JP5695983B2 - Stacked banknote clamping and transfer device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a stacked banknote clamping and transporting device.

  In the paper sheet bundling device, the banknotes aligned and accumulated in the temporary stacking unit are clamped by inserting the clamp unit from the short positioning mechanism side, and pulling back the clamp unit, thereby collecting the stacked banknote in the short positioning mechanism. And the pressing force pushes the short positioning mechanism against the biasing means in the direction opposite to the positioning direction, and in this way, the stacked banknotes are extracted from the temporary stacking unit. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-197509 A

  By the way, according to the above-mentioned paper sheet binding device, when pulling back the clamp portion in a state in which the stacked banknotes are clamped, the short positioning mechanism is tilted by the pressing force of the stacked banknotes, so depending on the pressing force, it is aligned. In the case of banknotes that are weak, the banknotes may be bent, cut, or damaged due to contact with the short positioning mechanism. there is a possibility.

  An object of this invention is to provide the integrated banknote clamping transfer apparatus which can transfer an integrated banknote favorably.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided in a temporary stacking unit that stacks bills fed from one side in a vertical direction, and on the other side of the temporary stacking unit, An aligning unit that aligns the bills fed from one side with the aligning surface in a standing posture, and the stacked bills stacked in the temporary stacking unit from above and below A stacked bill holding and transporting device including a holding portion that is pulled out to a side, wherein the holding portion is provided with a pressing portion, and the positioning portion is provided with the other side of the pressing portion during the holding square side abutment part is provided which is located, the pressing portion, the at clamping, the abutting portion abuts該整position of the Seii part in movement to the other side of the clamping portion the part is swung to the other side and wherein the Turkey.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the clamping unit is configured such that a clamping member on one side in the vertical direction moves to the other side in the vertical direction and approaches the clamping member on the other side in the vertical direction. The stacked banknotes are sandwiched from above and below, and the pressing portion is provided so as to be able to move integrally with the sandwiching member on one side in the up-down direction, and the contact portion is sandwiched on the one side in the up-down direction during the sandwiching There characterized and Turkey be positioned at the other side end of the pressing portion to move to the vertical direction the other side.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the temporary stacking unit has a lifting platform that can be moved up and down, and the stacked banknotes are pulled out by the clamping unit when the lifting table is at the lower end position. The positioning portion is locked so that it cannot swing while the positioning surface is in the standing posture, and the lock is released by abutting the lifting platform by moving the lifting platform to the lower end position. It is characterized in that a lock portion is provided.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the positioning portion has a swing center on a lower side of the positioning surface, and the positioning portion Urging means is provided to oscillate so that the positioning surface is in a standing posture, and the clamping unit is in a oscillating state when the stacked banknotes are pulled out and transferred from the temporary stacking unit. The stacked bills move upward in the vertical direction after moving to the other side within a support range in which the stacked banknotes are supported from below.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 4, wherein the presence or absence of banknotes fraudulently protruding from the sandwiching part to the temporary stacking part side in the state where the sandwiching part is located within the support range is monitored. It has a monitoring means.

  The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 4 or 5, the bundling portion for bundling the stacked banknotes is disposed at a movement destination of the holding portion in the vertical direction. And

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the banknotes fed from one side to the temporary stacking unit are brought into contact with the positioning surface in the standing posture of the positioning unit on the other side, and are aligned. However, after stacking in the vertical direction, when the sandwiched portion is sandwiched from above and below and pulled out from the temporary stacking portion to the other side, the sandwiched portion is moved by moving to the other side at this time. The pressing part provided in the part comes into contact with the positioning part and swings the positioning part to the other side. Therefore, as compared with the case where the stacking banknote is pressed and swung, it is possible to suppress the disturbance of the stacked banknotes, and even the banknotes with weak waists can be prevented from being broken or damaged. Therefore, it is possible to transfer the stacked banknotes satisfactorily.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the holding unit moves the holding member on one side in the vertical direction to the other side in the vertical direction in order to hold the stacked banknotes in the temporary stacking unit, The provided pressing portion is also moved together, and the contact portion of the positioning portion is positioned on the other side. And if it moves to the other side in order to draw | extract the accumulated banknote which the clamping part clamped, a press part will contact | abut to a contact part, a positioning part will be rock | fluctuated, and it will evacuate with respect to a stacked banknote. As described above, since the pressing portion is provided on the holding member on one side in the vertical direction that moves to the other side in the vertical direction to hold the stacked banknotes, a dedicated mechanism for moving the pressing portion becomes unnecessary. Therefore, the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the positioning unit is locked by the lock unit so as not to swing while the positioning surface is in the standing posture, the bills fed to the temporary stacking unit are adjusted in the standing posture. When accumulating in the vertical direction while being in contact with the positioning surface and aligning, the aligning portion is fixed and does not become unstable. Therefore, the stacked banknotes can be well aligned. In addition, when the banknotes are pulled out from the temporary stacking unit, when the lifting platform is lowered to the lower end position, the locking unit is unlocked by contacting the lifting platform, and the positioning unit can be swung. When the unit draws the stacked banknotes from the temporary stacking unit, the pressing unit provided in the holding unit comes into contact with the positioning unit and swings the positioning unit to the other side. Therefore, a dedicated mechanism for releasing the lock portion of the lock portion is not required, and the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 4, when a clamping part pulls out a stack | stuck banknote from a temporary stacking part, a positioning part will resist the urging | biasing force of a biasing means by the press by a press part, and will center the lower part side of a positioning surface. After that, the positioner in the swinging state supports the stacked banknotes from below by the biasing force of the biasing means. Therefore, the stacked banknotes can be pulled out and transferred more stably.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 5, the state which the clamping part was located in the support range in which the positioning part of a rocking | fluctuating state supports the stacked banknote from the downward direction by the biasing force of the biasing means, that is, the stacked banknote is positioned. Since the monitoring means monitors the presence or absence of banknotes that are improperly protruded from the temporary stacking unit while being supported from below by the unit and having a stable posture, the monitoring can be performed appropriately. Therefore, the reliability of operation guarantee can be improved.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the bundling portion for bundling the stacked banknotes is disposed above the pinching portion that does not interfere with the positioning unit that supports the stacked banknotes from below. It is possible to simplify the movement route of the unit to the binding unit, and to simplify the structure and reduce the cost.

