JP3452170B2 - Bill storage device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill processing apparatus in an automatic ticket vending machine, an automatic vending machine or the like, and more particularly to an improvement of a bill storing apparatus capable of saving space.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 schematically shows a bill storage device when a bill is inserted in an automatic ticket vending machine or the like. This banknote storage device (1) is a banknote that has been inserted (C1)
And a primary holding section (2) for temporarily holding the
Secondary holding unit that temporarily holds the banknotes transferred from the
(3) and a safe (4) which is a banknote storage unit for completely storing banknotes from the secondary storage unit (3).

The primary holding banknote (C1) held in the primary holding section (2) is merely that the customer inserts the banknote into the automatic ticket vending machine, and the customer does not carry out the customer service processing and the cancel key is used. When the button is pressed, it is temporarily withheld in order to return the primary banknote (C1) to the customer. The so-called primary holding banknote (C1) is a banknote of the customer because a transaction for purchasing a ticket between the customer and the station (station) has not been established yet.

Secondary reserve banknotes reserved in the secondary reserve section (3)
(C2), after the customer inserts the bill into the automatic ticket vending machine, when performing customer service processing, the primary holding bill (C1) is transferred to the secondary holding unit (3) and held. . That is,
The secondary holding banknote (C2) held in the secondary holding unit (3) is a passenger ticket between the passenger and the station side when the customer performs customer service processing, issues a ticket, and releases change. This means that the bill is the money on the station side when the transaction for purchase is completed. However, if the customer complains that the amount of change is low after the ticket is issued and the change is released, the banknote inserted by the customer will be temporarily checked even after the transaction is completed to confirm that it is this banknote. Therefore, it is necessary to store the bills in the secondary storage unit (3).
Therefore, unlike the primary reserved banknote (C1), the secondary reserved banknote (C2) is not returned.

Banknotes (C2) held in the secondary holding unit (3)
When the next user inserts a bill, the sensor detects the inserted bill, and based on this detection signal, the bill is transferred into the safe (4) which is the bill storage unit.

[0006] It is necessary to clearly distinguish whether the inserted banknote is money on the customer side or the station side. As described above, the inserted banknote is referred to as the primary storage unit (2). The secondary side holding unit (3) is used for holding.

However, as shown in FIG. 8, the conventional primary reserving section (2) and the conventional secondary reserving section (3) are in a straight line, and are not clearly divided. Also safe (4)
Is in the lower part of the secondary storage unit (3), the primary storage unit (2), the secondary storage unit (3), and the safe (4) takes up a large space as a bill storage device, There is a problem that the vending machine cannot be downsized.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and in addition to saving space, it is possible to clearly distinguish between the primary side holding and the secondary side holding of inserted bills. An object of the present invention is to provide a bill storage device configured as described above.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a primary holding section (24) for temporarily holding a banknote inserted by a customer so that it can be returned; and the primary holding section (24). )
Which has an upper partition plate (64) and a lower support plate (66) which can be moved up and down, and which are located below the partition plate (64) and the support plate (6).
6) has a banknote storage section (30) for storing banknotes, and a secondary storage section (2) for temporarily storing banknotes on the upper part of the partition plate (64).
8), box-shaped safe (32) with an opening (33) at the top
And; a primary holding banknote (C1) located above the primary holding part (24) and held in the primary holding part (24), or a secondary holding banknote held in the secondary holding part (28). A pusher mechanism (26) having a pusher (50) for pushing (C2) downward; a secondary holding banknote (C2) stored in the secondary storage section (28) in the banknote storage section (30). A bill storage device having a stopper (82) for fixing the partition plate (64) at the time of pushing in, and having the primary holding section (24) and the secondary holding section (28) arranged in the vertical direction. And

[0010]

[Function] Primary banknotes stored in the primary storage section (24)
(C1) is held in the secondary holding unit (28) in the safe (32) by the lowering of the pusher (50). The secondary reserve banknote (C2) reserved in the secondary reserve section (28) is inserted by the banknote of the next user,
The pusher (50) is moved downward and is pushed into the bill storing portion (30) to be stored.

[0011]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1
Is a schematic diagram showing the flow of banknotes in an automatic ticket vending machine or automatic vending machine (10), the banknote (C) inserted in the insertion slot (12), the true of the banknote by the banknote validator (14). After being identified as false, they are sorted and stored in the 10,000-yen storage device 16, the 5,000-yen storage device 18 or the 1,000-yen storage device 20, respectively. The bill inserted by the operation of the cancel button is returned to the fishing tag receiving port (22), and the bill when a high-value bill is inserted is discharged.

FIG. 2 is a diagram specifically showing, as an example, the 1,000-yen storage device (20) of the bill storage devices shown in FIG. 1, and the 1,000-yen storage device (20) is not inserted. Primary holding section (24) for temporarily holding a bill (C) consisting of a thousand-yen bill, and a pusher mechanism (26) arranged above the primary holding section (24)
And a box-shaped safe (32) having a secondary storage part (28) and a banknote storage part (30) for money on the station (station) side.

