JP4056732B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus configured to temporarily store a banknote to be fed to a banknote storage (when performing banknote deposit processing) in a storage unit and then store the banknote.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in the banknote processing apparatus as described above, a separate holding unit is provided above the banknote storage. For example, when performing the deposit processing of banknotes, the deposited banknotes are first sent to the holding unit and temporarily held. Thereafter, when the deposit approval is made, the banknote temporarily held is moved from the holding unit to the storage. On the other hand, when it becomes necessary to return the deposited banknote due to some problem, only the holding section having a configuration opened upward is pulled out from the apparatus, and the banknote held there is taken out from above.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
On the other hand, in the banknote processing apparatus to be newly proposed according to the present invention, a holding portion communicating with the opening is formed inside the storage body having an opening at the upper end. Moreover, the upper cover which can open and close the opening of a storage main body is provided, and after the banknote used as object is sent into the holding | maintenance part, an opening is closed with an upper cover. Therefore, when returning the banknote temporarily hold | maintained at the holding | maintenance part, it is necessary to pull out banknote storage itself out of an apparatus. However, since the opening communicating with the holding unit is closed by the upper lid, the banknote in the holding unit cannot be confirmed as it is. Moreover, it is troublesome to manually open and close the upper lid of the storage.
[0004]
This invention solves the subject premised on the structure different from the above as the above, and is a banknote processing apparatus which can improve the workability | operativity at the time of returning the banknote temporarily hold | maintained by the holding part. The purpose is to provide.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
1st invention is equipped with the housing | casing, the storage unit integrated so that pull-out | removable with respect to this housing | casing, and the banknote feeding means provided on the said storage unit in the said housing | casing, The said storage unit Has a banknote storage for storing banknotes and a holding frame for holding the storage, and the banknote storage has a storage body having an opening at the upper end, and an upper lid capable of opening and closing the opening of the body. A banknote processing device formed in communication with the opening inside the main body and having a storage section for temporarily storing banknotes fed by the feeding means. Control means for controlling the operation and command means for giving a command to return the banknote temporarily held in the holding section to the control means, and the storage unit has the upper lid with respect to the storage body. Locked in a closed state And (i) when the storage unit is pulled out, the upper cover is unlocked only when there is a return command from the command means, and (ii In other cases, the upper lid locking means is controlled so that the upper lid is locked, and when the banknote temporarily held in the holding section is returned, the storage unit is pulled out when the storage unit is pulled out from the housing. The bill processing apparatus is configured to automatically open the upper lid of the warehouse.
[0006]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the banknote temporarily held in the holding unit is returned, the upper lid of the storage case is automatically opened when the storage unit is pulled out from the housing. It is possible to immediately check the banknotes that are being held, and quickly take out the banknotes that should be returned. Further, when pulling out the storage unit from the housing, the upper lid can be opened only when returning the temporarily held banknote without opening the upper lid when it is not necessary.
[0007]
According to a second invention, in the first invention, the upper lid of the storage is opened in conjunction with the drawer of the storage unit from the housing, and the storage unit is interlocked with the pushing back of the storage unit into the housing. The upper lid of the storage is configured to be closed.
[0008]
According to the second aspect of the invention, the upper lid of the storage can be opened and closed by using the movement of the storage unit that is pulled out or pushed back, so that it is not necessary to separately provide driving means for opening and closing the upper lid. For this reason, the cost of the apparatus can be reduced.
[0011]
According to a third invention, in the first or second invention, the storage unit further includes storage lock means for locking the storage in a fixed state with respect to the holding frame,
The storage lock means and the upper lid lock means are configured such that when one of them is locked, the other lock is released, and when one of the locks is released, the other is locked. Is.
[0012]
According to the third aspect of the invention, when the banknote temporarily held is returned when the storage unit is pulled out from the housing, the storage itself is fixed to the holding frame, and the storage case is removed from the holding frame. Can automatically switch according to need that the upper lid of the storage is closed. Further, when such switching is performed by mechanical interlocking, the cost can be reduced as compared with the case where the operation mechanism of each lock means is provided individually.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 are views showing an embodiment of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the overall configuration of the present embodiment, the configuration of the main part, the operation and the effects, and modifications will be described in order.
[0014]
[overall structure]
As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote processing apparatus of this embodiment is provided with the housing | casing 1 and the storage unit 2 integrated with respect to this housing | casing 1 so that it can pull out ahead. A deposit / withdrawal processing unit 7 is provided in a portion of the housing 1 corresponding mainly to the storage unit 2.
