JP3450203B2 - 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 bill processing machine for storing bundled bills in a plurality of bundled bill storages provided for each denomination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a banknote processing machine for storing a banknote bundle formed by bundling a predetermined number of banknotes in a plurality of banknote banknote storages provided for different denominations, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-1883.
There is a banknote binding machine and the like disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 07-2007. This banknote binding machine has a configuration in which two binding machine body portions having the same configuration are arranged so that each processing can be efficiently performed.
Then, in each binding machine body, the bundled banknotes bundled by the banknote binding section are conveyed while the posture is changed by the bundle conveying device section, and are sorted and stored in the bundled banknote storage safe according to the denomination. It is supposed to be done. This banknote binding machine has a configuration in which the space in the lateral direction of the machine body is made compact by dividing the machine body of the binding machine into upper and lower parts of the machine body.

[0003]

In the case of the bundled banknote storage, the bundled banknote storage is a case where the bundled banknotes are stored in a posture in which the longitudinal direction of the bundled banknote is along the up-down direction or the machine longitudinal direction. By itself, the space in the lateral direction can be made the most compact, and in the above-described banknote binding machine, the banknote bundles have their longitudinal direction along the up-down direction, and their thickness direction faces the machine longitudinal direction. In such a state, since they are stored so as to be stacked in the longitudinal direction of the machine body, this condition is satisfied as a bundled banknote storage unit alone. However, in the above-mentioned bundled banknote storage, since each bundled banknote storage is arranged side by side in the left-right direction when viewed from the front, actually, it does not lead to the compactification of the machine body in the lateral direction. , There was room for further improvement in this respect. For this reason, it is considered to arrange a plurality of bundled banknote storages so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction to further reduce the width in the horizontal direction. There was no conventional structure. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote handling machine that can favorably distribute a bundle of banknotes even when a plurality of banknote bundle storages are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a banknote handling machine according to claim 1 of the present invention distributes and stores bundled banknotes in a plurality of bundled banknote storages each having an inlet for receiving bundled banknotes. The plurality of bundled banknote storages are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction, and the bundled banknotes can be discharged downward from a predetermined one position above the plurality of bundled banknote storages. A bill discharging unit, a bundled bill delivering unit capable of receiving the bundled bills discharged downward from the predetermined one position by the bundled bill discharging unit and discharging the bundled bills further downward, and the bundled bill storage At least one of the storages is located at a position where the receiving slot is arranged so as to be able to receive the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote discharging section located at the predetermined one position directly or through the bundled banknote delivering section. versus It is characterized by comprising a bundle bill storage moving mechanism for moving in the lateral direction so as to advance and retreat. With this, the bundled banknote storage movement mechanism can receive one of the bundled banknote storages from the bundled banknote discharging unit located at a predetermined position directly or through the bundled banknote delivery unit. When the bundled banknote discharging unit discharges the bundled banknotes downward from a predetermined position in a state in which the banknote is advanced to the position where the receiving slot is arranged, the bundled banknotes are stored in the one of the banknote bundle storages. On the other hand, in the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism, the one of the bundled banknote storages is used to transfer the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote discharging unit located at a predetermined position directly or via the banknote bundle delivering unit. When the bundled banknote discharging unit discharges the bundled banknotes downward from a predetermined position in a state in which the banknotes are receivable from the position where the inlet is arranged to be receivable, the bundled banknotes are stored in the one of the bundled banknote storages. It is possible to store it in another bundled banknote storage without doing so.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the banknote handling machine according to the first aspect, wherein the bundled banknote storage container moving mechanism individually operates all the bundled banknote storage containers at the predetermined one position. It is characterized in that the bundled banknotes discharged directly from the bundled banknote discharging section located at or through the bundled banknote delivering section are moved laterally so as to advance and retreat with respect to the position where the receiving opening is arranged so as to be receivable. . In this way, since the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism individually moves all of the bundled banknote storages in the lateral direction, the bundled banknote discharging position of the bundled banknote discharging unit may be only the predetermined one position. Become.

A bill handling machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is the bill handling machine according to the first aspect, wherein the bundled bill discharging section is provided above the plurality of bundled bill storages in addition to the predetermined one position. The bundled banknotes can be discharged downward from another predetermined position of the above, and the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position, and the bundled banknote discharging unit is downwards from the predetermined other position. The bundled banknotes to be discharged can be received, and the bundled banknotes storage movement mechanism is one below the uppermost stage of the bundled banknotes storage, and the bundled banknotes release located at the predetermined one position. It is characterized in that the bundled banknotes discharged from the unit via the bundled banknote delivery unit are moved in the lateral direction so as to move forward and backward with respect to the position where the receiving opening is arranged so as to be receivable.
In this way, the bundled banknote discharging unit allows the bundled banknotes to be discharged downward from a predetermined other position in addition to the predetermined one position, so that the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is at the position. It is possible to fix the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the predetermined other position in the bundled banknote discharging unit, and as a result, the bundled banknote storage mechanism moves from the uppermost stage of the bundled banknote storage. It suffices to move the lower one laterally, and thus the number of bundled bill storages to be moved by the bundled bill storage movement mechanism can be reduced.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bill handling machine according to the third aspect, there are three or more bundled bill storages, and the bundled bill delivering section is vertically movable. The uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position and can receive the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the other predetermined position in the bundled banknote discharging unit, and the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism. Individually receives all the lower banknotes from the uppermost stage of the banknote bundle storage box, and receives the banknote banknotes discharged from the banknote banknote delivery section located at the predetermined one position through the banknote bundle transfer section. It is characterized in that it is moved laterally so as to move forward and backward with respect to the position where the inlet is arranged as much as possible. In this way, the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position, and the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism is
Since all the lower banknotes below the bundled banknote storage are individually moved laterally, all the banknote bundled storages are aligned except when the banknotes are stored. Can be

A bill handling machine according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the bill handling machine according to the third aspect, wherein there are three or more bundled bill storages, and the bundled bill delivering section is vertically movable. The uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position and can receive the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the other predetermined position in the bundled banknote discharging unit, and the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism. Is individually discharged from the bundled banknote storage section at the predetermined one position through the bundled banknote delivery unit, except for the uppermost one and the lowermost one of the bundled banknote storage. With respect to the position at which the receiving slot is arranged so as to be able to receive the bundled banknotes, the bundled banknotes are moved laterally so as to move forward and backward, and the lowermost one of the bundled banknote storage is position-fixed and the bundled banknote discharging unit It is discharged downward from one position It is characterized in that the bundle banknote delivery unit accepting a bundle banknotes are to be acceptable to bundle banknotes to be discharged downwardly lowered. As a result, the uppermost one and the lowermost one of the bundled banknote storage are fixed in position, and the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism further includes
Since all of the bundled banknote storages except the top one and the bottom one are moved laterally, it is possible to further reduce the number of bundled banknote storages to be moved by the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism. it can.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A bill processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The X direction indicated by the arrow in each figure indicates the operator side, that is, the front side (front side) of the machine body 10. Further, the front and rear in the following are front and rear in the airframe 10, and the left and right are left and right when the airframe 10 is viewed from the front of the airframe 10.

The banknote handling machine of this embodiment is capable of performing banknote-related processing such as depositing, storing, collecting, and dispensing of loose banknotes, bundling of banknotes, storing and dispensing of bundled banknotes. It is made possible and used as a part of a teller machine in a bank or the like in combination with another coin processing machine or the like (not shown). As shown in FIG. An operation unit 11 for inputting the operation of each process by an operator and a display unit 12 for displaying a process guide menu, a process state, a process result, and the like are provided facing upward.

The operation unit 11 and the display unit 12 are also provided.
At the lower position, a bundled banknote outlet 13 for discharging the bundled banknotes to the outside of the machine, and a fractional banknote roll-out for feeding out loose fractional banknotes less than the number of bundles to the machine, facing the front. An outlet 14 is provided. Further, at the lower and front positions of the bundled bill outlet 13 and the fractional bill outlet 14, the loose banknotes to be deposited are set by the operator and the loose banknotes to be dispensed from the machine are fed upward. A banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 and a banknote bundle withdrawal port 17 into which a banknote of each denomination bundled in a predetermined number are fed are provided.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 is provided with a slide type slide shutter 18 for opening / closing the inside / outside of the machine body 10. A slide-type slide shutter 19 for shutting off is provided, and a slide-type slide shutter 20 for opening / closing the inside and outside of the machine body 10 is also provided at the fraction bill feeding port 14. The bundled bill outlet 13 is also provided with an oscillating opening / closing shutter 21 for opening / closing the inside and outside of the machine body 10.

This banknote processing machine is roughly divided into a banknote deposit / withdrawal / rejection process for depositing and storing the loose banknotes inserted into the reject port 16 and, if necessary, depositing / discharging the banknotes. A banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 that performs each process on the loose banknotes such as dispensing processing for dispensing to the reject port 16 and a predetermined number of the banknote depositing / dispensing units fed from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and further stacked banknotes And a banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 that sorts and conveys the bunched banknotes to a location according to its purpose, and the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 receives the banknotes bundled and fed by the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24. A bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25 configured to store the bundled banknotes stored therein according to the type and to withdraw the stored bundled banknotes to the bundled banknote dispensing port 17 as necessary. It has been. In the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23, the banknotes are conveyed only in the up-down direction, the front-rear direction, and the up-down front-rear combination direction.
The bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 is configured to store the banknote bundle with its longitudinal direction along the up-down direction and its thickness direction along the front-rear direction.

