JP2012234491A - Bill processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processor which improves workability of a recovery operation.SOLUTION: In a bill processor, a main body and a drawer which can be drawn from the main body has a storage part for storing multiple housing bodies in a single column and a conveyance part 48 provided above the storage part for conveying bank bills to the multiple housing bodies. The conveyance part 48 pivotally supported by a support shaft disposed along the array direction of the multiple housing bodies can swing between a conveyance position where the upper part of the multiple housing bodies are covered for conveying bank bills to the housing bodies and an opening position where the upper part of the multiple housing bodies are opened, and includes multiple rows of conveyance belts 90, multiple rows of bill guides 125 for receiving bank bills pressed from the upper parts by the lower sides 90A of the multiple rows of conveyance belts 90 and multiple access guides for taking in and out bank bills between the multiple housing bodies. A recess 126 for inserting the lower side 90A of the conveyance belt 90 is formed on each of the bill guides.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus that handles banknotes.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a banknote handling apparatus that deposits and withdraws banknotes, when an abnormality such as a jam occurs in a transport path above a mounted banknote cassette, a unit including at least a banknote cassette and a transport path above the banknote cassette is removed from the apparatus body. There is a banknote processing device that improves maintainability by swinging a conveyance path on the upper part of a banknote cassette that is pulled out and pulled out (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-288909 A (paragraphs 0039-0041, FIG. 7)

  In the banknote handling apparatus described above, if the weight of the transport path above the banknote cassette becomes heavy, the workability of the recovery work is degraded.

  Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide the banknote processing apparatus which can improve the workability | operativity of recovery work.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 includes a main body and a drawer body that can be pulled out from the main body, and the drawer body includes a storage section that stores a plurality of storage bodies in a line, A transport unit that is provided above the storage unit and transports banknotes to the plurality of storage units, and the transport unit is pivotally supported by a support shaft along the arrangement direction of the plurality of storage units, A plurality of rows are swingable between a transport position that covers the top of the plurality of storage bodies and transports banknotes to the storage bodies and an open position that opens the top of the plurality of storage bodies. A conveyor belt, a plurality of banknote guides that receive banknotes pressed from above by lower sides of the plurality of conveyor belts, and a plurality of entrance / exit guides for taking in and out banknotes between the plurality of storage bodies. The bill guide has a lower part of the conveyor belt. Wherein the recess to penetrate the part is formed.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein in the bill guide, the wall portions on both sides forming the concave portion are on one side in the extending direction of the lower side portion, and the height on the other side is higher. The one side inclined wall part, the other side inclined wall part which is on the other side in the extending direction of the lower side part and becomes higher in the one side, and the one side inclined wall part and the other side inclined part. An intermediate wall portion having a certain height between the wall portions is provided.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the lower side portions of the plurality of rows of conveyor belts enter the recesses of the plurality of rows of banknote guides. The bill can be conveyed by generating a frictional force. By adopting such a structure, it is possible to reduce the number of relatively heavy transport rollers and their supporting shafts. Therefore, since the whole conveyance part can be reduced in weight, the rocking | fluctuation load of a conveyance part is reduced, the rocking | fluctuation of a conveyance part becomes easy, and the workability | operativity of recovery work can be improved. Moreover, since a conveyance load can be reduced as compared with the case where a conveyance roller is used, it is easy to eliminate banknotes. From this point, the workability of the recovery work can be improved.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, when a banknote enters between a lower side part and a recessed part, in the wall part of the both sides which form a recessed part, it guides to the one side inclination wall part which becomes high toward the other side. Then, after riding on the intermediate wall portion having a certain height, the other side is guided to the other inclined wall portion whose height becomes lower toward the other side. Therefore, a banknote can be smoothly inserted between a lower side part and a recessed part, and can be let out from between these.

It is a perspective view which shows the teller machine containing the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows roughly the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A money_receiving | payment process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A storage process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A return process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A rose payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A bundle payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a self-examination process is shown with a thick line. It is a sectional side view of the banknote processing apparatus, and shows the return route of the self-scrutiny processing by a bold line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The return route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is a perspective view which shows the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: (a) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in a conveyance position, (b) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in an open position. It is a perspective view which shows the drawer body and various cassettes of the banknote processing apparatus, (a) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in a conveyance position, (b) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in an open position. It is a front view of the state in which the conveyance part which shows the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus exists in an open position. It is a sectional side view which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is the A section enlarged view of FIG. 16 which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is the B section enlarged view of FIG. 16 which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the conveyance control mechanism of the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: (a) shows a restriction release state, (b) shows a control state. It is a side view which shows the conveyance control mechanism of the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: (a) shows a regulation release state, (b) shows a regulation state. It is a partial expansion perspective view which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a partial enlarged plan view which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is XX sectional drawing of FIG. 22 which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is YY sectional drawing of FIG. 22 which shows the conveyance part of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a rear view which shows the drawer body of the banknote processing apparatus, (a) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in an open position, (b) shows the state in which a conveyance part exists in a conveyance position. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part structure of the loading movement control mechanism of the banknote processing apparatus, (a) shows a locked state, (b) shows an unlocked state. It is a rear view which shows the lower part structure of the loading movement control mechanism of the banknote processing apparatus, (a) shows a restricted state, (b) shows a restriction release state. It is a rear view which shows the upper part structure of the loading movement control mechanism of the banknote processing apparatus, (a) shows a restricted state and (b) shows a restriction release state. The standby state of the lever of the drawer of the banknote processing apparatus is shown, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a perspective view showing the state of the operating mechanism at that time. It is a perspective view which shows a part of operating mechanism when the lever of the drawer of the banknote processing apparatus exists in a standby state. The operation state of the one side lever of the drawer | drawing-out body of the banknote processing apparatus is shown, Comprising: (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a rear view which shows the state of a part of operating mechanism at that time. The operation state of the both-sides lever of the drawer | drawing-out body of the banknote processing apparatus is shown, Comprising: (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a rear view which shows the one part state of the action | operation mechanism at that time. It is a perspective view which shows an action | operation mechanism when the both-sides lever of the drawer of the banknote processing apparatus exists in an operation state.

  A banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a teller machine that handles banknotes and coins. This teller machine is installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank and manages the monetary processing of the entire store. For example, the cashier can handle transactions such as deposits and withdrawals by large-scale customers, withdrawal processing of withdrawals to the outside party by the staff, deposit processing of take-out money from outside parties, and after the end of business It will manage the closing of deposits and withdrawals at all financial institution stores.

  The depositing / dispensing machine includes a banknote processing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment that performs a deposit / withdrawal process on banknotes, a new ticket processing apparatus 12 that performs a withdrawal process on banknotes, particularly a new ticket, and a deposit / withdrawal process for coins. The coin processing device 13 that performs the above and the like is configured to be arranged in parallel on the left and right, and the operation unit 14 on which an operation input is performed by the operator on the upper portion of the coin processing device 13 and the display that displays to the operator A portion 15 is provided.

