JP6216685B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill handling apparatus.

  The bill handling apparatus is installed in a financial institution, a retail store, a station, or the like, and is mounted on an automated teller machine (ATM) or the like in which a transaction is executed by a user's own operation. A part of the banknote handling apparatus may be installed in a safe in order to increase security.

  Patent Document 1 includes “an upper unit composed of a deposit / withdrawal port, a bill discriminating unit, a temporary storage, and an upper bill transport path, and a lower unit composed of a bill storage and a lower bill transport path. Also includes a slide mechanism that can be pulled out.

JP 2002-260057 A

  In the case of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine described in Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 17, the connecting and conveying unit 32 is provided in a slit opened in a metal plate of the safe 30. In the case of such a configuration, by removing the upper unit 3U outside the casing of the safe 30 or the lower unit 3L inside the casing of the safe 30, the banknote P staying in the connecting and conveying unit 32 connecting these units is removed. Is possible.

  In recent years, it has been required to increase the thickness of the safe wall 30 in order to improve crime prevention. If the safe wall 30 is thickened, the connecting and conveying unit 32 becomes longer. Even in such a case, improvement in the ease of removing the accumulated banknote P is required. In particular, in such a banknote handling apparatus in which a service port for storing inserted banknotes or banknotes to be provided is provided outside a safe, such an improvement in ease of removal is required.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling device that facilitates the removal of banknotes staying in a connected transport section even if the safe wall is thickened.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a banknote handling apparatus mounted on an automatic teller machine, which is provided with a safe composed of a metal casing and provided outside the safe. An upper unit including a customer service port for storing banknotes or provided banknotes, a lower unit provided inside the safe and including a banknote storage for storing banknotes, and a conveyance path for transporting banknotes. The transport path has a connection transport section that penetrates through the opening of the safe and retracts to or from the safe.
It is characterized by.

  According to the present invention, since the connected transport unit is retracted from the safe, it is easy to remove banknotes staying in the connected transport unit even if the safe wall is thickened.

It is an external appearance perspective view of an automatic teller machine. It is a functional block diagram of an automatic teller machine. It is a block diagram of a banknote handling apparatus (Example 1). It is a functional block diagram of a bill handling device. It is a detailed block diagram of an upper unit. It is a figure explaining the evacuation operation | movement to the outside of a safe of an upper connection part. It is the figure which showed the drawer operation of the upper unit. It is a detailed block diagram of the connection part of an upper unit and a lower unit. It is the figure which showed the state from which the banknote which stayed was pulled out. It is a detailed block diagram of the conveyance part at the time of the connection of an upper conveyance part. It is a detailed block diagram of the conveyance part at the time of retraction | saving of an upper conveyance part. It is a block diagram of the position control part at the time of the coupling | bonding of an upper connection part. It is the figure which showed the effect of the position control part at the time of the coupling | bonding of an upper connection part. It is a block diagram of a banknote handling apparatus (Example 2). It is a figure explaining the retraction operation to the outside of a safe of a lower connection part. It is the figure which showed the drawer operation of the lower unit. It is the figure which showed the drawer operation | movement in the conventional banknote handling apparatus.

[Example 1]
Hereinafter, the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic teller machine. The automatic teller machine 100 includes a bill handling device 1, a bankbook handling device 101, a statement slip issuing device 102, a card handling device 103, and an operation device 104.

  The banknote handling apparatus 1 is an apparatus that handles banknotes. The banknote handling apparatus 1 executes banknote depositing processing, withdrawal processing, discrimination processing, and the like via a depositing / dispensing port 11 that inputs a bill by a user and discharges the bill to the user. Moreover, the banknote storage in which the banknote is stored is provided in the lower part of the banknote handling apparatus 1, and the banknote storage is enclosed with the safe. The detailed configuration of the bill handling apparatus will be described later.

  In the deposit transaction of the automatic teller machine 100, the banknote handling apparatus 1 executes a process of transporting and storing the banknote inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 11 by the user to the banknote storage. Moreover, in the withdrawal transaction of the automatic teller machine 1, the banknote handling apparatus 1 takes out the banknote from the banknote storage, conveys the banknote to the deposit / withdrawal port 11, and executes a process of paying out to the user. Thus, the banknote handling apparatus 1 stores the banknote thrown in by the user and the banknote provided to the user in the deposit / withdrawal port 11, and the banknote between the deposit / withdrawal port 11 and the banknote storage. Transport.