It is a perspective view which shows the teller machine containing the accumulation | storage banknote clamping transfer apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows roughly the banknote processing apparatus containing the integrated banknote clamping conveyance apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A money_receiving | payment process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A storage process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A return process route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A rose payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: A bundle payment processing route is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a self-examination process is shown with a thick line. It is a sectional side view of the banknote processing apparatus, and shows the return route of the self-scrutiny processing by a bold line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The outward route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is side sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus, Comprising: The return route of a local organization process is shown with a thick line. It is a perspective view which shows the temporary stacking part of the stack | pickup banknote conveyance apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a state in which an elevator stand exists in an upper end position, (b) is an elevator stand in a lower end position. Each state is shown. It is a perspective view which shows the same accumulation banknote clamping transfer apparatus. It is a fragmentary perspective view of the accumulation | storage banknote clamping conveyance apparatus. It is a side view which shows the same banknote clamping and conveying apparatus, Comprising: The state in the middle of stacking | stacking of a banknote is shown. It is a side view which shows the same banknote clamping and conveying apparatus, Comprising: The state after the fall to the lower end position of a raising / lowering stand is shown. It is a side view which shows the same accumulation | storage banknote clamping transfer apparatus, Comprising: The state at the time of approach to the temporary accumulation part of a clamping part is shown. It is a side view which shows the same banknote clamping conveyance apparatus, Comprising: The state at the time of the clamping | stacking of the banknote by a clamping part is shown. It is a side view which shows the same accumulation banknote clamping transfer apparatus, Comprising: The state in the middle of the extraction | drawer of the accumulation banknote by a clamping part is shown. It is a side view which shows the same accumulation banknote clamping transfer apparatus, Comprising: The state at the time of completion | finish of extraction | drawer of the accumulation banknote by a clamping part is shown.

  A banknote handling apparatus including an integrated banknote clamping and transporting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a teller machine that handles banknotes and coins. This teller machine is installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank and manages the monetary processing of the entire store. For example, the cashier can handle transactions such as deposits and withdrawals by large-scale customers, withdrawal processing of withdrawals to the outside party by the staff, deposit processing of take-out money from outside parties, and after the end of business It will manage the closing of deposits and withdrawals at all financial institution stores.

  The depositing / dispensing machine includes a banknote processing apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment that performs a deposit / withdrawal process on banknotes, a new ticket processing apparatus 12 that performs a withdrawal process on banknotes, particularly a new ticket, and a deposit / withdrawal process for coins. The coin processing device 13 that performs the above and the like is configured to be arranged in parallel on the left and right. A portion 15 is provided.

  Next, the whole structure of the banknote processing apparatus 11 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG. In the following description, the front, rear, left, and right refer to the operator side as the front, the side opposite to the operator as the rear, and the left and right as viewed from the operator.

  The banknote handling apparatus 11 is provided with a deposit / withdrawal unit 21 at the upper part on the front side thereof, in which loose banknotes are inserted from the outside of the machine and from which the loose banknotes for withdrawal are paid out. The depositing / dispensing portion 21 is provided so that the placing plate 22 constituting the bottom portion thereof can be raised and lowered with the posture inclined downward and downward, and the support surface 23 on the back side is raised so as to be orthogonal to the placing plate 22. It is provided with an inclination. In the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, banknotes are accumulated on the mounting plate 22 in a posture in which the length direction is aligned in the left-right direction, and the trailing edge of the banknote is supported by the support surface 23 due to the inclination of the mounting plate 22. Abut. On the rear side of the upper part of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, the separated banknotes stacked on the placing plate 22 are separated one by one from the one at the upper end and fed out into the machine at a predetermined interval, and the banknotes from the machine are entered / exited. A feeding portion 21 a that feeds out to the gold portion 21 is provided. In addition, in the banknote processing apparatus 11, a banknote is conveyed with the attitude | position which followed the length direction to the left-right direction.

  Below the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, a deposit / reject unit 26 is provided at the front surface position of the bill processing apparatus 11 for depositing rejected banknotes determined to be unacceptable. On the rear side of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the deposit / rejection rejection unit 26, a withdrawal / rejection unit 27 for storing withdrawal / rejection banknotes determined to be unacceptable is provided. Is provided with an identification unit 28 for identifying a bill.

  An alignment unit 30 for stacking a predetermined number of bundles in the vertical direction in a horizontal posture while aligning banknotes is provided at the upper rear portion of the withdrawal reject unit 27, and behind the alignment unit 30 is an alignment unit. A transfer unit 33 is provided that draws the stacked banknotes 30 from the rear in a horizontal state and moves them upward vertically.

  Above the alignment unit 30, there is provided a bundling unit 31 that bundles the stacked banknotes that are transported up by the transfer unit 33 and fed forward from the upper position in a horizontal state with a bundling tape to form a small bundle of banknotes. The binding unit 31 creates a small bundle of banknotes by winding and binding and cutting a binding tape around while holding the stacked banknotes fed forward from the transfer unit 33 from above and below.

  In front of the bundling portion 31, after the bundling portion 31 is bundled as described above, the small bundle of bills sent to the front in the horizontal state are changed in posture to a vertical shape, and a plurality of bundles are accumulated in the horizontal direction. A bundling portion 32 that can be taken out is provided.

  In addition, in the lower part of the banknote processing apparatus 11, a denomination cassette 35 for storing rose bills of a predetermined single denomination after depositing in a stacked state in order from the back side, a similar denomination cassette 36. , A similar denomination cassette 37, a mixing cassette 38 for storing rose bills after deposit confirmation in a state of being stacked up and down, and a pool that temporarily stores rose bills that have been deposited prior to deposit confirmation in a stack state The cassettes 39 are arranged in the horizontal linear cassette arrangement direction with the vertical and horizontal positions aligned. This cassette arrangement direction is along the front-rear direction of the banknote handling apparatus 11.

  The upper part of the denomination cassette 35 is provided with a feeding part 35a that feeds banknotes into the inside and separates the banknotes one by one from the top one, and the upper part of the denomination cassette 36 has the same function. The same feeding section 37a is provided on the upper part of the denomination cassette 37, the same feeding part 38a is provided on the upper part of the mixing cassette 38, and the same feeding part 39a is also provided on the upper part of the pool cassette 39. It has been.

