JP5768555B2 - Medium accumulation apparatus and medium transaction apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium stacking apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus, and is suitable for application to an automatic teller machine (ATM) or the like that performs a desired transaction by inserting a medium such as cash.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automatic teller machine used in a financial institution or the like, for example, a customer deposits cash such as banknotes or coins according to transaction details with a customer, and also withdraws cash to a customer. ing.

  As an automated teller machine, for example, a banknote deposit / withdrawal port for receiving and receiving banknotes with customers, a discrimination unit for discriminating the denomination and authenticity of inserted banknotes, and temporarily holding inserted banknotes The thing which has a temporary storage part to perform and the banknote storage which stores a banknote for every money type is proposed (for example, refer patent document 1).

  This automatic teller machine, in a deposit transaction, when a customer inserts a banknote into a banknote deposit / withdrawal port, the inserted banknote is discriminated by a discrimination unit, and a banknote discriminated from a normal banknote is held in a temporary holding unit, The banknotes identified as not to be traded are returned to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port and returned to the customer. Subsequently, when the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer, the automatic teller machine re-discriminates the denomination of the banknote held in the temporary holding section by the discrimination section, and stores the banknote for each denomination according to the denominated denomination. Store in the storage.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 25, the conventional banknote storage 309 takes in the banknote BL conveyed along the short side direction from a conveyance path (not shown) from the upper side of the housing 321, and moves up and down the intake hole 23. The bills BL are discharged into the space 22 by the stacking roller 25 and the pressure roller 28 which are respectively rotated.

  The bill storage 309 collides the bill BL with the bill stopper 31 and strikes the vicinity of one end (right end in the figure) of the bill BL downward by the blade 26A of the impeller 26 rotating coaxially with the accumulation roller 25. Accumulate on stage 33.

  The stage 33 is supported from the bottom of the casing 321 via a stage spring 36, and the stage spring 36 is compressed and lowered in accordance with the weight of the bill BL placed on the stage 33. Moreover, the banknote storage 309 removes the banknote BL released from the take-in hole 23 from the adjacent space 22 </ b> A in the vicinity of the take-in hole 23 by hitting the banknote BL downward by the impeller 26.

  Thereby, the banknote storage 309 can prevent a collision between the banknote BL released from the take-in hole 23 and the banknote BL released immediately before the banknote BL. The bills BL can be collected in an orderly manner.

JP 2009-73641 A (FIG. 13)

  By the way, when the bill BL is distributed in the market, it may be folded and stored in a wallet or the like for a long period of time, or folded into two or four, or crushed, and may have creases or folds. The bill BL having such folds, folds and the like has an apparent thickness that is increased while maintaining an apparent thickness as compared with a normal flat bill BL. In the following, the bill BL having such a fold or fold is referred to as a thick bill TBL.

  When the accumulated banknote BL includes the thick banknote TBL, the thickness (height) increases while the weight does not change as compared with the case where only the normal flat banknote BL is accumulated.

  That is, in the banknote storage 309, when the banknote BL stacked on the stage 33 includes the thick banknote TBL, as shown in FIG. 26, the height of the stacked banknote BL increases while the weight of the banknote BL is increased. Is unchanged, and the descending width of the stage 33 does not change, and therefore the vicinity space 22A cannot be secured due to the presence of the banknote BL.

  In such a case, in the banknote storage 309, there is a problem that a new banknote BL cannot be discharged into the space 22, and the banknote BL is damaged, jammed, or the like and cannot be appropriately stacked.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to propose a medium stacking apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus capable of appropriately stacking media such as banknotes having folds and folds.

In order to solve such a problem, in the medium stacking apparatus of the present invention, the discharge unit that sequentially discharges the medium into the space for stacking the paper-like medium, and the medium moving in the stacking direction in which the medium is to be stacked A stage that is provided in such a manner as to press the accumulated medium sequentially discharged from the discharge unit toward the discharge unit, and is positioned between the discharge unit and the stage, and one end of the medium pressed from the stage is opposed to the stage. A receiving portion that is received by the opposing surface, a hitting portion that is provided between the discharge portion and the receiving portion, hits the medium toward the stage in the space, and the medium hit by the hitting portion between the stage and the receiving portion. An additional part added between them was provided.

In the medium stacking apparatus of the present invention, the sheet-shaped medium is transported by a rotating transport roller, and a discharge unit that sequentially discharges the medium into a space for stacking the medium, and the medium is stacked in the space. A stage which is provided so as to be movable along the stacking direction and presses the collected and sequentially discharged medium from the discharge section toward the discharge section, and one end of the medium which is positioned between the discharge section and the stage and pressed from the stage A receiving part that receives the vicinity by a facing surface facing the stage, a hitting part that hits the medium toward the stage in the space, and a hitting part toward the stage by the hitting part. A receiving portion is provided between the stage and the receiving portion by the force transmitted from the rotating conveying roller at one end side of the medium that has been received. By pulling the wall side, it was provided an additional unit for adding the medium between the portion receiving the stage.

Further, in the medium transaction apparatus of the present invention, a reception unit that receives a transaction relating to a sheet-like medium, a conveyance unit that conveys the medium received by the reception unit, and a space for collecting the medium conveyed by the conveyance unit A discharge section that sequentially discharges the medium, a stage that is provided so as to be movable in a stacking direction in which the medium is to be stacked in the space, and that presses the stacked medium sequentially discharged from the discharge section toward the discharge section; Provided between the discharge portion and the receiving portion, the receiving portion that is positioned between the discharge portion and the stage and receives the vicinity of one end of the medium pressed from the stage by the facing surface facing the stage, and the medium in the space There will be a hitting part that hits the stage toward the stage, and an additional part that adds the medium hit by the hitting part between the stage and the receiving part. It was.

Accordingly, in the present invention , the medium discharged from the discharge unit into the space can be added to the stage or the collected medium by hitting it on the stage or the collected medium, so that the medium is then discharged into the space. It is possible to always keep the path of the media to be used.

  According to the present invention, the medium discharged from the discharge unit into the space can be added to the stage or the collected medium by hitting it on the stage or the collected medium, so that the medium is then discharged into the space. It is possible to always keep the path of the media to be used. Thus, the present invention can realize a medium stacking apparatus and a medium transaction apparatus that can appropriately stack media such as banknotes having folds and folds.

It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the internal structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the banknote storage by 1st Embodiment. It is an approximate line figure showing the composition of the accumulation roller and impeller by a 1st embodiment. It is an approximate line figure showing bill storage operation (1) by a 1st embodiment. It is an approximate line figure showing bill storage operation (2) by a 1st embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the receiving part by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the receiving part by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the impeller by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the banknote storage by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the integration | stacking roller and impeller by 2nd Embodiment, and a pulley, a timing belt, and a drawing roller. It is an approximate line figure showing bill storage operation (1) by a 2nd embodiment. It is an approximate line figure showing bill storage operation (2) by a 2nd embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the receiving part by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the drawing-in roller by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the receiving part by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the receiving part by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the banknote storage by 3rd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a bill press and a lever. It is a basic diagram which shows rotation of a lever. It is an approximate line figure showing bill storage operation (1) by a 3rd embodiment. It is an approximate line figure showing bill storage operation (2) by a 3rd embodiment. It is an approximate line figure showing bill storage operation (3) by a 3rd embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the receiving part by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the conventional banknote storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the conventional banknote storage.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Overall configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic teller machine 1 is configured with a box-shaped housing 2 as the center, and is configured to perform transactions relating to cash with customers.

