JP4099750B2 - Banknote temporary storage device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to a banknote dispensing apparatus and a banknote receiving apparatus used for vending machines, currency exchange machines, and the like.
More specifically, the present invention relates to a banknote temporary holding device that temporarily holds a banknote at one place when the banknote is dispensed or received.
In addition, the "banknote" used in this specification includes not only banknotes that are currency but also substitute currencies such as checks and coupons and similar ones.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A batch dispensing device is known in which banknotes taken out from a stacker are stacked and stored in a temporary storage unit, and the stacked banknotes are collectively discharged.
In this apparatus, since bills are stacked, a sufficient space for dropping the bills must be taken.
As a result, it is not suitable for a small change machine or the like disposed between game machines.
[0003]
There is also known an apparatus in which banknotes placed on a belt traveling in one direction are stopped by a stopper, and when the banknotes have reached a predetermined number, the stoppers are removed to collect the banknotes.
For example, refer to Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-76469.
In this apparatus, since the banknotes are placed on the same belt and conveyed, when there are folded banknotes, the edges of the banknotes collide with each other and are arranged in a series and may not be aligned.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
A first object of the present invention is to provide a bill temporary storage device that is small and can reliably align bills.
The second object of the present invention is to provide a banknote temporary storage device suitable for placement between game machines and the like.
The third object of the present invention is to provide a banknote temporary storage device having a narrow width.
[0005]
In order to achieve these objects, the present invention is configured as follows. That is,A banknote is drawn out from the banknote storage chamber, the banknote is conveyed by a transport device, and sent to a primary storage device that extends in substantially the same direction as the progress line of the banknote, and the banknote is sent out from the primary storage device to a banknote port by a dispensing device. In the banknote dispensing apparatus, the primary storage device includes a stopper that extends in a direction crossing the banking direction line, a side wall that extends in substantially the same direction as the banknote direction line, and the side wall that extends in the banknote direction line. A banknote holding part configured with a guide wall inclined to the side, and a banknote entrance of the banknote holding part, and the distance between the stopper and the peripheral surface is set smaller than the length of the banknote in the traveling direction. A transfer roller, and the transfer roller feeds the banknote into the banknote holding section until its tip is prevented from advancing by the stopper, and the fed banknote is in the direction of travel. Is obtained by the bill primary holding device of the bill payout device capable hold the banknote holding portion in a substantially vertical state is moved laterally with respect to.
[0006]
In this configuration, the banknotes fed into the banknote holding unit are prevented from advancing at the tip by the stopper.
The rear end portion of the banknote is transferred in the lateral direction with respect to the banknote progression line by the transfer device.
[0007]
Therefore, the edge of the banknote sent next does not collide with the edge of the banknote sent out first, and advancing is not prevented.
As a result, the banknotes are aligned with the sheet surfaces in contact.
And since a banknote is forcibly approached and aligned to the one side of a banknote storage part, many spaces are not required and it can reduce in size.
[0008]
In the present invention, the transfer device is disposed at the banknote entrance of the banknote storage unit, and the distance between the stopper and the transfer surface is smaller than the length in the banknote conveyance direction, and further moves laterally with respect to the banknote progression direction line. A one-way transfer device is preferred.
In this configuration, the rear end portion of the bill is in contact with the one-way transfer device, and is forcibly transferred in the horizontal direction by the movement, and is aligned in a state where the sheet surfaces are in contact with each other.
Therefore, since the banknotes are aligned with the sheet surfaces in contact with each other, the apparatus can be downsized as described above.
[0009]
In the present invention, it is preferable that the moving device is a biasing device that is arranged downstream of the banknote entrance of the banknote holding unit and biases the banknote laterally with respect to the banknote progression line.
In this configuration, the rear end portion of the banknotes is forcibly transferred in the lateral direction by the biasing device, and is aligned with the sheet surfaces in contact with each other.
Therefore, since the banknotes are aligned with the sheet surfaces in contact with each other, the apparatus can be downsized as described above.
[0010]
A one-way transfer device, wherein the transfer device is disposed at a bill entrance of the bill storage unit, and the distance between the stopper and the transfer surface is smaller than the length of the bill in the conveyance direction, and further moves laterally with respect to the conveyance direction line; It is preferable to have a biasing device that is arranged downstream of the one-way transfer device and biases the bills in the lateral direction.
The upper end part of the banknote sent to the banknote holding part is forcibly brought into contact with the one-way transfer apparatus by the biasing device.
[0011]
A bill in contact with the one-way transfer device is forcibly sent in the lateral direction by the one-way transfer device.
Therefore, the banknote curled into an arc shape has its rear end pushed by the biasing device and is forced to contact the one-way transfer device.
As a result, the banknotes are transferred in the lateral direction by the one-way transfer device, and are aligned with the sheet surfaces in contact with each other.
Therefore, since the banknotes are aligned with the sheet surfaces in contact with each other, the apparatus can be miniaturized as described above.
[0012]
The present invention preferably has a guide device that guides the leading end of the bill in the transfer direction of the transfer device.
In this configuration, the front end of the banknote is guided in the transfer direction of the transfer device by the guide device, and then progressed by the stopper.
Thereafter, the rear end portion of the banknote is transferred in the same direction by the transfer device, so that the banknote is detained from the traveling path in the banknote holding section.
