JP2017151567A - Medium storage device and medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medium storage device and a medium processor capable of easily taking out a stored medium.SOLUTION: A reject storage chamber of a bill disbursement machine partitions the inside of a storage body 31 in a cross direction by a partition plate 35, thereby forming a first storage space 36S and a second storage space 37S in a state in which a lid body is rotated with respect to the storage body 31 for opening and closing the lid body. The reject storage chamber comprises a partition plate notch part 35C on the partition plate 35, and comprises a first bottom part recess 40D on a first bottom part 40. Therefore, when the reject storage chamber is detached from the bill disbursement machine and the lid body is opened, a finger of an operator can reach in the first bottom part recess 40D through the partition plate notch part 35C from the second storage space 37C side, and other fingers are mounted on an upper side of the bill(s), so that the operator can easily grip and take out the bill.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium storage device and a medium processing device, and is suitably applied to, for example, a banknote dispenser that dispenses banknotes as a medium.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, banknote dispensing machines used in financial institutions and the like are widely used to withdraw cash such as banknotes and coins in response to requests from users (for example, customers of financial institutions).

  As a banknote dispensing machine, for example, a banknote storage that stores banknotes, a transport section that transports banknotes, a discrimination section that discriminates banknotes, a stacking section that stacks banknotes that can be withdrawn into banknote bundles, One having a reject storage for storing reject banknotes that should not be paid, a bundle transport unit for transporting banknote bundles, and a withdrawal port for delivering banknote bundles to users has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

Japanese Patent No. 5156097 (FIG. 1)

  By the way, a rejection store | warehouse | chamber is arrange | positioned under the bundle conveyance part, for example, and there exists a thing in which the intake hole connected with the said bundle conveyance part was formed in the upper surface. When a user forgets to remove a banknote bundle from the withdrawal port, the banknote dispensing machine takes in this banknote bundle (hereinafter referred to as “forgotten banknote”) by a bundle transport unit, conveys it, and rejects it from the take-in hole. It can be dropped into the cabinet and stored in the reject storage.

  In this reject storage, for example, a first storage space for storing rejected banknotes and a second storage space for storing forgetting banknotes are provided separately, so that banknotes cannot move between the two storage spaces. It is conceivable to configure. In this case, in this reject storage, reject banknotes and forgetting banknotes can be clearly distinguished and stored, so that it is not necessary to perform an operation of sorting them later.

  Further, in this reject storage, it is conceivable that the first storage space and the second storage space are arranged at the same height, and a lid that can be opened and closed is provided above both storage spaces. In this case, the reject storage can open the upper sides of the first storage space and the second storage space at the same time by simply opening the lid, and the stored banknotes can be taken out.

  However, the size of the reject storage is limited due to the demand for downsizing the banknote dispenser, and the first storage space and the second storage space may be relatively narrow. In this case, in the reject storage, a sufficient space cannot be formed around the stored banknotes, and thus there has been a problem that it is not always easy for an operator to take out banknotes.

  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 processing device that can easily take out a stored medium.

  In order to solve this problem, in the medium storage device of the present invention, a storage body having an internal space inside and having a communication hole for communicating the internal space and the outside, and the internal space are each made of a sheet-like medium. A partition plate that partitions the first storage space and the second storage space to be stored, and a communication hole of the storage body is opened to allow the first storage space and the second storage space to communicate with the outside, or the communication hole is closed to close the first storage space. A lid that shields the storage space and the second storage space from the outside; a first bottom portion that is positioned at the bottom of the first storage space and is inclined to raise the partition plate side; and a partition plate in the first storage space; A discharge part that is provided on the opposite side and that takes in the medium from the outside and discharges it to the first storage space, and a building that is provided closer to the discharge part than the partition plate in the first storage space and collides with the medium discharged from the discharge part It is provided on the stopper and the partition plate. A partition plate notch portion in which a part of the plate is cut out from the communication hole side, and a first bottom recess provided in a portion communicating with the partition plate notch portion in the first bottom portion and recessed downward from the first bottom portion; It was made to provide.

  In the medium processing apparatus of the present invention, a conveyance unit that conveys a sheet-like medium to be delivered to the user, a discrimination unit that discriminates the medium, and a medium that is identified to be delivered to the user by the discrimination unit are collected. The media bundle is transported to a predetermined delivery port, and from the delivery port, the bundle transport unit that transports the forgotten medium that the user has forgotten to be removed, and the discrimination unit is identified as not to be delivered to the user. A medium storage for storing the reject medium and the forgetting medium, the medium storage having an internal space inside and a communication hole for communicating the internal space with the outside; A partition plate that divides the space into a first storage space and a second storage space for storing the medium, and a communication hole of the storage body is opened to allow the first storage space and the second storage space to communicate with the outside, or a communication hole The first storage space and the second A lid that blocks the storage space from the outside, a first bottom portion that is positioned at the bottom of the first storage space and is inclined so as to raise the partition plate side, and provided on the opposite side of the partition plate in the first storage space. A discharge unit that receives a reject medium from the transport unit and discharges the reject medium to the first storage space; a bill stopper that is provided closer to the discharge unit than the partition plate in the first storage space and that collides with the medium discharged from the discharge unit; Provided in the partition plate, provided in a partition plate cutout portion in which a part of the partition plate is cut out from the communication hole side, and a portion communicating with the partition plate cutout portion in the first bottom portion, and below the first bottom portion A first bottom recess which is recessed is provided.

  According to the present invention, when the operator takes out the medium stored in the first storage space, the first bottom portion from the second storage space side through the partition plate notch portion in a state where the cover body is opened with respect to the storage body. By allowing the operator's fingertip to enter the recess, the medium placed on the first bottom can be easily gripped from both sides. In addition, according to the present invention, the medium can be pulled out from the partition plate side through the communication hole, so that the medium can be taken out while avoiding interference with the bill stopper and the discharge portion.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the medium storage apparatus and medium processing apparatus which can take out the accommodated medium easily are realizable.

It is an approximate line figure showing the composition of a bill dispensing machine. It is a rough-line side view which shows the structure of the rejection store | warehouse | chamber by 1st Embodiment. It is a rough-line side view which shows opening | releasing of the cover body and accommodation of a banknote in reject storage. It is a rough-line top view which shows the structure of the rejection store | warehouse | chamber by 1st Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of the rejection store | warehouse | chamber by 1st Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of the rejection store | warehouse | chamber by 1st Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows opening | release of the shutter in the rejection storage by 1st Embodiment. It is a rough-line side view which shows the structure of the rejection storage by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the cover body by 2nd Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of the cover body by 2nd Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of the shutter by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the cover body by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the state in which the external force was applied to the shutter.

  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. Configuration of banknote dispensing machine]
As shown in a schematic side view in FIG. 1, the banknote dispensing machine 1 according to the first embodiment is a so-called cash dispenser, and is installed in, for example, a financial institution, various commercial facilities, etc. That is, according to the operation of a financial institution, a customer of a commercial facility, etc., the banknote as a medium is withdrawn. The banknote dispensing machine 1 is roughly composed of a lower storage unit 2 and an upper bundle transport unit 3, and further includes a control unit 4 for controlling the whole.

  The control unit 4 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and by reading and executing a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown) Process. In addition, the control unit 4 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.

  In the following, the side of the banknote dispenser 1 facing the customer 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 customer facing the front side, and the upper side and the lower side. Is defined and explained.

[1-1-1. Configuration of storage unit]
In the storage unit 2, a plurality of parts that perform various processing relating to banknotes are incorporated in a rectangular parallelepiped storage housing 10. In this storage case 10, four bill storage boxes 11, a transport unit 13, a discrimination unit 14, a switching unit 15, a stacking unit 16, and a reject storage box 17 are provided.

  The banknote storage 11 is attached so as to be stacked from the center in the vertical direction on the rear side of the storage housing 10 to the lower side, and stores banknotes of a predetermined denomination for each. Each banknote is stored in a state of being accumulated along the front-rear direction in a posture in which the long side is along the left-right direction and the short side is along the up-down direction. In addition, at the lower part on the front side of the banknote storage 11, a feeding unit for separating and feeding out the banknotes stored one by one is provided.

