JP5182107B2 - Banknote storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote storage device, and more particularly, to a banknote storage device that takes banknotes one by one, aligns them stably, and stores them in a banknote storage.

  As a conventional banknote storage device of this type, for example, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-301593 (Patent Document 1) is known. This conventional apparatus is a paper sheet stacking apparatus that takes in paper sheets (banknotes) one by one into a stacking section and stacks them while holding the leading end of the paper sheets guided to the stacking section. Leading edge holding means for conveying; conveying position detecting means for detecting the conveying position of the paper sheets taken into the stacking unit; taking-in timing of the paper sheets and paper sheets based on the detection signal of the conveying position detecting means; Control means for controlling the leading edge holding operation in synchronism with the leading edge holding means, wherein the leading edge holding means takes in the engagement holding projection for engaging and holding the leading edge of the paper sheet, and forms it on the belt surface for conveyance. Switching means for switching between the paper sheet engaging position and the retracted position is provided.

  According to the paper sheet stacking apparatus, the paper sheets guided to the stacking unit are collected and conveyed while being held by the tip holding means when the paper sheets are stacked. Are carried straight into the space of the stacking unit, and a stable stacking operation is performed one by one. Therefore, even if a weak paper sheet or a deformed paper sheet is guided to the stacking unit, it is possible to perform a highly reliable take-in operation without a drooping state, etc. It is possible to perform stable integration that is prevented from occurring. In addition, when the paper sheets are stacked, the control means detects the paper sheet take-in timing and the leading edge of the paper sheets based on the detection of the transport position of the paper sheets carried into the stacking unit. Since the operation is controlled in synchronization with each other, the sheets can be held individually one by one and accurately stacked. Furthermore, when the engagement holding projection is switched between the engagement position and the retracted position according to the take-in position of the paper sheet, the paper sheet is engaged and held to the stacking position, and when the stacking position is reached. By releasing the engagement and holding, the paper sheets can be stacked at the optimal stacking position.

  In other words, this conventional paper sheet stacking apparatus is a stable stacking process that can reliably hold and stack various paper sheets one by one, regardless of the paper quality and weakness of the paper sheets. It is possible to

JP-A-9-301593

  By the way, the paper sheet stacking apparatus described in Patent Document 1 holds the paper sheet guided to the stacking unit with the tip holding means while stably holding the paper sheet one by one at the stacking position. The paper sheets once stacked in the stacking section are only stacked at that position without any restriction, so for example, the paper sheets may be folded or bent back. Then, there was a possibility that the accumulation state of those paper sheets would be disturbed. Then, when the paper sheets in which the stacking state is disturbed are transported from the stacking unit by the unloading means and reused, there is a possibility that the paper sheets are jammed in the stacking unit and cannot be transported. Such inconveniences are particularly problematic in banknote processing apparatuses that always process banknotes.

  This invention is made | formed in order to solve the above subjects, and when a banknote is accommodated in a banknote storage (stack | stacking part), a banknote is not returned and a banknote is stably stored in a banknote storage. Accumulation of banknotes prevents banknotes from clogging even when they are transported from the banknote storage, preventing problems such as normal withdrawal, and ensuring that banknotes are stored in the banknote storage It is an object to provide a highly reliable banknote storage device capable of

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 includes a banknote storage for storing banknotes one by one from the inlet portion, a stage for stacking banknotes captured in the banknote storage, An endless transport belt that is disposed opposite the banknote placement surface and is erected from the vicinity of the entrance portion along the direction of taking in the banknote, and one end is connected to the outer periphery of the transport belt, and the other end is in an open state And a plurality of flexible cantilever blades connected to the outer periphery thereof, a drive means for the transport belt, and the cantilever blades provided at the inlet portion when the transport belt is driven. A guide member that abuts and bends, and when the banknote is stored in the banknote storage, the conveyor belt is driven in accordance with the banknote take-in speed, and the lower side of the banknote taken in from the inlet portion Before The cantilever blade deflected by the guide member is submerged, and the captured banknote is sandwiched between the cantilever blade submerged and the adjacent cantilever blade, and this is loaded on the stage. It is conveyed along the upper surface of the stored banknote and stored in the banknote storage.

