JPH05278960A - Paper sheet receiving and delivery device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide and deliver paper sheets at the same time. CONSTITUTION:Paper sheets 11 which are pushed and stored in a main storage part 18 by a main pushing element 27 are carried to a paper sheet delivery part 29 through a delivery mechanism 22 and a carrier mechanism 28. Moreover, the paper sheets 11 which are held by a holding element 10 by putting in them from a paper sheet putting-in part during the delivery operation are pushed in a sub storage part 17 by a sub pressing element 26 to receive them.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet storage / delivery apparatus applied to, for example, an automatic cash deposit / payment apparatus, and more particularly to a paper sheet storage / delivery operation at the same time. It is related with the storage and payout device of a kind.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as a part of a computer banking system, automatic teller and payment devices and the like have been widely used at windows of financial institutions. In these devices, in order to prevent the temporary suspension of the device accompanying the effective use of cash and the replacement of the bill storage box (storage unit) and the replenishment of bills for withdrawal and to save labor, it is deposited and stored in the storage unit. A so-called circulation method in which stored bills are directed to payout is adopted.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show the conventional basic structure of such a cash-receipt automatic teller / payment apparatus.
This apparatus includes a banknote storage unit 2 capable of accumulating and storing a large number of banknotes 1 horizontally, and a plurality of rollers for conveying the banknotes 1 stored in the banknote storage unit 2 to a banknote payout unit (not shown). A payout mechanism 3 composed of 3a, 3b, 3c, and a banknote that is arranged above the banknote storage unit 2 so as to be vertically movable and located at the top of the banknotes stored on the bottom wall 2a of the banknote storage unit 2. 1. A pressurizing body 4 that applies a predetermined pressing force to the entire stacked banknotes by abutting on the upper surface of the banknote 1, and is arranged above the pressurizing body 4 so as to be vertically movable and inserted from a banknote insertion unit (not shown). A holder 5 for holding both side edges of the bill 1
The banknote 1 held by the holder 5 is pushed into the banknote storage unit 2 and stored therein. The pressing body 4 and the pressing body 6 are moved up and down by a driving mechanism (not shown), respectively, and the holding body 5 is moved up and down by the pressing body 4 and the pressing body 6.

In such a structure, when the pressing body 6 is in the raised position, the holding body 5 is held in the same position by the pressing body 6, and at this position, both side edges of the bill 1 inserted from a bill insertion portion (not shown). The parts are held on both inner upper surfaces 5a of the holding body 5. At this time, the pressurizing body 4 descends and abuts the upper surface of the banknote 1 located at the top of the stacked banknotes stored on the bottom wall 2a of the banknote storage unit 2 to move the entire stacked banknotes to the bottom wall 2a side. And a feed roller 3a of the feeding mechanism 3 by applying a predetermined pressing force of
The contact pressure between the banknote 1 and the banknote 1 is maintained at a predetermined value so that the bill 1 can be fed out smoothly and reliably.
(A) state ”.

When the banknotes 1 held by the holder 5 are stored in the banknote storage section 2 from the state shown in FIG. 7A, the pressing body 6 is lowered to hold the banknote 1 together with the pressing body 6. And the banknote 1 held by the holder 5 is lowered. Then, after the lower surfaces on both sides of the holding body 5 come into contact with the upper surface of the pressing body 4, only the pressing body 6 is subsequently lowered (see FIG. 7).
(B) state ”. In this state, only the central portion of the banknote 1 held by the holder 5 is pressed by the pressing body 6 onto the upper surface of the banknote 1 located at the uppermost part of the accumulated banknotes. Both side edges are bent and positioned in the holding body 5.

When the pressing body 4 is raised from the state of FIG. 7B, the holding body 5 rises together with the pressing body 4 and both side edges of the bill 1 located in the holding body 5 are raised. The state shown in FIG. 8 (a) in which the banknote 1 is completely detached from the holder 5 and the banknote 1 is placed on the upper surface of the banknote 1 located at the uppermost part of the accumulated banknotes.

When the pressing body 4 is lowered from the state shown in FIG. 8A to the upper surface of the banknote 1 located at the uppermost portion of the piled banknotes, the holding body 5 is lowered integrally with the pressing body 4 and 4 applies a predetermined pressing force to the entire deposited banknote (see FIG. 8).
(B) state ”.

