JP7226039B2 - Media processing equipment and automatic transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus and an automatic transaction apparatus, and is suitable for application to automatic teller machines (ATMs), etc., for performing desired transactions by inserting leaf-shaped media such as bills. be.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, automatic teller machines and the like used in financial institutions, etc., have been widely used, for example, to deposit cash such as banknotes and coins into customers and to withdraw cash to customers in accordance with the content of transactions with customers. Widespread. The automated teller machine incorporates therein, for example, a banknote depositing/dispensing machine for processing bill deposits/dispensers, a coin deposit/dispensing machine for processing deposits/dispensing of coins, or a passbook processing machine for handling passbooks. ing.

Among these, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine includes, for example, a customer service section that exchanges banknotes with a user, a conveying section that conveys banknotes, a discriminating section that discriminates the denomination and authenticity of the inserted banknotes, It has a temporary holding section for temporarily holding inserted bills, a bill storage box for storing bills, and the like. Further, the transport unit has, for example, a transport guide that guides the banknote to advance along the transport path, a transport roller that transmits a driving force to the banknote, a switch that switches the banknote transport path, and the like.

In addition, as a banknote depositing/dispensing machine, for example, each part incorporated in a device frame is divided into upper and lower units into upper and lower units. There are some that facilitate maintenance work of each part by configuring it so that it can be moved to.

In such a banknote depositing/dispensing machine, the upper unit and the lower unit are smoothly moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the device frame, and when the upper unit and the lower unit are housed in the device frame, the upper unit and the lower unit are moved. When vertically transporting bills between units, it is necessary to smoothly deliver the bills. Specifically, it is required that the guide surfaces of the transport guides that advance the banknotes along the transport path, that is, the surfaces that face the banknotes, are smoothly connected between the upper unit side and the lower unit side without steps.

Therefore, in some banknote depositing/dispensing machines, claw-shaped portions having a plurality of convex portions arranged discretely along the guide surface are provided at the tip of the conveying guide on each of the upper unit side and the lower unit side. It has been proposed to connect the guide surfaces as smoothly as possible by engaging with each other (see, for example, Patent Document 1). When the claw-shaped portions are meshed with each other in this manner, the respective conveyance guides are mutually arranged in the width direction so that the projections of the other claw-shaped portion enter into the recesses that are the gaps between the projections of the other claw-shaped portion. The shape, position, etc. are adjusted so as to have a complementary positional relationship.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-242608 (FIGS. 7 and 8, etc.)

By the way, in the bill depositing/dispensing machine described above, it is necessary to smoothly slide the upper unit and the lower unit without interfering with each other, and to mesh the claw-shaped portions without interfering with each other of the transport guides. . For this reason, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine, the claw portion of the transport guide projects downward most in the upper unit, and the claw-like portion of the transport guide projects most upward in the lower unit. These pawl-shaped parts are manufactured as molded parts made of, for example, a resin material, and the length in the width direction of each pawl is relatively short, so the strength is relatively small, that is, weak.

In the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine, part of the upper unit, for example, a transport section including a transport guide, may be removed and placed on the floor or the like during maintenance work or the like. In this case, the conveying portion causes the convex portion of the conveying guide, which protrudes most downward, to come into contact with the floor surface or the like.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and is intended to propose a medium processing device and an automatic transaction device that achieve both facilitation of maintenance work and prevention of breakage at a high level.

In order to solve this problem, the media processing apparatus of the present invention includes a first unit that internally conveys leaf-shaped media, and a second unit that is arranged adjacently below the first unit and internally conveys media. a moving unit for moving at least one of the first unit and the second unit in a moving direction along the boundary surface of the first unit and the second unit; a first guide having a first guide surface that guides the medium along the direction; and a second guide provided in the second unit that guides the medium along the delivery direction and has a second guide surface that is continuous with the first guide surface. , a plurality of first protrusions provided at the end of the first guide on the second unit side and protruding toward the second unit are arranged discretely along the width direction intersecting with the delivery direction. and a plurality of second projections provided at the end of the second guide on the first unit side and protruding toward the first unit are aligned with the plurality of first projections of the first claw-shaped portion in the width direction. a second claw-shaped portion provided at a complementary position to the portion and forming a concave portion between the adjacent second convex portions for avoiding interference with the first convex portion; and a lower surface of the first unit. and a leg projecting downward from the first projection and provided within a range obtained by projecting the first projection in the moving direction.

Further, in the automatic transaction apparatus of the present invention, a first unit that internally conveys a leaf-shaped medium, a second unit that is arranged adjacently below the first unit and internally conveys the medium, the first unit and a moving unit that moves at least one of the second units in a moving direction along the boundary surface between the first unit and the second unit; a second guide provided in the second unit and having a second guide surface that guides the medium along the delivery direction and is continuous with the first guide surface; a first claw-shaped portion provided at the end on the second unit side and having a plurality of first protrusions projecting toward the second unit and arranged discretely along the width direction intersecting with the delivery direction; The plurality of second protrusions provided at the end of the second guide on the first unit side and protruding toward the first unit are complementary to the plurality of first protrusions of the first claw-shaped portion in the width direction. a second claw-shaped portion that is provided at a position and protrudes downward from the lower surface of the first unit, each forming a recess that avoids interference with the first protrusion between the second protrusions that are adjacent to each other; and a leg portion provided within a range obtained by projecting the first convex portion in the moving direction.

According to the present invention, since the legs are provided on the lower surface of the first unit, when the first unit is placed on a floor surface or the like during maintenance work, the legs are brought into contact with the floor surface together with the first claw-shaped portions. Since they are brought into contact with each other, damage to the first claw-shaped portion can be prevented. Further, in the present invention, since the leg is provided within the range where the first projection is projected in the moving direction, the shape of the recess formed on the second unit side for allowing the first projection to pass through is used as it is. Therefore, the legs can also be passed through, and there is no need to provide a shape for avoiding interference with the legs on the side of the second unit.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the medium processing apparatus and automatic transaction apparatus which make facilitation of maintenance work, and prevention of breakage compatible at a high level are realizable.

It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of a banknote depositing/dispensing machine. It is a schematic diagram which shows the sliding of the upper unit and lower unit in a banknote depositing/dispensing machine. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of an upper unit. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a lower unit; FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of an upper front conveying section; It is a schematic diagram which shows the left side view and front view of an upper front conveyance part. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a left side view and a front view of a lower conveying section; FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which the claw-shaped portions of the upper front conveying portion and the lower conveying portion are engaged with each other; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the claw-shaped portions of the upper front conveying portion and the lower conveying portion are engaged with each other; FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of an upper front conveying section according to another embodiment;

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the form (it is mentioned as embodiment below) for implementing invention is demonstrated using drawing.

