JP2761154B2 - Bundle sorting and storage device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bound banknote sorting and storing apparatus for securely storing a bound banknote in a storage section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of bound banknote sorting and storing apparatus, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-144304, a bound banknote is placed on an upper surface and a plurality of storing sections are arranged. The one provided with the saucer which distributes to one of them is widely adopted. The binding sorting storage device discharges the bound banknotes bound by a predetermined number by the binding mechanism from the release mechanism, causes the released bound banknotes to be received by a tray having an openable and closable shutter on a bottom surface, and includes a plurality of trays. After the horizontal movement to a predetermined storage part of the storage part, the shutter is opened, and the bundled banknotes on the shutter are dropped into the storage part.

[0003]

By the way, in the binding sorting storage device configured as described above, the bound banknotes to be bound by a predetermined number include a new ticket and a circulation ticket. There are considerable differences in the thickness of the bundled notes. Thus, when the circulation ticket is placed on the tray, the upper part of the swelled bound banknote protrudes from the tray, and when the tray is moved horizontally, the bound banknote is provided above the tray. There was a problem such as being damaged by being caught between the mechanism part and the frame. And to solve such a problem,
It is necessary to provide a considerable space between the receiving tray and the mechanism and frame provided above the receiving tray, which causes a problem that the apparatus becomes large and large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to prevent the apparatus from being enlarged, and to stably transfer or store even when a swollen bound banknote is placed on a receiving tray. It is intended to provide a sorting storage device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a bundled banknote discharged by a discharging mechanism and placed on a tray is moved to the storage box by horizontally moving the tray. transfer to one of a plurality of storage portions provided in banknote sorting and containing apparatus for receiving, in the pan, pushed bill press the upper surface of the placed banknote
And the retreat position retracted from the place where the binding banknotes are placed
And a pressing member drive unit that rotates the pressing member between the bill pressing position and the retracted position.

[0006]

In the binding banknote sorting and storing apparatus of the present invention, when the holding member is rotated from the retracted position to the banknote holding position by the holding member drive section, the upper surface of the banknote is held by the holding member. Can be When the tray moves horizontally in this state, the upper surface of the bundled banknotes on the tray is prevented from contacting the frame and other mechanism provided on the body side, and as a result, The bill is prevented from being damaged. Further, since the upper surface of the bundled banknotes on the tray is pressed by such a pressing member and the pressing member driving unit, the tray is disposed above the tray in order to prevent the banknotes from being pinched and damaged. Therefore, it is not necessary to increase the distance between the frame and the other mechanical parts, and as a result, it is possible to prevent the apparatus from being enlarged in the height direction. In addition, the holding member moves between the banknote holding position and the banknote holding position.
It is possible to rotate horizontally between the retracted position,
Space required to retract the mounting member to the evacuation position.
It can be kept small.

[0007]

1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention. In these drawings, FIG. 1 shows a tray of a binding banknote sorting and storing apparatus. First, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a release mechanism provided at an upper portion of the body 100 and configured to release, for example, 100 sheets of bound banknotes by denomination in a binding mechanism (not shown). Mechanism 1
Is composed of an elevator 2 and a regulating member 3. The elevator 2 is configured to hold the bound banknotes bound by the binding mechanism in a horizontal state so as to be placed on the upper surface, and includes a vertical direction indicated by arrows ab and an arrow c
It is configured to be movable both in the horizontal direction indicated by -d (the moving mechanism is not shown). The horizontal movement of the elevator 2 is performed at the position where the elevator 2 is lowered, and the regulating member 3 is disposed in the middle of the movement path along the horizontal direction (the direction of the arrow cd) of the elevator 2. ing.

The regulating member 3 has a gap 3A for allowing the elevator 2 to pass in the horizontal direction (the direction of the arrow cd). When the elevator 2 passes through the gap 3A, The movement of the bound banknotes on the elevator 2 in the direction of the arrow d is regulated, whereby only the elevator 2 is moved in the direction of the arrow d. In the discharging mechanism 1 as described above, after the binding banknotes supplied from the binding mechanism are placed on the elevator 2 at the upper position, the elevator 2 descends and stops at the set position. Thereafter, the elevator 2 starts moving in the lateral direction (the direction of the arrow d). Then, during the horizontal movement of the elevator 2, the lateral movement of the bound banknotes is regulated by the regulating member 3, whereby only the elevator 2 has the gap 3A.
And the bound banknotes of the elevator 2 are dropped as they are onto the tray 4 waiting below. The binding portion of the bundled banknotes discharged from the release mechanism 1 is bound at a slightly end portion from the center of the banknote, and the bound portion of the bound banknotes dropped on the tray 4 has a binding portion on the right side in FIG. 6 (to be described later).