Here, the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25
Are arranged side by side when viewed from the front of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 includes the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 and the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 2
5 is arranged on the upper side and the rear side. Further, the entire width of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 and the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25 arranged side by side is the same as the width of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24.

Next, the bundled banknote conveying / sorting unit 63 and the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24, which are relevant to the present invention, will be described. First, the bundled banknote transport / sorting unit 63 of the banknote bundling / transport unit 24 will be described. [Bundled banknote transport / sorting section] The bundled banknote transport / sorting section 63 stacks and bundles a predetermined number of banknotes sent from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23 and bundles them together with a banknote bundling section (not shown). It constitutes the unit 24, and conveys the bundled bills bound by the bill binding unit and the fractional bills sent without being bound to a position according to the purpose.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bundled banknote transporting / sorting unit 63 is bundled by a banknote binding unit (not shown), and is oriented rightward with the longitudinal direction along the left-right direction and the thickness direction up and down. The bundled banknotes S3 extruded to the front and the fractional banknotes extruded to the right in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is not bundled and the thickness direction is up and down along the left-right direction, and are conveyed forward in the same postures respectively. The transport unit 120 and the second banknote that transports the bundled banknotes transported by the first transport unit 120 to the left with the same posture.
The bundled banknotes are received by the transport section 121 and the bundled banknotes transported by the second transport section 121, and their postures are converted so that their longitudinal directions are along the front-rear direction and their thickness directions are aligned along the substantially vertical direction. It is discharged from the discharge port 13, or its posture is converted so that the longitudinal direction is along the up-down direction and the thickness direction is along the front-rear direction, and is moved in the front-rear direction, depending on the denomination to be stored. First input port 1 provided on the bottom plate 64
23, a bundled banknote sorting unit (bundle banknote discharging unit) 125 that performs sorting by discharging the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25 on the lower side via the second insertion port 124, and the first transport unit 120.
The fractional bills conveyed by are converted such that the longitudinal direction is along the front-rear direction with the posture thereof oriented in the vertical direction, and the fractional bills are projected from the fractional bill outlet 14 to a position where they can be taken out by the operator. It has a fractional bill transport unit 126.

Here, the front side first insertion slot 123 and the rear side second insertion slot 124 formed on the bottom plate 64 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 are each slightly in the left-right direction from the lateral length of the banknote bundle. The width is large and the width in the front-back direction is slightly larger than the thickness of the bundled banknotes, and the positions in the left-right direction are aligned with each other and the positions in the front-back direction are shifted.

{First Conveying Section} The first conveying section 120 includes a horizontally arranged bundled bill placing plate 118 and the bundled bill placing plate 11.
8 has bundled banknote carry-out members 127, 127 provided so as to be reciprocally movable in the front-rear direction. The bundled banknote placement plate 118 places, on the upper surface, a part of the bundled banknotes that are bound by the banknote binding section and pushed to the right and a portion of the rounded bills that are pushed out to the right without being bound to the push-out tip side. The bundled banknote carry-out members 127, 127 are partially bundled banknote placement plates 118.
Bundled bills and fractional bills placed on the bundled bill placement plate 11
8, the posture is not changed and the sheet is pushed forward and conveyed.

{Second Transport Portion} The second transport portion 121 has a first
A transport member 129 provided on the front side of the transport unit 120 and moving in the left-right direction, a guide member 130 extending along the left-right direction on the front side of the first transport unit 120, and a left side of the guide member 130. And a roller 131 disposed on the side. The conveying member 129 includes a horizontally-arranged rectangular bottom plate portion 133, a side plate portion 134 that is vertically installed from the right end edge portion of the bottom plate portion 133 along the front-rear direction, and the front side of the bottom plate portion 133. And a normal plate portion 135 which is vertically installed upright from the edge portion of the right side portion and has a shape in which the rear side, the left side and the upper side are removed.

The guide member 130 has a rectangular bottom plate portion 136 extending horizontally and arranged horizontally, and the bottom plate portion 136.
A rear plate portion 137 which is vertically installed upright from the rear end edge of the bottom plate portion in the left-right direction, and is provided on the left side of the bottom plate portion 136 so as to be continuous with the bottom plate portion 136 and separate from the bottom plate portion 136. Therefore, it has an inclined plate portion 138 that is inclined so as to be positioned above. The roller 131 is the guide member 1
A roller (not shown), which is rotated around the roller 131, is provided at a position opposed to the roller 131, which is disposed on the left side of the inclined plate portion 138 of 30.

The transport member 129 is located at the "standby position" which is the rightmost limit of movement, and the first transport unit 1
The bundled bills and fractional bills conveyed forward from 20 are partially placed on the right side of the bottom plate 133.
At this time, a part of the bundled bills and the fractional bill on the left side are placed on the bottom plate portion 136 of the guide member 130. Further, the transport member 129 moves leftward from this state to move the bundled banknotes leftward while pressing the banknotes with the side plate portion 134. Here, during this movement, the normal plate portion 135 of the transport member 129 and the rear plate portion 137 of the guide member 130 maintain the posture of the bundled banknotes, and when the transport member 129 reaches the leftmost movement limit position. The bundled banknotes are lifted up by the inclined plate portion 138 and are further conveyed leftward while being sandwiched between the roller 131 and a roller (not shown).

{Bundled bill sorting unit} The bundled bill sorting unit 125
A first insertion port position (a predetermined other position) located above the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 and directly above the first insertion port 123, and a second position immediately above the second insertion port 124. The banknote bundle can be discharged downward from any one of the insertion slot positions (a predetermined one position). As shown in FIG. 2, when roughly divided, the configuration is carried by the second carrying unit 121. It is possible to receive the bundled banknotes therein and to swivel the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 and the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 configured to be able to feed the banknotes as needed. Turning drive mechanism section 141
And a movement drive mechanism section 142 for moving the first bundled bill input / output box 140 in the front-rear direction.

First Bundling Banknote In / Out Box The first bundling banknote in / out box 140 allows the banknotes to be inserted in the longitudinal direction, the lateral direction, and the thickness direction of the banknotes. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, it has a box-shaped housing member 144 into which bundled banknotes are taken in and whose both ends in the longitudinal direction are open. A pair of drive transmission shafts 145, 146 are rotatably supported by the casing member 144 at both ends on the opening side of the casing member 144 at both ends. These drive transmission shafts 145, 146 are
The distance from the opening is the same, and they are parallel to each other so as to extend along the lateral direction of the casing member 144.
4 are arranged at both end positions in the thickness direction. On the other end opening side of the housing member 144, a rotary shaft 147 parallel to the drive transmission shafts 145, 146 is rotatably supported at both ends thereof by the housing member 144 in a fixed position. The rotation shaft 147 is arranged on the same side as the drive transmission shaft 146 in the thickness direction of the housing member 144.

At the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the casing member 144 and the opening portion on the other end side, on both side face portions (only one side is shown) 148 in the lateral direction, there are long holes 149 extending in the thickness direction of the casing 144. 150 is formed on the drive transmission shaft 145 side in the thickness direction, and the elongated hole 14 at the intermediate position is formed.
9, a drive transmission shaft 151 is arranged so as to be substantially parallel to the rotation shaft 147 and the like so as to be movable and rotatable in the thickness direction of the housing member 144. Further, in the elongated hole 150 at the end position, a rotation shaft 152 is arranged so as to be substantially parallel to the rotation shaft 147 and the like so as to be movable and rotatable in the thickness direction of the housing member 144.

The drive transmission shaft 145 has a pulley 15
4 is fixed, a pulley 155a is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 151, and the endless conveyor belt 1 is provided between them.
56 are stretched over. Further, pulleys 155b and 155c are fixed to the drive transmission shaft 151 on both sides of the pulley 155a, and pulleys 157a and 157b are fixed to the rotary shaft 152, and the endless conveyor belt 1 is provided between them.
58 and 159 are stretched over. Further, the pulley 160 is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 146, and
7, a pulley 161 is fixed, and an endless conveyor belt 162 is stretched between them.

Housing member 14 of drive transmission shafts 145, 146
Gears 164 and 165 are fixed to one end of the same side projecting out of 4 so as to mesh with each other. A motor 166 is attached to the outside of the housing member 144, a gear 167 is fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 166, and the gear 167 meshes with one gear 164. Then, the conveyor belts 156, 158, 159, 162 are driven by the forward and reverse driving of the motor 166, and the conveyor belts 156, 158, 159 and the conveyor belt 1
It is possible to take in the bundled banknotes to and from 62 or to feed the bundled banknotes from between them.

