JP3530867B2 - Bill receiving / dispensing 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 banknote depositing / dispensing device having a banknote pressing mechanism for pressing and storing banknotes when storing them in a banknote storage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a bill depositing / dispensing apparatus, when a bill having a strong folding tendency is stored in a bill storage, the storage state becomes unstable. If the paper is separated and fed out in this state, it may cause a conveyance failure such as bending or skewing the bill. Further, if the banknotes are stored in a bent state, the volume increases, and the banknote storage amount substantially decreases.

Therefore, when storing a bill in the bill storage, a technique of pressing the bill to store the bill has been considered.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
When storing banknotes in the banknote storage, first, the banknotes are stored separately from the banknotes in the banknote storage, and then the banknotes are stored. For this reason, a structure is provided in which an openable and closable temporary storage plate is provided above the banknote storage, the banknotes are stacked on the closed temporary storage plate, and then the temporary storage plate is opened to store the banknotes. .

Conventionally, by pressing a banknote on the temporary holding plate before opening the temporary holding plate and opening the temporary holding plate while holding the pressed state, the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage box while being pressed. Although a technique has been proposed, there is a problem that when the banknotes are dropped from the temporary holding plate, the banknotes are obliquely dropped due to being pressed, resulting in an unstable storage state. Further, it is difficult to reliably press a banknote having a strong folding tendency.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a banknote storage having a stage that stacks banknotes and is movable in the stacking direction of the banknotes, and above the banknote storage. In addition, a temporary holding plate that can be opened and closed by moving in a horizontal direction with respect to the stacking direction of the banknotes on the stage and that can stack banknotes separately from the stage, and a temporary holding of the stage or the closed state. A separating and collecting and collecting mechanism for separating and collecting and collecting banknotes on a plate,
A banknote pressing mechanism that presses the banknotes stacked on the closed temporary holding plate with the banknote presser and opens the temporary holding plate, and a banknote pressing mechanism that stacks the banknotes on the stage while pressing the banknotes by the banknote pressing In the money device, the banknote pressing surface of the banknote retainer has a plate shape, and the banknote retaining mechanism is a banknote on a side of the banknote on the temporary storage plate that is opened later in the opening direction of the temporary storage plate. Pressing with the presser, with the opening of the temporary holding plate, after dropping the banknote by making the side that was opened and dropped first follow the side that was opened later, including the side that was opened first It is characterized in that it is provided with a delay mechanism for pressing a bill.

[0007]

1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a banknote pressing mechanism of the present invention. In the figure, 1
Is a belt for conveying banknotes, 2 is a pulley for driving the belt 1, 3 is an idle pulley, and 4 is a tension pulley for increasing the tension of the belt 1. Reference numeral 5 is a blade for switching the conveyance direction of bills, and 6 is a conveyance guide for bills.

Reference numeral 7 is a stored bill, and 8 is a stage on which the bill 7 is placed. The stage 8 can be moved up and down by a motor (not shown). Reference numeral 9 denotes a temporary holding plate for temporarily holding the banknotes. The temporary holding plate 9 can be horizontally moved by a motor (not shown), and in the closed state, a banknote can be stacked above the stage 8 to distinguish the stage 8 from the banknotes. To form
The bills 7 on the stage 8 can be fed out in the open state, and the bills accumulated in the closed state are accumulated on the stage 8.

Here, the structure of the temporary holding plate 9 is plate-like in the closed state and bends in the center when it is in the open state so that space is not taken up in the closed state. Reference numeral 10 is a banknote holder configured to press a banknote on a plate surface, and 11 is a dogleg-shaped arm that moves the banknote holder 10 up and down. The arm 11 is rotatably supported by a fulcrum provided in an apparatus equipped with the bill pressing mechanism. The arm 11 rotates downward around the fulcrum by the force of a spring (not shown), and also rotates upward due to the force of a motor (not shown) against the force of the spring. Reference numeral 12 is a link bracket that connects the arm 11 and the bill holder 10. The link bracket 12 converts the rotational movement of the arm 11 into the vertical movement of the bill holder 10.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a rail that serves as a support when the bill holder 10 moves up and down, and a roller 19 attached to the link bracket 12 is guided by this rail.
Reference numeral 20 is a stopper for operating the bill holder 10. 2A and 2B are configuration diagrams of the banknote holder. FIG. 2A is a plan view and FIG. 2B is a side view.

The banknote holder 10 includes plate portions 10a, 10b,
10c, a shaft 30 for rotatably supporting the plate parts 10a, 10c with respect to the plate part 10b, and the plate parts 10a, 10c.
Spring 31 for urging 10c to hold the bill
It is composed of The link bracket 1 described in FIG.
2 is attached to the plate portion 10b. Plates 10a, 10c
Is a V shape when viewed from the side, and the bills can be held by the bottom portion 10d together with the plate portion 10b, and the bills can be held by the tip portion 10e by the rotation operation about the shaft 30 by the force of the spring 31. It is like this.

