JPH04445Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed explanation of the invention] "Industrial application field" This invention is suitable for
This invention relates to a bill dispensing machine for two tellers, which is placed between two tellers and shared by the left and right operators.

"Prior art" As a conventional bill dispensing machine, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-153099
The one shown in the above publication is known.

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. Instruction means (guidance and instruction boards) indicating the direction are provided on both sides of the dispensing port.

``Means for Solving the Problem'' However, in such banknote dispensing machines, when the operator is concentrating on dealing with customers at the counter, the instructions from the command means may be overlooked and one side may There was a risk that the operator would mistakenly receive and pay bills that should have been received by the other operator.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to pay out banknotes from each of the two payout ports, and to have two tellers take out the banknotes paid out from each payout port. In a banknote dispensing machine that allows one end of a stack of banknotes placed on a cradle with one end protruding from the payout port,
This allows the operator to easily pull out the stacked banknotes from the payout port, and when the stacked banknotes with one end protruding from the payout port are pulled out forward, the banknotes are bent in the front-rear direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill dispensing machine that can easily perform the bill dispensing process without causing any problems, and that can prevent stacked bills with one end protruding from the dispensing port from being bent downward.

"Means for Solving the Problem" In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a bill dispensing machine that is placed between two operators on the left and right and is shared by the two operators. A pair of dispensing ports are formed in cutouts placed on the left and right sides of the front of the frame that forms the exterior of the bill dispensing machine, and a pair of dispensing ports are formed inside the frame based on a dispensing command from each operator. a conveyance device that conveys a predetermined number of stacked banknotes fed out from a bill storage box toward the front of a frame body, and whose conveyance path is located between the pair of payout ports; a receiver that is provided movably in the left-right direction between the pair of payout ports, and for placing the stacked banknotes transported by the transport device on its upper surface and transporting the stacked banknotes to either of the payout ports; a stand; a belt mechanism that is provided at the front of the frame and below the cradle and drives the cradle in the left-right direction between the cradle and the dispensing opening; , provided at intervals smaller than twice the horizontal dimension of the cradle and larger than the horizontal dimension of the banknote, and each of the payout openings is arranged on each left and right side of a notch that is the frame and is formed in the frame. a side opening provided in the opposite direction, located at the end of the path along which the pedestal moves, and provided at the same height as the banknotes stacked on the pedestal; and a side opening in front of the lateral opening; A front opening is provided on each front side of the frame body located at the side at the same height as the stacked banknotes placed on the upper surface of the holder, and for drawing out the stacked banknotes forward, Further, the side opening and the front opening are formed continuously, and the receiving pedestal is provided at a lower position of the notch at the same height as the lower edge of the dispensing port. A stepped portion is provided to support the lower surface of the stacked banknotes dispensed from the dispensing port from below.

"Function" According to the present invention, () a cradle is provided in front of the transport path of the transport device and between a pair of dispensing ports, and is movable between the dispensing ports, () and the transport device The transport path is provided at an intermediate position between the dispensing ports, and () furthermore, an interval is provided between the dispensing ports that is smaller than twice the horizontal dimension of the holder and larger than the horizontal dimension of the bill. Therefore, when the belt mechanism is used to dispose the cradle in a state shifted from the middle position of the dispensing port to one operator's side, the stacked banknotes conveyed from the conveyance device to the cradle are can be placed with one end of the banknote protruding (at this time, one end of the stack of banknotes that protrudes is located on the side of the other operator).

Furthermore, since a side opening of the dispensing port is provided at the end of the path along which the pedestal moves, the side opening is at the same height as the banknotes stacked on the pedestal.
When the pedestal placed with one end protruding is moved to the other operator's side by the belt mechanism, the part from which the one end of the banknote protrudes is
The banknotes protrude outside through the side opening of the payout port (the side opening on the other operator's side), and when the operator (the operator on the other side) pulls out this protruding part, the stacked banknotes are removed. is received.

Further, since a front opening continuous with the side opening is provided on the front side of the side opening at the same height as the side opening, the side opening of the dispensing port When withdrawing accumulated banknotes from the
One end of the stacked banknotes protruding from the side opening,
The operator (operator on the other side) can grasp it and pull it out toward the front (front side).

That is, while the stacked banknotes with one end protruding from the side opening can be pulled out directly from the side opening side (left-right direction side), it is also possible to pull out the stacked banknotes through the front opening on the front side. can.

