JP2001283284A - Paper money storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper money storing device which performs a stable operation in a saved space and in which the number of stored paper money in a paper money storage case is not damaged. SOLUTION: Two paper money paths arranged in parallel behind a path switch gate switching the paper money paths in accordance with the denomination are disposed. The paper money storage cases are arranged on both sides across the paper money paths and pushers 18 and 18a between the paper money paths. The pushers 18 and 18a are pivoted by a pusher link lever 20 by pusher driving auxiliary fulcrum shafts 19. The other ends are pivoted by pusher fixed fulcrum shafts 21. A pusher driving fulcrum shaft 24 longer than the width of the paper money paths is idly inserted into the cross position and the pusher 18 is moved in parallel by the locking movement of a pusher driving lever 28 through pusher driving auxiliary blocks 26 installed on the both ends. Since the pushers 18 and 18a are not overlapped with the driving mechanism, a thickness dimension is suppressed and the number of paper money is secured.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill storage device, and more particularly to a bill recognition device used for a vending machine, a ticket vending machine, a money changing machine, a charge adjusting machine, etc., in which inserted bills are classified. The present invention relates to a bill storage device to be stored.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A banknote recognition device such as a passive vending machine is provided with a banknote storage device for storing inserted banknotes after identifying the inserted banknotes. The bill storage device is provided with a pusher that pushes the identified bill from the transport passage into the bill storage, and the bill storage that stores the bill.

A conventional pusher for pushing a bill into a bill storage has a parallel moving link mechanism structure, and the bill is moved in a parallel direction toward the bill storage while the bill is in the transport path. Is moved from the transport passage into the banknote storage, and is stacked and stored in the banknote storage. The translation link mechanism is translated by a driving source, and the driving source is installed on the back surface of a pusher arranged at a position facing the banknote storage with the banknote transport passage therebetween.

[0004] Here, for example, in order to separate and store 1,000-yen bills and high-value bills of 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen, it is necessary to provide two bill storages. There is provided a passage switching gate for distributing the bills to the two passages, and two bill storages are arranged on both sides of the bill conveyance passage.

As a mechanism for moving the pusher in parallel, a cantilever type forklift type mechanism is known. This mechanism is disposed outside the banknote storage at the end of the banknote transfer passage opposite to the direction in which the banknotes enter, and has a guide shaft for cantilevering the pusher and a drive source outside the guide shaft. By moving the guide shaft in a direction perpendicular to the bill transport passage by the drive source, the pusher is translated in parallel,
It operates to push bills in the bill transport passage into the bill storage.

[0006]

In the conventional bill storage layer, the structure in which the pusher is operated via the parallel moving link mechanism has an advantage that the pusher operates in parallel. However, since the drive source is arranged on the back of the pusher, in a configuration in which the banknote storages are installed facing each other, the drive source dedicated to the pusher for storing in each banknote storage is a banknote after the banknote switching gate. Since it is necessary between the transport passages, there is a problem that the storage space for the banknotes becomes small, and if the number of stored papers is to be ensured, the configuration space of the apparatus becomes large.

Further, in a device having a pusher of a cantilever support structure, the drive source of the pusher can be arranged outside the projected shape of the pusher even if two bill storages are installed facing each other, so that the size in the thickness direction is reduced. Although the number of stored bills can be secured, the pusher structure is large to secure the fixed strength of the guide shaft and the strength against the deflection of the pusher body because the pusher is cantilevered. There was a problem that would.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill storage device that performs a stable operation in a small space and does not impair the number of stored bills in a bill storage. And

[0009]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above problem, in a bill storage device for storing bills identified and determined by a bill identifying section, the bills are provided at an outlet of the bill identifying section and are identified and determined. A gate for sorting denominated banknotes into two dedicated transport paths arranged in parallel for each denomination, a plurality of banknote storages installed facing each other across the dedicated transport path, and waiting between the dedicated transport paths Between the first position to be moved and the second position across the dedicated transport path and into the banknote storage unit by a predetermined amount, in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the bill being transported through the dedicated transport path. A pusher installed corresponding to the banknote storage,
A bill storage device, comprising: a drive mechanism that is disposed outside the dedicated conveyance path and drives the pusher from both sides so as to be the first position and the second position, respectively. Provided.