[0015]
First, the storage unit 2 includes five banknote storages 3 that store the banknotes S in a stacked state, and a holding frame 9 that holds these storages 3 in a line in the front-rear direction. By guiding the holding frame 9 with the guide rail R, the storage unit 2 can be pulled out from the housing 1 or pushed back into the housing 1. Moreover, the five storages 3 are normally divided into a denomination storage unit that stores banknotes S by denomination and a batch storage unit that stores banknotes S in a denomination mixed state. A feeding means 8 for feeding the banknotes S from the bottom of the storage 3 is provided on the holding frame 9 side corresponding to each storage 3.
[0016]
Next, the depositing / dispensing processing unit 7 shown in FIG. 1 includes a depositing and accumulating unit 70 and a reject accumulating unit 71 corresponding to the depositing port 16 formed in the housing 1, and a dispensing accumulating unit corresponding to the dispensing port 18. 75. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 7 has bill feeding means 78 provided corresponding to the upper side of each storage 3 (when the storage unit 2 is pushed in). The banknote transport path from the depositing stacking unit 70 to the feeding means 78 is provided with a deposit identifying unit D1 for identifying the deposited banknotes, and the banknote transporting path from the feeding unit 8 to the withdrawal stacking unit 75 has a withdrawal function. A withdrawal identification unit D2 for identifying banknotes is provided.
[0017]
Two stackers 76 for collecting banknotes and a withdrawal reject box 77 are provided in front of the withdrawal stacking unit 75. The bundle transport unit 6 can enter behind the stacker 76. The bundle transport unit 6 can grip and extract the banknotes accumulated in the stacker 76, and can transport the banknotes to a binding unit for binding the banknotes into a banknote bundle.
[0018]
Next, the configuration of each storage 3 in the storage unit 2 will be described. Each of these storage boxes 3 is a cassette type that can be attached to and detached from the holding frame 9 independently. As shown in FIG. 2, each storage 3 includes a storage body 30 having an opening 32 at the upper end. Above the storage 3, the feeding means 78 for feeding bills into the opening 32 is disposed (when the storage unit is pushed in). The feeding means 78 is composed of a roller and a driving belt, and feeds bills one by one to the lower right in FIG. Further, below the storage 3, the feeding means 8 for feeding out the banknotes stored in the storage body 30 from the bottom is arranged.
[0019]
The upper lid 4 is provided at the opening 32 portion of the storage 3 so as to be movable up and down with respect to the storage body 30 (and can be opened and closed as described later). When the upper lid 4 is in the raised position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, an upper space 3 </ b> A ₁ that can accept a bill fed by the feeding means 78 is defined on the opening 32 of the storage 3. ing.
[0020]
In addition, in the main body 30 of the storage case 3, upper and lower two-stage separators 5A and 5B are provided. Each separator 5A, 5B is configured to be movable up and down in the main body 30 along the lifting guide shaft 91 (FIG. 3) and the guide tape 34 by the lifting drive belt 90 (FIG. 3). Moreover, each separator 5A, 5B is a retracted state in which a banknote is placed in the main body 30 so as to be moved up and down (a state indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2) and a banknote in the main body 30 can be lifted and lowered. It can be extended and contracted in a substantially horizontal direction.
[0021]
The separator 5A as described above, by 5B, inside the storage case body 30, the upper space 3A ₂ and the lower space 3B, the intermediate space 3C between them, so as to be partitioned in can communicate with each other Yes. In addition, the upper space 3A ₁ partitioned by the upper lid 4 (in the raised position) and the upper space 3A ₂ partitioned by the upper separator 5A are integrated into a bill fed by the feeding means 78. A holding space 3A for temporarily holding is formed.
[0022]
The lower space 3B partitioned by the lower separator 5B forms a storage space for receiving and storing the banknote S temporarily held in the holding space 3A. The intermediate space 3C communicates with the upper space 3A ₂ or the lower space 3B as appropriate, thereby forming a space for transferring the banknotes S from the upper space 3A ₂ (reserved space 3A) to the lower space 3B. Yes.
[0023]
[Configuration of main parts]
Next, the configuration of the main part centering on the upper lid 4 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.
[0024]
First, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the opening 32 is formed at a substantially central portion of the upper surface 31 of the storage body 30. The upper lid 4 includes an upper plate 40 corresponding to the opening 32 of the storage body 30, and a pair of side plates 41 and a rear plate 42 provided so as to move up and down together with the upper plate 40. Support frames 44 and 45 for assisting the raising and lowering of the upper lid 4 are attached to the outside of the pair of side plates 41, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the driving force for raising and lowering the upper lid 4 is external to the storage 3 (see FIG. 1) via a gear 34 partially exposed on the right side surface 33 of the storage body 30. It is supplied to the support frame 45 from the frame body 9 side).
