JPH058273Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to automatic banknote dispensing machines installed at financial institution stores, etc., and is particularly aimed at improving operability and miniaturization when taking out internal safes. It is about the structure for.

[Conventional technology]

Fig. 8 is a schematic side sectional view of a conventional banknote automatic teller machine that can pay bills of two denominations. 2 is provided, and a shutter 3 is provided in this withdrawal port 2 so as to be openable and closable.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a banknote stacking stage provided in the housing 1 near the shutter 3. This stage 4 can be rotated downward by a means not shown, and normally maintains a horizontal position. I'm keeping it.

Reference numeral 5 designates a collecting roller disposed at one end of the stage 4, and reference numeral 6 designates a reject safe provided directly below the stage 4.

7 is a first safe for withdrawals, and 8 is a second safe for withdrawals. Here, 7 is for 10,000 yen bills, and 8 is for 1,000 yen bills, which are arranged side by side at the rear of the housing 1. There is.

The cash withdrawal safes 7 and 8 and the reject safe 6 can be attached and removed from the front or rear of the housing 1.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a feeding/separating means disposed at the bill dispensing opening of the first safe 7, and numeral 10 denotes a dispensing/separating means disposed at the bill dispensing opening of the second safe. Feeding rollers 9a and 10a that feed bills from the safe 8 of No. 2, and this feeding roller 9.
Feed rollers 9b and 10b that send out the banknotes fed out by a and 10a to a conveyance path to be described later, and a reverse roller that pushes the second and subsequent banknotes back toward the feeding rollers 9a and 10a when two or more banknotes are fed out. It is composed of 9c and 10c.

Reference numerals 11a, 11b, and 11c are conveyance paths consisting of endless belts, rollers, etc. that rotate while holding banknotes.
It is located between 0 and 0.

Although not shown, the conveyance path 11c is provided with a discrimination unit including a sensor for monitoring the conveyance state of banknotes and a sensor for obtaining information such as discrimination and counting of banknote denominations, and information from the discrimination unit is provided. The operations of the shutter 3, stage 4, feeding and separating means 9, 10, etc. are controlled by a control section (not shown) based on information from an operation section (not shown), a card reader, etc.

Next, the operation of the above-described configuration will be briefly explained.

First, when a customer inserts a card into a card slot (not shown) and inputs information such as a PIN number and payment amount by pressing a key on the operation section, the first safe 7 and the second safe 8 feed out the separating means 9. , 10, and the delivered banknotes are conveyed to conveyance paths 11a and 11c, or
1b and 11c, and are stacked on stage 4 by stacking rollers 5.

When the amount and number of banknotes requested by the customer are accumulated on the stage 4, the shutter 3 is opened by a means not shown, and the customer takes out the banknotes on the stage 4 from the withdrawal port 2.

On the other hand, if an abnormality in the conveyance of banknotes is detected in the conveyance path 11c, or if there are banknotes whose denominations cannot be determined or counted, after these abnormal banknotes are accumulated on the stage 4, a process (not shown) is performed. The stage 4 is rotated downward by the means, and the abnormal banknotes are dropped into the reject safe 6 and stored together with the normal banknotes that have already been stacked.

Thereafter, the stage 4 is returned to its original horizontal position, and the banknotes are fed out, conveyed, and stacked on the stage 4 again, and the banknotes are paid to the customer in the same manner as described above.

Furthermore, if the customer does not take out the banknotes even after the shutter 3 is opened, that is, if the customer forgets to take out the banknotes, the shutter 3 closes after a certain period of time, the stage 4 rotates downward, and the banknotes are removed. The forgotten banknotes are stored in the reject safe 6.

Among the banknotes dispensed from the first safe 7 and the second safe 8 in this way, the banknotes detected as abnormal or forgotten by the customer are stored in the reject safe 6 as reject banknotes to be collected.

