JPH0525018Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] (a) Industrial application field This invention is suitable for deposits (deposits), such as automated teller machines used in banking business.
The present invention relates to an entrance/exit device for paper sheets, which includes an inlet for banknotes to be inserted at the time of payment, and an outlet for the banknotes to be ejected at the time of withdrawal (payment).

(b) Prior Art Conventionally, the above-mentioned example entrance/exit devices include, for example,
There is an apparatus in which an input port for inserting banknotes and a discharge port for discharging banknotes are formed parallel to each other, and a total of two movable shutters are provided to open and close the input port and the discharge port separately.

However, in the above-mentioned entrance/exit device, since the inlet and outlet are formed parallel to each other, a large opening space is required in the cabinet on the customer service panel, making it difficult to save space in the device. A problem arose.

In addition, there is a problem in that the structure of the control means for separately opening and closing the two movable shutters described above becomes complicated.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention This invention reduces the opening space of the cabinet on the customer service panel surface by creating a unique structure for the arrangement of the input port and the discharge port, thereby saving space in the device. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet entrance/exit device which can simplify the structure of a control means for opening and closing the shutter by selectively opening and closing the above-mentioned entrance/exit with a single movable shutter. purpose.

(d) Means for solving the problem This invention is a paper sheet inlet/outlet device that is equipped with an input port for inputting paper sheets and a discharge port for discharging paper sheets. The discharge ports are arranged in an inverted V-shape with the upper ends of each entrance and exit close to each other, and the input space and discharge space above the upper ends of each entrance and exit overlap, and are arranged below one opening. A paper sheet entrance/exit device is provided with a single movable shutter that switches between opening and closing each of these entrances and exits, and a control means that opens and closes the movable shutter according to the use of each entrance/exit. It is characterized by

(e) Effects of the invention According to this invention, the above-mentioned input and output ports are arranged in an inverted V shape with the upper ends of each entrance and exit close to each other, so that there is a space for inputting paper sheets and a space for discharging paper sheets. The spaces overlap with each other, and as a result, the opening space of the cabinet on the customer service panel is reduced,
The space of the apparatus can be saved, and at the same time, the user can insert and take out paper sheets from substantially one opening, which provides good operability.

In addition, the single movable shutter mentioned above allows
Since the opening/closing operation corresponds to the use of the discharge port, the structure of the control means for opening and closing the shutter can be simplified compared to a conventional device requiring two shutters.

(F) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below in detail based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a banknote entry/exit device, and in FIG. 1, banknotes are inserted into the lower part (below) of the opening 2 in the cabinet 1 of the customer service panel using a first lower guide 3 and a first upper guide 4. In addition to providing an input port 5, a discharge port 8 from which banknotes are discharged by a second lower guide 6 and a second upper guide 7 is provided.

The above-mentioned inlet 5 and outlet 8 are arranged in an inverted V-shape with the upper ends of each outlet 8, 5 being close to each other, and with this arrangement, banknotes can be inserted into the upper end of each outlet 8, 5. The space and the emission space overlap and share these spaces.

Furthermore, a rotary shutter 9, which is a single movable shutter, is disposed at the center above the input port 5 and the discharge port 8.

This rotary shutter 9 is fitted onto a shutter shaft 10.

On the other hand, a sub-feed roller 11 as a means for taking in paper sheets is provided on one side of the input port 5, and a pressing plate 12 for pressing banknotes against the roller 11 is provided on the other side of the input port 5. A narrow banknote taking-in passage 13 communicating with the opening 5 is formed, and a taking-in roller 14 and a fixed friction roller 15 for preventing two-bill-feeding are opposed within this passage 13.

Here, the above-mentioned pressing plate 12 has an L-shaped bracket 18 attached to the pin 17 at the free end of the approximately doglegged pressing arm 16.
The base end of the above-mentioned pressing arm 16 fits into the arm shaft 19.

Inside the above-mentioned outlet 8, there is a banknote accumulation box 2.
0, and the slider 21 integrally formed on the outer surface of the box 20 is slidably attached to the guide shaft 22, and the above-mentioned discharge port 8 is formed, so that the inner end 7a of the upper guide 7 and the above-mentioned box 20
The bent rear end portions 20a of the banknotes are brought close to each other to form a narrow banknote discharge passage 23, and a pair of upper and lower feed rollers 24, 25 are opposed to each other within this passage 23.

Further, above the above-mentioned upper guide 7 is a lever shaft 2.
A press lever 27 is fitted to the lever 27, and a presser roller 28 is pivotally attached to the free end of the lever 27, so that when the banknote accumulation box 20, which will be described later, is moved upward, the presser roller 28 is used to release the banknotes from the box 20. It is configured to be pressed.