The drive transmission shaft 151 and the rotary shaft 152 are both biased by a spring material (not shown) toward the conveyor belt 162, whereby the conveyor belts 156, 1 are provided.
58, 159 and the conveyor belt 162 can reliably hold the bundled banknotes depending on the thickness of the bundled banknotes taken in between them. Also, the conveyor belt 1
58 and 159 are parallel to the conveyor belt 162 when the bundled banknotes are not taken in, and can be parallel to the conveyor belt 162 even when the bundled banknotes are taken in. On the other hand, the conveyor belt 156
Is the conveyor belt 16 in a state where bundled banknotes are not taken in.
2 is inclined so that the side of the drive transmission shaft 145 is separated, and when the bundled banknotes are taken in, the conveyor belt 16
It is possible to be substantially parallel to 2.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a guide member that swings in the same manner as the conveyor belt 156 by supporting both ends of the drive transmission shafts 145 and 151 inside the housing member 144. 169 is provided at a position slightly retracted from the side of the conveyor belt 156 on the side of the conveyor belt 162 so as to be substantially parallel to the side. This guide member 169 is
The conveyance of the bundled bills taken in on the side of the conveyance belt 156 is guided. Further, in the housing member 144, the drive transmission shaft 1
The guide member 170, which is oscillated in substantially the same manner as the conveyor belts 158 and 159 by supporting both ends of the conveyor belt 158 and the rotary shaft 152, is slightly retracted from the side of the conveyor belts 158 and 159 on the conveyor belt 162 side. Are provided so as to be substantially parallel to these side portions. This guide member 17
0 is a conveyor belt 158, 159 for the bundled banknotes to be taken in.
Side conveyance guide. In addition, in the housing member 144, the conveyor belts 156, 158, 1 of the conveyor belt 162 are provided.
The guide member 171 disposed at a position slightly retracted from the side portion on the 59 side so as to be substantially parallel to the side portion is the casing member 1
It is provided by being fixed to 44 itself. The guide member 171 guides the conveyance of the bundled bills taken in on the side of the conveyance belt 162.

Then, the guide members 170 and 171 are used to receive or discharge the bundled banknotes, and the bundle inlet / outlet 172.
Is configured at one end in the longitudinal direction of the first bundled bill input / output box 140. In addition, in the housing member 144, the conveyor belt 1
Bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 173, 17 for detecting the presence / absence of bundled banknotes between 56, 158, 159 and the conveyor belt 162.
4 are provided. One bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 17
3 detects the presence / absence of a bundled banknote at the position of the bundle insertion / exit 172, and the other bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 174 detects the presence / absence of a bundled banknote at a position inside the bundle insertion / outlet 172.

Movement drive mechanism section The movement drive mechanism section 142 is provided with two slide rails 177, 178 provided along a front-rear direction between the body frame (not shown) and these slide rails 177, 17
8, a movable support member 179 supported horizontally in the front-rear direction, a drive belt 180 partially fixed to the movable support member 179 and stretched along the front-rear direction as shown in FIG. And a motor (not shown) that drives the belt 180 forward and backward, and the motor (not shown) drives the drive belt 180 forward and backward,
The movement support member 179 is moved in the front-back direction. The movement support member 179 supports a vertical shaft 181 extending in the vertical direction.

Turning drive mechanism section The turning drive mechanism section 141 has a turning support member 183 provided so as to surround the casing member 144 from one side, as shown in FIG. The member 183 is supported by the vertical shaft 181 so as to be rotatable about the vertical axis. Here, the vertical axis 181 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, the spring member 1 that biases the swivel support member 183 in the clockwise direction when viewed from above with respect to the movement support member 179.
82, on the other hand, the swivel support member 18
In the case of 3, the clockwise turning above the position shown in FIG. 6 is restricted by a restriction member (not shown). Swivel support member 183
Means that the guide roller 184 provided under the
When the movement support member 179 moves in the front-rear direction in a state where the movable support member 179 does not contact the position-fixed guide member 185 with respect to 0, it moves in the front-rear direction in the state shown in FIG.

When the turning support member 183 moves forward in the state shown in FIG. 6, the guide member 185 provided within the moving range of the guide roller 184 restricts and guides the movement. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the swivel support member 183 swivels about the vertical shaft 181 counterclockwise as viewed from above by approximately 90 degrees. The position shown in FIGS. 7 and 2 is the movement support member 1.
The "standby position" of 79 and the turning support member 183 are set.
Horizontal shafts 186 are rotatably supported at both ends of the swivel support member 183. This horizontal axis 18
6 is inserted at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the housing member 144 and inside the transport belt 162 so as to be parallel to the drive transmission shaft 146 and the like.
44 is rotatably supported about a horizontal shaft 186. The horizontal shaft 186 and the housing member 144 have a horizontal shaft 186.
A gear 187 having a substantially semicircular shape that is coaxial with is fixed so as to project toward the swivel support member 183.

The rotation support member 183 has the motor 1
88 is attached, a gear 189 is fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 188, and the gear 189 is meshed with the gear 187. As a result, by driving the motor 188 in the forward and reverse directions, the first bundled bill input / output box 140 is rotated about the horizontal shaft 186. Two rollers 190, 190 are provided on the lower portion of the swivel support member 183 on the opposite side to the movement support member 179, and thereby, the two rollers 190, 190 are provided so as to move on the bottom plate 64 (see FIGS. 3 to 5) around the vertical shaft 181. It is possible to turn smoothly.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, the swivel support member 1
In the vicinity of the 83 horizontal shafts 186, the horizontal shafts 1
A shaft 192 that protrudes toward the housing member 144 side in a state of being parallel to 86 is provided.
93 is rotatably supported at one end thereof.
A notch 194 is formed at the other end of the arm 193 so as to be pulled out in the end direction, and the rotary shaft 152 described above is fitted into the notch 194. This arm 193
As shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 8, when the first bundled banknote deposit / withdrawal box 140 rotates about the horizontal shaft 186 so as to raise the bundle inlet / outlet 172, the distance between the shaft 192 and the rotary shaft 152 becomes short. As a result, the rotary shaft 152 is pushed up in the range of the elongated hole 150 in the direction away from the rotary shaft 147 against the biasing force of the spring material (not shown). That is, the conveyor belt 1 in the first bundled banknote input / output box 140
The conveyor belt 1 stretched around the rotary shaft 152 with respect to 62.
The bundle inlet / outlet port 172 is moved to the opposite side to widen the bundle inlet / outlet port 172, and the second transport unit 12 is moved.
When receiving the bundled banknotes from 1, it is easy to receive the bundled banknotes.

The banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 as described above
In the above, when the banknotes to be bound to the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 are fed from the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23, the control unit winds a bundling tape after stacking a predetermined number of the banknotes in a banknote bundling unit (not shown). Turn to unite. And, as shown in FIG.
The bundled banknote carry-out members 127, 127 of the first carrying unit 120 carry the bills forward. At this time, when the bundling unit completes the bundling, the control unit determines that the first bundling banknote input / output box 14 of the bundling banknote sorting unit 125 in the “standby position”.
By driving the motor 188, the horizontal axis 186 for receiving the bundled banknotes bundled as shown in FIG.
And the bundle inlet / outlet 172 is rotated around the second transport unit 1
Point it in the direction of 21.

The bundled banknotes transported by the first transport section 120 are in the "standby position" shown in FIG.
The transport member 129 delivered to the transport member 129 and receiving the bundled banknotes horizontally moves leftward from the position shown in FIG. 2 as shown in FIG. Then, the bundled banknotes are inclined and pushed out by the inclined plate portion 138 of the guide member 130 so that the front end side in the moving direction is located on the upper side, and the first bundled bill insertion / removal box 1 in which the inclination is aligned forward of the pushing out.
40 bundle entry / exit 172. At this time, the bundle inlet / outlet 172 has a larger opening amount due to the arm 193 separating the conveyor belts 158, 159 and the guide member 170 from the conveyor belt 162 and the guide member 171, and as a result, the guide member. The bundled banknotes guided and pushed out at 130 are well accepted.

When it is confirmed from the detection result of the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 173 that the bundled banknotes are inserted into the bundled inlet / outlet 172 of the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 by the second transport unit 121, the control unit determines that The conveyor belts 156, 158, 15 are driven by driving the motor 166 of the one-bundle bill input / output box 140.
9 and 162 are moved to the opposite side with respect to the bundle inlet / outlet 172 on the opposite side. As a result, these conveyor belts 1
At 56, 158, 159 and 162, loading of the bundled banknotes into the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 is started. When the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 173 does not detect the bundled banknotes and the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 174 detects the bundled banknotes, the bundled banknotes are completely placed in the first bundled banknote input / output box 140. When it is confirmed that the image has been taken in, the control unit stops the driving of the motor 166 and ends the taking in. Then, with the bundled bills taken in held, the motor 188 is driven again to rotate the first bundled bill input / output box 140 about the horizontal shaft 186 and return to the state of the upright posture in the “standby position”.

