JP2016081479A - Medium storage device and medium transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with various media without replacement of components.SOLUTION: In a paper money storage 16 attached on a paper money deposit/withdrawal machine 10 of an automatic teller machine 1, right and left side guide parts 33 each have a vertical interlocking shaft 64 of an inclination side guide 60 which is inserted into interlocking holes 76 and 79 of a width side guide 70. Therefore, the side guide parts 33 can rotate the inclination side guide 60 in conjunction with movement of the width side guide 70 in a longitudinal direction with respect to a side frame 50. As a result, the paper money storage 16 can change the width of a storage space 30SC without replacement of components and cope with paper money having different length of a long side from each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium storage device and a medium transaction device, and is suitable for application to, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) that performs a desired transaction through a paper-like medium such as a banknote. .

  Conventionally, as automatic teller machines used in financial institutions, etc., those that allow customers to deposit cash such as banknotes and coins and withdraw cash to customers according to the contents of transactions with customers are widely spread doing.

  As an automatic teller machine, for example, a deposit / withdrawal unit that exchanges banknotes with customers, a transport unit that transports banknotes along a transport path, and a discrimination unit that discriminates the denomination, authenticity, etc. of banknotes Some have a temporary storage section that temporarily stores banknotes, a banknote storage that stores reusable banknotes for each denomination, and a reject storage that stores banknotes that should not be reused.

  This automatic teller machine, when a customer inserts banknotes into the customer service part in a deposit transaction, transports the inserted banknotes along the short side direction along the traveling direction by the transport unit, and is recognized as a normal banknote by the discrimination unit. The banknotes identified as not to be traded are returned to the customer service section and returned to the customer.

  Subsequently, when the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer, the automatic teller machine pays out the banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit, re-recognizes the denomination by the discrimination unit, and each of the types according to the recognized denomination. While storing in a banknote storage, the banknote recognized as the extent of damage is stored in a rejection store.

  For example, the banknote storage 516 shown in FIG. 23 discharges the banknotes transported from the transport unit into the storage space 30SC by the discharge unit 36 and accumulates them on the stage 31. The banknote storage 516 is provided with a left side guide 533L and a right side guide 533R (hereinafter collectively referred to as a side guide 533) on the left and right sides of the stage 31, respectively. The side guide 533 regulates the position of the banknote on the stage 31 in the left-right direction by the left and right inner surfaces, and stacks the banknotes in an orderly manner with the banknote as close to the center of the stage 31 as possible (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 24, the side guide 533 is fixed to the side frame 550 of the banknote storage 516 by a fixing screw 590.

JP2012-76914A (FIG. 3)

  Incidentally, banknotes generally vary in size depending on the country or region in which they are issued, and in each country or region, the size is often different for each denomination. Therefore, in the banknote storage 516, a plurality of types of side guides 533 having different sizes (particularly the length in the left-right direction) are prepared, and in accordance with the country or region where the automatic teller machine is installed, that is, in the banknotes to be handled. It is conceivable to select and attach the optimum side guide 533 according to the range of the length of the long side.

  However, in this case, since the bill storage 516 needs to prepare a plurality of types of side guides 533 having different sizes and shapes, the manufacture and management of the stock are complicated, and the cost is increased. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to propose a medium storage device and a medium transaction device that can deal with various types of media without replacement of parts.

  In order to solve this problem, in the medium storage device of the present invention, the discharge direction for discharging the medium to the storage space for storing and storing the paper-like medium, and the stacking direction in which the medium is stacked in the storage space And a stage on which the medium discharged from the discharge portion is placed, and in the storage space, the discharge direction that is the direction in which the medium is discharged from the discharge portion and the width direction that intersects the accumulation direction, respectively. A width side guide that defines the outermost part of the storage space and can change the position in the width direction, and is positioned between the discharge portion and the width side guide, guides the medium in the width direction, and is inclined with respect to the discharge direction. An inclined side guide that can be changed, and an interlocking portion that can be adjusted by interlocking the position of the width side guide in the width direction and the inclination angle of the inclined side guide with respect to the discharge direction are provided. .

  In the medium transaction apparatus of the present invention, the receiving unit for receiving the medium from the user in the receiving transaction for receiving the paper-like medium from the user, and the storage medium for storing and storing the medium received by the receiving unit. A discharge unit that discharges, a stage that is movable along a stacking direction that is a direction in which the medium is stacked in the storage space, and a medium on which the medium discharged from the discharge unit is placed; A width side guide that defines the outermost part of the storage space with respect to the width direction that intersects the discharge direction and the stacking direction, respectively, and that can change the position in the width direction, a discharge portion, and a width side guide An inclined side guide that is positioned between the guide and can guide the medium in the width direction and change an inclination angle with respect to the discharge direction, and the position of the width side guide in the width direction and the inclined side guide. An inclined angle is interlocked with respect to emission direction of the provided an adjustable interlocking part.

  The present invention can change the width of the storage space without changing parts by changing the position of the width side guide in the width direction and the inclination angle of the inclined side guide, respectively, and the position of one of the side guides or Only by changing the inclination angle, the other inclination angle or position linked to this can be appropriately changed so as to correspond to one side guide.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the medium storage apparatus and medium transaction apparatus which can respond | correspond to many types of media without exchanging components are realizable.

It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the banknote storage by 1st Embodiment. It is an approximate line perspective view showing the whole right side guide part composition by a 1st embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the components structure of the right side guide part by 1st Embodiment. It is a rough-line top view which shows the components structure of the right side guide part by 1st Embodiment. It is an approximate line sectional view showing composition of an engagement piece and an engagement board by a 1st embodiment. It is a rough-line top view which shows the change of the inclination-angle of the inclination side guide in 1st Embodiment, and the position of the width | variety side guide. It is an approximate line sectional view showing change of the engagement part of the engagement piece and engagement plate by a 1st embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the whole structure of the right side guide part by 2nd Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the components structure of the right side guide part by 2nd Embodiment. It is a rough-line top view which shows the components structure of the right side guide part by 2nd Embodiment. It is an approximate line top view showing change of an inclination angle of an inclination side guide in a 2nd embodiment, and a position of a width side guide. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the banknote storage by 3rd Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the whole structure of the right side guide part by 3rd Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the components structure of the right side guide part by 3rd Embodiment. It is a rough-line top view which shows the components structure of the right side guide part by 3rd Embodiment. It is a rough-line sectional drawing which shows the structure of the engagement piece and engagement plate by 3rd Embodiment. It is a rough-line top view which shows the change of the inclination-angle of the inclination side guide in 3rd Embodiment, and the position of the width | variety side guide. It is an approximate line sectional view showing change of the engagement part of the engagement piece and engagement plate by a 3rd embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of the right side guide part by other embodiment. It is an approximate line sectional view showing engagement with an engaging part and an engaged part by other embodiments. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the conventional banknote storage. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of the conventional side guide.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Structure of automatic teller machine and banknote depositing and dispensing machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is configured around a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed in, for example, a financial institution, for example, a deposit transaction or a withdrawal transaction with a user. Transactions related to cash such as Below, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the user is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the user facing the front side, and the upper side and The lower side is defined and described.

  The housing 2 is provided with a customer-facing unit 3 at a location where it is easy to insert bills or operate the touch panel while the user is facing the front side. The customer reception unit 3 directly exchanges cash, bankbooks, etc. with users such as customers of financial institutions, etc., and receives notification of transaction information and operation instructions. A deposit / withdrawal port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7, and a receipt issuing port 8 are provided.

  The card entry / exit 4 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided on the back side of the card slot 4. The deposit / withdrawal port 5 is a portion where a bill to be deposited by the user is inserted and a bill to be dispensed to the user is discharged.

  The operation display unit 6 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of a transaction and a touch sensor for inputting a transaction type, a password, a transaction amount, and the like are integrated. The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as “0” to “9”, and is used when an input operation such as a password or transaction amount is performed. The receipt issuing port 8 is a part that issues a receipt on which transaction details are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction contents and the like on the receipt is provided on the back side of the receipt issuing port 8.

  In the housing 2, a main control unit 9 that performs overall control of the entire automatic teller machine 1, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes, and the like are provided.

  The main control unit 9 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown), thereby performing a deposit transaction and a withdrawal. Various processes such as gold transactions are performed. The main control unit 9 has a storage unit including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

  As shown in the side view of FIG. 2, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 includes a banknote control unit 11, a depositing / dispensing unit 12, a transport unit 13, a discrimination unit 14, a temporary storage unit 15, a banknote storage 16, and a rejection store. 17, a forgetting storage 18 and a fake ticket storage 19 are provided.

  The banknote control unit 11 comprehensively controls the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 in cooperation with the main control unit 9. The banknote control unit 11 is configured around a CPU (not shown) as in the case of the main control unit 9, and performs various processes such as a deposit process and a withdrawal process by executing a predetermined program. Moreover, the banknote control part 11 has a memory | storage part which consists of RAM, flash memory, etc. inside, and memorize | stores various information in this memory | storage part.

  The deposit / withdrawal unit 12 is configured around a box-shaped container 12 </ b> A whose top is opened. The container 12A accommodates banknotes to be delivered to the user or banknotes delivered from the user in a state of being aligned along the front-rear direction. An openable / closable shutter is provided above the container 12A. The conveyance part 13 forms the conveyance path | route which connects each part in the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 with the motor, roller, belt, guide, etc. which are not shown in figure. This conveyance part 13 conveys a banknote along this conveyance path | route by rotating a roller suitably and driving | running a belt suitably. Incidentally, the banknote is made of paper, resin or the like and is formed in a rectangular thin plate shape, and is conveyed with the direction along the short side as the traveling direction, that is, with the long side as the head or tail of the traveling direction.

  The discrimination unit 14 has various sensors such as an optical sensor, an image sensor, and a magnetic sensor inside, and obtains the discrimination result by each sensor while feeding the bills therein, and supplies it to the bill control unit 11. In response to this, the banknote control unit 11 compares the read serial number with the counterfeit banknote number list based on the acquired identification result, thereby determining the denomination and authenticity of the banknote, the degree of damage, and the like. After determining, the transport destination of each banknote is determined. Based on the control of the banknote control unit 11, the temporary storage unit 15 stores banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 13 one by one, and draws out one by one and delivers it to the conveyance unit 13.

  The banknote storage 16 accumulates and stores a large number of banknotes therein. For example, in a deposit transaction, the banknote storage 16 receives and stores a banknote when the banknote is transported by the transport unit 13. The banknote storage 16 separates and feeds out the banknotes stored one by one in the withdrawal transaction, and sequentially delivers them to the transport unit 13. The rejection store | warehouse | chamber 17 accommodates the banknote (what is called a reject banknote) identified in the discrimination part 14 that the extent of damage should not be reused largely. The forgetting storage 18 stores bills that the user forgets from the deposit / withdrawal unit 12. The fake ticket storage 19 stores bills that are determined to be fake based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 14 (that is, fake bills).

