JP2017151809A - Medium storing case, and automatic transacting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance security.SOLUTION: A paper money storing case 11 is equipped with: a cassette body 30 within which a paper money storing space 36 as a medium storing space is formed and outside which an aperture to allow communication with the paper money storing space 36 is formed; a door body 32 which is disposed to be openable and closable around a fulcrum shaft 35 arranged at the fore end, which is one end side relative to the cassette body 30, and covers the aperture when closed, and is regulated in opening and closing at the rear end, which is the other end side, by a lock mechanism 38 relative to the cassette body 30; and a deformation regulator 42 arranged in a position away from a central position IP between the fulcrum shaft 35 and the lock mechanism 38 of the door body 32 toward the fulcrum shaft 35 side or the lock mechanism 38 side, and regulating any deformation of the door body 32 when closed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium storage and an automatic transaction apparatus, and is suitably applied to, for example, a banknote dispensing machine that dispenses banknotes as a medium.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automatic cash transaction apparatus or the like used in a financial institution or a store, for example, a customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to transaction details with a customer, and cash is withdrawn to a customer. In such an automatic teller machine, there is one that withdraws banknotes stored in a banknote storage (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the bill storage 211 is configured by a cassette body 30 that stores bills therein and a door body 32. The banknote storage 211 has a closed state in which the upper side of the cassette body 30 is closed and an open state in which the upper side of the cassette body 30 is opened by rotating the door 32 around the hinge part 34 provided on the front end side. Transition to the state.

  A lock mechanism 38 is provided at the rear end of the banknote storage 211. The lock mechanism 38 is in an unlocked state in which the door 40 can be opened with respect to the cassette body 30 when the hook 40 is rotated with the predetermined key inserted from the outside of the cassette body 30 and removed from the hooking portion 39. It becomes.

JP 2003-226442 A

  However, in such banknote storage 211, when the door body 32 bends upward in the locked state as shown in FIG. 7, there is a possibility that a gap SP is generated between the door body 32 and the cassette body 30. Even if the lock mechanism is not released, there is a possibility that the inside of the banknote storage 211 can be illegally accessed without leaving a trace of destruction or the like.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a medium storage and an automatic transaction apparatus capable of improving security.

  In order to solve this problem, in the medium storage of the present invention, a medium storage space is formed inside, a main body having an opening for communicating the outside with the medium storage space, and one end side of the main body is pivoted. It is provided so as to be openable and closable, covers the opening when closed, and the other end of the door is restricted from opening and closing with respect to the main body by the lock mechanism, and the intermediate position between the one end and the other end of the door And a deformation restricting portion that is provided at a position separated from one end side or the other end side and restricts deformation of the door portion when closed.

  In the automatic transaction apparatus of the present invention, a medium storage space is formed inside, and a main body having an opening for communicating the outside with the medium storage space, and a main body that can be opened and closed with one end as an axis. One end side or the other with respect to an intermediate position between one end side and the other end side of the door part, and the door part whose opening and closing is restricted with respect to the main body part by the lock mechanism. A medium storage having a deformation restricting portion that is provided at a position separated from the end side and restricts deformation of the door portion when closed is provided.

  According to the present invention, when the door portion is about to be deformed in the locked state, the deformation of the door portion is restricted by the deformation restricting portion so that no gap is generated between the door portion and the main body portion.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the media storage and automatic transaction apparatus which can improve security are realizable.

It is a right view which shows the structure of a banknote dispensing machine. The structure (1) of the banknote storage by 1st Embodiment is shown, (A) is a right view, (B) is a rear view, (C) is CC sectional view taken on the line in (A), (D) is a BB arrow sectional view in (A). The structure (2) of the banknote storage by 1st Embodiment is shown, (A) is a right view, (B) is CC sectional view taken on the line in (A). The structure (1) of the banknote storage by 2nd Embodiment is shown, (A) is sectional drawing, (B) is an enlarged view of the deformation | transformation control part in (A). It is sectional drawing which shows the structure (2) of the banknote storage by 2nd Embodiment. The structure (1) of the conventional banknote storage is shown, (A) is a right view, (B) is a rear view, (C) is an AA arrow sectional view in (A), (D) is (A) It is a BB arrow sectional view in). It is a right view which shows the structure (2) of the conventional banknote storage.