The banknote holder 10 in which the plate parts 10a, 10b, 10c are arranged has a width sufficient for the length of the banknotes in the longitudinal direction, and the plate parts 10b and 10a are arranged. , 10c, when a bill is pressed by the bottom portion 10d, it is possible to press a portion having a length of half or more of the length of the bill in the lateral direction. Further, since the plate portions 10a and 10c press the bill even at the tip portion 10e, the length of the bottom portion 10d is determined so that the tip portion 10e can be pressed against the end portion side of the bill when the shaft 30 is rotated as a fulcrum. .

Reference numeral 32 is provided on the plate portions 10a and 10b, and by hitting the stopper 20 described in FIG.
It is a roller for rotating 0a and 10b. Returning to FIG. 1, 13 is a feed roller that conveys the bills 7, 14 is a reverse roller that is provided so as to face the feed roller 13 and that separates the bills 7 one by one, and 15 is the feed roller 13 and the reverse roller. A picker roller 14 sends the picker roller 16, a picker arm 16 supports the picker roller 15 with a shaft of the feed roller 13 as a fulcrum, and a tension roller 17 conveys a bill.

The above-described bill pressing mechanism of the present invention is mounted on, for example, a bill depositing / dispensing device of an automatic transaction device. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a bill depositing / dispensing device. In the figure, reference numeral 51 is a customer service slot for inserting and receiving banknotes. 5
Reference numeral 2 denotes a front / back reversing unit that aligns the front and back of the bills sent to the customer service port 51 using two transport paths. 53 is a discrimination section,
Identify the authenticity of bills and denominations. Reference numeral 54 is a deposit / withdrawal unit, 55 is a bill-based bill storage, and the deposit / withdrawal unit 5
4 is equipped with the bill pressing mechanism described in FIGS. 1 and 2. That is, the deposit / withdrawal unit 54 is provided with a bill separating / delivering and accumulating mechanism including the feed roller 13, the reverse roller 14, and the picker roller 15 and a temporary holding plate 9 in accordance with each bill storage 55.
The banknote holder 10 and the arm 11 described in FIGS. 1 and 2
A bill holding mechanism consisting of is installed. Further, a stage 8 is provided in the bill storage 55, and the bills 7 on this stage 8 are stored.

Reference numeral 56 is a replenishment / recovery cassette for replenishing and collecting banknotes in the banknote storage 55, and reference numeral 57 is a reject cassette for storing various reject banknotes. The flow of banknotes will be described by taking a deposit transaction as an example. The banknotes inserted into the customer service port 51 by the customer are taken into the apparatus by the separating and feeding and accumulating mechanism provided in the customer service port 51, and sent to the discrimination section 53. The discrimination unit 53 discriminates authenticity, denomination, etc., and stacks the bills on the temporary holding plate 9 of the bill storage 55 corresponding to the denomination. When the deposit is confirmed, the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 55 by opening the temporary holding plate 9.

Next, the operation of the bill holding mechanism described in FIGS. 1 and 2 when the above bills are stored will be described. FIG. 1 shows a normal state in which transactions are not performed in the bill depositing / withdrawing apparatus. With the temporary holding plate 9 opened, the bill holder 10 is rotated downward by rotating the arm 11 with the force of a spring (not shown). It has been pressed.
In this state, the upper end of the bill 7 is held by the stage 8 whose position is controlled by a sensor (not shown) so as to be pressed by the bill holder 10.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the preparation state of the deposit transaction.
The bill holder 10 is moved upward and the temporary holding plate 9 is closed by the rotation of the arm 11 driven by a motor (not shown). When the arm 11 is rotated to raise the bill holder 10 as described above, the rollers 32 come into contact with the stopper 20 to cause the plate portions 10a and 10c to move.
Rotates about the shaft 30 as a fulcrum, and the tip portion 10e faces upward. As a result, the bill holder 10 does not hinder the stacking operation of the feed roller 13 on the temporary holding plate 9, and the leading end 10e is in a state along the stacking direction of bills, so that it can serve as a guide. .