  The housing 2 is provided with a customer service portion 3 at a location where it is easy to insert a bill or operate with a touch panel while the customer faces the front surface 2A side, that is, a location extending from the top of the front surface 2A to the upper surface.

  The customer service section 3 directly exchanges cash, bankbooks, etc. with the customer, and is configured to receive information about transactions and accept operation instructions. The coin deposit / withdrawal slot 11, the banknote deposit / withdrawal slot 12, A passbook insertion slot 13, a card insertion slot 14 and a display operation unit 15 are provided.

  The coin deposit / withdrawal port 11 and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 are portions into which coins and bills BL to be deposited by customers are respectively inserted and coins and bills BL to be dispensed to customers are respectively discharged. The coin deposit / withdrawal port 11 and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 are configured to be opened or closed by driving shutters provided respectively.

  Incidentally, the banknote BL is made of, for example, rectangular paper, and may have a fold or a bag in the process of distribution in the market, that is, a thick banknote TBL.

  The passbook insertion port 13 is a portion where a passbook used in the transaction is inserted and the passbook is discharged when the transaction ends. A passbook processing unit (not shown) for recording transaction contents and the like in a passbook is provided at the back of the passbook insertion port 13.

  The card insertion slot 14 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processing section (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided at the back of the card insertion slot 14.

  The display operation unit 15 is integrated with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays an operation screen at the time of transaction and a touch panel for selecting a transaction type, inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount, and the like.

  Incidentally, the housing | casing 2 is comprised by the door which can open and close one part side surfaces, such as the front 2A side and its opposite side (namely, back side). That is, the housing | casing 2 protects the banknote BL, the coin, etc. which are hold | maintained by obstruct | occluding each door at the time of the transaction operation | movement which performs the transaction regarding cash with a customer. On the other hand, at the time of maintenance work in which an operator or the like performs maintenance work, the housing 2 can easily perform work on each internal part by opening each door as necessary.

  FIG. 2 is a side view of the automatic teller machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the direction of the arrow A, and mainly shows a part related to the processing of the banknote BL in the internal configuration of the automatic teller machine 1. As shown in the figure, inside the automatic teller machine 1, the customer service unit 3, the discrimination unit 4 for determining the denomination and authenticity of the bill BL, and the deposited bill BL are temporarily held on the upper side. The temporary storage part 5 etc. are provided, and the banknote storage part 6 etc. which store banknote BL in a money type are provided in the lower side. A conveyance path 7 indicated by a thick line in the drawing conveys the bill BL along the short side direction between the respective parts.

  The automatic teller machine 1 is configured to control the whole by the control unit 8. For example, when the customer performs a deposit transaction for depositing the bill BL, the control unit 8 accepts a predetermined operation input via the display operation unit 15 and then opens the shutter of the bill deposit / withdrawal port 12 to insert the bill BL. .

  Subsequently, the control unit 8 conveys the inserted bill BL to the discrimination unit 4 via the transport path 7 for discrimination, conveys the bill BL identified as a normal bill to the temporary storage unit 5 and temporarily holds it. On the other hand, the reject banknote identified as not to be traded is conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 and returned to the customer.

  After that, the control unit 8 confirms the deposit amount to the customer via the display operation unit 15, transports the banknote BL held in the temporary holding unit 5 again to the discrimination unit 4, and re-differentiates the denomination, It conveys to each banknote storage 9 of the banknote storage part 6 according to the identified denomination, and stores it.

  The banknote storage 9 takes in the banknotes BL conveyed one by one through the transport path 7 and stacks the banknotes BL in the thickness direction so as to be stacked in the vertical direction.

[1-2. Banknote storage configuration]
As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote storage 9 is configured to stack the banknotes BL in a space 22 in the housing 21.

When installed in the automatic teller machine 1, the casing 21 is the front side that is the front surface 2A (FIG. 1) side and the opposite rear side, and the left and right sides when viewed from the customer facing the front surface 2A side. A space 22 surrounded by the partition walls is formed by closing the left and right surfaces, and the lower and upper surfaces as partition walls.

  An intake hole 23 penetrating in the front-rear direction is provided in the upper portion of the front side surface of the housing 21. The cross section of the take-in hole 23 is formed in a rectangular shape whose lengths in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction are larger than the thickness of the bill BL and the length in the long side direction, respectively.

  Further, a stage groove 24 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is provided in the left inner side surface 21B and the right inner side surface 21C of the casing 21 so as to be recessed in the vertical direction.

  A plurality of collecting rollers 25 and an impeller 26 are provided below the intake hole 23 at a location near the space 22 of the intake hole 23. The accumulating roller 25 is formed of a relatively hard material such as metal or hard resin in a cylindrical shape, and the peripheral side surface is not easily slid with respect to the banknote BL.

  The impeller 26 serving as the hitting portion has eight (eight) radially extending blades 26 </ b> A each having a rectangular plate shape, outwardly from the outer peripheral surface of the center portion having a columnar shape. The impeller 26 is made of a material that is flexible and difficult to slide, such as an elastomer resin. For this reason, for example, when the blade 26A of the impeller 26 abuts against the bill BL, the blade 26A is elastically deformed and maintains a state of abutting against the bill BL, and exerts a certain amount of frictional force with the bill BL. Become.

  As shown in a top view in FIG. 4, in the banknote storage 9, four impellers 26 and three accumulation rollers 25 are alternately passed through elongated cylindrical shafts 27 along the left-right direction. . For this reason, the accumulation roller 25 and the impeller 26 rotate in the direction of the arrow F together with the shaft 27 when the shaft 27 is rotated in the direction of the arrow F (FIG. 3) about the axis by a driving mechanism (not shown).

  On the upper side of the intake hole 23 (FIG. 3), pressure rollers 28 are provided at three locations respectively facing the three accumulation rollers 25. The pressure roller 28 has a cylindrical shape similar to that of the accumulation roller 25, and penetrates the shaft 29. The shaft 29 has a cylindrical shape elongated in the left-right direction similar to the shaft 27. The shaft 29 rotates freely around the axis of the shaft 29 and is moved downward by a pressing means such as a compression spring (not shown). It is pressed.

  In addition, two rectangular pillar-shaped bill stoppers 31 that are long in the vertical direction are provided on the upper portion of the rear inner side surface of the housing 21 in front of the rear inner side surface, with a gap left and right. The bill stopper 31 is attached to a rear portion of the housing 21 via a rotation shaft 31A penetrating in the left-right direction so that the bill stopper 31 can rotate with respect to the housing 21 around the rotation shaft 31A. Has been made.

  Incidentally, the bill stopper 31 has a groove extending in the left-right direction repeatedly formed on the front surface of the bill stopper 31 so that the rear end of the bill BL does not slide when the bill BL collides.

  A bill stopper spring 32 made of a coil spring is attached between the bill stopper 31 and the inner surface of the housing 21. That is, when an external force in the rearward direction is applied, the bill stopper 31 rotates in the rearward direction and absorbs the external force by compressing the bill stopper spring 32, and further forwards by the restoring force of the bill stopper spring 32. The force toward is acting.

  Further, a rectangular plate stage 33 is provided in the space 22 of the housing 21. The stage 33 has a substantially flat upper surface 33A, and the lengths in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are longer than the short side and the long side of the bill BL, respectively.

