JP2016122231A - Medium processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medium processing device for achieving quietness upon accumulating a medium into an accumulation space without losing visibility and operability in a delivery section accumulating the medium.SOLUTION: A medium processing device comprises: an accumulation section that accumulates a medium; a discharge section that discharges the medium to the accumulation section; and a medium delivery section that has a shutter opening/closing the accumulation section, and a medium stopper provided on an inner side of the shutter, and comes into contact with the medium discharged to the accumulation section to align the medium. The medium stopper has: a rotation shaft that is rotatably pivoted with respect to the shutter; an urging member that urges toward the discharge section; and an elastic member that is in contact with an urging direction limiter provided on a shutter side to regulate a position with respect to an urging direction due to the urging member, in which the elastic member is shaped to expand to a position in contact with a push-in direction limiter that is provided on the shutter side to regulate rotating of the medium stopper with respect to the shutter.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus.

Conventionally, with regard to media collection devices, for example, a cash processing device (TCR: Teller Cash Recycler) installed in a counter of a financial institution (consumer finance, bank, etc.) or ATM (Automated Teller)
Machine) has been proposed.

  In such a medium stacking apparatus, the banknote delivery port has a structure including a banknote stacking unit and a shutter for opening and closing the stacking unit. With such a structure, it is possible to take out and insert banknotes while allowing the operator to check the banknotes accumulated at the delivery port not only from the front side of the apparatus but also from the side face of the apparatus.

  For example, in Patent Document 1 below, regarding an external stacking unit of a banknote organizing device, a bill stopper is provided at an opening that connects the stacking space where bills are discharged and the outside, and the tip of the bills discharged into the stacking space is provided on this. A technique is disclosed in which the front end of a banknote is supported by a groove portion cut along the width direction, and the banknote is stacked in a stacking space.

JP 2014-49026 A

  However, when a medium such as banknotes is stacked on the stacking unit of the delivery port, the medium discharged from the stacking roller contacts the shutter and is stacked in the stacking space. Since the shutter is shaped so as to cover the accumulation portion, when a medium collides with the shutter, a collision sound reverberates throughout the accumulation space, which causes a problem from the viewpoint of silence.

  Further, in Patent Document 1, a structure in which a movable bill stopper for absorbing an impact when a medium collides is provided on the inner side of the shutter, but in this case, between the bill stopper and the shutter is proposed. Will cause a collision sound.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to perform the medium accumulation in the accumulation space without impairing the visibility and operability in the delivery unit for collecting the medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved medium processing apparatus capable of realizing the quietness.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, a stacking unit that stacks media, a discharge unit that discharges the medium to the stacking unit, a shutter that opens and closes the stacking unit, A medium delivery portion provided on the inside and having a medium stopper that contacts the medium discharged to the stacking portion and aligns the medium, and the medium stopper is rotatable with respect to the shutter And a biasing direction limiter provided on the shutter side for regulating the position with respect to the biasing direction by the biasing member. A first elastic member is provided at a position in contact with the claw portion in the bias direction limiter, and one of the shutter and the medium stopper is provided with the first elastic member. The medium for the shutter Pushing direction limiter for restricting the rotation of the stopper is provided, on the other hand, the second elastic member is provided at a position in contact with the push direction limiter, medium processing apparatus is provided.

  The pushing direction limiter may be provided on the shutter, and the second elastic member may be provided on the medium stopper.

  The pushing direction limiter may be provided on the medium stopper, and the second elastic member may be provided on the shutter.

  The first elastic member is disposed so as to come into contact with the claw portion of the medium stopper before the urging direction limiter when the medium stopper is urged in the direction of the discharge portion. May be.

  In order to solve the above problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, a stacking unit that stacks media, a discharge unit that discharges the medium to the stacking unit, a shutter that opens and closes the stacking unit, A medium delivery unit provided inside the shutter and having a medium stopper that contacts the medium discharged to the stacking unit and aligns the medium; and the medium stopper is disposed on the shutter. A rotating shaft that is pivotally supported, an urging member that urges in the direction of the discharge portion, and an attachment provided on the shutter side that regulates a position with respect to the urging direction by the urging member. An elastic member in contact with the urging direction limiter, and the elastic member is extended to a position in contact with a pushing direction limiter provided on the shutter side that restricts rotation of the medium stopper with respect to the shutter. Having Body treatment apparatus is provided.

  The medium stopper further includes a claw portion that contacts a biasing direction limiter on the shutter side that regulates a position with respect to a biasing direction by the biasing member, and the elastic member includes the biasing direction limiter. The protrusion may contact the biasing direction limiter before the claw when the medium stopper biases in the direction of the discharge portion.

