JPH0530222Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a banknote conveyance device that is incorporated into a fare box, a money changer, or the like.

(Prior art) For example, a fare box of a one-man bus, a currency exchange machine, a vending machine, etc. is equipped with a bill engineer to determine whether or not the exchange bill inserted is genuine currency. is transported from the building engineer to the safe. The genuine coins are transported by natural fall using a chute.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The banknote conveyance device manufactured by Shute is easy to manufacture and inexpensive, but if the banknote has wrinkles or folds, it may become clogged, making reliable conveyance difficult.

Therefore, it is possible to configure the chute with a transfer belt, but it is difficult to ensure reliable transfer by simply placing and transferring banknotes, and if the chute is sandwiched and transferred using a pair of upper and lower transfer belts, it is difficult to return fraudulent currency. become.

(Means for solving the problem) The present invention is based on a transfer belt 5 that pinches and conveys banknotes E.
1 and a pressing member 52 are provided, and the building engineer 23
By configuring the transfer belt 51 to be driven by the genuine coin confirmation signal and to advance the pressing member 52 toward the transfer belt 51, all of the problems of the prior art described above can be solved.

That is, the specific structure of the problem-solving means of the present invention is characterized by a transfer belt 5 that receives and transports banknotes E in a banknote transport device provided between the building engineer 23 and the safe 17.
1, it can move forward and backward with respect to the transfer belt 51, and by advancing, the banknote E is transferred to the transfer belt 5.
1 and a pressing member 52 that can be pressed against the
The transfer belt 51 and the operating mechanism 53 are configured to be operable in response to a genuine coin confirmation signal from the birch engine 23.

(Function) The banknote E inserted through the exchange insertion slot 22 is determined whether or not it is a genuine coin while passing through the bill engineer 23, and if it is a genuine coin, a confirmation signal is issued and the banknote transport device 24 is activated. . The transfer belt 51 is driven and the actuation mechanism 53 is actuated so that the pressing member 52
is pressed toward the transfer belt 51 side, and the bill E inserted between the two is conveyed while being sandwiched therebetween.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In Figure 1 showing the overall outline of the fare box 1,
An upper member 4 made of transparent plastic and having a fare input slot 3 is provided on the upper part of the case 2;
A substantially horizontal fare confirmation transfer belt 5 is arranged below the upper member 4, and a separation roller 6 is arranged in front of the fare confirmation transfer belt 5 in the traveling direction a, forming a bill separation mechanism 7. ing.

The bill separation mechanism 7 moves the coin A parallel to the roller axis using a spiral protrusion 9 on the outer peripheral surface of the circular roll body 8 of the separation roller 6, takes it out from the outlet 10 on one side, and sends the coin A to the coin chute 13. Coin sorting mechanism 1
Papers B such as numbered tickets, coupon tickets, and banknotes are lifted by the rotation of the separation roller 6 and are sent to the feeder 15 of No. It is dropped into a safe 17 provided.

The coin sorting mechanism 14 uses the feeding body 15 which is rotationally driven, and the coin A fed out from the feeding body 15.
It has a sorting transfer belt 18 that transfers while sorting into 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, etc.

A storage/dispensing body 20 of the coin dispensing mechanism 19 is provided below the sorting/transfer belt 18 for storing a plurality of types of coins separately and dispensing them as exchange coins. Coins that overflow from the storage/dispensing body 20 fall into the safe 17. do. The coin dispensing mechanism 19 is provided with a discharging belt 21 extending from the bottom to the upper side of the storage dispensing body 20, and conveys dispensed exchange coins to a receiving tray 27.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a bill engineer constituting a banknote identification mechanism, which identifies whether the exchange banknotes inserted through the exchange insertion slot 22 are genuine or fraudulent, and operates the coin dispensing mechanism 19. The exchanged banknotes after passing through the bill engineer 23 are stored in the safe 17 via the banknote transport device 24. Reference numeral 25 indicates a shutter, and reference numeral 26 indicates a control device for the fare box 1, respectively.

The first embodiment of the banknote conveying device 24 is referred to as the first to third embodiments.
This will be explained based on the diagram.

The banknote conveyance device 24 includes a downwardly inclined transfer belt 51, a pressing member 52 provided above the transfer belt 51 so as to be able to move forward and backward, an operating mechanism 53 that moves the pressing member 52 forward and backward, and a frame 54 that supports them. It has

The transfer belt 51 is wound between a driving roller 55 near the build engine 23 and a driven roller 56 placed above the safe 17, and is directed downwardly on the front side by a direction changing roller 57 provided near the top. The angle of inclination has become more rapid. 58 is a plurality of guide rollers.