Between the above-mentioned pressing plate 12 and the rotary shutter 9, there are two states: a banknote receiving state (see FIG. 1) in which the rotary shutter 9 closes the discharge port 8, and a receiving state in which the pressing plate 12 is pressed when taking in banknotes. (See Figure 2)
An interlocking mechanism 30 is provided for operating the banknotes into a discharge state (see FIG. 3) in which the input slot 5 is closed by the rotary shutter 9 when bills are discharged.

This interlocking mechanism 30 has a proximal end fitted into the arm shaft 19 and a distal end connected to the L-shaped bracket 1 via a pin 17.
8, a first lever 31 whose base end is fitted onto the arm shaft 19 described above and whose free end is integrally formed with a protruding shaft 29; and whose upper base end is fitted onto the support shaft 32. The second lever 34 with the cam roller 33 pivotally attached to the middle part, the above-mentioned protruding shaft 29 inserted into the left end elongated hole 35, and the right end pivoted to the free end of the second lever 34 with a pin 36. , a first link 37 that connects the first lever 31 and the second lever 34; a third lever 40 whose intermediate portion is pivoted to a support shaft 38 and whose lower free end pivots a cam roller 39; and a drive shaft 41. A cam 42 fitted to the shutter shaft 10, and a triangular plate 43 fitted to the shutter shaft 10 mentioned above.
and a second link 46 that connects the upper corner of the triangular plate 43 and the free end of the third lever 40 via pins 44 and 45, and each of the first, second, and third levers 31 described above. ,3
4 and 40, each of the first, second, and third springs 4
7, 48, and 49 are connected, and the cam rollers 33, 39 of the second and third levers 34, 40 are always pressed against the circumferential surface of the cam 42 by the above-mentioned springs 48, 49.

In addition, the spring force of the first spring 47 described above is
The spring force of the spring 48 is set smaller than that of the first spring.
In the normal state shown in the figure (bill acceptance state), the protruding shaft 29 of the first lever 31 is connected to the first link 37.
The arm shaft 19, the pressing arm 16, and the pressing plate 12 are stopped at the right end of the elongated hole 35, and are configured to maintain the state shown in FIG.

Furthermore, the cam roller 3 on the second lever 34 side mentioned above
3 counterclockwise with respect to the cam nose of cam 42
The cam roller 39 on the third lever 40 side is set at a position opened 120 degrees clockwise with respect to the cam nose of the cam 42. The shape of the cam 42 is set so that the base circle portion of the cam 42 is located within a range of 120 degrees.

By the way, the pin 50 provided at the lower corner of the triangular plate 43 mentioned above and the pin 5 provided protruding from the slider 21
1, a traction arm 52 is stretched between the two.

Also, a pin 4 is attached to the upper corner of the triangular plate 43 mentioned above.
A third link 53 is provided that extends leftward through the third link 53, and a protruding shaft 55 is loosely fitted into an elongated hole 54 at the left end of the third link 53.

This protruding shaft 55 is a shaft protruding from the fourth lever 56 fitted to the lever shaft 26 described above.
A fourth spring 57 is connected to the lever 56 to constantly bias the lever 56 counterclockwise.

The illustrated embodiment is configured as described above,
The action will be explained below.

In the banknote acceptance state shown in FIG. 1, in which the discharge port 8 is closed by the rotary shutter 9 and the input port 5 is opened, when the customer inserts banknotes from the opening 2 and the input port 5 during the deposit operation, this happens. The bill comes to rest between the lower guide 3 and the pressing plate 12.

After the customer completes the deposit operation, in order to take the banknotes in the slot 5 into the device, first the banknotes in the slot 5 are moved into the cam 42 via the drive shaft 41 by a motor (not shown) as a drive source.
Rotate 120 degrees counterclockwise.

When the above-mentioned cam 42 is rotated counterclockwise, the cam nose of the cam 42 causes the second
The lever 34 swings counterclockwise with the support shaft 32, and the first lever 34 connected to the free end of the second lever
Since the link 37 is pulled to the right, the protruding shaft 29 is allowed to move within the elongated hole 35, and the first lever 31
is rotated clockwise along with the arm shaft 19 by the force of the first spring 47.

By rotating the arm shaft 19 clockwise,
The pressing arm 16 swings in the same direction, and the pressing plate 12 connected to the tip of the arm 16 via a pin 17 and an L-shaped bracket 18 moves toward the lower guide 3, and the pressing plate 12 moves a plurality of banknotes. is pressed against the sub-feed roller 11.

