JP3286545B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine for handling a plurality of types of banknotes having a large difference in length in the transport direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In Japanese banknotes, there is little difference in the size of banknotes for each denomination, and therefore, in any direction, that is, when a banknote is inserted or removed in a short direction or a long direction. No major problems arise. For example, as a banknote processing machine, there is a banknote processing machine in which a pay-in / pay-out port mechanism is constituted by a rotating drum body as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-251487. This deposit / withdrawal mechanism handles Japanese banknotes, and there is not much difference in the size of the banknotes. Therefore, when depositing and withdrawing banknotes, deposit and withdrawal transactions are performed with the banknotes inside the rotating drum. Is possible. That is, the depositing process is started in a state in which the bill to be deposited is completely pushed into the rotary drum body, and the customer can take out the dispensed bill in a state of being sent into the rotary drum body. At this time, since there is not much difference in the size of the bills, it is possible to easily take out the dispensed bills only by partially exposing the bills from the inside of the rotating drum. On the other hand, in the case of foreign banknotes, especially in the European region, the number of banknotes handled is large, and therefore, the difference in size is from 181 mm x 85 mm for large banknotes to 120 mm x 61.5 mm for small banknotes. Compared to the size of Japanese banknotes, there is a considerable difference especially in the length in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, when trying to make the short direction of these foreign banknotes coincide with the transport direction of the banknotes, a large difference such as 181 mm and 120 mm appears in the width direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and the banknotes having a short length in the longitudinal direction. Has a problem that it is difficult to determine the position in the width direction to be conveyed, and this problem is a big problem in discriminating banknotes having a short length in the longitudinal direction. Is generally the same as the machine that matches the transport direction. However, if the longitudinal direction is made coincident with the transport direction, the problem regarding the discrimination is reduced, but a new problem arises when inserting and removing the bill. That is, assuming that bills are taken in and out in a state in which bills are completely stored in the rotating drum body as in the device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-251487, in particular, bills are removed from the inside of the rotating drum body. When taking out, a large bill can be easily taken out, whereas a small bill is stored in the back of the rotating drum, and there is a problem that it cannot be easily taken out. In order to solve such a problem, the present applicant has filed an earlier application (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-43528).
issue). That is, this is provided on the front of the body, a transaction port having a platform on which a part of the bill to be deposited is placed,
A transaction drum provided at a position inside the transaction port of the aircraft, the transaction drum having a fixed side belt provided at a height substantially flush with the platform of the transaction port; A movable side belt that is supported so as to be able to freely contact and separate from the intermediate shutter, and an intermediate shutter that protrudes and retracts at a substantially central portion of the in-drum transport path formed by the fixed-side belt and the movable-side belt, and that can open and close the center of the in-drum transport path And a drum shutter that opens and closes both ends of the in-drum transport path, and the length of the in-drum transport path is formed in accordance with the longest length of the bills to be handled, and The length from the tip of the platform of the transaction port to the intermediate shutter of the transaction drum is also a transaction port mechanism formed in accordance with the longest length of the bills to be handled. More specifically, since the size of the bill to be handled in the longitudinal direction is 120 mm to 181 mm,
The length of the intra-drum transport path between the two drum shutters in the transaction drum is 200 mm, while the length of the platform of the transaction port (the distance from the tip of the platform to the drum shutter of the transaction drum)
Is 100 mm, and the distance from the drum shutter of the transaction drum to the intermediate shutter is 100 mm, even if the shortest 120 mm bill is inserted so as to be in contact with the front end of the table surface of the transaction port, even if the bill is 20 mm on the rear end side. Is securely inserted into the transaction drum, and can be clamped by the upper and lower belts and taken into the transaction drum. On the other hand, when the banknote is sent out from the transaction drum toward the table surface, the front end of the banknote in the transaction drum is If the upper and lower belts are fed by 100 mm in the direction of the base,
Even if the shortest bill is located at the innermost position of the transaction drum before it is sent out, the leading end 20 mm will be on the platform of the transaction port, making it easier to insert and remove the bill. Become.

[0003]

In a banknote handling machine having such a transaction port mechanism, a banknote is inserted with a shutter (drum shutter in the above case) for opening and closing the transaction port opened. Then, in order to take in the banknotes inserted from the base of the transaction port to the front end of the transaction drum into the transaction drum, with the shutter open,
It is necessary to hold the upper and lower belts of the transaction drum close to each other. Here, since the lower belt needs to be level with the base of the transaction port, it cannot be moved up and down to hold bills. By descending toward it, the inserted bill is pinched. On the other hand, the opening amount of the shutter can be determined according to the thickness by setting the maximum number of sheets that can be inserted, but in reality, it is necessary to consider the swelling of bills when they are stacked and In order to accept, it will be opened to the fullest with considerable room. On the other hand,
The upper belt must be able to hold the maximum number of bills that can be inserted between the lower belt and take it into the transaction drum, and even if only one bill is inserted. It must be possible to reliably hold and capture this. At this time, the shutter is opened to the maximum in any case,
Especially when the upper belt is lowered to the lower belt to hold only one banknote, the internal mechanism at the upper part of the upper belt is exposed through the transaction port. occured. Therefore, the object of the present invention is to
Provide a banknote handling machine in which the internal mechanism is not exposed through the transaction port even when the upper belt descends in the direction of the lower belt as much as possible when holding the banknote and taking it into the transaction drum. It is to be.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote handling machine provided on a front surface of a body, on which a portion of a banknote to be deposited is placed. And a transaction drum provided at a position inside the transaction port on the aircraft, and a fixed side belt provided at a position where the transaction drum can be substantially flush with the platform of the transaction port. And a movable belt which is supported so as to be able to freely contact and separate from the fixed side belt. Between the trading port and the trading drum, the trading port rises to open the trading port and descends to close the trading port. A shutter for closing is provided, and the shutter is provided so as to be able to descend in conjunction with the movement of the movable side belt in the direction of the fixed side belt. The shutter that opens and closes the transaction port when the movable belt sandwiches the banknote between the movable belt and the fixed belt and takes it in the transaction drum is interlocked with the movement of the movable belt toward the fixed belt. And descend.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the banknote handling machine according to the first aspect, the shutter comprises a first shutter body on the transaction port side and a second shutter body on the transaction drum side. The second shutter body is characterized in that when the first shutter body is in the up state, the second shutter body can be lowered in conjunction with the movement of the movable belt in the direction of the fixed belt. Accordingly, when the movable side belt holds the bill between the fixed side belt and takes it in the transaction drum, the shutter for opening and closing the transaction port has a second shutter body whose fixed side belt of the movable side belt is fixed. It descends in conjunction with the movement in the direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bill processing machine according to the second aspect, when the first shutter body is lowered and the transaction port is closed, the second shutter body is raised. It is characterized by that. Thus, when the first shutter body is lowered and the transaction port is closed, the second shutter body is raised.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bill processing machine according to the third aspect, one end is always connected to the first shutter body, and the other end is raised when the first shutter body is lowered. And the other end engages with the second shutter body to raise the second shutter body, and when the first shutter body rises, swings so as to lower the other end side. It is characterized in that a swing arm that allows the two shutter bodies to descend is provided. This allows
A swing arm raises the second shutter body in conjunction with the lowering of the first shutter body, and allows the lowering of the second shutter body when the first shutter body rises.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the banknote handling machine of this embodiment is a banknote depositing machine that performs only depositing, and that transports a banknote in a state in which the longitudinal direction is aligned with the transporting direction inside the banknote corresponding to a foreign currency. .

