JP2771093B2 - Bill dispensing 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 bill dispensing apparatus for automatically dispensing a predetermined number of bills designated by a teller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional bill dispensing apparatus, there is known a bill dispensing apparatus in which when a dispensing command is issued by a teller, bills are fed out one by one by a stacker and conveyed toward a dispensing port ( See JP-A-1-29697).

[0003] This bill dispensing apparatus is installed between two tellers and is shared by the two tellers. Therefore, if one of the two tellers issues a withdrawal command and the dispensing bill is paid out to the dispensing port based on the command, the teller who instructed dispensing immediately dispenses the bill. It should be taken out of the opening. However, depending on the work flow of the teller who issued the withdrawal command, the bill may be left in the withdrawal port.
At this time, when another teller issues a dispensing command to the bill dispensing device, the bill is conveyed to the dispensing port in accordance with the dispensing command, and mixed with the bill left in the dispensing port. There is a problem that they fit together. Therefore, in order to prevent this problem from occurring, the conventional banknote dispensing apparatus does not perform the dispensing operation (conveyance of the banknote) based on the next dispensing command unless the banknote is removed from the dispensing port. I have to.

[0004]

However, the conventional bill dispensing apparatus does not perform the dispensing operation based on the dispensing command even when the dispensing command is issued when the bill is in the dispensing port. Therefore, after the one teller removes the bill from the dispensing port, the dispensing operation based on the dispensing command of the other teller is started, and the bill is conveyed through the conveying path and dispensed. There is a problem that the other teller has to wait for the time until it is conveyed to the spigot, which lowers the withdrawal efficiency and inconveniences the customer.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a bill dispensing apparatus capable of dispensing immediately after removing a bill from a dispensing port.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote dispensing apparatus, comprising: a storage stacker for storing banknotes in a stacked state; a feeding unit for feeding banknotes one by one from the storage stacker; In a bill dispensing apparatus including a dispensing transport path including a transport belt or the like that transports the bills fed by the means and a dispensing port connected to an end of the dispensing transport path, the bill dispensing apparatus is slightly upstream from the dispensing port Is provided in the dispensing transfer path on the side, and when there is no bill in the dispensing port, the banknote is conveyed toward the dispensing port side, and when there is a bill in the dispensing port, a position slightly upstream from the dispensing port is provided. When the banknotes in the dispensing port are subsequently removed, the banknotes accumulated at a position slightly upstream of the dispensing port can be conveyed toward the dispensing port in the accumulated state. It has a withdrawal temporary storage unit.

[0007] The bill dispensing apparatus according to claim 2 of the present invention,
2. The bill dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing temporary storage unit is provided below the transport belt in the dispensing transport path so as to be able to approach and separate from the transport belt; A regulating plate rotatably provided between a position for closing the conveying path and a position for opening the conveying path in the vicinity of the downstream side of the banknote conveying direction, and a motor for driving these restricting and supporting plates,
When there is no banknote in the dispensing port, the motor is rotated so that the regulation plate is rotated to a position where the transport path is opened and the support plate is brought close to the transport belt so that the banknote is transported toward the dispensing port. On the other hand, when there is a bill in the dispensing port, the regulation plate is rotated to a position for closing the conveyance path and the support plate is separated from the conveyance belt so that the bills are stacked on the support plate. The motor is driven, and thereafter, when a bill is removed from the dispensing port, the regulation plate is rotated to a position to open a conveyance path, and the support plate is brought close to the conveyance belt to move the paper onto the conveyance plate. And control means for driving the motor so that the bills accumulated in the banknote are conveyed toward the dispensing port in the accumulated state.

[0008] The bill dispensing device according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that:
The bill dispensing device according to claim 2, wherein the transport belt of the dispensing transport path and the support plate and the regulating plate of the dispensing temporary storage unit are driven by a single forward / reverse motor. When the motor rotates forward, its driving force is 1
A first transmitting means for transmitting to the transport belt of the dispensing transport path via a directional clutch, and when the motor reversely rotates, the driving force of the motor is transmitted via the one-way clutch to the support plate;
And a second transmitting means for transmitting the light to the regulating plate.

