JPH0221039B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash storage device for a bulk cash processing system that transports and dispenses cash in bulk, and particularly relates to a paper sheet storage device that can automatically store banknotes in bulk. Regarding.

(b) Background of the Technology Recently, various cash handling devices have been developed and put into practical use in order to streamline operations at financial institutions. In particular, bulk cash processing systems have been proposed as labor-saving devices. This centralizes cash management by integrating cash counting, transportation, and cash dispensing operations at counters.Each counter station is equipped with a cash insertion slot and a cash dispensing slot, and the cash storage station is equipped with a cash dispensing device. The teller station and cash storage station are connected by a conveyance path. The cash is conveyed along the conveyance path and automatically stored in the storage box at the cash storage station, and it is desirable that the banknotes are quickly stored in an aligned state.

(c) Prior art and problems The conventional method will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional method, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing a different conventional example.
As shown in FIG.
and coins 10a are placed on the conveyor 16.
A storage box 21 is arranged at the terminal end of the storage box 21 . Therefore, if the conveyor 16 is driven, banknotes 10 and coins 1
0a can be transported and stored in the storage box 21.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the transport box 1 containing banknotes 10 is transported, and the take-out roller 15 provided at the upper part of the storage station descends, and the banknotes 10 are
are fed out by the rotation of the take-out roller 15, and when they are all pooled in the upper pool part 74 in the figure of the storage box 7 which has a built-in presser plate 72 biased by a spring 71, the storage box is removed by a pusher 73 from above. 7 and is stored.

However, the former has the disadvantage that it takes time and effort to organize the stored banknotes 10 later, for example, after business hours, and the latter has the disadvantage that not only does it take processing time to dispense, but also the dispensing is not reliable. There is.

(d) Object of the Invention The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to provide a banknote storage device that can automatically store banknotes all at once.

(e) Structure of the Invention The present invention includes a take-out section that takes out the paper sheets all at once from a conveyor in which the paper sheets are stacked and stored, and a storage section that stores the paper sheets, and has a storage section that stores the paper sheets. A paper sheet storage device that takes out the paper sheets that have been stored and transported in the transport body at once at the take-out section and stores them all at once in the storage section via the connecting transport section, wherein the transport body is located at the storage bottom surface. has a notch, the paper sheets are stacked and stored on the notch, and the take-out part includes a feed belt facing each other with a predetermined gap;
It consists of a gripping means and an arm portion, each having a drive means for increasing or decreasing the facing gap, and a means for conveying the opposing feed belts in synchronization with each other, and the arm portion connects the gripping means to the conveying body and the connecting conveying portion. a transfer means for transferring between the transfer means, the transfer means transfers the gripping means to the conveyance body side, and the paper sheets stored in the conveyance body are transferred through a notch of the conveyance body, The paper sheets are collectively gripped by reducing the gap between the opposed feed belts, and the paper sheets that are collectively gripped are drawn in by mutually synchronously conveying the opposed feed belts, and the conveying means
The paper sheet storage device is characterized in that the gripping means is transferred to the connected conveyance section, and the paper sheets gripped all at once via the connected conveyance section are stored in the storage section at once. , in this way the purpose can be achieved.

(f) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below in Figures 3 to 5.
This will be explained with reference to the figures. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a side view showing the arm portion of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the operation of FIG. 4. The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures. FIG. 3 shows a banknote storage device installed in a storage station, in which a rail on which a trolley 11, for example a linear motor, carrying a transport box 1 runs from a counter station (not shown) is located at the center of the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in the figure. It is located in the department. The transport box 1 is composed of a transport box base 3, a banknote storage section 4, and a cover 2, and the banknote storage section 4 is provided with a notch S at its tip as shown in a perspective view in FIG. 5b. ,
Banknotes 10 are stored. The transport box 1 transported to the storage station is raised to the position indicated by the dashed line in the figure by an elevating mechanism (not shown), and at the same time, the cover 2 is opened by a lever mechanism (not shown), and the banknote storage section 4 is opened. It is oriented upward at a 45 degree angle.

An arm portion 5 is provided in front of the banknote storage portion 4, on the left side in the figure, and as shown in FIG. It is composed of an arm 51 having a section 511 and a gear 52 coupled to a motor 521. The grip part 53 is the mounting member 53
Belts 533, 534 are hung around rollers R1 to R4 attached to the rollers 1,532. The mounting member 531 is connected to the air cylinder 54 fixed to the arm portion 51, and the mounting member 532 is connected to the air cylinder 54 fixed to the arm portion 51.
It is attached to 1. The shaft of roller R4 is coupled to the shaft of a motor 535 fixed on the opposite side of arm 51. Therefore, by operating the air cylinder 54 in the directions of arrows A and B in the figure, the mounting member 531
moves to widen or narrow the distance from the mounting member 532. Further, as the motor 535 rotates in the direction of arrow C, the belt 534 is driven in the direction of arrow D. In the figure, a gear 512 centered on a shaft 511 is formed at the lower end of the arm 51, and a gear 52 that meshes with the gear 512 is arranged. gear 52
A motor 522 is directly connected to the shaft 521 of.
By driving the motor 522 in the directions of arrows E and F,
The arm 51 rotates in the directions of arrows G and N.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the arm 51 rotates in the direction of arrow C, the grip part 53 stops at a position where the tip of the banknote storage part 4 is squeezed between the rollers R1 and R3.