  The conveyance part 13 comprises the conveyance path which is a path | route which conveys a banknote with the roller and belt which are not shown in figure, or the motor which drives these. As shown by the solid line in the figure, this transport path is connected to the feeding portion of each banknote storage 11, proceeds along the front side of each banknote storage 11 along the vertical direction, and further stores the banknotes located at the uppermost position. It arrange | positions so that it may reach | attain the center vicinity of the front-back direction in the upper side of the warehouse 11. FIG.

  The discrimination unit 14 is provided along the conveyance path of the conveyance unit 13 on the front side of the banknote storage 11 located on the uppermost side. This discrimination part 14 incorporates a sensor such as a thickness sensor, etc., and discriminates the denomination and running state of the banknotes to be transported based on the information obtained from this sensor and controls the discrimination result. Supply to part 4. The control part 4 determines the conveyance destination of each banknote based on the obtained discrimination result. Specifically, the control unit 4 rejects and stores the transport destination of normal banknotes to be withdrawn into the stacking unit 16 and the transport destination of banknotes that should not be withdrawn due to poor transport or the like (hereinafter referred to as reject banknotes). Each is determined in the cabinet 17.

  The switching unit 15 is disposed substantially at the center in the front-rear direction on the upper side of the banknote storage 11 located on the uppermost side. Based on the control of the control unit 4, the blade 15 abuts on the banknote and changes the traveling direction (in the drawing). By changing the inclination angle (shown by a triangle), the bill conveyance path is switched. The switching unit 15 is connected to the lower discrimination unit 14, the front stacking unit 16, and the rear reject storage 17 by the transport unit 13. The switching unit 15 switches the traveling direction of each bill transported from below according to the transport destination determined by the control unit 4, and proceeds to the front stacking unit 16 or the rear reject storage 17.

  The stacking unit 16 is located on the uppermost front side in the storage housing 10 and forms a stacking space 16S in which bills are stacked. The stacking unit 16 has a stage 16T for stacking banknotes on the upper surface in the stacking space 16S.

  Further, on the upper rear side of the stacking unit 16, a discharge unit that discharges the banknotes conveyed from the switching unit 15 into the stacking space 16S is provided. The stacking unit 16 discharges the banknotes conveyed from the switching unit 15 into the stacking space 16S by the discharge unit, and stacks them in a bundle on the stage 16T. Therefore, hereinafter, the banknotes stacked in this way are also referred to as banknote bundles W. Incidentally, the banknote bundle W is not sealed with a paper band or the like, but is simply stacked.

  Furthermore, the stage 16T can be moved up and down by a stage moving mechanism (not shown). Further, an accumulation hole 16H penetrating in the vertical direction is formed on the upper surface of the accumulation portion 16 over a range corresponding to the accumulation space 16S. The accumulation hole 16H also penetrates the upper surface of the storage housing 10 and communicates the accumulation space 16S with the space above the storage housing 10. For this reason, the stacking unit 16 moves the stage 16T upward in a state where banknotes are stacked on the stage 16T, so that the stage 16T and the stacked bundle of banknotes (banknote bundle W) are transferred from the upper surface of the storage housing 10. Can be lifted to the upper side, that is, the inside of the bundle transport unit 3.

  The reject storage 17 is located on the uppermost rear side in the storage housing 10 and has a space for storing banknotes and banknote bundles W therein. The reject storage 17 is provided with a passage hole 17U through which banknotes pass one by one, slightly below the front surface, and an intake hole 17H is formed on the upper surface. For this reason, reject storage 17 can store the bill (namely, reject bill) which was conveyed from switching part 15 and passed through passage hole 17U inside. Moreover, when the banknote bundle W has fallen from the bundle conveyance unit 3 located above, the reject storage 17 can take in this banknote bundle W from the taking-in hole 17H and store it inside (details will be described later). .

  Furthermore, the banknote storage 11 and the reject storage 17 can be removed from the storage housing 10 by being pulled backward with respect to the storage housing 10, and the front of the storage housing 10 is aligned with the front of the storage housing 10. By being pushed in the direction, it can be attached to the housing case 10.

[1-1-2. Configuration of bundle transport unit]
The bundle conveyance unit 3 as a bundle conveyance unit is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape that is short in the vertical direction and long in the front-rear direction, and the length in the front-rear direction is longer than that of the storage unit 2. The bundle conveyance unit 3 forms a bundle conveyance path 3Y that is a path through which the banknote bundle W passes when the banknote bundle W is conveyed by various members incorporated in the rectangular parallelepiped bundle conveyance housing 20. Yes. Further, a withdrawal port 26 as a delivery port for delivering the banknote bundle W to the user is formed at the front end of the bundle transport housing 20, that is, the front end of the bundle transport path 3Y.

  Incidentally, sensors for detecting the banknote bundle W are provided at a plurality of locations in the bundle transport path 3Y, for example, in the vicinity of the dispensing port 26 or the like. This sensor is composed of a combination of a light emitting element that emits predetermined detection light and a light receiving element that receives this detection light, and intersects the optical path of the detection light with the bundle conveyance path 3Y, and the light reception result of the detection light Is notified to the control unit 4. Based on the light reception result, the control unit 4 can determine whether or not there is a banknote bundle W at each location on the bundle transport path 3Y.

  An upper conveyance belt 21 is provided on the upper side portion in the bundle conveyance housing 20. The upper conveyor belt 21 is wound around the rollers arranged near the rear end and the front end, respectively, and when the rollers are rotated by a predetermined motor (not shown) based on the control of the control unit 4, The lower surface is run along the front-rear direction. For convenience of explanation, the traveling direction of the lower surface portion of the upper conveyor belt 21 will be regarded as the traveling direction of the upper conveyor belt 21 below.

  A nipping and conveying guide 22 and a lower conveying belt 24 are provided on the lower portion of the upper conveying belt 21 in the bundle conveying casing 20, that is, on the opposite side of the upper conveying belt 21 with the bundle conveying path 3Y interposed therebetween. The sandwiching conveyance guide 22 is formed in a thin plate shape in the vertical direction, and the upper surface thereof is opposed to or in contact with the lower surface of the upper conveyance belt 21. Further, the nipping and conveying guide 22 is attached to the upper surface of the storage housing 10 in the storage unit 2 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction via a moving mechanism (not shown). When the nipping / conveying guide 22 moves rearward, the stacking hole 16H is opened to allow the space in the stacking unit 16 to communicate with the bundle transport path 3Y. Further, when the nipping / conveying guide 22 moves forward, the holding hole 17H is opened to allow the space in the reject storage 17 to communicate with the bundle conveying path 3Y.

  The lower conveyor belt 24 is configured such that the upper conveyor belt 21 is shortened in the front-rear direction. The upper surface portion of the lower conveyance belt 24 is equal to the upper surface of the nipping conveyance guide 22 and faces or contacts the lower surface of the upper conveyance belt 21. Further, the upper surface of the lower conveyance belt 24 travels in the front-rear direction, similarly to the lower surface of the upper conveyance belt 21. For convenience of explanation, the traveling direction of the upper surface portion of the lower transport belt 24 will be regarded as the traveling direction of the lower transport belt 24 below.

  Further, the stage 16T of the stacking unit 16 is moved upward in the state in which the nipping and conveying guide 22 is moved forward (FIG. 1), so that the height of the upper surface thereof is almost equal to that of the nipping and conveying guide 22. . Thereby, the stage 16T forms a part of the bundle conveyance path 3Y.

  The russell portion 25 moves in the front-rear direction by pushing the banknote bundle W along the upper surfaces of the nipping and conveying guide 22, the lower conveying belt 24, and the stage 16T. Thereby, the banknote bundle W can advance to the front-back direction along the bundle conveyance path 3Y with the attitude | position which followed the short side of each banknote in the front-back direction.

[1-2. Reject storage configuration]
Next, the configuration of the reject storage 17 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the reject storage 17 has a configuration in which a storage body 31 that occupies a lower portion and a lid body 32 that occupies an upper portion are connected via a rotating portion 33.

