JP2759194B2 - Sheet handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sheet handling apparatus, and more particularly to a sheet handling apparatus, which can be easily applied to either a pre-load unit or a post-load unit, and is suitable for use in a cash dispenser. The present invention relates to a sheet handling device.

[Conventional technology]

The present invention has an application example to a cash (banknote) stacking and feeding device used in a cash dispensing unit of an automatic teller machine (ATM). When operating the ATM, the customer inserts a customer identification card into the ATM and inserts necessary data (code, amount, transaction type, etc.) from input means such as a keyboard on a machine console. The machine processes it and
Update the customer's account, process the current transaction, withdraw the required amount from the bill cassette in the machine,
Return the card to the customer as part of that process.

The cash dispensing unit has at least one bill pick-up mechanism for drawing bills one by one from a cassette, and stacking and stacking so that the bills that have been drawn are accumulated and stacked, and fed to an outlet from which a customer can take out the bill stack. And a supply mechanism.

There are two types of ATM cash dispensing units: pre-loading and post-loading type.The post-loading type inserts and removes the cash cassette of the cash dispensing unit from the rear side opposite the ATM console, and the pre-loading type starts from the front side of the ATM. Insert the bill cassette. Usually, wall type A
TMs (where the customer console is installed through the building wall) are post-load types, while internal types (installed on the wall inside the bank) can be pre-load or post-load types.

UK Patent Application No. 2106687A discloses a cash dispenser that can be easily changed to a preloaded or postloaded type. The machine consists of an upper unit and a lower unit, the upper unit feeding the bill stack to an outlet port (outlet) and feeding the rejected bills to a reject container behind the machine, upper unit housing stacking and transport means. And the lower unit is a lower unit housing bill payment container and transport means for feeding bills to the upper unit. The lower unit can be rotated 180 ° with respect to the upper unit during installation, and the cash dispenser may be either a preload type or a postload type. This is advantageous in manufacturing because it is not necessary to make two types of cash dispensers, a preload type and a postload type.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned cash dispenser has a disadvantage that the structure is complicated because the lower unit must be rotated with respect to the upper unit. For example, it is necessary to provide an adjustable gate means for transferring bills from the lower unit to the upper unit. Also, this known machine has the disadvantage that the rejected bill container must be left behind at the back of the machine, even when it is of the preload type, making it difficult to remove bills therefrom.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a simple structure sheet handling apparatus suitable for use in a cash dispenser.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a sheet handling apparatus for use as a cash dispenser which can be easily used for both pre-load units and post-load units.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention has solved the above problems as described below. That is, according to the present invention, a stack means for accumulating sheets in a stack, a support frame, first and second pulley means attached to a central portion of the support frame and having fixed shafts, and adjacent to an outlet of the stack. Feed means for feeding the stack comprising third and fourth pulley means attached to the support frame and first and second endless belt means to the outlet location; A first end of the second belt means is respectively applied to the first and second pulley means; a second end of the first and second belt means is respectively applied to the third and fourth pulley means; A first belt means is resiliently extensible, and a portion of the first belt means is a portion of the second belt means for feeding the stack to the exit location. Acting together, said first and second pulley means are of substantially the same diameter and drive said first and second belt means, said first belt means being one of the outer circumferences of said second pulley means. Provided is a sheet handling device configured to rotate around a section.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show a support frame 1 having side walls 12,14.
1 shows a stacking and feeding mechanism 10 including 1. The two compound pulleys 16 and 18 have two parallel shafts 20 and 2 extending between the side walls 12 and 14, respectively.
It is rotatably mounted on 2. The axes of the shafts 20 and 22 are in the same horizontal plane at the center of the frame 11 and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the end 24 of each of the side walls 12 and 14. Composite pulley 16
Includes two narrow pulley sections 28 overlapping the pulley sections 26 (FIG. 1) and three wide pulley sections 26 spaced along the axis 20. Similarly, the compound pulley 18 includes three pulley portions 30 corresponding to the pulley 26 and two pulley portions 32 corresponding to the pulley portion 28. Hereinafter, pulley parts 26, 28,
30,32 are simply referred to as pulleys 26,28,30,32. Pulleys 26, 30 have a diameter of 6.4 cm at their center and the distance between shafts 20, 22 is about 7.5 cm. The compound pulleys 16 and 18 have two gears 34 and 3 respectively.
6 is mounted and gear 34 is connected to motor 40 via gear train 38 and serves to drive compound pulleys 16,18.

