JPH06139425A - Automatic cash dipenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the structure and to improve the operability and the safety of a cash dispenser which is installed in a financial institution like a bank, etc. CONSTITUTION:A main body part 10 consists of a paper money transfer mechanism 5 which contains the rollers 2 which draw out the paper money 1, a temporary storing part 8 which temporarily stores the money 1 transferred via the mechanism 5, and a rejection gate 87 which drops a defective note 1b if mixed in the paper money 1 into a rejection storing part 12 provided on a cash cassette 20 together with the nondefective notes 1a which are already stored in the part 8. The cassette 20 includes a paper money storing part 11 where the paper money 1 are horizontally stacked and stored, a paper money draw-out port 13 which is provided on the part 11 side and also set in parallel to the part 12 storing a paper money bundle 1ab which contains both notes 1a and 1b, and a shutter 15 which can quickly and easily open and close a paper money bundle throw-in port 14 provided on the part 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic cash dispenser installed in a financial institution such as a bank.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 9 is a schematic side sectional view showing the structure of a conventional automatic cash dispenser, and FIG. 10 is a schematic side sectional view for explaining the structure of a conventional cash cassette and the operation of its components. It is a XX sectional view.

As shown in FIG. 9, a conventional automatic cash dispenser comprises a main body 50 and a cash cassette 60 mounted in a cassette mounting zone α provided in the main body 50.

As shown in FIG. 9, the main body portion 50 is configured to feed a bill 1 stored in a bill storing portion 66 of a cash cassette 60, a feeding roller 88 for feeding the fed bill 1, and a feeding roller 2. When the defective banknote 1b is mixed in the banknote transport mechanism 55 including the belt 99 and the banknote 1 being transported, the defective banknote 1b is already stored in the temporary storage section 52 before that time. A reject gate 87 is provided to be dropped together with the valid ticket 1a into a reject storage portion 65 provided on the cash cassette 60 side.

The cash cassette 60 includes a bill storage unit 66 for storing bills 1, a reject storage unit 65, and a bill storage unit 66.
A cassette body 61 equipped with a pressure plate 6 that presses the banknote 1 stored in the direction P in the direction of arrow P and presses the banknote 1 against the feeding roller 2, and a reject storage section 65 and a banknote storage section 66 can be opened and closed. Equipped with a cover 62 to cover.

In this automatic cash dispenser, by mounting the cash cassette 60 in the cassette mounting zone α on the main body 50 side from the direction of the arrow P, the banknote payout opening 67 provided on the cash cassette 60 side is opened and the standby state. It becomes the state (operational state).

The structure and operation of the components of the conventional cash cassette 60 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b). Figure 10
As shown in (a) and (b), the conventional cash cassette 60 has a banknote bundle 1ab in which normal bills 1a and defective bills 1b are mixed (see FIG. 9).
The reject shutter 71 that opens and closes the banknote bundle insertion port 68 into which the banknotes are inserted and a drive mechanism therefor are provided on the opening / closing lid 62 side, and the banknote outlet 67 that opens and closes the banknote 1 stored in the banknote storage unit 66 is opened and closed. The shutter 63 and its drive mechanism are provided on the cassette body 61 side.

The cash cassette 60 is mounted in the cassette mounting zone α of the main body 50 from the direction of the arrow A so that the cash cassette 60 is mounted on the banknote bundle insertion port 68 provided on the opening / closing lid 62 side and the cassette main body 61 side. The banknote payout ports 67 that are provided are each in an open state.
How these components operate by mounting in the cassette mounting zone α on the side will be described.

(1) Insert the cash cassette 60 into the cassette mounting zone α of the main body 50 from the direction of arrow A. As a result, the opening / closing lever 57 provided on the main body 50 side pushes the opening / closing link 72 provided on the opening / closing lid 62 side of the cash cassette 60 in the arrow B direction.

(2) When the opening / closing lever 57 is pressed, the opening / closing link 72, which is normally urged in the direction of arrow B ′ by a return spring (not shown), moves in the direction of arrow B, and the opening / closing lid is opened.
A crank 73 rotatably held by a crankshaft 74 fixed to 62 rotates in the direction of arrow C with the crankshaft 74 as the center of rotation.

