JP2001084424A - Bill slot device for paper money reception processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove foreign matters existing between loaded bills in a stage before bill feeding to voluntarily recover them. SOLUTION: A device is provided with a bill slot 3 which is provided in the upper part of the front of a machine body and loads a group of bills with a upright posture, a feeding means 17 which is brought into contact with a bill placed on the rear side to the front of the machine body out of the group of bills loaded to the slot 3 with the upright posture and feeds them one by one, holding parts 19 which hold the lower end of the group of bills, a bill lower end support member 16 having an aperture part which is provided between holding part in order to drop foreign matters like coins existing in the group of bills, a pressing means 18 which is brought into contact with a bill on the front side of the machine body out of the group of bills placed with the upright posture to press and move the group of bills toward the feeding means, a foreign matter reception part 27 which is provided so as to face a part near the lower part of the bill lower end support member 16 and receives foreign matters like coins dropped from the aperture part, and a foreign matter recovery part 26 having a door 28 which is provided in the front of the machine body and opens and closes the foreign matter reception part 27.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote insertion slot device for a banknote depositing machine, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, and the like, in which a plurality of banknotes are collectively loaded for a depositing process. The present invention relates to a bill insertion slot device in a bill depositing machine in which foreign matter such as clips, pins, coins and the like sandwiched between bill groups to be loaded is removed at a bill insertion slot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As described above, in a machine for batch loading a plurality of bills, separating the bills one by one and feeding them out, and depositing the fed bills, a clip or a coin sandwiched between the bills is used. For example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-13 / 1987 discloses an apparatus for eliminating foreign matter and preventing the subsequent processing from being hindered.
There is one described in Japanese Patent No. 2069.

In the apparatus disclosed in this publication, bills are separated one by one from a bill group loaded in an insertion slot device by a feeding means and fed out, and the fed banknotes are fed into a transfer passage through a gate portion. A foreign object receiving portion is provided below the passage to collect foreign objects.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the gate is opened to prevent foreign matter from being clogged in the gate, and therefore, the gate member constituting the gate is fed out. The roller or belt constituting the means is easily worn. Foreign matter is likely to be clogged in the transport passage or the gate portion, causing damage to each member, and increasing the occurrence rate of banknote jam. Since the foreign object receiving part is arranged inside the machine, it is not possible to take out the foreign object arbitrarily, and there is no other way than to remove it when the foreign object receiving part is full of foreign matter, When taking out the foreign matter, it is easy to drop the foreign matter, and if the foreign matter is dropped, the foreign matter enters the machine, causing the movable part to be damaged at the time of driving the machine, or causing trouble such as banknote jam, damage to the drive mechanism, And so on.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. Even if foreign matter is interposed between a group of bills to be loaded, the foreign matter can be removed before the bill is fed. And the collected foreign matter can be taken out at will.

[0006]

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a bill insertion slot which is provided at the upper part of the front of the machine body for loading a banknote group in a standing posture, and a standing bill which is loaded into the insertion slot. A feeding unit that abuts against a bill located on the rear side with respect to the body front of the banknote group in the posture and feeds out one by one, and a holding unit that holds a lower end of the banknote group in a standing posture to be loaded into the insertion slot, And a bill lower end edge support member having an opening provided between the holding portions for dropping foreign substances such as coins mixed in the bill group, and a bill on the front side of the machine body in the bill group placed in the upright posture. A pressing means for pressing and moving the banknote group toward the feeding means in contact therewith; a foreign object receiving portion provided near the lower portion of the lower end edge support member for receiving foreign objects such as coins falling from the opening; In front is provided Characterized by comprising a foreign matter collecting portion having a door for opening and closing the foreign object pan portion.

The bill lower edge support member is provided so as to be inclined upward from the front side of the machine body to the rear face side of the machine body, and the feeding means and the pressing means are provided for the bill group loaded in a forward inclined state on the bill lower edge support member. If it is arranged on the back side and the front side,
The effect of eliminating foreign substances can be further enhanced.

A bill standing holding member is provided which is capable of moving forward from the feeding means side to the bill group side, and when the bill group is moved to the feeding means side by the pressing means, the bill on the feeding means side is moved to the bill standing side. If it is held by the position holding member to prevent deformation of the dispensing end of the bill, such as bending,
Bills can be reliably fed, and in addition, foreign matters can be reliably dropped before the banknotes are fed.