  The bankbook handling apparatus 101 is an apparatus that handles a bankbook. The bankbook handling device 101 executes insertion and ejection of a bankbook used at the time of transaction, executes printing on the inserted bankbook, reads information on the magnetic stripe attached to the bankbook, and reads information on the magnetic stripe. Perform writing.

  The statement slip issuing device 102 is a device that issues a transaction statement slip. The statement slip issuing device 102 discharges the statement slip on which the transaction details are printed via the statement slip ticketing opening.

  The card handling device 103 is a device that handles a magnetic stripe card or an IC card. The card handling device 103 executes insertion and discharge of a user's cash card or the like used at the time of transaction through the card insertion slot. Also, reading of information on the magnetic stripe and IC chip attached to the card and writing of information on the magnetic stripe and IC chip are executed.

  The operation device 104 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and includes a display device that displays transaction contents and operation guidance to the user, and an input device that is used for operations such as password input and transaction selection. . Note that various methods such as a button type and a touch panel type can be applied to the input device. However, when a touch panel type input device is used, a configuration in which the touch panel and the LCD are overlaid may be employed.

  In addition, although not shown in FIG. 1, you may provide the coin processing apparatus which performs the deposit process of a coin, a withdrawal process, a discrimination process, etc.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the automatic teller machine 1. Each device mounted on the automatic teller machine 1 described above is connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 105, and performs necessary operations under the control of the main body control unit 106. Each of the above devices is supplied with power by a power supply unit (not shown).

  FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the bill handling apparatus 1 in the present embodiment. In the drawing, the left side is the front side of the apparatus (user side). The banknote handling apparatus 1 includes a safe 10, a deposit / withdrawal port 11, an upper transport unit 12 as a connection transport unit, a temporary storage unit 13, a return temporary storage unit 14, a determination unit 15, and a recovery unit 16. , Storage 17 and lower transport unit 18. Among these components, the deposit / withdrawal port 11 and the upper transport unit 12 are installed in the upper part of the safe 10, and other components are arranged in the safe 10. The deposit / withdrawal port 11 and the upper transport unit 12 are collectively referred to as an upper unit 1U, and the other components are collectively referred to as a lower unit 1L.

  The safe 10 is composed of a metal casing having a thickness of 20 to 50 mm, and a part of the upper transport unit 12, a temporary storage unit 13, a return temporary storage unit 14, a determination unit 15, and a recovery unit. 16, the storage 17, and the lower conveyance part 18 are accommodated in an inside.

  The deposit / withdrawal port 11 is provided on the front side of the bill handling apparatus 1 and outside the safe 10 and stores bills inserted by the user and bills provided to the user. The deposit / withdrawal port 11 is inclined so that the front side of the apparatus is lower than the rear side of the apparatus. The deposit / withdrawal port 11 includes a storage unit for storing banknotes, a shutter for opening and closing the storage unit, a pressing plate for pressing the banknotes, a separation roller for separating banknotes in the storage unit, and a feed roller for feeding out the separated banknotes. And a sheet roller for accumulating banknotes. Moreover, you may provide the irradiation means which irradiates the banknote in a storage part in the deposit or withdrawal port 11. FIG.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although it is set as the deposit or withdrawal port 11 in which the banknote thrown in by the user and the banknote provided with respect to a user are accommodated, the banknote thrown in by the user, or a user What is necessary is just a customer service opening | mouth in which one of the banknotes provided with respect to is accommodated.

  The upper conveyance unit 12 and the lower conveyance unit 18 are conveyance paths through which bills are conveyed, and are configured by a plurality of conveyance rollers, a conveyance belt, and a guide plate. A conveyance roller and a conveyance belt are driven by a motor, and are comprised so that a banknote may be conveyed to arbitrary speeds and arbitrary directions. In addition, the upper transport unit 12 and the lower transport unit 18 are provided with a plurality of sensors, which can monitor the transport status of banknotes and detect paper jams (banknote jams). Further, a gate for switching the transport direction is provided at a branch point of the lower transport unit 18. Further, the upper transport unit 12 has a structure that partly penetrates the opening 10E of the safe 10.