  Such a banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 sorts banknotes deposited by a user for each denomination and stores them in the banknote storage 16, and also feeds out banknotes to be withdrawn from the banknote storage 16 from the banknote storage 16. It is conveyed by the part 13.

[1-2. Banknote storage configuration]
The banknote storage 16 stores banknotes as a medium in a rectangular parallelepiped housing 30 as shown in the schematic three views of FIGS. 3 (A), 3 (B), and 3 (C). . In FIG. 3, for convenience of explanation, some parts are transmitted and omitted.

  The housing 30 substantially closes the front, back, left, and right side surfaces, and protects bills, components, and the like accumulated inside from the outside. A rectangular parallelepiped internal space 30S is formed in the housing 30, and a front plate 30F, a rear plate 30R, a bottom plate 30B, and a ceiling plate 30C each having a plate shape are provided.

  A stage 31 is provided in the internal space 30S for placing a banknote on the top surface. The stage 31 is formed in a plate shape whose plate surface is oriented substantially horizontally, and includes a main mounting portion 31A having a central rectangular shape and left and right stage arms 31B. The main placement unit 31A is configured to stack a plurality of banknotes on the upper surface by sequentially placing banknotes along the upward direction as the stacking direction.

  The stage arm 31B is formed in a rectangular column shape or a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is elongated in the left-right direction, and is attached near the center in the front-rear direction on both the left and right side surfaces of the main placement portion 31A. The upper surface of the stage arm 31B is in the same plane as the upper surface of the main placement portion 31A.

  Further, in the vicinity of both left and right ends of the stage arm 31B, insertion holes each having a round hole penetrating in the vertical direction are formed. On the other hand, in the vicinity of the left and right ends of the internal space 30S of the housing 30, an elongated columnar stage shaft (not shown) extending in the vertical direction is attached, and the insertion hole of the stage arm 31B is inserted into this stage shaft. ing.

  Further, a stage moving unit 32 formed by a combination of a motor, a gear, a belt, and the like (not shown) is provided inside the left and right side surfaces of the housing 30. This stage moving part 32 drives a motor by control of the banknote control part 11, converts the generated force in the rotational direction into a force directed in the vertical direction, and transmits the force to the vicinity of both left and right ends of the stage arm 31B. Thereby, the stage moving unit 32 can move the entire stage 31 in the vertical direction along the stage shaft, and can stand still at a desired height (position in the vertical direction).

  Also, the left side guide portion 33L and the right side guide for guiding bills are located near the left and right end portions in the internal space 30S and between the main placement portion 31A and the left and right stage moving portions 32 in the stage 31. Each part 33R is provided. The left side guide portion 33L and the right side guide portion 33R are configured to be bilaterally symmetric. Hereinafter, the left side guide portion 33L and the right side guide portion 33R are collectively referred to as a side guide portion 33.

  Here, in the internal space 30S of the housing 30, on the upper side of the stage 31, there are a ceiling plate 30C, a front side plate 30F, a rear side plate 30R, a main placement portion 31A of the stage 31, a left side guide portion 33L, and a right side guide portion. A rectangular parallelepiped space that is slightly smaller than the internal space 30S is defined by 33R. In this space, banknotes are stored while being sequentially accumulated on the main placement portion 31 </ b> A of the stage 31. Hereinafter, this space is referred to as a storage space 30SC.

  A transport part 34 for transporting banknotes is provided in an upper portion on the front side of the internal space 30S. The transport unit 34 includes a plurality of transport guides 35 and a plurality of transport rollers (not shown). The transport unit 34 transports the banknotes along the transport path W from the vicinity of the front end on the upper surface of the housing 30 by rotating each transport roller based on the control of the banknote control unit 11 and guiding the banknotes by the transport guide 35. . At this time, the transport unit 34 transports the banknote in a space surrounded by the transport guide 35.

  In the upper portion of the housing 30 (FIG. 3), that is, in the vicinity of the rear end of the transport unit 34, a discharge unit 36 configured by a combination of a plurality of rollers and a transport guide is provided. When the banknote is delivered from the transport unit 13 via the transport unit 34, the discharge unit 36 discharges the banknote into the internal space 30S.

  Specifically, the discharge unit 36 includes discharge rollers 37 and 38 that are opposed to each other with a conveyance path of banknotes interposed therebetween. The discharge rollers 37 and 38 are both formed in a cylindrical shape. Incidentally, the discharge rollers 37 and 38 are inserted one by one on the left and right sides with a predetermined interval with respect to the central axis along the left and right direction. These central shafts rotate together with the respective rollers when a driving force is transmitted from a motor, a gear, or the like (not shown).

  A tongue piece roller 39 having a plurality of tongue pieces is provided on each of the left and right outer sides of the lower discharge roller 38. The tongue piece roller 39 includes a central portion 39A formed in a relatively small-diameter columnar shape, and a plurality of tongue pieces 39B formed radially and elongated outward from the central portion 39A. The tongue piece 39B is made of an elastic material, and the surface friction coefficient is increased.

  Furthermore, two bill stoppers 41 are provided at predetermined intervals on the left and right above the rear side surface in the internal space 30S of the housing 30, that is, near the upper end of the inner surface of the rear plate 30R in the internal space 30S. The bill stopper 41 is formed in a small rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is attached to the rear side plate 30R via an elastic body (not shown).

  With this configuration, when the banknote is received from the transport unit 13 (FIG. 2), the banknote storage 16 transports the banknote by the transport unit 34 and discharges it into the storage space 30SC by the discharge unit 36. If the position of the banknote is biased to the left or right, the banknote moves toward the center while being moved toward the center by the side guide portion 33 and abuts against the bill stopper 41 to absorb the impact. Further, the banknote is struck down by the tongue piece roller 39 and drawn forward, and is accumulated on the stage 31. At this time, since the position in the left-right direction is regulated by the side guide portion 33, the bills are stored while being neatly accumulated in the storage space 30SC.

  Incidentally, the discharge | release part 36 has the picker roller which is not illustrated above the ceiling board 30C. The banknote storage 16 is accumulated on the stage 31 by appropriately rotating the picker roller and each roller and moving the stage 31 upward based on the control of the banknote control unit 11 (FIG. 2). It is also possible to separate banknotes one by one and feed them sequentially to the transport unit 13.

[1-3. Side guide configuration]
Next, the configuration of the side guide portion 33 will be described. As described above, the side guide portion 33 is configured such that the left side guide portion 33L and the right side guide portion 33R are bilaterally symmetric. For this reason, below, it demonstrates focusing on the right side guide part 33R, and abbreviate | omits description about the left side guide part 33L.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the right side guide portion 33R includes a right side frame 50R, a right inclined side guide 60R, and a right width side guide 70R. Similarly to the right side guide portion 33R, the left side guide portion 33L (FIG. 3) includes a left side frame 50L, a left inclined side guide 60L, and a left width side guide 70L. Hereinafter, the left side frame 50L and the right side frame 50R are collectively referred to as a side frame 50, and the left inclined side guide 60L and the right inclined side guide 60R are collectively referred to as an inclined side guide 60. The side guide 70R is also collectively referred to as a width side guide 70.

  The right side frame 50R is mainly configured by a bottom 51, a front side 52, and a rear side 53. The bottom 51 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the vertical direction and slightly long in the front-rear direction, and is attached to the bottom plate 30B of the housing 30 (FIG. 3). The length of the bottom 51 in the front-rear direction is slightly shorter than the distance between the front side plate 30F and the rear side plate 30R.

  On the upper surface of the bottom 51, there are a rotation hole 54, three fixing holes 55A, 55B and 55C (hereinafter collectively referred to as a fixing hole 55), and three positioning holes 56A, 56B and 56C (hereinafter collectively referred to as a positioning hole). 56). The rotation hole 54 is a round hole, and is formed on the right front side of the front side portion 52. The fixing holes 55A, 55B, and 55C are screw holes and are discretely arranged at substantially the center in the front-rear direction at the bottom 51 so as to be arranged at substantially equal intervals from right to left.

  The positioning holes 56A, 56B, and 56C are rectangular holes that are long in the front-rear direction, and the shape seen from the top surface is a rectangle that is long in the front-rear direction and narrow in the left-right direction. The positioning holes 56A, 56B, and 56C are discretely arranged so as to be arranged at substantially equal intervals from the right to the left, and are positioned on the rear side of the fixing holes 55A, 55B, and 55C, respectively.

  The front side portion 52 is formed in a thin plate shape that is thin in the left-right direction and long in the up-down direction, and is erected upward from the front side portion of the right end on the upper surface of the bottom portion 51. The rear side portion 53 is formed in the same thin plate shape as the front side portion 52, and is erected upward from the rear end portion of the right end on the upper surface of the bottom portion 51, that is, from the rear side of the front side portion 52. Yes. Incidentally, a gap for inserting the stage arm 31B (FIG. 3) of the stage 31 is formed between the front side portion 52 and the rear side portion 53.

  Further, the front side portion 52 is provided with a rotation support portion 57 that protrudes leftward (that is, inward) in the vicinity of the upper front end of the left side surface. The rotation support part 57 is formed in a thin rectangular parallelepiped shape in the vertical direction, and is provided with a rotation hole 58 penetrating in the vertical direction. The rotation hole 58 is a round hole similar to the rotation hole 54 formed on the upper surface of the bottom 51, and is positioned almost directly above the rotation hole 54.

  An upper engagement portion 80 is formed in the rear side portion 53 in the vicinity of the upper front end. The upper engagement portion 80 is configured by a hole portion 81 formed in the rear side portion 53 and an engagement plate 82 that closes the lower half of the hole portion 81. The hole portion 81 is formed in a rectangular shape when viewed from the left-right direction, and penetrates the rear side portion 53 in the left-right direction. The engagement plate 82 is formed in a plate shape that is thinner in the left-right direction than the rear side portion 53, and is provided so that the left side surface (that is, the inner side surface) is aligned with the left side surface of the rear side portion 53. A cutout portion 83 that is cut out in a rectangular shape in the downward direction is formed at substantially the center in the front-rear direction on the upper side of the engagement plate 82.

  The right inclined side guide 60R is configured around a plate-shaped portion 61 configured in a thin plate shape. The plate-like portion 61 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the left-right direction as a whole and long in the up-down direction, and is vertically symmetric. The vertical length of the plate-like portion 61 is shorter than the distance between the upper surface of the bottom portion 51 and the lower surface of the rotation support portion 57 in the right side frame 50R.

  The plate-like portion 61 is formed with a locally inclined portion 62 that is locally inclined with respect to the peripheral portion in the vicinity of the upper end and the vicinity of the lower end on the front side. Incidentally, the two local inclined portions 62 are formed in a vertically symmetric shape at positions that are vertically symmetric.

