JPH0550795B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a circulating banknote depositing and dispensing machine that stores received deposited banknotes and dispenses the deposited banknotes as disbursed banknotes. A part of the banknote recognition unit and the withdrawal route are formed into a common route in the same direction, and a banknote recognition unit is provided in this common route, and the deposited banknotes that are recognized and accepted by this recognition unit are placed horizontally below the banknote recognition unit. The money is temporarily stored in the storage cassettes according to type, which are arranged at the bottom of the storage cassettes. Paying out deposited banknotes as payout banknotes, and sending the paid banknotes to the banknote identification unit through a horizontal payout path arranged along the lower part of each type of storage cassette and an ascending payout path following the horizontal payout path; The present invention relates to a circulating banknote depositing and dispensing machine that sends banknotes identified as proper banknotes by the recognition unit to a payout port.

[Prior art and its problems]

In the above-mentioned circulating deposit/withdrawal machine, the bills dispensed from the storage cassette as dispensed bills are subjected to the aforementioned bill identification system that identifies the authenticity, denomination, fitness, skew, thickness, chain, etc. of the deposited bills. These abnormalities are checked in the department. If the identification section detects an abnormality such as skew, the banknote is not dispensed but is collected into the reject section.

By the way, for example, banknotes dispensed from storage cassettes of different denominations almost never become skewed during the conveyance path, but are often skewed when they are dispensed from the storage cassettes. Therefore, in conventional machines, the skewed banknotes are fed out from the storage cassette in the skewed state, and are collected in the reject unit via a long conveyance path leading to the banknote identification unit. Therefore, due to the skew, the banknotes may become jammed while being conveyed along the long conveyance path, and this causes troubles in depositing and dispensing machines.

On the other hand, the storage space in the reject section is adjusted to the number of redirect banknotes generated, so the storage space is small, and since the banknotes are stored by their own weight, they may bulge due to deformation of the banknotes themselves after being stored, or the stored banknotes may bulge. Due to a collision between the banknotes and the banknotes scheduled to be stored, the banknote storage amount detector in the reject section detects that the banknote storage amount is full even though only a small number of banknotes are stored, resulting in the machine stopping. Become.

As described above, the conventional machine has the disadvantage that the machine frequently stops when the number of banknotes considerably smaller than the set amount of banknotes is stored in the reject section.

In addition, since the reject part is fixed to the machine body, the operator can take out the banknotes in the reject part directly by hand, and there is no way to check the denomination and number of bills in the reject part with a machine. Therefore, there were problems such as operators sometimes stealing illegally, and it was also difficult to confirm the fact of theft.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made with the aim of eliminating the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. To provide a circulating bill depositing and dispensing machine that can prevent bills from clogging a conveyance path and also prevent theft of reject bills.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention forms part of the depositing route and the dispensing route into a common route in the same direction, and provides a banknote identification part in this shared route part. The recognized and accepted deposited banknotes are temporarily stored in a type-specific temporary storage section arranged horizontally below the banknote identification section, and then stacked and stored in type-specific storage cassettes provided correspondingly below the banknote identification section. At the time of withdrawal, the stored banknotes are fed out from the corresponding bottom of the storage cassette as withdrawal banknotes, and the paid banknotes are passed along the horizontal withdrawal path arranged along the bottom of each type of storage cassette and its horizontal direction. sending the banknotes to the bill recognition unit through an ascending withdrawal route following a withdrawal route;
In the circulating banknote deposit/dispensing machine, the banknotes identified as proper banknotes by the identification section are sent to the dispensing port. The type-specific storage cassette closest to the ascending withdrawal route at the end of the route is the unfit note storage cassette, and this unfit note storage cassette serves as a receiving opening for receiving unfit notes that are stacked in the temporary holding section and are unsuitable for withdrawal. , a storage space for stacking and storing unfit bills sent from the receiving opening; an opening opened in a side wall of the storage space on the side of the ascending withdrawal path; and a retrieval part for taking out the unfit bills storage cassette from the machine body. A receiving port shutter and an opening shutter are provided to close the receiving port and the opening, respectively, at the time of the withdrawal, and during the dispensing path from the dispensing port of the type-specific storage cassette to the ascending dispensing path, skewed feeding of the dispensing banknotes is detected. A branching mechanism that is activated based on a skewed banknote detection signal from the skewed banknote detection unit to branch and guide skewed banknotes to the opening of the unfitted note storage cassette is provided in the upward movement. It is characterized in that the unfit bill storage space of the unfit bill storage cassette is also used as the oblique banknote storage space.

[Embodiments of the Invention] The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an embodiment of a circulating deposit/dispensing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a schematic longitudinal sectional side view of the same, from the top of the machine body 1 to a banknote receiving/paying device 2, a banknote temporary holding device 3, They are arranged in the order of banknote storage and dispensing device 4.

The bill receiving and paying device 2 is provided with a payout port 5 in the upper part of the front side of the machine body 1 and a receiving port 6 in the lower part thereof. A group of 7 rotors is arranged to feed banknotes P into a conveyance path 8 within the machine body 1. In this conveyance path 8, the authenticity of the banknote P, the denomination,
A discriminator 9 that identifies abnormal conveyance such as front and back, good/defective, double stacking, skewed feeding, chaining due to skewed feeding, etc., and a reversing mechanism 10 that inverts either the front or back of the banknote P to align the front and back sides. It is provided.

Bills P are fed into the dispensing port 5 from a conveyance path 12 that is continuous with the end of the conveyance path 8 via a switching member 11, and banknotes P are fed into the conveyance path 8 separately from the feeding from the receiving port 6 side to the conveyance path 8. A rising connection 13 is provided for the feeding of.

The temporary holding device 3 has holding units 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ , 3 ₃ , and 3 ₄ that classify the banknotes P received from the receiving port 6 into denominations and other categories and temporarily hold them, respectively. The discriminator 9 is located above ₁ to 3 ₄ .
a conveyance path 14 for sorting the denominations into respective denominations based on identification signals and sending the denominations to the holding units 3 ₁ to 3 ₄ ;
Each temporary storage section ₃ branched from this conveyance path 14
Branch conveyance path 15 ₁ to 15 that sends banknotes P to ~3 _4
4 , and the end of this conveyance path 14 is a reject conveyance path 16.

The bottom of each of the temporary holding sections 3 ₁ to 3 ₄ is composed of movable bottom plates 17 and 17 that are double-opened downward, and banknotes P sent from the branch conveyance paths 15 ₁ to 15 ₄ are transferred to the respective temporary holding sections 3 ₁ to 3 _{4 .} The banknotes are stacked on movable bottom plates 17, 17 of the banknotes, and are stored in the lower banknote storage/dispensing device 4 by temporarily opening the movable bottom plates 17, 17 at a predetermined time. In addition, all the movable bottom plates 17 of each of the temporary storage sections 3 ₁ to 3 ₄ mentioned above,
17 are opened and closed at the same time by one drive mechanism.

A dispensing conveyance path 18 is disposed inside the front side of the temporary holding device 3 to carry out dispensing banknotes dispensed from the bill storage and dispensing device 4.

All of the above-mentioned mechanisms constituting the temporary holding device 3 are arranged on a movable frame 19, and the movable frame 19 can be freely pulled out from the aircraft body 1, and by pulling out the movable frame 19, It is possible to take out the temporarily reserved banknotes in each of the temporarily reserved parts 3 ₁ to _{3 4} and to facilitate maintenance of each of the mechanisms.

