JP7226098B2 - Media processing device and media trading device - Google Patents

Description

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

Conventionally, in automatic teller machines used in financial institutions, etc., depending on the content of transactions with users (customers of financial institutions, etc.), for example, deposit transactions such as depositing cash such as banknotes and coins to the user , various transactions such as withdrawal transactions for withdrawing cash to users. Also, as a type of automatic teller machine, there is a so-called recycling type (or circulation type) in which banknotes deposited by a user in a certain transaction are reused in the next and subsequent transactions to be dispensed to other users. be.

As such a recycling-type automatic teller machine, there is one equipped with a banknote depositing/dispensing machine that performs processing related to depositing/dispensing banknotes, for example. This banknote depositing/dispensing machine includes, for example, a customer service section for giving and receiving banknotes with a user, a transport section for transporting banknotes, a discrimination section for discriminating the denomination and authenticity of the inserted banknotes, and an input unit. and a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the bills that have been collected. Further, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine has a banknote storage box that stores reusable banknotes by denomination and a reject box that stores banknotes that should not be reused (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

In addition, in such a recycling-type automatic teller machine, the temporary holding section is positioned above the reject storage in the closed position in the normal state, and the temporary holding section moves up and down for attachment and detachment of the reject storage. There are some that move greatly backward from the movement path of , until they retreat and become an open position.

JP 2016-99844 A

Further, the temporary holding section has a function of rewinding bills remaining inside due to a paper jam or the like inside the temporary holding section to the front outside. When rewinding banknotes, if the temporary holding portion is in the open position, the space in front of the temporary holding portion opens wide, and the rewound bills run wild. For this reason, in the automatic teller machine, it is necessary to move the temporary holding section from the closed position to the half position between the closed position and the open position and stop it, and at the same time, it is necessary to move the temporary holding section from the half position to the closed position easily. is desired to be returned.

This invention is made in consideration of the above point, and is going to propose the medium processing apparatus and medium transaction apparatus which can improve usability.

In order to solve this problem, in the media processing apparatus of the present invention, a storage unit that stores media therein and is movable in an opening direction and a closing direction that is opposite to the opening direction along the movement direction; a slide groove that is formed along the moving direction of the storage unit and holds the protrusion that moves together with the storage unit so as to be movable along the moving direction; A lever configured to be rotatable about a predetermined rotating shaft provided on one side, and holds the storage portion moved in the opening direction at the first opening position by coming into contact with the protrusion in the locking position. and a stopper that abuts on the lever in the locked position and restricts rotation of the lever in the locking direction, which is the rotating direction exposed to the moving path of the protrusion, and the lever is opened on the closing direction side in the locked position. a groove portion for movably holding the projection portion therein; and a first inclined surface formed on the closing direction side of the groove portion in the locked position and inclined in the moving direction toward the closing direction in a direction away from the rotation shaft. and a retraction direction, which is a rotation direction in which the projection retracts from the movement path by contacting the projection with the first inclined surface when the storage moves from the first open position toward the closing direction. It rotates to the retracted position, and is retracted from the moving path of the protrusion in the closing direction.

In addition, in the medium trading device of the present invention, a user reception section that accepts transactions related to leaf-shaped medium, a medium that is stored inside, an opening direction along the moving direction and a closing direction that is opposite to the opening direction a slide groove formed along the movement direction of the storage and holding the protrusion moving together with the storage so as to be movable along the movement direction; The storage portion is configured to be rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis provided on one side of the groove orthogonal direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the storage portion, and moved in the opening direction by contacting the protrusion in the locked position. at the first open position, and a stopper that abuts against the lever in the locked position and restricts the rotation of the lever in the locking direction, which is the rotating direction exposed to the movement path of the protrusion, and the lever is , a groove that is open on the closing direction side in the locked position and movably holds the protrusion inside; and a groove that is formed on the closing direction side of the groove in the locked position and is separated from the rotating shaft in the moving direction toward the closing direction. and a first slanted surface sloping in a direction to move the projection from the movement path of the projection by contacting the first slanted surface when the storage unit moves from the first open position toward the closing direction. The retraction position is reached by rotating in the retraction direction, which is the retraction rotation direction, and retracted from the moving path of the protrusion in the closing direction.

According to the present invention, the storage portion is held so as not to move in the opening direction side from the first open position by engaging the protrusion of the storage portion that moves in the opening direction with the lever in the lock position, and the lever is locked. Only by moving the storage portion in the closing direction without being operated, the storage portion rotates the lever in the retraction direction to the retracted position, and the storage portion can be moved to the closed position.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the medium processing apparatus and medium transaction apparatus which can improve usability are realizable.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of an automatic teller machine. Fig. 2 is a left side view showing the internal configuration of the bill depositing/dispensing machine; It is a left side view showing a closed position. It is a left side view showing a half position. It is a left side view showing an open position. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the structure of a half-lock lever; It is a left side view showing half open operation by a 1st embodiment. It is a left side view showing closing operation by a 1st embodiment. It is a left view which shows the half lock mechanism of a comparative example. It is a left side view showing a half-open operation according to the second embodiment. It is a left side view showing closing operation by a 2nd embodiment.

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

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Overall Configuration of Automatic Teller Machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is mainly composed of a box-shaped housing 2, and is installed, for example, in financial institutions and various commercial facilities. customers, etc.), cash-related transactions such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing.

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 is provided with a card input/output port 4, an input/output port 5, an operation display unit 6, a numeric keypad 7, and a receipt issuing port 8. It notifies information about transactions and accepts operation instructions.

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 the shutter.

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 .

The housing 2 is formed with a housing opening 2A on the rear side for communicating the internal space surrounded by the housing 2 with the outside, and a rear door 2D capable of opening and closing the housing opening 2A is on the opening side. It is provided on the rear side. The housing 2 protects the inside of the automated teller machine 1 by closing the rear door 2D during transaction processing with a customer. On the other hand, when maintenance work is performed by workers such as maintenance personnel and employees of financial institutions, the housing 2 can be operated on each internal part by opening the rear door 2D as necessary. can be easily done.

The automatic teller machine 1 has a maintenance surface on which maintenance work is performed on the left side. Maintenance work is performed from the left side of the lower unit 10L or the upper unit 10U (FIG. 2).

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, the left and right sides as seen from the user facing the front side are referred to as the left side and the right side, respectively, and the upper side and the right side. Define and describe the lower side.

Inside the housing 2, there are provided a main control unit 9 that controls the entire automated teller machine 1, a banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 that performs various processing related to banknotes, 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.