  According to this, when storing a banknote in the banknote storage, the banknote is sandwiched between the cantilever blade that has been submerged in the lower side and the adjacent cantilever blade, and this is loaded on the stage. Since it conveys while pressing from the upper direction along the upper surface of the stored banknote, the aspect of the taken banknote can be restrained flatly, and the folded fold and the bent fold can be removed and stably stored in the banknote storage. Moreover, since a banknote is nipped between two adjacent cantilever blades and conveyed, even if the banknote located on the upper surface of the stored banknote has a protruding part such as a tear, the banknote is caught and jammed. It is possible to securely store banknotes in the banknote storage.

  Moreover, the invention which concerns on Claim 2 is a banknote storage apparatus of Claim 1, The said stage is provided so that raising / lowering is possible according to the quantity of the banknote loaded on the banknote mounting surface, The said banknote storage When storing banknotes in a warehouse, the banknotes sandwiched between the cantilever blades are conveyed along the upper surface of the stored banknotes stacked on the stage, and the take-in space that can be taken into the banknote storage room, It is configured above the stored banknote.

  According to this, when storing banknotes in the banknote storage, the banknotes sandwiched between the cantilever blades are reliably transported through the take-up space configured above the stored banknotes, and banknote storage It can be stored in the storage.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the aspect of the banknote to be taken can be constrained flatly, and the folded folds and bent folds can be removed and stably stored in the banknote storage. Even when the banknotes taken in are fed out one by one by the unloading means, the banknotes can be reliably unloaded without clogging. Moreover, even if there is a protruding part such as a tear on the banknote located on the upper surface of the stored banknote, the banknote can be securely stored in the banknote storage without being caught by the banknote, A highly reliable banknote storage device with few failures can be provided.

  Moreover, according to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, when accommodating a banknote in banknote storage, the banknote pinched | interposed between cantilever blades is reliably conveyed through the taking-in space comprised above a stored banknote. Since it can be stored in the banknote storage, it is possible to provide a highly reliable banknote storage apparatus that can securely store banknotes in the banknote storage.

It is a schematic side view which shows typically the banknote storage apparatus of embodiment of this invention. In the banknote storage device of the embodiment of the present invention, when banknotes are stored in the banknote storage from the entrance, two adjacent cantilever blades provided on the conveyor belt are provided at the top and bottom positions of the banknotes stored. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the state in which a banknote is taken in into a banknote storage at the existing timing, Comprising: (a) is a conveyance roller, an impeller, and a conveyance belt being each rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow, and conveyance. The conveyance speed of the banknotes conveyed by the rollers and the circulation speed of the conveyor belt that rotates with the cantilever blades are set in the same manner, and the banknotes are directed from the inlet section to the conveyance space of the banknote storage box via the banknote conveyance path. (B) is a state where the cantilever blade located on the upper side of the bill to be transported presses against the bill from above and sandwiches the tip of the bill between the lower cantilever blade, c) is a bill The state where the tip is sandwiched between two adjacent cantilever blades provided on the conveyor belt and pressed against the upper surface of the uppermost banknote loaded on the stacking stage, (d) shows the transport banknote on the stacking stage. It is a figure which shows the state conveyed along the upper surface of the top banknote, and accommodated in a banknote storage box. In the banknote storage apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a banknote is stored in the banknote storage from the entrance, the banknote is received at a timing when there is no cantilever blade provided on the transport belt at the top and bottom positions of the banknote stored. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the state taken in into a banknote storage, Comprising: (a) is a conveyance roller, an impeller, and a conveyance belt being each rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow, and the conveyance speed of a banknote, and cantilever The circulation speed of the conveyor belt that rotates with the blades is set in the same manner, and the banknote is conveyed from the entrance portion toward the conveyance space of the banknote storage box, (b) is the banknote conveyed on the guide block The state in which the cantilever blade provided on the transport belt presses against the tip of the belt from above and the conveyed banknote is sandwiched between the cantilever blade and the guide block, (c) is the guide block via the transported banknote Hit The attached cantilever blade is bent and deformed to block the front of the bill to be conveyed, and the bill is held in place, (d) shows the bent and deformed cantilever blade returned to its original shape. The state in which the tip of the banknote to be transported is sandwiched between two cantilever blades provided on the transport belt, and the tip of the banknote to be transported is the transport belt. In the state of being sandwiched between the cantilever blades provided on the upper side of the banknote, (f) is conveyed along the upper surface of the banknote, the banknote being conveyed being pressed against the upper surface of the uppermost banknote loaded on the stacking stage 4. It is a figure which shows the state accommodated in a banknote storage box.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view schematically showing a banknote storage apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The banknote storage apparatus 1 of the present invention is provided in a banknote depositing / withdrawing unit or the like of an automatic cash transaction apparatus (not shown) and collects and stores banknotes. As shown in the figure, the banknote storage device 1 includes a banknote storage box (banknote storage) 3 for storing banknotes, an accumulation stage (stage) 4 for placing banknotes stacked in the banknote storage box 3, A conveying roller 8 that conveys the banknote from the inlet 6 into the banknote storage box 3 and an impeller 9 that taps the rear end of the banknote carried into the banknote storage box 3 and feeds the banknote into the banknote storage box 3. And a conveyor belt 11 provided above the banknote storage box 3 and having a plurality of flexible cantilever blades 12 connected to the outer periphery thereof, and a conveyor belt 11 provided at the entrance 6 and driven. A guide block (guide member) 5 with which the cantilever blade 12 abuts is provided.

