JPH04313561A - Bank note processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a bank note processor which prevents bank notes from remaining in a machine body during return of temporary storage bank notes, forcibly pushes the bank notes in an underlaying containing box, and smoothly aligns and accumulates the bank notes in the containing box even when the number of the bank notes is low. CONSTITUTION:A longitudinally movable support frame body 103 is provided with a temporary storage part 11 and a bill pressing member 14 to press bank notes in the temporary storage part 11. Further, pressing mechanism 105 and 106 to move the bill pressing member 14 from a bank note press position, where bank notes placed on shutter members 13A and 13B are pressed, to a bank note push-in position where the bank notes are pushed in the underlaying containing box 100 according to opening operation of the shutter members 13A and 13B are provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to a circulating banknote deposit/dispensing machine, a banknote sorting/storage machine, etc., in which banknotes are temporarily stored in a storage section and then stored in a lower storage box, or the temporary storage section is This invention relates to a banknote processing machine that returns banknotes in a temporary storage section by pulling them out to the front side of the machine.

0002

[Prior Art] As shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-143692, such a banknote processing machine is known as a banknote processing machine that temporarily stores banknotes by denomination in the middle part of the machine body and in the front and back direction of the machine body. The storage portions are provided at predetermined intervals, and these temporary storage portions for each denomination are supported by a first support frame that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft, and this first support frame is pushed into the aircraft. It is configured so that it can temporarily store and store banknotes by setting it in the machine, or it can be pulled out to the front side of the machine to perform a return operation to take out banknotes stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section. ing.

[0003] In addition, in the device disclosed in this publication, a sorting and conveying section that sorts banknotes into temporary storage sections corresponding to each denomination is supported by the second support frame, and is supported by the first support frame. It is supported so that it can move horizontally within the range where the body is pulled out to the front side of the fuselage. Furthermore, this second support frame is provided with a pressing plate that pushes the banknotes temporarily stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section into the corresponding denomination-specific storage box below.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, when returning banknotes temporarily stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section, it is necessary to pull out only the first support frame toward the front side of the machine. If the second support frame is pulled out together when the first support frame is pulled out, it is necessary to push back the second support frame. Therefore, when only the first support frame is pulled out or when only the second support frame is pushed back, the banknotes to be returned that are temporarily stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section are simply stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section. For example, if the number of stacked bills is large and the stacked banknotes are circulation tickets and the stacking height becomes high, the topmost bill will be placed on the second support. There is a risk that it may come into contact with a member supported by the frame and enter an unexpected location within the fuselage, resulting in it being left behind or being torn.

[0005] The present invention, when returning or storing banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage section, presses the banknotes with a bill press member (pressing plate) and prevents the banknotes from remaining inside the machine body.
In addition to preventing damage, especially when storing banknotes from the temporary storage section into the storage box, the bills on the shutter member are forcibly moved to the storage box below by the bill press member (not depending on gravity) when the shutter member is opened. To provide a banknote processing machine which prevents a bill press member from forcibly pressing banknotes and efficiently stores banknotes in a storage box in an aligned state when the shutter member is opened. The purpose is to

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the first invention, a temporary storage section for temporarily storing banknotes is provided in the middle part of the machine body, and a support frame is provided which allows the temporary storage section to be moved in the front and rear directions of the machine body. Further, a storage box is disposed below this temporary storage section, and by pushing and setting the support frame into the machine body, the banknotes are temporarily stored, and then the bottom of the temporary storage section is In the banknote handling machine, the banknotes are stored in a storage box below by opening the shutter member, or the banknotes in the temporary storage part are taken out by pulling out the support frame to the front side of the machine body. A bill press member is provided on the frame so as to be movable within the temporary storage section and presses the banknotes on the shutter member constituting the bottom surface of the temporary storage section, and the bill press member is positioned above the shutter member. a drive mechanism that moves the bill press member from a retracted position to a bill holding position that presses a bill placed on the shutter member; and a drive mechanism that moves the bill press member onto the shutter member in response to an opening operation of the shutter member. The present invention includes a pushing mechanism that moves the bill from a bill holding position where the bill is held down to a bill pushing position where the bill is pushed into a storage box below.

