JP4392717B2 - Cash processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus used in a financial institution such as a bank.

Financial institutions such as banks have introduced a cash processing system for the main party for integrated management of banknotes, etc., and this system is composed of a plurality of cash processing devices such as depositing and dispensing machines, counters and sealing devices. Has been.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of such a banknote handling apparatus, and FIG. 8 is a side view showing its internal structure. Here, a banknote depositing and dispensing machine will be described as an example of the cash handling apparatus.

The banknote handling apparatus 1 includes an upper stage unit 2, a middle stage unit 3, and a lower stage unit 4. Each unit 2 to 4 can be pulled out from the front side of the apparatus to the front during maintenance or inspection. .
A deposit port 2a and a withdrawal port 2b are provided on the front surface of the upper unit 2, and a deposit conveyance path 5, a first discrimination section 6, and a withdrawal conveyance path 7 are provided inside the upper unit 1. ing.

  Also, a plurality of temporary stacking units 8 for temporarily collecting banknotes for depositing by denomination in the middle unit 3, and deposits for receiving banknotes from the deposit transport path 5 of the upper unit 1 and transporting them to each temporary stacking unit 8. A conveyance path 9 is provided, and further, in the lower unit 4, a denomination banknote storage 10 disposed immediately below each temporary stacking unit 8, and a withdrawal for payout from the lower part of each banknote storage 10. Is provided with a withdrawal transport path 11 for transporting the banknote to the withdrawal transport path 7 of the upper unit 2 and a second discrimination section 12 for performing discrimination and counting of the withdrawal banknotes.

Here, four temporary stacking units 8 and banknote storages 10 are provided corresponding to four denominations of 1,000 yen, 2,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen, but this number is limited. It may not be done, and it may be more or less.
The deposit process and withdrawal process in this configuration are performed as follows.
First, in the case of deposit processing, when the operator sets the banknotes in a batch at the deposit port 2a, the banknotes are separated one by one by a separating means (not shown) and taken into the upper unit 2, and the first is sequentially transferred by the deposit transport path 5. The first discrimination unit 6 discriminates denominations and counts for each denomination.

The bills after discrimination / counting are transported to the middle unit 3 by the deposit transport path 5, and are sorted into denominations by a sorting means (not shown) while being transported by the deposit transport path 9 of the middle unit 3 and accumulated in each temporary stacking unit 8. Is done.
When all the banknotes set in the deposit port 2a are accumulated in each temporary accumulation unit 8, the breakdown is displayed on a display unit (not shown), and when the operator inputs approval by an input means such as a keyboard (not shown). The banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 8 are respectively stored in the banknote storage 10, and the deposit process is completed.

In the case of the withdrawal process, when the operator inputs the denomination desired to be withdrawn and the number of each denomination by an input means (not shown), the banknote of the denomination input by the operator is not shown from the corresponding banknote storage 10. The paper is fed one by one by the feeding means, and is sequentially transported to the second discrimination section 12 by the withdrawal transport path 11. The second discrimination section 12 discriminates the denomination and the count for each denomination. Is called.
The bills after discrimination / counting are transported to the upper unit 2 by the withdrawal transport path 11 and are transported to the withdrawal port 2b by the withdrawal transport path 7 of the upper unit 2 and accumulated.

When all the denominations and the number of banknotes input by the operator are accumulated in the withdrawal port 2b, the shutter provided in the withdrawal port 2b is opened, and the withdrawal process is performed by taking out the banknotes by the operator. Ends.
FIG. 9 is a side view of the conventional middle unit 3. As shown in this figure, a door 13 is provided on one side of each temporary stacking unit 8.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a conventional temporary stacking unit 8, and FIG. 11 is a plan view of a main part showing the conventional temporary stacking unit 8.
The temporary stacking unit 8 includes a door 13, a side frame (not shown) provided to face the door 13, a rear frame 14, and a front frame 15 provided to face the rear frame 14. Four surrounding surfaces are formed, thereby forming a space sufficient for stacking banknotes P.