[1-2. Configuration of Banknote Receipt and Disbursement Machine]
As shown in FIG. 2, a banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 as a medium processing device incorporates therein a plurality of parts that perform various processes related to banknotes. This banknote is formed in the shape of a thin rectangular paper leaf, for example, from a material such as paper or resin.

The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 is roughly divided into a banknote pay-in/pay-out machine frame 10F that forms an outer portion of the entire bill pay-in/pay-out machine frame 10F, and an upper unit 10U that occupies a portion above the center of the bill pay-in/pay-out machine frame 10F in the vertical direction. and a lower unit 10L that occupies the lower portion thereof.

The bill depositing/dispensing machine frame 10F is attached inside the housing 2 (FIG. 1). The upper unit 10U and the lower unit 10L are attached to the banknote depositing/dispensing machine frame 10F via slide rails (not shown) extending in the front-rear direction. Therefore, in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10, when the rear door 2D of the housing 2 is opened, the upper unit 10U and the lower unit 10L can be pulled out rearward from the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine frame 10F. Further, in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10, by pushing the upper unit 10U and the lower unit 10L forward, they can be stored in the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine frame 10F as shown in FIG.

[1-3. Configuration of upper unit]
As shown in FIG. 2, the upper unit 10U includes a banknote control unit 11 for overall control, a customer service unit 12, an upper front transport unit 13, a discrimination unit 14, an upper rear transport unit 15, a temporary storage unit 16, and a reject storage 17. is provided.

An upper rear frame 30 shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 is provided at the rear portion of the upper unit 10U. 3 to 5, a stopper contact portion 40s, which will be described later, is not shown and omitted. The upper rear frame 30 has upper ends located on the left side and the lower side of the temporary storage section 16 , movably holds the temporary storage section 16 , and detachably holds the reject storage 17 . A slide groove 32 penetrating in the left-right direction is provided at the rear upper end portion of the upper rear frame 30 . The slide groove 32 is formed elongated along the front-rear direction as a whole. The length of the slide groove 32 in the vertical direction, that is, the width of the groove in the vertical direction is substantially constant from the front end to the rear end. slightly curved. The lower end surface of the slide groove 32 is a groove rotating shaft side end surface 32dS shown in FIGS.

The left side surface of the upper rear frame 30 (FIGS. 7 and 8) abuts against the stopper abutting portion 40s of the half-lock lever 40 in the lever lock position, and prevents the half-lock lever 40 from moving further in the lock direction r2. A stopper 34 is provided to restrict rotation.

The banknote control unit 11, like the main control unit 9, is mainly composed of a CPU (not shown), and determines the destination of banknotes by reading out and executing a predetermined program from a ROM, flash memory, or the like (not shown). Various processing such as processing and processing for controlling the operation of each unit is performed. The banknote control unit 11 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 12 receives banknotes from the user or withdraws banknotes from the user by delivering banknotes to and from the user. The customer service section 12 includes a container for storing banknotes, a shutter for opening and closing an opening, a separating section for separating banknotes one by one and feeding them out, and a stacking section for stacking the conveyed banknotes. . When bills are put into the container by the user, the customer service section 12 closes the shutter, separates the bills one by one by the separation section, and sequentially delivers them to the upper front transport section 13 located on the lower side. . In the customer service section 12, when bills are conveyed from the upper rear conveying section 15 on the rear side, the stacking section discharges and stacks the bills into the container one by one, and then opens the shutter to allow the user to receive the bills. Let

The upper front conveying section 13 has three conveying paths connected to the customer service section 12 on the upper side, the discrimination section 14 on the rear side, and the lower conveying section 21 on the lower side. is provided. Under the control of the banknote control unit 11, the upper and front conveying unit 13 switches the conveying route between the conveying route connecting the customer service unit 12 and the discriminating unit 14 and the conveying route connecting the discriminating unit 14 and the lower conveying unit 21. .

The discriminating section 14 is positioned below the customer service section 12 and behind the upper front conveying section 13 . The discriminating section 14 has a transport path extending in the front-rear direction inside thereof, and a plurality of sensors such as a magnetic sensor, an image sensor, and a thickness sensor are arranged along the transport path. The discriminating unit 14 sends various detection results obtained by sensors from banknotes transported along the transport path to the banknote control unit 11 as discrimination results. In response to this, the banknote control unit 11 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 15 is located behind the customer service section 12 and the discrimination section 14 . This upper and rear transport section 15 is formed with a plurality of transport paths that are connected to the customer service department 12, the discrimination department 14, the temporary storage department 16, the reject warehouse 17, and the lower transport section 21, respectively. A switch is provided at each location.

Based on the control of the banknote control unit 11, the upper and rear transport unit 15 includes a transport route connecting the discrimination unit 14 and the customer service unit 12, a transport route connecting the discrimination unit 14 and the temporary holding unit 16, the discrimination unit 14 and The transport path is switched to the transport path connecting the lower transport section 21 . In addition to this, the upper and rear transport section 15 switches the transport path between the transport path connecting the temporary holding section 16 and the customer service department 12 and the transport path connecting the lower transport section 21 and the reject warehouse 17 .

The temporary storage section 16 employs a so-called tape escrow method, and includes a rotating drum formed in a cylindrical shape, a tape having one end fixed to the peripheral surface of the drum, a reel for winding the tape from the other end, A pulley or the like for running the tape along a predetermined running path is attached to the temporary holding section frame 16f (FIGS. 3 to 5). When the temporary holding unit 16 receives the banknote from the upper/rear transport unit 15, it rotates the drum in a predetermined winding direction, winds the banknote along with the tape around the peripheral surface, and stores the banknote. When the drum is rotated in the rewinding direction opposite to the winding direction, the temporary holding unit 16 strips the banknotes together with the tape from the peripheral surface of the drum, feeds them out, and sequentially delivers them to the upper and rear transport unit 15 .

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, a cylindrical post 16p is erected from the front end of the lower end of the temporary storage frame 16f toward the upper rear frame 30, that is, toward the left. The post 16p has a diameter slightly shorter than the groove width of the slide groove 32 and is inserted through the slide groove 32 . The post 16p is slidable inside the slide groove 32 so as to move in the front-rear direction along the substantially horizontal direction. For this reason, the temporary holding portion 16 can reciprocate substantially in the front-rear direction along the slide groove 32, and has a closed position shown in FIG. 3, a half position as a first open position shown in FIG. can be transitioned to the open position as the second open position shown in FIG.