After that, the control section drives the motor (not shown) of the movement drive mechanism section 142,
The first bundled bill input / output box 140 is moved rearward together with the turning drive mechanism unit 141. Then, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 6, the guide roller 18 is moved along the guide member 185.
4, the first bundled banknote depositing / dispensing box 140 remains upright, and is swung by the biasing force of the spring member 182 so as to be positioned on the front side with respect to the swivel drive mechanism section 141 as shown in FIG. At this time, the bundled banknotes inside are converted such that their longitudinal directions are along the up-down direction and their thickness directions are along the front-rear direction. Then, in this state, either the first insertion port position located directly above the first insertion port 123 provided on the rear side or the second insertion port position located directly above the second insertion port 124 is handled. To the position where the conveyor belts 156, 15 are driven by driving the motor 166 at that position.
8, 159 and the conveyor belt 162 are moved in the direction of the bundle inlet / outlet 172 on the respective opposite sides. As a result, the bundled banknotes are fed out from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 by the transport belts 156, 158, 159, 162, and
The material is discharged into the one directly below either the charging port 123 or the second charging port 124. Then, when it is confirmed from the detection results of the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 173, 174 that the bundled banknotes have been completely discharged from the first banknote bundle input / output box 140, the control unit stops the driving of the motor 166. The bundled bill conveying / sorting unit 63 is returned to the “standby position” shown in FIG. As a result, the transport sorting process of the bundled bill transport / sorting unit 63 is completed.

Next, the bundled bill storing / dispensing unit will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 has a receiving port 242 for receiving the bundled banknotes, respectively.
A plurality of bundled banknote storages 227, 228 of three denominations, each of which has a plurality of banknotes and is configured to be detachable from the machine body 10 and accommodate the banknotes received through the receiving port 242.
229, and the bundled banknotes inserted into the second insertion slot 124 from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 located at the second insertion slot position in that posture, and depending on the denomination A bundled banknote sorting storage unit 230 that stores the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storages 228 and 229, and the bundled banknotes stored in each of the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 as necessary, and the bundled banknote dispensing port illustrated in FIG. It is composed of a bundled banknote dispensing unit 231 that conveys the paper to the banknote 17. In addition, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 of each denomination store the banknotes stacked in the front-rear direction with the longitudinal direction of the banknotes aligned with the vertical direction and the thickness direction of the banknotes aligned with the front-rear direction. Then, the longitudinal direction is arranged along the front-rear direction according to this storage form. In addition, these bundled banknote storages 227-
229 are juxtaposed beside the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23 in a state of being arranged so as to be vertically overlapped with each other.

[Bundled banknote storage] Bundled banknote storage 227-2
As shown in FIG. 12, the 29 has a rectangular parallelepiped casing 233 that forms the outer contour thereof. On the left and right inside the housing 233,
Guide plates 234 and 235 that are substantially parallel to each other are provided along the front-rear direction and the vertical direction.
Between 34 and 235, a storage space 236 is formed in which the bundled banknotes S3 are stacked and stored in the front-rear direction with their longitudinal directions along the vertical direction and their thickness directions along the front-rear direction. Outside the one guide plate 234, a guide shaft 2 that is parallel to the guide plate 234 and extends horizontally.
37 is disposed so as to be fixed in position with respect to the housing 233, and a rear plate 238 is provided on the guide shaft 237 so that the rear plate 238 can be moved back and forth along the guide shaft 237 within a predetermined range in the front-rear direction. It is slidably supported in a state in which it partially projects.

An endless belt (not shown) is arranged outside the guide plate 234 in parallel with the guide shaft 237, and one point of the belt is fixed to the rear plate 238. Then, the belt rotates forward and backward by the forward and reverse rotations of a rear plate moving motor (not shown) controlled by the controller, and the rear plate 238 fixed at that point is forcibly moved back and forth along the guide shaft 237. . A front plate 241 is slidably supported by the guide shaft 237 on the front side of the rear plate 238 such that the front plate 241 partially projects into the storage space 236 so as to be movable back and forth along the guide shaft 237. This front plate 24
1 is biased rearward by a spring (not shown), and this biasing force allows the bundled banknote S3 to be held between the rear plate 238 and the like.

On the upper surface of the casing 233, the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 and the banknote bundle S3 are located on the front side with respect to the rear plate 238 located at the rear moving end, and the banknote bundling unit S3 extends along the longitudinal direction of the banknote S3. And a reception port 242 having a rectangular shape in a plan view which is inserted in a standing position with the thickness direction along the front-back direction (see FIG. 11).
(See) is formed. In accordance with such a take-in mode, the receiving opening 242 has a width in the left-right direction that is slightly larger than the short-side length of the banknote bundle and a width in the front-back direction that is slightly larger than the thickness of the banknote bundle. This entrance 242
The bundled banknotes S3 that have been inserted are stored between the guide plates 234 and 235 in the standing posture at the time of insertion, and are moved to the front side in the standing posture by the rear plate 238 that moves from the rear side to the front side. Will be done.

A pair of shaft portions 244 and 244 extending in the vertical direction are provided on the guide plate 2 on the front side of the receiving port 242 by a predetermined distance.
The shaft portions 244 and 244 are provided with a pair of substantially rectangular surface portions 245 and 246, respectively.
Movable plates 247, 247 having a shape in which the longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction and are connected at right angles to each other.
Is rotatably supported at the connecting portion.

A pair of shaft portions 249 and 249 extending in the vertical direction are fixedly positioned on both outer side positions of the guide plates 234 and 235 on the front side of the shaft portions 244 and 244 by a predetermined distance. The parts 249 and 249 respectively include
Movable plates 252, 2 having a pair of substantially rectangular surface portions 250, 251 and connecting the surface portions 250, 251 so that the longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction and are perpendicular to each other.
52 is rotatably supported at the connecting portion.

The movable plates 247, 247 are set in a state in which one surface portion 245 extends vertically in parallel with the guide plates 234, 235 and extends forward from the shaft portion 244, and the other surface portion 246 is guided. The state in which the plates 234 and 235 extend perpendicularly to the plates 234 and 235 and is projected into the storage space 236 is defined as a constant state. It is allowed to swing forward, and is further urged by a spring (not shown) in the direction of a constant state. Similarly, the movable plates 252, 252
Is in a state where one surface portion 250 is vertically extended in parallel with the guide plates 234 and 235 and is extended forward from the shaft portion 244, and the other surface portion 251 is connected to the guide plates 234 and 235.
The state in which the surface portion 251 is protruded into the storage space 236 in a state where the surface portion 251 is vertically extended and is vertically extended is defined as a fixed state. It is allowed to move, and is further urged by a spring (not shown) in the direction of a constant state.

The distance between the movable plates 247 and 247 and the distance between the movable plates 252 and 252 do not interfere with each other in the movement from the rear side to the front side of the rear plate 238 and the movement from the front side to the rear side. It's designed to tolerate. Also,
Movement of the banknote bundle conveyed on the rear plate 238 from the rear side to the front side is allowed by swinging to regulate the movement from the front side to the rear side. Further, the movable plates 252, 252 are arranged such that the front plate 241 is arranged on the front side of the movable plates 252, 252 so as to restrict the movement of the front plate 241 from the front side to the rear side. Here, the movable plate 25 on the front side
2, 252 pass the bundled banknote S3 which is inserted from the receiving port 242 and is guided between the guide plates 234 and 235 by the movement of the rear plate 238 and moves to the front side, and after passing, it is in a constant state by the urging force of a spring (not shown). Will return to. Then, the movable plates 252, 252 on the front side move the rear plate 238 from this state to the rear side. As a result, the banknote S3 is abutted and supported by the biasing force received from the front plate 241 side. The movable plates 247, 247 on the rear side mainly include the receiving port 242.
It is provided to guide the bundled banknotes S3 taken in from.

A front guide plate 254 extending vertically in the left-right direction is provided at the front of the casing 233, and between the front guide plate 254 and the front face 255 of the casing 233, When the drive pin 284 protruding from the front surface portion 255 is moved in the left-right direction, the pushers 266 and 267 move in the same manner as the drive pin 284, so that the push-out port 256 formed on the side (the right side in FIG. 12) is discharged. A bundled bill feeding mechanism 257 for feeding the bundled bills S3 is provided. Here, a step portion 258 is formed on the right side of the front end portion of the housing 233 so as to be rounded off, and the feeding port 256 is formed in the step portion 258.

The storage operation of the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 will be described below. First, in the standby state, the bundled banknote S3 already stored is sandwiched between the front plate 241 and the front movable plates 252 and 252, and the rear plate 238.
Are located between the movable plates 252, 252 and the movable plates 247, 247 (indicated by the chain line shown in FIG. 12). The pushers 266 and 267 are located on the delivery port 256 side. When storing the banknote bundle S3 from this state,
First, the control unit retracts the rear plate 238.

Thus, the banknote bundle S3 is inserted from the receiving port 242 with the rear plate 238 positioned at the retracted end. Then, when it is confirmed that the bundled banknotes S3 have been inserted, the control unit moves the rear plate 238 together with the bundled banknotes S3 to the movable plate 247 on the rear side.
247 and the movable plates 252 and 252 on the front side are sequentially swung and moved forward until they pass. The movable plate 2 on the front side
The rear plate 238, when passing the bills 52 and 252, advances the bundled banknote S3 that has been moved forward to the front plate 241 which was in contact with the movable plates 252 and 252 before that, or the front plate 241 and the movable plate 252. Bundled banknote S already stored between 252
3 is brought into contact with each other, and all are moved forward integrally against the biasing force of the spring. On the other hand, the movable plates 247, 247 on the rear side and the movable plates 252, 252 on the front side return to the fixed state by the urging force of a spring (not shown) after the rear plate 238 has passed.