To the left of the home position of the arm section 5 in FIG. 3, there is provided a conveyance section 6 that constitutes a conveyance path with a feeding function, which is provided with a large number of rollers and belts above and below. The conveyance section 6 is connected to a drive mechanism (not shown), and has the function of conveying banknotes 10 inserted from the right end in the figure in the direction of arrow J to the storage box 7 at the lower left end. A storage box 7 is located below the terminal end of the transport section 6. As explained in FIG. 2, the storage box 7 stores the sent banknotes 10.
It has the function of arranging and storing. Further, a control section 8 and a power source 9 are arranged at the bottom of the device.

Since it has such a structure and function, banknote 1
0, when the transported transport box 1 faces approximately 45 degrees upward as shown by the dashed line in Fig. 3, the gear 522 moves in the direction of arrow E as shown in Fig. 5. The arm 51 tilts in the direction of the arrow G and stops at a position where the grip part 53 grips the banknote storage part 4, and the air cylinder 54 operates in the direction of the arrow B to hold the banknote 10 in the notch of the banknote storage part 4. When the grip reaches a predetermined gripping force, it is detected by a pressure sensor (not shown) and the operation of the air cylinder 54 is stopped. Then, the gear 522 rotates in the direction of arrow F, and the arm 51 rotates in the direction of arrow N, stopping at the home position immediately in front of the tip of the conveying section 6. Here, when the motor 533 is driven in the direction of arrow C and the conveyance section 6 is also driven, the held banknotes 10 are sent to the belts 531 and 532, moved in the direction of arrow D, and sent to the conveyance section 6, and then are directly moved to the direction of arrow J. direction and stored in the storage section 7.

In this way, the banknotes 10 can be quickly stored in a lined up state.

Since the banknotes 10 in the banknote storage section 7 are stored in a line, they can be stored in a banknote identification storage machine (not shown).
By inserting this banknote storage box 7, the banknotes 10 can be classified and stored by denomination, making cash processing even easier.

FIG. 6 shows a modification in which the banknote 10 denomination discrimination and storage device is combined with the above embodiment. In the figure, a feeding section 18, a conveyor belt 19, and a discrimination section 20 are arranged on the left side of the tip of the arm section 5. Beneath the discrimination section 20 is a banknote storage box 7 for each denomination.
b is provided. Therefore, the arm portion 5 is the banknote 1
0 and carry it to the feeding section 18, the feeding section 1
8 feeds out the banknotes 10 one by one and transfers them to the conveyor belt 19
The denominations can be sent by the denomination section 20, and then stored in storage boxes 7b for each denomination.

(g) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, banknotes can be held and transported in bulk and stored in a storage box, so not only is the processing quick and reliable, but also the banknotes can be processed even after business hours. This has the effect of reducing the effort required to organize banknotes. In addition, by combining it with a denomination discrimination storage device, further labor-saving effects can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional method, Fig. 2 is a side view showing a different conventional example, Fig. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment according to the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a side view showing the arm part of Fig. 3. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the operation of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing a modified example equipped with a denomination discrimination storage device. In the figure, 1 is a transport box, 2 and 12 are covers,
4 and 11 are banknote storage parts, 5 is an arm part, 6 is a transport part, 7 is a banknote storage box, 10 is a banknote, 10a is a coin, 17 is a coin storage part, 51 is an arm, 52 is a gear, 53 is a grip part , 54 is an air cylinder, and S is a notch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Includes a take-out section for taking out the paper sheets all at once from a transport body in which the paper sheets are stacked and stored, and a storage section for storing the paper sheets, and the transport body can be accessed from the outside of the device. The paper sheet storage device takes out the paper sheets that have been stored and conveyed in the storage unit at once in the take-out section and stores them all at once in the storage section via the connecting conveyance section, wherein the conveyance body has a notch section on the bottom surface of the storage section. The paper sheets are stacked and stored on the notch, and the take-out section includes feeding belts facing each other with a predetermined gap, a driving means for increasing or decreasing the opposing gap, and a driving means for increasing/decreasing the opposing gap, and the feeding belt facing each other with a predetermined gap. and an arm section, the arm section having a transfer means for transferring the grasping means between the conveyance body and the connected conveyance section, and the transfer means The gripping means is transferred to the conveying body side, and the paper sheets stored in the conveying body are collectively gripped by reducing the gap between the opposing feed belts through the notch of the conveying body, and The opposed feed belts are conveyed in synchronization with each other to pull in the paper sheets gripped in bulk, and the conveying means transfers the gripping means to the connected conveyance section, and the sheets are gripped in bulk through the connected conveyance section. A paper sheet storage device characterized in that the paper sheet storage device is configured to collectively store the paper sheets in the storage section.