Here, as shown in FIG. 11, one end of the door 13 is rotatably attached to the rear frame 14 via a shaft 16, and is urged in a closing direction by a torsion spring 17 attached to the shaft 16. A conveyance guide 14 a is formed at the upper end of the rear frame 14 to guide the bills conveyed from the deposit conveyance path 5 into the temporary stacking unit 8.
Support shafts 18a and 18b extending horizontally are provided outside the rear frame 14 and the front frame 15, and fixed ends of stages 19a and 19b are attached to the shafts 18a and 18b. .

Each of the stages 19a and 19b is formed by a plurality of plate-like or bar-like members, and each member is formed from a vertical slot (or a notch or the like) provided in the rear frame 14 and the front frame 15. It enters into the temporary accumulating section 8 and its free ends are arranged to face each other.
The stages 19a and 19b can be moved up and down along the elongated holes of the rear frame 14 and the front frame 15 together with the support shafts 18a and 18b by a mechanism (not shown), and the support shafts 18a and 18b. Is rotated by a motor or the like (not shown) so as to open the stages 19a and 19b downward.

A pushing plate 20 is provided above the stages 19a and 19b as described above.
A cylindrical portion 20a is formed at one end of the pushing plate 20, that is, the end on the side frame side (not shown) in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface of the pushing plate 20, and is provided outside the side frame. Further, a U-shaped engaging portion 20b is formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 20a, and the position restricting shaft is disposed in parallel with the guide shaft 21. 22 is engaged.

As a result, the push-in plate 20 is moved up and down along the guide shaft 21 by a mechanism (not shown) provided separately from the mechanism for moving the stages 19a and 19b up and down. The restriction shaft 22 restricts the deflection of the push-in plate 20 in the direction around the guide shaft 21.
The guide shaft 21 and the position regulating shaft 22 are fixed to the casing of the middle unit 3 and the side frames are provided with cuts or the like so as not to prevent the pushing plate 20 from moving up and down.

The operation of the temporary accumulation unit 8 having such a configuration will be described.
First, it is assumed that the pushing plate 20 stands by at a position above the lower end of the conveyance guide 14a formed on the rear frame 14, and the stages 19a and 19b stand by at a position below the lower end of the conveyance guide 14a.
At this time, the positions of the stages 19a and 19b and the pushing plate 20 are the upper ends of the ranges of the respective vertical movements.

In this state, the bills P sent by the deposit conveyance path 9 shown in FIG. 8 are guided by the conveyance guide 14a, sequentially discharged into the temporary accumulation unit 8, and accumulated on the stages 19a and 19b.
When the stacking operation of banknotes is completed, the push-in plate 20 descends and presses the banknotes P stacked on the stages 19a and 19b, whereby the banknotes P are held between the stages 19a and 19b and the push-in plate 20.

In this state, the stages 19a and 19b and the push-in plate 20 descend, and when the stages 19a and 19b reach the lower end of the range of vertical movement, the support shafts 18a and 18b rotate to open the stages 19a and 19b downward. .
As a result, the bill P is dropped and stored in the bill storage 10, and at this time, the push-in plate 20 is pushed down to a certain position so that the bill P does not remain on the stages 19a and 19b. All banknotes P are stored in the banknote storage 10.

By the way, in this kind of cash processing machine, when troubles, such as a banknote jam, generate | occur | produce at the time of a money_receiving | payment process, it is necessary to extract all the banknotes currently processed.
In this case, the upper unit 2 and the middle unit 3 are pulled out to the front of the apparatus and the banknotes including the banknote in which the failure has occurred are extracted. However, when the banknotes accumulated in each temporary stacking unit 8 are extracted, as shown in FIG. The door 13 was opened with one hand, and the other hand was inserted into the temporary stacking unit 8 while the opened door 13a was being held with one hand, and the banknotes were removed.

