JP2007128301A - Drawer device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily take bank bills out of and into a bank bill storage in which the bank bills are pressed by a bank-bill presser. <P>SOLUTION: A bank bill storage 10 provided in an open drawer, which is stored in a drawer housing and can freely be drawn, is provided with: an arm 23, with one end free and the other end arranged on the depth side of the bank bill storage 10, supported freely rotatably around a shaft orthogonally crossing the drawing direction; and a bank-bill presser 15 having a roller 25, which is provided in the free end of the arm 23, freely rotatable around the shaft orthogonally crossing the drawing direction. The roller 25 contacts bank bills B stored in the bank bill storage 10 to press the bank bills. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drawer apparatus.

  The drawer apparatus is an apparatus for withdrawing and withdrawing money in conjunction with merchandise sales data processing by a merchandise sales data processing apparatus such as an ECR (Electronic Cash Register) or a POS (Point of Sales) terminal. It is.

  Conventionally, a bill holder is provided in a bill storage part formed in a drawer (cash box) that can be pulled out from a drawer casing (cabinet). As described in Patent Document 1, the bill holder has a structure in which one end is rotatably attached to the back side of the bill storage unit and the bill is pressed at the free end on the front side. Therefore, when storing a banknote with respect to a banknote storage part, the bill holder provided in the banknote storage part is lifted, then the banknote is stored, and the stored banknote is pressed down again. Similarly, when taking out banknotes from the banknote storage unit, the banknotes are taken out after lifting the bill holder.

JP 2000-276654 A

  However, the work of raising and lowering the bill presser in the vertical direction causes a time loss during the settlement work for the operator who operates the drawer device.

  Here, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a drawer device is provided with a mechanism in which a bill presser is lifted upward as a cash box is pulled out. If this technique is used, banknotes can be stored without the work of raising and lowering the bill holder. However, since the bill holder is lifted simply by pulling out the cash box, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage section are easily disturbed, and the banknote storage section that is not required is opened, leading to the loss of banknotes. It might be.

  Even when the cash box is pulled out, it is desirable that the bill holder of the bill storage part is holding the bill. However, as described above, the work of raising and lowering the bill holder up and down is a loss of time for the operator. End up.

  The objective of this invention is providing the drawer apparatus which can take out and accommodate a banknote easily with respect to the banknote storage part in the state in which the bill holder is pressing the banknote.

  The drawer apparatus according to the present invention includes a drawer housing, a drawer housed in the drawer housing and slidable toward the front side, and can be pulled out in a withdrawal direction, and a banknote storage portion provided on the drawer with an upper surface opening. An arm having one end as a free end and the other end disposed on the back side of the bill storage portion and supported to be rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the withdrawal direction, and provided at the free end and in the withdrawal direction A bill holder that has a roller that is rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the bill holder and presses the bill by abutting against the bill stored in the bill storage portion.

  According to the present invention, since the roller in contact with the banknote is freely rotatable, the roller is rotated by simply pulling out the banknote, and the banknote can be easily removed from the banknote storage portion in a state where the banknote presser holds the banknote. Can be taken out. Moreover, since a roller can be rotated and a banknote can be slid by inserting a banknote into the contact surface of a roller and a banknote, a banknote can be easily accommodated in the banknote storage part of the state which a bill holder is pressing the banknote. Can do.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a drawer apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention together with an ECR 3. The drawer device 1 with the ECR 3 mounted on the upper surface is a thin and flat housing having a cabinet 2 as a drawer housing having an opening 2a on the front, and an upper surface that is housed in the cabinet 2 and can be pulled out from the opening 2a. It is composed of a cash box 4 as an opening drawer. Hereinafter, a direction in which the cash box 4 is pulled out from the opening 2a is referred to as a pulling direction.

  FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the cash box 4. The cash box 4 includes a top-opening money case 5 that is detachably stored in the cash box 4, a ticket storage unit 6 that is formed on the front side of the money case 5 and stores tickets related to transactions such as gift certificates, The money case 5 is formed by being partitioned by a plurality of partition plates 11 on the back side, and the banknote storage unit 10 having an upper surface opening for storing banknotes in denominations, and removably stored in the ticket storage unit 6 and coins in denominations. And a coin case 8 in which a plurality of coin storage portions 9 for storage are formed. In FIG. 2, the money case 5 and the partition plate 11 are partially cut away.

  Further, a support portion 13 that is long in the direction in which the banknote storage portions 10 are arranged and formed at a right angle is provided at the back end portion of the money case 5. The banknote storage unit 10 is provided with a bill presser 15 that is attached to the support unit 13 and presses the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 10.

  FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing the bill holder 15. A bill presser 15 has a rear end of an arm 23 having a free end as a front end rotatably attached to a bill presser base 21 fixed to a support portion 13 on the back side of the money case 5. The roller 25 provided rotatably is in contact with the bill B stored in the bill storage unit 10 to press the bill B. At this time, the arm 23 is pivotally supported by an arm shaft 22 that is provided on the bill holder base 21 and is parallel to a direction orthogonal to the drawing direction (hereinafter referred to as the width direction). It is provided at the free end of the arm 23 and is supported by a roller shaft 24 parallel to the arm shaft 22 so as to be rotatable.

