JP3469263B2 - Bill handling equipment - 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 handling device, and more particularly to a bill handling device capable of preventing unauthorized removal of bills stored in a stacker device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-89181 discloses a bill withdrawal prevention device for a bill validator. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, this withdrawal prevention device is such that the banknotes inserted from the insertion opening 7 between the upright portions 2 and 3 of the frame 1 are conveyed by the plate 11 and the rollers 12, and the banknotes are provided on the frame 1. It passes between the tongue 9 and the tongue 10 provided on the plate 5. Tongues 9 and 1
When passing through 0 and 0, the bill is slightly bent but does not hinder the transfer. After the bill has passed through the discharge port 8, if the fishing line or the like coupled to the bill is manually pulled out from the insertion port 7 after the bill has passed through the discharge port 8, the bill is tongue pieces 9, 10.
To prevent unauthorized withdrawal.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-36677 discloses a bill withdrawal prevention device which is provided with a stopper projecting into a bill passage of a bill discriminating device and is rotated outside the bill passage based on a discrimination signal of the bill discriminating device. Has been done. In this bill removal prevention device, the stopper is not rotated out of the bill passage unless a true bill passes, so an excellent removal prevention effect is obtained.

[0004]

However, as shown in FIG.
In the bill withdrawal prevention device shown in FIG. 12, when the protrusion amount of the tongues 9 and 10 is increased, the bill is locked to the tongue 9 or 10 during the conveyance of the bill by the belt 11, which makes it difficult to convey the bill. Therefore, a large protrusion amount of the tongue pieces 9 and 10 cannot be secured. Therefore, if the fishing line attached to the bill is strongly pulled or the fishing line attached to the bill is pulled after inserting the flexible thin plate, the bill can be illegally pulled out.

Further, in the extraction prevention device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-36677, it is possible to illegally extract a bill by continuously inserting two bills into the bill discriminating device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a bill handling apparatus having a simple structure and in which it is extremely difficult to illegally pull out bills.

[0007]

A bill handling apparatus according to the present invention is a bill discriminating device for judging the authenticity of a case (21) having an entrance (22) and a bill inserted through an entrance (22) of the case (21). A device (24), a stacker device (25) for accommodating a bill that is determined to be a true bill in the bill validator (24), and a bill discriminating device (24) for bills inserted from the entrance (22) of the case (21). ) And a transport device (26) having a transport belt (42) for transporting to the stacker device (25). In this bill handling device, a central guiding device (2
8), and a guide surface (29) that guides the side edges of the banknotes that are substantially parallel to each other along the central part of the banknote to a height different from the central part of the banknote,
A withdrawal prevention device (27) provided with an end portion of the guide surface (29) and a block edge (31) extending to different positions with respect to the banknote transport passage (30) in the central guide device (28) is provided. It is provided between the bill validator (24) and the stacker device (25). The central guiding device (28) includes a pulley (35) which is supported by the shaft (51) and suspends the conveyor belt (42), and a pressing device which is arranged corresponding to the pulley (35) and is supported by the shaft (52). And a roller (38). The block edge (31) extends downward from the pressing roller (38) and is formed in an inverted V shape with respect to the central guide device (28). The block edge (31) of the guide surface (29) is located on the pulley (35).
Shaft (51) that supports the roller and shaft that supports the pressure roller (38)
It is located closer to the entrance (22) than the center line connecting (52). As the bills are transferred by the conveyor belt (42),
(29) is deformed into an inverted V shape, passes through the guide surface (29) in a deformed state, and then returns to its original flat shape due to its own elasticity. To form.

[0008]

[Function] The bill passed through the bill discriminating device (24) by the conveying device (26) passes through the pull-out prevention device (27) and the stacker device (2).
Transported to 5). When passing through the removal prevention device (27), the bill is largely deformed by the central guide device (28) and the guide surface (29) which are at substantially the same height as the bill transport passage (30), and the stacker device (25). Is discharged inside. After that, the bill returns to the initial flat shape due to its elasticity. Therefore, even if the fishing line fixed to the banknote is pulled after the banknote is placed in the stacker device (25), it becomes impossible for the banknote to return to the banknote transport passage (30), and the illegal removal of the banknote is prevented. It

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a bill handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The banknote handling apparatus 20 has a case 21 having an entrance 22, a banknote validator 24 for verifying the authenticity of the banknote 23 inserted from the entrance 22 of the case 21, and a true banknote in the banknote validator 24. The stacker device 25 that accommodates the banknotes 23 and the banknotes 23 inserted from the entrance 22 of the case 21 pass through the banknote discrimination device 24 and the stacker device 2
5 and a transport device 26 having a transport belt 42 for transporting the sheet to the vehicle. The bill discriminating device 24 is, for example, an actual Kaihei 4-36.
As known from Japanese Patent No. 677, a magnetic detection device, an optical detection device, and an optical size detection device are provided, but these devices are not shown. The box-shaped stacker device 25 is arranged adjacent to the rear part of the bill validator 24,
The paper money 23 discharged from the paper 4 is dropped into the stacker device 25 by its own weight. The conveying device 26 uses a belt-pulley driving device (not shown) having three belt conveying pulleys 33 to 35 and pressing rollers 36 to 38 arranged corresponding to the respective pulleys 33 to 35. Pulleys 33-35, 4
A conveyor belt 42 is suspended between 0 and 41. Pulley 35
2 is supported by a shaft 51 attached to a frame 50 fixed to the case 21 as shown in FIGS.

