JPH0530028Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Field of industrial application) The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine, and in particular has a plurality of banknote storage sections for storing deposited banknotes in piles according to type, and each storage section. It is installed at the bottom of the bank to hold stacked banknotes one by one from the bottom.
The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine that has a feeding device that feeds out banknotes one by one, and a conveying device that is provided below the feeding device and conveys the fed banknotes.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, the above-mentioned banknote handling machines, such as the circulating banknote deposit/dispensing machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 60-100282, have been equipped with banknotes loaded into a banknote loading slot and processed in response to a deposit command. The bills are fed in one by one by a feeding means consisting of a feeding roller, a suction head, etc., and after being identified by banknote identification etc., they are classified by denomination and stacked and stored in a banknote storage cassette for each denomination, and the above-mentioned storage is carried out in response to a withdrawal command. The banknotes stacked in the cassette are fed out one by one from the bottom by a feeding means including a feeding roller or the like and conveyed to the banknote dispensing port.

(Problem that the invention attempts to solve) However, in the above-mentioned banknote processing machine,
Since the bill dispensing means is located in the lower part of the machine, if a bill jam occurs in the dispensing means or in the conveyance path for transporting the dispensed bills upward, the jammed location will be removed. There was a problem in that it was not easy to find the jammed banknotes, and as a result, it took a lot of time and effort to remove the jammed banknotes.

In view of this, the present invention was devised for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and is a banknote handling machine that can easily and quickly discover and remove jammed banknotes in the lower part of the banknote storage section. is to provide.

[Structure of the idea]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the problems of the prior art described above, the present invention provides a plurality of banknote storage units for storing deposited banknotes in piles according to type, and is provided at the bottom of each storage unit. A banknote handling machine comprising a feeding means for feeding stacked banknotes one by one from the bottom, and a conveyance means provided below the feeding means and conveying the fed banknotes,
A drawer support means that integrally supports the bill storage section, the payout means, and the conveyance means so that they can be drawn out from the bill processing machine main body; and a drawer support means that integrally tilts the bill storage section and the payout means when the drawer support means is in a drawn out state. and a pressing means for forcibly pressing stacked banknotes in the banknote storage section against the payout means prior to an operation for tilting the banknote storage section and the payout means. It is characterized by this.

(Function) If a bill jam occurs when the payout means at the bottom of the storage section or the banknotes paid out from this payout means are carried out to the upper part of the machine, if the drawout means is pulled out, not only the storage section but also the payout means and the conveyance will be removed. If all the means are pulled out of the processing machine main body and the storage section is tilted by the tilting support means in this drawn state, the feeding means and the conveying means at the bottom of the storage section are exposed, and jammed banknotes can be removed. Note that, prior to this tilting of the storage section, the stacked banknotes in the storage section are pressed against the feeding means by the pressing means, so that the stacked banknotes do not collapse.

(Embodiments) The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an embodiment of the present invention applied to a bill storage section of a circulating bill depositing and dispensing machine, and FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the bill transfer and placement mechanism section in FIG. FIG. 3 shows an overview of the entire depositing and dispensing machine.

To give an overview of the basic configuration of the circulating bill depositing and dispensing machine shown in FIG. The money part 5 etc. are located in the middle part, and the temporary holding part 7 has banknote temporary holding chambers 6, 6, etc. for each denomination, and the lower part has banknote storage parts 8, 8, and so on for each denomination, which constitute a banknote storage space, respectively. It is provided.

The banknotes P loaded into the loading section 2 provided on the top surface of one end of the machine body 1 in an upright position are fed one by one by the feeding means 9 and sent to the identification section 3.The identification section 3 determines the denomination. , authentic bills, double-bills, authenticity, etc. are identified, and the regular bills are taken into the temporary storage section 7 through the conveyance path 10, and the reverse banknotes are reversed by the reversing mechanism 11 and taken into the temporary storage section 7. Furthermore, unfit bills, double-ply bills, and the like are discharged to a reject bill dispensing section 4.

