JP2008125697A - Paper money handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper money handling device capable of avoiding conveyance obstruction and dispensing with adoption of a special structure by sequentially stacking paper moneys conveyed later to the back of the paper moneys stored and stacked previously. <P>SOLUTION: This paper money handling device is provided with a roll-up conveyance mechanism 2 changing the direction of paper moneys incorporated in a paper conveyance side casing by a paper money incorporation mechanism 1 and conveying them, a paper feed mechanism 3 feeding the paper moneys to a horizontal conveyance mechanism, the horizontal conveyance mechanism 4 conveying the paper moneys to a storage/wait part, and roll-up belts 24 wound around the respective mechanisms. A paper money pushing face of a stacker 6 is disposed at an approximately intermediate part of an interval in the paper pushing direction between the contact face of the paper feed mechanism with the roll-up belt and the front face of the horizontal belt 43 of the horizontal conveyance mechanism, so that the paper moneys fed from the paper feed mechanism cross on the extension face of the paper money pushing face of the stacker and are fed on the horizontal belt of the horizontal conveyance mechanism. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus for storing banknotes conveyed in a standing state in that state, in particular, a banknote identification apparatus installed in a game medium lending machine such as a pachinko ball lending machine, a metal lending machine, or the like. The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that stacks and stores a banknote inserted in a banknote identification apparatus or the like attached to a banknote transport apparatus installed in the vicinity of a game medium lending machine in a banknote storage unit while standing upright.

At game stores where pachinko machines, slot machines, and other gaming machines are installed to provide games to players, gaming media rental machines are arranged between adjacent gaming machines, and a plurality of them are arranged in parallel. It is common to build a machine island. In this gaming machine island, a plurality of banknote identification devices for identifying a banknote inserted by the player, a banknote transporting apparatus for transporting the identified banknote, and a banknote processing apparatus for storing the transported banknote are arranged. It is installed. And the above-mentioned banknote identification apparatus is generally installed in a game medium lending machine or attached to a banknote transport apparatus. For this reason, a plurality of players may insert a bill into each bill recognition device at the same time or in a short time. In this case, when a plurality of banknotes are fed into the banknote transport apparatus or banknote identification apparatus and the banknotes overlap or approach each other inside the banknote transport apparatus, a device that does not hinder the transport of banknotes is achieved. Has been. For example, when a banknote is inserted into one banknote recognition device, when another banknote is being transported by the banknote transport device near the position fed from the banknote recognition device to the banknote transport device, The conveyance from the banknote recognition apparatus to the banknote conveyance apparatus is interrupted, and the conveyance is restarted after another banknote passes. On the other hand, even on the banknote handling apparatus side, when banknotes are continuously fed from the banknote transport apparatus for some reason, the banknotes fed later collide with the previous banknotes, and the transport path Is obstructed, and bills are not jammed in the bill processing apparatus.

For example, in Japanese Patent No. 3278318, after banknotes that have been conveyed upright are guided to the banknote standby unit by the operations of the banknote transfer unit and the banknote trailing edge avoiding mechanism, A banknote storage device having a configuration in which standby banknotes are pushed out by an extruding operation of a freely accessible banknote extruding unit and stored in a banknote storage unit in an upright stacked state is disclosed. And in this prior art, the banknotes trailing edge avoiding mechanism is provided with a configuration in which banknotes that have been transported later collide with the trailing edge of banknotes that have been waiting and the banknotes are not jammed. . The configuration provided in the banknote trailing edge avoiding mechanism includes an avoiding shaft provided in connection with the banknote transporting portion and avoiding rollers provided at two upper and lower ends of the avoiding shaft, and the avoiding roller A plurality of U-shaped curved guide portions are formed on the outer peripheral surface, and the banknotes temporarily held in the banknote standby section are maintained in the longitudinal posture state, and the avoiding roller is the same as the transport direction. Only the trailing edge of the banknotes waiting by rotating in the direction is brought into surface contact with the U-shaped curved guide part to form a curved posture, and the next banknotes are inserted and guided, and are sequentially stacked upright. It is to go.