The three shafts 42, 44, 46 extend between the upper side walls 12, 14 of the frame 11. The shaft 42 is arranged on the shafts 20, 22 and is positioned symmetrically therewith. The three pulleys 48 rotatably mounted on the shaft 42 are arranged corresponding to the pulleys 26 and 30. The shaft 44 is a total outlet 50 of the stacking and feeding mechanism
2 (FIG. 2), the shaft 46 is arranged at an intermediate portion with respect to the shafts 44 and 22. The three pulleys 52 are rotatably mounted on the shaft 44, the three pulleys 54 are rotatably mounted on the shaft 46, and the pulleys 52, 54 are arranged to correspond to the pulleys 26, 30, 48. The two arms 56 are respectively rotatably mounted on two studs 58 fixed to the inner surfaces of the side walls 12 and 14, respectively. Each of the arms 56 is provided with a rotating force in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.
A lug 62 provided at one end of 56 and a stud 63 fixed to the inner surfaces of the side walls 12 and 14 are respectively attached. Shaft 64 is supported at the end of arm 56 remote from lug 62 and extends therebetween. The three pulleys 66 are rotatably mounted on the shaft 64 so as to correspond to the pulleys 26, 30, 48, 52, 54. The three endless belts 70 on the pulleys 30, 52, 54 work with the corresponding pulleys 30, 52, 54.

A part of the belt 68 extending between the pulleys 66 and 30 is
It engages with a part of the belt 70 extending between 2,30. The aforementioned portion of the belt 68 resiliently contacts the aforementioned portion of the belt 70 to operate with the pulley 52 by means of the spring 60. As a result, the belt 68 passing around the outer periphery of the pulley 30 is slightly tensioned. Due to the resilient engagement of belts 68 and 70, stacks 72 of bills of different quantities (FIG. 2) are
It is sandwiched between the common parts of the mechanism 0 and sent to the outlet 50 of the mechanism 10.

Two shafts 74 and 76 arranged below the compound pulleys 16 and 18
Extends between the side walls 12, 14 and a shaft 78 extends between the ends of the two arms 80 and is supported thereon. Arm 80 is side wall 12,14
Are rotatably mounted on two studs 82 respectively fixed to the inner surfaces of the studs. Each arm 80 has a spring 84 (not shown in FIG. 1)
2 provides a clockwise rotating force, each end of which has a portion of an arm 80 intermediate shaft 78 and stud 82 and a stud secured to the inner surface of side wall 12 or 14.
86 and fixed respectively. The three pairs of pulleys 90, 92, 94 are rotatably mounted on respective pairs of shafts 74, 76, 78 which are arranged corresponding to the pulley 28 of the composite pulley 16, respectively. Pulley 90 is 6.4c
m, which is larger than the diameter of the pulleys 92,94.
Two resiliently extensible endless belts 96 are hung on pulleys 28, 90, 94 and partially pulleys 92, each belt 96 acting with a corresponding group of pulleys 28, 90, 92, 94. In addition, the two pulleys 98,100 of the pair have two extending between the side walls 12,14.
The other pair of pulleys 106 are rotatably mounted on the shafts 102, 104, and extend between the side walls 12, 14, and are fixed to a rotatably mounted drive shaft 108. The drive shaft 108 is driven by the motor 40 via a gear system (not shown). Two elastically stretchable endless belts
110 is hung on pulleys 98, 100, 106 and a partial pulley 90 (FIG. 2) and operates with a corresponding group of pulleys 90, 98, 100, 106.