Further, since a step portion having the same height as the lower edge of the dispensing port is provided at a lower position of the notch, one end of the stacked banknotes protruding from the side opening is provided at this step portion. can be supported.

"Embodiment" An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14.

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.
It is set to about twice that of ₁ , and this main body 1a
There are banknote storage boxes 2, 3, and 4 in the front position inside.
are installed one above the other. 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 outlet 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. Then, at the rear of these storage boxes 2, 3, and 4, that is, toward the rear inside the main body 1a, a required amount of banknotes is fed out from the storage boxes 2, 3, and 4 in response to an input signal from a teller's machine (not shown). A feeding device 6 is provided to feed the banknotes upward in order to form a stack of banknotes 5, and a space between the uppermost storage box 2 and the ceiling of the main body 1a is provided with a feeding device 6 that feeds the banknotes upward in order to form a stack of banknotes 5. A conveying device 7 is provided for transporting the materials to. This conveyance device 7 conveys the stacked banknotes 5 on the center line of the width of the main body 1a, and detects the stacked banknotes by signals from detection devices 6a to 6d etc. provided in the conveyance path of the feeding device 6. If 5 is incomplete, please refer to 1st
As shown by arrow A in the figure, the banknotes are removed to the lower redirect box (indicated by reference numeral 8 in Figure 1), and if there are no defects, the banknotes are stacked using the banknote alignment plate 9 shown in Figure 4. 5 is sent out to the front door 1b side.

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 .
Due to this stepped portion 1c, the corners of the banknotes sent out to each payout port 10, 11 are largely projected only toward the corresponding counter operator, and the corners of the banknotes serve as gripping margins. Easy to take out banknotes,
It also prevents an accident in which the other operator mistakenly receives banknotes that are the other party's share.

In addition, in FIG. 2, what is indicated by the reference numeral 1d is a notch portion arranged at the left and right positions of the front door 1b, which is the front part of the frame body 1, respectively.

Further, those indicated by reference numerals 10b and 11b are provided on the left and right opposite sides of the notch 1d, are located at the end of the path along which the holder 12 moves, and are the same as the stacked banknotes 5 on the holder 12. The side openings provided at the height, and those indicated by reference numerals 10a and 11a are located on the upper surface of the pedestal 12 at each front side of the front door 1b located in front of the side openings 10b and 11b. This is a front opening provided at the same height as the stacked banknotes 5 to be placed and for pulling out the stacked banknotes forward. In addition, side openings 10b, 11b and front openings 10a, 11 located on the left and right sides, respectively.
Each payout port 10, 11 is constituted by a.

Also, those indicated by numerals 10' and 11' are the step portions 1
Payout ports 10 and 11 whose height matches the top surface of c
The lower edge of

Next, the sorting device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 14.

That is, the sorting device includes a receiving stand 12 that receives the banknotes sent out from the conveying device 7 (and the banknote alignment plate 9), and banknote holding plates 13a and 13b that sandwich the banknotes between the receiving stand 12. Belts 15 and 16 that are driven by the motor 14 to horizontally move the pedestal 12 and bill press plates 13a and 13b, respectively, and a solenoid 17a that operates the bill alignment plate 9, bill press plates 13a and 13b, etc.
17d and shutters 18a and 18b for opening and closing 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 the chain line) for accepting banknotes from the conveyance device 7, and a vertical position (shown in actual use) for abutting against the rear edge of the banknotes to align them. It is now possible to switch. As shown in FIG. 10, the link 20 is operated by a solenoid 17a and rotates around a shaft 21, so that a pin 2 is fixed to the banknote alignment plate 9.
2 and rotates the banknote alignment plate 9. The banknote alignment plate 9 is divided in the width direction as shown in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the banknote aligning plate 9 can be pivoted up to above the auxiliary pedestal 12' through the aforementioned slit.

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 each 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 while being wound around idle pulleys 35 to 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, 17
The reciprocating motion of c is converted into 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 to The shutters 18a, 18b include a front plate 40 that covers the front openings 10a, 11a of the payout ports 10, 11;
It has a structure in which side plates 41 that cover the side openings 10b and 11b of the dispensing ports 10 and 11 are combined in an L-shape.

