JPH0398926A - Banknote taking-out mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To normally and securely take out bank notes by arranging the bank-note guide surface parts so that the outer circumferences of feeding rollers can be brought into contact with the bank notes when the bank notes are taken out. CONSTITUTION:The banknote guide surface parts (upper surfaces) 51a of tables 51 positioned between a plurality of feeding rollers 55 are formed lower than the other banknote guide surface parts of the tables 51 positioned on both the outsides with respect to a plurality of feeding rollers 55. Further, in the height relationship of the other banknote guide surface parts and the feeding rollers 55, the other banknote guide surface parts are arranged in a lower position than the uppermost outer circumferential surfaces of the feeding rollers 55 in the rotating condition when bank notes P are taken out, so that the outer circumferences of the feeding rollers 55 can be brought into contact with the bank notes; while, when the bank notes P are not taken out, they are arranged in a higher position than the lowest position of the upper circumferential surfaces of the feeding rollers 55 in the rotating condition, so that the outer circumferences of the feeding rollers 55 can be brought into a noncontact condition with the bank notes P. Thus, even if a folding habit is formed in the bank notes P, the bank notes P can be normally taken in.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to a bill ejecting mechanism that presses and takes out bills supplied to, for example, a bill sorting machine.

``Prior Art'' Conventionally, there is a known banknote sorting machine that takes out banknotes supplied in a stacked state to a banknote supply unit one by one from the banknote supply unit, classifies them into types ffj, takes them in, and accumulates them in a collection box. There is.

As shown in FIG. 6, this banknote sorting machine stores banknotes P supplied to the banknote supply unit 1 in a stacked state through a plurality of kickers provided at intervals in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which banknotes I) are taken out. The roller 2a kicks out the lower layer of banknotes from the banknote supply section 1 toward the banknote takeout side, and the banknote feed mechanism 2, which includes the kick-out roller 2a, feed-out roller 2b, and separation roller 2c, removes the banknotes one by one from the banknote supply section 1. The banknotes are fed to the discrimination section 3 that discriminates and counts the type and acceptability, and then are sent to the discrimination section 3 via a conveyance path 4 that guides the banknotes that have passed through the discrimination section 3 above the discrimination section 3 and makes a U-turn above the discrimination section 3. 4 integrated Bonoxes 5, 6 arranged in a stair-like manner above 3.
, 7.8, and are sorted and sent by type, and are accumulated in these accumulation Bonoxes 5, 6, and 7.8.

This kind of banknote sorting machine is manufactured by Japanese Utility Model No. 51-170528.
A banknote ejecting device as seen in the above publication is provided. As shown in FIG.
LO3 A bill feeding mechanism 2 consisting of a guide plate 12 erected on the bill takeout side, a pressing plate 13 that presses the bill P toward the placement plate 11 side, the kicking roller 2a, the feeding roller 2b, and the separation roller 2C. The banknotes P are fed one by one from the guide plate 12 side to the discrimination section 3 side, and the press plate 13 moves in parallel in the vertical direction in a range close to the placing plate 11, It is configured to be rotatable in a range far from the mounting plate l1.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the kicking roller 2a is provided with a high friction member 2e that protrudes from the other outer circumferential surface in a part of its outer circumferential surface, or the kicking roller 2a is provided with a shaft 2d. It is mounted eccentrically.