[0009]

According to the bill dispensing device of the first aspect of the present invention, when there is no bill in the dispensing port, the bill is conveyed toward the dispensing port side by the dispensing temporary storage section. When there is a banknote in the banknotes, the banknotes are accumulated at a position slightly upstream from the dispensing port, and then when the banknotes from the dispensing port are removed, the banknotes accumulated at a position slightly upstream of the dispensing port remain in an accumulated state. At the dispensing port.

Therefore, when there is a subsequent dispensing command after the first dispensing command is issued, even if the banknote based on the first dispensing command is in the dispensing slot, the transfer of the banknote is immediately performed. It starts and is temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage unit, and this bill is conveyed toward the withdrawal port when the bill in the withdrawal port is removed. After removing a certain banknote, the banknote based on a later dispensing command can be conveyed to the dispensing port in a short time, and the dispensing efficiency can be increased and the waiting time of the customer can be shortened.

According to the bill dispensing apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, when there is no bill in the dispensing port, the regulating plate is rotated to the position where the conveying path is opened, and the support plate is brought close to the conveying belt. A predetermined number of banknotes are conveyed toward the dispensing port, and when there is a banknote in the dispensing port, the regulating plate is rotated to a position where the conveying path is closed, and the support plate is separated from the conveying belt and the predetermined A number of banknotes are conveyed, banknotes are temporarily stored on the support plate, and then when the banknotes are removed from the dispensing port, the banknotes temporarily stored on the support plate are dispensed in an accumulated state. It is conveyed toward the mouth.

According to the bill dispensing apparatus of the third aspect of the present invention, the transport belt of the dispensing transport path and the support plate and the regulating plate of the dispensing temporary storage section are controlled by a single forward / reverse motor. When the motor is rotated forward, the driving force is transmitted to the transport belt of the pay-out transport path via the one-way clutch by the first transmitting means, and when the motor rotates reversely, the driving force is transmitted to the belt. It is transmitted to the support plate and the regulating plate via the one-way clutch by the two transmitting means.

[0013]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bill dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, since the whole structure of a banknote dispensing apparatus is conventionally well-known, detailed description will be omitted, and in the present embodiment, description will be made focusing on the dispensing temporary storage unit.

As shown in FIG. 1, a shaft member 1 is rotatably attached to the body, and a link member 3 supported by the body is provided in front of the shaft member 1. A shaft member 2 is provided at the tip of the link member 3. Is rotatably mounted. A pulley 4 is fixed to the shaft member 2, and a pulley 5 is fixed to the shaft member 1.
Is fixed, and a transport belt 6 for transporting bills is stretched between the pulley 4 and the pulley 5. The shaft member 2 is urged downward in the figure by a spring (not shown), and the transport belt 6 can be retracted upward in accordance with the thickness of the bill to be transported.

Next, the first transmitting means will be described. That is, a shaft member 7 is provided in parallel with the shaft member 2. A pulley 8 is fixed to one end of the shaft member 7, and a pulley 9 is fixed to the other end of the shaft member 7. A motor 10 is arranged below the shaft member 7, and a pulley 11 is fixed to a rotating shaft of the motor 10. A transmission belt 12 is stretched between the pulley 11 and the pulley 8. A shaft member 12 is provided below the shaft member 1.
Is provided in parallel with the shaft member 1.
A pulley 13 is fixed to 2. A transmission belt 14 is stretched between the pulley 13 and the pulley 9 fixed to the other end of the shaft member 2. A gear 15 is fixed to the outside of the pulley 13 fixed to the shaft member 12. The gear 15 is a gear 1 fixed to an end of the shaft member 1.
6 is engaged. Thus, the driving force of the motor 10 is transmitted to the shaft member 1 that supports the transport belt 6.