According to such a bill storage device, in a configuration in which the bill storage shelves are installed to face each other with the two dedicated transfer passages therebetween, the drive mechanism disposed outside the dedicated transfer passage allows the bill storage device to be connected to the dedicated transfer passage. By driving the pusher disposed on both sides from the both sides, the pusher acts to push the bills stopped in the dedicated transport path into the bill storage. As a result, the drive mechanism does not overlap with the pusher and can be controlled by a single drive source, so that a space-saving bill storage device with a reduced thickness is achieved.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overview of a bill validator.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing an overview of the bill validator. In these figures, the bill discriminating apparatus is provided with a bill insertion guide mask 2 on the front of a bill discriminating apparatus main body 1. The banknote insertion guide mask 2 is provided with a flapper 3 pivotally supported at a position above the banknote insertion slot so as to protect the banknote insertion slot. In addition, a main body fulcrum shaft 4 is provided at a lower portion of the banknote recognition device main body 1, and a main latch 5 is provided at an upper portion. The main body fulcrum shaft 4 is used when the banknote recognition device main body 1 is mounted from the inside of a front panel of a vending machine, a ticket vending machine, a checkout machine, or the like. Used to secure to the panel. Further, a communication cable 6 connected to a higher-level control device of the bill validator is protruded from the lower end side of the bill validator body 1.

As shown by a broken line in FIG. 2, a bill passage 7 for transporting bills from the bill insertion slot of the bill insertion guide mask 2 is provided inside the bill discriminating apparatus main body 1. The bill passage 7 is once conveyed downward in the bill discriminating apparatus main body 1, the direction is reversed at the lower part, and the bill is conveyed upward. A bill discriminating section for discriminating bills is provided in the portion of the bill passage 7 in the bill discriminating apparatus main body 1, and a length necessary for discriminating bills is secured here.

A first banknote storage 8 and a second banknote storage 9 are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the upper part in the main body 1 of the banknote recognition apparatus. The first banknote storage 8 is for storing, for example, high-value banknotes of 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen, and the second banknote storage 9 is for storing 1,000-yen banknotes.

A passage switching gate 10 is provided on the bill passage on the downstream side of the bill discriminating section, for switching the passage of the bill to the first bill storage 8 or the second bill storage 9. On the downstream side of the passage switching gate 10, the side of the first banknote storage 8 is connected to the banknote passage 11, and the side of the second banknote storage 9 is connected to the banknote passage 12 and the banknote payout passage 13.

Here, when a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot of the bill insertion guide mask 2, the bill type, authenticity, and the like of the bill are judged by the bill recognition unit in the bill recognition device main body 1. If the inserted bill cannot be discriminated due to counterfeit bills or dirt, the transport direction of the bill is reversed and returned to the bill insertion slot of the bill insertion guide mask 2.

When the denomination is determined by the bill identifying section,
According to the result of the determination, the passage switching gate 10 performs the switching operation. For example, if the bill is 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen, the passage switching gate 10 switches the transport passage of the bill to the first bill storage 8 side, and guides the identified bill to the bill passage 11. The bills guided to the bill passage 11
When the transaction at the vending machine is completed, the pusher is pushed into the first banknote storage 8 from the banknote passage 11 by the pusher (not shown), and is loaded and stored in the first banknote storage 8. When the transaction is canceled, the banknotes in the banknote passage 11 are transported along the reverse path,
It is returned to the bill insertion slot of the bill insertion guide mask 2.

If the discriminated bill is 1,000 yen, the passage switching gate 10 switches the transport passage of the bill to the side of the second bill storage 9 and guides the identified bill to the bill passage 12. The guided banknotes are pushed into the second banknote storage 9 from the banknote passage 12 by a pusher (not shown), and are stacked and stored in the second banknote storage 9. At this time, the banknote stored in the second banknote storage 9 is at the position of the banknote payout passage 13. Here, when the transaction is canceled or when the bill needs to be changed, the bill at the position of the bill passage 13 is conveyed along the reverse path and returned from the bill insertion slot of the bill insertion guide mask 2. Or, change is paid out.

Next, the structure of the bill storage device will be described in detail. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a standby state of the banknote storage device, FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a state of the banknote storage device during storage operation, and FIG. 5 is a state in which the pusher of the banknote storage device is at the top dead center. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a reached state. These figures show views as viewed from the second banknote storage 9 side.