``Problems to be Solved by the Invention'' However, in such a conventional banknote removal mechanism, as shown in FIG. 9, the banknote guide surface (
Since the banknotes are placed on one plane (one plane), the banknotes P are bent, and the banknotes P with the tendency to bend are placed in the banknote supply unit 1.
When the banknotes P are supplied in a stacked state, the bent protrusion Pa of the banknotes P hits the upper surface of the placement plate 11 located between the two kicking rollers 2a, 2a while being pressed by the press plate 13, and the banknotes P are Both ends in the direction perpendicular to the banknote removal direction rise from the upper surface of the mounting plate l1 and the outer periphery of the kicking rollers 2a, 2a, and do not contact the outer peripheral surfaces of the kicking rollers 2a, 2a, making it impossible to kick out the banknote P. In some cases, only one of the kicking rollers 2a kicks out the bill P and takes it in in an oblique state. In such a case, the pressing force of the pressing plate 13 was further increased, but the pressing force of the pressing plate l3
If the pressing force is too large, the kicking roller 2a2a
There have been problems such as the problem that the kicking force is insufficient and it becomes difficult to take in the banknote P, and the phenomenon of taking in the banknote P in an oblique state may become even worse.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill ejecting mechanism that can easily and normally kick out even a bent bill without causing the bill to be taken in diagonally.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The present invention has the following configuration to achieve the above object. That is, the banknotes are stacked and supplied to the banknote supply section between the banknote placement plate and the upright guide plate provided on the banknote removal side of this banknote placement plate. A pressing plate is operated from above to the placing plate side, and the lower banknotes in the banknotes are taken out by a plurality of kicking rollers spaced apart in a direction orthogonal to the banknote removal direction. In the banknote ejecting mechanism that kicks the banknotes out to the side, the banknote guide surface portion of the mounting plate located between the plurality of kicking rollers is placed between the plurality of kicking rollers on the outside of both sides. The height positional relationship between the other bill guide surface section and the kicking roller is such that the other bill guide surface section is formed lower than the other bill guide surface section, and the height positional relationship between the other bill guide surface section and the kick-out roller is such that the other bill guide surface section is formed so that the kick-out opening-roller is formed on the bill when taking out the bill. 111) so that the outer periphery of the kicking roller is lower than the uppermost position of the upper surface of the outer periphery in the rotating state of the kicking roller, and so that the outer periphery of the kicking roller does not contact the bill when the bill is not taken out. It is arranged so as to be higher than the lowest position of the upper surface of the outer periphery when the kicking roller is in a rotating state.

"Function" According to the above structure, even if the banknote P has a tendency to bend, when the top surface of the outer periphery of the kicking roller is raised to the highest level, the top surface of the outer periphery of the kicking roller comes into pressure contact with the banknote P, and the banknote P is securely held. When the outer circumferential upper surface of the kicking roller is taken in and the outer circumferential upper surface of the kicking roller reaches its lowest point, the outer circumferential upper surface of the kicking roller does not come into contact with the banknote P, and this banknote P is retained in the banknote supply section, and as a result, the banknote P
is imported normally.

"Embodiment" An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. Reference numeral 30 in FIG. 3 is a banknote sorting machine, and this banknote sorting machine 30 collects banknotes P supplied to a banknote supply unit 31 in a stacked state one by one from the banknote supply unit 31 by a banknote feeding mechanism 32. A conveyance path 34 that discriminates the type and quality of banknotes and feeds them to a discrimination unit 33 for counting, and further branches the banknotes P that have passed through the discrimination unit 33 on the side of the discrimination unit 33;
Branch roads 35, 36, 37, 38 and a sorting mechanism 39 provided at the branch portion of these branch roads 35 and 38
, 40.41, to four collection boxes 42, 43, 44.45 arranged in parallel above the discrimination section 33, sorted by type and fed to these collection boxes 42, 40, 41.
43, 44, and 45.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote retrieval device 50 of the banknote sorting machine 30 has a mounting plate 5l on which the supplied banknotes P are placed, and a banknote retrieval side of this mounting plate 5l. It is rotatably provided at the distal end of a connecting arm 53 that is rotatably attached to the guide plate 52 and the banknote sorting machine 30 via a rotary shaft 64, and presses the banknotes P toward the mounting plate 51 side. Pressing plate 54, kicking roller 55, and feeding roller 56
, a separation roller 57, and a bill feeding mechanism 32 that feeds the bills P one by one from the guide plate 52 side to the discrimination section 33 side.

As shown in FIG. 2, a recess 59 is formed in the placing plate 51, and a side wall of the recess 59 in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of banknotes P is provided at a position close to the kicking roller 55. There is.

