JP2007280247A - Paper money dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for preventing a papermoney from becoming non-carriable by being clogged in the middle of a papermoney carrying passage, when carrying the papermoney in a bundle, by preventing a stacking jam, when carrying and stacking the papermoney one by one. <P>SOLUTION: This papermoney dispenser 1 has an upper carrier belt 7, a lower carrier belt 11 and a papermoney repaying part 2, and has a lever 15 pressing down the central vicinity of its papermoney, when carrying the papermoney one by one by the upper carrier belt 7 and the lower carrier belt 11, and is characterized by retreating the lever 15 to a position of not contacting with the bundle of the papermoney, when carrying the papermoney in a bundle state by the upper carrier belt 7 and the lower carrier belt 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote depositing and dispensing machine used in a cash handling apparatus such as an automatic cash transaction apparatus.

The conventional banknote depositing and dispensing machine transports and stacks reject banknotes that cannot be distinguished from the banknotes that have been inserted by the customer to the withdrawal temporary storage unit, and stacks the bundles of rejected banknotes. It is conveyed to the bill return section as it is. Similarly, when performing a withdrawal transaction, the banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount are transported and accumulated in the withdrawal temporary storage unit, and the bundle of the accumulated banknotes is transported directly to the banknote return unit (for example, patents). Reference 1).
JP 2003-226442 A (paragraphs 0047-0051, FIG. 1)

However, in the above-described conventional technology, banknotes to be paid out to a customer in a withdrawal transaction are transported and accumulated in a withdrawal temporary storage unit, and then the accumulated banknotes are transported to a withdrawal port as a bundle. Therefore, the time required for the transaction is extended.
Therefore, when making a withdrawal transaction, the banknotes are transported directly to the withdrawal outlet one by one, and the shutter installed at the withdrawal opening is opened after the delivery of the banknote for the withdrawal amount is completed. By paying the customer, the transaction time with the customer is shortened to improve efficiency.

  At this time, in order to prevent the occurrence of an accumulation jam due to the accumulated banknotes, the banknote transport path is formed so that the banknotes wave in the vertical direction with respect to the transport direction in front of the withdrawal port. The banknote transport path formed on the banknote can pass when the banknote is one, but the thickness of the banknote in a bundle increases as the thickness increases, so the banknote bundle does not bend like a wave, There is a problem that the paper cannot be conveyed due to clogging in the bill conveyance path.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention prevents stacking jams when transporting and stacking banknotes one by one, and transports jammed along the banknote transport path when transporting banknotes in a bundle. It aims at providing the means for preventing it becoming impossible.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention includes upper and lower conveyor belts that convey banknotes, and a banknote return unit that collects and conveys banknotes that are nipped and conveyed between the upper and lower conveyor belts, and delivers them to customers. A banknote depositing / dispensing machine having a lever for holding the vicinity of the center of the banknotes when the banknotes are transported one by one by the upper and lower transport belts, and transporting banknotes in a bundled state by the upper and lower transport belts Further, the lever is retracted to a position where it does not come into contact with a bundle of bills to be conveyed.

  As a result, the present invention can prevent the occurrence of an accumulation jam because it accumulates in the banknote return unit in a U-shaped form with the banknote pressed by a lever, and further conveys banknotes in a bundle. In this case, by retracting the lever, it is possible to prevent the lever from hitting a bundle of banknotes and preventing the conveyance from being hindered.

  Below, with reference to drawings, the example of the bill depositing and dispensing machine by the present invention is described.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an arrow view of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine according to the first embodiment when viewed in the arrow A direction.
In FIG. 1, 1 is a banknote depositing and dispensing machine.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a banknote return unit, which collects rejected banknotes that cannot be identified by a discrimination unit (not shown) in a transaction in which a customer inserts banknotes, such as a deposit transaction or a transfer transaction. The banknotes to be dispensed are collected, and the reject banknotes and withdrawal banknotes collected by opening a shutter (not shown) are delivered to the customer.