  The shutter may be formed of a transmissive member.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize the quietness when the medium is accumulated in the accumulation space without impairing the visibility and the operability in the delivery unit for accumulating the medium.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance structure of the banknote processing apparatus which is embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus by this embodiment. It is a left view of the banknote delivery part by a comparative example. It is a perspective view of the banknote delivery part by another comparative example. It is an approximate line figure at the time of seeing the bill delivery part by a 1st embodiment from the left side. It is a perspective view of the shutter by a 1st embodiment. It is a basic diagram of the left side surface of the shutter by 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining rotation to the pushing direction of a bill stopper when a bill collides with the bill stopper shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the shutter by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram of the left side surface of the shutter by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram of the left side surface of the shutter by 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the banknote processing apparatus by 4th Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

The present invention may be implemented in various forms as will be described in detail herein below. Moreover, the medium processing apparatus (banknote processing apparatus 1) by this embodiment is the following.
A. An accumulation unit (frame 21) for accumulating media;
B. A discharge section (24) for discharging the medium to the stacking section;
C. Shutters (30-2, 30-3) for opening and closing the stacking unit;
D. A medium delivery part (bill delivery part 10) provided on the inner side of the shutter and having a medium stopper (bill stopper 33) for aligning the medium in contact with the medium discharged to the stacking part. ,
The medium stopper is
E. A rotating shaft (31) pivotally supported with respect to the shutter;
F. A biasing member (compression spring 34) for biasing in the direction of the discharge portion;
G. A claw portion (36) in contact with an urging direction limiter (38) provided on the shutter side that regulates a position with respect to the urging direction by the urging member,
H. The biasing direction limiter is provided with a first elastic member (rubber sheet 44) at a position in contact with the claw portion,
I. One of the shutter and the medium stopper is provided with a pushing direction limiter (39, 47) for restricting the rotation of the medium stopper with respect to the shutter, and the other is in a position in contact with the pushing direction limiter. Second elastic members (rubber stoppers 43 and 45) are provided.

Moreover, the medium processing apparatus (banknote processing apparatus 1) by this embodiment is the following.
a. An accumulation unit (frame 21) for accumulating media;
b. A discharge section (24) for discharging the medium to the stacking section;
c. A shutter (30-1) for opening and closing the stacking unit;
d. A medium delivery part (bill delivery part 10) provided on the inner side of the shutter and having a medium stopper (bill stopper 33) for aligning the medium in contact with the medium discharged to the stacking part. ,
The medium stopper is
e. A rotating shaft (31) pivotally supported with respect to the shutter;
f. A biasing member (compression spring 34) for biasing in the direction of the discharge portion;
g. An elastic member (rubber stopper 35) that contacts an urging direction limiter (38) provided on the shutter side that regulates the position with respect to the urging direction by the urging member;
h. The elastic member may have a shape that extends to a position in contact with a pushing direction limiter (39) provided on the shutter side that restricts rotation of the medium stopper with respect to the shutter.

<1. Overview of banknote processing apparatus according to this embodiment>
[1-1. Appearance configuration of banknote processing apparatus]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 1 that is an embodiment of the present invention. The banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment may be an operation-type terminal that executes transactions such as cash deposits and withdrawals based on operations by an operator such as a reception desk member of a financial institution. Further, for example, the banknote handling apparatus 1 is installed in a financial institution or the like. Below, the case where the banknote processing apparatus 1 is a cash cash dispenser (TCR: Teller Cash Recycler) is mainly assumed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling apparatus 1 is provided with a depositing unit 3, a dispensing unit 4, a display unit 5, and an operation unit 6 on the upper surface of a housing 2 formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. . The depositing unit 3 is an insertion slot into which bills are inserted by an operator. The depositing unit 3 is provided with a shutter that opens and closes the opening. Further, the depositing unit 3 may have a separation function of separating banknotes inserted in a bundle one by one and feeding them to the transport unit 15. The depositing unit 3 may be movable so that it can tilt toward the transport unit 15 or tilt toward the take-out port by the operator.

  The dispensing unit 4 is a discharge port that discharges banknotes received by the operator. The dispensing unit 4 is provided with a shutter that opens and closes the opening. The dispensing unit 4 has a stacking function for stacking banknotes delivered to the operator. The dispensing unit 4 may be movable so as to be inclined toward the transport unit 15 or inclined toward the take-out port by the operator. Further, a plurality of dispensing units 4 may be arranged.

  The display unit 5 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays a menu screen, a result screen of various processes, and the like. The operation unit 6 includes buttons, for example, and accepts operations on the banknote processing apparatus 1. In addition, in the banknote processing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, although the display part 5 and the operation part 6 are provided separately, the display part 5 and the operation part are utilized, for example using a liquid crystal display with a touch sensor (so-called touch panel). 6 may be provided integrally.

  The control unit 7 is configured around 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 process, a withdrawal process, and the like. Various processes are performed. The control unit 7 includes 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.

  The banknote handling apparatus 1 is connected to a terminal or host computer of a financial institution via a network from a communication processing unit (not shown), and transmits / receives various information to / from the terminal or host computer, and is operated from the terminal side. It is also possible.

  In this embodiment, the front side that can correctly read the display content of the display unit 5 in the banknote handling apparatus 1 is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, and the left and right when viewed from the front side are the left side and the right side, respectively. Further, an upper side and a lower side will be defined and described.

