JPH048350B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is an automatic deposit/withdrawal device installed in a bank, etc., in which banknotes taken into the device and accumulated in a temporary accumulation section are accumulated in a storage box. The present invention relates to an integrated device.

(Prior art) In an automatic deposit/withdrawal device, the banknotes inserted by the customer through the handling slot are separated and conveyed one by one, and a verification section determines authenticity, fitness, and denomination.The banknotes that are determined to be genuine are It is accumulated in the temporary accumulation section. Thereafter, if the transaction is successful, the banknotes in the temporary stacking section are stored in the storage box, and if the transaction is not successful, the banknotes are transported from the temporary stacking section to the handling port and returned to the customer.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a temporary accumulation device in a conventional automatic deposit/withdrawal device, where 1 indicates a temporary accumulation section;
2 is a conveyance path; 3 is a temporary accumulation bottom plate; 4 is a drive gear for moving the temporary accumulation bottom plate 3; 5 is a motor for driving the drive gear 4; 6 is a detector for detecting the state in which the temporary accumulation bottom plate 3 is closed; 7 is a detector that detects the state where the temporary accumulation bottom plate 3 is opened; 8 is a banknote storage box;
9a and 9b are detection sensors that detect the top surface of banknotes in the banknote storage box 8; 10 is a storage stage that moves the banknotes up and down; 11 is a moving direction; 12 is a pick roller; 13 is a feed roller; 14 is a separation roller; 15 is a It is a conveyance path.

In the above configuration, first, the operation of deposit transaction will be explained. In this case, the inserted banknotes are separated and conveyed at a handling port (not shown), and the authenticity, fitness, and denomination are determined by the discrimination section.The banknotes that are determined to be true are transferred from the conveyance path 2 to the temporary stacking section 1. They are temporarily accumulated on the accumulation bottom plate 3. Thereafter, when the transaction is completed, the motor 5 is driven and the drive gear 4 is rotated. Due to this rotation, the temporary accumulation bottom plate 3 moves until it is detected by the detector 7, and the banknotes on the temporary accumulation bottom plate 3 fall onto the storage stage 10. The storage stage 10 is movable in the direction of an arrow 11, and is moved by a drive system (not shown).The storage stage 10 is lowered until the top surface of the banknote is detected by the detection sensors 9a and 9b. Next, the temporary accumulation bottom plate 3 returns to the temporary accumulation section 1 again by rotating the motor 5 and the driving gear in the reverse direction, and moves until it is detected by the detector 6. On the other hand, if the transaction is unsuccessful, the storage stage 10 pushes up the temporarily stacked bottom plate 3 and the banknotes together with the banknotes in the storage box 8 and presses them against the picker roller 12 . After that, the banknotes on the temporary accumulation bottom plate 3 are taken out by the picker roller 12, and the banknotes are taken out by the picker roller 12.
3. Separated and conveyed by separation rollers 14 and conveyed on conveyance path 15
and then returned to the handling port. In addition, in the case of a withdrawal transaction, the motor 5 is driven, the drive gear 4 is rotated,
The temporary accumulation bottom plate 3 moves until it is detected by the detector 7. After this, the storage box 8 is moved by the storage stage 10.
The banknotes inside are pushed up, pressed by the picker roller 12, and taken out. The fed banknotes are separated and conveyed by a feed roller 13 and a separation roller 14, and are dispensed from a conveyance path 15 to a handling port (not shown).

The above describes the deposit and withdrawal transactions in the automatic deposit/withdrawal device, but the number of banknotes required for each transaction is configured to be the same as the number stored in the temporary storage section, and the temporary storage section always has enough banknotes for one transaction. I needed space.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the device with the above configuration, the number of transactions is limited by the storage capacity of the temporary accumulation section, the temporary accumulation section has a space for one transaction, and the capacity for the movement of the temporary accumulation bottom plate is also limited. Since this is necessary, the device becomes large and complicated, and furthermore, since the storage stage is moved after moving the temporary accumulation bottom plate, there is a problem that the operation time becomes longer, and therefore the transaction time becomes longer. Furthermore, if the banknotes at the top of the temporary stacking section are bent, there is a problem in that even if the storage stage is lowered, the top surface of the banknotes cannot be detected, resulting in equipment failure.

It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, reduce the size of the device, and provide a highly reliable bill stacking device that can handle a large number of bills and short transaction times.

(Means for Solving the Problems) This invention provides a temporary stacking device that separates bills already stacked on a bill storage box in an automatic deposit/withdrawal device from newly stacked bills. A ring belt with a flexible tongue that bends freely is provided as a partition plate from the already stacked banknotes, and a drive means is provided for rotating the belt with a flexible tongue according to the amount of banknotes that are accumulated in the temporary stacking section. It is.