The primary holding section (24) temporarily holds the banknotes inserted by the customer, and holds the banknotes when the customer has not yet processed the customer service. Therefore, the primary holding banknote (C1) held in the primary holding section (24) is the customer's money, not the money on the station side yet, and the user operates the cancel button or the return button. Will be returned. The primary holding section (24) has a conveyor / return mechanism (34) having upper and lower belts (B1, B2).
Are arranged. (36) is a drive roller, and the lower belt (B) is provided between the drive roller (36) and the pinch roller (38).
2) is wound. (40, 42) are tension rollers for preventing the lower belt (B2) from loosening. (44) is a pressing roller, and the upper belt (B1) is stretched between the pinch roller (46) having a small diameter. The upper belt (B1)
When the banknote is sandwiched between the lower belt (B2) and the lower roller (B2) and the drive roller (36) is rotated in the normal direction, the banknote is conveyed to and held by the primary holding section (24). When the drive roller (36) is reversed, the primary reserved banknote (C1) is returned to the customer.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pusher mechanism (26) includes a fixing member (48) located on the upper side, a pusher (50) located on the lower side and movable up and down, and a fixing member ( The upper link (52) and the lower link (54) are provided between the pusher (50) and the pusher (50) to move the pusher (50) up and down. The upper link (52) and the lower link (54) are rotatably connected by a pin (56) at each one end side,
The pin (56) is extensible so that it can be bent. The other end of the one upper link (52) is connected to a drive shaft (58) provided on the fixing member (48) and is rotatable. The drive shaft (58) is connected to a drive means (M) such as a motor as shown in FIG. The other end of the one lower link (54) is rotatably connected to the pusher (50) through a pin (60). The other end of the other upper link (52) is connected to the fixed member (48) via a movable pin (61a). The other lower link (54) is connected to the pusher (50) via a movable pin (61b). Both movable pins (61a, 61b) are connected to the fixed member (48) and the pusher.
It is movable along the guide grooves (62a, 62b) formed by the long holes formed in (50). The link mechanism including the upper pusher (52) and the lower pusher (54) is provided as a pair of left and right when viewed from the right in FIG. Left and right top links
(52, 52) are connected by the upper connecting pin (53), the left and right lower links (54, 54) are connected by the lower connecting pin (55), and the link mechanism can be expanded and contracted like a bellows as a whole. .

Returning to FIG. 2, the safe (32) will be described.
The safe (32) is a partition plate (64) for temporarily holding the primary holding banknote (C1) on the station side to partition the secondary holding unit (28) and the banknote storage unit (30). And a support plate (66) for supporting the banknotes stored in the storage section (30). The partition plate
The (64) has a fork shape when viewed from above, and is connected to the guide bar (70) which is vertically erected on the base (68) so as to be vertically movable. The support plate (6
Seen from above, 6) has a bifurcated shape on the tip end side, and is connected to the guide bar (70) at the base (72) so as to be vertically movable. The upper part of the partition plate (64) is the secondary holding part (28), and the secondary holding part (28)
The secondary holding banknotes (C2) that are held at are the money on the station side.

Reference numeral (74) is a bill feeding mechanism, and the bill feeding mechanism (74) includes a driving roller (76), a feeding roller (78) for feeding the bills one by one, and the driving roller (74). 76) and a pressing roller (80) for discharging the bills fed out. The feeding roller (78) can be positioned at the forked portion of the support plate (66), and the bill storage unit (30).
When putting out the stored banknotes (C3) stored in
The stored bills (C3) are fed out one by one from the bottom, and the shape is, for example, a cam shape (circular shape in the figure).

Next, the operation for storing the inserted bill will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 shows the positional relationship of the banknotes when the customer has inserted the banknotes into the automatic ticket vending machine (10) or the like and has not yet processed the customer service. In this way, the inserted banknotes when the customer service has not finished are stored in the primary storage banknotes in the primary storage section (24).
Temporarily suspended as (C1). The primary reserve banknote (C1) in the primary reserve section (24) is money on the side of the customer and is returnable money. In the state where the bills are held in the primary holding section (24) in this way, the secondary holding section (28) in the safe (32)
There is no banknote in and the pusher (50) is in the upper position.

When the customer operates the customer service, that is, when the customer operates the purchase button of the ticket and the ticket and change are released, the pusher (50) indicates that the purchase transaction of the ticket is completed. As shown in FIG. 5, the link mechanism descends by extension, enters the opening (33) of the safe (32), and pushes down the banknote storage section (30) together with the primary reserved banknote (C1). By this pushing down, the partition plate (64) and the support plate (66) move downward along the guide bar (70) shown in FIG. In this way, the primary reserved banknote (C1) is transferred to the partition plate
It is located at the upper part of (64) and is transferred to the secondary holding section (28).

