JP2003182917A - Paper sheet accommodation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid deformation or breakage of a holding member for holding paper sheets in an accommodation chamber from an upper part. <P>SOLUTION: A link member 15 is moved to the side of a collection door 9 by a spring 11 when the collection door 9 of the accommodation chamber 3 is opened, a connection member 14 fixed to a turning shaft 13 together with the holding member 12 is turned by a projection part 15a provided on the moving link member 15. By opening the collection door 9, the holding member 12 is turned in an interlocking manner with the connection member 14, a free end side of the holding member 12 is lifted to an upper surface side of the accommodation chamber 3, and this condition is maintained while the collection door 9 is opened. As a result, any deformation or breakage of the holding member 12 caused by mistaken hitting by a worker's hand can be avoided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage apparatus, and more particularly to a paper sheet processing apparatus for storing and returning paper sheets such as banknotes, in which a conveyed paper sheet is stored in a storage box. The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage device for storing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bill processing apparatus such as a bill automatic deposit / payment machine used for automatic deposit and withdrawal of bills is equipped with a bill storage device for storing inserted bills in a storage box. There is.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device, and FIG. 9 is a plan view of the conventional banknote storage device. The banknote storage device 100 has a transport path 101 for transporting banknotes inserted from the slot of the banknote processing device, and at the end thereof,
A storage case 102 is arranged. At the entrance of the storage case 102, there are rotatably arranged a conveyance roller 103 that holds the conveyance bills and pushes the conveyance bills to the inner side of the storage case 102, and an impeller 104 that assists the conveyance rollers 103 to push out the conveyance bills. ing. The transport roller 103 and the impeller 104 are driven by a drive motor (not shown) to rotate.

Further, inside the storage case 102, there is provided a rotation shaft 105 rotatably supported on the side wall thereof, and the rotation shaft 105 stores the bills stored in the storage case 102. A pressing member 106 that is pressed from above is attached. The holding member 106 swings around the rotating shaft 105, and holds the stored banknotes from above by its own weight at the free end side.

Further, the storage 10 of the bill storage device 100
A collection door 107 is provided on the back side of the second door 2. Here, a bill storing operation in the bill storing device 100 will be described. FIG. 10 is a side sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state when storing transported banknotes, and FIG. 11 is a side sectional view of the conventional banknote storage device showing a state immediately after storing the transported banknote.

[0006] Conveyance bills 200 conveyed along the conveyance path 101
As shown in FIG. 10, the sheet is sandwiched by the rotating conveying rollers 103 and pushed out to the inner side of the storage case 102. The transported banknotes 200 are further transported by the transport rollers 103, and move to the back side of the storage case 102 while swinging the pressing member 106. Then, when the rear end of the transported bill 200 passes through the transport roller 103, the transported bill 200
11, as shown in FIG. 11, the stored bills 2 that have been knocked down by the impeller 104 and are already stored in the storage 102.
It is accumulated on 01. At this time, the stored banknotes 201, including the transported banknotes 200, accumulated in the storage case 102.
Is pressed from above by the pressing member 106 and is stored so as not to float.

Banknotes 201 stored in the storage 102
Are collected by workers on a regular basis or as needed. FIG. 12 is a side cross-sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state of collecting stored banknotes, and FIG. 13 is a plan view of the conventional banknote storage device showing a state of collecting stored banknotes.

When the worker collects the stored bills 201,
By opening the collection door 107, the inside of the storage case 102 is opened, and the stored banknotes 201 in the storage case 102 are taken out and collected.

[0009]

However, the conventional banknote storage device has the following problems when carrying out operations such as banknote recovery with the recovery door of the storage box opened.

FIG. 14 is a side sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state in which a recovery door is opened. The pressing member 106 is
In the storage 102, the rotating shaft 10 to which it is fixed
It is in a state of hanging from the side of 5 to the vicinity of the bottom surface. When the banknotes are stored in the storage case 102, the pressing member 106 presses these banknotes from the uppermost banknote among the stacked banknotes.

In such a bill storage device 100, when the operator opens the collecting door 107 and puts his / her hand from the collecting door 107 side to take out the bill, the pressing member holding the bill is deformed by mistake. There was a problem that it could be damaged or damaged.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the pressing member 1
In a state in which 06 hangs from the rotating shaft 105 side to the bottom surface side of the storage case 102, the operator can
When carrying out maintenance such as cleaning and inspection by putting a hand from the 07 side, there is a risk that the pressing member 106 may be erroneously deformed or damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and when carrying out work with the recovery door of the storage box opened, the paper sheets such as banknotes stored in the storage box are raised. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet storage device capable of avoiding deformation and damage of a pressing member that is being pressed by the sheet.

