JP2006069708A - Bill storage delivery device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill storage delivery device 23 for increasing storage amount of bills, making folding curls and curls difficult to be generated in both end regions of the longitudinal direction of the bill, and smoothly winding, storing and delivering the bills. <P>SOLUTION: The bills are wound on a winding drum 38 in a short hand direction, and storage amount of the bills is increased, with short winding lengths of tapes 34a and 34b. Both the end regions of the longitudinal direction of the bills are guided from both faces by bill one face pressing guides 72 and 73 and a bill other face guide 86 and are wound by the winding drum 38. Both the end regions of the longitudinal direction of the bills are pressed on the winding drum 38 by the bill one face pressing guide 73 and a bill pressing roller 79 and are wound on the winding drum 38. The tapes 34a and 34b wound on the winding drum 38 are pressed by a tape pressing roller 82 and fastening force is imparted to the tapes 34a and 34b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention has a pair of take-up reels for taking up a pair of tapes respectively, and a take-up drum for taking up a banknote between the pair of tapes and taking up together with the pair of tapes. The banknotes that are fed from the banknote conveyance path by rewinding and winding the winding drum are wound and stored, and the banknotes are fed toward the banknote conveyance path where the banknotes are sent out by winding the pair of winding reels and rewinding the winding drum. The present invention relates to a bill storage and feeding device.

  Conventionally, a pair of take-up reels for taking up a pair of tapes respectively, and a take-up drum for taking up a banknote between the pair of tapes and taking up together with the pair of tapes, The banknotes fed from the banknote transport path are wound and stored by winding the take-up drum, and the banknotes are fed out toward the banknote transport path that feeds the banknotes by winding the pair of winding reels and rewinding the take-up drum. There is a bill storage and feeding device.

And in the conventional banknote storage and delivery apparatus, the system which pinches | interposes a banknote between a pair of tapes in a longitudinal direction and accommodates and pays out is taken. For this reason, the pair of tapes wound around the take-up drum sandwiches the middle of the banknote in the short direction, the distance between the tape and both ends of the banknote in the short direction is short, and the tape is folded into both ends in the longitudinal direction of the banknote. And curling are less likely to occur, and there is an advantage that banknotes can be smoothly wound and stored (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-67382 (page 3-4, FIG. 1-6)

  However, in the conventional banknote storage and feeding device, since the banknotes are wound in the longitudinal direction with respect to the winding drum, the rate of increase in the outer peripheral diameter of the winding drum that increases due to the amount of banknotes wound with the tape increases. In addition, banknote tightening at the time of winding a banknote with tape relies only on the tightening of a pair of tapes, and the amount of banknote tightening with a pair of tapes becomes weaker as the amount of banknotes stored increases, and banknotes are wound and stored. There is a problem that the amount is limited.

  In order to solve this problem, if the banknote is wound in the short direction with respect to the winding drum, the distance between both ends in the longitudinal direction of the banknote protruding from both sides of the tape becomes very long. At the time of picking up, folds and curls are likely to occur at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the banknote, and the banknote can not be taken up and stored smoothly, and banknotes are jammed or the edges of the banknote are broken. Furthermore, since the tightening of banknotes at the time of winding the banknotes with tape depends only on the tightening of a pair of tapes, the banknotes are not sufficiently tightened onto the winding drum.

  The present invention has been made in view of such points, and by winding the banknotes in the short direction with respect to the winding drum, the amount of banknotes stored can be increased for a small tape winding length, Nevertheless, it is difficult for folds and curls to occur at both ends in the longitudinal direction of banknotes when winding banknotes with tape, making it possible to smoothly store and pay out banknotes, and to wind with appropriate tightening force when winding and storing banknotes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote storage and feeding device that can be stored and can be reduced in proportion to the increase in the outer peripheral diameter of the winding drum that increases with the storage amount of banknotes.

  The bill storage and feeding device according to claim 1 includes a pair of take-up reels that respectively take up a pair of tapes, and a take-up drum that winds together a pair of tapes with a bill sandwiched between the pair of tapes in a short direction. The banknotes fed from the banknote transport path by rewinding the pair of take-up reels and winding the take-up drum in the short direction, and winding the pair of take-up reels and the take-up drum Is a banknote storing and feeding device that feeds banknotes in a short direction toward a banknote transport path for feeding banknotes by rewinding the tape, and winding a pair of tapes in a substantially central region in the width direction orthogonal to the tape winding direction A take-up drum portion is formed, and banknote take-up drum portions on both sides in the width direction are wound on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the bills wound in the short direction with a pair of tapes on both sides in the width direction of the tape take-up drum portion. Formed Banknotes that are provided at both side positions in the width direction corresponding to the banknote winding drum portions on both sides in the width direction of the winding drum, and are fed from the conveyance path when storing banknotes. Is sandwiched between a pair of tapes and conveyed toward the circumferential surface of the take-up drum, and at the time of bill feeding, the rewinded banknote is conveyed toward the conveyance path. A pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction and a pair of tapes facing each other from the pair of take-up reels toward the tape take-up drum portion at the center between the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction face each other. Are spaced around each other, forming a substantially triangular triangular space between each position of the pair of tapes and the peripheral surface position of the tape take-up drum portion of the take-up drum, and sandwiching both sides in the width direction. It is conveyed by a pair of rollers A pair of wrapping rollers that receive the bill in a triangular space and clamp it with a pair of tapes, and take up the tape winding drum portion of the winding drum, and one of the pair of wrapping rollers The banknote press which is provided facing the winding drum at a position near one side of the triangular space, and which presses the banknote against the winding drum and moves following the increase / decrease of the banknote wound on the winding drum. One side of the banknote is provided on both sides in the width direction with respect to the tape, a tape portion stretched between the roller, one winding roller that forms one side of the triangular space, and the peripheral surface of the tape take-up drum portion The paper is pressed on the one side of the triangular space and is guided toward the winding drum on one side of the triangular space and pressed toward the winding drum, and moves in accordance with the increase / decrease of the banknote wound on the winding drum. A tape guide drum provided on the other side of the triangular space, which is the other guide roller side of the pair of guide rollers, facing the tape take-up drum portion of the take-up drum. A tape pressing roller that presses the peripheral surface of the tape wound around the portion and moves in accordance with the increase / decrease of banknotes wound around the winding drum, and the other side of the triangular space that is on the other hanging roller side Provided on both sides in the width direction of the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction, guides both sides in the longitudinal direction of the other side of the banknote, and moves in accordance with the increase / decrease of the banknote wound on the winding drum. It has a bill other side guide.