  The determination unit 15 is a device that acquires the denomination, authenticity, and state of the conveyed banknote and executes the determination. The discriminating unit 15 discriminates bills conveyed from the front side of the device to the rear side of the device and discriminates bills conveyed from the rear side of the device to the front side of the device. The discrimination is performed by reading a pattern of a banknote with an image sensor (sensor) and processing the read image. And the discrimination | determination part 15 determines the conveyance destination (it includes whether it accepts with the automatic teller machine 100 or returns to a user) of the banknote received based on the money type of a banknote, or the discrimination result of authenticity.

  The discriminating unit 15 reads the unique information of each banknote (for example, the serial number printed on the banknote), so that even if there are a plurality of banknotes of the same denomination, authenticity or state, separate It can be recognized as a banknote.

  The temporary storage 13 is provided on the front side of the bill handling apparatus 1. Temporary storage 13 stores temporarily the banknote determined to accept with automatic teller machine 100 in discriminating part 15 among the deposited banknotes until the transaction is completed. The temporary storage 13 executes an operation of stacking the banknotes transported by the upper transport unit 12 and the lower transport unit 18 and an operation of separating the stacked banknotes one by one and feeding them to the lower transport unit 18.

  The return temporary storage 14 is provided on the front side of the bill handling apparatus 1 and below the temporary storage 13. The temporary storage box 14 for return temporarily stores the banknotes determined to be returned to the user by the determination unit 15 among the received banknotes until the return. The temporary storage box 14 for return performs the stacking operation and the feeding operation of banknotes similarly to the temporary storage box 13.

  That is, both the temporary storage 13 and the return temporary storage 14 correspond to temporary storages that temporarily store banknotes in transactions.

  The collection | recovery store | warehouse | chamber 16 collect | recovers the banknote discriminate | determined by the discrimination | determination part 15 or the banknote discharged | emitted to the deposit or withdrawal port 11 (the return banknote at the time of a deposit transaction, or the withdrawal banknote at the time of a withdrawal transaction). Or banknotes that the user has forgotten to pick up.

  The banknote storage 17 is a storage container (stacker) that stores banknotes by denomination. When storing banknotes, banknotes received from the lower transport unit 18 are stacked using a stacking mechanism (not shown) mounted in the banknote storage 17. Further, when banknotes are fed out, the stacked banknotes are separated one by one using a separation mechanism (not shown) mounted in the banknote storage 17 and fed out to the lower transport unit 18. Note that a structure (separation and accumulation mechanism) in which the accumulation mechanism and the separation mechanism are combined may be used.

  Moreover, the banknote storage 17 can be removed from the banknote handling apparatus 1, and can be used for operations such as banknote collection from other banknote storages and banknote replenishment to other banknote storages. . Furthermore, in operation, it is also possible to use one banknote storage box 17 among the banknote storage boxes 17 for collecting counterfeit bills and storing banknotes that have been forgotten by the user (forgotten banknotes).

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus 1. Each device mounted on the banknote handling apparatus 1 described above is connected to the banknote control unit 19 and performs necessary operations under the control of the banknote control unit 19. That is, the banknote control part 19 receives the instruction | command from the main body control part 106 via the bus | bath 105 of the automatic teller machine 100, and controls each mechanism and component based on the said instruction | command. Necessary operations are performed under the control of the main body control unit 106. Each of the above devices is supplied with power by a power supply unit (not shown).

  Next, the depositing operation in the bill handling apparatus 1 will be described. When it is detected that the deposit transaction is selected in the operation device 104, the main body control unit 106 instructs the bill handling device 1 to start a deposit operation. Thereafter, the banknote control unit 19 performs a depositing operation.

  Initially, the banknote control part 19 is controlled to make a shutter into an open state. Then, it will be in a standby state until a banknote is thrown in the inside of a storage part. The banknote control unit 19 controls the shutter to be closed after detecting that a banknote has been inserted into the storage unit by a sensor (not shown).

