JPH0530221Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a banknote processing machine, and particularly relates to a feeding means for feeding banknotes one by one to be loaded into the machine body, and this feeding means. A banknote storage box for each type is equipped with a shutter that stores banknotes fed and identified by type and opens and closes the banknote receiving opening, and a banknote storage box for each type that can be pulled out from the aircraft body and can be attached and removed. The present invention relates to a banknote processing machine having a frame for a storage section.

(Prior art) As a banknote processing machine as described above,
There is one shown in Publication No. 100282.

In the system disclosed in this publication, the shutter at the receiving opening of the storage box is mechanically linked to the operating force during a removal-related operation for removing the banknote storage box from the machine body.

That is, a storage frame is provided to which each type of banknote storage box can be attached and removed, and by pulling out the storage frame from the machine body, the banknote storage box can be pulled out from the machine body. The storage frame is provided with a locking member that locks the storage frame when it is attached to the aircraft body, and a front door that is swingable to unlock the locking member. When the front door is oscillated, that is, during an ejection-related operation, the shutter is closed purely mechanically in conjunction with the oscillation.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the conventional banknote processing machine described above, the shutter of the banknote storage box opens and closes mechanically in conjunction with the swinging movement caused by opening and closing the front door, so the opening and closing mechanism of the shutter is The operation is difficult to stabilize. For example, if the front door is opened and closed quickly, all the mechanisms for opening and closing the shutter will also move quickly, and unreasonable force will be applied to each mechanism, making it more likely to break down. Furthermore, if the front door is opened or closed suddenly, a large impact is generated when the front door is opened or closed, often damaging the shutter opening/closing mechanism.

In particular, each time the operator opens the front door and pulls out or inserts the storage compartment frame, the force required to open and close the shutter is added to the force required to open and close the front door, which requires a heavy operation. It becomes something that is not.

Therefore, we thought of electrically shuttering the banknote storage boxes, but in the case of a banknote processing machine that attaches and detaches multiple storage boxes to the machine, it would be better to install a motor for each storage box. Although it is possible to easily open and close the shutter automatically, it is difficult to make an electrical connection when attaching it to the storage frame, and the weight of the storage box increases because a motor is mounted on the storage box. , it is no longer easy to carry. If a motor is mounted on the side of the storage frame for each compartment, the storage frame will require a large space, and many electric wires will need to be routed through the machine. Undesirable.

Furthermore, the shutter must not be constructed so that it can be easily opened from the outside using a tool such as a drive. The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the problems of the above-mentioned prior art and providing a banknote processing machine that does not have the above-mentioned problems while employing a structure in which the shutter is electrically opened and closed.

[Structure of the idea]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, the present invention provides a loading means for loading banknotes one by one to be loaded into the machine body, and a device for loading banknotes by this loading means. A type-specific banknote storage box that stores identified banknotes by type and is equipped with a shutter that opens and closes the banknote receiving opening, and a storage section that can be pulled out from the aircraft body and that allows each type of banknote storage box to be attached and removed. a shutter opening/closing lever system provided in each of the banknote storage boxes for each type and for opening and closing the shutter;
a shutter opening/closing mechanism having a shutter opening/closing lock lever system for locking or unlocking the shutter in the closed position; A drive plate for opening and closing the shutter, which has an actuating part that enters the storage box and is connected to the shutter opening/closing lever system, corresponding to each storage box; A drive plate for releasing the shutter lock, which has an operating part corresponding to each storage box that enters the storage box when the banknote storage box is attached and is connected to the shutter opening/closing lock lever system, and a drive plate for releasing the shutter lock when the shutter is commanded to open. Move the drive plate from the lock position to the unlock position to unlock the shutters of each storage box, then move the shutter opening/closing drive plate from the shutter close position to the open position to open the shutters, and when the shutter close command is issued, the shutters are opened. The shutter is characterized by an electric drive unit for moving the opening/closing drive plate from the shutter open position to the closed position and then moving the shutter lock release drive plate to the lock position to close and lock the shutter. It is something to do.

(Function) When a shutter closing command is issued while the storage frame is attached to the aircraft, the electric drive unit operates to move the shutter opening/closing drive plate from the shutter open position to the shutter closed position, and the shutter is activated. The shutter opening/closing lever system is actuated by the shutter opening/closing lever system to close the shutter, and then the shutter lock release drive plate moves from the unlocking position to the locking position and the shutter opening/closing lever system is locked by the actuating part. When a shutter release command is issued, the shutter lock release drive plate moves from the shutter lock position to the lock release position, and its operating portion unlocks the shutter opening/closing lock lever system, and then the shutter release drive plate moves from the shutter closed position to the shutter release position. The shutter is moved to the open position and the operating section operates the shutter opening/closing lever system to open the shutter.

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

FIG. 1 shows a side view schematically showing the internal structure of an example of a banknote processing machine to which the present invention is applied. This banknote handling machine feeds banknotes P in an aligned and stacked state loaded into a banknote loading section 1 of a machine body A one by one by a feeding means 1a consisting of a group of feeding rollers into a conveyance path 1.
An identification unit 2a that determines the denomination, authenticity, fitness, front and back, etc. of banknotes P on the transport path 2.
a type-specific temporary holding unit 3 that takes in only genuine notes and temporarily holds them according to type such as denomination, etc.
3,... has a pair of opening/closing plates 4, 4 constituting the bottom thereof, and these type-specific temporary storage sections 3, 3,...
The temporary holding frame 5 defining the ... can be pulled out from the aircraft A.

On the front side of this temporary holding frame 5, there is a lock 5A that the operator locks and unlocks with a key operation in order to pull the frame 5 forward from the aircraft A, and the lock 5A swings when the lock 5A is unlocked. Operation handle 5 that allows movement
It has a lock mechanism 5C inside which releases the lock of the temporary holding frame 5 to the body A by swinging the handle 5B. In addition, a switch SW _2, which will be described later, is provided on the back of the temporary storage frame 5.
Detecting the withdrawal of the temporary storage frame 5 from the machine A, the shutters 3 of the banknote storage sections 6, 6, .
8, 38, . . . are closed. Directly below the temporary storage units 3, 3, . . . , there are provided banknote storage units 6, 6, .
. . . is removably installed in a storage frame 7 which has a box structure and can be pulled out from the body A.

On the front side of the storage frame 7 in the drawer direction,
As shown in Figures 5 to 5, an operating handle 8 is supported on a shaft 9 via a friction clutch 11 using a spring 10, so that it will not slip against the shaft 9 when the handle 8 is forcibly pulled up. At the same time, the spring 10 allows the handle 8 to be
is normally placed in the state shown in the fourth figure.

A short lever 12 is fixed to the shaft 9, and the upper end of a lock release member 13 is pivotally supported at the end of the lever 12 by a pin 14.

A lock member 15 is pivotally supported by a shaft 16 on the housing frame 7 located below the lock release member 13, and the lock member 15 and the lock release member 1
3 is movably connected to the lock member 15 by a pin 17 and an elongated hole 18, and the lock member 15 has an upward concave notch 1.
5a is formed, and when this recessed notch 15a engages with the pin 19 on the body A side as shown in the third figure by the bias of the spring 20, the storage frame 7 is locked so that it cannot be pulled out. It's getting old.

A relay member 21 is pivotally supported by a shaft 22 on the housing frame 7 at the lower part of the handle 8, and is biased counterclockwise in FIG. 5 by a spring 23.
Further, a lever 21A is fixed to the shaft 9, and is normally positioned in contact with a stopper pin 21B of the housing frame 7 by the bias of a spring 10. Even if the handle 8 is rotated when the upper end of the relay member 21 is located at the lower end of the lever 21A, the friction clutch 1
1 prevents the shaft 9 from rotating, and when the relay member 21 is rotated as shown by the chain line in FIG.
The rotation operation of the shaft 9 satisfies the conditions for allowing rotation of the shaft 9.

A protrusion 21a is provided on one side of the relay member 21, and the protrusion 21a is inserted between the forked portions 24a of the first lock release permitting plate 24.

This first lock release permitting plate 24 has pins 25, 25 and elongated holes 26, 26 in the storage frame 7.
It is provided to be movable within a predetermined range in the vertical direction, and is normally urged upward by a spring 27. A switch operating piece 28 is provided on the side of the allowable plate 24, and is adapted to operate a switch _SW1 provided on the storage frame 7 when the allowable plate 24 is lowered.

Further, a plunger 30a of a solenoid 30 fixed to the housing frame 7 is connected to the lower end of the first lock release permitting plate 24, and by energizing the solenoid 30, the first lock is released. The release permitting plate 24 is adapted to be pulled down.

On the other hand, the first lock release permitting plate 24
A lock 31 is provided near the
There is a lever 32 that rotates when the key is inserted and rotated.
By pushing down the engaging portion 24b through the locking member 2, the first lock release permitting plate 24 on which the engaging portion 24b is formed can be lowered.

On the other hand, a second lock release permitting member 33 is provided below the lock release member 13.
The second lock release permitting member 33 has an intermediate portion pivotally supported by the housing frame 7 through a shaft 34, and is normally biased counterclockwise by a spring 35 to release the lock release drive plate 64, which will be described later. Abuts on one end. Third
When the upper end of the lock release member 13 is moved away from the lower end of the lock release member 13 as shown by the solid line in the figure, the lowering of the lock release member 13 is allowed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the type-specific banknote storage box 36 has a banknote receiving opening 37 at the top thereof, and the banknote receiving opening 37 is opened and closed by a shutter 38. This shutter 38
In the illustrated example, the armor door structure is formed by connecting a large number of elongated plate-like members and is flexible.
It is said that it can be freely drawn out and retracted from the inside surface.

