JPH0340435B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention is applicable to a two-teller machine that is placed between two tellers at a teller counter in a bank, for example, and shared by the left and right operators. The present invention relates to a banknote dispensing machine.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, a technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 153099/1983 has been known as a bill dispensing machine.

This bill dispensing machine has a single dispensing port shared by two operators at the front, and the bills dispensed to the dispensing port are based on a dispensing command from either operator. Command means for indicating this is installed on both sides of the dispensing port.

However, in such a bill dispensing machine, when the operator is concentrating on interacting with the customer at the counter, the instruction from the command means may be overlooked, and one operator may override the other operator's instructions. There was a risk of receiving and paying bills by mistake.

On the other hand, in order to solve this problem, a bill dispensing machine has been proposed which is equipped with a sorting mechanism for distributing bills to one of the operators instead of the above-mentioned command means.

This banknote dispensing machine is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 57-156957, and has a pair of dispensing openings formed in opposite left and right directions of a frame constituting the main body, and either one of these dispensing openings is The apparatus is provided with upper and lower belts for conveying banknotes, and is further provided with an elevating device that moves the upper belt close to and away from the lower belt. The banknotes are held between the belts, and by driving the upper and lower belts in this state, the banknotes are dispensed from one of the dispensing ports.

"Problem to be solved by the invention" By the way, in the latter bill dispensing machine,
Since a pair of belts is used to sort banknotes to the payout port and to feed the banknotes from the payout port, if you try to pull out the banknotes from the belt before the banknotes have completely been fed out from the belt, The friction between the belt and the banknotes puts an unreasonable force on the banknotes, making it difficult to withdraw the banknotes easily, and in the worst case, the banknotes may be damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is intended to prevent troubles such as one operator mistakenly receiving banknotes that should be received by another operator, and to (1) The operator can easily pull out the banknotes placed on the top without applying excessive force; (2) the banknotes are prevented from being pushed into the back when taking them out from the payout port; (3) ) An object of the present invention is to obtain a banknote dispensing machine that can transport banknotes to either one of the payout ports without fail.

"Means for Solving the Problem" In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a bill dispensing machine that is disposed between two operators on the left and right and is shared by these operators. A pair of payout ports are arranged side by side on the front of a frame that forms the exterior of the payment machine and open in opposite left and right directions, and a pair of payout ports are arranged side by side in the front part of a frame that forms the exterior of the payment machine, and the banknotes inside the frame are disposed of in accordance with a payout command from each operator. A predetermined number of banknotes fed out from a storage box are transported forward, and a transport path thereof is provided so as to be movable in the left and right direction between a transport device located between a pair of payout ports and the payout port. a cradle for placing the banknotes conveyed by the conveying device on its upper surface and sending them out toward each dispensing port; a pair of banknote holding plates, which are movable up and down so as to be close to and apart from each other in the vertical direction with respect to the upper surface of each of the left and right ends of the board, and whose tips clamp the banknotes placed on the holder from above; a spring that biases the clamping mechanism for moving the banknote presser plate closer to and away from the receiver in a direction to bring the banknote presser plate closer to the receiver; and a stopper driving mechanism that causes a stopper to retract and protrude, and holds the banknote press plate in a state separated from the holder when the stopper is in an extended state, and the pair of banknote press plates are configured to include: The two are moved up and down together by a support bar that connects them, and the banknote presser plate is positioned between the payout openings and the banknotes are sent into the first part by the conveyance device.
and a second position located near any of the payout ports and avoiding a position where the banknotes are fed by the conveying device, the banknote holding plate is integrally movable back and forth; A driving device is provided for placing each of the banknote holding plates in the first position or the second position.

``Function'' Two banknote dispensing ports are provided on the front of the machine, facing left and right, and banknotes are placed on a movable holder between them, and the banknotes are placed toward either of the banknote dispensing ports. One of the banknote holding plates which is designed to sort banknotes, that is, reciprocates from side to side together with the receiving stand, is located at a first position between the payout opening and into which the banknotes are sent by the conveying device, and , the other side of the banknote holding plate is placed in a second position near the payout port (referred to as the first payout port) and away from the position where the banknotes are sent by the conveyance device; Since the bill held in a cantilevered state at the position is dispensed from the dispensing port (second dispensing port),
This can prevent troubles such as one operator mistakenly receiving banknotes that should be received by another operator.