[0013]
As a result, the bills are sequentially shifted in the lateral direction by the guide device and the transfer device, and are temporarily held in a state where the sheet surfaces are in contact and aligned.
Therefore, since the banknotes are aligned with the sheet surfaces in contact with each other, the apparatus can be miniaturized as described above.
[0014]
In the present invention, the one-way transfer device is preferably a roller.
In this configuration, since the one-way transfer device is a roller, the configuration is simple, and as a result, the size can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
[0015]
In the present invention, the biasing device is preferably a bar spring.
In this configuration, since the biasing device is a bar spring, the configuration is simple, and as a result, it can be made compact and inexpensive.
[0016]
The present invention holds a banknote with a stopper extending in a direction crossing a banknote progression line, a side wall extending substantially in the same direction as the banknote progression line, and a guide wall inclined toward the side wall with respect to the banknote progression line. Forming a part and holding the banknote in a standing state, and a transfer roller disposed on the banknote entrance side of the banknote holding apparatus, and the distance between the stopper and the peripheral surface is smaller than the length in the banknote transport direction And a bar spring that is located immediately downstream of the transfer roller in the bill travel path and crosses the bill travel line.
[0017]
In this configuration, the banknote is sent to the banknote storage unit by the transfer roller.
During the transfer, the leading edge of the banknote is guided to the side wall located in the transfer direction of the transfer roller by the guide wall that crosses the banknote progression line, and then the progress is blocked by the stopper.
[0018]
Since the rear end portion of the bill is biased toward the transfer roller by the bar spring, the rear end portion is fed in the transfer direction by the peripheral surface of the transfer roller.
The banknotes are deviated from the traveling path with their sheet surfaces in contact with each other, and are held substantially in parallel.
[0019]
Since the banknotes sent next are similarly held, the banknotes are aligned and temporarily held with the sheet surfaces in contact with each other.
As a result, since the banknote is pushed and temporarily held in a state where the sheet surface is in contact, the holding area can be reduced and the apparatus can be downsized.
[0020]
It is preferable that the present invention further includes a pusher that is disposed at the banknote entrance of the banknote holding unit and pushes the banknote in the one-way transfer direction before the banknote collective dispensing.
[0021]
The pusher pushes the banknotes in the one-way transfer direction before the banknotes are paid out in total, so if the folded banknote is returned by the one-way transfer device, it can be pushed again again. .
As a result, it is possible to prevent the banknote from jamming at the time of collective payout.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a banknote dispensing device including the banknote temporary storage device of the embodiment is arranged between game machines.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the banknote dispensing apparatus provided with the banknote temporary storage apparatus of the embodiment as viewed from the upper right.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the banknote dispensing apparatus including the banknote temporary holding apparatus according to the embodiment as viewed from the upper left side with a part of the cover removed.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote dispensing apparatus provided with the banknote temporary holding apparatus of the embodiment in the x plane in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the banknote temporary storage device of the embodiment as viewed from the upper right front.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the banknote temporary storage device of the embodiment as viewed from the upper left rear.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the banknote storage section of the banknote temporary storage device of the embodiment as viewed from the upper right front.
8A and 8B are plan views of the pusher device, in which FIG. 8A shows a state where the pusher is in the standby position, and FIG. 8B shows a state where the pusher is in the protruding position.
[0023]
In FIG. 1, g1 and g2 are game machines such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines.
A lending device m for game media such as medals is arranged in a narrow gap between the games.
In the lending apparatus m, a banknote receiving apparatus a, a change banknote dispensing apparatus p, and a game medium dispensing apparatus n are arranged.
The front door mw of the lending device m is hinged to the housing and can be opened by unlocking the door lock device dr.
[0024]
That is, by opening the front door mw, a bill collecting operation from the bill receiving device a, a bill replenishing operation to the bill dispensing device p, and a medium supplementing operation to the game medium dispensing device n are performed.
The banknote receiving device a receives a banknote inserted by a game player through a banknote receiving port am formed in the door mw.
The banknote payout device p pays out a fishing bill through a banknote payout exit pm formed in the door mw.
The game media payout device n pays out game media to a payout exit nm formed in the door mw.
[0025]
Although the present invention can be applied to the banknote receiving apparatus a, an example applied to the banknote dispensing apparatus p will be described below.
The vertically long box-like case 2 is divided into an upper control box 2d, an intermediate mechanism box 2a, and a lower lock mechanism box 2e by partition plates 2b and 2c.
The mechanism unit box 2a is vertically long, and an opening 20 for mounting the safe 5 and a payout opening 2f connected to the banknote payout opening pm are formed on the front door mw side.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 4, a bill storage device 3, a dispensing device 6, a transport device 7, and a reject bill storage device 8 are arranged in the internal space of the mechanism unit box 2a.
The transport device 7 includes a drawer device 710, a transport device 740, a sorting device 720, a feeding device 760, and a reject feeding device 780, which will be described later.
The dispensing device 6 dispenses the bill bi held by the temporary storage device 10 to the bill dispensing outlet 659 in a substantially vertical state.
[0027]
The bill storage device 3 and the temporary storage device 10 are arranged so as to be shifted in the extending direction of the sheet surface of the bill bi.
Specifically, they are arranged shifted in the vertical direction.
The banknote storage device 3 and the reject banknote storage device 8 are arranged so as to be shifted in the extending direction of the sheet surface of the banknote bi.
