JP2502855Y2 - Recycling banknote processing machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention stores banknotes provided for currency exchange, goods price, etc., and stores the banknotes and change resulting from the currency exchange. For example, the present invention relates to a recycling banknote processing machine that is reused as a storage banknote, and more particularly to a processing machine that does not cause a failure to pay out stored banknotes.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a conventional recycling banknote processing machine. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a bill insertion slot 2 and when a bill 3 is inserted into the insertion slot 2, the bill 3 is discriminated from authenticity and denomination, and a discrimination signal 4 corresponding to the result is output. At the same time, if the result of the discrimination is abnormal, the bill 3 is sent back to the insertion slot 2, and if there is no abnormality in the result of the discrimination, the bill 3 is discharged as a discriminated bill 6 from the bill outlet 5. Section, 7 is a safe corresponding to each denomination of the bill 3 that can be discriminated in the discriminating unit 1, 8 is the discriminated bill 6 is carried into the bill carry-in port 8a, and the discrimination signal 4 is input to the carry-in port 8a. The carrying mechanism 8 is designed to carry the carried-in banknote 6 into the safe 7 corresponding to the denomination represented by the inputted discrimination signal 4, and the carrying mechanism 8 is arranged to carry the banknote 6 from the carry-in port 8a to the carry-in port 8a first. The main transportation path 9 that is carried into the farthest safe 7 at a distant position, and the main transportation path 9. A branching and conveying path 10 for branching from the sending path 9 to carry the bills 6 into a safe 7 other than the farthest safe 7, and a gate mechanism installed at a branch point between the conveying paths 9 and 10 and driven by the input discrimination signal 4. In this case, the gate mechanism 11 is configured as shown in FIG.

Then, in FIG. 7, 9a and 10a are the transport paths, respectively.
All of the bills 9 and 10 are adapted to convey the verified bills 6 which have been carried in, and 12 is rotated by a shaft 13 to guide the bills 6 carried on the main transport path 9 to the branch transport path 10. The gate has a wedge-shaped cross section as described above, and 14 is a gate drive unit for inputting the discrimination signal 4 and driving the shaft 13 in accordance with the content of the signal 4, and the above-mentioned gate mechanism 11 is the gate 12
6, the shaft 13 and the drive unit 14, the bank 12 is carried into the safe 7 corresponding to the denomination represented by the signal 4 by the gate 12 operating in accordance with the discrimination signal 4 in FIG. It is like this. Then, FIG. 7 shows a state in which the bill 6 conveyed on the main conveyance path 9 is guided to the branch conveyance path 10 by the gate 12, and FIG. 8 shows a branch point between the conveyance paths 9 and 10. 3 shows a state in which the banknotes 6 conveyed on the conveyance path 9 are not guided to the conveyance path 10 by the gate 12.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 15 denotes a banknote payout portion provided for each cashbox 7, and the banknotes 6 stored in the cashbox 7 are paid out one by one as payout banknotes 16.
Is a bill dispensing unit configured to collectively convey the dispensed bills 16 dispensed by a predetermined cumulative number from the dispensing unit 15 to the bill dispensing opening 18, and in this case, of course, the bill dispensing unit 17 includes the bill dispensing unit 15 together. In FIG. 6, for convenience of explanation, the feeding section 15 and the paying section are provided in FIG.
Only one set consisting of 17 and 17 is shown. In FIG.
19 is the transport mechanism 8, all safes 7 and all feeding parts
In the bill storage unit consisting of 15 and all payout units 17, when the payout command signal 20 is input in the bill storage unit 19, the bill 7 is designated by the signal 20 from the safe 7 designated by this signal 20. The respective units are configured so that only the number of bills 16 is paid out to the bill payout unit 17. Reference numeral 21 denotes a recycle banknote processing machine including the above-mentioned respective parts. In this case, the banknote payout part 15 and the safe 7 are constituted by respective main parts as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 9, 7a is a case forming the safe 7, 7b is a coil spring whose one end is fixed to the bottom of the case 7a and the other end is fixed to the movable plate 7c to push up the movable plate 7c.
When the banknotes 6 are carried in from the transport mechanism 8 shown in FIG. 6, the cashbox 7 pushes down the movable plate 7c by a mechanism (not shown) to stack and store the banknotes 6 on the movable plate 7c. And a movable plate when the bill 6 is not loaded from the transport mechanism 8.
The bills 6 stacked on 7c are pressed against the feeding roller 22 provided above the cashbox 7 by the spring 7b and the movable plate 7c. Then, in this case, the feeding roller 22 has a frictional force N with the banknote 6 whose part 22a of the roller surface is pressed.
Roller surface 22b except the high friction surface 22a is formed of a synthetic resin having a small frictional force N, and the roller 22 is rotated once in the direction of the arrow P by a drive mechanism (not shown). Each unit is configured so that the uppermost one banknote 6 among the banknotes 6 stacked and stored in the cashbox 7 is fed out of the cashbox 7 every time.