When the pressing body 6 is raised from the state shown in FIG. 8B, the pressing body 6 contacts the holding body 5 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 9, and when the pressing body 6 is subsequently raised, Along with this, the holding body 5 rises, and the holding body 5 and the pressing body 6 return to the initial position as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.

From this state, the feed roller 3a and the feeding rollers 3b and 3c of the feeding mechanism 3 are rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. As shown by the chain line, the bill is fed out of the bill storage unit 2 and is conveyed to a bill payout unit (both not shown) via a conveyance mechanism to be paid out.

[0010]

In such a conventional device, during the operation of storing the banknotes 1 held by the holder 5 in the banknote storage unit 2, the accumulated banknotes in the banknote storage unit 2 are pushed. The pressure changes variously, and the banknote 1 located at the bottom of the accumulated banknotes and the feed roller 3a of the feeding mechanism 3 are changed accordingly.
Since the contact pressure with and changes variously, the feeding operation lacks smoothness, and the bill payout operation cannot be performed smoothly and reliably.

Therefore, in the conventional apparatus, it is necessary to stop the storing operation during the bill dispensing operation and stop the dispensing operation during the storing operation, which makes it impossible to perform the bill storing operation and the dispensing operation at the same time. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is a paper sheet storage / delivery device capable of simultaneously performing a paper sheet storage operation and a paper sheet delivery operation. To provide.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, a paper sheet accommodating / discharging device of the present invention is provided with a holder for holding paper sheets fed from a paper sheet feeding section, and the holder. A sub-storage unit for storing the paper sheets held by the main storage unit, a main storage unit communicating with the sub-storage unit and storing the paper sheets held by the holder and the paper sheets stored in the sub-storage unit Department,
A sub-pressing body that pushes and stores the paper sheets held by the holding body into the sub-storage unit, a paper sheet held by the holding body, and the paper sheets stored in the sub-storage unit by the main storage. A main pressing body that is pushed into the unit to be stored, and a feeding mechanism that is provided in the main storage unit and that feeds the paper sheets stored in the main storage unit to the outside of the main storage unit for one sheet as necessary.
And a transport mechanism for transporting the paper sheets delivered by the delivery mechanism to the paper sheet delivery section, wherein the sub-pressing body is configured to operate only during the delivery operation of the paper sheets, and The main storage unit is configured to move when the paper sheets are dispensed so that the delivery mechanism and the transport mechanism can communicate with each other, and the paper sheets stored in the main storage unit are transported by the delivery mechanism and the transport unit. It is characterized in that the paper is conveyed to and discharged from the paper sheet discharging section through a mechanism.

[0014]

When the paper sheets are not dispensed, the paper sheets that have been loaded from the paper sheet loading section and held by the holder are pushed and stored in the main storage section by the main pressing body.

Further, when the paper sheets are dispensed, the main storage unit moves so that the delivery mechanism and the transport mechanism can communicate with each other, and the paper sheets stored in the main storage unit are fed through the delivery mechanism and the transport mechanism. Are delivered to the paper sheet dispensing section and dispensed.

Further, the paper sheets that have been loaded from the paper sheet loading unit and held in the holder during the paper sheet dispensing operation are pushed and stored in the sub-storage unit by the sub-pressing body. As a result, it is possible to simultaneously perform the paper sheet storing operation and the paper dispensing operation.

Further, at the end of the paper sheet dispensing operation, the paper sheets stored in the sub-storing section are stored in the main storing section by the main pressing body.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a paper sheet storage / delivery device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 6 are operation explanatory diagrams of the same device. In each figure, 10 is a holding body fixed to a machine body (not shown), which has channel members 10a and 10b facing each other at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction. And
Paper sheets (for example, banknotes) 11 inserted from a paper sheet insertion unit (not shown) are channel members 10a, as shown in FIG.
10b are inserted between each other and held vertically.

A pressing plate 12 is provided on one side (right side in the drawing) of the holder 10 and is movable in a predetermined range in the left-right direction. The pressing plate 12 has an opening 13 at the center thereof, and the opening 13 is the channel member 10 of the holding body 10.
It is aligned with the opening 14 between a and 10b. The pressing plate 12 is biased toward the holding body 10 by a plurality of springs 15. These springs 15 are interposed between one side surface of the pressing plate 12 (a surface opposite to the holding body 10) and a spring receiving body 16 which is located above and below the outside of a main storage section 18 and fixed to the machine body. It is equipped.