According to the second invention, the pushing mechanism is configured to operate immediately before or during the full opening operation of the shutter member that releases the bottom of the temporary storage section.

[0008]

[Function] According to the first invention, (1) a support frame movable in the front and back direction is provided with a temporary storage section and a bill press member for bill pressing the banknotes in the temporary storage section; Since the bill press member is moved together with the bill press member, when the support frame body is pulled out from the machine body, the bill press member can always press down the banknotes from above. (2) A pushing mechanism is provided that moves the bill press member from a bill holding position where the bill placed on the shutter member is pressed down to a bill pushing position where the bill is pushed into the storage box below in response to the opening operation of the shutter member. Since the banknotes accumulated on the shutter member are provided, the banknotes accumulated on the shutter member can be forcibly pushed into the storage box below (independent of gravity) when the shutter member is opened, and the banknotes on the shutter member can be forcibly pushed into the storage box below. The banknotes can be delivered in a lined manner on the banknotes stored in the storage box.

According to the second invention, since the pushing mechanism is operated immediately before or during the full opening operation of the shutter member that releases the bottom of the temporary storage section, it is possible to store especially a small number of banknotes in the storage box. When doing so, it is possible to prevent a problem in which a small number of banknotes are pressed by the bill press member against the shutter member that is about to be opened and the banknotes are shifted together in the direction in which the shutter member is opened. That is, if the bill press member operates at the same time that the shutter member starts opening and pushes the banknotes on the shutter member into the storage box, a small number of banknotes will be pushed into the shutter member that is about to be opened. When the shutter member is completely opened, the banknotes are not aligned and delivered on the banknotes stored in the storage box side. , the storage operation may become defective, but such troubles can be prevented.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The general structure of a banknote depositing and dispensing machine (banknote processing machine) to which the present invention is applied will be explained with reference to FIG. When depositing banknotes into the denomination storage box 100, this bill depositing and dispensing machine stores the money in the denomination temporary storage device 101 shown by the two-dot chain line until the final acceptance is confirmed. The banknotes are temporarily stored in a type temporary storage section 11.

[0011] This denomination-specific temporary storage device 101 is
It is supported by a support frame 103 that is supported so that it can be pulled out from inside the fuselage 102 to the front side of the fuselage 102 (left side in the drawing). The banknotes can be returned to the operator. Also, as shown by the two-dot chain line, the storage box 100 for each denomination is supported so that it can be pulled out from inside the body 102 to the front side, so that the storage box 100 for each denomination can be loaded, taken out, and replaced from the body 102. It is composed of

[0012] The denomination-specific temporary storage device 101 is as follows:
In addition to being used as a temporary storage unit when inserting banknotes into the denomination storage box 100, it is also used for counting and classification processing in which banknotes are simply counted and classified by denomination.

Next, on the front side of the machine body 102 denoted by reference numeral 1, there are provided a deposit input section 2 and a withdrawal section 3 for depositing and withdrawing banknotes by the teller, respectively.
02 is provided with a deposit route 4 starting from the former deposit input section 2 and a withdrawal route 5 ending at the latter deposit dispensing section 3.

The deposit route 4 is a transport route for depositing banknotes inserted from the deposit input unit 2 into the denomination storage box 100, and the bills are deposited into the deposit input unit 2 along the conveyance route. a dispensing mechanism 8 that dispenses banknotes one by one; a deposit discriminating section 9 that discriminates and counts the denominations of bills dispensed by the dispensing mechanism 8, whether they are genuine, damaged bills, counterfeit bills, etc., and the deposit discriminating section 9. Three sorting sections 10 are sequentially provided to sort the banknotes that have passed through the bank into different denominations based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating section 9.

