JPH05258151A - Paper money identification device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a paper money identification device which can flexibly correspond to the request of the collection direction of paper money that differs by the size of a unit and which is inexpensive. CONSTITUTION:An identification carriage belt 3 is provided on an identification part 22 identifying paper money and a storage carriage belt 7 is separately provided on a storage part 23 storing paper money in a stacker 9. An input gear 1 fitted to the driving pulley 2 of the identification carriage belt 3 is driven by an output gear 4 fitted to the pulley 5 of the storage carriage belt 7. Consequently, the storage part 23 can be made into a unit in a storage chassis 13 and the storage chassis 13 is exchanged by the stacker 9. Thus, paper money can be collected from the front of the device or from a back side 26.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the structure of a bill validator mounted on an automatic vending machine or the like.
The present invention relates to a bill discriminating device that can change the takeout direction of bills to either the front or back.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows the structure of a conventional bill validator. The conventional banknote identification device conveys the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion part 21 prepared on the front surface 25 of the device to the identification part 22 by the conveyor belt 30. The identification unit 22 includes
An identification sensor 16 is installed, and the conveyor belt 30 conveys a bill through the front of the identification sensor 16 so that the identification sensor 16 can search for a bill. And
The banknotes that have passed through the identification sensor 16 are guided to the storage unit 23 by the conveyor belt 30. In the storage 23, the pusher 8 pushes the bill conveyed to the predetermined position toward the stacker 9 installed from the back surface 26 of the bill validator. The stacker 9 has a back surface 26 by a spring 10.
There is prepared a pressing plate 11 supported by the pressing plate 11, and a banknote is sandwiched by the pressing plate 11 and stored. In the bill validator having such a configuration, the conveyor belt 30 is
It is collectively driven by a motor drive pulley 31 prepared in the storage section 22. Then, the identification sensor 16 is installed on the upper portion of the bill validator for the convenience of easy maintenance and easy attachment of an accompanying electric circuit, and therefore, the transport belt 30 is located below the bill validator of the insertion portion 21. The stacker 9 is installed on the front side 25 of the existing device, and the back side 26 of the device facing the conveyor belt 30.

[0003]

In recent years, small and multifunctional money changers, ball lending machines, vending machines, etc. have been developed. The bill validator is often mounted on such a small money changing machine. In a conventional large-sized vending machine or the like, since the above-described bill identifying device is installed at the door portion, there is no problem even if the stacker is prepared on the back surface. However, in a small money changer or the like, the weight of the door is small, and when a bill validator is installed on the door like the conventional large-sized device, the increase rate of the weight of the door is large. Therefore, it is necessary to reinforce the door, the hinge, the housing around the hinge, and the like to increase the strength. A bill validator can be installed from the door side to the main body side in order to avoid an increase in cost due to reinforcement or the like and an increase in size of the device, but in such a case, it is difficult to remove the stacker from the bill validator. Of course, it is possible to change the design of the bill validator as a whole and develop a bill validator with a stacker installed in front of the device, but such a new model will require new dedicated parts, and other model Is less compatible with. Also, because it is necessary to manufacture models for the door and the main body,
The versatility disappeared, the number of parts as an identification device increased,
Problems arise such as increased costs.

In view of the above problems, the present invention allows the stacker to be installed on both front and back sides of the bill validator by using common parts, and the installation direction of the stacker can be easily changed. The purpose is to realize a bill validator.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, it is possible to drive with one driving force while separating the conveyance path of the bill identifying device into two parts, an identification part and a storage part. I am trying. That is, the banknote identification device according to the present invention conveys the inserted banknotes by the introduction transport belt, and an identification unit that identifies the bills, and a storage unit that guides the banknotes identified by the identification unit by the storage transport belt and stores them in the stacker. And a storage drive shaft for driving the storage / conveyance belt, the storage drive shaft for driving the storage / conveyance belt is connected by drive transmission means capable of transmitting a driving force.

Further, it is effective that the accommodating section is a compatible accommodating section that is unitized into a substantially same shape as the stacker,
As the drive transmission means, it is possible to use a gear drive transmission means which is attached to each of the introduction drive shaft and the storage drive shaft and which includes at least a pair of gears meshing with each other.

[0007]

As described above, by providing the introduction transport belt dedicated to the identification unit and the storage transport belt dedicated to the storage unit, the identification unit and the storage unit can be configured independently, and the setting position of the storage unit can be flexibly selected. It becomes possible to do. And
Since the drive source can be shared by using the drive transmission means, it is not necessary to add a separate drive source and the size of the bill validator can be maintained. Therefore, in such a bill identification device, the installation position of the stacker facing the storage section can be freely selected. For example, when the storage section is installed on the back side of the bill identification device, the stacker is placed on the front side. Can be installed in On the contrary, when the storage section is installed on the front side of the bill validator, the stacker can be installed on the back side, and it is not necessary to change the parts and components of the bill validator depending on the arrangement of the stacker.