[1. Configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic teller machine 1 as an automatic transaction device is mainly composed of a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed, for example, in a financial institution or various commercial facilities. (i.e., customers of financial institutions, commercial facilities, etc.).

The front side of the housing 2 is provided with a reception section 3 at a position where the user can easily insert bills or operate the touch panel while facing the user. The reception unit 3 directly exchanges, for example, cash and cards with the user, and receives information on transactions and operation instructions. An operation display unit 6, numeric keys 7, and a receipt issuing port 8 are provided.

The card inlet/outlet 4 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processor (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided at the far side of the card inlet/outlet 4 . The deposit/withdrawal port 5 is a portion into which bills to be deposited by the user are inserted and bills to be dispensed to the user are discharged. The deposit/withdrawal port 5 is opened or closed by driving a shutter. Incidentally, banknotes are formed in the shape of leaflets, for example, from rectangular paper.

The operation display unit 6 is a touch panel in which an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying an operation screen for transactions and a touch sensor for selecting the type of transaction and inputting a personal identification number, transaction amount, and the like are integrated. The numeric keypad 7 is a physical key that accepts input of numbers such as "0" to "9", and is used for input operations such as personal identification numbers and transaction amounts. The receipt issuing port 8 is a part for issuing a receipt on which transaction details and the like are printed at the end of transaction processing. Incidentally, a receipt processing unit (not shown) for printing transaction details and the like on receipts is provided on the far side of the receipt issue port 8 .

Hereinafter, the side facing the user of the automatic teller machine 1 is referred to as the front side, the opposite side is referred to as the rear side, and the left and right sides as viewed from the user facing the front side are referred to as the left side and the right side, respectively. Define and describe the lower side.

Inside the housing 2, there are provided a main control unit 9 that controls the entire automatic teller machine 1, a banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 that performs various processes related to banknotes to be traded, and the like. The main control unit 9 is mainly composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown) to perform deposit processing and withdrawal processing. Various treatments such as gold treatment are performed. The main control unit 9 also has a storage unit such as a RAM (random access memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, etc., and stores various information in this storage unit.

[2. Configuration of Banknote Receipt and Disbursement Machine]
As shown in the side view of FIG. 2, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 as a medium processing device incorporates therein a plurality of parts that perform various processes related to banknotes as media. This banknote is formed in the shape of a thin rectangular paper leaf, for example, from a material such as paper or resin. In each of the following figures, a straight line or a curved line represents a transport path along which banknotes are transported, and a circle represents a pair of transport rollers arranged along the transport path.

The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 is roughly divided into a banknote pay-in/pay-out machine frame 11 forming an outer portion of the entire bill pay-in/pay-out machine frame 11, and an upper unit 12 occupying a portion above the center of the bill pay-in/pay-out machine frame 11 in the vertical direction. and a lower unit 13 that occupies the lower part thereof. The upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 are vertically separated by a boundary plane BD, which is a virtual plane, and are adjacent to each other.

The bill depositing/dispensing machine frame 11 is attached inside the housing 2 (FIG. 1). The upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 are attached to the bill depositing/dispensing machine frame 11 via slide rails 14 and 15 extending in the front-rear direction, respectively. Therefore, in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10, when the front door of the housing 2 is open, the upper unit 12 and the lower unit are attached to the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine frame 11 as shown in FIGS. 3(A) and 3(B). 13 can be pulled forward respectively. Further, in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10, by pushing the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 backward, they can be stored in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine frame 11 as shown in FIG.

For convenience of explanation, the front-rear direction, which is the direction in which the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 respectively move, is hereinafter also referred to as the movement direction. Further, hereinafter, the slide rails 14 and 15 for moving the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 are also referred to as moving parts.

[2-1. Configuration of upper unit]
As shown in FIG. 4A, which is an enlarged part of FIG. A transport section 25, a temporary holding section 26 and a reject storage 27 are provided.

The banknote control unit 21, like the main control unit 9, is mainly composed of a CPU (not shown), and determines the destination of the banknotes by reading out and executing a predetermined program from a ROM, a flash memory, etc. (not shown). Various processing such as processing and processing for controlling the operation of each unit is performed. The banknote control unit 21 also has a storage unit such as a RAM and a flash memory inside, and stores various information in this storage unit.

The customer service department 22 receives banknotes from the user or withdraws banknotes from the user by delivering banknotes to and from the user. The reception department 22 has a storage container 22A for storing banknotes therein. The customer service section 22 has a vertically penetrating hole formed on the upper side of the container 22A, and the hole is opened or closed by a movable shutter 22B.

A separation section 22C is provided on the front and lower side of the storage container 22A for separating the banknotes stored in the storage container 22A one by one and conveying them downward. Customer service department 22 conveys the bill separated by separation part 22C below, and delivers it to upper front conveyance part 23 located below. A discharge portion 22D for discharging banknotes into the container 22A is provided on the lower rear side of the container 22A. The customer service department 22 transports the banknotes handed over from the rear upper and rear transport part 25 forward, and discharges them from the discharge part 22D into the container 22A.

The upper front conveying section 23 is positioned on the front lower side inside the upper unit 12, and the upper front switching section 31 is arranged near the center inside thereof, and three conveying paths 32, 33 and 34 are arranged around it. is formed. The transport path 32 is connected to the separation section 22C of the customer service section 22 . The transport path 33 is connected to the discrimination section 24 . The transport path 34 is connected to the upper unit front delivery port T11. Conveyance guides (not shown) that regulate the movement range of banknotes are arranged along the respective conveyance paths in the upper front conveyance section 23. Conveying rollers (indicated by a plurality of circles in the figure) are provided for transmitting driving force to the bills.

The upper front switching unit 31 switches between two banknote transport paths by appropriately rotating a member called a blade (indicated by a triangle in the drawing). For this reason, hereinafter, a switching unit that switches between two banknote transport paths, such as the upper front switching unit 31, is also referred to as a two-way switching unit. Under the control of the banknote control unit 21, the upper and front switching unit 31 switches between a transport path connecting the front upper transport path 32 and the rear transport path 33, a lower transport path 34 and the rear transport path 33. can be switched with the transport route that connects the

The discriminating section 24 is positioned below the customer service section 22 and behind the upper front conveying section 23 . The discriminating section 24 has a linear discriminating conveying path 35 penetrating in the front-rear direction formed therein by a plurality of conveying guides, conveying roller pairs, etc., and a plurality of sensors 36 are arranged along the discriminating conveying path 35 . ing. The sensor 36 is composed of a combination of, for example, a magnetic sensor for reading magnetism, an image sensor for reading an image, a thickness sensor for detecting the thickness of bills, a running sensor for detecting the running state of bills, and the like.