Based on the discrimination result of the deposit discrimination section 9, these sorting sections 10 sort, for example, 10,000 kanji of regular bills, 1,000 kenku of regular bills,
All other genuine bills are sorted into the three temporary storage units 11 for each denomination, and banknotes that cannot be sorted into the temporary storage units 11 for each denomination, such as counterfeit bills and unidentifiable bills (double sent bills), are rejected. It is to be returned to the address 12.

The denomination-specific temporary storage section 11 has a shutter 13 (a pair of shutter members 13A,
13B) is in the closed state, it constitutes the bottom surface and can temporarily store banknotes on the bottom surface, and the verification result of the deposit verification section 9 (displayed on the amount display section (not shown) ) so that when the operator determines to accept the banknotes temporarily stored in the denomination temporary storage section 11, the shutter 13 is released and the banknotes are stored in the denomination storage box 100. It has become. Further, when the operator refers to the discrimination result of the deposit discrimination section 9 and determines that the banknotes temporarily stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section 11 cannot be accepted, the denomination-specific temporary storage device 1
01 is pulled out from the machine body 102, and the banknotes temporarily stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section 11 are returned to the operator. The shutter members 13A and 13B constituting the shutter 13 move horizontally so that they approach each other when closing, and move horizontally so that they move away from each other when opening. That is, the shutter members 13A and 13B open and close in a symmetrical positional relationship with respect to the contact positions (contact points) where they contact each other in the closed state.

The storage box 100 for each denomination located below the temporary storage section 11 for each denomination is provided corresponding to the denomination temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 11 for each denomination. The fallen and stored banknotes are dispensed from the dispensing outlet 3 through a dispensing route 5.

Next, referring to FIGS. 2 to 4, the operation of the shutter members 13A and 13B and the operation of the shutter members 13A and 13B will be explained.
The basic operation of the bill press member 14 rotatably provided above 3B will be explained. In these figures, the reference numeral 14 indicates a bill press member for pressing banknotes, and the reference numeral 15 indicates a denomination storage box 100.
A support plate that is movable horizontally within the support plate and on which banknotes are placed in a stacked state, and a support plate designated by reference numeral 16 is used to determine whether or not banknotes are present on the shutter members 13A and 13B. The residual sensor 17 detects the uppermost banknote of the banknote on the raised support plate 15 and is a top sensor for stopping the rise of the support plate 15 according to the detection result. , and numeral 18 is an upper lid for closing the upper opening of the denomination storage box.

(1) Concerning the operation of feeding banknotes into the denomination-specific temporary storage section 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, when banknotes sent through the deposit route 4 and further sorted by the sorting section 10 are accumulated in the temporary storage section 11 by denomination, the shutter members 13A and 13B are closed. In this state, banknotes are stacked on the shutter members 13A and 13B. At this time, the support plate 15 is at the bottom of the denomination storage box 100, and in this state, the banknotes stacked on the support plate 15 are kicked out one by one from the bottom by the kick-out roller 19A, and the bills are further kicked out. The banknotes are fed out by the feeding roller 19B and sequentially fed into the payout route 5.

(2) Regarding the operation of holding down the banknotes accumulated in the denomination-specific temporary storage section 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the temporary storage section 11 for each denomination
When the banknotes are accumulated in the bank and the operator issues an instruction to accept the accumulated banknotes (this instruction is sent to the deposit verification unit 9
(This is done by the operator referring to the amount displayed on the display unit based on the discrimination result).First, the bill press member 14 rotates downward and presses the stacked banknotes on the shutter members 13A and 13B. At the same time, the support plate 15
It continues to rise until the uppermost surface of the stacked banknotes on the support plate 15 is detected by the upper limit sensor 17. When the uppermost surface of the stacked banknotes is detected by the rise sensor 17, the support plate 15 stops. Note that the bill press member 14
The operation of pressing the banknotes on the shutter members 13A and 13B is performed by a bill press drive mechanism 104 (described later) shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

(3) Regarding the operation of pushing banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage section 11 for each denomination into the storage box 100 for each denomination.