  Next, the whole structure of the banknote processing apparatus 11 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG. The banknote handling apparatus 11 is provided with a deposit / withdrawal unit 21 at the upper part on the front side thereof, in which loose banknotes are inserted from the outside of the machine and from which the loose banknotes for withdrawal are paid out. The depositing / dispensing portion 21 is provided so that the placing plate 22 constituting the bottom portion thereof can be raised and lowered with the posture inclined downward and downward, and the support surface 23 on the back side is raised so as to be orthogonal to the placing plate 22. It is provided with an inclination. In the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, banknotes are accumulated on the mounting plate 22 in a posture in which the length direction is aligned in the left-right direction, and the trailing edge of the banknote is supported by the support surface 23 due to the inclination of the mounting plate 22. Abut. On the rear side of the upper part of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, the separated banknotes stacked on the placing plate 22 are separated one by one from the one at the upper end and fed out into the machine at a predetermined interval, and the banknotes from the machine are entered / exited. A feeding portion 21 a that feeds out to the gold portion 21 is provided.

  Below the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a deposit / reject unit 26 is provided at the front surface position of the bill processing apparatus 11 for depositing rejected banknotes determined to be unacceptable. On the rear side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the deposit / rejection rejection unit 26, a withdrawal / rejection unit 27 for storing withdrawal / rejection banknotes determined to be unacceptable is provided. Is provided with an identification unit 28 for identifying a bill.

  Further, an alignment unit 30 for aligning banknotes and accumulating a predetermined number of bundles is provided at the upper rear part of the withdrawal reject unit 27, and the bundles accumulated by the alignment unit 30 are provided above the alignment unit 30. A bundling section 31 is provided in which a bundling tape is wound around a number of banknotes to form a small bundle of banknotes. On the front side of the binding unit 31 is provided a bundle dispensing unit 32 that feeds out a small bundle of bills created by the binding unit 31 to the outside of the machine.

  Moreover, in the lower part of the banknote processing apparatus 11, the denomination cassette (storage body) 35 which accommodates the rose banknote of the predetermined single denomination after deposit | depositing in order from the back side in the state integrated | stacked up and down, the same A denomination cassette (housing body) 36, a similar denomination cassette (housing body) 37, a mixed cassette (housing body) 38 for storing the banknotes after deposit confirmation in a state where they are stacked up and down, and a deposited payment confirmation Pool cassettes (housing bodies) 39 for temporarily storing the previous rose bills in a vertically stacked state are arranged in a line with the vertical and horizontal positions aligned.

  The upper part of the denomination cassette 35 is provided with a feeding part 35a that feeds banknotes into the inside and separates the banknotes one by one from the top one, and the upper part of the denomination cassette 36 has the same function. The same feeding section 37a is provided on the upper part of the denomination cassette 37, the same feeding part 38a is provided on the upper part of the mixing cassette 38, and the same feeding part 39a is also provided on the upper part of the pool cassette 39. It has been.

  Inside the banknote handling apparatus 11, a banknote transport path 41 for transporting banknotes is provided so as to connect the respective parts appropriately. The banknote conveyance path 41 extends backward from the feeding portion 21a, then extends downward, further extends vertically downward, and then extends one end to the front side, and then folds back to the rear side. A conveyance path 41A that extends rearward, bends upward in the middle and extends slightly downward through the identification portion 28, and extends forward slightly after continuing to the conveyance path 41A and slightly extending downward. A conveyance path 41B that extends slightly downward from the front end and a conveyance path 41C provided in the pool cassette 39 so as to be continuous with the conveyance path 41B are provided.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41D that branches from the middle of the transport path 41B, a transport path 41E that is provided in the denomination cassette 35 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41D, and a transport path 41D of the transport path 41B. Also, the transfer path 41F branches from the pool cassette 39 side, the transfer path 41G provided in the denomination cassette 36 so as to be continuous with the transfer path 41F, and the transfer path 41F of the transfer path 41B branches from the pool cassette 39 side. A transport path 41H, a transport path 41I provided in the denomination cassette 37 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41H, a transport path 41J branched from the pool cassette 39 side of the transport path 41H of the transport path 41B, and a transport path 41J And the transfer path 41K provided in the mixing cassette 38 so as to be continuous with the transfer cassette 41B and the transfer path 41B of the transfer path 41B branch off from the pool cassette 39 side. A conveying path 41L extending, and a transport path 41M connected between the depositing and dispensing unit 21 and the identification section 28 of the extending therefrom in the transport path 41A rearwardly bent led to the conveyance path 41L.

  The banknote transport path 41 branches from a position between the branch position of the transport path 41J of the transport path 41B and the branch position of the transport path 41L, and extends upward, and is connected to the transport path 41N. The conveyance path 41O that extends to the intermediate position of the conveyance path 41M, and the conveyance path that branches from the position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41O and the connection position to the conveyance path 41A in the conveyance path 41M and leads to the deposit reject unit 26 41P, a conveyance path 41Q that branches from a position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41M in the conveyance path 41A and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, extends forward, and is connected to a middle position of the conveyance path 41P, and a conveyance path 41Q in the conveyance path 41P A transfer path 41R that branches upward from a position between the connection position and the deposit reject part 26 and extends upward and is connected to the withdrawal reject part 27.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41S that connects a position between the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the branch position of the transport path 41Q in the transport path 41A, and a position between the connection position of the transport path 41M and the identification unit 28. The transfer path 41 </ b> A includes a transfer path 41 </ b> T that branches backward from the position between the connection position of the transfer path 41 </ b> S and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and connects to the alignment unit 30. The transport path 41 </ b> S is provided with a front / back reversing unit 43 that reverses the front and back of the banknote.

  Here, the above-described transport paths 41A to 41M can transport banknotes in both forward and reverse directions, and the transport paths 41N to 41T can transport banknotes only in one direction.

  The thick line in FIG. 3 shows the deposit processing route for identifying and counting the rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a bill is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and an input operation for performing the deposit process is performed on the operation unit 14, the delivery unit 21 a is placed on the placement plate of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21. The banknotes on 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport path 41A. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes (deposits that can be handled) determined to be acceptable by the identification unit 28 are shown by thick solid lines in FIG. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28 while being transported to the pool cassette 39 by the transport paths 41B and 41C are transferred from the transport path 41B to the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed to the deposit reject unit 26 by 41P. Thereby, the banknote which can be received is temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and the banknote which cannot be received is discharged | emitted to the deposit | rejection rejection part 26. FIG.

  The thick lines in FIG. 4 confirm the banknotes temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process on the condition that the approval operation to the operation unit 14 is input, and denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. The route of the storing process stored in the corresponding item is shown. That is, the banknote 39 of the pool cassette 39 is fed out from the top one, and the fed banknote is identified by the transport paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by the thick solid lines in FIG. 28 to the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 by the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Thereby, banknotes are stored in the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the storage process as being double-fed or the like are transferred to the withdrawal / rejection rejecting unit 27 by the transport paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, and 41R as shown by thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 5 shows the route of the return process for feeding the banknote temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the condition that the cancel operation to the operation unit 14 is input. . That is, the payout part 39a pays out the banknotes of the pool cassette 39 from the upper end, and the payable banknotes are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal part 21 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41A. As a result, the banknote is returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21.