A sub-accommodating section 17 is provided between the holder 10 and the pressing plate 12, and the holder 10 is accommodated in the sub-accommodating section 17.
A plurality of paper sheets 11 held by can be stacked vertically and stacked in the left-right direction to be stored.

A main accommodating portion 18 is provided on one side of the pressing plate 12 (on the right side in the drawing) so as to be movable within a predetermined range in the left-right direction, and is held in the main accommodating portion 18 by a holder 10. A large number of the paper sheets 11 and the paper sheets 11 stored in the sub-storing unit 17 can be vertically stacked and stacked in the left-right direction. The main storage portion 18 is composed of a box body that is open on one side (left side in the drawing), and is biased toward the pressing plate 12 side by a spring 19. The spring 19 is interposed between a side wall (a right side wall in the drawing) 18a of the main storage portion 18 and a spring receiver 20 fixed to the machine body. A feeding port 21 is provided at a corner between the one side wall 18a and the lower side wall 18b of the main storage part 18.

Then, by the feeding mechanism 22 which will be described later, the paper sheets 11 located on the rightmost side in the drawing in the main storage portion 18 are sequentially addressed one by one, and from the feeding port 21 to the main storage portion 18.
It is supposed to be extended to the outside. The feeding mechanism 22 includes a feed roller 22a and a feeding roller 22.
b and 22c. The feed roller 22a is rotatably supported on one side wall 18a of the main storage unit 18 and comes into contact with the rightmost paper sheet 11 in the main storage unit 18 to feed the paper sheet 11 out. It is sent to 21.
The feeding rollers 22b and 22c are rotatably supported by the one side wall 18a and the lower side wall 18b of the main storage portion 18 so as to face each other with the feeding port 21 in between, and the paper sheet 11 transferred by the feed roller 22a. Feeding mouth 2
It starts from 1. The feeding mechanism 22 having such a structure is driven by a driving mechanism (not shown).

A pressurizing body 23 is arranged in the main storage portion 18 so as to be movable in a predetermined range in the left-right direction in the drawing. The pressurizing body 23 has an opening 23a in the central portion thereof, and is always in contact with the leftmost paper sheet 11 in the main storage unit 18, and the rightmost paper sheet 11 and the feed roller 22a of the feeding mechanism 22. The contact pressure of is maintained at a predetermined value, and the feeding operation of the paper sheet 11 is performed smoothly and reliably.

Further, the pressurizing member 23 moves to the right when the paper sheets 11 are discharged, so that the entire main storage portion 18 is moved to the right side together with the paper sheets 11 therein against the biasing force of the spring 19. It is designed to be moved to a fixed payout position. The pressurizing body 23 is driven by the drive mechanism 24. The drive mechanism 24 includes a motor 24a and the motor 24a.
The drive pulley 24b fixed to the output shaft of the driven pulley 24c, the driven pulley 24c, and the endless belt 24d wound between the pulleys 24b and 24c. The pressurizing body 23 is connected to the endless belt 24d via a connecting rod 25. And
By rotating the motor 24a forward and backward, both pulleys 2
The pressurizing body 23 moves left and right via 4b, 24c, the endless belt 24d, and the connecting rod 25.

The sub-accommodating portion 17 and the main accommodating portion 18 communicate with each other through the opening 13 of the pressing plate 12 and the opening 23a of the pressing body 23.

On the other side (left side in the figure) of the holding body 10, an auxiliary pressing body 26 and a main pressing body 27 are arranged so as to be movable within a predetermined range in the left-right direction in the drawing. Sub pressure body 26
Is for pushing the paper sheets 11 held by the holder 10 into the sub-storage unit 17 by moving to the right when the paper sheets are dispensed. Further, the main pressing body 27 moves to the right when the paper sheets 11 are not paid out, so that the paper sheets 11 held in the holding body 10 and the paper sheets stored in the sub-storing unit 17 are moved. The type 11 is pushed into the main storage portion 18 and stored.

The sub-pressing body 26 and the main pressing body 27 are each driven by a drive mechanism (not shown). Sub pressure body 26
The main pressing body 27 is normally held at the initial position shown in FIG. The sub-pressing body 26 can be operated only during the payout operation of the paper sheet 11.