Specifically, they are arranged shifted in the vertical direction.
The upper banknote storage device 3 and the lower banknote rejection apparatus 8 are integrated to form a safe 5.
[0028]
The bill bi is held in the bill storage device 3 with its sheet surface substantially vertical, that is, in a standing state.
If the bill bi is in a vertical state, the posture of the bill is not limited regardless of whether it is horizontally long or vertically long.
When the banknote bi is held horizontally, the height of the banknote dispensing device p can be lowered.
When the bill bi is held vertically, the depth of the bill dispensing device p can be shortened.
This embodiment is an example in which the banknote bi is held horizontally.
Note that the bill storage device 3 and the reject bill storage device 8 may be separate.
[0029]
The transport device 7 transports the bill bi in a state where the sheet surface is kept substantially vertical and sends it out to the dispensing device 6.
Specifically, the drawer device 710 pulls out the bill bi from the bill storage device 3 in a vertical state and delivers it to the transport device 740.
The transport device 740 transports bills in a substantially vertical state and transports them to the sorting device 720.
The sorting device 720 sends the bill bi drawn from the bill storage device 3 to the transfer device 760 when it is normal, and sends it to the reject feeding device 780 when it is abnormal.
[0030]
The transfer device 760 feeds the bill bi to the temporary storage device 10 of the dispensing device 6 in a substantially vertical state.
The reject banknote sending device 780 sends the reject banknote to the reject banknote holding device 8 in a substantially vertical state.
The reject banknote holding device 8 holds the banknote bi while maintaining a substantially vertical state.
The safe 5 is detachable from the case 2, and the transfer device 7 is fixed in the case 2.
[0031]
Next, the structure of the safe 5 will be described.
The banknote storage device 3 includes an upper plate 370 below the top plate 301 fixed to the upper end of the substrate 300, a front plate on the opening 20 side, a rear plate 303 facing the front plate, and an upper plate 370. A bill holding chamber 3b for storing, for example, a 1000 yen bill is constituted by the bottom plate 304 and the holding door 305 facing each other.
[0032]
The banknote bi is held in the banknote holding chamber 3b in a horizontally long state with the sheet surface standing almost vertically.
The top plate 301 is formed by horizontally bending the upper end portion of the substrate 300.
The front plate, the rear plate 303, and the bottom plate 304 are fixed to the substrate 300 with screws or the like.
[0033]
A rectangular banknote pressing plate 328 that is slightly smaller than the banknote is disposed in the banknote storage chamber 3b.
The bill pressing plate 328 is urged toward the holding door 305 by a compression spring 329.
[0034]
That is, the sheet surface of the bill bi held inside is pressed against the holding door 305.
In the banknote storage device 3, a single sheet take-out device 371 for taking out banknotes one by one is disposed between the top plate 301 and the upper plate 370.
[0035]
This one-sheet pick-up device 371 forms a gap through which only one bill can pass between the outer peripheral surface of the regulating body 372 and the inner surface of the upper end of the holding door 305.
A plurality of, for example, 3 units of the single sheet take-out device 371 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the banknote holding chamber 3b.
[0036]
Next, the structure of the reject banknote holding device 8 will be described.
A bottom plate 330 fixed to the bottom of the substrate 300, a front plate fixed to the opening 20 side, a rear plate 332b facing the front plate, a top plate 334 facing the bottom plate 330, the reject door 335 and the substrate 300 A reject banknote chamber 3c having a smaller number of sheets accommodated than the banknote storage chamber 3b is constituted by the plate 336 arranged in the above.
[0037]
The front plate, the rear plate 332b, and the top plate 334 are fixed to the substrate 300 with screws or the like.
The reject door 335 can be moved to a position where the reject holding chamber 3c is closed and a position where it is opened.
That is, when the safe 5 is locked in the case 2, the reject door 335 is translated to open the reject banknote receiving opening 333 above the reject holding chamber 3c.
[0038]
Next, the structure of the transfer device 7 will be described.
The drawing device 710 includes a rotating shaft 711 and a rubber drawing roller 712 fixed to the rotating shaft 711.
The rotating shaft 711 is rotated by a drawing motor (not shown) based on the payout signal.
The drawing roller 712 has a cylindrical shape with a large diameter of about one third.
[0039]
The drawing roller 712 is formed of an elastic body having a high friction coefficient and high wear resistance, such as EPDM rubber.
When the drawing roller 712 is rotated counterclockwise, in one process, the drawing roller 712 enters the banknote holding chamber 3b from the window 3w of the holding door 305 and pulls up the banknote bi held by the frictional force upward.
[0040]
Next, the structure of the transport device 740 will be described.
The transport device 740 is disposed on the side of the banknote storage device 3.
That is, the guide roller 741, the drive roller 742 disposed below the guide roller 741, the conveying belt 743 wound between the rollers, and the upper guide 744 surrounding the upper half of the upper side of the guide roller 741 at a predetermined interval. And a first press roller 745 that is rotatably attached to the upper guide 744 and that contacts the conveyor belt 743, and a bar-shaped guide plate 746 that is adjacent to the conveyor belt 743 and that is long in the vertical direction.
The first press roller 745 is the first banknote pressing device pr1.
[0041]
The drive roller 742 is fixed to the rotating shaft 747.
When the shaft 747 receives the payout signal, it is rotated by a motor (not shown).
The guide roller 741 is fixed to a rotatable shaft 749.