In FIG. 9, 25 is a roller-shaped cylindrical body 23 made of a rubber material which is fixed so as not to rotate and a gap between the cylindrical body 23 and the roller-shaped cylindrical body 23.
The bill 6 is composed of a rotary roller 24 and a rotary roller 24 which are arranged to face each other via
Is a single-sheet separating mechanism that is pulled out to the left through the gap 26 by the frictional force between the rotating roller 24.
The gap 26 is formed so that its size X satisfies the relationship of t <X <2t, where t is the thickness of one bill 6.
Then, further, in this case, if a fold 27 as shown in the drawing is present on the tip side of the bill 6 fed out by the roller 22, the bill 6 is pressed against the columnar body 23 by the roller 24, so that the cylinder at this time is pushed. The frictional force M between the body 23 and the bill 6 becomes larger than the sum of the driving force of the roller 24 with respect to the bill 6 and the above-mentioned frictional force N by the roller 22 so that the bill 6 cannot pass through the gap 26. Each part is configured. Reference numeral 28 in FIG. 9 comprises a driving roller 29 and a driven roller 30 pressed by the driving roller 29 by a spring 31, and the bill 6 having passed through the single sheet separating mechanism 25 is used as the payout bill 16 shown in FIG. A transport roller adapted to be dispensed to the bill dispensing unit 17, and the main components of the above-described bill dispensing unit 15 are the dispensing roller 22, the rotating roller 24, and the cylindrical body.
23 and a transport roller 28.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

In the recycle banknote processing machine 21, each part is configured as described above, and the banknote 6 starts with the end of the banknote 6 corresponding to the end of the banknote 3 in the insertion direction of the banknote 3 into the banknote insertion slot 2. It is designed to be inserted into the gap 26 in the bill feeding unit 15, and the leading end portion of the bill 6 described above is temporarily driven by the driving roller 29 and the driven roller 30 in the feeding unit 15.
When it is sandwiched between and, the bill 6
Even if there is a fold 32 at the rear end of the bill, all the bills 6 are pulled out to the left through the gap 26 because the conveyance force of the rollers 29 and 30 is strong. Therefore, in the recycling banknote processing machine 21, the side opposite to the end in the insertion direction of the banknote 3 into the banknote insertion slot 2 (hereinafter, this end may be referred to as the tip of the banknote 3 or 6). The fold 32 existing at the end (hereinafter, this end may be referred to as the rear end of the bill 3 or 6) hinders the operation of the bill storage unit 19 to dispense the dispensed bill 16 to the bill dispenser 17. However, if there is a fold 27 at the tip of the bill 3, the bill 6 is separated into a single-sheet separating mechanism in the bill feeding unit 15.
It means that the bills 16 that have been clogged up at 25 are not fed out from the bill feeding unit 15. That is, the conventional recycling banknote processing machine 21 described above has a problem that the banknotes 6 stored in the cashbox 7 cannot be paid out to the payout section 17 for the above-mentioned reason.

An object of the present invention is to prevent the banknote 6 having a fold 27 at its tip from being stored in the cashbox 7 so that the banknote 16 cannot be dispensed.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention folds a discrimination unit for discriminating the authenticity of a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot and an end portion on the insertion direction side of a bill discriminated as true by the discrimination unit. There is a fold detection unit for detecting whether or not there is a fold, a first safe for storing a bill detected by the fold detection unit to have a fold at the end on the insertion direction side, and the fold detection unit for detecting the insertion direction. A second safe for stacking and storing banknotes that have been detected to have no folds at the side end, and a banknote stored in the second safe for abutting contact with one surface of the banknote to end the banknote in the insertion direction. And a feeding roller for feeding the banknotes fed out by the feeding roller into one sheet, and a feeding roller for feeding the banknotes fed out from the one sheet separating mechanism as payout banknotes. It is characterized by that.