As shown in FIG. 4, in this bill storage device, guide plates 14 constituting the bill passage 12 are provided on both sides thereof in the bill transport direction. This guide plate 1
Reference numerals 4 each have a groove for locking the peripheral portion of the bill 15 on opposite sides, and although not shown, a bill driving roller and a bill driving roller provided so that the outer peripheral surface is located in the groove. Is provided with a driven roller that is biased by a spring. The bill driving roller and the driven roller hold the edge of the bill 15 so that the bill 15 is conveyed. In FIG. 4, a roller shaft hole 16 that supports the bill driving roller on the side of the second bill storage 9 can be seen.

Outside the guide plate 14, that is, the second
As shown in FIG. 3, a bill holding plate 17 is arranged in the bill storage 9, and is urged toward the guide plate 14 by a spring (not shown). Thereby, the bills stacked and stored in the second bill storage 9 are stored in close contact with each other, and the last stored bill is positioned in the bill payout passage 13.

A pusher 18 is arranged inside the guide plate 14 as shown in FIG. This pusher 1
8 is supported at one end of a pusher link lever 20 by its pusher drive supporting fulcrum shaft 19, and the other end of the pusher link lever 20 is supported by a pusher fixing fulcrum shaft 21 at a fulcrum shaft hole 23 of a frame 22 (see FIG. 4). It is pivoted on.
A pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 is loosely penetrated at the intersection of the pusher link levers 20. As a result, a central cross-type link mechanism capable of parallel movement of the pusher 18 in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the transported bill 15 is configured. Of course, this mechanism is shown on only one side in FIG. 5, but is provided on both sides. This configuration also
The same center cross-type link mechanism is configured for the pusher 18a on the side of the first banknote storage 8 by using the pusher fixing fulcrum shaft 21 in common.

At both ends of the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24, a pusher drive assist block 26 is slidably mounted in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the bill 15 by a pusher drive assist block guide 25, and the pusher drive assist block 26 has a second pusher drive assist block 26. When the banknote is slid toward the banknote storage 9, it is moved from the standby position to the second banknote storage 9 together, and is moved to the first banknote storage 8.
Is engaged so as to remain stopped at the standby position when sliding to the side.

A pin 27 is integrally formed on the outer surface of the pusher drive assist block 26, and the pin 27 is fitted in a hole provided on the free end side of the pusher drive lever 28. The pusher drive lever 28 is configured to be swingable about a pusher drive lever fulcrum shaft 29. The pusher drive lever fulcrum shaft 29 is fixed to the pusher drive lever 28. Although not shown, the pusher drive lever fulcrum shaft 29 is also fixed to a pusher drive lever provided on the opposite side. The pusher drive lever 28 is provided with an oval hole 30, and the output of the drive gear box is connected to the hole 30. With this mechanism, the rotary cam motion of the drive gear box is converted into the linear cam motion of the pusher drive assist block 26, and the power is transmitted to the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24. Further, the operation of the pusher 18 is controlled by controlling the rotation of the rotating cam. That is, one rotation of the output rotation of the driving gear box connected from the outside to the oscillating pusher driving lever 28 is divided into halves, and the bill is stored in the designated bill storage by controlling the reciprocating operation of the half rotation. do.

In the above configuration, in the standby state shown in FIG. 3, the pusher drive lever 28 is at the neutral position, and the pusher 18 is also at the standby position. At this time, the bill holding plate 17 is in a state of being urged toward the guide plate 14. Here, as shown by arrow 31 in FIG.
Is transported along the guide plate 14, the pusher drive lever 28 is driven to rotate clockwise as indicated by the arrow 32. As a result, the pusher driving auxiliary block 26 moves upward in the drawing, and accordingly, the pusher 1
8 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow 33. Pusher drive assist block 2 is pushed by pusher drive lever 28
When 6 is driven to the top dead center, the pusher 18 moves through the guide plate 14 into the second banknote storage 9 as shown in FIG. Thereby, both end edges of the bill 15 are displaced from the guide plate 14 and moved into the second bill storage 9.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the state of the banknote storage device during storage operation as viewed from the first banknote storage side. The pusher drive lever 28a is fixed to the pusher drive lever fulcrum shaft 29, and swings in synchronization with the movement of the pusher drive lever 28 provided on the opposite side. The pusher 18a driven by the pusher drive lever 28a is configured to move in parallel by the same mechanism as the central cross-type link mechanism in the second banknote storage 9.

