JP5272761B2 - 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 engaging and holding action, the sheets can be stacked in an 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. Although the paper sheets once stacked in the stacking section are only stacked in that position without any restriction, 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.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. When banknotes are stored in a banknote storage (stacking unit), the banknotes can be stably banked without being bent or turned back. By accumulating in the storage, the banknotes are prevented from clogging even when they are carried out of the banknote storage, preventing problems such as normal withdrawal, and ensuring that banknotes are stored in the banknote storage. It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly reliable banknote storage device that can be performed in a simple manner.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 includes a banknote storage that takes in and stores banknotes one by one, a stage on which the banknotes taken into the banknote storage are stacked, and a banknote placement of the stage. A plurality of endless conveying belts arranged opposite to each other above the surface and erected along the bill taking-in direction, and one end connected to the outer periphery of the conveying belt and the other end opened to be swingable. A cantilever blade and a lower side of the endless conveyance belt are disposed above the banknote placement surface of the stage, and gently slant downward from the central part of the banknote storage along the bill taking-in direction. A guide member extending toward the rear end of the banknote storage; and a drive means for the transport belt. When storing banknotes in the banknote storage, the transport belt is driven to store the banknotes. Taken into the warehouse The tip of the banknote is held between the plurality of cantilever blades provided on the conveyor belt, and this is pressed against the upper surface of the stored banknotes stacked on the stage, and the tip of the banknote is guided. It is a banknote storage device that is gradually guided downward by a member and stacked on the stored banknotes that are separated from the cantilever blades and stacked on the stage when the front end of the banknotes approaches the rear end of the banknote storage. The guide member is provided with a horizontal portion that follows the inclined portion in front of the rear end of the banknote storage and is made of an elastic body so that it can swing up and down and the horizontal portion follows the inclined portion. Is provided so as to be stretchable .

  According to this, when storing a banknote in the banknote storage, the banknote is stored on the stage by holding the tip of the banknote between the plurality of cantilever blades provided on the conveyor belt. Since it is conveyed while being pressed against the upper surface of the paper, the aspect of the taken banknote can be constrained flatly, and the folded folds and bent folds can be removed and stably stored in the banknote storage. In addition, even when the leading edge of the banknote is deeply inserted between the cantilever blades and conveyed, the leading edge of the banknote comes into contact with the guide member as it approaches the rear end from the center of the banknote storage, Since it is guided downward so as to be gradually extracted from between the cantilever blades, the tip of the bill is removed from between the cantilever blades without being deformed and stacked on the stored bills stacked on the stage. Is done.

  Further, when storing banknotes in the banknote storage, when the leading edge of the banknote held between the cantilever blades comes into contact with the guiding member, the guiding member swings upward and The impact due to the abutment of the guide member is alleviated, and deformation of the bill tip can be reliably prevented. Moreover, since the said horizontal part is extended | stretched so that the said inclination part may be followed, the front-end | tip of the banknote is reliably guided toward the rear end of the said banknote storage along the said guide member. And when it reaches the vicinity of the rear end of the banknote storage, the horizontal portion is restored to its original state and presses the front end of the banknote, so that it can be reliably aligned and accumulated on the stage. .

  As described above, according to the invention according to claim 1, the aspect of the banknote to be taken can be constrained flatly, and the folded fold and the bent fold can be removed and stably stored in the banknote storage. When the tip is removed from between the cantilever blades, the tip of the banknote is removed from between the cantilever blades without being deformed, and is loaded on the stored banknotes loaded on the stage. The bills can be stably accumulated in the bill storage. Therefore, for example, even when the banknotes taken in are fed out one by one by the unloading means, a highly reliable banknote storage apparatus capable of reliably unloading banknotes without clogging can be provided.

In addition, the impact caused by the contact between the leading edge of the bill and the guide member can be mitigated to reliably prevent the leading edge of the bill from being deformed, and when the leading edge of the bill reaches the vicinity of the rear end of the bill storage, Highly reliable banknote storage that prevents the banknotes from being deformed and reliably stacks banknotes in the banknote storage because the unit can press the tip of the banknotes and align and stack them on the stage. An apparatus can be provided.

