JP2564648Y2 - Bill transfer and payout device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial application field] The present invention is a bill transfer and payout device, especially in amusement facilities, etc., in addition to a 1,000 yen bill, a 10,000 yen bill,
Automatic lending machines such as pachinko balls and game medals that can also use high-value bills of 5,000 yen bills, currency exchange machines, vending machines, etc., used 1,000 yen bills for change when using high-value bills The present invention relates to a device for transporting and paying out 1,000-yen bills in a device used for recycling.

[0002]

[Background of the Invention] Recently, coins and bills can be used together with currency exchange machines, vending machines, etc., as well as automatic lending machines. Use is also possible. If a high-value bill is used, some 1,000-yen bills will be paid out as change.However, in many cases, these 1,000-yen bills are used once on the machine and recycled. Becomes

[0003] Conventionally, a mechanism for recycling and dispensing this 1,000-yen bill is to stack the inserted 1,000-yen bills sequentially on a stacker connected to the carry-in path, and to set the required number of bills in the insertion direction. In other words, the bill is slid and slid by means such as a roller along the longitudinal direction of the bill and projected to the receiving port.

[0004]

However, this conventional mechanism requires a large space and distance for a paper money loading, storing in a stacker, and paying out system, so that installation is limited in a limited space. It is impossible. In addition, since the payout is performed straight by a slip slide using a roller or the like, an accident such as a jam or simultaneous counting of a plurality of sheets is likely to occur, and the transport distance is long, so it takes time, and the number of components in the long distance is also reduced. Because of the increase, failures were also likely to occur.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technology, and it is intended to solve the above problems and make the whole apparatus as compact as possible to be installed in a small space. If the distance of the banknote transport system is extremely limited, it is sufficient if the length of the banknote is sufficient, and it is possible to obtain highly accurate work without accidents and failures, and it is necessary to insert, store, or pay out banknotes It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill transporting and dispensing device capable of greatly reducing time.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a bill conveying and dispensing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an insertion slot.
The bills loaded inside in the longitudinal direction from the
The banknotes are transported to the stacker provided below the
Means for dropping and feeding in the inserted position;
Payout that is provided below the tucker and can protrude forward
Tray and banknotes from the stacker to the payout tray
And a roller group for winding and feeding the paper in the transverse direction
The stacker is provided with a tapered guide plate.
The guide plate is provided with a window hole, and
The banknote is sent to the above-mentioned roller group by the eccentric roller exposing the
It is characterized by:

[0007]

According to the above-mentioned structure, a bill, especially a 1,000-yen bill, which is recycled for change, is loaded by a carry-in path almost the length of the bill, and is stored in a stacker immediately below. It is counted, placed on the payout tray, and protruded to the payout port. That is, the apparatus can be made compact so that both the width and the depth substantially match the size of the bill, the length of the transport system is reduced, the number of parts is reduced, and the time required for work is also reduced.

[0008]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a mechanism for feeding bills from a stacker to a payout tray of an apparatus embodying the present invention, FIG.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the mechanism of the device embodying the present invention.

In these figures, 1 is used as change.
Bottom of stacker 48 of 1,000 yen bill used for cycle
Guide plate. This guide plate 1 has a smooth surface.
The guide plate 1 (stacker 4) is formed of metal.
8) By the bill loading mechanism arranged above
The inspection-selected 1,000-yen bills are inserted into the grooves of the guide bars 30 and 30.
The edge enters, the racks 34, 34 and the pinion 35 described later,
The combination mechanism 35 is driven by the motor 36 to push down the plate.
Activate 37, push a 1,000-yen bill, drop sequentially and send
No. If the 1,000 yen bill has not been paid at the start of use of the device,
It is also possible to artificially stack and place multiple 1000-yen bills
The number of newly added or paid-out
It is possible to calculate at the computer and notify the situation.

A plurality of window holes 2, 2,... Are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction of the guide plate 1. The window holes 2, 2,. Each of the bill feeding eccentric rollers 3, 3... Is set so that a part thereof is exposed. The eccentric rollers 3,... Are provided with rubber having a large friction coefficient on the peripheral surface thereof, and are mounted so as to rotate synchronously with a rotating shaft 4 driven by a motor.
The upper banknotes (thousand-yen bills) are wavyly assisted from being fed along the tapered surface, and are forcibly fed one by one toward the lower edge of the guide plate 1.

Reference numerals 5 and 5 in the drawing denote bill transporting drums disposed near the lower edge of the guide plate 1. The transfer drums 5 are formed of a metal having a smooth surface, and each of the transfer drums 5 is formed with an annular groove 6.6 at the center thereof. The guide claws 7.7 of the bills extending from the lower edge of the guide plate 1 are applied to the annular grooves 6.6, so that the bills can be transported more smoothly.

Further, a pair of main rollers 9.9 are attached to the rotating shaft 8 which is the same as the above-mentioned transport drums 5.5, sandwiched between the transport drums 5.5. The surface of this main roller 9.9 is formed of urethane rubber,
Protrusions are formed on the surface at a predetermined pitch to assist in feeding the bill. The protruding ridges are formed so that the inner ones 10 and 10 are long and the outer ones 11 and 11 are short, thereby preventing the occurrence of a jam when a bill is involved.

