shape of the guide rail 355, the support member 339
Moves in the front-rear direction when the bundled banknote transport lift 330 moves up and down.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the guide rail 355 is used to move the sliding block 341 into the bundled bill storage 227.
The sliding block 341 includes a bundled banknote storage box 227 to 229 in the linear portion 356 spaced apart from the fixed banknote 229 by a certain distance.
Of the bundled banknote storage 227 so that the vertical groove 342 is engaged with the drive pin 284 only when the drive block 284 is positioned at the same height as the drive pins 284, 284, 284 of the bundled banknote.
Gently notch 35 to move in the direction of ~ 229
7, 357, 357 are formed. In addition, the structure which made the bundle banknote delivery drive part 332 move in the front-back direction in this way is the bundle banknote storage 227-229.
This is because there is a structural problem that it cannot be moved up and down at a position where the sliding block 341 and the driving pin 284 are engaged due to interference with a handle or the like (not shown) provided in the bundled banknote storage box. If there is nothing other than the drive pin 284 on the front surface 255 of the 227 to 229, such a configuration is not necessary.
It is only necessary to raise and lower at a certain position in the horizontal direction in which 42 can be engaged with the drive pin 284.

A bundled banknote receiving unit 333 is a unit for releasing a received bundled banknote from an obstruction position of a bundled banknote to be received next and holding all the received bundled banknotes in an aligned state. As shown in FIG. 7, at positions adjacent to the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 in the support frame 334, the bundled bill storage 227 to
A storage space 360 for storing the bundled banknotes fed from the feeding port 256 of the 229 is formed by the support frame 334 and the guide members 361 and 362. That is,
The storage space 360 has a guide member 361 on the right side, a guide member 362 on the front side, and a support frame 3 on the rear and lower sides.
34 are formed.

The storage space 360 has a bundle banknote storage 227 to
229, the bundle banknote feeding drive unit 332 is
4 to receive only the bundled banknotes fed from one of the engagement portions 4 of the support frame 334.
The height of 4a is adjusted. Then, by changing the raising / lowering position of the bundled banknote transport lift 330,
The storage space 360 holds all bundled banknote storages 227 to 22.
From 9 the bundled banknotes can be accepted. 7 and 10 between the guide member 361 and the support frame 334.
As shown in the figure, two sliding shafts 36 extending in the front-rear direction are provided.
3 and 363 are arranged vertically.
The sliding block 364 is supported by the third and third members 363 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

Further, between the guide member 362 and the front portion 359 of the support frame 334 provided further on the front side, a motor 365 and a rotating arm 366 whose base end is fixed to a drive shaft of the motor 365, One end is a rotating arm 3
A connecting arm 367 rotatably attached to the sliding block 364 at the other end is provided at the tip opposite to the motor 365.
By the forward / reverse drive of 5, the sliding block 364 moves in the front-rear direction via the rotating arm 366 and the connecting arm 367. The sliding block 364 includes the storage space 36.
A moving guide member 369 protruding to zero is fixed.

A holding plate 370 is provided in front of the moving guide member 369 in the storage space 360. The holding plate 370 is movable with respect to the moving guide member 369 in the front-rear direction and always moves. Guide member 3
It is urged in the direction in which it abuts 69.

That is, as shown in FIG.
The supporting members 371 and 372 are fixed to the upper and lower sides of the supporting frame 334, and the supporting members 373 and 374 are also fixed to the front part 359 of the supporting frame 334 in front of the holding plate 370. I have. In addition, long holes 375 and 376 are formed in the upper support members 371 and 373 so as to extend vertically. Support member 371
The moving shaft 3 at one end of the arm member 378 is
79 is fitted so as to be movable and rotatable, and a fixed shaft 380 at the other end of the arm member 378 is supported by a support member 374.
And is rotatably connected to a fixed position. Similarly, a moving shaft 383 at one end of an arm member 382 is fitted in the elongated hole 376 of the supporting member 373 so as to be movable and rotatable, and a fixed shaft 384 at the other end of the arm member 382 is positioned at the supporting member 372. It is fixed and rotatably connected. The arm members 378 and 382 are rotatably connected to each other by a support shaft 385 at a center position, and a spring member for urging the arm members 378 and 382 in a direction along the front-rear direction is provided between the arm members 378 and 382. 386 are provided. As a result, the holding plate 370 is always urged rearward, that is, in the direction of the movement guide member 369. As a result, the lower side is supported by the bottom portion 334a of the support frame 334, and is pushed out by the pushers 266, 267 and moved by the movement guide member 369. Can be held between the bundled banknotes.

