JP2000285276A - Paper money storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stop jam of paper money as much as possible by pressurizing paper money stored in one stacker in the direction to arrange it away from the peripheral surfaces of a pair of rotating columnar bodies when the paper money is stored in the other stacker by rotation of a pair of the rotating columnar bodies. SOLUTION: For example, when a one thousand yen paper money is stored in the second stacker 5, a plate body 31 of a paper money pressurizing means 30 is transferred upward via respective male screws 41, 42 of a plate body transfer means 40, a paper money A stored in the first stacker is pushed upward against pressing force of a storage spring 8 and a state that the paper money A stored in the first stacker 4 is arranged away from the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of a pair of the rotating columnar bodies 6, 7 is held at the initial position. When the one thousand yen paper money is guided to paper money guiding grooves 6a, 7a, respective rotating bodies 6, 7 are rotated in the clockwise and counterclockwise direction, the one thousand yen paper money is pushed on the top surface of plural paper moneys B piled and stored in the second stacker 5 and stored there by the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating bodies 6, 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote storage device for storing input banknotes in a stacker, and more particularly to banknotes in which two denomination banknotes are separately stored in separate stackers facing each other. The present invention relates to improvement of a storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a machine such as a vending machine, a bill processing device for judging the authenticity of inserted bills and accommodating bills regarded as genuine bills in the main body of the device is provided. .

In such a bill processing apparatus, bills inserted from a bill insertion slot are transported into the apparatus main body via a bill transport belt or a bill transporting unit including a plurality of bill transport rollers.

[0004] While the inserted bill is being conveyed by the above-mentioned bill conveying means, its authenticity is discriminated by a bill validity discriminating means such as a light sensor or a magnetic sensor. Is transported as it is into the apparatus main body, where it is stored and stored in a stacker provided in the apparatus main body via the bill storage device. Note that the banknote determined to be a counterfeit note is returned from the banknote insertion slot.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing a main part of an apparatus main body 2 of a bill processing apparatus showing a conventional example of the above-mentioned bill storage apparatus 1.
The bill is guided from above the drawing to below the drawing via a bill conveyance means (not shown).

A first stacker 4 and a second stacker 2 for accommodating bills of different denominations in the apparatus main body 2 constituted by the casing 3 having a rectangular cross section, respectively, so as to face each other vertically in the drawing. And a stacker 5 having a predetermined space therebetween (a width slightly larger than the width of the banknote to be handled), and a banknote storage device 1 including a pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 are provided therebetween. . In addition, the first stacker 4 of the apparatus main body 2 shown in FIG. 11 stores a large bill (for example, a 10,000-yen bill),
The second stacker 5 is set to accommodate lower bills (for example, 1,000-yen bills).

[0007] On each of the peripheral surfaces of the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 constituting the bill accommodating apparatus 1, bill guide grooves 6a and 7a are formed one by one so as to face each other along the axial direction. ing.

[0008] Of the plurality of bills A (10,000-yen bills) accommodated in the first stacker 4, the bill A1 located on the lowermost surface thereof is rotated by the urging force of the accommodating spring 8 to rotate the cylindrical body 6, 7
Of the plurality of bills B (thousand-yen bills) similarly stored in the second stacker 5, the bill B 1 positioned on the uppermost surface of the bills B 1 and 2 is always pressed against the respective peripheral surfaces 6 b and 7 b. Are constantly pressed against the respective peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylinders 6, 7.

According to the bill storage device 1 including the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7, a new bill C (a 10,000-yen bill) is inserted into the bill guide grooves 6a and 7a by the bill transport means (not shown). After that, the rotating cylinders 6 and 7 are rotated in the same phase in opposite directions (FIG. 11) via rotating cylinder driving means (not shown).
Then, when one rotating cylinder 6 is rotated counterclockwise and the other rotating cylinder 7 is rotated clockwise, the bill guide grooves 6a and 7
The bill C inserted into the bill guide groove 6 rotates.
a, 7a, and furthermore, as shown in FIG. 12, the bill C is the lowermost surface of a plurality of bills A stacked and housed in the first stacker 4 by the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylinders 6, 7. It is pushed into and housed.