First, the overall configuration will be described with reference to FIG. A transaction port 12 is provided on the front surface 11a side of the body 11, and a substantially cylindrical transaction drum 14 rotatable around a support shaft 13 extending in the left-right direction is provided inside the transaction port 12 side of the body 11. Is provided. This trading drum 14
A shutter 15 which can be opened and closed is provided between the transaction port 12 and a fixed drive belt (fixed belt) 16 within the transaction drum 14 and can be moved close to or away from the fixed drive belt 16. A pair of movable side driven belts (movable side belts) 17 provided in the pair are opposed to each other. And
When an operator performs an operation on an operation unit (not shown) to perform a deposit process, a control unit (not shown) opens the shutter 15. Then, the movable-side driven belt 17 and the fixed-side drive belt 16 in a state where the transaction drum 14 is separated from the transaction port 12
The banknotes are placed by the operator in a stacked state with the longitudinal direction along the front-back direction.

When the banknotes are loaded in this way, the control unit moves the movable side driven belt 17 of the transaction drum 14 in the direction of the fixed side drive belt 16 so as to move the fixed side drive belt 1.
6 and the fixed side drive belt 16 is driven in this sandwiched state, so that the movable side driven belt 17 is caused to rotate with the transaction port 1 through the sandwiched bills.
Thus, the banknotes placed over 2 are completely taken into the transaction drum 14 in a lump. When the capturing is completed, the control unit closes the shutter 15,
The transaction drum 14 is rotated 90 degrees in a predetermined direction (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 1).

Directly below the transaction drum 14, the fixed-side drive belt 16 is driven from the transaction drum 14 rotated as described above, so that the banknotes are collectively sent out by the fixed-side drive belt 16 and the movable-side driven belt 17. A payment counting unit 19 is provided to capture the received money. A fixed-side drive belt 20 and a movable-side driven belt 21 that is provided so as to be able to approach / separate from the fixed-side drive belt 20 and have a pair facing each other, into which the banknote from the transaction drum 14 is fed, are disposed in the deposit counting section 19. A shutter 22 which can support the lower side of the banknote sent between the fixed side driving belt 20 and the movable side driven belt 21 and which can be opened and closed; And a separating section 24 having a feeding roller and a separating roller provided at a substantially lowermost position.

Then, in a state where the movable side driven belt 21 is separated from the fixed side drive belt 20, the banknotes are taken in from the transaction drum 14, and when this is completed, the control unit moves the movable side driven belt 21 to the fixed side. The banknote is moved in the direction of the drive belt 20 to clamp the taken-in banknote with the fixed side drive belt 20. Then, the user opens the shutter 22 and drives the fixed-side drive belt 20 to kick the bills in contact therewith downward, and to release the lower separation unit 2.
By virtue of 4, the kicked-out banknotes are surely separated one by one and sent out while counting.

Behind the separation unit 24 of the deposit counting unit 19 with respect to the body 11, along the lowermost position of the body 11, the bills fed one by one from the separation unit 24 in the width direction ( (The direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 1)
Width-adjusting conveyance section 27 for aligning the one end edge side of is provided. A discriminating unit 28 for discriminating bills conveyed after being width-adjusted by the width-adjusting / conveying unit 27 is provided above the rear end of the width-adjusting / conveying unit 27. The discrimination unit 28 discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the banknote, and a control unit (not shown) calculates a deposit amount based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 28.

Above the discriminating section 28, there is provided a bent transport section 30 for transporting the bills discriminated by the discriminating section 28, and the bent transport path 30 is provided on the front surface 11a side of the body 11 thereof. A first branching unit 34 for selectively transporting bills to the disposed first stacking unit 32 and second stacking unit 33
And a second branch portion 35. That is, the control unit causes the discrimination unit 28 to convey the banknotes discriminated from those other than the true banknotes by the bending conveyance unit 30 and guide the banknotes by the first branching unit 34 provided in the middle of the banknotes. Part 3
2 and temporarily store it in the discrimination unit 2
The banknotes discriminated from the true banknotes in step 8 are transported by the bent transporting section 30 and guided by the second branching section 35 provided at the final position to be sent to the second stacking section 33 for temporary storage. Become.

The first accumulation unit 32 and the second accumulation unit 33
Both have substantially the same configuration. The first stacking section 32 is arranged with one side thereof facing the first branching section 34, and the second stacking section 33 is arranged with one side thereof facing the second branching section 35. The other side is directed toward the transaction drum 14, and the bill can be transferred to and from the transaction drum 14. Here, the second stacking unit 33 is disposed substantially horizontally above the first stacking unit 32, and the first stacking unit 32 is positioned approximately 45 degrees below the horizontal so that the transaction drum 14 side is positioned above. It is arranged at an angle of degrees. And the first
In the stacking unit 32 and the second stacking unit 33, a pair of fixed-side drive belts 36 and a movable-side driven belt 37 that is provided so as to be able to approach and separate from the fixed-side drive belts 36 are arranged to face each other. Here, the movable side driven belt 37 is arranged on the upper side, and the fixed side drive belt 36 is arranged on the lower side.

The rear end of the bill to be conveyed is fixed to the fixed drive belt 3 at the entrance of each bent conveyance section 30.
An impeller 38 that strikes down in the direction 6 is provided, and a pressing member 39 is provided on the upper side of the fixed-side drive belt 36 so as to be swingable. This pressing member 39 is upward while the bill is being guided between the fixed-side drive belt 36 and the movable-side driven belt 37 in a state where the movable-side driven belt 37 is separated from the fixed-side drive belt 36. The retracted fixed-side drive belt 36 and the movable-side driven belt 37
The trailing end portion of the bills guided in between is driven to swing downward in synchronization with the timing of passing through the impeller 38, and the trailing end portions of the guided bills are aligned.

The first accumulation unit 32 and the second accumulation unit 33
When each of the bills is transferred to the transaction drum 14, the control unit sets the fixed drive belt 36 at the time of receipt of the banknote in a state where the transaction drum 14 is positioned at a rotational position at which the transaction drum 14 can be delivered.
The movable-side driven belt 37 that has been separated from the movable belt 37 is moved in the direction of the fixed-side drive belt 36 to
After the bills are clamped in between, the fixed-side drive belt 36 is driven, so that the bills are collectively moved to the transaction drum 14 side while the movable-side driven belt 37 is rotated through the clamped bills. And have them delivered.