[0042]
A guide plate 746 is fixed to the case 2, and a second press roller 753 is rotatably attached to a shaft 754 that is slidably attached to the guide plate 746 and is in pressure contact with the conveyance belt 743.
The second press roller 753 is the second bill pressing device pr2.
The lower end portion of the guide plate 746 is bent in an L shape so as to surround almost a quarter of the drive roller 742.
A shaft 748 is movably supported on the guide plate 746.
[0043]
A third press roller 750 is rotatably attached to the shaft 748.
The third press roller 750 is pressed against the drive roller 742 by a leaf spring (not shown).
The third press roller 750 is the third bill pressing device pr3.
[0044]
The guide roller 741, the upper guide 744, the conveying belt 743, the drive roller 742, the guide plate 746, the first press roller 745, the second press roller 753, and the third press roller 750 have a channel-shaped transport path p. One transport unit 740u is configured.
A plurality of conveying units 740u are arranged along the banknote holding chamber 3b, and in this example, three units are arranged at a predetermined interval to constitute the conveying device 740.
The first to third banknote pressing devices pr1 to pr3 are set at intervals so that at least one of them presses the banknote bi being transported to the transport belt 743.
[0045]
The conveyance path p includes a substantially semicircular semicircular path p1 formed by the upper half of the conveying belt 743 on the guide roller 741 and the upper guide 744.
A substantially vertical conveying belt 743 and a guide plate 746 form a vertical passage p2.
A change path p3 that changes direction substantially in the horizontal direction is formed by the substantially one-fourth circumference of the drive roller 742 and the lower part of the guide plate 746.
[0046]
A reflection type sensor s1 is arranged in the middle of the semicircular passage p1, and a reflection type sensor s2 and a sensor s3 are arranged at the upper end of the vertical passage p2.
The sensors s2 and s3 are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction of the drawing.
[0047]
Next, the structure of the sorting apparatus 720 will be described.
The baffle plate 722 is rotatable about the shaft 724 as an axis.
The shaft 724 is attached to the case 2.
Further, the baffle plate 722 is selectively disposed by a solenoid not shown in the drawing to a discharge position where an arcuate guide passage p4 is formed between the guide plate 746 and a reject position where the guide passage p4 shown by a solid line in FIG. 4 is not formed. And selectively positioned.
[0048]
Next, the structure of the feeding device 760 will be described.
The feeding device 760 includes a feeding roller 771 and a fourth press roller 775.
The feed roller 771 is fixed to the shaft 773.
The fourth press roller 775 is rotatably supported by the lower end portion of the baffle plate 722.
[0049]
The feed roller 771 and the fourth press roller 775 constitute one unit, and a plurality of units are arranged along the banknote storage chamber 3b.
Shaft 773 is rotated from drive shaft 747.
A reflective feeding sensor S4 is arranged on one side of the banknote passage immediately below the feeding device 760.
[0050]
Next, the reject feeding device 780 will be described.
The reject feeding device 780 includes a drive roller 781 and a fifth press roller 782.
The drive roller 781 is fixed to the shaft 783.
The fifth press roller 782 is rotatably attached to the tip of a lever 785 that is rotatably supported by a shaft 784 attached to the safe 5.
[0051]
When the safe 5 is locked to the case 2, the lever 785 is rotated counterclockwise, and the fifth press roller 782 protrudes from the safe 5 and contacts the drive roller 781.
The drive roller 781 and the fifth press roller 782 constitute one unit, and a plurality of units are arranged along the banknote storage chamber 3b.
[0052]
The shaft 783 is driven to rotate by a drive shaft 747.
A reflective sensor s5 is disposed on one side of the bill passage directly below the reject feeding device 780.
One end portion of the reject guide plate 725 is disposed between the drive rollers 742, and a linear reject passage rp1 is formed between the reject guide plate 722 and the upper surface of the deflector plate 722.
The arcuate guide plate 726 forms an arcuate reject passage rp2 between the drive roller 781 and is fixed to the safe 5.
[0053]
Next, the structure of the dispensing device 6 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The dispensing device 6 includes a bill temporary storage device 610 and a bill pushing device 660.
The banknote temporary storage device 610 includes a banknote storage device 620, a transfer device 629, a guide device 650, and a pusher 700.
The transfer device 629 includes one-way transfer device 630 and biasing device 640, or one-way transfer device 630 or biasing device 640.
[0054]
First, the structure of the banknote holding device 620 will be described.
A flat plate-like side wall 621 extending in the same direction as the travel line 76r of the bill bi by the feeding device 760 is disposed substantially vertically below the feed roller 771 and fixed to the partition plate 2c.
A stopper 622 having a leaf spring in a comb shape is fixed to the side of the lower end of the side wall 621 in a cantilever state.
Accordingly, the stopper 622 is disposed below the feed roller 771 that is offset from the travel line 76r.
Further, the stopper 622 extends in a direction crossing the traveling line 76r.
[0055]
A guide wall 623 is arranged to face the side wall 621 and at a predetermined interval.
The guide wall 623 is inclined toward the side wall 621 with respect to the travel line 76r, and its upper end extends in a direction crossing the travel line 76r.
A second side wall 624 parallel to the side wall 621 is arranged following the guide wall 623.
The second side wall 624 is located closer to the side wall 621 than the travel line 76r and below the feed roller 771.