The height of the inner bottom surface 59a of the recess 59, that is, the height of the kick-out opening 5
Bill guide 59a of the mounting plate 51 located between 5 and 55
Even if the banknote P has a tendency to bend, the upper surface of the outer periphery of the kicking roller contacts the banknote P when kicking out the banknote P (when taking out the banknote P), which will be described later, and when the banknote P is not kicked out. It is formed lower than the other banknote guide (upper surface) portion 51a of the placement plate 5l so that the upper surface of the outer periphery of the kicking roller does not come into contact with the banknote P (when not being taken out).

In this embodiment, the banknote guide surface 59a of the placing plate 5l is formed lower than the lowest position of the upper surface of the outer periphery of the kicking roller 55 in the rotating state. Since it is sufficient that the banknote P and the outer circumferential upper surface of the kicking roller 55 are not in contact with each other during kicking, the lowest position of the outer circumferential upper surface of the kicking roller 55 is the banknote guide surface 5.
It is clear that the height may be the same as that of section 9a or lower than that.

By the way, a through hole 60 shown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5 is formed in the recess 59, through which the kicking roller 55 can rotate.

Further, an opening 6l shown in FIG. 1 is formed between the placing plate 5l and the lower end of the guide plate 52 for allowing the banknotes P to pass therethrough.

The kicking roller 55 is provided eccentrically rotatably in the vicinity of the mounting plate 51, and a high friction member 55a is provided on a portion of its outer peripheral surface, and a through hole 60 formed in the mounting plate 5l is provided.
It is penetrated by. Further, a rotation drive mechanism (not shown) is connected to the kicking roller 55, and the kicking roller 55 is configured to kick out the banknotes P on the placement plate 5l from the lowest layer to the opening 6l.

The separation roller 57 is placed in the opening 61 with its outer periphery facing the opening 6l and with its outer periphery facing each other vertically.
．． Feeding rollers 56 are provided rotatably. A rotation drive mechanism (not shown) is connected to the feeding roller 56.

The feeding roller 56 and the separation roller 57 contact the lowest layer of banknotes P on the placement plate 51 and separate the banknotes P one by one from the discrimination unit 3 with a friction force greater than the friction force between the 1,000-note banknotes.
It is designed to take out the material to the third side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the guide plate 52 is formed with a recess 62 that opens toward the banknote supply section 3l, and two cutout holes 63.
63 is formed. These notch holes 63, 63 are formed in parallel.

The banknote sorting machine 30 is provided with a rotating shaft 64 horizontally perpendicular to the feeding direction of the banknotes P, at a position on the discrimination section 33 side of the guide plate 52 and lower than the fourth section 62. This rotating shaft 64
A mounting portion 65 having a hexagonal cross section is formed in the middle portion of the holder. Further, the mounting portion 65 is formed with a bottle hole 66a that passes through one parallel surface of the mounting portion 65.
A U-shaped connecting arm 53 is attached to the. A pin 66 is provided protruding from the intermediate portion 53a of the connecting arm 53, and is perpendicular to the intermediate portion 53a.When the pin 66 is rotatably inserted into the pin hole 66a of the mounting portion 65, The intermediate portion 53a of the connecting arm 53 is attached to the rotating shaft 64. A pressing plate 54 is rotatably attached to both ends of the connecting arm 53 via brackets 67, 67.

In this way, the pressing plate 54 is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft 64 via the brackets 67, 67; the connecting arm 53. The connecting arm 53 is movably fitted into the notch hole 63, 63 by rotation of the rotating shaft 64, and the pressing plate 54
is adapted to rotate from the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 1 to the position shown by the solid line fitted in the recess 62.

Note that the suppression plate 54 is formed with a through hole 68 into which the kicking roller 55 can be easily fitted when the pressure plate 54 approaches the placement plate 51. In addition, the press plate 5 is placed in the recess 62.
4 is in full bloom, there is almost no gap between the side wall of the recess 62 and the suppressing plate 54, and the bracket l-6 of the pressing plate 54 is closed.
7. The surface opposite to 67 (the side surface of the banknote supply section 31) is the same as the side surface of the banknote supply section 31 (the banknote guide surface) 52a of the guide plate 52, and forms part of the guide surface of the banknote P. ing.