  A thick line in FIG. 6 indicates a rose for withdrawing banknotes from designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the individual withdrawal operation input to the operation unit 14. The route of banknote withdrawal processing is shown. That is, in the bulk withdrawal process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 6, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are handled by the feeding units 35a to 37a from the top. The banknotes that have been fed out are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and the front and back are reversed based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Is required to be turned into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the transport path 41A, and the one that needs to be turned upside down is turned upside down at the front / back turnover unit 43 through the feed path 41S, and then turned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the feed path 41A. Transport. Thereby, the banknotes based on the withdrawal operation are fed out to the depositing / dispensing unit 21. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 in the withdrawal process as double feed, etc., are conveyed to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 7 binds banknotes from the designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the bundling operation input to the operation unit 14. It shows the route of the bundle withdrawal process for withdrawal. That is, in the bundle dispensing process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 7, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are fed from the top end of the feeding units 35 a to 37 a. Corresponding ones are paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, the front and back Those that do not require reversal are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T, and those that require reversal of the front and back are reversed by the front and back reversing unit 43 via the conveyance path 41S, and are then aligned by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T. Respectively. Thereby, the banknote of the designated single denomination is fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the unit number of unity. Then, bundling is performed at the bundling unit 31 and the bundling unit 32 is fed out. Such processing is performed for the designated number of bundles for each designated denomination. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the bundle dispensing process as being double-fed are conveyed to the withdrawal rejecting unit 27 via the conveying paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The money is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 8 indicates the forward route of the self-scrubbing process for self-scrubbing the corresponding banknotes of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 based on the self-scrutiny processing operation input to the operation unit 14. . That is, in the self-examination process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 8, the banknotes stored in one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed from the top one to the feeding sections 35 a to 35 a. The corresponding one of 38a will be paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41K and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and are identified and counted by the identification unit 28. It is conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41M, 41L, 41B, and 41C. And all the banknotes accommodated in the set one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed out. Note that, during this transport, banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 as being double-fed or the like are transported to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The gold is rejected 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 9 indicates the return route of the self-examination process described above. The banknotes once transferred to the pool cassette 39 as described above are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by thick solid lines in FIG. At the same time, the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are stored in the corresponding denominations via the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Note that, during the conveyance, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double fed or the like are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  As described above, the counting result of the identification unit 28 coincides with the number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 subjected to the self-scrutiny processing. Are performed individually for the set ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. If the total number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 is equal to or less than the maximum storage number of the pool cassette 39, it is not necessary to perform the above-described self-scrutiny processing individually. , You can do it all at once.

  The thick line in FIG. 10 indicates the forward route of the local organization process for identifying and counting rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a loose banknote is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the input operation for performing the local organization process is performed on the operation unit 14 together with the denomination designation, the dispensing unit 21a becomes the deposit / withdrawal unit. The bills on the loading plate 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed bills are transported 41A as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. It will be transported by. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes determined by the identification unit 28 as the designated denomination are conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41B and 41C, while the identification unit The banknote determined to be other than the designated denomination at 28 is transported from the transport path 41B to the deposit rejection unit 26 through the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, and 41P, as shown by a thick broken line in FIG. Thereby, banknotes of the designated denomination are temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the deposit reject unit 26.

  A thick line in FIG. 11 indicates a return route of the local organization process. As described above, the banknotes once stored in the pool cassette 39 are fed out from the top one by the feeding section 39a, and the fed banknotes are identified by the transport paths 41C, 41B, 41A as shown by the thick lines in FIG. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, those that do not need to be turned upside down are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 on the conveying paths 41A and 41T, and those that need to be turned upside down are turned through the conveying path 41S. After reversing the front and back at 43, the paper is transported to the alignment unit 30 through the transport paths 41A and 41T. In this way, banknotes of a designated single denomination are fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the number of unity bundles. Then, bundling is performed at the bundling unit 31 and the bundling unit 32 is fed out. Such processing is repeated as long as the unit number of binding units is accumulated in the alignment unit 30. In addition, even when fractional banknotes less than the unit number of bundles are accumulated in the alignment unit 30, they are bound and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32 with identification indicating that they are fractional banknotes. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double-feeded in the local organization process are transported to the deposit reject unit 26 by the transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. 11, and the deposit reject unit. To 26.

  The banknote processing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment includes a deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a deposit / rejection unit 26, a withdrawal / rejection unit 27, an identification unit 28, an alignment unit 30, a binding unit 31, a bundled dispensing unit 32, The front / back reversing part 43 and the conveyance paths 41A, 41M, 41O to 41T are arranged in the main body 45, and the conveyance paths 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, and 41N at the lower part are arranged from the main body 45 to the front surface. It arrange | positions in the drawer body 46 shown in FIG. Further, the transport path 41E is in the denomination cassette 35 that can be attached to and removed from the drawer 46, the transport path 41G is in the same denomination cassette 36, and the transport path 41I is in the same denomination cassette 37. 41K is arranged in the same mixing cassette 38, and the conveyance path 41C is arranged in the same pool cassette 39, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the drawer 46 includes a storage portion 47 and a transport portion 48 that is swingably provided above the storage portion 47. As shown in FIG. 13, a plurality of denomination cassettes 35 to 37, a mixing cassette 38, and a pool cassette 39 are stored in a single row in the storage unit 47. The transport unit 48 transports banknotes to the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39. The transport section 48 is provided with the above-described transport paths 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, and 41N shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the storage portion 47 includes a front wall portion 51, a base wall portion 52 extending rearward from substantially the entire height range on the left end side of the front wall portion 51, and a right end side of the front wall portion 51. A detachable wall 53 extending rearward from the lower part, a rear wall 54 parallel to the front wall 51 and connected to the base wall 52 and the detachable wall 53, the front wall 51, and the base wall 52, a bottom plate portion (not shown) that closes a lower portion of a space surrounded by the detachable wall portion 53 and the rear wall portion 54. Here, the front wall part 51 comprises the front surface of the banknote processing apparatus 11. FIG.

  A receiving plate 55 is attached to the rear wall portion 54 at an intermediate position in the vertical direction so as to swing between a state along the vertical direction and a state in which the rear wall is inclined to extend upward. . As shown in FIG. 12B, the transport section 48 is swingably connected to the upper portion of the base wall section 52 through two hinges 57 having support shafts 57a along the front-rear direction.

  In addition, the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 shown in FIG. 13 are individually loaded in the storage portion 47, and a plurality of partition wall portions 59 that partition the plurality of loading spaces 58 shown in FIG. However, it is provided between the front wall 51 and the rear wall 54 in parallel therewith. Here, as shown in FIG. 12B, the height of the detachable wall 53 opposite to the support shaft 57a is higher than the height of the base wall 52 where the support shaft 57a of the hinge 57 is to be provided on the upper side. As described above, the height is lower, so that the plurality of loading spaces 58 are largely open laterally on the upper side of the detachable wall portion 53.

  The partition wall portion 59 has a joint side to the detachable wall portion 53 at the same height as the detachable wall portion 53, and a joint side to the base wall portion 52 is higher than the detachable wall portion 53 and slightly lower than the base wall portion 52. It has become. Thereby, the partition wall part 59 has a shape in which the upper part on the side of the detachable wall part 53 is obliquely cut out so as to connect the upper part of the base wall part 52 and the upper part of the detachable wall part 53. In other words, the upper edge of the partition wall portion 59 is formed in the vicinity of a line connecting the upper end portion of the base wall portion 52 on the side that supports the transport portion 48 and the upper end portion of the removable wall portion 53 that is open on the upper side. Has been. In such a storage portion 47, a caster 60 that rolls on the floor surface when being pulled out from the main body 45 is provided at the lower portion on the front wall portion 51 side.