  Inside the banknote handling apparatus 11, a banknote transport path 41 for transporting banknotes is provided so as to connect the respective parts appropriately. The banknote conveyance path 41 extends backward from the feeding portion 21a, then extends downward, further extends vertically downward, and then extends one end to the front side, and then folds back to the rear side. A conveyance path 41A that extends rearward, bends upward in the middle and extends slightly downward through the identification portion 28, and extends forward slightly after continuing to the conveyance path 41A and slightly extending downward. A conveyance path 41B that extends slightly downward from the front end and a conveyance path 41C provided in the pool cassette 39 so as to be continuous with the conveyance path 41B are provided.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41D that branches from the middle of the transport path 41B, a transport path 41E that is provided in the denomination cassette 35 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41D, and a transport path 41D of the transport path 41B. Also, the transfer path 41F branches from the pool cassette 39 side, the transfer path 41G provided in the denomination cassette 36 so as to be continuous with the transfer path 41F, and the transfer path 41F of the transfer path 41B branches from the pool cassette 39 side. A transport path 41H, a transport path 41I provided in the denomination cassette 37 so as to be continuous with the transport path 41H, a transport path 41J branched from the pool cassette 39 side of the transport path 41H of the transport path 41B, and a transport path 41J And the transfer path 41K provided in the mixing cassette 38 so as to be continuous with the transfer cassette 41B and the transfer path 41B of the transfer path 41B branch from the pool cassette 39 side upward A conveying path 41L extending, and a transport path 41M connected between the depositing and dispensing unit 21 and the identification section 28 of the extending therefrom in the transport path 41A rearwardly bent led to the conveyance path 41L.

  The banknote transport path 41 branches from a position between the branch position of the transport path 41J of the transport path 41B and the branch position of the transport path 41L, and extends upward, and is connected to the transport path 41N. The conveyance path 41O that extends to the intermediate position of the conveyance path 41M, and the conveyance path that branches from the position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41O and the connection position to the conveyance path 41A in the conveyance path 41M and leads to the deposit reject unit 26 41P, a conveyance path 41Q that branches from a position between the connection position of the conveyance path 41M in the conveyance path 41A and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21, extends forward, and is connected to a middle position of the conveyance path 41P, and a conveyance path 41Q in the conveyance path 41P A transfer path 41R that branches upward from a position between the connection position and the deposit reject part 26 and extends upward and is connected to the withdrawal reject part 27.

  The banknote transport path 41 includes a transport path 41S that connects a position between the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the branch position of the transport path 41Q in the transport path 41A, and a position between the connection position of the transport path 41M and the identification unit 28. The transfer path 41 </ b> A includes a transfer path 41 </ b> T that branches backward from the position between the connection position of the transfer path 41 </ b> S and the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and connects to the alignment unit 30. The transport path 41 </ b> S is provided with a front / back reversing unit 43 that reverses the front and back of the banknote.

  Here, the above-described transport paths 41A to 41M can transport banknotes in both forward and reverse directions, and the transport paths 41N to 41T can transport banknotes only in one direction.

  The thick line in FIG. 3 shows the deposit processing route for identifying and counting the rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a bill is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and an input operation for performing the deposit process is performed on the operation unit 14, the delivery unit 21 a is placed on the placement plate of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21. The banknotes on 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed banknotes are transported by the transport path 41A. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes (deposits that can be handled) determined to be acceptable by the identification unit 28 are shown by thick solid lines in FIG. On the other hand, the banknotes determined to be unacceptable by the identification unit 28 while being transported to the pool cassette 39 by the transport paths 41B and 41C are transferred from the transport path 41B to the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed to the deposit reject unit 26 by 41P. Thereby, the banknote which can be received is temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and the banknote which cannot be received is discharged | emitted to the deposit | rejection rejection part 26. FIG.

  The thick lines in FIG. 4 confirm the banknotes temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process on the condition that the approval operation to the operation unit 14 is input, and denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. The route of the storing process stored in the corresponding item is shown. That is, the banknote 39 of the pool cassette 39 is fed out from the top one, and the fed banknote is identified by the transport paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by the thick solid lines in FIG. 28 to the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 by the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Thereby, banknotes are stored in the corresponding ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the storage process as being double-fed or the like are transferred to the withdrawal / rejection rejecting unit 27 by the transport paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, and 41R as shown by thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 5 shows the route of the return process for feeding the banknote temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39 in the deposit process to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the condition that the cancel operation to the operation unit 14 is input. . That is, the payout part 39a pays out the banknotes of the pool cassette 39 from the upper end, and the payable banknotes are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal part 21 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41A. As a result, the banknote is returned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21.

  A thick line in FIG. 6 indicates a rose for withdrawing banknotes from designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the individual withdrawal operation input to the operation unit 14. The route of banknote withdrawal processing is shown. That is, in the bulk withdrawal process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 6, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are handled by the feeding units 35a to 37a from the top. The banknotes that have been fed out are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and the front and back are reversed based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Is required to be turned into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the transport path 41A, and the one that needs to be turned upside down is turned upside down at the front / back turnover unit 43 through the feed path 41S, and then turned to the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 on the feed path 41A. Transport. Thereby, the banknotes based on the withdrawal operation are fed out to the depositing / dispensing unit 21. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 in the withdrawal process as double feed, etc., are conveyed to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 7 binds banknotes from the designated denominations of the denomination cassette 35, denomination cassette 36, and denomination cassette 37 based on the bundling operation input to the operation unit 14. It shows the route of the bundle withdrawal process for withdrawal. That is, in the bundle dispensing process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 7, the banknotes stored in the designated denominations of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 are fed from the top end of the feeding units 35 a to 37 a. Corresponding ones are paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 through the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41I and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, the front and back Those that do not require reversal are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T, and those that require reversal of the front and back are reversed by the front and back reversing unit 43 via the conveyance path 41S, and are then aligned by the conveyance paths 41A and 41T. Respectively. Thereby, the banknote of the designated single denomination is fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the unit number of unity. Then, the stacked banknotes in the alignment unit 30 are conveyed to the binding unit 31 by the transfer unit 33, bound by the binding unit 31, and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32. Such processing is performed for the designated number of bundles for each designated denomination. Note that the banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 in the bundle dispensing process as being double-fed are conveyed to the withdrawal rejecting unit 27 via the conveying paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R, as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The money is stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 8 indicates the forward route of the self-scrubbing process for self-scrubbing the corresponding banknotes of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 based on the self-scrutiny processing operation input to the operation unit 14. . That is, in the self-examination process, as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. 8, the banknotes stored in one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed from the top one to the feeding sections 35 a to 35 a. The corresponding one of 38a will be paid out, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the corresponding ones of the conveyance paths 41D to 41K and the conveyance paths 41B and 41A, and are identified and counted by the identification unit 28. It is conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41M, 41L, 41B, and 41C. And all the banknotes accommodated in the set one of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are fed out. Note that, during this transport, banknotes identified by the identifying unit 28 as being double-fed or the like are transported to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. The gold is rejected 27.