  In addition, a pair of finger rests 26 are provided on both side surfaces of the free end of the arm 23 as finger receiving portions extending sideways. Note that the tag presser arm 23, the roller 25, the finger holder 26, and the like constituting the tag presser 15 are formed of resin (for example, plastic) or the like.

  The bill presser base 21 includes a flat surface portion 21 a that comes into contact with the upper surface of the support portion 13 and a U-shaped shaft holding portion 21 b that comes into contact with the front surface of the support portion 13. Here, screw holes are formed in the upper surface of the support portion 13 and the flat portion 21a, and the bill holder base 21 is attached to and detached from the support portion 13 by fitting the screws 14 into these screw holes. It is attached freely. Further, the flat surface portion 21a and the shaft holding portion 21b are integrally formed at a right angle, and this right angle and the right angle formed by the support portion 13 are overlapped so that the bill holder base 21 is fixed in contact with the support portion 13. Therefore, the bill holder base 21 is configured not to rotate around the screw 14 as a fulcrum. Note that a plurality of screw holes formed in the support portion 13 are provided in the width direction, and the bill holder base 21 can be fixed at different mounting positions in the width direction. That is, the arrangement position of the arm 23 can be changed in the width direction (see FIGS. 7 and 8). The U-shaped shaft holding portion 21b is opposed to each other to form a pair of shaft holes, and the arm shaft 22 is fitted and fixed in the shaft holes.

  The arm 23 includes a pair of arm plates 23a and a bridge portion 23b having both ends rounded, and the width is narrowed in the width direction from the rear end toward the free end. Since a shaft hole is formed at the rear end of the arm plate 23a and the arm shaft 22 passes therethrough, the arm 23 is rotatable about the arm shaft 22 as a fulcrum so that the free end moves up and down. Yes. A shaft hole is formed at the free end of the arm plate 23a, and the roller shaft 24 is fitted and fixed. At this time, the roller shaft 24 is provided in parallel with the axial direction of the arm shaft 22. The arm 23 has a curved shape so as to collapse slightly when viewed from the side (see FIGS. 4 to 6).

  The roller 25 is rotatably supported by being supported by the roller shaft 24, and is not limited in rotation by the arm plate 23 a or the like. Moreover, it has a certain thickness in the width direction, and this thickness portion abuts on the bill B stored in the bill storage unit 10.

  The finger rest 26 is a plate-like member having a shape obtained by obliquely cutting an ellipse, and the finger rest 26 and the arm plate 23a are integrally formed so that the thickness portion of the finger rest 26 contacts the side surface of the arm plate 23a. Has been. Here, the finger rest 26 has a flat planar portion 26a formed integrally with the arm plate 23a along the lower side edge of the side surface of the arm plate 23a, and is rounded on the front side of the arm plate 23a. The curved portion 26b is integrally formed with the arm plate 23a so as to bend upward from the rear end side toward the free end side in accordance with the shape of the end portion. Further, the pair of finger holders 26 are positioned at positions symmetrical with respect to the arm 23.

  And the banknote B accommodated in the banknote storage part 10 is supported by the bottom face of the banknote storage part 10, the roller 25 contact | abuts on the top banknote B, and is pressed from the upper surface by the bill holder 15. At this time, the arm 23 is rotatable about the arm shaft 22, and the bill B is pressed by the dead weight of the bill presser 15.

  In such a configuration, an operation of taking out the banknote from the banknote storage unit 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a vertical side view showing the banknote storage unit 10 when taking out banknotes. Here, when taking out the banknote, the banknote Bb placed on the top of the banknote Ba stored in the banknote storage unit 10 and in contact with the roller 25 is picked and taken out to the front side. At this time, since the bill presser 15 presses the bills Ba and Bb by its own weight, the force for pressing the bill Bb is relatively weak, and the rotatable roller 25 pulls out the bill Bb as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the banknote Bb can be easily taken out simply by picking up the stored banknote Bb and pulling it out to the front without lifting the presser foot 15 upward and releasing the presser of the banknote Bb.

  Next, the operation of storing banknotes in the banknote storage unit 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 5 is a longitudinal side view showing the banknote storage unit 10 when storing banknotes with stiffness. The banknote Bc to be stored is newly placed on the top of the banknote Bd already stored in the banknote storage unit 10 and pressed by the bill presser 15.

  As described above, the force that the bill presser 15 presses the bill Bd is relatively weak, and the roller 25 that comes into contact with the bill Bd is rotatable. Therefore, when the bill Bc is stiff like a new bill, for example, the roller When the end portion of the bill Bc is directly inserted into the contact surface between the bill 25 and the bill Bd, the roller 25 provided rotatably is rotated, and the bill Bc can be slid into the contact surface. And the banknote Bc can be easily accommodated in the banknote accommodating part 10 by pushing the banknote Bc further into the back side of the banknote accommodating part 10, and overlapping the banknote Bc on the banknote Bd.

