JP6064597B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus, for example, an apparatus for handling paper sheets (banknotes).

  Conventionally, in an automatic transaction apparatus, as shown in FIG. 13, a deposit / withdrawal unit 300 for exchanging bills with a customer accommodates a bill bundle (hereinafter also referred to as a bill bundle) BLW. A bill press 301 and a guide portion 302 are provided.

  The deposit / withdrawal unit 300 presses the bill bundle BLW put into the accommodation space against a pickup roller 303 (303a, 303b) provided on the guide unit 302 side by a bill press 301 and feeds it out to a storage or the like by the pickup roller 303. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-118487 A

  By the way, in the conventional depositing / dispensing part 300, since banknote bundle BLW contact | abuts on the flat surface which forms the accommodation space in bill press 301, banknote bundle BLW from which thickness differs as shown in the longitudinal direction of a banknote as shown in FIG. During feeding, one end of the bill BL (the thicker end of the bill bundle BLW) may come into close contact with the outer portion of the pickup roller 303 in the guide 302 (FIG. 13).

  In such a case, in the deposit / withdrawal unit 300, as shown in FIG. 14, there is a possibility that the banknote BL to be paid out may be skewed due to frictional resistance caused by the guide 302 and the banknote BL being in close contact with each other.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to propose an automatic transaction apparatus capable of reducing the skew of a paper sheet fed out.

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a pickup roller for feeding out paper sheets in a storage space in which paper sheets are stored and a surface in the storage space are formed, and a part of the pickup roller protrudes into the storage space. A guide portion having a hole for forming a hole, and a projection that is disposed opposite to the guide portion to form one surface of the storage space, and protrudes toward the storage space side at a position facing the pickup roller on a support surface facing the guide portion The bill press has a substantially square shape with the support surface and an inclined surface inclined in a direction opposite to a direction in which the paper sheet is fed out from the support surface. And two or more pickup rollers are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the paper sheet is fed out, and the protrusions are formed on the support surface of the bill press. One is disposed at a position facing all of the pickup rollers, and the protrusion is substantially trapezoidal due to a facing surface facing the pickup roller and an inclined surface inclined from the facing surface toward the support surface. In addition, when handing the paper sheets to the customer, the bill press is inclined so that the inclined surface of the bill press faces the guide portion, and the bill press is inserted into the accommodation space by the customer. When feeding out the paper sheets, the paper sheet is provided with an inclination means for inclining the bill press so that a support surface of the bill press faces the guide portion, and the paper sheets put into the accommodation space by the customer When the paper is fed, the paper sheet is sandwiched between the pickup roller and the protrusion.

Further, in the present invention, a pickup roller for feeding out the paper sheet in the storage space in which the paper sheet is stored, and a hole for forming one surface in the storage space and for a part of the pickup roller to protrude into the storage space. And a bill press having a projecting portion that is disposed opposite to the guide portion to form one surface of the accommodation space, and the bill press includes a support surface that faces the guide portion, and the support surface. The pick-up roller is formed in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the paper sheet is fed out. One protrusion is disposed at a position on the support surface of the bill press facing all of the plurality of pickup rollers, and the protrusion further includes the pickup. A substantially trapezoidal shape is formed by an opposing surface facing the roller and an inclined surface inclined from the opposing surface toward the support surface, and when handing the paper sheets to a customer, When the bill press is inclined so that the inclined surface faces the guide portion, and the paper sheets put into the accommodation space are fed out by the customer, the support surface of the bill press faces the guide portion. And the guide portion is disposed on the main body portion having a surface facing the bill press and on the surface facing the bill press in the main body portion, and has a smaller coefficient of friction than the main body portion. A low-friction member, and when the sheet fed into the accommodation space is fed out by a customer, the sheet is sandwiched by the pickup roller and the protrusion.

  As a result, the present invention picks up the bundle of paper sheets put into the accommodation space between the projections of the bill press and the pickup roller, and feeds out the paper sheets, so the thickness of the bundle of paper sheets put into the accommodation space Even if the paper sheets are different, the friction resistance when the paper sheets are fed out can be reduced by reducing the adhesion between the end of the thick paper sheet bundle and the guide part, and thus the paper to be fed out. Leaf skew can be reduced.