  And at the time of banknote accommodation, the banknote sent from a banknote conveyance path is wound up and stored in a transversal direction by rewinding of a pair of winding reel and winding-up of a winding drum. That is, the banknotes fed in the short direction from the banknote transport path are sandwiched between the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction and transported toward the circumferential surface of the winding drum through the triangular space between the pair of tapes. At this time, on one side of the triangular space, both sides of the longitudinal direction of one side of the banknote are guided over substantially the entire area in the conveyance direction of the banknote on one side of the triangular space by the banknote one surface pressing guide and pressed toward the winding drum, A banknote is pressed against the take-up drum by a banknote pressing roller facing the take-up drum at a position near one side of the triangular space. A pair of paper is sandwiched between the pair of tapes in the short direction by guiding both sides toward the take-up drum and pressing the peripheral surface of the tape taken up by the tape take-up drum portion by the tape pressing roller. Take it up on a take-up drum with the tape. These banknote one surface pressing guide, banknote pressing roller, banknote other surface guide, and tape pressing roller follow and move according to the increase of the banknote wound up by the winding drum.

  Moreover, at the time of banknote feeding, the banknote is fed out in the short direction toward the banknote conveyance path by winding the pair of winding reels and rewinding the winding drum. That is, the banknote to be rewound together with the pair of tapes from the winding drum is sandwiched between the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction through the triangular space between the pair of tapes and transported toward the banknote transport path. At this time, on one side of the triangular space, the banknote is pressed against the winding drum by a banknote pressing roller facing the winding drum at a position near one side of the triangular space, and both sides in the longitudinal direction of one side of the banknote are pressed by the banknote one surface pressing guide. The area is guided over substantially the entire area of the triangular space in the conveyance direction of the bills, and on the other side of the triangular space, the peripheral surface of the tape wound around the tape winding drum is pressed by the tape pressing roller. By guiding the both sides of the other side of the bill in the longitudinal direction toward the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction by the bill other side guide, the paper is sandwiched between the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction and sent out to the bill transport path. . These banknote pressing rollers, banknote one-surface pressing guides, tape pressing rollers, and banknote other-surface guides follow in accordance with the decrease in banknotes rewound from the winding drum.

  According to the banknote storage and feeding device of the first aspect, since the banknote is wound in the short direction with respect to the winding drum, the storage amount of the banknote can be increased for a small tape winding length. In particular, banknotes are tightened by tape, not by relying only on a pair of tapes as in the past, but by pressing the tape wound around the take-up drum with a tape pressing roller toward the take-up drum. Since the attaching force is applied, it is possible to take up and store with an appropriate tightening force when the banknote is taken up and stored, and the rate of increase in the outer peripheral diameter of the take-up drum, which increases with the amount of stored banknotes, is small. Moreover, the banknote winding by a tape is performed in order to press the both ends in the longitudinal direction of one side of the banknote against the take-up drum with the banknote pressing roller and the banknote one side pressing guide and guide the both ends in the longitudinal direction of the other side of the banknote with the banknote other side guide. At the time of picking up, it is difficult for folds and curls to occur in both end areas of the bill in the longitudinal direction, and bills can be taken up and stored smoothly.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of a sales deposit machine using a bill storage and feeding device. This sales deposit machine 11 is installed in a store and is capable of depositing / withdrawing bills and collecting and storing sales proceeds. The upper block 13 and the lower block 14 are formed in the upper block 13, the banknote deposit / withdrawal processing device 15 for depositing / withdrawing banknotes is disposed in the upper block 13, and the banknotes are collected from the banknote deposit / withdrawal processing device 15 in the lower block 14 A cassette 16 which is a safe for storing is provided. The cassette 16 in the lower block 14 is managed separately from the store side and collected by a collection specific person such as a security guard of a security company entrusted with the collection of sales, and transferred to the cash processing center. .

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal processing device 15 has a deposit slot 17 for feeding banknotes in the short direction at the front part of the machine body 12 and takes in the banknotes inserted into the deposit slot 17 one by one in the short direction. A banknote transport path 18 to be transported is formed, and an identification section 19 for identifying a banknote is disposed in the banknote transport section 18. The banknote transport unit 18 stores the banknotes identified as legitimate by the identification unit 19 in denominations and allows the banknotes stored therein to be sent out, and rejects that are identified as reject banknotes by the identification unit 19 The withdrawal port 21 provided in the front part of the machine body 12 for dispensing the banknotes and banknotes sent out from each stacker unit 20 and the collected banknotes sent out from each stacker unit 20 are temporarily held together when collected and stored in the cassette 16 Temporary holding units 22 (solid line positions) are connected to each other. When collecting and storing temporarily held banknotes, a collection and storage button (not shown) is pressed to store the banknotes in the temporary holding unit 22 (solid line position) in the cassette 16 to prepare for the next temporary holding. When it is desired to take out the temporarily held banknote outside the machine, when the outside takeout button (not shown) is pressed, the temporary holding unit 22 moves from the solid line position to the two-dot chain line position, and the temporarily held banknote can be taken out. After the removal, the temporary holding unit 22 automatically returns to the solid line position and prepares for the next temporary holding. Each stacker unit 20 uses a bill storage and feeding device 23 for storing and feeding bills one by one.

