JP6418027B2 - Automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus having a unit that can be opened and closed.

  In the conventional technology, in a paper feeding mechanism that separates and feeds paper, a lamp that irradiates a dark part on the inner side of the paper feeding mechanism when an error occurs, and light emitted from the lamp is reflected upstream in the paper feeding direction. There is a reflection member that makes it easy to visually recognize the light from the lamp from the outside upstream in the paper feeding direction (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-185034 A

However, in the prior art, a transport path for transporting the medium is provided, and it is difficult to secure a space for providing a fixed reflecting member in a region where the rotatable unit moves, and the transport path is provided. Even if the unit is rotated to open the conveyance path, there may be a portion where it is difficult to visually recognize the jammed medium in the conveyance path, and the operator may not be able to completely remove the jammed medium. There is a problem.
It is an object of the present invention to solve such a problem and to make it easy to visually recognize a jammed medium.

  Therefore, the present invention includes a unit that can be opened and closed around a support shaft, and a reflecting member that is stored when the unit is closed and is deployed in a planar shape when the unit is opened. It is characterized by having.

  According to the present invention thus configured, an effect that the jammed medium can be easily visually recognized is obtained.

The schematic sectional side view which shows the structure of the banknote conveyance unit in the 1st Example (at the time of opening). The schematic sectional side view which shows the structure of the automatic transaction apparatus in 1st Example. The schematic sectional side view which shows the structure of the banknote conveyance unit (at the time of obstruction | occlusion) in 1st Example. The schematic sectional side view which shows the structure of the banknote conveyance unit in the 2nd Example (at the time of opening). The schematic sectional side view which shows the structure of the banknote conveyance unit (at the time of obstruction | occlusion) in 2nd Example.

  Embodiments of an automatic transaction apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional side view showing the configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus according to the first embodiment.
In FIG. 2, an automatic transaction apparatus 1 is installed in a financial institution or the like and performs transactions such as deposits and withdrawals by operations of customers and the like. In this embodiment, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 will be described as a banknote deposit machine including a banknote transport unit 2 that transports banknotes as a medium. The automatic transaction apparatus 1 may be a cash processing machine such as a money changer, an automatic ticket vending machine that issues a ticket, or a copy machine.
The automatic transaction apparatus 1 includes a control unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a storage unit such as a memory, and includes the banknote transport unit 2 by the control unit based on a control program (software) stored in the storage unit. Operation is controlled.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional side view showing the configuration of the banknote transport unit (when closed) in the first embodiment.
In FIG. 3, the banknote transport unit 2 includes a deposit taking-in section 21, a banknote transport path 23 (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d), a discrimination section 24, a temporary storage section 25, a reject section 26, and a return door. 27 and a reflecting member 51. Moreover, the banknote conveyance unit 2 is comprised by the upper unit 31 as a unit provided so that opening and closing is possible centering on a spindle, and the lower unit 32 as an apparatus main body. The upper unit 31 is rotatably supported by a rotation fulcrum 41 as a support shaft provided on a support member extending from the lower unit 32.

The deposit taking-in unit 21 is a part that accepts the insertion of banknotes to be deposited by the customer, and includes a feeding roller that separates the inserted banknotes one by one and feeds them to the banknote conveyance path 23.
The banknote conveyance path 23 (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d) conveys a banknote between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 in the banknote conveyance direction which the arrow A shows in a figure with a conveyance roller or a conveyance belt. The banknote conveyance path 23 a is a conveyance path that connects the deposit taking-in portion 21 and the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. The banknote conveyance path 23 b is a conveyance path that connects the connecting portion 33, the temporary holding portion 25, and the branching portion 28 to the reject portion 26. The banknote transport path 23 c is a transport path that connects the branch unit 28 and the temporary storage unit 25. The bill transport path 23d is a transport path that connects the branching section 28 and the reject section 26.