When the lifting of the support plate 15 is completed, the shutter members 13A and 13B are separated from each other, and the lower part of the denomination-specific temporary storage section 11 is opened. The stacked banknotes placed there fall into the denomination-specific storage box 100 below. At the same time, the bill press member 14, which was holding down the banknotes stacked on the shutter members 13A and 13B,
The stacked banknotes are pushed into the storage box 100 by denomination, and the support plate 15, which had been raised, is rotated further downward beyond the position of
The stacked banknotes are placed on top of the uppermost banknotes. Also,
When the work of pushing banknotes into the support plate 15 is completed, the support plate 15 is lowered and the shutter members 13A and 13
B closes, the bill press member 14 rises, and the support plate 15, the shutter members 13A and 13B, and the bill press member 14 return to the positions shown in FIG. The rotation of the bill press member 14 beyond the positions of the shutter members 13A and 13B is performed by a pushing mechanism 105 (described later) shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. Further, if the residual sensor 16 detects that a banknote remains in the money type temporary storage section 11 even after the banknote is pushed in by the bill press member 14, this is detected on the display (not shown). ) or the like, or the pushing operation by the bill press member 14 may be performed again in accordance with the detection result of the residual sensor 16.

Next, the bill press drive mechanism 104 and pushing mechanism 105 for driving and operating the bill press member 14 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

The bill press drive mechanism 104 places the bill press member 14 in the pressing position when the shutter members 13A and 13B are closed, and presses the shutter member 1
3A and 13B (to perform the operations shown in FIGS. 2 and 3), the mounting shaft 20 is rotatably supported by the support frame 103, and the mounting shaft 20 has a base end thereof. is fixed, and a bill press member 14 is attached to the tip thereof.
bill press support plate 21 to which is fixed, and a biasing means (
(not shown) and a drive source (not shown) that drives the mounting shaft 20 in a direction that rotates the bill press member 14 upward.

[0027] Such a bill press drive mechanism 1
With the configuration of 04, when banknotes are temporarily stored in the denomination-specific temporary storage section 11, the driving force generated by the drive source is transmitted to the bill press member 14, and the bill press member 14
performs a retracting operation against the urging force of the urging means (the state shown in FIG. 2), and when the temporary storage work is completed, the driving force transmission from the driving source to the bill press member 14 is cut off. ,
The urging means causes the bill press member 14 to perform a pressing operation on the banknote.

On the other hand, the pushing mechanism 105 pushes the shutter members 13A and 13 that constitute the bottom of the temporary storage section 11 by denomination.
Immediately before or during the full opening operation of B, the bill press member 14 is placed in the push-in position, and the bill press member 14 is
The bill press driving mechanism 1
The mounting arm 23 has a base end fixed to a bill press support plate 21, which is a part of the building press support plate 21, and a roller 22 is provided at the distal end thereof. Said roller 2
2 rolls on the upper surface of one shutter member 13B, and when the shutter member 13B is opened, the shutter member 1
When the shutter member 3B loses support, it falls from the shutter member 13B.

That is, the pushing mechanism 105 operates from the state in which the shutter members 13A and 13B are closed as shown in FIG. 3 to the state immediately before the shutter members 13A and 13B are completely opened as shown in FIG. The roller 22 is rolled along the upper surface of the shutter member 13B, thereby placing the bill press member 14 in a position where it presses the banknotes on the shutter members 13A and 13B (this pressing is performed by the urging means of the bill press drive mechanism 104 described above). ). Further, the pushing mechanism 105 changes from the state immediately before the shutter members 13A and 13B shown in FIG. 5 are completely opened to the shutter member 13A shown in FIGS.
・Until the roller 13B fully opens, the roller 22
is dropped from the shutter member 13B, thereby rotating the bill press member 14 downward past the positions of the shutter members 13A and 13B, and pushing the banknotes on the shutter members 13A and 13B into the denomination storage box 100. place it in position. Note that the pushing operation of the bill by the bill press member 14 at this time is performed by the bill press drive mechanism 1.
This is done by the urging force of the urging means 04.

