JP2019172418A - Paper money feeding apparatus and electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a paper money feeding device capable of returning a paper money even if the paper money folded into four or more is mixed and inputted.SOLUTION: The paper money feeding device is a paper money feeding device to be fed out in the paper money feeding direction Dr by separating the paper money 100 inputted in a single layered state or a double layered state one by one to a paper money feeding direction Dr, and includes a multilayer intrusion detection sensor 37L, 37R which is provided outside the paper money feeding direction Dr side of the paper money holding roller 36 and the paper money feeding roller 35 and outside of the end parts in the rotational axis direction W of the paper money holding roller 36 and the paper money feeding roller 35 and detects the paper money 100e in a layered state, paper money return claws 38L and 38R slidably provided in a direction Df opposite to the paper money feeding direction, and on the basis of the detection results of the multilayer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R, the paper money return claws 38L and 38R slide in the opposite direction Df to the paper money feeding direction, thereby returning the paper money 100e in the layered state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill feeding device.

  Electronic devices that handle money, such as ATM (Automated Teller Machine), POS (Point Of Sales) terminal devices, and vending machines, may have a built-in bill feeding device. A banknote feeding device is a device that separates and feeds banknotes that are inserted in a single-layer or multi-layered state, and in some cases mixed with denominations, one by one. The banknotes fed out from the banknote feeding apparatus are subjected to processing such as storing for each denomination after authenticity and denomination are discriminated in an electronic device such as ATM.

  Generally, this type of banknote feeding device has a banknote holding roller that can be rotated at a time other than the time of banknote feeding, and a banknote feeding roller that is provided so as to face the banknote holding roller and can be rotated at the time of banknote feeding, While holding a single-layered or multi-layered banknote by a banknote holding roller, one banknote on the most banknote feeding roller side is separated (peeled) by the banknote feeding roller and is fed out in the banknote feeding direction. .

  Patent Documents 1 to 4 disclose this type of bill feeding device.

JP-A-11-222325 JP 09-198544 A Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Sho 63-241689 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Sho 63-075995

  By the way, in this kind of bill feeding device including what was indicated by patent documents 1-4, when the frictional force between one bill which should be paid out and a bill piled up on this is large, it is a plurality. Banknotes (multi-layered banknotes) may be transported in the banknote feeding direction. When an erroneous conveyance occurs, the layered state is detected in the subsequent authenticity determination or denomination determination component, etc., and the banknote feeding roller and the banknote holding roller are rotated in the reverse direction so that the erroneously conveyed banknote is returned. Yes.

  On the other hand, the width of the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller is designed to be about 50% of the width of the banknote for the purpose of preventing skewing of the banknote called skew. There are many cases. In that case, on the outer side in the width direction of the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller, a width of about 25% of the width of the banknote and a non-transportable area in which banknotes cannot be transported in either the banknote feeding direction or the return direction. Will exist.

  When banknotes of four or more folds are mixed near the edge in the width direction of one banknote to be fed out, it should be fed out when it is layered with a large frictional force, especially on one banknote to be fed out There is a possibility that banknotes of four or more folded together with one sheet may be erroneously conveyed into the banknote feeding device. Even if this erroneously conveyed quadruple or more banknote can be detected by a component that performs subsequent authenticity determination or denomination determination, etc., the quadruple or more banknote is located in the non-conveyable area described above. In this case, it cannot be returned by reverse rotation of the bill holding roller and the bill feeding roller. As a result, four or more folded banknotes remain inside the banknote feeding device, and the remaining four or more folded banknotes cause miscalculation troubles and conveyance troubles. For this reason, even if a banknote more than four folds is mixed and thrown in, the banknote feeding apparatus which can return this is desired.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote feeding device that can return a banknote that is folded into four or more folds even if it is inserted.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device such as an ATM having the banknote feeding device.