Although the conventional automatic bill dispensing machine has been described above, this automatic bill dispensing machine has the following problems.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

That is, in the above-mentioned configuration, the redirect safe and the first and second safes for withdrawal are provided independently, and these safes can be individually attached to and detached from the housing during operation or inspection. As a result, there are problems in that the operability of attaching and detaching the safe is poor and it is also difficult to transport the safes all at once.

In addition, space efficiency is poor because the redirect safe and the first and second safes are each attached to the housing independently of the other safes, and furthermore, the mechanism for attaching and detaching cannot be integrated. There is also the problem that as the size of the device increases, the cost also increases.

The present invention was made to solve these problems, and it has good operability when attaching and detaching each safe, and allows all safes to be transported all at once, as well as improving space efficiency, downsizing, and cost. The purpose is to realize an excellent automatic banknote dispensing machine that can reduce the amount of

[Means for solving problems]

A main body having a dispensing port for paying banknotes, a stage for accumulating banknotes disposed near the dispensing port, and a feeding/separating means for feeding and separating banknotes for dispensing, and for this main body. A banknote automatic machine comprising a removable withdrawal safe and a reject safe, and which drops banknotes to be collected from the stage and stores them in the reject safe from among the banknotes dispensed from the withdrawal safe by the dispensing separation means. At the payment machine,
The withdrawal safe and the redirect safe are integrated in a linear arrangement to form a composite safe, and the main body has attachment/detachment openings at both the front and rear portions for attaching and detaching the composite safe. A door is disposed at each attachment/detachment opening, and an evacuation mechanism is provided in the main body for retracting the feeding/separating means to a position where it does not interfere with attachment/detachment of the composite safe in conjunction with opening/closing of both doors. It is characterized by

[Effect]

The present invention having the above-mentioned configuration integrates a withdrawal safe and a redirect safe to form a composite safe, so it can be attached to and detached from the main body at once. When opened, the feeding/separating means is retracted in conjunction with this, so that the composite safe can be easily pushed into or pulled out of the main body.

Therefore, this improves the operability of attaching and detaching the withdrawal safe and the reject safe, and since the withdrawal safe and the reject safe are integrated as a composite safe, it is possible to transport them all at once. At the same time, the space efficiency is improved, and since the attachment/detachment mechanism is integrated, it is possible to reduce the size and cost.

In addition, the combination safe has attachment/detachment ports on the front and rear of the main body, so that if, for example, a banknote jams or fails to be fed out of the safe, you can use the convenient one of the front and rear attachment/detachment ports. This makes recovery work easier, and
Even if the installation conditions change due to store renovations, new renovations, or changes in the installation location, the composite safe can be installed and removed from either the front or rear openings, making it possible to accommodate changes in installation conditions. .

〔Example〕

Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing an embodiment of an automatic bill dispensing machine according to the present invention.

In Figure 1, 12 is the housing, 13 is the withdrawal port, 1
4 is a shutter, 15 is a stage for stacking banknotes, 1
6 is an accumulation roller, 17 and 18 are delivery rollers 17a, 18a, and feed rollers 17b, 1, respectively.
8b and reverse rollers 17c and 18c, and 19a to 19c are conveyance paths for conveying banknotes, and these are 1 to 1 in FIG.
5 and 9 to 11a, 11b, and 11c, and in this embodiment, the feeding separation means 17 and 18 correspond to bill feeding openings of a first safe and a second safe of a composite safe described later. They are arranged at the same height in the front-back direction, and are pushed upward and retracted by a mechanism described later when the composite safe is attached or detached.

20 is a front door provided at the attachment/detachment opening on the front side of the housing 12, and 21 is a rear door provided at the attachment/detachment opening on the rear side of the housing 12. I am able to move.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a composite safe, which includes a first safe 23 and a second safe 24 that store banknotes for withdrawal, and a reject safe 25 that stores reject banknotes due to transport abnormalities, banknotes left behind by customers, or banknotes to be collected. It is constructed by arranging them in a straight line and integrating them.