However, in the conventional technology described above, when a failure occurs, the door provided in each temporary stacking unit is provided so as to cover the entire side surface of each temporary stacking unit,
If you do not open the door, you will not know whether the banknotes are collected or not, and if you close the door after removing the banknotes, you will not be able to check if you have forgotten to remove, As a result, there is a problem that the recovery process takes time.

In addition, there is a problem in that the operability is not good because the banknotes must be extracted with both hands.
The present invention aims to solve such problems.

The invention therefore, in a cash handling apparatus having a temporary stacking unit for stacking by releasing the bills sent from the conveyance path on the Stage, smaller than the one side surface provided on one side surface of the temporary stacking section A door , an opening formed on the free end side of the door, and an upper side of the stage, which can be moved up and down along the guide shaft. After the accumulation of banknotes, the stage is lowered and opened. When the banknote on the stage is stored in the banknote storage, it is provided with a pressing plate that descends to the lower side of the stage and presses the banknote into the banknote storage, and a roller that contacts the inner surface of the stacking unit on the pressing plate; A roller in contact with the end surface of the free end of the door is provided, and the roller regulates the swing of the push-in plate around the guide shaft .

In the present invention as described above, the opening is formed on the free end side of the door provided in the temporary stacking unit. Therefore, when it becomes necessary to remove the banknote of each temporary stacking unit, the operator temporarily It is possible to easily check whether or not there are banknotes in the stacking unit.
In addition, when extracting the bills of each temporary stacking unit, it is possible to insert a finger of one hand from the opening and grasp and remove the bill, so that it is possible to extract it with just one hand and the operability is improved. Can also be obtained.

  And even after the door is closed, the operator can check whether there is a banknote that has been forgotten to be extracted from the opening in the temporary stacking section, so that it can be reliably prevented from forgetting to remove it. There is also an effect that the result recovery processing does not take time.

The best mode of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a temporary stacking unit showing an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of the temporary stacking unit, and FIG. 3 is a side view of a middle unit.
In this embodiment, the door 23 provided in each temporary stacking portion 8 of the middle stage unit 3 is formed smaller than the size of one side surface of the temporary stacking portion 8, and one end of the door 23 is connected to the rear portion via the shaft 24 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, an opening 25 through which a finger of a hand can be inserted with a certain margin between the free end of the door 23 and the front frame 15 by being rotatably attached to the frame 14. The structure is formed.

Further, the door 23 is urged in a closing direction by a torsion spring 26 as an urging means attached to the shaft 24, and a magnet 27 is attached to the door 23, and the magnet 27 is placed near one side of the temporary accumulating portion 8. The unit frame (magnetic body) 28 is adsorbed to the unit frame (magnetic body) 28 positioned therein.
The urging force of the torsion spring 26 and the attracting force of the magnet 27 are set to such a strength that the door 23 is opened by the extraction force when the banknote is extracted from the temporary stacking unit 8 with a finger.

    On the other hand, at one end of the pushing plate 20 provided above the stages 19 a and 19 b, that is, at the end on the side frame side (not shown), the cylindrical portion 20 a is perpendicular to the plate surface of the pushing plate 20. The cylindrical portion 20a is fitted to a guide shaft 21 provided outside the side frame (not shown) so as to be movable up and down, but the conventional engaging portion 20b is not formed. Therefore, the position restricting shaft 22 (see FIG. 10) is also omitted.

Instead, in the embodiment of the present invention, the pushing plate 20 is provided with a roller 29a that contacts the inner surface of the front frame 15 and a roller 29b that contacts the end surface of the free end of the door 23, and these rollers 29a and 29b The swing of the push-in plate 20 around the guide shaft 21 is restricted.
Since other configurations are the same as those of the prior art, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the prior art, and the description thereof is omitted.