When the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 rotate to the position shown in FIG. 12 and continue to rotate in the same direction, one rotation (360-degree rotation) from the rotation position shown in FIG. 11), and returns to the initial position in FIG. 11 to be in a standby posture for accommodating the next new bill.

When the bills guided in the bill guide grooves 6a and 7a are 1000-yen bills, unlike the above, the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 are oriented in the opposite direction, that is, in one direction. When the rotating cylinder 6 rotates clockwise and the other rotating cylinder 7 rotates counterclockwise in the same phase, the 1,000-yen bill is placed on the top surface of the bill B stored in the second stacker 5. After being loaded and stored in the container, the rotation is further continued (one rotation).
To the initial position again.

In this manner, the bill storage device 1 stores the two different denomination bills in the corresponding stackers 4, 5 respectively.
It is designed to be loaded and stored inside.

[0013]

By the way, according to the above-mentioned conventional banknote storage apparatus 1, each of the banknotes A and B stored in the first and second stackers 4, 5 is formed by a pair of rotating cylindrical bodies. While the rotating cylinders 5 and 6 are being rotated, they are always in pressure contact with the peripheral surfaces of the rotating cylinders 6 and 7. In this case, as shown in FIG. When the body 6 rotates in the counterclockwise direction and the other rotating cylinder 7 rotates in the clockwise direction, the peripheral surfaces 6b of the rotating cylinders 6 and 7,
Banknote B stored in the second stacker 5 pressed against 7b
Of the bills B1 disposed on the uppermost surface thereof, the pressing forces F1 and F2 whose directions are opposite to each other toward the center in the width direction by the respective peripheral surfaces 6b and 7b of the rotating cylinders 6 and 7 that are in sliding contact with each other.
Works.

For this reason, the central portion of the uppermost banknote B1 accommodated in the second stacker 5 is greatly curved and the banknote guide comprising a pair of banknote guide grooves 6a and 7a (FIG. 11) for guiding a new banknote. When the bill enters the passage and is subsequently guided into the bill guide grooves 6a and 7a, the bill and the curved bill B1 come into contact with each other, causing a bill jam.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill accommodating device that prevents jamming of bills as much as possible.

[0016]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, a pair of rotating cylinders are arranged at a predetermined interval between a pair of stackers facing each other, and the pair of rotating cylinders are arranged. The bill guide grooves formed along the respective circumferential axis directions of the rotating columnar body are arranged facing each other,
After guiding the banknotes into the banknote guide groove, the pair of rotary cylinders are rotated in opposite directions in the same phase, respectively, so that the banknotes guided into the banknote guide groove are provided by the pair of stackers. In the banknote storage device configured to be stored in one of the stackers, when the banknotes are stored in one of the stackers by the rotation of the pair of rotary cylinders, the banknotes stored in the other stacker are stored in the other one. The bill pressing means for pressing in a direction away from the peripheral surface of the rotating cylindrical body is provided.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the bill accommodating apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail.

FIG. 1 shows a bill storage device 10 according to the present invention.
11 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the apparatus main body 2 of the banknote handling apparatus in which the same parts as those in FIG. In this bill storage device 10 as well, the transported bills are guided downward from above in the drawing.

A first stacker 4 and a second stacker 2 for accommodating banknotes of different denominations so as to face each other in the vertical direction in the drawing also in the apparatus main body 2 constituted by the casing 3 having a rectangular cross section. And a stacker 5 having a predetermined interval (a width slightly larger than the width of the bill to be handled) forming a part of the bill storage device 10 of the present application. , 7 are provided. In the embodiment, the first stacker 4 stores a large bill A (for example, a 10,000-yen bill), and the second stacker 5 stores a smaller bill B.
(For example, a thousand-yen bill).

Also, bill guide grooves 6a, 7a are formed on the peripheral surfaces of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7 so as to face each other along the axial direction.

A plurality of banknotes A (10,000-yen bills) stored in the first stacker 4 are constantly placed on the respective peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylindrical bodies 6, 7 by the urging force of the storage spring 8. A plurality of banknotes B (thousand-yen bills) similarly stored in the second stacker 5 are also urged, and the respective peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylindrical bodies 6, 7 are also urged by the urging force of the accommodation spring 9. Side is always biased.
Next, the cylinder driving means 11 for rotating the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 will be described in detail.