  The above-described hinges 57 are attached to the top and bottom of the base wall portion 52 that is one edge of the storage portion 47, and the above-described transport portion 48 is attached to these hinges 57. In other words, the transport unit 48 is supported on the support shaft 57a of the hinge 57 along the arrangement direction of the plurality of denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 at the edge of the storage unit 47. , Swingable with respect to the storage portion 47.

  The transport unit 48 is horizontally disposed at an upper position between the base wall portion 52 and the detachable wall portion 53 and has a posture extending above the base wall portion 52 as shown in FIG. Thus, it can be swung between an open position shown in FIG. When in the transport position, the transport section 48 can cover the top of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 shown in FIG. When in the open position, the upper part of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39 is opened as shown in FIG. In addition, the conveyance part 48 has the conveyance position arrange | positioned horizontally as shown to Fig.12 (a) and FIG.13 (a), and the open position shown in FIG.12 (b), FIG.13 (b), FIG.14. The rocking angle between is larger than 90 degrees. The drawer body 46 and the main body 45 can be loaded without colliding with the main body 45 when the transport section 48 is in the transport position. When the transport section 48 is in the open position, the drawer 45 and the main body 45 can be loaded with the main body 45. The conveyance portion 48 has a shape relationship that collides with the main body 45.

  The configuration of each part of the transport unit 48 will be further described with the state at the transport position. As shown in FIG. 15, the support shaft 61a, the support shaft 62a, the support shaft 63a, the support shaft 64a, the support shaft 65a, the support shaft 66a, and the support shaft are arranged in order from one side in the length direction on the upper side of the transport unit 48. 67a, a support shaft 68a, a support shaft 69a, a support shaft 70a, a support shaft 71a, and a support shaft 72a are rotatably provided. A support shaft 73a, a support shaft 74a, a support shaft 75a, a support shaft 76a, a support shaft 77a, a support shaft 78a, a support shaft 79a, and a support shaft are sequentially provided below the transport unit 48 from one side in the length direction. 80a, a support shaft 81a, a support shaft 82a, a support shaft 83a, a support shaft 84a, a support shaft 85a, and a support shaft 86a are rotatably provided. These support shafts 61a to 86a are all along the width direction of the transport section 48 and are arranged in parallel.

  As shown in FIG. 16, a plurality of specifically, two transport rollers 61 are fixed to the support shaft 61a, and a plurality of specifically, two pulleys 62 with external teeth (not shown) are attached to the support shaft 62a. However, the support shaft 63a also has a plurality of similar pulleys 63, the support shaft 64a has a plurality of similar pulleys 64, and the support shaft 65a has a plurality of similar pulleys. Two pulleys 65 are also fixed to the support shaft 66a, specifically, two pulleys 66, and the support shaft 67a is also fixed to a plurality of similar, specifically, two pulleys 67. In addition, a plurality of, specifically, two transport rollers 68 are fixed to the support shaft 68a.

  A conveyor belt 90 formed of a timing belt with an internal tooth (not shown) is hooked on the pulleys 62 to 67 on one side in the axial direction of the support shafts 62a to 67a so that the teeth mesh with each other. Also, the pulleys 62 to 67 on the other axial side of each of the support shafts 62 a to 67 a are also in contact with each other by the conveying belt 90 formed of a timing belt with internal teeth (not shown). It is hung. That is, the transport unit 48 is provided with a plurality of rows, specifically, two rows of endless transport belts 90 on the upper surface side.

  As shown in FIG. 15 only on one side, the support shaft 69a also includes a plurality of, specifically, two transport rollers 69, and the support shaft 70a also includes a plurality of, specifically, two transport rollers 70, both on the support shaft 71a. Specifically, two transport rollers 71 are fixed to the support shaft 72a, and more specifically, two transport rollers 72 are fixed to the support shaft 72a.

  The support shaft 61a and the support shaft 73a have the same position in the length direction of the transport unit 48. Similarly, the support shaft 62a and the support shaft 74a are positioned, and the support shaft 63a and the support shaft 75a are positioned. The support shaft 64a and the support shaft 77a support the position, the support shaft 65a and the support shaft 79a support the position, the support shaft 66a and the support shaft 81a support the position, and the support shaft 67a and the support shaft 83a support the position. The shaft 68a and the support shaft 84a are aligned, the support shaft 70a and the support shaft 85a are aligned, and the support shaft 72a and the support shaft 86a are aligned.

  The support shaft 73a has a transport roller 73, the support shaft 74a has a transport roller 74, the support shaft 75a has a transport roller 75, the support shaft 76a has a transport roller 76, the support shaft 77a has a transport roller 77, The support shaft 78a has a transport roller 78, the support shaft 79a has a transport roller 79, the support shaft 80a has a transport roller 80, the support shaft 81a has a transport roller 81, the support shaft 82a has a transport roller 82, The support shaft 83a has a transport roller 83, the support shaft 84a has a transport roller 84, the support shaft 85a has a transport roller 85, and the support shaft 86a has a plurality of transport rollers 86, specifically two each. It has been.

  The conveyance roller 61 and the conveyance roller 73 rotate while pinching the banknote and are horizontally conveyed along the length direction of the conveyance path 48, and constitute the conveyance path 41B. Further, the horizontal lower side 90A of the conveyor belt 90, the conveyor roller 74, the conveyor roller 75, the conveyor roller 77, the conveyor roller 79, the conveyor roller 81, and the conveyor roller 83 rotate while sandwiching the banknote and are conveyed horizontally. Therefore, these also constitute the transport path 41B. Further, the transport roller 68 and the transport roller 84 rotate and transport horizontally while sandwiching the banknote, and the transport roller 70 and transport roller 85 also rotate and transport horizontally while sandwiching the banknote. These also constitute the conveyance path 41B. In addition, the transport roller 85 is also rotated by the transport roller 86 adjacent in the lateral direction while sandwiching the banknote and transports in the vertical direction, and these also constitute the transport path 41B.

  The conveyance roller 75 is rotated while nipping the banknotes with the conveyance roller 76 adjacent in the horizontal direction, and conveys it in the vertical direction, and these constitute a conveyance path 41D. The conveyance roller 77 is rotated while nipping the banknotes with the conveyance roller 78 adjacent in the lateral direction, and conveys it in the vertical direction. These constitute a conveyance path 41F. The conveyance roller 79 is rotated while nipping the banknotes with the conveyance roller 80 adjacent in the horizontal direction, and conveys it in the vertical direction, and these constitute a conveyance path 41H. The conveyance roller 81 is rotated while nipping the banknotes with the conveyance roller 82 adjacent in the horizontal direction, and conveys it in the vertical direction. These constitute the conveyance path 41J. The conveyance roller 68 is rotated while nipping the banknotes with the conveyance roller 69 adjacent in the horizontal direction, and conveys it in the vertical direction, and these constitute a conveyance path 41N. The conveyance roller 72 is rotated while nipping the banknotes with the conveyance roller 71 adjacent in the horizontal direction, and conveys it in the vertical direction, and these constitute a conveyance path 41L.

