JP2906022B2 - Bill automatic payment device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic bill dispenser used in financial institutions such as banks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 11 is a perspective view schematically showing the appearance of a conventional automatic bill dispenser. In the figure, reference numeral 101 denotes a housing of the apparatus, and 102 denotes a card insertion / ejection port provided at an upper front portion of the housing 103.
In the back, take in the card inserted by the customer,
A card read / write unit (not shown) for reading information on a magnetic stripe provided on the card and writing update information on the magnetic stripe after the transaction is completed is provided.

Reference numeral 103 denotes a key input unit including ten keys and various function keys for inputting information necessary for a transaction such as a personal identification number and a payment amount, and 104 denotes a screen or input information for guiding the operation of the key input unit by the customer. C to display etc.
A display section 105 such as an RT is a bill payout port for paying out bills to the customer, and a bill payout port 105 for paying out bills corresponding to a payment amount input by the customer is described below. A dispensing mechanism is provided.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a schematic structure of a dispensing mechanism in a conventional example. Reference numeral 106 denotes a horizontal cassette for storing bills to be paid, which is formed to be longer in the depth direction of the apparatus, and is arranged on the bottom side. The inside of the cassette 106 includes a ten-yen ticket storage part 106A and a one-yen ticket storage part 1
06B, and ten thousand yen and one thousand yen notes are stored as bills M for payment in the respective storage portions 106A and 106B.

[0007] 107 is a picker roller disposed on the payout side of the ten-yen note storage part 106A and one thousand-yen note storage part 106B, 108 is a feed roller provided so as to be located above the picker roller 107, 10
Reference numeral 9 denotes a separation roller which is provided so as to be in contact with the feeding roller 108. Reference numeral 110 denotes a reject box; 111 to 115, a conveyance path including a conveyance roller and a conveyance belt for conveying the banknote M; a conveyance abnormality detection sensor 116 for detecting conveyance abnormality of the banknote M at a predetermined position of the conveyance path 111; A denomination detection sensor 117 for detecting the M denomination is provided, and a rotatable blade 118 is disposed at a branch portion of the transport paths 113 and 114 branched from the transport path 111.

Reference numeral 119 denotes a temporary stacking section provided at one end of the transport path 115. The transport path 115 can collectively transport the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking section 119. In the above-described configuration, the dispensing mechanism includes the cassette 106, the picker roller 107, and the payout roller 10.
8, a lower unit including the separation roller, a middle unit including the reject box 110 and the transport path 111, and an upper unit including the transport paths 112 to 115.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing the ten-yen-note storage unit 106A of the cassette 106. As shown in this figure, the bill M is standing on the guide plate 120 so as to contact one side in the longitudinal direction. The bill M at the end is stored by the pressing force of the pressing plate 122 urged by the spring 121.
Are in pressure contact with the picker roller 107. The 1,000 yen note storage unit 106B has the same configuration.

In this configuration, the operation of the payment transaction of the bill M is performed as follows. First, when a customer inserts a card from the card insertion / ejection port 102 and inputs a recite number through the key input unit 103, information on the magnetic stripe read by the card read / write unit is sent to the center along with the recite number. After receiving a reply indicating that the transaction is possible, when the customer inputs the required payment amount through the key input unit 103, the control unit (not shown) controls the picker roller 107, the feed roller 108, the separation roller 109, and the respective transport paths via a motor (not shown). And 111 to 114 are driven.

Here, when the required payment amount is, for example, 55,000 yen, the banknote M of the ten thousand yen bill is sent upward from the ten thousand yen note storage portion 106A of the cassette 106 by the rotation of the picker roller 107, and the delivery roller 108 and the separation roller 109, and is further fed upward by the rotation of the feeding roller 108. At this time, the separation roller 109 is set so that only the banknote M in contact with the feeding roller 108 is fed, and the next banknote M to be fed. The contact is made, and the bill M is prevented from being fed.

The bill M fed out by the feed-out roller 108 is fed to the transport path 111, and during the transport by the transport path 111, the transport abnormality detecting sensor 116
As a result, the conveyance error is detected, and the denomination detection sensor 117 detects the denomination. In this case, the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 116 detects, for example, the degree of skew of the bill M, the length in the short direction, the bill interval, the presence or absence of two sheets, and the denomination detection sensor 117 detects the denomination in the longitudinal direction of the bill M. , A control unit (not shown) determines the presence or absence of a transport abnormality and determines the denomination based on the detection results.