Each of the temporary holding chambers 6, 6... of the temporary holding section 7 is constituted by a shutter 12, 12 whose bottom part slides in the width direction of the banknote P to open and close, and a shutter is provided at the entrance of each temporary holding chamber 6, 6... is the bill feeding mechanism 1
3, 13... are provided respectively.

The storage units 8, 8... each have a banknote feeding mechanism 1 at the bottom except for the surplus banknote storage unit (the one at the right end in FIG. 3).
4, 14... are provided respectively, and the banknotes P stored in the storage units 8, 8... are disposed as dispensing banknotes to the dispensing unit 5 in the upper part of the machine body 1 through the conveyance path 15. .

The transfer and placement mechanism section 16 includes the respective storage sections 8, 8...
It is arranged on the side part corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the banknote.

This transfer and placement mechanism section 16 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
As shown in the figure, there is a movable frame 17 that is movable from the banknote receiving position, that is, the position directly below the shutters 12, 12 in the temporary storage chamber 6 to the banknote placement position in the storage section 8, and the movable frame 17. It consists of a support band member feeding/unloading mechanism 18 installed at a support band member 17, and a driving means 19 (a reversible motor in the embodiment) for driving this feeding/unloading mechanism 18.

The movable frame 17 has a length that spans the entire width of the storage section 8 (direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of banknotes), and one end thereof is pivoted at the top and bottom of one side of the storage section 8. It is fixed to a belt 22 (timing belt in the embodiment) wound between pulleys 20 and 21, and the intermediate portion is supported by a guide rod 23.
A guide rail 2 whose roller 24 at the other end has a U-shaped cross section
When one pulley 21 is driven by a motor _M1 , a belt 22 is rotated, and the movable frame 17 is raised and lowered in the vertical direction.

The support band feeding/unloading mechanism 18 includes a plurality of support band bodies 2 made of a thin band-shaped elastic material such as a spring plate.
6, 26... and the support band members 26, 26... can be freely rolled up and stored with the cross section in the longitudinal direction.
A short cylindrical casing 2 having a guide port 27 that opens in the tangential direction for feeding and unloading 26...
8, and a winding shaft 29 to which the base ends of the support band members 26, 26... are fixed and for winding the support band member 26 by the drive means 19. In this embodiment, the support band members 26, 26... The case where there are 5 pieces is shown.

The movable frame body 17 includes the support band bodies 26 and 2.
A guide portion 30 is formed that guides the supporting band members 6 and extends each supporting band member at a predetermined distance from each other.

In the illustrated embodiment, the guide portions 30 are tip guide portions 30A ₁ , 30 that are formed obliquely at the same angle with respect to the movable frame 17 when viewed from the plane.
A ₂ ... 30A ₅ , and proximal guide portions 30B ₁ , 30B ₂ ... 30B ₅ that are connected to the base ends of these distal guide portions, and the proximal guide portion 30B ₁ that continues from the most advanced distal guide portion 30A ₁ is The width is set to allow one support band 26 to pass through, and the next proximal end guide portion 30B ₂ has a width of 2, then 3, 4, and 5. .

The length of each support band member 26, 26... is formed to become shorter from the outermost one (upper side in FIG. 2) to the inner side by the length of the proximal guide portion corresponding to each support band member. Therefore, when the winding shaft 29 is unwound, the tips of the support bands 26, 26, . . . are aligned.

As described above, by protruding each support band body 26, 26 in an oblique direction, even if the banknote has a crease, the crease will cause the support band body 26, 2
6..., the folds are prevented from falling between the support band members, and the folds are prevented from coming into contact with the support band members 26, 26... and causing lateral displacement.

In the illustrated embodiment, the movable frame 17 has a fourth
As shown in FIGS. A and B, this movable frame 17
In order to absorb the reaction force received when the support band members 26, 26... descend and touch the ground, the swing frame 17A is fixed to the belt 22 via a clamping device 17C, and the support band members 26, 26... A movable frame 17B on which the body loading/unloading mechanism 18 is mounted is constructed separately, and the movable frame 17B is movable up and down while maintaining a horizontal position along the guide rod 23,
7A is supported by a horizontal shaft 31 with respect to the movable frame 17B, and is capable of swinging in the vertical direction.