The tray 4 is located below the elevator 2 as shown in FIG. 1, and is movable between the frames 101 and 102 provided on the body 100 in the horizontal direction (directions of arrows cd). A storage 5 for storing the bundled banknotes carried by the tray 4 is provided in the body 100 located below the tray 4. The storage 5 has a plurality of storage portions 5a to 5d arranged along the moving direction of the tray 4, and partition plates 5e to 5d for separating the storage portions 5a to 5d between these storage portions.
g is provided. The bottom surface of the tray 4 is formed with shutters 23 and 24, and the tray 4 is
After moving to one of the shutters 23 and 24, the bills placed on the shutters 23 and 24 are sorted to one of the storage sections 5a to 5d. I have. Note that the banknotes stored in the storage sections 5a to 5d may be different denominations or the same denomination in each of the storage sections 5a to 5d, and the setting is arbitrary.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4, the configuration of the receiving tray 4 of the bound banknote sorting and storing apparatus will be described. First, in these figures, what is indicated by reference numeral 6 is a transfer belt (only a part is shown) composed of an endless belt, which is stretched by two pulleys (not shown), and a motor (not shown) is attached to one of the pulleys. Is transmitted. The transfer belt 6 can be moved in either direction (the direction of arrow c or the direction of arrow d) by driving the motor in both forward and reverse directions. A fixed member 8 is fixed to the transfer belt 6, and the fixed member 8 is fixed to the guide block 7. The guide block 7 is penetrated by the guide shaft 9 and is slidable along the guide shaft 9, and is fixed to the support member 12 with the upper connecting plate 10 and the side plate 11 interposed therebetween. On the other hand, a guide shaft 17 is provided in a positional relationship parallel to the guide shaft 9 that supports the guide block 7.
Guide roller 1 slidably mounted across
8 to 20 and the supporting member 12, the side walls 13, 1 are arranged such that the planar shape is rectangular as shown in FIG. 2.
4. Support members 15 and 16 are provided.

The support member 16 supports the guide rollers 18 to 20 at a position near the guide shaft 17.
The side wall plates 13 and 14 are fixed on both side surfaces of the support member 16 and the support member 12 in a positional relationship where they are parallel to each other. The support member 15 is fixed to the side wall plate 13 and the side wall plate 14 in a positional relationship parallel to the support members 12 and 16. On the other hand, the detection member 21 is attached to the fixing member 8 located on the opposite side to the guide block 7.
Is fixed, and a position sensor 22 for detecting the detection piece 21 is fixed to the body 100 side. This position sensor 22 is located at the center of the storage 5 divided by denomination by three partition plates 5e, 5f, 5g, that is, the central partition plate 5
f to detect that the tray 4 is placed on the partition plate 5f (the position of the tray 4 shown in FIG. 1). In a state where the tray 4 is placed on the partition plate 5f, the bundled banknotes are discharged through the release mechanism 1. It is supplied on a tray 4. Note that, in the following description, the position sensor 22
, That is, the position of the tray 4 where the bundled banknotes are supplied onto the tray 4 through the discharge mechanism 1 is referred to as a “standby position”.

Next, an opening / closing mechanism of the shutters 23 and 24 provided between the support member 12 and the guide block 7 and receiving the bound bills discharged from the discharging mechanism 1 will be described. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 25 denotes a support member 12.
And a rotating shaft arranged in a direction orthogonal to the guide shafts 9 and 17. The rotation shaft 25 is the arm 2
6 is rotatably supported at the center thereof. Elongated holes 26a and 26b are formed at both ends of the arm 26, and transmission members 27 and 26 are provided in the elongated holes 26a and 26b of the arm 26. Axles 29,3 fixed to respective ends of the 28
0 is fitted. The transmission members 27, 28
Support members 39 fixed to the side wall plates 13 and 14, respectively,
The guide shafts 31 and 32 rotatably supported by the guide shafts 40 and 41 and 42 are fixed to one ends of the guide shafts 31 and 32. Each of the guide shafts 31 and 32 has an L-shaped cross section as shown in FIG.
The ends of the letter-shaped shutters 23 and 24 are fixed respectively.