The reject box 17 has a storage space for storing bills therein, and has a discharge mechanism for discharging bills into this storage space. This reject box 17 receives from the upper/rear transport unit 15 a bank note judged to be too damaged and should not be dispensed (hereinafter referred to as a rejected bank note). It is discharged inside and stored in an accumulated state.

During the transaction operation, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 is in a closed position in which the reject box 17 is attached to the upper rear frame 30 and the temporary holding section 16 is positioned above the reject box 17 as shown in FIG. becomes.

On the other hand, the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 is open as shown in FIG. By being moved to the position by maintenance personnel, the reject box 17 is retracted from the attachment/detachment path of the reject box 17 , and the reject box 17 is made detachable from the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 . The post 16p is positioned at the rear end of the slide groove 32 in the open position.

On the other hand, when the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 performs maintenance work in which banknotes jammed in the temporary storage unit 16 are rewound and delivered to the outside, the temporary storage unit 16 shifts from the closed position to the closed position and the open position. 4 to the half position shown in FIG. For this reason, the banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10 forms a space in the outside space in front of the temporary holding unit 16 that is slightly wider than the width direction of the banknotes, thereby feeding the banknotes forward from the temporary holding unit 16. In this case, the space in which bills can move can be narrowed to prevent the bills from going out of control.

[1-4. Configuration of Lower Unit]
As shown in FIG. 2, the lower unit 10L is provided with a lower transport section 21 and banknote storages 22 (22A, 22B, 22C and 22D).

The lower conveying unit 21 is positioned below the upper front conveying unit 13, the discriminating unit 14, the upper rear conveying unit 15, and the reject storage 17. The lower conveying unit 21 is driven by rollers, belts, or motors that drive them. Conveyance paths are formed that are connected to the unit 13, the upper/rear conveyance unit 15, and the four banknote storage boxes 22, and switching devices are provided at the connection points of the respective conveyance paths. Under the control of the banknote control unit 11, the lower transport unit 21 has a transport route connecting the upper front transport unit 13 and each banknote storage 22, and a transport route connecting the upper rear transport unit 15 and each banknote storage 22. and switch the transport path.

The banknote storage 22 has four banknote storages 22 (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D) that store reusable (recyclable) banknotes arranged in the front-rear direction from the front to the rear. ing. Each banknote storage box 22 is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped that is long in the vertical direction, and includes a storage space for stacking and storing banknotes, a separating/discharging unit disposed above the storage space for separating and discharging banknotes, and the like. is provided inside it. Further, the denominations of banknotes to be stored in each banknote storage box 22 are set in advance. When performing storage processing for storing bills, the bill storage 22 receives bills from the lower transport unit 21 on the upper side, transports the bills to the separation/discharge unit by the storage transport unit, and discharges the bills 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 22 separates the banknotes accumulated in the storage space one by one by the separation/discharge section, and conveys the bills upward by the storage conveyance section to the upper side. It is paid out by handing it over to the lower conveying section 21 .

[1-5. Configuration of Half Lock Lever]
A half-lock lever 40 is provided on the left side of the slide groove 32 in the upper rear frame 30 . Note that FIG. 6 shows the half-lock lever 40 in a state in which the lower end surface of the main body portion 40m is in the horizontal direction after being slightly rotated in the retreating direction r1 from the lever lock position described later. The half-lock lever 40 is formed of a metal plate, and is configured around a main body portion 40m, which is a plate-like portion extending in the vertical and forward and backward directions.

A rotation fulcrum hole 40pa is drilled near the rear side of the lower end of the half-lock lever 40. As shown in FIG. A shaft 36 (FIGS. 7 and 8) provided on the lower side of the upper rear frame 30 relative to the slide groove 32 is rotatably inserted into the pivot hole 40pa. For this reason, the half-lock lever 40 rotates about the rotation fulcrum Pp (FIGS. 7 and 8), which is the central axis of the shaft 36, in a clockwise retracting direction r1 and a counterclockwise locking direction r2. is configured to be rotatable.

A lightening hole 40a is formed near the front side of the lower end portion of the main body portion 40m. The weight of the half-lock lever 40 on the front side of the rotation fulcrum hole 40pa is reduced by providing the lightening hole 40a on the front side of the rotation fulcrum hole 40pa.

Above the lightening hole 40a in the main body portion 40m, a protuberant portion 40p is formed in which the central portion in the front-rear direction protrudes upward. The raised portion 40p is formed with an open sloped surface 40pf, a closed sloped surface 40pb and a projecting portion 40pp as a second sloped surface. The opening inclined surface 40pf occupies a range of about the front half of the protuberance 40p, and when the half-lock lever 40 is in the lever lock position (FIG. 7(B)), it increases upward from the front to the rear. It is a surface that is inclined with respect to the front-rear direction along which the slide groove 32 extends. The closing inclined surface 40pb occupies a range of about the rear half of the protuberance 40p, and when the half-lock lever 40 is in the lever lock position (FIG. 7(B)), the closing inclined surface 40pb extends upward from the rear to the front. It is a surface that is inclined with respect to the front-rear direction along which the slide groove 32 extends. The protruding portion 40pp is formed between the open inclined surface 40pf and the closed inclined surface 40pb, and is a portion of the raised portion 40p that protrudes most upward.

From the upper end portion of the main body portion 40m, a projection portion 40gp on the opposite side of the rotating shaft, which is substantially triangular in side view, extends in one direction that is included in the retraction direction until the front end portion of the projection portion 40gp is approximately directly above the projection portion 40pp of the raised portion 40p. is projected forward. The lower end surface of the protrusion 40gp on the opposite side of the rotating shaft serving as a protrusion guide portion is the upper end surface of the locking groove 40g, and extends downward substantially in parallel with the closing inclined surface 40pb from the front toward the rear. It is inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction in which the slide groove 32 extends.

A locking groove 40g is formed between the closing inclined surface 40pb of the body portion 40m and the projection portion 40gp on the opposite side of the rotating shaft. The locking groove 40g is open at the front end, has a width slightly larger than the outline of the post 16p (FIGS. 7 and 8), and extends downward from the front to the rear of the main body. It extends linearly to the vicinity of the central portion in the front-rear direction of the portion 40m. A locking groove end portion 40ge is formed at the rear end portion of the locking groove 40g.

A rotation handle 40h is formed above the rotation fulcrum hole portion 40pa in the main body portion 40m. The rotating handle 40h protrudes leftward from the main body 40m, and the half lock lever 40 is shifted from the lever retracted position (FIG. 7(A)) to the lever lock position (FIG. 7(B)) by maintenance personnel. is manipulated when

A stopper contact portion 40s is formed at the rear end portion of the main body portion 40m. The stopper contact portion 40s contacts the stopper 34 (FIGS. 7 and 8) at the lever lock position, thereby restricting further rotation of the half-lock lever 40 in the lock direction r2.