However, in such a conventional technique, the banknotes trailing edge avoiding mechanism 5 (the designation and reference numerals are the same as those described in the specification of the prior art) is used between the conveyance guide roller 42 and the pressing pulleys 24a and 24b. And it is provided in the position which the rear end of the banknotes S waited in the banknote waiting part 20 contact | abuts. However, generally, the upper and lower edges of the banknotes inserted by the player are not necessarily inserted horizontally along the transport direction with respect to the banknote transport apparatus 70, but are inserted in an inclined state. There are many cases. Moreover, the banknotes to be inserted are not only in a new state, but there are many that are wrinkled or damaged. Further, the transport guide roller 42, the holding pulleys 24a and 24b, and the banknote rear end avoiding mechanism 5 are always rotated. However, the banknotes to be transported are not always transported into the banknote processing apparatus at regular intervals. In view of these circumstances, it is practically difficult to place the banknotes in a standby state so that the rear end of the banknotes S is always in contact with the banknote rear end avoiding mechanism 5 inside the banknote standby unit 20. It was.

For this reason, the banknotes conveyed later collide with the end of the banknotes waiting inside the banknote standby part 20, and are not aligned in the standing stacked state inside the banknote standby part 20, There was a risk of clogging. In addition, it is necessary to adopt a novel structure (a U-shaped curved guide portion) for lifting the end of the banknotes waiting inside the banknote standby unit 20 in the banknotes trailing edge avoiding mechanism 5. In addition, the configuration is complicated and it is a factor of cost increase.

Prior art documents related to the invention of this application include the following.
Japanese Patent No. 3278318

The present invention was made in order to solve the problems of the above-described conventional technology, and the purpose thereof is an end portion of a banknote in which a banknote transported later is first stored and stacked in a storage standby section. Banknotes that are sequentially stacked behind the banknotes that are stored and stacked in advance without causing any collisions, and can avoid transport failures caused by clogging of banknotes, and for that purpose, banknotes that do not require a special structure A processing apparatus is provided.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a banknote taking-in mechanism for taking in a banknote conveyed in a standing state by a banknote transporting apparatus, and a banknote taken in through the banknote-taking mechanism to a storage standby unit The banknote transport means for transporting, the stacker for pushing the banknotes waiting in the storage standby section to the banknote storage section, the banknote taking-in mechanism, the banknote transport means and the stacker are stored, and the storage standby section is defined. A banknote transport side housing, a storage unit side housing defining a banknote storage unit for stacking and storing banknotes pushed out by the stacker, and the banknote transport side housing and the storage unit side housing are connected in communication. A banknote handling apparatus having an open frame, wherein the banknote transporting means is a roll-in transporting mechanism that redirects and transports the banknotes taken into the banknote transport-side housing by the banknote taking-in mechanism. A paper feed mechanism that feeds banknotes whose direction has been changed by the entrainment transport mechanism to a horizontal transport mechanism, a horizontal transport mechanism that transports banknotes sent from the paper feed mechanism to a storage standby unit, and a paper feed mechanism that feeds the entrainment transport mechanism And a winding belt wound around the horizontal transport mechanism, and the banknote extruding surface of the stacker in the banknote extruding direction between the paper feeding mechanism and the contact surface of the winding belt and the front surface of the horizontal belt of the horizontal transport mechanism. The banknotes sent from the paper feed mechanism cross over the extension surface of the banknote extrusion surface of the stacker and are fed onto the horizontal belt of the horizontal transport mechanism It is.

By configuring as described above, the banknotes taken in from the banknote taking-in mechanism and redirected by the entraining and conveying mechanism are transferred between the above-described entraining and conveying mechanism and the horizontal conveying mechanism by the paper feeding mechanism. It is pressed backward across the extended surface of the banknote extruding surface, and is pressed forward from the extended surface by the horizontal transport mechanism. For this reason, the stress to the front direction is always added to the banknote. Accordingly, the banknote is transported in the direction of rotation of the horizontal belt by the horizontal transport mechanism, and as a result, when the rear end portion of the banknote is separated from the paper feeding mechanism, the banknote is quickly moved in the direction of the opening frame due to the aforementioned stress. By this movement, a gap is formed between the bill and the horizontal belt, and bills conveyed later enter the gap and are sequentially stacked behind the bills stacked in the storage standby unit. For this reason, the bills that have been transported later collide with the rear end of the bills stacked in the storage standby section, and the bills are not clogged, causing troubles in transportation, and the transport means is special. An inexpensive banknote processing apparatus can be obtained with a simple configuration without any configuration.