On the other hand, in the arm 26, the arm 26
One end of a link 33 is rotatably attached via a shaft 34 between the rotating shaft 25 supporting the shaft and the elongated hole 26a, and the other end of the link 33 is attached to the side plate 11. The output shaft of the solenoid 35 is connected. Also,
In the arm 26, a rotating shaft 2 supporting the arm 26
A pin 36 is fixed between the pin 5 and the slot 26b.
A tension spring 38 for urging the arm 26 to rotate clockwise in FIG. 4 is bridged between the pin 6 and the pin 37 fixed to the side plate 11.

By the urging force of the tension spring 38, the arm 26, the long holes 26a and 26b, the shafts 29 and 30,
The guide shaft 31 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 and the guide shaft 32 is rotated clockwise via the transmission members 27 and 28, whereby the shutters 23 and 24 fixed to the guide shafts 31 and 32 are respectively rotated. It is being closed. When the solenoid 35 is turned on and the link 33 of the solenoid 35 moves downward in FIG. 4, the arm 26 is rotated counterclockwise around the rotation shaft 25 with a stronger force than the tension spring 38, Thereby, the long holes 26a,
26b, shafts 29 and 30, and transmission members 27 and 28,
The guide shaft 31 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 4 and the guide shaft 32 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG.
The shutters 23 and 24 fixed to the shutters 1 and 32 are opened.

A supporting member 43 is fixed to the guide shaft 32, and a regulating piece 44 is formed on the supporting member 43. On the other hand, a stopper 46 to be engaged with the regulating piece 44 is fixed to the frame 101 in the body 100 at a position below the tray 4. The stopper 46 is
As shown in FIG. 1, when the tray 4 is located at the “standby position” above the central partition plate 5 f, the tray 4 is provided in a positional relationship to be engaged with the regulating piece 44. When the tray 4 is located at the “standby position” and the stopper 46 and the restriction piece 44 are engaged with each other, the rotation of the guide shaft 32 in the counterclockwise direction (in FIG. Of the transmission member 28, the elongated hole 26b, the pin 30, the arm 26, the pin 29, and the elongated hole 26.
a) The rotation of the guide shaft 31 in the clockwise direction (in FIG. 4) and the opening of the shutter 23 are restricted through the transmission member 27 in order. That is, the stopper 46 is
Is disposed at the “standby position”, and when the stopper 46 and the restriction piece 44 are engaged, the shutters 24 and 23 forming the bottom surface of the tray 4 are kept closed.

Next, the bill holding mechanism provided on the tray 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, since the receiving tray 4 receives the bound bills dropped from the elevator 2 at the “standby position” and confirms the placement of the bound bills, the movement in the horizontal direction (the direction of the arrow cd) starts. However, at this time, if the binding banknotes are swollen,
In order to prevent the bound banknotes from protruding from the tray 4, the tray 4 is provided with a holding bar 48.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, one end of the holding rod 48 is connected to a driving shaft 50 of a rotary solenoid 49.
The rotary solenoid 49 is supported by a rotating member 51 fixed thereon in a horizontally rotatable manner , and the rotary solenoid 49 is supported by a supporting member 52 fixed to the side wall plate 14. The support member 52 is also supported by a support member 53 fixed to the support member 12 and a support member 54 having one end fixed to the support member 53. On the other hand, a rotation sensor 55 and a standby sensor 56 are provided on the support member 52, and the detection piece fixed to the rotation member 51 on the rotation shaft 50 of the rotary solenoid 49 by the rotation sensor 55 and the standby sensor 56. 57 and 58 are respectively detected. The position at which the standby sensor 56 detects the detection piece 58 is a retreat position where the presser bar 48 retreats from the bill placement position of the shutters 23 and 24 as shown by a solid line in FIG.
The position at which the detecting piece 57 is detected is a bill holding position at which the holding bar 48 holds the bound bills arranged on the tray 4 from above as shown by the dashed line in FIG.