The banknote storage and dispensing device 4 has a storage body 20 that can be pulled out from the machine body 1, and this storage body 20 has banknote storage cassettes 4 for each type in the depth direction.
₁ , 4 ₂ , 4 ₃ , 4 ₄ are arranged, and each storage cassette 4 ₁
~4 ₄ is the storage body 20 pulled out forward relative to the aircraft 1
It is said that it can be pulled upwards from the top. Note that the storage body 20 has a top surface that is similar to the body 1 of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ .
Although the storage body 20 can be pulled forward to the area where it is exposed to the outside and can be pulled upward, it may be possible to draw it out until the storage body 20 is separated from the body 1.

The structure of each type of banknote storage cassette 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ (the unfitted banknote storage cassette 4 ₄ will be described later) is as follows:
As shown in FIG. 3 as a vertical side view and as shown in FIG.
A dispensing means 23 for dispensing bills one by one is provided, and a storage space 24 in which banknotes P are accumulated and stored is provided on the dispensing means 23.

The feeding means 23 is composed of a feed roller 25 that is pivotally supported at the forefront in the banknote feeding direction, a hard roller 26 that is pivotally supported at the rear of the feed roller 25, and a freely rotating roller 27 that is pivotally supported at the rearmost portion. As shown in FIG. 4, there are one pair of feed rollers 25 and one pair of hard rollers 26 on the left and right, and three pairs of freely rotating rollers 27.
It is considered as an individual. The tightening roller 26 has an elastic tightening portion 26A protruding from a part of its circumferential surface, and the tightening portion 26A has a U-shaped side surface, for example, as shown in the figure, so that it can be bent in the radial direction of the roller. Consists of a rubber plate. Further, the circumferential surface of the tightening roller 26 is located slightly below a line connecting the upper circumferential surfaces of the feed roller 25 and the free rotation roller 27, and the tightening portion 26A is disposed to intersect with the line.

A gate member 28 is disposed opposite to the upper part of the feed roller 25, and a gate gap L is formed between the peripheral surfaces of the gate member 28 and the feed roller 25 to allow passage of only one banknote.
Reference numeral 5 has a built-in one-way clutch so that it can freely rotate only in the direction of the arrow, and its circumferential surface is placed substantially on the same plane as the regulating wall 29A that regulates the payout side of the bill P.

Conveying bodies 30, 31 consisting of belts, rollers, etc. are provided following the feedout port 22, and are adapted to send out banknotes P from the feedout ports 32 at the lower ends of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ . Also, storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃
In the left and right walls of the storage space 24, aligning members 33, 33 are rotatably provided and extend over almost the entire height of the storage space 24, and align the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ . By swinging in a horizontal plane by an operating mechanism (not shown) located on the outside and provided in the storage body 20, both sides of the banknotes P stored in a piled state in the feeding direction are aligned to prevent jamming during feeding. ing.

The storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ are advanced and rotated into the storage space 24 from the inside of the regulating wall 29A, and normally the banknotes P are
A pressing member 34 is provided to press and hold the top surface of the group, and the pressure by this pressing member 34 generates a frictional force necessary for feeding between the feeding means 23 and the bill to be fed. . In addition, the pressing member 34 of each storage cassette 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ is
The operating mechanism 35 allows the banknotes to be temporarily rotated and retracted out of the storage space 24 when storing the banknotes from each of the temporary storage units 3 ₁ to _{3 3} .

On the other hand, the receiving ports 21 of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ are
It is designed to be opened and closed by a shutter 36. In the illustrated embodiment, the shutter 36 is made up of three shutter plates 36A, 36B, and 36C, and by pulling out the lower shutter plate 36C, the upper shutter plates 36B and 36A are sequentially attached to the engaging edge 3.
It is pulled out by the engagement of 6C', 36B', and 36A',
By pushing in, everything is stored inside the regulating wall 29A. A locking pin 37 is protruded from one shutter plate 36C, and the shutter 36 is opened and closed by moving the pin 37 by a shutter opening/closing mechanism 38, which will be described later.

In FIG. 2, each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃
The inside of the storage body 20 into which banknotes are loaded is used to transfer banknotes P extracted from the outlet ports 32 of each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ to the delivery path 18 of the temporary storage section 3 . It has a horizontal conveyance path 39 disposed horizontally along the lower part of the storage body 20, and an ascending conveyance path 40 disposed vertically at the front part of the storage body 20. has a front door 42 pivotally supported by a shaft 41. And storage body 20
is a rail 43 arranged in the front and rear direction of the fuselage 1.
(only a portion of which is shown) and rollers 44, 44 which are pivotally supported on the side surface of the storage body 20 allow the storage body 20 to be freely drawn out.

The storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ configured as described above are loaded by dropping them from the open upper part of the storage body 20, and in the embodiment, 4 ₁ is for regular bills of 1,000 yen, and 4 ₂ is for regular bills of 5,000 yen. 4 3 is for regular yen notes, and 4 ₃ is for regular 10,000 yen notes.

An unfit bill storage cassette 44, which is _different from these banknote storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ , is provided at the back of the ascending _conveyance path 40. This is an unfit bill storage cassette that stores unfit bills of yen and 10,000 yen, as well as 500 yen bills, double stacked bills among the bills dispensed at the time of withdrawal, and rejected bills such as oblique conveyance bills. The storage cassette ₄₄ is the storage space 2 for the genuine bill storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ .
When the banknotes stored in the storage cassette 4 are full, the overflowing genuine banknotes can also be stored therein, and this unfit banknote storage cassette ₄₄ is similar to the other storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ . The container body 20 is loaded by dropping it from the upper open portion thereof.

The structure of the operating mechanism 35 will be explained together with the unfitted note storage cassette ₄₄ for convenience with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

A pair of pressing members 34, 34 for each storage cassette ₄₁ to ₄₄ is swingably supported by arms 45, 45, each base of which is connected to a shaft 46.
Fixed. This shaft 46 is rotatably supported within each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ , and a grooved cam member 47 is fixed to one end thereof. A semicircular grooved cam 48 is formed on the side surface of this grooved cam member 47, and a drive pin 49 selectively enters into this grooved cam 48.

The drive pins 49, 49 are connected to the storage body 20 by a predetermined angle (180° from the dashed line position to the solid line position in FIGS. 3 and 5) through one forward/reverse drive motor and a transmission belt. Each corresponding axis 46
It is designed to rotate around an axis concentric with the When each of the drive pins 49, 49 is in the position shown by the dashed-dot line in FIGS. 3 and 5, it has escaped from the grooved cam 48 in the axial direction and is located outside the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ . As shown in the figure, as it rotates clockwise, it advances into the grooved cam 48, and when it rotates to the position shown by the solid line, it is stopped.
By stopping the driving pins 49, 49 at this position, the pair of pressing members 34, 34 pass through the grooved cam 48.
is made to retreat outside the storage space 24. Further, when the drive pins 49, 49 are reversely rotated from the position shown by the solid _line in _FIGS .
4 and 34 enter into the storage space 24 by their own weight and a spring force (not shown), stop against the upper surface of the banknote P in the storage space 24, and exert a pressing action on the banknote. In addition, the pressing member 34 of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ ,
34 is held at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 5 by an additional mechanism which will be described later. The drive pins 49, 49 are rotated counterclockwise in FIGS. 3 and 5, and stop when they reach the position shown by the dashed line.
9 has escaped to the outside of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ .

At the time when each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ is pulled out from the storage body 20 , the pressing members 34 , 34 are on the upper surface of the banknote P as shown in the seventh figure, but in order to maintain this pressing state, the shaft 46 is Ratchet car 5 on the other end
0 is fixed, and the pawl teeth 50 of this ratchet wheel 50
A claw lever 51 that engages with the lever 51 is biased clockwise in FIG. 6 by a tension spring 53 around a shaft 52.

When the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ are loaded into the storage body 20, the ratchet wheel 50 is activated by the pawl lever 51.
A lever 57 is provided which is biased counterclockwise in FIG. 6 by a tension spring 55 around a shaft 54 and stopped by a stopper 56 in order to disengage the claw tooth 50a.

The storage body 20 also includes an insertion rod 5 for swinging a lever 57 when loading the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ .
8 is provided, and the lever 57 is inserted by this insertion rod 58.
and swing the claw lever 51 to release the claw teeth 50.
It is designed to disengage from a. This makes it impossible for the pressing members 34, 34 to swing about the shaft 46.

A pawl lever 59 shown by a dashed-dotted line in FIG.
The support shaft 60 and the tension spring 61 are connected to the unfit note storage cassette 4.
₄ , the pawl lever 59 is swingable around a support shaft 60, and is biased by a tension spring 61 so that the pawl lever 59 is engaged with the pawl teeth 50a of the ratchet wheel 50. It's summery. This is due to the pressing members 34, 3 that have escaped from the storage space 24.
4 in the retracted position, and hold the other storage cassettes 4 ₁ ~
This is to lower the banknote P to the upper surface at a _later time than the pressing members 34, 34, . . . In other words, the pressing members _{34 , 34 ,} .
The pressing members 34, 34 are moved into and out of the storage space 24 by the drive pin 49, and the reject banknotes at the time of withdrawal are also stored in the storage space ₂₄ of the unfitted note storage cassette 44. Therefore, the pressing members 34, ₃₄ of the unfit note storage cassette 44 must be retracted out of the storage space 24 until the end of dispensing, so a claw lever 59 is provided.

Therefore, the pressing member 3 of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄
4 and 34 are connected to the shaft 4 by a grooved cam 48 and a drive pin 49.
When retreating from the storage space 24 centering on 6,
After the pawl lever 59 slightly swings along the surface of the pawl teeth 50a, the pressing members 34, 34 and the arms 45, 4
5. Claw teeth 50a corresponding to the retraction stop position of the shaft 46
The claw lever 59 is engaged with the lever 59, and the pressing members 34, 34 are held in the retracted position. The pressing members ₃₄ , 34 _, . The pressing members 34, 34 of ₄ are left in the retracted position.

In order to advance the pressing members 34, 34 to the banknote surface, the storage body 20 includes a release lever 63 that swings about a support shaft 62 at a position corresponding to the pawl lever 59 of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ , and a release lever 63 that swings around a support shaft 62. Release lever 63
A solenoid 6 provided by connecting a plunger to
There is a solenoid 6 for a certain period of time at the end of withdrawal.
4 is energized, the upper end of the release lever 63 jumps the lower end of the pawl lever 59, and the engagement with the ratchet wheel 50 is released. As a result, the pressing members 34, 34 descend to the bill surface under their own weight, and the bill P
This will press the top surface of the Immediately after that, the solenoid 64 is demagnetized, the release lever 63 is disengaged from the pawl lever 59, and the pawl lever 59 is activated by the pawl of the ratchet wheel 50 corresponding to the position of the pressing members 34, 34 on the top surface of the banknote P. It is engaged with the tooth 50a.

In addition, there is a claw lever 59 on the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ .
The support shaft 60 and the tension spring 61 are not provided, and the pawl lever 51
It may also be made to perform that function. In that case, a structure may be adopted in which the insertion rod 58 corresponding to the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ on the storage body 20 side is moved up and down using a solenoid.

Next, other constituent parts of the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ will be explained with reference to FIG.

The unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is also provided with a feeding means 23, since the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is sometimes used as a bill replenishment cassette. That is, when it is desired to replenish the regular bill storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ with regular bills for withdrawal, the unfit bill storage cassettes 4 ₄ are filled with regular bills by denomination, loaded into the storage body 20, and then 20 in the machine body 1, and then operate the replenishment mode start switch, the payout means 23 of this unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is activated, and the horizontal conveyance path 39, the ascending conveyance path 40, the payout conveyance path 18,
Rising connection path 13, conveyance paths 8, 14, branch conveyance path 1
The storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ can be supplied with regular banknotes through the cassettes 5 ₁ to 15 ₃ . Note that the replenishment of regular banknotes is carried out through the receiving slot 6, when the movable frame 19 is pulled out and the replenishment is performed in each of the temporary holding sections ₃₁ to ₃₃ , and in advance to the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ . The unfit bill storage cassette 44 is not necessarily used as a replenishment cassette because there are cases where the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is packed with paper. Therefore, if it is not used as a replenishment cassette, there is no need to provide the feeding means 23.

Aligning members 33, 33 are provided in the left and right side walls of the storage space ₂₄ of the unfit note storage cassette 44, and are operated at the same time by a common operating mechanism with the aligning members 33, 33 of the other storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ . It is now activated. In addition, as described above, the pressing members 34, 34 are also provided in the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ , and these press members 34 _{, 34} serve to press the banknotes against the feeding means 23 when the unfit bill storage cassette 44 is not used as a supply cassette. In addition, by pressing the stored banknotes P at a predetermined time with the pressing members 34, 34, it has a function of preventing the banknotes P from swelling and reducing the storage space.

In this way, the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ has the same structure as the regular bill storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ ,
Moreover, it is equipped with the additional configuration described above.

To further explain the above-mentioned additional components, in FIG. 5, openings 65 and 66 are formed in the regulating wall 29B opposite to the regulating wall 29A of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ and the outer plate 29C, respectively. has been done. In order to open and close the openings 65 and 66, a first shutter plate 67 and a second shutter plate 68 that move up and down are provided on the regulating wall 29B and the outer plate 29C.
is provided, and each shutter plate 67, 68 has an opening 6.
7A and 68A are formed, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the first shutter plate 6
7 via the connecting levers 69A, 69B, and the second
The shutter plate 68 is connected to the right swing lever 71A and the right swing lever 71 via connection levers 70A and 70B.
Connected to B. These swing levers 71A,
71B is configured to be able to swing around shafts 72A and 72B, and through the urging force of tension springs 73 and 73 that urge the first shutter plate 67 downward, the left swing lever 71A is moved clockwise, and the right swing lever 71B is moved clockwise. 71B
are adapted to be rotated counterclockwise. However, each swing lever 71A, 71B is connected to an insertion rod 74 fixed to the storage body 20 when the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is attached to the storage body 20.
A, 74B enters the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ ,
Since it comes into contact with the swing levers 71A, 71B, the swing levers 71A, 71B are prevented from rotating clockwise and counterclockwise. In addition, when the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is pulled out from the storage body 20,
The left swing lever 71A and the right swing lever 71
B is further swung in the clockwise and _{counterclockwise} directions from the state shown in FIG. In this state, the openings 65 and 66 are closed at the upper end portion of the first shutter plate 67, and even if an attempt is made to push down the first shutter plate 67, the stoppers 75A and 75B cause the swing levers 71A and 71B to swing. The movement was prevented and the first
The shutter plate 67 cannot be pressed down. Also, even if you try to push the first shutter plate 67 upward, the pins 7 fixed to each swing lever 71A, 71B
6A, 76B are locked at the upper ends of the lock levers 77A, 77B, and the first shutter plate ₆₇ cannot be pushed upward. 24 is prevented from being pulled out through the openings 65 and 66.