The discrimination unit 24 sends various detection results obtained by the sensor 36 from the banknotes conveyed along the discrimination conveyance path 35 to the banknote control unit 21 as discrimination results. In response to this, the banknote control unit 21 determines the denomination, authenticity, fitness (whether damaged or not), etc. of the banknote based on the discrimination result, recognizes the transport state, and displays the obtained result. Based on this, the transport route and transport destination of the banknote are determined.

The upper rear transport section 25 is positioned slightly rearward of the center of the upper unit 12 , that is, rearward of the customer service section 22 and the identification section 24 . As shown in a schematic enlarged view of FIG. 4B, the upper and rear transport section 25 has an upper and rear switching section 41 arranged near the center thereof, and a temporary hold switching section 42 arranged on the front upper side thereof. , and a discrimination switching unit 43 is arranged on the rear side thereof, and three conveying paths are connected to each switching unit.

Incidentally, in the upper and rear transport section 25, similarly to the upper and front transport sections 23 and the like, transport guides for guiding bills and a pair of transport rollers for transmitting driving force to the bills are appropriately arranged, and the bills are transported along the above-described transport path. It is designed to be transported. Further, in FIG. 4B, for convenience of explanation, the conveying roller is omitted and the conveying path is represented by a solid line.

The upper/rear switching section 41 is configured as a two-way, like the upper/front switching section 31 , and is connected to the front-lower transport path 44 , the front-upper transport path 45 , and the rear-side transport path 46 . The upper/rear switching unit 41 selects a conveying path connecting the front lower conveying path 44 and the front upper conveying path 45 and a conveying path connecting the front lower conveying path 44 and the rear conveying path 46. switch.

The temporary hold switching unit 42 rotates the blade positioned at the center to change the attitude, similar to the upper/rear switching unit 41 described above, but unlike the upper/rear switching unit 41 and the like, the temporary holding switching unit 42 has three paper money transport paths. , which is a so-called 3-way switching unit. The temporary hold switching section 42 is connected to the upper rear switching section 41 by a rear lower transport path 45, is connected to the customer service section 22 (FIG. 4A) by a front transport path 47, and is connected to an upper transport path 48. is connected to the temporary storage unit 26 by the . Under the control of the banknote control unit 21, the temporary holding switching unit 42 is configured to connect a transport path 45 on the rear lower side and the transport path 47 on the front side, and a transport path 45 on the rear lower side and the transport path 48 on the upper side. and the transport path connecting the transport path 47 on the front side and the transport path 48 on the upper side.

The distinction switching unit 43 is configured in the same manner as the above-described temporary holding switching unit 42, and is a 3-way switching unit that switches the banknote transport route among three ways. The distinction switching section 43 is connected to the upper/rear switching section 41 via a transport path 46 on the front side, to the upper unit rear delivery port T12 via a transport path 49 on the lower side, and to the reject warehouse 27 via a transport path 50 on the upper side. It is connected. Under the control of the banknote control unit 21, the distinction switching unit 43 operates a transport path that connects the front transport path 46 and the lower transport path 49, and a transport path that connects the front transport path 46 and the upper transport path 50. It is possible to switch between the path and the transport path connecting the transport path 49 on the lower side and the transport path 50 on the upper side.

The temporary storage unit 26 (FIG. 4) employs a so-called tape escrow method, and is configured to hold a rotating drum formed in a cylindrical shape, a tape having one end fixed to the peripheral surface of the drum, and the tape from the other end. It has a winding reel, a transport roller for transporting bills, and the like. When the temporary storage unit 26 receives bills from the upper/rear transport unit 25, the bills are transported to the vicinity of the peripheral surface of the drum, and by rotating the drum, the bills are wrapped around the peripheral surface together with the tape and stored. When the banknotes are to be delivered, the temporary holding unit 26 rotates the reel and the drum in the direction opposite to the storage direction, thereby stripping the banknotes together with the tape from the peripheral surface of the drum, transporting the banknotes upward and downward. They are sequentially handed over to the transport section 25 .

The reject box 27 has a storage space for storing banknotes therein, and has a discharge mechanism for discharging banknotes into this storage space. When the bills are received from the upper/rear transport section 25, the reject box 27 discharges the bills into the storage space by means of a discharge mechanism, and stores the bills in a stacked state. For example, banknotes judged to be too damaged and not to be dispensed (hereinafter referred to as rejected banknotes) are transported and stored in the reject box 27 . That is, the reject bank 27 can store the rejected banknotes therein, distinguishing them from normal banknotes that can be reused.

[2-2. Configuration of Lower Unit]
As shown in FIG. 5, which is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 2, a lower transport section 51 that transports banknotes generally in the front-rear direction is arranged at the upper end portion of the lower unit 13. As shown in FIG. A lower frame 13F is provided on the lower side of the lower conveying portion 51. As shown in FIG. The lower frame 13F is formed in the shape of a hollow rectangular parallelepiped, the upper side of which is open, and the internal space is divided into four spaces by three partition plates (not shown) along the front-rear direction. ing. Hereinafter, each divided space is also referred to as a loading space. In each loading space of the lower frame 13F, four banknote storage boxes 52 (52A, 52B, 52C, and 52D) for storing reusable (recyclable) banknotes are arranged in the front-rear direction from the front to the rear. are placed along.

Incidentally, a hinge (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the upper right end of the lower frame 13F, and this hinge supports the lower conveying section 51 on the upper side so as to be rotatable. In other words, the lower frame 13F can close or open the upper side by rotating the lower conveying portion 51 around the hinge. Therefore, in the lower unit 13, in the state of being pulled forward from the banknote depositing/dispensing machine frame 11 (FIG. 3(B)), the lower transport section 51 is rotated rightward to open the upper side of the lower frame 13F. Once in position, each banknote repository 52 can be removed from each loading space or each banknote storage 52 can be loaded into each loading space.

The banknote storage boxes 52 (52A, 52B, 52C and 52D) are all configured in the same manner, and are formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape elongated in the vertical direction. Inside the banknote storage box 52, there are a storage space for stacking and storing banknotes, a separation/discharge unit arranged above the storage space for separating and discharging banknotes, and the separation/discharge unit and the banknote storage box 52. A storage container transporting unit for transporting banknotes between the upper end of the housing and the like is provided. Further, the denominations of banknotes to be stored in each banknote storage box 52 are set in advance.

When the banknote storage 52 receives a banknote from the lower transport unit 51 on the upper side when performing storage processing for storing banknotes, the banknote storage 52 transports the banknote to the separation/discharge unit by the storage transport unit and discharges it into the storage space. They are stored in the storage space in an accumulated state. In addition, when carrying out feeding processing for feeding bills, the banknote storage 52 separates the banknotes accumulated in the storage space one by one by the separation/discharge section, and conveys the banknotes upward by the storage transportation section. It is paid out by handing it over to the lower transport section 51 .