Then, the control section retracts the rear plate 238 after passing the movable plates 252, 252 on the front side, and returns it to the standby position. When the rear plate 238 retreats, the front plate 241 retreats together with the rear plate 238 together with the bundle of banknotes S3 held between the rear plate 238 and the rear plate 238 by the biasing force of a spring (not shown), but the front movable plate 252. Since the swing of 252 is regulated and the bundle of banknotes S3 is restricted from moving rearward by the movable plates 252 and 252, the movable plate 25 is biased by the spring.
2, 252 and the front plate 241. From the above,
The storage operation ends.

[Bundled banknote sorting storage section] Bundled banknote sorting storage section 2
As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 13, 30 receives the bundled banknotes discharged downward by the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 of the bundled banknote sorting unit 125 located at the second insertion slot position,
The posture can be accepted from the upper side with the longitudinal direction along the up-down direction and the thickness direction along the front-rear direction, and the bundled banknotes can be discharged further downward with that posture, and the lowermost stage Excluded bundle banknote denomination 227,2
A bundled banknote delivery unit 287 that is provided so as to be able to move up and down on the rear side of 28 and delivers the bundled banknotes S3 delivered from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 to each bundled banknote storage 228, 229 other than the uppermost stage, and a middle stage. The bundled banknote storage 228 of the bundled banknotes storage unit 228 can receive the bundled banknotes discharged from the first banknote bundle input / output box 140 of the banknote bundle sorting unit 125 located at the second insertion port position via the banknote bundle transfer unit 287. It is configured by a bundled banknote storage moving mechanism 288 that moves in the front-rear direction (lateral direction) so as to move forward and backward with respect to the position where the entrance 242 is arranged.

{Bundled banknote delivery section} The bundled banknote delivery section 287 is
As shown in FIG. 13, a second bundled bill input / output box 290 having substantially the same configuration as the first bundled bill input / output box 140 of the bill binding / conveying unit 24 is provided. This second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is for inserting the bundled banknotes into the inside in a state where the longitudinal directions thereof, the transverse directions thereof, and the thickness directions thereof are aligned with each other and further discharging the bundled banknotes. It has a box-shaped casing member 291 that is opened in both ends in the longitudinal direction, and is arranged such that the longitudinal direction is vertical and the thickness direction is longitudinal direction. Then, the bundled bill delivery unit 287
Includes a slide rail (not shown) that supports the housing member 291 so that the housing member 291 can be moved up and down in the above-described arrangement state, and a lift drive unit 292 that moves the housing member 291 up and down along the slide rail. The slide rail restricts the lateral movement of the second banknote depositing / dispensing box 290 so that it can only be moved up and down.

The elevating / lowering drive unit 292 includes two pulleys 293, 293 arranged vertically and these pulleys 293.
It has a drive belt 294 stretched between 293, and the housing member 291 of the second banknote bill input / output box 290 is engaged with a part of the drive belt 294. And
By driving one of the pulleys 293 and 293 forward and backward by a motor (not shown), the second banknote bill input / output box 290
It is designed to move up and down.

A pair of drive transmission shafts 296 is provided on one end opening side of the housing member 291 of the second banknote bill input / output box 290.
297 are rotatably supported by the housing member 291 at both ends at fixed positions. The drive transmission shafts 296 and 297 are arranged at both ends in the thickness direction (front-back direction) of the housing member 291 so as to be parallel to each other along the lateral direction of the housing member 291. The rear drive transmission shaft 296 is disposed deeper in the housing member 291 than the front drive transmission shaft 297.
The drive transmission shaft 29 is provided on the other end opening side in the housing member 291.
Rotation shafts 298 that are parallel to the shafts 6, 297 are rotatably supported by the housing member 291 at both ends of the shafts 298. The rotation shaft 298 is arranged at the same one end position as the drive transmission shaft 296 in the thickness direction of the housing member 291.

At the intermediate position of the casing member 291 in the longitudinal direction and on the side of the rotating shaft 298, the drive transmission shaft 299 and the rotating shaft 300 move in the thickness direction of the casing member 291 so as to be substantially parallel to the rotating shaft 298 and the like. It is arranged freely and freely. The drive transmission shaft 297 has a pulley 30.
1 is fixed, a pulley (not shown) is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 299, and an endless conveyor belt 3 is provided between them.
02 has been stretched over. Two more (only one shown) pulleys 303 are fixed to the drive transmission shaft 299, and two (only one shown) pulleys 3 are attached to the rotary shaft 300.
04 is fixed, and two endless conveyor belts (only one is shown) 305 are stretched between them. Further, a pulley 306 is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 296, a pulley 307 is fixed to the rotary shaft 298, and an endless conveyor belt 308 is stretched between them.

The drive transmission shafts 296 and 297 are case members 29.
1 is rotated by forward / reverse driving of a motor (not shown) provided on the outer side of the conveyor belt 1.
02, 305, 308 are driven, and the conveyor belt 302,
The bundled banknotes can be taken in or fed out between the 305 and the conveyor belt 308. The drive transmission shaft 29
9 and the rotary shaft 300 are both urged by a spring member (not shown) toward the conveyor belt 308, so that the bundle of banknotes taken between the conveyor belts 302 and 305 and the conveyor belt 308 can be adjusted in thickness. It is possible to securely hold the bundled banknotes. Further, the transport belt 305 is parallel to the transport belt 308 when the bundled bills are not taken in, and can be parallel to the transport belt 308 even when the bundled bills are taken in. On the other hand, the conveyor belt 302 is
The drive transmission shaft 297 is inclined so that the side of the drive transmission shaft 297 is separated from the conveyor belt 308 when the bundled banknotes are not taken in, and the conveyor belt 308 is in the state where the bundled banknotes are taken in.
It is possible to be almost parallel to.

In addition, a guide member 309 which swings in substantially the same manner as the conveyor belt 302 by supporting both ends of the drive transmission shafts 297 and 299 in the housing member 291 is a conveyor belt 308 of the conveyor belt 302. It is provided at a position slightly retracted from the side portion so as to be substantially parallel to the side portion. Further, the drive transmission shaft 299 is provided in the housing member 291.
The guide member 310, which is supported by the rotary shaft 300 and swings substantially similarly to the conveyor belt 305, is substantially parallel to the side portion of the conveyor belt 305 slightly retracted from the side portion of the conveyor belt 308 side. It is provided to make.
In addition, in the housing member 291, the guide member 3 is disposed at a position slightly retracted from the side portions of the conveyor belt 308 on the side of the conveyor belts 302 and 305 so as to be substantially parallel to the sides.
11 is fixed to the housing member 291 itself. The guide member 311 extends to the upper end of the housing member 291.

The upper guide member 309 and the guide member 311 form a receiving opening 313 for receiving the bundled banknotes at one end in the longitudinal direction of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290, and the guide members 310 and 311 on the other hand. The discharge port 314 for feeding the bundled banknotes is configured below the other end of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 in the longitudinal direction. Here, the receiving port 313 is horizontally positioned at the second input port 124.
Is matched with. In the housing member 291, bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 315, 31 for detecting the presence / absence of bundled banknotes between the conveyor belts 302, 305 and the conveyor belt 308.
6 is provided. One bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 31
5 detects the presence / absence of bundled banknotes at the position of the outlet 314, and the other bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 316 detects
The presence / absence of a bundle of banknotes at an intermediate position between 3 and the outlet 314 is detected. As is clear from the above, the configuration of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is different from that of the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 in that one of the conveyor belts 308 is short and the receipt for receiving the bundled banknotes. The point is that the mouth 313 is on the upper side, and the outlet 314 for ejecting the bundled banknotes is on the lower side, and that the mechanism for moving the rotating shaft 300 when tilting is not provided.

When this second banknote bill input / output box 290 is located at the rising end position by the elevating / lowering drive unit 292,
The receiving port 313 of the bundled banknote input / output box 290 is arranged immediately below the second insertion port 124. Also, the second
When the bundled banknote entry / exit box 290 is located at the rising end position and the middle bundled banknote storage 228 is located at the rearward movement end position (described later), the outlet 314 of the second bundled banknote entry / exit box 290 is It will be arranged immediately above the receiving port 242 of the storage 228. Further, when the second bundled bill input / output box 290 is located at the lower end position by the elevating / lowering drive unit 292, the second bundled bill input / output box 29 is moved.
The discharge port 314 of 0 is arranged immediately above the receiving port 242 of the bundled banknote storage 229 in the lower stage.

{Bundled banknote storage box moving mechanism} As shown in FIG. 13, the banknote banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 of each denomination are provided with a pair of guide frames 318 to 320 at both sides and a lower portion, respectively. It is supported, and the uppermost and lowermost bundled banknote storages 227, 22
The guide frames 318 and 320 corresponding to 9 are fixed to a machine body frame (not shown). As a result, the uppermost and lowermost bundled banknote storages 227, 229 are set in the guide frames 318, 320, so that the positions in all the front, rear, left, right, and up and down directions are fixed. . On the other hand, the middle banknote bank 22
A pair of slide rails 321 (only one side is shown) that allows the guide frame 319 to move in the front-rear direction is provided between the guide frame 319 supporting the 8 and the machine body frame. Thereby, the bundled banknote storage 228 in the middle tier
Is set on the guide frame 319,
With the left and right and up and down positions fixed, it is possible to move forward and backward together with the guide frame 319 only within a predetermined range.