A transport mechanism 28 and a paper sheet dispensing section 29 are provided below the main storage section 18. Transport mechanism 28
Is to convey the paper sheet 11 driven by a drive mechanism (not shown) and delivered by the delivery mechanism 22 to the paper sheet delivery section 29. The transport mechanism 28 has a plurality of pulleys 28a and a pair of endless belts 28b and 28c wound around the pulleys 28a, and some of the endless belts 28b and 28c are overlapped with each other. One end of the overlapping portion of the endless belts 28b and 28c is the carry-in port 2
8d, and the other end serves as an outlet 28e.

When the paper sheets 11 are dispensed, the main storage 18
However, when it is moved to the right side by the pressurizing body 23 and is positioned at the payout fixed position, the delivery axis of the delivery mechanism 22 coincides with the delivery axis of the carry-in port 28d of the transport mechanism 28, and both mechanisms 22, 28 can communicate with each other. Then, the paper sheet 11 delivered from the delivery mechanism 22 receives the paper inlet 28 a of the transport mechanism 28.
Will be automatically delivered to. The carry-out port 28e of the transport mechanism 28 is connected to the paper sheet dispensing unit 29.

Next, the operation of the paper sheet storage / delivery device configured as described above will be described.

(1) Paper Sheet Storing Operation During Non-Paying Out In the state shown in FIG. 1, the main storage portion 18 is in the storage fixed position by the biasing force of the spring 19, and the pressing plate 12 is the biasing force of the spring 15. It is in contact with one side of the holder 10. In addition, the sub-pressing body 26 and the main pressing body 27 are both located at the initial position, a large number of sheets 11 are stored in the main storage 18, and the leftmost side in the main storage 18 is stored. The pressing body 23 is in contact with the paper sheet 11 located. Further, the paper sheets 11 are not stored in the sub-storing portion 17, and the paper sheets 11 are not held in the holder 10.

In the state of FIG. 1, when the paper sheet 11 is loaded from the paper sheet loading portion, the paper sheet 11 is placed between the channel members 10a and 10b of the holder 10 as shown in FIG. Holds vertically. Then, the main pressing body 27
When the sheet moves to the right, it comes into contact with the central portion of the paper sheet 11 held by the holder 10 as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. As the main pressing body 27 continues to move to the right from this state, the central portion of the paper sheet 11 is pressed together with the main pressing body 27 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
2 into the opening 13. At this time, both sides of the paper sheet 11 are bent and positioned in the holding body 10.

By further moving the main pressing body 27 to the right from this state, the sheet 11 and the main pressing body 27 enter the main storing portion 18 through the opening 23a of the pressing body 23, 3, the paper sheet 11 is the holder 10 as shown by the solid line.
After being completely detached from the main storage portion 18, the sheet is pressed against one side surface of the paper sheet 11 located on the leftmost side in the main storage portion 18. At this time, the main storage unit 18 is pressed by the pressing force of the main pressing body 27.
The whole moves to the right against the biasing force of the spring 19.

Then, as the main pressing body 27 moves to the left side and returns to the initial position, the entire main storage section 18 moves to the left side by the urging force of the spring 19 and returns to the storage fixed position, and the main storage section 1
One side surface of the paper sheet 11 located on the leftmost side in 8 is the pressurizing body 2
When the sheet 11 is brought into contact with the sheet 3, the state is similar to the initial state shown in FIG. 1, and the storage of the paper sheet 11 in the main storage portion 18 is completed.

As described above, the paper sheets 11 loaded from the paper sheet loading section and held by the holder 10 when the paper sheets 11 are not dispensed are reciprocally moved by the main pressing body 27, and the main storage section 1
It is pushed into 8 and stored.

(2) Paper Sheet Discharging Operation In the state shown in FIG. 1, when the motor 24a of the drive mechanism 24 rotates counterclockwise by a predetermined number of revolutions, both pulleys 24b, 2
The pressurizing body 23 moves to the right by a predetermined amount via the 4c, the endless belt 24d, and the connecting rod 25. Along with the movement of the pressurizing body 23, the main storage unit 18 as a whole moves to the right by a predetermined amount against the urging force of the spring 19 together with the paper sheets 11 in the main storage unit 18 and the main storage unit 18 is moved to the right side.
It is located at the payout fixed position as shown in. At this delivery fixed position, the delivery axis of the delivery mechanism 22 matches the delivery axis of the carry-in port 28d of the transport mechanism 28, and the two mechanisms 22, 28 can communicate with each other.

