JP2015005023A - Bill cassette - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve bill storage efficiency of a bill cassette.SOLUTION: Disclosed is a bill cassette for housing paper money which is housed in a storage part of a bill receiving machine and inputted into the bill receiving machine and capable of being removed from the storage part. This cassette includes: a body part for housing paper money inputted into the receiving machine in the inside; and a paper money table for supporting paper money housed in the body part in the inner side of the body part. The body part includes slits through which tip sides of an arm are inserted so that the tip sides of the arm capable of lifted and lowered provided in the storage part are positioned in the inner side of the body part when being in a state where the bill cassette is housed in the storage part. The paper money table is lifted and lowered together with the arm by being supported on the tip sides of the inserted arm from the slits.

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote cassette used for a depositing machine.

  Conventionally, a depositing machine that is installed in a store such as a retail store and deposits the sales of the store is known (Patent Documents 1 to 3). This depositing machine feeds out banknotes to be inserted into the banknote input section one by one, stores normal banknotes in a banknote cassette as a banknote storage according to the discrimination result in the discrimination section, and rejects banknotes from the reject storage section to the user. It has a mechanism to return it. When the banknote cassette is filled with banknotes, the banknote cassette is collected by an employee of a security company or the like, and an empty banknote cassette is loaded instead.

  Deposit machines installed in stores with large sales have a high frequency of banknote cassettes being full, and it has been necessary to increase the number of collections by staff. There was a problem that the labor cost required for collection increased as the number of collections increased. In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to enlarge the bill cassette.

JP 2012-146094 A JP 2010-67070 A JP 2006-350415 A

  However, when the bill cassette is enlarged, there is a problem that the bill cassette is not easily transported. In addition, when the bill cassette is enlarged, the depositing machine is also increased, which causes a problem that operability is deteriorated and installation convenience is lowered. As described above, there is still room for improvement in the technique for increasing the number of banknotes stored while suppressing the increase in size in the banknote cassette, that is, the technique for improving the banknote storage efficiency of the banknote cassette.

  This invention is made | formed in order to solve at least one part of an above-described subject, and aims at improving the banknote accommodation efficiency of a banknote cassette.

  In order to solve at least a part of the above-described problems, the present invention includes a main body unit that accommodates a banknote while being accommodated in a storage unit of a depositing machine, and a banknote cassette that is removable from the storage unit accommodates a banknote inside. A bill stand that supports banknotes accommodated in the main body, and the main body is configured such that when the banknote cassette is accommodated in the storage, the tip side of the arm that can be moved up and down provided in the storage is the main body. The arm is provided with a slit through which the distal end side of the arm is inserted so as to be positioned inside the portion, and the banknote table is raised and lowered together with the arm by being supported by the distal end side of the arm inserted through the slit.

  According to this invention, since it is not necessary for a banknote cassette to provide the mechanism part for raising / lowering the banknote inside a banknote cassette, the improvement of the banknote accommodation efficiency of a banknote cassette can be aimed at.

  The present invention can be realized in various forms other than those described above. For example, a depositing machine that accommodates the banknote cassette, a control method for the depositing machine, a computer program for realizing the control method, and It can be realized in the form of a storage medium or the like on which the computer program is recorded. Moreover, the banknote cassette which concerns on this invention can be applied in combination with another member suitably.

It is explanatory drawing which illustrated schematic structure of the money_receiving | payment machine of 1st Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the internal structure of the banknote conveyance mechanism part and the storage part. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the cross-sectional structure of the horizontal direction of the storage part. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated schematic structure of the banknote cassette. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the cross-sectional structure of the horizontal direction of the storage part in which the banknote cassette was accommodated. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the usage method of a banknote cassette. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the cross-sectional structure of the horizontal direction of the storage part in which the banknote cassette of 2nd Example was accommodated.

A. First embodiment:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view illustrating a schematic configuration of a depositing machine 1 according to the first embodiment. The depositing machine 1 is a currency storage device that is installed in a store such as a retail store or a restaurant, and deposits and stores sales bills and coins. The depositing machine 1 includes a banknote transport mechanism unit 2, a coin transport mechanism unit 4, a storage unit 5, and an operation unit 6. On the surface of the deposit machine 1, a banknote insertion slot 22, a banknote rejection outlet 23, a banknote return slot 24, a coin insertion slot 42, a coin rejection outlet 43, and a coin return slot 44 are provided.

  The banknote transport mechanism unit 2 discriminates the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion slot 22 and transports the banknotes determined to be normal to the storage unit 5 or returns them from the banknote return slot 24 and determines the banknotes determined to be abnormal (reject). Bill) is returned from the bill rejection outlet 23. The banknote transport mechanism unit 2 transports the banknotes determined to be normal to the storage unit 5 when in the “payment mode” in which the stored banknotes are stored in the storage unit 5. Moreover, the banknote conveyance mechanism part 2 conveys the banknote determined to be normal to the banknote return port 24 in the “counting mode” in which only the counting is performed without depositing the inserted banknote. The “payment mode” and “counting mode” are selected by the user operating the operation unit 6.

  The coin transport mechanism unit 4 discriminates the coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 42, transports the coins determined to be normal in the “payment mode” to the storage unit 5, and determines that the coins are normal in the “counting mode”. The returned coin is returned from the coin return port 44. The coin transport mechanism unit 4 returns the coin (reject coin) determined to be abnormal from the coin reject outlet 43.

  The storage unit 5 is configured to be able to be pulled out from the main body of the depositing machine 1 by sliding. The storage unit 5 functions as a safe by locking it in the state stored in the main body of the depositing machine 1. The storage unit 5 includes a banknote cassette housing 51 for housing a banknote cassette (banknote collecting cartridge) 10 and a coin cassette housing 59 for housing a coin cassette (not shown).

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the internal configuration of the banknote transport mechanism unit 2 and the storage unit 5. The banknote transport mechanism 2 includes a banknote insertion slot 22, a banknote rejection outlet 23, a banknote return slot 24, a banknote reception section 25, a transport path 26, a banknote discrimination section 27, and a reject banknote storage section 28. The temporary storage unit 29 and the switching gate 30 are provided.

  The bill accepting unit 25 feeds the bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 22 one by one to the transport path 26 by a feeding roller. The banknote discriminating unit 27 determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknote transported on the transport path 26. The switching gate 30 switches between transporting the transported banknote to the temporary storage unit 29 or transporting it to the reject banknote storage unit 28 according to the determination result of the banknote discrimination unit 27. Specifically, the switching gate 30 performs switching so that the banknote determined to be normal by the banknote discriminating unit 27 is transported to the temporary storage unit 29 and the banknote determined to be a rejected banknote is transported to the reject banknote storage unit 28. Do it. The reject banknote storage unit 28 is configured so that reject banknotes are stored therein and can be taken out by a user via the banknote reject outlet 23.

  The temporary storage unit 29 stores normal banknotes therein, and when in the “payment mode”, the banknote cassette 10 in which the internal banknotes are stored in the banknote cassette storage unit 51 by opening the lower shutter (FIG. 1). ) Drop towards Thereby, a banknote is accommodated inside the banknote cassette 10. On the other hand, the temporary storage unit 29 is configured such that, in the “counting mode”, the return door provided in the banknote return port 24 is unlocked and the user can take out the banknotes inside.

  The storage unit 5 is configured so that the storage unit 5 can be taken in and out of the main body of the depositing machine 1, and when the storage unit 5 is stored in the main body of the depositing machine 1, the banknote cassette storage unit 51 is located below the temporary storage unit 29. Configured to be located. The storage unit 5 includes an arm 52, a belt 53, a pulley 54, a motor 55, a shaft 56, and detection sensors 61, 62, and 63.

  The arm 52 is configured to be movable up and down by an arm drive mechanism (a belt 53, a pulley 54, a motor 55, and a shaft 56). The arm 52 includes a distal end portion 521 and a proximal end portion 522, and the distal end portion 521 is configured to be movable up and down in the bill cassette housing portion 51. The belt 53 is installed between a pair of pulleys 54, and a base end portion 522 of the arm 52 is fixed to a part thereof. The belt 53 is driven by a motor 55 to raise and lower the arm 52. The shaft 56 is fixed so that the longitudinal direction thereof is along the vertical direction, and the arm 52 is configured to slide along the vertical direction when the motor 55 is driven.