This composite safe 22 consists of the housing 12, that is, 12~
21, etc., and when it is attached to the main body with the first safe 23 on the rear side and the reject safe 25 on the front side, the reject safe is placed directly under the stage 15. 25
are located, and also a first safe 23 and a second safe 2
No. 4 bill dispensing ports are positioned at positions corresponding to the dispensing and separating means 17 and 18.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. As seen in this figure, in the upper front of the housing 12, in addition to the above-mentioned withdrawal port 13, the customer can input information necessary for payment. An operating section 26 for inserting a CD card and a card insertion slot 27 for inserting a CD card or the like are provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control of the internal mechanism in the embodiment shown in FIG. Information from the operation section 26, the discrimination section 28, a card reader (not shown), etc. is sent to the shutter 14,
The stage 15, the collecting roller 16, the feeding and separating means 17, 18, the transport paths 19a to 19c, the first safe 23, the second safe 24, the lid of the reject safe 25, the bill moving plate, etc. are each operated by a motor (not shown). It is controlled via a power means such as, etc., and the abnormality in conveyance of bills for dispensing, determination of denomination, and counting are performed.

Next, the operation of the above-described configuration will be explained.

First, withdrawal operations are performed in the same manner as before.

That is, in the state shown in FIG. 1, when a customer inserts a card into the card insertion slot 27 shown in FIG. 2 and then inputs information such as the password and the requested payment amount by pressing a key on the operation section 26, 1st
Feeding roller 1 of feeding separation means 17, 18 shown in the figure
7a, 18a, feed rollers 17b, 18b,
And by the reverse rollers 17c and 18c, bills are fed out from the first safe 23 that stores, for example, 10,000 yen bills, and the second safe 24 that stores 1,000 yen bills, and are sent out one by one to the conveyance paths 19a, 19b. be done.

Here, the banknotes sent out to the conveyance path 19a are conveyed by the conveyance path 19a and the conveyance path 19c and stacked on the stage 15 by the stacking roller 16, and the banknotes sent out to the conveyance path 19b are The sheets are conveyed by the path 19b and the conveyance path 19c, and are accumulated on the stage 15 by the accumulation roller 16.

When the amount and number of banknotes requested by the customer are accumulated on the stage 15, the shutter 14 is opened by means not shown, and the customer takes out the banknotes on the stage 15 from the withdrawal port 13.

On the other hand, during the conveyance by the conveyance path 19c, the third
Based on the information from the discrimination unit 28 shown in the figure, if an abnormality in the conveyance of banknotes is detected, or if banknotes whose denominations cannot be distinguished or counted are detected, these abnormal banknotes are accumulated on the stage 15. After being
The stage 15 is rotated downward by means not shown, and the abnormal banknotes are dropped into the reject safe 25 and stored together with the normal banknotes that have already been stacked.

Thereafter, the stage 15 is returned to its original horizontal position, and the bills are fed out, conveyed, and stacked on the stage 15 again, and the bills are paid to the customer in the same manner as described above.

In addition, if the customer does not take out the banknotes even after the shutter 14 is opened, that is, if the customer forgets to take out the banknotes, the shutter 1 is opened after a certain period of time.
4 closes, the stage 15 rotates downward, and the forgotten bills are stored in the reject safe 25.

The above is the withdrawal operation, and as described above, each part in this operation is controlled by the control section 29 shown in FIG. 3.

Now, as mentioned above, in this embodiment, the first safe 23, the second safe 24, and the reject safe 25 are linearly integrated to form the composite safe 22. Each safe 23~
25 can be attached and detached at once.

Further, since the main body has attachment/detachment openings at the front and rear parts, the composite safe 22 can be attached and detached from either the front or the rear of the main body.

In this case, when attaching and detaching the composite safe 22, the front door 20 or the rear door 21 provided at the attachment/detachment opening
When opened, in conjunction with this, the feeding separation means 17 and 1
8 retreats upward. Its specific structure will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7.