  Next, the bill storage / delivery device 23 will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the take-up drum in the bill storage / delivery device 23 at the time of minimum tape take-up (the left side of FIG. 1 is the front side, that is, the front side). FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the arrow B, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the take-up drum 23 in the banknote storage and feeding device 23 at the time of maximum tape winding, taken along the line AA in FIG. 3 and the arrow BB in FIG. FIG. 3 is a rear view (part viewed from the right side in FIG. 1) in which a part of the bill storage / delivery device 23 is omitted, and FIG. 4 is a part of the bill storage / delivery device 23 omitted. FIG. 5 is a front view (viewed from the left side in FIG. 1), and FIG. 5 is a side view of a drive system of the bill storage and feeding device 23.

  An end portion of the banknote transport path 18 facing the banknote storage and feeding device 23 is opened downward. The banknote transport path 18 has a banknote transported in the short direction (denoted by P in FIG. The guide plate 26 that guides one surface and the other surface, and transport rollers 27 and 27 that transport the banknote in the short direction are disposed. The transport rollers 27, 27 are arranged on both sides (left and right sides) in the width direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction, and the direction in which banknotes are fed into the banknote storage and feeding device 23 and banknote storage and feeding by a motor (not shown) for the banknote transport path 18 The bill is fed out from the device 23 in the direction of feeding out the bill. FIG. 3 shows a small denomination banknote P1 and a large denomination banknote P2 as banknotes.

  The bill storage / delivery device 23 has side plates 31 and 32 that constitute both side surfaces of the frame 30 in the width direction, and a bill inlet / outlet 33 that faces the end of the bill transport path 18 between the side plates 31 and 32, a pair of A pair of take-up reels 35a and 35b for taking up the tapes 34a and 34b, a pair of wrapping rollers 36a and 36b for wrapping the pair of tapes 34a and 34b at the banknote entry / exit 33, a pair of take-up reels 35a and 35b, and a pair A plurality of guide rollers 37 and 37 for guiding the pair of tapes 34a and 34b between the roll rollers 36a and 36b, and a bill fed from the bill transport path 18 between the pair of tapes 34a and 34b are sandwiched in the short direction. A take-up drum 38 that is wound together with the pair of tapes 34a and 34b is disposed.

  The widths of the tapes 34a and 34b are narrower than the width in the longitudinal direction of the banknotes and are about 1/3 of the width in the short direction of the banknotes. For example, the tapes 34a and 34b are formed of a transparent material. Marks (not shown) that can be detected by the optical sensor in order to detect the winding and unwinding amounts of 34a and 34b are formed at regular intervals.

  The take-up reels 35a and 35b are hooked reels having hooks on both sides, and torque limiters 42a and 42b are provided at the axial center positions of the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b installed on the lower side between the side plates 31 and 32 on both sides. Is attached through. The take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b are attached to the side plate 32 on the right side in FIG. 4 and on the left side in FIG. 3 via one-way clutches 43a and 43b. Rotation is allowed only in the direction corresponding to the tape take-up direction of the take-up reels 35a and 35b (direction of the broken line arrow in FIG. 1), and the tape rewind direction of each take-up reel 35a and 35b at the time of bill storage (solid line arrow in FIG. 1). Rotation in the direction corresponding to (direction) is prevented.

  Each of the hanging rollers 36a and 36b is a hooked roller having hooks on both sides, and is rotatably attached to the hanging roller shafts 45a and 45b. One hanging roller shaft 45a is supported by a bracket 46 attached to the front side (not shown) of the frame 30, and the other hanging roller shaft 45b is supported between the side plates 31 and 32 on both sides. In these winding rollers 36a and 36b, a pair of tapes 34a and 34b from the pair of winding reels 35a and 35b to the winding drum 38 are wound around each other at an interval, and the pair of tapes 34a and 34b A substantially triangular triangular space 47 is formed between each winding position and the circumferential surface position of the winding drum 38. The triangular space 47 functions so as to receive the banknotes into the triangular space 47 and wind them around the winding drum 38 while being sandwiched between the pair of tapes 34a and 34b when the banknotes are stored.

  Each guide roller 37, 37 is rotatably attached to the axial center position of guide roller shafts 49, 49 installed between the side plates 31, 32 on both sides.

  The winding drum 38 is fixed to the side plates 31 and 32 of the winding drum shaft 51 that is rotatably mounted on the side plates 31 and 32 on both sides. The take-up drum 38 is formed with a tape take-up drum portion 52 that takes up a pair of tapes 34a and 34b in a substantially central region in the width direction orthogonal to the tape take-up direction. In the region, at least a pair of banknote winding drums 53 and 53 are formed on both sides in the longitudinal direction of a banknote wound in the short direction by a pair of tapes 34a and 34b. In the tape take-up drum portion 52, a take-up drum portion 54 for taking up the tapes 34a and 34b is formed in the center, and both sides of the take-up drum portion 54 in the width direction are smaller in diameter than the take-up drum portion 54 and both in the width direction. Inclined drum portions 55 and 55 having a smaller diameter toward the outside are formed. Each banknote take-up drum section 53, 53 is formed with a take-up drum section 56, 56 that winds up both ends in the longitudinal direction of the banknote, and the take-up drum section 56 is formed outside the take-up drum sections 56, 56 in the width direction. , 56, and inclined drum portions 57, 57 having a smaller diameter toward the outer side in the width direction are formed.