[0025]
During elevation of the top cover 4 (Fig. 4), between the front edge 32a of the front edge 40a and the opening 32 of the upper plate 40, front opening 4a which communicates with the upper space 3A ₁ is formed. In this state, the upper plate 40 of the upper cover 4 constitutes the upper partition member partitioning the upper surface of the upper space 3A _1. The pair of side plates 41 and the rear plate 42 constitute a side partition member surrounding the (other than side forming the front opening 4a) lateral and rear sides of the upper space 3A _1. A pair of left and right guide plates 43 for stabilizing the feeding of banknotes from the front opening 4a are attached to the back side of the upper plate 40. When the upper lid 4 is lowered, the upper plate 40 presses the upper surface of the banknote through the guide plates 43.
[0026]
As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 6, the rear end portion of the upper plate 40 is swingably attached to the pair of side plates 41 (FIG. 4) via the support shaft 4 p. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6A, a tension spring 4 s that connects the approximate center of the upper plate 40 and the vicinity of the upper end of the rear plate 42 is provided on the back surface side of the upper plate 40. As shown in FIG. 6A, the upper plate 40 is normally urged in the closing direction according to the vertical positional relationship between the tension action line of the tension spring 4s and the support shaft 4p (see FIG. 6). 6 (a) on the right side), when it swings and opens until it exceeds a certain angle, it is urged in the opening direction, for example, an open state opened at an angle of about 40 degrees from the horizontal (FIG. 6 ( The state on the left side of a) can be maintained (see FIG. 5).
[0027]
Next, as shown in FIG. 1, an actuator 104 made of a solenoid or the like is provided inside the front surface of the housing 1 at a height corresponding to the upper end of the storage unit 2. As shown in FIG. 6A, the actuator 104 drives the upper lid operating pin 106 protruding downward to move up and down. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6B, on the right side of the rear end portion of the upper plate 40 in the upper lid 4, there is an engaging portion for operation that rotates around the support shaft 4p integrally with the upper plate 40. 46 is provided. In addition, a groove-like operating pin passage 31 a extending in the front-rear direction corresponding to the engaging portion 46 is formed on the upper surface 31 of the storage body 30.
[0028]
Thus, when the storage unit 2 is pulled out as shown in FIG. 1, the operation pin 106 is lowered by the actuator 104 (FIG. 6), so that the following operations are sequentially performed for each storage case 3. It has come to be. That is, the distal end side of the operating pin 106 engages with the engaging portion 46 of the upper lid 4 through the passage 31a (FIG. 3) of the storage body 30 and presses the upper front surface of the engaging portion 46. As a result, the engaging portion 46 rotates around the support shaft 4p (in the clockwise direction in FIG. 6), so that the upper plate 40 begins to open and finally opens as described above by the action of the tension spring 4s. It becomes a state.
[0029]
On the other hand, when the retracted storage unit 2 is pushed back into the housing 1, the upper plate 40 of the upper lid 4 opened on each storage 3 is sequentially swung against the front surface of the housing 1, and the action of the tension spring 4 s. Close while receiving. In this manner, the upper plate 40 of the upper lid 4 is opened in conjunction with the drawer of the storage unit 2 from the housing 1, and the upper plate 40 of the upper lid 4 is interlocked with the pushing back of the storage unit 2 into the housing 1. Is configured to be closed.
[0030]
Next, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 7, in each storage 3, an upper cover that extends substantially vertically adjacent to the support frame 45 (FIG. 3) of the upper cover 4 on the right side 33 of the storage body 30. A lock lever (upper cover locking means) 39 is provided. The lock lever 39 is swingably supported by a support shaft 39p extending in the front-rear direction with respect to the storage body 30, and is urged counterclockwise in FIG. 7 by a biasing means (not shown) such as a torsion coil spring. Is biased in the direction. At the lower end and the upper end of the lock lever 39, a pressing portion 39a and an engaging pin 39b facing the outside and inside of the storage body 30 are provided.
[0031]
A through hole 35 is formed in the right side surface 33 of the storage body 30 corresponding to the pressing portion 39 a of the lock lever 39. An actuator 94 made of a solenoid or the like is provided on the wall surface of the holding frame 9 (FIG. 7) adjacent to the storage body 30 to drive the storage lock pin (storage lock means) 92 forward and backward in the horizontal direction. Yes. The lock pin 92 presses the pressing portion 39a of the lock lever 39 through the through hole 35 so as to swing the lock lever 39 in the clockwise direction of FIG. 7 (against the biasing force of the biasing means). It has become.