  In the vicinity of the front end of each of the upper surface and the lower surface of the plate-like portion 61, a rotating shaft 63 having a small cylindrical shape with the central axis extending in the vertical direction is erected. Incidentally, the outer diameter of the rotation shaft 63 is slightly smaller than the diameters of the rotation holes 54 and 58 of the right side frame 50R. Further, the distance between the upper and lower end surfaces of the upper and lower rotation shaft 63 is longer than the distance between the upper surface of the bottom 51 and the lower surface of the rotation support portion 57 in the right side frame 50R.

  Therefore, the right inclined side guide 60R can rotate around the rotation shaft 63 when the upper and lower rotation shafts 63 are respectively inserted into the rotation holes 54 and 58 of the right side frame 50R. . At this time, the right inclined side guide 60R can change the inclination angle of the plate-like portion 61 with respect to the front-rear direction as the discharge direction (hereinafter referred to as the inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 60R).

  In the vicinity of the rear end of each of the upper surface and the lower surface of the plate-like portion 61, interlocking shafts 64 each having a columnar shape shorter than the rotation shaft 63 are provided upright.

  With this configuration, the right inclined side guide 60R is configured to be vertically symmetrical as a whole. Further, the right inclined side guide 60R is configured symmetrically with the left inclined side guide 60L as described above. Therefore, the left inclined side guide 60L can be realized by half-rotating the same components as the right inclined side guide 60R around the rotation axis along the front-rear direction.

  The right-width side guide 70R is roughly divided into a plate-like portion 71 that is thin in the left-right direction and long in the up-down direction, a lower support portion 72 provided at the lower end of the plate-like portion 71, and an upper end of the plate-like portion 71. The upper support part 73 is provided. The vertical length of the plate-like portion 71 is longer than the plate-like portion 61 of the right inclined side guide 60R and shorter than the combined length of the plate-like portion 61 and the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64.

  Further, an engagement piece 74 projects in the right direction on the front upper side of the right surface of the plate-like portion 71. The engagement piece 74 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the front-rear direction and slightly long in the left-right direction, and has three notches 75A, 75B, and 75C (hereinafter collectively referred to as the lower side) from the left side to the right direction. A notch 75). The notches 75A, 75B, and 75C correspond to fixing holes 55A, 55B, and 55C and positioning holes 56A, 56B, and 56C formed in the bottom 51 of the right side frame 50R, respectively.

  The lower support portion 72 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the vertical direction and short in the left-right direction, and the length in the front-rear direction is longer than the plate-like portion 71, specifically about twice that of the plate-like portion 71. It has become. The lower support portion 72 is fixed to the lower end of the plate-like portion 71 so that the right surface and the rear surface are aligned, and the front end thereof protrudes forward from the front surface of the plate-like portion 71.

  In the vicinity of the left front end of the lower support portion 72, an interlocking hole 76 that is a long hole penetrating in the vertical direction is formed. The short diameter of the interlocking hole 76 as the interlocking bearing is slightly larger than the shaft diameter of the interlocking shaft 64 in the right inclined side guide 60R. In addition, a fixing hole 77 made of a round hole penetrating in the vertical direction is formed in front of the plate-like part 71 in the lower support part 72 diagonally to the right.

  Further, on the lower surface of the lower support portion 72, a positioning piece 78 is erected on the rear side of the fixing hole 77 toward the lower side. The positioning piece 78 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the left-right direction and short in the up-down direction. The lengths of the positioning pieces 78 in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction are slightly smaller than the lengths in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction of the positioning holes 56 formed in the bottom 51 of the right side frame 50R. Further, the vertical length of the positioning piece 78 is shorter than the length of the interlocking shaft 64 of the right inclined side guide 60R.

  The upper support portion 73 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the vertical direction and long in the front-rear direction, and is erected from the upper end on the front surface of the plate-like portion 71 toward the front. The front end of the upper support portion 73 is aligned substantially the same as the front end of the lower support portion 72. In the vicinity of the front end of the upper support portion 73, an interlocking hole 79 made of a long hole penetrating in the vertical direction is formed. The interlocking hole 79 as the interlocking bearing is formed in a shape substantially the same as that of the interlocking hole 76 and is positioned almost directly above the interlocking hole 76. Incidentally, the distance between the upper surface of the lower support portion 72 and the lower surface of the upper support portion 73 is longer than the length in the vertical direction of the plate-like portion 61 of the right inclined side guide 60R and between the upper and lower end surfaces of the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64. It is shorter than the interval.

  Incidentally, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the right side guide portion 33 </ b> R is assembled with the right inclined side guide 60 </ b> R and the right width side guide 70 </ b> R with respect to the right side frame 50 </ b> R attached to the housing 30. Specifically, the right width side guide 70R has a positioning piece 78 of the lower support portion 72 in the positioning hole 56 of the bottom portion 51 in the right side frame 50R, specifically in any of the three positioning holes 56A, 56B and 56C. Inserted. Accordingly, the position of the lower support portion 72 of the right width side guide 70R in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction with respect to the bottom portion 51 of the right side frame 50R is determined.

  Further, the right side guide 70R is provided with the notch 75 of the engagement piece 74, specifically, any one of the three notches 75A, 75B and 75C in the rear side 53 of the right side frame 50R. Engage with the notch 83 of the engagement plate 82. Thereby, the position of the upper side part of right width side guide 70R with respect to the rear side part 53 of the right side frame 50R in the left-right direction and the front-back direction is defined.

  Further, a fixing screw 90 is fastened to the fixing hole 55 of the bottom 51 in the right side frame 50R, specifically, one of the fixing holes 55A, 55B, and 55C through the fixing hole 77 of the right width side guide 70R. Thereby, the right width side guide 70R is fixed to the right side frame 50R.

  On the other hand, in the right inclined side guide 60R, first, the upper rotation shaft 63 is inserted into the rotation hole 58 of the rotation support portion 57 in the right side frame 50R, and the upper interlocking shaft 64 is in the right width side guide 70R. It is inserted through the interlocking hole 79 of the upper support portion 73. Next, in the right inclined side guide 60R, the lower rotation shaft 63 is inserted into the rotation hole 54 of the bottom 51 in the right side frame 50R, and the lower interlocking shaft 64 is the lower support in the right width side guide 70R. The interlocking hole 76 of the part 72 is inserted.

  Thereby, the right inclined side guide 60R is fixed to the right side frame 50R and the right width side guide 70R. Thus, the right inclined side guide 60R and the right width side guide 70R are attached to the housing 30 via the right side frame 50R (FIG. 4). Incidentally, the left inclined side guide 60L and the left width side guide 70L on the left side are similarly attached to the housing 30 via the left side frame 50L.

  When the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 16, the side guide part 33 assembled in this way guides the banknotes by the inclined side guide 60 and the width side guide 70. Specifically, the inclined side guide 60 slides the left and right vertices and sides of the banknote on the local inclined section 62 of the plate-shaped section 61 when the position of the banknote discharged from the discharge section 36 is biased in the left-right direction. Thus, the banknote can be advanced while being moved toward the center of the storage space 30SC. Further, the width side guide 70 regulates the range of movement of the released banknotes and the stacked banknotes in the left-right direction, so that the banknotes are stacked in an orderly manner on the stage 31 without protruding from the storage space 30SC to the left and right. be able to.

  Further, a sufficient gap is formed in the front-rear direction between the right inclined side guide 60R and the right-width side guide 70R, similarly to the front side portion 52 and the rear side portion 53 of the right side frame 50R (FIGS. 3 and 4). ). For this reason, the stage arm 31B of the stage 31 can freely move up and down between the two without interfering with the right inclined side guide 60R and the right width side guide 70R by the driving force transmitted from the stage moving part 32 (FIG. 3). Can move in the direction.

  In this way, the side guide portion 33 is provided with the inclined side guide 60 and the width side guide 70 on the left and right sides via the side frames 50, and the width side guide 70 allows the length in the left-right direction in the storage space 30SC, that is, the width. Is stipulated.

[1-4. Changing the width of the storage space]
Next, the change of the length (width) in the left-right direction in the storage space 30SC in the banknote storage 16 will be described. Specifically, in the banknote storage 16, the width of the storage space 30SC can be changed by changing the attachment positions of the inclined side guide 60 and the width side guide 70 with respect to the side frame 50 in the left and right side guide portions 33. .

  As described above, the left and right side guide portions 33 are symmetrical to each other. Therefore, in the following, the right side guide portion 33R, that is, the right side frame 50R, the right inclined side guide 60R, and the right width side guide 70R will be described as an example.

  In the right side guide portion 33R, the lower support portion 72 of the right width side guide 70R is fixed to the bottom portion 51 of the right side frame 50R by a fixing screw 90. Therefore, the right-width side guide 70 </ b> R is lifted upward after the fixing screw 90 is removed, whereby the lower support portion 72 is pulled away from the bottom portion 51, and the positioning piece 78 is pulled out from the positioning hole 56. At this time, the notch 75 of the engagement piece 74 is pulled out from the notch 83 of the engagement plate 82 provided on the rear side 53 of the right side frame 50R, and the engagement is released. As a result, the right-width side guide 70R can move in the left-right direction with respect to the right-side frame 50R.

  Here, in the right-width side guide 70R, the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 in the right inclined side guide 60R are inserted into the interlocking hole 76 of the lower support part 72 and the interlocking hole 79 of the upper support part 73, respectively. In the right inclined side guide 60R, the upper and lower rotation shafts 63 are respectively inserted into the rotation holes 54 of the bottom portion 51 and the rotation holes 58 of the rotation support portion 57 of the right side frame 50R.

  For this reason, the right inclined side guide 60R moves the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 in the front-rear direction and rotates with respect to the interlocking holes 76 and 79 in conjunction with the lateral movement of the right-width side guide 70R. The upper and lower rotation shafts 63 are rotated about the rotation center. In other words, the right inclined side guide 60R rotates following the right width side guide 70R that moves in the left-right direction.

  Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the interlocking holes 76 and 79 of the right-width side guide 70R and the interlocking shaft 64 of the right inclined side guide 60R are collectively referred to as an interlocking portion. This interlocking part is located on the outside (upper side and lower side) of the storage space 30SC together with the lower support part 72 and the upper support part 73. The interlocking unit surrounds a space for moving the stage arm 31B of the stage 31 from the front, rear, left and right together with the lower support 72, the upper support 73, the right width side guide 70R, and the right inclined side guide 60R.

  Incidentally, in the right-width side guide 70R, the interval between the lower support portion 72 and the upper support portion 73 is longer than the vertical length of the plate-like portion 61 of the right inclined side guide 60R. For this reason, the right-width side guide 70R can freely move in the vertical direction within a range in which the lower support portion 72 is limited to the plate-like portion 61 of the right inclined side guide 60R.

  After the right width side guide 70R is moved in the left-right direction with respect to the right side frame 50R, the positioning piece 78 of the lower support portion 72 is inserted into the positioning hole 56 of the bottom portion 51, and the cutout portion 75 of the engagement piece 74 is inserted. Is engaged with the notch 83 of the engagement plate 82. In this state, the right width side guide 70R is fixed to the right side frame 50R by fixing the fixing screw 90 to the fixing hole 55 via the fixing hole 77. As a result, in the right side guide portion 33R, a new position of the right width side guide 70R and a new inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 60R with respect to the right side frame 50R are determined.