The banknote storage box 3 is formed with its storage portion 3a in accordance with the shape of banknotes to be stored, aligns stored banknotes, and sequentially stacks and stores them. The stacking stage 4 provided in the banknote storage box 3 is provided so that the upper surface is formed in a substantially horizontal state and the banknotes are stacked and placed on the placement surface (banknote placement surface) 4a. It can be moved up and down by means.
The conveyance rollers 8 are provided in pairs in the inlet portion 6 so as to be arranged in the vertical direction so as to sandwich the banknote conveyance path 7. A part of the outer periphery of the upper transport roller 8a protrudes into the banknote transport path 7, and a lower transport roller 8b (not shown) faces the upper transport roller 8a and similarly a part of the outer periphery thereof is the banknote transport path 7. It is exposed and provided. And by driving these, a banknote is pinched | interposed between them and it conveys to the banknote storage box 3. FIG. In addition, the conveyance roller 8 conveys a banknote with predetermined | prescribed conveyance force, and when a banknote stops in the banknote conveyance path 7, it is provided so that it can idle | spin so that a banknote may buckle and jam may not generate | occur | produce. The impeller 9 is provided, for example, on both ends of the conveying roller 8, and a plurality of blades 9 b made of an elastic member such as rubber are radially arranged around a hub 9 a provided at the center thereof. Is formed. Then, by rotating, the blade 9b functions to strike the rear end of the conveyed banknote and feed the banknote into the banknote storage box 3.

  The transport belt 11 is made of natural rubber or synthetic rubber and an elastic material reinforced with fibers or the like, and a pair of pulleys 15 and 16 provided above the banknote storage box 3 along the banknote transport (take-in) direction. It is stretched endlessly between them. A plurality of cantilever blades 12 are arranged on the outer periphery of the conveyor belt 11 at substantially equal intervals. One end of the cantilever blade 12 is connected to the outside of the conveyor belt 11, and the other end is configured to be opened toward the upstream side of the bill to be taken on the bill storage box 3 side. Further, the cantilever blades 12 are made of an elastic material such as rubber, and are configured to be able to bend so as to be folded over and contact with the adjacent cantilever blades 12. The plurality of cantilever blades 12 are rotationally driven together with the conveyor belt 11 when the conveyor belt 11 is driven by a driving means (not shown).

  In addition, one pulley 15 that spans the conveyor belt 11 is provided in the vicinity of the inlet portion 6, and the other pulley 16 is provided in the vicinity of the rear end portion 3 b of the banknote storage box 3 on the opposite side to the inlet portion 6. Yes. Here, when the bill is transported from the inlet portion 6 to the bill storage box 3, the one pulley 15 has a tip portion of the cantilever blade 12 connected to the transport belt 11 and rotating around the pulley 15. It is arranged at a position where it abuts against the guide block 5 provided at the entrance 6 and bends. The other pulley 16 is arranged with respect to one pulley 15 so that the conveyor belt 11 facing the banknote storage box 3 is stretched in parallel with the placing surface 4 a of the stacking stage 4. Note that a guide piece 18 is provided below the other pulley 16 so as to abut the tip of the banknote conveyed to the banknote storage box 3 and guide it to the inside of the banknote storage box 3.

  Further, on the upper part of the bill storage box 3, a feeding roller 20 (not shown) for feeding the bills accumulated in the storage unit 3a to the outside is provided. In addition, about the above-mentioned conveyance roller 8, the upper conveyance roller 8a is made into the drive roller which can rotate forward / reversely, for example, and the lower conveyance roller 8b which is not shown can be rotated only in the conveyance direction to a banknote storage box of a banknote. If it comprises, it can be made to function as the banknote separation roller 23 which isolate | separates for every banknote paid out to the inlet part 6 from the banknote storage box 3 with this unshown feeding roller 20, and sends it outside.