  Then, the banknote control part 19 controls the upper conveyance part 12 and the lower conveyance part 18 so that the banknote drawn | fed out from the deposit or withdrawal port 11 may pass the discrimination | determination part 15. FIG. The determination unit 15 acquires the denomination, authenticity, and state of the conveyed banknote for each banknote, performs banknote determination, and determines the transport destination based on the determination result. Then, the banknote control part 19 controls the lower conveyance part 18 so that the banknote which passed the discrimination | determination part 15 may be conveyed to the temporary storage 13 or the return temporary storage 14 based on the said determination result. Specifically, the banknotes are distributed so that the banknotes determined to be acceptable are transported to the path following the temporary storage box 123 and the banknotes determined to be returned are transported to the path following the return temporary storage box 14. To control. The temporary storage 13 and the return temporary storage 14 receive the banknotes transported by the lower transport unit 18 and store them inside.

  After all the banknotes inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 11 have been conveyed, the banknote control unit 19 returns the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 14 for return and fed out one by one to the deposit / withdrawal port 11. The upper transport unit 12 and the lower transport unit 18 are controlled. After all the banknotes accumulated in the temporary return storage 14 are conveyed to the deposit / withdrawal port 11, the banknote control unit 19 controls the shutter to be in an open state. Thereby, banknotes are returned to the user.

  On the other hand, after the transaction is established by confirming the amount of money for the user and final confirmation of the deposit transaction, the banknote control unit 19 passes the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage 13 and fed out one by one through the determination unit 15. The upper transport unit 12 and the lower transport unit 18 are controlled. The determination unit 15 again acquires the denomination, authenticity, and state of the conveyed banknote for each banknote, performs banknote determination, and determines the transport destination based on the determination result. Then, the banknote control part 19 controls the lower conveyance part 18 so that the banknote which passed the discrimination | determination part 15 may be conveyed to one of the banknote storages 17 based on the said discrimination | determination result.

  Next, the dispensing operation in the banknote handling apparatus 1 will be described. When the operation device 104 detects that the withdrawal transaction is selected, the main body control unit 106 instructs the banknote handling device 1 to start the withdrawal operation. Thereafter, the banknote control unit 19 performs a withdrawal operation.

  First, the banknote control unit 19 controls the lower conveyance unit 18 so that the banknotes accumulated in the banknote storage 17 and fed out one by one pass through the determination unit 15. At this time, each banknote storage 17 delivers a predetermined number of banknotes at different timings according to the amount of the withdrawal. The determination unit 15 acquires the denomination, authenticity, and state of the conveyed banknote for each banknote, performs banknote determination, and determines the transport destination based on the determination result. Thereafter, the banknote control unit 19 controls to transfer the banknote whose transport destination is determined to be the deposit / withdrawal port 11 to the deposit / withdrawal port 11. In addition, when the discrimination | determination part 15 produces | generates the banknote discriminate | determined that it is not desirable to convey to the deposit or withdrawal port 11, each banknote storage 17 adds and sends out the banknote of a corresponding denomination.

  After depositing the number of banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount from each banknote storage 17 to the deposit / withdrawal port 11, the banknote control unit 19 controls the shutter to be in an open state. Thereby, banknotes are paid out to the user.

  Next, the structure of the upper unit 1U will be described in detail. FIG. 5 is a detailed configuration diagram of the upper unit 1U. In the drawing, the left side is the front side of the apparatus.

  The upper unit 1U includes a deposit / withdrawal port 11 and an upper transport unit 12. The deposit / withdrawal port 11 includes a shutter 110. The upper conveyance unit 12 includes an operation lever 120, an upper connection unit 12 </ b> U that is a movable unit in the vertical direction, a first link unit 122, and a second link unit 123. Of these configurations, the first link portion 122 and the second link portion 123 operate in cooperation, whereby the upper connecting portion 12U can be moved. The operation lever 120 is provided for the operator to operate.

  The upper connecting portion 12U is movable in the vertical direction, and includes a guide groove 12G for guiding the movement and a movable restricting pin 12P. Moreover, in order to reduce the force required when moving the upper connecting portion 12U in the upward direction, an auxiliary spring 125 that biases the elastic force in the upward direction is provided. That is, the auxiliary spring 125 corresponds to an auxiliary unit that applies an elastic force in the retracting direction of the connected transport unit when the connected transport unit is retracted outside the safe, thereby applying a force in the retracted direction of the connected transport unit. Further, the entire upper unit 1U is attached to the slide rail 10S so that the slide can be pulled out.