  The storage body 31 and the lid body 32 are each formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the lengths in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are made to coincide with each other. The rotation unit 33 is a rotation mechanism having a central axis directed in the left-right direction, and is attached to the vicinity of the upper end of the front surface of the storage body 31 and the vicinity of the lower end of the front surface of the lid body 32. The rotation unit 33 can rotate the lid 32 relative to the storage body 31 in the direction indicated by the arrow R1 in the clockwise direction in FIG.

  That is, the reject storage 17 rotates the storage body 31 in the direction of the arrow R1 from a state in which the lid body 32 is superimposed directly on the storage body 31 (hereinafter referred to as a closed state) as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the state can be changed to a state in which the lid body 32 is positioned on the front upper side of the storage body 31 (hereinafter referred to as an open state). In addition, the reject storage 17 is moved from the open state (FIG. 3) to the closed state (FIG. 2) in which the lid 32 is rotated directly in the direction of the arrow R2 so that the lid 32 is superimposed directly on the storage body 31. You can go back. At this time, the lid body 32 blocks the inside of the storage body 31 from the outside.

  A lock 34 that is locked or unlocked by the key K1 is provided on the rear surface of the storage body 31. When the lock 34 is locked when the lid 32 is in the closed state, the lock 34 is maintained in the closed state and prohibits transition to the open state. Further, when the lock 34 is unlocked by the key K1, the lid 32 allows the cover 32 to transition to the open state.

  The storage body 31 is formed in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a communication hole 31 </ b> H (FIG. 4) that connects the internal space inside and the outside is formed above the storage body 31. The internal space of the storage body 31 is divided into a first storage portion 36 on the front side and a second storage portion 37 on the rear side by a plate-like partition plate 35 located substantially in the center in the front-rear direction. As for this 1st storage part 36 and the 2nd storage part 37, as for all, the 1st storage space 36S and the 2nd storage space 37S which store a bill are formed in the inside, and the upper side is opened.

  The first bottom portion 40 located at the bottom portion of the first storage portion 36 is inclined so that the front side is low and the rear side (that is, the partition plate 35 side) is high. Although the first bottom portion 40 is formed as a flat inclined surface, only the vicinity of the partition plate 35 on the rear side is formed as a substantially horizontal plane.

  On the front surface of the storage body 31, that is, the first front portion 41 which is the front surface of the first storage portion 36, as described above, the passage hole 17U for allowing the bills conveyed from the switching portion 15 (FIG. 1) to pass therethrough. Is formed. A discharge portion 50 is provided behind the passage hole 17U in the first front portion 41. The discharge unit 50 includes a driving roller 51 and a driven roller 52.

  The drive roller 51 is formed in a short cylindrical shape with the central axis directed in the left-right direction, and rotates in the direction of the arrow R2 when a drive force is transmitted from a drive source (not shown). Incidentally, in the discharge part 50, a plurality of drive rollers 51 are arranged in the left-right direction. The height of the drive roller 51 is adjusted so that the upper ends of the drive rollers 51 are substantially equal to the passage holes 17U.

  Similar to the drive roller 51, the driven roller 52 is formed in a short columnar shape with the central axis directed in the left-right direction, and can freely rotate. Incidentally, the same number of driven rollers 52 as drive rollers 51 are arranged in the discharge unit 50 side by side in the left-right direction at positions corresponding to the respective drive rollers 51. The driven roller 52 is pressed against the driving roller 51 by a spring (not shown), and rotates in the direction of the arrow R <b> 1 when a driving force is transmitted from the driving roller 51.

  Further, a tongue piece roller 53 is provided in the first front portion 41, that is, on the front side of the first storage space 36S. The tongue piece roller 53 has a configuration in which a plurality of tongue piece portions made of an elastic body elongated in the radial direction are attached to a cylindrical center portion having a radius smaller than that of the driving roller 51. Yes. The tongue piece roller 53 is attached to the central axis of the drive roller 51 at the center, and rotates in the direction of the arrow R2 like the drive roller 51.

  Furthermore, on the rear side of the first storage part 36, that is, the front side of the partition plate 35, as shown in a plan view in FIG. A rectangular parallelepiped support column 54 is erected. The support column 54 is connected to the front side of the partition plate 35 at the rear side, and a bill stopper 55 is formed on the front surface. The bill stopper 55 has a shape in which a plurality of small triangular prisms having a central axis extending in the left-right direction are arranged in the vertical direction, and the front surface thereof has a saw-tooth shape when viewed from the left-right direction (FIG. 2). ).

  With this configuration, when the first storage unit 36 receives a banknote through the passage hole 17U in a state where the driving roller 51 and the driven roller 52 of the discharge unit 50 are rotated in the directions of the arrow R2 and the arrow R1, respectively, Is moved backward and discharged into the first storage space 36S. The released banknotes collide with a bill stopper 55 provided on the front side of the partition plate 35, so that the rear end (that is, the end portion on the traveling direction side) does not slide upward or downward, and is substantially horizontal. Maintain posture.

  Subsequently, the tongue piece roller 53 strikes the vicinity of the front end of the bill downward by the rotating tongue piece portion, that is, toward the upper side of the first bottom portion 40 or other bills already accumulated on the first bottom portion 40. Furthermore, the tongue piece roller 53 draws the bill forward, that is, the first front portion 41 side by applying a frictional force between the rotating tongue piece portion and the bill. Thus, as shown in FIG. 3, the first storage unit 36 can stack the banknotes in an orderly manner in the first storage space 36 </ b> S at a position close to the first front portion 41 side on the first bottom 40. it can.

  Incidentally, in the 1st accommodating part 36, the distance from the discharge | release part 50 to the bill stopper 55 is defined so that it may become about 10-20 [mm] long from the length along the advancing direction of a banknote, ie, the length of a short side. It has been. Thereby, in the 1st accommodating part 36, in the state which the banknote collided with the bill stopper 55, the front end vicinity of this banknote can be reliably hit | damaged by the tongue piece roller 53, and it can accumulate | stack neatly.

  Moreover, in the 1st accommodating part 36, when the banknote discharge | released from the discharge | release part 50 had inclination (what is called skew) so that one of right and left preceded the other, the center vicinity in the front end side of this banknote is There is a possibility that the leading tip may collide with the partition plate 35 before contacting the bill stopper 55. In this case, the first storage unit 36 slides the tip of the banknote upward or downward, and the tongue roller 53 cannot reach the banknote and cannot be struck. is there.

  In consideration of this point, in the first storage portion 36, the bill stopper 55 is disposed at a location closer to the discharge portion 50 than the partition plate 35, that is, in front of the partition plate 35. As a result, even if a certain amount of skew is generated in the bill, the first storage portion 36 is brought into contact with the bill stopper 55 before the tip of the bill is brought into contact with the partition plate 35 to move upward or downward. Can be prevented in advance and can be struck downward by the tongue roller 53.

  The first storage portion 36 is provided with a first upper protection portion 42 from the vicinity of the upper end on the rear side of the first front portion 41 toward the rear. The first upper protection part 42 protects each roller of the discharge part 50 from the upper side.

  Further, as shown in the perspective views of FIGS. 5 and 6 in addition to FIGS. 2 and 4, the first storage portion 36 is provided with a first bottom recess 40 </ b> D in the first bottom 40 and a partition plate 35. A plate notch 35C is provided. The first bottom recess 40D extends between the two support pillars 54, that is, between the two bill stoppers 55, over the range from the rear end of the first bottom 40 that contacts the partition plate 35 to the vicinity of the center. Is formed.

  The first bottom recess 40D is recessed such that a portion higher than the second bottom portion 46 in the second storage portion 37 is removed or is recessed downward to the same height as the second bottom portion 46. It has a shape or a wide groove shape. Further, the position of the front end portion of the first bottom recess 40D is such that the front end portion reaches the front side of the rear end of the banknote (FIG. 3) stored at the position close to the first front portion 41 side on the first bottom portion 40. It has been established. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when banknotes are stacked on the first bottom portion 40, a part of the first storage portion 36 is positioned above the first bottom recess 40 </ b> D.