Here, after the completion of the first separation counting and discrimination processing, the control section discriminates that the banknote is not a true banknote in the discrimination section 28 and sends it to the first stacking section 32 to temporarily store the banknote. After having been transferred to the drum 14, separation counting, discrimination and discrimination are executed again for only this bill in the same manner as described above. Then, the banknotes discriminated as not being true banknotes in the second discrimination and sent to the first stacking unit 32 are transferred to the transaction drum 14, and after the shutter 15 is opened, the fixed side driving belt of the transaction drum 14 is opened. 16 and the movable side driven belt 17 to collectively return to the transaction port 12. When the banknote returned to the transaction port 12 is left in the transaction port 12 for a predetermined time, the control unit causes the transaction drum 14 to take in the banknote, and then the control unit is provided below the transaction port 12 on the machine body front surface 11a side. In a state in which the money is fixedly sent to the forgotten storage unit 41 in a lump or the separation count and the discrimination process are performed again, the forgotten storage unit via the first accumulation unit 32 and the transaction drum 14. Collect it by sending it directly to 41 or the like.

[0019] In any case where there is no bill sent to the first stacking unit 32 in the first separation counting and discriminating process, and also in the case where the separation counting and discriminating process is completed again, the control unit performs the second counting and discriminating. The display unit (not shown) displays the deposit amount of the depositable banknotes temporarily stored in the stacking unit 33, and displays an operator's choice of approving deposit storage or returning without deposit storage. . This allows
When the operator performs an instruction operation to return, the control unit causes the transaction port 12 to return via the transaction drum 14,
When the operator performs an instruction operation to approve, the transaction drum 14
, The bills are sent to the deposit counting section 19, and the bills are again separated one by one by the separating section 24, and are conveyed through the width-adjusting conveying section 27, the discriminating section 28, and the bending conveying section 30, It is guided from the second branching portion 35 of the bent conveyance portion 30 to the vertically long safe 43 disposed on the rear surface 11b side of the body 11.

An impeller 45 for knocking down the rear end of the bill to be conveyed downward is provided at a receiving port 44 on the side of the bent transport section 30 of the deposit safe 43. Is provided with a mounting plate (support plate) 46 that extends horizontally and moves up and down. The mounting plate 46 is used to store bills to be thrown in along the substantially horizontal direction from the receiving port 44 while sequentially accumulating the bills in the vertical direction, and move in the stacking direction of the stored bills, that is, in the vertical direction. The support position is controlled so that the uppermost position of the stored bills is constant.

Above the mounting plate 46 of the safe 43, a holding member 47 is provided to be swingable. The holding member 47 retracts upward while the bill is being guided into the deposit box 43, and moves downward in accordance with the timing at which the rear end of the bill guided into the deposit box 43 passes through the impeller 45. Swinging to align the rear ends of the bills to be guided.

Next, a transaction port mechanism 50 composed of the transaction port 12, the shutter 15, and the transaction drum 14 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be further described with reference to FIG. The transaction port 12 is formed by the inside of a substantially cylindrical base member 51 having a front surface 51a inclined so that a lower side is located forward, and an opening disposed in front and back. In
A platform 51 along a substantially horizontal direction that constitutes a part of the transaction port 12
b is formed at the front end of the base surface 51b, and a locking surface 51c is formed parallel to the body front surface 11a and slightly extends vertically upward. In addition, a transaction port 12 that is inclined so that the front is located upward is provided on the upper part of the base member 51.
Is formed.

Inside the transaction port 12 of the airframe 11,
The above-described transaction drum 14 is fixed to a support shaft 13 rotatably supported on the left side plate portion 54 and the right side plate portion 55 of the body 11 along the left and right direction on the body 11 side in a fixed manner. ing. The support shaft 13
Does not exist between the left side plate portion 54 and the right side plate portion 55, but exists only outside each of them. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the left side plate portion 54 of the support shaft 13 is formed.
A pulley 57 is fixed to a portion fixed to the outside of the pulley, and one side of a belt 58 is hung on the pulley 57. The other side of the belt 58 is hung on a pulley 61 fixed to a rotating shaft 60 of a drum motor 59 provided to be supported on the machine body 11 side in the radial direction of the transaction drum 14. Accordingly, the transaction drum 14 is rotated by the driving force of the drum motor 59.

Here, in the following description of the configuration, a description will be given of a transaction state (a state shown in FIG. 2) in which the transaction drum 14 is at a rotational position where the banknote is taken in and returned to the transaction port 12. Both side plates 5 of trading drum 14
A fixed-side transport guide plate 63 is fixed at a position below the axis of the support shaft 13 of the transaction drum 14 so as to extend horizontally at the intermediate predetermined position between the positions 4 and 55. ing.

Roller shafts 64 and 65 extending horizontally in the left-right direction are respectively positioned below the fixed-side transport guide plate 63 at the same distance on both sides and the center side of the body 11 before and after the body 11 with respect to the transaction drum 14. It is rotatably supported at a fixed position. Rollers 66, 67 are fixed to the roller shafts 64, 65 in a range between both side plates 54, 55, respectively, and the fixed drive belt 16 is hung on these rollers 66, 67. Thus, the fixed drive belt 16 is fixed in position with respect to the transaction drum 14. Here, in this state, the fixed drive belt 1
The transfer surface 16a which is the upper surface of the fixed transfer guide plate 6
3 and is substantially flush with the platform 51b of the transaction port 12.

As shown in FIG. 5, rollers 66, 6 at both ends are provided.
Pulleys 68 and 69 are fixed to portions of the roller shafts 64 and 65 that support the roller shafts 64 and 65 protruding outward from the right side plate portion 55, respectively. A transmission belt 70 is hung on these pulleys 68 and 69. . The transmission belt 70 further includes
A pulley 73 fixed to a rotating shaft 72 protruding outward from the right side plate portion 55 of the belt motor 71 attached inside the right side plate portion 55 of the transaction drum 14 and another pulley provided outside the right side plate portion 55 74. Thus, the pulleys 68, 6 are driven by the driving force of the belt motor 71.
9, 73, 74 and the transmission belt 70 rotate, with the result that the rollers 66, 67 are driven, and the rollers 66, 67
And the fixed side drive belt 16 is driven and rotated.

In addition, below the fixed side drive belt 16,
Plunger 76 that moves in the front-back direction on body 11
, A link mechanism 78 for converting the movement of the plunger 76 by the solenoid 77 into a rotation about an axis in the horizontal direction of the body 11, and a swing arm whose tip end swings up and down by the rotation of the link mechanism 78. 7
9 is provided, and the tip of the swing arm 79 is composed of a pair of concave-shaped members supported by the support member 80 and capable of moving up and down to a position between the fixed-side transport guide plates 63 by division. It is engaged with the lower end of the intermediate shutter 81.

When the solenoid 77 moves the plunger 76 in the projecting direction, the swing arm 79 swings in one direction (clockwise in FIG. 2) via the link mechanism 78, and the intermediate shutter 81 moves upward. , And protrudes to a substantially central position in the front-rear direction of the body 11 of the fixed-side transport belt 16, and when the solenoid 77 moves the plunger 76 in the retracting direction, the swing arm 79 moves in the reverse direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 2). The intermediate shutter 81 moves downward, and sinks from the substantially central position of the fixed-side transport belt 16 in the front-rear direction of the body 11. Here, in the protruding state, the intermediate shutter 81 abuts a bill inserted on the fixed-side drive belt 16 from the front of the body 11 to prevent the bill from entering the body 11 rearward.