When the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is pulled out from the storage body 20, the openings 65 and 66 are closed by the first shutter plate 67;
It is necessary for this to be opened when it is attached to the
B is provided. This lock lever 77A,
77B is a tension spring 7 centered around support shafts 78A and 78B.
It is rotatably supported under the bias of 9A and 79B, and its swing limit is determined by stopper pins 80A and 80B. Each lock lever 77A, 7
Wires 81A, 81B are fixed to the lower part of 7B, and each wire 81A, 81B is attached to a pulley 82A, 82.
B, and the other end is fixed to the flange portion 83a of the slide rod 83. This flange portion 83
A tension spring 84 is fixed to a to urge the slide rod 83 to the left in FIG. 9A, and movement of the slide rod 83 to the left is stopped by a stopper 85. This slide rod 83 is
The slide rod 83 is supported so as to be movable in the horizontal direction while being guided by guides 86, 86, and a follower 87 is provided at the right end of the slide rod 83.

A cam plate 88 is fixed to the storage body 20, and when the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is inserted and moved to be attached to the storage body 20, the protruding cam surface 88a of the cam plate 88
contacts the follower 87, horizontally moves the slide rod 83 to the right in the figure, and the wires 81A, 8
The lock levers 77A and 77B are respectively swung counterclockwise and clockwise via the lever 1A, and are moved out of the movement range of the pins 76A and 76B. Under this condition, the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is
When the insertion rods 74A and 74B are further inserted, the upper ends of the insertion rods 74A and 74B come into contact with the respective swing levers 71A and 71B to swing them.

Therefore, when the pins 76A, 76B are moved downward by each swing of the swing levers 71A, 71B, the follower 87 is released from contact with the protruding cam surface 88a, and the lock levers 77A, 77B are released from the tension springs. 79A and 79B, and is engaged with stopper pins 80A and 80B, returning to the lock position and stopping. However, since the pins 76A and 76B are swung downward, the swiveling levers 71A and 7
The swinging of 1B is not restricted, and the insertion rods 74A, 74B
When the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is completely inserted into the storage body 20, it will be in the state shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B.

The receiving opening 21 of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is for 1,000 yen,
Unfit bills of 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen, regular and unfit bills of 500 yen, and overflow genuine bills when the storage spaces 24 of storage cassettes 4 ₁ to _{4 3} are full are accepted. Each of these banknotes is temporarily stored in the upper temporary storage section ₃₄ and then accepted. Also, the opening 65 of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ ,
66 is used as an opening for storing reject banknotes.

In particular, the obliquely conveyed banknotes in the paid bills at the time of dispensing cause clogging in the conveyance path, so the ascending conveyance path 40
The paper is branched in the middle and stored into the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ through openings 65 and 66.

Therefore, in the horizontal conveyance path 39, conveyed banknotes with a large degree of skew, that is, conveyed banknotes with a degree of skew that is large enough to cause a jam in the passage, and banknotes in a chain shape due to skew. A skewed banknote detector S ₁ (projector/receiver type) is provided to detect skewed banknotes.

Further, in the ascending conveyance path 40, there is a detector _{S 2 (} throw,
(receiver type) is provided.

The branching mechanism 89 is provided at the upper end of the ascending conveyance path 40, is switched via a solenoid (not shown) based on signals from the detectors S ₁ and S ₂ , and swings about a support shaft 90. A branch piece 91 that
It is composed of feed rollers 92, 92 and a guide piece 93.

The feed rollers 95 and 96 have the function of holding the reject banknotes sent out from the lower end of the reject conveyance path 16 and sending them through the upper surface of the guide piece 94 into the openings 65 and 66 of the unfit banknote storage cassette ₄₄ . This feed roller 95,9
Reject banknotes sent by 6 are banknotes that are slightly skewed to the extent that they do not cause jams, banknotes with two or more overlapping banknotes, banknotes that are too wide, and unrecognizable banknotes such as foreign banknotes (this directly (which may be included when banknotes are stored in the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ as a replenishment source) are identified by the identifier 9.

In the figure, S ₃ is a reject bill full detection sensor that detects when the reject bill is full, and is of a projector/receiver type. In other words, the storage space 24 of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄
When the reject banknote is not completely fed into the storage space 24 and the rear end of the banknote remains outside the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ , the sensor _S3 detects the rear end and starts the machine. It is designed to be stopped.

As mentioned above, in order to completely take in even the banknotes whose rear ends are exposed outside the unfitted note storage cassette ₄₄ , a second shutter plate is provided in addition to _the first shutter plate 67. 68 performs the taking-in action, and the second shutter plate 68 completely closes the openings 65, 66 at a stage when the first shutter plate 67 is in the middle of closing the openings 65, 66 while the damaged note storage cassette ₄₄ is being pulled out. This has a function of preventing bills from being removed from the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ during removal of the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ . Therefore, the amount of descent of the second shutter plate 68 is the same as that of the first shutter plate 6.
The amount of descent is greater than that of 7. In order to make this lowering amount different, the connecting levers 70A and 70B are connected to the swinging lever 71 with respect to the connecting levers 69A and 69B.
This is achieved by connecting A and 71B at large radius positions.

Therefore, when the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is pulled out from the open state of the openings 65 and 66 shown in FIG. 10A, the first shutter plate 67 and the second shutter plate 68 are removed.
is lowered, and since the amount of descent of the second shutter plate 68 is greater than the amount of descent of the first shutter plate 67,
First, the upper end portion of the second shutter plate 68 is the opening 6.
6, 65 are fully opened to prevent the banknotes from being removed while the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is being removed (Fig. 10B).
At this time, the upper end portion of the opening 68A of the second shutter plate 68 engages with the part of the bill protruding outside the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ , and acts to take the banknote part into the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ . ing. Therefore, the banknotes cannot be easily pulled out of the unfit banknote storage cassette ₄₄ . Furthermore, unfit note storage cassette 4 ₄
When it is completely pulled out from the storage body 20, the first shutter plate 67 completely closes the openings 66 and 65, and the second shutter plate 68 descends downward. Then, the trailing edge of the bill is taken in downward.

In addition, the storage space 24 of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄
Inside, both banknotes received through the receiving port 21 and reject banknotes received through the openings 66 and 65 are stored in a stacked manner (as shown in the fifth figure).

Next, the shutter opening/closing mechanism 38 for opening and closing the receiving port shutters 36 of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ will be explained with reference to FIGS. 11 to 14. In addition,
In FIGS. 11 to 14, the horizontal conveyance path 39 and the upward conveyance path 40 are omitted.

A shutter pin lock lever 97 is provided in the outer wall of each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ with its intermediate portion pivotally supported by a shaft 98, and is constantly urged clockwise in the drawing by a spring 99. An upward lock step 100 is formed at the end of the lock lever 97 on the front side of the storage body 20, and a pin 101 is provided protruding from the other end.