A rack gear 323 is fixed to one of the guide frames 319 in which the middle banknote bank 228 is set, and a pinion gear 324 meshing with the rack gear 323 and the pinion gear 324 are further provided on the machine side. A bevel gear 325 coaxially provided with the bevel gear 325, a bevel gear 326 meshing with the bevel gear 325, and a motor 327 for fixing the bevel gear 326 to its drive shaft are provided. The bundled banknote storage 228 is moved integrally with the above in a front-back direction by a predetermined range.

Here, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 2 for each denomination
All of 29 have the same width and height in the left-right direction, and the bundled banknote storage 229 set at the bottom stage.
Has a long length in the front-rear direction, and the two bundled banknote storages 227 and 228 set at the uppermost stage and the middle stage have the same length shorter than the lowermost banknote bundled storages 229. And
When the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are set in the corresponding guide frames 318 to 320, all the banknotes stored in the bundled banknotes 227 to 229 are always aligned in the left-right direction and in the front-rear direction. Will be overlaid.

In addition, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 22 respectively.
9 is set in the guide frames 318 to 320, and the bundled banknote storage 228 in the middle stage is located at the forward end, all the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are arranged so that their front end positions are aligned in the front-rear direction. Become. Further, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are arranged in the guide frames 318 to 32, respectively.
0 is set, and the middle banknote banknote storage 228 is located at the rearward moving end, and the middle banknote banknote storage 228 and the bottom banknote storage bank 229 are aligned with each other in the front-rear direction of the rear end. I will let you.

The receiving opening 242 of the bundled banknote storage 227 set on the uppermost stage is always located horizontally below the first loading slot 123 formed in the bottom plate 64 of the banknote binding / conveying unit 24. They will be placed in a matched state. As a result, the bundled banknote storage 227 set at the uppermost stage is bundled below the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 of the bundled banknote sorting unit 125 at the first insertion slot position, that is, a bundle inserted into the first insertion slot 123. Banknotes can be received as they are in the storage space 236 via the receiving port 242. In addition, the long bundled banknote storage 2 set at the bottom
The receiving port 242 of 29 is the second banknote stacking box 290.
Will be arranged directly below the discharge port 314 in the state where the position in the horizontal direction is matched. Here, in the state in which the bundled banknote storage 228 set in the middle stage is located at the forward end, the lowermost banknote bundle storage 229 has its rear part from the uppermost and middle banknote bundle storages 227, 228. Will also be projected to the rear side.
42 will be located. Further, in the bundled banknote storage 228 set in the middle stage, in the state of being located at the rearward moving end, the position of the receiving port 242 in the horizontal direction is made to coincide with the discharge port 314 of the second banknote bundle input / output box 290. .

[Bundled banknote dispensing section] The bundled banknote dispensing section 231 is
As shown in FIG. 11, bundled banknote storages 227 to 2 for each denomination
Drive pins 284, 284, 2 provided on 29 respectively
84 is selectively driven in the left-right direction to store the bundled banknote storage 227.
While paying out the bundled banknotes within ~ 229 one by one,
The slide rail 3 that accommodates the unwound bundled banknotes by itself
35, 335 from a bundled banknote transport lift 330 that transports the bundled banknotes to the bundled banknote dispensing port 17 so that the bundled banknotes can be taken out to the outside, and a lift drive mechanism unit 331 that moves the bundled banknote transport lift 330 up and down. It is configured.
Here, the lift drive mechanism unit 331 includes pulleys 393 and 393 that are fixed in position and are vertically spaced apart from each other, a drive belt 394 that is stretched over the pulleys 393 and 393 and that engages with the bundled bill transport lift 330, and these pulleys 393. , 393, and a driving unit (not shown) for driving one of the forward and reverse directions.

The bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 2 described above
The bundling and storing process of No. 5 will be described. First, the storage operation of the bundled banknote sorting storage unit 230 will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on 5. When the denomination of the bundled banknote S3 created by the banknote bundling unit of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 is the denomination to be stored in the uppermost banknote bundle storage 227, the control unit controls the bundled banknote sorting storage unit 230. The first bundled banknote input / output box 1 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 that holds the banknote bundle S3 while keeping the respective parts of the “standby position” shown in FIG.
40 is moved to the first insertion port position on the first insertion port 123, and the bundled banknote S3 that holds the banknote S3 in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the up-down direction and the thickness direction is along the front-rear direction Then, the conveyor belts 156, 1 are connected to the first input port 123.
Driven by 58, 159, 162, the uppermost stack banknote storage 22 is located immediately below the first slot 123.
7 to the receiving port 242. As a result, the bundled banknotes S3 are stored in the topmost banknote bundle storage 227 in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the up-down direction and the thickness direction is along the front-rear direction.

On the other hand, a bundle of banknotes S3 bound by the banknote bundling section
If the denomination is a denomination to be stored in the bundled banknote storage 228 in the middle stage, the control unit is a binding storage process in machine management and the denomination is determined, so the binding process is started. When the motor 327 is driven,
The "standby position" shown in FIG. 13 for the stack banknote storage 228 in the middle stage
From the rearward moving end to the position "bundle bill receiving position" shown in FIG. 14 and made to stand by at this position. The control unit does not move the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 from the upper limit “standby position”, and waits for the bundled banknote S3 to be fed from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 via the second insertion slot 124. While holding the bundled banknote S3
The bundled banknote input / output box 140 is set to the second on the second input port 124.
Move to the inlet position. Then, the conveyor belts 153, 158, 159, 1 of the first bundled bill input / output box 140.
At the same time as the feeding by 62, the driving unit (not shown) drives the conveyor belts 302, 305, 308 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 in the direction in which the opposite side moves from the top to the bottom so that the bundled banknotes S3 are taken in. Make it possible.

As a result, the first bundled bill input / output box 1
When the bundled banknotes S3 are fed from 40 in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the up-down direction and the thickness direction is along the front-rear direction, the second bundled-banknote input / output box 290 receives the same in the same posture and conveys it. Belts 302, 305, 3
At 08, it is sent out from the discharge port 314 in that position, and the middle banknote bill storage 22 is located immediately below the discharge port 314.
It is discharged to the inlet 242 of No. 8. As a result, the bundled banknotes S3 are stored in the banknote bundle storage 228 in the middle stage in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the up-down direction and the thickness direction is along the front-rear direction. In addition, the second bundle banknote input / output box 29
At 0, the confirmation that the bundled banknote S3 has been received and discharged is performed by the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 315 and 316 (see FIG. 13) provided in the second banknote bundle input / output box 290. Then, when the discharge of the received bundled banknote S3 is confirmed, the control unit stops the driving of the conveyor belts 302, 305, 308 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290.

Further, the bundled banknotes S bundled by the banknote binding unit
When the denomination 3 is the denomination to be stored in the lowermost bundled banknote storage 229, the control unit determines that the middle banknote bundled storage 22
8 is not moved from the standby position, the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is not moved from the upper limit “standby position”, and the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 is moved to the second insertion slot 12.
While waiting for the bundled banknotes S3 to be fed out via 4, the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 holding the bundled banknotes S3 is moved to the second insertion port position on the second insertion slot 124. Then, in synchronism with the delivery of the first bundle of bills input / output box 140 by the conveyor belts 153, 158, 159, 162, the conveyor belts 302, 305, 308 are moved from the top to the bottom by the drive unit (not shown). The bundle of banknotes S3 can be taken in by being driven in the direction.

Then, when the banknote bundle S3 is fed out from the first banknote banknote input / output box 140 in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction and the thickness direction is along the front-back direction, the second banknote banknote input / output box 290. Is the conveyor belts 302, 30
Although this will be received in that posture by driving 5, 308, the control unit detects the bundled banknote S3 by the lower bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 315, so that the bundled banknote S3 is in the second bundled banknote input / output box 290. When it is confirmed that the paper has been completely taken in, the driving of the conveyor belts 302, 305, 308 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is stopped. As a result, the bundled banknotes S are placed in the second bundled banknote input / output box 290.
3 is held.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 15, the control unit moves the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 to the descending end at the same height as the middle banknote bundle storage box 228 by the drive of the elevating / lowering drive unit 292. After that, the conveyor belts 302, 305, 308 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 are driven again to cause the bundled banknotes S3 held therein to have the longitudinal direction along the vertical direction and the thickness direction fore-aft direction. It is sent out from the discharge port 314 in a posture along the line, and the receiving port 2 of the lowermost stack banknote storage 229 located immediately below the discharge port 314.
42. As a result, the bundled banknotes S3 are stored in the lowermost banknote bundle storage 229 in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the up-down direction and the thickness direction is along the front-rear direction. Then, when the discharge of the bundled banknotes S3 in the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is confirmed, the control unit conveys the conveyor belts 302, 305 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290.
The driving of 308 is stopped.