The left and right side plate portions 54 and 55 are provided at the upper positions of the roller shafts 64 and 65 at both ends in the front-rear direction of the body 11 of the fixed side drive belt 16 and have long holes 83 and Reference numerals 84 are formed at positions in the vertical direction. The roller shaft 85 and the roller shaft 86 are respectively inserted in the long holes 83 on the right and left sides where the position in the front-rear direction of the machine body 11 matches.

Here, the roller shafts 85 and 86 are aligned with each other in the vertical direction, and the left and right side plate portions 54 and 86 are aligned.
55, it is rotatably supported by both ends of a connecting arm 87, and is rotatably supported by both ends of a connecting plate 88 outside the left side plate portion. Further, the respective roller shafts 85 and 86 are supported by slide mechanisms 90 and 91 attached to the outside of the left side plate portion 54 on the left side plate portion 54 side from the connecting plate 88, respectively. The slide mechanisms 90 and 91 are respectively provided with a slide rail 92 extending vertically in the left side plate portion 54 and a block 93 slidably supported by the slide rail 92 up and down.
, And the roller shafts 85 and 86 are supported by corresponding blocks 93.

The connection by the connection arm 87 and the connection plate 88 and the support by the slide mechanisms 90 and 91 provide:
The roller shafts 85 and 86 move in the slots 83 and 84 with their heights aligned with each other. A roller shaft 94 is rotatably supported in the middle of the connecting arm 87. The roller shafts 85, 86, 94 are provided with rollers 95, 96, 9 in the range between the side plates 54, 55.
7 is fixed, and the movable side driven belt 17 is hung on these rollers 95, 96, 97. The movable driven belt 17 always has its lower transport surface 17 a parallel to the transport surface 16 a of the fixed drive belt 16.

The connecting arm 87 has a movable transfer guide plate 99 above the fixed transfer guide plate 63 in a state where the movable transfer guide plate 99 is divided into two parts at an intermediate predetermined position so as to be parallel to the fixed transfer guide plate 63. It is provided to be vertically movable and is supported via springs 100 and 101. When the connecting arm 87 is located in the direction of the fixed side drive belt 16, the movable side transport guide plate 99 is provided with the springs 100 and 101.
Due to the pulling force, the guide surface 99a, which is the lower surface thereof, is positioned above the transport surface 17a which is the lower surface of the movable driven belt 17.

On the other hand, when the connecting arm 87 moves upward from this state, the movable side transport guide plate 99 moves to a stopper (not shown) when the connecting arm 87 is located at a predetermined position slightly lower than the upper limit position of the movement. When the connecting arm 87 further moves to the upper limit position in this state, the springs 100 and 101 are extended, so that the connecting arm 87 extends downward from the transport surface 17a of the movable driven belt 17. The guide surface 99a is projected.

Conversely, when the connecting arm 87 moves downward from this state, when the connecting arm 87 is located at the predetermined position, the movable side conveyance guide plate 99 is released from contact with a stopper (not shown), and the spring is released. The guide surfaces 99a are retracted above the conveying surface 17a of the movable side driven belt 17, and the state is maintained in the subsequent movement of the connecting arm 87. Accordingly, the movable conveyance guide plate 99 projects downward from the movable driven belt 17 when the movable driven belt 17 is farthest from the fixed drive belt 16, and the movable driven belt 17 moves from the fixed side to the fixed side. When the bill is moved in the direction of the drive belt 16 to clamp the bill, the bill is pulled into the movable side driven belt 17 and the clamp is performed well.

As shown in FIG. 3, pulleys 102 and 103 are rotatably supported at positions below the connecting plate 88 outside the left side plate portion 54 so as to be shifted back and forth in the body 11. Pulleys 102 and 103 have connecting plate 8
The springs 104 locked at both ends in the front-rear direction of the body 11 of FIG. Thus, the connecting plate 88, the connecting arm 87 connected thereto, the roller shafts 85, 86, 94, the rollers 95, 96, 97, and the movable driven belt 17 are constantly urged downward.

A lever locking portion 105 is formed at a lower portion of a center of the connecting plate 88 in the front-rear direction of the body 11, and an opening lever 106 extends from the side of the lever locking portion 105 to the lower side thereof. It is supported movably up and down. A link arm 10 is provided at the upper end of the release lever 106.
7 is rotatably connected, the link arm 107 extends upward and the other end is connected to a swing arm 108, and the swing arm 108 is positioned inside the left side plate portion 54. Left side plate 5 of clamp motor 109 attached
4 is fixed to a rotating shaft 110 protruding outside. As a result, the swing arm 108 turns and the opening lever 106 moves up and down via the link arm 107 when the clamp motor 109 rotates the rotation shaft 110.

Here, when the release lever 106 moves upward, it comes into contact with the lever locking portion 105 of the connecting plate 88 and moves upward against the urging force of the spring 104 to move the movable side driven belt 17 upward. When the movable belt 17 is moved to the upper limit position, the movable driven belt 17 is positioned at the upper limit position. On the other hand, when the release lever 106 moves downward from this state, the connecting plate 88 is moved downward by the urging force of the spring 104 to move the movable-side driven belt 17 downward. The movable side driven belt 17 is located at the lower limit position in a state where it does not exist. That is, the transport surface 1 of the movable side driven belt 17
7a abuts on the transport surface 16a of the fixed side drive belt 16.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the transaction drum 14 is defined by a movable driven belt 17 and a movable transport guide plate 99, and a fixed drive belt 16 and a fixed transport guide plate 63. Drum shutters 113 and 114 for closing the openings at both ends of the transport path 112 in the drum are provided.

Each of the drum shutters 113 and 114 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, each of the shutter members 115 has a substantially L-shaped upper and lower pair of shutter members 115 and 116. The pair of shutter members 115 and 116 are rotatably supported by the left and right side plate portions 54 and 55 by support pins 117 and 118 provided on opposite sides of the support shaft 13, respectively.
On the three mutually adjacent sides, elongated holes 119 and 120 are formed, each extending in the up-down direction in the closed state. The elongated holes 119 and 120 are fixed to slide plates 121 and 122 which are supported on the outside of the right side plate portion 55 so as to be horizontally movable in the front-rear direction of the body 11 and protrude inward from the right side plate portion 55. Upper and lower pins 123 and 124 are inserted respectively. Thereby, the shutter member 1 forming a pair
The horizontal movement of the slide plates 121 and 122 toward the support shaft 13 causes the opposite ends of the body 11 in the front-rear direction with respect to the support shaft 13 to swing toward each other. As the 121 and 122 move in the direction away from the support shaft 13, the opposite ends swing in the direction away from each other.

