JP2002269617A - Paper money handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper money handling device capable of stably storing the paper money in the superposed state and stably feeding out the paper money, if necessary, after stored without causing a large size of instrument, i.e., an inconvenience generated when a capacity of a paper money storage space is increased conventionally. SOLUTION: The paper money handling device is provided with a paper money storage part 70 for storing the paper money in the laterally superposed state; a feeding-in mechanism 71 for feeding the paper money into the paper money storage part by every one sheet; and a feeding out mechanism 72 for feeding out the paper money stored in the paper money storage part by every one sheet. The paper money storage part is provided with a fixed plate 81; a movable pinching taking-in means 82 disposed in opposed to a superposed surface of the fixed plate and supported advanceably/retreatably to a lateral direction perpendicular to the superposed surface; and a moving means 84 for moving the movable pinching taking-in means to a direction leaving from the fixed plate. The paper money handling device is constituted such that the paper money discharged from the feeding-in mechanism is always fed between the tip end surface of the superposed paper money bundle and the movable pinching taking-in means in no relation to a position of the movable pinching taking-in means after moved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a bill handling apparatus used for an apparatus having a function of automatically receiving and paying bills, such as a vending machine, a depositing / dispensing apparatus, and a money changing apparatus. For example, the present invention relates to an improvement in the configuration of a safe provided in various devices for handling bills and configured to accept bills and to pay out accepted bills.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a public gambling facility such as a racetrack, a bicycle racetrack, an auto race track, etc., a payout in which a record of a hit ticket such as a betting ticket is read and a refund is automatically paid to a customer. Equipment is installed. This type of dispensing device has a function of dispensing bills and coins, and the bill dispensing device for dispensing bills has, for example, a configuration as shown in FIG. That is, the front of the housing 1 is provided with an insertion slot 3 for inserting a hit ticket T such as a winning betting ticket,
A reading unit 4 for reading various information recorded on the hit ticket is disposed inside the insertion slot 3. Further, a payout unit 5 for paying out a refund to a customer is arranged in another part of the front of the housing. The payout unit 5 includes a payout port 6, a payout belt pair 7, and the like. Inside the housing, for example, a safe 11 dedicated to a 10,000-yen bill and a safe 12 dedicated to a 1,000-yen bill are arranged in an up-down positional relationship. A payout transport mechanism 15 for transporting the designated banknotes to the payout unit 5 by a designated number of sheets is arranged. The pay-out transport mechanism 15 includes a delivery roller 16 provided in each safe, a transport path 17 and the like. Further, a replenishing unit 20 for replenishing each banknote B in each of the safes 11 and 12 at the start of work or the like is disposed on the rear surface of the housing 1 and the like. The paper feed roller 23 feeds out banknotes one by one from a banknote bundle of different denominations set in the replenishment portion to the transport path 25. An identification sorting section 26 for identifying the denomination of the supply banknote and sorting the banknotes into any one of safes is arranged in the middle of the transport path. Further, a banknote collection unit 30 for collecting banknotes in each of the safes 11 and 12 at the end of a business day or the like is provided at an appropriate place such as the back of the housing 1, and each safe and the banknote collection unit 30 are provided. And a collection / conveyance mechanism 31 for conveying the collection banknotes to the banknote collection unit 30 by connecting the collection banknotes.

At the start of business, when replenishing bills to be dispensed into each of the empty safes, 500 bill bundles B of different denominations are set in the replenishing section 20 and a replenishment start button (not shown) is set. Is operated, the paper feed roller 23 rotates to feed the bill from the lowermost portion to the transport path 27. The bills sent to the transport path 27 are subjected to the judgment of the denomination in the discriminating / sorting unit 26, and are sorted to the safe 11 if the bill is 10,000 yen, and are sorted to the safe 12 if the bill is 1,000 yen. During the operation of the bill dispensing device, when the customer inserts the hit ticket T into the insertion slot 3, the reading unit 4 reads out the record information such as the race number and the horse number recorded on the hit ticket T, and stores the information. Then, the amount of money to be repaid for the hit ticket is calculated by comparing the result of the race stored with the information on the payout amount and the like. The control unit (not shown) drives the delivery roller 16 and the transport path 17 constituting the payout transport mechanism 15 so that the payout amount can be paid out from the payout unit 5.