Before storing the bundled banknotes S3 as described above, the control unit selects only the rear plate 238 of the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 which is suitable for bundling and storing. As shown in FIG. 12, from the “standby position” indicated by the alternate long and short dash line during standby, the reception port 242 is indicated by the solid line.
To the rear position of. From this state, when the bundled banknotes S3 are taken into the position between the rear plate 238 and the rear movable plate 247 shown in FIG. 12 from the receiving port 242, the control unit moves the rear plate 238 forward. 16, the fetched bundled banknotes S3 are pushed forward to the position shown in FIG. 16, and the bundled banknotes S3 already stored or the front plate 241 are superposed, and then the rear plate 238 is retracted to bundle the banknotes. S3
Of the bundled banknotes S3 already stored or between the front plate 241 and the movable plates 252, 252, and returns to the standby position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.
Complete the storage of 3. If there is a bundle of banknotes S3 to be stored next, the bundle of banknotes S3 to be stored next is moved to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. In this manner, the bundled banknotes S3 are sequentially stacked on the corresponding ones of the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 in the front-rear direction with the longitudinal direction along the vertical direction and the thickness direction along the front-back direction. To store.

According to the banknote handling machine configured as described above, the three banknote banknote storages 227 to 229 are arranged so as to be vertically overlapped with each other, and the banknote banknote sorting unit 12 is arranged.
5, the bundled banknotes S3 can be selectively discharged downward from the first insertion slot position and the second insertion slot position, and the bundled banknote storage 227 at the uppermost stage is fixed in position, and the bundled banknote sorting unit 1 is provided.
Bundled banknote S3 discharged downward from the first insertion slot position at 25
Is always accepted, and the bundled banknote storage 228 in the middle stage can receive the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the second insertion slot position via the banknote bundle transfer unit 287.
Bundled banknote storage moving mechanism 288 with respect to the position where 42 is arranged
In addition, the lowermost bundled banknote storage 229 is fixed in position, and the bundled banknote receiving unit 229 receives the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the second insertion port position by the bundled banknote sorting unit 125. Since the transfer section 287 can be lowered and can always accept the bundled banknotes to be discharged downward, the following effects can be obtained.

The bundled banknote storage moving mechanism 288 transfers the bundled banknotes stored in the middle banknote storage 228 from the bundled banknote sorting unit 125 located at the second insertion position via the bundled banknote delivery unit 287. When the bundled banknote allocating unit 125 discharges the bundled banknotes downward from the second insertion port position in a state in which the reception slot 242 is receivably arranged, the bundled banknotes storage unit 228 in the middle stage. On the other hand, the bundled banknote storage container moving mechanism 288 moves the bundled banknote storage container 228 in the middle stage to the bundled banknote sorting unit 1 located at the second insertion port position.
25, the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote delivery unit 287 via the bundled banknote delivery unit 287 are retracted from the position where the receiving port 242 is arranged so that the bundled banknotes can be received from the second insertion port position by the bundled banknote sorting unit 125. When it is discharged, the bundled banknotes can be stored in the lower bundled banknote storage 229 without being stored in the middle banknote storage 228. By controlling the storage in the middle banknote banknote storage 228 in this manner, even when the three banknote banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction, the upper banknote banknote storage box 227 is Distributing the bundled banknotes to the covered middle banknote bundle storage 228, and the middle banknote bundle storage 22
Therefore, the bundled banknotes can be satisfactorily distributed to the bundled banknote storage 229 in the lower stage that is covered with 8.

Moreover, the uppermost banknote stack storage 227 and the lowermost banknote stack storage 229 are fixed in position, and the banknote stack storage moving mechanism 288 laterally moves only the middle banknote stack storage 228. Since it is moved in the direction, the number of bundled banknote storages to be moved by the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism 288 can be reduced. Therefore, the configuration of the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism 288 can be simplified.

The banknote handling machine described above arranges the three banknote stacks 227 to 229 so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction, and the banknote sorting section 125 first stacks banknotes.
It is possible to discharge downward from the insertion slot position and the second insertion slot position. Furthermore, the uppermost bundled banknote storage 227 is fixed and is discharged downward from the first insertion slot position by the bundled banknote sorting unit 125. The bundled banknotes can be always received, and in addition, the bundled banknote storage 228 in the middle stage can receive the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the second insertion opening position via the banknote bundle transfer unit 287 through the receiving port 242. The bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism 288 is moved forward and backward with respect to the position to be arranged, and the bundled banknote storage storage 229 at the lowermost stage is fixed at a fixed position and is moved downward by the bundled banknote distribution unit 125 from the second insertion port position. The case where the bundled banknote delivery unit 287 that has received the bundled banknotes to be discharged descends and the bundled banknotes to be discharged downward can be always received has been described as an example. However, a plurality of banknote bundle storages may be vertically overlapped with each other. Distributed to At the same time, the bundled banknote sorting unit enables the bundled banknotes to be discharged downward from one predetermined position, and the bundled banknote delivery unit discharges the bundled banknotes downward from the predetermined one position to the upper side. From the bundled banknote sorting unit located at a predetermined position by receiving the bundled banknotes from the bundled banknotes storage unit and further moving the bundled banknotes storage unit downwardly. Various changes can be made by moving the bundled banknotes discharged directly or via the bundled banknote delivery unit so that the banknotes are moved in the lateral direction so as to be moved forward and backward.

Specifically, the following changes can be made. (1) A plurality of bundled banknote storages are arranged so as to overlap each other in the up-down direction, and the bundled banknote sorting unit enables the bundled banknotes to be discharged downward from a predetermined position, and the bundled banknote delivery unit makes a bundle. The banknote sorting unit accepts the bundled banknotes discharged downward from one predetermined position and allows the banknotes to be discharged further downward, and further, by the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism, all of the bundled banknote storages. Is moved laterally so as to move forward and backward with respect to the position where the receiving opening is arranged so that the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote sorting unit located at a predetermined position can be received directly or via the bundled banknote delivery unit. Let

According to this structure, since the bundled banknote storage box moving mechanism individually moves all of the bundled banknote banknotes in the lateral direction, the bundled banknote discharging position of the banknote bundle sorting unit is set to the predetermined one. Only the position of will be sufficient. Therefore, the range of movement of the bundled banknote sorting unit is suppressed, so that the configuration can be simplified. In this case, when storing the bundled banknotes in the uppermost bundled banknote storage, the bundled banknote delivery unit releases the bundled banknotes directly from the bundled banknote sorting unit to the bundled banknote storage unit. It is necessary to evacuate the bundled banknote storage from the advancing side.

(2) A plurality of bundled banknote storages are arranged so as to overlap with each other in the vertical direction, and the bundled banknote sorting unit enables the bundled banknotes to be discharged downward from a predetermined one position and another predetermined position. In addition, the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position and receives bundled banknotes discharged downward from a predetermined other position by the bundled banknote sorting unit, and further, the bundled banknote delivery unit allows the bundled banknotes to be bundled. The sorting unit accepts the bundled banknotes discharged downward from a predetermined position and allows the bundled banknotes to be discharged further downward. In addition, the bundled banknote storage mechanism moves the stack banknotes below the uppermost row. Lateral direction to move the bundled banknote storage back and forth with respect to the position where the receiving slot is arranged so as to receive the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote sorting unit located at a predetermined position through the bundled banknote delivery unit. Move to.

In this way, the bundled banknote sorting unit can be discharged downward from a predetermined other position in addition to the predetermined one position, so that the bundled banknote storage top Is a fixed position, it is possible to accept the bundled banknotes discharged downward from a predetermined other position in the bundled banknote sorting unit, and as a result, the bundled banknote storage movement mechanism is It is sufficient to move the lower side of the top row horizontally, so
It is possible to reduce the number of bundled bill storages to be moved by the bundled bill storage movement mechanism. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism. In addition, (1),
In the case of (2), it is not necessary to move the bundled banknote delivery section up and down if the bundled banknote storage is provided in only two upper and lower stages.

(3) Three or more bundled banknote storages are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction, and the bundled banknote sorting unit discharges the bundled banknotes downward from one predetermined position and another predetermined position. It is possible, and the top one of the bundled banknote storage is
With the position fixed, the bundled banknote sorting unit receives the bundled banknotes discharged downward from another predetermined position, and the bundled banknote delivery unit causes the bundled banknote sorting unit to discharge downward from one predetermined position. The bundled banknotes can be received from the upper side and discharged further downward, and further, the bundled banknotes storage movement mechanism allows all of the banknotes stored in the bundled banknotes below the uppermost row to be individually set at a predetermined position. The bundled banknotes that are discharged from the bundled banknote sorting unit located at (1) through the bundled banknote delivery unit are moved in the lateral direction so as to move forward and backward with respect to the position where the receiving opening is arranged so as to be receivable.

According to this structure, the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position, and the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism operates all the lower ones of the bundled banknote storage. Since they are individually moved in the lateral direction, the positions of all the bundled banknote storages can be aligned except when the bundled banknotes are stored.