Furthermore, by unitizing the storage unit into a unit having substantially the same shape as the stacker, the positions of the stacker and the storage unit can be easily exchanged. Therefore, when attaching the bill validator to an automatic vending machine, etc., it becomes possible to select the position of the stacker according to the structure of each vending machine, etc., and to provide a versatile bill validator at low cost. You can

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the construction of the bill discriminating apparatus according to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a sectional view perpendicular to the sectional view shown in FIG. The apparatus of the present example is similar to the conventional bill validator, and is a depositing section 21 for depositing bills, an identifying section 22 for identifying the deposited bills, and a stacker 9 for the identified bills.
A storage unit 23 for storing the bills, and a stacker 9 for holding and holding the bills by the spring 10 and the pressing plate 11.
It is composed of and. A point to be noted in the present embodiment is that the identification section 22 and the storage section 23 are provided with independent conveyor belts 3 and 7.

First, the identification section 22 has a drive pulley 2 fixed to the input gear 1 to which the drive force is transmitted from the storage section 23.
The identification conveyance belt 3 is hung on the auxiliary pulley 2a installed in the vicinity of the insertion portion 21 facing the drive pulley 2. As shown in FIG. 2, this identification conveyance belt 3
Is composed of two sets of belts so that the banknotes can be conveyed while sandwiching both ends thereof. Then, the identification conveying belt 3
An identification sensor 16 for identifying bills is installed on the upper part of the detection surface 16a of the identification sensor 16 toward the identification conveyance belt 3. Pressing rollers 14.1 and 14.2 for pressing the bills are attached to both sides of the identification sensor 16.

The banknotes whose types have been identified by the identifying unit 22 are stored in the stacker 9 by the storage unit 23. The storage unit 23 of this example is substantially the same size as the stacker 9 and is incorporated in the rectangular storage chassis 13. In the storage portion 23, the storage / conveyance belt 7 extends over the drive pulley 6 that is driven by a motor and a drive gear (not shown) and the auxiliary pulley 5 that is installed near the identification portion 22 so as to face the drive pulley 6. Hanging. This storage / transportation belt 7 also
Like the identification conveyance belt 3, it is composed of two sets of belts, and pressing rollers 14.3 and 14.4 installed so as to face the belts 17 enable the paper money to be conveyed while sandwiching both ends thereof. Is becoming Further, a pusher 8 is installed between the storage / conveyance belts 7. The pusher 8 is a plate-shaped member, and can be reciprocated by a pusher driving unit (not shown) in a direction perpendicular to the driving direction of the storage / conveyance belt 7. Therefore, the banknotes 17 conveyed by the storage / conveyance belt 7 to a predetermined position facing the stacker 9 are pressed against the stacker 9 by the pushers 8 and stored in the stacker 9. Further, in the storage section 23 of this example, the storage / transportation belt 7
The output gear 4 is installed on the auxiliary pulley 5. The output gear 4 meshes with the input gear 1 of the identification unit 23 and can drive the identification conveyance belt 3. Therefore, in the apparatus of this example, the storage / conveyance belt 7 is driven by the drive pulley 6 driven by the motor, and at the same time, the identification / conveyance belt 3 is also driven via the output gear 4 and the input gear 3.

The stacker 9 in which the bills 17 are stored by the pusher 8 of the storage section 23 is a rectangular storage box having an open end in the direction facing the pusher 8, and the spring 10 is installed on the bottom surface facing the open end. Further, the pressing plate 11 is attached by the spring 10 so as to be movable in the direction of the pusher 8. Therefore, the banknotes 17 transported to the position facing the stacker 9 by the storage transport belt 7
Is moved onto the pressing plate 11 by the pusher 8, and the banknote is sandwiched by the pressing plate 11 in the stacker 9 and held as the storage tag 12. The banknotes thus identified are stored in the stacker 9, and the stored banknotes can be collected by rotating the stacker 9 around the fulcrum 18.

In the bill discriminating apparatus of this embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the storage section 23 is installed on the side opposite to the inserting section 21, that is, on the back side 26 of the apparatus. Therefore, the stacker 9 can be installed on the front side 15 of the apparatus. For this reason, since the stored bills can be collected from the front side of the bill validator, the bills can be easily collected even if the bills are installed on the main body side of a small money changer or the like. Therefore, unlike the conventional bill validator that can only collect bills from the back side, there is no need to reinforce the door side to install the bill validator, and it is possible to suppress the increase in weight and cost due to reinforcement etc. Is.