  The partition plate cutout portion 35 </ b> C has such a shape that a part thereof is cut out in the range from the upper side to the vicinity of the lower end between the two support pillars 54. That is, the partition plate cutout 35C is connected to the first bottom recess 40D in the vicinity of the lower end thereof. For this reason, the first storage portion 36 causes the fingertip of the person to reach the first bottom recess 40 </ b> D from the second storage portion 37 side via the partition plate cutout portion 35 </ b> C, so that the fingertip or the like is placed on the upper surface of the first bottom portion 40. That is, it can be made to reach below the bottom surface of the first storage space 36S.

  The second bottom portion 46 located at the bottom portion of the second storage portion 37 is formed flat without an inclination, but is provided with a plurality of second bottom ribs 47. The second bottom ribs 47 as the second protrusions protrude upward from the second bottom part 46, and are formed in a straight line along the front-rear direction as shown in FIG. Is arranged. Incidentally, the vertical length of the second bottom rib 47 is, for example, about 2 to 8 [mm].

  The lid body 32 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose periphery is closed as a whole, and an intake hole 17H is formed in front of the center of the lid body upper surface 61 as the lid outer surface. In addition, the lid 32 has an oblique inner surface that connects the intake hole 17H and the second storage space 37S located below the intake hole 17H in the closed state (FIG. 2). A guide space 62 is formed along the direction. An inclined surface 63 is formed on the front lower side of the guide space 62. The inclined surface 63 is a flat surface that is inclined so as to lower the rear side with respect to the upper surface 61 of the lid, and in the closed state (FIG. 2), the lower end thereof is substantially equal to the rear surface of the partition plate 35 or the partition plate 35. It is located slightly behind the rear surface.

  Further, a shutter 70 is provided in the vicinity of the upper surface of the lid 32. The shutter 70 is formed in a thin plate shape in the vertical direction, and the lengths in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are longer than the intake holes 17H. The shutter 70 is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction. That is, when the shutter 70 is moved forward, it closes the intake hole 17H as shown in FIG. 2, and when it is moved forward, the shutter 70 is opened as shown in FIG. Open.

  The shutter 70 opens and closes in conjunction with the attachment / detachment of the reject storage 17 to / from the storage housing 10 of the storage unit 2. That is, the shutter 70 is moved rearward to open the intake hole 17H when the reject storage 17 is attached to the storage housing 10 (FIG. 1). Further, when the reject storage 17 is removed from the storage housing 10, the shutter 70 is moved forward to close the intake hole 17H.

  The lid 32 incorporates a lock mechanism (not shown) for locking the shutter 70 or releasing the lock in conjunction with the attachment / detachment of the reject storage 17 to the storage housing 10 of the storage unit 2. . This lock mechanism locks the position of the shutter 70 when the reject storage 17 is removed from the storage housing 10 and the shutter 70 is moved forward to close the intake hole 17H. In addition, this lock mechanism releases the lock so that the shutter 70 can be moved when the reject storage 17 is attached to the storage housing 10.

  Therefore, if the reject storage 17 is removed from the storage housing 10 and the intake hole 17H is closed by the shutter 70, the shutter 70 is locked by the lock mechanism. It is extremely difficult to move the shutter 70 backward, that is, to open the intake hole 17H.

[1-3. Withdrawal and import operations]
The banknote dispensing machine 1 (FIG. 1) starts a dispensing operation when receiving a withdrawal instruction and a withdrawal amount from a user through an operation unit (not shown). Specifically, the control unit 4 of the banknote dispensing machine 1 sequentially feeds out the denominations and the number of banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount from the banknote storage 11, and the transport unit with the direction along the short side of the banknote as the traveling direction. 13 is conveyed upward and is discriminated by the discrimination unit 14. At this time, based on the discrimination result obtained from the discrimination unit 14, the control unit 4 determines the transport destination as the stacking unit 16 or the reject storage 17 according to whether or not the banknote can be withdrawn.

  Subsequently, the control unit 4 conveys the banknotes identified by the identification unit 14 backward and upward by the conveyance unit 13 to reach the switching unit 15. Based on the control of the control unit 4, the switching unit 15 switches the advancing direction according to the transport destination determined for each bill, and advances the stacking unit 16 or the reject storage case 17. The reject storage 17 (FIG. 2) takes the banknote (that is, reject banknote) conveyed from the switching unit 15 (FIG. 1) into the inside through the passage hole 17U, and discharges it into the first storage space 36S by the discharge unit 50. To be accumulated on the first bottom 40.

  The stacking unit 16 discharges the conveyed banknotes into the stacking space 16S by the discharge unit, and stacks it on the stage 16T. The control unit 4 sequentially counts the denominations and the number of banknotes collected in the stacking unit 16, that is, the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 16. 11 cancels the feeding of banknotes. As a result, on the stage 16T of the stacking unit 16, a banknote bundle W in which banknotes to be withdrawn are stacked in a bundle is placed.

  Next, the control unit 4 moves the holding and conveying guide 22 backward to open the stacking hole 16H of the stacking unit 16 and closes the intake hole 17H, and then moves the stage 16T upward to move the banknote. The bundle W is lifted and positioned in the bundle conveyance path 3Y. Further, the control unit 4 advances the banknote bundle W forward along the bundle conveyance path 3Y by moving the upper conveyance belt 21 forward and moving the raschel portion 25 forward. At this time, when the banknote bundle W reaches a position where the banknote bundle W comes into contact with the upper surface of the lower transport belt 24, the control section 4 clamps the banknote bundle W from above and below by the upper transport belt 21 and the lower transport belt 24, and both belts travel. To move forward.

  Eventually, when the control unit 4 detects that the banknote bundle W has reached the withdrawal port 26 based on a notification from a sensor (not shown), the control unit 4 stops the travel of the upper transport belt 21 and the lower transport belt 24. Further, the control unit 4 causes the russell portion 25 to reach the vicinity of the front end of the bundle conveyance path 3Y, thereby retracting it above the bundle conveyance path 3Y by a retraction mechanism (not shown).

  In this way, the control unit 4 exposes a part of the banknote bundle W from the withdrawal port 26 and withdraws money in a state where the vicinity of the rear end of the banknote bundle W is sandwiched between the upper transport belt 21 and the lower transport belt 24. End the operation. Thereby, the banknote dispensing machine 1 can make the user take out the banknote bundle W.

  Here, the control unit 4 monitors whether or not the banknote bundle W has been taken out from the withdrawal port 26 based on a notification from a sensor (not shown). Therefore, if the banknote bundle W is not removed even after a predetermined waiting time (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed, the control unit 4 regards that the banknote bundle W has been forgotten to be removed, and takes in the banknote bundle W. Start the operation. Hereinafter, the banknote forgotten by the user is also referred to as a forgotten banknote or a retracted banknote.

  Specifically, the control unit 4 takes the banknote bundle W into the bundle conveyance path 3Y by running the upper conveyance belt 21 and the lower conveyance belt 24 backward while the raschel unit 25 is retracted upward, Advancing backward along the bundle conveying path 3Y. At this time, when the control unit 4 detects that the banknote bundle W has arrived behind the raschel section 25 by a sensor (not shown), the control section 4 moves the raschel section 25 rearward and enters the bundle transport path 3Y on the front side of the banknote bundle W. After returning, the backward movement of the banknote bundle W is assisted by moving further backward.

  Eventually, when the banknote bundle W reaches above the intake hole 17H, the control unit 4 drops the banknote bundle W from the bundle transport path 3Y. As a result, the banknote bundle W enters the reject storage 17 through the intake hole 17H when it is slightly lowered downward from the bundle transport path 3Y. In the reject storage 17, the banknote bundle W descends rearward and downward in the guide space 62 while sliding with its lower surface in contact with the inclined surface 63, and eventually reaches the second storage space 37S. A plurality of second bottom ribs 47 provided on the bottom portion 46 are accommodated while being supported from below.

  Thus, the reject storage 17 takes in the reject banknotes from the passage hole 17U and stores them in the first storage space 36S, and takes in the banknote bundle W (that is, the bundle of forgetting banknotes) forgotten by the user. The guide space 62 is lowered along the inclined surface 63 to reach the second storage space 37S for storage.