A required number of banknotes of each denomination are taken out of the banknotes 1 and 12, sent to the payout unit 5, and paid out from the payout port 6 to the customer. When a day's work is completed, the banknotes remaining in each safe must be collected outside the device to prevent fraud and theft by clarifying cash management. By operating the switch, the dispensing / transporting mechanism 15 is operated, and the collected bills are transported to the bill collecting section 30 via the collecting / transporting mechanism 31 to be deposited. The administrator takes out the banknote bundle collected in the banknote collection unit and stores it in a safe or the like. In addition to the banknote handling apparatus having the above configuration, the banknotes input by the customer are stored in the safe, while the banknotes are dispensed from the safe in order to be used for change and other payouts. A recirculation type banknote handling apparatus is known.

Next, FIG. 5 is a view showing the configuration of the safe, in which two endless belts 41 and 42 are stretched over a safe case 40 by pulley groups 43 and 44, respectively. Driven in the direction of the arrow. A part of the two endless belts 41 and 42 is a contact traveling area 45 in which the surfaces are arranged close to each other, and the bills introduced from the introduction portion 45a of the contact traveling area 45 are located immediately below the discharge end 45b. Is discharged to the bill storage unit 50. The banknote accommodating portion 50 includes a fixed plate 51, and a pantograph-type expansion / contraction device 5 disposed opposite to one surface of the fixed plate 51.
2, a motor for operating the expansion / contraction pinch mechanism 52, an operation means such as a solenoid, and a paper feed roller 53 provided on the fixed plate side and feeding the contacting bill downward.
The expansion / contraction pressure mechanism 52 includes a fixed portion 55, a pantograph portion 56 having one end supported by the fixed portion 55, and a pressing plate 57 fixed to the other end of the pantograph portion 56. The bills discharged one by one from the discharge end 45b of the contact traveling area 45 are inserted into the bill accommodating space between the pressing plate 57 and the fixed plate 51, and are stacked in the lateral direction. When a bill bundle is already stored in the bill storage space, a new bill is inserted between the plate surface of the pressure plate 57 and the front end surface (right end surface) of the bill bundle. Dispensing means 60 for taking out one by one from the banknotes P accumulated in the banknote accommodating section 50 is disposed below the banknote accommodating section 50.

[0005] However, such a conventional banknote accommodating section 50 uses the pantograph-type expansion / contraction means 52, so that the number of banknotes that can be accommodated in the banknote accommodating space is limited. That is, if the bill storage space is expanded by expanding the expansion / contraction range of the pantograph section 56, the individual links 56a constituting the pantograph section 56
It is necessary to increase the length of the link or increase the number of links. However, the pantograph section takes up space even during contraction, causing an increase in size, and it is difficult to control for moving back and forth by a certain distance, and the configuration becomes complicated,
The fact is that you do not want to use it. Therefore, the number of banknotes that can be stored by the Pan-Raguf banknote storage unit 50 was at most about 200.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and has been provided with a vending machine, a deposit / withdrawal device, a currency exchange device, and the like. In the device, the banknotes can be stably stored in a stacked state without inviting an increase in the size of the device and complicating the configuration and control, which are problems that have conventionally occurred when trying to increase the capacity of the banknote storage space. after accommodated and to provide a bill handling apparatus that can issue feed stably if necessary.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a bill storage unit for storing bills stacked in a lateral direction, and one bill each in the bill storage unit. In a bill handling device including a sending mechanism for sending in, and a sending mechanism for sending out the bills accommodated in the bill accommodating section one by one, the bill accommodating section is fed one by one by the sending mechanism. A fixed plate for holding the received banknotes, movable clamping pressure take-up means disposed opposite to the laminated surface of the fixed plate and supported so as to be able to advance and retreat in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the laminated surface; Elastic urging means for elastically urging the intake means toward the fixed plate, and moving means for moving the movable clamping pressure intake means in a direction away from the fixed plate against the urging force of the elastic urging means. And the fixed plate and the movable clamping pressure intake means. A lamination space formed between the lamination space for accommodating the lamination banknote bundle, and a paper feed roller provided on the fixed plate side for sending out the banknote at the last end face of the lamination banknote bundle out of the lamination space; The taking-in means has a function of taking in the bills sent by the sending-in mechanism at a predetermined position in the stacking space and stacking the bills, and the sending-in mechanism is a contact running for sending bills into the stacking space. A first belt and a second belt forming an area, and a discharge-side end of the contact traveling area of the first and second belts is moved sideways according to an increase or decrease in the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking space. in synchronization with the movable clamping pressure outlet write means for advancing and retracting movement in the direction to move forward and backward in the same direction, bill to be discharged from the discharge end of the contact running area, after the movement of the movable clamping pressure outlet write means regardless of the position Characterized by being configured to be fed between the cutting edge surface and the movable clamping pressure outlet write means stacked bill bundle. Claim 2 is the first method.