  Moreover, as shown in the schematic plan view of FIG. 12, the banknote handling apparatus 1 is such that when the operator OP sits on a chair facing the customer CS across the counter CT at a counter of a financial institution or the like, It is installed adjacent to the right or left side of the operator. Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus 1 becomes the height equivalent to the waist | hip | lumbar when the operator OP sits on a chair, for example, and the payment | withdrawal part 4 is provided in the part applied to the side surface from the upper surface or the upper surface. For this reason, when the shutter is opened, the dispensing unit 4 of the banknote handling apparatus 1 is looked down from the right and left diagonally by the operator OP sitting in the chair so that the inside of the accumulation space Will be visually recognized.

[1-2. Internal configuration of banknote processing apparatus]
Next, the internal configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, in the housing | casing 2 of the banknote processing apparatus 1, in addition to the control part 7 mentioned above, the discrimination part 11, the temporary storage part 12, banknote cassettes 13A-13D, the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 14, and the conveyance part 15 Is provided.

  The depositing unit 3 and the dispensing unit 4 are arranged in the front-rear direction so that the depositing unit 3 is on the rear side and the dispensing unit 4 is on the front side of the upper portion in the upper part of the housing 2. Is provided. The withdrawal unit 4 includes a banknote delivery unit 10 for delivering banknotes with an operator. The banknote delivery unit 10 is formed so as to accumulate banknotes sent from the inside of the apparatus and allow an operator to take them out.

  The discrimination unit 11 is arranged at the lower rear side of the depositing unit 3, and the denomination, authenticity, correctness (dirt, damage, outer shape abnormality, etc.) of the banknote conveyed by the transport unit 15, traveling state (skew) Whether the banknote is a normal banknote that can be handled or a reject banknote that cannot be handled is discriminated on the basis of, for example, bills or running errors such as heavy running, and the discrimination result is sent to the control unit 7. Further, the reject banknote may include a 2000 yen bill and a 5000 yen bill that are not handled as a withdrawal banknote, or may include a foreign banknote.

  The temporary storage unit 12 is disposed on the lower front side of the dispensing unit 4, temporarily holds the banknotes transported by the transport unit 15, and transports the banknotes held one by one to the transport unit 15. To send. Note that the storage format of the temporary storage unit 12 may be an accumulation type in which banknotes are sequentially stacked and accumulated, or may be a drum type in which banknotes are sequentially wound and stored.

  In the lower part of the housing 2, a reject box 14 is disposed on the foremost side, and banknote cassettes 13A, 13B, 13C, and 13D are sequentially arranged on the rear side from the front to the rear. The banknote cassettes 13 </ b> A to 13 </ b> D are stored in a state in which banknotes are accumulated therein, and a denomination is assigned to each. For example, the bill cassettes 13A and 13C may store 10,000 yen bills, and the bill cassettes 13B and 13D may store thousand yen bills. The banknote cassettes 13 </ b> A to 13 </ b> D may be configured to be detachable from the banknote handling apparatus 1. The banknote cassettes 13 </ b> A to 13 </ b> D stack the banknotes (normal banknotes) transported from the transport unit 15 in the vertical direction and store them inside, and feed out the stored banknotes one by one to the transport unit 15. It has a separation function to deliver.

  The reject box 14 has a storage function for storing reject banknotes transported from the transport unit 15 inside. For example, the reject box 14 has a function of storing banknotes (reject banknotes) recognized as abnormal by the discrimination unit 11. In addition to the reject banknote, the reject bank 14 is a multipurpose banknote cassette (safe deposit box) that can store various banknotes such as normal banknotes, foreign banknotes, counterfeits, and the like. It may be. Moreover, the rejection store | warehouse | chamber 14 may be a structure which can be attached or detached with respect to the banknote processing apparatus 1. FIG.

  The transport unit 15 includes various rollers and belts arranged along a transport path W that connects the respective units in the housing 2, gears, motors, and the like for driving them. In FIG. 2, only a part of the components constituting the transport unit 15 is schematically shown. For transporting banknotes, a mechanism may be used in which banknotes are sandwiched and sent between a plurality of rollers that face and abut against each other. The conveyance unit 15 can be driven by a drive motor (not shown). The drive motor (not shown) is configured by, for example, a DC servo motor or a pulse motor, and drives the transport unit 15 when the motor rotates. Further, the transport unit 15 arranges a transport path switching mechanism (blade) (not shown) at the branch point of the transport path W, and switches the banknote transport destination by the transport path switching mechanism based on the control of the control unit 7.

  With the configuration described above, when the deposit processing is performed, the bill processing apparatus 1 first causes the operator to insert bills into the bill delivery unit 10 of the deposit unit 3, separates them one by one, and sequentially transfers them to the transport unit 15. Send it out. The transport unit 15 sequentially transports the banknotes to the discrimination unit 11 along the transport path W.