A shutter opening/closing mechanism 40 for opening, closing and locking the shutter 38 is provided on one side of the storage box 6, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

This shutter opening/closing mechanism 40 includes a shutter opening/closing lever 42 whose middle part is pivoted to the storage box 36 side by a shaft 41 and whose one end is connected to one end of the shutter 38, and whose middle part is pivoted to the storage box 36 side by a shaft 43. A shutter opening/closing operating lever 45 is pivotally supported, and its upper end is movably connected to the lower end of the shutter opening/closing lever 42 through a pin 44 and an elongated hole 45a, and an inverted triangular swing whose middle portion is supported by the shaft 43. moving lever 46
An intermediate lever 48 is connected to one end of this swinging lever 46 by a pin 47 and has a long hole 48a at its tip, one end is pivotally supported on the storage box 36 side by a shaft 49, and a pin 50 at the other end is connected to the intermediate lever 48. a locking lever 51 that is fitted into the elongated hole 48a of the lever 48 and biased by a spring 52 in a direction in which the recessed notch 51a on the upper side of the intermediate portion engages with the pin 44 at the lower end of the shutter opening/closing lever 42; The middle part is pivotally supported on the side of the storage box 36 by a shaft 53, and the swing lever 4 is attached to the tip.
The engagement lever 55 has a recessed notch 55a that can be freely engaged with the pin 54 at the inner end of the lever 55, and is normally biased by a spring 56 in the direction of engaging the pin 54, and the base end is on the side of the storage box 36. is pivotally supported by a shaft 57, and the notch 5 at the tip
An interlocking lever 5 whose 9a engages with the pin 50 of the locking lever 51 to allow the locking lever 51 to move.
9, a spring 60 is stretched between the shutter opening/closing lever 42 and the storage box 36, and the axis of the spring 60 is articulated to the side beyond the shaft 41 of the shutter opening/closing lever 42. It is becoming more and more like this.

In the above, the shutter opening/closing lever 42,
The shutter opening/closing lever 45 constitutes a shutter opening/closing lever system, and the swinging lever 46, intermediate lever 48, and locking lever 51 constitute a shutter opening/closing lock lever system.

When loading the storage box 36 into the storage frame 7 from above, the engagement lever 55 is connected to the inclined surface 6 at the upper end of the release bar 61 fixedly erected on the storage frame 7.
1a hits the roller 62 at the lower end of the engagement lever 55, causing the lever 55 to swing as shown by the chain line in FIG. 54.

The drive unit 63 is the shutter 38 in the illustrated embodiment.
The drive plate 64 for unlocking and locking the shutter after it is opened and closed and the drive plate 65 for opening and closing the shutter are both moved together. The structure is shown in FIG. 10 when the shutter is closed and locked, and in FIG. 11 when the shutter is opened and unlocked.
The pins 66, 67 and the elongated hole 6 are connected to the storage frame 7.
4a and 65a are supported so that the movement is guided.

The driving section 63 has an electrically driven motor M as a main component, and this motor M performs the opening/closing operation and the unlocking operation of the shutter 38.

Regarding its specific configuration, as illustrated in the above drawing, the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 has a crank pin 6 rotated by a motor M.
9 is a crank arm 70 fitted into a long hole 70a.
The intermediate portion is pivotally supported on the storage frame 7 by a shaft 71, and one end thereof is connected to the tip of the crank arm 70 by a pin 72.
A lever 74 biased by a spring 73 in the pulling direction
and a lever 77, which is connected to the other end of this lever 74 by a pin 75, and whose other end is pivotally supported by a pin 76 to the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65, and the crank arm 70 is rotated by the rotation of the motor M. The lever 74 is rotated through the lever 77, and the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 is moved in the left-right direction in the figure through the lever 77. Note that reference numerals 78 and 79 are stop pins that determine the movement range.

This movement of the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 into contact with the stopper pins 78, 79 is caused by the movement of the shutter opening/closing lever 42 in the storage box 36 in the left-right direction and past the neutral point. This is done by the spring force of the thinking spring 60. Further, even if the storage box 36 is pulled out while the drive plate 65 is in contact with the stopper pin 79, the contact state is maintained.

Regarding the drive plate 64 for releasing the shutter lock,
A lever includes a cam 80 rotated by a motor M, an intermediate portion of which is pivotally supported by a shaft 81 on the housing frame 7, and a roller 82 at one end abutted against the cam surface of the cam 80 by a spring 83. 84, and a lever 87 which is connected to the other end of this lever 84 by a pin 85, and whose other end is pivotally supported by a pin 86 to the drive plate 64 for shutter lock release, and the cam surface of the cam 80 is There is a recess 80a at a location,
The rear side in the rotational direction from this recess 80a is a gentle slope 80b.

In the figure, reference numeral 88 denotes a detection plate for detecting the rotational position of the motor M, which has a recess 88a around it, and a detector 89 that detects the position of this recess 88a to detect closing and locking of the shutter. , a detector 90 for detecting shutter opening and unlocking.
and are provided.

The shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 has a rising portion 91 in the middle, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and a recess 91a is provided at the upper end of this rising portion 91, and this recess 91a is connected to the shutter opening/closing mechanism. 40
The pin 92 at the lower end of the shutter opening/closing lever 45
is engaged with.

The shutter lock release drive plate 64 has a sixth
As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.
The upper end of this rising portion 93 has a recess 93a.
This recess 93a is engaged with a pin 94 at the lower end of the swing lever 46 of the shutter opening/closing mechanism 40.

Therefore, as the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 moves to the right in FIG. 7, the shutter opening/closing operating lever 45 rotates counterclockwise in the figure, and the shutter opening/closing lever 42 rotates clockwise to close the shutter. 38 and moves to the left, the shutter opening/closing lever 45 is rotated clockwise, and the shutter opening/closing lever 42 is rotated counterclockwise, so that the shutter 38 is closed. Further, as the drive plate 64 for releasing the shutter lock moves to the left in FIG. 7, the swing lever 46 rotates clockwise in the figure, and the intermediate lever 48 descends to pull down the locking lever 51, thereby locking the shutter lock. The lever 51 rotates downward against the bias of the spring 52, and the recess 51a is removed.
comes off the pin 44 at the lower end of the shutter opening/closing lever 42, making the opening/closing lever 42 rotatable, and when it moves to the right, the swinging lever 46 rotates counterclockwise and the intermediate lever 48 locks. Lever 51
The concave portion 51a fits into the pin 44 of the shutter opening/closing lever 42, and the shutter 3 is released.
8 cannot be opened or closed.

Note that when the storage box 36 is not loaded in the storage frame 7, the engagement lever 55 is biased by the spring 56 to move the pin 54 of the swing lever 46 into the recessed notch 55a as shown by the solid line in FIG. Since the locking lever 51 is restrained by the pin 44 of the shutter opening/closing lever 42, the engagement between the locking lever 51 and the pin 44 of the shutter opening/closing lever 42 is maintained, making it impossible to manually open the shutter 38 from the outside.

Furthermore, when the shutter is closed and locked as shown in Figure 10, the timing of opening and unlocking the shutter 38 is such that the rotation of the motor M first moves the lock release drive plate 64 through the cam 80 and the levers 84 and 87 to the right in the figure. After the shutter is unlocked, the drive plate 6 for opening and closing the shutter is inserted through the crank pin 69, the crank lever 70, and the levers 74 and 77.
5 moves to the left in the figure, and its movement causes the shutter opening/closing lever 42 to swing via the shutter opening/closing operating lever 45, and when this lever 42 passes the neutral point, the shutter 38 is opened by the urging of the thinking spring 60. When the shutter 38 is closed, the shutter 38 is locked when the shutter 38 is completely closed by moving the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 to the right and then moving the lock release drive plate 64 to the left.

One end of the lock release drive plate 64 is opposed to one side of the lower end of the second lock release permission member 33 as shown in the third figure, and when the drive plate 65 moves to the left in the figure, the second lock release permission is released. The member 33 is in an upright position to prevent the unlocking member 13 from lowering.

On the other hand, the opening/closing operation system for the lock 29 of the storage box 36 includes a short key lever 95 that is rotated by the rotation of the key, and an interlocking lever 97 connected to this key lever 95 by a pin 96, as shown in FIG. The interlocking lever 97 has an elongated hole 97a on the distal end side.
, and this elongated hole 97a is connected to the locking lever 51.
The key lever 9 is loosely fitted into the pin 50 of the key lever 9.
5 in the clockwise direction in FIG. 12, one end of the elongated hole 97a pushes the pin 50, and the locking lever 51 is rotated clockwise to release the shutter opening/closing lever 42. There is.

In addition, in order to smoothly open and close the shutter 38, a shutter opening/closing lever 42 is also provided on the other side. That is, Figures 8 and 13
As shown in the figure, a shaft 57 of the interlocking lever 59 extends to the opposite side of the storage box 36, and an interlocking lever 59' is similarly fixed to the end of this shaft 57, and a notch at the tip of the interlocking lever 59'59'a is storage box 3
The intermediate lever 99 is pivotably supported on the 6 side by a shaft 98, and is detachably connected to a pin 100 at one end of the intermediate lever 99. Note that the shaft 98 is located on the same axis as the shaft 41. The intermediate lever 99 is connected by a pin 101 to the shutter opening/closing lever 42' which is pivotally supported on the shaft 98, and the swinging of the intermediate lever 99 causes the shutter opening/closing lever 4 to move.
2' is adapted to be oscillated between the solid line illustration in FIG. 13 and the chain line illustration.