On the other hand, in FIG.
9 is a pinch roller that rolls in contact with 9, sandwiches the bills sent from the guide plate 1 between the main rollers 9, and guides the bills below the guide plate 1 so as to be wound around the transport drums 5. Reference numerals 13 and 13 denote final guide rollers for orienting and slipping the bills wound by the transport drum 5.5 and the main rollers 9.9 and the pinch rollers 12 and arranged below the guide plate 1. It is sent out onto the paid out tray 14. In the drawing, reference numerals 41 and 41 denote stationary rollers provided near the pinch rollers 12 and 12.
1 is a main roller 9 that stops moving the upper banknote and stops rotating only the lower banknote when the banknote feed by the eccentric rollers 3, 3...・ The work to press against 9 is performed.

The number of bills to be sent out on the payout tray 14 is the amount of used large bills,
The count is performed in accordance with the amount of the loan, and the count may be performed by using a count sensor, or by rotating the shaft 8 a desired number of times by using a stepping motor as a drive source.

At the end of the counting, when the bill is separated from the transport, the transport mechanism is forcibly operated by using another motor as a drive source, and the bill is inserted between the rollers in preparation for the next transport. No standby. By this standby, the next transport starts smoothly.

The dispensing tray 14 has a front edge formed with a bent piece 15 for receiving bills and preventing foreign matter from being inserted, and a tapered portion 16 formed on the roller side for guiding the sliding of bills. Is formed with a rising wall 17 having an L-shaped cross section, which serves as a stopper for a bill that has slid. Reference numeral 18 denotes a notch for picking up bills. When the required number of bills are counted and stacked, the payout tray 14 is automatically protruded forward, and when it is confirmed that the bills have been removed, it is drawn back in again. However, a time limit is set and removal is performed within that time. If not, they can be drawn in. Reference numeral 44 denotes a drive motor for the payout tray 14. If a jam or a double feed occurs when the banknotes are conveyed to the payout tray 14, the conveyance system is switched and guided to another stacker provided below the tray 14. At the time of this introduction, new insertion of banknotes is stopped, but the mechanism automatically returns after processing.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an insertion slot for bills, and this insertion slot also serves as a return slot when it is determined to be a fake bill. This insertion slot 20 has a loading mechanism activation switch 2
1 is provided, and when the insertion of a bill is detected,
, Etc. are operated to feed the bills to the back. In the vicinity of the insertion slot 20, a sensor 23 using near-infrared rays for judging the authenticity of a bill, particularly an ultraviolet lamp 24 for judging paper quality, and an ultraviolet sensor and a color sensor 25 receiving the lamp are provided. The authenticity of the inserted bill is determined by considering the information. Further, when more color information is desired, a light source such as a color light and a three-color color sensor can be combined.

The paper evil determined to be genuine depends on the denomination.
Thousand-yen bill is a guide plate 1 below the loading path for change
The high bill is sent upward (stacker 48), and is sent to the high bill stacker 28 provided upward by the toothed pulley 26 and the belt 27, or is sent to the stacker outside the apparatus from the outlet 29 at the back of the loading path. . In this case, 5,000-yen bills and 10,000-yen bills can be stored in dedicated stackers depending on the denomination. In addition. For transporting this paper defect, guide bars 30 and 31 are provided, which are provided with grooves for guiding both edges of the bill, and are fed in the target direction. In addition, 32 ・ 33
Is a bill transfer position confirmation sensor.

Further, the bill is placed on the guide plate 1 (stacker 4).
8) Or, in order to store it in the high-value banknote stacker 28, after the conveyance by the belt 27 along the guide bars 30/31, the combination mechanism of the racks 34/34 and the pinions 35/35 is driven by the motor 36 to push down the plate 37 or push up. The plate 38 is actuated and sequentially pressed and laminated, but in the case of a large bill, it can be pressed using a free pressing plate.

Since the bill transporting and dispensing apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, the entire apparatus has a width of approximately 100 mm, which is almost the same as the bill, and a depth of 220 mm or less.
An ultra-small size with a height of about 270 mm is sufficient.

[0021]

[Effects of the Invention] The bill transporting and dispensing device according to the present invention is constructed and operates as described above. In particular, the 1,000-yen bill that is recycled as change inserted in the longitudinal direction is sent to the stacker while maintaining its direction, and is sent to the payout tray by transport in the short direction. And the installation space is hardly limited, and the distance of the transport system is shortened.
Accidents and breakdowns are less likely to occur and accuracy is improved, and the time required for work is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a mechanism for sending a 1000-yen bill from a stacker to a payout tray in a bill transferring and paying device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a mechanism of a bill transporting and dispensing device embodying the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 guide plate 3 eccentric roller 5 transport drum 6 annular groove 7 guide claw 9 main roller 10 ridge 11 ridge 12 pinch roller 13 guide roller 14 payout tray 20 insertion slot 41 stationary roller 48 thousand yen bill stacker

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] (1) Loading inward in the longitudinal direction from an insertion port
Has been the bill, the feed is dropped at a position while being conveyed bills to the stacker which is provided below the carrying path of the bill
Means for writing, et provided below the stacker is, forward
A protruding payout tray and a row for winding and feeding bills from the stacker to the payout tray in the short direction.
Conveying the banknote and having an La group, dispenser. 2. The stacker is provided with a tapered guide plate, a window is formed in the guide plate, and a part of the window is formed from the window.
The banknote is sent to the above-mentioned roller group by the eccentric roller exposing the
The bill transporting and paying device according to claim 1, wherein: