JPH06156844A - Paper money receptacle device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a paper money receptacle with the simple structure which surely prevents the interference between an accommodated paper money and a paper money in transport. CONSTITUTION:A paper money receptacle 1 is equipped with a transport belt 26 for transporting a paper money P to an accommodation waiting position, paper money receptacle cabinet 4 arranged oppositely to the transport belt 26, keeping the accommodation waiting position interposed, and a pair of guide plates 41 and 41 which are arranged on both the sides of the transport belt 26 between the accommodation waiting position and the paper money receipt 4 and is constituted so that each edge part on the transport belt 26 side slidingly contacts both the side edge parts Pa and Pa of the paper money P at the accommodation waiting position, and can be moved in reciprocation along the side part of the transport belt 26. After the edge part of each guide plate 41 is set close to the reverse side of the paper money P by simultaneously operating a pair of guide plates 41 and 41 in reciprocation, the paper money P is sent out to the paper money receptacle cabinet 4 side through the returning movement. Further, at the edge part of each guide plate 41, a projection part 41a extending to the paper money receptacle cabinet 4 side is installed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill storage device provided in, for example, an automatic vending machine, for identifying bills and storing the identified bills in a stack.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As such a conventional bill storage device,
For example, the one described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-99848 is known. This bill storage device conveys a bill introduced from a bill introduction port to a storage standby position at the end of the conveyance path by a conveyance belt provided along the conveyance path, where it horizontally moves in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. Then, it is sent into the bill storage space. At the storage standby position, a pair of left and right rotation guide plates are provided on both sides of the conveyor belt in parallel with the conveyor belt, and the tip ends of the rotation guide plates are in sliding contact with both side edges of the bill. , Guide the transportation of banknotes.
The rotation guide plate is supported by the rotation shaft at the base, and is rotated by the rotation shaft along the side portion of the conveyor belt. That is, for a banknote that has been conveyed to the storage standby position, the pair of rotation guide plates are simultaneously reciprocally rotated, so that the forward end of each rotation guide plate faces the back side of the banknote and The bills are moved and fed into the bill storage space.

[0003]

In such a conventional banknote storage device, since the rotary guide plate is formed in a flat plate shape, the banknotes are laterally moved and fed by the thickness of the rotary guide plate to store the banknotes. It is sent into the space and is held in a state where the rotation guide plates are in contact with both side edges. Therefore, when a bill with a curl is stored, or when the number of stored bills increases, the middle portion of the bill projects to the storage standby position side, that is, the transport path side, and is transported next. There is a problem that the bill interferes (collides) with the stored bill.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a bill storing device which has a simple structure and can reliably prevent interference between a stored bill and a bill to be conveyed next. That is the purpose.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a conveyor belt for conveying banknotes to a storage standby position,
The banknote storage case arranged opposite to the conveyor belt across the storage standby position, and arranged on both sides of the conveyor belt between the storage standby position and the banknote storage side, each end portion on the conveyor belt side, A pair of guide plates configured to be slidably in contact with both side edges of the bill at the storage standby position and configured to be reciprocable along the side portions of the conveyor belt, and the guide plates are moved forward and backward at the same time. After facing the back side of the bill, the bill storage device configured to send the bill back into the bill storage after facing the back side of the bill, at the end of each guide plate, a protrusion extending to the bill storage side. It is characterized by being provided.

[0006]