(3) When the crank 73 rotates in the direction of arrow C, the reject shutter 71, which is arranged in such a manner that the pin 75 is engaged in one of the elongated holes of the crank 73, moves in the direction of arrow A.

(4) Since the reject shutter 71 moves in the direction of arrow A, the banknote bundle insertion slot 68 closed by the reject shutter 71 is opened. (5) When the cash cassette 60 is further inserted into the cassette mounting zone α, the magnet 56 arranged on the automatic cash dispensing device side operates and the shutter lock is made of a magnetic material such as iron or nickel. Aspirate 64. As a result, the shutter lock 64 falls in the direction of arrow D.

(6) Since the shutter lock 64 that has locked the shutter door 63 in the shape of a shutter is tilted in the direction of arrow D, the discharge shutter 63 can be opened. (7) When the cash cassette 60 is further inserted in the direction of arrow A, this time the shutter opening member provided on the main body 50 side.
53 is engaged with a shutter opening member engagement portion (not shown) provided on the delivery port shutter 63 side, and normally the delivery port shutter 63 is closed in the arrow E'direction by the pulling force of the spring 69. Open to.

(8) Since the bill bundle insertion port 68 and the bill ejection port 67 of the cash cassette 60 are opened by the above-mentioned operations, the automatic cash dispensing device is brought into a standby state.
As described above, the cash cassette 60 is
The banknote stack insertion port 68 and the banknote payout opening 67 are configured to be opened only after they are mounted in the cassette mounting zone α, for the purpose of preventing theft.

[0015]

11 (a) and 11 (b) are schematic side sectional views showing an example of a banknote storing method for a conventional cash cassette and an obstacle that occurs at that time, and its "β" portion. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 11 (a), this cash cassette
In the case of 60, the operator (a specific clerk such as a bank) opens the open / close lid 62, which is provided to be openable / closable in the direction of the arrow U-U 'around the hinge 77 in the direction of the arrow U, by the operator (a specific clerk such as a bank) by hand from above. It is designed to be stored in the storage section 66. The bundle of banknotes 1 stored in the banknote storage unit 66 is kept upright by the pressure plate 6 that presses the banknotes 1 from the direction of arrow P. When the banknotes 1 are stored (set) in the banknote storage unit 66, the operator manually pulls the pressure plate 6 toward the reject storage unit 65 in the direction of the arrow P'and retracts it.

Since the conventional cash cassette 60 is a system for storing a bundle of bills 1 vertically in the bill storing portion 66,
It is difficult for the operator to visually recognize (check with his or her own eyes) the state of the tip portion of the stored banknotes 1. Therefore, even if some banknotes 1 are caught in another banknote 1 as shown in FIG. 11 (b) and the leading end thereof is bent, the operator does not notice it. Banknotes 1 stored in the banknote storage unit 66
In such a state, the bills 1 are not fed out normally, and the defective bills 1b are frequently generated.

Further, in this conventional cash cassette 60, as is clear from FIG. 10, the bill storage opening (opening / closing lid 62) for storing the bills 1 and the bill feeding port 67 for feeding the bills 1 are different from each other. Since it is provided, the structure is extremely complicated.

The present invention simplifies the structure and simplifies the structure by allowing one shutter to open and close both the bill feeding opening for feeding bills and the bill feeding opening for feeding a bill bundle to the reject storage unit. The present invention aims to realize an automatic cash dispensing device with significantly improved anti-theft property (anti-theft function).

[0020]

As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic cash dispensing apparatus according to the present invention is carried through a bill transport mechanism 5 equipped with a dispensing roller 2 for dispensing a bill 1 and a bill transport mechanism 5. The temporary storage unit 8 for temporarily storing the received banknotes 1 and the defective banknotes 1b mixed in the conveyed banknotes 1 are stored in the temporary storage unit 8 before that time. Cash cassette 20 with normal ticket 1a
The main body 10 including a reject gate 87 to be dropped into the reject storage unit 12 provided on the side, the banknote storage unit 11 for horizontally stacking and storing the banknotes 1, the normal banknote 1a and the defective banknote 1b. The reject storage sections 12 for storing the mixed banknote bundle 1ab are arranged in parallel, and the banknote outlet 13 provided on the banknote storage section 11 side and the banknote bundle insertion slot 14 provided on the reject storage section 12 side. A cash cassette 20 equipped with a shutter 15 that opens and closes with one touch
And,