The column driving means 11 comprises a column driving motor 12 and worm gears 14, 1 fixed to both ends of a driving shaft 13 projecting from both sides of the driving motor 12.
5, the worm wheels 16, 17 meshing with the worm gears 14, 15, and the worm wheels 16, 1
7, a drive gear 20 fixed to shafts 18 and 19 supporting
And a driven gear 2 meshing with the driving gears 20 and 21
2 and 23, one of the driven gears 22 and 23 is formed on the peripheral surface of the tip of one rotating cylindrical body 6, and the other driven gear 23 is formed on the other cylindrical body 7. Is formed on the peripheral surface of the tip. The above-mentioned worm gears 14 and 15 are disposed so as to have opposite screws.

According to such a column driving means 11, when the driving shaft 13 of the motor 12 rotates in one direction, the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7 have the same phase and are opposite to each other via the gears described above. Direction and the drive shaft 1 of the motor 12
When 3 rotates in the other direction, the pair of rotating cylinders 6 described above,
The rotation direction is opposite to the rotation direction of 7, but similarly, they rotate in opposite directions with the same phase.

On the other hand, in the bill storage device 10, between the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7, the bills accommodated in one stacker are transferred to the peripheral surfaces 6b of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7. 7b
A bill pressing means 30 for pressing in a direction to separate the bill from the bill is provided.

The bill pressing means 30 includes a plate 31 disposed along the axial direction of the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 from the upper side to the lower side in the drawing, and the plate 31 in the vertical direction in the drawing. And a plate moving means 40 for moving the plate.

Arms 31a and 31b extend from both ends of the plate 31, respectively.
In 31d, female screw portions 31e and 31f screwed to male screw portions of the plate body moving means 40 described later are formed. Note that the female screw portion 31e and the female screw portion 31f are reverse screws.

On the other hand, a plate moving means 40 is provided between a pair of ribs 4a, 5a protruding from each side of the first and second stackers 4, 5, respectively. The female screw portions 31e and 31f of the plate body 31 are screwed to the male screw portions 41 and 42, respectively. The male screw 41 and the male screw 42
Also have opposite screws.

Worm wheels 43, 44 are fixed to the lower ends of the male screw portions 41, 42, respectively, and the corresponding worm gears 45, 46 mesh with the worm wheels 43, 44, respectively.

The worm wheel 43 and the worm wheel 44 also have opposite threads, and the worm gear 45 and the worm gear 46 also have opposite threads.

The above-mentioned worm gears 45 and 46
Are fixed to both ends of the drive shaft 42 of the plate drive motor 47 disposed adjacent to the drive motor 12 of the column drive means 11, respectively.

Next, the operation of the above-described bill storage device 10 will be described, and the structure will be described in more detail.

First, a case where a 1,000-yen bill is accommodated in the second stacker 5 will be described.

In the initial position of the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 shown in FIG. 1, the banknote guide grooves 6a and 7a formed on the peripheral surface of the pair of rotating cylinders 11 are stopped at positions facing each other. ing.

On the other hand, in the initial position shown in FIG. 1, the plate 31 of the bill pressing means 30 is moved upward through the male screw portions 41 and 42 of the plate moving means 40 rotating in the same phase and in opposite directions. Then, the banknotes A stored in the first stacker 4 are pushed upward against the urging force of the storage spring 8, and the banknotes A stored in the first stacker 4 are turned into a pair of rotating cylinders 6. , 7
Are kept away from the peripheral surfaces 6b and 7b.

In the initial position described above, as shown in FIG. 2, when a new bill E (thousand-yen bill) is guided into the bill guide grooves 6a and 7a through the bill transport means (not shown), it is detected. Based on the detection signal of the detecting means (not shown), the column driving motor 12 of the column driving means 11 is driven to rotate the driving shaft 13 in one direction.