  Reference numeral 3 denotes a conveyance path, and an upper belt portion 8 such as an endless upper conveyance belt 7 wound around the upper conveyance rollers 4 and 5, an endless lower conveyance belt 11 wound around the lower conveyance rollers 9 and 10, and the like. The lower belt portion 12 is configured to hold the banknote between the upper conveyor belt 7 and the lower conveyor belt 11 and rotate in the direction of conveyance to the banknote return section 2 so that the banknote is returned at a predetermined speed. 2 to transport.

The upper transport rollers 4 and 5 are arranged on the banknote return unit 2 side in ascending order of the assigned numbers, and a spring 13 is attached to the upper transport roller 4 so that a downward biasing force acts. Its position is lowered.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a tension roller, which is arranged between the upper conveying rollers 4 and 5 at a predetermined interval as shown in FIG. 2, and is configured to be movable up and down. A spring 14 is attached to the tension roller 6 and its position is lowered by a downward biasing force.

The lower conveyance roller 9 is disposed below the upper conveyance roller 4 and the tension roller 6, and the lower conveyance roller 10 is disposed below the upper conveyance roller 5 and the tension roller 6.
The upper conveyor belt 7 is bent so as to be pressed against the lower conveyor belt 11 as the tension roller 6 is lowered by the downward biasing force from the spring 14. Yes.

By doing in this way, the conveyance path 3 waves up and down in the conveyance direction of a banknote.
The lower belt unit 12 uses the state in which the lower conveyance belt 11 is parallel to the upper conveyance belt 7 as a reference state, and conveys the lower belt so that the lower conveyance belt 11 rotates downward about the lower conveyance roller 9. The roller 10 is configured to move so that the space between the upper belt portion 8 and the lower belt portion 12 is opened.

The space between the upper belt portion 8 and the lower belt portion 12 functions as a banknote bundle stacking section for stacking banknote bundles.
A lever 15 is rotatably mounted between the tension rollers 6 of the rotary shaft 6a of the tension roller 6 as shown in FIG. 2, and the end on the upper conveying roller 4 side is usually conveyed downward by a spring (not shown). By tilting so as to protrude between the rollers 9, the vicinity of the center of the banknote passing through the transport path 3 is pressed.

The length of the lever 15 is such that the tip of the end protruding between the lower transport rollers 9 is located just above the lower transport roller 9 or slightly upstream from the top in the banknote transport direction. It has been decided.
Reference numeral 16 denotes a lever stopper, which is positioned above the end of the lever 15 on the upper conveying roller 5 side, and regulates the clockwise rotation of the lever 15 in FIG.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a bill stopper, which is provided on a stopper shaft 17a rotatably provided on a side frame of the lower belt portion 12 (not shown) so as to avoid interference with the lower conveyor belt 11, and rotates the lower belt portion 12 downward. When the banknote bundle stacking portion is provided, the front end in the transport direction of the banknotes stacked on the banknote stack stacking portion is aligned by rotating counterclockwise as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 19 denotes a waist boss integrated with the lower conveyance roller 9, and has a diameter larger than the diameter of the lower conveyance roller 9.
Therefore, the banknotes to be conveyed pass through the waist boss 19, so that the left and right ends in the transport direction are lifted and attached to the banknote return unit 2.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.

When performing banknote deposit transactions with customers, banknotes inserted by the customer are transported to the discrimination section, denominated, and banknotes that have been denominated are denominated according to their denomination. Rejected banknotes that are transported to the storage unit but cannot be identified are returned to the customer.
Therefore, the lower conveyance roller 10 side in the lower belt portion 12 in the reference state is lowered, the bill stopper 17 is rotated upward in conjunction with the lower belt portion 12, and the bill bundle stacking portion is provided to reject the conveyance from the upstream of the conveyance path 3. The banknotes are stacked on the banknote stack stacking unit.

When all the reject banknotes are collected and the lower belt portion 12 is returned to the reference state, a bundle of reject banknotes is sandwiched between the upper transport belt 7 and the lower transport belt 11 and the springs depend on the thickness of the stack. The tension roller 6 is lifted against the urging force of 14.
Here, FIG. 3 is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the reject banknote is conveyed.
As shown in FIG. 3, since the tension of the tension roller 6 is lifted, the lower conveying belt 11 is not bent, so that the portion where the wave of the conveying path 3 is hit is almost flat.