  Next, the retracting operation of the upper connecting portion 12 will be described. The retraction of the upper connecting portion 12 is mainly performed during maintenance work of the banknote handling apparatus 1. 6 and 7 are diagrams for explaining the retreating operation of the upper connecting portion 12 to the outside of the safe 10 and the drawing operation of the upper unit 1U.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the operation lever 120 is rotated in the X direction in the drawing, the upper connecting portion 12U is connected to the arrow A in the drawing via the first link portion 122 and the second link portion 123. Lifted in the direction. Further, during the lifting operation, the auxiliary spring 125 biases the elastic force in the direction of lifting the upper connecting portion 12U. Then, the upper connecting portion 12U passes through the connecting port 10E and retreats out of the safe 10. Thereafter, the upper connecting portion 12U is fixed at the retracted position by a stopper (not shown).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, after the upper connecting portion 12U is fixed at the retracted position, when the operation lever 120 is operated in the X direction in the drawing, the slide rail 10S extends. As a result, the entire upper unit 1U can be pulled out from the safe 10, and the worker can perform maintenance work.

  As described above, since the upper conveyance unit 12 as the coupled conveyance unit is retracted outside the safe 10, the accumulated banknotes are thick walls of the safe 10 even when the banknotes are accumulated in the coupled conveyance unit. It is possible to prevent the remaining banknote from being forgotten because the visibility is improved.

  Further, according to the above-described configuration, during maintenance, the worker can perform the collective operation (the device lever to the front of the device) by rotating the operation lever 120 shown in FIG. 6 and the moving operation of the operation lever shown in FIG. Can be carried out by an operation of pulling in the X direction in FIG. Thereby, the worker does not need to perform a plurality of complicated operations, and can shorten the maintenance time and prevent an operation error.

  Moreover, when a banknote stays in the connection part of the upper conveyance part 12 and the lower conveyance part 18 as a connection conveyance part, when pulling out the upper conveyance part 12 to an apparatus front, a shearing force does not act on a staying banknote. When the remaining banknote is removed, the possibility that the banknote is damaged can be reduced. In this regard, in the related art shown in FIG. 17, when banknotes stay between the connecting and conveying unit 32 and the connecting unit of the upper unit 3U or the lower unit 3L, the bills stay when the upper unit 3U or the lower unit 3L is pulled out. There is a possibility that a shearing force Fs may act on the bill P. Therefore, it is necessary to retract the banknote P to any unit.

  FIG. 8 is a detailed configuration diagram of a connecting portion between the upper unit 1U and the lower unit 1L. Here, the upper connecting portion 12U on the upper unit 1U side and the lower connecting portion 18L on the lower unit 1L side are connected. The upper connecting part 12U and the lower connecting part 18L each have a transport part, and are arranged so that the transport direction of the banknotes is along the retraction direction of the upper transport part 12 (when it is connected). ing. At this time, the lower connecting part 18L is connected to the upper transport part 12 (connected transport part) and corresponds to a rear transport part that transports banknotes.

  A flat belt and a pair of rollers pressed by an elastic body are present as conveying means in the conveying portion of the upper connecting portion 12U and the conveying portion of the lower connecting portion 18L. Regarding the elastic body that presses the roller, the elastic force R1 of the elastic body 121s attached to the upper conveying means 121 on the upper connecting portion 12U side is the elastic force R1 of the elastic body 181s attached to the lower conveying means 181 on the lower connecting portion 18L side. It is set stronger than the elastic force R2.

  When the banknote P stays between the upper connecting portion 12U and the lower connecting portion 18L, the banknote P is sandwiched between both the upper conveying means 121 on the upper connecting portion 12U side and the lower conveying means 181 on the lower connecting portion 18L side. It is in a state.