[0021]

In this automatic cash dispenser, when the banknotes 1 are stored in the cash cassette 20, the banknotes 1 are horizontally stacked and stored. Therefore, the banknotes 1 are stored (set) in the cash cassette 20. At this time, the operator can easily confirm the storage state of the banknote 1. For this reason, it is unlikely that the leading end portion of the stored banknote 1 will be bent due to the interference of the other banknotes 1. Further, the cash cassette 20 equipped in this automatic cash dispensing apparatus has the banknote payout opening 13 and the defective ticket insertion opening 14 arranged in parallel, so that the banknote payout opening 13 and the defective ticket insertion opening 14 are not connected to each other. Since the shutters 15 can be opened and closed with one touch, the operability is good and the anti-theft property is also excellent.

[0022]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments. FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention,
2 (a) and 2 (b) are schematic side sectional views showing a detailed structure of the cash cassette according to the present invention and a perspective view of a main part (part 1), FIG.
(a) and (b) are schematic side sectional views showing the detailed structure of the cash cassette according to the present invention (No. 2), and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the procedure for storing banknotes in the cash cassette according to the present invention. 5 is a schematic side sectional view (No. 1), FIG. 5 is a schematic side cross-sectional view (No. 2) for explaining a procedure for storing banknotes in the cash cassette according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a banknote in the cash cassette according to the present invention. FIG. 7 (a) and FIG. 7 (b) are schematic side sectional views for explaining the procedure for storing the money, and FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) are schematic views showing an embodiment of an anti-theft mechanism equipped in the automatic cash dispensing device. FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view and a front view of a main part (No. 1), and FIG. 8 is a schematic side cross-sectional view (No. 2) showing an embodiment of an antitheft mechanism equipped in the automatic cash dispensing device. The same parts as those in FIGS. 10 and 11 are designated by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic cash dispenser according to the present invention comprises a pay-out roller 2 which comes into contact with bills 1 stored in a bill storing portion 11 of a cash cassette 20 and feeds them in the arrow direction. A banknote transport mechanism 5, a temporary storage unit 8 for temporarily storing the banknote 1 transported via the banknote transport mechanism 5, and a defective banknote in the transported banknote 1.
When 1b is mixed, the reject gate 1b that drops the defective ticket 1b into the reject storage section 12 provided on the cash cassette 20 side together with the normal ticket 1a already stored in the temporary storage section 8 before that 87 A main body 10 including: a banknote storage unit 11 for horizontally stacking and storing the banknotes 1;
The reject storage sections 12 for storing the banknote bundle 1ab in which the normal banknotes 1a and the defective banknotes 1b are mixed are arranged in parallel, and the banknote payout opening 13 and the reject storage section 12 side provided on the banknote storage section 11 side are arranged. And a cash cassette 20 equipped with a shutter 15 for opening and closing the banknote bundle insertion opening 14 provided in the one-touch operation.

In this automatic cash dispenser, when the cash cassette 20 is mounted on the main body 10, the main body 10 is first lifted in the direction of arrow U as shown in FIG.
To the predetermined position, and then the cash cassette 20
The shutter 15 provided on the side is pulled out in the arrow X direction to open the bill feeding port 13 and the bill bundle insertion port 14, and finally, the main body portion 10 is lowered in the arrow S direction to make the main body portion 10 and the cash cassette 20. Dock. In the figure, 6 is a pressure plate that presses the banknote 1 stored in the banknote storage unit 11 and pushes it up in the direction of arrow P, 18 is an outer casing of the cash cassette 20, and 25 is a banknote storage in which the banknote storage unit 11 is mounted. Partial mounting zones (hereinafter referred to as mounting zones 25) and 30 denote partition plates that partition the mounting zone 25 and the reject storage unit 12, respectively.

2 (a) and (b) and FIGS. 3 (a) and (b).
The detailed structure of the cash cassette 20 and the operation of each component will be described based on FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 32 denotes a latch arranged on the outer casing 18 side.
When it is pushed down in the direction of arrow S only once, it is held in and fixed to the outer casing 18, and when this bill storing portion 11 is pushed down again in the direction of arrow S, the bill storing portion 11 which has been pulled in once is held. It is a member that works to open.

As shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the cash cassette 20 includes an outer casing 18, a partition plate 30 vertically dividing the inside of the outer casing 18, and a partition plate 30. A mounting zone 25 partitioned by a plate 30 and one shutter 15 for opening and closing the reject storage section 12 with one touch, and a banknote storage section 11 that is mounted in the mounting zone 25 so as to be insertable and removable are provided. In the figure, reference numeral 15a denotes sliders provided on both end portions of the shutter 15 so as to be paired with each other.
15a is slidably held by a slide groove 31 formed in a pair in the upper end portion of the outer casing 18.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are views for explaining the procedure when opening the shutter 15. When the shutter 15 is opened, it is first pulled out in the arrow X direction as shown in FIG. Then, when the slider 15a on the shutter 15 side that is engaged in the slide groove 31 reaches the position shown in FIG. 3A (this position is the front end of the slide groove 31), this time The shutter 15 is tilted in the arrow Z direction. By this operation, the shutter 15 which initially covered the bill feeding opening 13 and the bill bundle insertion opening 14 moves to the position shown in FIG. 3B to open the bill feeding opening 13 and the bill bundle insertion opening 14.

Next, the procedure for storing the banknote 1 in the cash cassette 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 5, and 6. As shown in FIG. 4, the bill storage unit 11 is manually pressed in the direction of arrow S. By performing this operation, the bill storage unit 11 is released from the restraint of the latch 32 and jumps up slightly in the arrow U direction.

When the bill storage unit 11 jumps up in the direction of arrow U, it is further pulled up in the direction of arrow U by hand (shown by a dotted line) as shown in FIG. By performing this operation, the front part of the bill storage unit 11 is opened.

When this state is reached, the bills 1 are stored by being stacked on the pressure plate 6 with the other hand (shown by the solid line) (see FIG. 5). When the banknotes 1 are stored in the banknote storage unit 11 in such a manner, the operator can easily confirm the storage state of the banknotes 1, so that the troubles such as bending of the tip of the banknotes 1 stored are reduced and the defective banknotes 1b are Hard to occur.

When the bill 1 has been stored, this bill storage unit 11 is pushed in the direction of arrow S as shown in FIG. Then, the latch 32 operates and the bill storage unit 11
Dig in.

Finally, the anti-theft mechanism equipped in this automatic cash dispenser will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.
As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, and FIG. 8, this anti-theft mechanism has a shutter lock member 43 equipped with a claw 41 provided on the shutter 15 side and a lock claw 42 corresponding to the claw 41. (Hereinafter referred to as cylinder lock 43) and the outer casing 18 of the cash cassette 20.
Key in the key hole 44 of the cylinder lock 43 provided in a part of
The lock release mechanism 40 is configured to open the claw 41 locked by the lock claw 42 by inserting 45.

The operation of the anti-theft mechanism will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. First, the cash cassette 20 is positioned at a predetermined position (this predetermined position is a position where the main body 10 and the cash cassette 20 are docked). By this operation, the position of the key 45 of the lock release mechanism 40 held by the support pillar 47 provided on the side of the building 100 and the position of the key hole 44 of the cylinder lock 43 arranged on the side of the main body unit 10 coincide. .

When the position of the key 45 of the lock release mechanism 40 and the position of the cylinder lock 43 coincide with each other, the knob 48 on the side of the lock release mechanism 40 is pressed in the direction of arrow F, and the key 45 is inserted into the key hole 44 of the cylinder lock 43. Is inserted.

In this state, when the knob 48 is operated and the key 45 is operated, the lock claw 42 of the cylinder lock 43 retracts in the direction of arrow R as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 8. Since the lock claw 42 that has locked the claw 41 is retracted in the arrow R direction, the shutter 15 is released and can be pulled out in the arrow X direction as shown in FIG.

The shutter 15 pulled out in the direction of arrow X is then rotated in the direction of arrow Z with the slider 15a as the center of rotation and locked by the clip 49. This anti-theft mechanism is used for shutters that are locked.
Since the lock release mechanism 40 arranged on the side of the building 100 is used to open the lock 15, the operator handling the cash cassette 20 can
Since it is not necessary to always have a key for opening and closing the shutter 15 of 20, it is extremely advantageous in preventing theft.