It is a schematic side view which shows typically the banknote storage apparatus of embodiment of this invention. The banknote storage apparatus of embodiment of this invention WHEREIN: It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the state in which a banknote is accommodated in a banknote storage box (banknote storage) from an entrance part, Comprising: (a) is a conveyance roller and an impeller. The conveyor belts are driven to rotate in the direction of the arrows, and the banknotes are transported from the banknote transport path at the entrance toward the transport space above the banknote storage box, and transport the banknotes transported by the transport rollers. The speed and the revolving speed of the conveyor belt that rotates with the cantilever blades are set in the same way, so that the leading edge of the banknote to be conveyed is sandwiched between two adjacent cantilever blades provided on the conveyor belt. (B) shows a state in which the tip of the transported banknote is sandwiched and held between two adjacent cantilever blades provided on the transport belt, and further pressed against the upper surface of the uppermost banknote loaded on the stacking stage. Be In the state (c), a banknote sandwiched and held between cantilever blades is conveyed while being pressed from above by a plurality of cantilever blades along the upper surface of the uppermost banknote on the stacking stage. State (d) is such that the tip of the bill passes through the central portion of the bill storage box and comes into contact with the guide spring, the guide spring swings upward, and its horizontal portion extends along the inclined portion. In the deformed state, (e) is guided along a guide spring in which the tip of the banknote gently tilts downward from the vicinity of the center of the ceiling of the banknote storage box and extends toward the rear end of the banknote storage box. (F) shows a state in which the leading edge of the banknote reaches the vicinity of the rear end of the banknote storage box and the guide spring is restored. It returns to its original state by force, and the tip of the bill is Pressed against the upper surface of the banknotes stacked on the integrated stage by parts, it illustrates a state, respectively, which is integrated in alignment with the 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 an endless transport belt 11 that is disposed above the banknote placement surface 4a of the stacking stage 4 and is laid from the vicinity of the entrance portion 6 along the bill taking-in direction, and one end on the outer periphery of the transport belt 11. A plurality of cantilever blades 12 which are connected and swingably provided with the other end opened, and below the endless transport belt 11, above the placement surface (banknote placement surface) 4 a of the stacking stage 4. The banknote is removed from the central part of the banknote storage 3. And a loosely sloped guide spring which extends toward the rear end 3b of the bill storage box 3 downward along the viewing direction (the guide member) 19 or the like.

  The banknote storage box 3 is formed with its storage portion 3a in accordance with the shape of the banknotes to be stored, and the stored banknotes are aligned and sequentially stacked and stored. Moreover, 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 mounted on the mounting surface 4a. The integration stage 4 is configured to be movable up and down by driving means (not shown).

  The conveyance rollers 8 are arranged in pairs in the vertical direction so as to sandwich the banknote conveyance path 7 at the entrance 6. 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 is supported and stopped in the middle of the banknote conveyance path 7, it is provided so that it can idle | spin so that a banknote may buckle and a jam may not generate | occur | produce. . The impeller 9 is provided on both sides of the conveying roller 8, for example, and is formed by radially arranging a plurality of blades 9b made of an elastic member such as rubber around a hub 9a provided at the center thereof. Has been. Then, the impeller 9 rotates so that the blade 9b functions to hit 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 banknote to be taken on the banknote storage box 3 side. Further, the cantilever blades 12 are made of an elastic material such as rubber, and are configured to be swingable so as to fold over and contact the adjacent cantilever blades 12. The plurality of cantilever blades 12 are driven between the pulleys 15 and 16 together with the conveyor belt 11 when the conveyor belt 11 is driven by a driving means (not shown).

  Here, 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 3 b of the banknote storage box 3 on the side opposite to the inlet portion 6. Yes. In addition, when the banknote is transported from the inlet section 6 to the banknote storage box 3, one pulley 15 has the leading end of the transported banknote sandwiched between the plurality of cantilever blades 12 connected to the transport belt 11. Are arranged to be held. 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.

  Moreover, the guide spring 19 is provided so that it may protrude below the part which faces the banknote storage box 3 side of the conveyance belt 11. FIG. For example, when the conveyance belts 11 are provided in two rows along the bill taking-in direction, the guide springs 19 are provided between the guide belts 19 and are held between the cantilever blades 12 of the conveyance belt 11 so as to be stored in the bill storage box 3. The tip of the banknote taken in is guided downward so as to be gradually extracted from between the cantilever blades 12 and released from its holding. This guide spring 19 is disposed oppositely above the placement surface 4 a of the stacking stage 4, and loosens downward from the center of the ceiling of the banknote storage 3 toward the banknote taking-in direction, that is, toward the rear end 3 b of the banknote storage box 3. It is extended to incline. In the rear part, a horizontal part 19b is formed following the inclined part 19a, and a stopper part 19c bent downward is provided in the rear end part. The guide spring 19 is made of, for example, an elastic member such as a stainless thin plate, and is provided so as to be swingable from the center of the ceiling of the banknote storage box 3. The horizontal portion 19b extends along the inclined portion 19a. It is provided so as to be deformable.