Note that a remaining amount detection plate 69 for detecting the remaining amount of banknotes P in the banknote supply section 31 is attached to a predetermined location below the lower limit position of the recessed portion 62 of the guide plate 52. This remaining amount detection plate 69 has a detector (not shown) that detects the remaining amount of banknotes in the banknote supply unit 31 via the remaining amount detection plate 69.
is connected.

Next, the operation of the banknote press mechanism configured as described above will be explained.

While the banknotes P are supplied to the banknote supply unit 31 in a stacked state,
When the operation of the banknote sorting machine 30 is started using a start button (not shown), first, the detection state of the banknote remaining amount detection glass connected to the remaining banknote detection plate 69 is checked.

That is, if the banknotes P placed on the mounting plate 51 are crushed by a certain amount or more, due to the weight of the banknotes P placed thereon,
Since the frictional force between the lowest banknote P and the kicking roller 55 is ensured, the pressing operation by the suppression slope 54 against the banknote P is controlled not to be performed.

In this state, the feeding roller 56, ? ? When the i-pull roller 55 is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG.
The kicking roller 55 inserts the bill P on the placement plate 51 from the lowest layer toward the opening 61 into the kicking opening 6l. In this case, as described above, since the bill guide 59a of the placing plate 51 between the kicking rollers 55 and 55 is formed lower than the other bill guide 51a of the placing plate 51,
Even if the banknote P has a tendency to bend, it is difficult to take out the banknote P.
At t, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper surface of the outer periphery (high friction member 55a) of the kicking roller 55 rises and comes into pressure contact with the banknote P.
When the banknotes P are not taken out, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper surface of the outer periphery of the kicking roller is lowered and does not come into contact with the banknotes P, and the banknotes P are accumulated in the banknote supply section 31, so that the banknotes P are normally and reliably fed. take in.

Then, the feed roller 56 and the separation roller 57 come into contact with the lowest layer of the kicked out banknotes P, and the banknotes P are separated one by one by the discrimination unit 3 with a friction force greater than the friction force between the banknotes.
Take out and feed to the 3rd side.

When the remaining amount of banknotes in the banknote supply section 31 decreases, a remaining banknote amount detector connected to this through a remaining amount detection plate 69 detects this and issues a signal. In this case, the remaining amount of banknotes P on the placing plate 51''2 is reduced, and naturally the weight of the placed banknotes P is also reduced.
Since the frictional force between the banknotes P and the banknotes P is reduced, the pressing plate 54 starts to suppress the banknotes P.

That is, when the rotating shaft 64 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. Press toward the mounting plate 51 side.

Therefore, the pressing operation by the pressing plate 54 is continued until the frictional force between the lowest layer of banknotes P and the kicking roller 55 is ensured again, and the last sheet of the placed banknotes P is reliably kicked out. be exposed.

When the last bill P is fed out by a detector (not shown), the pressing plate 54 is used for the next process.
return to its initial position.

That is, by rotating the rotating shaft 64 clockwise in FIG.
is fitted so that there is almost no gap between the side wall of the pressing plate 54 and the pressing plate 54, and the surface of the suppressing plate 54 on the banknote supply section 31 side is the side surface of the banknote supply section 31 (banknote guide surface) 52 of the guide plate 52.
It is flush with a, becomes part of the banknote guide surface, and acts as a banknote guide.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, if the pressing plate 54 is fitted into the recess 62 when feeding banknotes or replenishing banknotes,
The pressing plate 54 does not get in the way, making it easy to supply and replenish banknotes.

Also, at this time, there are gaps in the guide plate 52 and the pressing plate 54. Since there are no steps, a large number of banknotes P can be supplied to the banknote supply section 31.

Furthermore, since there is nothing in the banknote takeout device 50 that protrudes above the top of the guide plate 52, the banknote sorting machine 3
0 can be made more compact overall.