(Function) By providing the above-mentioned means, the tongue part of the ring belt with a flexible tongue part rides on the already stacked banknotes and acts as a partition plate, and the banknotes to be thrown in thereafter are accumulated on the tongue part. do. Thereafter, when the transaction is completed, the tongue piece is bent and pulled out from the banknote storage box. As a result, the inserted banknotes are stored in the banknote storage box, and the process ends. Therefore, the present invention can solve the above problems.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 are configuration diagrams showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of the device showing a state before banknotes are stacked, FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the device showing a state after banknotes are stacked. In the figure, 21 is a temporary accumulation section, 22 is a conveyance path, 23 is a ring belt with a free tongue of the temporary accumulation section, 24 is a drive pulley that rotates the ring belt with a free tongue 13, 25 is a drive motor, and 26 is a banknote A storage box, 27 is a storage stage for moving banknotes up and down, 28 is a moving direction, 29 is a pick roller, 30
3 is a feed roller, 31 is a separation roller, and 32 is a conveyance path.

Next, the operation of the banknote stacking device having the above configuration will be explained. First, in the case of a deposit transaction, when a deposit transaction signal is transmitted to the automatic deposit/withdrawal device, the storage stage 27
is lowered by a predetermined amount, and the drive motor 25 and drive pulley 24
rotates. Due to this rotation, the tongue portion of the ring belt 23 with a flexible tongue comes out to the temporary stacking section 21 on the banknote storage box 26 and is placed on top of the banknotes in the banknote storage box 26. After that, when the banknotes are put into a handling slot (not shown), they are separated and conveyed one by one, and the authenticity, fitness, and denomination are determined by a discrimination section (not shown).The banknotes that are determined to be genuine are transferred to the conveyance path. From 22, temporary accumulation part 1
1 is assembled onto the protrusion of the ring belt 23 with a free tongue. The storage stage 27 is lowered according to the number of banknotes to be stacked, and the ring belt 23 with flexible tongues is sequentially rotated in a direction in which the protrusion moves downward according to the number of banknotes to be stacked. Third
The figure shows the state after the temporary accumulation has been completed. When a transaction is established in this state, the drive motor 25 and the drive pulley 24 rotate upon receiving a signal indicating that the transaction has been completed. With this rotation, the protrusion of the ring belt 23 with a flexible tongue is bent by the bill and pulled out from the bill storage section 26. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the protrusion of the ring belt 23 with a free tongue is pulled out.
On the other hand, after temporarily accumulating banknotes, the transaction was unsuccessful.
When returning the banknotes in the temporary stacking section 21 to the handling port, the storage stage 27 returns the banknotes to the banknote storage section 26.
banknotes and the banknotes in the temporary stacking section 21, in other words, the protrusion of the ring belt 23 with a flexible tongue pushes up the bill until it comes into contact with the picker roller 29, and at the same time the protrusion of the ring belt 23 with a flexible tongue moves upward. Drive pulley 24, drive motor 15 in the direction
Rotate. Thereafter, the banknotes in the temporary stacking section 21 are taken out by the pickup roller 29, separated and conveyed by the feed roller 30 and separation roller 31, and returned to the handling port from the conveyance path 32. The protrusion is the storage stage 27
storage stage 27 by the same amount as the amount of push-up movement.
It is raised at the same time as the operation. When the temporary stacking section 21 runs out of banknotes, the ring belt 23 with flexible tongues lowers the storage stage 17 by a predetermined amount and the drive motor 2
5. Pulled back by drive pulley 24. Also,
In the case of a withdrawal transaction, the banknotes in the banknote storage section 26 are pushed up by the storage stage 27 and pressed against the picker roller 29 . After this, the storage stage 2
The banknotes on the banknotes 7 are sequentially taken out by a picker roller 29, separated and conveyed by a feed roller 30 and a separation roller 31, and then dispensed from a conveyance path 32 to a handling port (not shown).

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, a ring belt with freely bendable tongues is provided as a temporary accumulation partition plate in an automatic deposit/withdrawal device, and banknotes are accumulated. Means is provided for rotating the ring belt with the flexible tongue according to the amount of the rotation.
A low-cost device that allows a large number of coins to be traded without being limited by the capacity of the temporary storage section, is compact, has a simple structure, does not have duplicate operations, has short transaction times, and has high storage reliability. can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bill stacking device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a side view after stacking bills, and FIG. 4 is a side view of a conventional bill stacking device. It is. 11 is a temporary accumulation part, 13 is a ring belt with a flexible tongue, 14 is a drive pulley, 15 is a drive motor, 1
6 is a banknote storage box, and 17 is a storage stage.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A banknote stacking device in an automatic deposit/withdrawal device that stacks banknotes already stacked in a banknote storage box and banknotes to be newly stacked as temporarily stacked banknotes, comprising: a temporary stacking partition plate; A ring belt with a flexible tongue having a freely bendable tongue that functions as a ring belt is provided, and when a normal transaction is completed and banknotes temporarily accumulated on the tongue are stored in a storage box, the ring belt with a flexible tongue is provided. By driving the part of the ring belt on the banknote storage box side to move downward, the connecting part of the tongue part to the ring belt moves downward,
A banknote stacking device characterized in that a portion of the tongue portion that comes into contact with the stacked banknotes moves in a substantially horizontal direction due to its bendability, and slides out between the stacked banknotes.