  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 FIG. 1, the banknote dispensing machine 1 according to the first embodiment is installed in, for example, a financial institution or the like, and dispenses banknotes according to the operation of a user (that is, a customer of the financial institution). 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.

[1-2. Configuration of storage unit]
The storage unit 2 incorporates a plurality of portions for performing various processing relating to banknotes in a rectangular parallelepiped storage housing 10, stores banknotes, and stacks banknotes to be handed over to a user to collect banknote bundles. Generate. In the storage case 10, four banknote storages 11, a transport unit 13, a discrimination unit 14, a stacking unit 16, and a reject storage 17 are provided.

  The banknote storage 11 is attached to be stacked on the rear side of the storage housing 10. Each banknote storage 11 is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape that is short in the up-down direction and long in the front-rear direction, and in the inside thereof, the longitudinal direction of the banknotes is aligned in the left-right direction and the paper surface is directed in the front-rear direction. Banknotes are stored in a line. The banknote storage 11 is configured to be attachable to and detachable from four loading slots formed in the storage housing 10. That is, the banknote storage 11 is detached from the storage housing 10 by being pulled out rearward from the state loaded in the storage housing 10 (FIG. 1), and is transported alone by a maintenance worker or the like. Moreover, the banknote storage 11 is mounted | worn with this storage housing | casing 10 as shown in FIG. 1 by being pushed ahead from the state located in the back of the empty loading slot. Incidentally, a handle (not shown) that can be stored is provided on the rear surface of the banknote storage 11. For this reason, when the banknote storage 11 is pulled out of the storage housing 10 by a maintenance worker or the like, a force toward the rear is applied to the handle. Moreover, when the banknote storage 11 is carried by a maintenance worker or the like, the handle is gripped, so that the rear surface is directed upward and the front surface is directed downward.

  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. This conveyance path connects each banknote storage 11, the stacking unit 16, and the reject storage 17 as indicated by a solid line in the drawing. The conveyance part 13 advances the banknote drawn | fed out from each banknote storage 11 substantially upward along the advancing direction along the direction along a short side.

  The discrimination unit 14 is provided along the conveyance path of the conveyance unit 13, and a plurality of types of sensors are incorporated therein. Based on the information obtained from each sensor, the denomination and running state of the bills to be conveyed And the like, and the discrimination result is supplied to the control unit 4. The control part 4 determines the conveyance destination of each banknote based on the obtained discrimination result. Specifically, the control unit 4 sets the transport destination of normal banknotes to be withdrawn to the stacking unit 16, and the transport destination of banknotes that should not be withdrawn (hereinafter referred to as reject banknotes) to the reject storage 17. Decide each.

  The stacking unit 16 is positioned on the uppermost front side in the storage housing 10, stacks the banknotes to be withdrawn conveyed from the transport unit 13 on the stage 16 </ b> T, generates a banknote bundle, and Is delivered to the bundle transport unit 3. The reject storage 17 is located on the uppermost rear side in the storage case 10 and stores reject banknotes transported from the transport unit 13 and forgotten banknote bundles dropped from the bundle transport unit 3 inside. To do.

  An upper surface guide 22 is provided behind the lower portion of the storage case 10 below the upper transfer belt 21 in the bundle transfer case 20 described later. The upper surface guide 22 is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape that is thin in the vertical direction, and the upper surface thereof is opposed to the lower surface of the upper conveyance belt 21. The lower surface of the upper surface guide 22 forms an upper guide of the stacking unit 16, and the upper surface of the upper surface guide 22 forms a lower conveyance guide of the bundle conveyance path 3Y.