  Two rollers 35 are attached to the left and right sides of the stage 33 via attachment members 34. Each roller 35 rotates freely about the left-right direction as a rotation axis, and fits in the left and right stage grooves 24 in the housing 21.

  Each roller 35 abuts on the inner surface of the stage groove 24, slides and rotates as the stage 33 moves in the vertical direction. For this reason, the stage 33 can move smoothly in the vertical direction along the stage groove 24.

  The stage 33 is supported from the bottom surface 21 </ b> D of the housing 21 via a stage spring 36. For this reason, the stage 33 is positioned at such a height that the stage spring 36 has a substantially natural length when nothing is placed on the upper surface thereof, while the weight of the article when the item is placed on the upper surface 33A. Accordingly, the stage spring 36 is compressed to move downward.

  Specifically, when nothing is placed on the upper surface 33A of the stage 33, the stage spring 36 separates the upper surface 33A from the opposing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41 by a minute distance n, while the stage 33 When the bill BL is placed on the upper surface 33A, the length corresponding to the thickness when the bill BL is flat is compressed according to the weight of the bill BL.

In addition, a receiving portion 41 is formed below the intake hole 23 in the front side surface 21 </ b> E of the housing 21. The receiving portion 41 has a shape in which a portion of the front side surface 21E near the intake hole 23 (that is, the upper side) protrudes rearward by a distance m from its lower portion. In other words, on the front side surface 21E, the receiving portion 41 is provided as a step due to the depression of the lower portion in the forward direction.

  The receiving portion 41 has a facing surface 42 that faces the upper surface of the stage 33, a curved surface 43 that gradually curves upward from the facing surface 42, and before the curved surface 43 and the intake hole 23 are connected. Side surface 44.

For this reason, the banknote storage 9 can sandwich the bills BL accumulated on the upper surface 33A of the stage 33 and abutting against the front side surface 21E between the upper surface 33A and the opposing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41.

Incidentally, with respect to the distance m on the front side surface 21E, a frictional force that does not move from the upper surface 33A and the opposing surface 42 is applied to the bill BL sandwiched between the upper surface 33A of the stage 33 and the opposing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41. The length should be as long as possible.

  Specifically, when the length of the banknotes BL to be stacked is one type in the short direction, the distance m may be set to 10 [mm], for example. Further, when there are a plurality of types in the short direction in the banknotes BL to be accumulated, 10 [mm] is added to the difference value of the lengths in the short direction between the longest banknote BL and the shortest banknote BL in the short direction. The value may be the distance m.

  Further, the opposing surface 42 and the curved surface 43 of the receiving portion 41 are formed at positions closer to the rotation center than the rotation locus L of the tip portion (outermost peripheral portion) of the blade 26A in the impeller 26 when viewed from the left and right side surfaces. Yes. For this reason, when the blade 26A of the rotating impeller 26 draws the bill BL forward, the front end portion of the bill BL comes into contact with the curved surface 43 or the front side surface 21E of the receiving portion 41.

  Incidentally, the receiving portion 41 is formed with a hole having a predetermined shape so as to open a portion through which the blade 26A of the impeller 26 passes during rotation of the facing surface 42, the curved surface 43, and the front side surface 44. Thereby, the receiving part 41 can rotate the impeller 26 without interfering with the blade | wing 26A.

  Further, the opposing surface 42 and the curved surface 43 of the receiving portion 41 are smoothly finished so that the frictional resistance with the bill BL is kept low.

  As described above, the banknote storage 9 is provided with a receiving portion 41 in which the upper side portion of the front side surface 21E protrudes backward into the space 22 in addition to the same configuration as the conventional banknote storage 309 (FIG. 25). ing.

[1-3. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, when the banknote BL is conveyed from the conveyance path 7 (FIG. 2), the banknote storage 9 according to the first embodiment moves the accumulation roller 25 and the impeller 26 together with the shaft 27 to a predetermined rotational speed. Is rotated in the direction of arrow F, and the bill BL is taken in from the take-in hole 23.

  At this time, the banknote storage 9 inserts the banknote BL between the pressure roller 28 and the stacking roller 25 in the take-in hole 23, and presses the banknote BL against the stacking roller 25 by the pressure roller 28.

  The stacking roller 25 is rotated together with the shaft 27 to transmit the rotational driving force to the banknote BL, advance the banknote BL in the backward direction, and discharge it into the space 22. At this time, the blades 26 </ b> A of the impeller 26 are elastically deformed by being pressed against the bills BL, and advance the bills BL together with the stacking rollers 25. Thereafter, the banknote BL travels backward in the space 22 and collides with the bill stopper 31.

  The bill stopper 31 rotates backward by the collision of the bill BL and absorbs the kinetic energy of the bill BL by compressing the bill stopper spring 32, and further moves the bill BL forward by the restoring force of the bill stopper spring 32. Push back.

  The rotating impeller 26 strikes the vicinity of the front end of the bill BL downward with the blades 26A in the vicinity space 22A in the vicinity of the take-in hole 23 in the space 22, as shown in FIG. The bill BL is dropped onto the upper surface 33A of the stage 33.

  Subsequently, the impeller 26 rotates in the direction of arrow F while keeping the blade 26A in contact with the vicinity of the front end of the bill BL, thereby elastically deforming the blade 26A and the uppermost surface on the stage 33 by its frictional force. The bill BL is moved in the direction of arrow G (ie, forward), and the front end of the bill BL is brought into contact with the front side surface 21E of the housing 21.

  Incidentally, when the uppermost banknote BL comes into contact with the front side surface 21E, the banknote BL does not move further forward, so the blade 26A of the impeller 26 continues to slide on the banknote BL.

  In this way, the banknote storage 9 discharges the banknote BL into the space 22 and collides with the bill stopper 31, and then strikes the vicinity of the front end of the banknote BL downward by the blade 26A of the impeller 26, and The front end portion is moved in the forward direction so as to contact the front side surface 21 </ b> E of the housing 21.

Thereafter, the banknote storage 9 is in a state where the banknotes BL are stacked on the stage 33 so as to approach the front side surface 21E, as shown in FIG. The stage 33 is lowered from the height of FIG. 3 in order to compress the stage spring 36 in accordance with the weight of the stacked banknotes CBL stacked on the upper surface 33A.

  Here, FIG. 6 shows a case where the accumulated banknote CBL includes a thick banknote TBL having folds, bags, etc., as compared to a case where only the flat banknote BL is stacked without including the thick banknote TBL. The rear portion of the accumulated banknote CBL is high.

  On the other hand, the front side portion of the accumulated banknote CBL is in contact with the opposing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41 and is sandwiched between the opposing surface 42 and the upper surface 33A of the stage 33, whereby a flat banknote BL. It will be in the state where it was compressed to the same extent as the case of accumulating only.

When a new banknote BL is conveyed here, the banknote BL is discharged to the adjacent space 22A by the stacking roller 25 and the like. The banknote BL released into the nearby space 22A collides with the bill stopper 31 and is then struck down by the blade 26A of the impeller 26, that is, onto the existing accumulated banknote CBL.

  Since the bill BL has a larger frictional force with the blade 26A of the impeller 26 than a frictional force with the upper surface of the accumulated bill CBL (that is, another bill BL), the blade 26A causes the arrow G to move. Moved in the direction.

  At this time, the banknote BL rushes into the gap between the curved surface 43 and the accumulated banknote CBL along the curved surface 43 after the front end portion collides with the curved surface 43 of the receiving portion 41. Further, the bill BL continues to move forward so that the front end portion sinks between the facing surface 42 that continues from the curved surface 43 and the accumulated bill CBL, and stops when the front end portion contacts the front side surface 21E. To do. As a result, the banknote BL is added to the accumulated banknote CBL.