In the bill holding mechanism as described above, the rotation sensor 55 and the standby sensor 56 are connected to the detection piece 5.
The rotation of the presser rod 48 by the rotary solenoid 49 is allowed within the range where the detection members 57 and 58 are detected, and the rotation sensor 55 and the standby sensor 56 detect the detection pieces 57 and 58.
The rotation of the holding rod 48 by the rotary solenoid 49 is stopped when each of the signals 58 is detected.

Next, the sorting and storing operation of the banknote sorting and storing apparatus having the above-described mechanism will be described. (1) As shown in FIG. 1, bound banknotes bound by denomination by an upper binding mechanism (not shown) are placed on the elevator 2 when the elevator 2 is rising. next,
The elevator 2 on which the bound banknotes are placed descends in the direction of the arrow b, stops at a preset descending position, and starts moving in the lateral direction indicated by the arrow d. At that time, the horizontal movement of the bound banknote is regulated by the regulating member 3,
The bound banknote is dropped downward. At this time, the receiving tray 4 is arranged at the “standby position” above the partition plate 5f, and receives the bound bills dropped from the elevator 2 at the “standby position”.

There is a slight drop between the elevator 2 and the shutters 23 and 24. When a bound banknote is dropped from the elevator 2, an impact due to the drop of the bound banknote is applied to the shutters 23 and 24, and the shutters 23 and 24 are opened. As a result, there was a risk that the bundled banknotes would be pinched by the shutter or dropped into a storage unit other than the designated denomination, but in the present invention, when the tray 4 is at the "standby position", it is fixed to the frame 101. The stopped stopper 46 is
, The rotation of the guide shaft 32 and the guide shaft 31 is restricted, and the shutters 23 and 24 are not opened.

(2) When the bound bill is dropped onto the tray 4, a bill bundle detecting sensor (not shown) detects the bound bill, and based on a detection signal of the bill detecting sensor, a rotary solenoid shown in FIG. 49 is turned on, and the rotating member 5 fixed on the drive shaft 50 of the rotary solenoid 49
1 and the holding rod 48 fixed thereto are rotated counterclockwise. In a state before the bound banknotes are dropped on the tray 4, the holding bar 48 is arranged at a position where the detection piece 58 is detected by the standby sensor 56, that is, at a retracted position shown by a solid line in FIG. And the holding rod 48 is shown in FIG.
When the detection piece 57 provided on the rotation member 51 is rotated by the counterclockwise rotation and detected by the rotation sensor 55, the rotary solenoid 49 is turned off, and the rotation of the holding rod 48 is stopped. Here, when the pressing rod 48 is stopped by the detection of the rotation sensor 55, the pressing rod 48 is stopped.
Is located at the bill holding position on the shutters 23 and 24, whereby the holding rod 48 holds the bundled bills placed on the shutters 23 and 24, and as a result, Even if the bundled banknotes are swollen, the bundled banknotes are
02 is not sandwiched.

The bound banknotes dropped from the release mechanism 1 are moved by the shutters 23 and
When the holding rod 48 at the retracted position is rotated counterclockwise as shown by a solid line in FIG. 2, the tip of the holding rod 48 enters from the transfer belt 6 side. become. In other words, the tip of the pressing rod 48 enters the shutters 23 and 24 from above the binding portion of the bound banknote whose height has been held down by the binding portion, thereby binding the expanded banknote even in the case of a swollen bound banknote. Since the tip of the holding rod enters from above the binding portion where the thickness of the bill is the thinnest, it turns from the belt driving side to the bulging bill portion in the opposite direction and presses it, so there is no risk of damaging the bill.

(3) The transfer belt 6 is driven by the motor, whereby the receiving tray 4 on which the bundled banknotes are placed is moved to above the storage sections 5a to 5d of the designated denomination. In addition,
In order for the tray 4 to be properly transported, each of the storage portions 5a, 5
Above b, 5c, 5d, a position sensor (not shown) is provided, and the motor for driving the transfer belt 6 is stopped when the detection piece 21 is detected by any of the position sensors.