  Small pulleys 60a and 60b are attached to the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b via one-way clutches 59a and 59b on the left side of FIG. A large-diameter pulley 61 is attached, and a drive pulley 62 and a pair of guide pulleys 63, 63 are arranged between the pulleys 60a, 60b. The pulleys 60a, 60b, 61, 62, 63, 63 are endless. A drive belt 64 is stretched. The drive pulley 62 is driven to rotate in the forward and reverse directions by the motor M1, and the drive belt 64 is rotated in the direction of the solid line arrow in FIG. 1 when the banknote is stored, and the drive belt 64 is rotated in the direction of the broken line arrow in FIG. .

  Due to the pulley diameter ratio between the pulleys 60a and 60b of the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b and the pulley 61 of the take-up drum shaft 51, the pulleys 60a and 60b of the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b are more than the pulley 61 of the take-up drum shaft 51. It always rotates at a high rotation speed.

  The take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b are driven by the one-way clutches 59a and 59b from the pulleys 60a and 60b only in the direction corresponding to the tape take-up direction (broken arrow direction in FIG. 1) of the take-up reels 35a and 35b at the time of bill feeding. Rotation drive force is transmitted to rotate in the same direction, and rotation drive from pulleys 60a and 60b in the direction corresponding to the tape rewind direction of each take-up reel 35a, 35b (solid arrow direction in FIG. 1) at the time of bill storage The power is cut off. When the bills are stored, the one-way clutches 43a and 43b prevent the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b from rotating in the direction corresponding to the tape rewind direction (solid arrow direction in FIG. 1).

  Further, at the position of the banknote entrance / exit 33 facing the banknote transport path 18 and on both sides in the width direction corresponding to the banknote take-up drum sections 53, 53 on both sides in the width direction of the take-up drum 38, Before the banknotes fed from between the pair of tapes 34a and 34b are sandwiched, the banknotes are sandwiched and conveyed toward the peripheral surface of the winding drum 38, and the banknotes are unwound from the winding drum 38 when being fed out. A pair of sandwiching rollers 66 and 66 on both sides in the width direction for sandwiching and transporting the bills toward the bill transport path 18 are disposed.

  Each of the pair of sandwiching rollers 66 and 66 has a movable sandwiching roller 66a and a stationary sandwiching roller 66b, and the stationary sandwiching roller 66b is a winding roller shaft shared as the sandwiching roller shaft. It is rotatably supported by 45b. The movable sandwiching roller 66a is rotatably supported by a sandwiching roller shaft 69 at the tip of a swing lever 68 that is swingably mounted on the front side of the frame 30 by a fulcrum shaft 67. A spring 70 that presses the movable-side sandwiching roller 66a against the stationary-side sandwiching roller 66b via a swing lever 68 is mounted.

  Also, one side of the triangular space 47 that is one of the hanging rollers 36a and 36b, that is, the front side, is one of the hanging rollers 36a that forms the front side of the triangular space 47. The banknotes on the front side of the triangular space 47 are located on both sides in the longitudinal direction of one side of the banknotes on both sides in the width direction with respect to the tape part stretched between the winding surface of the tape winding drum part 52 of the winding drum 38. The banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 for guiding the entire area in the conveying direction and pressing toward the take-up drum 38, and the banknote one surface pressing guides 73, 73 on both sides in the width direction of the banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 are arranged respectively. Has been.

  The banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 have a length extending from the banknote inlet / outlet 33 to the take-up drum 38 and are integrally formed by connecting the middle part in the vertical direction by a guide plate 74, and are hooked from the upper side of the guide plate 74. The upper side of the rotating roller 36a that protrudes bifurcated on both sides in the width direction is curved toward the outside of the banknote inlet / outlet 33, and is rotatably supported by a rotating roller shaft 45a that is shared as a guide shaft. The lower end side protruding from the lower side of 74 to the both sides in the width direction of the tape 34a is curved to correspond to the peripheral surface of the winding drum 38. And the banknote one surface pressing guides 72 and 72 are urged | biased so that it may rock | fluctuate toward the winding drum 38 by the spring which is not shown in figure attached to the winding roller axis | shaft 45a, and a banknote is passed through the banknote pressing rollers 79 and 79 mentioned later. Is pushed toward the take-up drum 38 and is moved in accordance with the increase / decrease of banknotes taken up by the take-up drum 38. Detection holes 75 and 75 are formed on the upper side of the banknote one surface pressing guides 72 and 72.

  The banknote one surface pressing guides 73 and 73 are formed to extend from the banknote entrance / exit 33 to the take-up drum 38, and the upper side rotates to guide shafts 77 and 77 attached to the front side (not shown) of the frame 30 with brackets 76 and 76. It is supported freely. The lower end side of the banknote one surface pressing guides 73, 73 is longer than the banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72, and inclined portions 78, 78 that are obliquely cut out are formed on the outer side in the width direction on the lower end side. And the banknote one surface pressing guides 73 and 73 are urged | biased by the spring which is not shown in figure attached to the guide shafts 77 and 77 so that it may rock | fluctuate toward the winding drum 38, and press a banknote toward the winding drum 38. At the same time, it is configured to follow and move according to the increase or decrease of the banknotes wound on the winding drum 38.