At the upper part of the front door 42, one end of a connecting lever 103 having a long hole 102 is pivotally supported by a shaft 104, and the other end is connected to a shutter pin operating bar 105 via a lever 106.

A pin 107 on the storage body 20 side is fitted into the elongated hole 102 of the connection lever 103 to serve as a guide.

On the upper surface of the shutter pin operating bar 105,
Concave portions 10 are formed in accordance with the spacing between storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ .
8, 108... are formed, and this recess 10
8, 108..., and when the front door 42 is opened as shown in FIG. , the shutters 36 of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ are fully closed.

Further, on the lower surface side of the shutter pin actuating bar 105, protrusions 110, 1 that operate a release lever 109, which will be described later, correspond to the recesses 108, 108...
10... are provided.

The release lever 109 has an intermediate portion pivoted to the storage body 20 side by a shaft 111, and has a pin 112 at one end, which is brought into contact with the lower surface of the shutter pin operating bar 105 by the bias of a spring 113. ,
The other end is disposed so as to be able to come into contact with the lower side of the pin 101 of the shutter pin lock lever 97 on the side of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ . And the release lever 10
When the pin 112 of No. 9 is pushed down by the protrusion 110 on the lower surface of the shutter pin operating bar 105, it rotates against the spring 113 and hits the pin 101 of the shutter pin lock lever 97, pushing it up. 97 is prevented from engaging with the shutter pin 37. This is to allow the shutter pin 37 to open without interfering with the stepped portion 100 of the lock lever 97 when the storage body 20 is pushed in.

In the figure, reference numeral 114 denotes a lock provided on the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ , which locks the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ into the storage body 20 .
When the lock 114 is opened using the key, the protrusion 115 swings the shutter pin lock lever 97 counterclockwise, and the lock step 100
is removed from the shutter pin 37 and the shutter 36 is opened artificially so that banknotes can be taken out or inserted.

At the right end of the shutter pin actuating bar 105 in the drawing, a pin 116 is provided to protrude toward the back side with respect to the paper surface of FIG.
A casing 117 is provided at a predetermined position in the horizontal movement area by the bar 105. This casing 117 has an opening 1 through which the pin 116 passes.
18, 118 and openings 119, 119 for insertion of a release bar 121, which will be described later, are provided, and this casing 117 has a blocking block 1 inside thereof.
20 is supported so as to be vertically movable.

This blocking block 120 has an allowable groove 120a for the passage of the pin 116 formed on the front side with respect to the paper surface of FIG. The tapered surface 121a of the bar 121 comes into contact with the blocking block 120, and this contact state is maintained by a tension spring 122 that urges the blocking block 120 downward.

Therefore, when the storage body 20 is installed in the machine body 1, the allowable groove 120a of the blocking block 120 is placed in the movement range of the pin 116 (as shown in FIG. 11). When the front door 42 is opened in this state, the shutter pin actuating bar 105 moves to the left in the figure, and the pin 116 moves to the opening 118 and the allowable groove 1.
20a and reaches the position shown in the twelfth figure. In this state, the shutters 36 of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ ,
36... is closed. As long as the storage body 20 is correctly attached to the machine body 1, the release bar 121 pushes up the blocking block 120 to the state shown in FIGS.
It is possible to pass from side to side within the area.

When the storage body 20 is pulled out from the state shown in FIG. 12, the release bar 121 is pulled out from the casing 117, so the blocking block 120 moves downward and stops when the lower end of the tapered surface 120b hits the lower upper surface of the casing 117. At this time, the allowable groove 120a is located below the opening 118 of the casing 117, so even if you try to move the front door 42 in the closing direction, the pin 116 hits the blocking surface 120c of the blocking block 120, and the shutter pin operating bar 105
By preventing movement of the front door 42, closing of the front door 42 is prevented. In other words, when the front door 42 is closed, the shutters 3 of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄
6, 36, etc. may open and there is a risk that the banknotes in the storage cassette may be stolen, so this is prevented.

With the above configuration, the shutters ₃₆ , ₃₆ , . 120 is pushed up and when the allowable groove 120a matches the opening 118, the front door 42 will also be closed. This front door 4
In order to prevent the hands and fingers of the machine operator from being pinched by the closing of 2, a manual operation lever 123 is provided to hold the front door 42 in the open position when the storage body 20 is pushed into the machine body 1. This manual operation lever 123 has an L shape, and has an L shape that conforms to the shape.
A long hole 124 is formed.

The manual operation lever 123 is connected to the connecting lever 10.
The pin 107 is provided in a parallel manner near 3 and is pivotally supported by a shaft 104, and a pin 107 is inserted into the elongated hole 124.

As shown in FIG. 11, the long hole 124 has a horizontal portion longer to the left in the figure than the long hole 102, and a pin 125 is inserted through the long portion. Further, at the right end of the horizontal portion of the elongated hole 124 in the drawing, there is formed an elongated hole portion 124a that is substantially equal to the elongated hole 102 and extends vertically from that point in an arc around the axis 104. As shown in FIG. 13, this elongated hole portion 124a serves to swing only the manual operation lever 123 around the shaft 104 along the pin 107 while leaving the connecting lever 123 in that state when the front door 42 is opened. have.

Further, the manual operation lever 123 can be raised or lowered by manual operation between a raised position shown in the 12th figure and a lowered position shown in the 13th figure, and the lowered position prevents the front door 42 from closing. However, the manual operation lever 123 can be pushed up when the storage body 20 is in the drawn-out state. Even if an attempt is made to close the front door ₄₂ and open the shutters 36, ₃₆ , .
05 to the right, and when the storage body 20 is in the drawn-out state, the shutters 36, 36, . . . are prevented from opening.

Next, the locking mechanism 1 for the body 1 of the storage body 20 is
26 will be explained.

The fuselage 1 has a locking part 127 near the lower front side.
A lock pawl portion 130 of a lock piece 130 is provided with a lock piece 130, which is pivotally supported on the storage body 20 by a support shaft 128, and is biased clockwise in the figure by a tension spring 129.
a is engaged with the locking portion 127.

This lock piece 130 has an opening 130 near the end.
b, into which a pin 131 is inserted. This pin 131 is connected to the slide bar 13
2, and the slide bar 132
The pin 125 described above is implanted at the upper end of the holder.

The slide bar 132 has a long hole 132a through which guide pins 133, 133 fixed to the storage body 20 are inserted.
The movement of the pin 125 when the pin 23 is pressed down is transmitted to the slide bar 132 as movement in the vertical direction. Note that the opening 130b of the locking piece 130 is connected to the pin 1 when the front door 42 is moved to open.
25 moves very slightly, and as a result, the slide bar 132 and pin 131 also move up and down by a small amount,
The movement does not affect the lock piece 130, and the lock piece 130 is swung by the vertical movement of the pin 125, slide bar 132, and pin 131 when the manual operation lever 123 is pushed up.
The pin 131 and the opening 130b are shaped so as not to interfere with each other during their swinging.

Another elongated hole 132b is formed in the slide bar 132, and a recessed portion 132c is formed at the upper end of this elongated hole 132b. The long hole 132b
The lever 1 swings around the support shaft 134.
A roller 136 rotatably supported at one end of 35
is inserted. A tension spring 137 is tensioned at the other end of this lever 135 and biases the lever 135 in a counterclockwise direction.