  According to this invention, it is a banknote feeding apparatus which isolate | separates the banknote thrown in a single layer or a multilayer state one by one, and pays out in a banknote feeding direction, Comprising: The rotation extended in the direction perpendicular | vertical with respect to the said banknote feeding direction It is possible to rotate around a shaft so that it can be rotated at a time other than when a bill is paid out, and at a time when a bill is drawn around a provided bill holding roller and a rotation shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the bill feeding direction, And the banknote feeding roller provided so as to face the banknote holding roller through an interval through which only one banknote can pass, and the banknote holding in a single-layer or multi-layer state is stopped The banknote feeding roller and the banknote feeding are configured such that one banknote closest to the banknote feeding roller is fed out in the banknote feeding direction by the rotating banknote feeding roller while being held by a roller. The banknote feeding direction side of the banknote, and the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller are provided outside the ends in the respective rotation axis directions. More than the multi-layer intrusion detection sensor for detecting that the paper has entered the banknote feeding direction side, the banknote feeding direction side of the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller, and each of the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller A bill return claw slidably provided in a direction opposite to the bill feeding direction outside the end in the rotation axis direction, and based on the detection result of the multi-layer intrusion detection sensor, the bill return When the nail slides in the direction opposite to the banknote feeding direction, a banknote feeding apparatus configured to return the intruded multi-layered banknote is obtained.

  According to this invention, the electronic device which has the said banknote delivery apparatus is obtained.

  The bill feeding device according to the present invention can return a bill even if a bill of four or more folds is mixed and inserted.

(A) And (b) is the schematic top view and schematic side view of the principal part of the banknote feeding apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic arrow view seen from the back of a bill feeding device of a bill holding roller and a bill feeding roller in a bill feeding device by an embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a bill feeding device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the figure, the symbol W indicates the width direction (including the left direction Wl and the right direction Wr) of the bill feeding device, and the symbol H indicates the height direction (including the downward direction Hl and the upward direction Hu) of the bill feeding device. The symbol D indicates the depth direction (including the forward direction Df and the backward direction Dr) of the bill feeding device. In addition, since the banknote feeding direction mentioned later is the same as the back direction Dr, it is described also as the banknote feeding direction Dr below. Moreover, since the reverse direction of the banknote feeding direction mentioned later or the return direction of a banknote is the same as the front direction Df, it is described below also as the reverse direction Df or the return direction Df. Furthermore, since the stacking direction of banknotes to be described later is the same as the height direction H, the stacking direction H will be also described below. Furthermore, since the extending direction or rotating shaft direction of each rotating shaft of the banknote holding roller and banknote feeding roller is parallel to the width direction W, the extending direction W or the rotating shaft direction W is also expressed below.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) and FIG. 2, a banknote feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention is built in an ATM, in a single-layer or multi-layer state, and in some cases a denomination is mixed. Is a device that separates bills 100 inserted one by one in the bill feeding direction Dr.

  This banknote feeding apparatus converges the banknote 100 thrown in a single layer or a multi-layered state in the multi-layer direction, and then inserts the banknote converging part 51 between a banknote holding roller and a banknote feeding roller of a banknote feeding part, which will be described later, The banknote feeding part 52 which isolate | separates the banknote 100 thrown in a single layer or a multilayer state one by one, and pays out in the banknote feeding direction Dr.

  The banknote converging unit 51 includes a fixed paper surface guide 31, a movable paper surface guide 32, a tip guide 33, and a banknote insertion roller 34.

  The fixed paper surface guide 31 supports one paper surface in the multi-layer direction H of the banknote 100 in a single-layer or multi-layer state. The movable paper surface guide 32 is provided so as to be slidable in a direction (Hl) in which the other paper surface in the stacking direction H of the bill 100 in a single-layer or multi-layer state is pressed against the fixed paper surface guide 31. The leading edge guide 33 is provided so as to face the fixed paper surface guide 31 immediately before the banknote holding roller 36 and the banknote feeding roller 35 in the banknote feeding direction, and is inclined so as to approach the fixed paper surface guide 31 toward the banknote feeding direction Dr. is doing. The bill insertion roller 34 is provided on the fixed paper surface guide 31 side so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis extending in a direction (W) perpendicular to the bill feeding direction Dr. The banknote 100 in a single-layer or multi-layer state pressed by 31 is transported between the banknote holding roller 36 and the banknote feeding roller 35.