The entire operating system, as shown in the block diagram in FIG.
0 is excited and turned on through the switch actuation piece 28 (this switch SW ₁ is activated by the administrator's manual key operation of the lock 31 and turns the key lever 32 to turn on the actuation piece 2) _.
You can also turn it on by moving 8),
Switch activated by withdrawal of temporary holding frame 5
Signal input from SW ₂ , signal input from switch SW ₃ activated by loading of storage frame 7, detectors 89, 90 for rotation control of motor M of drive unit 63.
This control unit 1 is operated by a signal input by
02 controls the rotation of the motor M of the drive unit 63 and the excitation of the solenoid 30.

Next, the specific effects of each operating system will be explained.

First, to start the morning payment process, the machine operator from the payment management office carries the empty storage boxes 36, 36, . . . , with the shutter 38 closed and locked, to aircraft A. The storage boxes 36, 36, . . . are sequentially inserted and loaded into the storage frame 7 pulled out from above.

When the storage box 36 is loaded into the storage frame 7, the release rod 61 enters the storage box 36 from the lower part of the storage box 36, and the upper end of the release rod 61 is connected to the inclined surface 61a of the lower end of the engagement lever 55. It hits the roller 62 and is pushed away, and the engagement lever 55 rotates to the position shown by the chain line in FIG. becomes possible.

After all the storage boxes 36 are loaded into the storage frame 7, the storage frame 7 is pushed into the body A and positioned at the loading position. At this time, the switch SW ₃ is switched to the on side in the storage frame 7. Before or after loading this storage frame 7 into the machine body A, a machine manager different from the machine operator turns on the power of the machine,
Turn on the payment start key switch of the payment device 103. A signal from the switch is input to the control unit 102, and as a result, the solenoid 30 is energized for a predetermined time (the time until the next rotation operation of the operating handle 8 is performed), and the first lock release permission plate is thereby activated. 24 is pulled down against the spring 27. When the allowable plate 24 is pulled down, the switch SW ₁ is operated by the switch operating piece 28, and the signal thereof is input to the control section 102. At that time, when the temporary holding frame 5 is located at the loading position of the aircraft A, the switch SW ₂ is in the on state, and the input signal for switching on (temporarily switching on) from the switch SW ₁ and the switch SW 2 are in the on state. ₂ and SW ₃ are input to the control unit 102, the motor M of the drive unit 63 is activated and rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Due to this rotation of the motor M, the unlocking drive plate 64 first moves to the right in FIG. 10, and later the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 moves to the left.

In addition, when switch SW ₂ is in the off state, that is, when temporary holding frame 5 is pulled out from machine A, the temporary holding frame 5 is pushed into machine body A and positioned at the loading position, and when switch SW ₂ is turned on (switch
SW ₁ temporary on switching signal input and switch SW ₃
(the on state is an input state to the control unit 102), the motor M starts rotating, and the aforementioned lock release drive plate 64 and shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 are moved.

As the unlocking drive plate 64 moves to the right as described above, the swinging lever 46 rotates clockwise in FIG. The stop lever 51 is rotated downward to release the shutter opening/closing lever 42, and the shutter opening/closing operating lever 45 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 42 clockwise to open the shutter 38. When the shutter 38 is fully open, the shutter opening/closing lever 4
2 immediately after passing the neutral point, and the movement to the fully open position is performed by the spring force of the thinking spring 60 after passing the neutral point. After that, the detector 90 detects the detection plate 88
When the recess 88a is detected, the motor M stops.

In addition, the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 and the stopper pin 7
8 is also brought into contact with the biasing force of the thinking spring 60. Furthermore, when the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 that was in contact with the stopper pin 78 is moved in the opposite direction and comes into contact with the stopper pin 79, the abutment movement is also performed by the biasing force of the above-mentioned thinking spring 60. As a result, the receiving opening 37 of the storage box 36 is fully opened.
It is possible to accept processed banknotes P.

In this state, even if you put your hand on the operating handle 8 and try to pull out the storage frame 7 by rotating it, the relay member 21 is located at the bottom of the lever 21A. Drive plate 64
Since the end of the handle 8 is pushing against the lower end of the second lock release permitting member 33, this permitting member 33 is placed in an upright position as shown by the chain line in FIG. Also lever 21
A hits the relay member 21 and the lock release member 1
The lower end of the second lock release permitting member 33 hits the upper end of the second lock release permitting member 33 and cannot be lowered, making it impossible to push down the lock member 15 and remove the pin 19 from the recessed portion 15a of the lock member 15. , the storage frame 7 cannot be pulled out from the machine body A. Therefore, after the shutter 38 of the storage box 36 is unlocked, that is, in this embodiment, after the shutter 38 is unlocked, the shutter 38 must be opened.
Since the opening movement is performed, when the shutter 38 is in the open state, it becomes impossible to draw out the storage section frame 7, and it becomes impossible to take out the banknotes P in the storage box 36.