  Next, the operation | movement which accommodates a banknote in the banknote storage box 3 in the banknote storage apparatus 1 of this invention comprised in this way is demonstrated. FIG. 2 shows, in the banknote storage device 1 according to the present invention, when a banknote is stored in the banknote storage box 3 from the inlet 6, two adjacent pieces provided on the conveyor belt 11 at the upper and lower positions of the stored banknote tip. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the state in which a banknote is taken in into the banknote storage box 3 at the timing which each holding blade 12 exists. When the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage box 3 from the inlet 6, first, the stacking stage 4 provided in the banknote storage box 3 and stacking the banknotes on the mounting surface 4 a is moved in the vertical direction. Thereby, the conveyance space (take-in space) 25 which conveys and stores a banknote above the uppermost banknote stacked on the stacking stage 4 in the banknote storage box 3 is appropriately configured. Then, as shown in FIG. 2A, the transport roller 8, the impeller 9, and the transport belt 11 are each driven to rotate in the direction of the arrow, and the banknote is stored from the inlet 6 through the banknote transport path 7. It is transported toward the transport space 25 of the box 3. Here, the conveyance speed of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance roller 8 and the rotation speed of the conveyance belt 11 that rotates with the cantilever blades 12 are set similarly. That is, the banknote is conveyed from the inlet 6 to the banknote storage box 3 while maintaining the state in which two adjacent cantilever blades 12 provided on the conveyor belt 11 are present at the upper and lower positions of the leading edge of the banknote being conveyed. The Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the cantilever blade 12 located on the upper side of the bill to be conveyed presses against the bill from the upper side, and the tip of the bill is sandwiched between the lower cantilever blade 12 and the bill. To work. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the leading edge of the transported banknote is sandwiched between two adjacent cantilever blades 12 provided on the transport belt 12, and the topmost banknote stacked on the stacking stage 4. Pressed against the top surface. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (d), the banknotes sandwiched between the cantilever blades 12 are pressed from above by the plurality of cantilever blades 12 along the upper surface of the uppermost banknote on the stacking stage 4. The bills are conveyed while being stored in the bill storage box 3. In this way, the banknote is placed on the stacking stage 4 of the banknote storage box 3 and stored in the banknote storage box 3 while the tip of the banknote is sandwiched between the cantilever blades 12 provided on the transport belt 11.

  3 shows the cantilever blade 12 provided on the conveyor belt 11 at the vertical position of the leading edge of the banknote to be stored when the banknote is stored in the banknote storage 3 from the inlet 6 in the banknote storage apparatus 1 of the present invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the state by which a banknote is taken in into the banknote storage 3 at the timing which does not have. First, the stacking stage 4 in the banknote storage box 3 is moved in the vertical direction, and a transport space 25 for transporting and storing banknotes is appropriately configured above the uppermost banknote stacked on the stacking stage 4. The Then, as shown in FIG. 3A, the transport roller 8, the impeller 9, and the transport belt 11 are each driven to rotate in the direction of the arrow, and the banknote is stored from the inlet 6 through the banknote transport path 7. It is transported toward the transport space 25 of the box 3. At this time, a banknote is conveyed at the timing when there is no cantilever blade 12 below the banknote tip. Moreover, the conveyance speed of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance roller 8 and the circumference speed of the conveyance belt 11 which is provided with the cantilever blade 12 and rotates are set to be the same as described above. And as shown in FIG.3 (b), the cantilever blade 12 provided in a conveyance belt presses against the front-end | tip of the banknote conveyed on the guide block 5, from the upper side, and the banknote conveyed is the cantilever blade 12. And the guide block 5. And as shown in FIG.3 (c), the cantilever blade 12 struck by the guide block 5 via the conveyed banknote bends and deform | transforms. At this time, the banknotes to be conveyed are not deformed because they are on the guide block 5, and the front of the conveyance direction is blocked by the bent cantilever blades 12, and are kept in place. And as shown in FIG.3 (d), the cantilever blade 12 which bent and deform | transformed sunk into the lower side of the banknote conveyed, returning to the original shape, and the front-end | tip of the banknote conveyed is provided in a conveyance belt. It is in a state of being sandwiched between two adjacent cantilever blades 12. And as shown in FIG.3 (e), the highest banknote further stacked | stacked on the accumulation | storage stage 4 in the state pinched | interposed between the cantilever blades 12 provided in the conveyance belt 12 as shown in FIG. It is pressed against the top surface. And as shown in FIG.3 (f), the banknote pinched | interposed into the cantilever blade 12 is conveyed along the upper surface of the uppermost banknote on the stacking stage 4 while being pressed from above, and the banknote is It is stored in the bill storage box 3. In this manner, the banknotes are placed on the stacking stage 4 of the banknote storage box 3 and stored in the banknote storage box 3 while being sandwiched between the cantilever blades 12 provided on the transport belt 11 as described above.