As described above, according to the present invention, a banknote take-in mechanism for taking in banknotes conveyed in a standing state by a banknote transport apparatus, and a banknote taken in via the banknote take-in mechanism are transported to a storage standby unit. Banknote transporting means, a stacker for pushing out banknotes waiting in the storage standby section to the banknote storage section, a banknote storing mechanism, a banknote transporting means and a stacker, and a banknote defining the storage standby section An opening that communicates and connects the transport-side housing, the storage-side housing that defines the banknote storage that stores and stacks the banknotes pushed out by the stacker, and the banknote-transport-side housing and the storage-side housing. A banknote handling apparatus having a frame, wherein the banknote transporting means redirects and transports banknotes taken into the banknote transport side housing by the banknote taking-in mechanism, and the entrainment A paper feed mechanism that feeds the banknotes redirected by the transport mechanism to the horizontal transport mechanism, a horizontal transport mechanism that transports the banknotes sent from the paper feed mechanism to the storage standby unit, a paper feed mechanism that feeds the entrainment transport mechanism, and a horizontal A stacking belt wound around the transport mechanism, and the banknote extruding surface of the stacker between the contact surface of the paper feeding mechanism and the entraining belt and the front surface of the horizontal belt of the horizontal transport mechanism in the banknote extruding direction. On the other hand, by disposing the banknote sent from the paper feed mechanism across the extended surface of the banknote extrusion surface of the stacker by sending it on the horizontal belt of the horizontal transport mechanism Paper that has been transported and stacked in order without colliding with the end of banknotes that have been stored and stacked in the storage standby section first. Is of laminated backwards, it is possible to avoid the conveyance failure due to clogging of the paper money, moreover, there is provided a banknote handling apparatus is no need to adopt a special structure.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a top view of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an enlarged explanatory view of a main part, and FIG. 4 shows an attached state of the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention. It is a schematic explanatory drawing.

The banknote processing apparatus 100 of this invention is arrange | positioned at the edge part of the gaming machine island 9 as shown in FIG. The gaming machine island 9 is constructed above a plurality of gaming machines 91, a gaming medium rental machine 92 arranged in parallel to the gaming machines 91, and the gaming machines 91 and 91 and the gaming medium rental machine 92. It is comprised with the banknote conveying apparatus 93. FIG. The banknote M is inserted in a standing state from a banknote identification device 94 (or a bill burr or the like) installed in the game medium lending machine 92 or disposed in the banknote transport device 93, and then the banknote transport device 93. And stacked and accommodated inside the banknote handling apparatus 100 of the present invention disposed at the end of the gaming machine island 9. Moreover, this banknote processing apparatus 100 is generally accommodated in the inside of the cover 95 arrange | positioned at the edge part of gaming machine island.

The banknote handling apparatus 100 is roughly divided into two casings, that is, a banknote transport side casing A and a storage section side casing B, and means, mechanisms and banknote transport side casings disposed in each casing. It is comprised with the opening frame 5 formed in the connection part of the body A and the storage part side housing | casing B. As shown in FIG.

The bill conveyance side housing A is configured in a horizontally-long rectangular box shape in the left-right direction as a whole. (Note that front and rear and left and right refer to the plane of FIG. 2, the upper direction is the rear, the lower direction is the front, the left and right are the left and right, respectively, as viewed in the plane of the page. In the inside of the banknote transport side housing A, there are a banknote take-in mechanism 1, a roll-in transport mechanism 2, which is a banknote transport means, a paper feed mechanism 3, and a horizontal transport mechanism 4. A stacker 6 is provided. Furthermore, an opening frame 5 is provided at a connection portion between the horizontal transport mechanism 4, the bill transport side housing A, and the storage unit side housing B. A storage standby unit 7 is defined between the horizontal transport mechanism 4 and the opening frame 5.