The discrimination section 33 discriminates the type and quality of the bills P fed here and counts them. The banknotes P, whose type and quality have been distinguished and counted in the discrimination section 33, further pass through the discrimination section 33, and are transferred to a transport path 34 branching off at any point in the discrimination section 33, and branching paths 35, 36, 37, 38. and these branch roads 35
Or the sorting mechanism 3 provided at the branching part of the branching path 38
9.4041, the boxes 42, 43, 44.45 are sorted by type and sent to the four collection boxes 42, 43, 44.
45.

"Effects of the Invention" According to the present invention, the banknotes are supplied in a stacked state to the banknote supply section between the banknote placement plate on which the banknotes are placed and the temporary guide in the form of a vertical plate provided on the banknote removal side of the banknote placement plate. The pressed banknotes are pressed by the pressing plate by operating a pressing plate from above the banknotes toward the placing plate side, and then the banknotes are pressed by a plurality of kicking rollers spaced apart in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the banknotes are taken out. In a banknote ejecting mechanism that kicks lower banknotes in banknotes toward the banknote retrieval side, the banknote guide surface portion of the mounting plate located between the plurality of kick-out rollers is positioned on both outer sides between the plurality of kick-out rollers. The height positional relationship between the other banknote guide surface part and the kicking roller is such that the other banknote guide surface part is formed lower than the other banknote guide surface part of the mounting plate located at so that the outer periphery of the kicking roller can come into contact with banknotes, the kicking roller is lower than the uppermost position of the upper surface of the outer periphery in the rotating state of the kicking roller, and
In order for the outer periphery of the kick-out roller not to contact the bill when the bill is not taken out, the kick-out roller is arranged at a position higher than the lowest position of the upper surface of the outer periphery in the rotating state of the kick-out roller, so that the bill does not have a tendency to bend. Even if the bill is removed, the top outer surface of the kick-out roller presses against the bill and kicks out the bill, and when the bill is not taken out, the top outer circumference of the kick-out slot does not come into contact with the bill, and the bill is kicked out. Since the banknotes are retained in the banknote supply section, the banknotes can be taken in normally and reliably, eliminating the need for strong pressure on the placing plate side due to the pressure of the banknotes in the banknote supply unit, and ensuring that banknotes are always taken in smoothly. can do.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main part, Figure 2 is a view from the ■ arrow in Figure 1,
Fig. 3 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional view of the banknote sorting machine, Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the state when folded banknotes are taken in, and Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the state when bent banknotes are taken in. Fig. 5 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the banknote sorting machine. 6 to 9 show an example of a conventional banknote press mechanism, and FIG. 6 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a banknote sorting machine, and FIGS. 7 and 8 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the outer periphery of the kicking roller and the placement plate, and FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which one bill is pressed. P...Banknotes, 30...Banknote sorting machine, 3
1...Banknote supply unit, 5]...Place plate, 51
a...Banknote guide (upper surface), 52...Temporary guide, 54...Press plate, 55...Kicking roller, 59...Concavity, 59a... ...Inner bottom surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Banknotes are supplied in a stacked state to a banknote supply section between a mounting plate on which banknotes are placed and a vertical guide plate provided on the banknote removal side of this mounting plate, A pressing plate is operated from above to the placing plate side to press the banknote, and a plurality of kicking rollers spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the banknote take-out direction are used to press the lower banknote in the banknote. In the bill ejecting mechanism that kicks out a bill toward the bill ejecting side, the bill guide surface portion of the mounting plate located between the plurality of kicking rollers is set to the bill guide surface portion of the mounting plate located between the plurality of kicking rollers on both sides of the bill ejecting side. The plate is formed lower than the other banknote guide surface part, and the height positional relationship between the other banknote guide surface part and the kicking roller is such that the other banknote guide surface part is formed so as to be lower than the kicking roller when taking out the banknote. The kicker is lower than the uppermost position of the upper surface of the outer periphery in the rotating state of the kicking roller so that the outer periphery can contact the kicker, and the outer periphery of the kicking roller is not in contact with the bill when the bill is not taken out. A banknote retrieval mechanism, characterized in that the banknote retrieval mechanism is arranged so as to be higher than the lowest position of the upper surface of the outer periphery when the roller is in a rotating state.