  The banknote feeding unit 52 includes a banknote holding roller 36, a banknote feeding roller 35, multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R, and banknote return claws 38L and 38R.

  The banknote holding roller 36 is provided so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 36X extending in a direction (W) perpendicular to the banknote feeding direction Dr except when the banknote is being fed. The bill feeding roller 35 is provided so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 35X extending in a direction (W) perpendicular to the bill feeding direction Dr when the bill is fed.

  As apparent from FIG. 2, the bill holding roller 36 includes six bill holding roller pieces arranged in parallel in a direction perpendicular to the bill feeding direction. The bill feeding roller 35 also includes eight bill feeding roller pieces arranged in parallel in a direction perpendicular to the bill feeding direction. The six banknote holding roller pieces and the eight banknote feeding roller pieces are alternately arranged in a direction perpendicular to the banknote feeding direction, and through an interval (12 locations) through which only one banknote can pass. So as to face each other. In FIG. 2, for the convenience of explanation, the wavy deformation of the banknote is exaggerated.

  And while holding the banknote 100 of a single layer or a multi-layered state with the stopped banknote holding roller 36, one banknote 100p which is on the most banknote feeding roller 35 side is rotated in the banknote feeding direction Dr by the rotating banknote feeding roller 35. It is configured to pay out.

  The multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R are closer to the banknote feeding direction Dr than the banknote holding roller 36 and the banknote feeding roller 35, and from both ends of the banknote holding roller 36 and the banknote feeding roller 35 in the respective rotation axis directions (W). It is provided on the outer side and detects that a multi-layered banknote (four-fold banknote 100e in the present embodiment) has entered the banknote feeding direction Dr side of the banknote holding roller 36 and banknote feeding roller 35. In the present embodiment, the multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R are a kind of optical sensor, and are configured to be able to detect whether the banknote is a single layer or a multi-layer depending on the amount of light transmitted through the banknote.

  The bill return claws 38 </ b> L and 38 </ b> R are outside the both ends in the bill feeding direction Dr side of the bill holding roller 36 and the bill feeding roller 35, and in the respective rotation axis directions (W) of the bill holding roller 36 and the bill feeding roller 35. Are provided to be slidable in the direction Df opposite to the bill feeding direction Dr.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the bill return claw 38L is shaped like a protrusion protruding from above the belt 66 of the belt conveyor composed of the belt 66 stretched between the pulley 64 and the pulley 65. 62, driven by a motor 61 via a belt 63. As shown in FIG. 1A, a bill return claw 38R is coupled to a bill return claw 38L by a shaft 39, and the bill return claw 38L and the bill return claw 38R are interlocked. .

  The bill return claws 38L and 38R pass between the rotation shaft 36X of the bill holding roller 36 and the rotation shaft 35X of the bill feeding roller 35, and are opposite to the bill feeding direction Dr in the direction Df from the bill holding roller 36 and the bill feeding roller 35. It can slide to the side.

  Then, based on the detection results of the multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R, the banknote return claws 38L and 38R slide in the direction Df opposite to the banknote feeding direction Dr, thereby entering the multi-layer banknote (quarterly folded banknote 100e). Is configured to return.