[0037]

As is clear from the above description, the automatic cash dispensing apparatus according to the present invention is equipped with a cash cassette for horizontally stacking and storing banknotes, and therefore is unlikely to cause a banknote setting error. Further, in this cash cassette, the banknote payout opening and the banknote bundle insertion opening are arranged in parallel, so that the shutter covering the paper money delivery opening and the banknote bundle insertion opening can be configured by a single plate. The structure of the cash cassette is significantly simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side sectional view showing a detailed structure of a cash cassette according to the present invention and a perspective view of a main part (No. 1).

FIG. 3 is a schematic side sectional view (part 2) showing the detailed structure of the cash cassette according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side cross-sectional view (No. 1) for explaining the procedure for storing a bill in the cash cassette according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side cross-sectional view (No. 2) for explaining the procedure when the banknotes are stored in the cash cassette according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side cross-sectional view (No. 3) for explaining the procedure when the banknotes are stored in the cash cassette according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side cross-sectional view and a front view of a main part (No. 1) showing an example of an antitheft mechanism provided in the automatic cash dispensing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side cross-sectional view (No. 2) showing an example of the antitheft mechanism provided in the automatic cash dispensing apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a schematic side sectional view showing a structure of a conventional automatic cash dispensing device.

FIG. 10 is a schematic side sectional view and an XX sectional view thereof for explaining the structure of a conventional cash cassette and the operation of the constituent members.

FIG. 11 is a schematic side sectional view showing an example of a conventional banknote storage method for a cash cassette and an obstacle that occurs at that time, and an enlarged view of a “β” portion thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 banknote 1a normal banknote 1b defective banknote 1ab banknote bundle 2 feeding roller 5,55 banknote transport mechanism 6 pressure plate 8,52 temporary storage section 10,50 main body section 11,66 banknote storage section 12,65 reject storage section 13,67 banknote Feeding port 14,68 Banknote insertion slot 15 Shutter 15a Slider 18 Outer casing 20,60 Cash cassette 25 Mounting zone 30 Partition plate 31 Slide groove 32 Latch 40 Lock release mechanism 41 Claw 42 Lock claw 43 Cylinder lock 44 Key hole 45 Key 46 Return spring 47 Support column 48 Knob 49 Clip 53 Shutter opening member 56 Magnet 57 Open / close lever 61 Cassette body 62 Open / close lid 63 Feeding shutter 64 Shutter lock 69 Spring 69a Strut 71 Reject shutter 72 Open / close link 73 Crank 74 Crankshaft 75 Pin 77 Hinge 87 Reject gate 88 Conveyor roller 99 Conveyor belt α Cassette mounting zone

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic cash dispensing apparatus which operates by mounting a cash cassette (20) on a main body (10), and which is equipped with a bill feeding mechanism (5) equipped with a feeding roller (2) for feeding bills (1). ), A temporary storage section (8) for temporarily storing the banknotes (1) transferred through the banknote transfer mechanism (5), and a defective banknote (1b) in the banknotes (1) being transferred. If it is mixed, this rejected ticket (1b) is placed on the cash cassette (20) side together with the normal ticket (1a) already stored in the temporary storage section (8) before that. A main body portion (10) having a reject gate (87) to be dropped into (12) and a bill storage portion (1) for horizontally stacking and storing the bills (1).
1) and a reject storage section (12) for storing a banknote bundle (1ab) in which the normal banknote (1a) and the defective banknote (1b) are mixed are arranged in parallel, and the banknote storage section (11) side A cash cassette (20) equipped with a shutter (15) that opens and closes the bill bundle opening (13) provided on the banknote loading slot (14) provided on the reject storage section (12) side with one touch, and An automatic cash dispensing device characterized by being configured by. 2. A claw provided on a part of the shutter (15)
(41), a shutter lock member (43) equipped with a lock claw (42) corresponding to the claw (41), and the shutter provided in a part of the outer casing (18) of the cash cassette (20). A lock release mechanism (40) that opens the claw (41) locked by the lock claw (42) by inserting the key (45) into the key hole (44) of the lock member (43), The automatic cash dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising an anti-theft mechanism configured by.