A one-way clutch (not shown) is provided in the pulley 8, and a driving force is applied only when the motor 10 rotates at a high speed in a counterclockwise direction (forward rotation) in FIG. 7 is transmitted.

Next, the second transmitting means will be described. That is, the gear 20 is fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor 10, and the gear 20 is the gear 2 fixed to the shaft member 22.
1 is engaged. The end of the shaft member 22 has a cam 2
3 is fixed, and a cam roller 30 attached to an end of a link 25 supported by a shaft member 24 is in contact with the cam 23. The other end of the link 25 is connected via a pin 26 to a distal end of a link 27 that is supported by a shaft member 28 on the body. The shaft member 28 includes:
A plurality of regulating plates 29 are fixed along the axial direction.
A one-way clutch (not shown) is provided between the gear 21 and the shaft member 22, and the driving force is applied only when the motor 10 rotates clockwise (reverse rotation) in FIG. It is transmitted to the member 22. In this way, when the motor 10 rotates clockwise, the shaft member 28
Is rotated so that the regulating plate 29 fixed to the shaft member 28 can be switched between the horizontal position and the upright position.

A cam 32 is fixed substantially in the vicinity of the center of the shaft member 22.
The cam roller 33 provided at the tip of the link 35 attached to the base member 4 is in contact with the cam roller 33. A link 36 is connected to the tip of the link 35, and the shaft member 12
A link 37 rotatably supported by the link is connected, and these links 35, 36, 37 form a so-called parallel link. A rectangular support plate 38 is fixed to the upper surface of the link 36, and a transport roller 39 protruding from a notch formed in the support plate 38 is rotatably mounted. In this way, the rotation of the motor 10 is transmitted to the support plate 38 via the links 35, 36, and 37 to move the support plate 38 up and down.

An impeller 40 for knocking down the conveyed bills is fixed to the shaft member 7.
An impeller 41 that beats the transported bills is fixed.

As shown in FIG. 5, a transport path 42 for transporting bills is provided on the upstream side of the transport belt 6, and the outlet 4 from which the transported bills are paid out is provided on the downstream side of the transport belt 6.
3 are provided.

The motor 10 is driven and controlled by control means (not shown). The control means is based on a signal from a payment control mechanism (not shown) for controlling the driving of the entire bill dispensing apparatus. The motor 10 rotates at high speed forward or reverse at low speed. That is, when a dispensing drive signal and a dispensing port bill absence signal (a signal based on a sensor not shown) are input from the dispensing control mechanism (not shown) to the control means (not shown), the control means Outputs a control signal to the motor 10 to perform a high-speed normal rotation drive, and outputs a withdrawal drive signal and a withdrawal note bill presence signal from the withdrawal control mechanism (not shown) to control means (not shown). Is input, the control means outputs a control signal for performing a low-speed reverse rotation to the motor 10. Further, after accumulating the bills in the dispensing temporary storage unit, if a dispensing port bill absence signal is input from the dispensing control mechanism, the control unit causes the motor 10 to first perform a low-speed reverse rotation to support the motor. After the bills on the plate 38 are urged toward the transport belt 6, the motor 10 is caused to perform high-speed normal rotation so that the bills are transported to the dispensing port 43 in an accumulated state.

Next, the operation of the bill dispensing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In a normal dispensing operation, as shown in FIG. 5, the support plate 38 is positioned above the conveyor belt 6 so as to be close to the conveyor belt 6. Next, the motor 10 is rotated counterclockwise at a high speed to transmit the driving force to the transmission belt 12 and the pulley 8 to rotate the shaft member 7, and this rotation is transmitted to the pulley 13 via the pulley 9 and the transmission belt 14. And pulley 13
Is transmitted to the gears 15 and 16 to rotate the shaft member 1, and the conveyor belt 6 is caused to travel by the pulley 5 rotating together with the shaft member 1. Thus, the banknotes supplied from the transport path 42 are transferred to the transport rollers 3 projecting from the support plate 38.
9 and the traveling conveyor belt 6 so that
Conveyed toward 3. To prevent collision between the transported bill and the next transported bill, an end of the transported bill is knocked down by the impeller 40. Then, when the number of bills 44 instructed to be dispensed is paid out to the dispensing port 43, the motor 10 is stopped and the driving of the transport belt 6 is stopped.