In FIG. 6, the link mechanism is contracted so that the pusher (50) is
Move upward, and the partition plate (64) and support plate
(66) also moves upward, and the inserted banknotes are stored in the secondary storage section (28).
Shows the state of being held as a secondary holding banknote (C2). In this state, the secondary reserved banknote (C2) is in the safe (32) and is not returned to the user, but is the money on the station side. Therefore, the primary holding banknote (C1) and the secondary holding banknote (C2) shown in FIG. 4 are clearly distinguished. If the customer complains to the station staff after the completion of customer service, for example, that the change is insufficient, the banknotes inserted by the customer are held in the secondary holding section (28), so check the inserted amount. can do.

In the state shown in FIG. 6, when the next customer inserts a bill into the automatic ticket vending machine (10) or the like, the insertion of the bill is detected by a sensor or the like, and the link mechanism as shown in FIG. At the same time when the partition plate (64) is operated, the stopper (82) is operated so as not to move the partition plate (64) downward. As the stopper (82), an electromagnetic solenoid is used so that the plunger can be retracted and retracted so that the tip of the plunger comes into contact with the partition plate (64) so that the partition plate (64) is fixed so as not to move. Alternatively, the partition plate (64) may be fixed by turning the stopper (82) itself. Therefore, the secondary reserved banknote (C2) is pushed into the banknote storage section (30) through the fork-shaped slit (65) of the partition plate (64),
At this time, only the support plate (66) has the guide bar (70) shown in FIG.
Move down along. When the secondary reserved banknotes (C2) have been stored in the banknote storage unit (30), the secondary reserved banknotes (C2) become stored banknotes (C3), and then the link mechanism retracts to pusher (50).
And the support plate (66) moves upward. After the pusher (50) has completely moved upwards, the bill inserted by the next customer as described above is stored in the primary holding unit (2) as shown in FIG.
Hold on to 4).

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the banknote storage units are arranged in a column, and the banknote secondary storage unit is provided in the safe, so that the banknote storage device as a whole is compact. This makes it possible to save space.

Further, it is possible to completely separate the primary holding and the secondary holding of banknotes, and it is possible to prevent the banknotes in the secondary holding from being erroneously discharged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of banknotes in an automatic ticket vending machine or an automatic vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a bill storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a pusher mechanism in detail.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the banknote storage device as viewed from the side in a state where the inserted banknote is held in the primary holding unit.

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional operation view of the bill storage device showing a state where the primary holding bill is pushed into the secondary holding unit by the pusher.

FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional operation view of the banknote storage device showing a state in which the primary reserved banknotes are reserved as secondary reserved banknotes in the secondary retaining section.

FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional operation view of the banknote storage device showing a state where the secondary reserved banknote is pushed into the banknote storage unit by the pusher.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a conventional banknote storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

24 Primary storage 26 Pusher mechanism 28 Secondary storage 30 banknote storage 32 safe 33 opening 50 pushers 52 Top link 54 Down link 64 partition boards 66 Support plate 65 slits 70 Guide bar 82 stopper C1 primary banknote C2 secondary banknote C3 banknotes

Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP-A-61-235347 (JP, A) JP-A-3-276386 (JP, A) JP-A-54-58494 (JP, A) Actual development Sho-60-131079 (JP , U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 1 / 00,3 / 00,9 / 00 G07D 9 / 04,11 / 00,13 / 00 B65H 31/00-31 / 40

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A primary holding section (24) for temporarily holding a banknote inserted by a customer so that the banknote can be returned, and an upper partition which is located below the primary holding section (24) and is movable up and down. A bill storage section (3) that has a plate (64) and a lower support plate (66), and stores bills between the partition plate (64) and the support plate (66).
0), having a secondary holding unit (28) for temporarily holding banknotes on the upper part of the partition plate (64), and a box-shaped safe (32) having an opening (33) on the upper part. Located above the primary holding section (24), the primary holding section (2
4) primary reserved banknotes held in (C1), or a pusher mechanism (26) having a pusher (50) for pushing the secondary holding banknotes (C2) held in the secondary holding section (28) downward. , The secondary storage banknotes (C2) stored in the secondary storage section (28)
When pushing into the bill storage (30), the partition plate (64)
And a stopper (82) for fixing the banknote storage device, wherein the primary storage section (24) and the secondary storage section (28) are vertically arranged. 2. The pusher (50) of the pusher mechanism (26).
The banknote storage device according to claim 1, wherein the banknote storage device is configured to move up and down by an extendable link mechanism. 3. The partition plate (64) and the support plate (66)
The bill storage device according to claim 1, wherein the bills are connected so as to move up and down along a vertically supported guide bar (70).