Next, when the taking-in roller 14 is rotated counterclockwise under the taking-in state shown in FIG. The banknotes pressed toward the sub-feed roller 11 at step 12 are taken in one by one starting from the banknote on the lower guide 3 side.

That is, the above-mentioned banknotes are sequentially taken into the apparatus one by one through the banknote taking-in passage 13 by the action of the friction roller 15 for preventing double taking-in and the taking-in roller 14.

On the other hand, when discharging banknotes from the device when a customer withdraws money, the pair of upper and lower feed rollers 2 at the back of the discharge port 8 are first placed under the condition shown in FIG.
4 and 25 in the banknote discharge direction, and the banknotes in the device are stacked into the banknote collection box 20 through the discharge path 23.

Next, the cam 42 is rotated 120 degrees clockwise from the state shown in FIG. 1 through the drive shaft 41 by a motor (not shown) serving as a drive source, as shown in FIG.

When the above-mentioned cam 42 is rotated clockwise, the cam nose of the cam 42 causes the third lever 40 to swing clockwise about the support shaft 38 as shown in FIG. 3, and a pin is attached to the free end of the third lever 40. Since the second link 46 connected through the second link 45 is pulled to the right, the triangular plate 43 rotates clockwise together with the shutter shaft 10.

This rotation of the shutter shaft 10 in the clockwise direction causes the rotary shutter 9 to rotate in the same direction, thereby opening the discharge port 8 and closing the input port 5.

Further, since the third link 53 is pulled to the right by the displacement of the pin 44 of the triangular plate 43 mentioned above, the protruding shaft 55 is allowed to move within the long hole 54 at the free end of this link 53, and the fourth lever 56 is It rotates counterclockwise along with the lever shaft 26 by the spring force of the fourth spring 57.

As the lever shaft 26 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, the pressing lever 27 fitted on the same shaft 26 is rotated in the same direction, and the pressing roller 28 at the free end of the lever 27 is rotated in the same direction.
Press the top of the stacked banknotes with the button.

Furthermore, as the towing arm 52 is pulled upward by the displacement of the pin 50 of the triangular plate 43,
The slider 21 connected to this arm 52 via a pin 51 moves upward along the guide shaft 22,
Since the box 20 after banknote accumulation processing is raised upward from the discharge port 8, the customer can receive the banknotes in the box 20 from the opening 2 of the cabinet 1 of the customer service panel.

In this way, the above-mentioned interlocking mechanism 30 allows the rotary shutter 9 to close the discharge port 8 in the bill receiving state (see FIG. 1) and the bill receiving state in which the pressing plate 12 is pressed when taking in the bill (see FIG. 2). ) and a discharge state (see FIG. 3) in which the input slot 5 is closed by the rotary shutter 9 when bills are discharged.

In short, the above-mentioned input port 5 and discharge port 8 are arranged in an inverted V-shape with the upper ends of each of these ports 8 and 5 being close to each other, so that the bill input space and the bill discharge space overlap each other. As a result, it is possible to reduce the opening space of the cabinet 1 on the customer service panel surface, thereby saving the space of the apparatus, and there is an effect that substantially one opening 2 can be used for inserting and discharging banknotes.

Further, only one rotary shutter 9 is required, and this one shutter 9 provides a total of two input ports 5.
and selectively open and close the discharge port 8, and
The input port 8 can be closed when the shutter is open, and the input port 5 can be closed when the discharge port 8 is open. 9. The structure of the control means for opening and closing can be simplified.

Furthermore, since one of the two entrances and exits 8 and 5 is always closed by the above-mentioned opening and closing operation of the rotary shutter 9, it is possible for the customer to make an erroneous operation, such as incorrectly inserting banknotes for deposit into the exit. This has the effect of preventing erroneous operations such as

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the banknote entrance/exit device is taken in, and FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the banknote exit/exit device is discharged. 5... Input port, 8... Output port, 9... Rotating shutter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A paper sheet entrance/exit device comprising an input port for inputting paper sheets and a discharge port for discharging paper sheets, the input port and the discharge port being connected to each entrance/exit. They are arranged in an inverted V shape with their upper ends close to each other, and the input and discharge spaces above the upper ends of each entrance and exit are overlapped and placed below one opening. A paper leaf entrance/exit device, comprising: a single movable shutter that opens and closes the entrances/exits by switching between them; and a control means for opening/closing the movable shutter according to the use of each entrance/exit.