JPH0585943B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a temporary storage device for banknotes used in banknote exchange machines, automatic vending machines, and even automatic teller machines, and particularly relates to a device for temporarily storing banknotes used in banknote exchange machines, automatic vending machines, and even automatic teller machines, and particularly for storing a plurality of banknotes that are transported one by one. The present invention relates to a temporary banknote storage device that sequentially stores banknotes and then releases them all at once to a receiving port on the downstream side.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY In bill handling devices such as bill exchange machines that exchange high-denomination bills into low-denomination bills, automatic vending machines that dispense bills as part of change, and automatic teller machines, bills that are dispensed one by one from a bill ejection machine are used. Although the bills are conveyed to the receiving slot by the conveying mechanism, when a plurality of banknotes are to be discharged, it is desirable to discharge each banknote to the receiving slot at the same time. In addition to this, a mechanism for storing a plurality of banknotes during the conveyance process may be required. However, if only a stopper is provided that protrudes into the banknote transport path of the transport mechanism, the starting end of the next delivered banknote will be stuck to the rear end of the banknote that has already been stored, resulting in a jam.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention provides a banknote with a simple structure that can reliably temporarily store banknotes conveyed one by one without jamming them, and then send the banknotes all at once toward a downstream side such as a receiving slot. The first objective is to provide a temporary storage device.

The present invention also provides a temporary storage device for banknotes which, when the banknotes to be discharged are returned banknotes, can send out the returned banknotes without any delay without temporarily storing them. The second purpose is to provide the following.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above-mentioned first object, the present invention provides a banknote temporary storage device including: a first endless belt wound around first and second pulleys separated in the banknote transport direction; a second endless belt having a predetermined width shorter than the width of banknotes to be handled, the second endless belt being wound around third and fourth pulleys separated from each other and facing the first endless belt; and the third endless belt located on the upstream side in the conveyance direction. The fourth part supports the pulley and is located on the next stage transport mechanism side.
a support link that is swingable about an axis of a pulley; and urging means that constantly urges the support link in a direction in which the second endless belt moves away from the first endless belt;
The second endless belt is formed to be able to pass through the center part in the secondary direction when swinging, and is disposed on the upstream side between the first endless belt and a second endless belt in a normal position apart from the first endless belt. The banknotes sent out from the conveyance mechanism are placed and supported on both side edges of the banknotes by placing portions provided at intervals corresponding to the width of the banknotes so that the center line in the conveyance direction of the banknotes substantially coincides with the second endless belt. and a driving means for swinging the support link so that the second endless belt is pressed against the first endless belt.

In addition, the second purpose of the above is to add an auxiliary endless belt around a pulley that is supported by an auxiliary link that can swing around the downstream side, and to always use this auxiliary endless belt as the first endless belt. This is achieved by extending substantially parallel to each other and rotating the auxiliary link to press the returned banknote against the second conveyance mechanism by the auxiliary endless belt when the banknote is to be returned.

Embodiments Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of the banknote temporary storage device of the present invention, which stores an inserted 1,000 yen bill separately from other banknotes and stores it as part of change. An example of a vending machine that dispenses liquid is shown below.

First, the overall structure of this vending machine will be briefly explained.

In the figure, 1 is a bill insertion slot, 2 is a bill receiving slot, 3 is a first safe for storing 1,000 yen bills,
4 is a second safe for storing banknotes other than 1,000 yen bills. Bills are inserted one by one into the insertion slot 1 with the longitudinal direction being the conveying direction.

At the next stage (downstream side) of the insertion port 1, there is an endless belt 1.
A discrimination passage is provided which is formed by a pair of transport mechanisms A, 0 and 11. The endless belt 10 is wound around a pulley attached to the support wall 5, and the endless belt 11 is wound around another pulley attached to the support wall 5. While the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot 1 are conveyed through the discrimination path, the type and authenticity of the banknotes are determined by a banknote validating machine (not shown). If there is, it will be returned to insertion slot 1. On the downstream side of the conveyance mechanism A, there is a first storage section B, which temporarily stores thousand yen bills to which the present invention is applied, via a distribution plate 80.
and a conveyance mechanism C that conveys other banknotes to the second storage section D are provided downstream of each branch, and the banknotes sent out from the conveyance mechanism A are sorted by a sorting plate 80, whether they are 1,000 yen bills or not. If the banknotes are other banknotes, they are guided to the first storage section B, and if they are other banknotes, they are guided to the transport mechanism C.