[Modified Embodiment] The one shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is a bill press drive and pusher for pressing the banknotes accumulated on the shutter members 13A and 13B and further storing them in the denomination storage box 100 below. This is the mechanism 106. The structure of this bill press drive and pushing mechanism 106 will be explained.

[0031] Said bill press drive and pushing mechanism 10
6 has a drive gear 25 fixed to the output shaft of a motor 24 that is a drive source, a driven gear (not shown) that meshes with the drive gear 25, and a regulation pin 26 fixed to the driven gear,
A mounting shaft 27 that is rotatably supported by the support frame 103 and to which the bill press member 14 is fixed via the bill press support plate 21; a rotating plate 28 fixed to the mounting shaft 27; The fixed drive pin 29 and the mounting shaft 27
It has a spring member 30 that is provided in the drive pin 29 and urges the regulation pin 26 in a direction to separate them from each other. Further, the regulation pin 26 fixed to the driven gear is connected to a long hole 31 formed in the rotary plate 28 along the circumferential direction.
located within.

[0032] The following (1) and (2) are performed by the bill press driving and pushing mechanism 106 having such a configuration.
The following actions are performed.

(1) When the work of stacking banknotes on the shutter members 13A and 13B is completed and there is an instruction to receive the banknotes into the denomination storage box 100, the motor 24 moves the drive gear 25 to the clock position in the figure. direction, and the regulation pin 26 fixed to the driven gear is rotated counterclockwise. As a result, the spring member 30 is pressed counterclockwise by the regulating pin 26, and the drive pin 29 is pressed and urged counterclockwise by the spring member 30. As a result, the drive pin 29,
The bill press member 14 rotates downward via the rotary plate 28 and the mounting shaft 25, and the bill press member 14 is placed in the bill holding position shown in FIG. 7 (corresponding to FIG. 5), and furthermore, as shown in FIG. It is arranged at the bill pushing position (corresponding to FIG. 6).

(2) On the other hand, when the bill press member 14 is to be evacuated from the denomination-specific temporary storage section 11, the motor 24 rotates the drive gear 25 counterclockwise in the figure, and the bill press member 14 is fixed to the driven gear. Rotate the regulating pin 26 clockwise. As a result, the regulating pin 26 disposed within the elongated hole 31
rotates the rotary plate 28 in a clockwise direction, thereby causing the bill press member 14 to rotate clockwise (upward) via the mounting shaft 27 that is integral with the rotary plate 28 (corresponding to FIG. 2).

In the case of (1) above, the operation shown in FIG. 7 is performed from the state in which the shutter members 13A and 13B are closed to the state immediately before the shutter members 13A and 13B are completely opened. In addition, the operation shown in FIG. 8 changes from the state immediately before the shutter members 13A and 13B are completely opened to
This should be done until B is fully open. In the case of (1) above, the urging of the bill press member 14 in the direction of rotating it to the holding position (the position shown in FIG. 7) or the push-in position (the position shown in FIG. 8) is performed by the spring member as described above. This is done by applying a force of 30.

[0036]