When the drive shaft 13 is driven to rotate in one direction, the worm gears 14 and 1 fixed to both ends thereof are driven.
5, worm wheels 16, 17, drive gears 20, 2
1. The rotational force is transmitted to the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 via the nominal driven gears 22 and 23, and the one rotating cylinder 6
Rotates clockwise, and the other rotating cylinder 7 rotates a predetermined rotation angle (about 100 degrees) in the same phase in the counterclockwise direction,
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3, a new bill E is pushed into the uppermost surface of the plurality of bills B stacked and accommodated in the second stacker 5 by the peripheral surfaces 6 b and 7 b of the rotating cylinders 6 and 7. To accommodate.

As described above, when it is detected by the detecting means (not shown) that the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 have rotated by a predetermined rotation angle in order to accommodate a new bill E in the second stacker 5. Based on the detection signal, the plate driving motor 47 of the plate moving means 40 is driven to rotate the drive shaft 42 in one direction.

When the drive shaft 42 is driven to rotate in one direction, the rotational force is transmitted through the worm gears 45 and 46 and the worm wheels 43 and 44 to form a pair of male screw portions 41 and
, And rotate the pair of male screw portions 41 and 42 in the same phase in opposite directions.

As described above, when the pair of male screw portions 41 and 42 rotate in the opposite directions in the same phase, the male screw portions 4 and 42 rotate.
The plate body 31 is moved down to a predetermined position as shown in FIG. 4 via the female screw portions 31e and 31f screwed to the first and second 42, and the bill B accommodated in the second stacker 5 is pushed downward. Then, the bill B is separated from the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylinders 6, 7.

When the downward movement of the plate 31 to the predetermined position is detected in this manner, the cylinder driving motor 12 of the cylinder driving means 11 is driven again based on the detection signal, and this time the driving shaft is driven. 13 is rotationally driven in the other direction.

Then, the rotational force is applied to the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 via the worm gears 14 and 15, the worm wheels 16 and 17, the driving gears 20 and 21, and the driven gears 22 and 23 fixed to both ends. As a result, one of the rotating cylinders 6 rotates counterclockwise and the other rotating cylinder 7 rotates clockwise in the same phase by a predetermined rotation angle (about 100 degrees). As shown in the figure, each bill guide groove 6a, 7 formed on the peripheral surface of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7
a is stopped at the initial position facing each other.

As described above, after each bill guide groove 6a, 7a formed on the peripheral surface of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7 is stopped at the initial position facing each other, it is detected (not shown). On the basis of the detection signal of the means, the drive shaft 42 of the plate drive motor 47 is rotated in the other direction.

When the drive shaft 42 is rotationally driven in the other direction, the rotational force is transmitted through the worm gears 45 and 46 and the worm wheels 43 and 44 to the pair of male screw portions 41 and 4.
2 to rotate the pair of male screw portions 41 and 42 in the opposite direction with the same phase in the opposite direction.

As described above, when the pair of male screw portions 41, 42 are rotated in the opposite direction to each other in the same direction in the opposite direction, the female screw portion 31 screwed to the male screw portions 41, 42 is formed.
e and 31f, the plate body 31 moves upward, and the bill A accommodated in the first stacker 4 is pushed upward against the urging force of the spring 8, and as shown in FIG. A is returned to the initial position where it is separated from the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylinders 6, 7.

As a result, the bill E is inserted into the second stacker 5.
Is completed, and returns to the standby state for storing the next bill.

Next, a case where a 10,000-yen bill is stored will be described.

In the initial position shown in FIG. 1, the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7 is stopped by the cylinder driving means 11 at a position where the bill guide grooves 6a, 7a formed on the peripheral surface thereof are opposed to each other. ing.

On the other hand, when a signal indicating that the bill conveyed into the bill guide grooves 6a, 7a is a 10,000-yen bill through a control device (not shown) is detected, the plate body moving means 40 is operated based on the detected signal. Is driven to rotate the drive shaft 42 in one direction.

When the drive shaft 42 is driven to rotate in one direction, the rotational force is transmitted through the worm gears 45 and 46 and the worm wheels 43 and 44 to the pair of male screw portions 41 and
, And rotate the pair of male screw portions 41 and 42 in the same phase in opposite directions.