A portion of belt 110 extending between pulleys 106 and 90 engages with a portion of belt 96 extending between pulleys 94 and 90, respectively. A part of the pulley 110 is driven by the pulley 106 according to the action of the spring 84.
A resilient contact is maintained with the joint portion of the belt 96 by the pulley 94 operatively engaged therewith, and the belt 110 is slightly tensioned because it is wrapped around the pulley 90.

Due to the resilient engagement of the belts 110 and 96, reject stacks of different numbers of bills are fed between the belts 110 and 96 to a reject bill container 112 (referred to as a purge bin 112) and through an opening 114. Inserted into the purge bin 112. Insertion of the reject stack into the purge bin 112 is sensed by light sensing means 116 (FIG. 2).

In addition, the two endless belts 118
Around the pulley 32 which forms part of the
It is also applied to two pulleys 120 rotatably mounted on two studs 122 provided at each end of the pulley. The arm 124 is supported on a shaft 126 passing therethrough, and the end of the arm 124 remote from the stud 122 is formed into a curved portion 128 that slidably contacts the respective portion 130 of the compound pulley 18. With this structure, the arm 124 is
It is rotatable around 22 axes. The ends of the shaft 126 have two arms 1 located near the inner surfaces of the side walls 12, 14, respectively.
The shaft 2 is fixed to the corresponding end of the arm 32,134 and the other end of the arm 132,134 is rotatably mounted on the side wall 12,14.
Fixed to 2. Two pulleys 135 attached to the shaft 126 are respectively disposed inside the endless belt 118. Pulley 135 co-engages with the lower part of belt 118 extending between pulleys 120,32.

In FIG. 3, a stud 136 fixed to the arm 134
Extends through a curved groove 138 formed in the side wall 14 and a stud 136 engages an end 140 of an arm 142 rotatably mounted on the end of the shaft 22 extending through the side wall 14. stud
36 is held in resilient engagement with end 140 by springs 144 having ends attached to studs 136, 148 secured to arm 142, respectively. A shaft 150 extending between the side walls 12, 14 is provided centrally with respect to the frame 11, and a cam 152 is rotatably mounted on a portion of the shaft 150 extending through the side wall 14. Two cam tracks 154, 156 in the form of curved recesses are formed on the inner surface of the cam 152 relative to the side wall 14. The cam 152 is driven by a motor 158 via a gear system 160, and the gear system 160 is
And gear 162 forming a part of the gear. The cam 152 is provided with an outer flange 164 in which two notches 166, 168 are formed.

During the rotation of the cam 152, the optical sensor means 170 causes the notches 166, 168
To sense. A stud 172 fixed to the outer surface of the arm 142 engages a cam track 154 formed on the cam 152. Normally, the assembly of the belt 118 and the arms 124, 132, 134, 142 is in the position shown by the second solid line and the cam 152
Is in the position shown in FIG. In response to the rotation of the cam 152 clockwise from the position in FIG. 3, the movement of the arm 142 rotating counterclockwise about the axis of the shaft 22 is the cam
Achieved by contact of studs 172 of track 154.
The rotational movement of the arm 142 is performed by the action of the spring 144.
Achieve 132,134,124 rotational movements. Therefore, the above rotational movement of the cam 152 is caused by the arms 124, 132, 134, 142, the pulleys 120, 135
And the rotation of the assembly of belts 118 in a counterclockwise direction (in FIGS. 2 and 3). This rotational movement is continued until belt 118 is in cooperative relationship with belt 96 (note stack 72 is sandwiched between belts 118 and 96), as shown by the dashed line in FIG. Exercise stops. The joint portion of the belts 118, 96 extends between a position A near the outer periphery of the pulley 90 and a position B where the belts 118, 96 are in cooperative relationship with the outer periphery of the pulley 32.