The discriminating unit 24 is provided in the banknote transport path 23b and detects various discriminations for the transported banknotes, that is, a function of discriminating the authenticity, correctness, denomination, etc. of banknotes, and transport abnormalities such as chaining and skewing. To do.
The temporary storage unit 25 is provided at the terminal end of the banknote conveyance path 23c, and is a banknote that has been inserted into the deposit taking-in unit 21 and temporarily stores banknotes that have been identified by the discrimination unit 24 as those that can be deposited. Part. The temporary storage unit 25 includes a shutter that can be opened and closed at the bottom, and by opening the shutter, the stored banknote can be stored in a banknote storage unit provided below the banknote transport unit 2. It is like that.

The reject unit 26 is provided at the terminal end of the banknote transport path 23d and is a banknote inserted into the deposit taking-in unit 21 and is a part for accumulating banknotes identified as non-payable by the discrimination unit 24.
The return door 27 is a door that can be opened and closed, and is opened when a banknote stored in the temporary storage unit 25 is taken out.

  The connection portion 33 is a portion that is located in the vicinity of the rotation fulcrum 41 and connects the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. When the upper unit 31 is closed with respect to the lower unit 32, the connecting portion 33 connects the banknote transport path 23a of the upper unit 31 and the banknote transport path 23b of the lower unit 32, and the banknote transport path 23a The bill can be conveyed between the bill conveyance path 23b. In addition, the connection unit 33 connects the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 when the upper unit 31 is rotated about the rotation fulcrum 41 and opened to the lower unit 32, and the upper unit 31 is connected to the upper unit 31. The banknote conveyance path 23a and the banknote conveyance path 23b of the lower unit 32 are divided.

  The reflection member 51 is attached to the flat portion 32 a formed in the lower unit 32 below the connection portion 33. The reflecting member 51 is made of a material such as a metal that is flexible and hardly plastically deformed, and is formed in a rectangular leaf spring shape. The length (width) of the reflecting member 51 in the direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction is formed substantially the same as the length (width) of the banknote transport path 23 in the direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction. The length in the direction is preferably equal to the length of the space 61 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 when the upper unit 31 is rotated and opened with respect to the lower unit 32.

  When the upper unit 31 is rotated about the rotation fulcrum 41 and opened with respect to the lower unit 32, the reflection member 51 is disposed so as to extend from the flat portion 32a in a substantially planar shape (for example, a horizontal plane shape). Yes. Therefore, the reflecting member 51 is disposed in a substantially planar shape from below the rotation fulcrum 41 to the free end side of the upper unit 31. In the present embodiment, the reflecting member 51 is described as being disposed so as to extend in a horizontal plane when the upper unit 31 is opened with respect to the lower unit 32, but is not limited thereto. You may arrange | position so that a predetermined angle may be comprised between a horizontal surface.

Further, when the upper unit 31 is closed with respect to the lower unit 32, the reflecting member 51 is pressed by the upper unit 31 and stored in the space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. .
That is, the reflecting member 51 is stored when the upper unit 31 is closed, and is developed in a planar shape when the upper unit 31 is opened.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing the configuration of the banknote transport unit (when opened) in the first embodiment, and shows a state where the upper unit 31 is rotated upward to be opened.
In FIG. 1, when the upper unit 31 is rotated about the rotation fulcrum 41 and opened with respect to the lower unit 32, the reflection member 51 is substantially from the lower side of the rotation fulcrum 41 to the free end side of the upper unit 31. It extends in a planar shape.

The reflection member 51 is formed so that the surface on the side of the rotation fulcrum 41 (connecting portion 33) reflects light (for example, mirror finish or application of a mirror seal).
Accordingly, the operator's line of sight 60 is reflected by the surface of the reflecting member 51 and reaches the connecting portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32, that is, the operator visually recognizes the connecting portion 33 using the reflecting member 51. It can be done.