  In this state, when the operation lever 120 shown in FIG. 6 is rotated, the connecting portion 12U is retracted to the outside of the safe 10, and the banknote P includes the clamping force F1 of the upper transport unit 121 and the lower transport unit 181. The clamping force F2 acts. Here, since the elastic force R1 of the elastic body 121s of the upper conveying means 121 is larger than the elastic force R2 of the elastic body 181s of the lower conveying means 181, the clamping force F1 of the upper conveying means 121 is nipped by the lower conveying means 181. It becomes larger than force F2. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, when the upper connecting portion 12U is pulled out from the connecting port 10E of the safe 10, the accumulated banknote P is pulled out together with the upper connecting portion 12U.

  Moreover, as above-mentioned, the upper connection part 12U and the lower connection part 18L each have a conveyance part, and are arrange | positioned so that the conveyance direction of a banknote may become substantially the same (substantially linear shape) at the time of a connection. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the banknote transport direction in the upper connecting portion 12 </ b> U and the lower connecting portion 18 </ b> L is substantially the same as the withdrawal direction of the upper unit 1 </ b> U when retracted from the safe 10. By adopting such a configuration, since the shearing force does not act on the staying banknote P, the possibility that the banknote is damaged when the remaining banknote is removed is reduced.

  10 and 11 are a detailed configuration diagram of the conveyance unit when the upper conveyance unit 12U is connected, and a detailed configuration diagram of the conveyance unit when the upper conveyance unit 12U is retracted.

  The upper conveyance unit 12 includes an upper connection unit 12U as a first conveyance unit that conveys banknotes in a substantially vertical direction, and a horizontal conveyance unit 12H as a second conveyance unit that conveys banknotes in a substantially horizontal direction. Consists of two transport units. The upper connecting portion 12U and the horizontal conveyance portion 12H have an upper conveyance means 121 and a horizontal conveyance means 126, respectively.

  The upper transport unit 121 includes a pair of rollers pressed by an elastic body, a flat belt 121B, and a transport guide 121G. The horizontal conveying means 126 includes a pair of rollers pressed by an elastic body, a flat belt 126B, and a conveying guide 126G.

  Here, the flat belt 121B of the upper conveying means 121 and the flat belt 126B of the horizontal conveying means 126 are each divided. Similarly, the conveyance guide 121G of the upper conveyance means 121 and the conveyance guide 126G of the horizontal conveyance means 126 are each divided.

  As shown in FIG. 10, in a state where the upper connecting portion 12U and the lower connecting portion 18L are connected, the horizontal transfer portion 12H and the upper connecting portion 12U are the transfer portions of the upper transfer portion 12 indicated by broken lines in the drawing. Form. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, when the upper connecting portion 12U is retracted from the lower connecting portion 18L, only the upper connecting portion 12U moves in the direction A in the drawing.

  As described above, the upper transport unit 12 is divided into two transport units, that is, the upper connection unit 12U as the first transport unit and the horizontal transport unit 12H as the second transport unit, and only the upper connection unit 12U is provided. It has a configuration that can be evacuated. For this reason, the entire upper transport unit 12 is not pulled out, and only the upper connecting unit 12U, which is a part of the upper transport unit 12, is pulled out, so that it is possible to reduce the force required when the upper unit 1U is pulled out. Maintenance work by personnel becomes easy.

  Further, after the maintenance work by the worker is completed, it is necessary to reconnect the upper connecting portion 12U and the lower connecting portion 18L. If the upper connecting portion 12U and the lower connecting portion 18L are not connected at a normal position, a connection failure occurs, and there is a possibility that a transport failure such as a jam occurs when a bill is transported.

  Therefore, the upper connecting portion 12U includes a position restricting portion (first position restricting portion) with the lower connecting portion 18L, and the lower connecting portion 18L is provided with a position restricting portion (second position restricting portion) with the upper connecting portion 12U. ). FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of the position restricting portion when the upper connecting portion is coupled. Specifically, a positioning roller 124 is provided in the upper connecting portion 12U, and a guide portion 182 having a slope that comes into contact with the positioning roller 124 is provided in the lower connecting portion 18L. The upper connecting portion 12U is configured to allow a predetermined amount of operation in the X direction in the figure.