The support shaft 13 of each of the slide plates 121 and 122
Pins 127 fixed to the lower ends of the drive arms 125 and 126 extending upward are respectively in contact with the sides, and the upper ends of the drive arms 125 and 126 are rotatably supported by the right side plate portion 55. Generating a driving force in the front-rear direction of the body 11 at a predetermined intermediate position between them.
Solenoid 12 mounted outside right side plate 55
9, 130 are connected. These solenoids 12
9 and 130 move the drive arms 125 and 126 in a direction to separate them from the support shaft 13 by moving the respective plungers 131 in the retracting direction, whereby the respective pins of the drive arms 125 and 126 are moved. 127, the slide plates 121 and 122 are
Is moved in a direction away from the support shaft 13 against the biasing force of the shutter member. As a result, the shutter members 115 and 116 forming a pair swing and separate from each other (that is, the drum shutter 1).
13, 114 are released).

Here, the slide plates 121 and 122 are constantly urged in a direction approaching each other by a spring 133 interposed therebetween, and the solenoids 129 and 130 move the respective plungers 131 in the protruding direction. As a result, the slide plates 121 and 122 move in the direction approaching the support shaft 13 by the urging force of the spring 133, and as a result,
The pair of shutter members 115 and 116 are rocked and joined (that is, the drum shutters 113 and 114 are closed).

The shutter 15 is provided between the transaction port 12 and the transaction drum 14 and rises to open the space between them, and descends and closes. The first shutter body 135 on the transaction port 12 side and its And a second shutter body 136 adjacent to the transaction drum 14 side.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first shutter body 135 has, as shown in FIG. 4, an elongated hole 138 extending in the up-down direction on one side in the left-right direction of the body (left side when viewed from the front surface 11a of the body, right side in FIG. 4). ) Are formed at the top and bottom of the
Upper and lower two pins 139 fixedly mounted on one side
Are respectively inserted into the long holes 138, and in addition, supported by a guide mechanism (not shown), the vertical and horizontal movements of the body 11 can be freely moved while the positions in the front and rear and left and right directions are fixed. Here, the first shutter body 135 can close the transaction port 12 in a predetermined range below the first shutter body 135. A spring 140 is interposed between the upper part of the first shutter body 135 and the body 11 side, and the spring 140 constantly urges the first shutter body 135 downward, that is, in the closing direction.

A roller engaging portion 141 extending horizontally is formed at the upper end on the side where the long hole 138 of the first shutter body 135 is disposed (right side in FIG. 4). Here, the fuselage 11
On the side, a shutter motor 142 is attached,
An arm 144 is fixed to the rotation shaft 143 of the shutter motor 142 so as to extend to the side.
A roller 145 is rotatably supported at the leading end of the extension 44. Here, the roller 145 is disposed below the roller locking portion 141, and therefore,
Of the roller engagement portion 141 can be brought into contact with and engaged with the lower surface of the roller engagement portion 141.

As a result, when the shutter motor 142 rotates, the arm 144 rotates to rotate the roller 145 in the vertical plane, and when the roller 145 moves upward from below, the arm 144 abuts on the roller 145. The roller engaging portion 141 that is brought into the state moves integrally, and the first shutter body 135 is moved.
Is moved upward. When the roller 145 is located at the highest position, the first shutter body 135 is located completely above the transaction port 12 and is located at the upper limit position where the transaction port 12 can be opened. Further, when the roller 145 turns from above to below, the roller locking portion 141 moves in a contact state, and the first shutter body 135 is moved downward by the urging force of the spring 140. When the roller 145 is positioned at the lowermost position, the first shutter body 135 is located at the lower limit position where it abuts on the base surface 51b and completely closes the transaction port 12.

A pin 146 projecting toward the transaction drum 14 is fixed to the lower end of the first shutter body 135. Below the first shutter body 135, a plunger is attached to the machine body 11 side. A lock mechanism that has a solenoid 148 that moves the 147 in the vertical direction, and a swing lever 149 that is connected to the plunger 147 of the solenoid 148, is rotatably supported by the body 11, and swings by driving the solenoid 148. 150 are provided. The swing lever 149 of the lock mechanism 150 is
Swing by the movement of the plunger 147 of the solenoid 148,
The state is switched between a state in which the pin 146 of the first shutter body 135 at the lower limit position is engaged and a state in which the engagement is released,
When engaged, the upward movement of the first shutter body 135, that is, the opening direction, is regulated to maintain the closed state of the transaction port 12, while when the engagement is released, the upward movement of the first shutter body 135, that is, the opening direction. Allow to move to.

In addition, the slot 13 of the first shutter body 135
A long hole 151 extending in the left-right direction of the body 11 is formed on the side of the body 8 (on the left side in FIG. 4).
Here, a support shaft 152 is fixedly mounted on the side of the fuselage 11 at a position on the same side of the elongated hole 151, and a swing arm 153 is attached to the support shaft 152 at a predetermined intermediate position in a vertical plane. To be rotatable. A roller 154 is rotatably supported at one end (the right end in FIG. 4) of the swing arm 153, and the roller 154 is inserted into the elongated hole 151. Accordingly, the swing arm 153 is always connected to the first shutter body 135, and is rotatably supported at the other end (the left end in FIG. 4) by the downward movement of the first shutter body 135. Roller 155 to raise the
The shutter body 135 is swung so as to lower the roller 155 by moving upward.

The second shutter body 136 has two long holes 156 extending in the vertical direction on the opposite side of the body 11 in the left-right direction (right side when viewed from the body front 11a, left side in FIG. 4). Two upper and lower pins 157 are fixedly mounted on the body 11 side so as to be opposite to each other via the transaction port 12 with respect to the pin 139 via the transaction port 12, and are respectively inserted into the elongated holes 156. The body 11 is supported by a solid guide mechanism, and can be moved only up and down while keeping the position of the body 11 in the front-rear and left-right directions fixed. here,
The second shutter body 136 has a cover portion 162 formed at a predetermined intermediate position therebetween. And this cover part 1
At 62, the transaction port 12 is moved from its upper end to the movable-side driven belt 1 in a state of contact with the fixed-side drive belt 16.
7 within the range in the up-down direction and its transport surface 17a
It can be closed to a position slightly higher than the position. A spring 158 is interposed between the lower end of the second shutter body 136 and the machine body 11 via a pulley 159 or the like, and is constantly urged downward, that is, in the closing direction by the spring 158.

At the upper end of the second shutter body 136 on the side where the elongated hole 156 is disposed (left side in FIG. 4), a horizontally extending roller engaging portion 160 is formed.
The swing arm 1 is provided below the lower side 60 so that it can be supported.
53 rollers 155 are arranged. Accordingly, when the swing arm 153 moves the roller 155 from below to above by the lowering of the first shutter body 135, the roller locking portion 160 which is brought into the contact engagement state on the upper side of the roller 155 moves integrally. Then, the second shutter body 136 is forcibly moved upward. When the roller 155 is located at the highest position, the second shutter body 136 is located completely above the transaction port 12 and is located at the upper limit position where the transaction port 12 can be opened. That is, when the first shutter body 135 is lowered and the transaction port 12 is closed, the second shutter body 136
Is raised. Further, when the swing arm 153 moves the roller 155 from above to below by raising the first shutter body 135, the roller locking portion 160 moves in a state of being in contact with the roller 155 and the second shutter body 136 is moved. It is moved downward by the urging force of the spring 158. When the roller 155 is located at the lowermost position, the second shutter body 136 is located at the lower limit position.