  The thick line in FIG. 9 indicates the return route of the self-examination process described above. The banknotes once transferred to the pool cassette 39 as described above are conveyed to the identification unit 28 by the conveyance paths 41C, 41B, 41L, 41M, and 41A as shown by thick solid lines in FIG. At the same time, the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 are stored in the corresponding denominations via the corresponding ones of the transport paths 41B and 41D to 41K based on the identification result of the identification unit 28. Note that, during the conveyance, the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double fed or the like are sent to the withdrawal reject unit 27 by the conveyance paths 41B, 41N, 41O, 41M, 41P, 41R as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. It is conveyed and stored in the withdrawal reject unit 27.

  As described above, the counting result of the identification unit 28 coincides with the number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 subjected to the self-scrutiny processing. Are performed individually for the set ones of the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38. If the total number of banknotes stored in the denomination cassettes 35 to 37 and the mixing cassette 38 is equal to or less than the maximum storage number of the pool cassette 39, it is not necessary to perform the above-described self-scrutiny processing individually. , You can do it all at once.

  The thick line in FIG. 10 indicates the forward route of the local organization process for identifying and counting rose bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 from outside the machine. That is, when a loose banknote is placed on the placement plate 22 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 21 and the input operation for performing the local organization process is performed on the operation unit 14 together with the denomination designation, the dispensing unit 21a becomes the deposit / withdrawal unit. The bills on the loading plate 22 are separated one by one in order from the top one and fed out at a predetermined interval, and the fed bills are transported 41A as shown by a thick solid line in FIG. It will be transported by. The identification unit 28 identifies and counts the banknotes during conveyance on the conveyance path 41A, and the banknotes determined by the identification unit 28 as the designated denomination are conveyed to the pool cassette 39 via the conveyance paths 41B and 41C, while the identification unit The banknote determined to be other than the designated denomination at 28 is transported from the transport path 41B to the deposit rejection unit 26 through the transport paths 41N, 41O, 41M, and 41P, as shown by a thick broken line in FIG. Thereby, banknotes of the designated denomination are temporarily stored in the pool cassette 39, and banknotes other than the designated denomination are discharged to the deposit reject unit 26.

  A thick line in FIG. 11 indicates a return route of the local organization process. As described above, the banknotes once stored in the pool cassette 39 are fed out from the top one by the feeding section 39a, and the fed banknotes are identified by the transport paths 41C, 41B, 41A as shown by the thick lines in FIG. Based on the identification result of the identification unit 28, those that do not need to be turned upside down are conveyed to the alignment unit 30 on the conveying paths 41A and 41T, and those that need to be turned upside down are turned through the conveying path 41S. After reversing the front and back at 43, the paper is transported to the alignment unit 30 through the transport paths 41A and 41T. In this way, banknotes of a designated single denomination are fed out to the aligning unit 30 by the number of unity bundles. Then, the stacked banknotes in the alignment unit 30 are conveyed to the binding unit 31 by the transfer unit 33, bound by the binding unit 31, and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32. Such processing is repeated as long as the unit number of binding units is accumulated in the alignment unit 30. In addition, even when fractional banknotes less than the unit number of bundles are accumulated in the alignment unit 30, they are bound and fed to the bundle dispensing unit 32 with identification indicating that they are fractional banknotes. Note that the banknotes identified by the identification unit 28 as being double-feeded in the local organization process are transported to the deposit reject unit 26 by the transport paths 41A, 41Q, 41P as shown by the thick broken lines in FIG. 11, and the deposit reject unit. To 26.

  Deposit / withdrawal unit 21, deposit / rejection unit 26, withdrawal / rejection unit 27, identification unit 28, alignment unit 30, transfer unit 33, bundling unit 31, bundling / withdrawing unit 32, front / back reversing unit 43 and transport path 41A, 41M and 41O-41T are arrange | positioned in the main body 45, The conveyance path 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, 41N in the lower part is along the front-back direction of the banknote processing apparatus 11 from the main body 45. Are arranged in a drawer 46 that can be pulled out to the front side. Further, the transport path 41E is in the denomination cassette 35 that can be attached to and removed from the drawer 46, the transport path 41G is in the same denomination cassette 36, and the transport path 41I is in the same denomination cassette 37. 41K is arranged in the same mixing cassette 38, and the conveyance path 41C is arranged in the same pool cassette 39, respectively.

  The drawer 46 has a storage unit 47 in which the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38, and the pool cassette 39 are detachably loaded, and a transport unit 48 that can be opened and closed above the storage unit 47. doing. The transport unit 48 transports banknotes to the denomination cassettes 35 to 37, the mixing cassette 38 and the pool cassette 39. The transport unit 48 is provided with the transport paths 41B, 41D, 41F, 41H, 41J, 41L, and 41N.

  Next, the stacked banknote clamping and conveying device 50 according to the present embodiment will be described. The stacked banknote sandwiching and transferring device 50 includes the alignment unit 30 and the transfer unit 33 described above.

  The alignment unit 30 has a temporary stacking unit 51 shown in FIG. 12 that stacks the rose banknotes discharged horizontally rearward from the transport path 41T, that is, the rose banknotes fed from the front that is one side. ing.

  Temporary stacking unit 51 is arranged between wall portions 52 and 53 erected perpendicularly in the left and right direction on the left and right sides, and between the wall portions 52 and 53, and guides bills fed substantially horizontally from the front side on the upper side. The ceiling 54 to be moved downward and the walls 52 and 53, and the elevator 55 that can be moved up and down to place the fed banknotes, and the elevator on the outside of the one wall 52. And an elevating mechanism 56 for elevating and lowering 55.

  The elevating mechanism 56 includes an electric drive motor 62 provided with a rotary shaft 61 arranged in the front-rear direction, a gear 63 fixed to the rotary shaft 61 of the drive motor 62, and a gear meshing with the gear 63 in parallel. 64, a support shaft 65 arranged coaxially with the gear 64, a torque limiter 66 interposed between the support shaft 65 and the gear 64, and a gear 67 fixed to the support shaft 65. Yes.

  The elevating mechanism 56 includes a guide rail 70 provided in the vertical direction on the wall 52 side of the gear 67, and a rack gear that is supported by the guide rail 70 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction and meshes with the gear 67. 72, an upper end position sensor 73 for detecting that the rack gear 72 is located at the upper end position, and a lower end position sensor 74 for detecting that the rack gear 72 is located at the lower end position.