In this state, the operator of the machine starts the payment process and loads the banknotes obtained for each transaction into the banknote loading section 1, and the banknotes P in the banknote loading section 1 are transferred to the loading means 1a.
The banknotes are fed in one by one, conveyed on the conveyance path 2, and identified by the identification section 2a, and the banknotes other than the regular banknotes are sent upward, and only the standard banknotes are sent downward, and the banknotes are conveyed from the conveyance path 2 to each banknote. Temporary holding section 3 by denomination,
3. Sent to... When banknotes P are temporarily reserved, the pair of opening/closing plates 4, 4 of each temporary retention section 3, 3... are placed in a horizontal position and closed state, as shown in the first diagram, and the upper surface thereof has a passageway 2 through which the opening/closing plates 4, 4 are closed. The incoming banknotes P are deposited and temporarily held.

When the banknotes P temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 3 are taken into the storage unit 6, a motor (not shown) is driven by a take-in signal from the payment device 103 by the operator, and the opening/closing plates 4, 4 are rotated together. However, the banknotes P temporarily held on the opening/closing plates 4, 4 fall under their own weight into the storage units 6, 6, . . . (storage boxes 36, 36, . . .) and are taken in therein.

If the operator wishes to take out the temporarily reserved banknotes without taking them in, the operator cancels the taking in by operating the button on the precision device 103, then unlocks the lock 5A and swings the operating handle 5B. Then, the lock mechanism 5C is unlocked and the temporary storage frame 5 is pulled out to the front side of the machine A, and the operator takes out the banknotes from each temporary storage section 3, 3, . At this time, if the banknote receiving openings 37, 37, . . . at the top of the storage boxes 36, 36, . Although this is possible, it can be prevented by closing the shutters 38, 38, . . . in the following manner. That is, when the temporary holding frame 5 is pulled out by the operator, the switch SW ₂ is turned off, and when this signal is input to the control unit 102, the motor M of the drive unit 63 is rotated counterclockwise from the state shown in FIG. When the lock release drive plate 64 is rotated in the opposite direction to the rotation, the shutter 38 is closed and the locking lever 51 is raised and the lower end of the shutter opening/closing lever 42 is inserted into the recessed portion 51a. When the pin 44 is engaged, even if an attempt is made to open the shutter 38 manually, the shutter opening/closing lever 42 cannot be rotated and is locked so that it cannot be opened. Therefore, for example, even if the temporary holding frame 5 is pulled out and the receiving opening 37 on the top surface of the storage box 36 becomes accessible, the receiving opening 37 is closed by the shutter 38, so the storage box cannot be opened. 36, and even if an attempt is made to open the shutter 38 manually, the movement of the shutter opening/closing lever 42 is restricted by the locking lever 51, so the shutter cannot be opened.

When the shutter 38 is closed and locked in this way, the second lock release permitting member 33, which swings in accordance with the position of the lock release drive plate 64, escapes from the lower part of the lock release member 13. However, since the relay member 21 is positioned corresponding to the lower part of the lever 21A, even if the operating handle 8 is rotated, the shaft 9 does not rotate via the friction clutch 11, and the lock release member 13 cannot be pushed down either. First, the engagement between the concave notch 15a of the locking member 15 and the pin 19 on the machine body A side is not released, and the operator uses the temporary holding frame 5 to pull out the storage section frame 7 and remove the storage box. Even if an attempt is made to steal 36, 36, . . . , it will be prevented. Further, when the temporary holding frame 5 is inserted and loaded into the machine body A, the switch SW ₂ is turned on, the motor M is rotated, and the shutter 38 is unlocked and opened through the above-described operations. While the payment operation is continuing, if any of the storage boxes 36 becomes full of banknotes, the operator contacts the machine manager. When the operator of the machine inserts the key into the lock 31 and turns it, the lever 3 shown in the fourth figure
2 is rotated, and the first lock release permitting plate 2
4 to move the relay member 21 away from the lever 21A, and at the same time, the switch SW ₁ is temporarily turned on by the switch operating piece 28. When this signal is input to the control section 102, this control section 10
2, the solenoid 30 is energized, and the lever 3
Even after the lever 2 returns to its original position, the first lock release permitting plate 24 is maintained in a downwardly taut state, and the relay member 21 is maintained in a position retracted from the lever 21A. On the other hand, a signal input from the switch SW ₁ to the control unit 102 causes the motor M to rotate from the position shown in the 11th figure to the position shown in the 10th figure. As a result, the shutters 38, 38, . . . are locked in the closed position by movement of the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 and then the lock release drive plate 64. Further, a second lock release permitting member 33 is swung according to the position of the lock release driving plate 64.
Also escapes from the lower part of the lock release member 13.