[1-4. Effect]
In the above configuration, the reject storage box 17 of the banknote dispenser 1 according to the first embodiment divides the inside of the storage body 31 into the front and the rear by the partition plate 35 to form the first storage space 36S and the second storage space 37S. When the lid 32 is rotated and opened, the upper sides of the first storage space 36S and the second storage space 37S are both opened.

  For this reason, the reject storage 17 can be stored from either the first storage space 36S or the second storage space 37S only by opening the lid 32 in a state where the reject storage 17 is removed from the banknote dispenser 1. The taken banknote can be taken out easily.

  By the way, the 1st accommodating part 36 attracted the banknote to the 1st front part 41 side by hitting a banknote downward and rotating it forward by rotation of the tongue piece roller 53, and the 1st bottom part 40 inclining. Accumulate in state. Further, the first storage portion 36 has a first upper portion in the vicinity of the rear upper end of the first front portion 41 from the viewpoint of protecting the tongue piece roller 53 of the discharge portion 50 when the lid body 32 is in the open state. A protection part 42 is formed. Moreover, in the 1st accommodating part 36, since the banknote which collided with the bill stopper 55 needs to be struck by the tongue piece roller 53, the distance from the discharge | release part 50 to this bill stopper 55 cannot be extended unnecessarily.

  For this reason, in the 1st storage part 36, the size of the opening part in the 1st storage space 36S is comparatively small, and especially the length of the direction of order is comparatively short. For example, when an operator takes out the banknotes stored in the first storage unit 36, the fingertip is inserted from the rear side to the lower side of the stacked banknotes, another finger is placed on the upper side of the banknotes, and is pulled up. An operation such as is assumed. Such an extraction operation is not easy for the operator, particularly when the length of the opening portion in the front-rear direction is short.

  In consideration of this point, the reject storage 17 is provided with a partition plate notch 35C in the partition plate 35 and a first bottom recess 40D in the first bottom portion 40 (FIGS. 5 and 6). For this reason, when an operator takes out the banknote stored in the first storage space 36S, for example, the thumb is allowed to reach the first bottom recess 40D from the second storage space 37S side through the partition plate cutout portion 35C and the rest. By placing the finger on the upper side of the banknote, the banknote can be easily gripped as if sandwiched from above and below. In this state, the operator can easily pass outside the banknote by hooking the banknote to the first upper protection portion 42 and the like by passing the opening of the first storage space 36S so as to lift the rear side of the banknote upward. Can be taken out.

  That is, the reject storage 17 is provided with the partition plate cutout portion 35C and the first bottom recess 40D, thereby partitioning the first storage space 36S and the second storage space 37S by the partition plate 35, and rejecting banknotes and forgetting banknotes. While storing separately, the operator can easily grip the banknote in the first storage space 36S and easily take it out to the outside.

  The reject storage 17 has a partition plate notch 35C and a first bottom recess at a position corresponding to the space between the two support pillars 54 in the first storage portion 36, that is, between the two bill stoppers 55, in the left-right direction. 40D was provided (FIGS. 4 to 6). For this reason, even if the banknote discharged | emitted from the discharge | release part 50 is skewing, the rejection storage 17 does not have a possibility of hooking the vertex on the right-and-left side part in the partition plate notch part 35C. Moreover, even if the position of the banknote discharged | emitted from the discharge | release part 50 is biased in the left-right direction, the reject storage 17 has a ridge line in which the left and right sides are located at the connection portion between the first bottom recess 40D and the first bottom 40. There is no fear of getting caught on.

  Further, the reject storage 17 has an inclined surface in which the first bottom portion 40 of the first storage portion 36 has a lower front side close to the discharge portion 50 and a higher rear side close to the partition plate 35 (FIG. 2). For this reason, in the state where the reject storage 17 is loaded in the banknote dispenser 1, the banknotes released from the discharge unit 50 and struck downward by the tongue piece roller 53 and attracted to the front side of the first front part 41 are collected. As such, it can be accumulated in a state biased to the first front portion 41 side.

  In addition to this, the reject storage 17 includes a second bottom rib 47 on the second bottom portion 46 in the second storage portion 37 (FIGS. 2, 4, 5, and 6). When the banknote bundle W is dropped from the bundle transport path 3Y, the reject storage 17 takes in the banknote bundle W from the intake hole 17H and slides it along the inclined surface 63, and then in the second storage space 37S. And is supported by the second bottom rib 47 (FIG. 3). In other words, the reject storage 17 can support the bottom surface of the banknote (banknote bundle W) stored in the second storage space 37 </ b> S by the second bottom rib 47 in a state of being separated from the second bottom 46.

  For this reason, when an operator takes out the banknote stored in the second storage space 37S, for example, by sliding the fingertip to the second bottom portion 46 and bringing it into contact with the side surface (for example, the front side) of the banknote, This fingertip can be hooked on the edge of the banknotes stacked on the lowermost side, and all the banknotes can be gripped between other fingers and easily lifted.

  By the way, in the reject storage case 17, the banknote bundle W that is dropped from the bundle transport path 3Y and slides rearward and downward along the inclined surface 63 in the state loaded in the banknote dispenser 1 (FIG. 1) is stored in the second storage. When the space 37S is reached, an inertial force acting in the rear downward direction acts on the banknote bundle W. For this reason, even when the banknote bundle W falls on the second bottom rib 47, the inertial force continues to act backward, and tends to advance backward. Here, if the upper surface of the second bottom rib 47 has a discontinuous shape in the front-rear direction, such as a linear shape along the left-right direction or a discretely-arranged protrusion shape, the rear end of the banknote bundle W is There is a possibility that the banknote bundle W cannot be neatly stacked by being hooked on the second bottom rib 47 and rotating, for example, so as to lift the front end side upward.

  In this respect, the reject storage 17 according to the present embodiment has the second bottom rib 47 in a straight line along the front-rear direction, in other words, a straight line along the rearward direction in which the banknote bundle W tends to travel after dropping. Formed (FIGS. 4 to 6). For this reason, the second bottom rib 47 does not catch the rear end (that is, the front end) or the like on the banknote bundle W that has fallen in a state where the backward inertial force is applied by the inclined surface 63, and moves rearward as it is. Can be slid. After that, the second bottom rib 47 can hold the banknotes without ruining the accumulated state by stopping the banknotes due to friction, or by stopping the banknotes when the second bottom ribs 47 are brought into contact with the rear side surface of the second storage unit 37.

  According to the above configuration, the reject storage box 17 of the banknote dispensing machine 1 according to the first embodiment can be opened and closed by rotating the lid 32 with respect to the storage body 31, and then the storage body 31. The first storage space 36S and the second storage space 37S were formed by dividing the interior of the storage space into front and rear by a partition plate 35. In the reject storage case 17, the partition plate 35 is provided with a partition plate cutout portion 35 </ b> C, and the first bottom portion 40 is provided with a first bottom recess 40 </ b> D. For this reason, when the reject storage 17 is removed from the banknote dispenser 1 and the lid 32 is in an open state, the operator's finger is moved from the second storage space 37S side through the partition plate cutout 35C to the first. The banknote can be easily grasped and taken out by reaching the bottom depression 40D and placing another finger on the upper side of the banknote.

[2. Second Embodiment]
The banknote dispensing machine 101 (FIG. 1) according to the second embodiment is different from the banknote dispensing machine 1 according to the first embodiment in that the banknote dispensing machine 101 has a reject storage 117 that replaces the reject storage 17. However, the other points are similarly configured.

[2-1. Reject warehouse configuration]
As shown in FIG. 8 corresponding to FIG. 2, the reject storage 117 includes a storage body 31 having the same configuration as the reject storage 17 according to the first embodiment, and includes the intake hole 17 </ b> H and the passage hole 17 </ b> U. And a corresponding intake hole 117H and passage hole 117U. On the other hand, the reject storage 117 has a lid 132 instead of the lid 32. Compared with the lid 32, the lid 132 has a lid upper surface 61, an inclined surface 63 and a lid upper surface 161 instead of the shutter 70, an inclined surface 163, and a shutter 170, but the guide space 62 is the same. It is configured.