To explain the function of the recessed portion 132c, when the front door 42 is opened from the state shown in FIG. 11 and the manual operation lever 123 is pushed down after passing through the state shown in FIG. The pin 131 is lowered through the pin 131, and the lock piece 130 swings counterclockwise in the figure.
At this time, the clockwise spring force of the tension spring 129 acts on the lock piece 130, and the slide bar 132
acts as a force pushing upward. If the slide bar 132 is pushed upward in this way, the manual operation lever 123 will return to the position shown in Figure 12, and if the storage body 20 is inserted into the machine body 1 in this state, the front door 42
is also closed, and there is a risk of fingers being caught. Therefore, when the manual operation lever 123 is pushed down to the position shown in FIG.
The slide bar 1 falls into the recessed part 132c of 2b.
32 is prevented from moving upward, thereby preventing the front door 42 from closing. Therefore, a tension spring 137 for lowering the roller 136 into the recess 132c.
is set to be very strong compared to the spring force of the tension spring 129, and the manual operation lever 1 is manually operated.
The spring force is set to such an extent that 23 can be lifted.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 13, even if the manual operation lever 123 is lifted by hand as shown in FIG. 12 when the storage body 20 is pulled out, when the storage body 20 is attached to the aircraft The front edge 130c of the lock piece 130, which is in a clockwise swinging position in the figure due to the manual operation lever 123 being pushed up, hits the front end 1a of the body 1, and the storage body 2
0 from being attached to aircraft 1. Therefore, the machine operator cannot attach the storage body 20 to the machine body 1 unless the manual operation lever 123 is pressed down (as shown in FIG. It will be installed on. If the manual operation lever 123 is interlocked with the locking mechanism 126 for the body 1 of the storage body 20 as in this embodiment, the manual operation lever 123 is simply
3, the front door 42 can be maintained in the open state more reliably.

[Effect]

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

When the storage body 20 loaded with each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ is inserted into the machine body 1, each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ corresponds to a position immediately below the temporary holding section 3 ₁ to 3 ₄ , respectively. In addition, the left and right aligning members 33, 33, and the pressing member 34 are all placed in a retracted position outside the storage portion 24. As shown in FIG.
27, and locks the storage body 20 immovably. At the same time, the shutter pin actuating bar 105 is pushed in via the connecting lever 103, so the shutter pins 37, 37... move to the right in the figure. The shutters 36 of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ are in the fully open state as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5.

In FIG. 2, for example, when the machine operator places a banknote P in the receiving slot 6 to deposit money and operates an operation unit (not shown) provided separately from the machine body 1 to start depositing, the machine starts the receiving operation, and the above-mentioned While the banknotes P are taken in one by one by a group of feeding rollers 7 and conveyed through a conveyance path 8, the type is identified by a discriminator 9.
Based on the identification results, each type of banknote is sorted and stored in the temporary storage units 3 ₁ to 3 ₄ .

Note that if any of the storage spaces 24 of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ corresponding to the temporary storage units 3 ₁ to 3 ₃ is full, each storage cassette 4 ₁ to 4 ₃
Based on the detection signal from the fullness detector provided in each storage cassette, even regular bills of the denominations of the corresponding storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ are sorted and stored in the temporary holding section 3 ₄ as overflow bills. Ru. Further, banknotes that cannot be identified by the identifier 9 are sent out to the payout port 5 through the conveyance path 12.

After the intake from the receiving port 6 is completed, the temporary storage section 3 ₁
~3 When the operator operates the deposit approval button while a certain amount of banknotes P is stored in ₄ ,
Each drive pin 49 rotates clockwise from the position shown by the dashed dot line in FIGS. 3 and 5, advances in the axial direction during the rotation, enters each grooved cam 48, and moves to the position shown by the solid line. By doing so, storage cassette 4
Each of the pressing members 34, 34 corresponding to ₁ to 4 ₄ is moved out of the storage space 24. Immediately after the withdrawal, the movable bottom plates 17, 17 of the temporary holding sections ₃₁ to ₃₄ are temporarily opened by the receiving command signal accompanying the operation of the deposit approval button, and the money is held in the respective temporary holding sections ₃₁ to ₃₄ . The banknotes P that had been stored are all stored in each storage cassette ₄₁ to _44.
are dropped into each storage space 24 from the receiving opening 6 of the storage space 24 .

The banknotes P that have entered the storage space 24 of each storage cassette 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ are deposited on the feeding means 23 , and the alignment members 33 , 33 are temporarily swung into the storage space 24 by an operating mechanism (not shown). The side edges of the stacked banknotes in the payout width direction are aligned.

After a predetermined time has elapsed after the banknotes have been stored in the storage space 24, that is, after a predetermined time has elapsed after the sending of the take-in command signal, each drive pin 49 corresponding to each of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ is moved to the position shown in FIG. The storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ rotate counterclockwise from the position shown by the solid line in FIG.
Each of the pressing members 34, 34 advances into the storage space 24 and presses the top surface of the banknote P. During this movement, the pawl lever 59 provided only on the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is activated by the solenoid 64, causing the lever 63 to move.
The engagement with the ratchet wheel 50 is released through the press member ₃₄ of the unfit note storage cassette 44.
movement toward the banknote surface is not restricted by the pawl lever 59.

Next, the withdrawal operation will be explained.

When the machine operator operates an operation unit (not shown) provided separately from the machine 1, specifies the denomination and number of coins to be withdrawn, or the amount, and performs a withdrawal start operation,
First, each drive pin 49, 4 shown in FIGS. 3 and 5
9... are rotated through one drive motor and a transmission belt, and are rotated clockwise from the position shown by the dashed line in FIGS. 3 and 5. During this rotation, each drive pin 49, 49... moves in the axial direction (in the front and back directions of the paper in FIGS. 3 and 5), and each grooved cam 4
Enter within 8,48... Therefore, each drive pin 4
9, 49... to the positions shown by the solid lines in FIGS. 3 and 5, the pressing members 34, 34 are
4. Make them escape outside. Immediately after that, drive pin 4
9, 49... are reversed counterclockwise in FIGS. 3 and 5, returning from the position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the dashed-dotted line.

As a result, the pressing members 3 of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃
4 and 34 return to the upper surface of the banknote and press the banknote. This movement of the drive pins 49, 49, . . . is for the purpose of causing the pressing members 34, ₃₄ of the unfit bill storage cassette 44 to retreat to the outside of the storage space 24 and to be held therein. In other words, the pressing members 34, ₃ of the unfit note storage cassette 44
Even if the drive pin 49 moves counterclockwise in FIG.
The pawl lever 59 shown in FIG. 6 engages with the ratchet wheel 50 to move the pressing members 34,
Keep it in a state of retreat. This is to prepare for receiving reject banknotes sent through the openings 66 and 65 during withdrawal.

In this way, each of the pressing members 34, 34 of each of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ is in the banknote pressing state, and the pressing members 34 _{, 34} of the unfitted bill storage cassette 44 is in the retracted state to the outside of the storage space 24. The dispensing of banknotes starts at . That is, when it is desired to feed out all the correct denomination banknotes in the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ by a feeding start command, first, the hard roller 26 and the feed roller 25 of the storage cassette 4 ₁ are rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3. , the feed roller 2 feeds out the banknotes P one by one by the tightening part 26A.
5 and the gate member 28, and the carrier 30,
31 from the outlet 32, through the horizontal conveyance path 39 and the upward conveyance path 40, from the dispensing conveyance path 18 and the upward connection path 13 to the conveyance path 8 of the dispensing mechanism 2, the discriminator 9, the reversing mechanism 10, and the conveyance path. 12 and is dispensed to the payout port 5.