  The lifting platform 55 has an upper placement surface 77 on which the bills are placed on the same horizontal plane, and a part of the front side protrudes from the wall portion 52 and is connected to the rack gear 72. The lifting platform 55 has a substrate portion 78 whose front half is continuous in the left-right direction, and the rear half extends rearwardly from the substrate portion 78 with a space in the left-right direction. It is the exit plate part 79. Protrusions 80 projecting to the opposite side of the substrate portion 78 are formed at the ends of all the extending plate portions 79 opposite to the substrate portion 78.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12A, from the state in which the rack gear 72 is detected by the upper end position sensor 73, that is, the state in which the elevating platform 55 is located at the upper end, the elevating mechanism 56 is rotated forward by the drive motor 62, When the gear 67 is rotated in one direction via the gear 64, the torque limiter 66 and the support shaft 65, the rack gear 72 meshing with the gear 67 is lowered along the guide rail 70, and the lifting platform 55 is lowered integrally with the rack gear 72. To do. Then, as shown in FIG. 12B, when the rack gear 72 is detected by the lower end position sensor 74, that is, when the elevator 55 is positioned at the lower end, the drive motor 62 is stopped.

  On the contrary, as shown in FIG. 12B, from the state in which the rack gear 72 is detected by the lower end position sensor 74, that is, the state in which the elevating platform 55 is positioned at the lower end, the elevating mechanism 56 is rotated by the reverse rotation of the drive motor 62. When the gear 67 is rotated in the reverse direction via the gear 64, the torque limiter 66, and the support shaft 65, the rack gear 72 that meshes with the gear 67 rises along the guide rail 70, and the lifting platform 55 rises integrally with the rack gear 72. To do. As shown in FIG. 12A, when the rack gear 72 is detected by the upper end position sensor 73, that is, when the elevator 55 is positioned at the upper end, the drive motor 62 is stopped.

  The aligning unit 30 is connected to the temporary stacking unit 51 from the one side, on the other side which is the downstream side in the feeding direction, with respect to the one side which is the upstream side in the banking direction of the bills to the temporary stacking unit 51. A positioning portion 83 is provided for aligning the fed banknotes with a positioning surface 82 in a standing posture orthogonal to the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 13, the positioning portion 83 is supported by the support shaft 84 provided along the left-right direction at the lower position of the temporary accumulating portion 51 and supported by the support shaft 84 so as to be rotatable. The positioning member 85 is included.

  As shown in FIG. 14, a lever 86 is fixed to the end of the support shaft 84 of the positioning member 85, and when the lever 86 is pulled by a spring (biasing means) 87, the positioning member 85 stands up. When in the position, the lever 86 comes into contact with a stopper (not shown) and stops. Therefore, the spring 87 swings and biases the positioning portion 83 so that the positioning surface 82 is in the standing posture. In the vicinity of the lever 86, a lever sensor 88 is provided for detecting whether or not the positioning surface 82 is in the standing posture via the lever 86.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in a state where the positioning surface 82 is in the standing posture, the positioning member 85 is spaced apart from the connecting portion 90 connected to the support shaft 84 continuously in the left-right direction. A plurality of positioning plate portions 91 extending vertically upward from the connecting portion 90, and projecting obliquely rearwardly from the opposite side of the connecting portion 90 of each positioning plate portion 91. The inclined plate portion 92, the orthogonal plate portion 93 projecting rearward from the edge portion on the adjacent alignment plate portion 91 side of the alignment plate portion 91 on one end side in the left-right direction, and the adjacent alignment from the orthogonal plate portion 93. A contact plate portion (contact portion) 94 that protrudes in parallel with the positioning plate portion 91 on the plate portion 91 side, and a protrusion plate portion 95 that protrudes inclined downward from the lower end of the contact plate portion 94. ing.

  When the four positioning plates 91 are in the standing posture along the vertical direction as described above, the positioning unit 83 is a surface on the temporary stacking unit 51 side arranged on the same plane of the positioning plates 91. Is the above-described positioning surface 82, and the positioning plate portion 91 itself assumes a standing posture when the positioning surface 82 is in a standing posture. In this way, from the standing posture in which the positioning plate portion 91 including the positioning surface 82 is in the vertical direction, the loose bills are temporarily stacked around the support shaft 84 provided on the lower side of the positioning surface 82. The upper side is swingable so that the upper side opens to the other side (that is, the rear side) opposite to the one side fed to 51. Further, when the positioning plate portion 91 is in a standing posture along the vertical direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction, the contact plate portion 94 is also in a standing posture along the vertical direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction.

  A slit 96 is formed in each intermediate portion of the positioning plate portion 91. The four positioning plate portions 91 are aligned in the left-right direction with the four extending plate portions 79 of the lifting platform 55. When the positioning plate portion 91 is in the standing posture, a pair of the positioning plate portions 91 is paired with each slit 96. The protrusion 80 of the extension plate part 79 enters at the same time. The slit 96 is formed to a length that allows movement from the upper end position to the lower end position of the lifting platform 55. Further, the positioning portion 83 has a lock piece 97 extending upward from the end portion of the connecting portion 90 when the positioning plate portion 91 is in the standing posture.

  In front of the lock piece 97, as shown in FIG. 14, the lock which locks the positioning portion 83 so as not to swing by engaging the lock piece 97 with the positioning plate portion 91 in a standing posture. Part 101 is provided. The lock portion 101 includes a lock lever 102 that engages with the lock piece 97 and a spring 103 that urges the lock lever 102 in a direction to engage the lock piece 97.

  The lock lever 102 is pivotable about a pivot shaft 104 extending in the left-right direction. The lock lever 102 extends rearwardly from the pivot shaft 104 and has a hook 105 that engages with the lock piece 97 at the tip. The engaging extension 106 and the operation extension 107 extending forward from the rotating shaft 104 are provided.

  In a state where the lock lever 102 engages the hook 105 with the lock piece 97, the hook 105 is located on the rear side of the lock piece 97, so that the positioning portion 83 including the lock piece 97 moves backward. Regulate rocking. At this time, the lock lever 102 inclines the operation extending portion 107 upward.

  From this state, when the lifting platform 55 moves to the lower end position, the lock lever 102 is pushed down by the operation extending portion 107 coming into contact with the lifting platform 55, and as a result, the locking portion 105 of the engagement extending portion 106 is locked. The piece 97 is moved in the extending direction. Therefore, the lock lever 102 releases the lock to the positioning portion 83 including the lock piece 97 and is in a state in which it can swing backward.