  The banknote feeding device is provided on the banknote feeding direction Dr side with respect to the banknote holding roller 36 and the banknote feeding roller 35, and the stacked banknotes are erroneously conveyed on the banknote feeding direction Dr side with respect to the banknote holding roller 36 and the banknote feeding roller 35. As an erroneous conveyance detection means for detecting this, a multilayer detection sensor 37M is further provided. In the present embodiment, the multi-layer detection sensor 37M is a kind of optical sensor, similar to the multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R, and indicates whether the banknote is a single layer or a multi-layer depending on the amount of light passing through the banknote. It is configured to be detectable. The multilayer detection sensor 37M may be configured integrally with the multilayer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R. Then, based on the detection result of the multi-layer detection sensor 37M, the banknote feeding roller 35 rotates in the reverse direction, and the banknote holding roller 36 rotates in a direction to convey the banknote in the direction Df opposite to the banknote feeding direction Dr. It is configured to return the bills in the multi-layered state that are erroneously conveyed. Note that the multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R may function as erroneous conveyance detection means.

  Next, operation | movement of this banknote delivery apparatus is demonstrated.

  When a single-layer or multi-layer banknote 100 is inserted into the banknote converging unit 51, the movable paper surface guide 32 moves to the fixed paper surface guide 31 side and presses the banknote 100 against the banknote insertion roller 34.

  After the banknote 100 is pressed against the banknote insertion roller 34, when the banknote feeding process starts, the banknote insertion roller 34 rotates and the banknote 100 is inserted between the banknote holding roller 36 and the banknote feeding roller 35 of the banknote feeding section 52. To do. In addition, while the banknote insertion roller 34 is conveying the banknote 100, the movable paper surface guide 32 presses the banknote 100 against the banknote insertion roller 34 with a fixed force.

  Then, while holding the single-layer or multi-layer banknote 100 by the stopped banknote holding roller 36, one banknote 100p located closest to the banknote feeding roller 35 is fed out in the banknote feeding direction Dr by the rotating banknote feeding roller 35. .

  At this time, when the four-fold banknote 100e is mixed in the end portion in the width direction of the banknote 100, the four-fold banknote 100e is also transported into the apparatus along with the normally fed banknote 100p. Sometimes.

  In that case, the multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R (in the illustrated example, the multi-layer intrusion detection sensor 37R) is configured such that the multi-layered banknote (four-fold banknote 100e) is more banknote-feeding than the banknote holding roller 36 and banknote feeding roller 35. It detects that it has entered the Dr side.

  Based on the detection results of the multi-layer intrusion detection sensors 37L and 37R, first, the feeding process of the banknote 100p is stopped and the returning process is started. When the return process is started, the banknote holding roller 36 and the transport motor 35 rotate reversely to return the banknote 100p to the banknote converging unit 51.

  At the same time, the banknote return claws 38L and 38R are driven by the motor 61 and slide in the direction Df opposite to the banknote feeding direction Dr, thereby returning the intruded multi-layer banknote (four-fold banknote 100e).

  The banknote inputer (customer) who received the single-layered or multi-layered banknote 100 including the banknote 100p and the four-fold banknote 100e, both of which have been returned to the banknote slot, is folded into four banknotes 100e. After correcting the above, the stacked banknote 100 is again inserted into the ATM banknote slot.

  As described above, according to the banknote feeding device of the present embodiment, it is possible to return four or more folded banknotes without taking them into the interior. Thereby, the miscalculation failure and the conveyance failure which may occur when the banknote more than four folds remain in the inside of a bill feeding device can be prevented.

  The bill feeding device according to the present invention is not limited to ATM, but can be applied to electronic devices that handle bills such as POS terminal devices and vending machines.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 31 Fixed paper surface guide 32 Movable paper surface guide 33 Tip guide 34 Bill insertion roller 35 Bill feeding roller 35X Rotating shaft 36 Bill holding roller 36X Rotating shaft 37L, 37R Multilayer intrusion detection sensor 37M Multilayer detection sensor 38L, 38R Bill return claw 39 Shaft 51 Banknote Convergence part 52 Banknote feeding part 61 Motor 62, 64, 65 Pulley 63, 66 Belt 100 Banknote 100e Banknote (quartly folded banknote)
100p banknote (banknote being paid out)

Claims (10)