As described above, when the pair of male screw portions 41 and 42 rotate in the opposite directions in the same phase, the male screw portions 4 and 42 rotate.
The plate 31 moves downward as shown in FIG. 6 via the female screw portions 31 e and 31 f screwed to the first and second 42, and pushes the bills B accommodated in the second stacker 5 downward, thereby causing the bills to be pushed down. B is separated from the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylinders 6, 7, and at the same time, each bill guide groove 6a, 7a of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7.
In order to guide the next bill in between, the bill transport path is expanded.

After the bill transport path between the bill guide grooves 6a and 7a is thus expanded, as shown in FIG. 7, a new bill F (10,000 yen bill) is passed through bill transport means (not shown). ) Is guided into the bill guide grooves 6a and 7a.

Next, the bill F is inserted into the bill guide grooves 6a and 7a.
Based on a detection signal from a detection unit (not shown) that detects the accommodation of the column, the column driving motor 12 of the column driving unit 11 is driven to rotate the driving shaft 13 in the other direction.

When the drive shaft 13 is driven to rotate in the other direction, the worm gears 14 and 1 fixed to both ends thereof are driven.
5, worm wheels 16, 17, drive gears 20, 2
1. The rotational force is transmitted to the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 via the nominal driven gears 22 and 23, and the one rotating cylinder 6
Is rotated counterclockwise and the other rotating column 7 is rotated clockwise in the same phase by a predetermined rotation angle (about 100 degrees).

As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, a new bill F is transferred to the lowermost surface of a plurality of bills A stacked and accommodated in the first stacker 4 by the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the rotating cylinders 6, 7. And housed.

As described above, when the detecting means (not shown) detects that the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 have rotated by a predetermined rotation angle in order to accommodate a new bill F in the first stacker 4. The plate driving motor 47 of the plate moving means 40 is driven based on the detection signal to rotate the drive shaft 42 in the other direction.

When the drive shaft 42 is rotationally driven in the other direction, the rotational force is transmitted through the worm gears 45 and 46 and the worm wheels 43 and 44 to the pair of male screw portions 41 and
42, and the pair of male screw portions 41 and 42 are rotated in the same phase in the opposite directions to each other.

As described above, when the pair of male screw portions 41, 42 are rotated in the same phase in the opposite directions to each other, the plate is formed via the female screw portions 31e, 31f screwed to the male screw portions 41, 42. The body 31 moves upward, and as shown in FIG. 9, the bills A stored in the first stacker 4 are pushed again upward, and the bills A are rotated around the peripheral surfaces 6 b, 7 b of the rotating cylindrical bodies 6, 7. Away from

As described above, the cylinder driving motor 12 of the cylinder driving means 11 is driven again based on the detection signal of the detecting means (not shown) for detecting the upward movement of the plate 31, and the driving shaft 13 is Drive in the other direction.

Then, the rotational force is applied to the pair of rotary cylinders 6 and 7 via the worm gears 14 and 15, worm wheels 16 and 17, drive gears 20 and 21, and driven gears 22 and 23 fixed to both ends. , Whereby one of the rotating cylinders 6 is rotated counterclockwise and the other rotating cylinder 7 is rotated clockwise in the same phase at a predetermined rotation angle (approximately 100
1), thereby stopping the bill guide grooves 6a, 7a formed on the peripheral surfaces of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7 shown in FIG. 1 at the initial positions facing each other.

As a result, the banknote F in the first stacker 4
Is completed, and returns to the standby state for storing the next bill.

In this way, the bill storage device 10 stacks and stores the two kinds of bills E and F of different denominations in the corresponding stackers 4 and 5, respectively.

Therefore, according to the above-mentioned bill storage device 10, as shown in FIG. 3, when the pair of rotary cylinders 6 and 7 rotate to accommodate the bill E in the second stacker 5, The bill A accommodated in the stacker 4 of the first biller
0 is separated from the peripheral surfaces 6b and 7b of the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 by the 0 plate 31. Therefore, the first peripheral surfaces 6b and 7b of the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 Stacker 4
The bills A accommodated therein do not slidably contact with each other, so that the curved deformation of the bills A is prevented as much as possible.

Similarly, as shown in FIG. 8, a pair of rotating cylinders 6 are provided to accommodate the bill F in the first stacker 4.
When the coin 7 rotates, the bills B accommodated in the second stacker 4 are separated from the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7b of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7 by the plate 31 of the bill pressing means 30. Therefore, the peripheral surfaces 6b, 7 of the pair of rotating cylinders 6, 7 which rotate.
The bill B accommodated in the second stacker 5 does not slidably contact the sheet b, so that the curved deformation of the bill B is prevented as much as possible.