Is stretched by a fixed position pulley, the second belt is stretched by a fixed position pulley and a movable pulley, and one movable pulley that stretches the second belt is the contact traveling area. And the other movable pulley functions as a tension pulley for eliminating the loosening of the second belt due to the movement of the one movable pulley.

[0008] Claim 3 is provided with a driving mechanism for driving the infeed mechanism, the drive mechanism includes a drive belt for transmitting a driving force to the pulleys of each supporting the first and second belts, the A fixed pulley and a movable drive pulley on which a drive belt is stretched, and the movable drive pulley follows the lateral movement of the movable pulley on which the second belt is stretched, and advances and retreats in the horizontal direction. The transmission of the driving force to the second belt can be continued. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a movable idler pulley is used instead of the movable drive pulley, and another fixed pulley supporting the drive belt is used as a drive pulley. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the moving unit includes a movable part supported by a movable bracket supporting the movable clamping pressure intake unit and moving forward and backward in a lateral direction, and a fixed part guiding the movable bracket in a lateral direction. Where the movable part is
A motor serving as a drive source for moving the movable bracket in the lateral direction, an electromagnetic clutch for turning on and off an output from the motor, a pinion gear for rotating by receiving a driving force from the motor when the electromagnetic clutch is turned on, And the other movable pulley that supports the second belt, wherein the fixed portion includes a guide shaft that guides the movable bracket in a lateral direction, and a rack gear that meshes with the pinion gear. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the movable clamping pressure intake means has a configuration in which an intake belt is stretched endlessly by a plurality of pulleys fixed on the movable bracket, and one of the plurality of pulleys is the It is characterized by being coaxially integrated with a movable drive pulley that supports a drive belt.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 (a) and (b)
Is a front view (exploded view) showing components of the banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram in which the above components are combined (some parts are not shown). FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the configuration of the movable bracket and the mounted components. This bill handling device corresponds to the safes 11 and 12 of the bill dispensing device shown in FIG. Therefore, FIG.
Is also referred to. This bill payout device is a device that reads out record information of a hit ticket such as a betting ticket inserted and automatically pays out a refund to a customer in a public gambling facility such as a racetrack, a bicycle racetrack, an auto race track, and the like. It is used and has a configuration as shown in FIG. A safe 11 (12) as an example of a bill handling device is provided in a housing,
Banknote storage unit 7 that stores banknotes P in a state of being stacked in the horizontal direction
0, a sending mechanism 71 for sending the bills one by one into the bill storage unit 70, a sending mechanism 72 for sending the bills stored in the bill storage unit 70 one by one, and sending the bills 70 A drive mechanism 73 serving as a drive source of the mechanism 71.
The bill storage unit 70 faces a fixed plate 81 fixed in a substantially vertical position to hold bills fed one by one by the feeding mechanism 71, and a stacking surface (right side surface) of the fixed plate 81. A movable clamping pressure intake means 82 which is disposed and supported so as to be able to advance and retreat in a lateral direction orthogonal to the lamination surface.
An elastic urging means 83 for elastically urging the movable clamping pressure intake means 82 toward the fixed plate 81; and an elastic urging means 8
Moving means 84 for moving the movable clamping pressure intake means 82 in a direction away from the fixed plate 81 against the urging force of
(84a, 84b), a stacking space 85 formed between the fixed plate 81 and the movable clamping pressure take-in means 82 to accommodate the stacked banknote bundle, and a stacking space 85 provided on the fixed plate 81 side for the stacked banknote bundle. There is provided a paper feed roller 86 for supplying bills to a delivery mechanism 72 described later in order to deliver the bills on the last end face (left side face) one by one to the outside (downward) of the stacking space 85.

The feeding mechanism 71 includes a first belt 101 and a second belt 102 which form a contact running area 103 for feeding bills into the stacking space 85. Part of the surface and the second belt 1
The discharge-side end portion 103B of the contact traveling region 103 in which a part of the upper traveling surface 02 contacts and travels synchronously in the same direction moves in the lateral direction in accordance with the increase or decrease in the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking space 85. It is configured to move forward and backward in the same direction in synchronization with the movable squeezing pressure taking-in means 82. Delivery mechanism 7
Reference numeral 2 denotes a movable pinch-in take-in means 82 for picking up the bills located on the most front end face (right face) of the bill bundles stacked in the stacking space 85.