A switching unit 61 is arranged in the vicinity of the front end inside the lower transport unit 51 (FIG. 5) at a position substantially directly above the banknote storage 52A. Switching units 62 and 63 are arranged in the lower transport unit 51 at locations behind the switching unit 61 and substantially directly above the banknote storages 52B and 52C, respectively. Furthermore, a switching section 64 is arranged on the rear side of the switching section 63 .

Both of the switching units 61 and 62 are configured as two ways, like the upper front switching unit 31 of the upper unit 12 (FIG. 4A). Around the switching sections 61 and 62, three conveying paths are formed by a plurality of conveying rollers, a plurality of conveying guides, and the like, similarly to the case of the upper front switching section 31 and the like.

Around the switching unit 61, an upward conveying path 71, a downward conveying path 72 connected to the banknote storage 52A, and a backward conveying path 73 connected to the switching unit 62 are provided. The switching unit 61 can switch between a transport path connecting the upper transport path 71 and the lower transport path 72 and a transport path connecting the upper transport path 71 and the rear transport path 73 . Incidentally, the upper end of the transport path 71 is a lower unit front delivery port T21, and banknotes can be mutually delivered to and from the upper unit front delivery port T11 (FIG. 4A) of the upper unit 12 described above. can.

Around the switching unit 62, in addition to the transport path 73, a transport path 74 directed downward and connected to the banknote storage 52B, and a transport path 75 directed backward and connected to the switching part 63 are provided. The switching unit 62 can switch between a transport path connecting the front transport path 73 and the lower transport path 74 and a transport path connecting the front transport path 73 and the rear transport path 75 .

Both of the switching units 63 and 64 are configured as three ways, like the temporary holding switching unit 42 of the upper unit 12 (FIG. 4A), and the inclination direction of the blade is controlled by the banknote control unit 21. can be changed to switch the banknote transport path among three ways. Around the switching portions 63 and 64, three conveying paths are formed by a plurality of conveying rollers, a plurality of conveying guides, and the like.

Around the switching unit 63, in addition to the transport path 75 as the first transport path, there are a transport path 76 directed downward and connected to the banknote storage 52C as a two-way storage, and a switching part 64 toward the rear. A conveying path 77 connected to the is provided. The switching unit 63 includes a transport path connecting the front transport path 75 and the lower transport path 76 , a transport path connecting the front transport path 75 and the rear transport path 77 , and a rear transport path 77 . and the transport path connecting the transport path 76 on the lower side.

Around the switching unit 64, in addition to the transport path 77, a transport path 78 extending backward or downward and connected to the banknote storage 52D, and a transport path 79 extending upward are provided. The switching unit 64 includes a transport path connecting the front transport path 77 and the rear transport path 78, a transport path connecting the front transport path 77 and the upper transport path 79, a rear transport path 78 and It is possible to switch between the conveying route connecting the conveying route 79 on the upper side. Incidentally, the upper end of the transport path 79 is a lower unit post-delivery port T22, and banknotes can be transferred to and from the upper unit post-delivery port T12 (FIG. 4A) of the upper unit 12 described above. can.

With such a configuration, the lower transport section 51 transports the banknotes to the banknote storage boxes 52A to 22D when banknotes are transported from the upper unit 12 (FIG. 4A) through the lower unit front delivery port T21, for example. Alternatively, it can be returned to the upper unit 12 from the lower unit post delivery port T22. In addition, when the lower transport section 51 receives bills from the bill storage boxes 52A to 22D, the lower transport section 51 can also transport the bills to the lower unit front delivery port T21 and deliver them to the upper unit 12. FIG.

Furthermore, when a banknote is transported from the upper unit 12 via the lower unit post-delivery port T22, the lower transport section 51 can transport and store the banknote in the banknote storage 52C or 52D. In addition, when receiving bills from the bill storage box 52C or 52D, the lower transport section 51 can also transport the bills to the lower unit post-delivery port T22 and deliver them to the upper unit 12 .

That is, the lower transport section 51 can appropriately distribute the banknotes transported from the upper unit 12 and transport and store them in the respective banknote storage boxes 52 (52A to 52D). For this reason, the lower transport section 51 is hereinafter also referred to as a distribution transport section.

[3. Various processing in banknote deposit and withdrawal machine]
Next, various processes associated with the transport of banknotes in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10, that is, depositing and dispensing processes will be described in detail.

[3-1. Payment processing and storage processing]
First, a case where a deposit transaction is performed with a user (that is, a customer of a financial institution, etc.) in the automated teller machine 1 (FIG. 1) will be described. In this case, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 counts the number of banknotes deposited by the user while discerning the denomination of the banknotes deposited by the user in the preceding depositing process (also called deposit counting process or acceptance process), and then counts the number of bills deposited by the user. storage processing (also referred to as deposit storage processing), each banknote is transported to an appropriate storage location and stored.

Specifically, the banknote control unit 21 of the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine 10 cooperates with the main control unit 9 (FIG. 1) of the automatic teller machine 1 to allow the user to deposit money via the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1). When an operation input to start trading is received, deposit processing is started. At this time, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 first opens the shutter 22B (FIG. 4) of the customer service section 22, etc., and allows the user to insert banknotes into the container 22A. Next, when the banknote control unit 21 receives an operation input to start taking in banknotes from the user via the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1), the banknote control unit 21 closes the shutter 22B and the like of the customer service unit 22, and then closes the separation unit 22C. , the banknotes in the container 22A are separated one by one and fed out, and delivered to the upper and front conveying section 23 one by one.

The upper front conveying section 23 ( FIG. 4 ) conveys bills along the conveying paths 32 and 33 and delivers them to the discriminating section 24 . The discrimination unit 24 discriminates the banknote while conveying it along the discrimination conveyance path 35 and supplies the obtained discrimination result to the banknote control unit 21 . In response to this, the banknote control unit 21 first determines the degree of damage, denomination, or authenticity of each banknote based on the obtained discrimination result. Next, the banknote control unit 21 determines whether each banknote is a deposited banknote that can be recognized as a normal banknote and can continue subsequent processing, or a deposited banknote that cannot be recognized as a normal banknote and should be returned to the user. to judge whether

The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 transports banknotes while switching the transport route according to the discrimination result of each banknote under the control of the banknote control unit 21 . Specifically, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 advances the received banknotes along the transport paths 44, 45, and 48 in the upper/rear transport unit 25, and then sequentially delivers them to the temporary storage unit 26 for storage. The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 advances the pay-in reject banknotes along the transport paths 44 , 45 and 47 and delivers them to the customer service department 22 . The reception department 22 discharges and stores the transported deposit rejected banknotes into the storage container 22A.