_S3 in FIG. 4 is a sensor that detects the lower limit of the movable frame 17;
The swing frame 17A is provided on the side surface of the movable frame 17.
It is activated when separated from B.

In FIG. 1, a rotation amount detection member 32 is fixed to the upper end of the winding shaft 29, and rotation amount detection sensors S ₁ and S ₂ are provided facing this.
When one sensor S ₁ is detecting the rotation amount detection member 32, the support band 26 is in the extended state as shown in the first diagram, and the other sensor S ₂ is detecting the rotation amount detection member 32. When the support band 26
becomes rolled up.

Each of the support band members 26, 26, . It is now being advanced to the position shown.

To press the banknotes P stored in the storage part 8 against the feeding mechanism 14 at the lower part of the storage part 8, to ensure that the banknotes P are fed out one by one, and to properly accumulate the banknotes P to be received into the storage part 8. Pressing body 3
4 is made of a plate having a substantially V-shaped bent shape when viewed from the side, and the base side thereof has an isosceles triangular shape when viewed from the front, and is placed so as to face into the storage portion 8 for storage. A sloped surface portion 34A intersecting with the inner surface of the portion 8 is formed, and the apex portion of the sloped surface portion 34A is pivotally connected to the lifting block 36 of the lifting mechanism 35 by a pin 37 and is swingably supported in suspension. ing.

The pressing surface portion 34B bent at an acute angle with respect to the inclined surface portion 34A has a size capable of pressing approximately half the upper surface area in the longitudinal direction of the banknote P, and rollers 38, 38 are mounted on both ends of the pressing surface portion 34B. It is worn. In addition, abutting portions 34C, 34C are formed at both ends of the lower portion of the inclined surface portion 34A, and are bent so as to be substantially parallel to the pressing surface portion 34B. Further, a guide rod escape groove 34D and a rope escape groove 34E are formed on the outer end side of the pressing surface portion 34B.

The elevating mechanism 35 includes a guide rod 39 erected along the center of the outer surface of the storage section 8, and an elevating block 36 held by the guide rod 39 via rollers 40, 40, 40 so as to be able to rise and fall freely. The upper plate 36A of this block 36 is penetrated, and the storage portion 8
Guide pulleys 41 and 4 are pivoted on the upper and lower parts of the
2, 43, 44, and a wire rope 47 wound endlessly over pulleys 20, 21 of the lifting belt 22 of the movable frame 17 and pulleys 45, 46 coaxial with each other. When a knob-shaped protrusion 48 formed at one location comes into contact with the lower surface of the upper plate 36A of the lifting block 36, the lifting block 36 is raised. The movement relationship between the belt 22 and the lifting block 36 is such that the position of the protrusion 48 is determined so that when the movable frame 17 is in the raised position, the lifting block 36 is in the lowered position, as shown in the first figure. , the movable frame 17 and the lifting block 36 are moved in opposite directions. Therefore, when the banknotes P are piled up in the storage section 8,
Even if the pressing surface 34B of the pressing body 34 hits the bill P and the lifting block 36 is stopped from descending, the rope 47
The protrusion 48 is lowered and the lifting block 36 is left in that position. In the figure, numeral 49 is
This is a tension spring connected in the middle of the rope 47, and serves as a buffer when an overload is applied to the rope 47.

A window hole 59 is opened in the side wall of the housing section 8 on the side of the guide rod 39, through which the pressing body 34 can go in and out. Guide pieces 51, 51 that can come into contact with are provided to protrude diagonally upward, and the inclination angle of these guide pieces 51, 51 is set to the pressing body 3.
The inclined surface portion 34A of No. 4 is set so as to match the slope of the pressing surface portion 34B when placed in a vertical position.