[Action]

In the invention, a fold detection unit is provided, and a bill having a fold at the end in the insertion direction is stored in the first safe, and a bill without fold at the end in the insertion direction is stored in the second safe. Therefore, in the second safe in which the feeding roller, the single-sheet separating mechanism, and the conveying roller perform the feeding, banknotes having a fold at the end in the insertion direction that may be jammed by the single-sheet separating mechanism are not stored.

Even if a banknote having a fold at the rear end in the insertion direction is stored in the second safe, the end of the banknote in the insertion direction passes through the single-sheet separating mechanism and reaches the conveyor roller. The rear end in the insertion direction also passes through the single-sheet separating mechanism due to the conveyance force of the rollers.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The main part different from FIG. 6 of the present invention is that the verified banknotes 6 carried out from the verification section 1 are folded 27 at the tip of the banknote 6. The presence / absence is detected, and the detection signal 33
The fold detection unit 33 that outputs the a and outputs the classified bill 6 as the checked bill 34, and the checked bill 34 is carried in and the detection signal 33a is input, and the signal 33a is the fold 27. If the signal is a signal indicating the absence of the banknote 34, the banknote 34 is carried into the banknote carry-in port 8a of the transport mechanism 8, and if the signal 33a is a signal indicating the presence of the fold 27, the banknote 34 is provided separately from the safe 7. The transport mechanism 36 designed to be loaded into the
35 and 35 are provided. Then, in this case, the transport mechanism 36 transports the banknotes 34 by branching from the first transport path 37 that transports the carried-in surveyed banknotes 34 into the safe 35 as they are, and from the middle of the first transport path 37. The second transport path 38 that is loaded into the banknote transport port 8a of 8 and the banknote 34 that is loaded into the transport path 37 in accordance with the detection signal 33a that is provided at the branch point of the transport paths 37 and 38 and that is input Banknotes that are to be carried into the safe 35 by the path 37 or are carried into the transportation path 37
The gate mechanism 39 is configured to allow 34 to be carried into the bill carry-in port 8a by the carrying path 38.
As shown in FIG. 2, is composed of a gate 12 and a shaft 13 similar to those in the above-mentioned gate mechanism 11, and a gate drive section 40 corresponding to the above-mentioned gate drive section 14, and further, the gate drive section. 40 drives the shaft 13 according to the input detection signal 33a, and the transport mechanism 36 eventually operates as described above. Then, although not shown in FIG. 2, the conveyance paths 37 and 38 are provided with the same conveyance rollers as in FIG. 7, and in FIG.
The banknote 35 is not provided with the banknote payout section 15 and the banknote payout section 17 as in the safe 7.

Next, the configuration and operation of the above-described bend detection unit 33 will be described in a third section.
This will be described with reference to the configuration diagram of the main part of the fold detection unit 33 shown in FIGS. Here, FIG. 3 is a side view and FIG. 4 is a third view.
It is a YY sectional view in the drawing.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, reference numeral 41 denotes a movable arm 43 having a U-shaped cross section, and a main body 41a pivotally supports the drive roller 42 and a projection 41b provided so as to project from the main body 41a as shown in the drawing. Is a frame that rotatably supports 44, a detection roller that is rotatably supported by the arm 43 so that its roller surface faces the roller surface of the drive roller 42 as shown in the figure, and 45 is a metal provided in the arm 44 as shown in the figure. The fold detection unit 33 is a proximity sensor configured to detect the degree of approach of the piece 43a and output the above-described detection signal 33a in accordance with the result of the detection. Then, in the folding detection unit 33, the discriminated bills 6 carried into the detection unit 33 from the direction of the arrow Q are guided between the rollers 42 and 44, and the rollers 42, 4
The bill 6 guided between the four rolls 42 that rotates in the direction of the arrow R.
It is configured to be transported by and carried out of the detection unit 33. Then, in this case, the end portion of the discriminated bill 6 in the Q arrow direction is aligned with the tip of the bill 3 described above.

