JPH067427Y2 - Banknote deposit and withdrawal machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention is a banknote that is operated by a customer at a financial institution store or operated by a teller at a financial institution window to be used for accepting and withdrawing cash. It concerns a depositing and withdrawing machine.

"Prior art and its problems" As a banknote depositing / dispensing machine of this type, JP-A-60-2411
The technique shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 89 is conventionally known.

In such a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, the normal bills and the unfit bills are sorted and temporarily stored in the upper and lower stages of the front face of the machine body, and the genuine bills and the unfit bills are stored in a storage box immediately below in accordance with a take-in command from the controller. The clamp arms are sandwiched and stored, and the clamp arms are opened to the front side of the machine body in response to a return command from the controller, and the stored banknotes are returned toward the front side of the machine body.

By the way, in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine configured as described above, the storage bottom plates that form the upper and lower bottom surfaces of the temporary storage unit are usually arranged in the storage unit, and the banknotes are clamped by the clamp arm and stored immediately below. Only when it was stored in the box, it was retracted backward so as not to interfere with the lifting operation of this clamp arm. In other words, except when the banknotes are stored in the storage box, for example, when the clamp arm is opened and the banknotes are to be taken out from the front side of the machine body, the storage bottom plate is arranged in the storage section, It was necessary to support the banknotes from below.

However, in such a bill depositing / dispensing machine, when the front door of the machine body is opened and the returned bill is taken out,
The teller may erroneously push the bottom plate in the temporary storage part rearward to open the bottom part of the storage part, which causes a problem that the bills placed on the bottom plate are scattered inside the machine body. there were.

This invention is made in view of the above circumstances, and when the teller tries to take out the banknotes in the temporary storage unit, the purpose is to obtain a banknote depositing / dispensing machine that prevents these banknotes from being scattered. There is.

[Means for Solving Problems] In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, by retracting the storage bottom plate of the storage unit in which the deposited banknotes are stored to open the bottom of the storage unit, A banknote depositing / dispensing machine for storing the deposited banknotes on the storage bottom plate in a lower depositing / dispensing box and opening the front side of the storing section to take out the deposited banknotes in a state where the bottom of the storing section is not opened. In the above, the lock piece is movably provided so as to intersect with the slide path of the storage bottom plate, and the driving means for moving the lock piece is provided between the slide path and a position separated from the slide path.

[Operation] In this invention, when the bill is taken out from the front side of the machine body, the drive means can position the lock piece so as to intersect the slide path of the storage bottom plate to prevent the movement of the storage bottom plate. Thus, when the teller tries to take out the deposited banknote, it is possible to prevent the bottom plate of the storage section from being accidentally pushed backward to open the bottom plate of the storage section.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 are diagrams showing a configuration of a bill depositing / dispensing machine according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a circulation type bill depositing / dispensing machine, and FIG. 2 is a route showing a bill flow. FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 are views showing a specific structure of the storage portion, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a mechanism for restricting the movement of the storage bottom plate.

First, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG.
Indicates a machine body of the circulation type banknote deposit / withdrawal machine, and 2 indicates a transaction opening mechanism. This transaction opening mechanism 2 receives and deposits banknotes, and stores a banknote to be dispensed, and a deposit / withdrawal storage section 3
And a shutter 4 that opens and closes the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 3 from outside the machine body 1, and a payout / collection unit 5 located behind the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 3. Then, the feeding and accumulating unit 5 includes the kicking roller 6, the feeding roller 7, and the friction separating member 8 so that the deposited bills sent from the deposit and withdrawal storage unit 3 can be fed and manipulated one by one. Withdrawal storage section 19 for each type of money
It is configured to have a stacking car 9 for stacking the dispensed banknotes conveyed from No. 21 to No. 21.

In addition, a partition member for partitioning the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 3 and the payout / collection unit 5 to the transaction unit mechanism 2 and delivery of deposit / withdrawal banknotes between the deposit / withdrawal storage unit 3 and the payout / collection unit 5. The delivery mechanism and a pressing piece for pressing the paid-in banknotes fed and conveyed during the depositing process against the kick-out roller 6 and for separating the banknotes that are not discriminated as banknotes by the discrimination unit 11 described later from the unconveyed banknotes. (Neither shown).

Deposited banknotes that are separated and conveyed from the payout stacking unit 5 are conveyed through the discrimination route 10. A discriminating unit 11 is provided in the middle of the discriminating route 10 and is configured to discriminate the genuineness / counterfeit, denomination, front / back, and damage of the conveyed bill.