Fig. 4 is a right side view showing the evacuation mechanism of the feeding and separating means 17 and 18, Fig. 5 is a left side view of the same, Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a right side view showing the operation. It is a front view.

In the figure, 30 and 31 are brackets, and the housing 1
A frame 32 provided therein (see Fig. 6)
The rollers 1 constituting the feeding and separating means 17 are mounted on one bracket 30 so as to rotate around support shafts 33 and 34 fixed to the brackets 30 and 34, respectively.
7a, 17b, and 17c are pivotally supported, and rollers 18a, 18b, and 18c constituting the feeding and separating means 18 are pivotally supported on the other bracket 31.

Also, posts 35 and 36 are provided on the right side of both the brackets 30 and 31, and a post 3 is provided on the left side.
7 and 38 are provided, and both brackets 3
0 and 31 are given downward rotational force by springs 39 and 40, respectively.

41 and 42 are slide levers provided between the right side of the frame 32 and the right side of the composite safe 22, and 43 and 44 are provided between the left side of the frame 32 and the left side of the composite safe 22. These slide levers 41 to 44 each have two elongated holes 45a and 45b, 46a and 46.
b, 47a and 47b, and 48a and 48b. Correspondingly, the frame 32 is provided with guide shafts 49a and 49b, 50a and 50b, 51a and 51b, and 52a and 52b.
48a, 48b and guide shafts 49a, 49b to 52
By fitting the slide levers 41 to 52b, the slide levers 41 to 44 are supported so as to be movable up and down, and are positioned such that their upper ends abut the posts 35 to 38 provided on both sides of the brackets 30 and 31, respectively. It is being

Reference numerals 53, 54, 55, and 56 are posts provided at the lower portions of the slide levers 41 to 44, respectively.

Reference numerals 57, 58, 59, and 60 are interlocking fittings for pushing up the slide levers 41 to 44, and these interlocking fittings 57 to 60 have two protrusions 61a and 6, respectively.
1b, 62a and 62b, 63a and 63b, and 6
4a and 64b are formed to be substantially perpendicular to each other, and one protrusion 61a of each
The interlocking fittings 57 to 60 are connected to screw posts 65 and 6 provided on the frame 32 so that the respective interlocking fittings 57 to 60 are slidably engaged with the posts 53 to 55 provided in the slide levers 41 to 44, respectively.
6, 67, and 68, respectively, so as to be rotatable.

69 and 70 are support shafts provided on the frame 32, the front door 20 is rotatably attached to one support shaft 69, and the rear door 20 is rotatably attached to the other support shaft 70.
1 is rotatably attached.

71 and 72 are links arranged in two stages, upper and lower, parallel to the bottom surface of the housing 12, and the front end, rear end, and middle part of one link 71 are connected to the front door 2.
0 lower part, interlocking metal fittings 57, 58, protrusions 61b, 6
2b through pins or the like so that their rotation cannot be prevented, and the front end, rear end, and middle part of the other link 72 are connected to interlocking fittings 59, 6.
0 and the lower part of the rear door 21 via pins etc. so as not to hinder their rotation.
1 and 72 are attached to the front door 2 by springs 73 and 74.
0, the rear door 21 is biased in the direction of opening.

Note that in the above configuration, the brackets 30, 3
Posts 35 and 37, 36 and 38 provided in 1,
Slide levers 41 and 43, 42 and 44, screw posts 65 and 67, 66 and 68, etc., which are rotation centers of each of interlocking fittings 57 to 60, are provided at symmetrical positions.

In addition, in Figures 4 and 5, 75 to 77
are lids provided on the first safe 23, second safe 24, and reject safe 25 that make up the composite safe 22, and these lids 75 to 77 are used when the composite safe 22 is attached to the main body of the automatic bill dispensing machine. , the bill payout ports of the first safe 23 and the second safe 24 and the bill intake port of the reject safe 25 are opened, and the composite safe 2
2 is controlled by a control section 29 shown in FIG. 3 so as to close the banknote feeding opening and the banknote inlet when the banknote 2 is removed from the main body.