  As described above, according to the banknote storage device 1, when a banknote is stored in the banknote storage box 3, between the cantilever blade 12 in which the banknote is submerged and the adjacent cantilever blade 12. Since it is sandwiched and conveyed while being pressed from above along the upper surface of the banknotes stacked on the stacking stage 4, the state of the banknotes taken in is constrained flatly, and the folded folds and bent folds are removed, so that it is stable. It can be stored in the bill storage box 3. Moreover, since a banknote is nipped between two adjacent cantilever blades 12 and conveyed, even if the banknote located on the upper surface of the stored banknote has a protruding part such as a tear, the banknote is caught and jammed. It is possible to securely store banknotes in the banknote storage box 3. Therefore, even when the banknotes taken in are fed out one by one by a feeding roller 20 (not shown) or the like, the banknotes can be reliably carried out without clogging. Further, even if the banknote located on the upper surface of the stored banknote has a protruding part such as a tear, the banknote can be securely stored in the banknote storage box 3 without being caught by the banknote. Therefore, it is possible to provide a highly reliable banknote storage device with few failures.

  Further, the stacking stage 4 is provided so as to be able to move up and down according to the amount of banknotes stacked on the stacking stage 4. When storing banknotes in the banknote storage box 3, the banknotes sandwiched between the cantilever blades 12 are placed on the stacking stage 4. Since the conveyance space 25 that can be taken into the banknote storage box 3 along the upper surface of the stored banknote is appropriately configured above the stored banknote, the banknote sandwiched between the cantilever blades 12 is placed above the stored banknote. It can be reliably conveyed through the configured conveyance space 25 and stored in the bill storage box 3. That is, a highly reliable banknote storage device that can securely store banknotes in the banknote storage box 3 can be provided.

  Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the apparatus shown in this embodiment mode, and application changes can be made within the scope of the spirit of the present invention. For example, the shape, configuration, material, and the like of the transport belt 11, the cantilever blade 12 connected thereto, the guide block 5 with which the cantilever blade 12 abuts, or the transport roller 8 are not limited to this embodiment. .

1 banknote storage device 3 banknote storage box (banknote storage)
4 Integration stage (stage)
4a Placement surface (banknote placement surface)
5 Guide block (guide member)
7 bill transport path 8 transport roller 9 impeller 11 transport belt 12 cantilever blade 15 pulley 16 pulley 25 transport space (take-in space)

Claims (2)

  A banknote storage for storing banknotes one by one from the entrance section, a stage for stacking the banknotes captured in the banknote storage section, and an upper side of the banknote placement surface of the stage, An endless conveyor belt erected from the vicinity along the banknote taking-in direction, and one end connected to the outer periphery of the conveyor belt, the other end added to the open state, and a plurality of possible belts connected to the outer periphery. A cantilever blade having flexibility, a driving means for the conveyor belt, and a guide member provided at the inlet portion, which abuts on the cantilever blade when the conveyor belt is driven to bend it, When storing banknotes in the banknote storage, the conveyor belt is driven in accordance with the banknote take-in speed, and the cantilever blades bent by the guide member are inserted under the banknotes taken in from the entrance. The bills are sandwiched between the cantilever blades that have been submerged underneath and the cantilever blades adjacent to the cantilever blades, and conveyed along the upper surface of the stored bills stacked on the stage, and the bill storage A bill storage device that is stored in a cabinet.   The stage is provided so as to freely move up and down according to the amount of banknotes stacked on the banknote placement surface, and when storing banknotes in the banknote storage, the banknotes sandwiched between the cantilever blades are The bill storage device according to claim 1, wherein a take-up space that is transported along the upper surface of the stored bills stacked on the stage and can be taken into the storage is configured above the stored bills. .