  A support shaft 92a is provided on the upper side of the support shaft 76a in parallel with the support shaft 76a. The support shaft 92a swings between a position where the banknote in the transport path 41B passes as it is and a position where the banknote is taken into the transport path 41D. A moving comb-shaped entrance / exit guide 92 is attached. On the upper side of the support shaft 78a, a support shaft 93a is provided in parallel with the support shaft 78a. The support shaft 93a swings between a position where the banknote in the transport path 41B passes as it is and a position where the banknote is taken into the transport path 41F. A moving comb-shaped entrance / exit guide 93 is attached. A support shaft 94a is provided on the upper side of the support shaft 80a in parallel with the support shaft 80a. The support shaft 94a swings between a position where the banknote in the transport path 41B passes as it is and a position where the banknote is taken into the transport path 41H. A moving comb-shaped entrance / exit guide 94 is attached. A support shaft 95a is provided on the upper side of the support shaft 82a in parallel with the support shaft 82a. The support shaft 95a swings between a position where the banknote on the transport path 41B is passed as it is and a position where the banknote is taken into the transport path 41J. A moving comb-shaped entrance / exit guide 95 is attached.

  That is, the entry / exit guide 92 is for inserting and removing banknotes between the transport unit 48 and the denomination cassette 35, and similarly, the access guide 93 is provided between the transport unit 48 and the denomination cassette 36. 94 is between the conveyance part 48 and the denomination cassette 37, and the loading / unloading guide 95 is for taking in and out banknotes between the conveyance part 48 and the mixing cassette 38, respectively. As a result, the entry / exit guides 92 to 95 are configured to take in and out bills even between the transport unit 48 and the pool cassette 39.

  A support shaft 97a is provided on the lower side of the support shaft 69a in parallel with the support shaft 69a. The support shaft 97a has a position between a position where the banknote on the transport path 41B is passed as it is and a position where the bill is taken into the transport path 41N. A swinging comb-shaped access guide 97 is attached. A support shaft 98a is provided adjacent to the support shaft 70a in the lateral direction and parallel to the support shaft 70a. The support shaft 98a has a position for allowing the banknotes in the transport path 41B to pass therethrough and a position for taking in the transport path 41L. A comb-shaped access guide 98 that can be switched to is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 16, a drive transmission gear 101 for transmitting a driving force of a drive motor (not shown) on the main body 45 side is fixed to one end of the support shaft 61a, and a gear is connected to the other end of the support shaft 61a. 102 is fixed. As shown in FIG. 17, the idle gear 103 supported by the support shaft 103a meshes with the gear 102, and the idle gear 103 meshes with the gear 104 fixed to the support shaft 62a. Therefore, the support shaft 61a and the support shaft 62a are rotated in the same direction by the driving force of the drive motor (not shown) on the main body 45 side, and one end of the transport roller 61 of the support shaft 61a and the pulley 62 of the support shaft 62a are one end. The wound conveyor belt 90 rotates in the same direction. As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, the pulleys 63 to 67 around which the conveyor belt 90 is wound and the support shaft 67 a that supports the pulley 67 also rotate in the same direction in synchronization.

  As shown in FIG. 18, a gear 106 is fixed to the support shaft 67a, and the idle gear 107 supported by the support shaft 107a meshes with the gear 106. The idle gear 107 is engaged with the gear 108 fixed to the support shaft 68a. As a result, the transport roller 68 also rotates in the same direction in synchronization with the transport roller 61 and the transport belt 90 of the support shaft 61a. become.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the transport roller 73 that forms the transport path 41 </ b> B with the transport roller 61, rotates with the rotation of the transport roller 61, and the transport roller 90 configures the transport path 41 </ b> B. 73, the conveyance roller 74, the conveyance roller 75, the conveyance roller 77, the conveyance roller 79, the conveyance roller 81, and the conveyance roller 83 are also rotated with respect to the rotation of the conveyance belt 90, and constitute the conveyance path 41B with the conveyance roller 68. The conveyance roller 84 is also rotated with the rotation of the conveyance roller 68.

  As shown in FIG. 19, on the other end side of the support shaft 61 a, a transport regulation mechanism that enables the banknote to be transported when the transport section 48 is in the transport position, and prevents the banknote from being transported when the transport section 48 is in the open position. (Conveyance restricting means) 111 is provided. The transport regulating mechanism 111 includes an engagement member (a transport rotating portion) 112 fixed to the other end of the support shaft 61a, and an L-shaped base portion rotatably supported by the support shaft 103a of the idle gear 103. 113 and a spring (biasing means) 114 that biases the base portion 113.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the engagement member 112 is formed with a plurality of, specifically four, engagement plate portions 115 along the radial direction and the axial direction of the support shaft 61a at intervals in the rotation direction.

  The base portion 113 has an L-shaped rotating member 119 having arm portions 117 and 118 extending in the radial direction from the support shaft 103a, and a distal end portion of one arm portion 117 of the rotating member 119. The support shaft 120a is mounted in parallel to the support shaft 103a, and the rotatable contact roller 120 is supported by the support shaft 120a.

  The rotation member 119 has one arm portion 117 extending obliquely downward on the support shaft 61a side from the support shaft 103a, and the other arm portion 118 extending obliquely upward on the support shaft 61a side from the support shaft 103a. An engaging recess 121 is formed on the support shaft 61a side at the tip of the other arm portion 118. The spring 114 shown in FIG. 19 urges the base portion 113 in the direction in which the engagement recess 121 approaches the engagement member 112, and as a result, the base portion so that the contact roller 120 is positioned on the lower side. 113 is activated. The base portion 113 brings the arm portion 118 of the rotating member 119 into contact with the engaging member 112 by the urging force of the spring 114. In this state, when the engagement member 112 is appropriately rotated and the engagement concave portion 121 of the arm portion is aligned with any one of the engagement plate portions 115, as shown in FIGS. 19 (b) and 20 (b). These will be engaged. This state is a restriction state in which the base portion 113 restricts the rotation of the support shaft 61a. When the rotation of the support shaft 61a is thus restricted, the rotation of the conveyance belt 90 and the conveyance roller 68 as well as the conveyance roller 61 shown in FIG. 16 is restricted.

  19 and 20 abuts the contact roller 120 shown in FIG. 12B on the stopper portion 122 on the rear wall portion 54 of the storage portion 47 when the transport portion 48 is in the transport position. As a result, as shown in FIG. 19A, the engaging recess 121 is separated from the engaging member 112 by rotating against the urging force of the spring 114. A restriction release state in which the engagement between the recess 121 and the engagement plate 115 is released is obtained. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 19A and 20A, the rotation restriction of the support shaft 61a is released, and the conveyance portion 48 such as the conveyance roller 61, the conveyance belt 90, the conveyance roller 68, and the like is removed. The conveyance rotation unit that rotates during the conveyance of bills can be rotated. On the other hand, when the transport section 48 is in the open position, the base section 113 separates the contact roller 120 from the stopper section 122, and as a result, the arm section 118 contacts the engaging member 112 as described above. Make contact. In this state, the engagement plate portion 115 of the engagement member 112 engages with the engagement recess 121 of the base portion 113 even when the conveyance rotation portion including the conveyance roller 61, the conveyance belt 90, and the conveyance roller 68 is rotated. As a result, rotation is restricted.

  That is, the base portion 113 makes it impossible for the banknotes to be transported by engaging the engaging concave portion 121 of the one end with the engaging member 112 when the transport portion 48 is in the open position, and the transport portion 48 is in the transport position. When the contact roller 120 at the other end contacts the stopper 122 of the drawer 46, the engagement of the engagement recess 121 with the engagement member 112 is released, and the spring 114 shown in FIG. The base 113 is urged in a direction in which the engagement recess 121 engages with the engagement member 112.