[0014]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, a paper sheet processing apparatus for accommodating and returning paper sheets is provided, and the paper sheets conveyed are stored in a storage box. In the paper sheet storage device, the storage case spring hooking portion, which is connected to a conveying path for conveying paper sheets and has a spring locked to the outer side of one side wall, and a plurality of projecting parts that project to the outer side of the one side wall. A storage box having a pin, a transport roller for sandwiching the paper sheet and transporting it inside the storage cabinet, and a recovery door arranged on the side of the storage cabinet facing the surface on the transport path side. And a rotation shaft whose both ends are rotatably supported by the one side wall and the other side wall opposite to the one side wall, and fixedly arranged on the rotation shaft, and the storage end is provided on the free end side. And a side wall of the rotating shaft for holding the paper sheets stored in the A connecting member which is fixedly disposed on the distal end portion of the side, and the link member spring hooking portion in which the spring is hooked,
It has an elongated hole through which the pin is inserted and a protrusion capable of contacting the connecting member, and when the recovery door is opened, the spring moves to the side of the recovery door to move the projection. There is provided a paper sheet storage device, comprising: a link member that abuts on the connecting member to rotate the connecting member.

According to such a paper sheet storage device, when the recovery door of the storage is opened, the link member is moved to the recovery door side by the spring, and the connecting member is connected by the protruding portion of the moving link member. It is rotated around a rotation axis. as a result,
The pressing member fixed to the rotating shaft rotates together with the connecting member, and the free end side of the pressing member is lifted inside the storage.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, taking as an example a case in which the present invention is applied to a bill storing device for a bill processing device for storing and paying bills.

FIG. 1 is a partially broken sectional view of the side surface of the bill storage device,
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the bill storage device. Banknote storage device 1
Has a conveyance path 2 formed of an upper surface portion 2a and a lower surface portion 2b that are arranged to face each other, and a bill inserted into a bill processing device in which the bill storage device 1 is mounted is a bill storage device 1 It is designed to be guided to the transport path 2. Transport path 2
The lower surface portion 2b of the carrier 2 is integrally formed with a storage case 3 for storing the conveyed bills, while the conveying path 2
The upper surface portion 2a of the above is arranged so as to enter the inside of the storage case 3.

An upper surface side rotating shaft 4 and a lower surface side rotating shaft 5 are arranged outside the conveying path 2 of the upper surface portion 2a and the lower surface portion 2b, respectively, and both ends thereof are rotatable on the side wall of the storage 3. It is supported. The upper surface side rotation shaft 4 and the lower surface side rotation shaft 5 are rotationally driven in the banknote transport direction by a drive motor (not shown).

Two upper surface side transport rollers 6 are fixedly arranged on the upper surface side rotation shaft 4, while a lower surface side rotation shaft 5 is provided.
The lower surface side conveying roller 7 and the impeller 8 respectively.
They are fixedly arranged one by one. Among them, the upper surface side conveying roller 6 and the lower surface side conveying roller 7 are arranged so as to face each other, and are arranged so that their outer peripheral surfaces contact and rotate on the conveying path 2.

A plurality of blades 8a made of an elastic material are radially arranged in the impeller 8, and when the lower surface side rotating shaft 5 rotates, the impeller 8 conveys the blades 8a to a conveying path. It is designed to enter 2 and rotate.

The storage 3 has a recovery door 9 on the side opposite to the surface on which the transport path 2 is provided, and the side end of the recovery door 9 is the side wall end of the storage 3. Is pivotally supported by the door shaft 10, and the recovery door 9 is rotatably arranged around the door shaft 10. Further, in the storage case 3, a storage case spring hooking portion 3a in which a spring 11 is hooked is provided on a side wall on the side opposite to the side where the door shaft 10 is provided, and two pins protruding outside the side wall. 3b is provided.

Inside the storage case 3, there is arranged a pressing member 12 located from the top surface side to the bottom surface side of the banknote in a state where no banknotes are stored therein. The pressing member 12 has one end fixed to a rotating shaft 13 whose upper end is rotatably supported on the side wall of the storing device 3 on the upper surface side of the storing device 3, and the rotating shaft 13 is centered around the rotating shaft 13. It is designed to swing. When the banknotes are stored in the storage case 3, the holding member 12 presses the banknotes from the top side to the bottom side by its own weight at its free end side.