The bill insertion slot is provided with an insertion slot door for opening and closing the insertion slot, and the bill standing group holding member and the pressing means are driven on condition that the insertion slot door is closed. After being loaded into the operation port in a sufficiently aligned state, the insertion port door can be closed, so that the banknote can be reliably fed out based on the prevention of deformation of the banknote in addition to the certainty of the foreign matter falling.

The bill insertion slot is provided at the intersection of the front surface and the top surface of the body, and the upper end of the bill group loaded in the forwardly inclined posture on the forwardly inclined bill lower end edge holding member is an extension surface of the front surface of the body. So that it protrudes upward or outward,
If the insertion opening door that opens and closes the insertion opening is formed in an arcuate cross section so as to be able to receive the upper end of the banknote group, it is possible to effectively use the upper corner portion of the front of the body,
In particular, since it is opened all at once from the front surface to the upper surface of the machine body, the loading operation of the banknote group can be further facilitated.

In the case where two tellers share one banknote depositing machine, if the banknote insertion slot device is always open, erroneous loading or erroneous insertion of a banknote at the time of banknote loading is possible. However, the provision of the insertion door can prevent the occurrence of these problems.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an external view of an example of a banknote depositing machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal structure thereof. A bill device 2 is provided, and a bill insertion slot 3 of the bill insertion device 2 into which a plurality of bills can be inserted at a time is opened at a corner portion from the front surface 1a to the upper surface 1b of the machine body 1.

In the transport system disposed from the bill insertion slot 3 toward the rear side of the machine body 1, a front / back reversing mechanism 4 and an identification unit 5 are provided.
Are arranged at the lower position, and denomination stacker units 7, 7, 7 having temporary storage units 6, 6, 6 respectively at the upper part,
On the front side of the body 1, a cassette section 9 in which two kinds of cassettes 8, 8 are mounted on the machine frame 1 is arranged.
By opening the cassette 8, the cassettes 8, 8 can be detached by being pulled out forward.

A bill dispensing port 12 is provided on the front surface 1a of the machine body 1 below the bill inserting apparatus 2, and a reject box 13 for dispensing is provided below the bill dispensing port 12. Further, operating portions 14 and 15 for the right teller and for the left teller are provided at both outside positions of the bill insertion slot device 2. Since the flow of the bills in the respective sections is not directly related to the present invention, the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the bill insertion slot device 2 according to the present invention, wherein a plurality of stacked bills are opened with a corner opening from above the front surface 1a of the body 1 to the upper surface 1b. A bill insertion slot 3 into which the group P can be loaded collectively is provided. Inside the insertion slot 3, the inserted bill group P is inserted.
The lower end edge holding member 16 supporting the lower end of the body 1 is disposed in a state of being inclined upward from the front side 1a of the body 1 toward the back side,
A bill group P is provided on the rear side of the body of the bill lower edge holding member 16.
The feeding means 17 that separates and feeds banknotes one by one from
On the front side of the body of the banknote group P, there is provided a pressing means 18 for pressing the banknote group P to make contact with the feeding means 17.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the bill lower end edge holding member 16 as seen from a direction orthogonal to a horizontal plane area of the member 16.
As shown in FIG. 5 in a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
Is advanced from the side of the pressing means 18 where the paper money standing holding member 40 is placed in a standing posture (a position shown by a chain line in FIG. 4).
The range up to the vicinity is a plurality of holding portions 19, 1 having a mountain-shaped cross section.
., And the feeding means 17 side from that area is formed of a flat plate material 20, and the holding portions 19, 19,.
The openings are provided with openings 22, 22,... Having a sufficient space for dropping foreign substances 21 such as coins and clips. The holding portions 19 are formed in a mountain-shaped cross section so that only the top of the mountain-shaped cross section comes into contact with the lower edge of the banknote so that the contact area is small and does not hinder the movement of the banknote. This is taken into account.