  The discrimination unit 11 discriminates the banknotes one by one and sends out the discrimination result to the control unit 7. At this time, the control part 7 determines the conveyance destination of each banknote based on whether it is a discrimination result acquired from the discrimination part 11, ie, a normal banknote or a reject banknote.

  A normal banknote is conveyed by the conveyance part 15 to the temporary storage part 12, and after temporarily hold | maintained, it is conveyed again to the discrimination part 11, a money type is discriminate | determined, and it is to banknote cassette 13A-13D according to the money type. It is transported and stored. Further, the reject banknote is transported to the reject storage 14 by the transport unit 15 and stored therein.

  The banknote handling apparatus 1 accepts a withdrawal amount instruction from a terminal (not shown) or the like when a withdrawal process is performed, and the denomination and number of sheets according to the withdrawal amount from the banknote cassettes 13A to 13D based on the control of the control unit 7. Are sequentially fed out to the transport unit 15.

  The transport unit 15 discriminates the denominations and correctness of the fed banknotes by the discrimination unit 11 and then sequentially transfers them to the banknote delivery unit 10 of the withdrawal unit 4. The banknote delivery unit 10 of the withdrawal unit 4 accumulates banknotes delivered from the transport unit 15 and causes the operator to take them out.

  In this way, the banknote handling apparatus 1 collects banknotes in the banknote delivery section 10 constituting the withdrawal section 4 and delivers them to the operator in the withdrawal process. The present invention relates to the banknote handling apparatus 1, and particularly relates to the banknote delivery unit 10 of the withdrawal unit 4. Here, the subject of the conventional banknote delivery part is described.

(Problem of the present invention)
Conventionally, when a medium such as banknotes is stacked on the stacking portion of the delivery port, the medium discharged from the stacking roller contacts the shutter and is stacked in the stacking space. Since the shutter is shaped so as to cover the accumulation portion, when a medium collides with the shutter, a collision sound reverberates throughout the accumulation space, which causes a problem from the viewpoint of silence.

  On the other hand, there can be considered a method of reducing a collision sound by providing a cushioning material such as a cushion at a location where the medium collides, so that the collision sound does not affect the entire integrated space. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram when the banknote delivery unit 100 according to the comparative example is viewed from the left side. In FIG. 3, directions inclined by an angle θ clockwise from the front direction and the rear direction when viewed from the left side are respectively referred to as a front direction and a rear direction, and are respectively clockwise from the upper direction and the lower direction. The directions inclined by θ are referred to as an upward tilt direction and a downward tilt direction, respectively. Further, the upward direction and the downward direction of inclination are shown as the upward direction and downward direction of the drawing, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the bill delivery unit 100 is formed from a frame 61 (stacking unit) having a stacking space SC, a shutter 62 that covers the stacking space SC, and a discharge unit 68 that discharges the bills BL to the stacking space SC. The

  In the accumulation space SC, a plate-like stage 65 is provided so that the plate surface faces the front-back direction. The stage 65 is formed in a plate shape that is thin in the front-rear direction and long in the left-right direction. Although not shown in FIG. 3, a wide range extending from the center on the shutter side to the vicinity of both ends on the left and right sides is largely cut into a trapezoid. It is missing. Further, support portions 66 are attached to the left and right ends of the stage 65 (front and rear in the drawing), respectively. A shaft hole is provided in the support portion 66, and elongate sliding shafts 67 respectively provided at the left and right ends of the stage 65 are inserted through the shaft hole of the support portion 26 along the longitudinal direction of the frame 61. Yes. The support portion 66 is supported by a spring (not shown). Therefore, when the bill BL is placed, the stage 65 responds to the weight of the bill BL while sliding the support portions 66 on the slide shafts 67. And move along the front-back direction.

  In addition, on the lower rear side of the frame 61, a conveyance path 61 </ b> H formed of a slit-like long hole that is elongated to the left and right is formed so as to penetrate in the inclined vertical direction. And the discharge | release part 68 which discharge | releases the said banknote BL in the accumulation | storage space SC while conveying the banknote BL along the said conveyance path 61H in the front side of the conveyance path 61H in the rear lower part of the flame | frame 61, and the inclination back side. Is provided. The discharge unit 68 serving as a transfer unit includes a drive shaft 71, a feed roller 72 and an impeller 73 disposed on the front side of the conveyance path 61H, and an idle shaft 74 and a driven roller 75 disposed on the rear side of the conveyance path 61H. Further, the conveyance path 61H is sandwiched between the front and rear directions by the spring 76 and the spring 76. With this configuration, the discharge unit 68 feeds the bill BL in the upward or downward direction by sandwiching the bill BL between the feed roller 72 and the driven roller 75 and rotationally driving the driven roller 75. it can.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the shutter 62 is attached to the frame 61 via the rotation shaft 63 at both left and right ends on the rear side surface. The rotation shaft 63 receives a driving force from an actuator (not shown), and opens in the counterclockwise direction when the shutter 62 is viewed from the left with respect to the frame 61 with the axis along the left-right direction as the rotation center. It is rotated in the closing direction R2 that is opposite to R1. The range in which the shutter 62 can be rotated is restricted by the frame 61 within a predetermined rotation range. A spring 64 that biases the shutter 62 in the closing direction R <b> 2 with respect to the frame 61 is provided in the vicinity of the rotation shaft 63. The spring 64 is a so-called torsion spring, and is designed to have a relatively weak biasing force that allows the operator to rotate the shutter 62 in the opening direction R1 against the biasing force by the fingertip. ing.