Hereinafter, each component will be described in detail. The banknote taking-in mechanism 1 is arrange | positioned by the rear left side part of the banknote conveyance side housing | casing A, the inlet 11 of a banknote, the drawing-in roller 12 for drawing in the banknote M, and the pivot which this drawing-in roller 12 adhered. It consists of a spindle 13 and a banknote take-in guide 14 and a banknote guide 15 that guide and draw in the banknote M conveyed while standing up from the banknote inlet 11. The banknote guide 15 is provided with a guide roller 16 at a position facing the pulling roller 12 described above. In addition, the banknote intake 11 is opened vertically so as to be able to receive banknotes that have been conveyed upright.

Further, the banknote transport means is composed of a roll-in transport mechanism 2, a paper feed mechanism 3, and a horizontal transport mechanism 4. The entraining and transporting mechanism 2 described above converts the banknote M drawn into the banknote inlet 11 while standing from the banknote transporting device 9 into a direction parallel to the horizontal transporting mechanism 4 and then feeds it into the horizontal transporting mechanism 4. The drive transmission shaft 21 and a motor pulley 22 connected to a drive motor (not shown) by a belt are fixed to the lower end of the drive transmission shaft 21, and the drive transmission pulley 23 is fixed to the middle of the drive transmission shaft 21.

The paper feeding mechanism 3 includes a bill feeding shaft 31, a paper feeding roller 32 fixed to the center of the bill feeding shaft 31, and a paper feeding guide roller 33 fixed to both upper and lower ends of the bill feeding shaft 31. ing.

The horizontal transport mechanism 4 includes a drive side shaft 41 provided on the paper feed mechanism 3 side, a driven side shaft 42 provided away from the drive side shaft 41 in the banknote transport direction, and a drive side shaft 41. The horizontal belt 43 is wound around the driven shaft 42. The drive-side shaft 41 has a drive-side shaft pulley 41a fixed to both upper and lower ends, and a drive belt pulley 41b attached to the center. On the other hand, a driven-side shaft pulley 42 a is also fixed to both upper and lower ends of the driven-side shaft 42. The driving-side shaft 41 and the driven-side shaft 42 are disposed at positions that are separated from the opening frame 5 in the rear and are opposed to both side ends of the opening frame 5. Further, the horizontal belt 43 described above is wound on the drive side shaft pulley 41a and the driven side shaft pulley 42a fixed to the upper and lower end portions of the drive side shaft 41 and the driven side shaft 42, one each on the upper and lower sides, for a total of two windings. Has been. A stacker plate 61 of the stacker 6 described later enters and exits between the horizontal belts 43 wound up and down.

Each of these axes, that is, the pivot shaft 13 of the banknote taking-in mechanism 1, the drive transmission shaft 21 of the entraining and transporting mechanism 2, the banknote feeding shaft 31 of the paper feeding mechanism 3, and the driving side shaft 41 and the driven side of the horizontal transporting mechanism 4. Each of the shafts 42 is rotatably fixed to the upper and lower wall plates of the bill transport side housing A. Among these, the pivot shaft 13, the drive transmission shaft 21, and the drive side shaft 41 are disposed at the apexes of a triangle having the pivot shaft 13 fixed in the vicinity of the intake port 11 as the apex. The entrainment belt 24 is wound around the pull-in roller 12, the drive transmission pulley 23, and the drive belt pulley 41b fixed to each shaft.

The paper feed mechanism 3 is disposed in the vicinity of the middle of the drive transmission shaft 21 and the drive side shaft 41 disposed at each vertex of the triangle having the pivot shaft 13 as a vertex, and is always a drawing roller. 12. Of the entraining belt 24 wound around the drive transmission pulley 23 and the drive belt pulley 41b, a portion between the drive transmission pulley 23 and the drive belt pulley 41b is moved backward by the paper feed roller 32 of the paper feed mechanism 3. It arrange | positions so that it may push in (intake 11 direction).

The storage standby unit 7 is defined between the horizontal transport mechanism 4 and an opening frame 5 formed at a connection portion between the bill transport side housing A and the storage unit side housing B. The interval between the horizontal transport mechanism 4 defining the storage standby unit 7 and the opening frame 5 is set to such an extent that a predetermined number of banknotes can be stacked, for example, about 10 to 20 sheets. Because if the banknotes are transported continuously or overlapped, there is a risk of malfunction if the stacker is activated.
The banknote M is temporarily stored in the storage standby unit 7 so that the stacker 6 can be operated when the next banknote M is spaced. When the conveyance time and interval of the banknote M correspond to the operation interval of the stacker 6, the stacker 6 is operated and the stored banknotes are collectively pushed into the banknote storage unit 8.