The first banknote temporary storage device to which the present invention is applied
The storage section B is a section for storing 1,000 yen bills that are to be transported to the first safe 3 or returned, and its configuration will be described in detail later.

The conveyance mechanism C includes a pair of endless belts 14 and 15.
The endless belt 14 is wound around a pulley attached to the support wall 5, and the endless belt 15 is wound around another pulley attached to the support wall 5.

A second storage section D, which is also a banknote temporary storage device to which the present invention is applied, is connected to this transport mechanism C, and thousand yen bills are transported to the second safe 4 or returned. It is a part for storing banknotes other than those listed above, and has the same configuration as the first storage part B, which will be described later.

Next to the first storage section B, there is a third storage section that stores the banknotes sent out from the first storage section B until the start of the next sales operation (when the next banknote for sale is inserted). E, and a conveyance mechanism F that conveys banknotes sent out from the first storage section B to the merging/separating mechanism G. The banknotes sent out from the first storage part B are guided to the third storage part E by the distribution plate 81 when the sale is completed and the banknotes should be stored.
When the cancel button is depressed and the banknotes should be returned, they are guided to the transport mechanism F.

The third storage section E is a conventionally known mechanism and includes a pair of endless belts 18 and 19. The endless belt 18 is wound around a pulley attached to the support wall 5, and the endless belt 19 is wound around another pulley attached to the support wall 5. It is driven when the safe 3 is stored. A guide 91 is provided between the third storage section E and the safe 3.

The conveyance mechanism F also includes a pair of endless belts 20 and 21, and each endless belt 20 and 21 is connected to the support wall 5.
It is wound around a pulley attached to the bank, and is driven when the banknote is returned.

The merging/separating mechanism G merges the banknotes sent out from the conveying mechanism F and the second storage section D and transfers them to the fourth storage section H.
a conveyance mechanism G1 that conveys banknotes taken out from the safe 3 to a conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism G1; and a conveyance mechanism G2 that sends banknotes taken out from the safe 3 to a conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism G1; A guide 92 that guides the banknotes sent out from the second storage section D and the transport mechanism F to the transport mechanism G1, and a guide 92 that guides the banknotes sent out from the transport mechanism G2 to the transport mechanism G1. It includes a guide 93 and a distribution plate 82 that guides banknotes to be stored in the safe 4 among the banknotes transported by the transport mechanism G1 to the transport mechanism G3. Each conveyance mechanism G1, G2, G3 has an endless belt 22, 23, 2 wrapped around a pulley attached to a support wall 5.
It consists of 4, 25, and 26. The endless belts 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 are driven when bills are discharged, returned, and stored.

The fourth storage section H is also a banknote temporary storage device to which the present invention is applied, and after sequentially stacking and storing the banknotes sent out one by one from the first safe 3, the banknotes are sent out at once toward the receiving port 2. In particular, it also serves as a transport mechanism for banknotes to be returned (returnable banknotes) at the same time. The configuration of this fourth storage section H will also be described in detail later.

A conveyance mechanism I that conveys banknotes from the fourth storage section H to the receiving port 2 includes a pair of endless belts 30 and 31. Each endless belt 30, 31 is wound around a pulley attached to the support wall 5, and is driven when sending out banknotes.

A drawer mechanism J is provided between the conveyance mechanism G2 of the merging/separating mechanism G and the safe 3, which pulls out 1,000 yen bills one by one from the safe 3. This withdrawal mechanism J is composed of a pair of an endless belt 32 and a feed roller 33, which are wound around a pulley attached to a support (not shown), and is driven only when bills are ejected.

The fifth storage section K includes a support plate 6 that holds the banknotes sent out from the transport mechanism G3 in an upright state, a pusher 7 that pushes the stored banknotes into the second safe 4, and a plurality of pushers that guide the pusher 7. It is composed of a roller 8.