Thereafter, the banknote M is sent to the transport path 112. If the controller determines that there is a transport abnormality or that the banknote is of a different kind, the blade 118 moves the banknote M to the transport path 11
4 so that the bill M is stored in the reject box 110 via the transport path 114. On the other hand, if there is no transport abnormality and the denomination is normal,
The bill M is guided to the transport path 11 by the blade 118,
The sheets are accumulated in a temporary accumulation section 119 provided at one end of the transport path 115.

[0012] In this manner, five Million Yen bills M
Are accumulated in the temporary accumulating section 119, and thereafter, the banknotes M of the 1,000-yen note are fed out from the 1,000-yen note storing section 106B and accumulated in the temporary accumulating section 119 by the same operation. Reaches a predetermined amount, that is, the payment request amount input by the customer, the control unit stops driving the picker roller 107, the feeding roller 108, the separation roller 109, and each of the transport paths 111 to 114, and outputs a motor (not shown). , And drives the transport path 115 via the.

Thus, the bills M in the temporary accumulating section 119 are collectively conveyed to the bill payout port 105, the shutter of the bill payout port 105 is opened and paid to the customer, and the magnetic stripe portion of the card is read by the card read / write section. The update information is written in the
The payment transaction ends when the customer receives this card and the bill M, but if the customer
If the operator forgets to take the bill, the shutter closes after a certain period of time, the bill M is fed back from the transport path 115, and is stored in the reject box 110.

[0014]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic bill dispensing apparatus, since the cassette for storing the bills M is arranged horizontally in the depth direction, the apparatus has a large depth dimension. On the other hand, in the case of small stores in the banking industry, since the store area is often small and the installation space for the equipment is limited, the installation space is large with the conventional device having a large depth dimension, and the small store is small. It is difficult to introduce into

Therefore, if the cassette for storing the banknotes M is of a vertical type and the banknotes M are stacked and stored in a substantially horizontal state as shown in FIG. 14, the dimension in the depth direction is reduced. Therefore, the installation space is small, and it is possible to introduce it to small stores, but in this case,
The following problems will occur. That is, in the cassette 106 of the conventional apparatus, as shown in FIG. 13, the banknotes M are placed and stored in the guide plate 120 in a horizontal standing state, and the banknotes M in this case are pressed against the picker rollers 107. The pressing force P1 is determined by the tensile force P2 of the spring 121 for urging the pressing plate 122, the friction coefficient μ between the guide plate 120 and the bill M, and the number N of the bills M.

When these relationships are expressed by a mathematical formula, 1
When the weight per sheet is P3, P1 = P2-NP3μ. Therefore, if the surface of the guide plate 120 is subjected to a treatment such as Teflon coating to reduce the friction coefficient μ, the pressing force P1 does not vary so much as to affect the separation performance regardless of the number of sheets stored.

On the other hand, when the cassette 106 is set up vertically as a vertical type, that is, when the storage portion for the banknotes M is set as a vertical type, the stored banknotes M are kept in a substantially horizontal state in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. Since the layers are stacked, the pressing force P1 can be expressed as follows. P1 = P2 + NP3 According to this, the weight of the banknote M fluctuates due to the change in the number of stored banknotes M, so that the fluctuation of the pressing force P1 against the picker roller 107 increases, and this fluctuation corresponds to the banknote M
This has a significant effect on the separation and feeding out, making it difficult to perform stable separation and feeding out.

The reason will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
5 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 14, as shown in FIG. 14, the force of feeding out the bill M1 pressed against the picker roller 107 by the picker roller 107 is F1, and the bill M2 on the bill is lower than the bill M1 on the lower bill. The force to be delivered by the frictional force of F
2. Assuming that the force generated by the separation roller 107 is F3 in order to prevent the bill M2 from being fed, the relationship of F1>F3> F2 must be satisfied in order to perform stable separation, and this relationship holds. Failure to do so will cause a problem that two bills M are fed or that the bills M are not fed out. However, in the conventional structure, the above relationship is maintained even when the number of bills M stacked in the cassette 106 is large. However, there is a problem that stable separation and feeding cannot be performed because of the difficulty in performing the separation.