Next, the operation of the above-described configuration will be described. All the following operations are controlled by a control unit (not shown).
First, in the depositing process, when the operator sets the banknotes P in the depositing port 2a shown in FIG. 8, the banknotes are separated one by one by a separating means (not shown) and taken into the upper unit 2, and the depositing conveyance path 5 are sequentially conveyed to the first discrimination unit 6, and the first discrimination unit 6 discriminates denominations and counts for each denomination.

The bills after discrimination / counting are transported to the middle unit 3 by the deposit transport path 5, and are sorted into denominations by a sorting means (not shown) while being transported by the deposit transport path 9 of the middle unit 3 to the corresponding temporary stacking unit 8. Accumulated.
When all the banknotes set in the deposit port 2a are accumulated in each temporary accumulation unit 8 for each denomination, the breakdown is displayed on a display unit (not shown), and the operator sees it by input means such as a keyboard (not shown). When the approval is input, the banknotes accumulated in each temporary stacking unit 8 are respectively stored in the banknote storage 10, and the deposit process is completed.

Next, the operation of the temporary accumulating unit 8 during such a deposit process will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state when the temporary stacking unit 8 is stacked, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state when the bill is pushed.
At the time of banknote accumulation, as shown in FIG. 4, the push-in plate 20 waits at a position above the lower end of the transport guide 14a formed on the rear frame 14, and the stages 19a and 19b are positioned below the lower end of the transport guide 14a. Wait at.

At this time, the positions of the stages 19a and 19b and the pushing plate 20 are the upper ends of the ranges of the respective vertical movements.
In this state, the banknote P sent by the deposit conveyance path 9 shown in FIG. 2 is guided by the conveyance guide 14a, proceeds in the direction of arrow A, and is sequentially discharged into the temporary accumulation unit 8 and accumulated on the stages 19a and 19b. Is done.

By magnet 27 at this time is provided, et al is a door 23 of the temporary accumulation sections 8 are adsorbed on the unit frame 28, a temporary accumulation section door 23 as the door 23 is not opened by the banknote P released within 8 The closed state is maintained, thereby preventing the banknotes P from jumping out from the temporary stacking unit 8.
When the stacking operation of the banknotes P is finished, the push-in plate 20 descends as shown in FIG. 5 and presses the banknotes P stacked on the stages 19a and 19b, so that the banknotes P and the push-in plates 20a and 19b. It is pinched by.

In this state, the stages 19a, 19b and the push-in plate 20 are lowered, and when the stages 19a, 19b reach the lower end of the range of vertical movement, the support shafts 18a, 18b rotate and the stages 19a, 19b become as shown in FIG. It opens downward as shown by the arrows B and C shown.
As a result, the banknote P falls and is stored in the banknote storage 10, but at this time, the push-in plate 20 continues to descend to a position below the stages 19a and 19b so that the banknote P does not remain on the stages 19a and 19b. Then, the pushing operation is performed to store all the banknotes P in the banknote storage 10.

Next, the banknote extraction process when a failure such as a banknote jam occurs during the deposit process will be described.
In this case, the upper unit 2 and the middle unit 3 shown in FIG. 2 are pulled out in front of the apparatus in the same manner as in the past, and the banknotes including the banknote in which the failure has occurred are extracted, but the banknotes accumulated in each temporary stacking unit 8 are removed. When extracting, do as follows.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the main part of the temporary stacking unit 8 at the time of banknote removal.
In this embodiment, when the banknotes are extracted from the temporary stacking unit 8, the opening 25 is formed between the free end of the door 23 and the front frame 15. Check whether there is a bill P.
When there is a bill, the operator inserts several fingers of one hand into the temporary stacking portion 8 from the opening 25, grasps the bill P on the stages 9a, 9b with the finger, and pulls it out in the direction of arrow D shown in FIG. Eventually, one end of the banknote P hits the door 23, and an extraction force is applied to the door 23.