A stopper guide 71 is attached to the end of the storage standby unit 7 (on the driven shaft 42 side of the horizontal transport mechanism 4). This stopper guide 71 has a shaft portion between the driven side shaft pulleys 42a fixed to the upper and lower ends of the driven side shaft 42 so that the banknote M conveyed by the horizontal transport mechanism 4 does not move around the driven side shaft 42. Covering. The stopper guide 71 functions to guide the conveyed banknote M in the direction of the opening frame 5.

As described above, the opening frame 5 is formed at the connection portion between the bill transport side casing A and the storage section side casing B, and defines an opening through which the stacker plate 61 of the star car 6 can enter and exit. . The bill M comes into contact with the upper support piece 51 and the lower support piece 52 formed on the upper and lower edges of the opening frame 5 forming the opening, and the inside of the storage standby unit 7 or the inside of the bill storage unit 8. Supported by

  The stacker 6 includes a stacker plate 61 for pushing the banknote M into the banknote storage unit 7, a link mechanism 62 that operates the stacker plate 61 so as to be able to enter and exit, a motor 63 that drives the link mechanism 62, and a stacker plate 61 and link. A connection plate 64 for connecting the mechanism 62 is provided. The stacker plate 61 includes a bill pressing portion 61a, a carry-in guide 61b on the paper feed mechanism 3 side, and a terminal guide 61c on the driven shaft 42 side. The carry-in guide 61b has a space 61d for disposing the drive belt pulley 41b.

Next, the banknote jam prevention function which is the gist of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, the entraining transport mechanism 2, the drive shaft 41 of the paper transport mechanism 3 and the horizontal transport mechanism 4, and the front surface of the stacker plate 61 of the stacker 6 (unless otherwise noted, the banknote pressing section in the closed state of the stacker 6) The positional relationship with the front surface of 61a and the surface on the extension line thereof will be described.

First, the horizontal belt 43 wound between the driving side shaft 41 and the driven side shaft 42 of the horizontal transport mechanism 4 is positioned L front (the bill storage unit 8 side) by L from the stacker plate 61. Therefore, theoretically, the banknote M transported by the horizontal transport mechanism 4 does not come into direct contact with the stacker plate 61, but in reality, it cannot be said that the banknote M is not necessarily in contact with a paper break or a fold.

Next, the position of the winding belt 24 wound around the driving belt pulley 41b fixed to the driving side shaft 41 and the horizontal belt 43 wound around the driving side shaft pulley 41a fixed coaxially. The relationship will be described. The winding belt 24 wound around the drive belt pulley 41b is wound so that the surface is not exposed in a groove (not shown) formed in the drive belt pulley 41b. This is because the banknote M is easily separated from the entrainment belt 24 when it moves to the horizontal belt 43. Improve so-called paper separation. Therefore, in actuality, the positional relationship between the outer periphery of the drive belt pulley 41b and the horizontal belt 43 is obtained, but the horizontal belt 43 is also arranged so as to be positioned on the front surface (the banknote storage unit 8 side).

  From these things, the position of the drive side axis | shaft 41 is also located in the front surface (the banknote accommodating part 8 side) with respect to the drive transmission axis | shaft 21 of the winding conveyance mechanism 2. FIG.

The paper feed mechanism 3 has the above-described relationship between the drive transmission pulley 23 of the roll transport mechanism 2, the paper feed roller 32 of the paper feed mechanism 3, and the wind belt 24 wound around the drive belt pulley 41 b of the horizontal transport mechanism 4. It is disposed between the drive transmission pulley 23 and the drive belt pulley 41b and on the opposite side of each of the above-mentioned shafts with the entrainment belt 24 in between. Further, the entrainment belt 24 is disposed by the paper feed roller 32 so as to bend backward (inside the entrainment belt 24 wound around each shaft). This amount of bending is arranged at a position where the outer periphery of the entraining belt 24 is behind the stacker plate 61 (inside the entraining belt 24 wound around each shaft).