Next, to explain the operation of the above-mentioned configuration, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the composite safe 22 is installed, and the front door 20 provided at the front and rear attachment/detachment openings is
When both the rear door 21 and the rear door 21 are closed, the feeding separation means 17 and 18 separate the first safe 23 and the second safe 24.
It is in a position where the banknotes inside can be fed out. In other words, the feeding roller 17a of each feeding separation means 17, 18 is the first
The banknotes in the safe 23 and the second safe 24 are in contact with each other.

Therefore, when removing the composite safe 22 from this state, for example, when taking it out from the front attachment/detachment opening, the seventh
As shown in the figure, the front door 20 is centered around the support shaft 69.
When the front door 20 rotates to open the link 71, the link 71 is pushed by the front door 20, and the link 71 moves a certain amount toward the rear door 21 due to this pushing force and the urging force of the spring 73.

As the link 71 moves, the interlocking metal fittings 57 and 58, which are connected to the link 71 via the protrusions 61b and 62b, rotate around the screw posts 65 and 66, and with this rotation, the respective interlocking metal fittings The other protrusions 61a and 62a of 57 and 58
pushes up the posts 53 and 54 provided on the slide levers 41 and 42.

As a result, the slide levers 41, 42 move upward by a certain amount, and furthermore, the slide levers 41, 42 move upward by a certain amount.
The upper ends of the brackets 2 push up the posts 35, 36 provided on the brackets 30, 31, and accordingly the brackets 30, 31 rotate upward about the support shafts 33, 34. In other words, the feed roller 1
7a, 18a, feed rollers 17b, 18b,
The brackets 30 and 31, which respectively pivotally support the feeding and separating means 17 and 18 consisting of reverse rollers 17c and 18c, rotate upward, thereby retracting the feeding and separating means 17 and 18 from the banknote feeding position.

By retracting the feeding/separating means 17 upward in this manner, the composite safe 22 can be removed from the main body of the automatic bill dispensing machine, so the composite safe 22 can then be pulled out from the attachment/detachment opening at the front of the main body. .

In addition, when installing the composite safe 22 into the main body, push the composite safe 22 into the main body from the attachment/detachment opening with the front door 20 open, and then close the front door 20 to perform the reverse operation. Feeding separation means 17,1
8 is lowered and the banknotes can be fed out.

On the other hand, when taking out the composite safe 22 from the attachment/detachment opening at the rear of the main body, when the rear door 21 is opened by rotating it around the support shaft 70, the link 72 is pushed by the rear door 21, and this pushing force and the spring 74 are The link 72 moves a certain amount toward the front door 20 due to the biasing force.

As the link 72 moves, the interlocking fittings 59 and 60 connected to the link 72 via the protrusions 63b and 64b rotate about the screw posts 67 and 68, and with this rotation, the respective interlocking fittings The other protrusions 63a and 64a of 59 and 60
pushes up the posts 55, 56 provided on the slide levers 43, 44.

As a result, the slide levers 43, 44 move upward by a certain amount, and furthermore, the slide levers 43, 44 move upward by a certain amount.
The upper ends of the brackets 4 push up the posts 37, 38 provided on the brackets 30, 31, and the brackets 30, 31 rotate upward about the support shafts 33, 34 accordingly. That is, as in the case described above, the feeding and separating means 17 and 18 are retracted from the banknote feeding position.

By retracting the feeding/separating means 17 upward in this way, the composite safe 22 can be removed from the main body of the automatic bill dispensing machine, and then the composite safe 22 is pulled out from the attachment/detachment opening at the rear of the main body.

In addition, when installing the composite safe 22 into the main body, push the composite safe 22 into the main body from the attachment/detachment opening with the rear door 21 open, and then close the rear door 21, and it will be fed out and separated by the reverse operation. Means 17,1
8 is lowered and the banknotes can be fed out.