The upper surface of the edge of the bill lower end edge holding member 16 on the side of the feeding means 17 is connected to the feeding means 17 (the kicker roller 2).
3 and a feed roller 24) between a feed roller 24 located immediately below a kicker roller 23 and a gate roller 25 provided opposite to the feed roller 24 for passing only one banknote and preventing feeding of two banknotes. The opening width of the opening 22 in the bill feeding direction and the bill feeding width direction is formed to be larger than the diameter of the maximum diameter coin.

The opening 2 of the bill lower edge holding member 16
A foreign matter collecting unit 26 for receiving and collecting the foreign matter 21 falling from between bills is provided in a lower portion facing the two bills.

The foreign matter collecting section 26 is provided with the opening 22,
22 has a deepest portion, and a front and rear portion thereof has a foreign object receiving portion 27 formed of an inclined surface. A door 28 is provided on the front side of the body of the receiving portion 27 with a pivot shaft 29 at the upper end thereof as a fulcrum. The door 28 can be pushed open and opened at any time, and the foreign matter 21 dropped into the foreign matter receiving tray 27 can be taken out and collected at any time.

The pressing means 18 is provided so as to be movable toward the feeding means 17 with the end position of the opening 22, 22,...

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the moving means has shafts 31 and 32 on both sides of a base portion of a pressing plate 30 which comes into contact with and presses the back of the banknote group P. 31
Is loosely fitted in the escape long hole 53a of the side plate 53 and the escape long hole 54a of the fixing piece 54 fixed to the outer surface of the side plate 53, and the guide block 33 is fixed to the end of the shaft 31. A link 33 is slidably fitted to a guide rod 34 installed in parallel with one side of the bill lower end edge holding member 16, and has a base end pivotally supported by a shaft 35 on the machine body 1 side by a shaft 35. Is in contact with the end of the guide block 33 on the side of the feeding mechanism 17. The other shaft 32 is a long hole 5 for escape of the side plate 53.
3a, and is supported by being inserted into a long hole 54b of a fixing piece 54 fixed to the outer surface of the side plate 53.

The link 36 has a long hole 3 in its longitudinal direction.
6a, a crank pin 38 rotated by a motor M is inserted into the elongated hole 36a, and the motor M
The link 36 is moved to the position A in FIG.
Forward position) Kararo position of 0 (the same is returned swung over the retracted position) and its position when the detection switch SW _1, SW ₂ (switch SW _1, SW ₂ is turned on Lee position, SW
_When the switch ₁ is on and the switch ₂ is off, the position is set to B).

The guide block 33 is connected with a spring 39 for pulling the pressing plate 30 forward (toward the feeding unit), so that the pressing plate 30 is moved forward following the feeding of bills.

In the illustrated embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a banknote group P inserted from the banknote insertion slot 3 and loaded on the holding portions 19, 19... The banknote standing holding member 40 has its upper end pivoted toward the machine body 1 so that the lower end of the banknote does not bend or bend in a waist-like manner to prevent good feeding. It is provided pivotally.

The banknote upright holding member 40 is constituted by a pair of left and right lever-like pieces, and a pin 44 of a plunger 43 of a solenoid SD is inserted into a long hole 42a of an arm 42 extending further rearward than the pivot portion. , Solenoid SD
The plunger 43 becomes non-attracted by the demagnetization, and the banknote upright holding member 40 is moved backward as shown by a chain line in FIG.
At the time of excitation, a forward position shown by a solid line is taken, and the lower end thereof is positioned at the lower end of the banknote group P.

A tension spring 45 is suspended between the arm 42 and the body 1, and the swing limit of the arm 42 is determined by stoppers 46 and 47.

Cut portions 48, 48 are formed in the flat plate portion 20 of the bill lower end edge holding member 16 at a portion where the lower end of the bill standing holding member 40 passes so as not to hinder the swinging of the holding member 40. Is formed.

The bill insertion slot 3 is provided with an insertion door 50 for opening and closing the bill. The insertion door 50 is formed of a transparent or translucent resin, and has an arc-shaped cross section so as to slide along an arc-shaped rail 51 provided on both sides from the upper front surface to the upper surface of the body 1. It is formed so as to open and close a region indicated by B in FIG. When the insertion port door 50 is opened, the lower area of the insertion port door 50 is drawn into the upper area in the foreign substance receiving portion 27 of the foreign substance collecting section 26 as shown by a solid line in FIG. The foreign substance 21 can be temporarily held between the upper surface of the lower area of the door 50 and the upper area of the foreign substance receiving section 27, and the foreign substance 21 is discharged to the lower area of the foreign substance receiving section 27 by closing the insertion opening door 50. You can do it.