The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 completes the pay-in process when all the banknotes in the container 22A have been delivered. At this time, the banknote control unit 21 of the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 calculates the amount of money to be deposited based on the totalized result of the denomination and number of banknotes received from the customer service unit 22 , and displays a predetermined operation instruction screen on the operation display unit 6 . (FIG. 1), presenting the amount to be deposited to the user and allowing the user to select whether or not to continue the deposit transaction.

Here, when the user instructs to stop the deposit transaction, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 sequentially feeds all the banknotes retained in the temporary retaining section 26 and conveys them to the customer service section 22 by the upper/rear conveying section 25. Then, after the bill is discharged into the container 22A by the discharging section 22D of the customer service section 22, the shutter 22B (FIG. 4) is opened and the bill is returned to the user.

On the other hand, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 starts the storage process when the user instructs to continue the pay-in transaction. Specifically, the banknote control unit 21 sequentially feeds the banknotes (deposited banknotes) stored in the temporary holding unit 26 and conveys them to the discrimination unit 24 by the upper and rear transport unit 25 to sequentially discriminate them. At this time, based on the discrimination result obtained from the discrimination unit 24, the banknote control unit 21 stores the rejected banknotes with a large degree of damage in the reject storage 27, and the normal and reusable banknotes by denomination. Storage boxes 52 (52A to 52D) are determined as destinations.

Subsequently, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 transports normal banknotes along the transport paths 33 and 34 of the upper front transport section 23, and receives the banknotes between the upper unit front delivery port T11 and the lower unit front delivery port T21. By handing it over, it is handed over to the lower transport section 51 (FIG. 5). Under the control of the banknote control unit 21, the lower transport unit 51 appropriately switches the respective transport routes by the switching units 61 to 64, thereby transferring the banknotes to the respective banknote storage boxes 52, which are transport destinations according to the denominations of the banknotes. (52A to 52D) for storage.

In addition, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 transports the rejected banknotes to the switching unit 64 by the lower transport unit 51 in the same manner as normal banknotes, and then advances them upward along the transport path 79 to move the rejected banknotes upward along the lower unit post-delivery port T22 and the upper unit. By delivering between the unit post-delivery openings T12, the unit is delivered to the upper rear transport section 25 (FIG. 4). The upper/rear transport section 25 advances the rejected banknotes along the transport paths 49 and 50 to transport them to the reject box 27 and store them therein.

Thus, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 can classify reusable normal banknotes by denomination and store them in each banknote storage box 52 , and can store rejected banknotes that should not be reused in the reject box 27 . When the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 eventually finishes transporting all the banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 26 to their respective transport destinations, the storing process ends.

[3-2. Withdrawal processing]
Next, a case where a withdrawal transaction is performed with a user in the automated teller machine 1 (FIG. 1) will be described. In this case, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 performs a dispensing process of dispensing banknotes of the denomination and number corresponding to the amount specified by the user.

Specifically, the banknote control unit 21 of the banknote deposit/withdrawal machine 10 cooperates with the main control unit 9 (FIG. 1) of the automated teller machine 1 to allow the user to pay via the operation display unit 6 (FIG. 1). When receiving an operation input indicating that the gold transaction is to be started and an amount to be withdrawn, the withdrawal processing is started. At this time, the banknote control unit 21 first determines the denomination and number of banknotes corresponding to the amount of money to be paid. Subsequently, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 separates the banknotes stored inside each banknote storage 52 ( FIG. sequentially handed over to After transporting the banknotes forward, the lower transport section 51 delivers them to the upper front transport section 23 (FIG. 4) by delivering them between the lower unit front delivery port T21 and the upper unit front delivery port T11.

Further, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 transports the banknotes along the transport paths 34 and 33 by the upper front transport unit 23 and discriminates the banknotes when passing through the discrimination unit 24 . Here, the banknote control unit 21 determines the transport destination of normal banknotes to the customer service unit 22 mainly based on the running state among the discrimination results obtained from the discrimination unit 24. The reject storage 27 is determined as the transport destination of the rejected banknotes with a problem in the state.

The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 transports normal banknotes to the customer service section 22 along the transport paths 44, 45, and 47 by the upper/rear transport section 25, and discharges and stacks them inside the container 22A. After that, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 opens the shutter 22B of the customer service section 22 and the like to allow the user to take out the banknotes in the container 22A and pay out the banknotes. Further, the banknote control unit 21 advances the rejected banknotes along the transport paths 44, 46 and 50 by the upper and rear transport unit 25, transports them to the reject storage 27, and stores them therein.

[4. Configuration of Upper Front Conveying Section and Lower Conveying Section]
Next, detailed configurations of the vicinity of the transport path 34 in the upper front transport section 23 and the vicinity of the transport path 71 in the lower transport section 51 will be described.

As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 6 and the left side view and front view of FIG. A guide 81 and an upper rear transport guide 82 are arranged.

The upper front conveying guide 81 is a molded part made of a predetermined resin material, and is generally formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped or a plate that is long in the left-right direction and short in the front-rear direction. is formed in An upper front claw-shaped portion 83 is formed at the lower end of the upper front conveying guide 81 . The upper front claw-shaped portion 83 has convex portions 83P projecting downward from the periphery and recessed portions 83D recessed upward from the periphery alternately along the left-right direction (hereinafter also referred to as the width direction). are placed.

Further, in the upper front conveying portion 23, only the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 and its immediate vicinity portion of the upper front conveying guide 81 protrude below the lower surface 80B of the upper front conveying portion housing 80. The other parts are positioned inside the upper front transport section housing 80 . Further, the vertical positions of the lower ends of the projections 83P, that is, the downward projection lengths from the lower surface 80B are equal to each other.

Like the upper front conveyance guide 81, the upper rear conveyance guide 82 is a molded component made of a predetermined resin material. A certain upper rear guide surface 82S is formed substantially flat. An upper rear claw-shaped portion 84 corresponding to the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 of the upper front conveyance guide 81 is formed at the lower end portion of the upper rear conveyance guide 82 . The upper rear claw-shaped portion 84 has an outer shape obtained by projecting the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 in the rearward direction. are placed. In the upper front transport section 23, the space sandwiched between the upper front guide surface 81S of the upper front transport guide 81 and the upper rear guide surface 82S of the upper rear transport guide 82 serves as a transport path 34 for transporting banknotes. there is

Furthermore, the upper front transport unit housing 80 of the upper front transport unit 23 has four legs 87FL, 87FR, 87RL and 87RR (hereinafter collectively referred to as legs 87) extending downward from the lower surface 80B. ) has been established. The leg portion 87 is made of a predetermined resin material and formed integrally with the upper front transport portion housing 80 .