Here, since the lever 15 is attached to the rotating shaft 6a of the tension roller 6, it is lifted together with the tension roller 6. However, the end on the upper conveying roller 5 side is regulated by the lever stopper 16 and does not move upward. The end on the upper conveying roller 4 side rotates upward and retracts from the lower belt portion 12.
The conveyance path 3 collects reject banknotes in the banknote return section 2 by transporting the bundle of rejected banknotes to the banknote return section 2, and returns the reject banknotes to the customer by opening the shutter of the banknote return section 2. To do.

On the other hand, when a banknote withdrawal transaction is performed with a customer, the banknotes fed out from a denomination-type banknote storage unit (not shown) and transported from the upstream of the transport path 3 are the upper belt unit 8 and the lower belt unit 12. Is further conveyed.
Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state where a banknote to be withdrawn to a customer is being conveyed, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a banknote seated by a lever and a seating boss.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bill to be conveyed is pressed near the center by a lever 15 that is inclined toward the lower conveyance roller 9 when it passes under the tension roller 6 and reaches the upper side of the lower conveyance roller 9. While being pushed, both ends are lifted by the lowering boss 19 integral with the lower conveying roller 9.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the banknote is forcibly bent into a U-shape, and is discharged to the banknote return unit 2 as it is and accumulated.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the banknotes are conveyed one by one, when lifting both ends of the banknotes with the waist bosses, the levers are pressed near the center of the banknotes to make sure they are U-shaped. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of an accumulation jam when accumulating in the banknote return unit.
Also, when transporting banknotes in a bundle such as reject banknotes, the lever is retracted to a position where the lever does not contact the banknotes of the bundle by pushing up the rotating shaft to which the lever is attached by the thickness of the bundle. It is possible to prevent the conveyance from being hindered by hitting a bundle of banknotes.

  Further, when a bundle of banknotes is sandwiched between the upper belt portion and the lower belt portion, the upper conveyance roller that bends the lower conveyance belt is lifted, so that a conveyance path formed so as to wave up and down in the conveyance direction is provided. It is possible to prevent the banknote bundle from being clogged in the middle of the conveyance path in a nearly flat state.

The configuration of the bill depositing / dispensing machine of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, but in this embodiment, when the bill stopper 17 rotates and faces upward, the tension roller 6 is pushed upward.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the banknote depositing and dispensing machine of the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the bill stopper of the second embodiment.

6 and 7, the bill stopper 17 is disposed at a position where the rotation fulcrum is directly below the rotation shaft 6a, and the tip is formed by the arc surface 20 and the flat support surface 21. The rotation fulcrum is disposed below the rotation shaft 6a.
Thus, when the bill stopper 17 rotates upward in conjunction with the rotation of the lower belt portion 12, the arc surface 20 first contacts the rotation shaft 6a to push up the rotation shaft 6a, and when the bill stopper 17 rotates to the vertical direction, the support surface. The rotating shaft 6 a is placed on the 21.

When the rotary shaft 6 a is placed on the support surface 21, the tension roller 6 is pushed up away from the bent upper conveyance belt 7 and lower conveyance belt 11.
In FIG. 7, reference numeral 22 denotes a banknote bundle stacking unit that is a space that spreads between the lower belt unit 12 and the upper belt unit 8, and the banknotes are bundled like the reject banknotes described in the first embodiment. When the bills are conveyed to the bill return unit 2 as they are, the bills to be bundled are accumulated.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
In addition, since the operation | movement regarding the withdrawal transaction in a present Example is the same as that of the said Example 1, the description is abbreviate | omitted.
When performing banknote deposit transactions with customers, banknotes inserted by the customer are transported to the discrimination section, denominated, and banknotes that have been denominated are denominated according to their denomination. Rejected banknotes that are transported to the storage unit but are not suitable for stacking such that the denomination cannot be distinguished, or are skewed or overlapped due to poor separation, etc. are returned to the customer.