Further, the pair of banknote holding plates has a support bar between a first position where the banknotes are fed by the conveyance device and a second position which avoids the position where the banknotes are fed by the conveyance device. Because they are provided straddling each other, when an operator at one dispensing port tries to take out a banknote (supported by one banknote holding plate), the operator at one banknote holding plate can restrict the movement of the banknote to the other side, and thereby,
The force of one operator taking out a banknote does not push the banknote into the other side.

Further, since the clamping force of the banknote holding plate against the cradle is obtained by a spring,
When the one operator tries to pull out the banknote from the holder, the operator can easily pull out the banknote.

"Embodiment" An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame forming the external appearance. This frame 1 has a door-type front side, and has a box-shaped main body 1a with an open front (right side in Fig. 1) and a front door 1b that covers the front of the main body 1a.
It is composed of.

The width dimension W of the main body 1a is the dimension of the long side of the banknote.
The banknote storage boxes 2, 3, and 4 are installed vertically in a position closer to the front inside the main body _1a . These banknote storage boxes 2, 3, and 4 store banknotes with the long sides facing the width direction of the main body 1a, and have a banknote ejection port formed at the rear thereof, and an empty space on the ceiling side of the main body 1a. The main body 1a is arranged so that the center of the width dimension coincides with that of the main body 1a, and is fixed so that it can be attached and detached with the front door 1b open. and,
The rear of these storage boxes 2, 3, 4, that is, the main body 1
Near the rear in a is the Terror's Machine (not shown).
A feeding device 6 is provided which feeds out a required amount of banknotes from the storage boxes 2, 3, and 4 in response to input signals from the storage boxes 2, 3, and 4, and sends the banknotes upward in order to form a stack of banknotes 5. A conveying device 7 for transporting the stacked banknotes 5 forward is provided in a space between the banknotes 2 and the ceiling of the main body 1a. This conveyance device 7
The device transports the stacked banknotes 5 on the center line of the width of the main body 1a, and detects defects in the stacked banknotes 5 by signals from detection devices 6a to 6d etc. provided in the transport path of the feeding device 6. In some cases, the banknotes are removed to the lower redirect box (indicated by 8 in FIG. 1) as shown by arrow A in FIG. The stacked banknotes 5 are sent out to the front door 1b side by the banknote alignment plate 9.

The front door 1b is formed so that its width dimension matches that of the main body 1a, and is attached to the front surface of the main body 1a via a hinge or the like so that it can be opened and closed.

As shown in FIG. 2, a first dispensing port 10 and a second dispensing port 11 are provided side by side on the front surface of the front door 1b. A sorting device is provided that receives the stacked banknotes 5 and distributes the banknotes 5 to the payout port on the side that issued the payout command.

As shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned payout ports 10 and 11 are arranged at the same height, extending down an appropriate distance from the upper edge of the front door 1b. To set this height position,
Consideration has also been given to the height, which is easy for counter operators to handle. Furthermore, stepped portions 1c are formed on both side edges of each outlet 10, 11 and are set back with an appropriate width _W1 .
The banknotes sent out to each payout port 10, 11 by this stepped portion 1c are delivered only to the corresponding counter operator.
Since the corners of the banknotes are made to protrude greatly, and the corners of the banknotes serve as gripping margins, it is easy to take out the banknotes, and an accident in which the other operator mistakenly receives the banknotes that belong to the other party is also prevented.

Next, the sorting device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 12.

That is, the sorting device includes a receiving stand 12 that receives the banknotes sent out from the conveying device 7 (and the banknote aligning plate 9), and banknote pressing plates 13a and 13b that sandwich the banknotes between the receiving stand 12. Belts 15 and 16 that are driven by a motor 14 to horizontally move the pedestal 12 and banknote press plates 13a and 13b, respectively, and a solenoid 17a that operates the banknote alignment plate 9, banknote press plates 13a and 13b, etc.
17d and solenoids 18a and 18b that open and close the payout ports 10 and 11.