The pulley 135 acts to support a part of the belt 118 extending between the positions A and B. The stack of banknotes 72 on the belt 96 is elastically sandwiched between the belts 118 and 96 under the action of the spring 144, and the spring 144 extends a certain distance according to the thickness of the stack. With the stack 72 sandwiched between the belts 118 and 96,
The stack is conveyed by belts 118,96 from where it is sent to the outlet 50 by the belts 68,70 to the nip C of the belts 68,70, and the approach of the stack to the outlet is detected by the light sensing means 173 near the outlet 50. You. The elastic extensibility of belt 96 allows portions of belt 96 to move away from the outer periphery of pulley 32 as the stack passes through position B. Alternatively,
The stack of banknotes 72 sandwiched between belts 118 and 96 is fed by belts 118 and 96 to nip D of belts 96 and 110, from where the stacks are fed by belts 96 and 110 to purge bin 112.

All belts 68, 70, 96, 110, 118 may be of an elastomeric material such as polyurethane or silicone rubber, and for the successful operation of this stacking and feeding mechanism 10, it is essential that the belts 70, 118 be elastically stretchable. Not a target.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, stacking and feeding mechanism 10 includes a conventional stacking wheel 174 configured to rotate clockwise in FIG. Stacking wheel 174 includes a plurality of stacking plates 176 spaced apart and parallel along stacking wheel axis 178, which has a group of curved teeth 180. axis
178 is rotatably mounted there between the side walls 12,14,
It is driven by a motor 182 via transmission means (not shown). The stacking wheel 174 cooperates with a group of stripper arms 184 mounted thereon spaced apart along the roll 102 and the shaft 102 is rotatably mounted on the side walls 12,14. Each stripper arm 184 is located between stacker plates 176 (FIG. 1).

During a stacking operation, the stripper arms 184 are positioned as shown by solid lines with each stripper arm 184 extending between adjacent stacking plates 176.
In that operation, bills are fed one by one to stacking wheels 174 by transport mechanism 186 (not shown in FIG. 1 for simplicity). Each note enters between the teeth 180 of the stacking plate 176, is stripped from the loop 174 by the stripper arm 184, and is stacked on the belt 96 such that the long side of the note rests on the stripper arm 184. .

In FIG. 3, one end of the arm 188 is fixed to a portion of the shaft 102 extending through the side wall 14. The other end of the arm 188 is connected via a link member 190 to one end of an arm 192 rotatably mounted on a stud 194 fixed to the outer surface of the side wall 14. A stud 196 fixed to one end of the arm 192 remote from the link member 190 abuts a cam track 156 formed on the cam 152. As described above, the cam 152
Is usually in the position of FIG. Also, the assembly of the arm 192, the link member 190, the arm 188, and the stripper arm 184 is generally configured as shown in FIG. 3, and the stripper arm 184 is arranged as shown by a solid line in FIG.

When the cam 152 rotates clockwise from the position shown in FIG.
Rotation of arm 192 counterclockwise about stud 192 is accomplished by engagement of stud 196 on cam track 156. The rotation of the arm 192 rotates the stripper arm 184 in a clockwise direction (in FIGS. 2 and 3) about the axis 102, and the rotation of the stripper arm 184 causes the link member 190, the arm 188 and the axis 102 to rotate. Achieved through. The rotation of the strip arm 184 is continued until the arm 184 reaches the dotted line in FIG. 2, at which time the rotation of the cam 152 stops. In this position, the stripper arm 184 feeds the bill 72 between the belts to the outlet 50, to the purge bin, or by operation of the motor 40.

In FIG. 2, transport mechanism 186 removes banknotes from pick module 198 (FIG. 4) and stacks 174.
Send to The mechanism 186 includes two drive shafts 200, 202 rotatably mounted on and extending between the side walls 12, 14, the shaft 20
0,202 is driven by a motor 182 via transmission means. Four pulleys 204 are mounted at intervals along axis 200 and four pulleys 206 are fixed to shaft 202 corresponding to pulleys 204. Further, the two pulleys 208 and 210 each consist of four pulleys and are rotatably mounted on two shafts 207 and 209 extending between the side walls 12 and 14. The pulleys 208 and 210 are arranged corresponding to the pulleys 204 and 206. Four endless belts 216 wrap around pulleys 204,208, and four endless belts 218 hang on pulleys 206,210. Belt 216 is arranged to cooperate with belt 218 to sandwich bills therebetween. A portion of each belt 218 and a portion of the pulley 210 are disposed between a pair of stacking plates 176 on a stacking wheel 174. 2 sets of friction rolls 2
20 and 222 are arranged in cooperative relationship with the rolls 222 and roll 220 and the belt 218, respectively, which engage a portion of the belt 218 in contact with the pulley 210. Pulley 208, belt 216,
A set of guides 228 inserted between the rolls 220 and 222 act to provide a passage for the bill between it and the portion of the belt 218 that contacts the pulley 210.