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 banknote dispensing machine starts operating on the condition that one of the two operators on the left and right issues a withdrawal command, and transfers a predetermined number of banknotes dispensed from each banknote storage box 2 to 4 to a conveying device. Transport at 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 aligning plate 9 is swiveled down to the position shown by the chain line in FIGS. 4 and 10. Then, the stopper 30 is pivoted upward, and the banknote holding plate 1 is
3a and 13b are turned and raised 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 solid lines in FIGS. Banknotes 5 are placed on the pedestal 12. When the bill aligning plate 9 comes into contact with the end of the bill 5, the end faces of the bills 5 are aligned between the bill aligning plate 9 and the front plate 40 of the closed shutters 18a, 18b.
At this time, the banknotes 5 are as shown in FIG.
A cradle 12 is sent into the approximate center between the payout ports 10 and 11 (this center line is indicated by a chain line C), and waits on the other operator side (i.e., the payout port side).
It is placed on top with the right half protruding. Note that the edges of the banknotes protruding from the receiving tray 12 should be removed from the payout port 1 as shown in FIG.
Since the paper is guided by upper and lower guide plates 42 and 43 that are fixed to the machine between 0 and 11, there is no possibility that a jam will occur 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, 13 are lowered.
b are biased by torsion springs 29a and 29b, respectively, and swing downward. However, cradle 1
Since the banknotes 2 are placed on the left side in FIG. 11, the banknotes 5 are held between the banknote holding plate 13b on the right side and the receiver 12. Note that the left banknote holding plate 13a pivots downward and comes into contact with the receiving stand 12.

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 belts 15,1
6 is run, and the cradle 12 and the banknote holding plate 13 are moved.
a and 13b are horizontally moved in conjunction with each other. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, when the receiving stand 12 moves toward the payout port 11, the right end of the banknote 5 is pushed out from the payout port 11, that is, the payout port on the side from which the payout command was issued.

On the condition that the banknotes 5 have been taken out, the shutter 18b is closed, the stopper 30 is raised, the banknote holding plates 13a and 13b are forcibly pivoted upward, and the banknote aligning plate 9 is further pivoted downward, so that the next payout is completed. It becomes ready for operation. Note that if the next withdrawal command is issued by the opposite (other) operator, the movement of the receiving tray 12 in () above is omitted.

Next, the width ₁ of the banknote, the width ₂ of the holder 12, and the mutual distance between the payout ports 10 and 11 W ₂ (W ₂ = W−2W ₁ )
We will explain how the relative dimensions of the distribution device affect the function of the distribution device.

That is, in the above embodiment, ₂ is set slightly smaller than ₁ and 2 ₂ is set slightly larger than W ₂ , but by reducing ₂ , the stroke of the pedestal 12 at a constant width W ₂ can be increased. As a result, the amount of bill protrusion from the payout ports 10 and 11 can be increased. (However, since the amount of bills protruding from the holder will increase, consideration must be taken such as increasing the clamping force of the bill holding plate.) In addition, by reducing _W2 , the overall bill dispensing machine The width dimension W can be reduced and the banknotes can be stabilized on the pedestal 12.

(However, the amount of bill protrusion from the dispensing ports 10 and 11 decreases, and the workability of the ejecting operation deteriorates.) Therefore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the width dimension of the device and the protrusion of the bill from the dispensing port decrease. Taking into consideration the amount of banknotes and the stability of the banknotes on the cradle, the relative relationship is set such that ₂ is slightly smaller than ₁ and 2 ₂ is slightly larger than W ₂ .

Further, in this embodiment, by setting the width W ₃ of the front openings 10a, 11a of the payout ports 10, 11 to a specific length, it is possible to take out the banknotes 5 in various directions from the side to the front. This makes it possible to improve the operability of the retrieval operation. below,
With reference to FIG _{. 13} and FIG.
The relative relationship between the mutual distance _W2 of the front openings 10a and 11a and the opening size _W3 of the front openings 10a and 11a will be explained.

That is, the cradle 12 can move towards the side opening 11b over a stroke S defined by S=W ₂ - ₂ as shown in FIG. (the end on the dispensing port 10 side) is located at the position shown in FIG. 13 (the end on the side opening 11
If W ₃ is larger than L-S, the banknote 5 is moved from the position shown in FIG. 14 (position L-S away from the side opening 11b). It can be pulled out in various directions from the front to the front.

Note that W ₃ can be expressed by the following equation.
That is, L=W ₂ /2 + ₁ /2 ...(1) S=W ₂ - ₂ ...(2) and substituting equations (1) and (2) into L-S, L-S=( ₁ +2 ₂ −W ₂ )/2, and therefore, it is sufficient if W ₃ >LS=( ₁ +2 ₂ −W ₂ )/2.