  As shown in FIG. 15, between the entrance / exit guide 92 and the transport roller 77, between the entrance / exit guide 93 and the transport roller 79, and between the access guide 94 and the transport roller 81, FIG. As shown, a plurality of rows, specifically, two rows of banknote guides 125 are provided as the conveyor belt 90. These banknote guides 125 are provided on the lower surface side of the transport section 48 and receive banknotes pressed from above by the lower side section 90A of the transport belt 90. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 22, the recess 126 for entering 90A one-on-one is formed along the extending direction of the lower side 90A.

  Specifically, the bill guide 125 is made of a synthetic resin having a low friction coefficient, and a pair of wall portions 128 having the same shape are erected so as to extend along the extending direction of the lower side portion 90A so as to form the recess 126. ing. Each of the pair of wall portions 128 has a rib shape, and is on one side in the extending direction of the lower side portion 90A of the conveyor belt 90 as shown in FIG. The inclined wall portion 130, the other side inclined wall portion 131 which is on the other side in the extending direction of the lower side portion 90A and becomes higher toward the one side, and the one side inclined wall portion 130 and the other side inclined wall portion. 131 and an intermediate wall 132 having a constant height. As shown in FIG. 24, the lower side portion 90A of the conveyance belt 90 is inserted into the recess 126 between the pair of wall portions 128, so that the height of the upper surface of the intermediate wall portion 132 is higher than the height of the lower surface of the lower side portion 90A. It is higher than that.

  As described above, the plurality of rows of banknote guides 125 arranged in parallel in the direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction are configured so that both of the banknotes 125 are simultaneously inserted into the pair of wall portions 128 and the recess 126. The bills are conveyed while being sandwiched by the lower side portion 90A. At that time, the bill smoothly moves from the upper surface of the one-side inclined wall portion 130 to the upper surface of the intermediate wall portion 132, and from the upper surface of the intermediate wall portion 132 to the other side. It moves smoothly to the upper surface of the inclined wall 131. Alternatively, the banknote moves from the upper surface of the other-side inclined wall portion 131 to the upper surface of the intermediate wall portion 132 and moves from the upper surface of the intermediate wall portion 132 to the upper surface of the one-side inclined wall portion 130.

  As shown in FIG. 25A, the drawer 46 has a loading movement regulating mechanism (loading movement regulating means) 135 that regulates the loading movement of the drawer 46 to the main body 45 when the conveyance unit 48 is not in the conveyance position. Is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 26, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 includes a support shaft 136a provided so as to extend in the left-right direction on the detachable wall portion 53 side of the rear wall portion 54 of the storage portion 47, and the support shaft 136a. An L-shaped rotation member 136 that is rotatably supported, a support shaft 137a provided in parallel to the support shaft 136a at the rear end of the rotation member 136, and a support shaft 137a that is rotatably supported by the support shaft 137a. And a rolling roller 137. The rotating member 136 includes an arm part 140 extending rearward from the support shaft 136a and an arm part 141 extending upward from the support shaft 136a. The above-described support shaft is provided at the rear end of the arm part 140. 137a and a rolling roller 137 are provided. This rolling roller 137 can roll on the slide rail 142 shown in FIG. 26 that guides the slide of the drawer 46 relative to the main body 45 when the drawer 46 shown in FIG. 1 moves relative to the main body 45. A stepped stopper portion 143 is formed on the upper portion of the slide rail 142. As a result, the slide rail 142 has an upper surface 142A on the rear side of the stopper 143 and an upper surface on the front side of the stopper 143 and lower than the upper surface 142A. 142B.

  The rolling roller 137 rolls on the upper surface 142A on the rear side of the stopper portion 143 of the slide rail 142 at the initial stage when the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45, and at the end of the pulling-out portion 143 than the stopper portion 143. When positioned in front, as shown in FIG. 26 (a), the rotating member 136 is swung by its own weight including the arm portion 140 of the rotating member 136, so that it contacts the upper surface 142 B on the front side of the stopper portion 143. Touch. In this state, even if an attempt is made to push the drawer body 46 into the main body 45 as it is, the rear end portion of the arm part 140 of the rotating member 136 abuts against the stopper part 143 and a locked state is established in which the movement of the drawer body 46 is restricted. Become. A cam portion 144 is formed on the rear side of the upper portion of the arm portion 141 of the rotating member 136 so as to be inclined so as to be located rearward as the upper side.

  The loading movement restricting mechanism 135 includes an operating shaft 146a extending in the front-rear direction outside the detachable wall portion 53 of the storage portion 47, and a rotating arm fixed to the rear end of the operating shaft 146a and facing the rear surface of the rear wall portion 54. 146, a support shaft 147a provided above the rotating arm 146 of the rear wall 54, an operation arm 147 having one end connected to the support shaft 147a, and a connection shaft 148a at an intermediate position of the operation arm 147 , A connecting shaft 148b at an intermediate position of the rotating arm 146, and a connecting arm 148 rotatably connected to the connecting shafts 148a and 148b. As shown in FIG. 26 (a), the pivot arm 146 is basically in a state of being substantially horizontal, and when the operating shaft 146a rotates, the tip opposite to the operating shaft 146a as shown in FIG. 26 (b). It will be in the rotation state which rotates so that a part may be raised. Then, the turning arm 146 raises the connecting arm 148 and swings the operating arm 147 in the direction in which the tip end part rises around the support shaft 147a.

  The distal end portion of the operating arm 147 can come into contact with the cam portion 144 of the rotating member 136, and as shown in FIG. 26B, when it rises, it rides on the cam portion 144 and the arm portion of the rotating member 136. 141 is pushed forward, the rear end portion of the arm portion 140 is raised, and the unlocked state is released in which the contact with the stopper portion 143 is released. Further, as shown in FIG. 26 (a), when the distal end portion of the operating arm 147 is lowered, the riding on the cam portion 144 is released and the pressing of the rotating member 136 on the arm portion 141 is released. The rear end portion of the arm portion 140 of 136 can be lowered.

  As shown in FIG. 25B, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 includes a protrusion 150 that protrudes downward from a rear end portion on the opposite side of the hinge 57 of the transport portion 48 and an operating arm 147 of the rear wall portion 54. Also, a support shaft 151a provided on the upper side, an interlocking member 151 rotatably supported on the support shaft 151a in a posture extending in the vertical direction, and a direction in which the lower part of the interlocking member 151 moves toward the detachable wall 53 side. And a spring 152 for urging the spring. An inclined portion 153 is formed at the upper end of the interlocking member 151 so as to be located on the side of the detachable wall portion 53 in the horizontal direction toward the upper side.

  When the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45, the rolling roller 137 shown in FIG. 26 moves onto the upper surface 142B on the front side of the stopper portion 143 of the slide rail 142 as described above, and automatically rotates. The rear end portion of the arm portion 140 of 136 is locked by the stopper portion 143 and the loading of the drawer body 46 into the main body 45 is restricted.

  In this state, when the transport unit 48 is swung from the transport position shown in FIG. 25B to the open position as shown in FIG. 25A, the protrusion 150 is separated from the interlocking member 151. As shown in FIG. 25A, the interlocking member 151 swings with the urging force of the spring 152 so that the lower portion thereof is positioned on the detachable wall portion 53 side. In this state, as shown in FIG. 27A, the lower end portion of the interlocking member 151 restricts the rise of the distal end portion of the rotating arm 146 opposite to the operating shaft 146a in the basic state. Then, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 is in a restricting state that restricts swinging that raises the rear end side of the rotating member 136 via the connecting arm 148 and the operating arm 147 shown in FIG. In other words, in this restricted state, the operating shaft 146a is not allowed to rotate, the rear end portion of the arm portion 140 of the rotating member 136 is maintained in the locked state by the stopper portion 143, and the drawer body 46 is loaded into the main body 45. Restrict movement.