In addition, in the embodiment described above, the banknote feeding and separating means 1
7 is placed close to the rear door 21, but it is also possible to place it near the center of the main body. In this case, the first safe 23 should have a bill outlet on the second safe 24 side. Bye.

In the embodiment described above, the composite safe 22 includes a first safe 23 for 10,000 yen bills and a second safe 23 for 1,000 yen bills.
Although the structure is made up of a safe 24 and a reject safe 25, it is of course possible to add a third safe for 5,000 yen bills.

Further, when the composite safe 22 is attached or detached, the feeding separation means 1
The evacuation mechanism for evacuation of the safes 7 and 18 is not limited to that of the embodiment described above; Any other structure may be used as long as it can be evacuated to a position where it will not become an obstacle.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, the present invention integrates a withdrawal safe and a redirect safe to form a composite safe, and also arranges a door at the attachment/detachment opening provided in the main body of an automatic bill dispensing machine, and also provides a door for opening the door. Since the structure is equipped with a retraction mechanism that interlocks and retracts the feeding/separating means in the main body to a position where it does not interfere with the attachment/detachment of the composite safe, it is possible to easily attach a withdrawal safe and a reject safe to the main body at the same time. It becomes possible to attach and detach, and the effect of improving the operability of attaching and detaching can be obtained.

In addition, since the withdrawal safe and the redirect safe are integrated into a composite safe, it is possible to centrally manage each safe and also to transport them all at once. In addition to improving the space efficiency within the main body, the attachment/detachment mechanism can also be integrated like the evacuation mechanism in the embodiment, so that the overall size and cost can be reduced.

Furthermore, the combination safe has attachment/detachment openings at the front and rear of the main body, so that if, for example, a bill jams or fails to be fed out of the safe, you can use the convenient one of the front and rear attachment/detachment openings. This makes the restoration work easier, and even if the installation conditions change due to store renovations, new construction, or a change in the installation location, the composite safe can be installed in the front and rear sections. Since it can be attached and detached from any of the attachment and detachment ports, it has the advantage of being able to respond flexibly to changes in installation conditions.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing an embodiment of the automatic bill dispensing machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the embodiment shown in Fig. A block diagram showing the control, FIG. 4 is a right side view showing an example of the evacuation mechanism of the feeding and separating means in the embodiment of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a left side view of the same, and FIG. 6 is taken along A-A in FIG. A line sectional view, FIG. 7 is a right side view showing the operation of the evacuation mechanism, and FIG. 8 is a schematic side sectional view showing a conventional banknote automatic teller machine. 13...Withdrawal port, 14...Shutter, 15...
Stage, 16... Accumulating rollers, 17, 18...
... Feeding separation means, 19a to 19c... Conveyance path, 2
0...front door, 21...rear door, 22...combined safe, 23...first safe, 24...second safe,
25... Redirect safe, 30, 31... Bracket, 41-44... Slide lever, 57-6
0... Interlocking metal fittings, 71, 72... Links.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] It has a dispensing port for paying banknotes, a stage for accumulating banknotes arranged near the dispensing port, and a feeding and separating means for feeding and separating the banknotes for dispensing. A main body, and a withdrawal safe and a reject safe that are detachably attached to the main body, and the banknotes to be collected among the bills dispensed from the withdrawal safe by the dispensing and separating means are dropped from the stage. In an automatic bill dispensing machine that stores bills in a reject safe, the withdrawal safe and the reject safe are integrated in a linear arrangement to form a composite safe, and the main body has both a front part and a rear part thereof. Attachment/detachment openings for attaching/detaching the compound safe are provided in the openings, and a door is placed at each attachment/detachment port, and the feeding/separating means is moved in conjunction with the opening/closing of both doors to a position where it does not interfere with the attachment/detachment of the compound safe. 1. An automatic banknote dispensing machine, characterized in that a banknote evacuation mechanism is provided within the main body.