The rotating shaft 1 protruding from the side wall of the storage case 3 on the side where the storage case spring hooking portion 3a and the pin 3b are provided.
An L-shaped connecting member 14 having a portion projecting outward of the storage case 3 is fixedly arranged at the tip of the storage box 3.
When the connecting member 14 rotates, the holding member 12 fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft 13 also rotates together with the connecting member 14.

On the outside of the side wall of the storage case 3 on the side where the storage case spring hooking portion 3a and the pin 3b are provided, a projection 15a is formed at one end for contacting with and separating from the projection of the connecting member 14. A link member 15 is provided. The link member 15 is formed with two oblong holes 15b having an elliptical shape that is long in the bill transport direction, and a link member spring hooking portion 15c to which the spring 11 is hooked.

Of these, the pin 3b of the storage 3 is inserted into the elongated hole 15b, and the link member 15 can be moved within a range in which the pin 3b can move within the elongated hole 15b. There is. The link member 15 is urged toward the recovery door 9 by the springs 11 whose both ends are hooked by the link member spring hooking portion 15c and the storage spring hooking portion 3a.

A bent and raised portion 15d is formed at the tip of the link member 15. The bent and raised portion 15d is urged by the spring 11 to come into contact with the inside of the recovery door 9 when the recovery door 9 is closed. At this time, the pin 3b of the storage case 3 is in contact with the inner edge of the elongated hole 15b on the recovery door 9 side. Further, at this time, the protruding portion of the connecting member 14 provided on the rotating shaft 13 and the protruding portion 1 of the link member 15 are provided.
The pressing member 12 can be freely swung around the rotating shaft 13 in a state of being separated from the 5a.

The bent and raised portion 15 of the link member 15
d is arranged so as to abut on the free end side of the recovery door 9 that opens and closes around the door shaft 10, and if the recovery door 9 can be opened to some extent without being fully opened, the link member 15 can be opened.
The movement to the side of the recovery door 9 is allowed.

In the bill storing apparatus 1 having the above structure, first, the storing operation of conveyed bills will be described. FIG. 3 is a partially broken cross-sectional view of the side surface of the banknote storage device showing a state when the transported banknotes are stored, and FIG.

When the conveyed bill 20a is conveyed from the conveying path 2, the conveyed bill 20a is nipped by the upper side conveying roller 6 and the lower side conveying roller 7 which rotate in the bill conveying direction by the upper surface side rotating shaft 4 and the lower surface side rotating shaft 5. Then, it is pushed out to the inner side of the storage 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the conveyed bill 20a is pushed into the storage box 3 while pushing the pressing member 12 at its tip or substantially along the pushing member. Then, the conveyed bill 20a loses its conveying force at the time when the rear end of the conveyed bill 20a passes through between the upper surface side conveyance roller 6 and the lower surface side conveyance roller 7.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the transport bill 20a has a trailing end of the impeller 8 so that the transport bill 20a does not block the transport route of other transport bills that follow by staying in place. It is pushed by the blades 8a and is knocked down on the bottom side of the storage case 3. The transported banknotes 20a are stacked on the stored banknotes 20b stored in the storage box 3 and are pressed by the pressing member 12 from above to be stored so as not to float.

Next, the operation of collecting the stored banknotes in the banknote storage device 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a partially broken cross-sectional view of the side surface of the banknote storage device showing a state of collecting the stored banknotes, and FIG. 6 is a plan view of the banknote storage device showing a state of collecting the stored banknotes.

When collecting the banknotes 20b stored in the storage case 3, the recovery door 9 is opened with the door shaft 10 as an axis. Until then, the bent and raised part 15d of the link member 15 is urged by the spring 11 to come into contact with the inside of the recovery door 9, and the movement of the link member 15 toward the recovery door 9 side is suppressed.

When the recovery door 9 is opened in this state, the bent and raised portion 15d is released from contact with the recovery door 9, and the link member 15 is allowed to move toward the recovery door 9. At this time, the link member 15 moves until the pin 3b comes into contact with the inner edge of the elongated hole 15b on the side of the connecting member 14.