The first safe 3, which stores inserted banknotes for reuse as part of change, has a bottom wall 1 of a rectangular frame 120, as an example of which is shown in FIG.
21 is tilted so that the delivery port 122 side is downward, and notches 123 and 124 are formed in the bottom wall 121.
The feed rollers 125 and 126 are made to slightly protrude from the notches 123 and 124. Inside the frame 120, a forked first presser plate 127 and a second presser plate 128 located between the forked portions of the first presser plate 127 are provided so as to be movable up and down. . The first presser plate 127 is attached to the frame 120
The back wall 129 side of the back wall 129 is bent upward, and the upper end thereof protrudes through a hole 130 in the back wall 129.
Although not shown, the second presser plate 128 is biased upward with respect to the first presser plate 127 by a spring.

On the outside of the back wall 129, first and second presser plates 1 are provided.
A lift 131 that moves up and down 27 and 128 is provided. This lift 131 includes a pair of pulleys 13 attached to the frame 120 vertically apart.
2,133, a timing belt 134 wound around both pulleys 132, 133, and a locking fitting 135 attached to this timing belt 134.
The first holding plate 1 is attached to the locking metal fitting 135.
The tip of 27 is locked.

The safe 3 is attached to the shaft to which the pulley 132 is attached.
When set in a vending machine, a pulley is fixedly connected to a motor (not shown) via a friction wheel (not shown) or the like. In addition, the roller 125,
Although not shown, the motor 126 is also connected to another motor via a friction wheel or the like.

When this first safe 3 is set in a vending machine, the drawer mechanism J is inserted from below to face the delivery port 122, and the first and second safes are
Presser plates 127 and 128 are lowered to press the banknotes against bottom plate 121 and rollers 125 and 126.
When sending out banknotes, the rollers 125 and 126 rotate to send out the lowest banknote to the withdrawal mechanism J,
The bill thus sent out is withdrawn by the withdrawal mechanism J. After the rollers 125 and 126 send out the lowest banknote until the leading edge reaches the withdrawal mechanism J, the rollers 125 and 126 are slightly reversed to prevent the second banknote from reaching the withdrawal mechanism J. When storing banknotes sent out from the third storage section E, the timing belt 134 rotates clockwise in FIG.
As a result, the first and second presser plates 127 and 128 are raised to face the banknote receiving opening 136 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The banknotes are placed on the first presser plate 12
7 and the second presser plate 128. When a banknote is inserted, the timing belt 134 is rotated in the opposite direction, so that the first and second press plates 127 and 128 descend with the banknote sandwiched therebetween.

The banknotes between the first and second press plates 127, 128 are pushed out to the lower side of the first press plate 127 by the second press plate 128 when the first and second press plates 127, 128 rise next. . That is, when the timing belt 134 rotates clockwise in FIG. First presser plate 127
The first holding plate 127 is stopped from rising by a stopper (not shown) until it rises by a predetermined amount.
is raised, and the second presser plate 128 is moved to the first presser plate 12.
7, the bill is moved to the lower side of the first presser plate. After that, when the first presser plate 127 rises by a predetermined amount, the second presser plate 128 comes off the stopper described above, and the force of the spring causes the first presser plate 128 to move upward.
7, and thereafter rises together with the first presser plate 127.

The configuration of the parts of the illustrated vending machine excluding the banknote temporary storage device of the present invention has been described above.

Next, each embodiment of the banknote temporary storage device of the present invention will be described in detail below.

Each of the first storage section B, second storage section D, and fourth storage section H described above is a banknote temporary storage device to which the present invention is applied.

Each of these banknote temporary storage devices includes a first endless belt wound around first and second pulleys separated in the banknote transport direction, and a first endless belt wound around third and fourth pulleys separated in the banknote transport direction. A second endless belt is provided facing the first endless belt and has a predetermined width shorter than the width of the banknotes to be handled, and supports the third pulley located on the upstream side in the transport direction and is connected to the next stage of transport. a support link that is swingable about the axis of the fourth pulley located on the mechanism side; a biasing means that constantly biases the support link in a direction in which the second endless belt moves away from the first endless belt; The second endless belt is formed to be able to pass through the central part of the direction when swinging, and is disposed on the upstream side between the first endless belt and a second endless belt in a normal position apart from the first endless belt. The banknotes are placed and supported on both side edges so that the center lines of the banknotes and the banknotes in the transport direction substantially coincide with the second endless belt by placing portions provided at intervals corresponding to the width of the banknotes and the banknotes sent out from the transport mechanism. The belt includes a guide and a drive means for swinging the support link so that the second endless belt is pressed against the first endless belt.