Between the bill discriminating device 24 and the stacker device 25, a withdrawal preventing device 27 is provided at the end of the conveying device 26. The removal prevention device 27 includes a central guiding device 28 that guides the movement of the central portion 23a of the bill 23 in the lengthwise direction, and a side edge 23b of the bill 23 that is substantially parallel to the central portion 23a of the bill 23 to the center of the bill 23. A guide surface 29 that guides to a height different from that of the portion 23a, and a block edge 31 that is provided at an end portion of the guide surface 29 and extends to a different position with respect to the conveyance path 30 of the bill 23 in the central guiding device 28. ing. The central guiding device 28 includes a pulley 35 that is supported by a shaft 51 and that suspends a conveyor belt 42, and a pulley 35.
5 and is constituted by a pressing roller 38 which is arranged corresponding to No. 5 and which is supported by a shaft 52. In FIG. 2, the block edge 31 extends below the upper surface of the pulley 35 so that the banknote 23 is conveyed in an inverted V shape. The block edge 31 provided at the end of the guide surface 29 has the shaft 5 supporting the pulley 35.
1 and a center line P connecting the shaft 52 supporting the pressing roller 38
It is arranged closer to the entrance 22 side.

The guide plate 32 forming the upper wall of the bill transport passage 30 has a plate body 4 as shown in FIGS.
5, a front wall 46 bent upward at the front of the plate body 45, a guide surface 29 bent downward at the rear, and openings 47, 4 in which the rollers 36, 37 are arranged.
And 8 are provided. As shown in FIG. 10, the guide surface 29
Is inclined at an angle of about 45 degrees, and a block edge 31 is formed at the edge of the guide surface 29. Guide surface 29 and block edge 3
1 is formed integrally with a plate body 45 made of metal.
As shown in, the block edge 31 is formed in an inverted V shape with respect to the central guiding device 28. The central guiding device 28 and the block edge 31 project from the case 21 toward the stacker device 25, and as the bill 23 is transferred by the transport device 26, the bill 23 is deformed into an inverted V shape by the pull-out prevention device 27. In the stacker device 25, the bill 23 conveyed from the bill validator 24 passes through the guide surface 29 in a deformed state, and then falls into the stacker device 25 by its own weight. After that, the banknote 23 that has returned to the initial flat shape by its elasticity forms a surface that intersects the block edge 31.

With the above construction, the bill 23 which has passed the bill discriminating device 24 by the conveying device 26 is prevented from being pulled out 27.
And is conveyed to the stacker device 25. When the bill 23 passes through the removal prevention device 27, the bill 23 is at the same height as the bill transport passage 30 and the central guide device 28 and the guide surface 29.
Thus, it is largely deformed and discharged into the stacker device 25. Then, the banknote 23 returns to the initial flat shape by its elasticity. For this reason, the banknotes 23 are transferred to the stacker device 2
Even if the fishing line fixed to the banknote 23 is pulled after being arranged in the banknote 5, the banknote 23 comes into contact with the stopper edge 31 or the pulley 35 and cannot return to the banknote transport passage 30. Is prevented.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but can be modified. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the block edge 31 extends below the upper surface of the pulley 35 so that the banknote 23 is transported in an inverted V shape, but the banknote transport is performed so as to be transported in a V shape. The removal prevention device may be configured by bending the inner end of the guide plate forming the lower wall of the passage 30 upward.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, it becomes impossible to illegally extract a bill from the bill handling apparatus, and it is possible to reliably prevent illegal use of the bill handling apparatus.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a bill handling apparatus according to the present invention applied to a bill validator.

2 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 1 showing a state in which a bill validator is removed.

FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG.

5 is a plan view of FIG.

6 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a guide plate.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the guide plate.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the guide plate.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the guide surface.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a conventional bill validator.

FIG. 12 is a side view of a conventional bill validator.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 ... Bill handling device, 21 ... Case, 22 ... Entrance, 23 ... Bill, 24 ... Bill discrimination device, 25 ... Stacker device, 26 ... Conveying device, 27 ... Removal prevention device, 28 ...・ Central guidance device, 29 ・ ・ Guide surface, 30 ・
.Banknote passages, 31..block edges,

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A case having an entrance, a bill validator for determining the authenticity of bills inserted from the entrance of the case, a stacker device for accommodating bills determined to be true bills by the bill validator, and an entrance to the case. In a bill handling device equipped with a transport device having a transport belt that transports bills inserted from a bill to a stacker device through a bill validator, a central guide device that guides the movement of the central portion of the bill in the length direction, and a bill The guide surface for guiding the side edges of the banknotes that are substantially parallel to each other along the central part of the banknote to a height different from the central part of the banknote, and to the banknote transport passage at the end of the guide surface and the central guide device. A pullout prevention device having a block edge extending to a different position is provided between the bill validator and the stacker device, and the central guide device is a pulley supported by a shaft and suspending a conveyor belt. And a pressing roller disposed corresponding to the pulley and supported by the shaft, extending downward from the pressing roller to form a block edge in an inverted V shape with respect to the central guiding device, and supporting the pulley. The block edge of the guide surface is arranged on the inlet side of the center line connecting the shaft and the shaft supporting the pressing roller, and the bills are deformed into an inverted V shape by the guide surface as they are transferred by the conveyor belt. A bill handling apparatus, wherein a bill that has returned to the initial flat shape by its elasticity after passing through the face in a deformed state forms a face that intersects the block edge. 2. The bill handling according to claim 1, wherein the guide surface and the block edge are integrally formed by a guide plate forming a bill transport passage, and the central guide device and the block edge project from the case toward the stacker device. apparatus.