In the second shutter body 136, since the roller locking portion 160 only contacts the roller 155 of the swing arm 153 on the lower side, the first shutter body 135 is located at the upper limit position and swings. When the roller 155 of the moving arm 153 is lowered, the engagement state of the swing arm 153 with the roller 155 is easily released, and the swing arm 153 resists the urging force of the spring 158 from its upper limit position to its lower limit position. Can be changed. That is, the swing arm 153
Is swung to lower the roller 155.
The shutter body 136 is not forcibly lowered but allowed. The horizontally extending descent locking portion 161 is opposite to the long hole 156 of the second shutter body 136 in the left-right direction of the body 11 (the right side in FIG. 4).
Are formed.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the block 93 of the slide mechanism 90 on the transaction port 12 side which moves up and down together with the movable side driven belt 17 is rotated by pins 163 arranged in the left-right direction of the machine body 11. A locking member 164 is freely supported. The locking member 164 extends in the front-rear direction of the body 11 so that the locking portion 165 at one end projects toward the transaction port 12 and a predetermined direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 3) from this position. Approximately 90 degrees to rotate and lock part 165
Is rotatable between a rotating position where the upper side is positioned upward, and is constantly urged in a protruding position direction (clockwise direction in FIG. 3) by a spring (not shown). When the locking member 164 is located at the projecting position, the locking portion 16
5 is positioned within the moving range of the descending locking portion 161, and the locking portion 165 is retracted out of the moving range of the descending locking portion 161 at a position between the projecting position and the rotation position. .

Thus, when the locking member 164 is located below the descent locking portion 161 of the second shutter body 136, the locking member 164 disconnects the locking member 164 of the descent locking portion 161. Restrict movements beyond. Therefore, in a state where the second shutter body 136 can move downward by the urging force of the spring 158, that is, in a state where the first shutter body 135 is in the up state and the roller 155 of the swing arm 153 is lowered, Locking member 16 of driven belt 17
4 restricts the downward movement, and accordingly, the second shutter body 136 moves downward integrally with the movement of the movable-side driven belt 17 below, that is, the movement of the movable-side driven belt 17 toward the fixed-side drive belt 16 side. Here, in a state where the locking member 164 contacts the lower side of the descending locking portion 161, the horizontally extending lower end edge portion 162 of the cover portion 162 of the second shutter body 136 is provided.
a is set to be slightly above the transport surface 17a within the range of the movable side driven belt 17 in the vertical direction.

On the other hand, when the locking member 164 is located above the descent locking portion 161 of the second shutter body 136, the locking member 164 moves beyond the locking member 164 of the descent locking portion 161. Tolerate.

Here, the second shutter body 136 is separated from the position that does not interfere with the rotation of the transaction drum 14 when ascending, and is positioned with respect to the transaction drum 14 so as to approach the position that interferes with the rotation of the transaction drum 14 when descending. Is set. Further, the lower end edge of the first shutter body 135 has a shape in which concave portions 166 and convex portions 167 are formed alternately in the horizontal direction. The base member 51 in contact therewith also has the recess 166.
And the projection 16 so that the projection 16
8 and concave portions 169 are formed alternately. In addition, the transaction port mechanism 50 includes the first shutter body 13
A sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not the first shutter body 5 has moved down to the lower limit position is provided.
By making the base member 35 and the base member 51 uneven, the lower stop position of the first shutter body 135 is positioned higher than the lower limit position when the bill is sandwiched between the first shutter body 135 and the base surface 51b. Thus, the sensor is configured to reliably detect the interposition of the bill.

Since the transaction port mechanism 50 also handles foreign banknotes, the banknotes placed from the base surface 51b to the fixed side drive belt 16 are separated by the movable side driven belt 17 and the fixed side drive belt 16. It is clamped and taken into the transaction drum 14, and the length of the transport path 112 in the drum is
The length of the banknote to be handled is formed in accordance with the longest length of the banknote, and the length from the tip of the platform 51b of the transaction port 12 to the intermediate shutter 81 of the transaction drum 14 is also the length of the banknote to be processed in the longitudinal direction. Is formed to match the longest bill. Specifically, since the size of the foreign currency to be handled in the longitudinal direction is 120 mm to 181 mm, both the drum shutters 113 and
The length of the transport path 112 in the drum between the 114 is about 200 mm
On the other hand, the length of the platform 51 b of the transaction port 12 (the platform 51
b) (a distance from the locking surface 51c to the drum shutter 113 of the transaction drum 14), and the distance from the drum shutter 113 of the transaction drum 14 to the intermediate shutter 8 is approximately 100 mm.
The distance to 1 is about 100 mm.

The operation of the above-structured banknote handling machine under the control of the control unit will be described below. When the operator performs an operation such as pressing a deposit button on the operation unit in order to perform a deposit process, the shutter 15 that has been closed is opened. Here, immediately before the opening operation of the shutter 15 for starting payment,
The first shutter body 135 is positioned at the lower limit position so as to close the transaction port 12 by the shutter motor 142,
The swing arm 153 forcibly positions the second shutter body 136 at the upper limit position, and the shutter 15 closes the transaction port 12 only by the first shutter body 135. In addition, the transaction drum 14 is in a transaction state in which the fixed side drive belt 16 and the movable side driven belt 17 are horizontally extended by the drum motor 59 and the movable side driven belt 17, respectively. The driven belt 17 is located at the lower limit position so as to be in contact with the fixed drive belt 16, and both ends of the in-drum conveyance path 112 are closed by the drum shutters 113 and 114. Further, the intermediate shutter 81 is protruded into the in-drum conveyance path 112 by the solenoid 77, and the solenoid 148 of the lock mechanism 150 is moved by the swing lever 149 to the first shutter body 13.
5 and is locked.

When the shutter 15 is opened, first, the release lever 106 is lifted by the driving of the clamp motor 109 via the swing arm 108 and the link arm 107, and is brought into contact with the lever locking portion 105 to make the connecting plate 88 and the movable The side driven belt 17 and the like are moved to the upper limit position apart from the fixed side drive belt 16 against the urging force of the spring 104. At the same time, the drum shutter 1 on the transaction port 12 side
When the solenoid 129 is driven, the drive arm 125 moves the slide plate 121 in the direction away from the support shaft 13, and as a result, the drum shutter 1 on the transaction port 12 side
Only 13 causes the transfer path 112 in the drum to open. In addition,
The movable-side transport guide plate 99 that was moved with the movable-side driven belt 17 slightly before reaching the upper limit position.
Is stopped by contact with a stopper (not shown). As a result, the movable side transport guide plate 99 is located below the transport surface 17 a of the movable side driven belt 17.