  The banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 protrude to the winding drum side 38 through an opening (not shown) formed in the banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 in the vicinity of the front surface side of the triangular space 47, and the banknotes are transferred to the winding drum 38. The banknote pressing rollers 79 and 79 to be pressed are rotatably attached by banknote pressing roller shafts 80 and 80.

  Further, on the other side of the triangular space 47 that is the other of the pair of the winding rollers 36a and 36b, that is, on the rear surface side, the tape winding drum portion 52 of the winding drum 38 is opposed to the tape winding drum portion 52, A pair of tape pressing rollers 82 and 82 are disposed in the tape width direction for pressing the peripheral surfaces of the tapes 34a and 34b wound around the tape winding drum portion 52. These tape pressing rollers 82 and 82 are rotatably supported at the tip of a swing lever 83 by a tape pressing roller shaft 84, and the base end of the swing lever 83 is rotatably mounted between the side plates 31 and 32 on both sides of the frame 30. It is fixed to the support shaft 85 made. The tape pressing rollers 82 and 82 are urged to swing toward the take-up drum 38 by a spring (not shown) attached to the support shaft 85, and the tapes 34a and 34b are directed toward the take-up drum 38 together with banknotes. And the tape 34a and 34b wound around the winding drum 38 and the bills are moved in accordance with the increase / decrease of the bills.

  On the rear side of the triangular space 47, on the both sides in the width direction of the pair of sandwiching rollers 66, 66 on both sides in the width direction, bill other side guides 86, 86 for guiding the both sides in the longitudinal direction of the other side of the bill are arranged. . These other-side bill guides 86, 86 are fixed to the support shaft 85 and can be swung integrally with the swing lever 83 of the tape pressing rollers 82, 82. Guide to the pair of sandwiching rollers 66 and 66 and the banknote transport path 18 while preventing folding on both sides in the width direction. Further, it is configured to follow and move in accordance with increase / decrease of tapes 34a, 34b and banknotes wound around the winding drum 38.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the banknote other surface guides 86, 86 have a support portion 87 whose base end portion is fixed to the support shaft 85, a width direction intermediate position and a width direction outer side of the tip portion of the support portion 87 The guide portions 88 and 88 protrude from the position and are arranged on the rear surface side of the triangular space 47, and the guide portions 88 and 88 are formed in a shape that curves around the support shaft 85. The width direction outer side of the banknote other surface guides 86, 86 becomes smaller in diameter from the leading end side of the support part 87 toward the width direction outer side guide part 88 toward the outer side in the width direction, and from the winding drum 38 and the triangular space 47. An inclined escape portion 89 is formed so as to move away.

  In addition, on one side of the triangular space 47 on the side of one of the hanging rollers 36a and 36b, that is, on the front side, the bills are inserted at both sides in the width direction of the pair of sandwiching rollers 66 and 66. Partition members 90 and 90 for opening and closing the outlet 33 are disposed. The partition members 90 and 90 are fixed to a support shaft 91 that is rotatably mounted between the side plates 31 and 32 on both sides of the frame 30, and the support shaft 91 is rotated by a motor M2 (see FIG. 7) to be bills. It swings between the position (solid line position in FIG. 1) where the entrance / exit 33 is opened and the position (two-dot chain line position in FIG. 1) where it closes, and the position where it closes is defined as a standby position.

  Next, FIG. 7 shows a control unit 101 that controls the banknote storage and feeding device 23. This control unit 101 detects, for example, from each of the sensors S1 to S8 composed of optical sensors that detect and detect detection light. A signal is input to control each motor M1, M2.

  Sensors S1 and S1 and sensors S2 and S2 detect bills fed from the bill transport path 18. The sensors S3 and S3 detect bills passing through the triangular space 47, and project and receive detection light through the detection hole portions 75 formed in the bill one surface pressing guides 72 and 72. Sensors S4 and S4 and sensors S5 and S5 detect marks provided on the tapes 34a and 34b at regular intervals between the take-up reels 35a and 35b and the winding rollers 36a and 36b. The sensors S6 and S6 detect the open / closed state of the partition member 90. The sensors S7 and S7 detect the tip side position of the banknote one surface pressing guide 73 corresponding to the minimum winding amount of the banknote drum 38. The sensors S8 and S8 detect the tip side position of the banknote one surface pressing guide 73 corresponding to the maximum winding amount of the banknote on the winding drum 38.

  Next, the operation of the bill storage / delivery device 23 will be described.

  First, the operation during bill storage will be described.

  In FIG. 1 and FIG. 7, in the standby state, the motors M <b> 1 and M <b> 2 are both stopped and the banknote entry / exit 33 is closed by the partition member 90.

  When the leading edge of the banknote transported in the short direction in the banknote transport path 18 to be fed into the banknote storage and feeding device 23 is detected by the sensors S1 and S1, the motor M2 is driven to open the partition member 90, and the banknote entry / exit Release 33.

  When the bills are detected by the sensors S2 and S2 following the detection by the sensors S1 and S1, the motor M1 starts to rotate in the direction corresponding to the bill storage direction.

  As a result, in FIG. 5, the drive belt 64 rotates in the direction of the solid line arrow, and the winding drum 38 rotates in the tape winding direction via the pulley 61 that also rotates in the direction of the solid line arrow. The tapes 34a and 34b are started to be wound.

  On the other hand, the pulleys 60a and 60b also rotate in the direction of the solid line arrow, but the rotational driving force in the direction of the solid line arrow is not transmitted to the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b by the one-way clutches 59a and 59b. Does not rotate in a direction corresponding to the tape rewind direction from the take-up reels 35a and 35b. Further, the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b are prevented from rotating in the direction corresponding to the tape rewind direction from the take-up reels 35a and 35b by the one-way clutches 43a and 43b. Further, the take-up reels 35a and 35b attached via the torque limiters 42a and 42b do not rotate in the tape rewind direction, and tension is applied to the pair of tapes 34a and 34b taken up by the take-up drum 38.