The moving guide member 369 is moved in the front-rear direction together with the sliding block 364 by forward / reverse driving of the motor 365. Therefore, the moving guide member 369 and the sandwiching plate 370 are connected to the bundled bill storage shelves 227 to 229. The bundled banknotes fed from are clamped between each other, and the clamped bundled banknotes are moved back and forth as necessary. Movement guide member 369 on the side of holding plate 370 and bundled banknote storage 227-2
On the 29th side (left side in FIG. 7), a bundled banknote storage
To 229 side, a vertically extending inclined surface 388 is formed in an inclined state so as to be located rearward, and the inclined surface 388 is on the opposite side (right side in FIG. 7) to the bundled banknote storage bins 227 to 229. Has a holding surface 389 that extends vertically in the left-right direction. On the other hand, on the moving guide plate 369 side of the holding plate 370, a holding surface 3 extending vertically in the left-right direction is provided.
Only 90 are formed.

Here, among the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229, the bundled banknotes fed by the pushers 266 and 267 from one of the bundle banknote feeding drive units 332 with which the driving pins 284 are engaged are shown in FIG. As shown, the support frame 334
Will move in the direction of the movement guide member 369 while the lower side is supported by the bottom surface portion 334a of the bundled banknote S. At this time, the fed bundled banknote is the last bundled banknote S already held.
3 (if no bundled banknotes are held, the holding plate 370) is moved obliquely forward along the inclined surface 388 of the moving guide member 369 while being in contact with the rear side, so that the entire bundle held with the holding plate 370. A forward force separating from the movement guide member 369 is applied to the bill S3 and (the holding plate 370 when there is no bundled bill held). Therefore, the bundled banknotes fed out are:
While holding the holding plate 370 and all the bundled banknotes S3 already held and the holding plate 370 (if there is no held bundled banknote) away from the moving guide member 369, all the banknotes already held (the held bundled banknotes If not, it enters between the holding plate 370) and the moving guide member 369. Also, the inclined surface 38
By moving forward along 8, the bundled banknote is released from a position where it interferes with the next bundled banknote.

In this way, new bundled banknotes are sequentially inserted between the most recently held bundled banknote on the side of the movable guide member 369 and the movable guide member 369, so that the lower side of the bottom portion 334a , The bundled banknotes are held in an aligned state between the movement guide member 369 and the sandwiching plate 370. The movement guide member 36 shown in FIG.
The position 9 is the “standby position”. As shown in FIG. 7, between the guide member 362 and the front portion 359 between a position that does not hinder the movement of the movement guide member 369 and the like in the storage space 360, the bundled bills stored in the storage space 360 are Each light emitting / light receiving element of the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 391 for detecting the presence / absence is provided.

{Lift drive mechanism} Lift drive mechanism 3
2, pulleys 393 and 393 which are fixed in position and are vertically separated from each other, a drive belt 394 stretched over them, and pulleys 393 and 393
And a drive unit (not shown) for driving one of the drive belts forward and reverse, and a part of the drive belt 394 is fixed to the support frame 334 of the bundled banknote transport lift 330. By reverse drive, the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is moved to the bundled banknote storage units 227 to 2 of all denominations.
The bundled banknotes fed from the payout outlet 256 of the 29 are moved up and down along the slide rails 335 and 335 so as to be able to receive the banknotes.

The bundled banknote storage and dispensing unit 2 described above
The bundled banknote dispensing process of No. 5 will be described. When the “bundled banknote dispensing process” is started, first, the control unit
It is checked whether or not the middle banknote storage 228 is located at the "standby position" at the forward end, and if it is not at the "standby position", it is positioned at the "standby position". Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the bundled banknote transport lift 330 at the “standby position” is driven by a motor (not shown) of the lift drive mechanism 331 to be a denomination to be dispensed from the bundled banknote storage bins 227 to 229. Move to the corresponding height position. The control unit, when dispensing a plurality of denominations in one process, the bundled banknotes in the lower bundled banknote storage 229, the bundled banknotes in the middle bundled banknote storage 228, and the upper bundled banknote storage 227. Is controlled to be fed out to the bundled banknote transport lift 330 in the order of the bundled banknotes.