In particular, in recent years, banks and the like have been operating on holidays, and the number of banknotes to be stored must be increased before holidays, so the above problem is more serious.

[0020]

In order to solve this problem, according to the present invention, bills corresponding to the requested amount of money input by a customer at a key input section are sequentially fed out of a storage section and conveyed to a dispensing port via a conveyance path. Bill automatic payment device,
A storage unit for stacking and storing banknotes in a horizontal state, a picker roller disposed below the storage unit so as to be in contact with the banknotes, and rotating to feed the banknotes to the payout opening side of the storage unit; A payout roller that is provided in the mouth and rotates so as to pay out the bills sent by the picker roller from the storage unit, a separation roller facing the payout roller, and receives the rear end of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit. A first inclined surface having a large inclination angle that generates a force for pushing a bill toward the payout port side, a second inclined surface having a small inclination angle extending from the lower end of the first inclined surface to the picker roller side, And a guide block having an extended portion obtained by extending a part of the second inclined surface.

[0021]

According to the present invention having such a configuration, the pressing force applied to the picker roller by the stacked banknotes is relatively stable because the rear end of the banknotes in the storage section is received by the guide block. Therefore, when the picker roller and the payout roller are rotated at the time of dispensing, the bill is smoothly fed together with the fact that the first inclined surface of the guide block acts on the bill toward the payout port side. The bill is fed out from the pay-out port, and during this feeding, the trailing end of the bill moves from the second inclined surface of the guide block to the extension, so that the bill and the guide block come into contact with a small area, and the contact between bills is maintained. At the same time, the friction between the guide block and the bill decreases, so that stable and smooth separation and feeding can be performed regardless of the number of stored bills.

[0022]

An embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part showing a first embodiment of a bill automatic payment apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the same embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the embodiment.

Before explaining the details of FIGS. 1 and 2,
3 to 5 will be described. First, referring to FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing of the apparatus, which is provided with a door 1a at the front and an upper surface serving as a customer service surface. 2 is this case 1
A card insertion / ejection port provided on the customer service surface of the customer, a card inserted by a customer is taken in behind the card insertion / ejection port 2 to read information on a magnetic stripe provided on the card, or to end a transaction. A card read / write unit (not shown) for writing update information to the rear magnetic stripe is provided.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a key input unit comprising ten keys and various function keys for the customer to input information necessary for transactions such as a personal identification number and payment amount, and 4 denotes a screen and input information for guiding the customer to operate the key input unit. The key input unit 3 and the display unit 4 are also provided at predetermined positions of the customer service unit. The key input unit 3 is not provided independently of the display unit 4 as shown in the figure, but a key composed of a transparent electrode is arranged on the display unit 4, a key function is displayed on the display unit 3, and the function information is input. You may do it.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a bill payout port for paying bills to the customer, and a cash output port shown in FIG. 3 for performing a bill dispensing process corresponding to a payment amount inputted by the customer is provided at the back of the bill payout port 5. A dispensing mechanism 6 is provided. The dispensing mechanism 6 can be pulled out of the housing 1 by opening the door 1a. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 7 denotes a 10,000-yen ticket storage unit, and 8 denotes a 1,000-yen ticket storage unit.
The banknotes are arranged in a row, and a ten-yen note and a thousand-yen note are stored as bills M for payment.

Reference numeral 9 denotes the ten-yen ticket storage part 7 and the thousand-yen ticket storage part 8
Picker rollers 10 provided at the lower ends of the coins are disposed at the front of the picker roller 9, and are disposed at the pay-out ports of the ten-yen note storage part 7 and the one-thousand-yen note storage part 8, respectively. A separating and feeding unit 12 is constituted by these rollers 9 to 11 by a separating roller opposed to the upper side of the roller 10, and the ten-yen-note storage unit 7 and the 1,000-yen bill are arranged so as to face the separating and feeding unit 12. A guide block 13 is provided at a position opposite to the payout opening provided at the lower end of the storage section 8.