  Moreover, you may provide in the upper part of the banknote storage box 3 the unillustrated feeding roller 20 which pays | feeds the banknote integrated | stacked on the storage part 3a outside. 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. FIGS. 2A and 2B are operation explanatory views sequentially showing the state in which banknotes are stored in the banknote storage box 3 from the inlet 6 in the banknote storage apparatus 1 of the present invention. 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 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 in the banknote storage box 3 from the banknote transport path 7 of the inlet portion 6. It is transported toward the upper transport space 25. At this time, the bill is transported from the inlet portion 6 to the bill storage box 3 so that the tip of the bill to be transported is sandwiched between two adjacent cantilever blades 12 provided on the transport belt 11. In addition, the conveyance speed of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance roller 8 and the circulation speed of the conveyance belt 11 which rotates with the cantilever blade 12 are set similarly. Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, the leading edge of the transport bill is sandwiched and held between two adjacent cantilever blades 12 provided on the transport belt 12, and further loaded on the stacking stage 4. Is pressed against the upper surface of the bill. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the banknotes sandwiched and held between the cantilever blades 12 are moved by the plurality of cantilever blades 12 along the upper surface of the uppermost banknote on the stacking stage 4. It is conveyed while being pressed from above. As shown in FIG. 2D, when the leading edge of the bill passes through the central portion of the bill storage box 3 and comes into contact with the guide spring 19, the guide spring 19 swings upward and the horizontal portion 19b. Is deformed so as to extend along the inclined portion 19a. Here, when the guide spring 19 collides with the leading edge of the bill and deforms in this way, the collision force is absorbed and the deformation of the bill is prevented. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (e), the leading edge of the banknote gently slopes downward from near the center of the ceiling of the banknote storage 3 and extends along the guide spring 19 extending toward the rear end 3 b of the banknote storage box 3. It is guided and moved so as to be gradually pulled out from between the cantilever blades 12 while the lifting of the tip is suppressed. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (f), when the leading edge of the banknote reaches the vicinity of the rear end 3b of the banknote storage box 3, the guide spring 19 returns to its original state by its restoring force, and the leading edge of the banknote is guided to the guide spring 19. The horizontal portion 19b is pressed against the upper surface of the banknotes stacked on the stacking stage 4, and is aligned and stacked in the banknote 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 being held between the cantilever blades 12 provided on the transport belt 11.

  As described above, according to the banknote storage device 1, when a banknote is stored in the banknote storage box 3, the front end of the banknote is held between the plurality of cantilever blades 12 provided on the transport belt 11. Since it conveys while pressing on the upper surface of the banknotes stacked on the stacking stage 4, the mode of the taken banknotes is restrained flatly, folded folds and bent folds are removed, and stably stored in the banknote storage box 3. Can do. Further, even when the front end of the banknote is deeply inserted between the cantilever blades 12 and conveyed, the front end of the banknote comes into contact with the guide spring 19 as it approaches the rear end 3b from the central portion of the banknote storage box 3, Since it is guided downward so as to be gradually extracted from between the cantilever blades 12, the tip of the banknote is detached from between the cantilever blades 12 without being deformed and placed on the stored banknotes stacked on the stacking stage 4. Loaded. Therefore, since it is possible to stably accumulate the banknotes in the banknote storage box 3 without deformation such as bending of the banknotes, for example, even when the banknotes taken therein are fed out one by one by the unloading means, It is possible to provide a highly reliable banknote storage device that can reliably carry out banknotes without clogging.

  When the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage box 3, when the front end of the banknote held between the cantilever blades 12 comes into contact with the guide spring 19, the guide spring 19 swings upward and The impact due to the abutment of the guide spring 19 is alleviated, and deformation of the bill tip can be reliably prevented. At this time, since the horizontal portion 19b of the guide spring 19 extends along the inclined portion 19a, the leading edge of the bill is reliably guided along the guide spring 19 toward the rear end 3b of the bill storage box 3. . And when it reaches the vicinity of the rear end 3b of the banknote storage box 3, the horizontal portion 19b is restored to its original state and presses the front end of the banknote, so that the banknote is reliably aligned and stacked on the stacking stage 4. be able to. That is, it is possible to provide a highly reliable banknote storage device that can prevent the banknote from being deformed and can reliably stack the banknotes in the banknote storage box 3.

  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, and material of the transport belt 11, the cantilever blade 12 connected thereto, the bill storage box 3, the guide spring 19 extended toward the rear end 3b of the bill storage box 3, or the transport roller 8 Etc. are not limited to this embodiment.

1 banknote storage device 3 banknote storage box (banknote storage)
3b Rear end 4 Integration stage (stage)
4a Placement surface (banknote placement surface)
7 bill transport path 8 transport roller 9 impeller 11 transport belt 12 cantilever blade 15 pulley 16 pulley 19 guide spring (guide member)
19a Inclined part 19b Horizontal part 25 Transport space

Claims (1)

A banknote storage for storing and storing banknotes one by one, a stage for stacking banknotes captured in the banknote storage, and disposed above the banknote placement surface of the stage, along the banknote loading direction An endless conveyor belt that is installed; a plurality of cantilever blades having one end connected to an outer periphery of the conveyor belt and having the other end opened; and a lower side of the endless conveyor belt The guide is disposed oppositely above the banknote placement surface of the stage, and is gently inclined downward from the central portion of the banknote storage along the banknote taking-in direction and extends toward the rear end of the banknote storage. A member and drive means for the transport belt, and when the banknote is stored in the banknote storage, the transport belt is driven, and a leading edge of the banknote taken into the banknote storage is provided on the transport belt. plural Holding between the cantilever blades, this is pressed against the upper surface of the stored banknotes stacked on the stage and conveyed, the leading edge of the banknote is gradually guided downward by the guide member, and the leading edge of the banknote Is a banknote storage device that is detached from between the cantilever blades and stacked on the stored banknotes stacked on the stage when approaching the rear end of the banknote storage, wherein the guide member is located at the rear end of the banknote storage. A bill having a horizontal portion following the inclined portion and formed of an elastic body, swingable up and down, and provided so that the horizontal portion can extend along the inclined portion. Storage device.