Then, the control unit controls the bundled banknote transport lift 33
When 0 reaches the height position of the denominations to be dispensed among the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229, the elevation is temporarily stopped. Then, as shown by a dashed line in FIG. 7, the drive pin 284 protruding from the vertical groove 342 of the sliding block 341 of the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 and the denomination of the bundled bill storage 227 to 229 to be dispensed. Are engaged with each other, and the height of the outlet 256 of the denomination of the bundled banknote storage bins 227 to 229 and the storage space 360 are matched. After that, the control unit drives the motor 349 of the bundled banknote feeding drive unit 332 and the sliding block 341.
Is moved to the opposite side with respect to the feeding outlet 256, the pushers 266, 26 of the bundled banknote feeding mechanism 257 interlocked with this movement.
7 also moves to the outside of the storage space 236 on the opposite side to the outlet 256 as shown in FIG.

At the same timing, the control unit drives the motor 365 to move the moving guide member 369 at the standby position shown in FIG. 7 from the bundled bill storage boxes 227 to 229 as shown in FIG. The banknotes are retracted to the retracted end position for guiding the storage of the bundled banknotes to be fed. Then, in conjunction with this, the holding plate 370 also moves integrally. When the movements of the pushers 266 and 267 and the movement guide member 369 are completed, the control unit returns to the “standby position” indicated by the one-dot chain line in FIG.
A certain rear plate 238 is started to move forward. Then
The bundled banknotes move forward while being sandwiched between the rear plate 238 and the front plate 241. Then, the control unit controls the front plate 24.
When it is confirmed from a detection result of a sensor (not shown) that the position 1 has reached a position flush with the front guide plate 254, the rear plate 23
8 is stopped (the state shown in FIG. 12).

In this state, the control unit drives the motor 349 of the bundled banknote feeding drive unit 332 again, and
1 is moved from the position shown in FIG. 12 to the position shown in FIG. Then pushers 266 and 26
7 is a bundled banknote transport lift 3 that only transfers one bundle of banknotes S3 at the front end.
30 in the direction of the storage space 360. Then, the bundled banknotes pushed out by the pushers 266 and 267 are guided by the moving guide member 369, and the moving guide member 369 and the bundled banknote S3 already held (or the holding plate 370 if there is no held bundled banknote). Will be inserted between. On the other hand, when the pushers 266 and 267 reach the “standby position” where the bundled banknotes are completely pushed out, the front plate 241 for holding the stored bundled banknotes is urged rearward, so It moves backward by the amount of the bills and clamps the stored bundled bills.

At this point, if the required number of bundled banknotes have been paid out for the denominated denomination, the control unit returns the moving guide member 369 to the “standby position” again and stores the bundled banknotes. The back plate 238 of the denominations of the warehouses 227 to 229 that have been fed out is also returned to the “standby position”. On the other hand, the control unit moves the bundled banknote transport lift 330 to a bundled banknote transfer position, which is a position corresponding to the denominated bundled banknote storage 227 to 229 to be fed next, as necessary.

Conversely, if the necessary number of bundled banknotes has not been paid out, the control unit drives the motor 349 of the bundled banknote pay-out drive unit 332 again to move the sliding block 341 to the position shown in FIG. After the rear plate 238 has been moved forward by this one bundle, the pusher 26
6, 267 is moved to the "standby position" to feed out the next bundled banknote.

When the bundled banknote transport lift 330 finally receives all the bundled banknotes fed out of the necessary outlets 256 of the bundled banknote storage units 227 to 229 for each denomination, the control unit While holding the bundled banknotes in the aligned state, the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is moved to the upper bundled banknote storage 2
27, and the slide shutter 1 of the bundled banknote dispensing port 17 located immediately above the bundled banknote transport lift 330.
Release 9 As a result, the bundled bills sandwiched between the movement guide member 369 and the sandwiching plate 370 can be manually removed directly from the bundled bill transport lift 330 through the bundled bill outlet 17.

When the delivery bundle banknotes sandwiched between the movement guide member 369 of the bundle banknote transport lift 330 and the holding plate 370 are taken out by the bundle banknote detection sensor 391, the control unit starts the slide shutter 19. Is closed, and the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is lowered to the “standby position”.