(4) Receiving tray 4 is provided in a predetermined storage portion 5a-5
d, the solenoid 35 is turned on based on the detection signal of the position sensor, thereby the arm 26 is turned on.
Is pulled down, the transmission member 27 rotates clockwise (in FIG. 4) and the transmission member 28 rotates counterclockwise (in FIG. 4) via the link 33, the shaft 34, and the arm 26. .
The rotation of the transmission members 27 and 28 in this manner causes the guide shaft 3 supporting the transmission members 27 and 28 to rotate.
1 and 32 also rotate in the same direction as the transmission members 27 and 28, respectively, and the shutters 23 and 24 are opened. When the solenoid 35 is turned on, the supporting member 43 and the regulating piece 4 fixed to the guide shaft 32 are turned on.
4 is rotated in the same manner.
a to 5d, and is not arranged at the “standby position” above the partition plate 5f.
The rotation of the shutters 23 and 24 is not restricted by the stopper 46, and the shutters 23 and 24 can be opened without any trouble.

(5) When the shutters 23 and 24 are opened, the bound banknotes are dropped into the storage sections 5a to 5d, and the above-mentioned bill bundle detection sensor confirms the fall (the presence or absence of the bound bills in the tray 4). The solenoid 35 is turned off based on the detection signal of the bill bundle detection sensor, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the solenoid 35 is bridged between the pin 36 fixed to the arm 26 and the pin 37 fixed to the side plate 11. The shutters 23 and 24 are actuated by the biasing force of
Is closed. On the other hand, based on the detection signal of the bill bundle detection sensor, when it is confirmed that the bound bills have fallen from the shutters 23 and 24, the rotary solenoid 49 is driven,
As a result, the holding rod 48 shown by a dashed line in FIG. 2 is rotated clockwise. Then, the holding rod 48 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 2, and the detection piece 57 provided on the rotating member 51 is rotated.
Is detected by the standby sensor 56, the rotary solenoid 49 is turned off, and the pressing rod 48 is stopped at the retracted position shown by the solid line.

(6) After the storing operation is completed, the transfer belt 6 is driven by the motor until the detection signal for detecting the detection piece 21 is output by the position sensor 22, and the receiving plate 4 is separated from the partition plate 5f. It is returned to the above-mentioned "standby position" and prepares for the next storage operation of the bundled banknotes. In the above embodiment, the frame 1 is set at the “standby position” of the tray 4.
01 restricts the rotation of the restricting piece 44, thereby restricting the opening of the shutter 24. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the stopper 46 fixed to the frame 101 controls the rotation of the shutter 24. Opening may be regulated directly.

In the above embodiment, the pressing member driving section 47 is constituted by the rotary solenoid 49, the driving shaft 50 and the rotating member 51.

[0028]

As described above, according to the binding banknote sorting and storing apparatus of the present invention, when the pressing member is rotated from the retracted position to the banknote pressing position by the pressing member driving section, the pressing operation is performed. The upper surface of the bound banknote is pressed by the pressing member. Then, in this state, when the tray moves horizontally, the upper surface of the bundled banknotes placed on the tray is prevented from contacting the frame and other mechanism provided on the body side, as a result Thus, troubles such as damage to the bound banknote are prevented. Further, since the upper surface of the bundled banknotes on the tray can be pressed by such a pressing member and the pressing member drive unit, the tray and the tray are prevented from being pinched or damaged by the banknotes. There is no need to increase the distance between the upper frame and the other mechanical units, and as a result, an effect of preventing the apparatus from being enlarged in the height direction can be obtained. Further, the holding member is a bill.
Horizontal rotation is possible between the holding position and the retracted position.
Therefore, it is necessary to retract the holding member to the retracted position.
The required space can be kept small.
The effect of preventing the device from being enlarged can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of a bound banknote sorting and storing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of a tray in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of a main part of the tray.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of a shutter opening / closing mechanism of the tray.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Release mechanism 4 Receiving tray 5 Storage 5a-5d Storage part 47 Pressing member drive part 48 Pressing bar (pressing member) 100 Airframe

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bundled bill discharged by a discharge mechanism and placed on a tray is transferred and stored in one of a plurality of storage portions provided in a storage box by horizontally moving the tray. In the binding banknote sorting and storing device, the tray includes a banknote holding position for pressing an upper surface of the mounted banknotes.
And the retracted position retracted from the place where the binding banknotes are placed.
A holding member rotatable horizontally , and a holding member driving section for rotating the holding member between the bill holding position and the retreat position. apparatus.