  With this configuration, when the banknote delivery unit 100 rotates the shutter 62 in the closing direction R <b> 2 by the rotation shaft 63, the shutter 62 is positioned on the upper side of the frame 61 and accumulated as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 3. The space SC is closed. Such a state of the shutter 62 is referred to as a closed state. In addition, when the banknote delivery unit 100 rotates the shutter 62 in the opening direction R1 by the rotation shaft 63, the front side of the shutter 62 is largely separated from the frame 61 as shown by a solid line in FIG. It becomes the state which opened the inclination upper side of SC. Such a state of the shutter 62 is referred to as an open state.

  As described above, when the banknotes BL are stacked on the banknote delivery unit 100, the banknotes BL released from the discharge unit 68 along the transport path 61H into the stacking space SC are blocked by the shutter 62 (dotted line in FIG. 3). And is accumulated on the stage 65 in the accumulation space SC. In this case, the impact sound reverberated throughout the integrated space, and a problem occurred from the viewpoint of quietness. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, there can be considered a method in which a shock absorbing sound 103 such as a cushion is provided at a location where the medium collides in the shutter 62 to reduce the collision sound so that the collision sound does not affect the entire integrated space.

  However, when the cushioning material 103 is provided at the location where the medium collides, the length L1 from the discharge portion 68 to the cushioning material 103 is fixed, so that the media with different short sizes of the stacked bills BL are collected. It was difficult. In general, when the medium is collided with the fixed part during the accumulation, the dispersion of the accumulated medium becomes large and the accumulation quality is deteriorated.

  In consideration of the integration quality, it is conceivable to provide a movable bill stopper 106 inside the shutter 62 as shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the banknote receiving unit 110 according to another comparative example. The basic configuration of the banknote receiving unit 110 is the same as the configuration described with reference to FIG. In the present comparative example, the difference from the comparative example shown in FIG. 3 is that a movable bill stopper 106 is provided instead of the cushioning material 103 inside the shutter 62 of the banknote receiving unit 110.

  The bill stopper 106 has a spring inside, and the spring biases the bill stopper 106 in the direction of the accumulation space SC. When the bill BL collides with the bill stopper 106 when the bills BL are accumulated, the bill stopper 106 moves to the shutter 62 side by contracting the spring of the bill stopper 106, thereby absorbing the impact of the collision of the bill BL, and the bill is bound strongly. It is possible to prevent the banknote from being damaged and the banknote from being damaged.

  In view of sufficient visibility when the shutter 62 is opened, and accessibility (operability) to the medium, the bill stopper 106 needs to be mounted on the shutter 62 side. A collision sound is generated between the stopper 106 and the shutter 62, and this also becomes a factor that hinders quietness.

  As described above, in the configuration according to the comparative example, it is possible to perform high-quality stacking in consideration of the quietness during stacking, the short size of the stacked banknotes, and the like while ensuring good visibility and operability of the banknote delivery unit. could not.

  Then, it came to create the banknote processing apparatus 1 by embodiment of this invention focusing on the said situation. The banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can achieve quietness when the medium is accumulated in the accumulation space without impairing the visibility and operability in the delivery unit for accumulating the medium. Hereinafter, such an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

<2. First Embodiment>
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram when the banknote delivery unit 10 according to the first embodiment is viewed from the left side. As shown in FIG. 5, the banknote delivery part 10 by this embodiment discharge | releases banknote BL to the flame | frame 21 (stacking part) which has accumulation space SC, the shutter 30-1 which covers accumulation space SC, and accumulation space SC. It is formed from the discharge part 24.

  A plate-like stage 25 is provided in the accumulation space SC so that the plate surface is inclined in the vertical direction. The stage 25 is formed in a plate shape that is thin in the vertical direction and long in the front-rear direction. The stage 25 is supported by a stage spring 26, and when the bill BL is placed on the stage 25, the stage 25 moves in a slanting vertical direction (in the direction of arrow a in the figure) according to the weight of the bill BL by a method not shown.

