JPH06223257A - Paper money recognition device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a carrying belt from being deteriorated and to stabilize the carrying of paper money for a long period in a paper money recognition device to be used for a playing apparatus or the like. CONSTITUTION:An extruding roller 22 for extruding paper money carried by carrying belts 14a, 14b to the storing part (17) side and a stopper 19 arranged between the belts 14a, 14b to prevent paper money on the storing part (17) side from being reversely carried are arranged on the end part of a money passage 13. Thereby received paper money is surely carried to the storing part 17 and paper money once stored can be surely prevented from being reversely carried. Since both of an extruding claw 23 and the stopper don't abut upon the belts 14a, 14b, the belts 14a, 14b are not deteriorated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill validator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bill validator will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7 show a conventional bill validator 1
FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the bill validator 1, and a DD cross section thereof is shown in FIG. Also, FIG.
FIG. 7 shows an enlarged view of part E of FIG.

In FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a conventional bill discriminating apparatus 1 has a bill insertion slot 2, a bill passage 3 connected to the insertion slot 2, and a conveyor belt 4 provided on the bill passage 3.
And an identification unit 5 provided on the wall surface of the bill passage 3 and a bill storage unit 7 connected to a terminal portion 6 of the bill passage 3. Here, the terminal portion 6 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 8 is a drive pulley, and the drive pulley 8 applies a driving force to the conveyor belt 4. A rotating roller 9 is provided by pressing the drive pulley 8 on which the conveyor belt 4 is stretched, and has a function of conveying the banknotes conveyed by the conveyor belt 4 through the banknote passage 3 to the storage section 7 side. In the bill discriminating apparatus configured as described above, the bills conveyed to the banknotes before the contact surface Y between the rotating roller 9 and the drive pulley 8 are moved to the storage portion 7 (between Z). Cannot be transported. Further, when the conveyor belt 4 is rotated in the reverse direction to return a banknote that is determined to be false by the authenticity determination of the banknote, the banknote already stored is caught in the conveyor belt 4 and flows backward from the end portion 6 to the banknote passage 3 side. In order to solve these problems, conventionally, by disposing the terminal claws 10 as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to reliably transfer the banknotes to the storage section 7. It has a role of preventing the banknotes stored in the banknotes from being caught in the conveyor belt 4 and flowing back to the banknote passage 3 side when the conveyor belt 4 is rotated in the reverse direction.

[0005]

However, in the conventional structure using the end claws 10, the tip end part of the end claws 10 is always in contact with the conveyor belt 4 while being pressed, so that the sliding surface and the sliding surface are not contacted with each other. Since the surface of the conveyor belt 4 becomes painful and the friction coefficient decreases, it cannot be used stably for a long period of time, which causes a problem that the maintenance time such as the replacement of the conveyor belt 4 is advanced.

The present invention solves such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill discriminating apparatus which can prevent deterioration due to abrasion of the conveyor belt 4 and can be used stably for a long period of time.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, a bill discriminating apparatus of the present invention is provided with conveying means on both sides of a bill passage, and a bill conveyed by the conveying means at the end of this bill passage. A push-out roller for pushing the bills into the storage portion is provided, and a stopper is provided between the conveying means on both sides at the inner end portion of the bill passage to prevent backflow of the bills on the storage portion side.

[0008]

With this structure, the banknotes that have been conveyed can be reliably conveyed to the storage portion by the push-out roller, and since a stopper is provided between both conveying means, it is possible to reliably prevent backflow. Moreover, since it does not come into contact with the conveying means, there is no wear of the conveying means due to contact with the stopper, and it does not deteriorate. Therefore, it becomes possible to use it stably for a long period of time.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are drawings for explaining a bill validator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bill validator 11, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. Further, an enlarged view of a B portion in FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 1 shows a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, a bill validator 11 of the present invention has a bill insertion slot 12, a bill passage 13 connected to the insertion slot 12, and both sides of the bottom face of the bill passage 13. Conveyor belts 14a and 14b (used as an example of conveying means) provided on the banknotes, an identification unit 15 provided on the wall surface of the bill passage 13 and a terminal end 16 of the bill passage 13.
And a bill storage unit 17 connected to the. At the terminal end portion 16, the rotary roller 2 pressed by the two conveyor belts 14a and 14b, which are hung on the drive pulley 18, respectively.
1a and 21b are provided. In addition, in the terminal part 16,
Pushing roller 22 for surely pushing the banknotes transported by the transport belts 14a and 14b toward the storage section 17 side.
Is provided. The push-out roller 22 is integrally molded with the one rotating roller 21b. Therefore, since the rotary roller 21b rotates simultaneously with the rotary roller 21b, it is not necessary to apply a driving force only to the pushing roller 22. The push-out roller 22 has a cross section formed in a substantially involute curve, and push-out claws 23 of the convex portion push out the end of the bill to the storage section 17. Further, the pushing roller 22 may be integrally formed with both the rotating rollers 21a and 21b. In this case, the pushing out of the bill becomes more reliable.