For this reason, the lower conveying roller 10 side of the lower belt portion 12 in the reference state is lowered, the bill stopper 17 is rotated upward in conjunction with the lower belt roller 12, and the bill bundle stacking portion 22 is provided to be conveyed from the upstream of the conveying path 3. The reject banknotes are stacked on the banknote bundle stacking unit 22.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the support surface 21 rotates when the arcuate surface 20 of the bill stopper 17 is guided so as to push up the rotating shaft 6 a and the bill stopper 17 rotates and stops at a position in the vertical direction. The shaft 6a is kept pushed up.

As a result, the tension roller 6 is lifted away from the upper transport belt 7 and the lower transport belt 11, so that the downstream space in the transport direction of the bill stopper 17 is expanded as shown in FIG. It will spread further.
The reject banknotes conveyed from the upstream side of the conveyance path 3 are discharged between the upper belt portion 8 and the lower belt portion 12 and accumulated on the lower belt portion 12.

And after collecting all reject banknotes, the bill stopper 17 rotates downward by returning the lower belt portion 12 to the reference state, but the tension roller 6 is lifted by the thickness of the stack of reject banknotes accumulated. Will remain.
As the tension roller 6 is lifted, the lower conveyance belt 11 is not bent, so that the portion of the conveyance path 3 that is waved is almost flat.

Here, since the lever 15 is attached to the rotating shaft 6a of the tension roller 6, it is lifted together with the tension roller 6. However, the end on the upper conveying roller 5 side is regulated by the lever stopper 16 and does not move upward. The end on the upper conveying roller 4 side rotates upward and retracts from the lower belt portion 12.
The conveyance path 3 collects reject banknotes in the banknote return section 2 by transporting the bundle of rejected banknotes to the banknote return section 2, and returns the reject banknotes to the customer by opening the shutter of the banknote return section 2. To do.

When conveyance of the reject banknote is completed, the reject banknote is returned to the customer by opening a shutter (not shown).
As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the same effects as in the first embodiment, when the bill stopper for collecting reject banknotes is rotated and raised, the upper conveyance roller is pushed up by the bill stopper. Since the space downstream of the bill stopper in the transport direction is vacated, the rejected bills released to the bill bundle stacking portion in a skewed state when the gap into which the bill enters downstream is narrower than the bill stopper. It is possible to prevent the jamming from being caused by stopping in a state of being skewed while being sandwiched between the conveying belts having a narrowed front end portion and colliding with a subsequent bill.

  In addition, by pushing up the upper transport roller, the height of the upper transport belt that becomes the ceiling when stacking reject banknotes is increased, and the banknote stack stacking section can be widened, so that the number of reject banknotes that can be stacked can be increased. Become.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a conveyance path according to the third embodiment.
In FIG. 8, the upper belt portion 8 of the present embodiment is arranged in parallel with the first roller shaft 32 on which the plurality of transport rollers 31 are arranged, in parallel with the first roller shaft 32 on the upstream side in the banknote transport direction, and A second roller shaft 34 to which a plurality of conveying rollers 33 arranged to face the conveying roller 31 are attached, an upper conveying belt 7 wound around the conveying rollers 31 and 33, and the like.

The transport rollers 31 and 33 have a one-way clutch attached. When the first roller shaft 32 and the second roller shaft 34 rotate in the clockwise direction shown in FIG. 8, the first roller shaft 32 and It rotates integrally with the second roller shaft 34, and rotates idly with respect to the counterclockwise rotation.
Further, the first roller shaft 32 and the second roller shaft 34 are attached with a pulley 37 for passing an endless timing belt 36 between them.

The timing belt 36 is provided with a protruding portion 36a that protrudes outward, and the protruding portion 36a hits the banknote to push out the banknote.
The second roller shaft 34 has a shaft gear 39 that meshes with the movable gear 41, and the rotation from the movable gear 41 is transmitted to the shaft gear 39.
The movable gear 41 is always meshed with the shaft gear 39 and is configured to move between a position meshed with the input shaft gear 42 arranged below and a position separated from it by a drive mechanism (not shown).