Discriminating route 10 in the latter stage of the discriminating unit 11 is divided into forks 12
Is divided into a distribution route 13 and a reject route 14.

In the distribution route 13, there are four forks 15,1
6, 17, 18 are provided, and the bills sorted by the sorting forks 15 to 18 are respectively stored in the dispensing storage unit 1
9, withdrawal storage unit for five thousand tickets, withdrawal storage unit for thousand tickets 21, first
It is accumulated and stored in the storage part 22 and the second storage part 23.

Further, the reject route 14 is a withdrawal route 55 described later.
This withdrawal route 55 is connected to the collecting vehicle 9 of the payout collecting unit 5.

The ten thousand ticket withdrawal storage unit 19, the five thousand ticket withdrawal storage unit 20, and the one thousand ticket withdrawal storage unit 21 are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction, respectively, and are provided as stacking vehicles 24, 25, 26 and kick rollers. 27,28,29,
The feeding rollers 30, 31, 32 and the friction separating members 33, 34, 35 are combined so that the banknotes are stacked in an inclined state.

The first storage part 22 and the second storage part 23 are vertically arranged on the terminal end side of the distribution route 13, and are respectively integrated vehicles 36, 37, storage bottom plates 38, 39, and storage front plate 40 (integrated). ), Information board 4
It is composed by combining 1,42.

The stacking directions of the stacking wheels 36 and 37 of the first storing section 22 and the second storing section 23 are set in the opposite directions, and the bills sent from above the stacking vehicle 36 of the first storing section 22 are The banknotes that are stacked by the guide plate 41 on the storage bottom plate 38 between the stacking car 36 and the storage front plate 40 in an upright position, while the bills sent from below the stacking car 37 of the second storage section 23 are On the storage bottom plate 39 between the accumulation vehicle 37 and the storage front plate 40 by 42, the first storage portion 22
The banknotes are stacked in the upright position in the opposite direction.

A belt that moves at least on the storage bottom plate 39 to the storage front plate 40 side is provided so that the rear end side of the accumulated banknotes can be reliably sent to the storage front plate 40 side when stacking in the second storage unit 23. Is desirable.

Next, the deposit / withdrawal box 43 will be described. The deposit / withdrawal box 43 is disposed below the first storage section 22 and the second storage section 23 in a detachable manner with respect to the machine body 1 and in the mounting direction front. This is a configuration in which a genuine bill storage portion A for storing genuine bills in an upright state is arranged in a section, and an unfit bill storage portion B for storing unfit bills in an upright state is arranged in the rear portion. That is, the genuine bills are sandwiched between the front plate 44 and the reciprocating plate 45, and the unfit bills are sandwiched between the rear plate 46 and the left and right pair of unfit bill holding bars 47, 47.
4, the reciprocating plate 45, and the rear plate 46 are movably supported in the horizontal direction as described later.

In the figure, 48 and 48 are a pair of right and left genuine note pressing rods when storing a genuine note and an unfit note, and 49 and 49 are a pair of left and right temporary pressing rods when storing a genuine note. I will do it.

Further, an opening / closing lid 50 is openably and closably attached to a lower front portion of the depositing / dispensing box 43 in the mounting direction, and the opening / closing lid 50 is provided with a front receiving plate 51 having an L-shaped cross section for receiving a genuine bill to be stored. There is.

Further, the deposit / withdrawal box 43 is provided on the lower front side in the mounting direction.
A kicking roller 5 that can be engaged and disengaged with the box 43 and can send out and convey the genuine ticket in the box 43 when it is mounted.
2, the feeding roller 53, and the friction separating member 54 are provided in a state of being supported by the machine body 1.

The bills that are separated and sent out one by one from the respective payout storage units 19, 20, 21 and the pay-in / pay-out box 43 are conveyed by the payout route 55. In the middle of the withdrawal route 55, the withdrawal route 55
Is provided, and is configured to make a determination such as a conveyance abnormality (double feed / diagonal feed / proximity feed) of a conveyed bill.

The withdrawal route 55, which is the latter stage of the withdrawal conveyance determination unit 56, is connected with the latter stage of the reject route 14 by merging.
55 is connected to the stacking car 9 of the feeding stacking unit 5.

In addition, near the rear end of this withdrawal route 55, a distribution mechanism
By the switching operation of 57, the determination route 10 in the preceding stage of the determination unit 11
A transfer route 58 for transferring banknotes to is branched and connected.