[0032]
A lock portion 47 having an engagement hole 48 is provided at the right end of the upper plate 40 in the upper lid 4 so as to protrude downward (see also FIGS. 4 and 5). Then, the engagement pin 39b of the lock lever 39 is engaged in the engagement hole 48 of the lock portion 47, so that the upper plate 40 (as a result, the entire upper cover 4) is closed with respect to the storage body 30. It is supposed to be locked. At this time, the lock pin 92 is in a state of being retracted from the through hole 35 of the storage body 30 to the holding frame 9 side.
[0033]
On the other hand, the storage pin 3 is locked in a fixed state with respect to the holding frame 9 when the lock pin 92 advances into the through hole 35 by driving by the actuator 94. At this time, when the tip of the lock pin 92 presses the pressing portion 39a of the lock lever 39, the engagement pin 39b comes out from the engagement hole 48, and the upper lid 4 (upper plate 40) is locked to the storage body 30. Is to be canceled.
[0034]
In this way, when one of the lock pin (storage lock means) 92 and the lock lever (upper cover lock means) 39 is locked, the other lock is released and either lock is released. When the other is in the locked state, it is configured to perform conflicting locking operations. In addition, except for the case described later, normally, the lock pin 92 advances into the through hole 35, the storage 3 is locked in a fixed state with respect to the holding frame 9, and the upper lid 4 for the storage body 30. (Upper plate 40) is held unlocked.
[0035]
Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the banknote processing apparatus of this embodiment is provided with the control part 100 for controlling the operation | movement. The control unit 100 controls driving of the two actuators 94 and 104 based on a command from the operation unit 102 operated by an operator or the like.
[0036]
In particular, when the storage unit is pulled out, the control unit 100
(I) The advancement of the storage lock pin 92 is maintained and the upper lid operation pin 106 is moved only when there is a “return command for the banknote temporarily held in the holding unit 3A (FIG. 2)” from the operation unit 102. Descend,
(Ii) In other cases, the storage lock pin 92 is retracted, and the driving of the actuators 94 and 104 is controlled so that the upper lid operating pin 106 is kept lifted.
[0037]
Thereby, when returning the banknote temporarily hold | maintained at the holding | maintenance part 3A,
(1) The storage 3 is locked in a fixed state with respect to the holding frame 9, and the state in which the lock of the upper lid 4 (upper plate 40) with respect to the storage body 30 is maintained,
(2) When the storage unit 2 is pulled out from the housing 1, the upper plate 40 constituting the upper lid 4 of the storage 3 is automatically opened in conjunction with the drawer.
[0038]
When there is no return command from the operation unit 102, for example, when there is a deposit command, the temporarily held banknote is stored in the storage space 3B by the operation of the separators 5A and 5B. In this case, the advancement of the storage lock pin 92 and the upward movement of the upper lid operating pin 106 are maintained as usual.
[0039]
If it adds here, before the temporarily hold | maintained banknote is returned, since the upper cover 4 will descend | fall and close the opening 32 of the storage main body 30 like FIG. The reserved space 3A is formed only by 3A ₂ (see FIG. 2).
[0040]
[Function and effect]
Next, the effect of this embodiment comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.
[0041]
According to this embodiment, when the storage unit 2 is pulled out from the housing 1 when the banknote temporarily held in the storage unit 3A (3A ₂ ) is returned, the upper plate 40 constituting the upper lid 4 of each storage 3 is provided. Since it is automatically opened, it is possible to immediately confirm the banknote temporarily held in the holding section 3A of the storage 3, and to quickly take out the banknote to be returned. For this reason, the workability | operativity at the time of returning the banknote temporarily hold | maintained at 3 A of reservation parts can be improved. In particular, when the storage unit 2 has a plurality of banknote storages 3 as in this embodiment, the workability is remarkably improved.
[0042]
Further, at that time, the upper plate 40 of the upper lid 4 can be opened and closed by using the movement of the storage unit 2 to be pulled out or pushed back, so that it is not necessary to separately provide a driving means for opening and closing the upper plate 40. For this reason, the cost of the apparatus can be reduced.
[0043]
Further, when the storage unit 2 is pulled out from the housing 1, the unlocking state of the upper plate 40 with respect to the storage body 30 is maintained and the upper lid operating pin 106 is lowered only when there is a return command from the operation unit 102. Therefore, the upper plate 40 of the upper lid 4 can be opened only when returning the temporarily held banknote without opening the upper plate 40 of the upper lid 4 when it is not necessary.