  As an example in which a connection failure may occur, a state in which the upper connection portion 12U is inserted in a state shifted by a distance δ in the X direction in the drawing will be described as shown in FIG. In such a case, when the upper connecting portion 12U is inserted in the direction C in the drawing, the positioning roller 124 comes into contact with the guide portion 182. A contact force F with the guide portion 182 acts on the positioning roller 124. The upper connecting portion 12U is guided to a normal connecting position by the component Fx of the contact force F in the X direction in the drawing.

  As described above, each of the upper connecting portion 12U and the lower connecting portion 18L is provided with the position restricting portion that restricts the coupling position of the upper connecting portion 12U by contacting the upper connecting portion 12L and the lower connecting portion 18L. It is possible to prevent the upper connecting portion 12U from being coupled.

  As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, banknotes are stored in the connection transport unit (upper transport unit 12) that connects the upper unit 1U outside the safe 10 and the lower unit 1L inside the safe 10. Even if it stays, the connected transport unit retreats from the safe housing, so that even if the safe wall is thickened, it is easy to remove banknotes staying in the connected transport unit. Further, by pulling out the upper unit 1U, the visibility of the banknotes staying in the connection transport unit is improved.

  In addition, the withdrawal and withdrawal of the connected transport unit outside the safe housing can be realized by a single means (operation lever), so that the upper unit 1U can be easily pulled out. Then, when the connected transport unit is retracted out of the safe, by applying an elastic force in the retracted direction of the connected transport unit, auxiliary means for applying force in the retracted direction of the connected transport unit, Evacuation operation becomes easy.

  Moreover, even if a banknote stays in the connection part of a connection conveyance part and the conveyance part (lower conveyance part 18) which conveys a banknote into an apparatus, since a shearing force does not act on a staying banknote, a residual banknote is removed. In doing so, the possibility of banknotes being damaged is reduced.

  Further, the connection transport unit in the present embodiment is divided into a first transport unit (upper connection unit 12U) and a second transport unit (horizontal transport unit 12H), and only the first transport unit can be retracted. It has become. For this reason, it is not necessary for the worker to lift up the entire connected conveyance section, and the operator's operating force can be reduced, and maintenance work is facilitated.

Furthermore, it has a position regulation part which regulates the connection position of a connection conveyance part by contacting at the time of connection in a connection conveyance part and a conveyance part which conveys a bill into the device, respectively, and at the time of reconnection, Bonding can be prevented. Thereby, it becomes possible to suppress the trouble of banknote conveyance due to poor connection.
[Example 2]
Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16. In the following, only differences from the first embodiment will be described, and the same mechanism as that of the first embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals.

  FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram of the banknote handling apparatus 2 in the present embodiment. Similar to the first embodiment, it is arranged in the safe 10. The deposit / withdrawal port 11 and the upper transport unit 22 are collectively referred to as an upper unit 2U, and the other components are collectively referred to as a lower unit 2L.

  In the safe 10, the temporary storage 13, the return temporary storage 14, the determination unit 15, the collection storage 16, the storage 17, and a part of the lower transport unit 28 are stored inside.

  The lower unit 2L includes a lower transport unit 28 as a connected transport unit. The lower transport unit 28 has a structure that partly penetrates the opening 10E of the safe 10. The lower conveyance unit 28 includes an operation lever 220, a lower connection unit 28 </ b> L that is a movable unit in the vertical direction, a first link unit 222, and a second link unit 223. Of these configurations, the first link portion 222 and the second link portion 223 operate in cooperation, whereby the lower connecting portion 28L can be moved. The operation lever 220 is provided for the operator to operate. Further, the entire lower unit 2L is attached to the slide rail 20S so that the slide can be pulled out.

  Next, the retracting operation of the lower unit 2L will be described. Retraction of the lower unit 2L is mainly performed during maintenance work of the banknote handling apparatus 2. FIGS. 15 and 16 are views for explaining the retraction operation of the lower connecting portion 28 to the outside of the safe 10 and the drawing operation of the lower unit 2L.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the operation lever 220 is rotated in the X direction in the drawing, the lower connecting portion 28 </ b> L is connected to the arrow D in the drawing via the first link portion 222 and the second link portion 223. Move in the direction. By this operation, the lower connecting portion 28L passes through the connecting port 10E and retreats inside the casing of the safe 10. Thereafter, the lower connecting portion 28L is fixed at the retracted position by a stopper (not shown).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 16, after the lower connecting portion 28L is fixed at the retracted position, when the operation lever 220 is operated in the X direction in the drawing, the slide rail 20S is extended. As a result, the entire lower unit 2L can be pulled out from the safe 10, and the worker can perform maintenance work.