With the above-described structure of the insertion door, when the banknote group P is loaded into the banknote insertion slot 3 in a forwardly inclined posture, the upper end of the banknote group P is an extension surface of the front surface 1a of the machine body 1. Even if it protrudes slightly, the insertion door 50 can be opened and closed without any trouble, so that the space in the upper front part of the body 1 can be used effectively. And the above-mentioned insertion door 50
The driving of the pressing means 18 and the banknote standing holding member 40 is controlled on the condition that the opening / closing operation is performed.

4 and 5, reference numeral 52 denotes a bill guide, which guides both ends in the width direction.

Next, the operation will be described.

When depositing bills, the insertion door 50
Is slid downward, the insertion opening door 50 is pulled downward along the arc-shaped rail 51, and the area indicated by B in FIG. 3 is opened. At this time, the pressing plate 30 of the pressing means 18 is retracted to the home position (the position of FIG. 3), and the banknote standing holding member 40 takes the position shown by the solid line in FIG. An interval at which the banknote group P can be inserted at one time is held between the banknote holding member 40 and the banknote holding member 40.

When the banknote group P is inserted between the press plate 30 and the banknote holding member 40 through the banknote insertion slot 3, the lower end of the banknote group P is held by the holding portion 1 of the banknote lower edge holding member 16.
9, 19... And are stably mounted in the forwardly inclined posture leaning on the pressing plate 30. Further, even if the lower end of the banknote group P is distorted or broken toward the feeding means 17 side, the banknote group P is held by the banknote standing holding member 40, so that the bending and bending are prevented.

If foreign matter 21 such as a coin or a clip is present between the bills when the bill group P is placed, the foreign matter 21 is opened between the holding portions 19 of the bill lower end holding member 16. Drop downward through the parts 22, 22,.

At this time, the insertion door 50 is drawn downward along the rail 51, and the foreign substance receiving portion 2
The foreign matter 21 which is located at a position where it has entered above the banknote 7 and thus has fallen from between bills is received on the surface of the insertion port door 50 facing upward.

After inserting the banknote group P, the banknote is slid upward along the rail 51 to close the insertion door 50.
The foreign substance 21 received by the insertion door 50 drops from the end of the insertion door 50 onto the foreign substance receiving portion 27 and is stored on the foreign substance receiving portion 27. The foreign matter 21 that has fallen after that falls directly into the foreign matter receiving portion 27.

When foreign matter 21 accumulates in the foreign matter receiving portion 27, the foreign matter 21 inside can be taken out by pushing and opening the foreign matter collection door 28 as needed.

When the insertion door 50 is closed, a feeding command is given and the motor M becomes free and the pressing plate 3
0 is advanced by the pulling force of the spring 39, and presses the banknote group P toward the feeding means 17 side. At this time, the bill standing holding member 40
Also, since the urging force of the spring 39 is stronger than the attraction force of the plunger 43 by the solenoid SD, it is pushed by the lower end of the banknote group P and retreats, and the lower end of the banknote is fed without buckling.
7 is pressed against the kicker roller 23.

Thereafter, the banknote standing holding member 40 is held at the position shown by the dashed line in FIG. 3 by the non-excitation of the solenoid SD and the urging force of the tension spring 45, and then the kicker roller 23 and the feed roller 24 of the feeding means 17 are moved. 3, the feed roller 24 rotates in the direction of the arrow and the rotation of the kicker roller 23 makes one rotation.
Is rotated synchronously so that the banknote rotates once.
.. Are carried out one by one, and predetermined processing such as storing by denomination classification in the stacker units 7, 7,... Is performed according to the route shown in FIG.