The input shaft gear 42 is attached to a drive motor (not shown) and is rotated by driving of the drive motor. When the input shaft gear 42 is engaged with the movable gear 41, the rotation is second via the movable gear 41 and the shaft gear 39. Is transmitted to the roller shaft 34.
The rotation of the second roller shaft 34 is transmitted to the first roller shaft 32 via the timing belt 36, and the first roller shaft 32 and the second roller shaft 33 are synchronized with each other. Rotate.

Reference numeral 43 denotes an intermediate shaft, which is disposed between the first roller shaft 32 and the second roller shaft 34 so as to be parallel to these and inserted into the upper conveying belt 7. Further, the intermediate shaft 43 is rotatably attached with an intermediate roller 43a at a position where the intermediate shaft 43 is inserted into the upper conveying belt 7, and the lever 15 of the present embodiment is disposed at the center.
The intermediate shaft 43 is lowered in position by a downward urging force from a spring (not shown) as in the tension roller 6 shown in the first and second embodiments.

As a result, the intermediate roller 43a lowered in position is in a state where the upper conveyor belt 7 and the lower conveyor belt 11 are pushed down and bent.
The lever 15 is rotatably attached to the intermediate shaft 43 in the same manner as in the above embodiments, and is tilted so as to protrude toward the lower belt portion 12 by a spring (not shown), whereby the center of the bill passing through the transport path 3 is I try to hold the vicinity. The lever 15 is restricted from rotating in the clockwise direction in FIG. 8 because the end on the upstream side in the transport direction is restricted by a lever stopper (not shown).

  The lower belt portion 12 of this embodiment includes a lower conveyance shaft 46 disposed in parallel below the first roller shaft 32, and a lower conveyance roller 47 attached to the lower conveyance shaft 46 below each conveyance roller 31, The movable roller 49 is located upstream of the lower conveyance roller 47 in the banknote conveyance direction and hangs the endless lower conveyance belt 11 between the lower conveyance roller 47 and the like.

The lower belt portion 12 has a state in which the lower conveyance belt 11 is parallel to the upper conveyance belt 7 as a reference state, and a movable roller so that the lower conveyance belt 11 rotates downward about the lower conveyance shaft 46 as a rotation center. 49 is configured to move, so that a space is formed between the upper belt portion 8 and the lower belt portion 12.
Reference numeral 55 denotes a gear pulley which is attached to the lower conveyance shaft 46, and an endless transmission belt 57 is stretched between the movable gear pulley 56 located on the upstream side in the conveyance direction. The mechanism is configured to be movable between a position where it is engaged with the input shaft gear 42 by the mechanism and a position where the input shaft gear 42 is lowered downwardly away from the input shaft gear 42.

Therefore, when the movable gear pulley 56 is engaged with the input shaft gear 42, when the input shaft gear 42 is driven, the rotation is transmitted to the lower conveyance shaft 46 via the movable gear pulley 56, the transmission belt 57, and the gear pulley 55.
Then, the lower conveyance roller 47, the lower conveyance belt 11, and the movable roller 49 are rotated by the rotation of the lower conveyance shaft 46.

Reference numeral 58 denotes a tongue piece portion, which is attached to the lower conveyance shaft 46. By rotating with the rotation of the lower conveyance shaft 46, the banknotes discharged to the banknote return section (not shown) are knocked down and accumulated, and the accumulation is performed. It works to press down the bills.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
When performing banknote deposit transactions with customers, banknotes inserted by the customer are transported to the discrimination section, denominated, and banknotes that have been denominated are denominated according to their denomination. Rejected banknotes that are transported to the storage unit but cannot be identified are returned to the customer.

Therefore, the movable roller 49 is lowered so that the lower belt portion 12 in the reference state is inclined downward, and the reject banknotes are stacked between the upper belt portion 8 and the lower belt portion 12 in the same manner as in the second embodiment. A banknote bundle stacking unit is provided and reject banknotes are stacked there.
At this time, the movable gear 41 and the movable gear pulley 56 are kept waiting at a position where they do not mesh with the input shaft gear 42 so that the upper belt portion 8 and the lower belt portion 12 are not driven.