When the sheet is taken out one by one by the rotation of the take-up belt 115, the bill is nipped and sent out in the direction of the arrow. Drive mechanism 73
Is connected to an output shaft of a drive motor (not shown), is driven to rotate, and is supported so as to be able to linearly advance and retreat in a horizontal direction (horizontal direction). It comprises a movable idler pulley 151a that moves forward and backward. In the embodiment of the present invention, the bills discharged downward from the discharge side end 103B of the contact traveling area 103 are always at the leading edge of the stacked bill bundle regardless of the displacement of the position due to the movement of the movable clamping pressure intake means 82. As it is sent between the surface and the movable clamping pressure intake means,
It is characterized in that the position of the discharge side end portion 103B is configured to move forward and backward in the horizontal direction in synchronization with the movement of the movable clamping pressure intake means 82.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. The first belt 101 constituting the feeding mechanism 71 includes a plurality of pulleys 1 whose positions are fixed.
It is stretched endlessly by 05a, 105b, and 105c, and is rotationally driven in a transport direction shown by an arrow by a driving force from a movable driving pulley 150 driven by a driving motor (not shown). The second belt 102 is composed of an upper movable pulley 106a linearly supported in a rectilinear direction along a guide (not shown) and a rotatable idler pulley 106b, 106c, 106d, 1 having a fixed position.
06e, 106f, and a lower movable pulley (tension pulley) 106g, which is supported linearly in a horizontal direction along a guide (not shown) so as to be capable of moving forward and backward, and is stretched endlessly. The second belt 102 is driven by the drive belt 152 driven by the movable drive pulley 150 driving the movable pulley 106a. Since the movable drive pulley 150 and the drive belt 152 move forward and backward in synchronization with the movable pulley 106a from the initial position shown by the solid line to the movement position shown by the chain line, the drive force must be continuously transmitted. Can be. The movable pulley 106g the lower, upper movable pulley 106a
Is at the initial position shown by the solid line, while the upper movable pulley 106a moves rightward and reaches the chain line position, the lower pulley 1
06g also moves to the position shown by the dashed line and the second belt 102
Continue to apply tension. Therefore, the second belt 1
02 can always be rotationally driven stably. Reference numeral 107 denotes a contact portion 108 having an upper surface in contact with the lower surface on the introduction side of the first belt 101, and
This is an introduction belt for sending the banknote P to the introduction side end 103A of the third sheet No. 03.

The driving mechanism 73 includes a movable driving pulley 150 supported by a movable bracket 111, which will be described later, and moving in the lateral direction, a movable idler pulley 151a that advances and retreats in the same direction in synchronization with the movable driving pulley 150, and a fixed position. It includes an idler pulley 151b (coaxial with the pulley 105c), a fixed idler pulley 151c that is fixed in position despite the positional displacement due to the movement of the movable drive pulley 150, and a drive belt 152 stretched endlessly by these. . The movable drive pulley 150 is configured to be driven by a drive motor provided on the movable bracket 111, for example. Further, a part of the drive belt 152 is wound around the outer periphery of the movable pulley 106a to transmit a driving force thereto. The first belt 101 is a pulley 1
Drive belt 15 via pulley 151b integral with
2 is transmitted. Movable drive pulley 150
Is one of the pulleys constituting the movable clamping pressure intake means 82.
By being coaxially integrated with 2, when the movable clamping pressure intake means 82 is moved in the lateral direction by the moving means 84, it moves synchronously therewith. Therefore, the driving mechanism 73
Pulley 151a and the second belt 102
Are movable in the horizontal direction in synchronization with the movable clamping pressure intake means 82. Note that, instead of the above configuration, the movable driving pulley 150
May be configured as a mere movable idler pulley, and another position fixing pulley 151b or 151c supporting the drive belt 152 may be connected to a drive motor (not shown) fixed to the safe body side and driven.

The movable clamping pressure intake means 82 is mounted on the movable bracket 111 together with a part 84 a of the moving means 84. Figure 1 movable bracket 11 shown in (b)
1 is assembled on the main body side shown in FIG. The movable clamping pressure intake means 82 includes a first pulley 112 connected and integrated coaxially with the movable drive pulley 150, a second pulley 113 located diagonally above, and a first pulley 11.