Next, when there is a bill 44 in the dispensing port 43 and the next dispensing instruction is issued, the transported bill 45 is temporarily stored on the support plate 38 as shown in FIG.

That is, the motor 10 is rotated clockwise, and this driving force is transmitted through the gears 20 and 21 to the shaft member 22.
To be transmitted. Here, since the cam 23 is fixed to the shaft member 22, the cam 23 rotates with the rotation of the shaft member 22, and the cam roller 30 in contact with the cam 23 moves,
This movement is transmitted to the shaft member 28 via the links 25 and 27, and the shaft member 28 rotates. Since the restricting plate 29 is fixed to the shaft member 28, the shaft member 28 stands up as shown in FIG. Since the cam 32 is fixed to the shaft member 22, the shaft member 22
The cam 32 rotates with the rotation of the cam 32, and the cam roller 33 in contact with the cam 32 moves. This movement is link 35,3
6 and 37 and transmitted to the support plate 38.
Moves downward as shown in FIG. When the banknotes are transported from the transport path 42 in this state, the transported banknotes are
After colliding with 9, it is knocked down by the impeller 41 and is temporarily stored on the support plate 38.

In this state, when the bills 44 in the outlet 43 are taken out, the bills 45 temporarily stored on the support plate 38 are immediately conveyed toward the outlet 43.

That is, in the same procedure as described above, as shown in FIG. 7, the support plate 38 is started to rise, and the regulating plate 29 is released from the upright state. As a result, banknote 45
Is sandwiched between the support plate 38 and the conveyor belt 6, as shown in FIG. In this state, when the motor 10 is rotated in the clockwise direction and the conveyor belt 6 is run, the pinched banknotes 45 are collectively dispensed as shown in FIG.
Conveyed toward.

According to the bill dispensing apparatus of this embodiment, when a dispensing command is issued after a dispensing command is issued first,
Even when the bill based on the first withdrawal command is in the dispensing port 43, the transport of the bill is immediately started, and the transported bill is regulated by the regulation plate 29 and temporarily stored on the support plate 38. Since the bill 45 is conveyed toward the dispensing port 43 when the bill 44 in the dispensing port 43 is removed, after the bill 44 in the dispensing port 43 is removed. In addition, the banknote 45 based on the later dispensing instruction can be conveyed to the dispensing port 43 in a short time, and the dispensing efficiency can be increased and the waiting time of the customer can be shortened.

In the above embodiment, the dispensing temporary storage section is provided below the conveyor belt 6, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the dispensing temporary storage section may be provided above the conveyor belt. It may be. In this case, when stacking the banknotes, a method of sequentially stacking the banknotes from the lower side is adopted. Furthermore, these dispensing temporary storage units are cases where they are incorporated in a dispensing transport path for transporting bills in the horizontal direction, but are not limited to this, and are incorporated in dispensing transport paths for transporting bills in the vertical direction. You may do so.

[0030]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the bill dispensing device described, provided in the dispensing transfer path slightly upstream from the dispensing port, and when there is no bill in the dispensing port, the bill is conveyed toward the dispensing port side, When there is a bill in the dispensing port, the bills are accumulated at a position slightly upstream of the dispensing port, and when the bills of the dispensing port are subsequently removed, the bills accumulated at a position slightly upstream of the dispensing port are collected. Since it has the dispensing temporary storage unit that can be conveyed toward the dispensing port in the accumulated state, it is possible to dispens immediately after removing the banknote from the dispensing port.