  Further, on the upper side after the inclination of the frame 21, a conveyance path 21 </ b> H made of a long slit-like long hole is formed so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction of the inclination. And the discharge | release part 24 which discharge | releases the said banknote BL into the accumulation | storage space SC while conveying the banknote BL along the said conveyance path 21H in the inclination upper side and inclination lower side of the conveyance path 21H in the rear upper part of the flame | frame 21 is carried out. Is provided. The discharge unit 24 as a transfer unit includes a feed roller 22 (which may have an impeller) disposed on the lower side of the conveyance path 21H, and a driven roller 23 disposed on the upper side of the conveyance path 21H. Thus, the conveying path 21H is configured to be sandwiched from the inclined vertical direction. With this configuration, the discharge unit 24 can feed the bill BL forward or backward after the bill BL is sandwiched between the feed roller 22 and the driven roller 23 and the driven roller 23 is rotationally driven. it can.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the shutter 30-1 is attached to the frame 21 at both the left and right ends via rotating shafts 31. The rotation shaft 31 is counterclockwise when the shutter 30-1 is viewed from the left side with respect to the frame 21 with the axis along the left-right direction as the rotation center when the driving force from the actuator (not shown) is transmitted. It is rotated in the opening direction R1 or the closing direction R2 which is the opposite.

  With this configuration, when the banknote delivery unit 10 rotates the shutter 30-1 in the closing direction R2 by the rotation shaft 31, the accumulation space SC is closed (closed state) as shown in FIG. Further, when the shutter 30-1 is rotated in the opening direction R1 by the rotation shaft 31, the banknote delivery unit 10 is not illustrated, but the front side of the shutter 30-1 is largely separated from the frame 21 and accumulated. The state before the inclination of the space SC and the upper side are opened (open state).

  Moreover, the cross section which is orthogonal to the discharge | release direction from which the banknote BL is discharge | released from the discharge | release part 24, and extends in the width direction (left-right direction) of the banknote BL in the accumulation space SC side of shutter 30-1 by this embodiment, ie, an inner side. A bill stopper 33 is provided in which a plurality of V-shaped grooves are arranged in a slanted vertical direction and engraved in a sawtooth shape. As a result, when the bill BL is discharged into the stacking space SC and the leading end collides with the bill stopper 33, the leading end is prevented from sagging downward by entering the groove portion. At this time, the bill stopper 33 is rotated in the direction of the arrow b1 (the shutter side direction) in the drawing with the rotation fulcrum 40 as an axis by the collision force of the bill BL. The bill stopper 33 is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the shutter 30-1 with the rotation fulcrum 40 as an axis. Further, the bill stopper 33 is urged in the direction of arrow b2 (the direction of the discharge portion 24) in the figure by a compression spring 34 which is an example of an urging member. Furthermore, the bill stopper 33 is formed of, for example, a resin component.

  Further, the bill stopper 33 according to the present embodiment has a collision with the shutter 30-1 side when the bill BL is rotated in the direction of the arrow b1 by the collision force of the bill BL, and then the compression spring 34 is biased in the direction of the arrow b2. A rubber stopper 35, which is an example of an elastic member, is provided for preventing each collision sound from colliding with the limiter on the shutter side at the time of rotation from reverberating inside the banknote delivery unit 10.

  In the present embodiment, the rubber stopper 35 provided in the bill stopper 33 achieves quietness at the time of stacking banknotes without impairing the visibility and operability in the banknote delivery unit 10 that stacks banknotes. Hereinafter, the details of the bill stopper 33 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the shutter 30-1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the left side surface of the shutter 30-1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, for example, two bill stoppers 33 are provided inside the shutter 30-1. Each bill stopper 33 is rotatable in the directions of arrows b1 and b2 with the rotation fulcrum 40 as an axis. Further, the rotation fulcrum portion 40 is movable in the direction of arrow d in the figure along the sliding groove 42. Thereby, the length from the discharge | release part 24 to the bill stopper 33 can be adjusted by moving the rotation fulcrum part 40 of the bill stopper 33 along the sliding groove 42 according to banknote size, Different banknotes can be stacked.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the bill stopper 33 is urged by the compression spring 34 in the direction of the discharge portion 24 (the direction of the arrow b2 in the figure). In contrast, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the position of the bill stopper 33 in the urging direction of the shutter 30-1 is such that the bill stopper 33 does not come off the shutter 30-1 due to the urging of the compression spring 34. Is provided.

  Further, when the bill stopper 33 is pushed into the shutter 30-1 in the direction of the shutter 30-1 (the direction of the arrow b1 in the figure) due to the collision of the bills BL and rotated, the position of the bill stopper 33 in the pushing direction is set. In order to regulate, a limiter 39 is provided as shown in FIG.