A solenoid 5 is disposed outside one side of the window hole 50.
One end of the stopper 53 is pivotally supported by a pin 54 so that the stopper 53 can swing vertically. This stopper 53 is normally located at a position where one of the rollers 38 of the pressing body 34 passes, as shown in the first figure, and can swing upward from that state, but cannot swing downward. is supported by Therefore, when the solenoid 52 is not energized, even if the pressing body 34 descends, one lower end of the pressing body 34 hits the stopper 53 and is prevented from entering the storage portion 8 through the window hole 50. When a certain amount or more of banknotes P are stored in the storage section 8, the pressing body 34
This is because the total weight of the banknotes P sufficiently presses against the payout mechanism 14 even without pressing the banknotes P. The storage amount of banknotes P is measured by sensors S ₄ and S ₅
(emitter, receiver), and this sensor S ₄ ,
When _S5 does not detect the accumulation of banknotes P, it is determined that the stored amount of banknotes P is less than a certain amount, and the solenoid 52 is energized to swing the stopper 53 upward.

Storage parts 8, 8... and feeding mechanisms 14, 14...
The conveying means 55 for conveying the banknotes P fed out from the banknotes P to the conveying path 15 can be pulled out from the machine body 1 by means of a pulling means such as a slide rail. In other words, as shown in FIG. 5 showing the side surface in the pulled out state and FIG. It has a moving table 58 having a rectangular frame shape, and bearings 5 at the lower end corners of the storage sections 8, 8, etc. are mounted on the back frame of the moving table 58 in the drawing direction.
9 and 59 are tiltably supported by a shaft 60.

The storage sections 8, 8... are connected to each other by a connecting plate 61, so that the storage sections 8, 8... can be tilted all at once.

The conveying means 55 is incorporated inside the moving table 58, and this conveying means 55 is composed of upper and lower belts, and the lower belt 62 is connected to each storage section 8, 8.
Consisting of two belts on the left and right that extend over the area, the upper belt is the feeding opening 8A, 8 of each storage section 8, 8...
It is composed of a plurality of sets of belts 63, 64, 65 separated at positions corresponding to A..., and the banknotes P are conveyed while being held between these upper and lower belts. The upper belts 63 and 64 are connected to the eighth belt.
As schematically shown in the figure, it is configured to be able to rotate upward around pulley shafts 66 and 67, making it easy to remove jammed banknotes within the conveying means 55.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When banknotes P are loaded into the banknote loading section 2 and a feeding command is given, the banknotes are fed one by one by the loading means 9, and while passing through the identification section 3, the denomination, stacking of two sheets, etc. are identified, and the identification is performed. Based on the signal, the temporary holding money by denomination 6, 6, . . . or the reject bill dispensing unit 4 is reached.

When the temporarily reserved banknotes have been stored in the temporary retention chambers 6, 6..., the machine operator operates an approval button or inputs the deposited amount, and a signal indicating that the amount matches the amount calculated by the machine; Alternatively, the operator inputs the denomination and number of coins, and a signal is input from the command unit to the control unit based on the coincidence signal between the machine's calculated number of coins and the input number, and as a result, the shutters 12, 12 slide to both sides. temporary holding room 6,
The bottom of 6... is opened.

On the other hand, in the above operation stage, each support band body 26, 26
... are placed in a state of protruding into the storage portions 8, 8..., and are located directly below the shutters 12, 12.

In this state, the shutter 12,
When the shutters 12 are opened, the banknotes P deposited on the shutters 12, 12 fall astride each support band 26, 26, . . . and stably support them.

At this point, the motor _M1 is driven, the belt 22 is rotated, and the movable frame 17 is lowered.