A third pulley 114 located immediately below the second pulley 2 and an intake belt 115 stretched endlessly to the third pulley 114 are provided. Since the first and third pulleys 112 and 114 are in a vertical positional relationship, the left side surface (pressing surface 115 a) of the intake belt 115 wound around both pulleys is fixed plate 81.
Is stretched so as to be parallel to the opposing surface of. Then, between the surface of the fixing plate 81 and the pressing surface 115a, bills (bundle)
Will be held. The second pulley 113 is
Is mounted coaxially with the movable pulley 106a on which the belt 102 is stretched. The first pulley 112 is always coaxially integrated with the driving pulley 150 to receive transmission of driving force. The second pulley 113 is connected to the second belt 1.
02 is made coaxial with the movable pulley 106a on which the second pulley 11 extends.
3 is wound on the discharge side end 1
The bill discharged from 03B is taken into the stacking space 85 in cooperation with the auxiliary roller 116. The axis of the auxiliary roller 116 is coaxial with the axis 160 provided on the safe main body side. A rotating impeller 161 is attached to the auxiliary roller 116 to remove the trailing end of the bill discharged from the discharge side end 103 downward as necessary to prevent interference with the leading end of the succeeding bill. .

Next, the moving means 84 includes the movable bracket 1
11 and a fixed portion 84b fixed to a housing of a safe or the like. Movable part 84a
The output gear 120a and the input gear 121 of the electromagnetic motor 120 are driven by an electromagnetic motor 120 and an intermediate gear (not shown).
an electromagnetic clutch 12 which meshes at a and receives the transmission of driving force
1, a movable pulley 106g rotatably supported by a part 111a of a movable bracket 111, and a hollow cylindrical guided bearing 122. Further, a pinion gear 123 that is connected to the input gear 121a of the electromagnetic clutch 121 and receives the driving force from the electromagnetic motor 120 to rotate when the electromagnetic clutch 121 is turned on is provided. A fixed portion 84b fixed to the housing or the like is inserted into the hollow cylindrical guided bearing 122 to guide the entire movable bracket 111.
And a rack gear 131 which is arranged in parallel above the guide shaft 130 and meshes with the pinion gear 123.
And a cone stone spring 132 as elastic urging means 83 for elastically urging the entire movable bracket 111 in the bill bundle pressing direction (the direction of the fixed plate on the left side in the drawing).
By inserting the guide shaft 130 into the guided bearing 122, the movable bracket 111 is supported so as to be able to linearly advance and retreat as a whole in the horizontal direction.
By transmitting the driving force from the motor 20 to the pinion gear 123 via the electromagnetic clutch 121 and rotating the pinion gear 123, the pinion gear 123 can move forward and backward while engaging with the rack gear 131. Cornstone spring 13
2 is always biased so as to go pull the extendable wire 134 to the body 133, the wire 1
It is configured to pull the movable bracket 111 to the initial position always drawings left by fixing the 34 part of the place of the movable bracket 111.

Further, in a suitable place of the bill accommodating portion 70, for example, in the vicinity of the fixing plate 81, the pressure applied to the bill bundle clamped between the fixing plate and the pressing surface 115a of the take-in belt 115 is detected. A pressure sensor (not shown) is arranged, and outputs the detected pressure to a control unit (not shown) as an electric signal. Based on the detection signal from the pressure sensor, the control unit determines the strength of the pressing force of the pressing surface 115 a of the take-in belt 115 against the banknote bundle in the stacking space 85 by the force from the cone stone spring 132, and determines the pressing force. The electromagnetic clutch 121 is turned on to transmit the driving force from the electromagnetic motor 120 to the pinion gear 123 before the subsequent bill is difficult to insert into the stacking space 85 because of excessively large bills.