In this state, the feeding mechanism 22 and the transport mechanism 28 are driven respectively. And the main storage 18
The paper sheet 11 located on the rightmost side is the feed roller 22.
It is sent to the delivery port 21 by a. The fed paper sheets 11 are fed out from the feeding port 21 to the outside of the main storage portion 18 by feeding rollers 22b and 22c, and are then fed in from a carry-in port 28d to form endless belts 28b and 2b.
8c is sandwiched between the overlapping portions and conveyed, and the carry-out port 28
The sheet is delivered from e to the sheet delivery unit 29 and delivered.

When the preset number of sheets 11 to be dispensed are dispensed to the sheet dispenser 29 in this way, the driving of the delivery mechanism 22 and the transport mechanism 28 are stopped, and the dispensing operation ends. At the same time, the motor 24a of the drive mechanism 24 rotates clockwise by a predetermined number of rotations, and the pressurizing body 23 moves to the left by a predetermined amount via the pulleys 24b and 24c, the endless belt 24d, and the connecting rod 25. Along with this, the entire main storage unit 18 has paper sheets 1 inside it.
Along with 1, the spring 19 moves a predetermined amount to the left to return to the stored home position, and the initial state shown in FIG. 1 is obtained.

As described above, the paper sheets 11 stored in the main storage portion 18 are addressed one by one from the rightmost one.
It is conveyed to the paper sheet delivering section 29 through the delivery mechanism 22 and the delivery mechanism 28 and delivered.

(3) Paper Sheet Storing Operation During Dispensing Operation As shown in FIG. 4, during the operation of dispensing the paper sheet 11 from the main accommodating section 18, the paper sheet 11 is thrown in from the paper sheet throwing section. When held by the holding body 10 as shown by the solid line in the figure, the sub-pressing body 26 moves to the right by a predetermined amount, and the tip portion thereof moves to the position shown in FIG.
As shown by the chain double-dashed line, it contacts the pressing plate 12 via the paper sheet 11 held by the holder 10. At this time, both sides of the paper sheet 11 are bent and positioned in the holding body 10.

When the sub-pressing body 26 further moves to the right by a predetermined amount from this state, the pressing plate 12 moves together with the paper sheet 11 to the right by a predetermined amount against the biasing force of the spring 15. Therefore, the paper sheet 11 is completely detached from the holder 10 as shown by the solid line in FIG.

Then, as the auxiliary pressing body 26 moves to the left by a predetermined amount and returns to the initial position as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the pressing plate 12 moves to the left by a predetermined amount by the urging force of the spring 15. Then, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 5, the sheet 11 is brought into contact with one side of the holder 10 and the sheet 11 is held by the holder 11.
It is in a state of being sandwiched between the pressing plate 12 and the pressing plate 12.

In this way, the paper sheets 11 continuously fed from the paper sheet feeding section at a short interval during the payout operation of the paper sheets 11 are sub-moved by the reciprocating movement of the sub-pressing body 26. It is pushed and stored in the storage unit 17.

(4) Paper Sheet Storing Operation After Completion of Dispensing Operation When the disposing operation of the paper sheet 11 is completed, the main accommodating portion 18 is moved to the left side by the urging force of the spring 19 by a predetermined amount as described above, and the accommodating sheet is fixed. Return to position. Then, during the payout operation of the paper sheets 11, the paper sheets 11 stored in the sub-storage unit 17 are pushed into the main storage unit 18 by the main pressing body 27 and stored.
That is, by moving the main pressing body 27 by a predetermined amount from the initial position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. It enters into the opening 13 of the plate 12. At this time, both sides of the paper sheet 11 are located between the holder 10 and the pressing plate 12.

From this state, the main pressing body 27 is further moved to the right by a predetermined amount, so that the paper sheet 11 and the main pressing body 27 enter the main storage portion 18 through the opening 23a of the pressing body 23. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 6, the paper sheet 11 is completely detached from the holder 10 and is pressed against one side surface of the paper sheet 11 located on the leftmost side in the main storage portion 18. At this time, due to the pressing force of the main pressing body 27, the entire main storage portion 18 moves to the right against the biasing force of the spring 19.