As the movable frame 17 lowers, the pulley 4
The rope 47 wound around 5 and 46 rotates,
As the protrusion 48 rises, the protrusion 48 comes into contact with the lower surface of the upper surface 36A of the elevating block 36, causing the elevating block 36 to rise, and the pressing body 34 supported thereby to rise. When this pressing body 34 rises to the position of the window hole 50, the rollers 38, 38 advance to the outside of the storage portion 8 along the guide pieces 51, 51 (FIG. 6B), and the inclined surface of the pressing body 34 34A is displaced in the direction in which it is in a vertical position, and the storage section 8 is moved through the window hole 50.
Go out and rise along the outer surface of the storage section 8 (6th
Figure C). This causes the pressing body 34 to
26... will not be hindered from descending.

When the lower surface of the support bands 26, 26... contacts the top surface of the banknotes P already stored, or the bottom of the storage parts 8, 8, if there are no banknotes stored, the support bands 26, 26... will stop. , this allows the movable frame 1
7B is also stopped. On the other hand, the motor M ₁ continues to rotate, and the swing frame 17A also tries to descend, but since the horizontal shaft 31 has stopped, the swing frame 17A moves the horizontal shaft 31 with the belt 22 bent. The sensor _S4 detects this and stops the motor _M1 , and the drive means 19 is driven.

Due to this drive, the winding shaft 29 of the support band pay-in/out mechanism 18 rotates, and the support band bodies 26, 26, . . . are wound up.

As a result, the banknotes P placed on the support bands 26, 26... are pushed down and transferred onto the stored banknotes or the bottom.

The amount of winding of the support band 26 is detected by the sensor _S1 detecting the rotation amount detection member 32, and upon this detection, the drive mechanism 19 is stopped and the support band 26, 26... is held in a rolled-up state. On the other hand, the motor M ₁ is driven in reverse, the movable frame 17 rises again, and when a sensor (not shown) detects the upper limit of the rise, the motor M ₁ stops to stop the movable frame 17 at a fixed position, and the drive means 19 is activated to rotate the winding shaft 29, and the supporting bands 26, 26...
is made to protrude into the storage section 8. This support band body 26,
The amount of protrusion of 26... into the storage parts 8, 8... is sensor S ₁
is detected by detecting the rotation amount detection member 32, and the drive means 19 is stopped by this detection. As a result, each of the support bands 26, 26, . . . is held in a stopped state at a protruding position in a standby state capable of supporting temporarily reserved banknotes, and is on standby for receiving the next banknote.

On the other hand, as the movable frame 17 rises, the rope 4
7 rotates in the opposite direction to the above, its protrusion 48 descends, and as the lifting blocks 36 supported by these move down, the pressing body 34 supported by the lifting blocks 36 also descends together. However, if the sensors S ₄ and S ₅ detect that the stored amount of banknotes P is less than a certain amount prior to the lowering, the solenoid 52 is energized and the stopper 53 is swung upward and withdrawn. When the rollers 38, 38 at both ends of the pressing body 34 hit the guide pieces 51, 51, the pressing body 34 gradually enters the window hole 50 of the storage portion 8 due to the inclination of the guide pieces 51, 51. 6B), when the rollers 38, 38 reach the lower ends of the guide pieces 51, 51, they descend along the inner surface of the storage portion 8.
The pressing surface 34B of the pressing body 34 assumes a substantially horizontal position and stops in contact with the upper surface of the above-mentioned bill P stored in the storage section 8, and the inclined surface 34A is placed in an inclined position. At this time, the movable frame 17 has not reached the uppermost position, so it will rise further, but the rope 4
Only the protrusion 48 of No. 7 descends, leaving the lifting block 36 behind (FIG. 6A).

Here, when the transfer and placement mechanism section 16 receives the banknotes P, or even if the banknotes P fall after receiving them, the 6th banknote
Since it is placed along the inclined surface portion 34A of the pressing body 34 as indicated by the chain line P' in Figure A,
The posture is not disturbed and the banknote P' is not rolled up even when the pressing body 34 is raised.

Note that when a large number of banknotes P are stored in the storage section 8, the sensor
It is detected that the optical path between S ₄ and S ₅ is blocked and the stored amount of banknotes P is more than a certain amount, and the solenoid 52 is not energized by the detection signal and the stopper 53
Since it does not swing, it remains as it is, and one roller 38 of the pressing body 34 comes into contact with it, and the pressing body 34 remains outside the storage portion 8 as shown in FIG. 6D.