The conveyed reject banknote is discharged between the upper belt part 8 and the lower belt part 12, and is accumulated in the banknote bundle accumulation part.
And after conveying the banknote thrown by the customer to the denomination banknote storage part and collecting all reject banknotes in the banknote bundle stacking part, the intermediate roller 43a and the intermediate shaft 43 Is pushed up by the thickness of the bundle of reject banknotes.

The bending of the upper conveyor belt 7 and the lower conveyor belt 11 pushed up by the intermediate roller 43a is alleviated, and the state becomes almost flat.
The lever 15 attached to the intermediate shaft 43 is also pushed up. At this time, since the upstream end in the banknote transport direction is regulated, the end protruding toward the lower belt portion 12 of the intermediate roller 43 to be pushed upward is retracted from the lower belt portion 12. Rotate.

Here, FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state when the bundle of reject banknotes of the third embodiment is conveyed.
As shown in FIG. 9, when the bundle of reject banknotes is conveyed, when the input shaft gear 42 is driven by moving the movable gear 41 and the movable gear pulley 56 to a position where they are engaged with the input shaft gear 42. Is transmitted to the first roller shaft 32 and the second roller shaft 34 through the movable gear 41 and the movable gear pulley 56, respectively, and the upper conveyor belt 7 and the lower conveyor belt 11 are simultaneously rotated.

When conveying a bundle of banknotes, if either the upper conveyor belt 7 or the lower conveyor belt 11 is stopped or driven, the bundle of banknotes will be displaced. This is because the banknotes cannot be conveyed in a bundled state unless the belt 11 is rotated simultaneously.
At this time, since the first roller shaft 32 rotates, the timing belt 36 also rotates.

The bundle of reject banknotes held between the upper belt section 8 and the lower belt section 12 is conveyed to a banknote return section (not shown), and after the transfer is finished, the banknote return section shutter is opened to reject the banknotes to the customer. return.
Next, a case where a banknote withdrawal transaction is performed with a customer will be described.
In the above deposit transaction, reject banknotes are accumulated in the banknote bundle stacking unit, and then the bundle of accumulated reject banknotes is conveyed to the banknote return unit. The bill to be processed is conveyed as it is to the bill return unit.

Here, FIG. 10 is explanatory drawing which shows a mode when the banknote of Example 3 is conveyed by one sheet.
When the banknotes to be paid to the customer are transported one by one to the banknote return unit as in a withdrawal transaction, the movable gear 41 is kept waiting at a position where it does not mesh with the input shaft gear 42 as shown in FIG. The gear pulley 56 is moved to a position where it engages with the input shaft gear 42.
Thereby, the rotation when the input shaft gear 42 is driven is transmitted to the second roller shaft 34 via the movable gear pulley 56, and the lower conveying belt 11 rotates.

And the banknote conveyed from the upstream of the lower conveyance belt 11 is further conveyed by the rotating lower conveyance belt 11. FIG.
At this time, the intermediate roller 43a pushes down the upper conveyance belt 7 and the lower conveyance belt 11 so that the lower conveyance belt 11 and the upper conveyance belt 7 are in contact with each other. Is conveyed to the conveying rollers 31 and 33 via the.

At this time, the direction of the rotation transmitted to the transport rollers 31 and 33 is a rotation in which the one-way clutch rotates idly with respect to the first roller shaft 32 and the second roller shaft 34, and thus the first roller shaft 32 and the second roller shaft 32. The roller shaft 34 remains stationary.
Therefore, the timing belt 36 is in a stationary state.