  9A and 9B are a schematic side view and a plan view, and as shown in a schematic perspective view in FIG. 10, the connection between the lid upper surface 161 and the inclined surface 163 in the lid 132 is performed. A connection recess 165 is provided in the portion. 9A and 9B and FIG. 10 show a state in which the shutter 170 is moved rearward to open the intake hole 117H.

  The connection recess 165 has a shape that is recessed downward from the lid upper surface 161 and is also recessed forward from the inclined surface 163, that is, in a direction orthogonal to the inclined surface 163. The connection recess 165 includes a connection recess bottom 166 that is a plane substantially parallel to the lid upper surface 161, and is located on the rear side of the connection recess bottom 166, that is, above the connection recess bottom 166, that is, on the lid upper surface 161 side. It is comprised by the connection hollow protrusion part 167 protruded to.

  At a plurality of locations on the inclined surface 163 that are separated from each other by a predetermined interval in the left-right direction, inclined surface ribs 168 for smoothly sliding the banknote bundle W on the inclined surface 163 are provided. The inclined rib 168 protrudes from the inclined surface 163 by a predetermined length in the rear upper direction, and is formed in a linear shape along an oblique direction connecting the front upper side and the rear lower side. Incidentally, this oblique direction coincides with the direction in which the banknote bundle W dropped from the bundle transport path 3Y is advanced while being slid while being mounted on the banknote dispensing machine 101.

  The inclined surface rib 168 crosses the connection depression 165 and reaches the lid upper surface 161 on the front side of the inclined surface 163. The inclined rib 168 has an upper surface formed in a straight line that continues from the position along the inclined surface 163 until it crosses the connection recess 165 from the inclined surface 163 side and further reaches the upper side of the upper surface 161 of the lid. ing. That is, the inclined surface rib 168 has a shape such that a part of the inclined surface rib 168 protrudes upward from the connection depression 165 and the lid upper surface 161 on the front upper side.

  Incidentally, the connection dent bottom 166 and the connection dent protrusion 167 of the connection dent 165 are configured in the same shape regardless of the position in the left-right direction, except for the portion where the inclined surface rib 168 is formed. In other words, the height of the connection depression bottom 166 and the height of the top portion of the connection depression protrusion 167 are constant regardless of the position in the left-right direction.

  As shown in a schematic perspective view in FIG. 11, the shutter 170 is configured around a main body portion 171 that is formed in a rectangular plate shape that is long in the left-right direction and thin in the up-down direction. The main body 171 is made of a steel plate having a predetermined thickness, for example, and has sufficient strength. At the front end of the main body 171, a shutter protrusion 172 is provided downward.

  Further, in the vicinity of the shutter front side 170 </ b> F, which is the front end of the shutter 170, a plurality of portions corresponding to the inclined surface ribs 168 of the inclined surface 163 are notched rearwardly from the front end of the main body 171 through the shutter protruding portion 172. A shutter notch 173 is formed. A shutter notch rear side 173R, which is the rear side of the shutter notch 173, is located on the rear side by a predetermined distance L1 from the shutter front side 170F.

  Like the shutter 70 according to the first embodiment, the shutter 170 is moved in conjunction with the attachment / detachment of the reject storage 117 with respect to the storage housing 10 of the storage unit 2 (FIG. 1), and is further detached from the storage housing 10. In the state where the intake hole 17H is closed, it is locked by a lock mechanism (not shown). Incidentally, the shutter 170 slides in the front-rear direction below the lid upper surface 161, that is, directly below the plate-like member forming the lid upper surface 161.

  As shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B corresponding to FIGS. 9A and 9B, the lid 132 has the front end provided with the shutter protrusion 172 by moving the shutter 170 forward. The side is brought close to the inclined surface 163 to close the intake hole 117H. For convenience of explanation, the front end side of the shutter 170 is also referred to as an inclined proximity side below.

  At this time, the shutter 170 positions the shutter protrusion 172 on the upper side of the connection recess bottom 166, that is, near the boundary between the connection recess 165 and the lid upper surface 161, and allows the inclined ribs 168 to enter the shutter notches 173. . Further, the lid 132 separates the shutter notch rear side 173R of the shutter notch 173 from the inclined surface rib reference point 168P located immediately below the shutter notch rear side 173R of the inclined surface rib 168 by a distance L2. Both are not contacted. The distance L2 is larger (longer) than the distance L3 from the lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 to the connection recess bottom 166.

  Incidentally, the shutter 170 is appropriately set with the length in the vertical direction of the shutter protruding portion 172 so that the shutter 170 is closed when the intake hole 117H is closed or moved (ie, slid) for opening and closing. The lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 is positioned higher than the upper end of the connection recess protrusion 167. In other words, the protruding distance from the connection depression bottom 166 to the upper end of the connection depression protrusion 167 is smaller than the distance L3 described above. For this reason, the shutter 170 can slide smoothly with respect to the lid upper surface 161 without causing the shutter protrusion 172 to interfere with the connection recess protrusion 167.

  By the way, the shutter 170 is moved downward by a distance L3 (FIG. 12) as shown in FIG. 13 when the downward external force F1 is applied in a state in which the intake hole 117H is closed. The lower end is brought into contact with the connection recess bottom 166. At this time, the lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 is at a position lower than the upper end of the connection recess protrusion 167. In this state, if an external force F2 is applied to the shutter 170 in the rearward direction, the shutter 170 cannot advance further when the shutter protrusion 172 contacts the connection recess protrusion 167. The state in which 117H is closed can be maintained.

  Since the shutter 170 has an appropriate length L1 (FIG. 11) in the front-rear direction at the shutter notch 173, the shutter notch rear side 173R in the state shown in FIG. It is positioned at a distance L4 from 168P and maintains a state where it does not contact the inclined surface rib 168. This distance L4 is a distance obtained by subtracting the distance L3 from the above-described distance L2 (FIG. 12).

[2-2. Effect]
In the above configuration, the reject storage box 117 of the banknote dispenser 101 according to the second embodiment includes the inclined surface rib 168 on the inclined surface 163 of the lid 132 and the shutter notch 173 on the shutter 170. (FIGS. 9 to 11). Thus, when the reject storage 117 moves the shutter 170 forward and closes the intake hole 117H, the front end portion thereof is positioned near the boundary between the connection recess 165 and the lid upper surface 161, and each shutter notch Each inclined surface rib 168 can be inserted into 173 (FIG. 12).

  In other words, when the intake hole 117H is closed by the shutter 170, the reject storage 117 is in a state as if the front end portion and the inclined surface rib 168 are engaged with each other. Thereby, the reject storage 117 can prevent the banknote stored in the second storage space 37S from being taken out from the gap between the inclined surface 163 and the shutter 170 in advance.

  In addition, the reject storage 117 is provided with a connection recess 165 that is recessed downward at a connection portion between the lid upper surface 161 and the inclined surface 163, and a connection recess bottom 166 that is parallel to the lid upper surface 161 is provided in the connection recess 165 (see FIG. 9, FIG. 10). At the same time, the reject storage 117 is provided with a shutter protrusion 172 that protrudes downward at the front end of the shutter 170 (FIG. 11). The reject storage 117 has a shape in which the shutter cutout 173 is cut out by a predetermined distance L1, and when the intake hole 117H is closed (FIG. 12), the rear side 173R of the shutter cutout is set to the inclined surface rib reference point 168P. The distance L2 is located on the upper side.

  As a result, the reject storage 117 moves downward by a distance L3 when a downward external force F1 (FIG. 13) is applied to the shutter 170 closing the intake hole 117H. It stops at the stage where the lower end of 172 is brought into contact with the connection depression bottom 166 and does not move downward any further. At this time, the reject storage 117 does not bring the shutter protruding portion 172 into contact with the inclined surface 163, and does not make the shutter notch rear side 173R contact the inclined surface rib 168. That is, since the reject storage 117 does not damage the inclined surface 163 and the inclined surface rib 168 by the shutter 170, the smooth movement of the banknote bundle W is not hindered.