  Here, the right side frame 50R, the right inclined side guide 60R, and the right width side guide 70R of the right side guide portion 33R are respectively schematic plan views as shown in FIGS. 6 (A), 6 (B), and 6 (C). Can be expressed as Further, the engagement piece 74 of the right-width side guide 70R and the upper engagement portion 80 of the right side frame 50R are represented as shown in FIGS. be able to.

  For example, when it is desired to make the width of the storage space 30SC the widest, the right side guide portion 33R has the positioning piece 78 of the right width side guide 70R as shown in FIG. 8A corresponding to FIG. It is inserted into the outermost (right side) positioning hole 56 </ b> A in the bottom 51. At this time, as shown in FIG. 9A corresponding to FIG. 7, the engagement piece 74 of the right-width side guide 70R is engaged with the innermost (left) notch 75A in the rear side portion 53 of the right side frame 50R. Engage with the notch 83 of the plywood 82.

  At this time, the right inclined side guide 60R has the rear end portion positioned relatively outside (right side) by the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 interlocking with the interlocking holes 76 and 79 of the right-width side guide 70R, and the plate-like portion The inclination angle 61 (that is, the inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 60R) is minimized. As a result, the right side guide portion 33R can increase the width of the storage space 30SC.

  Further, when the width of the storage space 30SC is desired to be medium, the right side guide portion 33R inserts the positioning piece 78 into the middle positioning hole 56B in the bottom portion 51 as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 9B, the engaging piece 74 engages the middle notch 75 </ b> B with the notch 83.

  At this time, the right inclined side guide 60R has the rear end portion positioned in the middle by the interlocking of the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 and the interlocking holes 76 and 79, and the inclination angle of the plate-like portion 61 with respect to the front-rear direction is set to the middle. To the extent. As a result, the right side guide portion 33R can make the width of the storage space 30SC medium.

  Further, when the storage space 30SC is desired to be narrowest, the right side guide portion 33R inserts the positioning piece 78 into the innermost (left side) positioning hole 56C in the bottom portion 51 as shown in FIG. At this time, the engaging piece 74 engages the outermost (right) notch 75C with the notch 83, as shown in FIG. 9C.

  At this time, the right inclined side guide 60R has the rear end portion positioned relatively inward (left side) by interlocking with the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 and the interlocking holes 76 and 79, and the inclination angle of the plate-like portion 61 with respect to the front-rear direction. Make it the largest. As a result, the right side guide portion 33R can make the width of the storage space 30SC the narrowest.

  As described above, when the width of the storage space 30SC is changed, the right side guide portion 33R is interlocked with the right side guide portion 50R by changing the mounting position of the right width side guide 70R with respect to the right side frame 50R stepwise in the left-right direction. The inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 60R can also be changed stepwise.

[1-5. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment is provided with interlocking portions in the left and right side guide portions 33 in the banknote storage 16, and the width side guide with respect to the side frame 50. 70 is moved in the left-right direction, the inclined side guide 60 is rotated, and both are interlocked.

  For this reason, the side guide part 33 changes only the attachment position of the width side guide 70 with respect to the side frame 50, and changes the inclination side guide 60 into the inclination angle corresponding to the attachment position of the said width side guide 70 following this. In addition, the width of the storage space 30SC can be adjusted to a desired value.

  For this reason, the side guide portion 33 can simplify the operation of changing the mounting position and the inclination angle, compared with the case where the width side guide 70 and the inclined side guide 60 are moved and rotated independently of each other. In principle, it is possible to eliminate the occurrence of work mistakes such as an operator accidentally changing to an attachment position and an inclination angle that do not correspond to each other.

  As a result, the banknote storage 16 is compared with the case where the side guide 533 is replaced with a side guide 533 having a different width according to the size of the storage space 30SC to be formed, as in the conventional banknote storage 516. The trouble of preparing and exchanging a plurality of types of parts can be omitted, and the management thereof can be made unnecessary. In other words, when the banknote storage 16 needs to change the width of the storage space 30SC after shipment, the banknote storage 16 can be immediately changed without preparing other components.

  Further, the inclined side guide 60 rotates in a state in which the rotation shafts 63 provided in the vicinity of the front ends of the upper and lower sides are respectively inserted into the rotation holes 54 and 58 of the side frame 50, so Can be kept constant. However, the inclined side guide 60, on the other hand, moves the rear end portion in the front-rear direction according to the inclination angle.

  Therefore, the side guide part 33 forms interlocking holes 76 and 79 each having a long hole along the front-rear direction in the lower support part 72 and the upper support part 73 of the width side guide 70, respectively. The interlocking shafts 64 provided in the vicinity of the rear end are respectively inserted. The interlocking holes 76 and 79 restrict the movement of the interlocking shaft 64 in the left-right direction due to the structure, and allow the movement and rotation in the front-rear direction.

  For this reason, as the side guide portion 33 moves in the left-right direction of the width side guide 70, the positions of the front end of the width side guide 70 and the rear end of the inclined side guide 60 are equally aligned, and the front and rear of both The inclination angle of the inclined side guide 60 can be changed while changing the interval in the direction.

  Further, in the case where the positioning hole 56 and the positioning piece 78 are omitted, the side guide portion 33 fixes the width side guide 70 to one of the fixing holes 55 (55A, 55B, or 55C) of the side frame 50 for the operator. It was necessary to tighten the fixing screw 90 while supporting the holes 77 so as to align the positions. On the other hand, the actual side guide portion 33 can temporarily fix the position of the lower portion of the width side guide 70 with respect to the side frame 50 by inserting the positioning piece 78 into the positioning hole 56 and is supported by the operator. Therefore, the fastening operation of the fixing screw 90 can be easily performed.

  Further, the side guide portion 33 engages the engagement plate 82 of the upper engagement portion 80 provided on the side frame 50 and the engagement piece 74 of the width side guide 70, thereby causing the width side guide to correspond to the side frame 50. The upper part of 70 was fixed. As a result, the side guide portion 33 can be stabilized without causing the upper portion to fluctuate as compared with the case where only the lower portion of the width side guide 70 is fixed by the lower fixing screw 90.

  In particular, the side guide portion 33 forms notches 75A, 75B and 75C on the lower side of the engagement piece 74, and also forms a notch 83 on the upper surface of the engagement plate 82, and the engagement piece 74 is attached to the engagement plate 82. Both are engaged by lowering from the upper side, and the engagement is released by raising. For this reason, the side guide part 33 engages the positioning hole 56 and the positioning piece 78 on the lower side only by aligning the position of the width side guide 70 with respect to the side frame 50 and moving the side guide 50 downward. 82 and the engagement piece 74 can be engaged with each other, and both engagements can be released simply by moving upward.

  Further, the right inclined side guide 60R and the right inclined side guide 60R have a symmetrical shape, and the plate-like portion 61, the local inclined portion 62, the rotating shaft 63, and the interlocking shaft 64 are vertically symmetric. In other words, the local inclined portion 62 is originally formed only on the upper side but is also formed on the lower side. For this reason, the right inclined side guide 60R can be used as the left inclined side guide 60L by being half-rotated about the central axis along the front-rear direction. In other words, since the inclined side guide 60 can share components on the left and right, it is possible to reduce the costs associated with the manufacture and management of components.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote storage 16 according to the first embodiment has the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 of the inclined side guide 60 in the interlocking holes 76 and 79 of the width side guide 70 in the left and right side guide portions 33. Inserted. Thereby, the side guide part 33 can rotate the inclination side guide 60 in conjunction with moving the width side guide 70 in the left-right direction with respect to the side frame 50. As a result, the banknote storage 16 can change the width of the storage space 30SC without exchanging components, and can handle banknotes having different long sides.

[2. Second Embodiment]
The automatic teller machine 101 (FIG. 1) by 2nd Embodiment has the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 110 replaced with the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 10 compared with the automatic teller machine 1 by 1st Embodiment. However, the other points are configured in the same manner. Although the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 (FIG. 2) is different from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote storage 116 instead of the banknote storage 16, other points are provided. Are structured similarly.

  Compared with the banknote storage 16 according to the first embodiment, the banknote storage 116 (FIG. 3) replaces the left side guide part 33L and the right side guide part 33R with a left side guide part 133L and a right side guide part 133R. Although it is different in that it has, the other points are configured similarly.

[2-1. Side guide configuration]
The left side guide portion 133L and the right side guide portion 133R are configured to be bilaterally symmetric as in the first embodiment. For this reason, below, it demonstrates focusing on the right side guide part 133R, and abbreviate | omits description about the left side guide part 133L. Hereinafter, the left side guide portion 133L and the right side guide portion 133R are collectively referred to as a side guide portion 133.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 corresponding to FIGS. 4 and 5, the right side guide portion 133R includes a right side frame 150R, a right inclined side guide 160R, and a right width side guide 170R. Incidentally, the left side guide portion 133L (FIG. 3) is configured by a left side frame 150L, a left inclined side guide 160L, and a left width side guide 170L, like the right side guide portion 133R.

  Hereinafter, as in the first embodiment, the left side frame 150L and the right side frame 150R are collectively referred to as a side frame 150. Further, the left inclined side guide 160L and the right inclined side guide 160R are collectively referred to as an inclined side guide 160, and the left width side guide 170L and the right width side guide 170R are collectively referred to as a width side guide 170.

  The right side frame 150R includes a bottom portion 151, a front side portion 52, and a rear side portion 153. The bottom 151 is configured in the same manner as the bottom 51 according to the first embodiment, but has fixing holes 155A, 155B, and 155C instead of the fixing holes 55A, 55B, and 55C on the upper surface thereof, and the positioning hole 56 It differs in having a guide groove 156 instead of.

  The fixing holes 155A, 155B and 155C (hereinafter collectively referred to as the fixing holes 155) are screw holes similar to the fixing holes 55 in the first embodiment, but are not straight but centered on the rotation hole 54. Are arranged discretely along the virtual arc. The guide groove 156 is formed along the left-right direction. The rear side portion 153 has a configuration in which the upper engagement portion 80 is omitted from the rear side portion 53 according to the first embodiment.

  The right inclined side guide 160R as the restriction side guide includes the plate-like portion 61, the local inclined portion 62, and the rotation shaft 63 similar to the right inclined side guide 60R according to the first embodiment, and a fixed piece 165. On the other hand, the interlocking shaft 64 is omitted. The fixed piece 165 is formed in a small rectangular parallelepiped shape that is short in the vertical direction, and a fixed hole 166 that is a round hole penetrating in the vertical direction is formed.

  The right-width side guide 170R as the urging side guide is common to the right-width side guide 70R according to the first embodiment in that it has a plate-like portion 71, but the lower support portion 72 and the upper support portion. 73 is omitted, and instead, a lower interlocking plate 172 and an upper interlocking plate 173 are provided, and a guide piece 174 and a spring 175 are further provided.