It is a basic diagram which shows the external appearance structure of an automatic transaction apparatus. It is a basic diagram which shows the internal structure of an automatic transaction apparatus. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure (1) of a deposit or withdrawal part. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure (2) of a deposit or withdrawal part. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a guide part. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a bill press. It is a basic diagram which shows the movement of a bill press. It is a basic diagram which shows the banknote bundle from which thickness differs in a longitudinal direction. It is a basic diagram which shows the mode of clamping of the banknote bundle from which thickness differs in a longitudinal direction. It is an approximate line figure showing composition (1) of a bill press in other embodiments. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure (2) of the bill press in other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the guide part in other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the mode of the clamping of the banknote bundle from which thickness differs in the longitudinal direction in the conventional deposit or withdrawal part. It is a basic diagram which shows the mode of the skew of the banknote in the conventional deposit or withdrawal part.

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

<1. Embodiment>
[1-1. Configuration of automatic transaction equipment
1 and 2 show the configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 1. FIG. 2 shows a side view of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 as viewed from the left-right direction, and shows a part mainly related to bill processing in the internal configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus 1.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1 is provided with an operation display unit 3, a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 4, a coin deposit / withdrawal port 5, a card slot 6 and a passbook slot 7 on the front surface of the housing 2.

  The operation display unit 3 is configured by a display unit configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display or an EL display that displays an image of transaction contents to a customer during a transaction operation, and a touch panel that receives a customer operation input.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal port 4 is an entrance / exit of banknotes exchanged with customers. The coin deposit / withdrawal port 5 is an entrance / exit of coins exchanged with customers.

  The card entry / exit 6 is a portion where various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processing unit (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided at the back of the card slot 6.

  The bankbook entry / exit 7 is a part where a bankbook is inserted or discharged. At the back of the bankbook entry / exit 7 is provided a bankbook processing unit (not shown) that reads account numbers magnetically recorded in the bankbook and enters the bankbook.

  The automatic transaction apparatus 1 is provided with a main control unit 10, a storage 11, a deposit / withdrawal unit 12, a discrimination unit 13, a temporary storage unit 14, a reject storage 15, a transport path 16 and the like inside the housing 2, and is indicated by a bold line in the figure. A banknote is conveyed along a short side direction between each part (except the main control part 10) via the conveyance path 16 shown by.

  The main control unit 10 includes a microcomputer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a storage unit such as a hard disk drive, and an interface unit serving as a connection port with the host computer. Each part is controlled.

  The storage 11 stores banknotes input from customers and banknotes paid to customers in denominations. As will be described in detail later, the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 is a part for exchanging banknotes with a customer. The banknotes are inserted from the customer when depositing, and the banknotes stored in the storage 11 or the like are withdrawn to the customer when depositing. Paid.

  The discrimination unit 13 determines the denomination and authenticity of the banknote conveyed through the conveyance path 16. The temporary storage unit 14 temporarily stores banknotes traded with customers. The rejection store 15 collects banknotes determined by the discrimination unit 13 as being non-payable.

  For example, when a customer performs a deposit transaction for depositing banknotes, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 accepts a predetermined operation input via the operation display unit 3 in accordance with the control of the main control unit 10, and then enters the deposit / withdrawal unit 12. Insert bills.

  Subsequently, the main control unit 10 conveys the inserted banknotes to the discrimination unit 13 via the conveyance path 16 for discrimination, conveys the banknotes identified as normal banknotes to the temporary storage unit 14 and temporarily holds them. On the other hand, the banknotes identified as not to be traded are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 and returned to the customer.

  After that, the main control unit 10 confirms the deposit amount to the customer via the operation display unit 3, conveys the banknote held in the temporary storage unit 14 to the discrimination unit 13 again, and re-differentiates the denomination, Depending on the identified denomination, it is transported to and stored in each cassette in the storage 11.

[1-2. (Structure of deposit / withdrawal department)
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 includes a shutter 21, a pickup roller 22, a feed roller 23, a gate roller 24, a guide unit 25, a bill press 26, and an integrated tongue roller 27. .

  The shutter 21 is disposed at the upper part of the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and closes the bill deposit / withdrawal port 4 in a normal state. 4 is released.

  Two pickup rollers 22 (22a, 22b) are arranged in the left-right direction in front of the deposit / withdrawal portion 12 and above the bottom plate 12a, and a high friction member such as rubber is attached to a part of the outer peripheral surface. The bills BL stacked on the bottom plate 12a are separated and fed out to the transport path 16 side.

  Two feed rollers 23 are arranged below the pickup roller 22 in the left-right direction, a high friction member is attached to a part of the outer peripheral surface, and the bill BL fed out by the pickup roller 22 is transferred to the conveyance path 16. Pull out.