The driving means includes a link rotatably supported by a support wall, a pin provided on the link, a motor for rotating the link, and a one-way rotation clutch for preventing the link from reversing,
In this configuration, the pin is engaged with a long hole formed in a state extending in the longitudinal direction of the support link.

Each storage section will be explained below.

The first storage part B has a pair of upper and lower endless belts 1.
2, 13, the support link 41, and the transport mechanism A
The guide 42 guides the banknotes sent out between the endless belts 12 and 13. The first endless belt 12 is connected to a pulley 1 attached to the support wall 5.
01, 102, and the guide 42
It is located below. In addition, the second endless belt 1
3 is provided facing the first endless belt,
It is arranged within a predetermined width shorter than the width of the banknotes to be handled, and is wound around a pulley 103 attached to the second endless belt support wall 5 and a pulley 104 attached to the support link 41.

The support link 41 is rotatably attached to the shaft 43 of the pulley 103 located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction and extends toward the conveyance mechanism A, that is, toward the upstream side. It is installed. The support link 41 is also constantly biased by a spring 44, which is a biasing means, such that the portion of the second endless belt 13 on the conveying mechanism A side is separated from the first endless belt 12 and positioned above the guide 42. There is.

A long hole 45 extending in the banknote transport direction is formed in the support link 41, and a pin 46 is fitted into the long hole 45 from the side. The pin 46 is attached to a link 47 rotatably supported by the support wall 5.

The guide 42 has a configuration unique to the present invention, and cooperates with the second endless belt 13 to ensure banknote storage operation. That is, the guide 42 is formed so that the second endless belt can pass through the center portion in the width direction when swinging, and is located upstream between the first endless belt and the second endless belt in a normal position apart from the first endless belt. The banknotes placed on the side and sent out from the conveyance mechanism in the previous stage are placed on both side edges so that the second endless belt and the center line in the conveyance direction of the banknotes substantially coincide with each other in a placing section provided at intervals corresponding to the width of the banknotes. It is designed to be placed on and supported.

The link 47 is connected to a motor 48 via chains 40 and 50, and is rotated once each time a banknote is conveyed. At this time, the first endless belt 12 is not driven.

Therefore, the banknotes sent out from the transport mechanism A are
When the link 47 rotates once, the support link 4
1 returns to its original position after being tilted to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. be placed.

In this way, each time the required number of banknotes are sent one after another, they are stacked and stored one by one on the first endless belt at approximately the same position.

Next, when sending out the stored banknotes, the motor 48 is first rotated by one-half, and the support link 41
is tilted to the state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, so that it is fed out all at once while being held between the endless belts 12 and 13. At this time, the chain 40 is wrapped around the pulley 109 and the motor 48,
The chain 50 includes the pulley 109, the link 47,
It is wrapped around the one-way rotating clutch 49 and the link 57 of the second storage section D. The one-way rotating clutch 49 is a known clutch that allows rotation in one direction, and the motor 48 is connected to the link 4 in order to feed banknotes from the first storage section B and the second storage section D, which will be described later.
When 7,57 is rotated 1/2 turn and stopped,
The motor 48 is reversed by the force of the springs 44 and 54,
This prevents the support links 41, 51 from returning to their original states and causing the conveying force to disappear. Each of the endless belts 12 and 13 of the first storage section B is driven to send out the banknotes when storing the banknotes in the safe 3 and when returning the banknotes.

Then, the motor 48 is further rotated by one-half rotation, and the support link 41 is tilted back to its original position.

In addition, each endless belt 10, 1 of the conveyance mechanism A, C
1, 16, and 17 are driven in synchronization each time a banknote is inserted.

The second storage section D has the same configuration as the first storage section B. That is, this banknote temporary storage device includes endless belts 16 and 17, support links 51, guides 52, springs 54, pins 56, links 57, and pulleys 10.
5, 106, 107, and 108, and has the same structure as the first storage part B, and the link 57 is connected to the motor 48 to operate in the same manner as the first storage part B. Therefore, the support link 51 is capable of swinging around the shaft 53 of the pulley 107, and has an elongated hole 55.
A pin 56 is fitted into the hole.