The belts 216, 218 are driven by pulleys 204, 206 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2, and the bills sent to the transport mechanism 186 by the feed roll 232 included in the pick module 198 are sent to the passage 230 by the belts 216, 218, and then the friction Roller 220, 222 and belt 218 feed through passageway 230 between teeth 180 of stacking plate 176. In FIG. 2, the duplicate banknote detecting means 234 indicated by a box
Is arranged to detect overlapping bills passing between the belts 216,218.

In FIG. 4, the bill stacking and feeding mechanism 10 forms part of a cash dispensing unit 236 of a wall type ATM. mechanism
10, pick module 198, and second pick module 198 'are placed in safe 238 having rear door 240,
The safe 238 is juxtaposed with an outer wall 242 of a bank building or the like. The pick modules 198, 198 'include a conventional pick mechanism 244 for picking banknotes one by one from the banknote cassette 246, the banknotes removed from the cassette passing through a common feed path 248,
It is configured to be sent to the transport mechanism 186 of the mechanism 10. The plurality of bills taken out from the cassette 246 are
It is stacked at 0 and passed to the customer from an exit 250 formed in the console 252 of the ATM.

Alternatively, for example, when a duplicate is detected by the duplicate banknote detection mechanism 234, the banknote is sent to the purge bin 112 and rejected. Purge bin 112 is cassette 2
Located on 46. When the safe's door 240 is open,
Cassette 246 and bin 112 are withdrawn from front wall 254 of safe 238. This is performed by a cash exchange or a reject bill removal operation. The cash dispensing unit 236 includes electronic control means 256 (fifth control) for controlling the operations of the motors 40, 158, 182 and the pick mechanism 244.
And supplies the outputs of the sensors 116, 170, 173 and the duplicate detection mechanism 234 thereto. Motor 182 is stacking wheel 17
4. Operate the drive shafts 200, 202 and the pick mechanism 244.

The operation of the cash dispensing unit 236 and the operation of the stacking and supply mechanism 10 will be described (FIG. 5). Immediately before the start of the cash payment operation, the motors 40, 158, 182 are stopped and the belt
118 and stripper arm 184 are in the position of the solid line in FIG.
It is in the position of the figure.

The cash payment operation is started by inserting the identification card into the insertion slot of the console 252 and inserting appropriate data from the keyboard. As a result of the operation start, the motor 182 starts rotating by the control means 256, and the transport mechanism 186 and the stacking wheel 174 rotate. A signal is sent from the electronic control means 256 to the pick mechanism 244, and
Pull out banknotes one by one. The withdrawn banknote is sent to the stacking wheel 174 by the transport mechanism 186, and the stack 72
The banknotes are stacked on the fixed belt 96 so as to form.

If the number of bills loaded on the belt 96 is correct, the electronic control means 256 sends a signal to the motor 158 to operate the motor 158 to rotate the cam 152 clockwise (FIG. 3). The rotation of the cam rotates the belt 118 counterclockwise in FIG. 2 so that the bill stack 72 is sandwiched between the belts 118 and 96. At this time, the stripper arm 184 is moved to the position shown by the dotted line in FIG.
Not engaged with 2 and not in its travel path.