  The detection sensors 61, 62, and 63 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction from the highest position inside the banknote cassette housing 51. The detection sensors 61, 62, and 63 are located at the position of the banknote base 14 (FIG. 4) inside the banknote cassette 10 or inside the banknote cassette 10 when the banknote cassette 10 (FIG. 1) is stored in the banknote cassette storage section 51. The position of the bill is detected. The detection sensors 61, 62, and 63 are configured to include a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, and when the light from the light emitting unit is blocked by the banknote base 14 or the banknote, the banknote base 14 or the banknote is in a specific position. Detect that there is.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory view illustrating a cross-sectional configuration of the storage unit 5 in the horizontal direction. In the arm 52, the base end portion 522 is disposed between the pair of shafts 56, and the tip end portion 521 extends in the horizontal direction from the base end portion 522 toward the inside of the bill cassette housing portion 51. The tip portion 521 of the arm 52 includes two substantially linear rod-shaped portions, and the two rod-shaped portions are arranged in parallel to each other.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory view illustrating a schematic configuration of the banknote cassette 10. Fig.4 (a) is the perspective view which looked at the banknote cassette 10 from diagonally upward. The broken lines in FIG. 4A indicate the configuration of the inside and the back side of the banknote cassette 10. FIG. 4B is a perspective view of the banknote cassette 10 as viewed obliquely from below. The banknote cassette 10 includes a main body 11, a lid member 12, a handle member 13, and a banknote table 14. Hereinafter, when the banknote cassette 10 is housed in the banknote cassette housing portion 51, a portion of the banknote cassette 10 that is on the upper side in the vertical direction (upper side in FIG. 4) is referred to as an upper portion of the banknote cassette 10. The lower side in the direction (the lower side in FIG. 4) is also called the bottom.

  The main body 11 is a substantially rectangular housing having an opening 11p formed at the top, a bottom surface 11b is formed at the bottom, and a side surface 11a is formed between the bottom 11b and the opening 11p. ing. The bottom part 11b and the side part 11a are substantially orthogonal. A slit 15 is formed in the side surface portion 11a and the bottom surface portion 11b, and a hole portion 16 is formed in the side surface portion 11a.

  The slit 15 is elongated so that the tip end 521 (FIG. 2) of the arm 52 is positioned inside the main body 11 when the banknote cassette 10 is stored in the banknote cassette storage 51 (FIG. 2). It is an opening. Two slits 15 are formed in the side surface portion 11a along the vertical direction, and extend across the tangent line between the side surface portion 11a and the bottom surface portion 11b to the vicinity of the middle portion of the bottom surface portion 11b. The slit 15a of the side surface portion 11a is formed in a substantially linear shape so as to follow the ascending / descending direction of the arm 52 when the banknote cassette 10 is stored in the banknote cassette storage section 51. As will be described later, the slit 15b of the bottom surface portion 11b has a shape along the shape of the tip portion 521 of the arm 52 (FIG. 5), and is formed in a substantially linear shape here.

  Three holes 16 are formed side by side along the vertical direction on the two side surfaces 11a facing each other. That is, the hole portion 16 is formed so as to penetrate the two side surface portions 11a facing each other. Thereby, when the banknote cassette 10 is accommodated in the banknote cassette accommodating part 51, it forms so that the light emission part and light-receiving part of the detection sensors 61, 62, and 63 may each be opposed. Therefore, the light from the light emitting part of the detection sensors 61, 62, 63 can reach the light receiving part without being blocked by the main body part 11.

  The lid member 12 is a substantially rectangular flat plate-like member, and is attached to the upper part of the main body 11 so as to be opened and closed. The lid member 12 is configured to close the opening 11p when in the closed state. The handle member 13 is a long member that is bent on both sides, and both end portions are rotatably attached above the side surface portion 11 a of the main body portion 11. The handle member 13 is used by an attendant or the like when the banknote cassette 10 is put in and out of the banknote cassette housing 51 or when the banknote cassette 10 is transported.

  The banknote stand 14 is a planar bottom plate member along the inner shape of the side surface portion 11a, and has a substantially rectangular shape in this embodiment. The banknote stand 14 is disposed inside the main body 11 and supports banknotes accommodated in the main body 11. As will be described later, the banknote table 14 is supported by the arm 52 (FIG. 2) to move up and down in the main body 11. The banknote base 14 does not have to be plate-shaped as long as it can place a banknote, and for example, a leg part or a groove part may be formed.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory view illustrating a horizontal cross-sectional configuration of the storage unit 5 in which the banknote cassette 10 is accommodated. The arm 52 is configured such that the front end 521 contacts the bottom surface of the banknote table 14 through the slit 15 b of the bottom surface 11 b of the banknote cassette 10. The arm 52 supports the banknote table 14 by coming into contact with the bottom surface portion of the banknote table 14, and moves the banknote table 14 up and down as it moves up and down.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of using the banknote cassette 10. First, as shown in FIG. 6A, the storage unit 5 is pulled out from the deposit machine 1, and the banknote cassette 10 is inserted into the banknote cassette storage unit 51. After insertion, the storage unit 5 is stored in the main body of the depositing machine 1 with the lid member 12 of the banknote cassette 10 opened.