  When the tension applied to the pair of tapes 34a, 34b becomes larger than the set torque value of the torque limiters 42a, 42b, the torque limiters 42a, 42b slip and the take-up reels 35a, 35b rotate in the tape rewind direction. Therefore, the pair of tapes 34a and 34b are rewound from the take-up reels 35a and 35b in a state where a certain tension is applied.

  And when a banknote is sent into the banknote entrance / exit 33 from the banknote conveyance path 18, the banknote one surface press guides 72, 72, 73, 73 on the both sides of the width direction and the banknote other surface guides 86, 86 Then, they are guided between the sandwiching rollers 66a and 66b of the sandwiching roller pairs 66 and 66 on both sides in the width direction, and are sandwiched by these sandwiching roller pairs 66 and 66.

  The central region in the width direction of the banknotes sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching rollers 66 and 66 is fed into a triangular space 47 between each of the winding positions of the pair of tapes 34a and 34b and the circumferential surface position of the winding drum 38, and The central area in the longitudinal direction of the bills fed into the triangular space 47 is wound around the tape take-up drum section 52 of the take-up drum 38 together with the pair of tapes 34a and 34b while being sandwiched between the pair of tapes 34a and 34b. To go.

  At this time, while one side of the longitudinal direction both sides of the banknote is guided and pressed to the banknote winding drum parts 53, 53 of the winding drum 38 by the banknote one side pressing guides 72, 72, 73, 73 on both sides in the width direction, The bill pressing rollers 79 and 79 on both sides in the width direction with respect to the pair of tapes 34a and 34b are pressed against the inclined drum portions 55 and 55 of the take-up drum 38, and the other surfaces of both sides in the longitudinal direction of the bill are Since the other side guides 86, 86 guide the bills toward the bill winding drums 53, 53 of the winding drum 38, the bills are less likely to fold and curl at both ends in the longitudinal direction when the bills are wound. Smooth winding and storage.

  Further, inclined drum portions 57 and 57 having a diameter that decreases toward the outer side in the width direction are provided on the outer side in the width direction of the banknote winding drums 53 and 53 of the winding drum 38, and the banknote one surface pressing guides 73 and 73 are provided. Inclined portions 78 and 78 that are obliquely cut out on the outer side in the width direction on the front end side of the paper, and further, the winding drum is reduced in diameter toward the outer side in the width direction on the outer side in the width direction of the banknote other surface guides 86 and 86. Since the inclined relief portion 89 is provided so as to be away from the triangular space 47 and the triangular space 47, the banknote take-up drum portions 53 and 53, the banknote one surface pressing guides 73 and 73, and the banknote other surface guides 86 and 86 are Both end regions in the direction can be hardly caught, and folding and curling are not easily generated in both end regions in the longitudinal direction of the banknote, so that the banknote can be smoothly wound and stored.

  The tapes 34a and 34b wound around the tape take-up drum portion 52 of the take-up drum 38 are pressed against the take-up drum 38 by the tape pressing rollers 82 and 82, and a tightening force is applied to the tapes 34a and 34b.

  And if the trailing edge of the bill sent to the triangular space 47 is detected by the sensors S3 and S3, and the passage of the bill is detected by the sensors S3 and S3, the motor M2 is driven to move the partition member 90 closed, and the bill Close the entrance 33.

  When the pair of tapes 34a, 34b is wound around the winding drum 38, the marks provided at regular intervals on the pair of tapes 34a, 34b are detected by the sensors S4, S4 and the sensors S5, S5, and the winding drum The amount of winding of the pair of tapes 34a and 34b wound around 38 is detected.

  From the detection of the passage of banknotes by the sensors S3 and S3 and the detection of the winding amount of the pair of tapes 34a and 34b by the sensors S4 and S4 and the sensors S5 and S5, the paper is sandwiched and wound by the pair of tapes 34a and 34b. The motor M1 is stopped at the timing immediately after the trailing edge of the banknote wound on the drum 38 passes through the banknote pressing rollers 79, 79, and the winding of the pair of tapes 34a, 34b by the winding drum 38 is stopped. Complete the bill storage. This is repeated a predetermined number of times when a predetermined number of bills are stored.

  In this way, since the banknote is wound around the winding drum 38 in the short direction, the storage amount of the banknote can be increased for a small winding length of the tapes 34a and 34b.

  Further, the banknote tightening by the pair of tapes 34a and 34b is not dependent only on the tightening of the pair of tapes 34a and 34b as in the prior art, but the tape wound around the winding drum 38 by the tape pressing rollers 82 and 82. Since a tightening force is applied by pressing 34a and 34b toward the take-up drum 38, it is possible to take up and store with an appropriate tightening force when taking up and storing banknotes, and to increase the winding amount depending on the amount of banknotes stored. The rate of increase in the outer peripheral diameter of the take-up drum 38 can be reduced.

  Further, as shown in the state shown in FIG. 2 from the state shown in FIG. 1, as the banknotes wound up on the winding drum 38 increase, the banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 and the banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 The supported banknote pressing rollers 79 and 79 swing around the swinging roller shaft 45a and follow and move, and the banknote one surface pressing guides 73 and 73 swing and follow the guide shafts 77 and 77 to follow and move. Further, the tape pressing rollers 82 and 82 and the bill other side guides 86 and 86 swing and follow the supporting shaft 85 as a fulcrum, and these all serve to fasten the bill to the take-up drum 38. In addition, they perform the same function even when following movement.