Since the fold detection unit 33 is configured as described above, when the distance d between the rollers 42 and 44 changes, the metal piece 43a and the sensor 45 are changed.
The distance D between and changes. Then, in the detection unit 33, the folded bill 6 as shown in FIG.
When 27 is present, when the portion of the bill 6 where this fold 27 is present passes between both rollers 42 and 44, the distance D becomes short and the sensor 4
5 outputs the detection signal 33a indicating that the bill 6 has a folded state, and when the above-mentioned fold 32 exists at the rear end of the bill 6, the portion of the bill 6 where this fold 32 exists is the rollers 42. ,Four
The sensor 45 does not output the detection signal 33a indicating that the bill 6 has a folded state even when the distance D when passing between 4 is shortened.

In FIG. 1, since the fold detection unit 33 is configured as described above, the researched banknote 34 in which the fold 32 described above exists.
Is not stored in the safe 35 but is stored in the safe 7. As described above, even if the banknote 34 having such a fold 32 is stored in the cashbox 7, the operation of the banknote payout unit 15 to pay out the payout banknote 16 is not hindered. First
In the figure, 46 is a discrimination section 1, a bill insertion slot 2 and a fold detection section.
A banknote research section consisting of 33 and 47 is a transfer mechanism 36 and 8 and a safe.
35, all safes 7, and bill payout section 15 not shown
Is a banknote storage unit composed of all banknote payout units 15 including a banknote payout unit 15 and all banknote payout units 17 including a banknote payout unit 17 (not shown). The banknote storage unit 47 also includes the banknote storage unit 19 illustrated in FIG. Similarly, when the payout command signal 20 is input, the stored banknotes are transferred from the safe 7 designated by this signal 20.
The number of bills 34 to be paid out is the number designated by signal 20 16
The bill is dispensed to the bill dispenser 17.
Reference numeral 48 is a recycling banknote handling machine including the above-mentioned components.

Since the recycle banknote processor 48 is configured as described above, the banknote 34 having the fold 27 at the tip is not stored in the safe 7, and therefore the banknote 16 cannot be paid out in the processor 48. There is no such thing.

In the above-described embodiment 48, a plurality of safes 7 are provided, but in the present invention, when the denominations of the bills 3 to be handled are limited to one kind in advance, one safe 7 is provided. Obviously, the bill storage 47
It is clear from the above-mentioned place that the discrimination signal 4 does not need to be input to the.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention as described above, a fold detection unit is provided, and a bill having a fold at the end in the insertion direction is stored in the first safe, and a bill having no fold at the end in the insertion direction is stored. No banknotes that may be jammed by the one-sheet separating mechanism are stored in the second safe, which is stored in the two safes so as to be delivered by the delivery roller, the one-sheet separating mechanism, and the conveying roller. Occurrence can be prevented. In addition, the banknotes that are folded at the rear end in the insertion direction are also second
By storing the bills in the safe, the number of bills stored in the first safe is minimized, so that more bills can be recycled.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram of the essential parts in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the essential parts different from the case of FIG. 2 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view for explaining the operation of the portion shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a conventional recycle banknote processing machine, and FIG. 7 is FIG. FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a main part shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the portion shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a detailed configuration diagram of a main portion different from the main portion shown in FIG. 7 shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the main parts shown in FIG. 9. 2 ... Banknote insertion slot, 3 ... Banknote, 4 ... Identification signal, 7 ...
… Safe (second safe), 16 …… Payment banknotes, 19,47 banknote storage unit, 20 …… Payout command signal, 21,48 …… Recycle banknote processing machine, 27,32 …… Fold, 34 …… Researched Banknote, 35
…… Bank (1st vault), 46 …… Banknote Research Department.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A discrimination unit for discriminating the authenticity of a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot, and detecting whether or not there is a fold at the end in the insertion direction of the bill discriminated as true by the discrimination unit. And a first safe for storing banknotes that are detected by the fold detection unit as having a fold at the end in the insertion direction, and a fold at the end in the insertion direction by the fold detection unit. A second cashbox that stacks and stores the banknotes that are detected to be non-existent, and a feeding roller that abuts one surface of the banknotes that are stored in the second cashbox and feeds out the banknote with its end in the insertion direction side being the front end side. A recycle banknote comprising: a single-sheet separating mechanism for separating the banknotes delivered by the delivery roller into one sheet for delivery; and a conveyance roller for delivering the banknotes delivered from the single sheet sheet separating mechanism as payout banknotes. Processing machine.