The left front leg portion 87FL is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped or a thin plate that is thin in the left-right direction as a whole. It is located just on the front side, that is, directly in front of it. The leg portion 87FL is configured such that the length in the horizontal direction and the length from the lower surface 80B to the lower end (that is, the length in the vertical direction) are the same as those of the left end convex portion 83PL. In other words, the leg portion 87FL is provided within a range obtained by projecting the left end convex portion 83PL forward.

The left rear leg portion 87RL is located just behind the left end convex portion 83PL, that is, directly behind it. Similarly to the leg portion 87FL, the leg portion 87RL also has the same length in the horizontal direction and the length from the lower surface 80B to the lower end (that is, the length in the vertical direction) as the left end convex portion 83PL. In other words, the leg portion 87RL is provided within a range obtained by projecting the left end convex portion 83PL backward.

The right front leg portion 87FR, like the left front leg portion 87FL, is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped or a thin plate that is thin in the left-right direction as a whole. It is located just in front of the right end convex portion 83PR located on the right side, that is, directly in front of it. The leg portion 87FR is configured such that the length in the horizontal direction and the length from the lower surface 80B to the lower end (that is, the length in the vertical direction) are the same as those of the right end convex portion 83PR. In other words, the leg portion 87FR is provided within a range obtained by projecting the right end convex portion 83PR forward.

The right rear leg portion 87RR is located just behind the right end convex portion 83PR, that is, directly behind it. Similarly to the leg portion 87FR, the leg portion 87RR has the same length in the horizontal direction and the length from the lower surface 80B to the lower end (that is, the length in the vertical direction) as the right end convex portion 83PR. In other words, the leg portion 87RR is provided within a range obtained by projecting the right end convex portion 83PR backward.

Therefore, when viewed from the front, as shown in FIG. 7B, the upper front conveying portion 23 is in a state where the leg portion 87FL, the left end convex portion 83PL, and the leg portion 87RL just overlap at the left lower portion, and the right side In the lower part, the leg portion 87FR, the right end convex portion 83PR, and the leg portion 87RR are just overlapped.

Furthermore, in the upper front transport section 23, the center of gravity 23G is located near the center of the upper front transport section housing 80, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B. Therefore, in the upper front conveying section 23, the center of gravity 23G is located between the front legs 87FL and 87FR and the rear legs 87RL and 87RR in the front-rear direction (FIG. 7A). . In the upper front transport section 23, the center of gravity 23G is located between the left leg sections 87FL and 87RL and the right leg sections 87FR and 87RR in the left-right direction (FIG. 7B).

On the other hand, as shown in the left side view and the front view of FIG. 8 corresponding to FIG. A lower rear transport guide 92 is arranged.

The lower front conveying guide 91 has a configuration that is substantially the same as the upper front conveying guide 81 of the upper front conveying portion 23 (FIG. 7) that is vertically inverted, and the lower front guide surface 91S, which is the rear side surface, is formed substantially flat. ing. A lower front claw-shaped portion 93 corresponding to the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 is formed at the upper end portion of the lower front conveying guide 91 . The lower front claw-shaped portion 93 is similar in structure to the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 inverted in the vertical direction, and has a convex portion 93P projecting upward from the surroundings and a scooped downward from the surroundings. The concave portions 93D are arranged alternately along the left-right direction. However, in the lower front claw-shaped portion 93, the positions and shapes of the projections 93P and the recesses 93D are complementary to the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 in the left-right direction.

Further, in the lower transport portion 51, only the lower front claw-shaped portion 93 and its immediate vicinity of the lower front transport guide 91 protrude upward from the upper surface 90T of the lower transport portion housing 90, and the other portions are positioned inside the lower transport section housing 90 . In addition, the vertical positions of the upper ends of the projections 93P, that is, the downward projection lengths from the upper surface 90T are equal to each other.

The lower rear conveying guide 92 has a configuration that is substantially the same as the upper rear conveying guide 82 of the upper front conveying portion 23 (FIG. 7) that is vertically inverted. ing. A lower rear claw-shaped portion 94 corresponding to the upper rear claw-shaped portion 84 is formed at the upper end portion of the lower rear conveyance guide 92 . The lower rear claw-shaped portion 94 has an outer shape obtained by projecting the lower front claw-shaped portion 93 in the rearward direction. are placed. In the lower transport portion 51, the space sandwiched between the lower front guide surface 91S of the lower front transport guide 91 and the lower rear guide surface 92S of the lower rear transport guide 92 serves as a transport path 71 for transporting banknotes. .

Incidentally, for the convenience of storing various parts inside the lower transport section housing 90, the lower transport section 51 has a housing left end portion 90L on the left side of the lower front transport guide 91 in the lower transport section housing 90, and the lower front housing 90L. In the housing right end portion 90R on the right side of the transport guide 91, the top surface 90T is positioned above the bottom portion of the recess 93D and below the top portion of the protrusion 93P.

With such a configuration, in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10, in a state where both the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 are housed in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine frame 11 (FIG. 2), the unit is adjacent to the lower side of the upper front transport section 23. , and the transport path 71 (FIG. 5) is positioned directly below the transport path 34 (FIG. 4).

At this time, the upper front conveying portion 23 and the lower conveying portion 51 are arranged such that the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 of the upper front conveying guide 81 and the lower front conveying guide 91 are arranged in a perspective view of FIG. 9 and a front view of FIG. and the lower front claw-shaped portion 93 are meshed with each other to connect the upper front guide surface 81S and the lower front guide surface 91S so as to be substantially continuous. In addition, the upper front conveying portion 23 and the lower conveying portion 51 similarly engage the upper rear claw-shaped portions 84 of the upper rear conveying guides 82 and the upper rear claw-shaped portions 84 of the lower rear conveying guides 92 to form the upper rear guide surfaces 82S. and the lower rear guide surface 92S are connected so as to be substantially continuous. As a result, the upper front transport section 23 and the lower transport section 51 can connect the upper unit front delivery port T11 and the lower unit front delivery port T21, and can mutually deliver banknotes between the transport path 34 and the transport path 71. .

For convenience of explanation, the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 is hereinafter referred to as the first claw-shaped portion, and the protrusion 83P is referred to as the first protrusion. Also, hereinafter, the lower front claw-shaped portion 93 will be referred to as a second claw-shaped portion, and the convex portion 93P will be referred to as a second convex portion. Furthermore, hereinafter, the upper front guide surface 81S is also called a first guide surface, and the lower front guide surface 91S is also called a second guide surface.