  Next, the operation at the time of bill feeding will be described.

  When a bill feeding command is input to the control unit 101 from the control device of the sales depositing machine 11, the motor M2 in FIG. 1 is driven to move the partition member 90 to open, and the bill insertion / exit 33 is opened. Rotation drive in a direction corresponding to the bill feeding direction of M1 is started.

  Accordingly, in FIG. 5, the drive belt 64 rotates in the direction of the broken line arrow, and the winding drum 38 rotates in the tape rewind direction via the pulley 61 that also rotates in the direction of the broken line arrow. The tapes 34a and 34b are started to be rewound.

  On the other hand, the pulleys 60a and 60b also rotate in the direction of the broken line arrow, and the rotational driving force in the direction of the broken line arrow is transmitted to the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b by the one-way clutches 59a and 59b, and the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b wind. It rotates in a direction corresponding to the tape winding direction by the take-up reels 35a and 35b. At this time, the one-way clutches 43a and 43b allow the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b to rotate in a direction corresponding to the tape take-up direction by the take-up reels 35a and 35b. As the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b rotate, the take-up reels 35a and 35b rotate in the tape take-up direction via the torque limiters 42a and 42b, and the tapes 34a and 34b are taken up by the take-up reels 35a and 35b.

  Due to the relationship between the pulley diameter ratios of the pulleys 60a and 60b of the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b and the pulley 61 of the take-up drum shaft 51, the take-up reels 35a and 35b of the take-up reel shafts 41a and 41b are connected to the take-up drum shaft 51. Therefore, the tape winding speed of the take-up reels 35a and 35b depends on the take-up reel 35a and 35b regardless of the tape take-up amount ratio between the take-up reels 35a and 35b and the take-up drum 38. And the tension is applied to the pair of tapes 34a and 34b taken up by the take-up reels 35a and 35b.

  When the tension applied to the pair of tapes 34a, 34b becomes larger than the set torque value of the torque limiters 42a, 42b, the torque limiters 42a, 42b slip, and the take-up reels 35a, 35b are applied with a constant torque. It rotates in the same tape winding direction at a slower speed than the shafts 41a and 41b. Therefore, the pair of tapes 34a and 34b are wound around the take-up reels 35a and 35b in a state where a certain tension is applied.

  Then, by rewinding the pair of tapes 34a and 34b from the winding drum 38, the banknotes are rewound together with the pair of tapes 34a and 34b, and the banknotes to be rewound through the triangular space 47 are sandwiched between the pair of sandwiching rollers 66 on both sides in the width direction. , 66 and is fed out from the bill entrance / exit 33 toward the bill transport path 18.

  At this time, an inclined drum portion 57, 57 having a smaller diameter toward the outer side in the width direction is provided on the outer side in the width direction of the banknote winding drums 53, 53 of the winding drum 38, and the banknote one surface pressing guide 73, Inclined portions 78 and 78 that are obliquely cut out on the outer side in the width direction on the leading end side of 73, and further, the outer diameter direction of the banknote other surface guides 86 and 86 is reduced toward the outer side in the width direction. Since the inclined relief portion 89 is provided so as to be away from the drum 38 and the triangular space 47, the bill winding drum portions 53, 53 and the bill one side pressing guides 73, 73 and the bill other side guides 86, 86 Both end regions in the longitudinal direction can be hardly caught, and folding and curling are hardly generated in both end regions in the longitudinal direction of the bills, so that the bills can be fed smoothly.

  Further, the both sides in the longitudinal direction of the banknote fed out from the take-up drum 38 to the banknote entrance / exit 33 are divided into banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72, 73, 73 on both sides in the width direction and banknote other surface guides 86, 86 on both sides in the width direction. Since it guides, the longitudinal direction both ends area of a bill is hard to be caught, and a bill can be drawn out smoothly.

  The banknotes fed out from the banknote entrance / exit 33 to the banknote transport path 18 are sandwiched between transport rollers 27 and 27 and are fed into the banknote transport path 18 by the rotation of the transport rollers 27 and 27.

  Then, after detecting that the rear end of the banknote to be fed into the banknote transport path 18 has passed the position of the sensors S3, S3, after a predetermined time (after the rear end of the banknote has passed the partition members 90, 90), the motor The partition member 90, 90 is closed and moved by driving M2, and the banknote entry / exit 33 is closed.

  If the number of bills to be fed is one, when the passage of the bill is detected by the sensors S3 and S3 immediately after the partition members 90 and 90 are closed, the motor M1 is stopped and the winding drums of the pair of tapes 34a and 34b Rewinding by 38 and winding by the take-up reels 35a and 35b are stopped.

  In the case of feeding out a plurality of banknotes, after detecting the passage of the banknotes with the sensors S3 and S3, the motor M1 is continuously driven while the partition members 90 and 90 remain open even after a predetermined time has passed. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the passage of a predetermined number of bills is detected by the sensors S3 and S3, the motor M1 is stopped and the motor M2 is driven to close and move the partition member 90 to close the bill insertion / removal port 33. And the delivery of a plurality of banknotes is completed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1 from the state shown in FIG. 2, the banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 and the banknote one surface pressing guides 72, 72 are changed according to the decrease of the banknotes to be rewound from the winding drum 38. The supported banknote pressing rollers 79 and 79 swing around the swinging roller shaft 45a and follow and move, and the banknote one surface pressing guides 73 and 73 swing and follow the guide shafts 77 and 77 to follow and move. Further, the tape pressing rollers 82 and 82 and the bill other side guides 86 and 86 swing and follow the pivot 85 as a fulcrum, and serve to fasten all these bills to the take-up drum 38. In addition, they perform the same function even when following movement.