  A rubber stopper 35 is provided inside the bill stopper 33. The rubber stopper 35 only needs to be formed of an elastic member.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the rubber stopper 35 has a contact portion 35 </ b> A that contacts the limiter 39 of the shutter 30-1 when the bill stopper 33 rotates in the pushing direction around the rotation fulcrum 40. FIG. 8 is a view for explaining the rotation of the bill stopper 33 in the pushing direction when the bill BL collides with the bill stopper 33 shown in FIG. As described above with reference to FIG. 5, at the time of banknote accumulation, the banknote BL released into the accumulation space SC collides with the bill stopper 33 urged to the banknote standby position by the compression spring 34. As shown in FIG. 8, the bill stopper 33 that has received the momentum from the bills BL rotates around the rotation fulcrum 40 and moves until the contact portion 35 </ b> A of the rubber stopper 35 hits the limiter 39. At this time, a collision occurs between the abutting portion 35A of the rubber stopper 35 and the limiter 39 provided on the shutter side. However, since the rubber stopper 35 is formed of an elastic member, vibration due to the collision is not received by the banknote. It is difficult to reach the entire Watanabe 10.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the rubber stopper 35 is a protrusion that is caught by the limiter 38 of the shutter 30-1 when the bill stopper 33 is rotated in the urging direction (direction of arrow b2 in the figure) by the compression spring 34. Part 35B. That is, after colliding with the limiter 39 in FIG. 8, the bill stopper 33 is again urged by the compression spring 34 and returns to the bill waiting position as shown in FIG. At this time, the protruding portion 35B of the rubber stopper 35 provided on the bill stopper 33 comes into contact with the limiter 38 before the claw portion 36 of the bill stopper 33, so that the bill stopper 33 is stopped and the bill waiting position is set. Although a collision occurs between the protruding portion 35B of the rubber stopper 35 and the limiter 38 provided on the shutter side, the rubber stopper 35 is formed of an elastic member as described above, and therefore vibration due to the collision is not received by the banknote. It is difficult to reach the entire Watanabe 10.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when the bill stopper 33 is rotated in the pushing direction, it collides with the limiter 39 on the pushing direction side and is turned in the biasing direction. By using the rubber stopper 35 that buffers the vibration in the collision with the limiter 38 on the urging direction side, it is possible to reduce the vibration from being transmitted to the entire banknote delivery unit 10 and to keep quietness. In addition, since the collision buffer with each limiter is realized with one component, it is possible to reduce the labor of the assembly process and the number of components.

  Furthermore, by mounting the bill stopper 33 on the shutter 30-1, the medium visibility when the shutter is opened and the accessibility to the medium (that is, operability) can be ensured.

  Further, since the bill stopper 33 can be rotated about the rotation fulcrum 40 and moved along the sliding groove 42, the integration quality can be improved.

<3. Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the shutter 30-2 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the left side surface of the shutter 30-2 according to the second embodiment. 9 and 10, the same reference numerals are given to the same configurations as those of the shutter 30-1 according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the shutter 30-2 according to the second embodiment is provided with a rubber sheet 44 formed of an elastic member beside the limiter 38. The rubber sheet 44 is disposed so as to contact the claw portion 36 of the bill stopper 33 before the limiter 38. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the rubber sheet 44 provided in the limiter 38 is arranged so as to protrude slightly from the limiter 38 toward the pushing direction (arrow b1 direction in the figure). For this reason, when the bill stopper 33 is pushed in the pushing direction and is urged by the compression spring 34 in the urging direction (arrow b2 direction in the figure), the claw portion 36 of the bill stopper 33 is in front of the limiter 38. 44 and the bill stopper 33 comes to rest. At this time, a collision occurs between the claw portion 36 of the bill stopper 33 and the rubber sheet 44. However, since the rubber sheet 44 is formed of an elastic member, the vibration of the collision is difficult to be transmitted to the entire bill delivery unit 10. .

  On the other hand, when the bill stopper 33 is rotated in the pushing direction (in the direction of the arrow b1 in the figure) around the rotation fulcrum 40 due to the collision of the bill BL released into the accumulation space, the bill stopper 33 is on the shutter 30-2 side. It stops against the limiter 39 provided in Further, a rubber stopper 43 is provided at a location where the bill stopper 33 contacts the limiter 39. Therefore, even if a collision occurs between the rubber stopper 43 and the limiter 39, the rubber stopper 43 is formed of an elastic member, so that the vibration of the collision is difficult to be transmitted to the entire banknote delivery unit 10.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the collision with the limiters 38 and 39 when the bill stopper 33 is rotated in the urging direction or the pushing direction, respectively, causes the rubber sheet 44 that is an elastic body and By using the rubber stopper 43, it is possible to relax and keep quietness.

<4. Third Embodiment>
Subsequently, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the left side surface of the shutter 30-3 according to the third embodiment. In FIG. 11, components similar to those of the shutter 30-1 according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  The third embodiment is the same as the second embodiment in that a rubber sheet 44 is provided on the side of the limiter 38.

  On the other hand, when the bill stopper 33 rotates in the pushing direction (in the direction of the arrow b1 in the figure) around the rotation fulcrum 40 due to the collision of the bill BL released into the accumulation space, it is provided on the shutter 30-3 side. Further, the limiter 47 in the bill stopper 33 comes into contact with the rubber stopper 45 on the pushing side and comes to rest.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, unlike the first and second embodiments, the rubber stopper 45 and the rubber sheet 44 are provided on the shutter 30-3 side.