Reference numerals 14 denote pressing plates provided in the ten-yen note storage part 7 and the one-thousand-yen note storage part 8, respectively. The pressing plates 11 are urged downward by springs (not shown). The front end of the lower end bill M is pressed against the picker roller 9. Reference numeral 15 denotes a rejected bill storage unit disposed above the ten-yen-note storage unit 7, and reference numerals 16 and 17 denote conveyance paths including a conveyance roller and a conveyance belt for conveying the bill M. The two conveyance paths 16 and 17 are 10,000 yen. A transport abnormality detection sensor 18 that is arranged in a vertical direction along the ticket storage unit 7 and the 1,000-yen ticket storage unit 8 and is linearly connected, and that detects a transport abnormality of the bill M at a predetermined location on the transport path 17. , A denomination detection sensor 19 for detecting the denomination of the banknote M is provided.
Is configured.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a rotatable blade,
Is located at the top. Reference numeral 22 denotes a temporary stacking unit, which is arranged inside a shutter 23 provided in the bill payout port 2 and is configured to be able to stack bills M transported by the transport path 21. As described above, in the present embodiment, the ten-yen note storage part 7 and the one-thousand-yen note storage part 8 of the dispensing mechanism 6 are vertically arranged, and Since the transfer paths 16 and 17 are arranged vertically, the dispensing mechanism 6 can be downsized compared to the related art.

That is, the dispensing mechanism of the conventional device described with reference to FIG. 12 has its interior divided into three units.
Although the division loss occurred, the dispensing mechanism 6 according to the present embodiment was used.
Since there is no split loss, the size can be reduced, and the dispensing mechanism 6 can be pulled out of the housing 1 by opening the door 1a. There is no problem in accessing the transfer path 8 and the transport paths 16 and 17.

Next, in FIG. 5, reference numeral 24 denotes a main control unit for controlling the entire apparatus, and reference numeral 25 denotes a control unit of the dispensing mechanism 6 connected to the main control unit 24.
4, the feeding / unloading unit 12, the transport paths 16 and 17, and the blade 2
The main control unit 26 controls opening and closing of the shutter 23 based on information from the control unit 25 and information from the key input unit 3, and also controls the center via the interface unit 27. It communicates with the host computer.

A power supply 28 is connected to the main controller 24. In this configuration, the operation of the payment transaction of the bill M is performed as follows. First, when a customer inserts a card through the card insertion / ejection port 2 and inputs a recite number through the key input unit 3, information on the magnetic stripe read by the card read / write unit along with the recite number is transmitted to the main control unit 24.
Is sent to the host computer of the center via the interface unit 27, and after receiving a reply indicating that transaction is possible from this host computer, when the customer inputs the payment request amount by the key input unit 3, the main control unit 24 To withdraw money.

As a result, the control unit 25 controls the picker roller 9 and the delivery roller 1 of the separation and delivery unit 12 of the ten-yen note storage unit 7 or the 1,000-yen note storage unit 8 via a motor (not shown).
0, while driving the separation roller 11,
17 is driven. Here, when the required payment amount is, for example, 55,000 yen, the banknote M of the million yen bill is sent forward from the million yen bill storage unit 7 by the rotation of the picker roller 9, and is fed by the feeding roller 10 and the separation roller 11. The bill M is nipped and further fed out by the rotation of the payout roller 10. At this time, the second and subsequent bills M are prevented from being fed out by the separation roller 11, so that only the bills M contacting the payout roller 10 are fed out. Perform the operation.

The bill M fed out by the feed-out roller 10 in this way is sent to the transport path 17 and the transport path 1
During the upward conveyance by the sensor 7, the conveyance abnormality is detected by the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 18 of the detection unit 20, and
The denomination detection sensor 19 performs denomination detection. In this case, the conveyance abnormality detection sensor 18 detects, for example, the skew degree of the bill M, the length in the short direction, the bill interval, the presence or absence of two sheets, and the denomination detection sensor 19 detects the denomination in the longitudinal direction of the bill M. Of the control unit 2 by detecting the width of
Reference numeral 5 determines whether or not there is a transport abnormality and determines a denomination.

Thereafter, the bill M is sent further upward by the transport path 17. If the controller 25 determines that there is a transport abnormality or is of a different kind, the blade 21 moves the bill M to the reject bill storage unit 15. The banknote M is switched to be guided so that the banknote M is rejected.
Is stored in. On the other hand, if there is no conveyance abnormality and the denomination is normal, the bill M is guided further upward by the blade 21, discharged from the upper end of the conveyance path 17 to the temporary accumulation section 22 and accumulated.