  Each of the gate rollers 24 is disposed so as to face the feed roller 23 and has a one-way rotation mechanism that does not rotate when the feed roller 23 pays out the bill BL, and is fed out from the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 to the feed roller 23. Separate the bills BL one by one.

  The guide part 25 forms one surface of the front side of the accommodation space in which the banknote BL in the deposit / withdrawal part 12 is accommodated, and can be moved in the front-rear direction by a drive mechanism (not shown). As shown in FIG. 5, the guide portion 25 includes a guide main body portion 31 and a low friction member 32.

  The guide main body 31 is formed of, for example, a plastic material, and has an inclined portion that increases in the vertical direction from the rear to the front, and has an inclined portion that is inclined so that the thickness in the front-rear direction is constant in the center and thin in the left-right direction. Formed.

  The guide body 31 has a low friction member 32 in close contact with a central portion having a constant thickness in the front-rear direction. The low friction member 32 is a member (for example, a metal material) that is lower in friction than the guide main body 31, and the bill BL is in contact with the contact surface 32 a that is in contact with the accommodation space.

  The guide main body 31 and the low friction member 32 are provided with pickup roller holes 33 (33a, 33b) at positions facing the pickup roller 22 to such an extent that the pickup roller 22 can protrude from the front side into the accommodation space.

  The bill press 26 is arranged to face the guide portion 25, forms one surface on the rear side of the storage space for the bills BL in the deposit / withdrawal portion 12, and is movable in the front-rear direction by a drive mechanism (not shown). When the banknote BL is fed out, it moves to the pickup roller 22 side together with the guide portion 25 and presses the banknote BL against the pickup roller 22.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the bill press 26 is a pickup roller 22 on a flat support surface 41 a on the lower side of the surface facing the guide portion 25 in the bill press main body portion 41 formed of a U-shaped plate-like member. Protrusions 42 (42a, 42b) having substantially trapezoidal pillars are provided at positions facing (22a, 22b).

  The bill press 26 is provided with two slide pins 43 along the front-rear direction at both ends in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the bill press main body 41.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the bill press 26 is supported so as to be movable along the slide groove 51 by fitting a slide pin 43 into a slide groove 51 provided in a frame (not shown) of the deposit / withdrawal unit 12. Is done.

  The slide groove 51 is formed by a front part 51a extending in the front-rear direction, a rear part 51b that is one step higher than the front part 51a, and an inclined bent part 51c that connects the front part 51a and the rear part 51b.

  In the bent portion 51c, when the bill press 26 moves rearward and the slide pin 43 enters the bent portion 51c, the support surface 41a of the bill press main body 41 is parallel to the contact surface 32a of the guide 25 (FIG. 3). ) From the surface of the bill press main body 41 that faces the guide portion 25 and is parallel to the contact surface 32a of the guide portion 25 (see FIG. 4) is set to an inclination angle for inclining the bill press 26.

Incidentally, Bill press 26, longitudinal position detector below the one end of the plate 4 4 is provided for building press body portion 41, based on the position detection plate 4 4 position, for example by an optical position sensor (not shown) The position is detected.

  The accumulation tongue piece roller 27 is a tongue-and-crumb car having a plurality of tongue pieces, and the bills BL stored in the storage 11, the temporary storage unit 14 or the reject storage 15 are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 via the conveyance path 16. When being done, the rear end of the banknote BL is hit and moved to the guide portion 25 side.

[1-3. Operation of deposit / withdrawal department]
When the banknote BL stored in the storage 11 or the like is paid to the customer, the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 operates according to the control of the main control unit 10. Specifically, in the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, the bill press 26 is moved above the accumulation tongue piece roller 27, and the guide unit 25 is moved to a position spaced apart from the bill press 26 by a predetermined interval.

  In the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, the accumulation tongue piece roller 27 is rotated, and the bills BL conveyed from the conveyance path 16 are struck by the accumulation tongue piece roller 27 and accumulated in the accommodation space along the guide portion 25. In the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, when all the bills BL are accumulated, the bill press 26 is moved to the guide unit 25 side, and the bills BL are sandwiched between the guide unit 25 and the bill press 26.

  Thereafter, in the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, after the guide unit 25 and the bill press 26 are moved to the pickup roller 22 side with the bill BL being held, the shutter 21 is opened and the bill BL is paid to the customer. At this time, the stop position of the bill press 26 is determined in advance, and the bill press 26 is moved to the stop position, and the guide portion 25 is also moved accordingly.