Hereinafter, the slide groove 32, the post 16p, the half-lock lever 40, and the stopper 34, which move the temporary holding portion 16 in the front-rear direction and hold it in the half position, are collectively referred to as a half-lock mechanism 50.

[1-6. Moving operation of the temporary holding part]
Next, the operation of moving the temporary storage unit 16 will be described.
[1-6-1. Half-open operation]
First, the half-open operation, which is the operation of moving the temporary holding unit 16 from the closed position to the half position, will be described.

When the temporary holding portion 16 is in the closed position, the post 16p is positioned at the front end portion of the slide groove 32 as shown in FIG. 7(A). Further, at this time, the half-lock lever 40 is retracted below the groove rotation shaft side end surface 32dS of the slide groove 32 to be in the lever retraction position, and the predetermined locking portion is positioned at the predetermined position of the upper rear frame 30. Further rotation in the retraction direction r1 is restricted in the lever retraction position by coming into contact with the stopper.

From this state, when the maintenance personnel touches the turning handle 40h of the half-lock lever 40, as shown in FIG. The half lock lever 40 is rotated in the lock direction r2. As a result, the half lock lever 40 is brought to the lever lock position. At the lever lock position, the half-lock lever 40 has the opening inclined surface 40pf of the raised portion 40p located above the end surface 32dS of the slide groove 32 on the side of the groove rotation shaft. Further, the half-lock lever 40 tries to rotate in the locking direction r2 by its own weight because the center of gravity GC is positioned behind the pivot point Pp, and the stopper contact portion 40s contacts the stopper 34, thereby locking the lever. Further rotation in the locking direction r2 is restricted at the position.

Subsequently, the maintenance personnel moves the temporary holding portion 16 backward, in the opening direction. Accordingly, the post 16p moves horizontally in the slide groove 32 toward the opening direction, and abuts on the opening inclined surface 40pf of the half-lock lever 40 as shown in FIG. 7(C). At this time, the opening inclined surface 40pf is inclined upward as it moves in the opening direction, that is, in the vertical direction so as to move away from the shaft 36. In other words, the opening inclined surface 40pf Since the slide groove 32 is inclined so that the width of the groove in the slide groove 32 gradually narrows toward the opening direction, a backward force and a downward force are applied from the post 16p to the opening inclined surface 40pf. At this time, since the opening inclined surface 40pf is positioned above and on the closing direction side of the pivot point Pp, the post 16p pushes down the raised portion 40p of the half-lock lever 40, as shown in FIG. 7(D). , in the retraction direction r1 about the rotation fulcrum Pp. Further, when the maintenance personnel moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the opening direction, the post 16p rotates the half-lock lever 40 about the rotation fulcrum Pp in the retracting direction r1. is pushed down to the same vertical position as the groove rotation shaft side end face 32dS, and moves in the opening direction while retracting the raised portion 40p from the moving path of the post 16p.

When the post 16p eventually reaches the upper end of the projecting portion 40pp, the post 16p enters the locking groove 40g of the half-lock lever 40 and moves in the opening direction, as shown in FIG. 7(E). At this time, the half-lock lever 40 is regulated so that the half-lock lever 40 is not further rotated in the retraction direction r1 by abutting the protrusion 40gp on the opposite side of the rotation shaft to the upper surface of the post 16p.

When the maintenance personnel further moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the opening direction, as shown in FIG. The half-lock lever 40 is rotated in the lock direction r2 about the rotation fulcrum Pp until the contact portion 40 s contacts the stopper 34 . As a result, the half lock lever 40 is brought to the lever lock position. At the lever lock position, the center of gravity GC of the half-lock lever 40 is located behind the pivot point Pp, so that the half-lock lever 40 tends to rotate in the lock direction r2 by its own weight, and the stopper contact portion 40s contacts the stopper 34. , further rotation in the lock direction r2 is restricted at the lever lock position. Therefore, the half-lock lever 40 restricts further movement of the post 16p in the opening direction while the post 16p is in contact with the locking groove end 40ge of the locking groove 40g. At this time, the temporary holding unit 16 is in the half position. As a result, the half lock lever 40 restricts further movement of the temporary holding portion 16 in the opening direction at the half position.

[1-6-2. Close operation]
Next, after the banknotes are rewound and discharged from the temporary holding section 16 at the half position described above and the maintenance work is completed, the closing operation is performed to move the temporary holding section 16 from the half position to the closed position. will be explained.

When the temporary holding portion 16 is in the half position, the post 16p is positioned at the lock groove end 40ge of the slide groove 32 of the half lock lever 40, as shown in FIG. 8(A). Further, in the lever lock position, the half-lock lever 40 has the closing inclined surface 40pb of the raised portion 40p located above the end surface 32dS of the slide groove 32 on the side of the groove rotation shaft. Further, the half-lock lever 40 tries to rotate in the locking direction r2 by its own weight because the center of gravity GC is positioned behind the pivot point Pp, and the stopper contact portion 40s contacts the stopper 34, thereby locking the lever. Further rotation in the locking direction r2 is restricted at the position.

From this state, the maintenance personnel pushes the temporary holding portion 16 to move it forward in the closing direction. Accordingly, the post 16p moves horizontally in the slide groove 32 toward the closing direction, and abuts on the closing inclined surface 40pb of the half-lock lever 40 as shown in FIG. 8(B). At this time, the closing inclined surface 40pb is inclined upward as it goes in the closing direction, that is, in a direction away from the shaft 36 in the vertical direction. In other words, since the closing inclined surface 40pb is inclined so as to gradually narrow the groove width in the slide groove 32 toward the closing direction, a forward force is applied from the post 16p to the closing inclined surface 40pb. A downward force is applied along with At this time, since the closing inclined surface 40pb is positioned above and on the closing direction side of the pivot point Pp, the half-lock lever 40 is pushed down by the post 16p at the raised portion 40p, and rotates about the pivot point Pp as an axis. It rotates in the retraction direction r1. At this time, the center of gravity GC of the half lock lever 40 moves from the rear side to the front side of the rotation fulcrum Pp, so that the half lock lever 40 tries to rotate in the retraction direction r1 by its own weight. Further, when the maintenance personnel moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the closing direction, the post 16p rotates the half-lock lever 40 about the rotation fulcrum Pp in the retracting direction r1, and the projecting portion 40pp of the protruding portion 40p moves toward the sliding groove 32. is pushed down to the same vertical position as the groove rotation shaft side end face 32dS, and moves in the closing direction while retracting the raised portion 40p from the moving path of the post 16p.