The banknote aligning plate 9 pivots around a shaft 19 along a pivot trajectory as shown by the chain line in FIGS. 4 and 10, and as shown in FIG. 10, a link 20 is operated by a solenoid 17a. As a result, it can pivot up and down to take a retracted position (indicated by a chain line) for accepting banknotes from the conveyance device 7, and a vertical position (indicated by a solid line) in which it abuts against the rear edge of the banknotes and aligns them. It is now possible to switch. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the link 20 is operated by the solenoid 17a and rotates around the shaft 21, thereby coming into contact with the pin 22 fixed to the banknote aligning plate 9, and rotating the banknote aligning plate 9. I'm letting you do it.

The receiving stand 12 has a width dimension slightly smaller than that of the banknote, and is supported by a horizontal frame 23 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The belt 15 is wound around a drive pulley 24 that is driven by the belt 15, and a rotatable intermediate pulley 25, so that the belt 15 can be moved horizontally.

The banknote holding plates 13a, 13b are attached via support bars 28 to a support block 27 supported movably in the axial direction by a horizontal frame 26, and the support bar 28 is connected to the banknote holding plate 13a. , 13b are supported vertically rotatably. Further, the banknote holding plates 13a and 13b are urged clockwise in FIG. 4 by torsion springs 29a and 29b, respectively.
The bill is pivoted downward by the torque of a and 29b, and a banknote is held between it and the vicinity of both ends of the pedestal 12. Furthermore, banknote press plates 13a, 13
The downward rotation of b is regulated by a stopper 30, which is connected to the solenoid 17d via a link 31 and an arm 32 to rotate around a shaft 33, as shown in FIG. I'm starting to do that. That is, solenoid 17d
When the link 31 is operated, the link 31 rotates around the shaft 34 and pushes the arm 32 upward, thereby causing the stopper 30 to move toward the shaft 3 as shown by the chain line in FIG.
The banknote holding plates 13a, 1
3b can each descend. Note that the banknote holding plates 13a and 13b are horizontally moved together by moving the support block 27 with the belt 16, and the belt 16 is moved by the belt 15.
a pulley 25' that is fixed to the same shaft as the aforementioned intermediate pulley 25 and rotates together with the intermediate pulley 25 driven by the
And it runs wound around idle pulleys 35-37.

The shutters 18a, 18b are operated by solenoids 17b, 17c, respectively, and the shutters 18a, 18b are operated by solenoids 17b, 17c, respectively.
11, and the solenoids 17b and 17
The reciprocating motion of c is exchanged with a rotary motion via a link (not shown), and the arm 38 is rotated around the shaft 39, thereby moving up and down to a closed position such as the shutter 18a or an open position such as the shutter 18b. It is now possible to switch.

Note that the reference numeral S in FIG. 4 indicates a sensor, and this sensor S detects the presence or absence of a banknote on the holder 12 by making a beam of light intersect with the banknote on the holder 12.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned bill dispensing machine will be explained.

() This bill dispensing machine starts operating on the condition that one of the two operators on the left and right issues a withdrawal command, and dispenses a predetermined number of bills from each bill storage box 2 to 4. It is transported by a transport device 7.

() The receiver 12 is moved to the opposite side of the operator who issued the withdrawal command (hereinafter referred to as one operator) and is placed on standby, and the banknote alignment plate 9 is moved as shown in FIG.
The banknote holding plates 13a and 13b are pivoted and lowered to the position shown by the chain line in FIG. 10, and the stopper 30 is further pivoted up to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.