[5. effects, etc.]
In the above configuration, in the bill depositing/dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present embodiment, either the upper unit 12 or the lower unit 13 is attached to the bill depositing/dispensing machine frame 11 when maintenance work or the like is performed. One of them is moved forward and backward (Fig. 3). At this time, the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 move in the front-rear direction along the boundary surface BD (FIG. 2), which is the boundary between them, while maintaining their positions in the vertical direction by means of the slide rails 14 and 15. be able to.

In the upper front conveying portion 23 (FIG. 7) of the upper unit 12, an upper front claw-shaped portion 83 is provided at the lower end of an upper front conveying guide 81 forming the conveying path 34, and an upper rear claw-shaped portion 83 is provided at the lower end of the upper rear conveying guide 82. A ridge 84 was provided. Further, in the lower conveying portion 51 (FIG. 8) of the lower unit 13, a lower front claw-shaped portion 93 is provided at the upper end of a lower front conveying guide 91 forming the conveying path 71, and a lower rear claw-like portion 93 is provided at the upper end of the lower rear conveying guide 92. A shaped portion 94 was provided. Therefore, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10, the upper front claw-shaped portions 83 and 93 are meshed with each other, and the upper rear claw-shaped portions 84 and 94 are meshed with each other, whereby the transport paths 34 and 71 can be connected. can be delivered smoothly (FIGS. 9 and 10).

Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, the upper front conveying portion 23 is provided on the lower surface 80B side of the upper front conveying portion housing 80 on the front side and the rear side of each concave portion 83D in the upper front claw-shaped portion 83. No parts provided. Similarly, in the lower conveying section 51, as shown in FIG. No parts are provided.

Therefore, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10, when one of the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 is moved, each convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 in the upper front transport guide 81 of the upper front transport portion 23 is It can be moved smoothly without interfering with the upper surface 90T of the lower transport section housing 90 in the lower transport section 51, the lower front transport guide 91, and the like. At this time, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 , each protrusion 93P of the lower front claw-shaped portion 93 in the lower front transport guide 91 of the lower transport section 51 is also positioned on the lower surface 80B of the upper front transport section housing 80 in the upper front transport section 23 . , the upper front transport guide 81 and the like.

In addition to this, the upper front transport section 23 is provided with four legs 87 on the lower surface 80B of the upper front transport section housing 80 (FIGS. 6 and 7). In the upper front conveying portion 23 , the height of the lower end of the leg portion 87 is made equal to the lower end of each convex portion 83 P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 .

For this reason, when the upper front conveying portion 23 is removed from the upper unit 12 for maintenance work or the like and placed on the floor or the like, the lower ends of the respective projections 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portions 83 and the lower ends of the legs 87 are supported by the lower ends of the legs 87. The leg portions 87 can support the weight of the upper front conveying portion 23 so as to abut against each other. As a result, in the upper front conveying portion 23, the load applied to the convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83, which has relatively low strength, can be reduced, so that the risk of damage to the convex portion 83P can be greatly reduced.

Further, the upper front conveying portion 23 has leg portions 87 arranged on both sides of the center of gravity 23G in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction (FIG. 7). Therefore, when the upper front conveying section 23 is placed on a floor surface or the like, the posture thereof can be stabilized by the leg sections 87 . Along with this, if the lower surface 80B is inclined with respect to the floor surface when being placed on the floor surface or the like, the upper front conveying unit 23 first hits one of the leg portions 87 against the floor surface. Therefore, by applying a relatively large force to the leg portion 87, it is possible to prevent the convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 from being damaged by this force.

Further, the upper front conveying portion 23 has a left front leg portion 87FL and a left rear leg portion 87RL directly in front of and directly behind the left end protrusion 83PL, respectively, within a range where the left end protrusion 83PL is projected forward or backward. . In addition, the upper front conveying section 23 has a right front leg portion 87FR and a right rear leg portion 87RR directly in front of and directly behind the right end protrusion 83PR, respectively, within a range of the right end protrusion 83PR projected forward or backward. (Fig. 7).

For this reason, when moving either one of the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 in the front-rear direction, the upper front conveying unit 23 moves the left leg portions 87FL and 87RL in the same manner as the left end convex portion 83PL. , the left end recess 93DL of the lower front claw-shaped portion 93 on the side of the lower conveying portion 51, so as to move smoothly. In addition, the upper front conveying portion 23 is moved such that the right leg portions 87FR and 87RR are passed through the right end concave portion 93DR of the lower front claw-shaped portion 93 on the lower conveying portion 51 side in the same manner as the right end convex portion 83PR. can be made

That is, in the bill depositing/dispensing machine 10, although the leg portion 87 is added to the upper front conveying portion 23 as compared with the conventional one, the convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 is accommodated within the range projected in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 can be smoothly slid without any need to change the shape of the lower transport section 51 side. As a result, in the bill depositing/dispensing machine 10, there is no need to add a recess or the like to the lower transport section 51 for avoiding interference with the leg section 87. The overall size of the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 can also be kept as small as possible.

Thus, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10, on the premise of smooth delivery of banknotes between the upper front transport section 23 and the lower transport section 51, the upper unit 12 and the lower unit 13 slide smoothly, and the upper front transport section 23 moves to the floor. It is possible to achieve both the prevention of damage to the convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 when placed on a surface or the like, that is, to achieve both of these at a high level.

According to the above configuration, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1, the legs 87 are provided on the lower surface 80B of the upper front conveying section 23 incorporated in the upper unit 12, so that the upper front conveying section 23 moves toward the upper unit. 12 and placed on a floor surface or the like, the leg portion 87 is brought into contact with the floor surface or the like, and a large load is applied to the convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 to prevent damage. can be prevented. Along with this, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10, the outer shape of the leg portion 87 provided in the upper front conveying portion 23 is accommodated within a range obtained by projecting the convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 in the front-rear direction. and the lower unit 13 in the front-rear direction, the leg portion 87 passes through a trajectory equivalent to that of the left end protrusion 83PL or the right end protrusion 83PR of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 . As a result, in the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10, there is no need to separately provide a shape for avoiding interference with the leg portion 87 in the lower transport portion 51, and the entire device can be configured as small as possible.

[6. Other embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the front leg portions 87FL and 87FR of the upper front conveying portion 23 are arranged forwardly away from the upper front claw-shaped portion 83, and the rear leg portions 87RL and 87RR are arranged upward. The case of arranging at a position spaced rearward from the rear claw-shaped portion 84 has been described (FIG. 7, etc.). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, like an upper front conveying portion 123 shown in FIG. It may be adjacent to the shaped portion 83 . Further, the rear leg portions 187RL and 187RR may be extended further forward than the leg portions 87RL and 87RR (FIG. 7) so as to be adjacent to the upper rear claw-shaped portion .