  Further, the lock lever 102 is rotated to a position where the lock piece 97 can be locked by the urging force of the spring 103 when the lifting / lowering base 55 is lifted after the positioning portion 83 unlocked is swung backward. When the positioning portion 83 swinging in this state returns to the positioning plate portion 91 in the standing posture by the biasing force of the spring 87, the flange portion 105 is aligned at the inclined tip surface. After contacting the lock piece 97 of the portion 83 and being pushed up by the urging force of the spring 87, when the lock piece 97 is passed over the hook portion 105, the lock piece 97 is returned by the urging force of the spring 103 and engaged with the lock piece 97. 105 locks the positioning portion 83 so as not to swing.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the upper and lower sides of the positioning plate portion 91 in the standing posture on the opposite side to the temporary accumulation portion 51 are optically composed of an upper light emitting element (not shown) and a lower light receiving element 112. A sensor (monitoring means) 113 is provided. The sensor 113 has a plurality of sets of light emitting elements and light receiving elements 113 in the left-right direction, specifically two sets.

  In dispensing the bundled banknotes in the bundle dispensing process and the local arrangement process described above, the lock unit 101 is in a standby state that locks the positioning unit 83 and restricts its swinging, and FIG. The lifting mechanism 56 shown is in a standby state in which the lifting platform 55 is positioned at the upper end position at which the rack gear 72 is detected by the upper end position sensor 73, and in this standby state, the bills are transferred from the transport path 41T to the temporary stacking unit 51. accept. Then, as shown in FIG. 15, the loose banknotes fed into the temporary stacking unit 51 abuts on the positioning surface 82 in the standing posture of the positioning unit 83, and the end position on the positioning surface 82 side is determined. While being aligned so as to be aligned, they are sequentially accumulated on the mounting surface 77 of the lifting platform 55 from the bottom to the top. Then, the control unit (not shown) controls the elevating mechanism 56 shown in FIG. 12 to lower the elevating table 55 according to the amount of accumulated banknotes fed from the conveyance path 41T to the temporary accumulating unit 51 and accumulated. Become.

  Then, when the feeding of the predetermined number of loose banknotes from the transport path 41T to the temporary stacking unit 51 is completed, the control unit controls the lifting mechanism 56 shown in FIG. 12, and the rack gear 72 is detected by the lower end position sensor 74. The elevator 55 is lowered to the lower end position. As a result, the lifting platform 55 shown in FIG. 14 abuts against the operation extension portion 107 of the lock portion 101 and presses it downward, and the locking portion 101 is unlocked by the lock portion 101 as shown in FIG. . As a result, the positioning portion 83 is held in a state where the positioning plate portion 91 is in the standing posture by the urging force of the spring 87 shown in FIG. 14, but can be swung to the opposite side to the conveying path 41T. Become.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the transfer unit 33 is on the other side which is the downstream side in the feeding direction with respect to the one side which is the upstream side in the feeding direction of the loose bills to the temporary stacking unit 51, It has a holding part 121 that enters the temporary stacking part 51 from the other side, holds the stacked banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking part 51 from the upper and lower sides, and draws them out to the other side.

  The clamping part 121 includes an upper clamping member 122 and a lower clamping member 123. The lower holding member 123 is moved in the front-rear direction on the rear side of the temporary stacking unit 51 by driving a transfer driving mechanism (not shown), and vertically moved at the rear end position of the horizontal movement opposite to the temporary stacking unit 51. Move to. The upper clamping member 122 is connected to the lower clamping member 123 via a clamping drive mechanism (not shown), and moves up and down so as to be separated from and close to the lower clamping member 123 by driving the clamping drive mechanism.

  The upper clamping member 122 is provided with two clamping plate portions 126 that are horizontally arranged and project in the direction of the temporary accumulating portion 51 so as to have a height and are spaced apart from each other in the left-right direction. Also, two clamping plate portions 127 that are horizontally arranged and project in the direction of the temporary accumulating portion 51 are provided at the same height and spaced apart in the left-right direction.

  The upper clamping plate portion 126 and the lower clamping plate portion 127 that are both on one side in the left-right direction have the same horizontal position, and the upper clamping plate portion 126 and the lower side that are both on the other side in the left-right direction. The sandwiching plate portions 127 also have the same horizontal position. The upper clamping plate portion 126 enters and exits from the other side of the temporary accumulating portion 51 through the gap between the adjacent positioning plate portions 91 of the positioning portion 83 and moves up and down within this gap. The side holding plate portion 127 enters the temporary accumulating portion 51 from below through the gap between the extension plate portions 79 of the lifting platform 55 and moves up and down the gap between the positioning plates 91 adjacent to the positioning portion 83. Pull out from the gap to the other side. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, the clamping part 121 has the upper surface of the lower clamping plate part 127 positioned below the mounting surface 77 of the lifting platform 55 at the lower end position, and the upper clamping plate part 126. The state farthest from the lower clamping plate 127 is the standby state.

  The lower clamping member 123 is provided with a pin (pressing portion) 131 that moves integrally with a lower position on the proximal end side of the lower clamping plate portion 127. The pin 131 is always aligned in the left-right direction with the abutment plate portion 94 and the protruding plate portion 95 of the positioning portion 83, and when the pinching portion 121 is in a standby state, the upper end position is set to the positioning portion 83. The protruding plate part 95 is positioned below the lower end position.

  As described above, when dispensing a small bundle of banknotes in the bundle dispensing process and the local arrangement process, a predetermined number of loose banknotes are fed into the temporary stacking unit 51 and the accumulated banknotes SS are accumulated on the lifting platform 55. As shown in FIG. 16, the control unit (not shown) lowers the lifting platform 55 to the lower end position, and the lifting platform 55 unlocks the positioning unit 83 by the lock unit 101. As a result, the positioning portion 83 is in a swingable state although the positioning plate portion 91 is held in a standing posture by the urging force of the spring 87.

  In this state, the control unit moves the holding unit 121 that has been in a standby state at the horizontal movement rear end position on the side opposite to the conveyance path 41T to the temporary stacking unit 51 side to the horizontal movement front end position as shown in FIG. Move horizontally. Then, the upper clamping plate portion 126 enters the temporary stacking portion 51 through the gap between the alignment plates 91 of the alignment portion 83 above the stacked banknote SS, and the lower clamping plate portion 127. Is located below the lifting platform 55. At this time, the center of the pin 131 is positioned in front of the lower end position of the protruding plate portion 95 of the positioning portion 83, and specifically, the rear end position thereof coincides with the front end position of the contact plate portion 94. Let

  Next, as shown in FIG. 18, the control unit raises the lower clamping member 123 of the clamping unit 121 and lowers the upper clamping member 122. Then, the lower clamping plate portion 127 passes between the adjacent extension plate portions 79 of the lifting platform 55 and enters the temporary accumulation portion 51, and rises between the adjacent positioning plate portions 91, while the upper The sandwiching plate portion 126 descends between the adjacent positioning plate portions 91. As a result, the stacked banknote SS is sandwiched from above and below by the lower sandwiching plate portion 127 and the upper sandwiching plate portion 126. At this time, the pin 131 provided so as to be integrally movable with the lower holding member 123 is brought into contact with the temporary accumulating portion 51 side with the contact plate portion 94 aligned in the vertical direction.