  Thus, since the banknote storage 9 can sink the banknote BL discharged into the space 22 below the facing surface 42 of the catching portion 41, the adjacent space 22A can always be kept free.

  Thereby, the banknote storage 9 can discharge | release the newly conveyed banknote BL to the said adjacent space 22A, without making it collide with the existing banknote BL, and can be added to the existing accumulated banknote CBL, and a result is added. Therefore, the bills BL can be sequentially and appropriately accumulated.

  Incidentally, the banknotes BL accumulated in the banknote storage 9 are taken out by opening an open / close door (not shown) provided in the housing 21 in a predetermined maintenance operation or the like.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote storage 9 of the automatic teller machine 1 hits the banknote BL released into the space 22 downward by the impeller 26 and further draws it forward by the impeller 26, thereby The front end portion of the BL is inserted between the uppermost surface of the stacked banknotes CBL and the opposing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41. Thereby, the banknote storage 9 always sandwiches the front side portion of the accumulated banknotes CBL between the upper surface 33A of the stage 33 and the facing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41, and accordingly maintains the state where the adjacent space 22A is always vacant. Therefore, the newly transported banknote BL can be discharged to the adjacent space 22A without being collided with the stacked banknote CBL and sequentially added to the stacked banknote CBL.

[1-4. Other Embodiments]
In the first embodiment described above, the case has been described in which the opposing surface 42 and the front side surface 44 of the receiving portion 41 are connected by the curved surface 43 that is curved.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the opposing surface 42 and the front side surface 44 may be connected by various shapes such as a flat slope 53 in the receiving portion 51 as shown in FIG. good. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, in the receiving part 61, a part of the curved surface 43 and the opposed surface 42 are cut out and one or more cylindrical drawing rollers 63 are provided, and the drawing rollers 63 are arranged in the left-right direction. You may make it rotate freely around the rotation axis 64 along. In this case, the friction between the bill BL, the curved surface 43 and the opposing surface 42 can be greatly reduced by rotating the drawing roller 63 with the movement of the bill BL. In short, it is only necessary that the banknote BL drawn forward by the blades 26A of the impeller 26 can be smoothly drawn down to the lower side of the facing surface 42 at the receiving portion 41.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the impeller 26 is made of a material having flexibility and a certain degree of frictional force has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a high friction member 76 </ b> B for increasing the frictional force may be provided on the tip of the blade 76 </ b> A of the impeller 76 on the side that becomes the traveling surface during rotation. . As a result, the impeller 76 can reliably move the bill BL in the forward direction after hitting the bill BL downward with the blade 76A so that the front end thereof is brought into contact with the front side surface 21E.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, eight blades 26A each having a rectangular plate shape are radially extended from the outer peripheral surface of the center portion having a columnar shape to the impeller 26 as a hitting portion. The case where the installed configuration is used has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the shape of the blades may be various shapes such as an elliptical shape, a rhombus shape, and a trapezoidal shape, or a loop shape by fixing both the root and the tip of the blade to the central portion. Also good. The blades are not limited to a flat plate shape, and may be curved or twisted, and the thickness thereof may not be uniform. Alternatively, each blade may be divided into a plurality of pieces in the direction along the rotation axis.

  Further, the extension direction of the blade from the central portion is not limited to the configuration extending in the radial direction from the rotation center axis, and for example, the blade may be inclined in the rotation direction or the opposite direction at the connection portion with the central portion, or the entire blade. Alternatively, a portion may be curved toward the rotational direction or the opposite direction.

  Further, the number of blades is not limited to 8 and may be an arbitrary number of 1 or more. As for the impeller, plural kinds of blades may be mixed in one impeller, and impellers having different kinds of blades (that is, different kinds of impellers) are arranged on one shaft 27. You may make it mix in. That is, as the impeller, it is only necessary to provide at least one blade that can be struck in the direction of the stage 33 (downward) in the space 22 by being rotated about the shaft 27.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the four impellers 26 and the three accumulation rollers 25 are alternately provided on the shaft 27 along the left-right direction has been described (FIG. 4).

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and one or more arbitrary number of impellers 26 and one or more arbitrary number of accumulation rollers 25 may be provided on the shaft 27, and the impeller 26 and accumulation on the shaft 27 may be provided. The order and position of the rollers 25 may be arbitrarily determined based on the relationship with the passage route of the bills BL.

[2. Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described. The automatic teller machine 101 (FIG. 1, FIG. 2) by 2nd Embodiment is different in the point which has the banknote storage 109 which changes to the banknote storage 9 compared with 1st Embodiment. However, the other points are similarly configured.

[2-1. Banknote storage configuration]
The banknote storage 109 is replaced with the receiving part 41 compared with the banknote storage 9 (FIG. 3) by 1st Embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10 which attached | subjected the same code | symbol to the corresponding part with FIG. Although the point which has the receiving part 141 and having the pulley 125 is different, it is comprised similarly about another point.

  The pulley 125 is formed in a flat cylindrical shape having an outer diameter smaller than that of the accumulation roller 25, and a predetermined groove substantially parallel to the central axis of the cylinder is formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. As shown in FIG. 11 corresponding to FIG. 4, the pulley 125 is provided at three positions located between the accumulating roller 25 and the impeller 26 so as to be penetrated left and right by a shaft 27.

  For this reason, the pulley 125 rotates in the direction of the arrow F in the same manner as the accumulation roller 25 and the impeller 26 when the shaft 27 is rotated in the direction of the arrow F.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the receiving portion 141 includes a drawing roller 142, a shaft 143, and a timing belt 144 in addition to the facing surface 42, the curved surface 43, and the front side surface 44 similar to those in the first embodiment. ing.

  Like the pulley 125, the pull-in roller 142 is configured in a flat cylindrical shape and has a groove formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. Since the drawing roller 142 is penetrated through the central portion by a shaft 143 along the left-right direction, when a force is applied from the outside in the circumferential direction, the drawing roller 142 rotates around the shaft 143.

  The timing belt 144 is formed by forming a flexible material such as resin in an annular shape, and the outer peripheral surface thereof is formed substantially flat, while the inner peripheral surface thereof corresponds to the outer peripheral surface of the pulley 125. Grooves are carved.

  The timing belt 144 is stretched in a state where a predetermined tension is generated between the pulley 125 and the pulling roller 142, and a part of the timing belt 144 is stretched around the pulling roller 142. It protrudes outward from the outermost periphery and protrudes rearward or downward from the curved surface 43, that is, toward the space 22 side.

  Incidentally, a hole having a predetermined shape is formed in the curved surface 43 so that the timing belt 144 is exposed to the space 22 side and interference with the timing belt 144 is avoided.

Thus, the banknote storage 109 transmits the rotational force of the pulley 125 to the timing belt 144 by rotating the pulley 125 in the direction of the arrow F together with the accumulation roller 25 and the impeller 26 penetrating the shaft 27, and The belt 144 is caused to travel in the direction of arrow H between the drawing roller 142 and the belt 144.

  At this time, the timing belt 144 travels along the direction of the arrow G, that is, from the rear to the lower side of the curved surface 43 in a portion protruding toward the space 22 in the vicinity of the curved surface 43.