The bill dispensing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention comprises:
2. The bill dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing temporary storage unit is provided below the transport belt in the dispensing transport path so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from the transport belt. A regulating plate rotatably provided between a position for closing the conveying path and a position for opening the conveying path near the downstream side in the direction, a motor for driving the restricting plate and the supporting plate, and a bill for the dispensing port. When there is no, the control plate is rotated to a position where the conveyance path is opened, and the support plate is brought close to the conveyance belt to drive the motor so that the bills are conveyed toward the dispensing port. When there is a bill in the slot, the control plate is rotated to a position to close the transport path and the motor is driven so that the support plate is separated from the transport belt and the bills are accumulated on the support plate, After this, paper When the control plate is rotated to a position where the conveyance path is opened when the paper money is removed, the support plate is brought close to the conveyance belt, and the bills accumulated on the support plate are kept in the accumulation state. And control means for driving the motor so as to be conveyed toward the printer, so that the apparatus can be made compact.

According to the bill dispensing device of the third aspect of the present invention, the transport belt of the dispensing transport path and the support plate and the regulating plate of the temporary dispensing storage unit are controlled by one motor capable of normal and reverse rotation. When the motor rotates forward, first transmission means for transmitting the driving force to the transport belt of the dispensing transport path via a one-way clutch when the motor rotates forward, and the driving force when the motor rotates reversely. Since there is provided the second transmitting means for transmitting to the support plate and the regulating plate via the one-way clutch, the transmission mechanism of the driving force of the motor can be simplified, and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bill dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a main part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view showing the operation of the bill dispensing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a view showing the operation of the bill dispensing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a view showing the operation of the bill dispensing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a view showing the operation of the bill dispensing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a view showing the operation of the bill dispensing device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Conveyor belt 10 Motor 29 Regulator plate 38 Support plate 43 Dispensing port

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A dispensing conveyance path comprising a storage stacker for storing banknotes in a stacked state, a feeding unit for feeding banknotes one by one from the storage stacker, and a conveyance belt for conveying the banknotes fed by the feeding unit. And a dispensing port having a dispensing port connected to the end of the dispensing transport path, provided in the dispensing transport path slightly upstream from the dispensing port,
When there is no banknote in the dispensing port, the banknote is conveyed toward the dispensing port side, and when there is a banknote in the dispensing port, the banknotes are accumulated at a position slightly upstream from the dispensing port, and then the When the bill is removed, it has a dispensing temporary storage unit that can convey the bills accumulated at a position slightly upstream of the dispensing port toward the dispensing port in an accumulated state. Bill dispensing device. 2. A dispensing temporary storage unit, comprising: a support plate provided below the transport belt of the dispensing transport path so as to be able to contact and separate from the transport belt; and a support plate near a downstream side in the bill transport direction of the support plate. A regulating plate rotatably provided between a position for closing the conveying path and a position for opening the conveying path, a motor for driving the restricting plate and the supporting plate, and the restricting mechanism when there is no bill in the outlet. The motor is driven so that the bill is conveyed toward the dispensing port by rotating the plate to a position where the conveying path is opened and the support plate is brought close to the conveying belt, while the bill is dispensed into the dispensing port. In some cases, the motor is driven so that bills are stacked on the support plate by rotating the regulation plate to a position where the conveyance path is closed, and separating the support plate from the conveyance belt. When the bill is removed from the mouth The banknotes accumulated on the support plate are conveyed toward the dispensing port while the regulation plate is rotated to a position where the conveyance path is opened, and the support plate is brought close to the conveyance belt in the accumulation state. 2. The bill dispensing device according to claim 1, further comprising control means for driving the motor. 3. A transporting belt in the dispensing transport path and a support plate and a regulating plate of the dispensing temporary storage unit are driven by one forward / reverse motor, and when the motor rotates forward, A first transmitting means for transmitting a driving force to a transport belt of the dispensing transport path via a one-way clutch, and when the motor reversely rotates, the driving force is transmitted to the support plate and the regulating plate via a one-way clutch. The bill dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a second transmitting means for transmitting.