According to the relationship between the drive transmission pulley 23, the drive belt pulley 41b, and the paper feed roller 32 as described above, the banknote M taken in from the banknote take-in mechanism 1 is moved in the banknote transport direction of the horizontal transport mechanism 4 by the drive transmission pulley 23. The direction is changed to, and sent to the paper feed roller 32. For example, it demonstrates in the state in which the banknote M was conveyed to M1-M2. The situation of the banknote M1 shows that the banknote M is fed from the drive transmission pulley 23 and contacts the horizontal belt 43 wound around the driving side pulley 41a via the paper feed roller 32. In this situation, the banknote M <b> 1 is caught between the banknote guide 15 and the drive transmission pulley 23, and conveyed from the front surface of the drive transmission pulley 23 along the parallel surface of the banknote guide 15 toward the paper feed roller 32. Therefore, the leading edge of the banknote M1 collides with the paper feed roller 32 and the coaxial paper feed guide roller 33 and is wound up backward (in the direction of the winding belt 24), and the outer periphery of the winding belt 24, the paper feeding roller 32, and the coaxial paper feeding. It shows until it is clamped between the guide rollers 33.

The contact surface (point P 1) between the outer periphery of the entraining belt 24 that holds the banknote M and the paper feed roller 32 and the coaxial paper feed guide roller 33 is located behind the front surface of the stacker plate 61. And the banknote M1 clamped by this point P1 is conveyed and collides with the horizontal belt 43 with the rotation of the entrainment belt 24. Due to this collision, the banknote M <b> 1 is conveyed in the direction of the storage standby unit 7 by the cooperation of the pushing force of the paper feed roller 32 and the coaxial paper feed guide roller 33 and the tensile force of the horizontal belt 43. In this state, since the middle of the banknote M1 is always held at the point P1, a force F1 for pressing the entrainment belt 24 is applied to the front end side of the banknote M1.

Further, when the bill M1 is conveyed, the tip of the bill M1 eventually collides with the upper support piece 51 and the lower support piece 52 of the opening frame 5 by crossing the extended surface PL of the front surface of the stacker plate 61 at an acute angle (point P2). . And it advances ahead in the storage standby part 7 while sliding the surface of the upper support piece 51 and the lower support piece 52 of the opening frame 5. In this state, the tip of the banknote M1 is slightly bent backward. At this time, the banknote M1 is applied with a forward pressing force F2 of the horizontal belt 43 and a forward stress F3 with the point P2 as a fulcrum.

Furthermore, when the conveyance of the banknote M1 proceeds and the state of the banknote M2, that is, when the point P1 where the banknote M1 is sandwiched is released, the force F1 that presses the entrainment belt 24 is released, and the horizontal belt 43 is pushed forward. A forward stress F3 is applied with the pressure F2 and the point P2 as fulcrums. At this time, the force that the bill M2 itself becomes straight is also applied, and the bill M moves immediately in the direction of the surface of the opening frame 5 when the gripping point P1 is released by the action of these stresses, and the opening frame 5 Since the upper support piece 51 and the lower support piece 52 are in contact with each other and supported, a gap is formed between the banknote M2 and the horizontal belt 43. Therefore, since the banknote M conveyed from back is laminated | stacked on the back side of the banknote currently waiting for the storage standby part 7 from this clearance gap, the banknote M collides with the rear end of the front banknote M, and is banknote. M is not clogged.

Next, the configuration on the storage unit side body B side will be described with reference to FIGS. The storage unit side body B is roughly composed of a mechanism storage unit case B1 and a storage unit case B2, and the above-described bill conveyance side case A is placed on the upper rear portion of the mechanism storage unit case B1. In addition, the storage unit casing B2 is placed in front of the storage unit casing B2. That is, the storage unit casing B2 has an opening formed in the storage unit casing B2 as a part of the front part of the bill conveyance side casing A in the shape of a horizontally long rectangular box (about 3/4 in the longitudinal direction). ) To the rear side, and is arranged so as to coincide with the connection portion (opening frame 5) with the housing portion side body B formed.