Then, the solenoid 1 of the lock mechanism 150
After the rocking lever 149 is rocked at 48 to release the engagement with the pin 146, the shutter motor 142 is driven,
The arm 144 is turned to raise the roller 145.
As a result, the roller locking portion 141 is engaged with the roller 145, and the first shutter body 135 is raised against the urging force of the spring 140. Then, the swing arm 153 is moved to the roller 155.
Is pivoted so as to move the roller 155 downward.
The shutter body 136 is lowered until the descent locking portion 161 contacts the locking member 164 of the movable driven belt 17 located at the upper limit position, and is supported from below by the contact. At this time, the second shutter body 136 positions the lower edge 162a of the cover portion 162 at a position slightly higher than the transport surface 17a of the movable side driven belt 17 located at the upper limit position. Leave open without closing. Thus, the first shutter body 135 and the second shutter body 136 are both in the upper position, and the shutter 15 is opened.

In this state, the banknote is placed by the operator from the platform 51b of the transaction port 12 to the fixed drive belt 16 of the transaction drum 14. At this time, the intermediate shutter 81
Is protruded to an intermediate position of the intra-drum transport path 112, so that the placed banknote is not placed deep in the intra-drum transport path 112, but is securely loaded from the front to the transaction port 12. You.

When the start button is operated by an operation unit (not shown), the clamp motor 109 is driven to clamp the loaded bill, and the release lever 106 is driven via the swing arm 108 and the link arm 107. Is moved downward, so that the connecting plate 8 in abutting engagement therewith is moved.
8 is moved downward integrally by the urging force of the spring 104 to bring the movable side driven belt 17 close to the fixed side drive belt 16, and the movable side driven belt 17 comes into contact with the bill, so that the opening lever 106 is connected to the connecting plate 88. The bill is held between the movable driven belt 17 and the fixed drive belt 16 by the biasing force of the spring 104. Here, when the movable side driven belt 17 is lowered, the locking member 164 is also lowered integrally, so that the second shutter body 136 supported by the locking member 164 from below is pressed by the urging force of the spring 158. The lower end edge portion 162a of the cover portion 162, which abuts against the locking member 164 and extends horizontally, is moved integrally with the lower end edge portion 162a of the movable side driven belt 17 in the vertical direction slightly above the transport surface 17a. . Then, when the movable side driven belt 17 stops lowering while holding the bills, the second shutter body 136 also stops lowering.

In this state, the intermediate shutter 8 is driven by the solenoid 77 via the link mechanism 78 and the swing arm 79.
After the belt 1 is pulled in from the transport path 112 in the drum, the belt motor 71 is driven, and the fixed transport belt 16 is moved in the opposite direction to the transaction port 12 by the rollers 66 and 67, that is, in a closed state. By moving the bill in the direction of the drum shutter 114 and rotating the movable driven belt 17 along the drum,
Take in to 12. Then, for example, when the fixed-side transport belt 16 is rotated by a distance by which the end position of the bill contacting the intermediate shutter 81 moves to the opposite side of the transaction port 12 in the in-drum transport path 112, the belt motor 71 is stopped. In this way, the banknotes are stored inside the transport path 112 in the drum.

Next, by driving the shutter motor 142 to move the roller 145 downward through the arm 144, the first shutter body 135 is lowered by the urging force of the spring 140, and the transaction port 12 is completely closed. . here,
The second shutter body 136 is raised via the swing arm 153 in conjunction with the lowering of the first shutter body 135. Then, the solenoid 148 of the lock mechanism 150 is engaged with the pin 146 of the first shutter body 135 by the swing lever 149 to be in a locked state, and the solenoid 129 and the spring 13 of the drum shutter 113 on the transaction port 12 side are further locked.
3 closes the shutter members 115 and 116 via the drive arm 125 and the slide plate 121.

Then, after the transaction drum 14 is rotated by 90 degrees by driving the drum motor 59, the banknotes are collectively sent from the transaction drum 14 to the deposit counting section 19, and the billing section 19 is separated from the deposit section 24 by the deposit counting section 19. And send them out while counting them. The banknotes thus sent out one by one are aligned at one edge side in the width direction by the width-adjusting transport unit 27, then are identified by the identifying unit 28, and are distinguished from the true bills by the bent transport unit 30. The second stacking unit 33
Then, those discriminated from non-true banknotes are accumulated in the first accumulation unit 32, respectively.

In the first separation counting and discriminating process, the discriminating section 28 discriminates that the bill is not a true bill, and
After the banknote sent to the stacking unit 32 is passed to the transaction drum 14, the separation and counting and discrimination are executed again in the same manner as described above. The bills sent to the 1 stacking unit 32 are
4 and after opening the shutter 15, the trading drum 1
4 to the trading port 12.

On the other hand, based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 28, the deposit amount of the depositable banknotes accumulated in the second accumulation unit 33 is displayed on a display unit (not shown). When the operator performs an operation of instructing return on this display, the transaction drum 14 is returned.
When the operator performs an instruction operation to approve the bill, the bill is sent to the deposit counting unit 19 via the transaction drum 14, and the bill is again returned to the separating unit 24.
To separate the sheets one by one.
And transported through the bent transport section 30, and the bent transport section 3
The banknotes are inserted into the safe 43 from the receiving port 44 from 0, thereby stacking the bills on the placing plate 46 or on the bills already placed on the placing plate 46.

Here, when returning the banknotes stored in the receiving transaction drum 14 from the first accumulation section 32 or the second accumulation section 33 to the transaction port 12 side, the transaction drum 14 is moved by the drum motor 59 to the transaction state. And clamp motor 1
09 and the spring 104 sandwich the movable driven belt 17 and the fixed drive belt 16.

Then, the drum shutter 1 on the transaction port 12 side
13, the shutter member 1 is driven by the solenoid 129 via the drive arm 125 and the slide plate 121.
After releasing the lock pins 15 and 116, the rocking lever 149 is rocked by the solenoid 148 of the lock mechanism 150 to rotate the pin 14.
After releasing the engagement with the shutter 6, the shutter motor 142 is driven to rotate the arm 144 to raise the roller 145. As a result, the roller locking portion 141 is
5 and the first shutter body 135 rises against the urging force of the spring 140. Then, the swing arm 153 swings to move the roller 155 downward,
The second shutter body 136 engaged with the roller 155
The lower locking portion 161 is used to fix the bill to the fixed drive belt 1.
6 is lowered until it comes into contact with the locking member 164 on the side of the movable driven belt 17 held between the movable belt 6 and the supporting member, and is supported from below by the contact. As a result, the lower end 162a of the second shutter body 136, which extends horizontally, of the cover 162 is lowered to a position slightly higher than the transport surface 17a of the movable side driven belt 17.

Here, when the second shutter body 136 descends in conjunction with the elevation of the first shutter body 135, the movable side driven belt 17 descends until the minimum number of bills is held between the second shutter body 136 and the fixed side drive belt 16. However, the size of the first shutter body 135 and the second shutter body 136 is such that at least one of the first shutter body 135 and the second shutter body 136 covers the upper part of the movable side driven belt 17. Relationship is set.