As explained in detail above, according to the first invention, (1) a bill press that includes a temporary storage section and a bill press for bill-pressing banknotes in the temporary storage section on a support frame that is freely movable in the front and rear directions; Since the temporary storage section and the bill press member are moved together, when the support frame body is pulled out from the machine body, the banknotes can be constantly pressed from above by the bill press member. As a result, when the support frame is pulled out, banknotes located at the upper part will not come into contact with the machine body and remain inside the machine body or be damaged. (2) A pushing mechanism is provided that moves the bill press member from a bill holding position where the bill placed on the shutter member is pressed down to a bill pushing position where the bill is pushed into the storage box below in response to the opening operation of the shutter member. Since the banknotes on the shutter member are forcibly pushed into the lower storage box (independent of gravity) when the shutter member is opened, the banknotes on the shutter member are forced into the lower storage box. It becomes possible to deliver the banknotes in a lined manner on the stored banknotes, and it is possible to efficiently perform the storage work in the storage box.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the pushing mechanism is operated immediately before or during the full opening operation of the shutter member that releases the bottom of the temporary storage section, it is possible to store especially a small number of banknotes in the storage box. When doing so, it is possible to prevent a problem in which a small number of banknotes are pressed by the bill press member against the shutter member that is about to be opened and the banknotes are shifted together in the direction in which the shutter member is opened. That is, if the bill press member operates at the same time that the shutter member starts opening and presses the banknotes on the shutter member, a small number of banknotes will be pressed by the bill press member against the shutter member that is about to be opened. If the banknotes are shifted together in the direction in which the shutter member opens and the shutter member is completely opened, the banknotes will not be delivered in an aligned manner on the stored banknotes in the storage box, and the storage operation may be defective. However, such troubles can be prevented from occurring, and in this respect as well, the banknotes on the shutter member can be delivered in an aligned state on the stored banknotes on the storage box side, and the banknotes can be delivered in an aligned manner. The effect is that the storage work in the storage box can be carried out efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a banknote processing machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of a temporary storage section and a storage box for each denomination, and shows a case where the bill press member is in a standby state.

FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a temporary storage section and a storage box by denomination, showing a temporary storage operation completed state (storage box: storage reception ready state completed).

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of a temporary storage section and a storage box for each denomination, showing a storage operation state from the temporary storage section to the storage box.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific configuration of a bill press drive mechanism and a pushing mechanism, and shows a case where the bill press member is in a holding position for holding down a banknote.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific configuration of a bill press drive mechanism and a pushing mechanism, and shows a case where the bill press member is in a pushing position for pushing a bill.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific configuration of a bill press drive and pushing mechanism (bill press drive mechanism, push mechanism), and shows a case where the bill press member is in a holding position to press a banknote.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a specific configuration of a bill press drive and pushing mechanism (bill press drive mechanism, pushing mechanism), and shows a case where the bill press member is in a pushing position where a bill is pushed.

[Explanation of symbols]

13A Shutter member 13B Shutter member 100 Storage box by denomination (storage box) 101 Temporary storage device by denomination (temporary storage unit by denomination 11
) 102 Body 103 Support frame 104 Bill press drive mechanism 105 Pushing mechanism 106 Bill press drive and pushing mechanism (Bill press drive mechanism/pushing mechanism)

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: A temporary storage part for temporarily storing banknotes is provided in the middle part of the machine body, and this temporary storage part is supported by a support frame body that is movable in the front and back direction of the machine body, and furthermore, a temporary storage part is provided below the temporary storage part. A storage box is disposed in the machine, and by pushing and setting the support frame into the machine body, banknotes are temporarily stored, and then the shutter member at the bottom of the temporary storage section is opened to store the banknotes in the lower storage box. In the banknote handling machine, the banknotes are stored in the temporary storage section, or the banknotes in the temporary storage section are taken out by pulling out the support frame toward the front side of the machine body. a bill press member that presses the banknotes on the shutter member that is provided on the bottom surface of the temporary storage section;
a drive mechanism that moves the bill press member from a retracted position located above the shutter member to a bill holding position that presses a bill placed on the shutter member; The bill press member is characterized by being equipped with a pushing mechanism that moves the bill press member from a bill pressing position where the bill is pressed down on the bill placed on the shutter member to a bill pushing position where the bill is pushed into the storage box below. banknote handling machine. 2. The banknote processing machine according to claim 1, wherein the pushing mechanism is configured to operate immediately before or during a full opening operation of a shutter member that releases the bottom of the temporary storage section.