As a result, when the operating handle 8 is rotated, the lock release member 13 is lowered, the recessed part 15a of the lock member 15 escapes from the pin 19 on the body A side, and the storage frame 7 is moved forward from the body A. You will be able to pull it out. The storage box 36 filled with banknotes is pulled out from the pulled-out storage section frame 7, an empty storage box 36 is loaded, and the storage section frame 7 is inserted and loaded into the machine body A again. Due to this loading, the switch SW ₃ is turned on, and on condition that the switch SW ₂ is on, the motor M is rotated through the control unit 102, and the shutters 38,
38, . . . are unlocked and released. Further, when the storage frame 7 is inserted into the body A, the recessed portion 15a of the locking member engages with the pin 19 on the body A side. At this time, if the temporary holding frame 5 is pulled out, the switch SW ₂ is in the OFF state, so even if the storage section frame 7 is inserted into the aircraft body A, the storage boxes 36, 3
The shutters 38, 38, . . . _of 6, . let me,
The shutters 38, 38, . . . are unlocked and opened. After reaching this state, the operator transports the storage box 36 full of banknotes to the central settlement office, returns to the machine A, and resumes the settlement operation.

When the machine manager operates the settlement end key switch of the settlement device 103 in the evening when the settlement operation is completed in this way, a signal from the switch is input to the control unit 102, and the solenoid 30 is activated for a predetermined period of time (operation period to prepare for operation of handle 8)
Excite. As a result, the first lock release permitting plate 24 is lowered and the relay member 21 is moved to the lever 2.
Evacuate from below 1A. On the other hand, the plate 2
The switch operating piece 28 fixed to 4 is the switch
When SW ₁ is turned on and its signal is input to the control unit 102, the motor M rotates from FIG. 11 to FIG. 10. As a result of this rotation, the shutter opening/closing drive plate 65 first moves to the right, then the lock release drive plate 64 moves to the left, and the shutters 38, 38, . . .
is blocked and locked.

Due to the movement of the lock release plate 64 at this time, the second
The lock release permitting member 33 is also swung and removed from the lower part of the lock release member 13. As a result, the storage frame 7 can be pulled out from the aircraft A, and each storage box 3
After pulling out the storage boxes 36, 36, .
The operator transports ... to the central clearinghouse.

To unlock the lock 29 of the storage box 36 to open the shutter 38 and take out the banknotes P inside at the central checkout office, insert the key into the lock 29 and turn it clockwise in FIG. Interlocking lever through 9
7 moves in the downward direction, and this movement pushes down the pin 50 of the locking lever 51 at the end of the elongated hole 97a of the lever 97, and the locking lever 51 is in the state shown by the chain line in FIGS. 7 and 12. As it rotates, the concave notch 51a is disengaged from the pin 44 at the lower end of the shutter opening/closing lever 42, and the shutter 38 is released from its restraint, allowing the shutter 38 to be opened manually.

At this time, since the pin 50 moves within the elongated hole 48a, the pin 47 remains in a fixed position and is not affected by the engagement between the pin 54 of the moving lever 46 and the engagement lever 55.

To relock the lock, close the shutter 38 and then rotate the key inserted into the lock 29 in the opposite direction to the direction used to unlock it. The interlocking lever 97 is pulled up through the key lever 95, and the lock is engaged accordingly. The stop lever 51 rotates upward under the bias of the spring 52, and the pin 4 of the shutter opening/closing lever 42 is inserted into the recessed part 51a.
4 engages to restrict the movement of the shutter opening/closing lever 42 again, and the shutter 38 is locked.

Incidentally, while inserting the storage frame 7 into the machine body A, the inclined surface 15b on the top surface of the tip of the locking member 15 hits the pin 19 and is pushed down. Hole 1
8, so that the unlocking member 13 remains in place.

Here, a) the rotation of the motor that opens, closes, locks, and unlocks the shutter 38; and b) the movement of the first lock release permitting plate 24 and the relay member 21.
The excitation of the solenoid 30 that controls the rotation will be summarized for each operation period.

When operating the payment start key: a Payment device 103 → control unit 102 → solenoid 30 → switch SW ₁ → control unit 102 → motor M rotation → detector 90 → motor M stop.

However, the rotation of motor M at that time is started by a temporary ON switching signal of switch SW ₁ ,
The condition is that an ON signal from each switch SW ₂ and SW ₃ is input to the control unit 102 .

As described above, the shutter 38 is unlocked and opened.

b Solenoid 30 in the flow of a) above
The relay member 21 is retracted by the excitation.

When withdrawing the temporary holding frame 5 a Switch SW ₂ off → control unit 102 →
Motor M rotation → Detector 89 → Motor M stopped.

This closes and locks the shutter 38.

b Solenoid 30 is not energized.

When inserting and loading the temporary holding frame 5 a Turn on switch SW ₂ → control unit 102 →
Motor M rotation → Detector 90 → Motor M stopped.
This causes the shutter 38 to be unlocked and opened.

b Solenoid 30 is not energized.

When the storage frame 7 is pulled out by key operation of the lock 31: a Switch SW ₁ → Control unit 102 → Motor M rotation → Detector 89 → Motor M stopped.

b Switch SW ₁ → control unit 102 → solenoid 30 excitation (predetermined time).

This causes the relay member 21 to retreat.