  As described above, according to the banknote storage and feeding device 23, the banknotes are wound around the winding drum 38 in the short direction, so that the banknote storage amount can be increased for a small winding length of the tapes 34a and 34b. . In particular, the tightening of the banknotes with the tapes 34a and 34b does not rely only on the tightening of the pair of tapes 34a and 34b as in the prior art, but the tapes 34a and 34b wound around the winding drum 38 by the tape pressing roller 82 are used. Since a tightening force is applied by pressing toward the take-up drum 38, the take-up drum 38 can be taken up and stored with an appropriate tightening force during the take-up and storage of the banknote, and the winding drum 38 increases in accordance with the amount of banknotes stored. The rate of increase in the outer diameter is also small. Further, both end areas in the longitudinal direction of one side of the banknote are pressed against the take-up drum 38 by banknote pressing rollers 79, 79 and banknote one-side pressing guides 72, 72, 73, 73, and both end areas in the longitudinal direction on the other side of the banknote are Since the guides are guided by the surface guides 86 and 86, when the banknotes are taken up by the tapes 34a and 34b, folds and curls are unlikely to occur at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the banknotes, so that the banknotes can be taken up and stored smoothly.

It is sectional drawing at the time of the tape winding minimum of the winding drum in the banknote storage and feeding apparatus which shows one embodiment of this invention, Comprising: Sectional drawing of AA arrow of FIG. 3 and BB arrow of FIG. It is. It is sectional drawing at the time of the tape winding maximum of the winding drum in a banknote accommodation delivery apparatus same as the above, Comprising: It is sectional drawing of the AA arrow of FIG. 3, and the BB arrow of FIG. It is the rear view (figure seen from the right side in FIG. 1) which abbreviate | omitted a part of banknote storage and feeding apparatus same as the above. It is the front view (figure seen from the left side in FIG. 1) which abbreviate | omitted a part of banknote storage and feeding apparatus same as the above. It is a side view of the drive system of a banknote accommodation delivery apparatus same as the above. The banknote other surface guide of a banknote accommodation | drawing-out apparatus same as the above is shown, (a) is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 4, (b) is DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 4, (c) is FIG. It is EE arrow sectional drawing. It is a block diagram of a banknote accommodation delivery apparatus same as the above. It is a block diagram of the sales deposit machine using a banknote storage and feeding apparatus same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

18 Banknote transport path
23 Bill storage and feeding device
34a, 34b tape
35a, 35b Take-up reel
36a, 36b Rolling roller
38 Winding drum
47 Triangular space
52 Tape take-up drum section
53 Banknote winding drum
66 Nipping roller pair
72, 73 banknote one face pressing guide
79 Bill press roller
82 Tape pressing roller
86 Banknote other side guide P Banknote

Claims (1)

A pair of take-up reels each for taking up a pair of tapes; and a take-up drum that winds together a pair of tapes with a banknote sandwiched between the pair of tapes in a short direction. A banknote transport path that winds and stores banknotes fed from the banknote transport path in the short direction by returning and winding the take-up drum, and sends out banknotes by winding the pair of take-up reels and rewinding the take-up drum. A bill storage and feeding device for feeding bills in a short direction toward
A tape take-up drum portion for winding a pair of tapes is formed in a substantially central region in the width direction orthogonal to the tape take-up direction, and the tape take-up drum portion is wound in the short direction with a pair of tapes on both sides in the width direction. A winding drum in which banknote winding drum portions on both sides in the width direction for winding both sides in the longitudinal direction of the banknote to be taken are formed;
It is provided in the position which faces the banknote conveyance path, and the width direction both sides position corresponding to the banknote winding drum part of the width direction both sides of the winding drum, and the banknote sent from a conveyance path at the time of banknote storage is between a pair of tapes Prior to being clamped, the banknotes are clamped and transported toward the circumferential surface of the take-up drum, and the banknotes unwound from the take-up drum are transported toward the transport path when the banknotes are fed. With Laura pair,
A pair of tapes facing each other at a central position between the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction and facing from the pair of take-up reels to the take-up drum portion of the take-up drum are spaced apart from each other, A substantially triangular triangular space is formed between each winding position of the tape and the circumferential surface position of the tape winding drum portion of the winding drum, and the bills conveyed by the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction are triangular. A pair of wrapping rollers that are wound into the tape take-up drum portion of the take-up drum while being received in the space and sandwiched between the pair of tapes;
The winding drum is provided opposite to the winding drum at a position near one side of the triangular space on the side of one of the pair of winding rollers, and presses the bill against the winding drum. A banknote pressing roller that moves in accordance with an increase or decrease in banknotes wound around
The longitudinal direction of one side of the banknote is provided on both sides in the width direction with respect to the tape portion stretched between one winding roller forming one side of the triangular space and the peripheral surface of the tape take-up drum portion A banknote one-surface pressing guide that guides both sides of the triangular space along the entire conveyance direction of the banknote and presses it toward the winding drum, and moves in accordance with the increase or decrease of the banknote wound on the winding drum;
The other side of the triangular space, which is the other of the pair of winding rollers, is provided to face the tape winding drum portion of the winding drum, and is wound around the tape winding drum portion. A tape pressing roller that presses the peripheral surface of the tape and moves in accordance with the increase / decrease of banknotes wound on the winding drum;
The other side of the triangular space that is the other wrapping roller side is provided at both sides in the width direction of the pair of sandwiching rollers on both sides in the width direction, guides the both sides in the longitudinal direction of the other side of the bill, A bill storage / feeding device comprising: a bill other surface guide that moves in accordance with an increase / decrease in bills wound on a take-up drum.

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