Reference numeral 59 denotes a motor that drives the drive roller 55 via the belt 60, and is activated by a genuine coin confirmation signal from the build engine 23. Transfer belt 5
1 is provided with two, but one wide one or three or more narrow ones may be provided.

The pressing member 52 is made of a plate spring or the like and is formed in a shape that roughly follows the upper surface side of the transfer belt 51.
4 is swingably supported via a support shaft 61, and as it swings, its upper part moves forward and backward relative to the transfer belt 51. A return spring 62 is provided in the middle of the pressing member 52 between it and the frame 54 .

A pressing plate 63 made of a plate spring is in contact with the upper part of the pressing member 52. The mounting portion 64 of the push plate 63 is supported by the frame 54 via a pivot 65, and its upper end is connected to an iron core 67 of a solenoid 66. Reference numeral 68 denotes a pushing plate tip holding metal fitting provided on the pressing member 52, which also serves to attach the spring 62.

An operating mechanism 53 is constituted by the pushing plate 63, the solenoid 66, etc., and the solenoid 66 is activated by a genuine coin confirmation signal from the build engine 23.
When energized, the push plate 6 moves around the pivot 65.
3 to advance the pressing member 52 toward the transfer belt 51 and press it.

The build engineer 23 is a known one,
When the entire length of the banknote E passes through the genuine currency detection position, a genuine currency confirmation signal is generated, and the solenoid 66 and motor 59 are activated. The banknote transfer mechanism reverses and transfers fraudulent currency to exchange slot 2.
Return to 2. Therefore, the illegal currency is transferred to the transfer belt 5.
Even if it is inserted between the pressing member 1 and the pressing member 52,
Since the transfer belt 51 is not driven, it is not conveyed.

The genuine coins are elastically pressed against the transfer belt 51 by the pressing member 52, and are conveyed along with the transfer belt 51 in a pinched state even if there are wrinkles or folds.

In addition, in the first embodiment, the pressing member 52 is directly actuated by the solenoid 66,
It is also possible to move the pressing member 52 parallel to the transfer belt 51 and move it forward and backward.

4 and 5 show a second embodiment, in which the pressing member 52' is made of a spring steel wire bent into a U-shape, both upper parts of which are rolled up and supported on a pivot shaft 65, and both ends are connected to the iron core of a solenoid 66. 67, and this pressing member 52' is disposed facing only the upper side of the transfer belt 51. This pressing member 52' is the transfer belt 5
1 and is pressed against the transfer belt by the operation of the solenoid 66.

A pressure roller 70 is disposed halfway above the transfer belt 51 via a support shaft 69. The support shaft fitting hole 71 of this pressing roller 70 has a diameter larger than that of the support shaft 69, and presses the banknotes on the transfer belt 51 with its own weight.

6 and 7 show details of the bill separating mechanism 7 of the fare box 1, and the transfer belt 5 has four rotating shafts 3a.
~30d, and the rotating shafts 30a, 3
The area between 0b and 0b is a horizontal part 31 on which coins A and papers B can be placed and transferred, and this horizontal part 31
The back side of is guided by a guide plate 32 so as to maintain a horizontal position, and the rotating shafts 30b, 3
A direction change section 33 is formed in front of the horizontal section 31 by the rotating shaft 30b, and the direction of belt movement is downward.

The separation roller 6 is located on an extension of the horizontal portion 31 and close to the direction changing portion 33, and the roller shaft 3
The axis of case 4 is above the horizontal part 31, and the axis of case 2
It is rotatably supported by a sprocket 35 at the shaft end.
is provided. Note that the roller shaft 34 is located at the horizontal portion 3.
It may be at the same height as 1 or below it.

A chain 37 is wound around the sprocket 35 and a sprocket 36 provided on the rotation shaft 30d, and is driven to rotate in the same direction by a motor 38. Therefore, the rotation direction of the separation roller 6 is the same as that of the transfer belt 5. The belt traveling direction a is opposite to the belt traveling direction b in the vicinity of the belt.

The separation roller 6 has one to four or more (three in this embodiment) spiral protrusions 9 formed on the outer peripheral surface of a circular roll body 8. The circular roll body 8 and the spiral protrusion 9 are made of plastic, rubber, metal, or the like, and both are integrally molded or separately formed and bonded or welded. The cross-sectional shape of the spiral protrusion 9 may be circular, semicircular, or square.