[0056]
The feed roller 771 also serves as the one-way transfer device 630.
That is, the distance between the lower surface of the peripheral surface 771s of the feed roller 771 and the stopper 622 is set slightly smaller than the length of the bill bi in the conveyance direction.
This is because the bill bi is bent when it passes between the stopper 622 and the feed roller 771.
[0057]
Since the bend amount increases as the distance decreases, a storage portion for the bend portion must be provided.
Thereby, the apparatus cannot be miniaturized.
When the distance is 80% or more, it is possible to bend within a space equivalent to nine bills.
Nine banknotes are cases where 10,000 yen banknotes are accepted and nine thousand yen banknotes are paid out as change when using Japanese yen.
[0058]
In this embodiment, since the bill bi is conveyed in the width direction, it is set to 98% with respect to the width of the bill bi.
A space surrounded by the side wall 621, the guide wall 623, the stopper 622, the second side wall 624, and the feed roller 771 is a bill storage unit 625.
The banknote holding part 625 is offset to the side wall 621 side from the banknote progression line 76r.
[0059]
The front end of the banknote storage unit 625 is a banknote slot 659 (see FIG. 8).
A bill entrance 626 of the bill storage unit 625 is a contact portion between the feed roller 771 and the fourth press roller 775.
[0060]
The guide wall 623 and the second side wall 624 are the guide device 650.
The guide wall 623 may be configured by arranging rods at predetermined intervals.
The guide device 650 has a function of guiding the tip of the sent bill bi to the side wall 621 side.
[0061]
The one-way transfer device 630 may be a belt that travels toward the side wall 621 or an air flow that pushes bills toward the side wall 621.
The one-way transfer device 630 has a function of transferring the rear end portion of the bill bi to the side wall 621 side.
[0062]
A biasing device 640 is disposed immediately below the bill inlet 626.
The biasing device 640 is also a modification of the transfer device 629.
The biasing device 640 is a bar spring 641 having a free end bent into a hook shape.
The other end of the bar spring 641 is fixed to the plate 642 below the fourth press roller 775.
The plate 642 is fixed to a bracket 711 fixed to the partition plate 2c.
[0063]
The bar spring 641 is inclined slightly downward toward the side wall 621, is disposed so as to cross the travel line 76r, and the tip is disposed below the feed roller 771.
A predetermined number of bar springs 641 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the horizontal direction of the banknote storage unit 625.
[0064]
In this embodiment, four bar springs 641 are arranged.
The biasing device 640 can use an air flow.
That is, the biasing device 640 has a function of moving the rear end portion (upper end portion in FIG. 4) of the bill bi in the lateral direction (side wall 621 side) with respect to the travel line 76r.
[0065]
Next, the pusher device 700 will be described with reference to FIG.
The pusher device 700 includes a pusher 701, its moving device 710, and a driving device 720 for the moving device 710.
The pusher 701 is a flat plate disposed on the side of the banknote inlet 626 and along the banknote holding portion 625, and is normally positioned at a standby position on the side opposite to the side wall 621 of the banknote progression line 76r. The pusher 701 can be moved by the moving device 710 between a pushing position that crosses the banknote progression line 76r and approaches the side wall 621 and a standby position below the fourth press roller 775.
[0066]
The moving device 710 is a four-bar parallel link mechanism.
A pair of boomerang levers 713 are rotatably supported on pins 712 fixed to a bracket 711 horizontally disposed below the feed roller 771.
[0067]
A pusher 701 is rotatably supported by a pin 714 fixed to the other end of the lever 713.
In other words, the pusher 701, the pair of levers 713, and the bracket 711 constitute a four-node parallel link.
As a result, the pusher 701 can move toward and away from the side wall 621 while maintaining a state parallel to the side wall 621.
[0068]
Next, the driving device 720 of the moving device 710 will be described.
A flat slide plate 721 is slidably attached to the bracket 711.
That is, a pair of pins 722 fixed to the bracket 711 pass through the pair of long holes 723 of the slide plate 721, respectively.
As a result, the slide plate 721 is guided by the pair of pins 722 and is slidable along the banknote storage unit 625.
[0069]
A pair of long holes 724 extending in the direction of the side wall 621 is formed in the slide plate 721.
A pair of pins 725 fixed to the bent portion of the lever 713 are inserted into the long holes 724, respectively.
Therefore, the lever 713 is rotated around the pin 712 via the long hole 724 and the pin 725 according to the position of the slide plate 721.
[0070]
The upper end of the lever 726 is pivotally connected to the rear end of the slide plate 721 by a pin 727.
The lower end portion of the lever 726 is rotatable with respect to the fixed shaft 729.
In the middle of the lever 726, a pair of bars 728a and 728b extending toward the lateral side wall 621 are fixed in a vertical relationship.
[0071]
These bars 728a and 278b pass through the long holes 729a and 729b of the side wall 621 and are positioned in the travel path of the protrusion 679 described later.
That is, when the protrusion 679 pushes the bar 728a, the slide plate 721 is moved to the bill payout outlet 659 side, and as a result, the pusher 701 is moved to the side wall 621 side.
When the projection 679 pushes the pin 728b, the slide plate 721 is moved to the opposite side of the bill payout exit 659, and as a result, the pusher 701 is separated from the side wall 621 and returned to the standby position.