Then, as the main pressing body 27 moves to the left by a predetermined amount and returns to the initial position, the entire main storage portion 18 moves to the left by a predetermined amount by the urging force of the spring 19 and returns to the storage fixed position. One side surface of the paper sheet 11 located on the leftmost side in the main storage portion 18 comes into contact with the pressurizing body 23, and the state is similar to the initial state shown in FIG. The storage of 11 in the main storage 18 is completed.

As described above, the paper sheets 11 stored in the sub-storing unit 17 during the payout operation of the paper sheets 11 are stored in the main storing unit 18 by the reciprocating movement of the main pressing body 27 at the end of the payout operation. It is pushed in and stored.

The pressurizing body 23 is the paper sheet 1 in the main storage section 18.
The position of the paper sheet 11 and the feed roller 22a located on the rightmost side in the main storage portion 18 is controlled according to the number of stored sheets of 1
The contact pressure with and is maintained at a predetermined value, and the feeding operation of the paper sheet 11 is smoothly and reliably performed.

Further, the pressure member 23 is position-controlled in accordance with the number of sheets 11 stored in the main storage 18 during the sheet 11 dispensing operation, and the main storage 18 is dispensed at a fixed position. Hold securely.

Further, in the above embodiment, the pressing plate 1
Since the spring receivers 16 for receiving the springs 15 for urging the springs 2 are located above and below the main storage portion 18 and fixed to the machine body, the pressing plate 12 and the leftmost paper sheet 11 in the main storage portion 11 are placed.
The gap between the paper sheet 11 and the paper sheet 11 becomes small, and thus the paper sheet 11 held by the holder 10 is directly stored in the main storage portion 18 by the main pressing body 27 when the paper sheet 11 is not dispensed. It is possible to

In the above embodiment, the paper sheets 11 loaded from the paper sheet loading unit are held vertically in the holder 10, and the paper sheets are stored in the sub-storage unit 17 and the main storage unit 18. The paper sheets 11 are vertically stacked and stored in the left-right direction, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the paper sheets are held horizontally by the holder, and the paper sheets are stored in the sub-storage section and the main storage section. 1
1 may be horizontally oriented and vertically stacked to be housed, and other configurations may be variously modified without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0053]

As described in detail above, according to the paper sheet storage / delivery device of the present invention, the paper sheets that are thrown in from the paper sheet feeding section and held in the holder during the paper sheet payout operation. Since the paper is pushed into the sub-holding section by the sub-pressing body and stored therein, it is possible to continuously store the paper sheets and to circulate and dispense the stored paper sheets. Therefore, it is effective as an unmanned non-stop operation device in which the continuous sheet storage device and the sheet delivery device are combined.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a paper sheet storage / delivery device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet storing operation in the same apparatus when not paying out.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet storing operation in the main storing unit when the apparatus is not paying out.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet payout operation in the same apparatus and a paper sheet storage operation in a sub storage unit at the time of the payout.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet payout operation in the same apparatus and a paper sheet storage operation in the sub storage unit at the time of the payout.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet storage operation in the main storage unit when the apparatus is not paying out.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet storage operation in a conventional paper sheet storage / delivery device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet storage operation in the same apparatus.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a paper sheet payout operation in the apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Holding body 11 Paper sheet 17 Sub-storing section 18 Main storing section 22 Feeding mechanism 26 Sub-pressing body 27 Main pressing body 28 Conveying mechanism 29 Paper-sheet dispensing section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A holding body for holding the paper sheets loaded from the paper sheet feeding section, a sub-storage section for storing the paper sheets held by the holding body, and a communication with the sub-storage section. A main storage unit for storing the paper sheets held by the holder and the paper sheets stored in the sub-storage unit, and a sub storage unit for pushing the paper sheets held by the holder into the sub-storage unit. A pressing body,
A main pressing body that pushes and stores the paper sheets held by the holding body and the paper sheets stored in the sub-storage unit into the main storage unit, and is stored in the main storage unit. A sheet feeding mechanism that feeds the delivered paper sheets to the outside of the main storage unit as needed, and a conveying mechanism that conveys the paper sheets delivered by the feeding mechanism to the paper sheet delivering unit. The sub-pressing body is configured so that it can be operated only during the paper sheet payout operation, and the main storage section moves during the paper sheet payout to allow the feeding mechanism and the transport mechanism to communicate with each other. And the paper stored in the main storage section is conveyed to the paper sheet discharging section through the feeding mechanism and the conveying mechanism and discharged. Leaf storage / delivery device.