Electronic control means immediately after bills are sandwiched between belts 118 and 96
256 cuts the motor 158, notch of the flange 164 of the cam 152
The cam 152 is stopped in response to the sensor 170 sensing 168. Thereafter, the electronic control means 256 sends a signal to the motor 40, which activates the belts 118, 96 to start it and send it to the nip C of the banknote 72 belts 68, 70, from which the belts 68, 70 cause the exit of the mechanism 10 to exit. The banknote 72 to the ATM exit via 50
Send. When the bill approaches the outlet 250, the sensor 173 senses the leading end of the bill. After a predetermined time after the leading end of the bill is detected by the sensor 173, the electronic control means 256 operates the motor 40 to take out the bill half into the exit, and half of the bill extends to the belt 68,7.
Stop the bill as sandwiched between zeros.

After sending the bill to the exit, the customer can easily withdraw it from the console. In response to the stack being sensed by the sensor 173, the electronic control means 256
The cam 152 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction (in FIG. 3) so that the assembly of the stripper arm 184, belt 118 and arms 124, 132, 134, 142 is engaged by the engagement of the studs 172 of the cam track 154 with the dashed line in FIG. Return to position.
When the motor 158 rotates in the opposite direction, the sensor 170 detects the notch 166.
It ends when it senses. Due to the extensibility of the belts 96, 68 and the resilient attachment of the pulleys 66, bill stacks up to 6 mm thick (approximately 40 bills depending on the situation) are fed between the belts 96, 118 and the belts 68, 70. Further, since the width of the pulley 30 is wide (64 mm), when the bill passes through the outer periphery of the pulley 30, even if the moving direction is changed, the bill is not twisted. Belts 68,7
The pulleys 66 and 52 to which 0 is applied have smaller diameters (21 mm) than the pulleys 26 and 30.

If the banknotes 72 accumulated on the stationary belt 96 are rejected (eg, by overlapping feeds), the banknotes 72 are sent to the purge bin 112 in a manner described below. First, as described above, the motor 158 operates temporarily, and the stripper arm 184, the belt 118 and the arms 124, 132, 134, 142
Is moved to the position shown by the dotted line in FIG. 2 while the bill 72 is sandwiched between the belts 11896. Next, the electronic control means 265 operates the motor 40 to drive the bills to the nip D of the belts 96 and 110 by the belts 118 and 96, and sends the bills therefrom to the purge bin 112 by the belts 96 and 110,
Put into the bottle 112 through the opening 114. Banknote pin 112
, The sensor 116 senses the leading end of the bill stack. Shortly after sensing its tip by the sensor 116, the electronic control means 256 stops the motors 40, 182 and momentarily rotates the motor 158 in the reverse direction, thereby causing the stripper arm 184 and the belt 118 to rotate.
Then, the arms 124, 132, 134, 142 and the assembly are returned to the original positions shown by the solid lines in FIG. Once again, bills up to 6 mm thick can be sent between the belts 96, 110 due to the stretchability of the belts 96, 110 and the elasticity of the pulley 94. Also, pulley 90
Due to the wide width of the bill, when the bill passes the outer periphery of the pulley 90, the bill does not twist during the change of the moving direction of the bill. The pulleys 98 and 106 applied to the belt 110 have a diameter of 21 mm smaller than the pulley 90.

The ATM described in FIG. 4 is of the post-load type, and the cassette 246 enters and leaves the cash dispensing unit 236 after the ATM opposite the console 252. However, the novel features of the stacking and dispensing mechanism 10 of the present invention make it easy to use by itself in preloaded ATMs.

In FIG. 2, the side walls 12, 14 allow the studs 58 ', 63' to be arranged symmetrically with respect to the stud 5863 in a central vertical plane perpendicular thereto. The side walls 12, 14 are provided with mounting holes 258 symmetrically with respect to the mounting hole into which the shaft 44 enters, and the mounting holes 260 are symmetrically disposed with respect to the mounting hole into which the shaft 46 enters.