[1-3. Configuration of bundle transport unit]
As a whole, the bundle transport unit 3 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 is provided with various mechanisms for conveying a banknote bundle in a rectangular parallelepiped bundle conveyance housing 20.

  An upper conveyance belt 21 is provided on the upper portion in the bundle conveyance housing 20. The upper conveyor belt 21 is an endless belt that is wound around rollers disposed in the vicinity of the front end and the vicinity of the rear end. When the roller rotates, the lower surface of the upper transport belt 21 extends along the front-rear direction along the horizontal direction. And run. For convenience of explanation, hereinafter, the traveling direction of the lower surface portion of the upper transport belt 21 is regarded as the traveling direction of the upper transport belt 21.

  A lower conveyance belt 24 is provided on the front side of the lower portion of the bundle conveyance housing 20 than the upper conveyance belt 21. The lower conveyor belt 24 is an endless belt obtained by cutting the upper conveyor belt 21 in the front-rear direction, and the upper surface thereof is in contact with the lower surface of the upper conveyor belt 21. Hereinafter, the traveling direction of the upper surface portion of the lower conveying belt 24 is regarded as the traveling direction of the lower conveying belt 24.

  In the bundle conveyance unit 3, a bundle conveyance path 3 </ b> Y is formed that is sandwiched from above and below by the upper conveyance belt 21, the stage 16 </ b> T, the upper surface guide 22, and the lower conveyance belt 24 along the horizontal direction.

  A back push plate 25 is provided in the bundle transport unit 3. A part of the back push plate 25 projects downward from the lower surface of the upper transport belt 21 and moves along the front-rear direction, that is, along the bundle transport path 3Y by a moving mechanism (not shown). That is, the back push plate 25 moves forward while pushing the rear end of the banknote bundle along the conveyance direction which is the front-rear direction while preventing the banknote bundle misalignment, banknote residue, etc. by moving forward. By pushing the front end of the banknote bundle while preventing the banknote bundle misalignment, banknote residue and the like. The back pushing plate 25 protrudes downward from the lower surface of the upper conveying belt 21 at only a few discrete points in the left-right direction. When there is a banknote bundle in the bundle conveyance path 3Y, the back push plate 25 pushes it forward and backward to advance it.

  A withdrawal port 26 is formed at the front end of the bundle conveyance housing 20 to deliver the banknote bundle that has been conveyed backward in the bundle conveyance path 3Y to the user.

[1-4. Banknote storage configuration]
As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote storage 11 is a resin molded product, which is a cassette body 30 as a main body part that forms the front, rear, left, right, and lower side surfaces, and a resin molded product on the upper side. It is comprised by the door body 32 as a door part which forms a side surface. The banknote storage 11 stores a large number of banknotes in the internal banknote storage space 36 by configuring the length in the front-rear direction in which banknotes overlap to be longer than the length in the left-right direction. A hinge portion 34 is formed at the front upper end portion of the banknote storage 11 by the front end portion of the door body 32 and the front upper end portion of the cassette body 30. The banknote storage 11 is in a closed state in which the upper side of the cassette body 30 is closed as shown in FIG. And an open state (not shown) in which the upper side of the cassette body 30 is opened.

  A lock mechanism 38 is provided at the rear end of the banknote storage 11. The lock mechanism 38 includes a hook portion 39 provided on the door body 32 and a hook 40 provided on the cassette body 30. The lock mechanism 38 restricts the door body 32 from being opened to the cassette body 30 by rotating the hook 40 with a predetermined key inserted from the outside of the cassette body 30 and engaging the hook portion 39. The lock state is maintained to maintain the closed state. On the other hand, the lock mechanism 38 is a lock that allows the door body 32 to be opened with respect to the cassette body 30 when the hook 40 is rotated with the predetermined key inserted from the outside of the cassette body 30 and is detached from the hooking portion 39. It becomes a release state.

  In the locked state, the front end portion and the rear end portion of the door body 32 are fixed to the cassette body 30 by the hinge portion 34 and the lock mechanism 38, respectively. For this reason, the door body 32 is more easily bent than the front end portion and the rear end portion in the vicinity of the intermediate position IP that is an intermediate portion of the distance L between the fixed portions that is the distance from the fulcrum shaft 35 of the door body 32 to the lock mechanism 38. There is a tendency.

  The cassette body 30 is erected toward the door body 32 in a closed state so that the main body side wall 50 extends in the front-rear direction from the left and right ends of the bottom surface, and the front side wall and the rear side wall extend in the left-right direction from the front end and the rear end of the bottom surface, respectively. In the closed state, it extends toward the door body 32 so as to extend. The door 32 is erected from the left and right ends of the door top plate 47 toward the cassette body 30 in the closed state so that the door outer wall 48 extends in the front-rear direction so as to face the main body side wall 50 vertically. The front side wall and the rear side wall are erected from the front end and the rear end toward the door body 32 in the closed state so as to extend in the left-right direction. Hereinafter, the door top plate 47 and the door outer wall 48 are collectively referred to as an outer wall portion.

[1-5. Configuration of deformation control unit]
A deformation restricting portion 42 that restricts deformation of the door body 32 in the closed state is provided at a position in the banknote storage 11 that is separated from the intermediate position IP toward the lock mechanism 38 side. The deformation restricting portion 42 includes an insertion recess 46 provided in the cassette body 30 and a door projection 44 provided in the door body 32 and fitted into the insertion recess 46.

  The insertion recess 46 is recessed on the upper side of the left and right main body side walls 50 so as to be recessed in a substantially quadrangular prism shape from the upper end surface of the main body side wall 50 toward the lower side away from the door protrusion 44. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2C, a recess inner side wall 46 </ b> I is formed on the inner side in the left-right direction of the insertion recess 46 in the main body side wall 50 from the insertion recess 46 toward the upper side close to the door top plate 47. In addition, on the outer side in the left-right direction of the insertion recess 46 in the main body side wall 50, a recess outer wall 46 </ b> E is formed from the insertion recess 46 toward the upper side close to the door top plate 47. The concave inner wall 46I and the concave outer wall 46E are formed at substantially the same height. Further, as shown in FIG. 2A, on the front side (that is, the fulcrum shaft 35 side) of the insertion recess 46 in the main body side wall 50, the recess fulcrum side wall is directed upward from the insertion recess 46 toward the door top plate 47. 46A is formed, and on the rear side of the insertion recess 46 in the main body side wall 50 (that is, on the lock mechanism 38 side), a recess lock side wall 46L is formed from the insertion recess 46 toward the upper side close to the door top plate 47. Is done.

  The door protrusion 44 is on the inner side of the door outer wall 48 in the left-right direction, and in the closed state, at a position facing the insertion recess 46 of the cassette body 30, from the inner dimension of the insertion recess 46 toward the downward direction close to the cassette body 30. Projecting in a column shape with a small outside dimension. The door protrusion 44 meshes with the insertion recess 46 when its lower end is positioned below the upper end of the recess inner side wall 46I, the recess outer wall 46E, the recess lock side wall 46L and the recess fulcrum side wall 46A in the closed state. ing. Further, the door protrusion 44 is set so as not to come into contact with the insertion recess 46 in the normal rotation operation of the door body 32 with the fulcrum shaft 35 as the rotation center. Furthermore, the door protrusion 44 is provided so as to protrude from the door top plate 47 at a height lower than the door outer wall 48, so that the lower end portion thereof is positioned above the lower end portion of the door outer wall 48.

[1-6. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, a malicious user tries to open the door body 32 in order to access the bill storage space 36 in a locked state, and as shown in FIG. When the vicinity of the IP is bent in a top plate opening direction D1 that is an upward direction away from the cassette body 30, the door protrusion 44 has a lower end portion corresponding to the deformation of the door body 32, and a recess fulcrum side wall 46 </ b> A of the insertion recess 46. Tilt to approach. For this reason, the banknote storage 11 controls the bending of the door body 32 beyond it by making the door protrusion 44 contact | abut to the recessed part fulcrum side wall 46A by contact T1.

  The door protrusion 44 and the insertion recess 46 are configured such that the door protrusion 44 abuts against the recess fulcrum side wall 46 </ b> A when the door body 32 is bent in such a range that no gap is generated between the door body 32 and the cassette body 30. In the normal rotation operation of the door body 32 with the rotation center as the center, the relationship between the outer dimension of the door projection 44 and the inner dimension of the insertion recess 46 such that the door projection 44 does not contact the insertion recess 46, and the closed state The vertical distance between the lower end portion of the door projection 44 and the upper end portion of the recess fulcrum side wall 46A (that is, the overlap amount) is set.

  For this reason, the banknote storage 11 can prevent a gap from being generated between the door body 32 and the cassette body 30 even when the vicinity of the intermediate position IP that is most flexible in the door body 32 is bent in the top plate opening direction D1. , Can improve security. In addition, if the deformation restricting portion 42 is destroyed and the banknote storage space 36 is accessed from the outside, the door outer wall 48 to which a force is applied when it is opened is weaker than the deformation restricting portion 42 in terms of strength. When a strong external force is applied to the extent that the deformation restricting portion 42 is destroyed, not only the deformation restricting portion 42 is damaged, but also the door body 32 itself is plastically deformed. It can be recognized that the storage space 36 has been illegally accessed.

  Here, if the deformation restricting portion 42 is provided in the vicinity of the intermediate position IP in the banknote storage 11, the door protrusion 44 is attached to the top plate in accordance with the deformation of the intermediate position IP of the door body 32 in the top plate opening direction D1. Ascending substantially along the opening direction D1, the lower end of the door projection 44 does not tilt so as to approach the recess fulcrum side wall 46A of the insertion recess 46. In that case, since the banknote storage 11 cannot bring the door protrusion 44 into contact with the recess fulcrum side wall 46 </ b> A, the bending of the door body 32 cannot be regulated, and a gap is generated between the door body 32 and the cassette body 30. There is a possibility that.

  On the other hand, the banknote storage 11 has a deformation restriction composed of a door protrusion 44 and an insertion recess 46 extending along the top plate opening direction D1 (vertical direction) at a position separated from the intermediate position IP toward the lock mechanism 38. A portion 42 is provided. For this reason, the banknote storage 11 inclines the door protrusion 44 so that the lower end portion approaches the recess fulcrum side wall 46A of the insertion recess 46 when the center portion in the front-rear direction of the door body 32 is bent in the top plate opening direction D1. It can be brought into contact with the recess fulcrum side wall 46A.

  Here, as the deformation restricting portion 42 is provided at a position away from the intermediate position IP in the front-rear direction, that is, as the deformation restricting portion 42 is provided at a position closer to the fulcrum shaft 35 or the lock mechanism 38, When the center portion is bent in the top plate opening direction D1, the angle at which the door protrusion 44 tilts is increased, and the lower end portion is easily brought into contact with the recess fulcrum side wall 46A of the insertion recess 46. However, since the door 32 is fixed to the cassette body 30 by the fulcrum shaft 35 and the lock mechanism 38, it is difficult to open the door 32 near the fulcrum shaft 35 and the lock mechanism 38.