  The lower interlocking plate 172 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the left-right direction and long in the front-rear direction, and protrudes forward from the vicinity of the lower end on the front side of the plate-like portion 71. The upper interlocking plate 173 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape similar to the lower interlocking plate 172, and protrudes forward from the vicinity of the upper end on the front side of the plate-like portion 71.

  The guide piece 174 is formed in a thin rectangular parallelepiped shape in the front-rear direction, and protrudes downward from the lower surface of the plate-like portion 71. The length in the front-rear direction of the guide piece 174 is slightly smaller than the groove width in the front-rear direction of the guide groove 156 formed in the bottom 151 of the right side frame 150R. The spring 175 is attached to the right and left sides of the plate-like portion 71 (that is, the outer side surface) substantially in the middle of the upper and lower sides and the front and rear sides in the right direction. The spring 175 is a coil spring having a central axis directed in the left-right direction, and its natural state is relatively long.

  As in the first embodiment, the right side guide portion 133R is assembled with a right inclined side guide 160R and a right width side guide 170R with respect to the right side frame 150R. Specifically, in the right-width side guide 170R, the left end of the spring 175 is pressed against the right side surface of the rear side portion 153 of the right side frame 150R, and the guide piece 174 is compressed from the natural state while the spring 175 is compressed from the natural state. Is inserted into the guide groove 156 of the bottom 151.

  As a result, the right-side guide 170R is restricted from moving in the front-rear direction relative to the bottom 151 of the right-side frame 150R, and is also restricted from rotating about the central axis along the up-down direction. A parallel movement in the left-right direction is possible. In this state, the restoring force of the spring 175 acts on the right-width side guide 170R, so that it is urged to the left with respect to the rear side portion 153 of the right side frame 150R.

  The right inclined side guide 160R is configured such that the upper and lower rotation shafts 63 are positioned on the right side with the plate-like portion 61 positioned on the left side (inner side) of the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 of the right width side guide 170R. The frame 150R is inserted through the rotation hole 54 of the bottom portion 151 and the rotation hole 58 of the rotation support portion 57, respectively. Therefore, the right inclined side guide 160R can rotate with respect to the right side frame 150R about the rotation shaft 63 as a rotation center, and the spring 175 from the right width side guide 170R via the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173. To the left (inside).

  Since the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 are brought into contact with the right side surface of the plate-like portion 61 by the urging force of the spring 175, the right inclined side guide 160R is interposed via the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173. The rightward side guide 170R is restricted from moving in the right direction. That is, when the right inclined side guide 160R rotates about the rotation shaft 63, the right width side guide 170R can be translated in the left-right direction along the guide groove 156 in conjunction with the right inclined side guide 160R. .

  In other words, the right width side guide 170R always brings the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 into contact with the right inclined side guide 160R by the biasing force of the spring 175. For this reason, the right-width side guide 170R is moved in the left-right direction so that the front end of the right-width side guide 170R follows the rear end of the right-inclined side guide 160R in conjunction with the rotation of the right-inclined side guide 160R. A position is defined. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 and the spring 175 of the right width side guide 170R and the plate-like portion 61 of the right inclined side guide 160R are collectively referred to as an interlocking portion.

  Further, the right inclined side guide 160R rotates around the rotation shaft 63 so that the fixing hole 166 of the fixing piece 165 is aligned with any one of the fixing holes 155 formed in the bottom portion 151 of the right side frame 150R. The fixing screw 90 is fastened to the fixing hole 155 through the fixing hole 166. Thereby, the position and inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 160R with respect to the right side frame 150R are fixed. Accordingly, the position of the right width side guide 170R with respect to the right side frame 150R is fixed.

  Thus, the right side guide portion 133R according to the second embodiment can move the right width side guide 170R in the left-right direction in conjunction with the rotation of the right inclined side guide 160R.

[2-2. Changing the width of the storage space]
Next, the change of the width of the storage space 30SC in the banknote storage 116 will be described. Similarly to the first embodiment, the right side frame 150R, the right inclined side guide 160R, and the right width side guide 170R of the right side guide portion 133R are respectively schematic plan views as shown in FIGS. ) And (C), which correspond to FIGS. 12A, 12B, and 12C, respectively.

  For example, when it is desired to widen the storage space 30SC, the right side guide portion 133R has a fixing hole formed in the fixing piece 165 of the right inclined side guide 160R as shown in FIG. 13A corresponding to FIG. 166 is fixed to the outermost (right side) fixing hole 155A in the bottom 151 of the right side frame 150R by the fixing screw 90. Thereby, the plate-like portion 61 minimizes the inclination angle with respect to the front-rear direction (hereinafter, this is regarded as the inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 160R).

  At this time, the right-width side guide 170R follows the right-inclined side guide 160R, that is, the position in the left-right direction is determined according to the inclination angle of the plate-like portion 61, and is relatively fixed to the outside (right side). As a result, the right side guide portion 133R can increase the width of the storage space 30SC.

  Also, when the width of the storage space 30SC is desired to be medium, the right side guide portion 133R has a fixing hole 166 formed in the middle fixing hole 155B in the bottom portion 151 of the right side frame 150R as shown in FIG. In addition, the fixing screws 90 are used for fixing. Thereby, the plate-shaped part 61 makes the inclination angle with respect to the front-back direction medium.

  At this time, the right width side guide 170R follows the right inclined side guide 160R, the position in the left-right direction is determined, and is fixed in the middle. As a result, the right side guide portion 133R can make the width of the storage space 30SC medium.

  Furthermore, when the storage space 30SC is desired to be narrowest, the right side guide portion 133R has a fixing hole 166 formed on the innermost (left side) fixing hole in the bottom portion 151 of the right side frame 150R as shown in FIG. According to 155C, it is fixed by a fixing screw 90. Thereby, the plate-shaped part 61 makes the inclination angle with respect to the front-back direction the largest.

  At this time, the right width side guide 170R follows the right inclined side guide 160R, the position in the left-right direction is determined, and is fixed to the innermost side (left side). As a result, the right side guide portion 133R can narrow the width of the storage space 30SC.

  As described above, when changing the width of the storage space 30SC, the right side guide portion 133R changes the inclination angle of the right inclination side guide 160R with respect to the right side frame 150R, thereby interlocking with the right side guide portion 150R. The mounting position can be changed in the left-right direction.

[2-3. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 110 of the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment is provided with interlocking portions on the left and right side guide portions 133 in the banknote storage 116 and is inclined with respect to the side frame 150. While rotating 160, the width side guide 170 was moved to the left-right direction, and both were made to interlock | cooperate.

  For this reason, the side guide part 133 changes only the inclination angle of the inclined side guide 160 with respect to the side frame 50 and changes the width side guide 170 to a position corresponding to the inclination angle of the inclined side guide 160 following this. The width of the storage space 30SC can be adjusted to a desired value.

  For this reason, as in the first embodiment, the side guide part 133 simplifies the change operation of the inclination angle and the mounting position compared to the case where the inclined side guide 160 and the width side guide 170 are moved and rotated independently of each other. In addition, it is possible to eliminate in principle the occurrence of work mistakes such as the operator changing to an attachment position and an inclination angle that do not correspond to each other.

  In particular, the side guide part 133 urges the width side guide 170 away from the rear side part 153 of the side frame 150 by the spring 175, that is, urges the side guide part 133 to the inside, and also moves the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 to the inside. Restricted by the inclined side guide 160. For this reason, when the side guide part 133 rotates the inclined side guide 160 and changes the inclination angle, the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 of the width side guide 170 are brought into contact with the plate-like part 61, The front end of the plate-like portion 71 can be made to follow the rear end of the plate-like portion 61 so as to be interlocked. That is, this side guide part 133 can be made to interlock | cooperate by making the inclination side guide 160 track the width | variety side guide 170 contrary to 1st Embodiment.

  Further, the side guide portion 133 can achieve the same effects as the side guide portion 33 according to the first embodiment in other respects.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote storage 116 according to the second embodiment urges the width side guide 170 inward by the spring 175 in the left and right side guide portions 133, while the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking function. The plate 173 was brought into contact with the outer surface of the plate-like portion 61 in the inclined side guide 160 to restrict its movement. Thereby, the side guide part 133 can move the width side guide 170 in the left-right direction in conjunction with the rotation of the inclined side guide 160 with respect to the side frame 150. As a result, the bill storage 116 can change the width of the storage space 30SC without exchanging components, and can deal with bills having different long sides.

[3. Third Embodiment]
Compared with the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the automatic teller machine 201 according to the third embodiment has a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 210 that replaces the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 10. However, the other points are configured in the same manner. Although the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 210 (FIG. 2) is different from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has a banknote storage 216 instead of the banknote storage 16, other points are provided. Are structured similarly.

  As shown in FIG. 14 corresponding to FIG. 3, the banknote storage 216 (FIG. 3) is different from the banknote storage 16 according to the first embodiment in having a stage 231 instead of the stage 31. . The banknote storage 216 is different in that it includes a left side guide portion 233L and a right side guide portion 233R instead of the left side guide portion 33L and the right side guide portion 33R, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. Yes.

  The stage 231 differs from the stage 31 according to the first embodiment in that it has stage arms 231B instead of the stage arms 31B on the left and right sides, but the main mounting portion 31A is configured in the same manner. . Although the stage arm 231B is configured in the same shape as the stage arm 31B, the mounting position with respect to the main placement portion 31A is near the center in the front-rear direction on both the left and right sides of the main placement portion 31A. There is no rear end.

[3-1. Side guide configuration]
The left side guide part 233L and the right side guide part 233R are configured to be bilaterally symmetric as in the first embodiment. For this reason, below, it demonstrates focusing on the right side guide part 233R, and abbreviate | omits description about the left side guide part 233L. Hereinafter, the left side guide portion 233L and the right side guide portion 233R are collectively referred to as a side guide portion 233.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 corresponding to FIGS. 4 and 5, the right side guide portion 233R includes a right side frame 250R, a right inclined side guide 60R, and a right width side guide 270R. Incidentally, the left side guide portion 233L (FIG. 14) is configured by a left side frame 250L, a left inclined side guide 60L, and a left width side guide 270L, like the right side guide portion 233R. That is, the right inclined side guide 60R and the left inclined side guide 60L are configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the left side frame 250L and the right side frame 250R are collectively referred to as a side frame 250, and the left width side guide 270L and the right width side guide 270R are collectively referred to as a width side guide 270.

  The right side frame 250R mainly includes a bottom portion 251 and a side portion 252. The bottom 251 is configured in the same manner as the bottom 51 according to the first embodiment, and is the same in that it has a rotation hole 54, but is different in the arrangement of other holes. That is, the bottom portion 251 has fixing holes 55A, 55B and 55C, fixing holes 155A, 155B and 155C instead of the positioning holes 56A, 56B and 56C, and positioning holes 256A, 256B and 256C on the upper surface thereof.