In this way, the banknotes M of the five ten thousand yen notes are sequentially
Is accumulated in the temporary accumulating portion 22, and thereafter, the banknote M of the 1,000 yen note is fed out from the 1,000 yen note storing portion 8 by the same operation, and is conveyed by the transport paths 16 and 17, and is accumulated in the temporary accumulating portion 22. When the banknotes M accumulated in the temporary accumulating unit 22 reach a predetermined amount, that is, the required amount of payment input by the customer, the control unit 25 controls the picker roller 9, the feeding roller 10, the separation roller 11, and each of the transport paths 16 , 17 are stopped, and the main controller 22 is notified that the integration has been completed.

Thus, the main control unit 22 is connected to the bill payout port 5
The shutter 23 is opened to pay the bill M to the customer, and the updated information is written to the magnetic stripe portion of the card by the card read / write section and is ejected to the card insertion / ejection port 2, so that the customer can transfer the card and the bill M to the customer. Upon receipt, the payment transaction ends. In addition, the bottom of the temporary stacking unit 22 is configured to rotate downward and open, and if the customer forgets to take the bill M, the main control unit 24 closes the shutter 23 after a certain period of time, and temporarily closes the shutter 23. The bottom of the stacking unit 22 is opened to store the banknote M in the reject banknote storage unit 15.

Next, the main part of the above-described automatic bill payment apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the guide block 13 provided in the ten-yen note storage part 7 and the one-thousand-yen note storage part 8 supports the rear end of the bills M stacked vertically in a horizontal state. This guide block 13
Are arranged on the base plate 28 as a pair of left and right sides as shown in FIG. 2, each having an inclined surface (first inclined surface) 13 a having a large inclination angle, and an inclined surface extending from the lower end of the inclined surface 13 a to the payout opening side. It has a slope 13b with a small angle (second slope) 13b, and further has an extension 13c that extends a part of the slope 13b, and has a substantially L-shaped side surface.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 29 denotes a guide which also serves as a partition surface provided in the ten-yen-note storage part 7 and one-thousand-yen note storage part 8, 30 denotes an upper guide provided in the feeding port, and 31 denotes a feeding port. It is a lower guide. FIG.
, The picker roller 9, the feeding roller 10,
Separating rollers 11 are also provided, one each on the left and right, similarly to the guide block 13.
And the separation roller 11 have ring-shaped grooves 10a, 11
a is provided.

The feed roller 10 and the separation roller 11 are slightly meshed with each other by the grooves 10a and 11a, and a line connecting the meshing position and the top of the picker roller 9, that is, the angle at which the bill M is separated is set. The inclined surface of the guide block 13 and the extension 13c are formed so as to coincide with each other. A motor 32 is configured so that the picker roller 9, the feeding roller 10, and the separation roller 11 are rotated by the motor 32 via the gears 33, 34, the belt 32, and the like.

Next, the operation of the guide block 13 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the force applied to the guide block 13 and the force applied to the banknote M. In the vertically stacked banknotes M, the front end side is placed on the picker roller 9 and the rear end is the inclined surface 13a of the guide block 13. Assuming that the force applied to the inclined surface 13a by the weight of the stacked banknotes M as shown in FIG. 6 is P2, as shown in FIG.
Then, a force F2 to the delivery port side (forward) acts.

Assuming that the inclination angle of the inclined surface 13a is θ °, the following relationship holds: F1 = P2 _sin θ ° F2 = P2 _cos θ ° On the other hand, assuming that the pressing force applied to the picker roller 9 is P1 as shown in FIG. 1, the value obtained by subtracting the F1 from the force applied by the weight of the stacked banknotes M becomes P1, and a large number of banknotes M are stacked. Even in the state, since the pressing force P1 does not become an extremely large value, P1 is relatively stable.

Now, in a state where the leading edge of the bill M is regulated by the guides 33 of the ten-yen note storage part 7 and the one-thousand-yen note storage part 8 as shown in FIG. When the picker roller 9, the feed roller 10, and the separation roller 11 are rotated by the motor 32, the lowest bill M is fed forward by the picker roller 9, and the bill M above the lower bill is inclined by the inclined surface of the guide block. Since the frontal force F2 by 13a and the frictional force between the bill M to be fed are moved forward, the stacked bills M near the payout opening have a smooth wedge-shaped tip as shown in FIG. Thereby, the leading end position of the bills M becomes constant with respect to the position of engagement between the feeding roller 10 and the separation roller 11, so that the intervals between the bills M are kept constant.