  On the other hand, the banknote storage 11 is provided with the deformation restricting portion 42 near the center between the intermediate position IP and the lock mechanism 38. For this reason, the banknote storage 11 can incline the door protrusion 44 as much as possible when the door body 32 is bent in the top plate opening direction D <b> 1 within a range that does not approach the fulcrum shaft 35 and the lock mechanism 38.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), a malicious user tries to open the door body 32 in order to access the banknote storage space 36 in the locked state, and the lower end portion of the door outer wall 48 is placed outward in the left-right direction. When turning to the outer wall opening direction D2 that is the opening direction, the door protrusion 44 tilts so that the lower end portion thereof approaches the recess outer wall 46E of the insertion recess 46 in accordance with the deformation of the door body 32. For this reason, the banknote storage 11 regulates the further bending of the door body 32 by bringing the outer side of the door protrusion 44 in the left-right direction into contact with the recess outer wall 46E at the contact T2. Further, at this time, the banknote storage 11 regulates the inward inclination of the door protrusion 44 and the door outer wall 48 by bringing the inner side wall 46I of the recess into contact with the inner side wall 46I of the concave portion by the contact T3. The bending of the door body 32 is regulated.

  The door protrusion 44 and the insertion recess 46 come into contact with the outer wall 46E of the recess and the inner wall 46I of the recess when the door 32 is bent in a range where no gap is generated between the door 32 and the cassette body 30. At the same time, in the normal rotation operation of the door body 32 with the fulcrum shaft 35 as the rotation center, the outer dimension of the door projection 44 and the inner dimension of the insertion recess 46 so that the door projection 44 does not contact the insertion recess 46. The vertical distance between the lower end portion of the door projection 44 and the upper end portions of the recessed portion outer wall 46E and the recessed portion inner wall 46I in the closed state (that is, the overlap amount) is set.

  For this reason, even if the banknote storage 11 bends the door outer wall 48 of the door body 32 in the outer wall opening direction D2, a gap is not generated between the door body 32 and the cassette body 30, and security can be improved. .

  The banknote storage 11 stores a large number of banknotes, and the length in the front-rear direction in which the banknotes overlap along the direction from the fulcrum shaft 35 toward the lock mechanism 38 is longer than the length in the left-right direction along the longitudinal direction of the banknotes. It is structured long. For this reason, in the case of the banknote storage 11 in which the fulcrum shaft 35 and the lock mechanism 38 respectively fix the one end side and the other end side of the door body 32 to the cassette body 30, an intermediate position between the fulcrum shaft 35 and the lock mechanism 38. In IP, the door body 32 tends to be easily deformed. The present invention is particularly useful in such banknote storage 11.

  Moreover, the banknote storage 11 formed the door protrusion 44 shorter than the door outer wall 48. For this reason, the banknote storage 11 has the door outer wall 48 positioned between the outside and the door protrusion 44 even if the door 32 is about to be opened, and it is difficult to visually recognize that the door protrusion 44 exists from the outside. It can be difficult to make. Thereby, the banknote storage 11 can make it difficult for a malicious user to confirm that the deformation of the door body 32 is prevented by the door protrusion 44, and can improve security.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote storage 11 includes a cassette main body 30 that has a banknote storage space 36 formed therein as a medium storage space and has an opening that allows communication between the outside and the banknote storage space 36. On the other hand, it is provided so as to be openable and closable around a fulcrum shaft 35 provided at the front end portion on one end side, and covers the opening when closed, and the rear end portion on the other end side with respect to the cassette body 30 by the lock mechanism 38. The door body 32 whose opening and closing is restricted, and the intermediate position IP between the fulcrum shaft 35 and the lock mechanism 38 of the door body 32 are provided at positions separated from the fulcrum shaft 35 side or the lock mechanism 38 side. A deformation restricting portion 42 that restricts deformation of the door body 32 is provided.

  As a result, the banknote storage 11 regulates the deformation of the door body 32 by the deformation restricting portion 42 when the door body 32 is about to be deformed in the locked state, and the gap between the door body 32 and the cassette main body 30. SP can be prevented from occurring.