  The fixing holes 255A, 255B and 255C (hereinafter collectively referred to as the fixing holes 255) are screw holes similar to the fixing holes 55 in the first embodiment, but are not straight lines along the left-right direction, 251 are discretely arranged along a virtual arc centered around the center of the right side. Positioning holes 256A, 256B, and 256C (hereinafter collectively referred to as positioning holes 256) are square holes similar to the positioning holes 56 in the first embodiment, respectively, but in front of the fixing holes 255A, 255B, and 255C. Respectively.

  The side portion 252 is configured in a plate shape that is long in the front-rear direction such that the rear side portion 53 in the first embodiment is moved forward and integrated with the front side portion 52 according to the position of the stage arm 231B. Yes. The side portion 252 includes a rotation support portion 57 and a rotation hole 58 similar to those in the first embodiment, and an upper engagement portion 280 having a configuration similar to that of the upper engagement portion 80.

  The upper engagement portion 280 includes a hole portion 281 and an engagement plate 282 corresponding to the hole portion 81 and the engagement plate 82, respectively. The hole 281 and the engagement plate 282 are similar in structure to the hole 81 and the engagement plate 82, respectively, and both have a length in the front-rear direction extended. In addition, three cutout portions 283A, 283B, and 283C (hereinafter collectively referred to as cutout portions 283) are discretely arranged on the upper side of the engagement plate 282 from the rear side toward the front side. Incidentally, in the right side guide portion 233R, the notches 283A, 283B, and 283C correspond to the notches 75A, 75B, and 75C of the engagement piece 74, respectively, due to the position where the positioning hole 256 is formed.

  The right-width side guide 270R is common to the right-width side guide 70R (FIG. 5) in that it has a plate-like portion 71 and an engagement piece 74, while the lower support portion 272 instead of the lower support portion 72 is fixed. It differs in that it has a plate 274, an upper support portion 273 that replaces the upper support portion 73, and a positioning piece 278 that replaces the positioning piece 78.

  Each of the lower support portion 272 and the upper support portion 273 is formed in a relatively small rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the vertical direction, and protrudes forward from the lower end and the upper end on the front side surface of the plate-like portion 71. . In the vicinity of the center of the upper surfaces of the lower support portion 272 and the upper support portion 273, interlocking holes 276 and 279 made of round holes penetrating in the vertical direction are formed, respectively. The diameters of the interlocking holes 276 and 279 are slightly larger than the outer diameter of the interlocking shaft 64 in the right inclined side guide 60R.

  The fixed plate 274 is formed in a relatively small rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the vertical direction, similar to the lower support portion 272, and protrudes rearward from the lower end of the rear side surface of the plate-like portion 71. Near the center of the upper surface of the fixing plate 274, a fixing hole 277 made of a round hole penetrating in the vertical direction is formed. Like the positioning piece 78, the positioning piece 278 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the left-right direction and short in the up-down direction, and is erected downward from the lower surface of the plate-like portion 71.

  As in the first embodiment, the right side guide portion 233R is assembled with a right inclined side guide 60R and a right width side guide 270R with respect to the right side frame 250R. Specifically, in the right width side guide 270R, the positioning piece 278 is inserted into the positioning hole 256 of the bottom portion 251 in the right side frame 250R, specifically, one of the three positioning holes 256A, 256B, and 256C. Thereby, the position of the lower part of the right width side guide 270R in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction with respect to the bottom 251 of the right side frame 250R is determined.

  Further, the right side guide 270R has a notch 75 of the engagement piece 74, specifically, any one of the three notches 75A, 75B, and 75C provided on the side 252 of the right side frame 250R. Specifically, the corresponding notch 283 of the plywood 282 is engaged with any one of the notches 283A, 283B, and 283C. Thereby, the position of the upper side part of right width side guide 270R with respect to the side part 252 of the right side frame 250R in the left-right direction and the front-back direction is defined.

  Further, a fixing screw 90 is fastened to the fixing hole 255 of the bottom portion 251 in the right side frame 250R, specifically, one of the fixing holes 255A, 255B, and 255C through the fixing hole 277 of the right-width side guide 270R. Thereby, the right width side guide 270R is fixed to the right side frame 250R.

  On the other hand, in the right inclined side guide 60R, first, the upper rotation shaft 63 is inserted into the rotation hole 58 of the rotation support portion 57 in the side portion 252 of the right side frame 50R, and the upper interlocking shaft 64 has a right width. The side guide 270R is inserted into the interlocking hole 279 of the upper support portion 273. Next, in the right inclined side guide 60R, the lower rotation shaft 63 is inserted into the rotation hole 54 of the bottom 251 of the right side frame 250R, and the lower interlocking shaft 64 is the lower support of the right width side guide 270R. The interlocking hole 276 of the portion 272 is inserted. As a result, the right inclined side guide 60R is fixed to the right side frame 250R and the right width side guide 270R, as in the first embodiment.

  Thus, the right inclined side guide 60R and the right width side guide 270R are attached to the housing 30 via the right side frame 250R (FIGS. 14 and 15). Incidentally, the left inclined side guide 60L and the left width side guide 270L on the left side are similarly attached to the housing 30 via the left side frame 250L. Thus, the width side guide 270 attached to the housing 30 defines the length (width) in the left-right direction in the storage space 30SC, as in the first embodiment.

[3-2. Changing the width of the storage space]
Next, the change of the width of the storage space 30SC in the bill storage 216 will be described by taking the right side guide portion 233R, that is, the right side frame 250R, the right inclined side guide 60R, and the right width side guide 270R as an example.

  In the right side guide portion 233R, the positioning piece 278 is pulled out from the positioning hole 256 of the bottom portion 251 in the right side frame 250R by lifting the right width side guide 270R upward after the fixing screw 90 is removed. At this time, the notch 75 of the engagement piece 74 is pulled out from the notch 283 of the engagement plate 282 provided on the side 252 of the right side frame 250R, and the engagement is released. As a result, the right width side guide 270R can move with respect to the right side frame 250R.

  Here, in the right-width side guide 270R, the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 in the right inclined side guide 60R are inserted into the interlocking hole 276 of the lower support portion 272 and the interlocking hole 279 of the upper support portion 273, respectively. In the right inclined side guide 60R, the upper and lower rotation shafts 63 are respectively inserted into the rotation holes 54 of the bottom portion 251 and the rotation holes 58 of the rotation support portion 57 of the right side frame 250R.

  That is, the right side guide portion 233R allows the right inclined side guide 60R to rotate with respect to the right side frame 250R around the rotation shaft 63, and the right width side with respect to the right inclined side guide 60R about the interlocking shaft 64. The guide 270R is rotatable.

  Therefore, when the right-width side guide 270R translates in the left-right direction, the inclination angle of the right-inclined side guide 60R is changed and the right-width side guide 270R itself is slightly moved in the front-rear direction. In other words, in the right side guide portion 233R, the right inclined side guide 60R can be rotated in conjunction with the movement of the right width side guide 270R in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the interlocking holes 276 and 279 of the right-width side guide 270R and the interlocking shaft 64 of the right inclined side guide 60R are collectively referred to as an interlocking portion.

  Incidentally, in the right width side guide 270R, as in the first embodiment, the distance between the lower support portion 272 and the upper support portion 273 is longer than the vertical length of the plate-like portion 61 of the right inclined side guide 60R. Yes. For this reason, the right width side guide 70R can freely move in the vertical direction within a range in which the lower support portion 272 is limited to the plate-like portion 61 of the right inclined side guide 60R.

  After the right-width side guide 270R is moved in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction with respect to the right side frame 250R, the positioning piece 278 is inserted into the positioning hole 256 of the bottom portion 251 and the notch 75 of the engaging piece 74 is engaged. The plywood 282 is engaged with the notch 283. In this state, the right width side guide 270R is fixed to the right side frame 250R when the fixing screw 90 is fastened to the fixing hole 255 via the fixing hole 277. As a result, in the right side guide portion 233R, a new position of the right width side guide 270R and a new inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 60R with respect to the right side frame 250R are determined.

  Here, the right side frame 50R, the right inclined side guide 60R, and the right width side guide 70R of the right side guide portion 33R are respectively shown in FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C as schematic plan views. It can represent like FIG. 17 (A), (B), and (C) corresponding. Further, the engagement piece 74 of the right-width side guide 70R and the upper engagement portion 80 of the right side frame 50R are schematically sectional views viewed from the rear side, as shown in FIGS. 18A and 18B. 18C and 18D can be represented as schematic cross-sectional views seen from above.

  For example, when it is desired to make the width of the storage space 30SC the widest, the right side guide portion 233R has the positioning piece 278 of the right width side guide 270R attached to the right side frame 250R as shown in FIG. 19A corresponding to FIG. The bottom 251 is inserted into the outermost (right side) positioning hole 256A. At this time, as shown in FIG. 20A corresponding to FIGS. 18C and 18D, the engagement piece 74 of the right width side guide 270R has the notch 75A on the innermost side as the right side frame. Engage with the rearmost notch 283A of the engagement plate 82 of 250R.

  At this time, the right inclined side guide 60R has the rear end portion located on the most outer side (right side) by the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 interlocking with the interlocking holes 276 and 279 of the right-width side guide 270R, so The inclination angle of the plate-like portion 61 (that is, the inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 60R) is minimized. As a result, the right side guide portion 233R can increase the width of the storage space 30SC.

  Further, when the width of the storage space 30SC is desired to be medium, the right side guide portion 233R inserts the positioning piece 278 into the middle positioning hole 256B in the bottom portion 251 as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 20B, the engaging piece 74 engages the middle notch 75B with the middle notch 283B.

  At this time, the right inclined side guide 60R has the rear end portion located in the middle by the interlocking of the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 and the interlocking holes 276 and 279, so that the inclination angle of the plate-like portion 61 with respect to the front-rear direction is medium. To the extent. As a result, the right side guide portion 233R can make the width of the storage space 30SC medium.

  Furthermore, when it is desired to narrow the width of the storage space 30SC, the right side guide portion 233R inserts the positioning piece 278 into the innermost (left side) positioning hole 256C in the bottom portion 51 as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 20C, the engaging piece 74 engages the outermost (right) notch 75C with the frontmost notch 283C.

  At this time, the right inclined side guide 60R has the rear end portion positioned relatively on the inner side (left side) by the interlocking of the upper and lower interlocking shafts 64 and the interlocking holes 276 and 279, and the inclination angle of the plate-like portion 61 with respect to the front-rear direction. Make it the largest. As a result, the right side guide portion 233R can make the width of the storage space 30SC the narrowest.

  Thus, when the width of the storage space 30SC is changed, the right side guide portion 233R is interlocked with the right side guide 270R by changing the mounting position of the right width side guide 270R with respect to the right side frame 250R in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction. The inclination angle of the right inclined side guide 60R can also be changed.

[3-3. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 210 of the automatic teller machine 201 according to the third embodiment rotates the inclined side guide 60 with respect to the side frame 250 in the left and right side guide portions 233 in the banknote storage 216. In addition, the width side guide 270 is rotated with respect to the inclined side guide 60.