In this state, the bills are accumulated on the temporary holding plate 9 by the feed roller 13. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a bill holding operation. When the bills have been accumulated on the temporary holding plate 9, the arm 11 is rotated by the force of a spring (not shown) to lower the bill holding 10. When the bill holder 10 is lowered, the roller 32 separates from the stopper 20, and the plates 10a and 10c rotate about the shaft 30 by the force of the spring 31 and press the bill on the temporary holding plate 9 by the tip 10e.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the operation of opening the temporary holding plate. After the banknotes accumulated on the temporary holding plate 9 are pressed by the tip portion 10e of the banknote holder 10, the temporary holding plate 9 is opened.
Here, since the temporary holding plate 9 is opened in the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 6, the banknotes on the temporary holding plate 9 are dropped in the opening direction of the temporary holding plate 9 on the B side which is opened first. Start. At this time, the banknote holder 10 presses the C side, which is opened later, in the opening direction of the temporary holding plate 9,
Does not fall. When the temporary holding plate 9 is opened to a predetermined position, the C side starts to drop, but at this time, since the C side is pressed by the tip portion 10e of the banknote holder 10, the C side is pressed against the B side, which has started the drop first. By forcibly dropping the side,
The banknotes are prevented from falling on the banknotes on the stage 8 in an oblique state.

After the banknotes on the temporary holding plate 9 are dropped on the banknotes on the stage 8, the arm 11 is further rotated by the force of a spring (not shown), and the plate portion 10b of the banknote pressing unit 10 is resisted against the spring 31. By pushing down, the plate 10
a and 10c rotate around the shaft 30 as a fulcrum, and as shown in FIG. 1, the plate portion 10b and the bottom portion 10 of the plate portions 10a and 10c are rotated.
At d, the bill is pressed. The bill pressing surface formed by the plate portion 10b and the bottom portions 10d of the plate portions 10a and 10c is plate-shaped and has a sufficient area for bills. You can press it for stable storage. With that, the storing operation is completed.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the bill pressing surface of the bill holder has a plate shape, even a bill having a strong folding tendency can be reliably pushed and stably stored. be able to. Further, with respect to the banknotes on the temporary holding plate, the side that is opened later in the opening direction of the temporary holding plate is first pressed, and the side that is opened first and drops with the opening of the temporary holding plate. After dropping the banknote by following the side that was opened later, it was decided to press the banknote including the side that was opened earlier, so when opening the temporary holding plate, the banknote should fall diagonally. It is possible to prevent and prevent it from being stored in a stable state.

As described above, since the bills can be stored in a stable state, it is possible to prevent the bulk of the bills from being increased and the bill storage amount to be substantially reduced, and to prevent the occurrence of conveyance failure at the time of separating and feeding. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a bill pressing mechanism of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Block diagram of banknote holder

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a banknote deposit / withdrawal device.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a deposit transaction preparation state.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a bill holding operation.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a temporary holding plate opening operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

7 banknotes 8 stages 9 Temporary holding plate 10 banknote holder 11 arms 13 Feed roller 15 Picker roller 20 stopper 32 roller

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Isao Miyake 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP 1-321594 (JP, A) Flat 4-123480 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 9/00 B65H 31/26

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A bill storage having a movable stage stacking direction of the banknote 1. A by integrating banknotes, above the bill storage, temporary hold to allow integration of banknotes in distinction from the Stage a plate, a separation feeding integrated mechanism for the stage is also properly the bill separating and feeding and integrated with respect to escrow plate, presses the banknotes integrated on escrow plate in the currency bill holder, its
In a banknote depositing / dispensing device equipped with a banknote pressing mechanism that stacks on the stage while pressing the banknotes, the banknotes stacked on the temporary holding plate are transferred to the banknote pressing plate.
The tip is released later with respect to the opening direction of the temporary storage plate.
While holding down the edge of the banknote, the temporary holding plate is opened.
A bill depositing / dispensing device, which is characterized in that the bills are dropped . 2. The bill holder according to claim 1,
The plate part is divided into three parts in the longitudinal direction of
The side plate is bent to form a dogleg shape and
It is rotatably supported with respect to the central plate part and
The bottom of the plate and the central plate can hold the banknotes.
And the bent tips of the plates on both sides
A bill depositing / dispensing device, which is capable of holding down bills . 3. Stacking banknotes and moving in the stacking direction of the banknotes
A banknote storage with a possible stage, and above the banknote storage, distinguish the banknotes from the stage.
A banknote that can be stacked and a banknote that is separated from the stage or the bank
A separate feeding and stacking mechanism for carrying out and stacking, and the banknotes stacked on the temporary holding plate are pressed by the banknote holder to
With a banknote pressing mechanism that accumulates on the stage while pressing
In the banknote depositing / dispensing device provided with, the banknote pressing surface of the banknote holder is formed into a plate shape, and the banknote holder is
For bills on the temporary holding plate, in the opening direction of the temporary holding plate
On the other hand, press the banknote holder on the side that will be released later, and temporarily
As the retaining plate is opened, it will be released first and rearward to the side that is falling.
After dropping the banknotes with the open side following, drop the banknotes first.
Equipped with a delay mechanism that presses bills including the opened side,
The banknote depositing / dispensing device, wherein the delay mechanism moves the banknote holder to a position where the banknote pressing surface serves as a banknote guide during banknote stacking by the separating and feeding and stacking mechanism.