The mechanism storage unit housing B1 is formed in a substantially rectangular box shape. And as above-mentioned, while accommodating the banknote conveyance side housing | casing A in the upper surface rear part, the accommodating part housing | casing B2 is mounted ahead of this banknote conveyance side housing | casing A. As shown in FIG. And inside this mechanism storage part housing | casing B1, the storage amount adjustment mechanism 81 for adjusting the storage amount of the banknote accommodated in the banknote storage part 8, and the banknote removal arrange | positioned by the banknote conveyance side housing | casing A A motor (not shown) for driving the insertion mechanism 1 and the like is disposed.

The storage amount adjustment mechanism 81 includes a pair of a movable support piece 81a that can move back and forth in the bill storage unit 8, a slider 81b that firmly supports the movable support piece 81a, and a pair of shafts that slidably support the slider 81b. A sliding rod 81c, a spiral spring (mainspring) 81d that constantly biases the movable support piece 81a described above, and a sensor 81e that detects the amount (fullness) of banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 8 I have.

  The movable support piece 81a is composed of a main body portion 81f and an attachment portion 81g arranged inside the banknote storage portion 8. The mounting portion 81g protrudes into the mechanism housing portion housing B1 from a long groove 82 formed in the front-rear direction on the mounting portion between the mechanism housing portion housing B1 and the housing portion housing B2. It is fixed to the slider 81b in B1. Further, the slider 81b is slidably attached to a sliding rod 81c that is axially fixed to the front and rear of the mechanism storage unit housing B1. Further, the mounting portion 81g of the movable support piece 81a is connected to a spiral spring (spring) 81d disposed below the link mechanism 62 of the stacker 6 described above in the mechanism housing portion casing B1. The slider 81b supporting the 81a and the movable support piece 81a is always urged backward. The sensor 81e is disposed on the side of the distal end side of the sliding rod 81c, and operates when the slider 81b reaches that position. This is the time when the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 7 reach the limit of storage capacity.

On the other hand, a sensor 25 for confirming the passage of the banknote M is disposed in the vicinity of the banknote feed shaft 22 provided in the entrainment transport mechanism 2. This sensor 25 confirms whether or not the bill M has passed through the bill feed shaft 31 and is a device that informs the outside of the result of detecting the number of bills M, the operating state of the mechanism, and the like. The stacker 6 is set to operate when a certain time has elapsed after passing.

Next, the flow of the banknote M taken in the banknote processing apparatus 100 of the present invention will be described. First, when the banknote transport device 9 is operated, a drive mechanism (not shown) disposed in the mechanism housing portion casing B1 is operated to rotate the motor pulley 22 of the entraining transport mechanism 2. Along with this rotation, the drive transmission pulley 23 fixed to the drive transmission shaft 21 is rotated. Along with this rotation, the entrainment belt 24 rotates to rotate the paper feed roller 32, the paper feed guide roller 33, the drive belt pulley 41b, the drive side shaft pulley 41a, and the draw-in roller 12. At the same time, the driven-side shaft pulley 42a connected to the driving-side shaft pulley 41a and the horizontal belt 43 also rotates.

Due to the rotation of these mechanical components, the banknote M, which is transported by the banknote transporting device 9 and taken in from the banknote inlet 11 of the banknote taking-in mechanism 1, first slides down on the banknote taking-in guide 14, and the entraining belt 24. It is taken in between the guide roller 16 and the entraining belt 24 while being in contact with the belt. The taken banknote M is conveyed in the direction of the banknote feed shaft 31 while being sandwiched between the banknote guide 15 and the entrainment belt 24. Then, it is stored in the storage standby section 7 as described in paragraph numbers 0030 to 0033.

At this time, in a state where the banknotes M stored in the storage standby section 7 are conveyed at an appropriate interval, the stacker 6 is operated each time by the signal of the sensor 25, and the banknotes M are placed inside the banknote storage section 8. Store in layers.

In addition, when the banknotes M are continuously transported, or when they are transported in a stacked manner, a plurality of banknotes M stacked and waiting inside the storage standby unit 7 are continuously stacked by the sensor 25. When the stacker 6 is not transported, that is, when the force is not generated even when the stacker 6 is operated, the signal detected by the sensor 25 is transmitted to the link mechanism 62 side, the link mechanism 62 is operated, and the stacker 6 is operated. Is pushed forward and the banknote M, which is stacked and waiting inside the storage standby section 7, is pushed into the banknote storage section 8.