The spiral protrusion 9 of the separation roller 6 faces the transfer belt 5 with a small gap, and rotates so that it rises from the lower side of the horizontal part 31 to the upper side. Move to move from one side to the other.

Therefore, the coin A and paper B that come into contact with the separation roller 6 come into contact with the circular roll body 8 and the spiral protrusion 9 while the coin A is placed on the transfer belt 5, and are in an engaged state. Along with the apparent shift of the spiral protrusion, it is pushed to the left and right side approximately parallel to the roller axis. This pushing movement is carried out on the horizontal portion 31, in the direction c perpendicular to the belt traveling direction a, and at the outlet 10.
The direction is towards. On the other hand, since paper B is extremely light and generates frictional resistance between it and the separation roller 6,
When its tip comes into contact with the circular roll body 8 or the threaded protrusion 9, it is hooked thereon and rotates together, is lifted from the horizontal portion 31, and falls into the safe 17 through the upper side of the separation roller 6.

The paper note conveyance belt 16 also constitutes the note separation mechanism 7, and passes above and in contact with the separation roller 6. The paper ticket conveyance belt 16 has three rotating shafts 39.
It is wound around a to 39c and circumscribed to the separation roller 6, is driven by the rotation of the separation roller 6, and is conveyed to the safe 17 while holding the paper B lifted by the separation roller 6 together with it. are doing.

The rotating shaft 39a is located above the horizontal section 31 behind the separating roller 6, and therefore, the paper ticket conveying belt 16 extends above the horizontal section 31, so that the papers B on the horizontal section 31 are Even if it is bent and stands up, its upper part contacts the belt 16 and can be conveyed while being held between the belt 16 and the separating roller 6.

In other words, the paper ticket conveyance belt 16 assists and facilitates paper conveyance by the separation roller 6, thereby enabling more reliable conveyance.

The rotating shaft 39c is located below the separating roller 6 and near the safe 17, and the paper ticket conveying belt 16 is connected to the safe 17.
The transfer belt 5 also extends to the vicinity of the safe 17 due to the lower position of the rotating shaft 30d, and the lower portions of both belts 5 and 16 face each other and are separated. It also serves to guide the paper B falling from the roller 6 to the safe 17 and force it to fall so that it does not get jammed.

The separation roller 6 is further provided with an elastic protrusion 41 . A plurality of elastic protrusions 41 are provided at intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the circular roll body 8 between the threaded protrusions 9, and are made of an elastic material such as plastic or rubber.

The elastic protrusion 41 protrudes radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the circular roll body 8 to a greater extent than the threaded protrusion 9, and can contact the transfer belt 5 and the paper note conveyance belt 16 while being bent, and is It is in sliding contact with the belt 5 and flips up the paper B that is in close contact with the belt surface or the paper B that is bent and difficult to lift with the threaded protrusion 9, strengthens the lifting of the paper by the separation roller 6, and It moves at the same speed as the ticket conveyance belt 16,
Strengthen the clamping and conveyance of paper B.

(Effects of the invention) According to the invention described in detail above, the banknotes E after passing through the bill engineer 23 are conveyed to the safe 17 while being pushed and clamped by the transfer belt 51 by the pressing member 52, so that the banknotes can be conveyed extremely reliably. Even if there is a wrinkled or folded banknote, it will not get jammed, and since the bill engineer 23 operates after confirming a genuine coin, even if a fraudulent coin is inserted between the transfer belt 51 and the pressing member 52. Since the pressing member 52 is retracted, it can be reliably returned to the exchange insertion slot 22.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 show the first embodiment of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a schematic sectional view of the entire fare box, Figure 2 is a sectional front view of the main part, and Figure 3 is a side view of the main part. , 4th
The figure is a cross-sectional front view of the main part showing the second embodiment, and the fifth
The figure is a view taken along the arrow V in FIG. 4, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are a sectional front view and a sectional plan view of the bill separating mechanism of the fare box. 1... Fare box, 19... Coin dispensing mechanism, 22...
... Money exchange slot, 23... Building engineer, 24...
...Banknote conveyance device, 51...Transfer belt, 52...
Pressing member, 53... Actuation mechanism, E... Banknote.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In the banknote conveyance device provided between the bill engineer 23 and the safe 17, there is a transfer belt 51 that receives and conveys banknotes E, and this transfer belt 5.
It has a pressing member 52 that can move forward and backward with respect to the transfer belt 51 and can press the banknote E against the transfer belt 51 by advancing, and an operating mechanism 53 that moves the press member 52 forward and backward. and the operating mechanism 53 are configured to be operable in response to a genuine coin confirmation signal from the bill engineer 23.