() When a predetermined number of banknotes are sent out from the conveyance device without any abnormality, the banknote alignment plate 9 pivots upward as shown by the solid line in Figures 4 and 10, and the banknotes are moved to the front side of the machine (to the right in Figure 4). The banknotes 5 are fed out and placed on the pedestal 12. And banknote alignment board 9
When the banknotes 5 come into contact with the ends of the banknotes 5, the end faces of the banknotes 5 are aligned between the banknote alignment plate 9 and the closed shutters 18a and 18b. At this time,
The banknotes 5 are transferred to the payout port 1 as shown in FIG.
0 and 11 (this center line is shown by the chain line C), and the right half protrudes above the receiving tray 12 waiting on the other operator side (i.e., the payout port 10 side). It will be placed in Note that the ends of the banknotes that protrude from the receiving tray 12 are removed from the payout ports 10 and 1 as shown in FIG.
Since the paper is guided by upper and lower guide plates 40 and 41 that are fixed to the machine over a period of one hour, there is no risk of jamming during dispensing.

() When the banknote 5 is placed on the holder 12, the sensor S is activated, the solenoid 17d is activated, the stopper 30 is lowered, and the banknote holding plates 13a, 1
3b are biased by torsion springs 29a and 29b, respectively, and rotate downward. However, since the cradle 12 is arranged on the left side in FIG.
The banknote 5 is clamped between the banknotes 5 and the banknote 5 (the clamping position of the banknote press plate 13b at this time is defined as the first position corresponding to the scope of the claims). Note that the left banknote holding plate 13a pivots downward and comes into contact with the receiving stand 12 (the position of the banknote holding plate 13a at this time is defined as a second position corresponding to the scope of the claims).

() On condition that the banknote 5 is clamped and the shutter 18b on the side that issued the withdrawal command is released, the drive motor 14 is operated, and the receiving tray 12 and the banknote holding plates 13a, 13b are interlocked and horizontally moved. move it. Then, as shown in FIG.
The right end of the banknote is pushed out from the payout port 11, that is, the payout port on the side that issued the payout command (the position of the banknote holding plate 13b at this time is defined as the second position corresponding to the scope of the claims). .

() If the shutter 18b is closed on the condition that the banknote 5 has been taken out, the stopper 30 is raised, the banknote holding plates 13a, 13b are forcibly pivoted upward, and the banknote alignment plate 9 is pivoted downward. The machine is ready for the payout operation.
Note that if the next withdrawal command is issued by the opposite (other) operator, the operation for moving the receiving tray 12 in () above is omitted.

Next, how the relative dimensions of the width l ₁ of the bill, the width l ₂ of the pedestal 12, and the mutual distance W ₂ (W ₂ = W - 2W ₁ ) between the payout ports 10 and 11 affect the function of the sorting device. I will explain about this.

That is, in the above embodiment, l ₂ is set slightly smaller than l ₁ and 2l ₂ is set slightly larger than W ₂ , but by reducing l ₂ , a certain width can be achieved.
By increasing the stroke of the holder 12 at W', the amount of bill protrusion from the payout ports 10 and 11 can be increased. (However, since the amount of banknotes protruding from the holder becomes large, consideration must be given to increasing the clamping force of the banknote holding plate.)
Moreover, by reducing W ₂ , it is possible to reduce the width dimension W of the entire bill dispensing machine and to stabilize the bill on the holder 12 . (However, the amount of banknotes protruding from the payout ports 10 and 11 decreases, and the workability of taking out the banknotes deteriorates.)
Therefore, in the above embodiment, the width dimension of the device,
Considering the amount of bill protrusion from the payout port, the stability of the bill on the holder, etc., the relative relationship is set such that l ₂ is slightly smaller than l ₁ and 2l ₂ is slightly larger than W ₂ .

In the banknote dispensing machine of the above-mentioned embodiment, bills are paid out by moving the receiving tray 12 in one direction between the two dispensing ports. The positioning control device that defines the stop position of the pedestal 12 can be simplified compared to the case where the cradle 12 is distributed to the left and right.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the banknote holding plates 1 are located at positions spaced apart from the center of the holder 12 to the left and right, respectively.
3a and 13b are arranged, the banknote 5 is placed in the holder 12 as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.
When the banknotes are placed on the upper right side, the banknote holding plate 13b on the right side holds the banknotes, and the banknote holding plate 13a on the left side directly contacts the holder 12. Therefore, the banknote pressing plate 13a is attached to the banknote 5 in FIG.
It acts as a stopper to restrict the movement to the left in FIG.
Pushing in will prevent accidents.