A guide 90 is provided between the conveyance mechanism C and the second storage section D to guide the banknotes from the banknote conveyance path by the conveyance mechanism C to the guide 52.

The guide 90 is also formed so that the second endless belt can pass through the center portion in the width direction when swinging, and is arranged on the upstream side between the first endless belt and the second endless belt in a normal position apart from the first endless belt. The banknotes that are arranged and sent out from the previous conveyance mechanism are placed on both side edges of the banknotes in a placing section provided at intervals corresponding to the width of the banknotes so that the center line in the conveyance direction of the banknotes substantially coincides with the second endless belt. It is designed to be placed and supported.

Each of the endless belts 14 and 15 of the second storage section D is driven to send out the banknotes when storing the banknotes in the safe 4 and when returning the banknotes. In addition, each endless belt 10, 11, 16, 17 of the conveyance mechanism A, C
As mentioned above, are driven synchronously each time a banknote is inserted.

Next, the banknote temporary storage device of the fourth storage section will be explained. This fourth storage section H stores banknotes delivered one by one from the first safe 3 in a stacked manner, and then sends them out to the receiving slot 2 all at once, as well as transporting banknotes to be returned (returned banknotes). It also serves as a mechanism. Therefore, the fourth storage section H has the same configuration as the first storage section B and the second storage section D described above, and also has other members added thereto.

That is, the fourth storage section H, like the first and second storage sections B and D, includes endless belts 27, 28, support links 61, guides 62, springs 64, pins 66, links 67, pulleys 110, 111, 112, 11
3, a motor 68, a one-way rotation clutch 69, a chain 60, and the pin 66 is connected to a support link 61.
In addition to fitting into the elongated hole 65, the auxiliary link 70, the pulleys 114, 115, 116, the endless belt 29 wound around each pulley 114, 115, 116, and the auxiliary link 70 are oscillated. A drive mechanism 71 is provided.

Similar to the other banknote temporary storage devices already mentioned above, the support link 61 is connected to the shaft 63 that supports the pulley 113 on the next stage transport mechanism side among the pulleys 112 and 113 around which the endless belt 28 is wound. It is swingably supported and extends from the pulley 113 side to the preceding conveyance mechanism G1 side, and the conveyance mechanism G1 side is constantly urged upward by a spring 64 to connect the portion of the endless belt 28 on the conveyance mechanism G1 side to the endless belt. 27
away from. Further, the motor 68 is rotated every time a change bill is sent out by the transport mechanism G1, so that the support link 61 swings once, and the bill sent out between the endless belt 28 and the guide 62 is transferred to the endless belt. Press down to 27. The motor 68 also rotates the link 67 by 1/2 turn to rotate the support link 6 when discharging the stored banknotes.
1 is moved downward to the state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. return to the state of

The one-way rotary clutch 69 is similar to the one-way rotary clutch 49, and when the motor 68 makes one-half rotation and stops in order to send out banknotes from the fourth storage section H, the one-way rotary clutch 69 is operated by the force of the spring 64. motor 6
8 is reversed and the support link 61 returns to its original state, preventing the conveying force from disappearing.

Next, the auxiliary link 70, which is unique to this banknote temporary storage device, connects the auxiliary endless belt 29 disposed at a position corresponding to between the placement parts of the guide, and the pulleys 114 and 116 around which the endless belt 29 is wound. Among them, it is swingably attached to a shaft 72 that supports the next-stage transport mechanism, and extends from the pulley 110 side toward the pulley 111. Pulley 114 is attached to the shaft 72, and pulleys 115 and 116 are attached to the auxiliary link 70.

The auxiliary link 70 is normally located in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, separating the endless belt 29 from the endless belt 28, but is rotated by the solenoid mechanism 71, which is an auxiliary drive means, only when sending out returned banknotes. Then, the endless belt 29 is moved to the state shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, and is swung into a state in which it is pressed into contact with the second endless belt 28 facing the second endless belt 28. This results in
Returned banknotes sent out from the previous conveyance mechanism G1 are held by endless belts 28 and 29 and sent out.