  Therefore, the side guide portion 233 simply changes the attachment position of the width side guide 270 with respect to the side frame 250 and changes the inclination side guide 60 to the inclination angle corresponding to the attachment position of the width side guide 70 following this. In addition, the width of the storage space 30SC can be adjusted to a desired value.

  For this reason, the side guide part 233 simplifies the work of changing the mounting position and the inclination angle as compared with the case where the width side guide 270 and the inclined side guide 60 are moved and rotated independently of each other, as in the first embodiment. In addition, it is possible to eliminate in principle the occurrence of work mistakes such as changing the mounting position and the inclination angle that do not correspond to each other.

  In particular, in the width side guide 270, the upper and lower interlocking holes 276 and 279 are round holes instead of long holes. Therefore, the side guide part 233 moves the width side guide 270 back and forth following the rear end of the side guide part 233 that moves back and forth according to the inclination angle of the inclined side guide 60 with the rotation shaft 63 as the rotation center. Can be made. Thereby, the side guide part 233 can maintain the clearance gap between the inclination side guide 60 and the width | variety side guide 270 substantially constant, and can thereby guide a banknote favorably.

  Further, the side guide portion 233 can achieve the same effects as the side guide portion 33 according to the first embodiment in other respects.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote storage 216 according to the third embodiment rotates the inclined side guide 60 with respect to the side frame 250 in the left and right side guide portions 233, and has a width with respect to the inclined side guide 60. The side guide 270 is rotated. Thereby, the side guide part 233 can rotate the inclined side guide 60 in conjunction with the movement of the width side guide 270 in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction with respect to the side frame 250. As a result, the bill storage 216 can change the width of the storage space 30SC without exchanging components, and can handle bills having different long sides.

[4. Other Embodiments]
In the first embodiment described above, the interlocking portion is configured by the interlocking shaft 64 having a cylindrical shape and the interlocking holes 76 and 79 having elongated holes. Further, in the second embodiment, the interlocking portion is configured by the thin interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173, and the spring 175 and the plate-like portion 61 that generate the urging force. Further, in the third embodiment, the interlocking portion is configured by the interlocking shaft 64 having a cylindrical shape and the interlocking holes 276 and 279 having round holes. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the interlocking portion may be configured by combining members having various shapes. In short, it is only necessary that the rotation of the inclined side guide 60 and the movement of the width side guide 70 in the left-right direction are interlocked, that is, the other side follows the other and can be rotated or moved. In this case, the inclined side guide 60 and the width side guide 70 may move in the front-rear direction with rotation or movement in the left-right direction.

  In the first embodiment described above, the inclined side guide 60 is formed by making the rotation holes 54 and 58 of the side frame 50 round and the interlocking holes 76 and 79 of the width side guide 70 long. The case has been described in which the front end is not substantially moved in the front-rear direction regardless of the inclination angle. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the rotation holes 54 and 58 of the side frame 50 may be long holes, and the interlocking holes 76 and 79 of the width side guide 70 may be round holes. In this case, since the rear end thereof is not substantially moved in the front-rear direction regardless of the inclination angle of the inclined side guide 60, the front-rear gap between the inclined side guide 60 and the width side guide 70 can be kept substantially constant.

  Further, instead of the interlocking holes 76 and 79, for example, linear grooves along the front-rear direction are formed in the lower support part 72 and the upper support part 73 of the width side guide 70, respectively, and the interlocking shaft 64 is formed along these grooves. May be moved in the front-rear direction. In short, it is only necessary to function as a bearing that allows movement in the front-rear direction and allows rotation while restricting movement of the interlocking shaft 64 in the left-right direction. Moreover, this groove | channel is not necessarily restricted to the linear form along the front-back direction, For example, it is good also as the curved form curved suitably.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the side frame 50 is provided with the rotation holes 54 and 58 that are round holes, the inclined side guide 60 is provided with the small columnar rotation shaft 63, and the combination of both is combined. The case where the center of rotation is used has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a rotation shaft may be erected on the side frame 50, a rotation hole may be formed in the inclined side guide 60, and a combination of both may be the rotation center. Further, the rotation center is not limited to the combination of the cylindrical shaft and the rotation hole, and various shapes may be combined. The same applies to the third embodiment.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the lower support portion 72 and the upper support portion 273 of the width side guide 70 are formed with interlocking holes 76 and 79 having long holes, respectively, and the inclined side guide 60 has a small cylindrical shape. The case where the interlocking shaft 64 is provided and the combination of both is used as the interlocking portion has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the lower support portion 72 and the upper support portion 273 of the width side guide 70 are each provided with a columnar interlocking shaft, and the inclined side guide 60 is provided with an interlocking hole formed of a long hole. It is good also as a interlocking | linkage part.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the positioning piece 78 of the width side guide 70 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction, and the positioning hole 56 of the side frame 50 has a rectangular hole shape that is long in the front-rear direction accordingly. Said about the case. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the positioning piece 78 of the width side guide 70 may have various shapes such as one or two or more columns or cones. In this case, it is only necessary that the positioning hole 56 of the side frame 50 is a hole having a shape corresponding thereto, and at least a part of each other is brought into contact with the side frame 50 so that movement in the left-right direction can be restricted. Alternatively, a protrusion protruding upward from the upper surface of the bottom 51 in the side frame 50 is provided, a hole corresponding to the protrusion is formed in the lower surface of the width side guide 70, and the protrusion is inserted into the hole to move in the left-right direction. May be regulated. In this case, for example, one protrusion on the side frame 50 side may be provided, and a plurality of holes on the side guide 70 side may be provided.

  For example, as in the second embodiment, a guide piece 174 (FIG. 11) may be provided on the lower surface of the width side guide 70 and a guide groove 156 may be provided in the side frame 50. In this case, the side guide 50 can be moved in the left-right direction without lifting the width side guide 70 upward. Further, for example, both the positioning piece 78 and the positioning hole 56 may be omitted. In this case, by tightening the fixing screw 90 in the fixing hole 55, the position of the width side guide 70 in the left-right direction can be determined and fixed. The same applies to the third embodiment.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the positioning piece 78 is provided on the lower surface of the lower support portion 72 in the width side guide 70 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the positioning piece 78 and the positioning hole 56 may be omitted, and the positioning piece may be provided on the lower surface of the plate-like portion 61 in the inclined side guide 60. In this case, a positioning hole in place of the positioning hole 56 may be formed in the bottom 51 of the side frame 50 in accordance with the position of the plate-like part 61 when the inclined side guide 60 is rotated. Alternatively, a protrusion protruding upward from the upper surface of the bottom 51 in the side frame 50 is provided, a hole corresponding to the protrusion is formed on the lower surface of the inclined side guide 60, and the rotation angle is adjusted by inserting the protrusion into the hole. It may be regulated. In this case, for example, one protrusion on the side frame 50 side may be provided, and a plurality of holes on the inclined side guide 60 side may be provided. Furthermore, in addition to the positioning pieces 78 and the positioning holes 56, these positioning pieces and positioning holes may be additionally provided. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the fixing hole 55 formed of a screw hole is formed in the bottom 51 of the side frame 50, the fixing hole 77 is formed in the lower support portion 72 of the width side guide 70, and the fixing screw 90. The case where both are fixed by tightening was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and both can be fixed using various fixing members.

  For example, an engaging portion 377 is provided on the lower support portion 372 of the right-width side guide 370R, as shown in a perspective view of FIG. 21 and a cross-sectional view of FIG. A plurality of engagement holes 355 may be provided in the bottom 351 of 350R. The engaging portion 377 is formed into a rear portion 377A, a curved portion 377B, and a front portion 377C by bending an elongated thin plate-like member into a substantially U shape when viewed from the left-right direction, and an elastic portion is formed in the curved portion 377B. It can be deformed. The upper end of the rear portion 377A is fixed to the lower surface of the lower support portion 372. The front portion 377C is formed with a claw-like portion 377D protruding forward in a lower portion of the front surface. Each engagement hole 355 has a rectangular hole shape, and an engaged portion 355A that protrudes rearward from the lower portion thereof is formed near the upper end of the front side.

  When the lower portion of the engaging portion 377 is inserted into the engaging hole 355, the claw-like portion 377D interferes with the engaged portion 355A and temporarily elastically deforms the bending portion 377B, and then FIG. As shown in (B), the curved portion 377B is returned to its original shape, and the claw-shaped portion 377D is positioned below the engaged portion 355A and engaged. Accordingly, the right side guide portion 333R can fix the right width side guide 370R to the right side frame 350R. Further, the engaging portion 377 can be disengaged by moving the claw-shaped portion 377D to the rear of the engaged portion 355A by pushing the front portion 377C backward and causing the curved portion 377B to elastically deform. . Accordingly, the right side guide portion 333R can be released by pulling the right width side guide 370R upward from the right side frame 350R, and the right width side guide 370R can be moved in the left-right direction.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the notch 75 of the engagement piece 74 provided in the width side guide 70 and the notch 83 of the engagement plate 82 provided in the side frame 50 are engaged with each other. The case where the position of the upper part of the width side guide 70 with respect to the side frame 50 is fixed has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various shape members provided on the width side guide 70 may be fixed by engaging various shape members provided on the side frame 50. Or you may fix both using other members, such as a screw. Furthermore, when only the fixing with the lower fixing screw 90 is sufficient, the engagement piece 74 and the engagement plate 82 may be omitted so that the upper side is not particularly fixed. The same applies to the third embodiment.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the fixing hole 77 is formed in the lower support portion 72 of the width side guide 70, and the fixing screw 90 is inserted into the fixing hole 77 and tightened to the fixing hole 55. The case where the width side guide 70 is fixed to the side frame 50 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the fixing hole 77 and the fixing hole 55 are omitted, or in addition to the fixing hole 77 and the fixing hole 55, the inclined side guide 60 has a fixing piece 165 as in the second embodiment. And fixing holes 166 (FIG. 11) are formed, screw holes arranged like the fixing holes 155 are formed in the bottom 51 of the side frame 50, and the inclined side guide 60 is fixed to the side frame 50 by tightening the fixing screws. Also good. The same applies to the third embodiment.

  Further, in the second embodiment described above, the spring 175 biases the width side guide 170 inward, that is, in the direction of pulling away from the rear side portion 153 of the side frame 150, and the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 are moved. The case has been described in which the inclined side guide 160 is brought into contact with the outer surface of the plate-like portion 61 to restrict the movement of the width side guide 170 to the inside, thereby interlocking the two. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of the spring 175, a coil spring having a short length in the left-right direction in the natural state is provided to urge the width side guide 170 outward, and the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 By abutting the inner side surface of the plate-like portion 61 in the inclined side guide 160 to restrict the movement of the width side guide 170 to the outside, the two may be interlocked. Further, various members that generate an urging force may be provided in place of the spring 175 formed of a coil spring. In short, the width side guide 170 as the urging side guide may be urged to the inner side or the outer side by various methods as long as the movement can be regulated by the inclined side guide 160 as the regulating side guide. .