When the guide plate is moved forward, both side edges of the bill are pushed toward the conveyor belt and are displaced so as to be bent back. As the forward movement progresses, the end portions of the guide plate disengage from both side edges of the bill so as to ride over it, and the end portions of the guide plate wrap around the back side of the bill. Next, when the guide plate is moved back, the bill is pushed from the back side and sent out to the bill storage side. In this case, by forming a protrusion extending toward the banknote storage side at the end of the guide plate, the banknote is sufficiently displaced when the guide plate moves forward, that is, the banknote can have a crease. Further, when the guide plate returns from the backward movement to the original position, the bill can be laterally moved to the bill storage side by the amount obtained by adding the thickness of the guide plate and the thickness of the protruding portion. Therefore, the simple projecting structure of the guide plate can sufficiently separate the banknotes sent to the banknote storage side from the storage standby position, and suppress the middle part of the banknote from projecting to the storage standby position side. be able to.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A bill storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. This banknote storage device is of a type to be installed in an automatic vending machine, and FIGS. 1 and 2 are cut side views thereof. As shown in both figures, this banknote storage device 1 includes a device case 2, a banknote insertion slot 3 opened on the upper front surface of the device case 2, and a banknote storage 4 which is openably and closably housed in the rear part of the device case 2. And a transport mechanism 5 that transports the banknote P inserted from the banknote insertion slot 3 to a storage standby position facing the banknote storage case 4, and the banknote P transported to the storage standby position in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction. It is provided with a feeding mechanism 6 for moving and feeding the bill into the bill storage 4. The bill P inserted from the bill insertion slot 3 is conveyed to the storage standby position on the conveyance path 7 by the conveyance mechanism 5 and its suitability is identified during the conveyance, and the bill insertion slot 3 is identified according to the identification result. The paper is conveyed backwards to the inside or is sent into the bill storage 4 by the sending mechanism 6.

The bill insertion slot 3 is exposed to the outside from the front panel (not shown) of the vending machine so that the bill P inserted from the outside can be properly guided to the introduction end of the conveyance path 7. The upper and lower guide surfaces leading to the transport path 7 have a slope of a bottom bud. The transport path 7 extends horizontally from the end of the bill insertion slot 3, curves downward at the front-rear intermediate position of the device case 2, and extends vertically to the storage standby position.

The conveying device 5 includes a first roller 21, a second roller 22, a third roller 23 and a fourth roller 24 arranged from the upstream side along the conveying path 7 and first and third rollers 21. , 23, and a second conveyor belt 26, which is stretched between the third and fourth rollers 23, 24. The first roller 21 and the second roller 22 are provided with pressing rollers 21a and 22a that rotate freely with the first conveyor belt 25 interposed therebetween, and the third roller 23 is provided with the first and second conveyor belts. Two
A pressing roller 23a that freely rotates on both sides of 5, 26 is also provided. Further, the second conveyor belt 26 is guided between the third roller 23 and the fourth roller 24, and
Two guide rollers 2 that apply tension to the conveyor belt 26
7, 27 are provided.

Although not shown in the drawing, the first conveyor belt 25 and the second conveyor belt 26 are each composed of a left and right pair, and correspondingly, the first roller 2 is formed.
The first roller 22, the second roller 22 and the fourth roller 24 are formed as a left and right pair. Further, the third roller 23 around which the first and second conveyor belts 25 and 26 are stretched is
Corresponding to this, it is composed of two pairs of left and right.

The third roller 23 constitutes a drive roller which is controlled by a motor (not shown) to rotate in forward and reverse directions and drives the first and second conveyor belts 25 and 26. The first roller 21 and the second roller 22 are rotationally driven by the third roller 23 via the first conveyor belt 25, and these are arranged together with the third roller 23 in the respective pressure rollers 21a,
A feed roller is composed of 22a and 23a. Fourth
The roller 24 and the guide rollers 27, 27 are free rollers around which the second conveyor belt 26 is stretched.

When a bill P is inserted into the bill insertion slot 3, an insertion detection sensor (not shown) detects the insertion (front end) of the bill P and rotates the motor via a control device (not shown), The transport device 5 is driven. When the tip of the bill P is inserted to the position of the first roller 21, the tip of the bill P is sandwiched between the pressing roller 21a of the first roller 21 and the first conveyor belt 25, and the conveyance of the bill P is started. To be done. A bending guide 8 is arranged along the transport path 7 between the second roller 22 and the third roller 23, and the tip of the banknote P passing through the second roller 22 is guided by the bending guide 8. The course is changed downward and is guided to the third roller 23. A bill identification sensor (not shown) facing the opening of the bending guide 8 is disposed between the second roller 22 and the third roller 23, and the pattern of the surface of the bill P and the bill identification sensor are provided by the bill identification sensor. The quality of the ink is detected and the suitability of the banknote P is determined. At the same time, the bill P is detected by the bill identification sensor.
The rear end position of the motor is detected, and then the motor (conveyance mechanism 5)
Sends the bill P for a predetermined number of steps, and stops the conveyance of the bill P at a predetermined position. In this stop position, the rear end of the banknote P is located at the position of the third roller 23, and is sandwiched between the pressing roller 23a of the third roller 23 and the first and second transport belts 25 and 26. Is.