When the bill passes under the intermediate roller 43a and reaches the upper portion of the gear pulley 55, the lever 15 is pushed near the center to forcibly form a U-shape, and is discharged to the bill return unit 2 and accumulated. The
As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, when the one-way clutch is attached to the conveying roller of the upper belt portion and the banknote is conveyed by one sheet, the first roller shaft and the second roller shaft By rotating the upper conveyance belt by the idle rotation of the conveyance roller without rotating the roller shaft, it is possible to drive both the upper conveyance belt and the lower conveyance belt when conveying a bundle of banknotes. Although it is indispensable, when a banknote is conveyed by one sheet, it prevents that it cannot perform favorable conveyance by the speed difference of the surface of an upper conveyance belt and a lower conveyance belt, and conveys a banknote in a bundle. It is possible to carry in a favorable situation according to the case of carrying out and the case of carrying by one sheet.

  Conventionally, it is necessary to make the driving of the upper conveyor belt and the timing belt independent for positioning of the timing belt, etc. Normally, the driving transmission of the upper conveyor belt and the lower conveyor belt and the timing belt is engaged with the input shaft gear. Although a gear is used, by incorporating a one-way clutch in the conveyance roller, it is possible to serve as a drive transmission for the upper conveyance belt and the timing belt only by the movable gear, and the structure can be simplified.

Explanatory drawing which shows the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1. The arrow view which looked at the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 1 in the arrow A direction. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the reject banknote is conveyed Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the banknote withdrawn to a customer is conveyed Explanatory drawing which shows the banknote seated by the lever and seated boss Explanatory drawing which shows the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 2. Explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the bill stopper of Example 2. Explanatory drawing which shows the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine of Example 3. Explanatory drawing which shows the mode at the time of conveying the bundle | flux of the reject banknote of Example 3. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode when the banknote of Example 3 is conveyed by one sheet.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 2 Banknote return part 3 Conveyance path 4, 5 Upper conveyance roller 6 Tension roller 6a Rotating shaft 7 Upper conveyance belt 8 Upper belt part 9, 10 Lower conveyance roller 11 Lower conveyance belt 12 Lower belt part 13, 14 Spring DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Lever 16 Lever stopper 17 Bill shaft 19 Waist boss 20 Curved surface 21 Support surface 22 Bill bundle stacking part 31, 33 Conveyance roller 32 1st roller shaft 34 2nd roller shaft 36 Timing belt 36a Protrusion part 37 Pulley 39 Shaft gear 41 movable gear 42 input shaft gear 43 intermediate shaft 43a intermediate roller 46 lower conveying shaft 47 lower conveying roller 49 movable roller 55 gear pulley 56 movable gear pulley 57 transmission belt 58 tongue piece

Claims (4)

A banknote depositing and dispensing machine comprising upper and lower transport belts for transporting banknotes, and a banknote return unit for collecting and transporting banknotes sandwiched and transported between the upper and lower transport belts,
When the banknotes are transported one by one by the upper and lower transport belts, the lever has a lever that holds the vicinity of the center of the banknotes,
A banknote depositing / dispensing machine, wherein when the banknotes are transported in a bundled state by the upper and lower transport belts, the lever is retracted to a position where the lever is not in contact with the transported banknote bundles. In claim 1,
A vertically movable roller that pushes down a portion of the upper conveyor belt and presses it against the lower conveyor belt, and the lever is arranged coaxially with the roller,
The banknote depositing and dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the lever is retracted when the roller is pushed up by a bundle of banknotes conveyed by the upper and lower conveying belts. In claim 2,
When transporting banknotes in a bundle to the banknote return unit,
Forming a space for stacking banknotes between the upper and lower conveyor belts by lowering the upstream side of the lower conveyor belt in the banknote conveyance direction,
A bill depositing / dispensing machine, wherein a bill stopper for aligning front ends of bills accumulated in the space is provided, and the roller is pushed up by the bill stopper when the space is formed. In claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3,
A rotating input shaft gear, a gear that moves to a position that meshes with the input shaft gear and transmits rotation to the upper conveying belt, and a position that meshes with the input shaft gear and rotates to the lower conveying belt A transmission gear pulley,
When transporting banknotes in a bundle to the banknote return unit, the gear and the gear pulley mesh with the input shaft gear,
When the banknotes are conveyed one by one, only the gear pulley is engaged with the input shaft gear.