1 is moved in the retreating direction on the right side of the drawing (the direction away from the fixed plate). This operation is carried out sequentially every time the number of stacked sheets increases and the pressing force from the pressing surface 115a reaches a predetermined value, so that the bills are always stably sent to the stacking space 85 without causing a paper jam. And can be laminated. On the other hand, when the storage of the banknotes in the stacking space is completed and the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 70 are sent out one by one in cooperation with the feed roller 86 and the sending mechanism 72, the electromagnetic clutch 121 is used. Is turned off, and the transmission of the driving force from the electromagnetic motor 120 is interrupted. Then, since the movable bracket 111 shifts to the free state, the urging force in the pressing direction by the cone stone spring 132 is constantly applied from the pressing surface 115a to the forefront surface (right side surface) of the banknote bundle. The pressing force is a paper feed pressure required when the paper feed roller 86 sends out bills. As described above, even if the movable clamping pressure capturing means 82 held by the movable bracket 111 changes the horizontal position according to the change in the total thickness of the banknote bundle stacked in the stacking space 85, The discharge side end 103B of the contact traveling area 103 follows this, and moves forward and backward by the same distance in synchronization with each other, so that the discharge side end 103B is located at an optimum position above the stacking space 85 (the take-in belt 115, the auxiliary roller 116, Nip portion). In a state where the bill bundle is held between the pressing surface 115a of the take-in belt and the fixed plate 81 by the pressing force of the cone stone spring 132, the paper feed roller 86 is controlled by a control signal from a control unit (not shown). Is rotated in the paper feeding direction, the banknote on the rearmost end face (left end face) facing the fixed plate 81 is fed toward the delivery mechanism 72 one sheet lower. A large-diameter delivery roller 140 and a small-diameter delivery roller 141 nip with the large-diameter delivery roller 140 are disposed below the fixed plate 81, and separate one banknote taken out by rotation of the paper supply roller 86. And send it out of the safe.

In the above configuration, the bills fed from the replenishing section 20 shown in FIG. 4 one by one into the safe 11 (12) are fed from the contact section 108 to the contact traveling area 103, and are discharged from the discharge end. From 103B, the sheet is discharged into the stacking space 85 between the fixing plate 81 and the pressing surface 115a of the intake belt 115. At this time, the intake belt 11
5 travels in the counterclockwise direction, so that the loading space 85
Even when banknotes are already stacked in the stack, new banknotes can be stably pushed onto the forefront surface of the banknote bundle. When the loading space 85 is empty, the movable clamping pressure intake means 82 (the pressing surface 1 of the intake belt) in the initial state is used.
15a) maintains a predetermined gap with the fixed plate 81, and when the operation of pushing the bills one by one into the empty loading space 85 sequentially progresses and becomes almost full, the pressure sensor is activated. Since the full state is detected, the control unit drives the electromagnetic motor 120 and controls the electromagnetic clutch 1
21 is turned on to rotate the pinion gear 123 by a predetermined amount in the retracting direction. Rack 1 As a result, meshing therewith
In cooperation with 31, all members mounted on the movable bracket 111 move in the same direction. As a result of sequentially performing such a storing operation, after all the banknotes supplied from the supply unit 20 have been stored, the state shifts to the operating state. In the operating state of the bill dispensing device, when the customer inserts the hit ticket T into the insertion slot 3, the reading unit 4 reads and stores the record information such as the race number and the horse number recorded on the hit ticket T. The amount of money to be refunded for the hit ticket is calculated by comparing the race result stored in the section with information on the payout amount and the like. Controller (not shown), in order to payout the refund from the dispensing portion 5, by driving the conveyance path 17 and delivery mechanism 72 and the paper feed roller 86, should the banknotes of each denomination from the safe 11 and 12 number And pays it out to the payout unit 5 and pays out to the customer through the payout port 6. If a day's work is over, cash management will be clarified to prevent fraud,
In order to prevent theft, it is necessary to collect all the banknotes remaining in each safe outside the apparatus. For this purpose, the collection operator operates a collection operation switch (not shown) to turn off the electromagnetic clutch 121. The paper feed roller 86, the delivery mechanism 72, and the delivery mechanism 15 are operated while the movable clamping pressure intake means 82 is biased in the pressing direction by the elastic biasing means 83, and the collected bills are passed through the collection and transport mechanism 31. Is conveyed to the banknote collection unit 30 and deposited. In this way, all banknotes in the safe can be discharged and collected.