Next, between the conveyor belts 14a and 14b, a stopper 19 is spring-biased and attached to the bill passage 13 side so that the bills on the storage section 17 side do not flow backward. The stopper 19 is provided on the conveyor belts 14a, 1
It is not in contact with any of 4b. This stopper 1
The material of 9, the rotating rollers 21a and 21b, and the pushing roller 22 is polyacetal.

The operation of the bill discriminating apparatus constructed as described above will be described below. Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3,
In FIG. 4, when a bill is inserted through the insertion slot 12, the conveyor belts 14a, 14 to which a driving force is given by the driving pulley 18
The bill is conveyed at b. The conveyed bills are transferred to the stopper 19 provided at the end portion 16 of the bill passage 13
It is pushed down in the direction (FIG. 3) and conveyed to the storage unit 17 side.
When the end of the bill passes through the end portion 16 of the bill passage 13,
Since the stopper 19 is biased in the F direction by the spring 20, it completely blocks the bill passage 13. Further, here, until the bill passes through the end portion 16, the rotary roller 2
Although 1a is constantly rotating, the pushing roller 22 integrally formed with the rotating roller 21b does not rotate because the pushing claw 23 provided on the pushing roller 22 is in contact with the bill, and the pushing end of the bill is terminated. Immediately after passing through the extrusion tab 23, the extrusion roller 22 starts to rotate. And
The pushing claw 23 provided on the pushing roller 22 pushes the end surface of the bill toward the storage unit 17 side. The banknotes thus conveyed to the storage unit 17 side by the pushing roller 22 are
The stopper 19 does not flow back to the bill passage 13 side. Here, as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG.
Since the stopper 19 does not contact the conveyor belts 14a and 14b, it does not deteriorate the conveyor belts 14a and 14b.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the push-out claws 23 can reliably convey the bill to the storage section 17,
Further, the stopper 19 can prevent the backflow of the bill from the storage unit 17. Moreover, since neither the pushing claw 23 nor the stopper 19 is in contact with the conveyor belts 14a and 14b, the conveyor belts 14a and 14b are not deteriorated. Further, since the push-out roller 22 is formed integrally with the rotary roller 21b, there is no need for dedicated power, and the size can be reduced.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the bill inserted through the insertion slot is pushed toward the end portion of the bill passage by pushing out the end face of the bill by the pushing tab of the pushing roller. Be transported to. Further, since the bill once conveyed to the storage unit side does not flow back to the bill passage side due to the stopper, it is possible to provide a stable conveying operation. Further, since the push-out claw and the stopper are not in contact with the conveying means, the surface of the conveying means is not abraded and deterioration of the conveying means can be prevented and its life can be extended.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of essential parts of a bill validator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a bill validator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the same main part.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional bill validator.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the main part

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Banknote Identification Device 12 Insertion Port 13 Banknote Passage 14a, 14b Conveyor Belt 15 Identification Part 16 Terminal Part 17 Storage Part 19 Stopper 21a, 21b Rotating Roller 22 Extrusion Roller 23 Extrusion Claw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bill insertion slot, a bill passage connected to the insertion slot, a conveyance means provided on both sides of a bottom face of the bill passage, and an identification section provided on a wall surface of the bill passage.
The banknote storage portion connected to the terminal end of the banknote passage, and the rotary rollers provided at the terminal end and pressed against the conveying means provided on the both sides, respectively, are provided at the terminal end. A bill discriminating apparatus having a pushing roller that pushes the bill conveyed by the conveying unit to a storage unit, and stoppers provided between the conveying units provided on the both sides. 2. The bill discriminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rotating roller and the pushing roller are integrally molded.