  Further, the reject storage 117 is provided with a connection recess protrusion 167 protruding above the connection recess bottom 166 on the rear side of the connection recess bottom 166 in the connection recess 165. As a result, in the reject storage 117, when the external force F1 (FIG. 13) directed downward is applied to the shutter 170 and the external force F2 directed further rearward is applied, the shutter projecting portion 172 projects the connection recess. Interference with the part 167, that is, hooking. For this reason, even if the external forces F1 and F2 are applied to the shutter 170, the reject storage 117 can prevent the shutter 170 from moving backward, that is, opening the intake hole 117H.

  That is, in the state where the reject storage 117 is removed from the banknote dispenser 101, the banknote (banknote bundle W) stored in the second storage space 37S is illegal by closing the intake hole 117H with the shutter 170. It is prevented from being taken out. It is assumed that when a malicious person tries to acquire the bill illegally by opening the intake hole 117H with respect to the reject storage 117, the shutter 170 is slid backward.

  Here, the reject storage 117 has a structure in which the intake hole 117H is closed by a shutter 170 that slides directly below the lid upper surface 161 (FIG. 12). Therefore, in order to apply a backward force to the shutter 170 in the reject storage 117, it is necessary to apply a force backward to the upper surface of the shutter 170 to apply a frictional force, that is, to apply an external force F1. In addition, it is necessary to apply the external force F2 (FIG. 13). Then, as described above, in the reject storage 117, the shutter protrusion 172 of the shutter 170 is brought into contact with the connection recess bottom 166 to interfere with the connection recess protrusion 167, so that the shutter 170 is illegally caused by the external forces F1 and F2. It is possible to effectively prevent the opening.

  The reject storage 117 is configured such that the lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 is positioned above the upper end of the connection recess protrusion 167 in a state where the external force F1 is not applied to the shutter 170 (FIG. 12). For this reason, the reject storage 117 is smoothly slid without causing the shutter protrusion 172 to interfere with the connection recess protrusion 167 when the shutter 170 is opened and closed by being attached to and detached from the banknote dispenser 101. Can do.

  In addition to this, the reject storage 117 can exhibit the same effects as the reject storage 17 according to the first embodiment.

  According to the above configuration, the reject storage 117 of the banknote dispenser 101 according to the second embodiment is provided with the inclined surface rib 168 on the inclined surface 163 of the lid 132 and the shutter notch 173 on the shutter 170. Provided. When the reject storage 117 moves the shutter 170 forward and closes the intake hole 117H, the front end portion is positioned in the vicinity of the boundary between the connection recess 165 and the lid upper surface 161, and in each shutter notch 173 Each inclined surface rib 168 is made to enter. Thereby, the reject storage 117 can prevent the banknote stored in the second storage space 37S from being taken out from the gap between the inclined surface 163 and the shutter 170 in advance.

[3. Other Embodiments]
In the first embodiment described above, the case where the partition plate cutout 35C and the first bottom recess 40D are provided at a position corresponding to the space between the two bill stoppers 55 in the left-right direction has been described (FIG. 2, 4, 5 and 6). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the partition plate notch 35C and the first bottom recess 40D may be provided at other positions in the left-right direction. Two or more combinations of the partition plate cutout portion 35C and the first bottom recess 40D may be provided. In particular, when the first bottom recess 40D is provided on the outer sides of the left and right sides of the bill stopper 55, by applying a rounding process, a chamfering process, or the like in the vicinity of the ridge line that forms a connection portion with the first bottom part 40, Can be effectively prevented.

  Moreover, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where the upper part of the 1st bottom part 40, ie, the part which supports the banknote to accommodate was made into planar shape was described (FIG.2, FIG4 and FIG.5). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of ribs along the front-rear direction are arranged in the same manner as the second bottom rib 47 of the second storage portion 37, and the upper end thereof is inclined so that the rear side is high and the front side is low. You may let them. In this case, the space formed between the ribs can function in the same manner as the first bottom recess 40D.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, a rectangular parallelepiped support column 54 connected to the front surface of the partition plate 35 is provided on the front side of the partition plate 35, and a bill stopper 55 is provided on the front surface of the support column 54. The case has been described (FIGS. 2, 4, 5 and 6). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the bill stopper 55 may be provided on the front surface of a rectangular parallelepiped support column that is not connected to the partition plate 35 and is erected as a single unit from the first bottom portion 40.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, when the support pillar 54 provided with the bill stopper 55 is fixed to the first bottom portion 40 and the partition plate 35, the bill stopper 55 is fixed to the discharge portion 50 or the like. Said. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the support column 54 is separated from the first bottom portion 40 and the partition plate 35 and attached to the partition plate 35 via an elastic member such as a spring, whereby the bill stopper 55 is attached to the discharge portion 50 or the like. On the other hand, it may be configured to be swingable. In this case, when the banknote discharged from the discharge section 50 collides with the bill stopper 55, the impact can be absorbed by elastically deforming the elastic member, so that the posture of the banknote is stabilized in the first storage space 36S. Then, it can be reliably struck by the tongue piece roller 53, and finally can be collected in an orderly manner.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the case where the partition plate 35 and the bill stopper 55 were fixed to the storage body 31 side in the rejection storage 17 was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the support column 54 having the bill stopper 55 formed on the front surface is attached to the lower surface of the lid 32 and the lid 32 is opened (FIG. 3), the support column 54 and the bill stopper 55 are provided. May be retracted to the outside of the first storage space 36S. Furthermore, a part of the partition plate 35 may also be attached to the lower surface of the lid body 32 so that when the lid body 32 is opened, it can be retracted from the inside of the storage body 31 to the outside. Thereby, the banknote accommodated in the 1st storage space 36S can be taken out more easily.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the second bottom rib 47 is linear along the front-rear direction has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of protruding members that protrude upward from the second bottom 46 may be provided as appropriate, for example, a plurality of ribs are discretely arranged on the second bottom 46. In this case, since the banknote bundle W that slides rearward and downward along the inclined surface 63 tries to continue to move backward, the shape and arrangement of the upper end so as not to hinder the backward movement of the banknote bundle W. It is desirable to appropriately determine the above.

  Further, in the second embodiment described above, the case where the connection recess 165 is provided between the inclined surface 163 and the lid upper surface 161 and the shutter protrusion 172 is provided at the front end of the shutter 170 has been described (FIGS. 9 and 9). 10). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the connection recess 165 may be omitted and the shutter protrusion 172 may be omitted. In this case, when the shutter 170 is closed, the front end of the shutter 170 is brought into contact with the inclined surface 163.

  Further, in the above-described second embodiment, the case where the shutter protrusion 172 is provided at the front end of the shutter 170 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a shutter protrusion that protrudes downward may be provided slightly behind the front end of the shutter 170.

  Further, in the above-described second embodiment, a case has been described in which the connection depression protrusion 167 is configured to have the same shape regardless of the position in the left-right direction, except for the portion where the inclined surface rib 168 is formed ( 9 and 10). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the connection depression protrusion 167 is provided only in the vicinity of the inclined surface rib 168 in the left-right direction, and the connection depression bottom 166 is formed on the inclined surface at a location where the connection depression protrusion 167 is not provided. You may extend and connect to 163. In short, when an external force F1 downward and an external force F2 backward are applied to the shutter 170 (FIG. 13), at least a part of the shutter protrusion 172 of the shutter 170 interferes with the connection recess protrusion 167. Therefore, it is only necessary to maintain the closed state of the intake hole 117H.

  Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, when the intake hole 117H is closed by the shutter 170 (FIG. 12), and when an external force F1 is further applied (FIG. 13), the shutter notch 173 is formed as an inclined rib. The case where it was made not to contact 168 was described. Specifically, the distance L2 from the shutter notch rear side 173R to the inclined surface rib reference point 168P is set larger than the distance L3 from the lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 to the connection recess bottom 166. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the inclined surface rib 168 is strong and there is no risk of damage, or even if it is damaged, the distance L2 is set to the distance L3. Or less than or equal to

  Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the case where the connection recess bottom 166 of the connection recess 165 is formed flat in the left-right direction and the lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 in the shutter 170 is formed flat has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the bottoms of the connection recess bottom 166 and the shutter protrusion 172 may have various shapes. In short, when an external force F1 is applied to the shutter 170 downward (FIG. 13), at least a part of the lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 is brought into contact with at least a part of the connection recess bottom 166. It is only necessary that the external force F1 can be received. In addition, when an external force F2 is applied to the shutter 170 (FIG. 13), it is sufficient that at least a part of the lower end of the shutter protrusion 172 interferes with at least a part of the connection recess protrusion 167 to prevent backward sliding. .

  Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, reject banknotes and forgotten banknotes are stored in different storage spaces in the banknote dispenser 1 that collects and dispenses banknotes that are paper-like media in bundles. The case where the present invention is applied to the reject storage 17 is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in various apparatuses that handle a bundle of media formed by stacking various paper-like media such as securities, cash vouchers, gift certificates, and admission tickets, the two types of media are distinguished. It may be applied to a storage housed in each.

  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 storage body 31 as the storage body, the partition plate 35 as the partition plate, the lid body 32 as the lid body, the first bottom portion 40 as the first bottom portion, Reject as a medium storage device by the discharge portion 50 as the discharge portion, the bill stopper 55 as the bill stopper, the partition plate cutout portion 35C as the partition plate cutout portion, and the first bottom recess 40D as the first bottom recess. The case of configuring the storage 17 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the storage body, the partition plate, the lid, the first bottom portion, the discharge portion, the bill stopper, the partition plate notch portion, and the first bottom recess that have various other configurations. The medium storage device may be configured as described above.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the transport unit 13 as a transport unit, the discrimination unit 14 as a discrimination unit, the bundle transport unit 3 as a bundle transport unit, and the reject storage 17 as a medium storage. The case where the banknote dispensing machine 1 as the medium processing apparatus is configured as described above. In this case, the medium storage includes a storage body 31 as a storage body, a partition plate 35 as a partition plate, a lid body 32 as a lid body, a first bottom portion 40 as a first bottom portion, and a discharge portion. The discharge portion 50, a bill stopper 55 as a bill stopper, a partition plate cutout portion 35C as a partition plate cutout portion, and a first bottom recess 40D as a first bottom recess. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium processing apparatus may be configured by a transport unit, a discrimination unit, a bundle transport unit, and a medium storage having various other configurations. In this case, the medium storage is constituted by a storage body having various other configurations, a partition plate, a lid body, a first bottom portion, a discharge portion, a bill stopper, a partition plate notch portion, and a first bottom portion recess. It may be configured.

  The present invention can be used in, for example, a banknote dispenser that collects and dispenses banknotes in a bundle according to a user's operation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 ... Banknote dispenser, 2 ... Storage unit, 3 ... Bundle transport unit, 3Y ... Bundle transport path, 10 ... Storage case, 13 ... Transport unit, 14 ... Discrimination unit, 15 ...... Switching unit, 17, 117 ... Reject storage, 17H..Intake hole, 17U..Pass-through hole, 26 .... Discharge port, 31 ... Storage body, 31H ... Communication hole, 32, 132 ... ... lid, 33 ... rotating part, 35 ... partition plate, 35C ... partition plate notch part, 36 ... first storage part, 36S ... first storage space, 37 ... second storage part, 37S …… Second storage space, 40 …… First bottom, 40D …… First bottom recess, 42 …… First upper protection, 46 …… Second bottom, 47 …… Second bottom rib, 50 …… Discharge 53, tongue roller 54, support column, 55, bill stopper, 61, 161, lid top surface, 62, guide space, 63, 63 …… Inclined surface, 70 …… Shutter, 101 …… Banknote dispenser, 117 …… Reject storage, 117H …… Intake hole, 117U …… Pass-through hole, 165 …… Connection recess, 166 …… Connection recess Bottom portion, 167... Connection depression projection portion, 168... Inclined rib, 170... Shutter, 171 .. body portion, 172 .. shutter projection portion, 173.

Claims (10)

A storage body having an internal space inside and having a communication hole for communicating the internal space with the outside;
A partition plate for partitioning the internal space into a first storage space and a second storage space for storing a paper-like medium, respectively;
The communication hole of the storage body is opened to connect the first storage space and the second storage space to the outside, or the communication hole is closed to connect the first storage space and the second storage space from the outside. A lid for blocking,
A first bottom located at the bottom of the first storage space and inclined to raise the partition plate side;
A discharge portion that is provided on the opposite side of the partition plate in the first storage space, takes in the medium from the outside, and discharges the medium to the first storage space;
A bill stopper that is provided closer to the discharge portion than the partition plate in the first storage space and that collides with the medium discharged from the discharge portion;
A partition plate cutout portion provided in the partition plate, wherein a part of the partition plate is cut out from the communication hole side;
A medium storage device, comprising: a first bottom recess provided at a portion of the first bottom that communicates with the partition plate notch and recessed downward from the first bottom. The bill stoppers are arranged at a plurality of locations separated in the horizontal direction on the discharge part side of the partition plate in the first storage space,
The medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first bottom recess is formed between the plurality of bill stoppers. A second bottom located at the bottom of the second storage space;
The medium storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second protruding portion protruding upward from the second bottom portion. A guide space provided on the lid for guiding the medium to the second storage space along an inclined surface;
The medium storage device according to claim 3, wherein the second projecting portion is a plurality of ribs formed along a traveling direction that travels when the medium is guided by the guide space. An intake hole formed on a lid outer surface which is an outer surface of the lid, and having a size allowing the medium to pass through;
A guide space for communicating the intake hole and the second storage space;
An inclined surface that is an inner surface of the guide space and is inclined with respect to the outer surface of the lid, and advances the medium from the intake hole to the second storage space;
An inclined surface rib protruding from the inclined surface toward the guide space and formed along the traveling direction of the medium;
A shutter that opens or closes the intake hole;
When the intake hole in the shutter is closed, it is provided in an inclined proximity side that is close to the inclined surface, and is cut out in a shape that avoids interference with the inclined surface rib when the intake hole is closed. The medium storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: a shutter cutout portion. A connection recess provided in a connection portion between the lid outer surface and the inclined surface, and having a shape recessed from both the lid outer surface and the inclined surface;
The medium storage device according to claim 5, further comprising: a shutter protruding portion provided on the inclined proximity side of the shutter and protruding toward the inclined surface. The shutter opens the intake hole by sliding in a direction away from the connection depression along the lid outer surface from a state in which the intake hole is closed,
The connection recess has a connection recess protrusion that protrudes toward the outer side of the lid from the bottom of the connection recess that is farthest from the outer surface of the lid in the connection portion with the inclined surface. The medium storage device according to claim 6. The medium storage device according to claim 7, wherein the connection recess protrusion is formed in a shape that avoids interference with the shutter protrusion when the shutter is slid. The shutter notch is notched in a shape that avoids interference with the inclined rib even when an external force in a direction approaching the inclined surface is applied to the shutter. The medium storage device according to claim 5. A transport unit for transporting a sheet-like medium to be delivered to the user;
A discrimination section for discriminating the medium;
A forgetting medium that is a medium that has been transported to a predetermined delivery port by a medium bundle in which the media identified to be delivered to the user by the discrimination unit, and has been forgotten by the user from the delivery port A bundle conveying unit for conveying
A reject medium identified as not to be delivered to the user by the discrimination unit, and a medium storage for storing the forgetting medium,
The medium storage is
A storage body having an internal space inside and having a communication hole for communicating the internal space with the outside;
A partition plate that partitions the internal space into a first storage space and a second storage space for storing the medium;
The communication hole of the storage body is opened to connect the first storage space and the second storage space to the outside, or the communication hole is closed to connect the first storage space and the second storage space from the outside. A lid for blocking,
A first bottom located at the bottom of the first storage space and inclined to raise the partition plate side;
A discharge part that is provided on the opposite side of the partition plate in the first storage space, receives the reject medium from the transport unit, and discharges the reject medium to the first storage space;
A bill stopper that is provided closer to the discharge portion than the partition plate in the first storage space and that collides with the medium discharged from the discharge portion;
A partition plate cutout portion provided in the partition plate, wherein a part of the partition plate is cut out from the communication hole side;
A medium processing apparatus comprising: a first bottom recess provided in a portion communicating with the partition plate notch in the first bottom and recessed downward from the first bottom.

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