[2. Second Embodiment]
[2-1. Configuration of banknote dispensing machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote dispensing machine 101 according to the second embodiment is different from the banknote dispensing machine 1 according to the first embodiment in that the banknote storage 111 is different from the banknote storage 11. Other than that is comprised similarly.

[2-2. Banknote storage configuration]
As shown in FIG. 4 in which members corresponding to those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, the banknote storage 111 according to the second embodiment is more deformable than the banknote storage 11 according to the first embodiment. Although 142 differs from the deformation | transformation control part 42, other than that is comprised similarly.

[2-3. Configuration of deformation control unit]
The deformation restricting portion 142 is configured similarly to the deformation restricting portion 42 except that the door protrusion 144 is different from the door protrusion 44 and the concave outer wall 146E is different from the concave outer wall 46E. The door protrusion 144 has an L-shaped cross section, and a convex portion 52 that protrudes from the lower end portion toward the concave outer wall 146E of the cassette body 30 in the closed state. The recess outer wall 146E has a hole 54 at a position facing the projection 52 in the closed state.

  In such a configuration, when a malicious user tries to open the door body 32 in order to access the bill storage space 36 in the locked state and turns the door outer wall 48 in the outer wall opening direction D2 as shown in FIG. In accordance with the deformation of the body 32, the door protrusion 144 is inclined so that the lower end portion thereof approaches the recess outer wall 146E of the insertion recess 46. For this reason, the banknote storage 111 controls the further bending of the door body 32 by inserting and hooking the convex part 52 of the door protrusion 144 into the hole part 54 of the concave outer wall 146E. At this time, the banknote storage 111 causes the inner side in the left-right direction of the door protrusion 144 to contact the inner wall 46I of the recess at the contact T4. For this reason, the banknote storage 111 restricts further bending of the door body 32 by restricting the inward inclination of the door protrusion 144 and the door outer wall 48 and restricts the movement of the door protrusion 144 in the left-right inner direction. By doing so, the state where the convex part 52 is inserted into the hole part 54 can be maintained.

  For this reason, even if the banknote storage 111 bends the door outer wall 48 of the door body 32 in the outer wall opening direction D2, a gap is not generated between the door body 32 and the cassette body 30, and security can be improved. . Other banknote storage 111 has substantially the same effect as banknote storage 11.

[3. Other Embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the deformation restricting portions 42 and 142 are provided at positions separated from the intermediate position IP toward the lock mechanism 38 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the deformation restricting portion may be provided at a position that is separated from the intermediate position IP toward the fulcrum shaft 35 side.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the case where the deformation restricting portion 42 is configured by the door protrusion 44 provided on the door body 32 and the insertion recess 46 provided on the cassette body 30 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and an insertion recess may be provided in the door body 32 and a protrusion may be provided in the cassette body 30. The same applies to the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, in 2nd Embodiment mentioned above, the case where the hole part which the convex part of the door protrusion 144 fits in the recessed part outer side wall 146E was described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the door protrusion 146E deformed outwardly by providing the recessed portion outer wall 146E with an L-shaped cross section and providing a convex portion protruding toward the door protrusion 144 at the upper end portion of the recessed portion outer wall 146E. The convex portion 144 may be engaged with the convex portion of the concave outer wall 146E.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the lock mechanism 38 is configured by the hook portion 39 provided in the door body 32 and the hook 40 provided in the cassette body 30 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and a hook may be provided on the door body 32 and a hooking portion may be provided on the cassette body 30.

  Further, in the first and second embodiments described above, the case where the present invention is applied to the banknote dispensing machines 1 and 101 for dispensing banknotes has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices that store paper-like media such as various kinds of cash vouchers, securities, or various tickets and deliver them to the user.

  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 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the banknote storage 11 as a medium storage by the cassette main body 30 as a main-body part, the door body 32 as a door, and the deformation | transformation control part 42 as a deformation | transformation control part. The case of configuring is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium storage may be configured by a main body portion, a door, and a deformation restricting portion having various other configurations.