``Effects of the Invention'' As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a bill dispensing machine that is shared by two operators standing side by side, with two bill dispensing ports facing left and right on the front of the machine. It is characterized by placing banknotes on a receptacle movably provided between the banknotes and distributing the banknotes toward either one of the banknote dispensing ports, and by distributing these banknotes, For example, banknotes can be transported towards the operator who issued the withdrawal command,
This has the effect of preventing misidentification as to which operator should receive the banknotes and facilitating counter operations.

Further, the pair of banknote holding plates are arranged at a first position into which the banknotes are fed by the conveying device;
Since it is provided with a support bar interposed between it and a second position that avoids the position where the banknotes are sent by the conveying device,
When an operator at one dispensing port tries to take out a banknote (supported by one banknote holding plate), the other banknote holding plate prevents the banknote from moving to the other side. This prevents accidents in which one operator pushes the banknotes into the other side with the force of taking out the banknotes, and facilitates the work of receiving sorted banknotes. You can get the effect that you can.

Further, since the clamping force of the banknote holding plate against the cradle is obtained by a spring,
When one of the operators tries to pull out the bill from the holder, he or she can easily pull it out, and for example, the effect is that troubles such as the bill being torn can be prevented from occurring. There is.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the flow of banknotes inside the payment machine, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sorting device, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the state in which the front door is open. Perspective view, Figure 4 is - of Figure 3.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the shutter, 9 is a sectional view taken along line -
The figure is a sectional view taken along the - line in Figure 5, and the 10th
The figure is a sectional view taken along the - line in Figure 5, and
Figures 1 and 12 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the receiving stand and bill pressing plate, respectively. 1...Frame body, 5...Banknote, 7...Transportation device, 9
...Banknote alignment plate (conveyance device), 10, 11...Payout port, 12...Receptacle, 13a, 13b...Banknote holding plate, 28...Support bar, 29a, 29b...
Torsion spring (biasing mechanism), 30...stopper, (1
7d... Solenoid, 31... Link, 32...
Arm)... Stopper drive mechanism, (14... Drive motor, 15, 16... Belt, 23... Frame, 24... Drive pulley, 25, 25'... Intermediate pulley, 26... Frame, 27... Support block, 35-37...Idle pulley)...Drive device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Arranged between two operators lined up on the left and right,
In a banknote dispensing machine shared by these operators, a pair of dispensing ports are arranged side by side in the front part of a frame forming the external appearance of the banknote dispensing machine and open in left and right opposite directions, and each operator a conveyance device that conveys a predetermined number of bills fed out from the bill storage box inside the frame body toward the front based on a withdrawal command from the frame, and whose conveyance path is located between the pair of payout ports; , a cradle that is movable in the left-right direction between the dispensing ports, and for placing banknotes conveyed by the conveying device on its upper surface and sending them out toward each dispensing port; and the pedestal is movable. The device is movable in the same direction as the pedestal, and is movable up and down so as to be vertically close to and away from the upper surface of the left and right ends of the pedestal, and is placed on the pedestal at its tip. and a pair of banknote holding plates that clamp the banknotes from above, and the holding mechanism that moves the banknote holding plates close to and away from the receiving stand is configured such that the holding mechanism moves the banknote holding plates in a direction that brings the banknotes close to the receiving stand. a spring for urging; and a stopper drive device that causes a stopper to move in and out of a path in which the banknote presser plate approaches and moves away from the banknote presser plate, and holds the banknote presser plate in a state that the banknote presser plate is spaced apart from the receiving stand when the stopper is in an extended state. The pair of banknote holding plates move up and down together by a support bar that connects them, and
The banknote holding plate has two positions: a first position located between the payout ports and into which the banknotes are sent by the conveyance device, and a position located near any of the payout ports and into which banknotes are sent by the transfer device. furthermore, the banknote holding plate is provided with a plate for arranging each of the banknote holding plates at the first position or the second position. A bill dispensing machine characterized by being provided with a drive device.