Endless belts 27, 28, and 29 are driven only when sending out banknotes.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned vending machine will be explained below.

In this vending machine, if the banknote inserted into the insertion slot 1 is a 1,000 yen bill, it is temporarily stored in the first storage part B, and if it is another banknote (5,000 yen bill, 10,000 yen bill, etc.), the banknote is stored in the first storage part B. 2. Temporarily stored in storage section D. Each time a banknote is inserted, the motor 48 rotates once to support the support link 4.
1,51 swing once. At this time, support link 4
1 and 51 are swung by a motor, the support link 4
The time required for one swing of 1.51 times can be significantly shortened. This swinging action ensures that the banknotes are temporarily stored one by one without jamming.

After a banknote is inserted, an article is selected, and when the dispensing of the article is completed and the vending operation is completed, the motor 48 first operates to rotate the links 47, 57 by a half turn. After sending out the banknotes stored with the banknotes sandwiched between the endless belts 12 and 13 and between the endless belts 16 and 17 from the first and second storage mechanisms B and D, the links 47 and 57 are The support links 41 and 51 are returned to their original states by rotating the support links by a further 1/2 turn. First storage part B
The banknotes sent out from the bank are stored in the third storage section E, and are sent out to the first safe 3 when the banknotes are inserted for the next sales operation. The banknotes sent out from the second storage part D are stored in the fifth storage part K at the front of the second safe 4 by the transport mechanism G3, and when the banknotes are inserted for the next sales operation, the banknotes are transferred to the pusher 7. is pushed into the second safe 4.

When discharging the 1,000 yen bills in the first safe 3 as part of the change, the withdrawal mechanism J first pulls out the bills one by one, and the withdrawn bills are transferred one by one to the fourth storage section H by the transport mechanisms G2 and G1. Send them out one by one.
At this time, the link 67 is rotated once by the motor 68 every time a banknote is sent out, and the support link 61
oscillate. Thereby, the banknotes sent to the fourth storage section H are sequentially stacked on the endless belt 27. When a predetermined number of banknotes are delivered to the fourth storage section H, the motor 68 of this vending machine operates to rotate the link 67 by one-half rotation to sandwich the banknote between the endless belts 27 and 28. In this state, it is delivered to the receiving port 2 by the fourth storage section H and the transport mechanism.

If the cancel button is pressed down after a banknote is inserted, this vending machine transfers the banknotes stored in the first and second storage parts B and D to the conveyance mechanism F and the merging/dividing mechanism G, as described above. , fourth storage section H and transport mechanism I
is transported to receiving port 2 and returned. At this time, the fourth
In the storage section H, the solenoid mechanism 71 operates to drive the auxiliary link 70 and sandwich the banknotes between the endless belts 28 and 29, so the conveyance force disappears even if there is no storage operation. Banknotes can be sent out quickly and reliably without any problems.

Note that when multiple bills are withdrawn at once by the withdrawal mechanism J, this vending machine detects this based on the length, thickness, etc. of the bills during conveyance by the conveyance mechanism G2, and operates the sorting plate 82. Then, the banknotes are delivered to the fifth storage section K by the transport mechanism G3. Therefore, more than a predetermined number of banknotes will not be ejected.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the banknote temporary storage device of the present invention includes a first endless belt wound around the first and second pulleys separated in the banknote conveyance direction, and a third and second endless belt wound around the first and second pulleys separated in the banknote conveyance direction. The second endless belt is wound around a fourth pulley and is provided facing the first endless belt, and supports a second endless belt having a predetermined width shorter than the width of banknotes to be handled, and the third pulley located on the upstream side in the conveyance direction. and a support link that is swingable about the axis of the fourth pulley located on the side of the next-stage conveyance mechanism, and a biasing member that constantly urges the support link in a direction in which the second endless belt moves away from the first endless belt. the second endless belt is formed to allow the second endless belt to pass through the central portion in the width direction when swinging, and is located on the upstream side between the first endless belt and the second endless belt in a normal position apart from the first endless belt; The banknotes that are arranged and sent out from the previous conveyance mechanism are placed on both side edges of the banknotes in a placing section provided at intervals corresponding to the width of the banknotes so that the center line in the conveyance direction of the banknotes substantially coincides with the second endless belt. Each time a banknote is sent out from the preceding conveyance mechanism, the structure includes a guide for placing and supporting the banknote, and a driving means for swinging the support link so that the second endless belt is pressed against the first endless belt. Since the support link is swung and the bills sent out are pressed by the second endless belt against the first endless belt below the guide, the bills being conveyed one by one are not jammed. It can be reliably stored temporarily and has a simple structure.