  Furthermore, in 1st Embodiment mentioned above, the banknote storage 11 as a medium storage which has the cassette main body 30 as a main-body part, the door body 32 as a door, and the deformation | transformation control part 42 as a deformation | transformation control part. The case where the banknote dispensing machine 1 as an automatic transaction apparatus is configured is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an automatic transaction apparatus may be configured by a medium storage having a main body portion, a door, and a deformation restriction portion having various other configurations.

  The present invention can also be used in a banknote dispensing machine that stores banknotes in, for example, a detachable banknote storage and withdraws the banknotes in response to a user operation.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 ... Banknote dispenser, 2 ... Storage unit, 3 ... Bundle transport unit, 3Y ... Bundle transport path, 4 ... Control unit, 10 ... Storage case, 11, 111, 211 ... Banknote storage, 13 ... conveying unit, 14 ... discriminating unit, 16 ... stacking unit, 16T ... stage, 17 ... reject storage, 20 ... bundled transport case, 21 ... upper transport belt, 22 …… Top guide, 24 …… Lower conveyor belt, 25 …… Back push plate, 26 …… Discharge port, 30 …… Cassette body, 32 …… Door body, 34 …… Hinge part, 35 …… Support shaft 36 ...... Bill storage space 38 ... Lock mechanism 39 ... Hook part 40 ... Hook 42,142 ... Deformation restricting part 44,144 ... Door protrusion 46 ... Insertion recess 46I ... ... inner wall of recess, 46E, 146E ... outer wall of recess, 46L ... side wall of recess lock, 6A: Side wall of recessed portion, 47: Door top plate, 48: Door outer wall, 50: Side wall of main body, 52: Convex portion, 54: Hole, SP: Clearance, IP: Intermediate position, L …… Distance between fixed parts, D1 …… Top plate opening direction, D2 …… Outer wall opening direction, T1, T2, T3, T4.

Claims (9)

A medium storage space formed inside, and a main body having an opening for communicating the outside with the medium storage space;
A door portion that is provided so as to be openable and closable around one end side with respect to the main body portion, covers the opening when closed, and the other end side is restricted from opening and closing with respect to the main body portion by a lock mechanism
A deformation restricting portion that is provided at a position separated from the one end side or the other end side with respect to an intermediate position between the one end side and the other end side of the door portion and restricts deformation of the door portion at the time of closing. And a media storage. The deformation restricting portion is
A protrusion extending substantially along the direction in which the door is opened from the main body,
The medium storage case according to claim 1, which is configured by a concave portion into which the protrusion portion enters during the closing. The door has an outer wall covering the opening, and the protrusion formed on the inner side of the outer wall,
The medium storage case according to claim 2, wherein the main body portion is formed with the concave portion. The medium storage according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion enters the recess when the door is closed so that the protrusion is in contact with the recess when the door is bent away from the main body. The medium storage case according to claim 3, wherein the protruding portion is formed lower than the outer wall portion. The medium storage according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion enters the recess when the outer wall is turned from the outside so as to contact the recess when the outer wall is turned from the outside. The protrusion is formed with a protrusion toward the outer wall of the recess,
The medium storage according to claim 3, wherein the concave portion is formed with a hole portion into which the convex portion is inserted when the outer wall portion is turned from the outside. The medium storage according to claim 1, wherein a direction from the one end side toward the other end side is a direction in which the respective media overlap in the medium storage space. A medium storage space formed inside, and a main body having an opening for communicating the outside with the medium storage space;
A door portion that is provided so as to be openable and closable around one end side with respect to the main body portion, covers the opening when closed, and the other end side is restricted from opening and closing with respect to the main body portion by a lock mechanism
A deformation restricting portion that is provided at a position separated from the one end side or the other end side with respect to an intermediate position between the one end side and the other end side of the door portion and restricts deformation of the door portion at the time of closing. An automatic transaction apparatus comprising a medium storage with and.

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