  Thereby, 3rd Embodiment can reduce the component of the bill stopper 33, obtaining the effect similar to 1st, 2nd. By not mounting a rubber stopper or the like on the bill stopper 33, the mass of the bill stopper 33, which is a peristaltic motion body, is reduced compared to the first and second embodiments. Here, for example, when the banknotes BL are continuously collected, the bill stopper 33 that performs a peristaltic movement by the collision of the preceding banknote needs to return to the banknote standby position before the next banknote enters. The time required to return to the bill standby position is determined by the mass of the bill stopper 33 that is a sliding body and the spring multiplier of the compression spring 34. That is, if the mass of the bill stopper 33 is small, the time required to return to the bill waiting position is shortened.

  Therefore, when the bill interval is shortened, such as increasing the number of bills accumulated per hour, it is effective to reduce the mass of the bill stopper 33 by the configuration of the present embodiment. In addition to the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments, this embodiment can cope with an increase in the number of bills processed per hour.

<5. Fourth Embodiment>
Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, the banknote processing apparatus 1 is also assumed to be shared by two operators. Here, if the banknote delivery part 10 of the banknote processing apparatus 1 is transparent, not only when the shutter of the withdrawal part 4 is opened, but also when the banknotes are accumulated in the banknote delivery part 10, Therefore, convenience is improved.

  Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the shutters 30-1 to 30-3 according to the first to third embodiments are made of a resin material having high light transmittance, and the operator can collect the integrated space SC even in a closed state. The situation inside can be visually recognized.

  As a result, the operator OP (for example, the operator on the left side in the figure) who issued the withdrawal instruction prepares to receive the banknote while visually checking the state of stacking, and takes out the banknote that has been smoothly dispensed after the shutter is opened. As a result, smooth service can be provided to the customer.

<5. Conclusion>
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to realize the quietness when the medium is accumulated in the accumulation space without impairing the visibility and operability in the delivery unit for accumulating the medium.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in each of the above embodiments, the means for urging the bill stopper 33 has been described as a compression spring. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a torsion spring or the like can be substituted, and the bill stopper 33 is similarly used for waiting for a bill. The position may be biased.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing apparatus 2 Housing | casing 3 Depositing part 4 Withdrawal part 5 Display part 6 Operation part 7 Control part 11 Discrimination part 12 Temporary holding | maintenance part 13A-13D Banknote cassette 14 Reject warehouse 15 Transport part 10 Bill delivery part 21 Frame 22 Feed roller 23 Follower Roller 24 Discharge Part 25 Stage 26 Stage Spring 30-1 to 30-3 Shutter 31 Rotating Shaft 33 Bill Stopper 34 Compression Spring 35 Rubber Stopper 35A Abutting Part 35B Projecting Part 36 Claw Part 38 Limiter (Biasing Direction Side)
39 Limiter (push direction side)
40 Rotating fulcrum 43 Rubber stopper 44 Rubber sheet 45 Rubber stopper

Claims (7)

An accumulating unit for accumulating media;
A discharge part for discharging the medium to the accumulation part;
A shutter for opening and closing the stacking unit;
A medium delivery section provided inside the shutter, and having a medium stopper that contacts the medium discharged to the stacking section and aligns the medium;
The medium stopper is
A pivot shaft pivotally supported with respect to the shutter;
A biasing member biasing in the direction of the discharge part;
A claw portion that contacts a biasing direction limiter provided on the shutter side that regulates a position with respect to a biasing direction by the biasing member,
A first elastic member is provided at a position in contact with the claw portion in the urging direction limiter,
One of the shutter and the medium stopper is provided with a pushing direction limiter for restricting the rotation of the medium stopper with respect to the shutter, and the other is a second elastic member at a position in contact with the pushing direction limiter. A medium processing apparatus. The pushing direction limiter is provided on the shutter,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second elastic member is provided in the medium stopper. The pushing direction limiter is provided on the medium stopper,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second elastic member is provided in the shutter.   The first elastic member is disposed so as to come into contact with the claw portion of the medium stopper before the biasing direction limiter when the medium stopper is biased in the direction of the discharge portion. The medium processing apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3. An accumulating unit for accumulating media;
A discharge part for discharging the medium to the accumulation part;
A shutter for opening and closing the stacking unit;
A medium delivery section provided inside the shutter, and having a medium stopper that contacts the medium discharged to the stacking section and aligns the medium;
The medium stopper is
A pivot shaft pivotally supported with respect to the shutter;
A biasing member biasing in the direction of the discharge part;
An elastic member that contacts an urging direction limiter provided on the shutter side that regulates a position with respect to the urging direction by the urging member;
The medium processing apparatus, wherein the elastic member has a shape that extends to a position in contact with a pressing direction limiter provided on the shutter side that restricts rotation of the medium stopper with respect to the shutter. The medium stopper further includes a claw portion that contacts a biasing direction limiter on the shutter side that regulates a position with respect to a biasing direction by the biasing member,
The elastic member has a protrusion that contacts the biasing direction limiter, and the protrusion is biased before the claw when the medium stopper biases in the direction of the discharge portion. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the medium processing apparatus is in contact with the direction limiter. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shutter is formed of a transmissive member.

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