Here, when the discrimination result of the bill discriminating sensor is "NO", the conveying device 5 is reversely driven and the bill P
Are reversely conveyed and returned to the bill insertion slot 3. On the other hand, when the identification result is “appropriate”, the transport device 5 is again driven slightly forward to transport the bill P to the storage standby position facing the bill storage 4. When the bill P stops at the storage standby position, the feeding mechanism 6 then operates to feed the bill P into the bill storage 4.

The banknote storage 4 is composed of a vertically long box body composed of both side plates 31, 31, a bottom plate 32 and a back plate 33, and the back plate 33 also serves as a part of the device case 2. Banknote storage 4
Can be opened and closed with respect to the device case 2 by tilting backward around a support shaft 34 inserted through the lower portions of the side plates 31, 31. The banknote storage 4 in the closed position is arranged parallel to the second conveyor belt 26, that is, in parallel to the storage standby position, and the banknote storage 4 in the open position is inserted by the operator from above to insert the banknotes P therein. It is designed to be tilted to an angle where it can be taken out (see Fig. 2).
A leaf spring 35 fixed to the back plate 33 and a contact plate 36 attached to the leaf spring 35 are housed inside the banknote storage 4, and the leaf spring 35 of the plate spring 35 is inserted through the contact plate 36. The bills P are densely stacked and stored by the biasing force. On the other hand, at the center of the front end of the bottom plate 32, a bill holding plate 37 which is erected parallel to the back plate 33 is formed.

The bill holding plate 37 is arranged in front of the conveyance path 7, and when the bill storage 4 is opened, the bill P is held.
It has a structure that can hold. For this reason, there is no obstacle when feeding the bill P, and even if the bill P remains at the storage standby position due to a jam or the like, the bill P is opened by opening the bill storage box 4. An actuator portion 37a bent forward in a hook shape is formed at the upper end of the bill holding plate 37, and at the closed position where the bill storage 4 is stored in the device case 2, the actuator portion 37a is a device. The photo interrupter 38 is pulled out from the gap of the photo interrupter 38 (see FIG. 2) at the open position where it faces the gap of the photo interrupter 38 arranged in the case 2 (see FIG. 1) and falls backward. As a result, the opening / closing of the bill storage 4 is detected, and it is determined whether or not the bill is properly collected. Thus, by forming the actuator portion 37a at the upper end of the bill holding plate 37, the bill holding plate 37 can also serve as the actuator of the open / close sensor (photointerrupter 38), and the number of parts can be reduced and
The open / close sensor can be arranged in an empty space of the device case 2.

Next, the feeding mechanism 6 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 (a), 3 (b) and 3 (c). As shown in the figure, the feeding mechanism 6 includes a second conveyor belt 26,
A pair of left and right guide plates 41, 41 for guiding the banknote P conveyed by 26 to the storage standby position, a pair of left and right shafts 42, 42 for rotatably supporting each guide plate 41, and this shaft (not shown). It is composed of a motor for rotating 42 and a link mechanism. A pair of guide plates 41, 4
1 is arranged outside both the left and right second conveyor belts 26, 26 so as to face between the storage standby position and the banknote storage 4, and on the surface of the second conveyor belt 26 side. The banknote P is sandwiched between the second conveyor belt 26 and the banknote P and is guided. Each guide plate 41 is a banknote storage 4
It is formed to be somewhat shorter than the length of and is arranged in parallel with the storage standby position and the bill storage box 4 (see FIG. 1). Also,
Each guide plate 41 faces the banknote P from the outside, and the banknote P
Both side edges Pa, Pa in the conveyance direction, that is, the width direction, are in sliding contact with each other.

On the other hand, at the tip of each guide plate 41, a protruding portion 41a is formed which is bent and extends toward the banknote storage case 4 side. The protruding portion 41a faces the inside of the banknote storage box 4 and holds the banknotes P in the banknote storage box 4 against the leaf spring 35 so as to be stacked.