When the rollers 9, 10, 11 are further rotated, the lowest bill M is fed out of the feeding roller 1.
0 and the separation roller 11 and the feeding roller 1
The banknote M is further fed forward by the rotation of 0, and at this time, the rear end of the banknote M is guided by the extension 13 c of the guide block 13. At this time, the separating operation is performed so that only the banknote M that has come into contact with the feeding roller 10 by the separating roller 11 is fed.
If c is not provided, the following problem occurs.

FIG. 7 shows an extended portion 13c of the guide block 13.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing a problem in a case where the guide block 13 is not provided with an extension 13c as shown in FIG. A phenomenon in which the trailing end of the bill M2 hangs may occur. In this case, since a gap is formed between the second bill M2 and the third bill M3 further thereon, the frictional force between the bills is significantly reduced, and the first bill M1
Is fed out, the second bill M2 is also fed out, and the bill interval becomes shorter than the reference value and is rejected.

In order to prevent such inconvenience, an extension 13c is provided, and since the extension 13c is formed by partially extending the inclined surface 13b, the frictional force between the bill M and the guide block 13 is increased. Can be reduced,
While the pressing force P1 is stabilized by the inclined surface 13a,
Together with the action of generating the forward force F2, stable and smooth separation and feeding is performed regardless of the number of stored banknotes M.

Next, another embodiment will be described. At present, financial institutions operate holiday automatic payment devices on holidays. Before holidays, it is necessary to set a large number of banknotes in this device. 13 inclined surfaces 13a, 13b and bill M
Since the frictional force of contact increases with the picker roller 9, the load becomes a load when the picking roller 9 feeds out. Therefore, a more reliable separation and feeding operation is required.

The following embodiment meets such a demand. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a guide block showing the second embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 36 denotes a guide block. In this embodiment, the guide block 36 has a large inclined surface 36a and a small inclined surface 36b extending from the lower end of the inclined surface 36a in a comb-like shape. An extension 36c extending from the surface 36b to the picker roller side is similarly formed.

In this way, the contact area where the inclined surfaces 36a, 36b and the extended portions 36c contact the bill M is reduced as compared with the flat inclined surfaces 13a and 13b and the extended portions 13c as in the first embodiment. Therefore, the frictional force between the bill M and the guide block 36 is reduced, and the bill M can be separated and fed more stably. Fig. 9 (a)
(B) is a perspective view and a side view of a guide block showing a third embodiment. In this embodiment, an inclined surface 37a having a large inclination angle of a guide block 37 and an inclination angle extending from a lower end of the inclined surface 37a are shown. An endless belt 38 is suspended by a plurality of shafts 39 on a small inclined surface 37b, and each shaft 39 is rotatably supported by a guide block 37.
The extension 37c is formed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

In this configuration, the endless belt 38 rotates counterclockwise as the bill M is fed, so that the friction with the bill M can be changed from sliding friction to rolling friction, and the frictional force can be further reduced. Therefore, the operation of the separating and feeding means can be further stabilized. FIG.
(a) and (b) are a perspective view and a side view of a guide block showing a fourth embodiment.
The inclined surface 40a having a large inclination angle, and the inclined surface 40a
A plurality of rollers 41 are rotatably supported on an inclined surface 40b having a small inclination angle extending from the lower end of the roller, and an extension 40c is formed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

In this configuration, the roller 41 rotates counterclockwise as the bill M is fed, so that the friction with the bill M is changed from sliding friction to rolling friction as in the third embodiment. And the frictional force can be further reduced, so that the operation of the separating and feeding means is further stabilized. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and partial changes can be appropriately made.