In the above operation, the banknotes P fed out by the feeding mechanism 14, 14... from the storage sections 8, 8... at the time of withdrawal are transferred to the feeding mechanism or the feeding openings 8A, 8A... of the storage sections 8, 8..., the conveying means 55, etc. If one of them becomes jammed, the seventh
As shown in the figure, the lower part feeding mechanism 1 of the storage parts 8, 8...
4, 14, . . ., the feeding ports 8A, 8A, and the conveying means 55 are all exposed, making it easy to find a jammed bill location and remove jammed bills. Furthermore, when this drawer is drawn out, the top surface of the stacked banknotes P in the storages 8, 8... is pressed by the pressing body 34, so even if the storage sections 8, 8... are tilted, the banknotes P are prevented from collapsing inside. It can be done.

Although the illustrated embodiment shows the case where the present invention is applied to the storage section of a circulating banknote deposit/dispensing machine, it is also possible to receive paper sheets other than banknotes and transfer them to another place.
It goes without saying that it can be applied to transfer purposes, and the means for raising and lowering the movable frame 17, the driving means 19 for the support belt feeding and feeding mechanisms 18, 18, etc. are not limited to the illustrated embodiments. , or other suitable configurations may be used.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the banknote handling machine according to the present invention, when a banknote jam occurs at the bottom of the storage section, such as the feeding means at the bottom of the storage section and the conveyance means for carrying out the banknotes fed by the feeding means, It is possible to easily find the jammed banknotes and remove the jammed banknotes, and also to take out the jammed banknotes without damaging the banknotes. In addition, when removing the jammed banknotes, it can be done by tilting the storage section all at once, so there is no need to take the trouble of pulling them out upwards, and the operation can be done with a small amount of force.Moreover, during this tilting, the stacked banknotes in the storage section can be removed. Since it is held down by the holding means, there are various effects such as preventing the stacking state from collapsing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a cross-sectional plan view of the same part, Figure 3 is a schematic side view of the internal structure of a banknote circulation depositing and dispensing machine as an application example of the present invention, and Figures 4A and B are the mounting portion of the movable frame in Figure 1. FIG. 5 is a side view showing an example of the configuration of the storage section in a drawn-out state; FIGS. 6A to D are explanatory diagrams showing the movement of the pressing body; FIG. 7 shows the main parts of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operating state of the conveying means in FIG. 7, which is a perspective view of the operating state. 1... Airframe, 2... Loading section, 3... Identification section, 4
... Reject bill dispensing section, 5... Dispensing section, 6...
... Temporary holding chamber, 7... Temporary holding section, 8... Storage section, 9... Loading means, 10, 15... Transport path, 11... Reversing mechanism, 12... Shutter, 13
...Feeding mechanism, 14... Feeding mechanism, 16...
...Transfer and loading mechanism section, 17...Movable frame body, 18...
Support band feeding/unloading mechanism, 19... Drive means, 22
... Belt, 26 ... Support band body, 27 ... Guide port, 29 ... Winding shaft, 30 ... Guide part, 34 ...
Pressing body, 34A... Inclined surface portion, 34B... Pressing surface portion, 35... Elevating mechanism, 55... Conveying means, 58
...Moving table.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a plurality of banknote storage units for storing deposited banknotes in piles according to type; a dispensing means provided at the bottom of each storage unit for dispensing the stacked banknotes one by one from the bottom; A banknote processing machine comprising: a drawer support means that supports the banknote storage section, the payout means, and the transport means such that they can be pulled out integrally from the banknote processing machine main body; and the drawer support means. a tilting support means for integrally tilting the banknote storage section and the feeding means to expose the conveying means in the drawn state; 1. A banknote handling machine comprising: a pressing means for forcibly pressing stacked banknotes onto a feeding means.