  In other words, the sandwiching portion 121 is configured such that the lower sandwiching member 123, which is one side in the vertical direction, moves to the upper side, which is the other side in the vertical direction, and approaches the upper sandwiching member 122, which is the other side in the vertical direction. The SS is clamped from above and below, and the pin 131 is provided so as to be movable integrally with the lower clamping member 123 that is one side in the vertical direction. Further, the positioning portion 83 has a contact plate portion that is positioned on the other side of the pin 131 when the lower holding member 123 that is one side in the vertical direction moves to the upper side that is the other side in the vertical direction during clamping. 94 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the control unit moves the holding unit 121 horizontally rearward (the other side) as shown in FIG. 19 while the lifting platform 55 is at the lower end position and the stacked banknote SS is held from above and below by the holding unit 121. The stacked banknotes SS are pulled out from the temporary stacking unit 51. Then, from the initial stage, the pin 131 of the clamping part 121 presses the contact plate part 94 of the positioning part 83 to swing the positioning part 83 backward. That is, the pin 131 of the clamping part 121 abuts on the positioning part 83 by the movement of the clamping part 121 to the other side, and swings the positioning part 83 to the other side.

  As the movement of the clamping part 121 to the horizontal rear proceeds, the positioning part 83 becomes larger in swinging angle, and finally, the lower end position of the pin 131 and the upper end position of the contact plate part 94 are higher. When the pin 131 moves away from the abutting plate portion 94, the positioning portion 83 returns to the state where the positioning plate portion 91 is in the standing posture by the urging force of the spring 87. Swing in the direction. Then, the alignment plate portion 91 comes into contact with the lower surface of the stacked banknote SS sandwiched between the sandwiching portions 121 via the gap between the lower adjacent sandwiching plate portions 127.

  And if the clamping part 121 moves further, the positioning board part 91 will contact | abut from the downward | lower direction to the lower surface of the accumulation | storage banknote SS which protrudes ahead rather than the clamping part 121, and supports this. Then, as shown in FIG. 20, the control unit stops the horizontal movement when the clamping unit 121 moves to the horizontal rear end position of the horizontal rearward movement. Even when the holding part 121 is located at the rear end position of the horizontal movement, the positioning part 83 is in contact with the lower surface of the stacked banknote SS, in which the positioning plate part 91 protrudes forward of the holding part 121 from below. The state which supports this from below is maintained. That is, when the stacked banknote SS is pulled out from the temporary stacking section 51 and transferred, the sandwiching section 121 moves the other banknotes within the support range in which the stacked banknote SS is supported from below by the positioning section 83 in the swinging state. Move to.

  When the clamping unit 121 is located at the rear end position of the horizontal movement, the control unit illegally protrudes from the clamping unit 121 to the temporary stacking unit 51 side with the optical sensor 113 including the upper and lower light emitting elements and the light receiving element 112. The presence or absence of banknotes is detected. In other words, if there is a bill that protrudes improperly from the sandwiching portion 121 to the temporary stacking portion 51 side, the sensor 113 is in a state in which the light emission of the light emitting element is blocked by this bill and the light receiving element 112 cannot receive light. Is detected, it is determined that there is a banknote that has been improperly protruded from the clamping unit 121 to the temporary stacking unit 51 side. On the other hand, if there is no banknote that has improperly protruded from the clamping unit 121 to the temporary stacking unit 51 side, the light receiving element 112 will not be able to receive light from the light receiving element 112. It is determined that there are no banknotes fraudulently protruding on the temporary stacking unit 51 side. That is, the sensor 113 monitors the presence / absence of banknotes fraudulently protruding from the clamping unit 121 toward the temporary stacking unit 51 in a state where the clamping unit 121 is positioned within the above-described support range. If it is determined from the detection result of the sensor 113 that there is a banknote that has illegally protruded from the clamping unit 121 to the temporary stacking unit 51 side, the control unit generates an alarm by a not-illustrated notifying unit and moves the clamping unit 121 thereafter. Stop.

  If it is determined that there are no banknotes that have been improperly protruded from the clamping unit 121 to the temporary stacking unit 51 side, then the control unit moves the clamping unit 121 from the horizontal movement rear end position to the upper end position in the vertical direction as it is. When the clamping unit 121 is located at the upper end position, the stacked banknote SS is delivered to the binding unit 31 disposed at the movement destination in the vertical upward movement. Then, the bundling unit 31 performs a bundling process in which the bundling tape is wound around the received banknote SS and bundled. When the stacked banknotes SS are delivered to the binding unit 31, the control unit returns the sandwiching unit 121 to the standby state.

  During the movement of the clamping unit 121 toward the rear end position of the horizontal movement, the control unit returns the lifting platform 55 to the standby state at the timing when the stacked banknote SS of the clamping unit 121 moves rearward from the lifting platform 55. As a result, the lock lever 102 of the lock portion 101 is rotated to a position where the lock piece 97 can be locked by the urging force of the spring 103. In this state, when the holding part 121 rises at the rear end position of the horizontal movement and raises the stacked banknote SS, the positioning part 83 that is in a swinging state by being pressed by the stacked banknote SS is adjusted by the biasing force of the spring 87. The position plate portion 91 is returned to the standing posture. Then, after the flange 105 comes into contact with the locking piece 97 of the positioning portion 83 at its inclined tip surface and is pushed up by the urging force of the spring 87, the urging force of the spring 103 when the locking piece 97 passes over the ridge 105. And is engaged with the lock piece 97 to lock the positioning portion 83 so as not to swing.

  According to the stacked banknote clamping and conveying apparatus 50 of the present embodiment described above, the banknotes fed from the one side to the temporary stacking unit 51 are adjusted in the standing posture of the positioning unit 83 on the other side. When the stacked banknotes SS are stacked from above and below after being stacked in the vertical direction while being brought into contact with the positioning surface 82 and positioned, when the stacked section 121 is sandwiched from above and below and pulled out from the temporary stacking section 51 to the other side, When the pinching portion 121 is moved to the other side, the pin 131 provided on the pinching portion 121 contacts the positioning portion 83 and swings the positioning portion 83 to the other side. . Therefore, as compared with the case where the stacking bill SS is pressed and swung by the stacked banknote SS, it is possible to suppress the disturbance of the stacked form of the stacked banknote SS, and it is possible to suppress breakage or damage even if the banknote is weak. Therefore, the accumulated banknote SS can be transferred satisfactorily.