Next, the storage mechanism provided in the first storage section 22 and the second storage section 23 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

This storage mechanism, a clamp device 60 for sandwiching the banknotes arranged in a standing position on the bottom plates 38, 39, an arm lifting device 61 for moving the sandwiched banknote toward the lower depositing / dispensing box 43, When the bill in the sandwiched state is moved toward the deposit / withdrawal box 43, when the teller tries to take out the storage bottom plate moving device 62 that retracts the bottom plates 38 and 39, and the bills arranged on the bottom plates 38 and 39. In addition, the storage bottom plate movement restricting device (driving means) 63 for restricting the retreat of the bottom plates 38, 39 is configured.

First, the clamp device 60 will be described. Drive motor 69
A first cam 71 is provided on the drive shaft 70 rotated by the cam head.
The 72 rolls to rotate the V-shaped link 73 about the shaft 74, and the rotation of the V-shaped link 73 causes the bridging rod 75 to reciprocate in the lateral direction in the drawing. ing. And
By the reciprocating movement of the bridging rod 75, the fan gear 76 eccentrically connected to the tip of the bridging rod 75 rotates about the shaft (a), and the rotation of the fan gear 76 causes the fan gear 76 to rotate. gear
The clamp arms 78, 78 are configured to rotate around the shaft (b) together with the gear 77 meshed with the 76. And
By such rotation of the clamp arms 78, 78, banknotes are respectively sandwiched between these clamp arms 78, 78 and front plate arms 79, 79 integrally provided with the storage front plate 40, and The banknotes are respectively accumulated in the first storage section 22 in the lower stage and the second storage section 33 in the upper stage.

When the banknotes accumulated in the first storage section 22 and the second storage section 23 are to be taken out, the clamp arms 78, 7
Rotate the 9 in a direction away from the front plate arms 79, 79 to release the holding of the bill so that, for example, a teller can pull out the bill from the opening / closing door (not shown) provided on the front surface of the machine body 1. Just do it.

Next, the arm lifting device 61 will be described. Drive motor
The drive shaft 70 rotated by 69 has a first cam 71
A second cam 85 is provided coaxially with the cam 8.
The rotation of 5 moves the clamp arms 78, 78 together with the front plate arms 79, 79 in the vertical direction in FIG.

That is, with the rotation of the second cam 85, the cam head 86 in contact with this cam 85 rolls to rotate the link 87 about the shaft 88, whereby the link 87 is provided at the tip of the link 87. An arm support member 88 that supports the clamp arms 78 and 78 and the front plate arms 79 and 79 is moved vertically along a slide shaft 89.

Next, when the clamp arms 78, 78 and the front plate arms 79, 79 are moved downward, the storage bottom plates 38, 39 are retracted,
The storage bottom plate moving device 62 for preventing the storage bottom plates 38, 39 and the clamp arms 78, 78 from colliding will be described. The drive shaft 70 rotated by the drive motor 69 has a first cam.
A third cam 91 is provided coaxially with the 71 and the second cam 85, and the rotation of the third cam 91 causes the cam head 92 to roll, so that the inverted "U" -shaped link 93 is rotated. The link 95 is rotated about the link 94, and the rotation of the link 93
The first and second transfer blocks 98 and 99 are moved along the slide shafts 98a and 99a via 96 and 97, respectively. Then, by the movement of these transfer blocks 98, 99, the storage bottom plate 38 fixed to the end of the transfer blocks 98, 99,
39 moves in the same direction.

Then, by the clamp device 60, the clamp arm
The banknotes are sandwiched between the 78, 78 and the front plate arms 79, 79, and the storage bottom plates 38, 3 are stored by the storage bottom plate moving device 62.
9 is moved to the retracted position, and further, the clamp elevating device 61 slides the clamp arms 78, 78 and the front plate arms 79, 79 in the vertical direction.
The unfit note placed in the storage section 22 is transferred to the rear part of the deposit / withdrawal box 43 (indicated by an arrow B in FIGS. 1 and 2), and the genuine note placed in the second storage section 23 is the first storage section. It is supposed to be transferred to 22. Further, the genuine bills conveyed from the second storing section 23 to the first storing section 22 are further conveyed to the depositing / dispensing box 43 in the next stroke, and stored in the front part of the depositing / dispensing box 43. (As indicated by arrow A in FIGS. 1 and 2).