As described above, the bill discriminating apparatus of the present embodiment is a device which can collect bills from the front side, but at the same time, it can be easily changed to a device which collects bills from the back side. FIG. 3 shows a case where the same device is used to collect banknotes from the back side. The apparatus of this example is the same as the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 except that the stacker 9 and the storage chassis 13 are replaced with each other, and the other configurations are exactly the same. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted. In this example, the storage chassis 13 can also be fixed to the front surface side 25, and the storage unit 2
3 can be installed on the front side 25 below the identification part 22. In such an arrangement, since the output gear 4 and the input gear 3 rotate in the same direction, it cannot be directly meshed as described above, and the output gear 4 and the input gear 3 pass through the allied gear 15. The driving force can be transmitted to. As a result, similarly to the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the drive / pulley 6 of the storage section 23 can drive the storage / conveyance belt 7 and the identification / conveyance belt 3, and the identified banknotes can be stored in the stacker 9.

As described above, in the apparatus of this embodiment, since the storage section 23 is installed on the front surface side 25 of the apparatus, the stacker 9 can be installed on the back surface side 26 and the banknotes can be collected from the back surface side 26 of the apparatus. You can Therefore, the bill validator of this example is suitable for installation on a door of a vending machine or the like, and the bill can be collected from the back side of the bill validator by opening the door. Further, as described above, the apparatus of this example includes the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the identification unit 22, the storage unit 23, and the stacker 9
The configuration is completely the same, and the banknote collection direction can be selected simply by exchanging the storage section 23 and the stacker 9. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the model and, of course, the parts depending on the bill collecting direction. Furthermore, since the collection direction can be selected simply by exchanging the storage section 23 and the stacker 9, the collection direction may be determined when the collection direction is attached to the vending machine, the money changer, or the like. As described above, since the bill validator of this example has versatility, it is not necessary to pay attention to the collecting direction when purchasing the bill validator.

[0017]

As described above, in the bill validator according to the present invention, the identifying part and the accommodating part can be independently configured by installing the conveyor belts in the identifying part and the accommodating part. Then, the respective driving belts can be driven from the same driving source by using the driving force transmitting means. Therefore, it is possible to install the storage unit and the stacker on both the front surface side and the back surface side of the apparatus, and it is possible to freely select the banknote collection direction.
And since the components that compose the bill validator such as the storage unit and the stacker are exactly the same, it is not necessary to change the model depending on the bill collection direction, and it is possible to supply a versatile bill validator at a low price. .. Of course, since the same parts, the identification section, the storage section, the stacker, and the like having the same configuration are used, the maintenance is easy and the parts can be quickly replaced in the event of a failure. In addition, since the storage part having many drive parts can be unitized, there is an advantage that it is easy to deal with a failure.

In particular, in recent years, a device having a built-in bill validator such as a money changer has been miniaturized, and in many cases, the bill validator cannot be installed on a door due to problems such as strength, but the bill validator according to the present invention. In the above, since it is easy to collect bills from the front of the device, it is very useful for such a small-sized device and has a wide range of application. Furthermore, since the bills can be collected from the back surface of the bill validator by exchanging the storage unit and the stacker, the bill can be installed on the door of the device as in the conventional bill validators. As described above, the bill identifying device according to the present invention is a bill identifying device that increases flexibility in selecting the collection direction of bills by using the same components, and can achieve both general versatility and cost reduction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a banknote identification device according to an embodiment, showing a case where a stacker is installed on the front side of the device.

FIG. 2 is a II-II sectional view of the bill validator shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the bill validating device according to the embodiment, showing a case where a stacker is installed on the back side of the device.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a conventional bill identifying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Input gear 2, 6 ... Drive pulley 2a, 5 ... Auxiliary pulley 3 ... Identification conveyance belt 4 ... Output gear 7 ... Storage conveyance belt 8 ... Pusher 9・ ・ ・ Stacker 10 ・ ・ ・ Spring 11 ・ ・ ・ Press plate 12 ・ ・ ・ Storage tag 13 ・ ・ ・ Storage chassis 14 ・ ・ ・ Press roller 15 ・ ・ ・ Allied gear 16 ・ ・ ・ Identification sensor 17 ・ ・ ・ Throw Bid 18 ... Support point 21 ... Insertion section 22 ... Identification section 23 ... Storage section 25 ... Front side of bill validator 26 ... Back side of bill validator 30 ... Conveyor belt 31. ..Motor drive pulleys

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A banknote identification device having an identification unit that conveys inserted banknotes by an introduction conveyance belt, and an identification unit that identifies the banknotes identified by the identification unit by a storage conveyance belt and stores them in a stacker. There is provided a bill identifying device, wherein an introduction drive shaft that drives the introduction conveyance belt and a storage drive shaft that drives the storage conveyance belt are connected by a drive transmission unit capable of transmitting a driving force. 2. The bill discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage section is a compatible storage section unitized to have substantially the same shape as the stacker. 3. The gear drive transmission means according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the drive transmission means includes at least a pair of gears that are attached to the introduction drive shaft and the storage drive shaft and mesh with each other. A bill validator characterized by the above.