When the extraction force becomes larger than the attracting force of the magnet 27 provided on the door 23 to the unit frame 28 and the urging force of the torsion spring 26 urging the door 23 in the closing direction, the magnet 27 is moved to the unit frame 28. The door 23 rotates in the direction of arrow E around the shaft 24 as a fulcrum.
Thereby, the door 23 is opened, so that the banknote P can be pulled out from the temporary stacking unit 8 with one hand.

When the banknote P is extracted, the door 23 rotates and closes in the direction of arrow F due to the urging force of the torsion spring 26, and the magnet 27 is attracted to the unit frame 28. At this time, the operator forgets to extract the temporary stacking unit 8 from the opening 25. It is possible to confirm whether or not there is a bill P.
The withdrawal process is the same as in the prior art, and the description thereof is omitted.
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the opening 25 is formed between the free end of the door 23 provided in the temporary stacking unit 8 and the front frame 15, each temporary stacking unit 8. When the banknote needs to be removed, the operator can easily confirm whether or not the banknote P is in the temporary stacking unit 8 from the opening 25.

Moreover, when extracting the banknote P of each temporary stacking part 8, since the finger | toe of one hand can be inserted from the opening part 25 and the banknote P can be grabbed and extracted, it can be extracted only by using one hand, and operativity is good. The effect of improving is also acquired.
And after extracting the banknote P, even if the door 23 is closed, the operator can confirm whether or not there is the banknote P that has been forgotten to be extracted from the opening 25 to the temporary stacking unit 8, so that it is possible to reliably prevent forgetting to extract it. As a result, there is also an effect that the recovery process does not take time.

  Further, a roller 29a that contacts the inner surface of the front frame 15 and a roller 29b that contacts the end surface of the free end of the door 23 are provided on the pushing plate 20, and these rollers 29a and 29b travel around the guide shaft 21 of the pushing plate 20. Since the deflection of the direction is restricted, it is not necessary to consider strength and accuracy compared to the conventional structure in which the engaging part 20b formed on the cylindrical part 20a is engaged with the position restricting shaft 22, There is also an effect that a reduction in size and weight and a reduction in cost can be realized.

  In the embodiment of the invention described above, the depositing / dispensing machine has been described as an example of the banknote processing machine. However, in order to make a banknote counting apparatus having a stacking unit that temporarily stacks a predetermined number of banknotes and a bundle of a predetermined number of banknotes The present invention is also applicable to a sealing device having a stacking unit for temporarily stacking banknotes.

The perspective view of the temporary accumulation part which shows the form of invention The principal part top view of the temporary accumulation part which shows the form of invention Side view of the middle unit in the form of the invention The side view which shows the state at the time of banknote accumulation | stacking in the form of invention The side view which shows the state at the time of banknote pushing in the form of invention The principal part top view which shows the state at the time of banknote extraction in the form of invention Perspective view showing appearance of cash processing apparatus Side view showing internal structure of cash processing device Side view of conventional middle unit The perspective view which shows the conventional temporary accumulation part Plan view of main part of conventional temporary stacking unit

Explanation of symbols

8 Temporary Stacking Unit 14 Rear Frame 14a Transport Guide 15 Front Frame 20 Pushing Plate 20a Cylindrical Part 21 Guide Shaft 23 Door 24 Shaft 25 Opening 26 Torsion Spring 27 Magnet 28 Unit Frame 29a, 29b Roller

Claims (1)

In a cash processing apparatus having a temporary stacking unit that discharges and stacks banknotes sent from a transport path on a stage,
A door smaller than the one side surface provided on one side surface of the temporary accumulation unit;
An opening formed on the free end side of the door;
The stage is provided on the upper side of the stage and can be moved up and down along the guide shaft. After the banknotes are stacked, the stage is lowered and opened to store the banknotes on the stage in the banknote storage. A push-in plate that descends to below and pushes banknotes into the banknote storage,
The push plate is provided with a roller in contact with the inner surface of the stacking portion and a roller in contact with the end surface of the free end of the door, and this roller regulates the deflection of the push plate in the direction around the guide shaft. A cash processing device.