[0044]
Furthermore, when the storage unit 2 is pulled out from the housing 1 by the opposite locking operation of the lock pin 92 and the lock lever 39 as described above,
(A) When returning a temporarily held banknote, each storage 3 itself is fixed to the holding frame 9 by a lock pin 92;
(B) When removing the storage 3 from the holding frame 9, the upper lid 4 (upper plate 40) of each storage 3 is closed by a lock lever 39.
Switching according to need can be automatically performed. Further, by performing such switching by mechanical interlocking by the lock lever 39 and the lock pin 92, the cost can be reduced as compared with the case where the operation mechanism of each lock means is provided individually.
[0045]
[Modification]
Although it is disadvantageous in terms of cost as compared with the above case, the upper plate 40 may be configured to be opened immediately after the storage unit 2 is pulled out by an actuator such as a solenoid provided in the upper lid 4 portion of each storage 3. .
[0046]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, when the banknote temporarily held in the holding unit is returned, when the storage unit is pulled out from the housing, the upper lid of the storage is automatically opened, so that the bank is temporarily held in the holding unit of the storage. It is possible to immediately check the banknotes that are being returned and quickly take out the banknotes to be returned. For this reason, the workability | operativity at the time of returning the banknote temporarily hold | maintained at the holding | maintenance part can be improved. In particular, when the storage unit has a plurality of banknote storages, the workability is remarkably improved. Further, when pulling out the storage unit from the housing, the upper lid can be opened only when returning the temporarily held banknote without opening the upper lid when it is not necessary.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention when a storage unit is pulled out.
2 is an enlarged view showing one of banknote storages in the apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of the storage case shown in FIG. 2 alone;
4 is a partial perspective view showing an upper portion of the banknote storage shown in FIG. 3 in a state where an upper lid is raised. FIG.
5 is a view similar to FIG. 4, showing an open state of the upper plate in the lowered upper lid.
6A and 5B, the operation leading to the open state of the upper lid will be described with reference to (a) a partial vertical sectional view of the upper part of the storage case and (b) with an enlarged view of the support shaft portion of the upper lid. Figure for.
7 is a schematic diagram showing a specific configuration related to the upper lid lock lever shown in FIG. 3 together with the configuration of the control system. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ₁ Housing | casing 2 Storage unit 3 Banknote storage 3A Reservation space 3A ₁ Upper space 3A ₂ Upper space 3B Lower space 3C Middle space 30 Storage body 31 Upper surface 31a Actuation pin channel | path 32 Opening 39 Upper lid lock lever (upper lid lock means)
4 Upper lid 4p Support shaft 4s Tensile spring 40 Upper plate 46 Operation engaging portion 48 Engagement hole 41 Side plate 42 Rear plate 5A Upper side separator 5B Lower side separator 6 Bundle conveying unit 7 Deposit / withdrawal processing unit 78 Feeding means 8 Feeding means 9 Holding frame 92 Storage lock pin (storage lock means)
94 Actuator 100 Control Unit (Control Unit)
102 Operation unit (command means)
104 Actuator 106 Upper lid operation pin S Banknote

Claims (3)

A housing,
A storage unit that can be pulled out from the housing;
A bill feeding means provided on the storage unit in the housing,
The storage unit has a banknote storage for storing banknotes, and a holding frame for holding the storage.
The banknote storage is
A storage body having an opening at the upper end;
An upper lid capable of opening and closing the opening of the main body;
A bill processing apparatus, comprising a holding portion for temporarily holding a bill that is formed inside the main body and communicated with the opening and is fed by the feeding means,
Control means for controlling the operation of the banknote handling apparatus;
The control means further includes command means for issuing a return instruction for the banknote temporarily held in the holding section,
The storage unit has an upper lid locking means for locking the upper lid in a closed state with respect to the storage body.
The control means, when pulling out the storage unit,
(I) The upper lid is unlocked only when there is a return command from the command means;
(Ii) Otherwise, the upper lid locking means is controlled so that the upper lid is locked,
When returning the banknote temporarily held in the holding section, the upper lid of the storage is automatically opened when the storage unit is pulled out from the housing. Processing equipment.   The upper lid of the storage is opened in conjunction with the drawer of the storage unit from the housing, and the upper lid of the storage is closed in conjunction with the pushing back of the storage unit into the housing. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The storage unit further includes storage lock means for locking the storage in a fixed state with respect to the holding frame,
The storage lock means and the upper lid lock means are configured such that when one of them is locked, the other lock is released, and when one of the locks is released, the other is locked. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:

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