  As described above, since the lower conveyance unit 28 serving as the coupled conveyance unit is configured to be retracted inside the housing of the safe 10, the accumulated banknotes are stored in the safe 10 even when the banknotes are accumulated in the coupled conveyance unit. Since visibility is improved without being hidden by a thick wall, it becomes possible to prevent forgetting to remove a remaining banknote.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to an above-described Example, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

1: Banknote handling device, 10: Safe, 11: Deposit / withdrawal port, 12, 22: Upper transport unit, 13: Temporary storage, 14: Temporary storage for return, 15: Discriminator, 16: Collection, 17: Banknote storage, 18, 28: Lower transport section, 120, 220: Operation lever, 121: Upper transport means, 124: Positioning roller, 125: Auxiliary spring, 126: Horizontal transport means, 12U, 22U: Upper connection section, 18L , 28L: Lower connecting part

Claims (9)

A bill handling device mounted on an automatic teller machine,
A safe composed of a metal housing,
An upper unit that is provided outside the safe and includes a customer service port in which inserted bills or provided bills are stored;
A lower unit provided inside the safe and provided with a bill storage for storing bills;
A conveyance path through which bills are conveyed,
The transport path is provided in the upper unit, and includes a transport unit that passes through the opening of the safe and can be retracted to the outside of the safe through the opening and sandwiches banknotes therein . have a connection conveying part,
The upper unit is a banknote handling apparatus that is pulled out with respect to the lower unit together with the connection transport unit in a state where the connection transport unit passes through the opening and is retracted to the outside of the safe. A bill handling device mounted on an automatic teller machine,
A safe composed of a metal housing,
An upper unit that is provided outside the safe and has a customer service port in which inserted bills or provided bills are stored;
A lower unit provided inside the safe and provided with a bill storage for storing bills;
A conveyance path through which bills are conveyed,
The transport path is provided in the lower unit, passes through the opening of the safe, passes through the opening and can be retracted into the safe, and includes a transport means for holding a bill inside. Having a transport section,
The lower unit is a state where the connection conveying portion is retracted inside the safe through the opening, the banknote handling apparatus characterized by being drawn to the upper unit with the connecting conveyor section. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1 ,
The said connection conveyance part is a banknote handling apparatus provided with the operation part with which collective operation with the retraction | saving of the said connection conveyance part to the exterior of the said safe and the drawer of the said upper unit is carried out.   The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2,
  The said connection conveyance part is a banknote handling apparatus provided with the operation part used for collective operation with the retraction | saving to the inside of the said safe and the drawer | drawing-out of the said lower unit of this connection conveyance part. It is a banknote handling apparatus in any one of Claims 1-4 ,
The said lower unit is a banknote handling apparatus provided with the temporary storage store | warehouse | chamber which stores a banknote temporarily in transaction, and the discrimination | determination part which performs discrimination | determination of a banknote. It is a banknote handling apparatus in any one of Claims 1-5 ,
A banknote handling apparatus comprising auxiliary means for applying a force in the retracting direction of the connected transport unit. It is a banknote handling apparatus in any one of Claims 1-6 ,
It is connected with the connection conveyance part, and is provided with a back conveyance part which conveys a bill
The banknote handling device is arranged such that the transporting direction of the banknotes is the same during the coupling, and the retracting direction of the linked transporting unit and the transporting direction of the banknotes are the same. . The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 7,
The connection conveyance unit includes a first position regulation unit that is a position regulation unit with the rear conveyance unit,
The said back conveyance part is a banknote handling apparatus provided with the 2nd position control part which is a position control part with the said connection conveyance part. It is a banknote handling apparatus in any one of Claims 1-8 ,
The connection transport unit includes a first transport unit that transports banknotes in a vertical direction, and a second transport unit that transports banknotes in a horizontal direction,
The banknote handling apparatus which is the structure which retracts | saves only said 1st conveyance part.

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