The pushed banknote M in the banknote storage unit 8 is sandwiched between the movable support piece 81 a of the storage amount adjustment mechanism 81 and the opening frame 5. By repeating this operation, the bills M are sequentially stacked between the movable support piece 81a and the opening frame 5. At this time, since the spring urging the movable support piece 81a is composed of the spiral spring 81d, the urging force does not change even if the amount of the banknote M is increased, so the banknote M is full. If it becomes a store clerk, it can be easily removed. When the banknote M is full, the state is detected by the sensor 81e, and the banknote M to be transported next is made to wait inside the storage standby section 7. About 10 to 20 bills are kept on standby.

It is the front view which showed the banknote processing apparatus of this invention. It is the top view which showed the banknote processing apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the principal part of this invention. It is the schematic explanatory drawing which showed the attachment state of the banknote processing apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Banknote processing apparatus 1 Banknote taking-in mechanism 11 Inlet 12 Pull-in roller 13 Pivoting shaft 14 Banknote taking-in guide (drawing roller side)
15 banknote guide 16 guide roller (banknote transport means)
2 Conveyance mechanism 21 Drive transmission shaft 22 Motor pulley 23 Drive transmission pulley 24 Convolution belt 25 Sensor 3 Paper feed mechanism 31 Bill feed shaft 32 Paper feed roller 33 Paper feed guide roller 4 Horizontal transport mechanism 41 Drive side shaft 41a Drive side shaft pulley 41b Drive belt pulley 42 Drive side shaft 42a Drive side shaft pulley 43 Horizontal belt 5 Opening frame 51 Upper support piece 52 Lower support piece 6 Stacker 61 Stacker plate 61a Bill pressing part 61b Loading guide 61c Terminal guide 61d Space 62 Link mechanism 63 Motor 64 Connection Plate 7 Storage standby unit 71 Stopper guide 8 Bill storage unit 81 Storage amount adjustment mechanism 81a Movable support piece 81b Slider 81c Sliding rod 81d Spiral spring (spring)
81e sensor 81f main body part 81g attachment part 82 long groove 9 gaming machine island 91 gaming machine 92 game medium lending machine 93 banknote transport device 94 banknote identification device 95 cover A banknote transport side housing B storage unit side housing B1 mechanism storage unit housing B2 storage unit housing P1 (contact surface) point P2 (banknote collided with the opening frame) point F1 force F2 pressing the horizontal belt 43 forward pressing force F3 of the horizontal belt 43 forward to the point P2 Stress M (M1, M2) Banknote L Amount of horizontal belt protruding from the stacker plate PL Front side of banknote pressing part of stacker plate and its extension

Claims (1)

A banknote take-in mechanism for taking in banknotes conveyed in a standing state by a banknote transport device, banknote transport means for transporting banknotes taken in via the banknote take-in mechanism to a storage standby section, and the storage standby section. A stacker that pushes the banknotes that are waiting to the banknote storage unit, the banknote take-in mechanism, the banknote transport means, and the stacker are stored, and the banknote transport side casing that defines the storage standby unit is pushed out by the stacker. A bill processing apparatus having a storage unit side housing that defines a banknote storage unit for stacking and storing the banknotes, and an opening frame that connects the banknote transport side housing and the storage unit side housing.
The banknote transport means changes the direction of the banknotes taken into the banknote transport side housing by the banknote take-in mechanism and transports the banknotes direction-shifted by the roll-in transport mechanism to the horizontal transport mechanism. A paper feeding mechanism for feeding, a horizontal transporting mechanism for transporting banknotes sent from the paper feeding mechanism to the storage standby unit, a paper feeding mechanism for feeding the paper, a paper feeding mechanism for feeding, and a winding belt wound around the horizontal conveying mechanism By arranging the banknote extrusion surface of the stacker with respect to the interval in the banknote extrusion direction between the contact surface of the paper feeding mechanism and the entraining belt and the front surface of the horizontal belt of the horizontal transport mechanism, The banknotes fed from the paper feeding mechanism cross over the extension surface of the banknote extrusion surface of the stacker, and are fed onto the horizontal belt of the horizontal transport mechanism. Bill processing device according to claim.

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