  When the depositing machine 1 detects that the banknote cassette 10 is accommodated in the banknote cassette accommodating part 51 by an operation of the operation part 6 (FIG. 1) by an attendant or a detection sensor (not shown), as shown in FIG. The arm 52 is raised. The arm 52 is brought into contact with the bottom surface of the banknote table 14 through the slit 15 (FIG. 4) of the banknote cassette 10 to lift the banknote table 14. The depositing machine 1 raises the banknote table 14 by the arm 52 until the detection sensor 61 detects the banknote table 14. When the detection sensor 61 detects the banknote table 14, the depositing machine 1 moves the banknote table 14 to a position below a predetermined distance from the detected position and stops.

  The depositing machine 1 drops banknotes from the temporary storage unit 29 toward the banknote cassette 10 and sequentially stacks them on the top of the banknote table 14 as shown in FIG. When the detection sensor 61 detects the stacked banknotes, the depositing machine 1 lowers the arm 52 and moves the upper end position of the stacked banknotes to a position where the detection sensor 61 does not detect it. By doing in this way, the distance between the banknote of the upper end of the laminated | stacked banknote and the bottom face part of the temporary storage part 29 can be kept constant. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the banknotes dropped from the temporary storage unit 29 from being scattered inside the banknote cassette 10. When the detection sensor 62 detects the banknote table 14, the depositing machine 1 determines that the banknote cassette 10 is full, and notifies the staff via a dedicated line.

  According to the banknote cassette 10 of 1st Example demonstrated above, since the mechanism for raising / lowering the banknote stand 14 is not provided, the improvement of the banknote accommodation efficiency of a banknote cassette can be aimed at. Specifically, the banknote cassette 10 of 1st Example is comprised so that the raising / lowering of the banknote stand 14 may be performed by the arm 52 provided in the depositing machine 1. FIG. Therefore, the banknote cassette 10 does not include a motor, a belt, a pulley, a shaft, and the like for raising and lowering the banknote table 14 and can be reduced in size and weight by this amount. Moreover, the banknote cassette 10 of 1st Example has the banknote stand 14 supported by the arm 52 of the money_receiving | payment machine 1, and is between the banknote accommodated in the main-body part 11 and the temporary storage part 29 of the money_receiving | payment machine 1. FIG. The distance can be kept constant. Therefore, compared with the case where a bag is used instead of the banknote cassette 10, it is possible to further suppress the banknote dropped from the temporary storage unit 29 from being scattered inside. Thereby, the count of the accommodated banknote can be made easier.

B. Second embodiment:
FIG. 7 is an explanatory view illustrating a horizontal cross-sectional configuration of the storage unit 5A in which the banknote cassette 10A of the second embodiment is accommodated. FIG. 7 corresponds to FIG. 5 of the first embodiment. The bill cassette 10A according to the second embodiment is different from the bill cassette 10 according to the first embodiment (FIG. 5) in the shape of the slit, the shape inside the main body, and the shape of the bill base. The storage unit 5A of the second embodiment is different from the arm 52 of the storage unit 5 (FIG. 5) of the first embodiment in the shape of the arm 52A. The arm 52A of the second embodiment has a tip 521A bent in a crank shape.

  In the slit 15A of the banknote cassette 10A, the slit 15Ab of the bottom surface portion 11b is bent along the shape of the tip portion 521A of the arm 52A. By setting it as such a shape, it can suppress that the banknote accommodated in 10 A of banknote cassettes comes outside from slit 15Ab of the bottom face part 11b.

  A plurality of grooves 19 are formed on the inner side of the main body 11 of the banknote cassette 10A. The groove portion 19 has a rectangular cross section, and extends so as to follow the up-and-down direction (vertical direction) of the arm 52A when the banknote cassette 10A is accommodated in the storage portion 5A. Moreover, 14 A of banknotes of 2nd Example are provided with the several protrusion part 141 in the outer peripheral part. Each protrusion 141 has a rectangular shape, and is configured to engage with each groove 19. The bill stand 14 </ b> A is configured to move up and down in a state where the protrusion 141 is engaged with the groove 19 of the main body 11. By doing in this way, it can suppress that a banknote wraps around the downward side of the banknote base 14 from between the internal peripheral surface of the main-body part 11 and the outer peripheral part of the banknote base 14. Moreover, it can suppress that the banknote counter 14 rotates using a horizontal direction as a rotating shaft.