  On the other hand, each part of the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 operates according to the control of the main control unit 10 when the bill BL is inserted from the customer. Specifically, in the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, after the guide unit 25 and the bill press 26 are moved so as to be narrower than the opening of the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 4 and into a storage space where a customer can enter, the shutter 21 is moved. be opened.

  In the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, when the bill BL is inserted into the accommodation space from the bill deposit / withdrawal port 4 by the customer, the bill press 26 is moved to the guide unit 25 side after the shutter 21 is closed. The bill BL inserted by the bill press 26 is held in a standing state.

  In the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, the guide unit 25 and the bill press 26 are moved to the pickup roller 22 side in a state where the bill BL is sandwiched, and the pickup roller 22 protrudes from the pickup roller hole 33 of the guide unit 25 into the accommodation space to protrude the bill BL. (Fig. 3).

  Thereafter, in the deposit / withdrawal unit 12, the pickup roller 22 and the feed roller 23 rotate in the direction in which the bills BL are fed out, and the bills BL in contact with the pickup roller 22 are separated one by one and fed out to the conveyance path 16.

  By the way, the case where the banknote bundle BLW from which thickness differs in the longitudinal direction of the banknote BL as shown in FIG. Incidentally, as a factor in which the thickness differs in the longitudinal direction, there is a security thread inserted along the short direction on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the bill BL.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the deposit / withdrawal unit 12 has the bill bundle BLW by the pickup roller 22 and the protrusion 42 even when a bill bundle BLW having a thickness different from the longitudinal direction of the bill BL is inserted into the deposit / withdrawal unit 12. Pinch.

  Therefore, since the banknote bundle BLW is separated from the support surface 41a of the bill press 26 and the central part of the banknote bundle BLW is sandwiched in the deposit / withdrawal section 12, the end of the banknote BL in which the banknote bundle BLW is thicker is the guide section 25. It is possible to reduce sticking to.

  Thereby, even when the banknote bundle BLW having different thicknesses in the longitudinal direction of the banknote BL is inserted into the banknote depositing / dispensing section 12, the depositing / dispensing section 12 can be used when feeding the banknote BL to one end of the guide section 25 and the banknote BL. Skew due to frictional resistance with the part can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

  Moreover, since the deposit / withdrawal part 12 is provided with the low friction member 32 in the guide part 25, for example, when the friction coefficient between the banknote BL and the guide main body part 31 is high, or the banknote bundle with many wrinkles banknotes BL. Even when the bill BL comes into contact with the guide portion 25 when the BLW is sandwiched, the bill BL comes into contact with the low friction member 32.

  Thereby, even if the banknote BL contacts the guide part 25, the depositing / withdrawing part 12 can reduce frictional resistance, and can reduce the skew at the time of paying out banknote BL compared with the past.

  Moreover, since the guide part 25 is closely_contact | adhered so that the low friction member 32 protrudes back rather than the guide main body part 31, it can prevent contacting the guide main body part 31 more.

<2. Other Embodiments>
[2-1. Other Embodiment 1]
In the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the substantially trapezoidal columnar protrusions 42 are respectively provided at positions facing the pickup roller 22 on the support surface 41a of the bill press 26. The present invention is not limited to this, and any shape can be used as long as a protruding portion protruding from the support surface is provided at a position facing the pickup roller 22 on the support surface of the bill press.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the bill press 126 is provided with protrusions 142 (142a, 142b) having slits in the vertical direction at positions facing the pickup roller 22 on the support surface 141a of the bill press main body 141, respectively. It is done. The bill press 126 can reduce the frictional resistance when paying out the bills BL more than the bill press 26.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the bill press 226 is provided with a protrusion 242 at a central portion of the support surface 241 a of the bill press main body 241 facing the pickup roller 22.

  The bill presses 126 and 226 have the same configuration as the bill press 26 except for the shapes of the protrusions 142 and 242.

[2-2. Other Embodiment 2]
In the above-described embodiment, the guide portion 25 has been described with respect to the case where the low friction member 32 is in close contact with the central portion of the guide main body portion 31. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the guide portion 125 may be configured such that the low friction member 132 (132a, 132b) is in close contact with an inclined portion of the guide main body portion 131. The guide portion 125 is provided with pickup roller holes 133 and 134 at positions corresponding to the pickup roller 22.

  Further, the guide portion may be configured such that the low friction member is in close contact with the central portion and the inclined portion of the guide main body portion.