In the present invention, the bill accommodating portion 70 is constituted by the fixed plate 81 and the movable clamping force intake means 82 which moves forward and backward in a direction approaching and moving away from the fixed plate 81. Rack and pinion mechanism 12
Since the moving means 3 and 131 are configured so as to be able to advance and retreat over a wide range, it is possible to secure a space for accommodating bills by the moving range of the movable clamping pressure intake means. That is, in the related art, a pantograph-type configuration has been configured to hold a bill in response to an increase or decrease in the number of bills accommodated in a bill accommodating space, and to apply a feeding pressure at the time of feeding. For this reason, the storage capacity of bills is limited to the expandable and contractible range of the pantograph, and if the expandable and contractible range is to be expanded, the device must be enlarged and complicated. In addition, it is difficult to control the pantograph by a predetermined distance in accordance with the increase in the number of stacked layers and to expand the pantograph in accordance with the decrease in the number of stacked layers at a precise pitch and at low cost, which may lead to an increase in cost. Was. On the other hand, in the present invention, in order to increase the amount of stored banknotes, it is only necessary to expand the dimension in the banknote stacking direction, and it is not necessary to expand the device size in the direction orthogonal to the banknote stacking direction. In addition, it is possible to avoid an increase in the size of the device. Further, in the present invention, in order to eliminate the necessity of employing the pantograph method, the movable squeezing pressure intake means 82 having the intake belt 115 is configured to be able to advance and retreat in the stacking direction. It is necessary to press-fit a new banknote into the space between the leading edge surface of the bundle and the take-up belt 115 (the stacking space 85 is displaced), and the feeding mechanism also moves in the stacking direction according to the increase or decrease of the stacking amount. It is necessary to go back and forth. In the present invention, such a problem is solved by a combination of an endless belt and a movable pulley that supports the endless belt, thereby preventing the apparatus from becoming large and complicated. In the above embodiment, the case where the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention is applied to a safe of a banknote payout apparatus is illustrated, but the present invention is applied to a vending machine, a deposit / withdrawal apparatus, a currency exchange apparatus, and the like.
The present invention can be applied to general equipment having a function of automatically accepting and paying out bills.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a bill handling apparatus having a function of automatically accepting and paying bills, such as a vending machine, a depositing / dispensing apparatus, a money changing apparatus, etc. It is possible to stably store banknotes in a stacked state without having to increase the size of the equipment and complicate the configuration and control, which were problems that occurred when trying to increase the capacity of the storage space, and it became necessary after storage. It is possible to provide a bill handling device that can stably send out the bills. First, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the bill discharged from the discharge side end of the contact traveling area is always in contact with the leading edge surface of the stacked bill bundle regardless of the position after the movement of the movable clamping take-in means. Since it is configured to be fed between the take-in means, even if the number of laminations in the storage unit increases or decreases, the position of the discharge side end is always kept at an appropriate position in accordance with the increase and decrease, and stable paper feeding is performed. be able to. The invention according to claim 2 is a configuration in which the position of the discharge side end of the contact traveling area is caused to advance and retreat in accordance with an increase or decrease in the number of stacked banknotes in the storage section, and a plurality of belts,
Since the present invention is realized by the fixed pulley and the movable pulley that support the belt, it is possible to provide a bill handling device capable of storing a large amount of bills without incurring a complicated configuration, an increase in size, and an increase in cost. According to a third aspect of the present invention, a driving mechanism for driving the feeding mechanism includes a driving belt for transmitting a driving force to each pulley supporting each of the belts, a fixed pulley and a movable driving pulley for extending the driving belt. , And the movable drive pulley moves forward and backward in the stacking direction of the banknotes, so that the transmission of the driving force to the second belt can be continuously performed. According to the invention of claim 4, since a movable idler pulley is used in place of the movable drive pulley and another fixed pulley supporting the drive belt is used as the drive pulley, a drive motor for driving the drive belt is provided on the apparatus main body side. And the merit of not providing a drive motor on the movable bracket (lightening, miniaturization, etc. of the movable part)
Can be obtained. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the moving means includes a rack-and-pinion mechanism whose driving is turned on and off by a motor and a clutch, a guide shaft, and the like. It is possible to move the means forward and backward accurately at a desired pitch. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the movable clamping pressure intake means has a configuration in which an intake belt is stretched endlessly by a plurality of pulleys fixed on the movable bracket, and one of the plurality of pulleys is driven. Since it is coaxially integrated with the movable drive pulley that supports the belt, the configuration can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

[1] (a) and (b) is a front view showing the components of a bill handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention (exploded view).