When the feeding from the storage cassette ₄₁ is completed, the feeding from the storage cassette ₄₂ is performed, and when the feeding from the storage cassette ₄₂ is completed, the feeding from the storage cassette ₄₃ is sequentially performed.

A case will be described in which a skewed banknote is detected by the detector _S1 when the banknote is fed out from any of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ . Detectors S ₁ and S ₂ are
The number of banknotes of each denomination passing through each bank is counted. If the detector S ₁ detects that the banknote is a skewed banknote when counting a predetermined number of banknotes, a signal from the detector S ₂ is detected when the detector S ₂ counts the corresponding predetermined number of banknotes. The branching mechanism 89 is switched. That is, in FIG. 5, when the leading edge of the skewed banknote approaches the detector _S2 , the branching piece 91 is switched by a solenoid (not shown), and when the rear end of the skewed banknote passes the detector _S2 , The branch piece 91 is returned to its original position. In addition, the reject banknotes that have been conveyed to the discriminator 9 are determined to be unidentifiable banknotes by the discriminator 9 or are unfit banknotes that are not suitable for dispensing are transferred to the conveyance path 14 and the reject conveyance path 1.
6 through the openings 66, 65 by the feeding rollers 96, 96 shown in FIG _.
is fed into the storage space 24 of.

In addition, the amount of banknotes that are insufficient because they are determined to be reject banknotes by the detector _S1 and the discriminator 9 and are rejected are additionally fed out from the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ corresponding to the amount, and are transferred to the desired denomination. The number or amount of banknotes is dispensed into the payout port 5.

When the machine operator operates the withdrawal approval button at the end of dispensing, an opening/closing door (not shown) provided at the dispensing port 5 is opened, and the operator can take out the dispensed banknotes.

On the other hand, when the withdrawal approval button is operated, the solenoid 64 shown in FIG. 6 is energized, and the pawl lever 59 is swung and temporarily held via the release lever 63. As a result, the pressing members 34, ₃₄ of the unfit bill storage cassette 44 also press the top surface of the banknotes due to their own weight and a spring (not shown), press the unfit bills and reject banknotes that are stacked together, and suppress the bulge of the banknotes.

In addition, during the withdrawal, the unfit note storage cassette 4
When the storage space 24 of _{No. 4} becomes full and the rear end of the reject banknotes blocks the sensor _S3 , the entire machine is stopped and the operation continues until the operator or machine manager retrieves the banknotes in the unfit banknote storage cassette ₄₄ . The machine will not return to working condition.

The case where the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ are collected in such a state or at the end of the work will be described.

When the front door 42 of the storage body 20 is opened to transport the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ to another part, the front door 42 opens.
As the shutter pin actuating bar 105 is pulled to the left in the figure via the connecting lever 103 and the lever 106 by swinging in the opening direction about the shaft 41, the shutter pins 37, 37... are moved by the recesses 108, 108. each storage cassette 4 ₁
~4 ₄ shutters 36 are closed.

In this state, the lock step 100 of the shutter pin lock lever 97 on each of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ is in a position where it can engage with the shutter pin 37 .

On the other hand, the pin 116 at the right end of the shutter pin operating bar 105 passes through the opening 118 of the casing 117 and the allowance groove 120a of the blocking block 120, and is located near the left side of the casing 117 (as shown in Figure 12).

In this state, the lock claw portion 130a of the lock piece 130 is locked to the locking portion 127 of the machine body 1, and the manual operation lever 12 is used to release the lock.
3 manually, the pin 107 in the long hole 124 of the manual operation lever 123 is located at the right end of the horizontal part of the long hole 124, so the pin 107 on the storage body 20 side and the long hole part 124a, the manual operation lever 123 is guided by the shaft 104.
is swung clockwise in the figure, centering on the elongated hole 1.
24 (not inserted into the elongated hole 102)
Slide bar 13 through pin 125
2 and the pin 131 downward, the lock piece 130 is swung counterclockwise in the figure around the support shaft 128, and the lock claw part 130a is released from the locking part 127. At that time, the elongated hole 13 of the slide bar 132
The roller 136 inside 2b is inserted into the elongated hole 132b.
The lock piece 130, the slide bar 132, and the manual operation lever 1 fall into the recessed part 132c near the upper end.
23 is held in that position (state shown in the thirteenth figure).

When the storage body 20 is then pulled out, the release lever 121 of the body 1 comes out of the openings 119, 119 of the casing 117, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the blocking block 120 is lowered by the bias of the spring 122, and the blocking surface 120c is located in the opening 118 of the casing 117. Therefore, even if the manual operation lever 123 is manually lifted to the position shown in FIG. cannot be closed.

In this way, when the storage body 20 is pulled out a predetermined amount from the machine body 1 and the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ are pulled upward,
The shutter pin 37 is connected to the shutter pin operating bar 105
The shutter pin lock lever 97 on the side of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄
The shutter 36 is kept closed and cannot be opened from the outside.

Furthermore, when the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ are pulled out, each of the drive pins 49 shown in FIGS. Since the drive pins 49 are placed outside the cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ , the drive pins 49 do not become an obstacle to the extraction of the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ . When the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is removed, the openings 65 and 66 are closed. That is, the eighth
When the unfit bill storage cassette 4 ₄ is pulled out from the state shown in FIG. , 73, the first shutter plate 67 closes the openings 65, 66 and becomes the state shown in FIG. 9A. At that time, the reject banknotes that were protruding from the openings 65 and 66 to the outside of the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ were
As the second shutter plate 68 moves downward, it is taken into the unfitted note storage cassette ₄₄ and becomes unable to be pulled out. Moreover, even if an attempt is made to open the openings 65, 66 by pushing down the first shutter plate 67, each pin 76A, 7 on the lock levers 77A, 77B
6B and is prevented from opening.

To take out the banknotes in the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ at a predetermined location such as a payment management office, the shutter is removed by inserting the key into the lock 114 and rotating the protrusion 115 counterclockwise in the figure. The pin lock lever 97 swings counterclockwise, and the stepped portion 100
comes off from the shutter pin 37, so the shutter 3
6 can be opened artificially.

If the structure is such that only the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is pulled out, the banknotes in each storage cassette _{41 to 43} are fed out and received into the unfit note storage cassette 44 before the unfit note storage cassette ₄₄ is pulled out. It will be collected through the inlet 23 or opening 66 and withdrawn after collection.

At the payment management office, collect the banknotes in the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ , replenish the collection cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₃ with valid bills for withdrawal, and transport the storage cassettes ₄₁ to ₄₄ to the machine installation location. Bring your own storage cassette 4 ₁ ~
₄ is loaded into the storage body 20 again. When the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is loaded, the insertion rods _74A , 74B fixed to the storage body 20 and the cam plate 88 enter into the cassette 44 (see FIG. 9A). At this time, the protruding cam surface 88a of the cam plate 88
7 to the right in FIG. 9A, swing the lock levers 77A, 77B through the slide rod 83 and wires 81A, 81B,
It will be in a retreat state from the movement area of 6B. When the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is further inserted deep into the storage body 20 in this retreated state, the insertion rods 74A, 74
B comes into contact with the swing levers 71A and 71B to swing them, and when the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ has been inserted into the storage body 20, the state shown in FIGS. 8A and B is reached, and the first shutter plate 67 The opening 67A of the second shutter plate 68 and the opening 68A of the second shutter plate 68 are located in the openings 65 and 66,
Insertion of reject banknotes becomes possible.