Regarding the process of transferring the bills from the storage units 22 and 23 to the deposit / withdrawal box 43 in this manner, see JP-A-60-2411.
This is described in detail in Japanese Patent Publication No. 89.

Next, the storage bottom plate movement restricting device 63 for restricting the retreat of the storage bottom plates 38, 39 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 (not shown in FIG. 3). The shaft 70 has a first cam 71 and a second cam.
A fourth cam 100 is provided coaxially with the 85 and the third cam 91, and a cam head 102 that rotates at one end of a link 101 is provided rotatably on the cam 100. The link 101 provided with the cam head 102 is formed in an inverted "V" shape, and along with the rotation of the cam 100, the horizontal axis 103 is centered in the arrow (A)-(A) direction. It is designed to rotate.

A link 105 that rotates about a horizontal shaft 104 that is parallel to the shaft 103 is engaged with the other end of the link 101. This link 105 has the link 101 in its upper position.
Is rotatably provided via the other end of the pin 106 and the pin 106, and is allowed to be displaced vertically.
A lock piece 108 is provided on a shaft 104, which is a rotation center of the link 105, by a screw 107 so as to be rotatable in an arrow (U)-(D) direction.

The lock piece 108 is provided with a hook-shaped restricting portion 108a at the tip thereof, and the tip of the restricting portion 108a abuts the left side portion of the transfer block 98, whereby the storage bottom plate 38
The retreat is regulated to prevent the bottom part from being opened.

The lock piece 108 restricts the movement of the storage bottom plate 38, so that the movement of the upper storage bottom plate 39 is also prevented at the same time. That is, as described above, the storage bottom plates 38, 39 are provided in a mutually connected state by the links 96, 97, and these storage bottom plates 38, 39 perform the same operation as each other. When the movement of the storage bottom plate 39 is blocked, the movement of the other storage bottom plate 39 is also blocked.

In the bill depositing / dispensing machine configured as described above, the fourth
When the cam 100 rotates, the links 101 and 105 and the lock piece 10
8 reciprocates between the position shown by the solid line and the position shown by the chain double-dashed line. That is, when the teller tries to take out the banknotes from the first and second storage sections 22 and 23 through the opening / closing door, the lock piece 108 is arranged at the position indicated by the solid line, and the restricting section 108a of the lock piece 108 is stored in the storage bottom plate. By making it possible to contact the side end portion of 38, the movement of the storage bottom plates 38, 39 along the arrow (e) direction can be prevented. As a result, even if the teller mistakenly presses the storage bottom plates 38, 39 backward (direction of arrow E), the storage bottom plates 38, 39 do not move, and it is possible to prevent the bills from scattering inside the machine body. It has the effect of being able to.

Incidentally, when returning the stored bills as described above from the opening / closing door, since the motor 69 is in a stopped state, the movement restriction of the storage bottom plates 38, 39 is canceled midway, and these storage bottom plates 38, 39 are released.
39 does not slide.

Further, the fourth cam 100 may be shaped so as to release the movement restriction of the storage bottom plates 38, 39 only when the accumulated banknotes are stored in the depositing / dispensing box 43 immediately below.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, in the present invention, when the bill is taken out from the front side of the machine body, the lock piece is positioned by the drive means so as to intersect the slide path of the storage bottom plate.
It is possible to prevent the movement of the storage bottom plate, thereby preventing the teller from accidentally pushing the storage bottom plate in the storage part backward to open the bottom part of the storage part when trying to take out the deposited banknote. As a result, it is possible to obtain the effect of preventing the deposit banknotes from being scattered inside the machine body.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic structure of a circulation type banknote depositing / dispensing machine, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the entire structure, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view showing a specific structure of the storage section, and FIG. 4 is a side view showing a mechanism for restricting the movement of the storage bottom plate. 22 …… First storage section 23 …… Second storage section 38,39 …… Storage bottom plate 43 …… Payment / withdrawal box 63 …… Storage bottom plate movement restriction device (driving means) 108 …… Lock piece

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A storage bottom plate of a storage unit for storing deposited banknotes is retracted to open a bottom portion of the storage unit to store the deposited banknotes on the storage bottom plate in a lower depositing / dispensing box, and In a banknote depositing / dispensing machine in which the front side of the storage section is opened to take out the deposited banknotes in a state where the bottom of the storage section is not opened, a locking piece movably crossing a slide path of the storage bottom plate. And a drive means for moving the lock piece between the slide path and a position away from the slide path.