Eventually, as shown in FIG. 8(C), the post 16p reaches the upper end of the projecting portion 40pp, and when the maintenance worker moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the closing direction, the post 16p opens as shown in FIG. 8(D). exits from the locking groove 40g of the half-lock lever 40.

At this time, the center of gravity GC of the half-lock lever 40 is positioned forward of the fulcrum Pp, so that the half-lock lever 40 rotates in the retraction direction r1 by its own weight, and retracts below the end surface 32dS of the slide groove 32 on the side of the groove rotation shaft. Then, the lever is in the retracted position, and a predetermined locking portion comes into contact with a predetermined stopper on the upper rear frame 30, thereby restricting further rotation in the retracting direction r1.

When the maintenance personnel further moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the closing direction, the post 16p reaches the front end of the slide groove 32, and the temporary holding portion 16 is in the closed position, as shown in FIG. 8(E).

In this way, when the half-lock lever 40 is closed, the temporary holding section 16 is closed only by pushing the temporary holding section 16 in the closing direction without operating the half-lock lever 40 itself by maintenance personnel. By being pushed by the post 16p, the center of gravity GC moves from the opening direction side to the closing direction side above the rotation fulcrum Pp, and when the post 16p comes out of the locking groove 40g, it rotates to the lever retracted position by its own weight. do.

[1-7. effects, etc.]
With the above configuration, the automatic teller machine 1 has a closing lever 40 in the lever lock position that is inclined upward away from the shaft 36 in the front side of the locking groove 40g toward the closing direction. An hour inclined surface 40pb is formed, and when the temporary holding portion 16 moves from the half position toward the closing direction, the post 16p comes into contact with the closing inclined surface 40pb, thereby rotating the half lock lever 40 in the retraction direction r1. The post 16p is moved to the lever retracted position and retracted from the moving path of the post 16p in the closing direction.

Therefore, the automatic teller machine 1 can rewind and eject the banknotes jammed in the temporary holding section 16, and then move the temporary holding section 16 in the closing direction without operating the half lock lever 40. The half-lock lever 40 is rotated in the retraction direction r1 in accordance with the movement of the temporary holding portion 16 to the lever retracted position, and the temporary holding portion 16 can be transitioned from the half position to the closed position. Thereby, the automated teller machine 1 can reduce maintenance personnel's labor.

Here, FIG. 9 shows a half lock mechanism 250 as a comparative example. The half-lock mechanism 250 has a slide groove 232 extending in the front-rear direction, and the post 16p of the temporary holding portion 16 slides in the front-rear direction inside the slide groove 232 . Further, in the slide groove 232, a V-shaped portion 232v which is shaped like an upside-down English capital letter "V" and protrudes upward is formed at a position where the post 16p is positioned in the temporary holding portion 16 in the half-open state. ing. A plate spring 62 extending in the front-rear direction is fixed to the upper side of the V-shaped portion 232v so as to narrow the groove width of the slide groove 232. As shown in FIG. In such a configuration, the half-lock mechanism 250 provides resistance so that the post 16p is pressed against the groove rotation shaft side end surface 232dS by the elastic force of the plate spring 62 when the post 16p passes through the V-shaped portion 232v of the slide groove 232. , the temporary holding unit 16 is held at the half position.

However, in the case of such a half-lock mechanism 250, although the half position of the temporary holding section 16 is required only when rewinding bills from the temporary holding section 16 to the outside, the reject storage 17 is detached during normal operation. In this case, even when the temporary holding portion 16 is moved between the closed position and the open position, the maintenance personnel feels the resistance of the leaf spring 62 each time, which is inconvenient. Especially in an automatic teller machine, the opportunity to set the temporary holding section 16 to the open position and attach/detach the reject box 17 is usually more preferable than the opportunity to set the temporary holding section 16 to the half position when a jam occurs inside the temporary holding section 16. There are many. For this reason, in the half-lock mechanism 250 of the comparative example, it is difficult to move the temporary holding section 16 when the reject storage 17 is attached or detached due to the chance of setting the temporary holding section 16 to the half position, which rarely occurs.

On the other hand, the automated teller machine 1 keeps the half lock lever 40 at the lever retracted position when the full open operation is performed, which is the operation in which the temporary holding unit 16 moves from the closed position to the open position. The maintenance personnel can move the temporary holding part 16 without feeling any resistance. On the other hand, in the automated teller machine 1, when the half-open operation is performed, the temporary holding part 16 can be easily stopped at the half position only by rotating the half lock lever 40 from the lever retraction position to the lever lock position. can be made

Further, the half-lock mechanism 250 forms a V-shaped portion 232v in the slide groove 232 in order to utilize the biasing force of the leaf spring 62 having a linear shape. However, the half-lock mechanism 250 allows the post 16p to pass through the V-shaped portion 232v in normal operation in which the temporary holding portion 16 is not stopped at the half position, and the leaf spring 62 is opened when the temporary holding portion 16 is stopped at the half position. Since it is necessary to stop the post 16p at the V-shaped portion 232v by the biasing force, it is difficult to adjust the biasing force of the plate spring 62, and the post 16p stops at the V-shaped portion 232v in the half position. may not.

On the other hand, the automatic teller machine 1 keeps the half lock lever 40 at the lever retracted position when the full open operation is performed, and the maintenance personnel moves the temporary holding part 16 without feeling resistance from the outside. be able to. On the other hand, when the automated teller machine 1 performs the half-open operation, the post 16p can be brought into contact with the locking groove end 40ge of the half-lock lever 40 at the lever-lock position to reliably stop.

Further, when the bills jammed in the temporary holding section 16 are to be rewound and ejected, when the temporary holding section 16 is to be shifted from the closed position to the half position, the half lock lever 40 is first moved from the lever retraction position to the lever lock position. Although it is unlikely that maintenance personnel will forget to rotate the half-lock lever, when the operation of rewinding bills from the temporary holding section 16 is completed and the temporary holding section 16 is moved from the half position to the closed position, the half lock lever is used. It is conceivable that maintenance personnel may forget to operate 40 or the like.

On the other hand, when the automatic teller machine 1 shifts the temporary holding portion 16 from the half position to the closed position, the temporary holding portion 16 is only pushed in the closing direction without operating the half lock lever 40 to be half-locked. The lever 40 is rotated in the retreat direction. As a result, the automated teller machine 1 only allows the maintenance personnel to push the temporary holding portion 16, which is moving backward from the normal position, in the closing direction, which can be recognized at a glance by the maintenance personnel from the outside. , the temporary holding unit 16 can be transitioned from the half position to the closed position.