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram when the components shown in FIG. 1 are combined.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a configuration of a movable bracket and mounting components.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration explanatory view of a conventional bill dispensing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a conventional bill dispensing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 housing, 3 insertion slot, 4 reading section, 5 payout section, 6 payout port, 7 belt pairs, 11 and 12 safe (banknote handling device), 15 transport mechanism, 16 delivery roller, 17 transport path, 20 replenishment section, 21 opening,
22 door, 23 paper feed roller, 25 transport path, 26
Identification sorting section, 27 transport path, 30 bill collection section, 3
1 collection / conveyance mechanism, 70 bill storage unit, 71 sending mechanism, 72 sending mechanism, 73 driving mechanism, 81 fixed plate, 82 movable clamping pressure taking-in means, 83 elastic urging means,
84, 84a, 84b moving means, 85 stacking space, 86 paper feed roller, 101 first belt, 102
2nd belt, 103 contact running area, 103A introduction side end, 103B discharge side end, 105a-105c fixed position pulley, 106a movable pulley, 106b-10
6f idler pulley, 106g movable pulley (tension pulley), 112, 113, 114 pulley, 11
5 intake belt, 115a pressing surface, 120 electromagnetic motor, 120a output gear, 121 electromagnetic clutch,
121a input gear, 122 guided bearing, 123
Pinion gear, 130 Guide shaft, 131 Rack gear, 132 Elastic biasing means (cone stone spring), 150 movable drive pulley, 151 movable idler pulley, 151a movable idler pulley, 151b Fixed position idler pulley, 151c Fixed idler pulley, 152 Drive belt .

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A bill accommodating portion for accommodating bills stacked in a lateral direction, a feeding mechanism for feeding bills one by one into the bill accommodating portion, and a bill contained in the bill accommodating portion one by one. In the bill handling device provided with a sending mechanism to send out, the bill storage unit, a fixing plate for holding the bills sent one by one by the sending mechanism,
A movable clamping pressure intake means disposed opposite to the lamination surface of the fixed plate and supported so as to be able to advance and retreat in a lateral direction perpendicular to the lamination surface; and an elastic biasing means for urging the movable clamping pressure acquisition means toward the stationary plate. Resilient urging means, moving means for moving the movable clamping pressure capturing means in a direction away from the fixed plate against the urging force of the elastic urging means, and moving means for moving the fixed plate and movable clamping pressure capturing means. And a paper feed roller provided on the fixed plate side for sending out the banknote on the last end face of the stacked banknote bundle out of the stacking space. The pressure taking-in means has a function of taking in the banknotes fed by the feeding mechanism at a predetermined position in the stacking space and stacking the banknotes, and the feeding mechanism is for feeding the banknotes into the stacking space. Contact running area The first and second belts, and the discharge-side ends of the contact and travel regions of the first and second belts move in the lateral direction according to the increase or decrease in the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking space. Banknotes that move forward and backward in the same direction in synchronization with the movable clamping pressure intake unit that moves forward and backward, and are discharged from the discharge side end of the contact traveling area,
Bill handling apparatus characterized by being configured as fed between the cutting edge surface and the movable clamping pressure outlet write means always stacking banknote bundles regardless the position after the movement of the movable clamping pressure outlet write means. 2. The first belt is stretched by a pulley having a fixed position, the second belt is stretched by a pulley having a fixed position and a movable pulley, and one belt that stretches the second belt is provided. The movable pulley constitutes a discharge side end of the contact traveling area, and the other movable pulley functions as a tension pulley for eliminating slack of the second belt due to movement of the one movable pulley. The bill handling device according to claim 1, wherein 3. A driving mechanism for driving the feeding mechanism, the driving mechanism transmitting a driving force to each pulley supporting the first and second belts, and a driving belt. A fixed pulley and a movable drive pulley to be stretched,
The movable driving pulley is configured to advance and retreat in the lateral direction following the lateral movement of the movable pulley on which the second belt is stretched, so that transmission of the driving force to the second belt can be continued. The bill handling device according to claim 1, wherein the bill handling device is configured. 4. The drive pulley according to claim 1, wherein a movable idler pulley is used in place of the movable drive pulley, and another fixed pulley supporting the drive belt is used as a drive pulley. A bill handling device according to claim 1. 5. The moving means comprises: a movable part supported by a movable bracket supporting the movable clamping pressure take-in means and moving forward and backward in a lateral direction; and a fixed part guiding the movable bracket in a lateral direction. The movable part is a motor serving as a drive source for moving the movable bracket forward and backward, an electromagnetic clutch for turning on and off the output from the motor, and receiving a driving force from the motor when the electromagnetic clutch is turned on. A rotating pinion gear, and the other movable pulley supporting the second belt, wherein the fixed portion includes a guide shaft that guides the movable bracket in a lateral direction, and a rack gear that meshes with the pinion gear. Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that
The bill handling device according to any one of claims 3 and 4. 6. The movable clamping pressure intake means has a configuration in which an intake belt is stretched endlessly by a plurality of pulleys fixed on the movable bracket, and one of the plurality of pulleys is The bill handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, wherein the bill handling apparatus is coaxially integrated with a movable drive pulley that supports a drive belt.