The driving means further includes a link rotatably supported by a support wall, a pin provided on the link, a motor for rotating the link, and a one-way rotation clutch for preventing the link from reversing. If the pin is engaged with an elongated hole extending in the longitudinal direction of the support link, the operation can be performed at high speed.

Further, an auxiliary link that is provided to be swingable about the axis of the second pulley located on the next transport mechanism side of the first and second pulleys and that extends toward the first pulley; fifth and sixth pulleys provided on the previous-stage transport mechanism side and the next-stage transport mechanism side; and a fifth and sixth pulley that is wound around the fifth and sixth pulleys and arranged at a corresponding position between the placement parts of the guide. When the auxiliary endless belt is provided with an auxiliary endless belt and an auxiliary drive means for swinging the auxiliary link to a state where the auxiliary endless belt is brought into contact with the second endless belt facing the auxiliary endless belt, when the banknote is returned, By rotating the auxiliary link, the returned banknotes can be pressed against the second endless belt by the auxiliary endless belt, and therefore the returned banknotes can be directly sent to the next conveyance mechanism without being temporarily stored, reducing the return time. is shortened.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a vending machine equipped with an embodiment of the temporary storage device of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing an embodiment of the fourth storage section of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the second storage section, and FIG. The figure is number 4
A plan view of the storage section, FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the fourth storage section,
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the first safe. 12, 13, 16, 17, 27, 28, 29:
Endless belt, 41, 51, 61: Support link, 4
2, 52, 62: Guide, 44, 54, 64: Spring, 45, 55, 65: Long hole, 46, 56, 6
6: Pin, 47, 57, 67: Link, 48, 6
8: Motor, 49, 69: One-way rotation clutch,
70: Auxiliary link, 71: Auxiliary drive mechanism, B: Banknote temporary storage device (first storage section), D: Banknote temporary storage device (second storage section), H: Banknote temporary storage device (fourth storage section).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A first endless belt wound around first and second pulleys separated in the banknote conveyance direction, and a first endless belt wound around third and fourth pulleys separated in the banknote conveyance direction. a second endless belt having a predetermined width shorter than the width of the banknotes to be handled, which is provided facing the first endless belt; a support link that is swingable about the axis of the fourth pulley; biasing means that constantly biases the support link in a direction in which the second endless belt moves away from the first endless belt; The second endless belt is formed to be able to pass through during swinging, and is disposed on the upstream side between the first endless belt and a second endless belt in a normal position separated from the first endless belt, and is disposed from the previous conveyance mechanism. a guide that supports the bills to be sent out by placing them on both side edges so that the second endless belt and the center line of the bills in the conveying direction substantially coincide with the second endless belt at placing portions provided at intervals corresponding to the width of the bills; A banknote temporary storage device comprising: a drive means for swinging the support link so that the second endless belt is pressed against the first endless belt. 2. The driving means includes a link rotatably supported by a support wall, a pin provided on the link,
A motor for rotating the link and a one-way rotating clutch for preventing the link from reversing, the pin being engaged with a long hole formed in a longitudinal direction of the support link. The banknote temporary storage device according to scope 1. 3. Of the first and second pulleys, an auxiliary link is provided to be swingable about the axis of the second pulley located on the next-stage transport mechanism side and extends toward the first pulley; fifth and sixth pulleys provided on the previous-stage transport mechanism side and the next-stage transport mechanism side; and a fifth and sixth pulley that is wound around the fifth and sixth pulleys and arranged at a corresponding position between the placement parts of the guide. Claim 1, characterized by comprising: an auxiliary endless belt; and auxiliary driving means for swinging the auxiliary link into a state where the auxiliary endless belt is brought into contact with the second endless belt facing the second endless belt. The banknote temporary storage device described in Section 1.