When inserting and loading the storage frame 7 a Switch when switch SW ₂ is in the on state
Turning on SW ₃ → Control unit 102 → Motor M rotation → Detector 90 → Motor M stop.

The shutter 38 is unlocked and opened.

b Solenoid 30 is not energized.

When operating the payment completion key: a Payment device 103 → control unit 102 → solenoid 30 → switch SW ₁ → control unit 102 → motor M rotation → i detector 89 → motor M stop.

b) The solenoid 30 is energized by a), and the relay member 21 is retracted.

Additionally, it should be noted that although the drive section 63 in this embodiment opens and closes the lock release drive plate 64 and the shutter opening and closing drive plate 65 with one motor M, it goes without saying that two separate corresponding motors may be used.

Further, in this embodiment, the second lock release permitting member 3
3 is shown in which the lock is locked when the lock release member 13 comes into contact with it, but the same function can be provided by using a lock member 15 that comes into contact with the lock release member 13 instead of the lock release member 13.

The temporary storage section in the embodiment may be provided as needed, and when provided, it may be provided on the temporary storage frame so that it can be pulled out as in this example, or it may be fixedly provided on the aircraft A. It's okay to be hot.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, the shutter that opens and closes the receiving opening of the banknote storage box is opened and closed by driving the electric drive unit, so there is no need to perform heavy operations as in the conventional case. In addition to making work easier, since the shutter opens and closes at a constant speed, no excessive force is applied to the shutter opening/closing mechanism, which prevents damage to the shutter opening/closing mechanism. The cause of the failure can be removed. In addition, the shutter is locked by a shutter opening/closing lever system that restrains the shutter opening/closing lever system, so even if you try to open the shutter from the outside using a screwdriver, etc., it will not be possible to do so simply by inserting the screwdriver, etc.
It has various effects such as being able to function as a safety deposit box and not having to place any restrictions on where it can be used.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic internal structure diagram showing an example of a banknote processing machine to which the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an example of a lock system provided in the front part of the storage frame. Figure 4 is a rear view of the machine as seen from the rear (back side of the front) showing an example of the lock release system, Figure 5 is a side view of Figure 4, and Figure 6 is a frame for the storage section. 7 is a side view showing an example of a shutter opening/closing mechanism incorporated in one side of the storage box, FIG. 8 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. 9 is an electrical A perspective view of the main parts of the target drive section, 1st
Figure 0 is a plan view of the main parts showing the state when the shutter is closed and locked, Figure 11 is a plan view of the main parts showing the state when the shutter is open and unlocked, and Figure 12 is a diagram of the shutter opening and closing mechanism using the lock. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the structure of the lever on the upper side in FIG. 8, and FIG. 14 is a control block diagram. 1a... Retracting means, 7... Frame for storage section, 3
6... Bill storage box by type, 37... Bill receiving opening, 38... Shutter, 40... Shutter opening/closing mechanism, 42... Shutter opening/closing lever constituting the shutter opening/closing lever system, 45... Shutter opening/closing lever system. Shutter opening/closing operating lever, 46...
Swinging lever constituting the shutter opening/closing lock lever system, 48... Intermediate lever constituting the shutter opening/closing lock lever system, 51... Locking lever constituting the shutter opening/closing lock lever system, 63... Drive section as an electric drive section, 64... Drive plate for opening and closing the lock as a drive plate for releasing the shutter lock, 65...
... Shutter opening/closing drive plate, 91... Rising part as an operating part, 93... Rising part as an operating part,
102...Control unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A type-specific banknote comprising: a loading means for loading banknotes one by one to be loaded into the machine; and a shutter for storing the banknotes fed and identified by the loading means by type and opening and closing the banknote receiving opening. storage box and
In a banknote processing machine having a frame body for a storage section which can be pulled out from the machine body and into which each type of banknote storage box can be attached and removed, the banknote processing machine is provided with a frame body for each type of banknote storage box and which is provided individually for each type of banknote storage box and which controls the opening and closing movement of the shutter. a shutter opening/closing mechanism having a shutter opening/closing lever system for locking or unlocking the shutter in the closed position of the shutter; a drive plate for opening and closing the shutter, which has an operating part corresponding to each storage box that enters into the storage box and connects to the shutter opening/closing lever system when the banknote storage box is attached to the storage box; and a storage section frame side. a drive plate for shutter lock release, which is provided in the banknote storage box and has an actuating portion corresponding to each storage box that enters the storage box and connects to the shutter opening/closing lock lever system when the banknote storage box is attached to the frame; When the shutter is commanded to open, the drive plate for releasing the shutter lock is moved from the lock position to the unlock position to unlock the shutters of each storage box, and then the drive plate for opening and closing the shutter is moved from the shutter close position to the open position to close the shutter. When the shutter is commanded to close, the drive plate for opening and closing the shutter is moved from the shutter open position to the closed position, and then the drive plate for releasing the shutter lock is moved from the unlock position to the lock position to close and lock the shutter. A banknote processing machine comprising: an electric drive unit.