[0072]
Next, the structure of the banknote extruding device 660 will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the side wall 621, elongated holes 662a and 662b extending along the banknote holding part 625 are formed in parallel vertically.
The first extruding piece 663a protrudes horizontally into the banknote holding portion 625 through the long hole 662a.
Similarly, the second extruding piece 663b protrudes horizontally into the bill holding portion 625 through the long hole 662b.
A flat plate 664 fixed to the first and second extruding pieces 663 a and 663 b can slide along the side wall 621.
[0073]
Next, the support device 671 for the first and second extruded pieces 663a and 663b will be described.
A round bar-shaped upper guide rail 672u is fixed to the lower surface side of a pair of stays 671f and 671b that protrude in the horizontal direction from the upper end of the side wall 621 and in the longitudinal direction of the banknote holding portion 625.
[0074]
Similarly, a round bar-shaped lower guide rail 672L is fixed to the upper surface side of the pair of stays 673f and 673b protruding from the lower end of the side wall 621.
The first and second extruded pieces 663a and 663b are fixed to the slide base 674 and integrated.
Guide rollers 675f and 675b having a drum-shaped peripheral surface are rotatably attached to the first extruded piece 663a.
[0075]
Guide rollers 676f and 676b having a drum-shaped peripheral surface are rotatably attached to the second extruded piece 663b.
These guide rollers can be moved along the side wall 621 while being guided by them by being inserted between the upper guide rail 672u and the lower guide rail 672L.
[0076]
Next, the drive mechanism 690 of the banknote extruding device 660 will be described.
A timing belt pulley 677f is rotatably attached to a shaft 683 fixed to the back surface of the side wall 621.
A timing belt pulley 677b is fixed to a drive shaft 685 of a motor 684 with a reduction gear fixed to the side wall 621.
[0077]
A timing belt 678 is wound around the timing belt pulleys 677f and 677b.
One protrusion 679 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the timing belt 678.
An upper driven body 681u having a protrusion 680 and a lower driven body 681L having a protrusion 682 are fixed to the back surface of the slide base 674.
[0078]
Accordingly, the timing belt 678 advances clockwise, and the protrusion 679 pushes the protrusion 680, whereby the slide base 674 can be moved to the right in FIG.
Further, the protrusion 679 pushes the bar 728a and moves it to the right in FIG.
When the protrusion 679 is on the lower side, the slide base 674 can be moved to the left in FIG.
Further, the protrusion 679 pushes the bar 729b and moves it to the left in FIG.
[0079]
An extrusion sensor s7 is fixed to the side wall 621 for detecting that the support device 671 is pushed out to the front ends (rightward in FIG. 6) of the long holes 662a and 662b.
The return sensor S8 is a sensor for detecting that the support device 671 has returned to the end.
The extrusion sensor s7 and the return sensor s8 are transmissive photoelectric sensors and detect the protruding portion of the first extrusion piece 663a.
[0080]
As shown in FIG. 6, a rectangular protective plate 686 made of a thin plate is disposed near the bill slot 659.
The protective plate 686 is rotatably attached to a longitudinally extending shaft 689 that is fixed to the side wall 621, and is urged by a torsion spring 801 so that the tip thereof contacts the outlet guide 802.
[0081]
The outlet guide 802 is formed of resin and has a trapezoidal outer shape.
The slope 803 and the protective plate 686 form a triangular guide space 804 in front of the bill slot 659.
A payout sensor s9 is fixed to the outlet guide 802 so that the contact 805 crosses the guide space 804.
The outlet guide 802 is fixed to the bracket 711.
The sensor s10 is a transmissive photoelectric sensor that detects that the slide plate 721 has returned to the standby position, and is fixed to the side wall 621.
[0082]
Next, the operation will be described. In order to simplify the description, a case in which two bills are paid out is taken as an example.
First, a case where the banknote bi is paid out will be described.
A motor (not shown) is rotated by the bill payout signal, and the transport device 740 is activated.
That is, the shaft 747 and therefore the drive roller 742 is rotated, and the conveyor belt 743 is circulated counterclockwise in FIG.
[0083]
Further, the feed roller 771 is rotated clockwise through the shaft 773.
Further, the drive roller 781 is rotated clockwise through the shaft 783.
After the transport device 740 starts operation, another motor is operated, and the rotation shaft 711 is rotated once in the counterclockwise direction.
[0084]
While the peripheral surface of the drawing roller 712 rotates counterclockwise by this rotation, the outermost banknote bi is pulled up almost vertically upward by frictional force by advancing into the banknote storage chamber 3b from the window 3w.
The upper end of the bill bi that has been pulled up enters between the holding door 305 and the regulating body 372 of the single sheet take-out device 371.
[0085]
If two banknotes bi are pulled together, the second banknote bi that has been taken with friends is blocked by the regulator 372, and only the banknote bi on the side of the storage door 305 is the banknote storage chamber 3b. Pulled out.
Next, the bill bi travels in a semicircular path p1 between the transport belt 743 and the upper guide 744.
[0086]
The sensor s1 detects the passage of the bill bi and outputs a detection signal.
Next, the leading end of the bill bi is sandwiched between the first press roller 745 and the conveyor belt 743.
The banknote bi that has made a half turn around the guide roller 741 travels downward in a vertical path p2 between the transport belt 743 and the guide plate 746 with the sheet surface substantially vertical.
[0087]
The sensors s2 and s3 output a bill bi detection signal.