[2-3. Other Embodiment 3]
In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which two pickup rollers 22 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction, and the protrusions 42 are provided at positions opposed to the pickup roller 22, respectively. The present invention is not limited to this, and two or more pickup rollers 22 may be arranged in the left-right direction, and the protrusions 42 may be provided at positions facing the pickup rollers 22.

[2-4. Other Embodiment 4]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the guide unit and the bill press are applied to the deposit / withdrawal unit has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and stores paper sheets, for example, a storage, a reject storage, etc. Also, the above-described guide portion and bill press can be applied.

  The present invention can be widely used in apparatuses such as an automatic transaction apparatus that conveys paper sheets such as banknotes, a copying machine, a vending machine, and a ticket vending machine.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic transaction apparatus, 12 ... Deposit / withdrawal part, 21 ... Shutter, 22 ... Pickup roller, 23 ... Feed roller, 24 ... Gate roller, 25 ... Guide part, 26 ... Bill press, 27 …… Integrated tongue roller, 31 …… Guide body, 32 …… Low friction member, 33 …… Pickup roller hole, 41 …… Bill press body, 42 …… Protrusion, 43 …… Slide pin, 44… ... position detection plate.

Claims (6)

A pick-up roller for feeding out paper sheets in a storage space in which paper sheets are stored;
A guide portion that forms a surface in the housing space and has a hole for a part of the pickup roller to protrude into the housing space;
A bill press that is disposed to face the guide portion to form one surface of the housing space, and has a projection that projects toward the housing space at a position facing the pickup roller on a support surface facing the guide portion. And
The bill press is formed in a substantially U shape by the support surface and an inclined surface inclined in a direction opposite to a direction in which the paper sheet is fed out from the support surface,
Two or more pickup rollers are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the direction of feeding out the paper sheets,
One of the protrusions is disposed at a position facing all of the two or more pickup rollers on the support surface of the bill press,
Further, the protrusion is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape by an opposing surface facing the pickup roller and an inclined surface inclined from the opposing surface toward the support surface,
Further, when handing over the paper sheets to the customer, the bill press is inclined so that the inclined surface of the bill press faces the guide portion, and the paper sheet is put into the accommodation space by the customer. When paying out, a tilting means for tilting the bill press so that a support surface of the bill press faces the guide portion,
An automatic transaction apparatus that clamps the paper sheet by the pickup roller and the protrusion when the paper sheet put into the accommodation space by the customer is fed out. The guide portion is
A main body having a surface facing the bill press;
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a low friction member disposed on a surface of the main body portion facing the bill press and having a smaller friction coefficient than the main body portion. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusion is provided with a plurality of slits in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the paper sheet is fed out. The main body is
A central portion of a surface facing the bill press is parallel to a surface forming the accommodation space in the bill press, and has an inclined portion inclined so as to be separated from the bill press from the central portion toward the left and right. And
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the low friction member is provided in the central portion of the main body portion. The main body is
A central portion of a surface facing the bill press is parallel to a surface forming the accommodation space in the bill press, and has an inclined portion inclined so as to be separated from the bill press from the central portion toward the left and right. And
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the low friction member is provided in the inclined portion of the main body portion. A pickup roller for feeding out the paper sheets in a storage space in which the paper sheets are stored;
A guide portion that forms a surface in the housing space and has a hole for a part of the pickup roller to protrude into the housing space;
A bill press having a protrusion disposed opposite to the guide portion and forming one surface of the accommodation space;
The bill press is formed in a substantially U shape by a support surface facing the guide portion and an inclined surface inclined in a direction opposite to a direction in which the paper sheet is fed out from the support surface,
Two or more pickup rollers are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the direction of feeding out the paper sheets,
One of the protrusions is disposed at a position facing all of the two or more pickup rollers on the support surface of the bill press,
Further, the protrusion is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape by an opposing surface facing the pickup roller and an inclined surface inclined from the opposing surface toward the support surface,
Further, when handing over the paper sheets to the customer, the bill press is inclined so that the inclined surface of the bill press faces the guide portion, and the paper sheet is put into the accommodation space by the customer. When paying out, a tilting means for tilting the bill press so that a support surface of the bill press faces the guide portion,
The guide portion is
A main body having a surface facing the bill press;
A low friction member disposed on a surface of the main body portion facing the bill press and having a smaller coefficient of friction than the main body portion;
An automatic transaction apparatus that clamps the paper sheet by the pickup roller and the protrusion when the paper sheet put into the accommodation space by the customer is fed out.

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