According to the banknote processing machine configured as described above, the bundled banknote storage bins 22 of the denominations are stacked one on top of the other with the respective outlets 256 facing the same side.
7 to 229, the bundled banknote storage 227 of these denominations
To accept the bundled bills fed from the outlet 256 of the bundled banknote storage 227 to 229 of all denominations by the bundled banknote transport lift 330 provided so as to be able to ascend and descend at a position capable of facing the payout outlets 256 to 229. become. Therefore, in order to receive the bundled banknotes fed from the bundled banknote storage bins 227 to 229 of the denominations arranged vertically by one bundled banknote transport lift 330, the number of parts required for dispensing the bundled banknote is greatly increased. Can be reduced.

Also, the bundled banknote storage 227 of all denominations
To 229 pushers 266 and 267 can be driven by one bundle banknote delivery drive unit 332 of the bundle banknote transport lift 330, so that the drive side for feeding the bundle banknotes from the bundle banknote storage bins 227 to 229 by denomination is provided. The configuration is shared.
Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the number of components required for dispensing bundled banknotes.

Further, the bundled banknote receiving unit 333 releases the received bundled banknote from a position where the next bundled banknote will be obstructed and holds all the received bundled banknotes in an aligned state. Can be reliably received by the bundled banknote transport lift 330. Therefore, the bundled banknote transport lift 330 can be made compact. In addition, the bundle banknote delivery port 1
The workability at the time of taking out outside the machine via 7 can be improved.

[0074]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the banknote handling machine described above, the stacking banknote storage units of these denominations are compared with the stacking banknote storage units of the denominations arranged vertically in a state where the respective feeding outlets are directed to the same side. A bundled banknote transport lift provided to be able to move up and down at a position opposing the outlet accepts the bundled banknotes fed from the feeding outlets of the bundled banknote storage units of all denominations.
Therefore, in order to accept the bundled banknotes fed from the bundled banknote storage units of the denominations arranged vertically by one bundled banknote transport lift, the number of components required for dispensing the bundled banknotes is greatly reduced. Can be.

According to the bill processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, the pushers of the bundled bill storage units of all denominations can be driven by the bundled bill feeding drive unit of the bundled bill transport lift. The drive-side configuration for feeding out the bundled banknotes from the bundled banknote storage unit is shared. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the number of components required for dispensing bundled banknotes.

According to the bill processing machine of the third aspect of the present invention, the bundled banknote receiving section releases the received bundled banknote from a position where the next bundled banknote to be received next becomes an obstacle and removes all the received bundled banknotes. Since the bundled banknotes are held in the aligned state, the maximum number of bundled banknotes can be reliably received by the bundled banknote transport lift. Therefore, the bundled banknote transport lift can be made compact. In addition, the operability at the time of taking out the bundled banknote transport lift out of the machine can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a banknote handling machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled banknote storage and dispensing unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled banknote storage of the bundled banknote storage and dispensing unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a configuration of a bundled banknote feeding mechanism for feeding out a bundled banknote stored in the bundled banknote storage of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing the arrangement of a denomination-type bundled banknote storage and a bundled banknote sorting and storing unit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the configuration of a bundled banknote transport lift of the bundled banknote dispensing unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front partial cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled bill feeding drive unit provided in the bundled bill transport lift according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled bill feeding drive unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view showing a configuration for driving a movement guide member of a bundled banknote receiving unit provided in the bundled banknote transport lift of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a side sectional view showing a configuration for moving a holding plate provided in the bundled banknote transport lift of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view showing a state of pushing out a bundled banknote from a bundled banknote storage to a bundled banknote transport lift in the “bundled banknote dispensing process” of the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 256 Feeding outlets 227 to 229 Bundle banknote storage (bundle banknote storage unit) 330 Bundle banknote transport lift 266,267 Pusher 332 Bundle banknote feeding drive unit 333 Bundle banknote receiving unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A banknote handling machine having a banknote storage section of a denomination capable of storing bundled banknotes and feeding out the stored banknotes from a feeding port, wherein the respective billing outlets are directed to the same side. The bundled banknote storage units of the respective denominations are vertically stacked, and are provided so as to be able to ascend and descend at positions capable of facing the payout outlets of the bundled banknote storage units of the denominations. A banknote handling machine comprising a bundled banknote transport lift capable of receiving a bundled banknote fed from an exit. 2. The bundled banknote storage section of each denomination is provided with a pusher for feeding out the bundled banknote from a feeding port, and the bundled banknote transport lift is capable of driving all the pushers. The bill processing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a feeding drive unit. 3. The bundled banknote transport lift is provided with a bundled banknote receiving unit for releasing the received bundled banknote from a position where the next bundled banknote will be obstructed and holding all the received bundled banknotes in an aligned state. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the banknote is processed.