When all the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ are loaded into the storage body 20 and the storage body 20 is inserted, the tip of the release lever 121 enters the opening 119 of the casing 117 and the tapered portion 120 of the blocking block 120
b, the blocking block 120 is raised as the storage body 20 is pushed in, and when the storage body 20 is completely attached to the machine body 1, the allowable groove 120 of the blocking block 120
a coincides with the openings 118, 118 of the casing 117.

Next, when the manual operation lever 123 is manually lifted upward, the slide bar 132 is raised via the pin 125, and the roller 136 is also moved upward through the elongated hole 132b.
to move to. In this way, the manual operation lever 123 is lifted sufficiently, and the pin 107 on the storage body 20 side is moved from the long hole 124a of the manual operation lever 123 to the long hole 124.
When the front door 42 comes into contact with the right end of the horizontal portion, the front door 42 closes for the first time.

Further, the lock pawl 130a of the lock piece 130 falls into the locking portion 127 of the machine body 1, and prevents the storage body 20 from being pulled out.

When the front door 42 is moved in the closing direction, pin 1 at the right end in the diagram of the shutter pin actuating bar 105
16 passes through the allowance groove 120a of the blocking block 120 and moves to the right. When the pin 116 enters the allowable groove 120a, the shutter pin operating bar 1
Since the protrusion 110 on the lower surface of the release lever 109 pushes down the pin 112 of the release lever 109, the lever 109 rotates counterclockwise in the figure and swings the shutter pin lock lever 97 counterclockwise via the pin 101. The shutter pin 37 no longer engages with the stepped portion 100. As a result, as the shutter pin operating bar 105 continues to move to the right in the figure, the shutter pin 37 is moved to the right in the recess 108, and when the front door 42 is closed and the state shown in Figure 11 is reached, the shutter 36 is fully opened and the banknote receiving position is reached. is in place.

It should be noted that the locking mechanism 126 of the storage body 20 and the opening/closing mechanism 38 of the shutters of the storage cassettes 4 ₁ to 4 ₄ are not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and may of course be modified in other designs as appropriate. The same applies to other configurations. Especially when the structure is such that only the unfit note storage cassette 4 ₄ can be pulled out,
The shutter 36 and the first shutter plate 67 may be closed when the unfit bill storage cassette ₄₄ is removed from the storage body 20 or from the machine body 1. In addition, in the illustrated embodiment, the skew detector
The branching mechanism 89 is switched by using the detector S ₁ and _{the detector S 2, but only the detector S 2 is used} . It is also possible to perform switching.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce or eliminate jamming of oblique banknotes during dispensing on the conveyance path, and the storage amount of conventional reject banknotes is reduced to the storage setting amount. It is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of stopping the machine at a stage where the number of sheets is much smaller than that of storage, and resulting in frequent machine stoppages. Furthermore, the reject banknotes are also stored in the cassette, and when the cassette is removed from the machine, it is sealed, so the banknotes cannot be touched when the cassette is being transported, and theft of the reject banknotes can be prevented. There are various effects such as.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of the circulating bill depositing and dispensing machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional side view of the same, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a storage cassette, and Fig. 4 is the same plane. 5 is a vertical sectional side view of the unfitted note storage cassette, FIGS. 6 and 7 are explanatory diagrams of the locking mechanism of the pressing member, and FIGS. 8A and 9A are illustrations of the opening and closing mechanism of the first shutter plate. Front view, Figures 8B and 9
Figure B is a sectional view of the same side, Figure 10 is the first shutter plate,
Opening/closing operation diagram of the second shutter plate, Figures 11 to 1
FIG. 4 is an operational diagram of the locking mechanism of the storage body and the shutter opening/closing mechanism of the storage cassette. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Aircraft, 2... Banknote receiving and dispensing device, 3... Banknote temporary storage device, 3 ₁ to 3 ₄ ... Temporary storage section, 4...
Banknote storage and ejecting device, 4 ₁ to 4 ₃ ... Bill storage cassettes by type, 4 ₄ ... Unfit note storage cassette, 5 ... Payout port, 6 ... Receiving port, 9 ... Discriminator, 10 ... Reversing Mechanism, 13... Ascent connection path, 16... Reject conveyance path, 18... Payout conveyance path, 19... Movable frame body, 20... Storage body, 21... Receiving port, 22...
...Feeding port, 23... Feeding means, 24... Storage space section, 33... Aligning member, 34... Pressing member, 35
... Operating mechanism, 36 ... Shutter, 38 ... Shutter opening/closing mechanism, 39 ... Horizontal conveyance path, 42 ... Front door, 47 ... Groove cam member, 49 ... Drive pin,
50... Ratchet wheel, 51, 59... Claw lever, 58, 74A, 74B... Insertion rod, 63...
Release lever, 65, 66...opening, 67...first shutter plate, 68...second shutter plate, 89...
... Branching mechanism, 97 ... Shutter pin lock lever, 105 ... Shutter pin operating bar, 109 ...
...Release lever, 120...Blocking block, 123
...Manual operation lever, 126...Lock mechanism, S ₁
... Skewed banknote detector, S ₂ ...Detector, S ₃ ... Reject banknote full detection sensor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Part of the deposit route and the withdrawal route are formed into a common route in the same direction, and a banknote identification section is provided in this common route section, and deposited banknotes that are recognized and accepted by the identification section are provided. The banknotes are temporarily stored in the type-specific temporary storage section arranged horizontally below the banknote identification section, and then stacked and stored in the type-specific storage cassettes provided below, respectively.When withdrawing money, the corresponding storage cassettes are used. What is done is to dispense the stored deposited banknotes from the lower part as dispensing banknotes, and to dispense the dispensing banknotes as dispensing banknotes through a horizontal dispensing path arranged along the bottom of each type of storage cassette and an ascending dispensing path following the horizontal dispensing path. In the circulating banknote deposit machine, the banknotes are sent to the banknote recognition unit through a path, and banknotes identified as proper banknotes by the recognition unit are sent to a payout port. Among the cassettes, the storage cassette by type that is closest to the ascending withdrawal path at the end of the horizontal withdrawal path is defined as the unfit note storage cassette, and this unfit note storage cassette is not suitable for withdrawals stacked in the temporary holding section. a receiving opening for receiving unfit bills; a storage space for storing unfit bills sent from the receiving opening in a stack; A receiving port shutter and an opening shutter are provided for closing the receiving port and the opening, respectively, when the ticket storage cassette is taken out from the machine, and a withdrawal path from the payout port of the storage cassette by type to the ascending withdrawal path is provided. , a skewed banknote detection unit for detecting skewed feeding of the fed banknotes is provided, and is activated based on a skewed banknote detection signal from the skewed banknote detection unit to branch the skewed banknotes to the opening of the damaged note storage cassette. A circulating bill depositing and dispensing machine, characterized in that a guiding branching mechanism is provided in the ascending dispensing path, and the unfit bill storage space of the unfit bill storage cassette is shared with the oblique bill space. 2. The unfit bill storage cassette has a pressing member that retreats from the storage space when storing banknotes in the storage space, advances into the storage space at a predetermined time after storing the banknotes, and presses the stored banknotes. Circulating bill depositing and dispensing machine as described in section.