When the upper unit 31 is rotated about the rotation fulcrum 41 and opened with respect to the lower unit 32, the banknote transport path on the upper unit 31 side at the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. 23a and the bill conveyance path 23b on the lower unit 32 side are divided.
Thus, in this embodiment, the reflecting member 51 has one end (fixed end) attached to the lower unit 32 on the rotation fulcrum 41 (connecting portion 33) side and is pressed against the upper unit 31 when the upper unit 31 is closed. Then, it is curved and stored in a space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32, and is configured to return to a flat plate shape when the upper unit 31 is opened.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the upper unit 31 of the banknote transport unit 2 is closed with respect to the lower unit 32, the reflecting member 51 is pressed by the upper unit 31 and is located between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. The space 61 is stored in a deformed (curved) state.
Thus, when the upper unit 31 is obstruct | occluded with respect to the lower unit 32, the banknote conveyance path 23a and the banknote conveyance path 23b are connected, and the banknote thrown into the money_receiving | payment taking-in part 21 is made into the banknote conveyance path 23 (23a). , 23b, 23c, 23d) can be transported to the temporary storage unit 25 or the rejection unit 26.

When the banknote transport unit 2 (the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus) detects that the banknote is clogged in the banknote transport path 23 while transporting the banknote, the banknote transport path 23 is stopped and remains in the banknote transport path 23. The guidance screen for removing the banknotes that have been removed is displayed on the display unit, and the system waits for the remaining banknotes to be removed.
Next, an operator shall remove the banknote which remained in the banknote conveyance path 23. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the operator rotates the upper unit 31 in the direction indicated by the arrow B in the drawing to form a space with the lower unit 32 in order to remove the bills remaining in the bill transport path 23. To do.

When the upper unit 31 is rotated, the load applied by the upper unit 31 is released from the reflecting member 51, and the arrow C in the figure is in contact with the surface of the upper unit 31 on the lower unit 32 side by the elastic force. It moves in the direction shown and returns to a substantially flat state.
Thus, in the space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 formed in order to remove the banknotes remaining in the banknote transport path 23, the reflecting member 51 is returned in a substantially planar shape. The person can easily see the banknote transport path 23 in the vicinity of the connecting portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 reflected on the reflecting member 51.

  Conventionally, in a space formed by rotating the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32, the bottom of the upper unit 31 hinders the operator's line of sight, and the connecting portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. Although it was difficult to directly view the nearby banknote conveyance path 23, in this embodiment, the reflective member 51 that returns to a substantially planar shape is provided in the space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. The bill transport path 23 in the vicinity of the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 can be easily visually recognized.

  In particular, when the banknote transport path 23 near the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 moves the remaining banknotes by rotating a transport roller or a transport belt by a knob or the like of the banknote transport path 23, the banknote transport path The banknote which appears from the connection part 33 where 23 is divided | segmented can be visually recognized now.

As described above, in the first embodiment, a reflective member that is formed of a material that is flexible and hardly plastically deformed and returns to a substantially planar shape is provided in the space between the openable and closable upper unit and lower unit. As a result, the operator can easily see the banknote transport path in the vicinity of the connecting portion between the upper unit and the lower unit reflected on the reflecting member, and the effect that the jammed medium can be easily seen is obtained. It is done.
Moreover, it becomes possible to remove the banknotes remaining in the banknote transport path with certainty, and the effect of avoiding troubles such as cash miscalculation can be obtained.

  The configuration of the second embodiment is different from the configuration of the first embodiment in the configuration of the reflecting member. 4 is a schematic side sectional view showing the structure of the banknote transport unit (when opened) in the second embodiment of FIG. 4, and the banknote transport unit (when closed) of the second embodiment of FIG. This will be described based on a schematic side sectional view showing the configuration of Note that parts similar to those of the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 5, the banknote transport unit 2 includes a deposit taking-in section 21, a banknote transport path 23 (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d), a discrimination section 24, a temporary storage section 25, a reject section 26, and a return door. 27 and a reflecting member 71. The banknote transport unit 2 includes an upper unit 31 that can be opened and closed, and a lower unit 32. The upper unit 31 is rotatably supported by a rotation fulcrum 41 provided on a support member extending from the lower unit 32.