  However, when the bill is used, the stiffness is lost. Therefore, when such a bill is inserted into the contact portion between the roller 25 and the bill Bd, the bill is defeated and bent, and the roller 25 is rotated and slid. I can't. Then, the case where the banknote without a firmness is stored in the banknote storage part 10 is demonstrated.

  FIG. 6 is a longitudinal side view showing the banknote storage unit 10 when storing banknotes without stiffness, and FIG. 7 is a plan view thereof. The case where the banknote Bc is stored with the right hand will be described.

  First, the banknote Bc is sandwiched between the thumb and the other fingers from the right side and grasped by the hand, and the hand is inserted between the finger holder 26 located on the right side surface of the arm 23 and the banknote Bd. The thumb of the hand is brought into contact with the lower surface of the curved portion 26b of the finger rest 26 to lift the free end of the arm 23, and a gap is formed between the roller 25 and the bill Bd. And the hand which grasped bill Bc is pushed into the back side of bill storage part 10, and bill Bc is inserted in this crevice. At this time, by pushing the hand to the back side, the finger rest 26 is not supported, the free end of the arm 23 that has been lifted falls by its own weight, and the roller 25 comes into contact with the banknote Bc. However, since the roller 25 is rotatable, the banknote Bc can be slid back while rotating the roller 25. And the banknote Bc is piled up on the banknote Bd, and storage is completed. In this way, even a banknote Bc having no stiffness can be easily stored in the banknote storage unit 10 without lifting the bill holder 15 with one hand.

  At this time, the finger rest 26 has the curved portion 26b as described above, and has a curved shape that is warped upward at the foremost end, so that the thumb of the hand holding the banknote Bc is slid under the finger rest 26. It is easy.

  6 and 7, the case where the banknote Bc is grasped and stored with the right hand has been described. However, when the banknote Bc is stored with the left hand, the left hand is placed on the lower surface of the finger rest 26 located on the left side of the arm 23. The arm 23 is lifted by bringing the fingers into contact with each other. Thus, since the finger holder 26 is formed on both side surfaces of the arm 23, the bill Bc can be stored in correspondence with both the right and left dominant arms.

  Next, the change of the attachment position of the bill holder 15 will be described. As described above, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of screw holes formed in the support portion 13 are provided in the width direction. That is, the screw hole 13a that is positioned on the lower surface of the flat portion 21a of the tag presser base 21 and the screw 14 is fitted therein, and the screw indicated by the dotted line that is also positioned on the lower surface of the flat portion 21a and located on both sides of the screw hole 13a. Holes 13b and 13c are provided.

  Here, after removing the screw 14 for fixing the tag holder base 21 from the screw hole 13a and sliding the tag holder 15 in the width direction, the screw 14 is again screwed into the screw hole of the flat portion 21a and the screw hole of the support portion 13. By fitting and fixing to 13b, the attachment position of the bill holder 15 is changed in the width direction.

  FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the banknote storage unit 10 in which the attachment position of the bill holder 15 is varied. By changing the mounting position of the bill holder 15 to the left side, a space is formed wider in the width direction in the right side portion of the banknote storage unit 10 than the banknote storage unit 10 in the mounting position shown in FIG. When gripping and storing the banknote Bc, it becomes easy to put a hand into the banknote storage part 10, and workability | operativity can be improved.

Furthermore, the attachment position of the bill holder 15 can be changed to the right side of the attachment position shown in FIG. 7 by fitting the screw into the screw hole and the screw hole 13c of the flat surface portion 21a. In that case, a wide space is formed in the left side portion of the banknote storage unit 10 so that the workability when holding and storing the banknotes with the left hand can be improved, and the workability is improved corresponding to both the right and left dominant arms. be able to.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the drawer apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention with ECR. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows a cash box. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a bill holder. It is a vertical side view which shows the banknote accommodating part in the case of taking out a banknote. It is a vertical side view which shows the banknote accommodating part in the case of storing a firm banknote. It is a vertical side view which shows the banknote storage part in the case of storing a banknote without a stiffness. It is a top view which shows the banknote accommodating part in the case of accommodating a banknote without stiffness. It is a top view which shows the banknote accommodating part which varied the attachment position of a bill holder.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Drawer apparatus, 2 ... Drawer housing | casing (cabinet), 4 ... Drawer (cash box), 10 ... Banknote storage part, 15 ... Bill holder, 23 ... Arm, 25 ... Roller, 26 ... Finger receiving part (finger receiving)

Claims (4)

A drawer housing;
A drawer that is housed in the drawer housing and that can be pulled out in a pulling direction that is slid to the front side and pulled out;
A bill storage part with an upper surface opening provided in the drawer;
An arm having one end as a free end and the other end disposed on the back side of the bill storage portion and supported to be rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the withdrawal direction, and provided at the free end and orthogonal to the withdrawal direction A bill presser that presses a bill against the bill stored in the bill storage unit,
A drawer device comprising:   The drawer device according to claim 1, wherein the bill presser includes a finger receiving portion that extends laterally from the free end of the arm.   The drawer device according to claim 2, wherein the bill presser presses a bill stored in the bill storage unit by its own weight. The drawer apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an arrangement position of the other end of the arm is freely changeable in a direction orthogonal to the drawing direction.

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