  In this way, the banknote storage 109 transmits a rotational force for rotating the stacking roller 25 and the impeller 26 to the timing belt 144, and in the vicinity of the curved surface 43, the timing belt 144 protrudes toward the space 22 side from behind. It is designed to run downward.

[2-2. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the banknote storage box 109 according to the second embodiment, when the banknote BL is transported from the transport path 7 (FIG. 2), as in the case of the banknote storage box 109 according to the first embodiment. The accumulation roller 25 and the impeller 26 together with the shaft 27 are rotated in the direction of arrow F at a predetermined rotational speed, and the bill BL is taken in from the take-in hole 23.

  At this time, the banknote storage 9 releases the banknote BL into the space 22 and collides with the bill stopper 31 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and then the front edge of the banknote BL by the blade 26A in the adjacent space 22A. The vicinity of the portion is hit downward, and the bill BL is dropped onto the upper surface 33A of the stage 33.

  Subsequently, the impeller 26 rotates in the direction of arrow F while keeping the blade 26A in contact with the vicinity of the front end of the bill BL, and the frictional force moves the topmost bill BL on the stage 33 in the direction of arrow G (that is, the front And the front end of the bill BL is brought into contact with the front side surface 21E of the housing 21 as shown in FIG. 12 corresponding to FIG.

  At this time, the banknote BL enters the gap between the facing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41 and the upper surface 33A of the stage 33, and therefore does not contact the timing belt 144 exposed from the curved surface 43.

  After that, the banknote storage 109 109 repeatedly stacks the banknotes BL on the stage 33 so as to approach the front side surface 21E as shown in FIG. 13 corresponding to FIG. It becomes a state.

  Here, FIG. 13 shows a case where the accumulated banknote CBL includes a thick banknote TBL having a folding fold, a bag, and the like, as in FIG. 6, and only the flat banknote BL is stacked without including the thick banknote TBL. Compared to the case, the rear portion of the accumulated banknote CBL is higher.

  On the other hand, the front side portion of the accumulated banknote CBL is in contact with the timing belt 144 exposed from the opposing surface 42 and the curved surface 43 of the receiving portion 141, and the opposing surface 42 and the timing belt 144 and the upper surface of the stage 33. It will be in the state of being compressed between 33A.

  At this time, an upward force N1 from the accumulated banknote CBL is applied to the timing belt 144, and a downward force N2 from the timing belt 144 is applied to the uppermost surface of the accumulated banknote CBL as a reaction force.

  That is, in the space 22, the neighboring space 22 </ b> A can always be vacated as in the first embodiment, so the newly transported banknote BL does not collide with the existing banknote BL, and the neighboring space 22 </ b> A. Can be released.

The banknote BL discharged to the nearby space 22A collides with the bill stopper 31 and is struck down by the blade 26A of the impeller 26, that is, on the existing stacked banknote CBL, like the other banknotes BL.

  Here, the frictional force that acts between the bill BL and the blade 26A of the impeller 26 is greater than the frictional force that acts between the bill BL and the upper surface of the accumulated bill CBL (that is, another bill BL). .

  For this reason, the bill BL is moved forward by the blades 26 </ b> A of the rotating impeller 26, and the front end portion comes into contact with the timing belt 144 protruding from the curved surface 43 of the receiving portion 141.

  The timing belt 144 travels in the direction of the arrow H, and in order to apply a frictional force to the front end portion of the bill BL, the front end portion of the bill BL is moved in the direction of the arrow H (that is, along the travel path). Pull forward).

  Here, the frictional force generated between the timing belt 144 and the bill BL by the downward force N2 from the timing belt 144 is the friction generated between the upper surface of the accumulated bill CBL and the bill BL. Greater than power.

  For this reason, the bill BL advances forward by the frictional force of the traveling timing belt 144, advances so as to cut into the gap between the opposing surface 42 and the accumulated bill CBL, and the front end portion contacts the front side 21E. Stop at the stage. As a result, the banknote BL is added to the accumulated banknote CBL.

  Incidentally, when the uppermost banknote BL comes into contact with the front side surface 21E, the banknote BL does not move further forward, and therefore the timing belt 144 continues to slide on the banknote BL.

  As described above, the banknote storage 109 can receive the banknote BL released into the space 22 under the opposing surface 42 of the catching portion 141 as in the first embodiment. It can be left free.

  In particular, in the second embodiment, a strong frictional force is generated between the timing belt 144 and the bill BL by the downward force N2 that is a reaction force against the upward force N1 from the accumulated bill CBL. it can. For this reason, since the banknote storage 109 can advance the banknote BL forward more strongly than the case where only the impeller 26 is used like 1st Embodiment, the front end of the said banknote BL can be made into the front side surface 21E. It can be made to contact reliably.

  Thus, as in the first embodiment, the banknote storage box 109 releases the newly transported banknote BL to the adjacent space 22A without colliding with the existing banknote BL, and superimposes it on the existing stacked banknote CBL. As a result, the bills BL can be sequentially and appropriately accumulated.

  According to the above configuration, the banknote storage 109 of the automatic teller machine 101 taps the banknote BL released into the space 22 downward by the impeller 26 and further pulls it forward by the timing belt 144, whereby the banknote BL Is inserted between the uppermost surface of the stacked banknotes CBL and the opposing surface 42 of the receiving portion 41. Thereby, the banknote storage 109 always sandwiches the front side portion of the accumulated banknotes CBL between the upper surface 33A of the stage 33 and the opposing surface 42 of the receiving portion 141, and accordingly maintains the state where the adjacent space 22A is always vacant. Therefore, the newly transported banknote BL can be discharged to the adjacent space 22A without being collided with the stacked banknote CBL and sequentially added to the stacked banknote CBL.

[2-3. Other Embodiments]
In the second embodiment described above, the timing belt 144 is stretched between the pulley 125 and the drawing roller 142 in the receiving portion 141, and the bill BL is exposed by the timing belt 144 exposed from the curved surface 43 into the space 22. I described the case of pulling forward.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a receiving portion 151 may be provided in place of the receiving portion 141. In the receiving portion 151, the shaft 27 passes through the gear 152, and the gear 152 rotates together with the shaft 27. The gear 152 rotates the drawing roller 155 in the direction of arrow H by transmitting a rotational force to the drawing roller 155 via the gear 153 and the gear 154 that mesh with each other. The drawing roller 155 is provided with a high friction material on the whole or a part of the outer peripheral surface thereof, and generates a sufficient frictional force with the bill BL like the timing belt 144.

  In this way, the receiving portion 151 transmits power by a combination of a plurality of gears instead of the timing belt 144, and the retraction roller 155 that rotates rotates in contact with the bill BL to generate a frictional force. Can be pulled into.

Incidentally, the rotational speed of the drawing roller 155 may be increased or decreased as compared with the rotational speed of the shaft 27 by appropriately setting the gear ratio in the gears 152, 153, and 154.

  Further, in this case, instead of the drawing roller 155, as shown in FIG. 15, a drawing roller 161 provided with a plurality of radial flat blades 161A similar to the impeller 26 may be used. When this drawing roller 161 is used, even if the banknote BL is located at a location slightly away from the curved surface 43, if the blade 161A reaches the vicinity of the front end of the banknote BL, the banknote BL is pulled forward. be able to.

  In the above-described second embodiment, the case where the shaft 143 serving as the rotation shaft of the drawing roller 142 is fixed has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, in the receiving portion 171, the shaft 143 can be moved obliquely downward in the front direction or the opposite direction, and the drawing roller is moved together with the shaft 143 by the coil spring 172. 142 and the timing belt 144 may be urged in the arrow H direction.