  The reflection member 71 is rotatably provided at a rotation fulcrum 72 provided at an end portion of the flat portion 32 a formed in the lower unit 32 below the connection portion 33. The reflection member 71 is formed of a material such as metal into a rectangular flat plate shape. The length (width) of the reflecting member 71 in the direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction is formed substantially the same as the length (width) of the banknote transport path 23 in the direction orthogonal to the banknote transport direction. The length in the direction is preferably equal to the length of the space 61 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 when the upper unit 31 is rotated and opened with respect to the lower unit 32.

  When the upper unit 31 is rotated about the rotation fulcrum 41 and opened to the lower unit 32, the reflection member 71 is separated from the flat portion 32a by a torsion spring or the like as an urging member provided on the rotation fulcrum 72. It arrange | positions so that the position (predetermined rotation position) extended in a substantially planar shape may be hold | maintained. Therefore, the reflecting member 71 is arranged in a planar shape from below the rotation fulcrum 41 to the free end side of the upper unit 31. In the present embodiment, the reflecting member 71 is described as being disposed so as to extend in a horizontal plane as a predetermined rotational position when the upper unit 31 is opened with respect to the lower unit 32. It is good also as what is arrange | positioned so that a predetermined angle may be made between horizontal planes.

Further, when the upper unit 31 is closed with respect to the lower unit 32, the reflecting member 71 is pressed by the upper unit 31 and stored in the space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. .
That is, the reflecting member 71 is stored when the upper unit 31 is closed, and is developed in a planar shape when the upper unit 31 is opened.
In FIG. 4, when the upper unit 31 is rotated about the rotation fulcrum 41 and opened with respect to the lower unit 32, the reflecting member 71 is flat from the lower side of the rotation fulcrum 41 to the free end side of the upper unit 31. It extends in a shape.

The reflection member 71 is formed so that the surface on the rotation fulcrum 41 side reflects light (for example, mirror finish or application of a mirror seal).
Accordingly, the operator's line of sight 60 is reflected by the surface of the reflection member 71 and reaches the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32, that is, the operator visually recognizes the connection portion 33 using the reflection member 71. It can be done.
When the upper unit 31 is rotated about the rotation fulcrum 41 and opened with respect to the lower unit 32, the banknote transport path 23 a and the banknote transport are connected at the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. As with the first embodiment, the road 23b is divided.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the reflecting member 71 has one end (fixed end) rotatably provided on the lower unit 32 on the rotation fulcrum 41 (connecting portion 33) side, and is a torsion spring or the like as an urging member. When the upper unit 31 is urged to a predetermined rotation position and is closed, the upper unit 31 is pressed and rotated to be stored in a space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32, and the upper unit 31 is opened. When it is, it is configured to rotate by a torsion spring or the like and return to a predetermined rotation position.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, when the upper unit 31 of the banknote transport unit 2 is closed with respect to the lower unit 32, the reflection member 71 is pressed by the upper unit 31 and rotates around the rotation fulcrum 72, It is stored in a space 61 between the unit 31 and the lower unit 32.
Thus, when the upper unit 31 is obstruct | occluded with respect to the lower unit 32, the banknote conveyance path 23a and the banknote conveyance path 23b are connected, and the banknote thrown into the money_receiving | payment taking-in part 21 is made into the banknote conveyance path 23 (23a). , 23b, 23c, 23d) can be transported to the temporary storage unit 25 or the rejection unit 26.

When the banknote transport unit 2 (the control unit of the automatic transaction apparatus) detects that the banknote is clogged in the banknote transport path 23 while transporting the banknote, the banknote transport path 23 is stopped and remains in the banknote transport path 23. A guidance screen for removing the banknotes that have been removed is displayed on the display unit, and the system waits for residual banknotes to be removed.
Next, an operator shall remove the banknote which remained in the banknote conveyance path 23. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the operator rotates the upper unit 31 in the direction indicated by the arrow B in the figure to form a space with the lower unit 32 in order to remove the bills remaining in the bill transport path 23. To do.