The base of each guide plate 41 is fixed to each shaft 42, and each guide plate 41 is reciprocally rotated forward by an angle of approximately 90 degrees from the steady guide position. That is, when the banknote P is conveyed to the storage standby position (see FIG. 4A), both guide plates 41, 41 are rotated forward (forward) based on the command of “appropriate”. . When both the guide plates 41, 41 start to rotate, the banknote P has the side edges Pa,
Pa is pushed forward and is displaced so as to warp.
When the rotation is further advanced, the protrusions 41 of both guide plates 41, 41
Each of a and 41a gets over the banknote P, comes off the banknote P, and goes around to the back side of the banknote P (see FIG. 2B). Due to this reaction, the banknote P returns to its original posture with a crease. Next, when both guide plates 41, 41 are rotated (returned) in the opposite directions, both guide plates 41, 41 have already wrapped around the back side of the bill P, and this time the bill P is stored in the bill storage box 4.
Rotate to push to the side. When both the guide plates 41, 41 return to the guide position, the projecting portions 41a, 41a feed the bill P into the bill storage box 4 and hold it (see (c) in the figure). By repeating the above operation, the banknotes P are sequentially stored in the banknote storage 4 in a stacked state.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the bill P in the storage standby position is fed into the bill storage 4 by the reciprocating rotation of the guide plate 41 having the protruding portion 41a. Therefore, the bill P is once bent so as to be bent back and then sent into the bill storage 4. The guide plate 41 can be rotated by effectively utilizing the empty spaces on both sides of the second conveyor belt 26, and the guide plate 41 itself is provided with a conveyance guide for the banknote P and a part of the feeding mechanism 6. The banknote storage device 1 can be made to have a double function, the space efficiency can be improved, the structure can be simplified, and the entire bill storage device 1 can be configured compactly.

In the steady guide position, the projecting portion 41a of the guide plate 41 holds the bill P fed into the bill storage 4 at a position sufficiently separated from the storage standby position. When the next banknote P is transported to the standby position, that is, the transport path 7, the stored banknote P does not get in the way. Moreover, when the guide plate 41 rotates, the bill P is
The protrusions 41a, 4a, 4a, 4a are sufficiently displaced so as to warp forward, that is, have a crease in the longitudinal direction and are stored.
Although it is held by the side edges 1a and Pa of the side 1a, the intermediate portion does not project to the side of the transport path 7. Further, since the left and right side portions of the banknote P are pressed against both the second conveyor belts 26, 26 during the above-described rotation, left and right misalignment is unlikely to occur, and the banknote P is stored in a proper attitude without causing positional misalignment. It is sent into the warehouse 4.

In this embodiment, the projecting portion of the guide plate is constituted by the continuous convex portion extending in the carrying direction, but it may be constituted by a plurality of discontinuous convex portions. Also, the tip of the guide plate may be configured to have a fan-shaped cross section including the protrusion. Further, the guide plate may be moved back and forth instead of reciprocating.

[0022]

As described above, according to the bill storing apparatus of the present invention, the projecting portion extending to the bill storing side is formed at the end of the guide plate for sending the bill from the storing standby position to the bill storing side. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently separate the bill sent to the bill storage side from the storage standby position, and it is possible to suppress the middle portion of the bill from projecting to the storage standby position side, and Interference with bills to be conveyed next is prevented, and jamming of conveyed bills can be effectively prevented with a simple structure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cut side view of a banknote storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cut side view of the bill storage device with the bill storage opened.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 bill storage device 2 device case 4 bill storage 5 transport mechanism 6 feeding mechanism 26 second transport belt 41 guide plate 41a projecting portion P bill Pa side edge portion

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A conveyor belt for conveying banknotes to a storage standby position, a banknote storage arranged opposite the conveyor belt with the storage standby position interposed therebetween, the storage standby position and the banknote storage. Disposed on both sides of the conveyor belt between,
Each end on the conveyor belt side includes a pair of guide plates configured to be reciprocally movable along the side portions of the conveyor belt while slidingly contacting both side edge portions of the bill at the storage standby position, and the pair of In the banknote storage device in which the guide plates are simultaneously moved forward to expose the end of each of the guide plates to the back side of the banknote and then returned to deliver the banknotes into the banknote storage, The banknote storage device, wherein a projecting portion extending toward the banknote storage side is provided at an end portion of the banknote storage device.