C. Variations:
In addition, this invention is not limited to an above-described Example, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment. Each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit. Each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software by the processor interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function. A program that realizes each function. Information such as tables and files can be stored in a memory, a hard disk, a storage device such as an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a storage medium such as an IC card, an SD card, or a DVD. Further, the control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.

C1. Modification 1:
In the first embodiment, the slit 15 (FIG. 4) of the banknote cassette 10 has been described as being formed, but the number of slits 15 is not limited and can be any number. For example, the bill cassette 10 may include only one slit 15 or may include three or more slits 15. Further, the banknote cassette 10 may not include at least a part of the lid member 12 and the handle member 13.

C2. Modification 2:
In the second embodiment, the slit 15A of the banknote cassette 10A is bent along the crank shape of the slit 15Ab of the bottom surface portion 11b, but the shape of the slit 15Ab of the bottom surface portion 11b is not particularly limited. The slit 15Ab of the bottom surface portion 11b may be bent in a jagged manner or may be bent in a curved shape. Further, only a part of the configuration of the second embodiment may be combined with the configuration of the first embodiment. For example, although the banknote cassette 10A includes the protrusion 141 on the banknote base 14, the slit 15Ab of the bottom surface portion 11b may be linear.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Deposit machine 2 ... Bill conveyance mechanism part 4 ... Coin conveyance mechanism part 5, 5A ... Storage part 6 ... Operation part 10, 10A ... Banknote cassette 11 ... Main-body part 11a ... Side part 11b ... Bottom part 11p ... Opening part 12 ... Lid member 13 ... Handle member 14, 14A ... Bill stand 141 ... Protrusion 15,15A ... Slit 16 ... Hole 19 ... Groove 22 ... Bill insertion port 23 ... Bill rejection port 24 ... Bill return port 25 ... Bill receipt unit 26 ... Conveying path 27 ... Bill discriminating part 28 ... Reject banknote storage part 29 ... Temporary storage part 30 ... Switching gate 42 ... Coin insertion slot 43 ... Coin rejection outlet 44 ... Coin return slot 51 ... Bill cassette housing part 52, 52A ... Arm 521, 521A: distal end 522 ... proximal end 53 ... belt 54 ... pulley 55 ... motor 56 ... shaft 59 ... coin cassette housing 61- 3 ... detection sensor

Claims (5)

A banknote cassette that is housed in the storage unit of the depositing machine and that is inserted into the depositing machine and is removable from the storage unit,
A main body for accommodating a bill inserted into the depositing machine;
Inside the main body part, comprising a banknote table that supports banknotes accommodated in the main body part,
When the bill cassette is housed in the storage unit, the main body unit has a front end side of the arm so that a front end side of the arm that can be moved up and down provided in the storage unit is positioned inside the main body unit. With a slit to be inserted,
The banknote cassette is moved up and down together with the arm by being supported on the tip side of the arm inserted through the slit. In the bill cassette according to claim 1,
The main body portion includes a bottom surface portion positioned on the lower side in the vertical direction when the banknote cassette is accommodated in the storage portion, and a side surface portion intersecting with the bottom surface portion,
The slit is formed continuously over the side surface portion and the bottom surface portion,
The slit of the side part has a shape along the ascending / descending direction of the arm when the banknote cassette is accommodated in the storage part,
The slit of the bottom portion is a banknote cassette having a shape along the shape of the tip side of the arm. The banknote cassette according to claim 2,
The slit of the bottom portion is a banknote cassette that is bent along the shape of the tip side of the arm. In the bill cassette according to claim 3,
On the inner side of the main body portion, a groove portion is formed so as to extend along the ascending / descending direction when the banknote cassette is accommodated in the storage portion,
A protrusion that engages with the groove is formed on the outer periphery of the banknote base,
The banknote base is a banknote cassette that moves up and down in a state where the protrusion is engaged with the groove. A depositing machine for storing inserted bills in a bill cassette,
While storing the banknote cassette as described in any one of Claim 1- Claim 4, The storage part which can remove the said banknote cassette,
An arm that can be moved up and down, and has an arm whose tip side is located inside the banknote cassette through a slit of the banknote cassette housed in the storage unit,
The said arm raises and lowers the said banknote stand by supporting the banknote stand which supports a banknote inside the said banknote cassette.

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