In the illustrated embodiment, the case where the banknote group P is loaded in the banknote insertion slot 3 in the forwardly inclined posture has been described. However, it is needless to say that the banknote group P may be loaded in the vertical posture. is there.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, stacked bills can be inserted into the bill insertion slot in a standing posture at a time, and a foreign matter collecting section is provided at the lower part of the bill loading area. Even if foreign matter is interposed between bills to be collected, the foreign matter can be dropped on the foreign matter receiving portion of the foreign matter collection section and collected, so that the foreign matter is not fed out by the feeding means. It is not necessary to take a configuration to move each time, and the wear of the gate member can be prevented.
In addition, since the gate portion is not clogged with foreign matter, damage to members constituting the gate and jamming of bills can be prevented.

On the other hand, the foreign matter collected by the foreign matter collecting section can be taken out at any time even during the operation of the machine, and since the foreign matter collecting section is formed on the front side of the machine, the foreign matter is erroneously taken out when the foreign matter is taken out. As a result, the foreign matter does not fall into the machine, and it is possible to prevent the operating mechanism of the machine from being damaged.

Further, if the insertion slot door for opening and closing the bill insertion slot has an arc-shaped cross section as in claim 5, the upper end of the bill group is located on the front side of the machine body as a structure for inserting and placing the bill group in a forwardly inclined posture. Even if it protrudes, it can be opened and closed while allowing it, so that the space in the upper front corner of the machine body can be effectively used and the bill group can be easily inserted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of a banknote depositing machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the internal structure.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a bill insertion slot device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side view operation diagram showing an operation section of the pressing means in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 2 Banknote insertion slot apparatus 3 Banknote insertion slot 16 Banknote lower edge holding member 17 Feeding-out means 18 Pressing means 19 Holding part 22 Opening 26 Foreign substance collection part 27 Foreign substance receiving part 28 Door 30 Press plate 34 Guide rod 40 Banknote holding Member 50 Insertion door

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Tsugio Mizosoji 1-3-1 Shimoteno, Himeji-shi, Hyogo Glory Industries Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3E001 AB03 BA02 DA20 FA01 FA06 3F048 AA06 AB03 BA10 EA12

Claims (5)

[Claims] A bill is separated from a group of bills to be inserted at a time by a feeding unit and fed into the machine body. In the banknote depositing machine to be stored, a bill insertion slot provided in the upper part of the front of the body to load a banknote group in a standing posture, and a banknote group in a standing posture to be loaded into the insertion port, the back side of the front of the body. And a holding unit for holding the lower end of a banknote group in a standing posture loaded in the insertion slot, and foreign matter such as coins mixed in the banknote group. A bill lower end edge supporting member having an opening provided between the holding portions for dropping, and a bill group in the standing position is pressed against the bill on the front side of the machine body to press the bill group toward the feeding means. Pressing means for moving, and the lower end of the bill A foreign object receiving portion provided near the lower portion of the support member for receiving foreign objects such as coins falling from the opening; and a foreign object collecting portion provided on the front of the body and having a door for opening and closing the foreign object receiving portion. A bill insertion slot device in a bill depositing machine. 2. A bill which is provided with the bill lower end edge support member inclined upward from the front of the machine body toward the rear face of the machine body, and wherein the feeding means and the pressing means are loaded on the bill lower end edge support member in a forwardly inclined state. The bill insertion slot device in the bill depositing machine according to claim 1, which is arranged on the back side and the front side of the group. 3. A bill standing position holding member which is movable from the feeding means side to the bill group side is provided, and when the bill group moves to the feeding means side by the pressing means, the bill on the feeding means side is moved to the bill means side. 3. The bill insertion slot device in the bill depositing machine according to claim 2, wherein the bill is held by a bill standing holding member to prevent deformation of the dispensing end of the bill, such as distortion or breakage. 4. The bill insertion slot is provided with an insertion slot door for opening and closing the insertion slot, and the banknote standing holding member and the pressing means are driven on condition that the insertion slot door is closed. Item 3. A bill insertion slot device in the bill depositing machine according to Item 3. 5. The bill insertion slot is provided at the intersection of the front surface and the top surface of the body, and the upper end of the bill group loaded in the forwardly inclined position on the forwardly inclined bill lower edge holding member is at the front of the body. The insertion slot door for opening and closing the insertion slot is formed in an arc-shaped cross section so as to receive the upper end of the banknote group. A bill insertion slot device in the bill depositing machine according to any one of the preceding claims.