(4) Four or more bundled banknote storages are arranged so as to be vertically overlapped with each other, and the bundled banknote sorting unit discharges the bundled banknotes downward from one predetermined position and another predetermined position. It is possible, and the top one of the bundled banknote storage is
With the position fixed, the bundled banknote sorting unit receives the bundled banknotes discharged downward from another predetermined position, and the bundled banknote delivery unit causes the bundled banknote sorting unit to discharge downward from one predetermined position. The bundled banknotes can be received from the upper side and discharged further downward, and the bundled banknote storage movement mechanism allows all of the bundled banknote storages except the uppermost and lowermost ones to be individually set to a predetermined one. The bundled banknotes that are discharged from the bundled banknote sorting unit located at the position through the bundled banknote transfer unit are moved laterally so that the banknotes can be moved forward and backward with respect to the position where the receiving slot is arranged so that they can be received. The bottom one of the storage has a fixed position, and the bundled banknote delivery unit receives the bundled banknotes discharged downward from a predetermined position in the bundled banknote sorting unit and receives the bundled banknotes to be lowered and discharged downward. It is possible.

According to this structure, the uppermost one and the lowermost one of the bundled banknote storage are fixed in position, and the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism is the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage. Since the ones except the ones and the ones at the bottom are moved in the lateral direction, the number of bundled bill storages to be moved by the bundled bill storage movement mechanism can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism.

In the above description, when the bundled banknotes are to be stored in the bundled banknote storage from the bundled banknote sorting unit directly or via the bundled banknote delivery unit, the posture of the bundled banknotes is set along the vertical direction in the vertical direction. Although the thickness direction of the bundled banknote storage is aligned with the length direction of the bundled banknote storage, You may make it the posture which can follow a direction.

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As described in detail above, the first aspect of the present invention
According to the described banknote handling machine, in the banknote stack storage movement mechanism,
A state in which one of the bundled banknote storage is advanced to a position where the receiving slot is arranged so as to be able to receive the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote discharging unit located at a predetermined position directly or through the bundled banknote delivering unit. Then, when the bundled banknote discharging unit discharges the bundled banknotes downward from a predetermined position, the bundled banknotes are stored in the one of the bundled banknote storages, while the bundled banknotes storage mechanism is moved. , One of the bundled banknote storages is moved away from the position where the receiving slot is arranged so as to be able to receive the bundled banknotes discharged directly or through the bundled banknote delivery section located at a predetermined one position. In this state, when the bundled banknote discharging unit discharges the bundled banknotes downward from a predetermined position, the bundled banknotes are not stored in the one of the bundled banknote storage boxes but are stored in another banknote bundled storage box. Allows storage. By controlling the storage for each bundled banknote storage in this way, even when a plurality of bundled banknote storages are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction, the bundled banknotes can be distributed well. .

According to the banknote handling machine of the second aspect of the present invention, since the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism individually moves all of the bundled banknote storages in the lateral direction, the bundled banknote discharging section of the banknote bundle discharging unit is discharged. Only one predetermined position is required. Therefore, the range of movement of the bundled bill discharging unit is suppressed, so that the configuration can be simplified.

According to the banknote handling machine of the third aspect of the present invention, the bundled banknote discharging unit can discharge the banknote bundles downward from a predetermined other position in addition to the predetermined one position. Then, the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage can be fixed in position and can receive the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the predetermined other position in the bundled banknote discharging unit, and as a result, the bundled banknotes can be received. The storage moving mechanism may move the lower one of the bundled banknote storage below the uppermost stage in the lateral direction, and thus the number of bundled banknote storages to be moved by the bundled banknote storage can be reduced. . Therefore, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism.

According to the bill handling machine of claim 4 of the present invention, the uppermost one of the bundled bill storage is fixed in position, and the bundled bill storage moving mechanism is arranged at the top of the bundled bill storage. Since all of the lower banknotes than the upper row are individually moved in the lateral direction, the positions of all the banknote bundle storage can be aligned except when the banknote bundle storage operation is performed.

According to the bill handling machine of the fifth aspect of the present invention, the uppermost one and the lowermost one of the bundled banknote storage are fixed in position, and the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism is further provided. Since all the bundled banknote storages except the top one and the bottom one are moved laterally, it is possible to reduce the number of bundled banknotes storages to be moved by the bundled banknote storage moving mechanism. it can. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a banknote handling machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration mainly of a bundled banknote conveying / sorting unit of the banknote bundling / conveying unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the machine when the first banknote pay-in / pay-out box is swung approximately 90 degrees from the state shown in FIG. Configuration diagram.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled bill sorting unit of the embodiment, assuming the state shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view mainly showing the configuration of the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the embodiment, assuming the state shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a swivel drive mechanism unit of a bundled banknote sorting unit on the assumption that the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the embodiment is in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state of the turning drive mechanism section when the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the embodiment is moved from the state shown in FIG. 6 to the front of the machine (standby position).

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a moving state of a rotation shaft that supports the conveyor belt when the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the same embodiment rotates by a predetermined amount.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a state in which a bundled banknote is distributed from the second transport unit to the bundled banknote distribution unit during the bundle storage process of the bundled banknote distribution unit of the same embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a bundled bill storing / dispensing unit for receiving bundled bills transferred from the second conveying unit by the bundled bill sorting unit in the bundle storing process of the bundled bill conveying / sorting unit of the embodiment; FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view showing a state.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a plan sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled banknote storage of the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing an arrangement configuration of a denomination-type bundled bill storage and a bundled bill sorting storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an operation showing one state of a flow of bundled banknotes from a first bundled banknote input / output box to a second bundled banknote input / output box to a bundled banknote storage in the bundled banknote sorting unit of the embodiment. Explanatory drawing.

FIG. 15 shows another state of the flow of bundled banknotes to the first bundled banknote input / output box to the second bundled banknote input / output box to the bundled banknote storage in the bundled banknote sorting unit of the embodiment. FIG.

FIG. 16 is an operation explanatory view showing one state when the bundled banknotes are stored in the bundled banknote storage in the bundled storage processing of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

125 bundled banknote distribution unit (bundle banknote discharging unit) 227,228,229 Stacked banknote storage 242 entrance 287 Bundled banknote delivery section 288 bundle banknote storage mechanism S3 bundled banknotes

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A banknote processing machine for distributing and storing bundled banknotes in a plurality of bundled banknote storages each having an inlet for receiving the bundled banknotes, wherein the plurality of bundled banknote storages are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction. A bundled banknote discharging unit that can discharge the bundled banknotes downward from a predetermined one position on the upper side of the plurality of banknote bundle storages, and a bundle that the bundled banknote discharging unit discharges downwards from the predetermined one position. At least one of the bundled banknote delivery unit that can receive the banknotes from the upper side and discharge the bundled banknotes further downward, and at least one of the bundled banknote storages from the bundled banknote discharging unit located at the predetermined one position. A bundled banknote storage moving mechanism that moves the bundled banknotes discharged directly or through the bundled banknote delivery unit in a lateral direction so as to advance and retreat with respect to a position where the receiving opening is arranged to be receivable. Banknote handling machine according to claim Rukoto. 2. The bundled banknote storage box moving mechanism individually transfers all of the bundled banknote banknotes from the bundled banknote delivery section located at the predetermined one position or through the bundled banknote delivery section. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing machine is moved laterally so as to advance and retreat with respect to the position where the receiving opening is arranged so that the discharged bundled banknotes can be received. 3. The bundled banknote discharging part is configured to be capable of discharging a banknote bundle downward from a predetermined other position above the plurality of banknote stack storages in addition to the predetermined one position, The uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position, and is capable of receiving the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the other predetermined position in the bundled banknote discharging unit. The mechanism is capable of accepting a bundled banknote discharged from the bundled banknote discharging unit located at the predetermined one position via the bundled banknote delivering unit, which is below the uppermost stage of the bundled banknote storage. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing machine is moved laterally so as to move forward and backward with respect to the position where the receiving opening is arranged. 4. The bundled banknote storage is provided in three or more, and the bundled banknote delivery section can be moved up and down, and the uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is positionally fixed and the bundled banknote is discharged. It is made possible to receive the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the predetermined other position in the section, and the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism individually lowers all the lowermost banknotes of the bundled banknote storage. , Moving laterally so as to move forward and backward with respect to the position where the receiving opening is arranged so that the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote discharging unit located at the predetermined one position via the bundled banknote delivering unit can be received. The banknote handling machine according to claim 3, characterized in that. 5. The bundled banknote storage is provided in three or more, and the bundled banknote delivery section can be moved up and down. The uppermost one of the bundled banknote storage is fixed in position and the bundled banknote is discharged. Part is capable of accepting a bundled banknote discharged downward from the other predetermined position, and the bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism excludes the topmost one and the bottommost one of the bundled banknote storage. All of them are individually moved forward and backward with respect to the position where the receiving slot is arranged so as to be able to receive the bundled banknotes discharged from the bundled banknote discharging section located at the predetermined one position through the bundled banknote delivering section. Furthermore, the lowermost one of the bundled banknote storage is horizontally fixed, and the bundled banknotes which are fixed in position and have received the bundled banknotes discharged downward from the predetermined one position in the bundled banknote discharging unit. The delivery section descends and discharges downward. Bill processing machine according to claim 3, characterized in that it is capable to accept the bundle banknotes.