A banknote feeding device that separates banknotes that are thrown in a single-layer or multi-layer state one by one and feeds them in the banknote feeding direction,
A banknote holding roller provided so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the banknote feeding direction, except when a banknote is being fed,
It is possible to rotate around a rotating shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the bill feeding direction when the bill is fed, and to face the bill holding roller through an interval through which only one bill can pass. And a bill feeding roller provided,
A single-layer or multi-layered banknote is held by the stopped banknote holding roller, and one banknote closest to the banknote feeding roller is fed out in the banknote feeding direction by the rotating banknote feeding roller. And
Provided on the banknote feeding direction side with respect to the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller, and on the outer side with respect to the rotation axis directions of the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller, the stacked banknotes are the banknotes. A multi-layer intrusion detection sensor for detecting that the holding roller and the banknote feeding roller have entered the banknote feeding direction side;
Slide in the opposite direction of the bill feeding direction to the bill feeding direction side of the bill holding roller and the bill feeding roller, and to the outside of the bill holding roller and the bill feeding roller in the respective rotational axis directions. A bill return claw provided in a possible manner;
A banknote feeding device configured to return an intruded multi-layered banknote by sliding the banknote return claw in a direction opposite to the banknote feeding direction based on a detection result of the multi-layer intrusion detection sensor. The multi-layer intrusion detection sensor includes one and the other multi-layer intrusion detection sensors provided outside the both end portions in the respective rotation axis directions of the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller,
2. The bill feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the bill return claw includes one and the other bill return claw respectively provided on the outer side than both end portions in each rotation axis direction of the bill holding roller and the bill feeding roller.   The banknote feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the one banknote return claw and the other banknote return claw are coupled to each other.   The bill return claw is slidable between the rotation axis of the bill holding roller and the rotation shaft of the bill feeding roller to the opposite side of the bill feeding direction from the bill holding roller and the bill feeding roller. The bill feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A banknote converging part that is inserted between the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller after the banknotes thrown in a single-layer or multi-layer state are converged in the stacking direction;
The banknote convergence part
A fixed paper surface guide for supporting one paper surface in the multi-layer direction of banknotes in a single-layer or multi-layer state;
A movable paper surface guide slidably provided in a direction of pressing the other paper surface of the banknote in a single-layer or multi-layer state in the multi-layer direction against the fixed paper surface guide;
A tip guide provided so as to face the fixed paper surface guide immediately before the banknote holding roller and the bill feeding roller in the bill feeding direction, and inclined so as to approach the fixed paper surface guide as it goes in the bill feeding direction; ,
A single layer or multiple layers provided on the fixed paper surface guide side so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the bill feeding direction and pressed against the fixed paper surface guide by the movable paper surface guide The bill feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a bill insertion roller configured to convey a bill in a state between the bill holding roller and the bill feeding roller. The banknote holding roller includes a plurality of banknote holding roller pieces arranged in a direction perpendicular to the banknote feeding direction,
The banknote feeding roller includes a plurality of banknote feeding roller pieces arranged in parallel in a direction perpendicular to the banknote feeding direction,
The bill feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the bill holding roller pieces and the bill feeding roller pieces are alternately arranged in a direction perpendicular to the bill feeding direction.   The multi-layer intrusion detection sensor is configured to stop the rotation of the banknote feeding roller when the multi-layered banknote detects that the banknote in the multi-layer state has entered the banknote feeding direction side of the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller. The bill feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. It is provided on the banknote feeding direction side with respect to the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller, and detects that a multi-layered banknote has been erroneously conveyed to the banknote feeding direction side with respect to the banknote holding roller and the banknote feeding roller. It further has an erroneous conveyance detection means,
Based on the detection result of the erroneous transport detection means, the banknote feeding roller rotates in the reverse direction, and the banknote holding roller rotates in a direction to transport the banknote in the direction opposite to the banknote feeding direction. The banknote feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the banknote feeding apparatus is configured to return the stacked banknotes.   The banknote feeding device according to claim 8, wherein the multi-layer intrusion detection sensor also functions as the erroneous conveyance detection unit.   The electronic device which has a banknote feeding apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-9.

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