  The catching portion 171 moves the shaft 143, the drawing roller 142 and the timing belt 144 rearward and obliquely upward according to the upward force from the accumulated banknote CBL applied to the timing belt 144, and a threshold value with the upward force. When it becomes above, the timing belt 144 can be retracted into the curved surface 43.

  Further, in the second embodiment described above, a groove substantially parallel to the rotation center axis is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the pulley 125, and a corresponding groove is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the timing belt 144. Said.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a timing belt 184 having teeth on the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface is used as in the receiving portion 181 shown in FIG. 17, and the pulley 125 and the pull-in roller 142 have grooves corresponding to the teeth. May be provided.

  In the receiving portion 181, the frictional force with the banknote BL can be increased by the teeth formed on the outer peripheral surface of the timing belt 184, and the banknote BL can be pulled forward more strongly.

  Alternatively, for example, when a sufficient frictional force can be secured between the pulley 125 and the timing belt 144, the grooves are omitted from both the outer peripheral surface of the pulley 125 and the inner peripheral surface of the timing belt 144, and each is formed flat. You may make it do.

  Further, in the second embodiment described above, as shown in FIG. 11, pulleys 125 are provided at three locations on the shaft 27, and three sets of pull-in rollers 142 and timing belts are respectively associated with the pulleys 125. The case where 144 is provided has been described.

  The present invention is not limited to this, and the pulley 125 is provided at any one or more locations on the shaft 27, and the same number of pull-in rollers 142 and timing belts 144 as the pulley 125 are provided at locations corresponding to the pulley 125. Anyway.

  Further, in the second embodiment described above, the upward force N1 from the accumulated banknote CBL is received by the facing surface 42 of the receiving portion 141 and the timing belt 144, and the accumulated banknote is placed between the upper surface 33A of the stage 33. The case where CBL is inserted is described.

  The present invention is not limited to this. For example, the facing surface 42 is omitted, and the upward force N1 from the accumulated banknote CBL is received only by the timing belt 144, and the accumulation is performed between the timing belt 144 and the upper surface 33A of the stage 33. You may make it pinch completed banknote CBL.

[3. Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment will be described. The automatic teller machine 201 (FIG. 1, FIG. 2) by 3rd Embodiment is different in the point which has the banknote storage 209 changed to the banknote storage 9 compared with 1st Embodiment. However, the other points are similarly configured.

[3-1. Banknote storage configuration]
As shown in FIG. 18 in which the same reference numerals are given to corresponding parts to FIG. 3, the banknote storage 209 replaces the receiving part 41 as compared with the banknote storage 9 (FIG. 3) according to the first embodiment. The point which has the receiving part 241 and having the bill press 245 is different.

  Also, the banknote storage 209 is different from the banknote storage 9 in that the front side surface 221E inside the housing 221 is not provided with a step like the receiving portion 41 and is substantially flat. However, the other points are configured similarly.

  The receiving portion 241 includes a lever 242, a shaft 243, and a lever spring 244. As shown in a plan view in FIG. 19, the receiving portion 241 is provided at three positions with a predetermined interval in the left-right direction.

  The lever 242 is configured with a cylindrical base 242A having a central axis extending in the left-right direction and positioned in front of the front side surface 221E inside the housing 221, and penetrates the base 242A in the left-right direction. It has a shaft hole 242B.

  The lever 242 has a facing portion 242C that protrudes from the base portion 242A to the inside of the space 22 toward the rear. The facing portion 242C has a flat bottom surface, and an upper surface is provided with a slope that becomes lower as it goes rearward (FIG. 18), and the projection shape in the vertical direction is rectangular. (FIG. 19).

  The shaft 243 is formed in an elongated cylindrical shape having a central axis along the left-right direction, and penetrates the shaft hole 242B of the lever 242. A hole corresponding to the lever 242 is formed in the front side surface 221E of the housing 221. For this reason, the lever 242 can be rotated in the arrow J direction or the opposite direction with the shaft 243 as the rotation center.

  Incidentally, the lever 242 is rotated only in the arrow J direction and not in the opposite direction from the natural state (FIG. 18) in which the facing portion 242C faces rearward by a regulating member (not shown). .

The lever spring 244 is a torsion coil spring, and a coiled portion extends through the shaft 243, and one of the extended portions extending from the coiled portion is fixed to the opposing portion 242 </ b> C of the lever 242 and the other Is fixed to the housing 221 .

  For this reason, when no external force is applied to the lever 242, the lever spring 244 is in a natural state, and as shown in FIG. 18, the lever 242 is stationary with the facing portion 242C facing rearward.

In addition, when an external force is applied downward to the facing portion 242C, the lever 242 rotates in the direction of the arrow J about the shaft 243 as a result of the lever spring 244 being elastically deformed as shown in FIG. part 242C is in a state of being pushed toward the front side than the front side surface 221E.

Meanwhile lever 242, the external force is released, and rotated in the opposite direction of the arrow J around the shaft 243 by the restoring force of the lever spring 244, to project the opposing portion 242C from the front toward the rear side 221E Return to the state (FIG. 18).

  The bill press 245 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape as a whole, and the lengths in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are longer than the short side and the long side of the bill BL, respectively. Further, on the front side of the bill press 245, as shown in FIG. 19, notches are formed at three locations corresponding to the lever 242.

  Two rollers 247 are attached to the left and right of the bill press 245 via attachment members 246, respectively. Similarly to the roller 35 of the stage 33, the rollers 247 rotate freely around the left-right direction as rotation axes, and fit into the left and right stage grooves 24 in the housing 21, respectively.

  For this reason, the bill press 245 can move smoothly in the vertical direction along the stage groove 24 like the stage 33. Incidentally, the bill press 245 is moved downward or upward between the uppermost part in the space 22 and the stage 33 by a drive mechanism (not shown).

  That is, when the bill press 245 is positioned at the uppermost part in the space 22, it avoids interference with the banknote BL discharged into the space 22, and when it is moved downward, the bill press 245 is placed between the bill press 245 and the stage 33. And the accumulated banknote CBL is sandwiched.

  In this manner, the bill storage 209 includes a receiving portion 241 that projects the lever 242 backward from the front side 221E of the housing 221 and rotates the lever 242 according to an external force to push it forward from the front side 221E. And a bill press 245 moving in the direction.

[3-2. Operation and effect]
In the above configuration, the banknote storage 209 according to the third embodiment is based on the control of the control unit 8 (FIG. 2), the transport operation mode for taking in the banknotes BL transported from the transport path, and the accumulated operation. The bills BL are sequentially stacked by appropriately switching between the compression operation modes for compressing the height of the bills CBL.

  First, the bill storage 209 switches the operation mode to the conveyance operation mode, positions the bill press 245 in the vicinity of the uppermost part in the space 22 and sets the lever 242 in a natural state in which the facing portion 242C faces rearward. The supply of banknote BL is received.

  At this time, as in the first and second embodiments, the banknote storage 209 discharges the banknote BL into the space 22 and collides with the bill stopper 31, and then the banknote BL by the blade 26 </ b> A in the adjacent space 22 </ b> A. The vicinity of the front end of the bill is hit downward, and the bill BL is dropped on the upper surface 33A of the stage 33 or the upper surface of the accumulated bill CBL.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 21, the bill BL that has been transported first is in a state where the vicinity of the front end is placed on the upper side of the lever 242. Incidentally, FIG. 21 shows a state in which a certain amount of banknotes BL have already been stacked, that is, the stacked banknotes CBL are placed on the upper surface 33A of the stage 33, and the front portion of the stacked banknotes CBL is the upper surface 33A of the stage 33. The state sandwiched between the opposing portion 242C of the lever 242 is shown.