Further, when the automatic teller machine 1 is closed from the half position, the half lock lever 40 moves from the opening direction side to the closing direction side with respect to the rotation fulcrum Pp, so that the half lock lever 40 moves toward the closing direction side by its own weight. It was made to rotate to r1. Therefore, the automatic teller machine 1 can move the half lock lever 40 to the lever lock position by utilizing the movement of the position of the center of gravity GC of the half lock lever 40 with a simple configuration without separately providing an urging member such as a spring. to the lever retracted position.

According to the above configuration, the automated teller machine 1 includes a reception section 3 that accepts transactions related to banknotes as a leaf-shaped medium, a banknote storage inside, and an opening direction along the front-rear direction as a moving direction. A temporary holding portion 16 movable in the closing direction opposite to the closing direction, and a post as a protrusion formed on the upper rear frame 30 along the movement direction of the temporary holding portion 16 and moving together with the temporary holding portion 16. and a slide groove 32 for holding 16p movably inside along the movement direction, and a slide groove 32 on the lower side as one direction side in the vertical direction, which is a groove orthogonal direction orthogonal to the direction in which the slide groove 32 extends. The temporary holding portion 16 is configured to be rotatable around a shaft 36 provided as a predetermined rotation axis, and is moved in the opening direction by contacting the post 16p in the lever lock position, as the first opening position. Abuts against the half-lock lever 40 held at the half position and the half-lock lever 40 at the lever-lock position, and restricts the rotation of the half-lock lever 40 in the lock direction r2, which is the rotation direction exposed in the movement path of the post 16p. The half-lock lever 40 has a locking groove 40g that is open on the closing direction side at the lever lock position and movably holds the post 16p therein, and a closing direction side of the locking groove 40g at the lever lock position. and includes a closing inclined surface 40pb inclined in the other direction perpendicular to the groove toward the closing direction, and when the temporary holding portion 16 moves from the half position toward the closing direction, the post 16p abuts on the closing inclined surface 40pb, the post 16p rotates in the retraction direction r1 to the lever retraction position and retracts from the moving path of the post 16p in the closing direction.

As a result, the automatic teller machine 1 locks the post 16p of the temporary holding portion 16 moving in the opening direction to the half lock lever 40 in the lever lock position, thereby opening the temporary holding portion 16 from the half position to the opening direction side. is held so as not to move, and the half lock lever 40 is rotated in the retreating direction by the temporary holding portion 16 only by moving the temporary holding portion 16 in the closing direction without operating the half lock lever 40. The temporary holding portion 16 can be moved to the closed position with the lever retracted position.

[2. Second Embodiment]
[2-1. Configuration of automatic teller machine and banknote deposit and withdrawal machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment has a banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 110 that replaces the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 in comparison with the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment. , but are configured in the same manner in other respects. The banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 110 according to the second embodiment has a half-lock mechanism 150 (FIGS. 7 and 8) that replaces the half-lock mechanism 50 (FIGS. 7 and 8). 10 and FIG. 11), other points are the same.

[2-2. Configuration of Half Lock Mechanism]
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, in which members corresponding to those in FIGS. 6 and 7 are assigned the same reference numerals, the half-lock mechanism 150 according to the second embodiment is similar to the half-lock mechanism 50 according to the first embodiment. , the half-lock mechanism 50 is rotated counterclockwise by 90[°] in a left side view, and a spring 60, which is a tension spring, is added.

The rear end of the spring 60 is engaged with the body portion 40m of the half-lock lever 40 in the vicinity below the engaging groove end 40ge of the engaging groove 40g, that is, at a location corresponding to the center of gravity GC. The front end of the spring 60 is locked substantially in front of the shaft 36 in the upper rear frame 30 .

[2-3. Moving operation of the temporary holding part]
Next, the operation of moving the temporary storage unit 16 will be described.
[2-3-1. Half-open operation]
When the temporary holding portion 16 is in the closed position, the post 16p is positioned at the upper end portion of the slide groove 32 as shown in FIG. 10(A). At this time, the half-lock lever 40 is biased in the retraction direction r1 by the biasing force of the spring 60, retracts forward of the end surface 32dS of the slide groove 32 on the side of the groove rotation shaft, and is in the lever retraction position. Further rotation in the retraction direction r1 is restricted in the lever retraction position by the predetermined locking portion coming into contact with the predetermined stopper of the upper rear frame 30 .

When the maintenance personnel touches the turning handle 40h of the half-lock lever 40 from this state, the stopper contact portion 40s contacts the stopper 34 as shown in FIG. 10(B). to rotate the half lock lever 40 in the lock direction r2 about the rotation fulcrum Pp. As a result, the half lock lever 40 is brought to the lever lock position. At the lever lock position, the half-lock lever 40 has an opening inclined surface 40pf of the raised portion 40p located behind the end surface 32dS of the slide groove 32 on the side of the groove rotation shaft. Further, the half-lock lever 40 is pulled by the spring 60 so that the opening direction side downward from the pivot point Pp is directed forward, so that the half-lock lever 40 tries to rotate in the lock direction r2, and the stopper contact portion 40s hits the stopper 34. Further rotation in the lock direction r2 is restricted in the lever lock position by contacting the lever.

Subsequently, the maintenance personnel moves the temporary holding section 16 in the opening direction. In response to this, the post 16p moves vertically in the slide groove 32 toward the opening direction, and abuts the opening inclined surface 40pf of the half-lock lever 40 as shown in FIG. 10(C). At this time, the opening inclined surface 40pf is inclined rearward as it moves toward the opening direction, that is, in a direction away from the shaft 36 with respect to the vertical direction. Since the slide groove 32 is inclined so that the width of the groove in the slide groove 32 gradually narrows toward the opening direction, a downward force and a forward force are applied from the post 16p to the opening inclined surface 40pf. At this time, since the opening inclined surface 40pf is located behind the pivot point Pp and on the closing direction side, the post 16p pushes the raised portion 40p of the half-lock lever 40 forward, as shown in FIG. 10(D). 2, it rotates in the retraction direction r1 about the rotation fulcrum Pp as an axis. Further, when the maintenance personnel moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the opening direction, the post 16p rotates the half-lock lever 40 about the rotation fulcrum Pp in the retracting direction r1. is pushed forward to the same front-rear position as the groove rotation shaft side end surface 32dS, and moves in the opening direction while retracting the raised portion 40p from the moving path of the post 16p.