For example, the guide block 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 may be formed integrally with the base plate 28. In the first, second, third and fourth embodiments, each guide block is If it is configured to be movable in the width direction, it will be possible to correspond to the case where a new banknote is transferred from the current banknote or the case where it is applied to a device that handles foreign banknotes, and furthermore, the inclined surface of each guide block may be appropriately adjusted. , It is also possible to stabilize the operation of the separating and feeding means in accordance with the paper quality and the like.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a storage section for storing banknotes in a stacked state in a horizontal state, and disposed below the storage section so as to be in contact with the banknotes, and on the payout opening side of the storage section. A picker roller that rotates so as to send bills to the feeder; a payout roller that is provided at the feeder port and that rotates to feed out the bills fed by the picker roller from the storage unit; and a separation roller that is installed to face the feeder roller. A roller, a first inclined surface that is arranged to receive a rear end of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit and has a large inclination angle that generates a force for pushing the bill toward the payout port side, and the picker is provided from a lower end of the first inclined surface. As a configuration including a second inclined surface having a small inclination angle extending toward the roller side and a guide block having an extended portion that extends a part of the second inclined surface, the stacked banknotes in the storage portion are provided. Since the end is received by the guide block, the pressing force applied to the picker roller by the stacked banknotes becomes relatively stable. Therefore, when the picker roller and the feed roller are rotated at the time of dispensing, the first of the guide block is rotated. The bill is smoothly fed and fed out from the pay-out port along with the force acting on the pay-out port side due to the inclined surface of the bill, and during this pay-out, the trailing end of the bill is the first end of the guide block. Since the bill moves from the inclined surface to the extension, the bill and the guide block come into contact with a small area, the contact between the bills is maintained, and the friction between the guide block and the bill decreases, so that the number of stored bills The effect is that stable and smooth separation and feeding can be performed regardless of the size of the device, and the installation space for the device can be reduced. Together, the ones that can withstand enough to holiday operation of the device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main part side view showing a first embodiment of a bill automatic payment apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between an inclined surface of a guide block and a force applied to a bill in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a problem when there is no extension of the guide block.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a guide block showing a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view and a side view of a guide block showing a third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view and a side view of a guide block showing a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a schematic external view of a conventional bill automatic payment device.

12 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a dispensing mechanism in the conventional example of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing a horizontal cassette.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing a vertical cassette.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 14;

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Key input unit 6 Dispensing mechanism 70,000 yen note storage unit 8,000 yen note storage unit 9 Picker roller 10 Feeding roller 11 Separation roller 12 Separation feeding unit 13 Guide block 13a Inclined surface (first inclined surface) 13b Inclined surface (first inclined surface) 13c Extension section 16, 17 Conveyance path 22 Temporary accumulation section 24 Main control section 25 Control section 36 Guide block 36a Inclined surface (first inclined surface) 36b Inclined surface (second inclined surface) 36c Extension Part 37 guide block 37a inclined surface (first inclined surface) 37b inclined surface (second inclined surface) 37c extension portion 38 endless belt 39 axis 40 guide block 40a inclined surface (first inclined surface) 40b inclined surface (first inclined surface) 2c inclined surface) 40c extension

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill automatic payment device for sequentially paying out bills corresponding to a requested payment amount input by a customer at a key input unit from a storage unit and transporting the bills to a dispensing port via a transport path to pay bills in a horizontal state. A picker roller arranged to be in contact with a banknote below the storage unit and rotating to feed a banknote to a payout port side of the storage unit; and a picker provided at the payout port, A payout roller that rotates so as to pay out the bills fed by the rollers from the storage unit, a separation roller that is installed to face the payout roller, and is arranged to receive the rear end of the stacked banknotes in the storage unit,
A first inclined surface having a large inclination angle that generates a force for pushing a bill toward the payout port side, a second inclined surface having a small inclination angle extending from the lower end of the first inclined surface to the picker roller side, and the second inclined surface. A bill automatic payment device comprising a guide block having an extension part obtained by extending a part of an inclined surface. 2. A bill automatic payment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first inclined surface, the second inclined surface of the guide block,
A bill automatic payment device, wherein the extension portion is formed as a flat surface. 3. The bill automatic payment device according to claim 1, wherein the first inclined surface, the second inclined surface of the guide block,
A bill automatic payment device, wherein the extension portion is formed in a comb shape. 4. A bill automatic payment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an endless belt is provided on the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the guide block via a plurality of rotatable shafts. Bill automatic payment device. 5. The bill automatic payment device according to claim 1, wherein at least one or more rollers are rotatably arranged on the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the guide block. Automatic payment device. 6. A bill automatic payment device according to claim 1, wherein a transport path for transporting the bills fed from the storage section by the picker roller, the feeding roller, and the separation roller is vertically arranged along the storage section. A bill automatic payment device characterized by the following.