  The bill BL that has been transported thereafter is in a state of being overlaid on the first bill BL, that is, any bill BL is placed on the upper side of the lever 242. Hereinafter, all the banknotes BL that overlap the upper side of the lever 242 are collectively referred to as an additional banknote ABL.

  That is, the banknote placed on the upper surface 33A of the stage 33 is separated into the lower accumulated banknote CBL and the upper additional banknote ABL by the lever 242.

  After that, the bill storage 209 switches the operation mode to the compression operation mode when a predetermined switching condition is satisfied. Incidentally, as the switching condition, for example, after switching to the transport operation mode, a predetermined number of banknotes BL have been taken into the interior, or a predetermined time has elapsed since the last banknote BL was transported, and a combination thereof is used. can do.

  In this compression operation mode, the bill storage 209 first moves the bill press 245 downward.

  The bill press 245 presses the additional banknote ABL and the accumulated banknote CBL against the stage 33 side and compresses the height thereof, and also gradually compresses the stage spring 236 that supports the stage 33.

  That is, the bill press 245 gradually lowers the space 22 with the additional banknote ABL, the accumulated banknote CBL, and the stage 33 as one body.

  At this time, the additional banknote ABL applies a downward force from the bill press 245 to the upper surface of the lever 242, and as shown in FIG. 22, the lever 242 is moved to the arrow J while elastically deforming the lever spring 244. Rotate in the direction.

  Thereafter, the bill press 245 continues to move downward to continue to rotate the lever 242 in the direction of arrow J via the additional banknote ABL, and pushes the lever 242 in front of the front side 221E as shown in FIG. .

  Further, the bill press 245 moves downward from the lever 242 as shown in FIG. 23 by continuing the downward movement. At this time, since the force in the direction of the arrow J is not applied to the lever 242, the lever 244 is rotated in the direction of the arrow K opposite to the arrow J by the restoring action of the lever spring 244, and the opposed portion 242 </ b> C returns to the natural state. .

  Further, since the lever 242 comes out between the additional banknote ABL and the accumulated banknote CBL, the separation between the additional banknote ABL and the accumulated banknote CBL is canceled and the both banknotes BL are integrated. That is, the additional banknote ABL is added to the accumulated banknote CBL. Hereinafter, a bundle of integrated bills BL is referred to as a new accumulated bill CBL.

  Thereafter, the bill press 245 stops moving downward, and this time moves upward. At this time, the stage 33 moves upward because the downward force applied via the accumulated banknotes CBL is gradually weakened and the stage spring 236 is gradually restored.

  When the bill press 245 reaches the height of the lever 242 during the upward movement, the bill press 245 passes by without being interfered with the lever 242 because a notch is formed (FIG. 19).

  At this time, the stacked banknote CBL stops the rise of the stage 33 due to the restoring force of the stage spring 236 by the upper surface of the front end contacting the lower surface of the facing portion 242C of the lever 242. That is, the new accumulated banknote CBL added with the additional banknote ABL is sandwiched between the facing portion 242C of the lever 242 and the upper surface 33A of the stage 33.

  Furthermore, the bill press 245 continues to move upward and stops when it reaches the top. Thereafter, the bill storage 209 switches the operation mode to the transport operation mode again and waits for the transport of a new bill BL.

  As a result, in the banknote storage 209, a force from the upper side to the lower side is not applied to the middle or rear side of the stacked banknotes CBL other than the front end, so that the upward movement is caused by the action of the folding or folding of the thick banknote TBL. Swell.

  However, in the bill storage 209, the front end of the accumulated bill CBL is sandwiched between the lever 242 and the upper surface 33A of the stage 33, so that the adjacent space 22A can be kept free.

  In this way, the bill storage 209 pushes the bill BL newly taken in the transport operation mode down to the lower side of the lever 242 by the bill press 245 and adds it to the existing stacked bill CBL in the compression operation mode. The neighboring space 22A can be kept open.

  Thus, as in the first and second embodiments, the banknote storage 209 discharges the newly conveyed banknote BL to the adjacent space 22A without colliding with the existing banknote BL, and the existing stacked banknote CBL. As a result, the bills BL can be sequentially and appropriately accumulated.

According to the above configuration, the bill storage 209 of the automatic teller machine 201 slams the bill BL released into the space 22 in the transport operation mode downward by the impeller 26 and overlaps the additional bill ABL on the upper side of the lever 242. To go. Thereafter, the banknote storage 209 pushes the additional banknote ABL downward under the lever 242 while rotating the lever 242 by the bill press 245 in the compression operation mode, and adds the additional banknote ABL to the existing accumulated banknote CBL. The lever 242 is returned to the original position. As a result, the bill storage 209 sandwiches the front side portion of the accumulated bills CBL between the upper surface 33A of the stage 33 and the facing portion 242C of the receiving portion 241, and accordingly maintains the state in which the adjacent space 22A is always vacant. Therefore, the newly conveyed banknote BL can be discharged to the adjacent space 22A without colliding with the accumulated banknote CBL and sequentially added to the accumulated banknote CBL.

[3-3. Other Embodiments]
In the above-described third embodiment, when the lever 242 of the receiving portion 241 is rotated about the shaft 243, the opposing portion 242C of the lever 242 is pushed forward from the front side 221E. Said.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 24, the receiving portion 251 is configured such that the lever 252 can be moved in the front-rear direction, and the lever 252 is urged rearward by the lever spring 254. You may do it. The lever 252 has a flat bottom surface and a slope that becomes lower as the upper side advances to the rear side, like the facing portion 242C of the lever 242.

  The lever 252 protrudes rearward from the front side surface 221E in the transport operation mode, so that the front end portion of the stacked banknotes CBL can be sandwiched between the lever 252 and the upper surface 33A of the stage 33. In addition, when a force in the direction of arrow P (that is, downward) is applied by the bill press 245 in the compression operation mode, the lever 252 acts on the slope in the direction of the arrow Q and is temporarily pushed forward. The additional banknote ABL can be moved downward.

  In the third embodiment described above, when a downward force is applied from the bill press 245, the opposing portion 242C of the lever 242 is temporarily moved from the front side 221E using the elastic action of the lever spring 244. The case has been described in which the front portion 242C is pushed backward and the opposing portion 242C protrudes backward again when the force is released.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the lever spring 244 may be omitted, and the driving force of a driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the bill press 245 may be transmitted to the lever 242 and rotated. In this case, for example, the lever 242 may be rotated in the direction of arrow J before the bill press 245 is lowered, or the lever 242 may be rotated in the direction of arrow K after the bill press 245 is lowered. .

  Further, in the above-described third embodiment, the case where the three levers 242 are provided on the front side surface 221E that is the front inner side surface of the housing 221 has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an arbitrary number of one or more levers 242 may be provided, and the installation location is not limited to the front side surface 221E, and may be the left and right side surfaces. Further, all the levers 242 do not have to have the same shape, and the shape may be different for each installation location. In this case, what is essential is that the accumulated banknote CBL can be sandwiched between the facing portion 242C of the lever 242 and the upper surface 33A of the stage 33, and the adjacent space 22A can be kept open in the sandwiched state.