Further, the length of the bill is determined by measuring the time from when the sensor s2 or the sensor s3 starts to detect the bill bi until the sensor s1 stops outputting the detection signal.
That is, when the measured time is within a predetermined range, it is determined to be normal, and when it is outside the predetermined range, it is determined to be abnormal.
If no detection signal is output from the sensors s1, s2, or s3, or if the detection signal is output for a predetermined time or more, it is determined that there is an abnormality, and the bill dispensing process is stopped.
[0088]
If it is determined that the bill bi is normal, a solenoid (not shown) is excited.
By excitation of the solenoid, the shaft 724 is rotated in the clockwise direction, and the baffle plate 722 is rotated in the clockwise direction from the position in FIG.
As a result, an arcuate guide passage p4 is formed between the lower end portion of the guide plate 746 and the baffle plate 722, and the fourth press roller 775 is brought into contact with the feed roller 771.
[0089]
The bill bi that has traveled downward in the vertical passage p2 is fed between the third press roller 750 and the conveyor belt 743 following the second press roller 753.
The bill bi is guided to the arcuate guide path p4 following the conversion path p3, and enters between the feed roller 771 and the fourth press roller 775.
[0090]
The bill bi is sandwiched between the feed roller 771 and the fourth press roller 775 and sent downward along the travel line 76r to reach the bill storage section 625 of the bill temporary storage device 610.
A process when the banknote bi is sent to the banknote holding unit 625 will be described in detail.
First, the tip of the bill bi traveling along the travel line 76r comes into contact with the rod spring 641.
[0091]
Since the bar spring 641 is inclined downward toward the side wall 621, the tip of the bill bi is guided to the side wall 621 and moved downward while being guided by the side wall 621, the bar spring 641, the guide wall 623, and the second side wall 624. To do.
Immediately after the rear end (upper end portion in FIG. 4) of the bill bi passes between the feed roller 771 and the fourth press roller 775, the tip of the bill bi is prevented from progressing by the stopper 622.
[0092]
As a result, the rear end of the bill bi is pressed against the feed roller 771 by the bar spring 641, and is transferred to the side wall 621 in the lateral direction by the leftward movement of the peripheral surface 771s of the feed roller 771.
As a result, the bill bi is moved to the side of the travel line 76r, and the sheet surface is stored in a vertical state along the side wall 621.
Thereafter, the baffle plate 722 returns to the original position (position in FIG. 4).
Thereby, the temporary holding work of the 1st bill is completed.
[0093]
The feeding sensor s4 outputs a detection signal when the tip of the banknote bi is located in front, and stops outputting the detection signal when the rear end is moved to the side wall 621 and separated by a predetermined distance as described above. To do.
If the feeding sensor s4 does not output a detection signal, and if the detection signal is output for a predetermined time or more, it is determined that the banknote bi has jammed, and the subsequent automatic operation is stopped.
[0094]
Next, a second temporary hold operation is performed.
That is, the drawing roller 712 is rotated once as described above using a billless signal from the sensor s4 as a trigger.
Thereby, the banknote bi is pulled up from the banknote holding part 3b.
The bills bi are transported through the transport paths p1 and p2 as described above.
[0095]
If no abnormal signal is output from the sensors s1, s2, and s3, the baffle plate 722 is moved to the aforementioned position.
As a result, the bill bi is fed into the bill storage unit 625 by the feeding device 760 as in the first sheet.
The second banknote bi is guided by the bar spring 641, the first banknote bi, the guide wall 623 and the second side wall 624 in the same manner as the first banknote bi. Are aligned with the sheet surface in contact therewith.
[0096]
The detection signal from the sensor s4 is counted, and the number of banknotes held in the banknote holding unit 625 is indirectly detected.
Accordingly, since the count number is 2, the rotation of the drive roller 742 is stopped, and the motor 684 is rotated clockwise in FIG.
[0097]
In the belt 678, when the protrusion 679 presses the bar 728b and the slide plate 721 is detected by the sensor s10, the motor 684 is stopped and is in a standby state.
Accordingly, the protrusion 679 passes over the bar 728b, which is prevented from advancing at the end of the long hole 729b, as the belt 678 is bent, and after rotating around the pulley 677b, pushes the bar 728a toward the bill outlet 659.
The bar 728a moves to the bill outlet 659 side and is stopped at the end of the long hole 729a.
[0098]
Accordingly, since the slide plate 721 is moved in the same direction, the pusher 701 is moved to the side of the side wall 621 from the distal end portion of the bar spring 641 across the traveling path 76r. Therefore, even if the upper end of the banknote bi with the fold is returned by its own spring force and is located below the inlet 626, it is forcibly moved to the vicinity of the side wall 621.
[0099]
Even after the bar 728a is stopped, the rotation of the motor 684 is continued, the belt 678 is bent, and the projection 679 passes below the bar 728a and pushes the projection 680.
As a result, the first extruding piece 663a and the second extruding piece 663b are moved toward the bill slot 659 via the slide base 674.
Then, the first extruded piece 663a and the second extruded piece 663b are stopped by the end portions of the long holes 662a and 662b, respectively.
At this time, since the extrusion sensor s7 detects the first extrusion piece 663a and outputs a detection signal, the motor 684 is stopped.