  Alternatively, for example, a torsion spring may be provided between the inclined side guide 160 and the side frame 150 to bias the inclined side guide 160 so that the inclination angle of the inclined side guide 160 is decreased or increased. In this case, for example, a fixing plate 274 and a fixing hole 277 as in the third embodiment are provided in the width side guide 170 and a screw hole corresponding to the fixing plate 274 and the fixing hole 277 is provided in the bottom frame 151. Fix to the side frame 150. Furthermore, the width side guide 170 regulates the rotation of the inclined side guide 160 by bringing the lower interlocking plate 172 and the upper interlocking plate 173 into contact with the outer side surface or the inner side surface of the plate-like portion 61 in the inclined side guide 160. The inclined side guide 160 can be interlocked. In short, the inclined side guide 160 as the urging side guide may be urged to the inner side or the outer side by various methods, and if the rotation can be regulated by the width side guide 170 as the regulating side guide. good.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the position of the width side guide 70 and the inclination angle of the inclined side guide 60 are changed in three ways in the side guide portion 33 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the position and the inclination angle may be changed to two or four or more. In this case, the number of the fixing holes 55, the positioning holes 56, and the notches 75 may be changed. Moreover, about the space | interval of the left-right direction in each positioning hole 56 (56A, 56B, and 56C), it is not restricted to an equal interval, For example, it is set to the length of each long side in the multiple types of banknote which will be accommodated in storage space 30SC, for example. In addition, it may be determined so as to have unequal intervals. That is, this interval may be either an equal interval or an unequal interval. The same applies to the positions of the fixing hole 55 and the notch 75. Further, for example, the positioning piece 78 and the positioning hole 56 are omitted, and the fixing hole 77 is a long hole in the left-right direction so that the position and the inclination angle can be continuously changed without any steps. good. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the left and right common parts are used by configuring the inclined side guide 60 to be vertically symmetrical has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the left inclined side guide 60 </ b> L and the right inclined side guide 60 </ b> R may be different parts from each other by being asymmetrical in the vertical direction. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where all the plate-like portions 61 of the inclined side guide 60 are plate-like has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the plate-like portion 61 may be configured by a curved surface, and processing such as chamfering or rounding may be performed in the vicinity of a ridge or apex. The same applies to the plate-like portion 71 of the width side guide 70, and the same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the holes 51 such as the rotation holes 54 are formed in the bottom 51 of the side frame 50 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these holes may be formed in the bottom plate 30B (FIG. 3) of the housing 30, for example. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the stage arm 31B is provided from the substantially center in the front-rear direction on the left and right side surfaces of the main mounting portion 31A of the stage 31 to the left and right, and this stage arm 31B. The case where the inclined side guide 60 and the width side guide 70 are arranged so as to be sandwiched from the front and rear has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a stage arm may be provided outward from various side surfaces of the main placement portion 31A, for example, a stage arm may be provided forward on the front surface of the main placement portion 31A. good. In this case, as in the third embodiment, the inclined side guide 60 and the width side guide 70 may be arranged so as to approach or contact each other. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the side guide part 33 of the banknote storage 16 was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various banknotes such as the reject storage 17 and the forgetting storage 18 are stacked and stored therein, and the width of the storage space is changed according to the size of the stored banknotes. You may apply to the side guide part provided in a location. In this case, the discharge part 36 can omit the function of separating and feeding out stored banknotes. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the banknote storage 16 of the automatic teller machine 1 which trades the cash containing a banknote between users was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to various apparatuses that handle banknotes, such as banknote processing apparatuses (so-called teller machines) that are mainly used by employees of financial institutions at the counters of financial institutions. . Further, in various devices that handle paper-like media such as various securities, cash vouchers, admission tickets, postcards, etc., the size of the media to be stored is provided with a side guide portion in a storage for storing and storing the media. The present invention may be applied when the width of the storage space is changed according to the above.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention extends to embodiments in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, and embodiments in which some are extracted. It is.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the discharge part 36 as the discharge part, the stage 31 as the stage, the width side guide 70 as the width side guide, the inclined side guide 60 as the inclined side guide, The case where the banknote storage 16 as a medium storage device is configured by the interlocking shaft 64 and the interlocking holes 76 and 79 as the interlocking part has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium storage device may be configured by a discharge portion, a stage, a width side guide, an inclined side guide, and an interlocking portion having various other configurations.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 as the receiving unit, the discharge unit 36 as the discharge unit, the stage 31 as the stage, the width side guide 70 as the width side guide, and the inclination The case where the automatic teller machine 1 as the medium transaction apparatus is configured by the inclined side guide 60 as the side guide, the interlocking shaft 64 as the interlocking portion, and the interlocking holes 76 and 79 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium transaction apparatus may be configured by a receiving unit, a discharging unit, a stage, a width side guide, an inclined side guide, and an interlocking unit having various other configurations.

  The present invention can also be used in a banknote storage that accumulates and stores paper-like media such as banknotes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 101, 201 ... Automatic teller machine, 10, 110, 210 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, 11 ... Banknote control part, 12 ... Depositing / withdrawing part, 13 ... Conveying part, 16, 116, 216 ... ... bill storage, 30 ... housing, 30S ... internal space, 30SC ... storage space, 31, 231 ... stage, 31A ... main placement part, 31B, 231B ... stage arm, 32 ... stage Moving part, 33, 133, 233... Side guide part, 33L, 133L, 233L... Left side guide part, 33R, 133R, 233R .. Right side guide part, 36... Release part, 50, 150, 250. ... side frame, 50L, 150L, 250L ... left side frame, 50R, 150R, 250R ... right side frame, 51, 151, 251 ... bottom, 52, 152 ... front side , 53, 153... Rear side, 54, 58... Rotating hole, 55, 155, 255... Fixed hole, 56, 256... Positioning hole, 57. Inclined side guide, 60L, 160L ... Left inclined side guide, 60R, 160R ... Right inclined side guide, 61 ... Plate-shaped portion, 62 ... Local inclined portion, 63 ... Rotating shaft, 64 ... Interlocking shaft , 70, 170, 270... Wide side guide, 70L, 170L, 270L... Left width side guide, 70R, 170R, 270R... Right width side guide, 71. Part, 73, 273 ... upper support part, 74 ... engagement piece, 75, 75A, 75B, 75C ... notch part, 76, 79, 276, 279 ... interlocking hole, 77, 277 ... fixing hole, 78, 278 ... Positioning piece, 90 ... Fixing screw, 156 ... Guide groove, 165 ... Fixing piece, 166 ... Fixing hole, 172 ... Lower interlocking plate, 173 ... Upper interlocking plate, 174 ... Guide piece, 175 ... Spring, 252 ... Side part, 274 ... Fixing plate.

Claims (12)

A discharge portion for discharging the medium into a storage space for collecting and storing the paper-like medium;
A stage that is movable along a stacking direction in which the medium is stacked in the storage space, and on which the medium discharged from the discharge unit is placed;
In the storage space, the outermost part of the storage space can be defined with respect to the width direction intersecting with the discharge direction, which is the direction in which the medium is discharged from the discharge portion, and the position in the width direction can be changed. A width side guide,
An inclined side guide that is located between the discharge part and the width side guide, guides the medium in the width direction, and can change an inclination angle with respect to the discharge direction;
A medium storage device comprising: an interlocking unit capable of adjusting a position of the width side guide in the width direction and an inclination angle of the inclined side guide with respect to the discharge direction. The inclined side guide is rotated about a rotation axis along the accumulation direction with a fixed position with respect to the discharge part,
The said interlocking | linkage part interlock | cooperates the said width side guide and the said inclination side guide, changing the space | interval of the said width side guide and the said inclination side guide regarding the said discharge | release direction. Medium storage device. The interlocking unit is
An interlocking shaft formed in any one of the width side guide and the inclined side guide and along the accumulation direction;
An interlocking bearing that is formed on the other of the width side guide and the inclined side guide, restricts movement of the interlocking shaft in the width direction, and allows movement and rotation in the discharge direction. The medium storage device according to claim 2, wherein: The inclined side guide rotates around a rotation axis whose position with respect to the discharge portion is fixed,
2. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking unit interlocks the width side guide and the inclined side guide while changing an interval between the discharge unit and the width side guide with respect to the discharge direction. Storage device. The inclined side guide rotates about a rotation axis whose position with respect to the width side guide is fixed,
The medium storage according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking unit interlocks the width side guide and the inclined side guide while changing a distance between the discharge unit and the inclined side guide with respect to the discharge direction. apparatus. The interlocking unit is
A biasing portion that applies a force toward the inside or the outside of the storage space with respect to the biasing side guide that is one of the width side guide and the inclined side guide;
By fixing the position or inclination angle of the restriction side guide which is the other of the width side guide and the inclination side guide, the movement or rotation of the urging side guide by the urging portion is restricted and the inclination angle or The medium storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: a fixing unit that fixes the position. The medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the width side guide changes the position in the width direction stepwise. A frame with a fixed position relative to the discharge part;
One or more positioning portions provided in the width side guide;
1 or 2 or more to-be-positioned parts which are provided in the said frame and which restrict | limit the movement to the said width direction of the said width | variety side guide by making the said positioning part and at least one part contact | abut. The medium storage device according to claim 7. The medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the inclined side guide changes an inclination angle with respect to the discharge direction in a stepwise manner. A frame with a fixed position relative to the discharge part;
One or more positioning portions provided on the inclined side guide;
The apparatus further comprises one or more positioned parts that are provided on the frame and regulate the inclination angle of the inclined side guide by bringing the positioning part into contact with at least a part of each other. 10. The medium storage device according to 9. A stage driving unit that is provided on the opposite side of the storage space with respect to the width side guide and the inclined side guide, and moves the stage along the stacking direction;
A stage arm that is inserted between the inclined side guide and the width side guide and connects the stage in the storage space and the stage drive unit outside the storage space;
2. The medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking unit interlocks the inclined side guide and the width side guide with the stage arm interposed therebetween in a state where they are separated in the discharge direction. A receiving unit for receiving the medium from the user in a receiving transaction for receiving a paper-like medium from the user;
A discharge unit that discharges the medium to a storage space for collecting and storing the medium received by the receiving unit;
A stage that is movable along a stacking direction in which the medium is stacked in the storage space, and on which the medium discharged from the discharge unit is placed;
In the storage space, the outermost part of the storage space can be defined with respect to the width direction intersecting with the discharge direction, which is the direction in which the medium is discharged from the discharge portion, and the position in the width direction can be changed. A width side guide,
An inclined side guide that is located between the discharge part and the width side guide, guides the medium in the width direction, and can change an inclination angle with respect to the discharge direction;
A medium transaction apparatus comprising: an interlocking unit capable of adjusting a position of the width side guide in the width direction and an inclination angle of the inclined side guide with respect to the discharge direction.

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