In the above embodiment, the motor 14, belts 15, 16, drive pulley 24, intermediate pulley 2
5. The idle pulleys 35 to 37 constitute a belt mechanism.

"Effect of the invention" () A receiver is provided in front of the conveyance path of the conveyance device and between a pair of dispensing ports, and is movable between the pair of dispensing ports, () and the conveyance path of the conveyance device is provided at an intermediate position between the dispensing ports, and further provided with an interval that is smaller than twice the horizontal dimension of the pedestal and larger than the horizontal dimension of the bill; When the belt mechanism is used to dispose the cradle in a state shifted from the middle position of the dispensing port toward one of the operators, the stacked banknotes conveyed from the conveying device are placed on the cradle at one end. can be placed in a protruding state (at this time, one end of the protruding stacked banknotes is located on the other operator's side).

Furthermore, since a side opening of the dispensing port is provided at the end of the path along which the pedestal moves, the side opening is at the same height as the banknotes stacked on the pedestal.
When the pedestal placed with one end protruding is moved to the other operator's side by the belt mechanism, the part from which the one end of the banknote protrudes is
The banknotes protrude outside through the side opening of the payout port (the side opening on the other operator's side), and when the operator (the operator on the other side) pulls out this protruding part, the stacked banknotes are removed. can be easily received.

Further, since a front opening continuous with the side opening is provided on the front side of the side opening at the same height as the side opening, the side opening of the dispensing port When withdrawing accumulated banknotes from the
One end of the stacked banknotes protruding from the side opening,
When the operator (operator on the other side) grasps and pulls out toward the front side (front side), the stacked banknotes can be easily pulled out to the outside via the front opening.

That is, while the stacked banknotes with one end protruding from the side opening can be pulled out directly from the side opening side (left-right direction side), it is also possible to pull out the stacked banknotes through the front opening on the front side. As a result, the stacked banknotes can be taken out from the payout port in a natural state without any force, and at this time, the stacked banknotes are prevented from being bent (in the lateral direction).

Further, since a step portion having the same height as the lower edge of the dispensing port is provided at a lower position of the notch, the stacked banknotes protruding from the side opening are placed on this step portion. One end can be supported, thereby preventing the stacked banknotes from being bent (in the vertical direction), and in this respect as well, similarly to the above, the stacked banknotes can be prevented from being damaged. The effect is that it can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. 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
12 and 12 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the cradle, respectively, and FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams illustrative of the relative dimensions of the payout port and the cradle, etc. 1...frame body, 1a...main body, 1b...front door,
1c...Step part (step part), 5...Banknote, 7...Transportation device, 9...Banknote alignment plate, 10, 11...Payout port, 10a, 11a...Front opening, 10b, 1
1b... side opening, 12... cradle, 12'...
...Auxiliary cradle, 13a, 13b...Banknote holding plate,
14... Motor, 17a-17b... Solenoid, 18a, 18b... Shutter, 23... Frame, 29a, 29b... Torsion spring, 30...
Stopper, 40...Front plate, 41...Side plate, S
...Sensor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In a banknote dispensing machine that is placed between two operators on the left and right and shared by the two operators, the front part of the frame forming the external appearance of the banknote dispensing machine A pair of dispensing ports are formed in respective notches arranged at the left and right positions, and a predetermined number of accumulated bills are dispensed from the bill storage box inside the frame based on a dispensing command from each operator. a conveying device that conveys toward the front of the frame and whose conveyance path is located between the pair of payout ports; a holder which is movably provided at the front part of the frame body and which places the stacked banknotes transported by the transport device on its upper surface and transports the stacked banknotes to any of the payout ports; A belt mechanism is provided below the stand and drives the receiving stand in the left-right direction between the dispensing ports, and the distance between the dispensing ports is equal to the width of the horizontal dimension of the receiving stand. an interval smaller than double and larger than the left-right dimension of the banknote, and each of the payout openings is provided on the left-right opposite side of a notch formed in the frame, and the receiving tray moves along a path. a side opening located at the end of the holder and provided at the same height as the banknotes stacked on the holder; a front opening provided at the same height as the stacked banknotes placed on the top surface and for pulling out the stacked banknotes forward;
These side openings and front openings are formed continuously, and a lower position of the notch has the same height as the lower edge of the dispensing port, and a A banknote dispensing machine characterized by being provided with a stepped portion that supports from below the lower surface of the stacked banknotes dispensed from the dispensing port through the receiving stand.