In the bill storage device 10 described above, when the bills are accommodated in the stackers 4 and 5, the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7 return to the initial position by one rotation as in the related art. Instead, since the banknote is rotated by a predetermined rotation angle and returned to the initial position, the cycle from the storage of the banknote to the return to the initial position is quick, and the banknote can be quickly stored in each stacker.

In the above embodiment, a pair of bill guide grooves 6a and 7a are formed so as to be opposed to each other along the circumferential axis direction of the pair of rotating cylinders 6 and 7. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and as shown in FIG. 10, in which the same parts as those in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, a predetermined interval is provided along the circumferential axis direction of each of the rotating cylinders 6, 7. The bill guide grooves 6a, 6c, 7a, 7c are formed one by one,
In addition, one of the open ends 6a ', 6c', 7a ', 7c' of the bill guide grooves 6a, 6c, 7a, 7c has a groove width that increases in a direction away from each other along the circumferential surface circumferential direction. The inclined surfaces 6d, 6e, 7d, and 7e may be formed at the same time.

As described above, two bill guide grooves 6 a, 6 c, 7 a, 7 are provided along the circumferential axis of each of the rotating cylinders 6, 7.
c, one of the bill guide grooves 6a, 7a is a bill guide groove dedicated to 1,000-yen bills, and the other bill guide groove 6c,
When each banknote is stored as a banknote guide groove dedicated to a 10,000-yen bill, the inclined surface 6 having an increased groove width when each banknote is stored.
By using d, 6e, 7d, and 7e, it is possible to reduce as much as possible the folding and bending of the bills due to the contact of both ends in the width direction of the bills accommodated.

[0067]

As described above, according to the bill accommodating apparatus of the present invention, when a bill is accommodated in one stacker by the rotating cylindrical body, the bill accommodated in the other stacker by the bill pressing means. Is separated from each peripheral surface of the rotating columnar body, so that the bills accommodated in the other stacker are not bent and bent by the peripheral surface of the rotating columnar body. Thus, it is possible to provide a bill storage device that performs a more stable bill storage function.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a bill processing device showing a bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the banknote storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing an operation of the bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the banknote storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing another embodiment of the banknote storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a bill processing device showing the operation of a conventional bill storage device.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a bill processing device showing the operation of a conventional bill storage device.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a bill processing apparatus showing the operation of a conventional bill storage device.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a bill processing device showing the operation of a conventional bill storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4, 5 Stacker 6, 7 Rotating cylindrical body 6a, 6c, 7a, 7c Bill guide groove 6b, 7b Peripheral surface 6d, 6e, 7d, 7e Slope 10 Bill storage device 30 Bill pressing means 31: plate body 40: plate body moving means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A pair of rotating cylinders are provided at a predetermined interval between a pair of stackers facing each other, and are formed along the respective peripheral surface axial directions of the pair of rotating cylinders. By disposing the bill guide grooves facing each other and guiding the bills in the bill guide grooves, by rotating the pair of rotating cylinders in the same phase in opposite directions to each other,
In the bill storage device configured to store a bill guided in the bill guide groove into one of the pair of stackers, the bill is stored in one of the stackers by rotation of the pair of rotating cylinders. And a bill pressing device for pressing the bill stored in the other stacker in a direction to separate the bill from the peripheral surfaces of the pair of rotating cylinders. 2. The bill pressing means moves a plate disposed between the pair of rotating cylinders toward the one and the other stackers at a predetermined timing. The bill storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a plate moving means for pressing a bill stored in the other stacker. 3. The bill accommodating device according to claim 1, wherein the bill guide grooves are formed one by one along a circumferential axis direction of each of the rotating cylinders. 4. The bill guide grooves are formed two by two at predetermined intervals along the circumferential axis direction of each of the rotating cylinders.
And one of the open ends of each bill guide groove is formed with an inclined surface such that the groove width increases in a direction in which the bill guide groove is separated from each other along the circumferential direction. A bill storage device as described in the above.