When the post 16p eventually reaches the rear end of the projecting portion 40pp, the post 16p enters the locking groove 40g of the half-lock lever 40 and moves in the opening direction, as shown in FIG. 10(E). At this time, the half-lock lever 40 is regulated so that the half-lock lever 40 is not further rotated in the retraction direction r1 by abutting the rotation shaft opposite side protrusion 40gp against the rear side surface of the post 16p.

When the maintenance personnel further moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the opening direction, as shown in FIG. The half-lock lever 40 is rotated in the lock direction r2 about the rotation fulcrum Pp until the contact portion 40 s contacts the stopper 34 . As a result, the half lock lever 40 is brought to the lever lock position. In the lever lock position, the half-lock lever 40 is pulled by the spring 60 with the opening direction side forward of the pivot point Pp, so that it tries to rotate in the lock direction r2, and the stopper contact portion 40s contacts the stopper 34. As a result, further rotation in the locking direction r2 is restricted in the lever lock position. Therefore, the half-lock lever 40 restricts further movement of the post 16p in the opening direction while the post 16p is in contact with the edge of the locking groove end 40ge of the locking groove 40g. At this time, the temporary holding unit 16 is in the half position. As a result, the half lock lever 40 restricts further movement of the temporary holding portion 16 in the opening direction at the half position.

[2-3-2. Close operation]
Next, the closing operation, which is the operation of moving the temporary holding unit 16 from the half position to the closed position, will be described.

When the temporary holding portion 16 is in the half position, the post 16p is positioned at the locking groove end 40ge of the locking groove 40g of the half-lock lever 40, as shown in FIG. 11(A). In the lever lock position, the half-lock lever 40 is such that the closing inclined surface 40pb of the protuberance 40p is located behind the end surface 32dS of the slide groove 32 on the side of the groove rotation shaft. Further, the half-lock lever 40 is pulled by the spring 60 with the opening direction side facing forward from the pivot point Pp, so that it tries to rotate in the lock direction r2, and the stopper contact portion 40s comes into contact with the stopper 34. Further rotation in the lock direction r2 is restricted at the lever lock position.

From this state, the maintenance personnel pushes the temporary holding portion 16 to move it upward in the closing direction. Accordingly, the post 16p moves in the vertical direction in the slide groove 32 toward the closing direction, and abuts on the closing inclined surface 40pb of the half-lock lever 40 as shown in FIG. 11(B). At this time, the closing inclined surface 40pb is inclined rearward, that is, in a direction away from the shaft 36 with respect to the vertical direction as it goes in the closing direction. In other words, since the closing inclined surface 40pb is inclined so as to gradually narrow the groove width in the slide groove 32 toward the closing direction, an upward force is applied from the post 16p to the closing inclined surface 40pb. A positive force is added along with At this time, since the closing inclined surface 40pb is located behind the pivot point Pp and on the closing direction side, the post 16p pushes the protruding portion 40p forward of the half-lock lever 40, and the pivot point Pp is pushed forward. It rotates as a shaft in the retraction direction r1. At this time, the half-lock lever 40 is pulled by the spring 60 with the closing direction side facing forward from the pivot point Pp, so that it tries to rotate in the retreating direction r1. Further, when the maintenance personnel moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the closing direction, the post 16p rotates the half-lock lever 40 about the rotation fulcrum Pp in the retracting direction r1, and the projecting portion 40pp of the protruding portion 40p moves toward the sliding groove 32. , and moves in the closing direction while retracting the raised portion 40p from the moving path of the post 16p.

Eventually, as shown in FIG. 11(C), the post 16p reaches the rear end of the protruding portion 40pp, and when the maintenance worker moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the closing direction, the post 16p opens as shown in FIG. 11(D). 16p exits from the locking groove 40g of the half lock lever 40. As shown in FIG.

At this time, since the half-lock lever 40 is pulled by the spring 60 with the closing direction side facing forward from the pivot point Pp, it pivots in the retreating direction r1, and moves forward from the end surface 32dS of the slide 32 on the groove pivot shaft side. The lever is retracted to the retracted position, and a predetermined locking portion abuts a predetermined stopper on the upper rear frame 30, thereby restricting further rotation in the retracting direction r1.

When the maintenance personnel further moves the temporary holding portion 16 in the closing direction, the post 16p reaches the upper end of the slide groove 32, and the temporary holding portion 16 is in the closed position, as shown in FIG. 11(E).

As described above, the half-lock lever 40 of the half-lock mechanism 150 according to the second embodiment closes the temporary holding portion 16 without the maintenance personnel operating the half-lock lever 40 itself when the closing operation is performed. By simply being pushed in the direction, the position pulled forward by the spring 60 is moved from the opening direction side to the closing direction side of the pivot point Pp by being pushed by the post 16p of the temporary holding portion 16, and the post 16p is engaged. The biasing force of the spring 60 rotates the lever to the retracted position when it is pulled out of the stop groove 40g.

Therefore, the automated teller machine 101 can rewind and eject the banknotes jammed in the temporary holding section 16, and then simply move the temporary holding section 16 in the closing direction without operating the half lock lever 40. The half-lock lever 40 is rotated in the retraction direction r1 in accordance with the movement of the temporary holding portion 16 to the lever retracted position, and the temporary holding portion 16 can be transitioned from the half position to the closed position. As a result, the automated teller machine 101 can reduce the labor of the maintenance personnel in the same manner as the automated teller machine 1 . Also in other respects, the automatic teller machine 101 according to the second embodiment can have the same effects as the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment.

[3. Other embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the half-lock lever 40 is engaged with the post 16p that protrudes from the temporary storage frame 16f and slides in the slide groove 32. As shown in FIG. The present invention is not limited to this, and the half-lock lever 40 may be engaged with various members that are separate from the post 16p and interlocked with the temporary holding portion 16. FIG.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the half-lock lever 40 rotates about the rotation fulcrum Pp in the retracting direction r1 and the locking direction r2 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the half-lock lever can be moved in various ways such as slide movement to switch between a state of being retracted from the movement path of the post 16p and a state of being exposed to the movement path of the post 16p. good.

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the case where the half lock lever 40 is provided only on the left side of the temporary holding portion 16 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and half-lock levers may be provided on both the left and right sides of the temporary holding portion 16 . In this case, the left side of the automatic teller machine 1 is the maintenance side and it is difficult to access the right side. When is operated, the right half-lock lever may also rotate in conjunction with the operation.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the spring 60 in the second embodiment may be added.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the banknote pay-in/pay-out machine 10 or 110 of the automatic teller machine 1 or 101 that processes banknote transactions with customers has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, but may be applied to various devices that handle various paper leaf-shaped media such as various cash notes, securities, admission tickets, and train tickets.