  On the other hand, when the transport unit 48 is swung from the open position to the transport position, as shown in FIGS. 28 (a) to 28 (b), the protrusion 150 presses the inclined part 153, and the interlocking member 151 is moved. As shown in FIG. 25 (b), the upper part is swung against the urging force of the spring 152 so that the upper part is located on the side of the detachable wall part 53 and the lower part is located on the side opposite to the detachable wall part 53. In this state, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 is in a restriction releasing state that allows the tip end of the rotating arm 146 with the lower end portion of the interlocking member 151 to be in the basic state. Then, as shown in FIG. 27B, the pivoting arm 146 is allowed to swing to the pivoting state due to the rotation of the operating shaft 146a. As a result, as shown in FIG. The swinging of the rotating member 136 to raise the side of the rolling roller 137 is allowed. That is, when the operating shaft 146a is rotated in this restriction release state, the rotating arm 146 swings and the rotating member 136 is rotated via the connecting arm 148 and the operating arm 147. The rolling roller 137 side of the member 136 is raised above the stopper portion 143. As a result, the drawer 46 can be loaded into the main body 45. As described above, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 can cancel the restriction of the loading movement of the drawer body 46 to the main body 45 in conjunction with the swing of the conveying unit 48 to the conveying position.

  As shown in FIG. 29 (a), the front wall portion 51 of the drawer 46 has a front plate 51A that forms the front side thereof, and as shown in FIG. 29 (b), the back side of the front plate 51A. Is provided with an unlocking operation mechanism 154. This unlocking operation mechanism 154 is connected to a pair of levers 155 arranged side by side on the front side of the front plate 51A of the front wall 51 on the one hand, and on the other hand, the rotating arm 146 of the operation shaft 146a described above. Can be brought into contact with an input arm 156 fixed on the opposite side to the input arm 156. The unlocking operation mechanism 154 inputs force in the direction of rotation as described above to the operation shaft 146a only when the pair of levers 155 are simultaneously swung with both hands. As a result, the drawer 46 can be loaded into the main body 45 only when the two levers 155 are simultaneously swung while the transport unit 48 is positioned at the transport position.

  The pair of levers 155 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 155a provided with an axis line disposed in the left-right direction at the upper part on the back surface side of the front plate 51A. The unlocking operation mechanism 154 is provided with a pair of projecting plates 157 fixed so as to project rearward to the mutually separated sides of the pair of levers 155, and provided on the projecting tip side of these projecting plates 157 in parallel with the support shaft 155a. And a pair of arm members 158 that are rotatably supported by the support shafts 157a and extend downward.

  Further, the unlocking operation mechanism 154 includes a pair of support shafts 158a provided on the lower end sides of the arm members 158 with axes arranged in the front-rear direction, and a pair of pivots supported by the support shafts 158a. The arm member 159, one end of the arm member 159 is supported on the front plate 51A outside the support shaft 158a, and is provided on the other end side of the arm member 159. The support shaft 159a is parallel to the support shaft 158a. A pair of support shafts 159b parallel to the support shaft 159a, and a connecting member 160 whose both ends are rotatably connected to the arm member 159 via the support shafts 159b.

  In addition, the unlocking operation mechanism 154 is interposed between the front plate 51A and the connecting member 160 side of the pair of arm members 159, and a pair of springs 161 respectively biasing the pair of arm members 159 upward, A support shaft 160a provided in parallel with the support shaft 159b at the center of the connecting member 160, and an elevating member 162 that is rotatably supported by the support shaft 160a and extends downward. The elevating member 162 is formed with two elongated holes 163 in the upper and lower directions, and two upper and lower pins 164 attached to the front plate 51A are inserted into these elongated holes 163. Thereby, the elevating member 162 can slide up and down within a predetermined range with respect to the front plate 51A. At the lower end of the elevating member 162, an inclined surface 165 that is inclined so as to be positioned closer to the operating shaft 146a in the left-right direction is formed.

  Further, the unlocking operation mechanism 154 is provided with a slide member 168 between the inclined surface 165 of the operation member 154 and the operation shaft 146a. This slide member 168 is along the left-right direction, and the long hole 169 long in the left-right direction is formed in two places on the left and right. The left and right pins 170 attached to the rear plate 51B shown in FIG. 30 forming the rear surface side of the front wall portion 51 are inserted through these long holes 169. As a result, the slide member 168 is slidable within a predetermined range from side to side with respect to the rear plate 51B. A contact roller 171 is rotatably provided on the opposite side of the slide member 168 from the operating shaft 146a via a support shaft 171a having an axis line disposed in the front-rear direction. It can come into contact with the inclined surface 165 of the elevating member 162 shown in FIG. The side of the slide member 168 opposite to the contact roller 171 faces the upper portion of the input arm 156 extending upward from the operating shaft 146a. When the rotary arm 146 is in a basic state along substantially horizontal, the input arm 156 is inclined so as to extend obliquely upward so as to be positioned closer to the slide member 168 from the operating shaft 146a. When the two levers 155 are not operated, the input arm 156 is maintained in the inclined state shown in FIG. 29B by the urging force of the spring 172 interposed between the input arm 156 and the rear plate 51B, as shown in FIG. The

  As shown in FIG. 31 (a), when only one lever 155 is swung as shown in FIG. 31 (a), the unlocking mechanism 154 has a protruding plate 157 and a support shaft on the lever 155 as shown in FIG. 31 (b). One arm member 158 connected via 157a descends and rotates one arm member 159 connected via the support shaft 158a so that the connecting member 160 side is lowered around the support shaft 159a, while the other Since the arm member 158 does not descend, the other arm member 159 also does not rotate. In this state, the connecting member 160 swings so that one side is lowered and the central support shaft 160a is slightly lowered, but the inclined surface 165 does not contact the contact roller 171 of the slide member 168, and the slide member 168 The input arm 156 is not pressed. Therefore, the rotating arm 146 is maintained in the basic state.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 32, when both levers 155 are simultaneously swung, the pair of arm members 158 connected to the levers 155 are simultaneously lowered to connect the pair of arm members 159 around the support shaft 159a. The member 160 is rotated so as to descend. In this state, as shown in FIG. 33, the whole connecting member 160 is lowered, and the central support shaft 160a is lowered more greatly than the case where only one lever 155 is swung, and the inclined surface At 165, the slide member 168 is pressed against the input arm 156 by contacting the contact roller 171, and the slide member 168 slides to press the input arm 156. Therefore, the rotation arm 146 integrally connected via the input arm 156 and the operation shaft 146a rotates from the basic state to the rotation state only when the above-described loading movement restriction mechanism 135 is in the restriction release state. . If the loading movement restriction mechanism 135 is in the restricted state, the turning of the turning arm 146 to the turning state is restricted, so that the input arm 156 cannot swing even if the two levers 155 are operated. The two levers 155 cannot be operated. In this way, only when the two levers 155 are simultaneously swung by the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 and the unlocking operation mechanism 154 while the transport unit 48 is positioned at the transport position, the main body 45 of the drawer 46 is removed. Can be loaded into By making the two levers 155 swing at the same time, the condition for unlocking is set, so that the hand is prevented from being pinched when the drawer body 46 is loaded into the main body 45.