[0100]
The two banknotes bi pressed by the first extruding piece 663a and the second extruding piece 663b are regulated at the upper end by the side wall 621 and the pusher 701 and at the lower end by the side wall 621 and the second side wall 624. In the state, it is moved to the bill slot 659.
The bill bi passes through the bill slot 659 and the outlet space 804, rotates the protective plate 686 clockwise to pass between the outlet guide 802 and the plate 686, and passes through the outlet 2f of the case 2 to the bill. About one third of the bill length protrudes from the payout port pm.
[0101]
At this time, the contact 805 is moved by the bill bi, and the sampling sensor s9 outputs a bill signal.
That is, the player waits for the banknote bi to be picked up by the player with the banknote bi protruding.
When the player pulls out the bill bi from the bill payout outlet pm, the contact 805 returns to the original state, and the sampling sensor s9 does not output a bill signal.
Using this signal as a trigger, the motor 684 is rotated again.
[0102]
As a result, the timing belt 678 is further moved in the clockwise direction, so that the timing belt 679 is bent and the projection 679 passes below the projection 680.
Thereafter, since the projection 679 pushes the projection 682, the first extruded piece 663a and the second extruded piece 663b are moved leftward in FIG. 6 and stopped by the ends of the long holes 662a and 662b.
At this time, the return sensor s8 detects the first extruded piece 663a and outputs a detection signal.
[0103]
If the return sensor s8 does not output a detection signal, it is determined that the first extruding piece 663a and the second extruding piece 663b are in an abnormal state that stops in the middle, and the subsequent processing is stopped.
As the motor 684 continues to rotate, the protrusion 679 passes over the protrusion 682 and passes therethrough.
[0104]
Since the protrusion 679 pushes the bar 728b to the left (FIG. 6), the slide plate 721 is also moved in the same direction.
As a result, the pusher 701 is returned to the standby position.
Since the sensor s10 outputs a detection signal of the slide plate 721 at a position where the bar 728b is stopped at the end of the long hole 729b, the motor 684 is stopped by this signal and enters a standby state.
[0105]
As a result, the two banknote payout processing is completed.
When paying out a predetermined number of two or more, the work from the drawer to the hold is performed a predetermined number of times until a predetermined number of banknotes bi are held in the banknote holding unit 625.
In the above embodiment, the bill extruding device 660 and the pusher device 700 are driven by the same drive mechanism 690.
As a result, the structure is simple and not expensive.
The present invention can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the gist of the present invention.
[0106]
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a banknote dispensing apparatus including a banknote temporary storage apparatus according to an embodiment is disposed between game machines.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the banknote dispensing apparatus including the banknote temporary storage apparatus of the embodiment as viewed from the upper right.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the banknote dispensing apparatus provided with the banknote temporary holding apparatus according to the embodiment as viewed from the upper left side with a part of the cover removed.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the banknote dispensing apparatus provided with the banknote temporary storage apparatus of the embodiment in the x plane in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the bill temporary storage device of the embodiment as viewed from the upper right front.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the bill temporary storage device of the embodiment as viewed from the upper left rear.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the banknote storage unit of the banknote temporary storage device of the embodiment as viewed from the upper right front.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of the pusher device, where a is a state where the pusher is in a standby position, and b is a state where the pusher is in a protruding position.
[Explanation of symbols]
bi banknote
6 Bill holding device
10 Displacement device
76r banknote progression line
610 bill holding part
621 Side wall
622 stopper
623 Guide wall
626 banknote entrance
630 Unidirectional transfer device
641 Rod spring
650 guide device
760 Transfer device
700 pushers
771 Transfer roller
771s Transfer surface

Claims (4)

A banknote is paid out from the banknote storage chamber, the banknote is conveyed by a transport device, and sent to a primary holding device that extends in substantially the same direction as the progress line of the banknote. In the banknote dispensing device,
The primary holding device ( Ten ) Is a banknote (bi) Direction line of travel (76r) Stopper extending in the direction crossing (622) And the direction line of the banknote (76r) Side wall extending in the same direction as (621) And banknotes (bi) Direction line of travel (76r) Against said side wall (621) Guide wall inclined to the side (623) Bill holding part composed of (625) And bill holding part (625) Banknote entrance (626) And the stopper (622) And circumference (771s) And the distance is banknotes (bi) The transfer roller is set to be smaller than the length in the traveling direction (771) Including the transfer roller (771) Is the banknote and the tip is the stopper (622) Until the banknote is prevented from advancing to the banknote storage unit, and the fed banknotes (76r) The banknote storage part ( 625 ) Is the primary banknote holding device of the banknote dispensing device. The transfer roller ( 771 ) Downstream of banknotes ( bi ) Banknote travel direction line (76r) Deviation device that laterally deviates from (640) The banknote primary holding | maintenance apparatus of the banknote dispensing apparatus of Claim 1 formed by arranging. Furthermore, the banknote storage part ( 625 ) Banknote entrance ( 626 ) And a banknote storage part ( 625 ) Along the normal banknote progression line ( 76 r) anti-side wall ( 621 ) Side stand-by position, and the moving device ( 710 ) Banknote progression line ( 76 r) on the side wall crossing ( 621 ) Pusher to push the banknote toward one transfer direction (approaching) 701 The banknote primary holding | maintenance apparatus of the banknote dispensing apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 which has this. The biasing device ( 640 ) Is a bar spring ( 641 The bill primary storage device of the bill dispensing device according to claim 1.

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