Further, in the embodiment described above, a case has been described in which the leg portion 87 is integrally formed with the upper front transport portion housing 80 and erected on the lower surface 80B (FIG. 6, etc.). However, the present invention is not limited to this. Rear leg portions 87RL and 87RR may be formed on the base. Alternatively, the legs 87 may be formed separately from other parts and attached to the lower surface 80B of the upper front transport section housing 80 . In this case, for example, the leg portion 87 may be made of a material different from that of the upper front transport portion housing 80, such as a metal material.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the left leg portions 87FL and 87RL are provided within a range obtained by projecting the leftmost left end convex portion 83PL of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 in the front-rear direction, and the right leg portions 87FR and 87RL are provided. A case where 87RR is provided within a range obtained by projecting the rightmost right end convex portion 83PR of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 in the front-rear direction has been described (FIG. 7, etc.). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the leg portion 87 may be provided within a range obtained by projecting the other convex portion 83P of the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 in the front-rear direction. In this case, it is desirable to provide leg portions 87 on both sides of the center of gravity 23G of the upper front conveying portion 23 in the left-right direction. Further, the number of legs 87 is not limited to two on the front side and two on the rear side, and may be any number. However, in this case, it is desirable to ensure stability by providing one or more on each of the front and rear sides, and a total of three or more.

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the case where the leg portion 87 is provided in the upper front conveying portion 23 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the legs 87 may be provided on other components, such as the upper and rear transport sections 25, for example.

Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 incorporated in the automatic teller machine 1 was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices that handle banknotes, such as a banknote processing device (so-called teller machine) used by employees at counters of financial institutions.

Furthermore, in the embodiment mentioned above, the case where this invention was applied to the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 which handles the banknote as a medium was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to various devices that handle media in use, such as various cash notes, securities, admission tickets, numbered tickets, and the like.

Furthermore, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention also extends to embodiments obtained by arbitrarily combining part or all of the above-described embodiment and other embodiments described above, and to embodiments in which a part is extracted. be.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 is configured by the upper front conveying section 23 as the first unit, the lower conveying section 51 as the second unit, and the slide rails 14 and 15 as moving sections. I mentioned the case of In this case, the first unit and the second unit are the upper front conveying guide 81 as the first guide, the lower front conveying guide 91 as the second guide, and the upper front claw-shaped portion 83 as the first claw-shaped portion. , a lower front claw-shaped portion 93 as a second claw-shaped portion, and a leg portion 87 as a leg portion. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and includes a first unit, a second unit, a moving part, a first guide, a second guide, a first claw-shaped part, and a second claw-shaped part, which are configured in various other ways. A medium processing device may be configured by the portion and the leg portion.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used, for example, in a banknote depositing/dispensing machine incorporated in an automatic teller machine that performs banknote depositing and dispensing transactions with users.

1 Automatic teller machine 10 Banknote depositing/dispensing machine 11 Banknote depositing/dispensing machine frame 12 Upper unit 13 Lower unit 14, 15 Slide rail 23 Upper front Conveying section 23G Center of gravity 25 Upper rear conveying section 51 Lower conveying section 80 Upper front conveying section housing 80B Bottom surface 81 Upper front conveying guide 81S Top Front guide surface 82 Upper rear conveyance guide 82S Upper rear guide surface 83 Upper front claw-shaped portion 83D Concave portion 83P Convex portion 83PL Left end convex portion 83PR Right end convex portion 84 Upper rear claw-shaped portion 87, 87FL, 87FR, 87RL, 87RR Legs 90 Lower transport unit casing 90T Upper surface 91 Lower front transport guide 91S Lower front guide surface 92 Lower rear conveying guide 92S Lower rear guide surface 93 Lower front claw-shaped portion 93D Recessed portion 93DL Left recessed portion 93DR Right recessed portion 93P ... convex portion, 94 ... lower rear claw-shaped portion.

Claims (8)

a first unit that conveys leaf-shaped media inside;
a second unit arranged adjacent to and below the first unit for conveying the medium inside;
a moving unit that moves at least one of the first unit and the second unit in a moving direction along a boundary surface between the first unit and the second unit;
a first guide provided in the first unit and having a first guide surface for guiding the medium along a delivery direction intersecting the boundary surface;
a second guide provided in the second unit and having a second guide surface that guides the medium along the delivery direction and is continuous with the first guide surface;
A plurality of first protrusions provided at the end of the first guide on the second unit side and protruding toward the second unit are arranged discretely along the width direction intersecting the delivery direction. a claw;
A plurality of second protrusions provided at the end of the second guide on the first unit side and protruding toward the first unit correspond to the plurality of first protrusions of the first claw-shaped portion in the width direction. a second claw-shaped portion provided at a position complementary to the portion and forming a recess between the adjacent second protrusions for avoiding interference with the first protrusion;
and a leg projecting downward from the lower surface of the first unit and provided within a range where the first projection is projected in the moving direction. The medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein the legs are provided on both sides of the first guide with respect to the moving direction. The medium processing device according to claim 2, wherein the legs are provided on both sides of the center of gravity of the first unit in the moving direction. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the legs are provided at positions obtained by projecting the first protrusions, which are located on the outermost sides in the width direction of the first guide, in the moving direction. processing equipment. The medium processing device according to claim 4, wherein the legs are provided on both sides of the center of gravity of the first unit in the width direction. 2. The leg portion according to claim 1, wherein the length of the leg protruded downward from the lower surface of the first unit is equal to the length of the first convex portion protruded downward from the lower surface. Media processor. The medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein the leg portion is provided at a position adjacent to the first convex portion with respect to the movement direction. a first unit that conveys leaf-shaped media inside;
a second unit arranged adjacent to and below the first unit for conveying the medium inside;
a moving unit that moves at least one of the first unit and the second unit in a moving direction along a boundary surface between the first unit and the second unit;
a first guide provided in the first unit and having a first guide surface for guiding the medium along a delivery direction intersecting the boundary surface;
a second guide provided in the second unit and having a second guide surface that guides the medium along the delivery direction and is continuous with the first guide surface;
A plurality of first protrusions provided at the end of the first guide on the second unit side and protruding toward the second unit are arranged discretely along the width direction intersecting the delivery direction. a claw;
A plurality of second protrusions provided at the end of the second guide on the first unit side and protruding toward the first unit correspond to the plurality of first protrusions of the first claw-shaped portion in the width direction. a second claw-shaped portion provided at a position complementary to the portion and forming a recess between the adjacent second protrusions for avoiding interference with the first protrusion;
and a leg projecting downward from the lower surface of the first unit and provided within a range in which the first convex portion is projected in the movement direction.

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