In this manner, by driving the belt motor 71 with the shutter 15 opened slightly above the transport surface 17a of the movable driven belt 17,
The rollers 66 and 67 move the fixed-side transport belt 16 on the transport surface 16 a thereof toward the transaction port 12, and send out the clamped bills from the transport path 112 in the drum to the transaction port 12. Then, for example, the fixed-side conveyor belt is moved by a distance corresponding to the distance that the portion located at the transaction port 12 side end of the in-drum conveyance path 112 moves to the tip of the base surface 51b, that is, the position where it abuts on the locking surface 51c. When 16 is rotated, the belt motor 71 is stopped.

Then, the opening lever 106 is raised by the driving of the clamp motor 109 via the swing arm 108 and the link arm 107, and is brought into contact with the lever locking portion 105 to move the connecting plate 88 and the movable side driven belt 17 and the like. Spring 1
It is moved to the upper limit position where it is separated from the fixed side drive belt 16 against the urging force of 04. Here, when the movable side driven belt 17 is lifted, the locking member 164 also rises integrally, so that the second member supported from below by the locking member 164 is used.
The shutter body 136 receives the urging force of the spring 158 when the lower end edge 162 a of the cover 162 extending horizontally extends slightly above the transport surface 17 a within the range of the movable side driven belt 17 in the vertical direction. Move in unison against. In this way, when the movable side driven belt 17 reaches the upper limit position and the second shutter body 136 rises, the first
Since the shutter body 135 has already been lifted, the shutter 15 is opened.

According to the above-described bill processing machine, the movable driven belt 17 opens and closes the transaction opening 12 when the bill is clamped between the fixed drive belt 16 and taken in the transaction drum 14. The second shutter body 136 is a fixed-side drive belt 16 of the movable-side driven belt 17.
The lower end edge 162a of the cover portion 162 of the second shutter body 136 extends horizontally, and the lower end edge 162a of the cover portion 162 of the second shutter body 136 is moved downward.
It will descend so as to be located slightly above a.
Therefore, even when the movable driven belt 17 descends to the maximum in the direction of the fixed drive belt 16 when the banknotes are clamped and taken into the transaction drum 14, the movable driven belt 17 can be moved through the transaction port 12. The exposure of the upper internal mechanism can be prevented by the shutter 15.

Also, when returning the bills to the transaction port 12 side, the shutter 15 is not opened to the maximum, but is opened slightly above the transport surface 17a of the movable side driven belt 17 and the shutter 15 is moved upward. Even if the movable driven belt 17 descends toward the fixed drive belt 16 as much as possible to hold the bill and return it from the transaction drum 14 to the transaction port 12, the transaction port 12 is closed. It is possible to prevent the internal mechanism on the upper side of the movable side driven belt 17 from being exposed through this.

In addition, since the opening and closing of the bill when taking in and holding it can be performed by the second shutter body 136 different from the first shutter body 135, the structure for realizing the complicated operation can be simplified. Further, when the first shutter body 135 is lowered and the trading port 12 is closed, the second shutter body 136 is forcibly raised, so that the first shutter body 135 is lowered and the trading port 12 is closed. When the trading drum 14 is rotated, the second shutter body 136 can be raised and completely separated from the trading drum 14, so that the second shutter body 136 at the time of lowering can be moved to the trading drum 1.
4 can be brought close to the interference position at the time of rotation. As a result, the distance between the first shutter body 135 and the transaction drum 14 can be reduced. In addition, the swing arm 153
Accordingly, when the first shutter body 135 is lowered, the second shutter body 136 is raised in conjunction therewith, and when the first shutter body 135 is raised, the second shutter body 136 is allowed to be lowered. The body 136 can be activated.

Note that the locking member 164 for controlling the elevation of the second shutter body 136 is swingably supported by the block 93 for some reason.
If 36 is positioned below the locking member 164, closing the first shutter body 135 moves the second shutter body 136 above the locking member 164;
That is, it is possible to return to a normal state.

[0075]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the banknote handling machine described above, the shutter for opening and closing the transaction port when the movable side belt holds the bill between the fixed side belt and takes it in the transaction drum is a fixed side belt of the movable side belt. It descends in conjunction with the movement in the direction. Therefore, even when the movable belt descends to the maximum in the direction of the fixed belt when the banknote is clamped and taken into the transaction drum, the internal mechanism on the upper side of the movable belt is exposed through the transaction port. Can be prevented by the shutter.

According to the bill processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, when the movable side belt holds the bill between the fixed side belt and takes it into the transaction drum, the shutter for opening and closing the transaction opening is provided. The second shutter body is lowered in conjunction with the movement of the movable side belt in the direction of the fixed side belt. Therefore, since the opening and closing of the bills when taking and holding the bills can be performed by the second shutter body different from the first shutter body, the configuration for realizing the operation can be simplified.

According to the bill processing machine of the third aspect of the present invention, when the first shutter body is lowered and the transaction port is closed, the second shutter body is raised. Therefore, the second shutter body can be raised and separated from the trading drum when the trading drum in a state where the first shutter body is lowered and the trading port is closed is closed. Can be brought close to the interference position at the time of rotation, and as a result, the distance between the first shutter body and the transaction drum can be reduced.

According to the bill processing machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the swing arm raises the second shutter body in conjunction with the lowering of the first shutter body, and moves the second shutter body together with the rising of the first shutter body. (2) The lowering of the shutter body is allowed. Therefore, the second shutter body can be operated with a simple configuration.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an entire configuration of a banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the transaction port mechanism of the banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the right side of the machine body.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the transaction port mechanism of the banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the left side of the machine body.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the shutter of the banknote handling machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the rear side of the machine body.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the transaction port mechanism of the banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the right side of the machine body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Body 11a Front surface 12 Transaction port 14 Transaction drum 15 Shutter 16 Fixed side drive belt (fixed side belt) 17 Movable side driven belt (movable side belt) 51b Base surface 135 First shutter body 136 Second shutter body

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transaction port provided on a front surface of a machine body and having a platform on which a part of banknotes to be deposited is placed, and a transaction drum provided at a position inside the transaction port on the machine body, The transaction drum is provided with a fixed side belt provided at a position that can be substantially flush with the platform surface of the transaction port, and a movable side belt that is supported so as to be able to freely contact and separate from the fixed side belt. A shutter is provided between the trading port and the trading drum to rise and open the trading port and to lower and close the trading port, and the shutter is used to move the movable belt in the direction of the fixed belt. A bill processing machine characterized by being provided so as to be able to descend in conjunction therewith. 2. The shutter according to claim 1, wherein the shutter comprises a first shutter body on a trading port side and a second shutter body on a trading drum side, wherein the second shutter body is provided when the first shutter body is in a raised state. 2. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processor is provided so as to be able to descend in conjunction with the movement of the movable side belt in the fixed side belt direction. 3. The banknote handling machine according to claim 2, wherein the second shutter body is raised when the first shutter body is lowered and the transaction port is closed. 4. One end of the first shutter body is always connected to the first shutter body, and at the time of lowering of the first shutter body, swings to raise the other end side and engages with the second shutter body at the other end side. A swing arm is provided which raises the second shutter body and swings so as to lower the other end when the first shutter body is raised, thereby allowing the lowering of the second shutter body. The bill processing machine according to claim 3, wherein