  According to the banknote handling apparatus 11 of the present embodiment described above, the lower side portions 90A of the plurality of rows of conveyor belts 90 enter the recesses 126 of the plurality of rows of banknote guides 125. The bills can be conveyed by generating the frictional force of the lower side portions 90A of the plurality of rows on the bills between the bills. By adopting such a structure, it is possible to reduce the number of relatively heavy transport rollers and their supporting shafts. Therefore, since the entire transport unit 48 can be reduced in weight, the swing load of the transport unit 48 is reduced, and the transport unit 48 can be easily swung, thereby further improving the workability of the restoration work. In addition, since the conveyance load can be reduced as compared with the case where the conveyance roller is used, it is easy to eliminate the banknote. From this point, the workability of the restoration work can be further improved.

  Further, when the bill enters between the lower side portion 90 </ b> A of the transport belt 90 and the recess 126 of the bill guide 125, one side of the wall 128 on both sides forming the recess 125 increases in height toward the other side. After being guided by the wall part 130 and riding on the intermediate wall part 132 having a certain height, it is guided to the other-side inclined wall part 131 whose height is lowered toward the other side, or in reverse. Therefore, the banknote can be smoothly inserted between the lower side portion 90 </ b> A and the concave portion 126, and fed out between these.

  Further, the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45, and the transport section 48 provided above the storage section 47 swings to an open position that opens the top of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39. If it is made, the conveyance control mechanism 111 will make conveyance of the banknote of the conveyance part 48 impossible. Therefore, even if the transport unit 48 is opened during the recovery operation from the abnormality that has occurred in the drawer 46, it is possible to prevent the banknotes remaining in the transport unit 48 from falling from the transport unit 48. Therefore, the workability of the recovery work can be improved. On the other hand, in the conveyance regulation mechanism 111, the conveyance unit 48 covers the upper part of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39, and is in a conveyance position where the banknotes are conveyed to these. Since bills can be transported, transport of bills to the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 by the transport unit 48 is not hindered. Further, when the drawer body 46 is pulled out from the main body 45, the receiving plate 55 of the rear wall portion 54 is inclined to extend rearward and extends to the rear side of the drawer body 46 even if a bill is dropped from the transport portion 48. Can be prevented by the receiving plate 55 receiving.

  When the transport unit 48 is located at the open position, the transport regulating mechanism 111 is configured such that the base 113 is engaged with the one end engaging recess 121 by the urging force of the spring 114 and the engaging member 112 that is a transport rotating part of the transport unit 48. While the bills cannot be transported by engaging with the engagement plate portion 115, the contact roller 120 at the other end of the base portion 113 is moved to the stopper portion of the drawer 46 when the transport portion 48 is positioned at the transport position. The contact with the engagement member 112 of the one-end engagement recess 121 is released by coming into contact with 122. Thus, since the conveyance control mechanism 111 operates by utilizing the swing of the conveyance unit 48, it has a simple structure and can be reduced in size, cost and weight. Since the transport regulation mechanism 111 is lighter, the entire transport unit 48 is also lighter. Therefore, the swing load of the transport unit 48 is reduced, and the transport unit 48 can be easily swung, further improving the workability of the restoration work. it can. In addition, if the conveyance control mechanism 111 is a rotation part at the time of conveyance rotated at the time of banknote conveyance, you may restrict rotation other than the engaging member 112. FIG.

  In addition, since the transport unit 48 has a swing angle between the transport position and the open position larger than 90 degrees, the transport unit 48 is opened and the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette are opened with respect to the storage unit 47. When attaching and detaching 39, the conveyance part 48 does not easily get in the way, and attachment and detachment work becomes easy. In this way, if the transport unit 48 swings greatly, there is a high possibility that the banknote will be moved far when the banknote is dropped from the transport unit 48. Therefore, the banknote is prevented from dropping from the transport unit 48 as described above. The effect of doing becomes high.

  In addition, the storage portion 47 has a detachable wall portion 53 on the side opposite to the support shaft 57a with respect to the height of the base wall portion 52 on one side where the support shaft 57a of the hinge 57 that supports the transport portion 48 is provided on the upper side. Since the height is lower, the attachment / detachment wall portion 53 is less likely to become an obstacle when the transfer section 48 is opened and the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 are attached to and detached from the storage section 47. The attachment / detachment work becomes easy.

  In addition, the partition wall 59 that partitions the loading space 58 in which the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 are loaded has a shape in which the upper part on the side of the detachable wall 53 is notched. When the transfer unit 48 is opened and the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 are attached to and detached from the storage part 47, the partition wall part 59 is unlikely to obstruct the attachment and removal work.

  In addition, when the transport unit 48 is not in the transport position, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 restricts the loading movement of the drawer 46 to the main body 45, so that the transport unit 48 is not in the transport position (in an open state). It is possible to prevent the transport unit 48 from colliding with the main body 45 caused by loading the body 46 into the main body 45. Therefore, it is possible to prevent damage caused by an operation error that the drawer body 46 is loaded into the main body 45 without returning the transport unit 48 to the transport position.

  Further, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 can cancel the restriction on the loading movement of the drawer body 46 to the main body 45 in conjunction with the swing of the conveying unit 48 to the conveying position. As described above, the loading movement restricting mechanism 135 operates by utilizing the swing of the transport unit 48, and thus has a simple structure, and can be reduced in size, cost, and weight.

  Moreover, since the stopper part 143 is provided in the slide rail 142 which guides the slide of the drawer | drawing-out body 46, further cost reduction can be achieved.

11 banknote processing apparatus 35-37 denomination cassette (container)
38 Mixing cassette (container)
39 Pool cassette (container)
45 Main body 46 Drawer 47 Storage portion 48 Transport portion 57a Support shaft 90 Transport belt 90A Lower side portion 92 to 95 Entrance / exit guide 125 Bill guide 126 Recess 128 Wall portion 130 One side inclined wall portion 131 Other side inclined wall portion 132 Intermediate wall portion

Claims (2)

A main body and a drawer that can be pulled out from the main body;
The drawer is
A storage section for storing a plurality of storage bodies in a line;
A transport unit provided above the storage unit for transporting banknotes to the plurality of storage units,
The transport unit is
A support position that is pivotally supported by a support shaft along the arrangement direction of the plurality of storage bodies, covers the top of the plurality of storage bodies, and transports banknotes with respect to the storage bodies, and above the plurality of storage bodies. It can swing between the open position to open,
Multiple rows of conveyor belts;
A plurality of banknote guides for receiving banknotes pressed from above by the lower side of the plurality of conveyor belts;
A plurality of access guides for taking in and out banknotes between the plurality of storage bodies,
The banknote handling apparatus is characterized in that a concave portion for allowing the lower side portion of the transport belt to enter is formed in the banknote guide. The bill guide is
The one side inclined wall part which the wall part of the both sides which form the said recessed part is in one side of the extension direction of the said lower side part, and height becomes high in the other side, and the said other side of the extension direction of the said lower side part And an intermediate wall portion having a constant height between the one side inclined wall portion and the other side inclined wall portion. Item 2. A bill processing apparatus according to Item 1.

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