When the upper unit 31 is rotated, the reflection member 71 is released from the load applied by the upper unit 31 and is applied to the surface of the upper unit 31 on the lower unit 32 side by the urging force of the urging member such as a torsion spring. It moves in the direction indicated by arrow C in the figure while in contact with each other to form a substantially horizontal plane.
Thus, in the space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 formed to remove the banknote remaining in the banknote transport path 23, the reflecting member 71 is rotated so as to form a substantially horizontal plane. Thus, the operator can easily see the bill conveyance path 23 in the vicinity of the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 reflected in the reflecting member 71.

  Conventionally, in a space formed by rotating the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32, the bottom of the upper unit 31 hinders the operator's line of sight, and the connecting portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. Although it was difficult to directly view the nearby banknote conveyance path 23, in this embodiment, the reflecting member 71 that rotates so as to form a substantially horizontal plane is placed in the space between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32. By providing, the banknote conveyance path 23 near the connection part 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 can be easily visually recognized.

In particular, when the banknote transport path 23 near the connection portion 33 between the upper unit 31 and the lower unit 32 moves the remaining banknotes by rotating a transport roller or a transport belt by a knob or the like of the banknote transport path 23, the banknote transport path The banknote which appears from the connection part 33 where 23 is divided | segmented can be visually recognized now.
As described above, in the second embodiment, the reflective member that rotates in a substantially horizontal plane is provided in the space between the openable and closable upper unit and lower unit, so that the operator can easily reflect. It is possible to visually recognize the banknote conveyance path in the vicinity of the connection portion between the upper unit and the lower unit reflected on the member, and the effect that the jammed medium can be easily visually recognized is obtained.

Moreover, it becomes possible to remove the banknotes remaining in the banknote transport path with certainty, and the effect of avoiding troubles such as cash miscalculation can be obtained.
In addition, although the automatic transaction apparatus was demonstrated as a banknote deposit machine in the present Example, it is not restricted to it, If it has a banknote conveyance unit, a banknote dispensing machine, a banknote depositing / withdrawing machine, a cash processing machine, An automatic teller machine or an automatic ticket vending machine may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 2 Banknote conveyance unit 21 Deposit taking-in part 23 (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d) Banknote conveyance path 24 Discrimination part 25 Temporary reservation part 26 Reject part 27 Return door 28 Branch part 31 Upper unit 32 Lower unit 33 Connection Portions 41, 72 Rotating fulcrum 51, 71 Reflecting member

Claims (9)

A unit that can be opened and closed around the support shaft;
A reflecting member that is stored when the unit is closed, and that is flattened when the unit is opened;
An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1,
The reflective member is
One end is attached to the main body of the support shaft,
When the unit is closed, the unit is pressed and curved, and is stored in a space between the unit and the apparatus main body,
An automatic transaction apparatus that returns to a flat plate shape when the unit is opened. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2,
The said transaction member is formed with the leaf | plate spring, The automatic transaction apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1,
The reflective member is
One end is rotatably provided in the apparatus main body on the support shaft side, and is urged to a predetermined rotation position by an urging member,
When the unit is closed, the unit is pressed and rotated, and is stored in a space between the unit and the apparatus main body,
When the unit is opened, the automatic transaction apparatus is rotated by an urging member and returns to the predetermined rotation position. In the automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 4,
The automatic transaction apparatus, wherein the biasing member is a torsion spring. In the automatic transaction apparatus in any one of Claims 1-5,
A conveyance path for conveying a medium between the unit and the apparatus main body;
A connecting portion for connecting the unit and the apparatus main body;
The conveyance path is connected at the connection portion,
The connecting portion connects the unit and the apparatus main body when the unit is opened, and divides the conveyance path into the unit side and the apparatus main body side,
The automatic transaction apparatus, wherein the reflection member has a fixed end on the connection side. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 6,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reflection member has a mirror-finished surface on the connection portion side so that the connection portion can be visually recognized. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 6,
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a mirror seal is attached to a surface of the reflection member on the connection portion side so that the connection portion is visible. In the automatic transaction apparatus in any one of Claims 1-8,
The said transaction member is arrange | positioned substantially horizontally when the said unit is opened, The automatic transaction apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

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