  Further, when the clamping unit 121 moves the clamping member 123 on one side in the vertical direction (lower side) to the other side (upper side) in the vertical direction in order to clamp the stacked banknotes SS of the temporary stacking unit 51, The pin 131 provided on the holding member 123 is also moved together, and the contact plate portion 94 of the positioning portion 83 is positioned on the other side. And if it moves to the other side in order to draw | extract the accumulated banknote SS clamped by the clamping part 121, the pin 131 will contact | abut to the contact plate part 94, the positioning part 83 will be rock | fluctuated, and it will retract | save with respect to the accumulated banknote SS. I will let you. As described above, since the pin 131 is provided so as to be integrally movable on the holding member 123 on one side in the up-down direction that moves to the other side in the up-down direction for holding the stacked banknotes SS, a dedicated mechanism for moving the pin 131 is not necessary. Become. Therefore, the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced. In the above, the upper clamping member 122, which is one side in the vertical direction of the clamping part 121, moves to the lower side, which is the other side in the vertical direction, and approaches the lower clamping member 123, which is the other side in the vertical direction. As a result, the stacked banknote SS is sandwiched from above and below, so that the pin 131 is provided so as to be integrally movable with the upper sandwiching member 122, which is one side in the vertical direction, and the positioning portion 83 has one vertical direction when sandwiched. When the upper clamping member 122 that is the side moves to the lower side that is the other side in the vertical direction, the positioning portion 83 is the same as the above even if the contact plate portion that is located on the other side of the pin 131 is provided. Can be swung.

  Further, when the positioning unit 83 is locked by the lock unit 101 so that the positioning unit 83 cannot swing while the positioning surface 82 is in the standing posture, the bills fed into the temporary stacking unit 51 are placed on the positioning surface 82 in the standing posture. When accumulating in the vertical direction while abutting and aligning, the aligning portion 83 is fixed and does not become unstable. Therefore, the stacked banknote SS can be well aligned. Further, when the banknote SS is pulled out from the temporary stacking unit 51, when the lifting platform 55 is lowered to the lower end position, the locking unit 101 is unlocked by coming into contact with the lifting platform 55, and the positioning unit 83 can swing. In this state, when the clamping unit 121 pulls the stacked banknote SS from the temporary stacking unit 51, the pin 131 provided on the clamping unit 121 abuts the positioning unit 83 so that the positioning unit 83 is moved to the other side. It will be swung. Therefore, a dedicated mechanism for releasing the lock portion 101 of the lock portion 101 is not required, and the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

  Further, when the clamping unit 121 pulls out the stacked banknote SS from the temporary stacking unit 51, the positioning unit 83 swings around the lower side of the positioning surface 82 against the urging force of the spring 87 by pressing with the pin 131. As a result, the oscillating position portion 83 supports the stacked banknote SS from below by the biasing force of the spring 87. Therefore, the accumulated banknote SS can be pulled out and transferred more stably.

  Further, the state in which the holding portion 121 is positioned within the support range in which the positioning portion 83 swinging by the biasing force of the spring 87 supports the stacked banknote SS from below, that is, the stacked banknote SS is positioned from below by the positioning portion 83. Since the sensor 113 monitors the presence / absence of banknotes fraudulently protruding to the temporary stacking unit 51 side in a supported and stable state, the monitoring can be performed appropriately. Therefore, the reliability of operation guarantee can be improved.

  In addition, since the bundling portion 31 for bundling the stacked banknotes SS is disposed above the holding section 121 that does not interfere with the positioning section 83 that supports the stacked banknotes SS from below, The moving route to the binding unit 31 can be simplified, and the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Reference Signs List 31 Binding unit 50 Stacked banknote holding and transferring device 51 Temporary stacking unit 55 Lifting table 82 Positioning surface 83 Positioning unit 87 Spring (biasing means)
94 Contact plate (contact)
101 Locking part 113 Sensor (monitoring means)
121 pinching part 122,123 pinching member 131 pin (pressing part)
SS banknote

Claims (6)

A temporary stacking unit that stacks bills fed from one side in the vertical direction;
A positioning unit that is provided on the other side of the temporary stacking unit and aligns the bills fed from the one side by bringing the banknote into contact with a positioning surface in a standing position;
A sandwiching unit that sandwiches the stacked banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit from above and below and draws them out to the other side;
An integrated bill holding and transporting device comprising:
The clamping part is provided with a pressing part,
The positioning portion is provided with an abutting portion located on the other side of the pressing portion at the time of clamping,
The pressing portion, the at clamping, Ru said該整position portion in contact with the contact portion of the Seii part in movement to the other side of the clamping portion is swung to the other side banknotes clamping transfer device comprising a call. The sandwiching portion will sandwich the stacked banknotes from above and below by moving the sandwiching member on one side in the vertical direction to the other side in the vertical direction and approaching the sandwiching member on the other side in the vertical direction,
The pressing portion is provided so as to be able to move integrally with the holding member on one side in the vertical direction,
The abutment, according to claim 1, wherein at the clamping is vertically one side of the clamping member, wherein the Turkey be positioned at the other side end of the pressing portion to move to the vertical direction the other side Integrated bill clamping and transfer device. The temporary stacking unit has a lifting platform that can be raised and lowered, and when the lifting platform is in the lower end position, the stacked banknotes are drawn out by the clamping unit,
A locking portion that locks the positioning portion so that the positioning surface is not swingable in a state where the positioning surface is in an upright posture, and is brought into contact with the lifting platform by the movement of the lifting platform to the lower end position to be unlocked; The stacked banknote clamping and transferring apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stacked banknote clamping and transferring apparatus is provided. The positioning portion has a swing center on a lower side of the positioning surface;
An urging means for urging and urging the positioning portion so that the positioning surface is in a standing posture is provided,
The clamping unit moves to the other side within a support range in which the stacked banknotes are supported from below by the positioning unit in a swinging state when the stacked banknotes are pulled out and transferred from the temporary stacking unit. 4. The stacked banknote sandwiching and transferring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stacked bill holding and transferring apparatus is moved upward in the vertical direction.   5. The monitoring device according to claim 4, further comprising: a monitoring unit that monitors the presence or absence of banknotes fraudulently protruding from the clamping unit toward the temporary stacking unit in a state where the clamping unit is positioned within the support range. Accumulated banknote clamping and transfer device.   6. The stacked banknote holding and transferring apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a binding unit that binds the stacked banknotes is disposed at a movement destination of the upward movement of the holding unit in the vertical direction.

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