  Further, the bill press 245 has a shape in which the downward force can be transmitted to the lever 242 by applying a downward force to the additional banknote ABL when lowered, and does not interfere with the lever 242 when lifted. Any shape is acceptable.

  Furthermore, in the first, second, and third embodiments described above, the present invention is applied to the bill storage 9, 109, or 209 that accumulates money-type cash vouchers in the bill storage unit 6 (FIG. 2). If you said.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to, for example, a banknote stacking mechanism provided inside the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 12 or a reject banknote stacker for stacking reject banknotes that should not be traded.

  Furthermore, in the first, second, and third embodiments described above, the case where the mechanism for discharging the banknote BL is not provided in the banknote storage 9, 109, or 209 has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a discharge mechanism that sequentially separates and discharges the lowermost banknote BL among the stacked banknotes CBL may be provided in the front lower part of the banknote storage 9, 109, or 209. .

  Furthermore, in the first, second, and third embodiments described above, the banknote BL as a medium is accumulated in the banknote storage 9, 109, or 209 of the automatic teller machine 1 that trades cash. Stated.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to various devices that accumulate thin paper-like media such as gift certificates, cash vouchers, and admission tickets. In this case, the distance m (FIG. 3), the size of the lever 242, the number of installations, the installation locations, etc. may be appropriately determined according to the size and shape of the medium.

  Further, in the first, second and third embodiments described above, the accumulation roller 25 as a discharge portion, a stage 33 as a stage, a receiving portion 41, 141 or 241 as a receiving portion, and a hitting portion. The case where the banknote storage 9, 109, or 209 as a medium stacking device is configured by the impeller 26, the impeller 26 as an additional unit, the timing belt 144, or the bill press 245 has been described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium stacking apparatus may be configured by a discharge section, a stage, a receiving section, and a hitting section having various other configurations.

Furthermore, in the first, second, and third embodiments described above, the customer service unit 3 as a reception unit, a conveyance path 7 as a conveyance unit, an accumulation roller 25 as a discharge unit, and a stage 33 as a stage, The banknote storage 9, 109 as a medium accumulating device by the receiving section 41, 141 or 241 as the receiving section, the impeller 26 as the hitting section, the impeller 26 as the additional section, the timing belt 144 or the bill press 245. Or the case where 209 is comprised was described.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium stacking apparatus may be configured by a customer service section, a transport section, a discharge section, a stage, a receiving section, and a hitting section having various other configurations.

  The present invention can also be used in various apparatuses that stack and accumulate paper-like media such as banknotes that are conveyed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101,201 ... automatic teller machine, 3 ... customer service part, 7 ... conveyance part, 9,109,209 ... banknote storage, 21,221 ... casing, 21E, 221E ... front side , 22 ... space, 22 A ... near space, 23 ... intake hole, 25 ... accumulation roller, 26 ... impeller, 26 A ... blade, 27 ... shaft, 28 ... pressure roller, 29 ... Shaft, 31 ... Bill stopper, 33 ... Stage, 33A ... Upper surface, 36,236 ... Stage spring, 41, 141, 241 ... Receiving part, 42 ... Opposite surface, 43 ... Curved surface, 44 ... ... Front side, 125 ... Pulley, 142 ... Pull-in roller, 143 ... Shaft, 144 ... Timing belt, 242 ... Lever, 242C ... Opposite part, 243 ... Shaft, 244 ... Lever spring, BL ... ... bills, CBL ... collection Already bill CBL, ABL ...... additional bill.

Claims (12)

A discharge section for sequentially discharging the medium into a space for collecting paper-like medium;
A stage provided in the space so as to be movable in a stacking direction in which the medium is to be stacked; and a stage for sequentially pressing and stacking the stacked medium discharged from the discharge section toward the discharge section;
A receiving part that is located between the discharge part and the stage and receives the vicinity of one end of the medium pressed from the stage by an opposing surface facing the stage ;
A striking portion that is provided between the discharge portion and the receiving portion, and strikes the medium toward the stage in the space;
A medium stacking apparatus comprising: an additional unit that adds the medium hit by the hitting unit between the stage and the receiving unit. The additional part is
The one end side of the medium struck toward the stage by the struck part is drawn into an inner wall surface side where the receiving part is provided between the stage and the receiving part. 2. The medium accumulation device according to 1. A discharge section that conveys a sheet-like medium by a rotating conveyance roller and sequentially discharges the medium into a space for accumulating the medium;
A stage provided in the space so as to be movable in a stacking direction in which the medium is to be stacked; and a stage for sequentially pressing and stacking the stacked medium discharged from the discharge section toward the discharge section;
A receiving part that is located between the discharge part and the stage and receives the vicinity of one end of the medium pressed from the stage by an opposing surface facing the stage;
A striking portion that is provided between the discharge portion and the receiving portion, and strikes the medium toward the stage in the space;
The receiving portion is provided between the stage and the receiving portion by a force transmitted from the conveying roller that rotates one end side of the medium hit by the hitting portion toward the stage . An additional unit that adds the medium between the stage and the receiving unit by pulling in the inner wall surface;
A medium accumulating device comprising: The additional part is
The medium accumulation device according to claim 3, wherein the medium is drawn into an inner wall surface of the space in the space by the transmission belt that travels by transmitting the rotational force of the transport roller. The additional part is
The medium accumulation device according to claim 3, wherein the medium is drawn toward an inner wall surface near the discharge portion in the space by a drawing roller that is rotated by the rotational force of the conveying roller being transmitted. The pulling roller is
The medium accumulating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a high friction member that increases a frictional force with the medium is provided on a part or all of an outer peripheral surface that is in contact with the medium. The pulling roller is
The medium stacking apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the medium stacking apparatus rotates at a higher speed than the conveying roller. The pulling roller is
The medium accumulation device according to claim 5, wherein the medium accumulation device rotates at a lower speed than the conveying roller. The hitting part is
It consists of a rotating impeller with multiple blades,
The additional part is
The medium accumulation device according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the medium accumulation device is provided inside a rotation locus drawn by an outermost peripheral portion of a blade of the impeller. The additional part is
4. The medium accumulation device according to claim 2, wherein the medium is retracted to a place farther from the medium than the receiving portion in accordance with a force pressed from the stage via the medium. The additional part is
A compression unit configured to move in the space along the accumulation direction and to avoid interference with the receiving unit when moving;
A movement control unit that causes the compression unit to stand by at a standby position that does not interfere with the medium discharged from the discharge unit, or to move the compression unit together with the medium and the stage in a direction away from the discharge unit. Prepared,
The receiving part is
2. A part or all of the space is withdrawn from the space when a predetermined external force is applied, and the receiving of the medium is interrupted, while returning to the space when the external force is released. Alternatively, the medium accumulation device according to claim 3 . A reception unit that accepts transactions relating to paper-like media;
A transport unit for transporting the medium received by the reception unit;
A discharge section for sequentially discharging the medium into a space for collecting the medium transported by the transport section;
A stage provided in the space so as to be movable in a stacking direction in which the medium is to be stacked; and a stage for sequentially pressing and stacking the stacked medium discharged from the discharge section toward the discharge section;
A receiving part that is located between the discharge part and the stage and receives the vicinity of one end of the medium pressed from the stage by an opposing surface facing the stage ;
A striking portion that is provided between the discharge portion and the receiving portion, and strikes the medium toward the stage in the space;
A medium transaction apparatus comprising: an additional unit that adds the medium hit by the hitting unit between the stage and the receiving unit.

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