At this time, the projection 15a of the link member 15
Rotates the protruding portion formed on the connecting member 14 toward the recovery door 9. Then, the rotating shaft 13 is rotated in conjunction with the connecting member 14, whereby the free end side of the pressing member 12 fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft 13 is lifted to the upper surface side of the storage case 3.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the side surface of the bill storage device showing a state after the stored bills are collected. While the recovery door 9 is open, the spring 11 causes the link member 15 to move.
The protruding portion 15a is kept in contact with the protruding portion of the connecting member 14, and the pressing member 12 has its free end side raised to the upper surface side of the storage case 3.

Therefore, when the banknotes stored in the storage 3 are collected in the banknote storage device 1 as described above,
The pressing member 12 does not get in the way, and it is possible to prevent the pressing member 12 from being deformed or damaged by being hit by an operator's hand.

Also, during maintenance such as cleaning and inspection, the inside of the storage case 3 is in an open state, so that the maintenance work is easy and the operator's hand is accidentally hit. Holding member 12
The deformation and damage of the will be avoided.

[0039]

As described above, in the present invention, when the recovery door of the storage is opened, the link member is moved to the recovery door side by the spring and is fixed to the rotating shaft together with the pressing member. The connecting member is rotated by the protrusion provided on the moving link member. As a result, the pressing member is lifted to the upper surface side of the storage by opening the recovery door, and it is possible to avoid deformation or damage of the pressing member that is accidentally hit by the operator's hand. Become.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken sectional view of a side surface of a bill storage device.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a bill storage device.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of a side surface of the banknote storage device showing a state in which a banknote to be transported is stored.

FIG. 4 is a partially broken cross-sectional view of the side surface of the banknote storage device showing a state immediately after storage of the transported banknotes.

FIG. 5 is a partially broken cross-sectional view of the side surface of the banknote storage device showing a state of collecting the stored banknotes.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the banknote storage device showing a state when the stored banknotes are collected.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of a side surface of the banknote storage device showing a state after the stored banknotes are collected.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a conventional banknote storage device.

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state in which a banknote to be transported is stored.

FIG. 11 is a side cross-sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state immediately after storage of transported banknotes.

FIG. 12 is a side sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state when the stored banknotes are collected.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state when the stored banknotes are collected.

FIG. 14 is a side sectional view of a conventional banknote storage device showing a state in which a recovery door is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 banknote storage device 2 transport paths 2a Upper surface part 2b Lower surface 3 storage 3a Storage spring hook 3b pin 4 Top rotation axis 5 Lower surface rotation axis 6 Top side transport roller 7 Lower surface side transport roller 8 impeller 8a feather 9 Collection door 10 Door axis 11 springs 12 Holding member 13 rotation axis 14 Connection member 15 Link members 15a protrusion 15b long hole 15c Link member spring hook 15d Bending and raising part 20a transport bill 20b banknote

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A paper sheet storage device, which is provided in a paper sheet processing device for storing and returning paper sheets, and stores the conveyed paper sheets in a storage box, wherein the paper sheets are conveyed. A storage case which is connected to the transport path and has a spring hooked on the outside of one side wall and a plurality of pins protruding to the outside of the one side wall, and which holds the paper sheets. A conveyance roller that conveys the inside of the storage, a collection door that is disposed on the side of a surface of the storage that faces the side of the conveyance path, and both ends are on the one side wall and the one side wall. A rotating shaft rotatably supported by the other side wall facing the rotating shaft; a holding member fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft and holding the paper sheets stored in the storage on the free end side; A connecting member fixedly arranged at the tip of the rotating shaft on the side of the one side wall; Has a link member spring hook portion, a long hole through which the pin is inserted, and a protrusion portion that can abut the connecting member, and when the recovery door is opened, the spring causes the A paper sheet storage device, comprising: a link member that moves to the side of the recovery door, and abuts the protrusion on the connecting member to rotate the connecting member. 2. The link member, when the recovery door is closed, has an end portion on the side opposite to the side where the projection portion is provided urged against the recovery door to come into contact therewith. 2. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, wherein is separated from the connecting member. 3. The paper sheet according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member has a protruding portion with which the protruding portion abuts when the link member moves toward the recovery door. Storage device. 4. The recovery door rotates about a door shaft provided on the side wall of the other side so that the end portion of the link member abuts on a free end side of the recovery door. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The paper sheet storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: an impeller, which is axially supported together with the conveying roller and has elastic blades.