6, the modified stacking and feeding mechanism
10 'is used for a preload ATM, and a safe door is provided in front of the ATM. In the mechanism 10 ', the shaft 44
And, the pulley 52 is attached to the end of the frame 11 far from the transport mechanism 186, and the shaft 44 is inserted into the attachment hole 258. The shaft 46 and the pulley 54 are disposed between the pulley 52 and the composite pulley 16, and the shaft 46 is inserted into the mounting hole 260. The arm 56, spring 60, shaft 64 and pulley 66 are transport mechanisms.
Located near the end of frame 11 away from 186, arm 5
6 is rotatably mounted on studs 58 'fixed to the side walls 12, 14, respectively. Each end of the spring 60 has a respective arm 56
Attached to the stud 63 'and lug 62 of the arm 56, shaft
The assembly of 64 and pulley 66 is forced to rotate clockwise in FIG. In addition, the belt 68 is
The belt 70 is rearranged to run on 6, 30, 48, 66 and the belt 70 is rearranged to pass over the pulleys 26, 52 and the pulley 54. The stacking and feeding mechanism 10 'of FIGS. 1 and 3 and
Another difference is that the optical sensor 173 is
It is located near the end of the frame 11 away from the server and notifies the console 252 'that a bill has arrived. Mechanism 1
In the banknote supply operation of 0 ′, the banknote stack is
It is fed to the nip E of the belts 68 and 70 by 8,96 and further transferred to the outlet 250 'of the console 252' by the belts 68 and 70.

Except for the above differences, the mechanisms 10 and 10 'are completely identical.
Therefore, what is needed is an assembly of the shafts 44, 46, the pulleys 52, 54, the arm 56, the spring 60, the shaft 64 and the pulley 66, and the belt 6
8, 70, and only the replacement of the sensing device or sensor 173.Therefore, it is not possible to change this stacking and supply mechanism from the mechanism for the post-load ATM to the pre-load, or from the pre-load ATM to the post-load. It's very easy.

Another advantage of the stacking and feeding mechanism 10, 10 'of the present invention is that the mechanism is simple and compact in size. A further advantage is that when used in a cash dispenser, the purge bin will always be located on the same unit side as the cassette.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a banknote stacking and feeding mechanism of an ATM showing a post-load structure, FIG. 2 is a side view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 viewed from line 2-2 of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of a portion of the mechanism of FIG. 1 as viewed from the same side as FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a side view of an ATM having a cash dispenser using the stacking and dispensing mechanism of FIGS. FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection of a part of the cash dispensing unit of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 shows a part of the console and the preload structure viewed from the same line as FIG. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the mechanism of FIGS. 1 to 3; In the figure, 10: a stacking and feeding mechanism, 11: a frame, 12, 14, a side wall, 16, 18, a composite pulley, 26, 28 ...
Pulley section, 30, 32 ... Pulley section, 34, 36 ... Gear, 48 ...
Pulley, 50 ... outlet, 52, 54 ... pulley, 56 ... arm, 68, 70 ... belt, 80 ... arm, 84 ... spring, 174
…… Stacking wheel, 40,158,182 …… Motor.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A stacking means (174) for accumulating sheets in a stack (72); a support frame (11); and first and second pulley means (11) mounted on the support frame (11) and having a fixed shaft. 26,
30), third and fourth pulley means (66, 52) attached to one end of the support frame (11) adjacent to the exit location (50) of the stack (72), First and second endless belt means (68, 70) cooperating to feed the stack (72) to the exit location (50)
Feed means comprising: the first and second endless belt means (68, 70).
Are connected to the first and second pulley means (26, 3
0) and said first and second endless belt means (68, 70)
Are connected to the third and fourth pulley means (66, 5
2) wherein the first endless belt means (68) is elastically stretchable, and the fixed axes of the first and second pulley means (26, 30) are substantially the same. The support frame having a diameter (11)
The first and second endless belt means (68, 70) are respectively positioned in front of and behind each other at the center of the first endless belt means (68, 70).
And third and fourth pulley means (66, 52) are disposed at the other end of the support frame (11) opposite to the front and rear sides of the pulley means (30). It is possible that the first endless belt means (68) is replaced by the third pulley means (66) and the second pulley means (30) and the outer periphery of the first pulley means (26) And the second endless belt means (70) is configured to be interchangeable with the fourth pulley means (52) and the first pulley means (26). Sheet handling equipment.