Therefore, when the bill 15a is conveyed in the direction of arrow 34 guided by the guide plate 14a, the drive gear box rotates the pusher drive lever 28 in FIG. 4 in the counterclockwise direction. This rotational drive is transmitted via the pusher drive lever fulcrum shaft 29 and drives the pusher drive lever 28 to rotate clockwise as indicated by the arrow 35. Thereby, the pusher driving auxiliary block 2
6 is driven toward the top dead center as shown by the arrow 36, and pushes out the banknote 15a that was on the guide plate 14a toward the first banknote storage 8 side.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are views for explaining the operation of the center cross link mechanism, wherein FIG. 7A shows a standby state, FIG. 7B shows a state of being stored in the second banknote storage, and FIG. The storage state in the 1st banknote storage is shown.

When the pusher drive lever 28 is in the standby state in which the pusher drive lever 28 is in the neutral state, the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 is in the non-drive position and the pusher link lever 20 is in the folded state as shown in FIG. is there. At this time, the pushers 18a and 18 are connected to the bill passage 11 on the first bill storage 8 side.
It is evacuated to the space between the banknote passage 12 on the second banknote storage 9 side.

When the pusher drive lever 28 rotates toward the second banknote storage 9, the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 is pushed through the pusher drive auxiliary block 26 as shown in FIG.
Is moved in the direction of the second banknote storage 9 (arrow 33).
As a result, the pusher link lever 20 swings about the pusher fixing fulcrum shaft 21, and the pusher 18 moves the bill passage 1.
2 and moves parallel to the second banknote storage 9. At this time, the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24a on the opposite side is not affected by the pusher drive assist block 26, so that the pusher 18a remains in its standby state.

Similarly, the pusher drive lever 28a is
When rotated toward the banknote storage 8, the pusher driving fulcrum shaft 24 a is moved in the direction of the first banknote storage 8 (arrow 3) via the pusher driving auxiliary block 26 as shown in FIG.
Moved to 6). As a result, the pusher link lever 20 swings about the pusher fixing fulcrum shaft 21, and the pusher 18 a passes through the bill passage 11 and the first bill storage 8
Translate inward. At this time, since the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 on the opposite side is not affected by the pusher drive assist block 26, the pusher 18 maintains its standby state.

Next, the pushers 18, 18a as described above
By the operation of the bill, the bills are stored in the first and second bill storages 8,
9 are stored, respectively, and the storing operation of the bill will be described. In addition, since the storing operation | movement of each banknote is the same, the operation | movement by the side of the 2nd banknote storage 9 is demonstrated here.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state before the start of the pusher storing operation, FIG. 9 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state during the storing operation of the pusher, and FIG. 10 is a top dead center state of the pusher storing operation. FIG. 11 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state of the bottom dead center of the pusher in the storing operation.

First, before the bill 15 is conveyed along the guide plate 14 and before the pusher 18 starts the storing operation, the pusher drive assist block 26 is in the neutral position as shown in FIG. . Therefore, since the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 is not driven, the pusher 18 is at a position retracted inside the guide plate 14 constituting the bill passage 12.

Next, when the storing operation is started and the pusher drive auxiliary block 26 is driven in the direction of the arrow 37 as shown in FIG. 9, the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 is moved by the pusher drive auxiliary block 26 by the arrow. It is moved in the direction of 37. Thereby, the pusher 18 enters the second banknote storage 9 by a predetermined amount across the guide plate 14 constituting the banknote passage 12, and accordingly, the banknote 15 is pushed out toward the second banknote storage 9. . The pusher drive assist block 26 has two recesses 38 and 39 which are elongated in the moving direction on the end faces on the opposite sides thereof.
The distal ends of the pusher driving fulcrum shafts 24 are loosely fitted to the reference numerals 8, 39. Accordingly, while the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 is moving while being locked by the concave portion 38 of the pusher drive auxiliary block 26, the pusher drive fulcrum shaft 24 a on the opposite side runs idlely in the concave portion 39 of the pusher drive auxiliary block 26. Therefore, the standby position is maintained and stopped.

When the pusher drive assist block 26 is driven to its top dead center, the pusher 18 moves to the second banknote storage 9.
, So that both edges are guided by the guide plate 14.
The paper money 15 locked at the position
, And is completely moved into the second banknote storage 9 as shown in FIG.

When the pusher driving assist block 26 is returned to its bottom dead center, the pusher 18 is retracted inside the guide plate 14 as shown in FIG. By being locked to the plate 14, it is left in the second banknote storage 9. Thereby, the storing operation of the banknote 15 in the second banknote storage 9 is completed.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to this particular embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there. For example, in a preferred embodiment, 2
Although the case where two bill storages are provided is shown, since the pushers 18 and 18a and the mechanism for driving them are not on the extension of the bill passages 11 and 12, a plurality of bill storages are additionally provided on the extension. Is also good.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a passage switching gate for sorting bills at the exit of the bill recognizing section and disposed downstream of the passage switching gate.
Two bill storages are arranged so as to sandwich two bill passages,
A central cross-type link mechanism for arranging two pushers operating between the two bill passages so as to enter a predetermined amount into the bill storage box across the respective bill passages, and to translate these pushers in parallel. And a drive source for driving the central cross-link mechanism from outside the bill passage. Accordingly, since there is no drive source for the pusher between the two bill storages, the space in the pusher operation direction does not increase, and the outer dimensions can be reduced. Further, since the pusher driving fulcrum shaft for driving the pusher is driven at both ends of the four axes, the pusher can be operated stably. Furthermore, if the external dimensions are the same, a large number of stored banknotes can be secured because the number of stored banknotes in the banknote storage is not sacrificed.

On the downstream side of the passage switching gate,
Since the pusher and the mechanism for driving the pusher do not exist on the extension of the two bill passages, it is possible to add some bill storages on the extension of the bill storage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overview of a bill validator.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an overview of the bill validator.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a standby state of the bill storage device.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a state during a storing operation of the bill storing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a state in which a pusher of the bill storage device has reached a top dead center.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a state during a storing operation of the banknote storage device as viewed from a first banknote storage box side.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are views for explaining the operation of the center cross-type link mechanism, wherein FIG. 7A shows a standby state, FIG. 7B shows a storage state in a second banknote storage, and FIG. The storage state in a banknote storage is shown.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state before the storing operation of the pusher starts.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual sectional view showing a state in which the pusher is being housed.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state where the pusher is stored at the top dead center.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing a state where the pusher is stored at the bottom dead center.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote identification apparatus main body 2 Banknote insertion guide mask 3 Flapper 4 Main body fulcrum shaft 5 Main latch 6 Communication cable 7 Banknote passage 8 First banknote storage 9 Second banknote storage 10 Passage switching gates 11, 12 Banknote passage 12 Banknote passage 13 Banknote passage 13 Banknote payout passage 14, 14a Guide plate 15, 15a Banknote 16 Roller shaft hole 17 Banknote holding plate 18, 18a Pusher 19 Pusher drive auxiliary fulcrum shaft 20 Pusher link lever 21 Pusher fixing fulcrum shaft 22 Frame 23 Support shaft hole 24, 24a Pusher drive fulcrum shaft 25 Pusher drive auxiliary block guide 26 Pusher drive auxiliary block 27 Pin 28, 28a Pusher drive lever 29 Pusher drive lever fulcrum shaft 30 Hole 38, 39 Recess

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bill storage device for storing bills identified and determined by a bill identifying section, wherein the bills identified at an outlet of the bill identifying section are transferred to two dedicated transport passages arranged in parallel and arranged in parallel. A gate for sorting the seeds, a plurality of banknote storages installed facing each other across the dedicated transfer path, and a first position waiting between the dedicated transfer paths and the bills across the dedicated transfer path A pusher installed in correspondence with the banknote storage so as to move in parallel with each other in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the banknotes conveyed through the dedicated conveyance path between the banknote and the second position that has entered the storage by a predetermined amount; And a drive mechanism disposed outside the dedicated transport passage to drive the pushers from both sides so as to be at the first position and the second position, respectively. 2. The drive mechanism comprises: a central cross-type link mechanism for moving the pusher in parallel; and a central fulcrum inserted at a cross position of the central cross-type link mechanism and having a length longer than a passage width of the dedicated conveyance path. An axis, and a control piece provided on both ends of the central fulcrum axis to linearly move the central fulcrum axis in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the banknote; 2. The bill storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a pusher drive lever for converting the motion into motion, and a drive source for swinging and driving the pusher drive lever about the rotation fulcrum. 3. The control piece is arranged on a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the bill, and two elongated openings into which both ends of the central fulcrum shaft are loosely fitted are formed on opposite end faces. The bill storage device according to claim 2, wherein the bill storage device is provided.