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

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the reception section 3 as a user reception section, the temporary storage section 16 as a storage section, the slide groove 32 as a slide groove section, and the half lock lever 40 as a lever. , and a stopper 34 as a stopper constitute the automatic teller machine 1 as a medium transaction device, and the lever has a locking groove 40g as a groove portion and a closing inclined surface 40pb as a first inclined surface. Stated. The present invention is not limited to this, but constitutes a medium transaction device with a user reception part, a storage part, a slide groove part, a lever, and a stopper, which have various other configurations, and the lever has various other configurations. It may be composed of a groove and a first inclined surface.

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.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Automatic teller machine, 2... Housing, 2A... Housing opening, 2D... Rear door, 3... Receiving part, 4... Card slot, 5... Cash slot, 6... Operation display unit 7 Numeric keypad 8 Receipt issuing port 9 Main control unit 10 Banknote depositing/dispensing machine 10F Banknote depositing/dispensing machine frame 10L Lower unit 10U Upper unit 11 Banknote control unit 12 Customer service unit 13 Upper front conveying unit 14 Discrimination unit 15 Upper rear conveying unit 16 Temporary holding unit 16f Temporary holding Part frame, 16p... Post, 17... Reject box, 21... Lower transport unit, 22... Bill storage box, 30... Upper rear frame, 32, 232... Slide groove, 32 dS, 232 dS... Groove Rotating shaft side end surface 232v V-shaped portion 34 Stopper 36 Shaft 40 Half-lock lever 40m Body portion 40a Lightening hole 40pa Rotation fulcrum hole Part, Pp...Rotating fulcrum, 40p...Protrusion, 40pf...Slanted surface when opened, 40pb...Slanted surface when closed, 40pp...Protruding part, 40gp...Protruding part on the opposite side of the rotating shaft, 40g... Locking groove 40ge Locking groove end portion 40h Rotating handle 40s Stopper contact portion GC Center of gravity 50, 150, 250 Half-lock mechanism r1 Retreat direction r2... lock direction, 60... spring, 62... leaf spring.

Claims (8)

a storage unit that stores a medium inside and is movable in an opening direction and a closing direction that is opposite to the opening direction along the moving direction;
a slide groove portion formed along the movement direction of the storage portion and holding a protrusion moving together with the storage portion so as to be movable inside the storage portion along the movement direction;
The sliding groove portion is rotatable about a predetermined rotating shaft provided on one side of the groove orthogonal direction orthogonal to the direction in which the sliding groove portion extends, and abuts on the projection portion at the locked position. a lever that holds the storage portion moved in the opening direction at a first open position;
a stopper that abuts against the lever in the lock position and restricts rotation of the lever in a lock direction, which is a rotation direction exposed in a movement path of the protrusion;
The lever is
a groove portion that is open on the closing direction side in the lock position and movably holds the projection portion therein;
a first inclined surface formed on the closing direction side of the groove portion in the locking position and inclined in a direction away from the pivot shaft with respect to the movement direction toward the closing direction;
It is a rotation direction in which the projection retreats from the moving path by abutting the projection on the first inclined surface when the storage moves from the first open position toward the closing direction. A medium processing device that rotates in a retraction direction to a retraction position and retracts from a moving path of the protrusion in the closing direction. The lever is
At the first open position, it tries to rotate in the lock direction, which is the rotation direction exposed to the movement path of the protrusion,
The medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the protrusion moves in the closing direction and comes into contact with the first inclined surface, it is biased in the retraction direction. The slide groove extends substantially horizontally,
The lever is
in the first open position, the center of gravity is located on the opening direction side of the pivot shaft;
The medium processing device according to claim 2, wherein when the protrusion abuts against the first inclined surface, the center of gravity moves toward the closing direction with respect to the pivot shaft. The lever is
further comprising a second inclined surface inclined in the other direction in the direction perpendicular to the grooves toward the opening direction on the closing direction side of the first inclined surface;
When the storage portion moves in the opening direction in the lock position, the protrusion comes into contact with the second inclined surface, thereby rotating in the retreating direction and causing the protrusion to enter the groove. 4. The lock position is set again by rotating in the lock direction when the protrusion enters the groove and the storage unit moves further in the opening direction. Media processor. The lever is
formed closer to the locking direction than the second inclined surface and protruding in the retracting direction, and abutting against the projection when the projection moves toward the opening direction relative to the second inclined surface; The medium processing device according to claim 4, further comprising a protrusion guide portion that restricts rotation of the lever in the retraction direction. The storage unit is
When the lever moves in the opening direction while remaining in the retracted position and moves to a second opening position which is closer to the opening direction than the first opening position, another storage portion positioned below the storage portion While retreating from the loading/unloading path for the media processing device in , the lever is rotated from the retracted position to the locked position and moved to the first open position when ejecting the jammed medium to the outside. 2 . The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the movement in the opening direction is regulated by the second opening position, and a narrower space is formed on the closing direction side of the storage unit than in the case of the second opening position. The medium processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the storage unit is a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores the medium. a user reception section that accepts transactions related to leaf-shaped media;
a storage unit that stores the medium therein and is movable in an opening direction and a closing direction that is opposite to the opening direction along the moving direction;
a slide groove portion formed along the movement direction of the storage portion and holding a protrusion moving together with the storage portion so as to be movable inside the storage portion along the movement direction;
The sliding groove portion is rotatable about a predetermined rotating shaft provided on one side of the groove orthogonal direction orthogonal to the direction in which the sliding groove portion extends, and abuts on the projection portion at the locked position. a lever that holds the storage portion moved in the opening direction at a first open position;
a stopper that abuts against the lever in the lock position and restricts rotation of the lever in a lock direction, which is a rotation direction exposed in a movement path of the protrusion;
The lever is
a groove portion that is open on the closing direction side in the lock position and movably holds the projection portion therein;
a first inclined surface formed on the closing direction side of the groove portion in the locking position and inclined in a direction away from the pivot shaft with respect to the movement direction toward the closing direction;
It is a rotation direction in which the projection retreats from the moving path by abutting the projection on the first inclined surface when the storage moves from the first open position toward the closing direction. A medium transaction device that rotates in a retraction direction to a retraction position and retracts from a moving path of the protrusion in the closing direction.

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